WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.919 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:14.039 demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI nd KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange 3 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:23.480 County. It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy Kick. 4 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:35.039 It's five o'clock. This is your wake up call for Monday, June seventeenth. 5 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:39.920 We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Amy King. Good Monday 6 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:43.799 morning to you. Oh, get a great weekend. We had a great 7 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:49.280 weekend. But you know how you have best slaid plans and then they get 8 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:53.960 monkey wrenches thrown into them. We had a little monkey wrench that doesn't have 9 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:58.880 a name yet. My friend Amy was in town, Yes she's my best 10 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:02.880 friend, and we'd go out and me and Amy and we were going shopping 11 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:07.920 on Friday afternoon, and she lost her cat a few months ago. So 12 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:15.439 we were talking about maybe getting kiddies, what that might look like, and 13 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:17.680 I said, you know, why don't we just take a look at the 14 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:23.599 Pasadena Humane website see who's available. Well, by about six o'clock on Friday 15 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:30.200 night, we had a new kiddie. So shout out to the folks at 16 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:33.640 the Pasadena who means study so great. They're so great to work with, 17 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:38.640 and my friend and her husband now have a new forever friend. And then 18 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:42.599 we spent the rest of the weekend not only watching the cat run over a 19 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:48.040 run around and terrorize my little apartment, also trying to find a name. 20 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:53.879 It is as yet unnamed. Anyway, I hope your weekend was good and 21 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:57.480 eventful or uneventful if you wanted it to be. Here's what's ahead on the 22 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:01.120 wake up call. Four hundred firefighters have been out on the lines for a 23 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:07.040 more than fourteen thousand acre fire burning near Gorman. Evacuation warnings were in effect 24 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:10.639 for areas south of Pyramid Lake between Old Ridge Route and the La County line, 25 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:15.360 including the Paradise or Insist States. Officials say those living in that area 26 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:17.919 need to be prepared to leave. That's just one of the fires burning in 27 00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:21.520 Socow. We're going to give you an update on all of them in just 28 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:24.520 a couple of minutes. The US will send another one point five billion dollars 29 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:29.199 in aid to Ukraine. Vice President Kamala Harris made the announcement over the weekend 30 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:32.360 at a global summit in Switzerland. Five hundred million dollars of it will go 31 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:38.719 towards repairing and protecting energy infrastructure damaged during the Russian invasion. We're going to 32 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:43.280 be talking with ABC's Tom Rivers more about Ukraine in just a minute, and 33 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:46.960 a peace summit this weekend. President Biden was not at that peace summit, 34 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:52.560 opting for a fundraiser in la instead, and it was a good one money 35 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:57.520 wise. The campaign raised about thirty million dollars at Saturday night's celebrity fundraiser in 36 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:01.560 downtown la Tickets range from two hundred fifty dollars to five hundred thousand dollars. 37 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:07.080 It was the largest Democratic fundraiser in history at six oh five. It's handle 38 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:12.479 on the news Prime Minister Netanya, who has disbanded his Inner War cabinet. 39 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:15.520 What that may signal in the Israel Hamas war. Let's get started with some 40 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:20.159 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Quick rundown 41 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:23.479 of the fires burning in southern California, and there's a bunch of them. 42 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:27.479 A brush fire in the Gorman area north of LA's burned more than fourteen thousand 43 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:31.479 acres. It started Saturday afternoon, Pushed by heavy gusty winds. The fire 44 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:37.639 led to the evacuation of the Hungry Valley State Recreation Area and Pyramid Lake was 45 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:40.840 closed. LA County Fires Craig Little says conditions are very dynamic. All of 46 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:46.400 the winds that we have going on right now are not consistent, so you 47 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:50.159 know, one hour we could have a lull and then the next hour we 48 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:53.879 could have roaring winds. The fire was only two percent surrounded as of last 49 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:59.919 night. A fire that's burned about eleven hundred acres in Hisperia is twenty percent 50 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:04.560 surrounded. It started Saturday evening along Arrowhead Lake Road. A spokeswoman for CalFire 51 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:09.039 San Bernardino said yesterday it looked like the fire was beginning to die down. 52 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:13.439 She said crews were able to prevent it from passing over a bluff and heading 53 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:17.639 toward the Arrowhead Equestrian Estates. The development was under an evacuation warning, which 54 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:21.360 means people were told to be ready to go. A wind driven fire in 55 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:27.120 Lancasters burned more than five hundred acres. At least one home was destroyed yesterday. 56 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:30.519 Some sheds and three RVs were also burned. The fire spread quickly because 57 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:33.480 of those strong wind gusts. Officials say forward progress of The fire was stopped 58 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:38.199 by six point thirty last night, and a brush fire in a remote area 59 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:43.120 east of Moreno Valley has burned close to nine hundred acres. It's twenty percent 60 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.240 surrounded. The fire was reported just after one yesterday in the area of Gilman 61 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:53.120 Springs Road and Alessandro Boulevard. CalFire says Cruise had to call in extra aircraft 62 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:56.959 because the area where the fire was burning was difficult to get to on the 63 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:00.439 ground. Six thousand Food for Less workers in Southern CA California, have overwhelmingly 64 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:04.920 voted to authorize a strike, and San Diego union president Todd Walters says if 65 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:09.759 they don't get a deal soon, workers could walk by midweek. We're hoping 66 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:14.560 today to get a deal. We're hoping to bargain where both sides may not 67 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:16.279 be happy with the deal, but as long as we get something close we're 68 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:19.480 comfortable with the will present itge the members. But if Kroger comes to the 69 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:24.079 table and continues to play games, we will hit the street for ready to 70 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:28.800 strike. Negotiations between the union and Kroger are expected to continue this morning after 71 00:05:28.839 --> 00:05:32.920 talks broke down over the weekend. Time to say good morning to ABC's Tom 72 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:39.639 Rivers Tom. Seventy eight countries have participated in a conference in Switzerland over the 73 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:44.800 weekend. What were they talking about, Well, they're talking about trying to 74 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:48.279 formulate some kind of a piece, if you will, deal between Ukraine and 75 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:53.800 Russia. But the flies and the ointment. The big problem is Russia was 76 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:59.680 not invited and another principal, China, as you know, had been helping 77 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:02.360 with some of the trade with Russia, decided not to show up. So 78 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:05.079 yes, it's kind of a half full, half empty kind of a deal. 79 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:09.360 Zelenski was there. He said, well, maybe it could be seen 80 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:13.120 as the first step on the road to a settlement. But if you will, 81 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:16.600 if you're looking for concrete impact from this, you got zero, okay, 82 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:23.519 And so neither Russia or China, which are the two kind of protagon 83 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:30.160 or antagonists in all of this. Did they just talk about what they want 84 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:33.439 and then maybe who do they present it to though? If those two players 85 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:41.720 aren't even at the table. Well again, Putin on Friday outlined what he 86 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:46.240 would like to see happen, in essence, the withdrawal of all of all 87 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:51.879 Ukraine forces from the four provinces in the eastern side of Ukraine and the fact 88 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:59.319 that he says Ukraine then should become a neutral, a NATAL member. Down 89 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:02.560 the road, I took about ninety minutes. I was shot down by Jen 90 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:09.959 Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General in Brussels. So then they started this two 91 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:14.519 day conference in Switzerland just talking, just cheerleading, if you will, the 92 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:17.040 NATO side. So that's not going to get you what you want if you 93 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:24.000 really want a cessation of the violence and the killings in Ukraine as we speak, 94 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:30.480 and hasn't Putin kind of been saying that that's what he would be looking 95 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:35.800 for before or was this the first time that he's really articulated this. He's 96 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:40.759 kind of intimated it in the past, but yeah, he's kind of laid 97 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:44.839 it out the day before this two day conference, I guess fully expecting it 98 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:48.839 to be shot down and as I said, very very quickly by NATO headquarters. 99 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:55.800 So you know, never the Twain, she'll meet to very very different 100 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:59.879 points of view on how to move forward. Hence nothing changes, Hence the 101 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:01.839 war goes on. Yeah, kind of reminds me of what's going on with 102 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:07.360 Israel and MS where Mosco's here's what our plan is. But there's no way 103 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:09.040 Israel's going to go for it. So it's kind of like, okay, 104 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:15.560 whatever it was billed as a first step toward peace, is what's the next 105 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:18.120 step or is there a next step that we know? Wait, there may 106 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.639 may or not be. We don't know, Paul, you know, watch 107 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:24.199 your space. There could be a gallery again. You know some of the 108 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:30.600 participants as well, just didn't have a good feel about things. India, 109 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:35.000 Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Air Emirates, they sent foreign ministers, 110 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:39.600 not presidents or prime ministers, and as far as you know, signing up 111 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:41.639 to this thing, they said, now we're going to We're not going to 112 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:46.279 sign this. It's not worth the papers written on. Maybe one day it 113 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:48.159 will be, but at this stage, no, we're going to take a 114 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:52.399 pass. Okay. And you mentioned that not all the top top level officials 115 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:56.559 were there, and one of the top top level officials that was not there 116 00:08:56.679 --> 00:09:00.080 was President Biden. Was there any kind of a pushback for that because he 117 00:08:58.840 --> 00:09:03.679 headed back to LA for fundraising. Well, again, if you think back 118 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:09.039 a couple of months ago, this was kind of looking for some momentum and 119 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:13.080 thought this could be something. And then as the weeks waned on. It 120 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:16.200 looked more and more like a deflated balloon. And of course, you know, 121 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:22.840 the President has signed off for the US taxpayer more if you will funds 122 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:28.480 for the military side in Ukraine than all of the other coalition of the willing 123 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:33.440 participants have put together. So if it was it was really really important, 124 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:37.000 you would have thought that he would be there. But by sending you know, 125 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:41.960 Vice President Harris there the signal as well. Maybe something can come out 126 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:43.559 of this one day, but right here, right now, no, Okay, 127 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:46.600 Tom Rivers, thank you so much for the information. We'll keep watching 128 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:50.360 it. Take care all right, you too. Let's get back to some 129 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:54.639 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The LAPDS 130 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:58.679 investigating the death of a little girl at Dockweiler Beach. Sources at the scene 131 00:09:58.679 --> 00:10:03.399 told KFI News the girl accidentally struck in a campground parking lot in numerous police 132 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:05.480 cars could be seen, along with a white tent around the child's body. 133 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:09.679 The LAPD says around five forty five Saturday evening, officers were sent to the 134 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:13.919 twelve two hundred block of Vista del Mar after a nine to one to one 135 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:16.879 collar reported a car hit a pedestrian. Sources in the department told me the 136 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:20.440 two year old girl was hit while her mother was moving an RV and when 137 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:24.960 the mother heard a noise, she realized she'd hit the child. While it 138 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:28.159 appears the collision was an accident, detective say they will do a thorough investigation. 139 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:33.200 Steve Gregory ka if I News. A second man has been arrested for 140 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:37.639 a fight at Lax that knocked out an elderly woman who was checking her bag's 141 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:41.799 curbside. Jason Gibbn's senior was booked on Friday on suspicion of felony battery. 142 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:46.039 He allegedly rushed another man May thirty first and bumped into the woman, who 143 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:50.279 was knocked to the ground. The woman was taken to the hospital in critical 144 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:54.759 condition, but has since recovered. Israel's military has announced a pause in fighting 145 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:58.960 during daytime hours along a route in southern Gazita free up a backlog of humanitarian 146 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:03.519 aid deliveries. So called tactical pause applies to about seven miles of road in 147 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:07.240 the Rafa area. The army said the daily pause would begin at eight in 148 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:11.120 the morning and run through seven pm, and would continue until further notice. 149 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:15.600 Finally, a big movie for twenty twenty four. Inside Out two has opened 150 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:20.080 with one hundred and fifty five million dollars at the box office. Industry analysts 151 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:24.320 say that's the best opening of the year. Pixar's sequel to twenty sixteen's Inside 152 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:30.200 Out deals with the emotions of a now teenage little girl and features the voices 153 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:35.320 of Amy Poehler and Philip Smith, Diane Lane, Kyle McLaughlin, and others. 154 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:39.480 And so I know that Nick went and saw it on Thursday, and 155 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:45.440 Kono was taking the girls to see it over the weekend. So I wanted 156 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:48.639 to ask both of you because I think we're going to get different perspectives. 157 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:52.480 So Nick, first, what did you think of it? I thought it 158 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:56.080 was great. And now, granted we all talk about the hours that they 159 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:58.440 keep here, but I fell asleep three times during it. So even though 160 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:01.799 it's only nine eighty minutes, like we talked about with Jason Nathanson on Friday, 161 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:05.440 for me, it was a bit slow in areas, but I still 162 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:07.840 cried like a baby, So I mean, it still had all the fields, 163 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:11.480 yeah, exactly, and it had all the feels, so I mean 164 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:13.879 for me, but it also felt really really slow and some of the parts 165 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:16.879 just I could have done without. So okay, and you said it was 166 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:22.679 this is actually classic Disney. It was really an adult movie, yes, 167 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:26.080 one hundred percent of an adult movie. And the thing that I kept hearing 168 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:28.399 throughout the theater two things were the kids were running around and very, very 169 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:33.600 restless, and then a handful of times I kept hearing daddy, are you 170 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:35.720 are you sad? Why are you crying? Mommy? Are you okay? 171 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:39.200 And that's all I heard all around me. So you had kids running around 172 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:43.080 and were really restless, and then you had them checking in on their parents 173 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:46.159 who were crying. So, oh my god. Okay, So now Kono 174 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:50.480 went to the movie with kids. So what one would you think of it? 175 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:54.440 And what did the kids think of it? Oh? I thought the 176 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:56.960 same as Nick. Actually I felt like it was pretty slow in the beginning, 177 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:01.840 but they nailed it. They always nailed these emotions, which is I 178 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:07.080 loved the first one too, inside out and then Yeah, my daughter who 179 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:11.440 was three, it was her first theater experience with a massive screen and popcorn, 180 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:18.480 and she loved it, and she watched the entire thing. She was 181 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:22.120 yes and loved it. She took her bing bong, which she had from 182 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:26.080 the first episode in the first movie, and she thought bing Bong was going 183 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:28.840 to be in it, so she kept asking. She kept leaning over and 184 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:33.840 asking, where's bing Bong? Is bing Bong coming? And I'm like, 185 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:37.840 Hannah, just maybe he might be coming. But then the character. I 186 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:39.720 don't want to blow it for anyone who hasn't seen it, but there is 187 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:45.279 a character that I think distracted her from bing Bong and it might be her 188 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:48.519 new favorite. Okay, and what about your older daughter. The older daughter 189 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:52.519 I think related to a lot of the emotions more than an actual child. 190 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:58.960 So my older daughters seventeen and I can't remember the character's name, but it's 191 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:03.840 boredom, the actual care on Wei and I was like, they're the same, 192 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:07.559 Like that's a seventeen year old today. Yeah, that's funny. All 193 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:11.519 right. So you guys both liked it though it's both for you a little 194 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:15.919 bit slow in parts, but overall liked it. Yeah. I can't. 195 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:20.639 I like inside Out, all right, you know what. I am just 196 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:24.639 thrilled because it's like Jason and I were talking about on Friday. I think 197 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:26.639 that Disney's had their movies always look great, but I think they've had a 198 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:31.639 couple of misses, so I'm glad to hear that. You know, Inside 199 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:35.759 Out is getting good reviews and it made one hundred and fifty five million dollars 200 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:37.799 at the box office, so biggest movie of the year so far. So 201 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:41.240 I think it's great, and now I get to go see it, and 202 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:45.600 I will take your recommendations and do that. A smoke advisory remains in place 203 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:50.120 with the Santa Clarita Valley and Castaic because of the more than fourteen thousand acre 204 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:56.000 fire and near burning near Gorman. The South Coast. AQMD says northeasterly winds 205 00:14:56.039 --> 00:15:00.399 are expected to continue pushing smoke from the fire toward the Santa Clarita and San 206 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:05.600 Fernando Valleys and parts of the La National Forest through this afternoon. Actually, 207 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:09.759 Angelus National Forests, not the La Forest Police, are asking for your help 208 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:13.799 in finding a man who escaped from the West Valley Detention Center in San Bernardino 209 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:20.240 County. He got out yesterday during an outdoor recreation period. Deshaun Champs is 210 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:22.480 twenty nine, black, five eleven, one hundred and seventy pounds, with 211 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:26.840 green eyes, a shaved head, and tattoos on his neck and head. 212 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:31.360 He's been held on attempted murder charges. Both the Biden and Trump campaigns have 213 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:37.639 agreed to new rules for the first presidential debate. CNN announced. Both candidates 214 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:41.200 have agreed that Mike's will be turned off during the ninety minute debate except when 215 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:45.960 it's each candidate's turn to speak. We're going to find out more about the 216 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:50.720 ground rules with ABC Stephen portnoy Cima coming up in about ten minutes at six 217 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:54.679 oh five. It's handle on the news. Along with warnings on cigarettes, 218 00:15:54.720 --> 00:16:00.120 the Surgeon General is now calling for warning labels on social media apps. Right 219 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:07.919 now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim is jaws lurking 220 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:12.679 off the beaches of the United States this summer. Yes, should we panic 221 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:17.000 about it? Should we stay away from the beach? No? But yeah, 222 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:18.320 they're always lurking out there in the water. They're always out there. 223 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:22.039 Fishing is what they're doing out there. Amy. They're not looking for you 224 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:26.799 or me or anybody else in particular except those little fish. So if you 225 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.559 go out to the beach along the Gulf Coast or over the Atlantic coast, 226 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:34.279 even on the California coast, I assume you know pay attention to those flags 227 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:40.120 that they post out there that the lifeguards have put up there. They talk 228 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:44.000 about the rip currents and the water conditions and all that, but they are 229 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:48.639 also flags that deal with the potential presence of sharks. So yeah, watch 230 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:52.919 out for that. Is there a shark sighting season? Yeah, and this 231 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:56.799 is a little early. You know, we had those two shark attacks last 232 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:02.440 week. Essentially, the two separate attacks that we yes on the Florida Panadle 233 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:04.559 might have been carried out by the same shark. That's what the experts are 234 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:11.440 thinking right now. There were small schools of small fish that were schooling around 235 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.839 that area at the time, and it's thought that shark was going in after 236 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:18.559 the fish bit this woman and she lost her hand, as I understand it, 237 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:21.359 but her life was saved by a doctor who happened to be on the 238 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:23.920 beach their sunning himself and was able to save her life. And then a 239 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:29.279 short time later, two teenagers were attacked not far away the same general beach 240 00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:33.440 area there on the Panandle. But do you know where the shark bite capital 241 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:36.880 of the whole world is? Is it Hawaii? Is it Australia, Is 242 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:41.880 it the South Africa? South Africa. No, Felusia County, Florida. 243 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:49.359 Oh really, yes, Felusia County, Florida as the most confirmed unprovoked shark 244 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:56.759 attacks from eighteen eighty two to present, and in second place Brivarc County and 245 00:17:56.799 --> 00:18:00.000 then Palm Beach County. So it's not it's not, but you know the 246 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:04.680 shore line there in Australia. It's not South Africa, it's Florida. But 247 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:10.440 yeah, so just watch yourself because it does occasionally happen. And if those 248 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:14.799 are the shark bite capitals of the world, how many shark bites do we 249 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:18.519 see per year on average? Do we know? Yeah? On average? 250 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:22.079 If you're looking at the worldwide total last year, what did we see? 251 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:26.000 We had one hundred and twenty alleged shark human interactions. I'm looking at the 252 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:30.680 International Shark Attack File. Yes, there is such a thing. The International 253 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:36.799 Shark Attack File started in nineteen sixty and they saw a sudden and extreme drop 254 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:41.440 off in shark attacks or shark sightings in nineteen sixty nine. Let's because funding 255 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:45.200 was cut to this this thing. This organization only came back and then they 256 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:49.319 started keeping up it. Anyway, last year sixty nine, unprovoked shark attacks, 257 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:55.119 shark bites on people. Twenty two provoked bites, So only twenty two 258 00:18:55.319 --> 00:19:00.240 worldwide provoked shark attack. What is it provoked? I mean like you go 259 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:04.799 and you go in front of the shark, and I mean yes, kind 260 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:08.240 of yeah, provoked bites. Here's the definition. Provoked bites occur when a 261 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:12.880 human initiates the interaction with a shark in some way. It includes divers bitten 262 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:18.720 after harassing or trying to touch sharks, bites on spear fishermen who are underwater, 263 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:22.240 bite some people trying to feed sharks. Bites happening while unhooking or removing 264 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:26.680 a shark from a fishing net. So yeah, those are considered provoked bites. 265 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:30.160 The unprovoked ones are like we saw on the beach last week. People 266 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:34.680 are swimming mining loan business and they come into contact with a shark. Okay, 267 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:37.279 So I voted or not voted, but I said I thought it was 268 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:44.400 South Africa because I was talking to somebody probably when't we visited there a few 269 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:48.319 years ago that shark bites in South Africa had increased because they're doing like shark 270 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:52.720 tourism and they put in those they put people in those shark cages, and 271 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:57.279 then they chum the waters to try to track the sharks, and lo and 272 00:19:57.319 --> 00:20:00.960 behold, the sharks are showing up. The sharks get chummy with those people, 273 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:03.640 don't they. Hey. Yeah, okay, So if you're going into 274 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:07.240 the water, is there anything you should do to make yourself less appetizing to 275 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:10.839 the sharks? Well, well, not really. I mean they're not really 276 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:14.559 going after you anyway, and they're going after those fish. And if there 277 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:17.839 are schools of fishing, they you should. You know, I don't know 278 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:21.440 who's going to be fishing or rather swimming early in the morning, like at 279 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:23.720 dawn or at sunset, but those are the times to avoid, really, 280 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:26.880 because that's when these fish are schooling. So the middle of the day is 281 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:32.519 your safest bet. Although those attacks in Florida last week happened in the middle 282 00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:36.279 of the day, but yeah, restricted to middle of the day, early 283 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:38.880 afternoons something like that, that's going to be the highest sun exposure, but 284 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:42.599 your smallest shark exposure. Okay, and I know that the shark bite, 285 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:45.880 I mean, it's just terrifying the thought of it. Yeah, But if 286 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:51.680 you look at like just even the population of the United States of three hundred 287 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:56.400 and thirty some odd million and there were less than one hundred bytes, right, 288 00:20:56.599 --> 00:21:00.119 right, And statistically you're okay, your statistically you're gonna be okay going 289 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:03.039 onto the beach, enjoy yourself. But you're right, I mean, there's 290 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:07.640 this visceral feeling. This there's a fish in this water with me that could 291 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:11.839 come over here and eat me or kill me, you know, or bite 292 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:15.160 me's And you're right, it's scary. It's it's frightening to think about. 293 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:18.480 After I saw Jaws, I didn't go in the pool at my house that 294 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:22.279 whole summer, all right, Jim, or you take a bath after that 295 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:26.160 movie. Well there's that too, Jim Ran, Thank you so much for 296 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:29.000 the information. Now we can feel better about going in the water. Just 297 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:32.640 do watch out for the warning flikes. Yes, all right, thanks Jim, 298 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:36.440 all right. A guy stuck in a chimney has been rescued in downtown 299 00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:40.799 LA. The fire department says the guy got into the four story chimney yesterday 300 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:45.440 and an abandoned apartment building. Rescue crews had to break through a wall inside 301 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:48.279 to slide the man down to the ground floor. He was taken to the 302 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:52.920 hospital. A mountain lion's been found dead on the one on one Freeway and 303 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:56.240 a gore Hills close to where that wildlife crossing is being built. The Mountain 304 00:21:56.279 --> 00:22:02.240 lion was found early Saturday in the slow Lane near Liberty Canyon Road. Construction 305 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:06.000 of the wildlife crossing began in twenty twenty two. It's expected to be done 306 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:11.160 late next year or by early twenty twenty six. Can't happen soon enough for 307 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:17.160 me. Researchers at u SEE, San Diego say nitrous oxide emissions have accelerated 308 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:21.279 climate change, with a growth of forty percent over forty years. The report 309 00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:26.359 found agricultural production contributed to seventy four percent of human driven nitrous oxide from nineteen 310 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:30.000 eighty to twenty twenty, primarily through chemical fertilizers and animal waste on crop lands. 311 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:34.119 The study, released last week by fifty eight researchers at fifty five organizations 312 00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:40.000 in fifteen countries, also found agricultural waste alone reached eight million metric tons in 313 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:44.480 twenty twenty, a sixty seven percent spike since nineteen eighty. Researchers say nitrous 314 00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:48.039 oxide from farming has a global warming potential about three hundred times more powerful than 315 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:52.920 carbon dioxide Corbin Carson kf I News. Tonight, the Dodgers are in Colorado 316 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:56.920 to take on the Rockies. First pitch goes out at five forty. You 317 00:22:56.960 --> 00:23:02.079 can listen to every play of every Dodger's game on AM five seventy LA Sports 318 00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:06.359 live from the Galpin Motors Broadcast Booth, and stream all the games NHD on 319 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:11.400 the iHeartRadio app keyword AM five seventy LA Sports. The largest of four fires 320 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:17.559 burning in southern California has burned more than fourteen thousand acres near Gorman. Evacuation 321 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:21.839 warnings were in effect for areas south of Pyramid Lake between Old Ridge Route and 322 00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:26.079 the LA County line, including the Paradise Ranch. Estate's officials say those living 323 00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:27.960 in that area need to be prepared to leave. The fire is only about 324 00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:34.279 two percent surrounded. The Mother our a mother has accidentally apparently run over and 325 00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:38.599 killed her two year old at Dockweiler State Beach. LAPD says the mother was 326 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:42.960 moving an RV on Saturday. She says she heard a noise and realized she 327 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:48.960 had hit her two year old. The investigation is ongoing. Police are looking 328 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:53.000 for a group of kids who attacked several people while riding e bikes in West 329 00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:57.720 Ventura. Willie say the kids kicked and stepped on a homeless woman on Saturday 330 00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:02.960 night, through rocks another woman and spit on people they rode by at the 331 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:07.160 Crown Plaza Hotel. So far, just a thirteen year old has been arrested. 332 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.920 At six oh five, it's handle on the news, no surprise, 333 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:14.480 the Biden campaign has launched a fifty million dollar ad campaign calling out former President 334 00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:18.279 Trump as a convicted criminal. At five point fifty, we're going to be 335 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:22.720 talking with the senior advisor on Wildlife Tracking for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. 336 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:26.160 Quite a mouthful, but it's about a new exhibit that you might see 337 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:30.039 at LAX next time you fly in or out. We'll tell you what it 338 00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:33.400 is and why you're probably going to want to take a closer look. Really 339 00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:37.160 interesting stuff. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Stephen Portnoy. 340 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:41.000 Stephen. In about a week and a half, the first presidential debate leading 341 00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:45.279 up to the twenty twenty four election is going to be held. A lot 342 00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:49.119 of planning going into it, So tell us what we know now, because 343 00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:53.880 they've kind of put out some of the ground rules ground rules were released on 344 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:59.920 Saturday CNN, laying out the terms that the candidates have themselves agreed to. 345 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:03.440 Two men standing at podiums. The position on stage will be determined by a 346 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:07.880 coin flip. The mics will only be on when a particular candidate is recognized. 347 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:14.079 But I caution you amy to remember that in the elements of television production, 348 00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:18.039 we have two people on a stage not terribly far away from one another, 349 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:19.160 and one man's mic is on and the other is off. It could 350 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:25.440 wind up sounding something like this if the other candidate is talking over the other, 351 00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:27.119 which is to say that you might hear the other man off mike and 352 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:32.079 on the stage when one man is talking, you really can't tell that his 353 00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:36.079 mic is on because they turn the studio monitors, that is, the speaker's 354 00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:38.880 offs, to avoid feedback. So it's possible that if let's just say, 355 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:42.880 as happened in twenty twenty, Donald Trump tries to interrupt or talk over Biden, 356 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:47.480 that it'll distract Biden and knock him off his feet. Biden goes to 357 00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:52.920 Camp David on Thursday to begin debate prep. There'll be no campaign staff all 358 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:56.279 out on stage during the two commercial breaks because this is a now a for 359 00:25:56.400 --> 00:26:00.519 profit endeavor on the part of CNN, as opposed to a non partisan public 360 00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:04.519 service put on by all the networks and the Commission on Presidential Debates. No 361 00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:08.200 pre written notes or props, but candidates will be able to take notes during 362 00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:11.640 the debate. It'll be a two minute opening answer, a one minute rebuttal, 363 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:15.680 one minute response to the rebuttal, and then an extra minute to be 364 00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:18.119 used if necessary at the discretion of the moderator. So the idea is five 365 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:23.079 minutes per subject. Okay. Who are the motor moderators again, Jake Tapper 366 00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:30.519 and Dana Bash of CNN. Okay, so not exactly a Trump friendly line 367 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:34.759 up there, which I'm sure they tell you not necessarily a Biden friendly line 368 00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:37.880 up either, but yeah, nevertheless, Okay, So you mentioned that there's 369 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:42.200 no campaign staff allowed out on stage during those breaks in other debates. Has 370 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:45.400 there been well in other debates and the main debates in the fall with the 371 00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:48.400 Commission on Presidential Debates. Uh huh, there is no break. Oh, 372 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:52.599 okay, and that's a key point. Also, no studio audience. But 373 00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.960 we've talked about this before, Amy, and that is the idea that this 374 00:26:55.839 --> 00:27:00.920 is this stereotype of these debates, the primary debates, the ones held prior 375 00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:04.960 to the conventions, the ones were Democrats versus Democrats and Republicans versus Republicans. 376 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:10.640 Those have featured studio audiences because those again have been set up by individual television 377 00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:15.400 networks, and they have had audiences in the fall. The debates that were 378 00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:18.400 most used to in the general election, they have had audiences, but the 379 00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:23.519 audience has been well healed corporate types and who have given their money donated to 380 00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:29.599 the Commission and been admonished by the moderators not to show approval or disapproval of 381 00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:32.400 any answer on stage, and that has been how it's been. There have 382 00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:37.480 not been outbursts in the Commission on Presidential Debate debates or even rockus applause. 383 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:42.240 And yet that misperception has led to the much said about the idea that there's 384 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:47.599 no audience here. So fine, there's no audience, but we'll see how 385 00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:51.559 that affects the dynamic. It'll just be a more intimate television production. I 386 00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:55.680 think there have been more outbursts on stage than in the audience. One. 387 00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:57.440 Certainly that was the case in twenty twenty. Look, yeah, the first 388 00:27:57.720 --> 00:28:02.240 of the two debates in twenty two twenty where ugly. It was an ugly 389 00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:06.400 scene because you had the two men on stage and Donald Trump would interrupt Joe 390 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:10.839 Biden and it really upset and frustrated Joe Biden. In the end, I 391 00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:12.759 think you know, the main takeaway was it was an ugly night for Donald 392 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:18.640 Trump, and in the second debate he performed better, but in one and 393 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:22.559 rather handily when you look at it, certainly the national election results and in 394 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:26.519 the states where it mattered. So let's see how it all plays out. 395 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:30.039 What an early debate. This will be ten days from now, weeks before 396 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:33.319 Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee, and more than a month and a half 397 00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:38.480 before well, I mean Joe Biden gets his convention. The ideas the Democrats, 398 00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:41.519 to avoid missing an Ohio deadline, are going to do some sort of 399 00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:47.960 digital roll call that makes him the nominee. So there's no complication with the 400 00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:51.559 state of Ohio's ballot deadline. Okay, And in the past, as we've 401 00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:55.440 talked about that, it's just it's only on CNN. Can if the other 402 00:28:55.599 --> 00:29:00.960 networks wanted to, could they rebroadcaster or does CNN have exclusive rights to the 403 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:07.440 whole thing for forever. CNN has decided to allow other broadcast outlets to simulcast 404 00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:11.000 their debate live. ABC News will be among the networks carrying it on our 405 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:15.160 air. Okay, well that's good then. Like you said before, more 406 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:21.960 eyes right, tens of millions presumably will be watching next Thursday night, and 407 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:23.640 I will be one that one of them. I think it's going to be 408 00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:26.240 kind of musty TV for us. So do you have the advantage of time 409 00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:30.519 zone advantage that's good for you? Yes, exactly, and I can still 410 00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:33.519 get to bed on time exact. Steven Portnoy, thank you so much for 411 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:37.160 the information. Like I said, I'm not missing it, and I bet 412 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:38.119 a lot of people are going to want to see what they have to say. 413 00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:41.920 You bet. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of 414 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:45.720 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Oh. Speaking of the presidential candidate's, 415 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:48.680 former President Obama and a whole bunch of celebrities turned out for a fundraiser in 416 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:53.720 downtown LA for President Biden. He warned supporters on Saturday to show up and 417 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:59.359 speak up now and through election Day Biden's campaigns as the event raised thirty million 418 00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:03.960 dollars from day Democratic donors. Tickets for the event went from two hundred and 419 00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:08.440 fifty dollars to his high as five hundred thousand dollars. Former President Trump was 420 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:14.359 in Detroit over the weekend. He told black voters politicians need to stop the 421 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:18.960 crime. He also repeated claims that the election process is rigged. A fire 422 00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:23.160 near the Hollywood Bowl and the John Anson Ford Amphitheater in the Hollywood Hills has 423 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:27.559 been stopped at about three acres. The fire was reported shortly after two yesterday 424 00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:32.279 afternoon. It took more than one hundred firefighters less than two hours to knock 425 00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:34.920 it down. One firefighter was hurt. They were treated for what the fire 426 00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:41.480 department called non life threatening medical problems. Some libraries in LA will double as 427 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:45.640 cooling centers on hot days this summer. The program would operate at West Valley 428 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:48.640 Exposition Park, San Pedro, Pacoima, and Chinatown. Yolena Zeltzer of the 429 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:53.240 Southeast Asian Community Alliance in Chinatown says she's glad her neighborhood branch was Joseph. 430 00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:56.160 The seniors that use the library for cooling in the summer and heating in the 431 00:30:56.240 --> 00:31:00.480 winter because they unfortunately have to make the choice to either pay rent by food 432 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:04.319 medication or pay for heating and cooling. The locations were picked based on heat 433 00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:08.640 maps from UCLA and others. The city expects around eight extreme heat days during 434 00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:12.640 the season, and libraries would offer water, heat education, and extended Sunday 435 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:18.119 hours if necessary. Michael Monks KFI News. A smoke advisory remains in place 436 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:22.160 for the Santa Clarita Valley and Castaic areas because of the more than fourteen thousand 437 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:27.720 acre fire burning near Gorman. The South Coast. AQMD says northeasterly winds are 438 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:33.079 expected to continue pushing smoke from the fire toward the Santa Clarita and San Fernando 439 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:38.440 Valleys and also parts of the Angelus National Forest through this afternoon. Saw the 440 00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:42.559 sunset last night and it was one of those hazy, smoky ones. Thankes 441 00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:47.240 for a pretty picture, not good for your lungs. Governor Newsom has ordered 442 00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:52.240 flags at the state capital to fly at half staff in or honor of the 443 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:56.519 La County firefighter who was killed in the line of duty Friday. Andrew Ponchius, 444 00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:59.799 a nineteen year veteran of the department, was killed when a front loader 445 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:04.880 exploded at a quarry in Little Rock, southeast of Palmdale. Celebrity chef Gordon 446 00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:09.000 Ramsey says he's lucky to be alive after crashing his bike in Connecticut. He 447 00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:14.039 says recovery has been brutal, but he's going to be okay. He posted 448 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:17.839 pictures on social media of his bruised and battered body and his tattered helmet, 449 00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:23.000 so urged followers to always wear a helmet. We're just minutes away from a 450 00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:25.880 handle. On the news this morning, the wildlife crossing on the one on 451 00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:30.559 one can't open soon enough. A mountain lion has been found dead on the 452 00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:36.799 freeway not far from the crossing in Agora Hills. Let's say good morning speaking 453 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:42.240 of wildlife to Sarah Walker, who is the senior advisor on wildlife Trafficking for 454 00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:46.680 the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Good morning, Sarah, good morning, 455 00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:51.400 how are you. I'm great. Your title is quite a mouthful. So 456 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:55.000 it's a very long title. Yes, yes, so before a very very 457 00:32:55.000 --> 00:33:00.359 complex problem. Right, So before we jump in, can you tell us 458 00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:05.680 just a little bit about your organization and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and 459 00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:09.599 what it does. Absolutely so The Association of theoson Aquariums, also known as 460 00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:16.720 AZA, is the a crediting body for more than two hundred and fifty facilities 461 00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:22.480 zoos and aquariums around the world, really primarily here in North America, and 462 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:29.440 that includes facilities locally like the Los Angeles Who Aquarium of the Pacific, Cabrio 463 00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:34.880 Marina Aquarium and others. Okay, and we love all those places. Yes's 464 00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:37.799 kind of excellence. Please go visit. Yeah, so we're talking to you 465 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:43.240 today because there is a new exhibit from the La Zoo at the Tom Bradley 466 00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:46.599 International Airport the travelers are going to see as they move through Terminal four. 467 00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:51.519 And it caught my attention because I've been to Africa a couple of times, 468 00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:55.400 and while I'm thrilled with the experiences and the animals and everything there, I 469 00:33:55.400 --> 00:34:00.440 am also horrified by the fact that people are still poaching and selling off for 470 00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:06.000 parts some of the most amazing animals in the world. Yes, many people 471 00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:10.159 are surprised to learn just how big of a problem this is. Wildlife trafficking 472 00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:15.519 is actually the fourth most profitable transnational crime in the world. It comes in 473 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:21.719 just behind human trafficking, the drug trade, arms trade. It's really a 474 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:27.000 conservation crisis and it's going to take all of us to stop it from happening. 475 00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:35.000 And because consumer demand is really driving the crisis, the consumers are actually 476 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:37.280 the ones who hold the key to stopping the culting. Okay, So the 477 00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:45.280 new exhibit at the airport is what's in that. Yeah, we're so excited 478 00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:50.760 about it. It's part of our Eye Travel for Wildlife initiative. It's the 479 00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:57.440 fourth exhibit that we've installed in the country. LAX were of course very excited 480 00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:00.239 about since it's one of the busiest ports in the world roles and see the 481 00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:07.079 high number of live animals and illegal products coming in daily. And it's an 482 00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:15.159 interactive exhibit that educates people about wildlife trafficking in general, but also what products 483 00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:20.639 they might encounter while traveling, which products to always avoid, which products to 484 00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:25.880 maybe question and ask a few questions about where that product came from. And 485 00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:32.880 also it's interactive and include several examples of actual products that have come illegally through 486 00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:37.880 LAX. Okay, so let's talk about the products. Where you said that 487 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:43.599 there are products that are involved with wildlife trafficking, so it's not just smuggling 488 00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:47.280 live animals in and out of the country. It's also parts. It's yes, 489 00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:52.519 it's a bolt. It's quite a large problem. It's live animals to 490 00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:57.519 fuel the exotic pet trade, but it's also parts which is then turned into 491 00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:01.039 products, various products. They can be the trinkets that you pick up, 492 00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:07.440 figurines, carvings become in the form of jewelry. You'll see them turned into 493 00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:14.719 shoes, wallets, you name it, traditional medicines. There's just so much 494 00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:19.599 out there as you're traveling the world that you will be exposed to and you'll 495 00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:22.880 probably be offered for sale. And what we want the public to know is 496 00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:27.440 just because it's for sale doesn't mean it's legal, okay. And when you're 497 00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:30.800 talking about trinkets and that kind of thing, I mean immediately you go to 498 00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:37.079 ivory because that was such a popular thing and leaving our elephant population decimated. 499 00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:43.719 So there's still a lot of ivory going in and out. Yes, absolutely, 500 00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:49.320 the elephants are recovering slightly because of conservation efforts, but we're still losing 501 00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:53.840 them faster than they can reproduce, so elephant ivory is certainly still a problem. 502 00:36:53.920 --> 00:37:02.199 We also see products made out of rhinohorn sea turtle shell, panglin skin. 503 00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:07.559 Many people don't know what a pangle it is. What they look like, 504 00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:09.920 Yeah, I know what they look like. They're weird looking things, 505 00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:15.599 but very beautiful, yes, cute in a strange looking way. They're also 506 00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:21.239 known as scaly ant eaters. That's what I was going to say with armorn, 507 00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:24.400 that's right. And when scared they roll up into a ball and it 508 00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:28.920 makes it very easy for coachers just to pluck them, put put them in 509 00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:31.320 a bag, and then they're trafficked for a variety of products. But they're 510 00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:38.719 actually Panglins are the most widely trafficked mammal on earth. Okay, so from 511 00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:42.840 this exhibit, Sarah, what do you what are you hoping people are going 512 00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:49.559 to take away? We hope people take away just a general understanding about wildlife 513 00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:53.679 trafficking, but more importantly tips and tricks. We really hope people will take 514 00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:58.320 to heart some of the things we're telling them to be on the lookout for 515 00:37:58.840 --> 00:38:02.840 products to avoid. But most of all, we're hoping people walk away with 516 00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:09.159 a sense of agency that their individual actions matter and that day as consumers and 517 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:15.159 travelers can actually stop this trade by not purchasing things to begin with, yeah, 518 00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:17.559 and what you don't know, you don't know, so once you do 519 00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:22.760 know, you can do better. Absolutely, absolutely, I think we had 520 00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:25.639 our cut out a little bit. Sarah. If you're back, where can 521 00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:30.079 we find more information about your organization and what's going on to stop illegal trafficking 522 00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:35.480 for wildlife? Yes, thank you. You can visit I Travel for Wildlife 523 00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:38.199 dot org and you can read about all of the information we have in the 524 00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:42.679 exhibit. We of course hope you can visit it in person, but if 525 00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:45.000 you can't, you'll find a lot of great information on the website. Okay, 526 00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:49.000 great, Thank you, Sarah Walker, appreciate it so much. I'm 527 00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:51.440 going to say your title once again because it's the longest that I've said in 528 00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:55.559 a long time Senior advisor on wildlife trafficking for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. 529 00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:59.880 And you can get more information I Travel for Wildlife dot org. Thanks 530 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:04.960 again, Sarah, thank you. I just think that's such an important thing 531 00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:07.840 because, like she said, you don't even realize some of the stuff that 532 00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:13.039 you're buying or taking out because it's pretty in their little trinkets and they're mementos 533 00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:17.679 of your travel, but they're also sometimes endangered species and the wildlife is too 534 00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:22.400 spectacular. We need to just be better and be smarter. That's what I 535 00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:27.800 have to say on that. This is KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, 536 00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:31.239 Orange County. We lead local live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom 537 00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:37.159 for producer and and technical producer Kno and traffic specialist Nick as Well. I'm 538 00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:39.159 Amy King. 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