WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.839 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:14.519 demand on the iHeartRadio app kf I and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange 3 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:38.920 County, and you, Amy Kay. It is five o'clock. Good morning. 4 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:43.479 This is your wake up call for Thursday, April twenty fifth. We're 5 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:49.399 live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Amy King. Oh my god, 6 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:53.159 I just remembered when I said that date. It's my baby brother's birthday. 7 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:59.479 Okay, note, so call Rob later today, better late than ever. 8 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:03.799 I know. Right Well, it's not late, he's just not getting a 9 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:07.840 present. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. Nearly one hundred people have 10 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:15.920 been arrested when police cleared an occupation of USC's Alumni Park by pro Palestinian protesters 11 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:21.879 demanding the university end ties with Israel and Israeli tied investments. A school in 12 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:26.879 Santa Clarita Valley's been locked down after someone opened fire on campus with a BB 13 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:30.879 gun. The shooting happened yesterday morning at or near Mint Canyon Community Schools in 14 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:36.439 elementary school. No one was hurt. LA County Sheriff's deputies have not said 15 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:40.560 if anyone is in custody or who the shooter is. The Supreme Court's going 16 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:44.319 to hear arguments today on former President Trump's claim that he has absolute immunity on 17 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:48.359 charges of attempting to overturn the twenty twenty election. We're going to be talking 18 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:53.120 with ABC Stephen Portnoy more about this later this hour. He's so great at 19 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:57.840 breaking things down and making sense of these complicated issues, so stick around for 20 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.200 that. Also, we're going to be getting Nick's top picks for fun things 21 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:02.959 to do around the South Line this weekend. That's in about ten minutes. 22 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:08.319 And our brains are literally getting bigger, but ABC's Jim Ryan says we're not 23 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:12.319 getting any smarter. We're going to talk to Jim in just a couple of 24 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:15.439 minutes. At six oh five. It's handled on the news. Protests are 25 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:20.599 happening at several campuses around the US, including Columbia University, where the president 26 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:24.120 is under more pressure to step down. Let's get started with some of the 27 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:29.919 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom speaking of protests. USC 28 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:34.199 is closed until further notice following the arrests of more than ninety people during a 29 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:42.120 pro Palestinian protest on campus. Hundreds of protesters attempted to occupy Alumni Park on 30 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:46.520 USC's campus, calling for an end of any investments by the university involving Israel, 31 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:50.599 including study of broad programs in response to that country's war against Hamas and 32 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:54.360 Palestine. Campus police and the LAPD work to disperse the crowd yesterday afternoon. 33 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:59.759 By the evening, around seventy arrest had been made, some tents were confiscated. 34 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:02.719 You Federation of Los Angeles called the protest at USC and other colleges across 35 00:03:02.759 --> 00:03:08.159 the country alarming and expressed concerns about anti Semitism within them. Michael Monks KFI 36 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:14.199 News. Lawmakers and Sacramento have passed a bill in committee that would crack down 37 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:19.439 on protesters in the state who stopped traffic. The bill would double fines every 38 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:23.840 time someone is convicted of blocking highways and freeways. The assembly woman behind the 39 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:30.000 push took action after seventy eight protesters were arrested on a bridge in San Francisco 40 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:35.639 last year, but only given five hours of community service and fifty seven dollars 41 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.639 fines. The bill is headed to another committee. A man accused of punching 42 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:44.400 and stabbing a metro bus driver in Willowbrook has been arrested. Darnelle Bray was 43 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:47.840 booked yesterday on suspicion of attempted murder of a Metro bus operator. Is Bail 44 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:52.879 has set at two million dollars. The attack happened about eight thirty at night 45 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:57.039 on April thirteenth. The guy allegedly started yelling at the driver, then went 46 00:03:57.080 --> 00:04:00.360 after him when the driver pulled over to let him off. Metro's board of 47 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:06.479 directors is expected to consider emotion today to buy more barriers to protect bus drivers 48 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:12.919 from being attacked. Southern California is commemorating the one hundred ninth anniversary of the 49 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:16.240 Armenian genocide. For the month of April, Armenians have been holding special film 50 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:19.480 screenings, blood drives, marches, and other gatherings to honor those who died 51 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:24.319 and to remind people of what happens. They have been fighting an uptural battle. 52 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:29.160 Sonia Moroians with the Armenian Genocide Committee Chapter in Glendale says numerous organizations have 53 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:32.199 come together in solidarity to educate people on the genocide and promote peace. This 54 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:38.959 is a game of politics. This is a world of historical revisionism. Moroian 55 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:42.959 says they also want the Biden administration and the UN to help protect Armenians around 56 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:46.560 the world. Steve Gregory, King of I News, it's five oh six. 57 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:49.720 Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. Hey, Jim, 58 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:54.240 check out the brains on us. No, really, look at them. 59 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:57.759 They're getting bigger, right, they are getting bigger. Yeah, like physically 60 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:01.839 growing our business. Brains are bigger, six point six percent larger than our 61 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:06.680 brains were about one hundred years ago. So somebody born in nineteen seventy, 62 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:13.519 nineteen seventies has a brain about six percent larger with fifteen percent more surface area 63 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:17.519 than somebody born in nineteen thirty. So yeah, your brain is probably larger 64 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:21.399 than that of your grandparents. So when somebody looks at you and says, 65 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:24.759 or looked at somebody goes, you know, god, he's got such a 66 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:29.600 big head. Yeah it it's real. Are skulls bigger too? Our souls? 67 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:33.399 Skulls skulls, No, skulls are not bigger. And the way they 68 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:38.319 measure this, they measure so well, your skull is the same size. 69 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:42.639 Scientists have figured out a way to measure what's inside there, right, minus 70 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:46.879 the brain bone stuff. They've figured out how to measure that. I don't 71 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:48.600 know how to do it, but that's what they've determined, is that the 72 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:55.720 stuff inside your skull is larger than this stuff that was inside your parent's skull. 73 00:05:55.959 --> 00:06:01.480 Okay, but in spite of actually physically being larger, our brains aren't 74 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:09.759 expanding lotally intellectually. What's up of that? Right? Yeah, we're finding 75 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:14.240 now that IQ scores and people have lots of questions and concerns and doubts about 76 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:17.560 IQ tests, right, the standardized tests that are intended to look at different 77 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:25.000 areas of your reasoning, your logic, and Yeah, but starting about two 78 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:30.079 thousand and six, research has shown that our IQ scores began to decline somewhat 79 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:34.600 two thousand and six to twenty eighteen. Between that period, in three of 80 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:40.480 the four areas that the IQ test looks at, scores were lower, that 81 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:45.519 is in logic, vocabulary, visual and mathematical problem solving, and analogies. 82 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:49.439 And there's only one area, spatial reasoning that those scores went up in. 83 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:54.839 So but look back to two thousand and six, around that period, what 84 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:59.319 was happening then, Well, smartphones were just making the scene. The internet 85 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:02.000 had fully take can hold everybody had a computer in their house. So some 86 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:06.319 people believe that a lot of that to artificial intelligence or the thinking that our 87 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:12.000 computers were doing. That kind of thinking replaced what our brains were doing. 88 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:15.639 You know, we were talking about this with friends of mine. We were 89 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:19.680 talking about how nobody knows anybody's phone number anymore because you don't have to remember 90 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:25.560 it, right, And even like when you go on vacation, they're saying 91 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:29.759 that people are not remembering the vacations, the actual vac you know, the 92 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:33.240 activities as much because they spend so much time taking pictures they don't have to 93 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:38.279 rely on their brains for the actual memories. Yeah, it's kind of a 94 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:40.959 sad statement if you think about it. It really is kind of weird. 95 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:45.399 But there is hope that this can be turned around. Somewhere in California is 96 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:51.920 on the cutting edge of this because California now is requiring kids to take cursive 97 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:58.199 again. Right, So, handwriting is found to be important in brain development 98 00:07:58.279 --> 00:08:03.879 and cognitive functioning, and especially cursive handwriting, the artistry of writing things down, 99 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:07.759 you know, incursive is found to have some value. I was looking 100 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:13.120 maybe I told you this that I was looking through my mother's junior high school 101 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:16.079 yearbook a while back, and she was in junior high school in the nineteen 102 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:18.720 forties and even kids, and I was like, wow, I've heard teacher 103 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:22.040 sure left in a lot of notes in here. Well it wasn't teachers, 104 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:26.480 it was other seventh and eighth graders writing in this book. Incursive, beautifully 105 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:33.559 perfect cursive, right, And so I think there is some something about that 106 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:37.840 that people back then and you know to practicing cursive. You've got a grade 107 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:41.120 for it, you were scored on it, and people were doing that. 108 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:46.440 So you know, does that completely account for our lower IQ scores since the 109 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:50.240 Internet and computers and smartphones came along. Probably not, but maybe there's a 110 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:54.320 connection. I guess we'll have to go to bed in California. I know, 111 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:58.720 right, we're groundbreaking here and other things you can probably do to be 112 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:05.039 up your brain, Like isn't word games supposed to help? Yes, word 113 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:09.480 games, and you know that may be a different part of the brain function 114 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:13.679 that's boosted by it. I mean cursive. You know, you have the 115 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:18.879 challenge of drawing that particular letter you're really drawing when you're writing in cursive, 116 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:22.000 right, and trying to get the shapes right and connect the letters together and 117 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:26.720 all that, and it a facts or helps to fortify a different part of 118 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:31.519 the brain from word games, from puzzles like that crossword puzzles. Which one 119 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:33.399 do you do? You said you do words with friends or wordle or one 120 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:37.840 of them running. So I do wordle and I do kordal chordal, yeah, 121 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:43.080 which is sort of like wordle on steroids. And I used to play 122 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:46.679 words with friends. Remember we talked about this last week, but I quit 123 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:50.679 because I always lose. Yeah, And did you try connections yet? I 124 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:54.320 have not? Okay, write that down. Remember connections. It's the you 125 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:58.399 have sixteen words and you have to put them in groups of four on how 126 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:01.879 they're related. Then sometimes it's pretty darn tricky. That's cool, Yeah, 127 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:05.120 it is. It's interesting, remember that. So I'm going to write it 128 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:09.080 down. Well, if your green was functioning better, you would be able 129 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:13.279 to notes on the computer on my phone. I'm gonna write it incursive on 130 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:16.320 a magazine. Perfect. Jim Ryan, Thank you so much. Have a 131 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:18.759 great day. See you all right. Let's get back to some of the 132 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:22.600 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The man accused of 133 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:26.440 shooting a Sheriff's motorcycle deputy in West Covina could spend the rest of his life 134 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:28.960 in prison. Raymond No Durant has been charged with attempted murder of a peace 135 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:33.440 officer and being a felon in possession of a gun. While investigators have called 136 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:37.840 Durant a gang member, La County DA George Gascone says it's unclear if gang 137 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:43.080 enhancements will be added to his charges. There may be gang association. The 138 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:46.159 question becomes the evidence in this case and whether that canna be tie. Duran 139 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:50.480 allegedly pulled up to La County Sheriff's deputy Samuel Espurrow and shot him on Monday. 140 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:56.120 He was arrested later that day in San Diego County in downtown La like 141 00:10:56.159 --> 00:11:00.519 trolley. K if I news, Ukraine has started using long range ballistic missiles 142 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:03.200 in its war with Russia, officials say the US or officials in the US 143 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:09.080 say Americas secretly provided Ukraine with the missiles. They were used to bomb a 144 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:13.840 Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and in another occupied area this week. 145 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:18.480 The missiles give Ukraine nearly double the striking distance it had with weapons received in 146 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:22.840 October. A Grand jury in Arizona has indicted eighteen people for efforts to interfere 147 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:26.320 in the twenty twenty election. State Attorney General Chris Mays says the group indicted 148 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:33.240 submitted a document to Congress falsely claiming Trump won. Arizona's election was free and 149 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:39.320 fair. The people of Arizona elected President Biden. Mays says Biden won by 150 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:43.399 more than ten thousand votes. Seven names in the indictment haven't yet been released, 151 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:48.039 but descriptions imply they include Ruly Giuliani and Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows. 152 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:52.960 The state is the fourth to bring charges against fake electors. Thousands of 153 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:56.679 campers are going to start heading over to the Empire Polo Club in India for 154 00:11:56.799 --> 00:12:03.360 Stagecoach. The Country Musical Music festival is being headlined this weekend by Eric Church 155 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:07.720 tomorrow, Miranda Lambert on Saturday, and Morgan walland Sunday. Others taking the 156 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:13.919 stage include Jelly Roll, l King, Dwight Yoakum, Post Malone, Willie 157 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:16.799 Nelson, Leon Bridges, and Clint Black Ooh, sounds like a fun lineup. 158 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:20.679 That's just one thing going on this weekend. And now let's check in 159 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:24.600 with Nick to find out his top Picks for the weekend and some fun things 160 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:28.919 you can do around the Southland. Nick. First of all, it's one 161 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:31.679 of our favorite things. Yeah, so I was going to say anything in 162 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:33.320 the Disneyland Resort for Amy King and I both we love, but this is 163 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:37.039 when we have done together. And this year there's some new iterations. So 164 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:41.639 really excited to get this underway. But picks Our Fest kicks off tomorrow at 165 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:45.240 the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, and that will be taking over the entire resort, 166 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:46.519 so a lot of times. Like we've talked about the Food and Wine 167 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:50.840 Festival at Disney California Adventure that only takes over at Disney California Adventure Park, 168 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:54.000 this takes over the hotels. Also picks Our Place. The new hotel has 169 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:58.639 re or has opened at Disney. But there's going to be a brand new 170 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:03.240 daytime parade that I can wait for better together a Pixar pals A celebration. 171 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:05.360 They had one that they have this last year, but it's got brand new 172 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:09.399 floats this year, so you'll be able to experience not just cocoa and up 173 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:13.159 and inside out monsters, ing things that you're used to Toy story but turning 174 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:16.879 red will have a float in it. Also you'll see Joe Gardner from Soul 175 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:22.080 and twenty two, also Luca Alberto. Yeah, there's so many things, 176 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:24.559 and I saw a couple of previews. It looks incredible, So Amy, 177 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:28.200 we're gonna have the best time when we go check this out. But then 178 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:31.200 also there's some new kinetic things that have been added to the esplanade between the 179 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:35.039 two parks. So that's that kind of free ninety nine thing. What does 180 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:39.440 that mean? What's kinetic things meaning? So meaning that there's some special art 181 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:45.240 installations that are above the esplanade between both Disneyland Park and Disney California Venture Park 182 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:48.960 that move with the wind and have music, and there's this massive install in 183 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:54.159 the middle of the esplanade which moves and everything is just kind of all about 184 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:56.840 play and I think that's the biggest thing for Pixar, and because of the 185 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:00.799 Pixar Animation Studios really being that partner over a good number of years now with 186 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:03.080 Disney. It's a lot of fun. And so there's also a brand new 187 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:09.879 celebration happening at the Fantasyland Theater at Disneyland Park. And then obviously it can't 188 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:13.919 miss those fireworks and it will be a return of a fireworks spectacular together forever. 189 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:16.840 Yeah, and you know what I heard about you know? Okay, 190 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:18.559 so if you've been to the fireworks at Disneyland, you know that tinker Bell 191 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:24.240 goes and shoots across the sky and goes over to the matdiverhorn. I heard 192 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:28.320 it's it's going to be Buzz light Year Now Buzz Lightyear and Carl's House from 193 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:31.440 Up with the Balloons. Oh really, not just one, but two things 194 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:35.000 flywork Castle, which is amazing. So you get another to go to Disneyland 195 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:39.000 exactly. So and this one I love it because you could go to both 196 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:41.679 parks to get that park Hopper and you'll be said to go, but head 197 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:46.240 over to Burbank not too far from the studio for KFI. The Warner Brothers 198 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:50.039 Studio Tour has a brand new tour itself. So they have the Classic Tour 199 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:52.039 and you can check out what it's like to see a working Hollywood studio. 200 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:56.399 But right now, as of last week, they have the Turner Classic Movies 201 00:14:56.440 --> 00:15:01.000 Classic Films Tour that is actually hosted by all your favorite host from Turner Classic 202 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:05.440 Movies, So you actually go through and it talks about everything from the beginning 203 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:07.960 of Hollywood through the nineteen seventies. So does it have a bunch of sets 204 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:11.440 set up? Yes? Correct, So they brought back a lot of sets 205 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:15.440 to their new glory, you know, all the way back. There's a 206 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:18.039 lot of things going on also at Universal Studios for their sixtieth anniversary. But 207 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:22.799 this one at the Warner Brothers Studio lot. It's a new tour on top 208 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:24.799 of the existing one there that you can always check out. So I will 209 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:28.799 actually be headed there today, so you can check out Nick pollio'cheian in this 210 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:31.519 week of a Nick on Instagram to follow along and check out some of the 211 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:33.879 cool things that are going on for that event. Okay. And then the 212 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:37.000 last one is down at the Santa Monica Peer and that one is really cute 213 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:41.519 and it's the first annual Chubby's Splash down its Phantamonica Peer. Wait a second, 214 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:46.039 is that so just fat people go jump in the water? No, 215 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:48.559 and it's funny. So back in twenty eleven, it's a company of a 216 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:54.879 bunch of a bigger gentleman who decided to get together and launch a clothing line 217 00:15:54.919 --> 00:16:00.000 and a clothing company that would be able to accommodate everyone men, women, 218 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:03.320 children and all sizes. And so they're going to be at the Santa Monica 219 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:07.320 Peer taking it over on Saturday from noon until six. And this will be 220 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:10.919 an annual event. It's kind of turning it into a water park. But 221 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:14.879 if you go down that giant slide, you also get a free pair of 222 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:18.360 Chubbies swim trunks to start off the well to wrap up spring and head into 223 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:22.320 summer. So there'll be food and DJs and all sorts of fun things for 224 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:25.200 you to check out. And that is free ninety nine across the board. 225 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:27.720 I love it the Chubbies splash down at the Santa Monica pair. Okay, 226 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:32.559 and for more great things, not only Nick's top picks, but pretty much 227 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:34.360 everything that's going on around southern California. Where do they find that information? 228 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:40.519 Including the podcast This Weekend with Nick dot Com. House speaker Mike Johnson is 229 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:45.320 called on the president of Columbia University to resign, saying she has lost control 230 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:49.080 of her campus. Pro Palestinian protests continue to disrupt classes on the campus. 231 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:53.679 In New York, Arizona's House is voted to repeal a Civil War era abortion 232 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:56.639 law. The bill now heads to the state Senate. Where it is expected 233 00:16:56.639 --> 00:17:03.320 to be passed early next month. Arizona's Supreme Court had revived the eighteen sixty 234 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:07.880 four law that bans almost all abortions earlier this month. It could have gone 235 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:10.759 into effect as early as June. Here's a name we haven't heard for a 236 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:15.400 while. Former Chief medical advisor to President Biden, Anthony Fauci, will testify 237 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:18.359 before Congress for the first time since he stepped down on June third. Doctor 238 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:23.440 Fauci will testify before the House Select Committee on the coronavirus pandemic at six oh 239 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:26.599 five. Handle on the news. The White House is saying help is on 240 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:30.519 the way now that Congress has passed that ninety five billion dollar foreign aid bill 241 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:36.519 that includes lots of money for Ukraine. Let's say good morning now to ABC's 242 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:41.000 crime and Terror analyst Brad Garrett. Brad, do you want to play the 243 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:45.000 what if game a little bit with you? Because you look at these kinds 244 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:48.720 of things and analyze these kinds of things. In Trump's hush money case, 245 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:56.079 the judge hasn't decided yet what to do about Trump allegedly violating the gag order, 246 00:17:56.119 --> 00:18:02.599 but it could include charging him with him which could mean he could have 247 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:07.079 to go to jail, that's right, and think about that. Why are 248 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:10.039 you going to send him to jail? You're not going to send him to 249 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:15.400 Rikers Island. The Secret Service would have to buy law stay with him, 250 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:23.319 which then translates in my mind into something private or I guess potentially a closed 251 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:27.359 prisoner or jail that they'd have to rehab. But if you think about this, 252 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:32.240 any short term, long term, short term would be obviously if the 253 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:36.920 judge you know, I'm making this up today tomorrow the next day, says 254 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:41.359 you know you're going to jail. You violated the gaggler, they would have 255 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:45.039 to temporarily put him someplace. Now I'm going to guess the judge won't do 256 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:49.880 that. I think the judge probably predictably will find him, and I think 257 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:55.880 at the extreme end place him under house arrest so he could stay on Trump 258 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:59.160 Tower, but he could not go anywhere without permission from the court, which 259 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:03.680 obviously wouldn't go over well with him. And then there's long term, obviously, 260 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:08.559 which I think would be in reality years from now in these jurisdictions, 261 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:14.319 if he predictably is convicted and gets time, then they'll have to create a 262 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:19.680 longer term setting for him, which obviously would take some time. Well, 263 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:25.039 I think it's interesting like when you said because there's Secret Service around him, 264 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:26.720 I mean, so the Secret Service guys have to go to jail two? 265 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:33.000 Well would happen? Yeah, wherever he is housed for lack of better terms, 266 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:37.640 the Secret Service would be with him. And think about you know, 267 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:42.559 the food preparation will have to be monitored. I see no way realistically that 268 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:47.640 you could put him in an isolated part of one of the traditional federal prisons 269 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:53.960 or in particular in New York state prisons that would work. So we'll see. 270 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:59.000 I mean, it's a daunting task and it's not going to go away 271 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:03.400 from the stand point that President Trump's approach to most things is to be the 272 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:08.200 disruptor. That's what he has just done most of his life, I think. 273 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:11.839 And so here we are. You know, he's pushing this judge at 274 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:15.519 the edge. Some people believe that he's doing it intentionally so the judge will 275 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:22.039 lock him up, so he'll get more attention, fire up his supporters even 276 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:26.160 more, and so we'll see. I don't know if that's part of it, 277 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:30.759 but that wouldn't surprise me so based on because that's what he go ahead 278 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:33.160 based on Trump's behavior and that, like you just said, he likes to 279 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:37.799 poke the bear, which and you analyze these kinds of things, do you 280 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:42.119 think that he might want to go to jail kind of like you said, 281 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:47.359 maybe, yeah, yeah, right, it makes him sort of the ultimate 282 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:53.880 to make a victim splash. He claims, yeah, he claims he is 283 00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:57.440 a victim, right, that this is the system, in his words, 284 00:20:57.440 --> 00:21:03.880 corruptly going after him. And so yeah, and I guess the point I 285 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:08.319 want to make is he's not going to stop being the disruptor. If he 286 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:11.599 goes to jail, he'll continue to do it. If he doesn't go to 287 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:14.279 jail, he'll continue to do it. I mean, you know, he's 288 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:18.720 a runaway trained behaviorally, and if you're and he's never been, it looks 289 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:22.480 like to me really held accountable for that. But he's now taken on the 290 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:26.920 judicial system and he might lose. Well, well, we'll have to watch 291 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:30.359 and see. ABC's Brad Garrett, thank you, Thank you so much for 292 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:34.680 your time and your insight on this. Appreciate it. You're welcome. See 293 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:37.319 Amy. See, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of 294 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:42.359 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. La Kenny supervisors have suggested sterilization and relocation 295 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:48.240 instead of shooting all deer on Catalina Island from helicopter. It's a really sad 296 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:52.440 and challenging problem. Catalina Island Conservancies Lauren Denhart says two thousand deer are destroying 297 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:57.519 the island's ecosystem and sterilization won't make a Relocation causes disease, and as for 298 00:21:57.599 --> 00:22:02.480 more hunting, about three hundred year are killed every single year on this island 299 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:06.599 and the population just rebounds over and over again. She says. Lethal dispatch 300 00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:10.279 is widely accepted as the most effective and humane way to stop the deer from 301 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:12.920 devouring native plants into extinction. When you lose that, you get the base 302 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:17.240 of aniel grasslands. You end up with an island that burns more frequently. 303 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:21.799 But La County Supervisor Dennis Hans says the Conservancy has been criticized about deer over 304 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:25.039 the last one hundred years. Since the deer were introduced, they have not 305 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:29.440 done as good of a job as they could have if managing the herd, 306 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:32.960 so, she says, now the answer can't be to have sharpshooters slaughter deer 307 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:37.079 from helicopters. It will traumatize people who will have to hear the crack of 308 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:41.000 the sharpshooters killing their beloved deer. Supervisors voted this week to call on State 309 00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:45.880 Fish and Wildlife to deny the permit to shoot the deer. Corbin Carson k 310 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:49.640 if I News. Keep listening for your chance to see The Fork Report live 311 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:55.279 at Beachlife Festival. Brought to you by the Porta Fino Hotel and Marina. 312 00:22:55.359 --> 00:23:00.000 You can catch their exhilarating brunch experience before the Beach Life Festival on May fourth. 313 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:06.400 Enjoy live music, panoramic ocean front vistas, and a lavish feast. 314 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:12.039 You can book online now at Hotel Portafino dot com. The Fork Report at 315 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:17.880 the Beach Live Festival. That's going to be a party. Police have dispersed 316 00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:23.119 a crowd of hundreds of pro Palestinian protesters who held an occupation at USC's Alumni 317 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:27.079 Park. They made several demands for the university to end ties with Israel and 318 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:33.200 Israeli tied investments, but the gathering devolved into chaos late in the day or 319 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:37.880 the ninety protesters were arrested. Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial resumes this morning 320 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:41.599 with former National Inquirer publisher David Becker back on the stand. He's testified so 321 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:45.119 far about how he paid people for the rights to negative stories about Trump, 322 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:51.839 then didn't print them to protect Trump. For couples who want a Taylor Swift 323 00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:56.160 style love story, the castle in Tennessee featured in Swift's music video for Love 324 00:23:56.200 --> 00:24:00.119 Story is soon going to be open for weddings and honeymoons. Castle Gwynn is 325 00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:04.240 about forty minutes outside of Nashville. Owners are fixing it up and say they 326 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:07.160 hope to have it ready for weddings and receptions by the end of the year. 327 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:11.960 At six oh five, it's handle on the news Arizona's coming back into 328 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:15.839 the twenty first century, having overturned a Civil War era ban on abortion. 329 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:18.240 At five point fifty, we're going to be talking with ABC Stephen Portnoy about 330 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:22.240 what the US Supreme Court is taking up today, and that is whether the 331 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:27.960 president has absolute immunity. But right now, we are going out and about 332 00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:33.240 so we could head out to some of the cool places around southern California, 333 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:37.400 places that you may have missed or didn't even know you were missing. And 334 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:42.200 one of those places is the Egyptian. So you've probably heard of Gramman's Chinese 335 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:48.519 Theater, right, everybody knows it, But there's also a place called Gramman's 336 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:55.319 Egyptian Theater. It's also in Hollywood Boulevard, and we went to go see 337 00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:57.799 a movie there. Nick Pouli, Jochini and I went to go see Raiders, 338 00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:03.640 actually Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom. And the theater is kind 339 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:08.119 of set back from Hollywood Boulevard, so if you were walking by, you 340 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:11.160 might not even notice it unless you were looking for it. At least that 341 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:15.200 was my experience because I parked my car and I got out and I went, 342 00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:18.799 Okay, where is it? So it was kind of interesting to me 343 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:22.559 that it is set back. But the theater has been opened since I believe 344 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:26.839 nineteen twenty two, is that right now, So it's one hundred and two 345 00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:30.039 years old. Yeah, right, but it's been closed for a few years 346 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:33.160 apparently got over a good number of years, got a little run down. 347 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:37.440 I mean, it happens one hundred years old, and Netflix bought it, 348 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:42.000 renovated it, and then reopened it back in November. And I got to 349 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:45.440 tell you it's very cool. I like going to the theaters that are just 350 00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:51.920 the one theater movie theaters, and it's not only a movie theater, but 351 00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:55.160 it's also going to be a performance theater. So I think that's that's kind 352 00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:59.880 of cool. But I think it was it was really well done. It 353 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:03.160 was nice to see that it was open again, and I think it's a 354 00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:07.599 great venue. There was well, we saw Indiana Jones and The Temple of 355 00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:12.960 Doom and it was very loud. I think that was the consensus between both 356 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:17.240 you and I Nick right right, And it's just it's beautiful, Like you 357 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:19.240 said, it's beautifully updated, but there's a lot of flat surfaces for that 358 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:22.039 sound of bance around in that one single theater, and so I think that's 359 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:27.240 probably with their new state of the art sound system, it may be overpowering 360 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:32.920 the nineteen twenty two building. Yeah, but it was fun to see because 361 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:37.319 right now they're showing movies from like nineteen eighty four, so they've done Beverly 362 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:41.200 Hills, Cop two and Gremlins and what did you go see it? The 363 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:45.559 other day? Gremlins? And I also saw, oh gosh, what did 364 00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:49.240 I see see? You're doing too many things, but they're doing movies, 365 00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:52.880 see too many things? Yeah, they're doing movies from nineteen eighty four, 366 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:56.400 so we haven't seen Temple of Doom for a while. That's a good theater 367 00:26:56.519 --> 00:27:00.640 to see that movie. And though you know, like there's so many movies 368 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:03.920 that I think that you can stream now because you you don't need the theater 369 00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:07.359 experience, but with that one, I think you really do. And so 370 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:11.319 that was that was a fun treat. And what they're going to be doing 371 00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:15.880 next is the Netflix is a joke series where all the comedians are all over 372 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:21.039 the city and that's from May second to eleventh, so they'll have the live 373 00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:25.920 stand up comics at that location. So you probably go check that out when 374 00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:29.920 they get the schedule all finalized. And then the other thing that was that 375 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:33.920 was kind of cool about it it was that it's owned by Netflix and now 376 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:37.400 they have a Netflix store, because everybody's got a store, and I loved 377 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:42.359 getting little trinkets and merchandise, and it's got Squid Games stuff, and it's 378 00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:45.799 got a bunch of merch from Stranger Things. I'm like, oh yeah, 379 00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:52.400 Stranger Things coming back. And then it's also had Bridgerton stuff and what else. 380 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:55.839 I'm trying to think of what other what other shows which is a newer 381 00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:59.559 thing there. The fun thing was they actually, I mean not to talk 382 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:03.200 too much, but they have a whole Netflix and Chill line of pajamas and 383 00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:07.519 t shirts and things, so you can really get comfy, cozy and enjoy 384 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:11.640 it. But yeah, there was a lot of stuff, and there was 385 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:15.720 a lot of things like if you like Funko pops from all the different properties 386 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:18.559 that Amy talked about, you can get those if you're looking for clothes, 387 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:21.759 if you're looking for home goods. I mean, it's wild with in this 388 00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:25.640 little shop that's just out front on Hollywood Boulevard, and even that is not 389 00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:27.880 really well advertised. I know, it's just like kind of tucked away, 390 00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:30.519 so you got to look for right, okay. And then and it's also 391 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:33.839 inexpensive because it's only fifteen bucks to see any of the films there compared to 392 00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:37.759 other movies, so they're not first run. They're not first run for Rest, 393 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:41.839 but that's okay. Some movies need to be seen in a theater, 394 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:45.079 and I think if this is an option, I think it's worth it. 395 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:48.839 It's kind of and and the popcorn was like six and nine dollars. It 396 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:52.880 wasn't like twenty bucks. For a for a thing of popcorn. So that 397 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:56.160 was nice. And here's the here's my favorite thing, because you know how 398 00:28:56.240 --> 00:29:00.359 in movies now you've got like thirty minutes of previews. It's crazy. And 399 00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:03.440 then they have also mixed in ads, which really ticks me off. This 400 00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:10.440 one they had previews that lasted about three minutes and it was all Netflix stuff, 401 00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:14.200 so they were promoting all of their shows and you're like, Oh, 402 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.160 I can't wait for that one to come back, and when does that one 403 00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:18.039 come back? Oh? I forgot about that one, So I thought they 404 00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:23.359 They did such a great job with their teasers. The previews were wonderful and 405 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:26.160 only three or four minutes long, so that was cool. So it's the 406 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:32.039 Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. It's on Hollywood Boulevard. You can find out more 407 00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:37.079 information by googling it, and it's really really kind of a cool place to 408 00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:40.279 go. So highly recommend that. Let's get back to some of the stories 409 00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:42.599 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A man who killed his 410 00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:47.480 four kids and mother in law in Lancaster has been sentenced to life in prison 411 00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:49.839 without parole. An attorney for JaMarcus David tried to convince a jury that David 412 00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:53.799 should be convicted of second degree murder because he was distraught over a pending divorce 413 00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:57.559 and he was remorseful for the murder of his family. David was sentenced yesterday 414 00:29:57.559 --> 00:30:02.880 and prosecutor say on November twenty twenty one, David shot his children and their 415 00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:06.240 grandmother as a way to punish his wife. Soon after the shootings, David 416 00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:08.680 surrendered to the La County Shriff's Department. David's wife had said she wanted a 417 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:14.799 divorce after finding out he fathered another child during an extramarital affair. Steve Gregory 418 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:18.359 Taya Fine News News brought to you by Simper Solaris. New electric trucks are 419 00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:22.720 headed to the Port of Long Beach thanks to almost forty four million dollars in 420 00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:26.799 federal grants. Congressman Robert garcias is the funding will also help reduce truck idling 421 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:32.319 and improve port efficiency. To eliminate greenhouse gases not just on trucks, but 422 00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:36.119 other types of equipment or vehicles that may not be electric, you want to 423 00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:40.000 get those converteds. That's going to help expand the electric network, which Garcia 424 00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:44.160 says will speed up. The ultimate goal of eventually converting every operation at the 425 00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:47.599 ports to electricity. The grants were awarded to two companies as part of a 426 00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:52.839 trillion dollar federal infrastructure law. The MTV Music Video or the MTV Video Music 427 00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:56.880 Awards are returning to New York for the first time since twenty twenty one. 428 00:30:56.960 --> 00:31:00.880 This year marks the show's fortieth anniversary. It'll air line from UBS Arena on 429 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:06.920 Long Island September tenth. It's the first VMA's for the arena and the sixth 430 00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:08.640 held in New York. The first was at Radio City Music Hall back in 431 00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:12.960 nineteen eighty four. Speaking of nineteen eighty four, performers and nominees will be 432 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:18.960 announced later. US's campus will remain closed to the general public until further notice, 433 00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:25.240 although classes will go on as scheduled. Almost one hundred people were arrested 434 00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:30.039 last night when police cleared an occupation of USC's Alumni Park by pro Palestinian protesters. 435 00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:34.400 House speaker Mike Johnson Is called on the president of Columbia University to resign, 436 00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:38.759 saying she has lost control of her campus. Pro Palestinian protests continue to 437 00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:44.799 disrupt classes on the campus in New York. Doctors at San Diego's Palamar Health 438 00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:48.480 have unveiled what they say is a revolutionary cancer fighting tool. It's called the 439 00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:55.599 Linear Acceleration Machine. Doctors say it's a non invasive therapy that refines treatment like 440 00:31:55.680 --> 00:32:00.039 never before. The American Cancer Society has reported a staggering two million cases of 441 00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:05.559 cancer this year alone. We're just minutes away from handle on the news. 442 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:09.440 Airlines are being told to quit haggling and just give customers their refunds. For 443 00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:15.799 goodness sakes, right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Stephen portnois so, 444 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:19.319 Stephen, the Supreme Court is going to hear arguments on the last case 445 00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:22.359 for this court season. Yeah, I mean as far as we know. 446 00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:24.880 I mean, look, the last scheduled argument. And it's not just the 447 00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:28.559 fact that it's the last scheduled argument. It happens to be a pretty important 448 00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:31.759 one. And that's the question about immunity for Donald Trump and whether a former 449 00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:37.039 president should be immune from criminal prosecution for his official acts in office. This 450 00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:39.359 isn't just the most closely watched case of the term. It perhaps is the 451 00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:45.720 most important case in a generation, because it hasn't more to do with the 452 00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:50.799 powers and scope and limits of the presidency itself than Donald Trump in particular, 453 00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:57.519 and that's why the stakes are enormously high because think of it. Two months 454 00:32:57.559 --> 00:33:00.559 ago, before the d C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Trump lawyer 455 00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:02.359 was asked by one of the judges, if a president of the United States 456 00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:07.200 decided, as commander in chief that he wanted to order Seal Team six to 457 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:12.240 assassinate one of his political opponents, would that president be able to do so 458 00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:15.680 without facing prosecution? And as preposterous as the notion seemed at the time, 459 00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:22.240 the judge pressured the attorney to give an answer, and Trump's theory of the 460 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:28.160 case is the answer is yes, unless the House of Representatives votes to impeach 461 00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:31.519 that president and the Senate by a two thirds vote, votes to convict and 462 00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:37.640 remove that president from office. The way that Trump's legal team reads the Constitution 463 00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:42.359 under Article one, it contemplates that a former president may wind up behind bars, 464 00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:46.240 but in order to accomplish that, the Congress must first impeach and then 465 00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:51.480 convict the president. Now, that's never happened before with the president, not 466 00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:54.240 in the case of Andrew Johnson, not in the case of Bill Clinton or 467 00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:59.680 Donald Trump. And because it's never happened before and may never happen ever in 468 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:05.680 the future. Given our polarized politics, you have to wonder could a president 469 00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:08.320 be above the law. And that's the question that the justices are going to 470 00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:15.119 dive into today. Few things are more important. It opens up a lot 471 00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:20.320 of questions though, because, like I heard on one of the networks, 472 00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:25.199 they were talking about how if they say no, you don't have immunity and 473 00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:30.039 then you can be prosecuted. That you go back to like when Obama was 474 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:34.480 in office and there was some drone strike where an American was killed by mistake, 475 00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:38.960 well not by mistake, Well, in fact, there were a particular 476 00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:44.800 targeted killings by drones, including of an American citizen. So the question becomes 477 00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:47.679 can one and there's no statute limitations? Okay, so then you could come 478 00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:52.760 back and go after the president for ordering that drone strike. For Donald Trump 479 00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:58.320 has made that argument out loud and in court papers. And the question is 480 00:34:58.360 --> 00:35:00.519 why it's not Again, it's not just about well, how do we feel 481 00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:06.440 about Trump and did Trump do wrong? The question is what are the limits 482 00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:12.800 of the presidency and its power and life and death decisions such as this should 483 00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:16.639 they be subject to Later scrutiny and what about accountability under the law and the 484 00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:23.920 constitution. The most grave matters are before the court today, and it can 485 00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:29.599 they Can they rule anything that's a shade of gray, or is it just 486 00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:32.039 yes he has immunity or no he does not. I think the reason that 487 00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:37.679 justices took this case because they could have let the lower court opinions stand rejecting 488 00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:40.320 Trump's argument is that they're interested in drawing a line at a particular place, 489 00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:45.199 but exactly where that line will be drawn, we won't have a sense of 490 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:49.400 it until we listen to what could be over an hour of oral argument this 491 00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:52.840 morning. And like we talked about earlier, it's just this is their one 492 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:57.760 shot they've got today to make those arguments, and then the Justices will make 493 00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:00.360 their decision. Well, papers will fly in various directions as they have. 494 00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:04.760 You know, there's the filings from each side, so you get a sense 495 00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:08.760 of their or their legal arguments. The oral argument today offers us and the 496 00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:13.280 public the opportunity to get a sense of where they're leaning. The Justices will 497 00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:15.840 meet behind closed doors tomorrow and take a vote on how they'll rule, and 498 00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:22.639 then papers will fly behind closed doors where the justices will draft particular opinions how 499 00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:25.960 they feel one way or the other. I will wonder whether this court is 500 00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:30.880 interested in speaking with one voice on this issue the way that it did in 501 00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:35.199 the Fourteenth Amendment case. Remember, the justices heard questions about whether the fourteenth 502 00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:37.800 Amendment might prohibit Trump from taking office, and the Court slammed it down hard 503 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:43.480 and said, no, that's not the way this works. Well, either 504 00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:45.159 way, we're going to be watching and hopefully we'll get to talk to you 505 00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:50.519 about it once a decision does come down. Because, like I was telling 506 00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:52.679 Wake Up Call listeners earlier, you're so good at explaining all this stuff. 507 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:55.519 It helps us a lot. Ye're very sweet. Thank you, Steven Portnoy. 508 00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:58.840 You bet all right. Let's get back to some of the stories coming 509 00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:01.199 out of the KFI twenty four hours newsroom. The La County Department of Children 510 00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:07.800 and Family Services has been told to review its policies over racial inequities. The 511 00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:13.599 Board of Supervisors told DCFS to find the root causes of why black children are 512 00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:17.320 referred to the department at a higher rate than others. Executive Director Brandon Nichols 513 00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:21.719 says DCFS is working on it, but needs more help. It is going 514 00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:24.679 to take more than DCFS to fix the problem. I am committed. I 515 00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:29.480 promised this board, I promise the people listening. I'm committed to doing what 516 00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:31.880 I can do to fix it. But I alone will never be able to 517 00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:37.000 fix it. DCFS was also instructed to consider hiring an equity consultant to help 518 00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:42.679 improve outcomes for black children. The La County Board of Supervisors has opposed a 519 00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:46.920 move to make East La an independent city. Democratic assembly Woman Wendy Correo's proposed 520 00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:52.000 legislation at the state level would create a task force to explore the feasibility of 521 00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:55.440 making East La a municipality. The Board of Supervisors voted to voice its opposition 522 00:37:55.519 --> 00:38:00.519 to the bill, with Supervisor Hilda Salase saying East La could not possibly cover 523 00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:04.199 the cost of being its own city. It represents, in my view, 524 00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:07.280 a narrow interest of a few East La residents. Proponents of the bill say 525 00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:10.440 it's only a study and cityhood may not be the end goal, with a 526 00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:16.960 special government district designation also a possibility. Michael Monks KFI News TikTok has promised 527 00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:22.440 a lawsuit in response to a bill signed by President Biden that could ban the 528 00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:25.400 app in the US. The company based in China that owns TikTok has to 529 00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:30.760 sell it or it will be banned. 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