WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:05.000 Am. I Am six forty. You're listening to wake Up Call on demand 2 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:15.160 on the iHeartRadio app. It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's 3 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:21.679 Jason Middleton. Good morning everyone. Yeah, it's Friday. This is your 4 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:27.120 wake up call. Thanks for joining us this morning. Normally do say that 5 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:31.160 there's like a lot of news, but is it legit? Yeah, because 6 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:33.479 there is a lot. We have a lot packed into this hour too. 7 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:36.840 Just off the top of the head though, try not to rely on these 8 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:40.359 too much. But the typewriter was patented on this day in eighteen sixty Yet 9 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:45.520 think about the ubiquity of typewriters since eighteen sixty eight. Like, texting is 10 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:49.159 a big thing. I still I still do the textings. Is that how 11 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:53.920 they say that the textings? Okay, yes, I do the textings. 12 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:58.799 I do the emailings anyway, eighteen sixty eight, and wow, it's it's 13 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:02.359 everywhere more importantly en up to date. We do have a lot of headlines, 14 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:06.280 so let's get right into it. There are no survivors after a day's 15 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:10.760 long search for a submersible that lost contact with the surface on Sunday. We 16 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:15.120 will have more on that throughout the hour and this morning I'm sure Ukrainian intelligence 17 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:19.400 believes that Russia is prepared to launch a terrorist attack with radiation leak each at 18 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:26.040 the Zepperzia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine. There are observers on the site, 19 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:29.640 but it's been under Russian control for about a month or six weeks. 20 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:34.319 Francis Victor Weibin Yama was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the first overall 21 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:38.319 pick. That was the worst kept secret ever. Let's start with some of 22 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:41.799 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news room. As always, 23 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:45.120 we do lead local. The La City Council is set to decide if 24 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:49.799 Councilman Current Price, who's charged with corruption, will face a suspension. Councilman 25 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:53.000 Price has urged the committee to vote against recommending his suspension. He says the 26 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:57.480 charges against him are misguided and the attacks on his wife's reputation are unfair. 27 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:02.239 Local prosecutors ledged Price engaged in a paid a play scheme in which developers paid 28 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:07.599 his wife's consulting firm and in exchange, Price voted in favor of their projects. 29 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:10.159 Today, a three member committee will decide if the entire council will get 30 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:15.919 to decide whether or not to suspend price. Council President paulker Coreyan is one 31 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:19.319 of the members on the committee. He says he's waiting to hear discussion before 32 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:23.280 deciding if he actually supports suspending price. Do you anticipate a hot battle tomorrow 33 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:28.639 in committee? Hot battle is probably not the phrase I would use. I'd 34 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:34.319 say a thorough discussion and a stakeholder driven discussion, and there's going to be 35 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:38.240 a lot of strongly held viewpoints. We've already started to hear some of them 36 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:42.759 in public comment during council meetings, and that's good. That's a good thing. 37 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:49.879 I want to hear them now rather than later when people are frantically trying 38 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:53.319 to figure out how do we get out from where we are. The La 39 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:57.680 City Council as a whole has remained quiet unformally calling for prices suspension. La 40 00:02:57.719 --> 00:03:01.479 Mayor Bass backed away from saying whether she actually supports the suspension when I questioned 41 00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:06.639 her about it yesterday. I believe this needs to be a deliberative process and 42 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:09.719 we need to see I support where the council is going. We'll see what 43 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:15.120 happens in the meeting tomorrow. If ultimately the council gets there, then we'll 44 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:17.360 talk about it then. Ella County DA Gascon says the case is the result 45 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:22.560 of a thorough investigation. However, the DA has not held a formal press 46 00:03:22.599 --> 00:03:27.319 conference on the charges in the major case. Council President paulker Coreyan says he's 47 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:30.479 less than pleased with that choice. We have seen zero evidence in support of 48 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:37.280 these charges, unlike in past situations where there's been a vast amount of evidence 49 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:40.000 that was made public before the charges were even far We don't say on that. 50 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:43.719 Do you wish that the DA had held a press conference, had made 51 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:46.639 himself more available. I do. I would like to know much more about 52 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:53.080 what's behind all of this. Frankly, I'm the president of the city Council. 53 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:55.479 I wasn't even given a heads up. So if there were some risk 54 00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:01.159 by mister Prices continuing to be an active member of the council, if that 55 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:05.439 were true, I would think that the district attorney would have given the president 56 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:09.800 of the council heads up so I could take some steps. He reached out 57 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:13.280 to you at alas Gascon reached out to you at all, zero no contact 58 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:17.360 whatsoever. Prices supporters held a press conference yesterday urging the committee to vote against 59 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:21.839 his removal. Councilman Marquis Harris Stausin, who's on that faithful Committee, has 60 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:27.319 questioned the severity of the charges against Price. If the committee decides to send 61 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:30.360 suspension to the floor four a vote, council members could vote as early as 62 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:33.319 next week. Blake Trolley, k if I News. All right, the 63 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:38.600 first topic for today on Wake Up Call is the GUP presidential nomination. Let's 64 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:43.000 go to ABC's political director Rick Klein pretty quick before somebody else joins the race. 65 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:46.199 Good morning, Rick, Thank you to be with you. Yeah, 66 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:48.720 let's let's talk after Yeah. Right, So, how many are we up 67 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:53.480 to right now? And who's the latest to join the race. I'd say 68 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:56.839 were twelve, thirteen, fourteen, something like that. The late former Congressman 69 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:00.199 Will Heard from Texas a couple of terms in Congress, Black Republican, also 70 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:04.079 a former CIA operative. Interesting national security credentials, but it's also interesting that 71 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:06.959 he got out of Congress not to run re election, sort of the height 72 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:11.319 of the Trump fervor and his party. So I don't know how in tunity 73 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:14.160 is with where the party is at this exact moment, but it's going to 74 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:16.160 be one of the things that's tested and assure is a crowded field. Okay, 75 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:18.079 well we do have a crowded field. We have a leader. I 76 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:21.000 guess we have to talk about former President Trump and his poll numbers. Have 77 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:25.600 you seen anything moving around when it comes to the news coming out of the 78 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:30.720 Trump camp. Nothing that that significantly hurts him. No, I mean, 79 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.839 if anything, we've seen from polling showing him with more solidly since the first 80 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:36.560 round of indictments and even the second round of inditement. So you know, 81 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:41.920 here we are kind of where we started with this race being Trumps to lose. 82 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:45.319 That doesn't mean it will definitely be there, but the more candidates in 83 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:47.360 the race, there's certainly a school of thought. I think it's an unreasonable 84 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:53.399 one that the Trump is better off with more people running. That's the situation 85 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:58.040 that he took advantage of in twenty sixteen, and certainly the situation to the 86 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:01.680 job all over again. Okay, so we're what we're about sixteen months out 87 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:08.439 from the election general. So is this normal behavior for the year before going 88 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:14.079 into an election year for the presidency? Normal behavior in terms of the polls 89 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:16.000 or the size of the field. Size of the field, Let's go the 90 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:19.279 side of the field. It seems like a big horse race. Yeah it 91 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:23.079 is, But you know, I think that's kind of become the new normal. 92 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:25.839 I mean, I think we had well more than this one, more 93 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:30.879 than a dozen Democrats running in the open race against Trump in twenty twenty sixteen, 94 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:34.720 seventeen candidates running in twenty sixteen other Republicans side. I think important and 95 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:38.720 how many candidates are running now is how many how many candidates are still going 96 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:43.680 to be running, say in in August when the debate happens, how many 97 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:46.639 makes that debate stage, and then after that, how many stick around to 98 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:49.600 the first voting that we actually get down to it in Iowa New Hampshire. 99 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:54.120 Are we talking about fifteen candidates? Are we talking about six or seven or 100 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:58.759 four? That to me is the more interesting metric. It's impossible to know 101 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:01.279 right now what we're going to be looking at, but I don't think that 102 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:06.319 we've at all seen the final word on the side of his field. I 103 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:11.120 think it's going to shift over time, and that bad in itself is normal 104 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:14.519 as well. Willie have you for about thirty seconds r F K JR. 105 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:17.759 Is that a name recognition bump in the news right now or Is that a 106 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:21.759 legitimate candidacy. Yeah. I think it's two things. I think his name 107 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:25.560 recognition, it's also, you know, a little frustration with Biden. People 108 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:28.800 want to have an alternatives and they kind of parking their support there. I 109 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:31.160 don't think he's going to be a serious contender against Biden, but he's sure 110 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:34.480 could be a headache. And I think because he is as widely known in 111 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:38.959 his name, as as widely known as it is, there's no there's nothing 112 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.399 that sort of pushes him out in the immediacy of its race. Thank you 113 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:45.319 for your time and contact this morning, Context this morning, Rick, have 114 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:49.639 a good weekend. Thank you. That was ABC's political director Rick Klein helping 115 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:54.839 us unpack the growing field for the GOP presidential nomination. Let's get back to 116 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:57.120 some of the stories coming out of the KFY twenty four hour news room. 117 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:01.279 The Coast Guard says all five people aboard the submersible that disappeared near the wreckage 118 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:05.639 of the Titanic have been lost. An rov or remote operated vehicle from the 119 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:16.240 vessel Horizon Arctic discovered the tail cone of the titans submersible approximately sixteen hundred feet 120 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:20.759 from the foul of the Titanic. Coastguard Rear Admiral John Mauger says the debris 121 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:26.560 field found yesterday is consistent with a catastrophic implosion. Cruce had been searching for 122 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:30.160 the submersible since Sunday. Officials say they're trying to put together a timeline of 123 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:35.960 events. The LA Animal Services Department says it will no longer require appointments to 124 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:39.399 adopt animals or to get pets microchipped. Adopted dogs can also get free training. 125 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:43.879 General manager Annette Ramirez says she hopes the changes, which take effect June 126 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:48.399 twenty eighth, will encourage more people to go to city shelters and rescue the 127 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:52.519 many animals waiting for a home. Disneyland Resort has partnered with multiple groups to 128 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:58.360 open a one hundred and two unit affordable housing community in Anaheim with wrap around 129 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:03.639 services. I spend a lot of time being houseless, including living in my 130 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:07.919 car. Alexis Taduro says he lost his job and was evicted by the pandemic. 131 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:11.840 Now I'm dreaming again. I'm not have to think about where I'm going 132 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:15.919 to sleep tonight. Disneyland Resort president Ken Potrock said yesterday it's important for disney 133 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:18.759 to help as a member of the community, to be part of not just 134 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:22.039 the tourism environment, but really what happens with our residents and really making an 135 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:26.840 ecosystem that's good for all. The sixty one million dollar property provides health, 136 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:31.799 mental and childcare services in Anaheim. Corbin Carson k if I News. Attorneys 137 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:35.639 in California will soon be required to report colleague misconduct. The state Supreme Court 138 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:41.480 announced yesterday that's starting August first, lawyers will have to notify the bar if 139 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:46.320 they have credible evidence of another lawyer's wrongdoing. Anyone who does not comply could 140 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:48.759 face suspension of their license. We're up to three years. A false report 141 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:52.120 can lead to criminal charges. We'll have more on that and handle on the 142 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:56.720 News with Wayne Resnick. A community in Florida has been asked to quarantine because 143 00:09:56.720 --> 00:10:01.519 a population of giant African snails has been found the Miramar area. Officials say 144 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:05.200 the snails are damaging to local ecosystems, but can also transmit a parasite that 145 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:09.320 causes meningitis in humans. Officials say the snails, which likely arrived in the 146 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:13.639 state through an illegal pet trade, are hard to get rid of and can 147 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:18.159 produce as many twenty five hundred eggs a year. There are only two recorded 148 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:22.240 instances in the state where the snails were fully removed since infestations were first reported 149 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:28.440 in the nineteen sixties. Torrance City workers have removed Pride flags from light poles 150 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:33.000 following complaints from the public. The banners were put up by Downtown Torrance Association 151 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:35.720 members, who say as soon as anything Pride related goes up, the city's 152 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:39.519 there to take it down. The DTA's Adam Schwartz says he just wants the 153 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:45.759 city to include the LGBTQ community. Last year, we tried decorating trees and 154 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:50.360 storefronts. Vandals took it down. This year, we put up banners. 155 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:54.559 Our own city government took it down. The city set at its meeting Tuesday 156 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:58.080 it wants to create a policy that would allow only city related or military banners 157 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:05.919 to be displayed. Chris Adler KFI News. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sees diminishing 158 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:09.960 risk of the US falling into recession. She's also suggesting that a slowdown in 159 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:15.039 consumer spending maybe the price to pay to contain inflation. Yellen says this to 160 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:18.399 Bloomberg News, My odds of a recession if anything have gone down because look 161 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:22.799 at the resilience of the labor market and inflation is coming down. That said, 162 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:26.240 she did not rule out the risk of a slowdown given the potential for 163 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:31.240 more rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. J Powell Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell 164 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:35.360 is on Capitol Hill again today for the end of his two day session that 165 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:37.399 he has to do and he has to take questions, usually the same questions 166 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:41.200 over and over again so I people can get camera time. We'll get more 167 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:45.080 on that later this morning as well. Two LA City Council members have been 168 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:50.600 arrested during a protest near lax Nithia Rahman and Hugo Soto Martinez were arrested while 169 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:54.120 protesting with hotel workers last night. Los Angeles Metro is on the path to 170 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:58.919 having its own public safety department. Metro's board of directors voted yesterday to approve 171 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:03.519 the development of a plan for an in house public safety department. Residents are 172 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:07.519 concerned that a three mile stretch of Mulholland in the Hollywood Hills is disaster waiting 173 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:11.360 to happen. Over the fourth of July, a lot of crowd goes up 174 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:13.960 there for the fourth of July to watch the fireworks and then they might let 175 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:16.000 off their own. At the bottom of the hour, we're gonna get this 176 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:18.840 week's house call with Dean Sharp. Dean is, of course, Kafi's house 177 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:24.080 whisperer, and we're going to look at a nostalgic way to contextually update some 178 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:26.440 older homes. But right now, let's welcome in ABC's and Flaherty and as 179 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:31.159 a senior national policy reporter for the network, Good morning, in, good 180 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:33.720 morning, Happy to be here. Yesterday I was in a meeting and just 181 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:39.919 unprompted, the student loan forgiveness discussion just kind of came up. This seems 182 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:41.639 to divide voters, and it's top of mind for a lot of people. 183 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:46.960 Does that surprise you at all? You know, people who have had opinions 184 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:50.080 about this for decades now. It's you know, an interesting program was set 185 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:54.639 up to help middle class kids access college because it used to be only that 186 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:58.960 really wealthy families, most of them on the East Coast, could attend college. 187 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:03.679 This was Lennon B. Johnson says, let's expand this, let's make 188 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:05.559 it easier for kids to go to college. Well, you know, so 189 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:09.919 many years later, we're almost. I think it's more than fifty years later, 190 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:13.840 the cost of college has absolutely risen exponentially. Republicans, of course, 191 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:20.000 blame the program for increasing those tuition costs. Democrats say, well, okay, 192 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:24.320 but there's no other avenue for kids to achieve a college degree, and 193 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:28.480 we need more favorable terms by the government. So that's what all eyes on 194 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:31.360 the Supreme Court waiting for that decision that could come as early as today, 195 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:37.039 that could forgive some student loans for many Americans. Is student loan forgiveness kind 196 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:41.879 of a bandige or a band aid on a larger policy wound that could be 197 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:46.000 healed into different approach or is this is this going to lead to a bigger 198 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:50.200 discussion. I mean, you would hope that it would lead to a bigger 199 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:52.679 discussion, because you're absolutely right. This is one of the it's a major 200 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:58.720 crisis in the United States because you have an entire generation of young people sattled 201 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:03.960 by debt and they can't invest in homes, they can't save for retirement. 202 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:07.320 That actually impacts everybody when you have a loan program like this. I mean 203 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:13.159 one point six trillion dollars is owed to the Education Department. That's essentially turning 204 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:16.480 the government into a major US bank. So, you know, when I 205 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:20.759 talk to people who have these loans, one interesting thing that I hear a 206 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:24.840 lot is, you know, listen, I've actually already paid for college bills 207 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:28.399 one time over, two times over. It's the interest that's killing me. 208 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:33.360 That's what they want the government to pull back on. Republicans of course saying, 209 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:35.960 you know, listen, this is a bailout for people who chose to 210 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:39.440 go to college. What about those who didn't. So it's a really it's 211 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:41.519 a flashpoint. I think it's emotional for a lot of people. But I 212 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:46.840 have spoken with experts who say there are solutions that we could talk about if 213 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:50.240 we were in a less partisan environment. Try to exactly the polarization, right, 214 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:54.440 The less partisan thing I tried to take during that meeting issue that impromptu 215 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:58.240 discussion. I tried to take the point of what about the opportunity costs if 216 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:01.879 you can't go to college. You're right, there's a generational wealth is at 217 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:07.519 stake, as well as some social stability. But this really comes down to 218 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:09.840 this week the Supreme Court, and it's not the Court's job to set policy, 219 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:13.840 So why are all the eyes on the court. Well, you know, 220 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:18.639 it's an interesting legal argument. There was a Hero's Act that was signed 221 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:22.159 into law, and it gave the president the ability to waive or modify student 222 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:26.440 loans. And you know, the argument that progressive make is, look, 223 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:28.759 if you're a bank, which is essentially what the federal government is, you 224 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:33.399 can determine, you can set the terms for loans, you can decide when 225 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:37.240 people have to pay you back, how they have to pay you back, 226 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:39.440 how much they have to pay age month. And they say that the government 227 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:46.759 has this power. So the lawsuit that was filed again against the administration, 228 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:50.519 the administration is arguing, what the Heroes Act gives us this ability to waive 229 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:56.320 or modify these loans. Republicans, of course, arguing that's not what it 230 00:15:56.360 --> 00:16:00.759 was intended for. You can't put taxpayers on the hook to just give these 231 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:04.320 bailouts to people. So we expect these conservative justices are going to have to 232 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:07.840 weigh in on that. Have you seen any reportage as to who might react 233 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:12.039 which way when the ruling comes out. Will the Biden administration if it's ruled 234 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:15.320 against, will they have a backup plan to they have a Plan B they 235 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:18.639 want to roll out, or is it a hurry up and wait situation. 236 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:22.399 So that's what everybody's talking about. What is the Plan B? Because we 237 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:26.000 you know, a lot of people do not expect the conservative justices on this 238 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:30.159 court to side with the Biden administration on this. The White House, this 239 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:33.879 is what they do. They're not going to say, you know, okay, 240 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:37.879 let's start talking about Plan B. That sends a bad message. What 241 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:38.679 they're saying is, oh, no, of course we're going to win in 242 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:41.320 court. We're focused on winning in court. We know we've got a good 243 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:47.440 case. I think privately, behind closed doors, there is some consideration about 244 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:51.840 this. The debt ceiling bill says payments have to resume, But the question 245 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:56.840 is whether or not the Biden administration could maybe look at other avenues, legal 246 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:00.360 arguments and try to make another case on this, or could they set more 247 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:04.000 favorable terms for people, not a bailout because those payments do have to resume 248 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:07.440 under law, that you know, maybe lowering the payments that people have to 249 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:11.880 give every month, setting more favorable terms. I think that's what people will 250 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:15.160 be looking at. I think you're right. I think that that last part 251 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:17.720 they're the favorable terms, is the way to do it, because if you're 252 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:21.359 going to spread out the payment duration, then you have to lower the interest 253 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:23.000 that we're back at the top of the interview when we talked about how the 254 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:29.240 compounding interest really just takes over and puts people into default interest. Absolutely, 255 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:32.240 I think that's a big issue, and I think there's more that we can 256 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:34.160 talk about this. But as we said, it's just so partisan and such 257 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:37.680 an emotional issue right now, not a lot of people are yeah, yeah, 258 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:41.440 exactly. Yeah. It's not a sit down, let's have a cup 259 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:45.319 of tea kind of conversation yet. So, but we appreciate you joining us 260 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:47.240 for this cup of coffee this morning. I don't know if you're having any, 261 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:48.200 Joe, but I am, but thank you so much and for coming 262 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:52.000 in. I am thank you so much. By ABC's and Flarity there. 263 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:56.599 She is a senior national policy reporter for the network. Let's check some more 264 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:59.599 stories from the caf I twenty four hour news room before we get into Dean 265 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:03.480 Sharpne segment. The Navy says acoustic sensors detected the likely implosion of the Titan 266 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:07.920 submersible during its dive. A senior Navy official said yesterday the service did an 267 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:14.680 analysis of acoustic data and detected an anomaly consistent with an implosion or explosion in 268 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:18.400 the general area where the Titan was operating when it stopped communicating. The skull 269 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:22.200 of a young boy found a thirty two years ago near mentone has finally been 270 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:26.440 identified. Detectives with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department say the boy was idd 271 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:30.200 after his DNA was sent to a sequencing a genomic's laboratory. From there, 272 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:34.440 a genealogy investigation started, and in February, the lab revealed some relatives in 273 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:38.039 Houston, Texas. Eventually, a woman named Patricia Clark was identified, who 274 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:42.039 confirmed her son, Derek Burton, was reported missing. Burton's skull, which 275 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:45.559 was missing the teeth and part of a jaw, along with some clothing, 276 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:48.160 had been found by a man who was quail hunting in October of nineteen ninety 277 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:53.200 one. Steve Gregory Caophine News. The Orange School Board has adopted a parent's 278 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:57.559 Bill of Rights. Supporters say parents need better access to district information and more 279 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:03.000 of a voice over critical race theory and other ideologies they say are being forced 280 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:06.279 into classrooms. Parents had the right to know what subjects and topics are being 281 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:08.440 taught. In their child school, as well as the curriculum standards that are 282 00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:14.559 being followed. This includes information about textbooks, teaching methods in any major changes 283 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:17.759 in the curriculum. Other parents called it a political stunt, claiming the new 284 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:22.480 rights are already district policy and the curriculum is already posted online. Start spreading 285 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:26.759 the news. If congestion pricing can make it there, it'll probably spread everywhere. 286 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:30.720 La County Metro is expected to release a traffic reduction study this summer with 287 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:34.160 details on a pilot program for the south Land. But ahead of US, 288 00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:37.519 New York City is waiting for final approval to become the first in the US 289 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:42.119 to charge people for driving downtown. A public review for the plan ended Monday, 290 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:45.079 and a thumbs up from the FEDS is all that's needed for the program 291 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:48.559 to begin as early as next spring, just like Los Angeles. Some are 292 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:52.039 calling it a cash grab for the city, with prices between nine and twenty 293 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:56.039 three dollars a day, but the MTA in New York says it could to 294 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:59.640 produce the number of cars on the road by up to twenty percent. Michael 295 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:03.519 Crows your KFI News, President Biden and Indian Prime Minister at Norendra Modi are 296 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:07.519 hailing a new era of cooperation between the US and India. Biden did host 297 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:11.880 a state dinner for Modi at the White House yesterday. Modi went with a 298 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:15.400 lot of tech sector CEOs. And the major highway that collapsed in Philadelphia is 299 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:21.920 going to reopen today. Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation says six temporary lanes of I 300 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:26.000 ninety five will be open to traffic starting at six am Pacific. And the 301 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:30.000 rumors are not true. Dean Sharp did not directly involved himself in the reconstruction 302 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:33.359 of that or it would have gone even faster. Coming up at five fifty, 303 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:36.000 Jason Nathanson's going to join us from ABC. We're going to talk about 304 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:37.920 the weekend and entertainment, including Asteroid City. But right now we do have 305 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:41.359 kfi's Dean Sharp on the line. He's the house whisperer. He's our Southern 306 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:48.119 California beat poet of home design. Welcome en, Dean. I've never been 307 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:52.200 called Southern California's beat poet of home design. Of writing that hang on, 308 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:56.799 let me get a pen, I got it, write then down. That's 309 00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:59.559 courtesy of my wife. She likes listening to this segment, and she was 310 00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:02.160 like, I don't know, Dean, just he's given me information that I 311 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:03.319 can use, but he's given it to me in a way that I want 312 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:06.440 to use it. So I was like, oh, well, I gotta 313 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:08.440 go yeah, all right, okay, all right, all right, let's 314 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:15.079 let's jump into a classic. What is a classic? Oh? What is 315 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:18.960 a classic? You know? This weekend we're going to be talking about living 316 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:25.200 to how to do an older home or a classic style home. And at 317 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:27.359 first, blush, you would think, Okay, well, that's a few 318 00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:33.640 folks out there, but not everybody. You know what Southern California is aging, 319 00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:37.000 sorry to tell you. And the fact of the matter is most homeowners 320 00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:41.519 now live in what should be considered classic homes. A classic, it's not 321 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:45.519 so much about the years, like how old a thing is, although I 322 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:48.400 can tell you right now exactly how old a Southern California classic is. What 323 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:53.680 has to do with mostly is whether the home that you live in belongs to 324 00:21:53.720 --> 00:22:00.799 a noteworthy architectural design genre that has kind of passed through history. And the 325 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:07.279 last genre here in Southern California and arguably maybe across the Nine States, was 326 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:15.519 the California ranch period. And since Ranch ended around nineteen eighty. That means 327 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:21.279 a classic house needs to be at least forty three years old to be considered 328 00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:23.759 classic. All right, okay, doesn't seem like that classic, but you 329 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:26.640 know what I mean, forty three Come on, I mean now again, 330 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:30.240 I'm talking about here, No no, no, no, But yet you 331 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:33.400 know what, hey, all you have to do to add another thirty years 332 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:37.680 to that, and now we're talking about an Eichler. And the fact of 333 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:41.960 the matter is that a California Ranch style is a much more prolific style, 334 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:47.839 and I would argue maybe a stronger style even than the Eichler period. So 335 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:49.519 I know we're getting into the weeds for some folks, but the point is 336 00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:56.599 this California Ranch. It's a real, real style genre for residential homes, 337 00:22:56.599 --> 00:23:00.200 and there hasn't been another one since Everything after Ranch has been I don't know, 338 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:04.240 it's been all sorts of eclectic nouveaux. You know, it's all just 339 00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:10.039 words thrown out word soup in order to say we don't really know what we're 340 00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:15.000 doing. We're just sort of stealing from everything everywhere. And currently it doesn't 341 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:22.240 look like anybody is really trending towards a new major genre. So California ranch 342 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:25.680 the last of the classics at the moment. Okay, cool, I'm going 343 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.880 to put a pin in the next generation of things. And I want to 344 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:32.480 ask you any totally speaking, when people are updating their California ranches, do 345 00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.960 they look at the kitchen first? If they're looking internally, is it a 346 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:37.079 bathroom upgrade? And if they well, no, matter what you tell me 347 00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:41.799 right there, how are they going to approach it? Wow? You know 348 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:45.880 the weird thing about a California ranch is that it was never really intended to 349 00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:49.960 be a showy house. California ranch. I mean, you think about ranch 350 00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:53.519 ranch, it's a celebration of the fact that we had room, that we 351 00:23:53.599 --> 00:24:00.720 had space. It's a sprawling, single story house that kind of just breads 352 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:03.079 out on a lot of room. Okay, now they don't have to sit 353 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:08.480 on a ranch property, but it is that kind of celebration. And so 354 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:15.480 I would say the best way to emulate a California ranch, or to treat 355 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:19.119 it well is number one, see if you can't vault some ceilings in the 356 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:25.519 inside in the interior, and number two, work that landscape around it. 357 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:30.039 Because the California ranch is at its best when it's nestled into a beautiful piece 358 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:33.359 of property. It seems like a knee jerk reaction if wanting to update a 359 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:37.480 classic home would be to be period appropriate. That said, I'm not looking 360 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:41.559 to put an inefficient stove or something into you know, like an electric stove 361 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:44.960 from the seventies into my house. Yeah, yeah, Okay. So now 362 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:48.920 you're touching on something that is critical to our conversation all weekend, and that 363 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:52.720 is what is the word authentic really mean when it comes to these things. 364 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:59.039 Nobody, Jason, nobody really wants to live in a rigidly authentic period house. 365 00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:03.359 In fact, it's arguably these days that you know, by building codes 366 00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:06.799 alone, the city won't let you live in a period authentic house. If 367 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:11.400 you want to build a purely period authentic house, then it's going to be 368 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:15.079 a museum literally that people can walk through and take a look at, but 369 00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:18.160 no one will live there, everybody. What we really want when we see 370 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:23.319 authentic is we want to emulate the best of an authentic period, but do 371 00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:32.599 it using twenty first century technology in twenty first century lifestyle sensibilities. So it's 372 00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:36.240 a little fuzzy, you know, it's it's kind of it's like all every 373 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:41.039 kind of fundamentalism. The closer you look at it for clear cut boundaries, 374 00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:45.160 the fuzzier everything becomes. And so it's it's a bit of a hybrid mix, 375 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:51.799 but that's the general goal. Emulate the best themes from the classic period, 376 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:55.000 but do it in a way that fits a twenty first century lifestyle. 377 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:57.839 That's pretty cool, and also thanks for the permission to use up to date 378 00:25:57.880 --> 00:26:03.640 technology. I don't have to dig out my dunlap box wrench from the garage 379 00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:06.519 to get back getting there. I was looking at your I was looking at 380 00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:10.519 your talk points before we had this discussion, and one that stood an angle 381 00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:12.640 of view. That phrase was very cool to me. I think you mentioned 382 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:18.000 the exterior of the home and updating that way, but can you unpack angle 383 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:21.799 of view for it. Angle of view has to do with the fact that 384 00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:25.359 when you know, a lot of people like to imagine or look at their 385 00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:30.039 home in terms of a set of blueprints or plans. It's a huge mistake, 386 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:33.799 especially if you're building the new home or you're just working off an architect 387 00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:37.799 set of your existing home. Because an elevation, that's technically what the term 388 00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:41.599 is, it has no perspective to it. It is simply a flat, 389 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:48.160 one hundred percent direct view of the house, and no one ever sees their 390 00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:53.440 house that way. So you're always standing at an angle. You're standing below 391 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:56.279 the roofline, you're standing off to the left, off to the right, 392 00:26:56.640 --> 00:27:00.680 and so things like, for instance, we're thinking about redoing the roof, 393 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:03.920 Okay, how what kind of money are we going to spend on this roof 394 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:10.839 And how important is it to the overall and the curb appeal or just the 395 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:12.920 general vibe of the house. Well, what we really have to take into 396 00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:15.839 consideration is the angle of view. If you live in a nice, big 397 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:22.319 two story house that's relatively close to the street, you probably don't see much 398 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:26.599 of the roof at all. The most important thing there is the eve You're 399 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:30.480 looking up at the way where the roof overhangs the edge of the building, 400 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:37.279 and the underside of that so corbels, details, siding, all sorts of 401 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:41.200 stuff can go on at the eve line. However, single story ranch house, 402 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:45.680 even with a decent pitch, when you're standing you know, down the 403 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:48.880 street looking at that house, that roof may take up more than a third 404 00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:52.680 of the overall view of the house. That makes it, as I like 405 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:56.799 to say, a very very important head of hair on top of that house, 406 00:27:56.880 --> 00:28:00.559 and so the roof choice becomes really significa. Dean, thank you so 407 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:03.359 much for your time this morning. Always a pleasure to speak with you. 408 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:06.759 Hope to do it again next Friday. I think I'm back next Friday, 409 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:11.000 so I'm gonna prep even more for that segment. All right, sounds great, 410 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:14.640 that's ka if i's home, whispered Dean Sharp. Home with Dean Sharp, 411 00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:18.400 Saturday six to eight am, Sunday nine am to twelve. Dean is 412 00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:22.880 just one of those combinations of like GSB and home design and chill. It's 413 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:26.119 just it's such a good time. Let's get back to one quick story out 414 00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:30.200 of this twenty four hour KFI newsroom. The LAPD says the stabbing of a 415 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:33.319 metro bus driver in Venice was unprovoked. They say the driver was working on 416 00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:37.039 the handicap ramp yesterday when he was attacked. A witness says a homeless guy 417 00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:40.759 punched the driver, then stabbed him in the back when he turned around. 418 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:45.319 The witness helped catch the attacker and held him for police. News is brought 419 00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:48.359 to you by Terranea resort. Two La City Council members have been arrested during 420 00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:55.880 a protest near lax Nathaia Rahman and Nythia Raman and Hugo Sodo Martinez were arrested 421 00:28:55.920 --> 00:29:00.680 while protesting with hotel workers last night. And Los Angeles Metro is on the 422 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:04.720 path to having its own public safety department. Metro's Board of directors voted yesterday 423 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:08.279 to approve the development of a plan for an in house public safety department, 424 00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:14.319 and residents are concerned to the three mile stretch on Mulholland Drive in the Hills 425 00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:17.759 is a disaster waiting to happen on the Fourth of July. In recent years, 426 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:19.359 thousands of people have flocked to the area to get a view of the 427 00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:23.559 fireworks in the city below, with some setting off fireworks themselves. A couple 428 00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:27.640 more stories before we get to Jason. Driving in express lanes without a transponder 429 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:32.480 is no longer a crime. The Metro board has voted to permanently decriminalized the 430 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:36.440 use of express lanes on the ten and one ten freeways. Supervisor Janis Han 431 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:40.359 first introduced the proposal to allow drivers to pay as they go in twenty eighteen. 432 00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:42.759 Says a lot of people don't know a transponder is required to drive in 433 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:45.720 the express lanes, so it's a nasty surprise when a driver gets a two 434 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:48.599 hundred and fifty dollars ticket in the mail. Under the new model, plate 435 00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:52.599 numbers will be captured and a toll in processing fee will be sent in the 436 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:56.640 mail. Han says the new model makes city freeways more friendly by letting everyone 437 00:29:56.759 --> 00:30:00.480 use them with or without a transponder. Amy King k FI News Okay, 438 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:03.480 if I reporter Chris Adler has a better take on the La Metro system that 439 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:07.440 voted to move forward with planning for an in house police department. The motion 440 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:12.759 was introduced as crimes on transit systems continue to rise. ELI Metro's Gina Osborne 441 00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:18.599 says having an in house safety department would allow officers to be actively engaged with 442 00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:22.200 writers. Metro will have control over the deployment of its police resources and may 443 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:26.960 be able to improve response times. The board voted unanimously yesterday to move forward 444 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:30.680 with the creation of the plan, but board member Janice Han abstained, saying 445 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:36.920 the program needs more thought. Chris Adler KFI News Fly fifty one on your 446 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:41.680 wake up Call, Welcome in and Welcome Into ABC's Jason Nathanson, Thanks for 447 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:44.640 joining us this morning. Sure good to be here. Before we get into 448 00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:47.359 handle on the news at the top of the hour, let's talk about entertainment 449 00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:49.160 a little bit. What do you want to start You wanna start with Asteroid 450 00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:53.279 City or is that old news at this point for you? We could start 451 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:56.119 there. Sure, let's start there, because the usual formula seemed to play 452 00:30:56.119 --> 00:31:00.039 out like it's an indie film. It did pretty well in its first of 453 00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:03.680 the weekend. How's it holding up now? Well, I mean it remains 454 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:06.319 to be seeing how it's going to hold up this weekend. Last weekend it 455 00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:11.440 opened in New York and Los Angeles and like record setting numbers in terms of 456 00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:15.680 box office in per screen average. So we'll see how the rest of the 457 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:21.839 country digs Wes Anderson's kind of quirky sensibility. I mean, he's been successful 458 00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:26.920 in the past, for sure, but not necessarily huge mainstream success. So 459 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:30.279 it'll be interesting to see how when the numbers translate. You know, we're 460 00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:34.400 not gonna be talking about fifty sixty million dollars by any stretch of the imagination. 461 00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:38.240 Wes Anderson is a you know, I think it's kind of a love 462 00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:41.599 him or I would say love him or hate him, because I don't know 463 00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:45.359 if people hate him, but like it's love him or you know, kind 464 00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:51.640 of neutral on him. For me, I never really got into Wes Anderson 465 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:56.519 stuff. His singular vision just doesn't work for me. In this film, 466 00:31:56.240 --> 00:32:02.160 which is Asteroid City, which is a very ry Wes Anderson film, and 467 00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:07.119 you know, it's got a huge cast Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Steve 468 00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:10.440 Carrell, Margot Robbie who I believe her all first time, yeah, in 469 00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:15.200 the Wes Anderson universe, and then a bunch of other you know, Jason 470 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:19.359 Schwarzman, Adrian Brodie and others, um who were who've been in there before, 471 00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:22.880 but a lot of them. Steve Carrell doesn't get a whole lot to 472 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:28.640 do, Margot Robbie's in one scene. Tom Hanks doesn't get the I mean, 473 00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:31.559 he's the only one who seems to really kind of be a character. 474 00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:36.359 And Scarlett Johanson, you know, she's fine, but the movie just didn't 475 00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:38.359 do a whole lot for me. Understood and fair enough. And let's take 476 00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:42.480 a hard one eighty then, and I'm gonna ask you about no hard feelings. 477 00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:46.799 Sure, this is the Jennifer Lawrence rated comedy, which is I mean, 478 00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:50.039 some people are calling it her comeback. I don't know about that. 479 00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:52.680 She took a little a couple of years off to become a new mom and 480 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:58.279 do some other stuff and stay away from acting for a little bit. So 481 00:32:58.400 --> 00:33:02.240 this is her This is her first real like full starring roll back. And 482 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:07.440 also she's never been in a comedy like a full on start in a full 483 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:12.440 on comedy before. She's had some comedic roles, and we definitely know that 484 00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:15.119 she's funny. Anybody who's ever seen her on any kind of late night show 485 00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:19.519 or anything, No, she's really really funny. And here it's an it's 486 00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:22.279 all rated, it's you know, supposed to be, you know, raunchy 487 00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:25.759 sex comedy. She plays a character who is about to lose her house. 488 00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:29.480 The only way she feels she can save it is by driving for uber, 489 00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:31.720 but her car is kind of messed up, so she can't really do that, 490 00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:37.400 So she sees an ad online. A couple of wealthy helicopter parents who 491 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:38.720 have a nineteen year old is about to go to college. He's kind of 492 00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:45.440 introverted and shy. They want somebody to quote unquote date their nineteen year old 493 00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:50.039 son and give them a little more confidence, you know. I was. 494 00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:52.920 I love raunchy comedies. Grew up in the eighties with like coming of age 495 00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:59.000 like Meatballs and Porky's Agular Party, and then also the John Hughes movies, 496 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:01.720 which are also great aging movies as well. This is kind of stuck in 497 00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:07.759 between those, and for me, it wasn't raunchy enough to be raunchy, 498 00:34:07.199 --> 00:34:10.719 and it wasn't kind of heartfelt enough to be on the John Hughes side of 499 00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:15.159 things. So a couple of laughs in there, for sure. Jennifer Lawrence 500 00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:17.000 is great to watch, but really, at the end of the day, 501 00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:20.840 didn't do what I wanted it to do. Okay, Um, yeah, 502 00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:23.320 I was wondering about that. I actually had Porkys in my notes to ask 503 00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:28.000 you about and see, because yeah, we're hard boiled gen xers and you're 504 00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:30.559 telling me that we're somewhere in the middle, So all right, cool, 505 00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:32.679 Maybe maybe that's a streaming option for me at least, I don't know. 506 00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:36.679 I'm let me ask you about I'm a Virgo because that's been popping all over 507 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:38.800 my social media feeds. Do you have any takes on I'm a Virgo seems 508 00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:43.119 to have a hype cycle all around it. Yeah, that's a new series 509 00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:45.719 from Boots Riley, who did a movie a couple of years ago called Sorry 510 00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:51.880 to Bother You, critically a claimed kind of set up this surreal world in 511 00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:55.559 which Boots likes to live in and write in and direct in. And it's 512 00:34:55.639 --> 00:35:01.199 kind of surreal comedy but also social common terry as well. And here you 513 00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:06.000 have I'm a Virgo stars Jerrell Jerome, who is great and when they see 514 00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:10.039 us an Emmy winner for that the Central Park five story. And he plays 515 00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:15.719 a nineteen year old black man living in Oakland who is thirteen feet tall and 516 00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:21.239 he's never been out in the world. His parents have kept him sequestered because 517 00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:24.320 they're worried about what might happen to him. If, you know, people 518 00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:28.440 get a hold of him, they might call him a freak, or you 519 00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:30.559 know, there might be mobs and pitchforks and things like that. They're just 520 00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:35.360 they're not sure. So he's grown up. The only contact he has with 521 00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:38.280 the outside world is through TV and what he reads, and he wants to 522 00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:42.599 get out there. He wants to live life. He wants to stretch his 523 00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:45.960 legs, metaphorically and physically, and so he does, but he encounters a 524 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:52.360 world with which is not familiar and it's kind of tough for him to get 525 00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:55.239 used to it. I really like what I've seen so far of the show. 526 00:35:57.599 --> 00:36:01.559 It's it's interestingly done and kind of a wild ride. So you have 527 00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:06.599 seven episodes of that which are all available today on Prime Video. Okay, 528 00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:08.199 great, um, run quick one before I have to let you go. 529 00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:13.559 And this is has to do with some off camera drama with a real drama. 530 00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:16.280 Sex in the City got to balance this week something to do with Kim 531 00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:20.199 Cattrall. I wasn't following it completely, but I have a feeling people are 532 00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:22.280 interested in Sex in the City. Well, the new series, the new 533 00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:25.519 season of and Just like That, which is the Sex and the City spinoff, 534 00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:30.480 is out this week. You have two episodes which dropped Thursday, I 535 00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:37.199 believe, and you know there's been it hasn't been as warmly received, I 536 00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:40.280 think as they want it to be the whole the whole show. People loved 537 00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:45.280 Sex in the City. This is kind of a poor spinoff. But in 538 00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:47.679 that first season, Kim Catrall, who was you know, made up the 539 00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:51.920 fourth member of the group. She wasn't a part of it. She very 540 00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:53.199 publicly said she didn't want to be a part of it. She was done 541 00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:59.760 with that character. And word is that she is back in this season too, 542 00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:02.760 just a cameo. Don't expect a whole lot, but she does appear 543 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:06.760 in that which you know, sex in the city fans makes them happy. 544 00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:08.239 Okay, so she was done with the character. Should we be done with 545 00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:13.800 the characters? You know, it's not a show that I've continued to watch 546 00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:17.800 after last season or the first season. It didn't do a whole lot for 547 00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:22.840 me. It's kind of a it felt a little sad to be returning to 548 00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:29.840 these characters and kind of not that it takes away from the original show, 549 00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:32.800 which was really really great um and put HBO on the map and was was 550 00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:37.440 a fantastic show. That's still there. You can still go watch that. 551 00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:40.920 And I don't mind with the people wanting to continue with characters and things that 552 00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:46.039 are great and keep exploring that world. But the magic has definitely gone for 553 00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:50.199 me and for a lot of people. Okay. ABC's Jason Nathanson, thanks 554 00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:52.280 for your time. I hope you have a great weekend too. You two 555 00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:54.519 ticket, Let's get back to a couple of stories coming out of the KFI 556 00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:58.199 twenty four hour news room before the top of the hour. A man from 557 00:37:58.280 --> 00:38:02.159 Palmdale is facing two years in pre and for illegally importing eloted mosaic from Syria. 558 00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:07.000 The mosaic, which depicts Hercules and other Roman mythological figures, is valued 559 00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:09.880 that more than four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The pieces eight feet tall 560 00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:15.159 and eighteen feet long. Prosecutors say you have seen alkyrie He lied to customs 561 00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:19.519 officials in twenty fifteen and told them he was importing tiles from Turkey worth less 562 00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:23.000 than six hundred bucks. Federal agents took the mosaic from alkyrie He's garage shortly 563 00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:27.039 after it was trucked in from the port of Long Beach. Alkyrie He is 564 00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:30.800 set to be sentenced in August. Blake Trolley k if I News ninety five 565 00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:36.320 in Philadelphia is about to reopen less than two weeks after a fatal crash caused 566 00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:38.440 a bridge to collapse. Crews have been working around the clock and are set 567 00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:42.719 to finish ahead of schedule, obviously because they told us if it's gonna be 568 00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:45.519 three to six months. The interim six lane highway is set to reopen at 569 00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:50.760 noon today Eastern time, so we'll have to be keep an eye on that 570 00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:53.320 one. I guess we'll be used. A permanent bridge is built later this 571 00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:58.320 year. And a firefighter in Florida has been given a permanent home to a 572 00:38:58.360 --> 00:39:01.280 baby left in a Safe Haven baby box. The firefighter says and alarm sounded 573 00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:05.719 when the little girl was placed in the baby box around two am January second. 574 00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:08.079 The firefighter opened the box and found a healthy baby girl wrapped in a 575 00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:12.280 pink blanket. He says he picked her up and when they locked eyes that 576 00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:15.400 was it. He talked to his wife and by January fourth, she was 577 00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:17.719 home with the firefighter and his wife. The couple adopted Zoe in April. 578 00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:22.280 The firefighter says he's telling a story now and helps of giving the birth moms 579 00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:24.880 some closure. There are one hundred forty eight Safe Haven baby boxes in the 580 00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:29.719 US, including in southern California, and thirty one babies have been safely surrendered. 581 00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:34.519 Amy King KFI News we lead local live from the KFI twenty four our 582 00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:36.760 news room. I'm Jason Middleton. This has been your wake up call. 583 00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:39.320 You've been listening to wake up call. You know you can always listen live 584 00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:45.199 kf I AM six forty weekdays from five to six am, and d anytime 585 00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:46.320 on demand on the iHeartRadio app