WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:07.919 You're listening to wake Up Call on demand from kf I AM six forty kf 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:14.599 I hand KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. It's time for 3 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:29.519 your morning wake up call. Here's Jason Middleton. Good morning, everybody. 4 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:34.640 Welcome to Wake Up Call. July twenty seven, five am. This is 5 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:38.840 a professional news broadcast to be Waking Up Variety. Yeah, that's right. 6 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:43.359 We t up the day. Been a week too. It's been Fed week 7 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:46.719 and as you may know, I nerd out on the FED pretty hard, 8 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:51.679 and earnings week as well. So we have some financial news later this hour 9 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:56.880 or too, but just as a flyover, everything's just fine on Wall Street. 10 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:02.960 It's the most wins in a row up arrows for the Dow since nineteen 11 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:06.680 eighty seven. And we're looking to open with a banger today too. Nasdacs 12 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:11.519 up more than two hundred points on strength of Google and Meta earnings engineer kno 13 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:18.040 is given that given that high sign, I think he's got some money at 14 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:22.599 play there. Acono Driver read it. An eight k and AK is a 15 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:26.640 form that the company's put out after they do earning the report. It's really 16 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:30.040 kind of boring. I read them because they are boring. But there's a 17 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:33.439 lot of attention to the details in there, and you can get up in 18 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:34.159 there. So we have a little bit more on that coming up too. 19 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:37.480 Let's get some headlines though, coming out of the kf I twenty four hour 20 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:41.200 news room before we get into the heat of the meat. The Department of 21 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:45.959 Justice is filing paperwork asking a judge to order Texas Governor Greg Abbott to have 22 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:49.480 the floating barrier in the Rio Grand removed. DJ wants to barrier and the 23 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:55.840 anchors out period. You can no longer use MasterCard to buy cannabis products. 24 00:01:56.040 --> 00:02:00.719 The company is telling financial institutions it's no longer allowing marijuana purchase is on its 25 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:05.640 debit cards. A MasterCard spokesperson said yesterday that the federal government considers cannabis sales 26 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:08.560 illegal, so these purchases are not allowed on our systems. Got to find 27 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:13.039 a different way to fund your stash. More than one hundred and forty million 28 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:17.960 Americans are under heat alerts as extreme temperatures linger across the US. Forecasters say 29 00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:22.520 the fields like temperature is accounting for a humidity, of course, and it's 30 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:28.800 supposed to be more than one hundred degrees from Midwest to the northeast. Some 31 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:30.319 other stories coming out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. Before we go 32 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:35.599 to our first traffic check, The LAPD has arrested black and Hispanic people at 33 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:38.960 what a report from the city controller says is a disproportionate rate. They make 34 00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:43.800 up more than seventy eight percent of all arrests from twenty nineteen to twenty twenty 35 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:46.719 two, despite those groups making up fifty six percent of the city's population. 36 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:51.719 Fifty six percent of those arrested were Latino, twenty seven percent black, and 37 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:57.400 sixteen percent were white. City Controller Kenneth Madiah's office released Excuse Me released a 38 00:02:57.400 --> 00:03:00.560 map and analysis yesterday of nearly three hundred and arrest by the LAPD in the 39 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:07.719 past four years. Hundreds of homeowners in Anaheim Hills could decide to tax themselves 40 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:12.840 to fund a groundwater pump system that protects them from landslides. If there is 41 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:15.680 no funding, they will turn off. Anaheim spokeswoman Aaron Ryan says if that 42 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:22.400 happens, the groundwater levels would reach the levels that we saw in nineteen ninety 43 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:27.879 three that triggered the landslide, and that could happen in sixteen to twenty six 44 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:30.439 months. After the pumps shot off. The city paid three point five million 45 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:35.120 dollars back then for thirty seven pumps, which remove about twelve million gallons of 46 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:38.520 water per year. Homeowners today could choose to pay a few hundred to a 47 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:43.240 couple thousand dollars annual tax to keep the pumps pumping in Anaheim. Corbin Carson 48 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:46.400 ka if I News. Renters in Los Angeles could be evicted if they do 49 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:51.840 not pay back rent that was on hold during the pandemic. Early this year, 50 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:54.560 the LA City Council introduced a package to give tenants a grace period of 51 00:03:54.560 --> 00:04:00.240 August first to pay back rent owed during COVID. The Apartment Association of Greater 52 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:04.479 LA's Daniel Yukelsen says landlords have been taken advantage of and renters have had enough 53 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:08.840 times. We're seeing going to work, yet they weren't paying their round there, 54 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:12.599 buy your cars and still not paying their round traveling, you name it. 55 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:15.519 Tenant advocates say most people have not recovered from the pandemic, and with 56 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:19.399 inflation, there's no way they can pay back their debts in La. Chris 57 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:25.240 Adler KFI News. A judge in Oklahoma is being investigated by a State Ethics 58 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:30.759 panel over courtroom footage showing her scrolling through social media during a murder trial. 59 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:33.839 Officials say the judge was presiding over her first trial. It was for a 60 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:39.040 man accused of beating a two year old to death. The judge had instructed 61 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:43.279 jurors to turn off all electronic devices, but then used her own. Da 62 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:47.160 Adam Panter says it's shocking and disappointing behavior. ABC. Jim Ryan is on 63 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:49.519 the line, and I just did some googling. Jim, I did the 64 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:55.439 googles, and there's an average of six hundred thousand, nine one one calls 65 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:59.920 made every day in the US as of last year. You have a report 66 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:01.720 that shows that maybe response times are not as high as they should be. 67 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:08.040 Well, you're right in some cities seeing forty five some sixty second to delay, 68 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:11.519 some people being put on hold, and some their nine one one calls 69 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:15.360 are going unanswered. All together. It all goes back to staffing shortages, 70 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:17.720 Jason. We're seeing that all over the place. Nine one one calls in 71 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:23.160 Los Angeles, for example, or routed to the police department dispatched system. 72 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:27.360 Some communities are trying a different approach. Kansas City, for example, is 73 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:30.439 working with Motorola, which provides the equipment that they use there for nine one 74 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:38.040 one system, it would automatically answer a call. The caller would be asked 75 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:42.079 by the computer, what's your emergency? So as the fire, is it, 76 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:44.839 you know, a police emergency something like this, or is it non 77 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:48.759 emergency altogether? And then the call is routed to an actual human in you 78 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:53.839 know, the communities they're they're taking this what normally is the civilian job, 79 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:58.800 turning it over to police officers, or redesignating the people who do the job 80 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:03.120 from office workers they aren't. Some communities too first responders that may go a 81 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:06.319 long way toward boosting morale for one thing, Yeah, no doubt. And 82 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:10.279 you know, I mean, if you've ever called a phone tree or a 83 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:15.040 customer service thing, it doesn't exactly instill confidence, but it sounds like rerouting 84 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:18.160 these automatically might help with the response time. How are we getting these numbers? 85 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:21.920 It was there a poll or is there a federal study about it? 86 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:29.399 Well, there's an organization called the National Emergency Number Association whose members are nine 87 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:32.480 one one call takers. They asked eight hundred and fifty of their members how 88 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:36.360 the work environment is right? Now, and they were not too surprised to 89 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:41.439 hear what it is like. Seventy five percent of those workers say the high 90 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:45.600 stress nature of the job is a main factor in staffing shortages. Sixty five 91 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:48.759 percent say low pay was this significant deterrent. Then, of course, Jason, 92 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:53.680 you've got far more available jobs than people available to work them right now. 93 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:58.639 So people who aren't happy as one dispatchers have a fairly easy time finding 94 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:03.639 a different career path fall together. That's cutting into the emergency response that any 95 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:06.920 community has. We also have a lot of labor disruptions happening this summer as 96 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:11.079 well, So maybe some wage increases here might be able to help with the 97 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:14.000 burnout rate. I mean, if you think about it, Gym, there 98 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:16.920 are three were three thousand short on air traffic controllers. Those jobs pay really 99 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:19.920 well, and they still can't fill those jobs. No, you're right, 100 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:25.199 even the well paying long term jobs with great benefits like being an air traffic 101 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:28.560 controller, but that takes a lot of commitment, a lot of education, 102 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:31.839 you know, training and before you can and then a spent through the ranks. 103 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:35.199 You might start out in a small airport somewhere and then work your way 104 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:40.480 up, you know, Interestingly, back on the issue of nine one one 105 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:46.759 dispatchers. We hear so much and you hear those famous calls or audio from 106 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:50.480 calls from a dispatcher or a dispatcher who saved somebody's life over the phone, 107 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:57.399 they coach somebody through doing CPR. Well, about thirty eight percent of the 108 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:01.600 members or nine one one call takers say they are not well prepared to handle 109 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:07.720 active shooter calls. For example, twenty five percent say they need more training 110 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:13.759 around mental health calls. So sure you hear those well publicized and often aired 111 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:20.600 reports of call takers saving lives out there over the phone, but still active 112 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:22.399 shooter calls, mental health calls, We're here seeing a lot more of those 113 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:24.680 every day, you know, Jim, Just last week you and I were 114 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:28.480 talking about the suicide hotline and how that needs to be staffed and funded as 115 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:31.039 well. So this is a good report for you to call out. I 116 00:08:31.080 --> 00:08:35.600 appreciate your time this morning, Jim, as always, Thanks Jason, BBC 117 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:39.200 News Correspondent Jim Ryan there. I don't want to say that AI can fix 118 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:43.360 everything, but it seems like generative AI applied to this problem might be something 119 00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:45.159 that we could look at down the line. A little bit too. I 120 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:48.360 don't I don't know for sure how that would would work out, but when 121 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:52.159 it comes to those phone trees, any help would be welcome. Let's get 122 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:54.159 back to some of them stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 123 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:58.399 The FEDS have rated a local street gang allegedly tied to the murders of 124 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:03.399 two police officers in Almonte. Operation Silent Cadence was started last summer when a 125 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:07.799 gang member shot and killed two officers responding to a domestic violence call. US 126 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:13.240 attorney Martina Estrada says the gang is small, but very active and very violent, 127 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:16.799 based off of crimes committed in the last year, murdering two police officers, 128 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:22.840 attempting to murder arrival gang member, and murdering a bystander in a vehicle 129 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:26.879 in the city of Commerce, Estrada said yesterday ten people have been indicted, 130 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:31.360 twelve others have been arrested, and three members remain fugitives. Chris Adler ki 131 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:35.120 FI News well, the Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the 132 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:39.279 eleventh time in seventeen months to try to slow inflation. Seems to be working. 133 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:43.159 The fed's benchmark short term rate is now five point three percent. That's 134 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:46.320 the highest level since two thousand and one. Fed sherman Jerome Powell says economic 135 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:50.639 activity is expanding at a moderate base growth in consumer spending of peers who have 136 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:56.000 slowed from earlier in the year. Although activity in the housing sector has picked 137 00:09:56.080 --> 00:10:00.679 up somewhat, it remains well below levels of a year ago, lord reflecting 138 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:03.879 higher mortgage rights. Powell says the next time the Fed meats, there will 139 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:07.360 be two months worth of data. He says that means there could be another 140 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:11.799 hike in September. He also is definitely calling out that they are very data 141 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:16.159 dependent, so the next two months of inflation data and home sales data will 142 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:20.039 matter a lot. Surfers from all over the world are heading to Huntington Beach 143 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:24.919 for the US Open of Surfing, including a sixteen year old from San Clementi. 144 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:31.759 That's Bella ken Morthy's family watching the surfer come out from a barrel of 145 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:37.120 a wave at least twice her height or double overhead. Bella has been surfing 146 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:39.360 since she was five years old. My dad used to take me every morning 147 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:43.159 before kindergarten. The teen says the first time she caught a wave, she 148 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:46.799 knew she wanted to become a pro surfer. She's been competing since she was 149 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:50.360 about seven and has won seven national titles and is the only surfer to win 150 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:54.279 four of them on the same day. I mean, I like surfing the 151 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:56.320 most, but I love to compete too. I feel like, I don't 152 00:10:56.320 --> 00:11:00.840 know, just like competing and like the feeling you get is like so fun 153 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:03.399 and I just love it. Bella competes all over the world. She says 154 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:09.000 having the US Open in her own backyard here in SoCal is extra special. 155 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:11.440 I mean, all my sewings are really close, so we've grown up doing 156 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:13.720 everything together, so it's super nice when they can all come. The event 157 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:18.000 is July twenty ninth through August sixth. For more, you can go to 158 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:22.440 Spectrum News one dot com Joe Kuan KFI News. Federal funding to bolster port 159 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:26.960 safety has been designated for the ports of La and Long Beach. LA is 160 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:30.000 going to get two million dollars. The Long Beach Port will get four point 161 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:33.080 three million dollars. The awards announced yesterday are part of the Department of Homeland 162 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:39.279 Securities Fiscal twenty twenty three Preparedness at Grant Allocations. A former Long Beach mayor 163 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:43.120 says the funding will protect the community and the economy. The Hollywood strikes are 164 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:48.240 delaying more movies and more TV shows. Disney has reportedly pushed back Avatar three 165 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:52.879 to twenty twenty five and two Star Wars films to twenty twenty six. Fans 166 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:56.080 of The Mandalorian will also have to wait longer for season four. This is 167 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:58.159 the way same for the second season of HBO's The Last of Us and the 168 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:03.480 fifth season of Ranger Things on Netflix. California based streaming giant Netflix has been 169 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:07.039 making headlines over a new job listing as actors and writers continue to pick it 170 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:11.240 over issues that include not being replaced by artificial intelligence. Netflix is offering to 171 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:16.200 pay nine hundred thousand dollars for an AI product manager, Mark Ronner KFI News. 172 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:20.919 The aguifier in Santa Claridum has burned four hundred and twenty one acres of 173 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:24.159 land is twenty percent contained. The fire started Tuesday afternoon near Solidad Canyon and 174 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:28.480 Agua Dulce Canyon roads. Talk about cancel culture, the Federal Reserve is no 175 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:33.080 longer forecasting a US recession this year. That's what FED Chairman J Powell told 176 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:37.440 reporters after the Central Bank raised interest rates by a quarter of a point yesterday. 177 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:41.120 Also this morning, the European Central Bank upped its rates by a quarter 178 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:46.840 point. Disneyland's popular Fantasmic Show will return in the spring of twenty twenty four, 179 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:50.759 but it will no longer feature a forty five foot tall dragon prop that 180 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:56.759 caught fire in April. The huge fire prompted depart to temporarily shut the attraction 181 00:12:56.799 --> 00:13:01.039 down. Seems justifiable. At five thirty ish, the paw heard round the 182 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:05.039 world, Senator Mitch McConnell froze during a news conference yesterday for twenty three seconds. 183 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:09.840 ABC correspondent Ike Jaci will join us for updates on that story. Right 184 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:13.720 now, ABC Tech specialist and reporter Mike Debuski is back with us on wake 185 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:16.200 Up Call. Wook. Good morning, Mike, Good morning, Jason. 186 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:18.720 How are you. I'm good? Thank you. This is kind of a 187 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:22.240 big deal because it up until these companies get together to build a supercharging grid. 188 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:26.240 This was Tesla's domain, wasn't it. Yeah, that's right. So 189 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:31.320 as ev charging stands right now, Tesla owns the sort of widest and most 190 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:37.240 robust charging infrastructure in the country. They own eighteen thousand superchargers as they call 191 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:41.200 them across the country. JD Power and Associates ranks them highest in customer satisfaction 192 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:46.000 for EV owners, and that's not the case right now for non Tesla chargers, 193 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:50.200 things like Electrify America and ev Go. If you don't have a Tesla, 194 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:52.960 you're gonna have to use one of those stations. Generally speaking, JD 195 00:13:54.039 --> 00:14:00.279 Power ranks them pretty much lower than Tesla's charging infrastructure. In fact, APT 196 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:03.519 from them earlier this year found that one in five non Tesla owners who used 197 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:07.679 a public charging station they were unable to charge their vehicle. They were left 198 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:13.320 stranded because of malfunctions with the technology or payment platforms, or something was going 199 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:16.159 wrong with those chargers. They're generally speaking, they have a reliability problem. 200 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:22.000 Well. Now, seven major severn excuse me, seven major automakers from around 201 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:26.759 the world are banding together to build out new EV charging infrastructure in the United 202 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:31.639 States. These are some big names Jason Cars that you will probably see every 203 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:35.240 day, General Motors Stillantis, BMW, Mercedes, Hyundai, Kia, and 204 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:39.360 Honda. They say they're going to build thirty thousand chargers across the US by 205 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:43.399 end. Canada by the end of the decade, and that's a big shot. 206 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:46.480 At Tesla, you can imagine they're watching this announcement pretty closely. But 207 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:50.919 it also relates back to the Biden administration, who is set a target of 208 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:54.120 building out half a million chargers here by the end of the decade, four 209 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:58.919 times what we have right now. That's a big number. Half a million, 210 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:03.720 I mean, so this directly addresses one major thing, that's range anxiety. 211 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:07.519 Right, So, if you're going to force people to buy evs, 212 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:11.000 and likely that's I mean that is the case, and of course climate change 213 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:15.120 and everything in alternative energy sources, how do you think this will address range 214 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:16.919 anxiety? Do you think this will help boost sales of evs? Right? 215 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:22.360 So, if you go back to the Tesla example, the supercharger network started 216 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:26.480 to be built out in sort of the early twenty tens. It launched alongside 217 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:30.360 the Model S, which was sort of their flagship breakout vehicle. Wasn't their 218 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:33.679 first car, but it was like their first like relatively mainstream vehicle, and 219 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:39.440 to sort of demonstrate what that technology could do, Elon Musk, the CEO 220 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:45.919 of Tesla, did a road trip across the United States using solely supercharger networks, 221 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:48.279 thus proving that you can drive across the country. You can do that 222 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:52.480 classic American road trip in an EV. Of course, there are some stipulations 223 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:56.159 with that. It takes longer to charge an EV, you have to maybe 224 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:58.200 stop a little bit more often than you would in a gas car, but 225 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:03.320 it's due Well, if you didn't have a Tesla, that was a much 226 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:07.720 harder proposition, and these automakers are trying to challenge that. Right thirty thousand 227 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:14.320 EV chargers across the United States would more than allow for the easy, you 228 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:17.679 know, sort of transit across the country back and forth, hopefully get to 229 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:21.679 some areas that are underpopulated with EV chargers right now, some more rural areas 230 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:26.639 perhaps, But there are hurdles here Jason. Of course, Tesla when they 231 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:30.799 build a supercharger, they that charger right now only has to accept Tesla vehicles, 232 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:34.080 right They control the whole widget, They control the thing that gets charged 233 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:38.159 and the charger. If you're building a charging network for a variety of vehicles, 234 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:42.679 for everything from you know, BMW sports cars to GM pickup trucks, 235 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:48.039 that's going to be a harder proposition, right like that. The reason that 236 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:52.240 a lot of these EV chargers are unreliable is because they have to service a 237 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:55.879 whole variety of different vehicles, and that's going to be a hurdle they're going 238 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:57.799 to need to clear. What's more, a lot of automakers don't have like 239 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:03.759 rest stop partnerships with brands like McDonald's or you know, whatever else you see 240 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:07.359 at Hudson News or whatever else you see at a rest stop, So they're 241 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:08.920 going to have to figure that component of it out. Because of course, 242 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:11.359 it takes longer to charge an EV, which means that you're going to have 243 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:15.559 to entertain people what their evs are being charged. And of course, seven 244 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:21.519 automakers teaming up to build out essentially gas stations for cars, you can imagine 245 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:25.920 there's some antitrust concerns. There's some analysts who raised concerns that the DOJ might 246 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:27.680 want to take a look at this, despite the fact that the White House 247 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:32.599 really does support this move. Things like price fixing and how they divide up 248 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:34.319 certain markets. That's going to be a concern I think going forward. I 249 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:37.960 love that you name checked Hudson News right there too. Both I have enough 250 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:41.920 fruit Penn station a lot, so I'm just a well versed in Hudson. 251 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:45.000 This right, you didn't say, Dwayne, read seven point five billion dollars. 252 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:48.640 That's the federal funding for EV chargers set aside in the bipart is an 253 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:52.559 infrastructure law that's going to cover up to eighty percent. So my question is, 254 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:56.920 is the announcement of these seven major automakers going to create some FOMO for 255 00:17:57.079 --> 00:18:00.839 the other automakers to help us get to scale with this. That's a good 256 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:06.720 question, I think. I mean, the automakers that are showing up in 257 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:11.559 this, this sort of team up, this avengers of automaker EV charging are 258 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:15.559 are big in the EV space. General Motors obviously has their ultium technology that 259 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:21.000 underpins sort of their future evs that underpins hummers and and you know, low 260 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:25.079 priced equinoxes from Chevy and then Cadillac limousines. It's a very modular piece of 261 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:29.799 architecture. BMW has been building out its EV efforts as well. Mercedes Benz 262 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:32.759 as a whole slew of evs right now. I believe they have six in 263 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:37.680 fact, so the the automakers that are getting on board here are already very 264 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:41.400 steeped in what the EV you know sort of world looks like in twenty twenty 265 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:45.480 three. Others out there are are somewhat further behind. You know, you 266 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:49.880 can imagine someone, you know, like just off the top of my head, 267 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:55.559 Mitsubishi does not have an EV on the market right now. Um yeah, 268 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:57.240 you know, just like you can imagine that they you know, would 269 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:02.119 want to get you know, their valles on the road first before they maybe 270 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:04.920 you know, hitch their wagons to this larger sort of infrastructure effort. But 271 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:08.200 of course, the exception that proves the rule there is Stilantis, which is 272 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:12.799 formerly Fiat Chrysler. They own Chrysler and Jeep and Dodge. They don't really 273 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:15.559 have a robust EV on the market right now. They say they have a 274 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:19.279 couple planned. They've pickup truck coming out I believe next year or two years 275 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:23.039 from now, but they're kind of not in the EV space. They're more 276 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:27.440 in the plug in hybrid sort of world at the moment. And it's interesting 277 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:30.519 to see them on this list because it means that they are paying attention to 278 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:34.799 the infrastructure component. Whether others will get on board, it's it's unclear, 279 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:37.960 of course. The other thing that's happening in the background here, Jason, 280 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:44.200 is that a lot of automakers are moving the style of charging over to Tesla's 281 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:47.920 proprietary system. I think we talked about this a few months ago. The 282 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:52.839 North American charging standard is what Tesla uses, it's their proprietary technology. In 283 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:56.400 recent months, we've seen automakers like four General Motors, Volvo, Nissan, 284 00:19:56.759 --> 00:20:03.400 Mercedes, Benz get on board with EV charging technology, saying that their future 285 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:06.960 evs are going to use Tesla chargers, which means you'll be able to charge 286 00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:11.519 them up at supercharger stations. So sort of two things happening at once here. 287 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:15.599 Both these automakers trying to challenge Tesla on the infrastructure component, but when 288 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:18.400 it comes to the actual plugs that you get at these charging stations, seems 289 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:22.400 like everybody's moving in Tesla's direction. Yeah, I feel you on that the 290 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:26.079 gravitational pull is within the market for sure. Mike. Always a pleasure. 291 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:29.200 Thanks so much for giving to us some time this morning on this one, 292 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:32.640 of course, Take care, ABC Tech reporter and analyst and all around super 293 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:36.720 informed coolcat Mike Debusky. Right there a couple more numbers around this. I 294 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:41.039 think we should pull them out. Seventy two vehicles per charger right now, 295 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:47.680 so that's why this thirty thousand, additional thirty thousand charging stations will will definitely 296 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:49.279 ease that number a little bit. Right up front, it's going to cost 297 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:53.839 about a billion dollars among those seven automakers. And Mike just mentioned how many 298 00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:59.720 fast chargers that Tesla owns across the US, and Elon Musk says he's going 299 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:03.319 to make open to other networks. There's twelve thousand of those. So far, 300 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:07.480 fewer than one hundred had been chaired with others. Let's get back to 301 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:10.119 some more news coming out of the KFI at twenty four hour newsroom. The 302 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:15.480 investigation into the origin of an illegal recording of La City Council members is heating 303 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:18.720 up. Investigators from the LAPD's Major Crimes Division served search warrants at the home 304 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:22.559 of a married couple who worked for the La County Federation of Labor. The 305 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:25.519 federation's president, Ron Herrero, was one of those caught on tape during a 306 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:29.440 racist rant. We will continue that investigation. It is ongoing. I'm aware 307 00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:33.240 the public reports. Were not going to comment on them other than to say 308 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:37.519 that the investigations is progressing. Chief Moore said yesterday. The state Attorney General's 309 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:41.359 Office is also investigating. More said the warrants served on July thirteenth had to 310 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:44.839 do with eavesdropping in the destruction of evidence, both of which are felonies. 311 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:48.920 Steve Gregory King of FI News, a man accused of assaulting at least eight 312 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:52.720 women in downtown La East LA and the Pico Union area has been arrested. 313 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:59.160 The woman attacked earlier this month included and the women and an elderly woman who 314 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:02.000 was punched several times in the face. Please say. The twenty one year 315 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:04.559 old predator was found in Tijuana, Mexico, and the US Marshals brought him 316 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:10.279 back to the US yesterday. He's facing multiple charges, including robbery and assault 317 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:15.640 with attempt to rape. The European Union has opened an anti trust investigation against 318 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:19.720 Microsoft over the bundling of office and teams that allegedly gives it an unfair edge 319 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:25.960 over competitors. The investigation stems from a complaint filed in twenty twenty by Slack 320 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:30.359 Technologies, which makes workplace messaging software. Of course, Slack alleged that Microsoft 321 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:36.799 was abusing its market dominance to eliminate competition in violation of EU laws. That's 322 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:41.720 the second antitrust investigation going on for Microsoft right now. Police in Texas have 323 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:45.680 arrested someone they say tampered with evidence and an accidental shooting involving two kids. 324 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:49.440 Twelve year old Treyshan Yunis, who was killed last month when a three year 325 00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:53.079 old found a loaded handgun at a music studio and pulled the trigger. We're 326 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:59.880 losing our children at a rapid rate because of gun violence, whether it's purpose 327 00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:03.559 or accidental. Eunice's mom, Lakeisha Bay, says that she will never get 328 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:07.839 over the loss of her son and urged gun owners to put safety first. 329 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:11.480 Bass says the cheapest gunlocks she saw online was about ten bucks. She says 330 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:15.480 they should be free so nobody else has to experience the pain of losing their 331 00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:19.119 child. The search for a girl who disappeared in Phoenix, Arizona, nearly 332 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:23.200 four years ago has ended. The now eighteen year old showed up at a 333 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:27.839 small town police station in Montana yesterday and asked for her name to be cleared 334 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:32.359 from a missing miners list. She said she wanted to tell her mom she's 335 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:37.039 okay. Police say the reunion was very emotional and the team was apologetic for 336 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:40.079 what she's put her mother through the girl was not facing any charges. We 337 00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:42.440 only have ABC's Ikeajaci with us for a few minutes. Good morning, Ike, 338 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.839 good morning, how are you. I'm good? Thanks, thanks for 339 00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:48.079 joining us too. Can you help us paint a picture of what happened to 340 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:52.920 miss McConnell yesterday on Capitol Hill? Yeah, that's right. It was a 341 00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:56.839 really shocking moment set of minally to mins. McConnell is unable to finish his 342 00:23:56.039 --> 00:24:00.920 opening remark serious weekly press conference, the eighty one year old approached the microphone 343 00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:06.880 and as actually began a sentence about the National Defense Authorization Act, although before 344 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:11.960 trailing off for about twenty seconds, staring blankly forward without blinking. Now, 345 00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:18.880 Senators Johnnie Ernst and John Barrasso had to actually help him away from the microphone. 346 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:22.559 Barrasso, who was an orthopedic surgeon and actually served as the president of 347 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:26.319 the Wyoming Medical Society, said that he helped him to his office and that 348 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:32.640 he seemed to find on his way to the office. McConnell then came back 349 00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:37.240 after several minutes and got back on the microphone and began taking questions from reporters, 350 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:41.880 and he was actually responding clearly and sometimes with munthy answers, but he 351 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:48.759 dodged all questions about what everyone saw just a few moments prior to him coming 352 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:52.559 back. Yeah, it was unsettling for sure, and I'm going to save 353 00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:55.960 the sound for whenever. I know we have to let you go in about 354 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:57.680 ninety seconds, so I'm going to save the sound for after our discussion. 355 00:24:57.960 --> 00:25:02.240 What about updates for today? Has he been in front of the press again 356 00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:07.440 today, Well, at the moment, there's no word yet if he saw 357 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:12.319 a doctor after that event or even uptil today. Senator mister Combells communications director 358 00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:15.559 has not issued any kind of stating whether or not that happened. But it's 359 00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:19.720 really up to the senator to really give his constituents and the rest of the 360 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:25.319 Senate an update on his help. You know, he does have some kind 361 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:29.079 of responsibility to his constituents to let him know that he's in good health, 362 00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:32.240 and that is something that their office is going to have to decide whether or 363 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:34.680 not they do it to them. Now, they did mention that he has 364 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:38.000 fallen a few more times than was first made public as well. Was that 365 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:44.000 news to you? Well, that's the thing. So he was actually treated 366 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:47.960 for a concussion and a broken rib. After that fall in Washington, he 367 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:51.880 was later discharging the hostel and went into an impeat patient rehab center. But 368 00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:55.160 in the past two months, a lot of centers have been noticing the difference 369 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:59.440 in his physical appearance. It is true he overcame polio as a kid, 370 00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:02.880 which is why his gate has always been stiff, But in the past couple 371 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:06.880 months since that incident, he's been visually more cautious, and on multiple occasions 372 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:10.960 he actually hasn't been able to hear questions that reporters have asked to him. 373 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:15.039 At one point back in the news conference in June, so of John Tuna 374 00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:18.480 had to actually lean in and explain to McConnell what the question was. Wow, 375 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:21.799 okay, thanks for the update. Ike. I appreciate your time this 376 00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:25.240 morning. I know you got to scoot. Thanks for having me. Thanks 377 00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:30.440 here. Maybe SE's Ike Jochi there, So Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. 378 00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:33.359 We asked producer Nate to pull the sound, so rather than take up time 379 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:36.920 with Ike, let's go ahead and play that sound now for as long as 380 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:42.400 we can. You're finishing the NBA this week. It's been good bye Barge 381 00:26:42.480 --> 00:27:12.079 in cooperation and a string of good much news. He else you want to 382 00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:15.640 say, you're sure s go back to it. Do you want to say 383 00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:22.079 anything else to the press? Go ahead, clear, Let's go back today. 384 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:32.319 Let's go ahead, John. So this is the We're coming up on 385 00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:37.720 the one year anniversary of the IRA. That was the Senator Mitch McConnell yesterday 386 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:41.240 in the rotunda of Capitol Hill. We'll have more news on that later this 387 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:45.119 morning, no doubt. A couple of commentators on CNN SA they did speak 388 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:48.160 with the Senator last night and he seems to be in good health. Let's 389 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:51.519 get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour 390 00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:53.599 news room. Roads are still closed in the New Hall Pass because of a 391 00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:59.559 fire that's burned about seventy acres. Sierra Highway north of Needham Ranch is closed 392 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:03.279 this morning as part of the cleanup effort. The fire started Tuesday afternoon and 393 00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:07.440 quickly took off into dry brush. One person was hurt. A brush fire 394 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:11.240 in the Santa Clarita area has grown to more than four hundred and twenty acres. 395 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:15.319 It was twenty percent surrounded as of last night. The fire started Tuesday 396 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:19.200 afternoon in the area of Solo Dog Canyon and Agua Dulce Canyon roads and burned 397 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:23.920 into the Angelus National Forest and coming out of the FED meeting, Wall Street 398 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:27.519 continues to bang. The dall Is on a thirteen day winning street that's the 399 00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:33.160 best performance since nineteen eighty seven, and the NASDAC is riding high this morning 400 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:36.759 and pre market trading as well on the strength of strong earnings reports from Meta 401 00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:41.640 and Google. Gang members allegedly connected to the shooting deaths of two police officers 402 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:47.079 Inda Monty had been arrested. LA County Sheriff Robert Luna says the gang members 403 00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:51.039 were also involved in other crimes last year where they killed a witness to an 404 00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:57.799 earlier shooting. Any attempt to intimidate, dissuade, or harm a witness is 405 00:28:57.839 --> 00:29:03.400 investigated and prosecute it to the fullest extent of the law. People say twelve 406 00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:08.240 people are in custody and facing federal charges, while three others do remain fugitives. 407 00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:14.599 Two murder cases on opposite ends of La County are related. Pasadena Police 408 00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:18.480 Lieutenant Keith Gomez says they arrested six people Tuesday night in connection with the shooting 409 00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:21.960 death of a man found on the Angelis Crest Highway Saturday morning. The suspects 410 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:25.680 were inside a vehicle, the vehicle that was actually involved in the homicide, 411 00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:29.160 and they were in the valley. In the city of Los Angeles. Man 412 00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:32.240 and women were found shot to death inside a car early Monday morning at a 413 00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:34.519 lookout in Rancho Palace Verdes. Sources close to the case say the five men 414 00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:38.039 and one woman are members of MS thirteen and may have been targeting people at 415 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:42.160 lookouts as some sort of thrill kill. Steve Gregory king off I News. 416 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:48.599 A new creepy crawley species has been discovered under the Southland. The Los Angeles 417 00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:52.119 thread millipede has been found in parks in LA and Orange Counties. It's blind, 418 00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.799 looks a little like it would glow in the dark, has glassy looking 419 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:57.440 skin, and four hundred eighty six legs. Paulmeric is one of the researchers 420 00:29:57.480 --> 00:30:02.039 who helped identify the millipede. He says the bug crawls around just under the 421 00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:06.200 soil surface and feeds on dead organic material. It has a helmet like head 422 00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:08.880 and resembles a creature from a Hollywood monster movie, just a lot smaller. 423 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:14.079 It's about the width of a mechanical pencil lead Marek says the discovery reminds us 424 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:18.400 there's an undiscovered planet underground. Amy King KFI news sounds so cool. Can't 425 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:22.759 wait to google that during the break and find out what it actually looks like. 426 00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:26.480 The Federal Reserve raised interest rates yesterday, but the Federal Reserve is also 427 00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:33.359 no longer forecasting a US recession this year. The European Central Bank raised its 428 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:37.960 interest rates point two five percent this morning. It cannot be so optimistic about 429 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:44.279 its recessionary opportunities. One hundred and forty million Americans across the country are under 430 00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:48.119 an official severe heat advisory today. Feels like temperatures are going to be in 431 00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:52.720 triple digits from the Midwest to the northeast. TikTok is launching its own e 432 00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:56.640 commerce business that's going to compete with other Chinese companies like Temu. We'll see 433 00:30:56.680 --> 00:31:00.440 how Capitol Hill responds to that too. Let's get back some of the other 434 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:03.799 stories coming out of the KFI twenty fire our newsroom before Brad Garrett from ABC 435 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:07.759 joins us to talk about Hunter Biden and the investigation therein. The US Securities 436 00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:15.720 and Exchange Commission wants public companies to be more transparent and forthcoming about material cybersecurity 437 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:19.720 incidents. That's according to the federal agency yesterday. It's new rules, passed 438 00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:25.720 by a three to two vote, dictate that companies must disclose details of incidents 439 00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:29.160 and their effect on the bottom line of the company in a section of a 440 00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:33.839 form called eight K. The AK form is a It's a broad form companies 441 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:40.799 use to notify shareholders of major events within four days of a cybersecurity event, 442 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:45.400 and eight K needs to be published so you can set a Google alert for 443 00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:48.160 that. That's how I do it. At least A staying operation in southern 444 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:53.799 California has snagged more than one hundred and thirty alleged online child sex predators in 445 00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:57.759 less than two weeks. Arrests are made in five counties, including La County, 446 00:31:57.799 --> 00:32:01.880 Orange County, and sama Nardino County. Laguna Beach Police Captain Michael Peter 447 00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:06.599 says people would be shocked by the six people arrested in his city because they're 448 00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:12.839 not what you think they are. They're they're normal people with normal jobs that 449 00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:16.480 have lived in normal neighborhoods, some with families. The operation was carried out 450 00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:21.119 by a regional task force led by the LAPD. It went down from July 451 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:24.039 tenth to July twenty first. In La Blake Trolley k if I News, 452 00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:29.279 Welcome back to your wake up call. And on the line is ABC's Brad 453 00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:34.000 Garrett. He's ABC's News Crime and Terrorism analyst and he joins us as often 454 00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:37.079 as we can get him on the line. Good morning, Brad, Good 455 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:39.440 morning Jason. Let's talk about the Hunter Biden investigation. But I want to 456 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:43.000 start not with the plea deal. We'll get to that eventually. I want 457 00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:47.160 to start with the Foreign Agents Registration Act and how that plays into this investigation. 458 00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:53.039 So I think for clarity in reference to your audience, what that says. 459 00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:57.400 Basically, yes, you can do business with foreign governments. People do 460 00:32:57.440 --> 00:33:01.079 it every day, present Trump's children every day while he was president. You 461 00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:06.160 know, there's nothing wrong with that. Hunter Biden was doing it in a 462 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:09.880 lot of different countries. But when it comes to if you'd end up becoming 463 00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:16.359 you the US citizen, become basically an advocate for the government of these countries, 464 00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:21.279 you're now acting as an agent for them, Well, you have to 465 00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:25.839 have permission to do that, and if you don't have permission, you violated 466 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:31.000 the law. I mean General Michael Flynn, Paul mana Fort. I could 467 00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:36.640 name off a lot of people who have been charged and convicted of this Act. 468 00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:40.279 A Manaphort went to prison, as well as some other charges obviously, 469 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:49.759 so there is that aspect to this. Hunter Biden in this multi year FBI 470 00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:57.880 US Attorney's Office investigation in Delaware apparently didn't find anything that would go up to 471 00:33:58.359 --> 00:34:04.359 the ability and other evidence to charge him with what I just described. And 472 00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:07.519 so what do you end up with, you know, a tax charge and 473 00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:13.719 a gun charge. Now the House, who now are controlled by Republicans, 474 00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:19.719 are going after Hunter Biden, claiming the vice presidents or then vice president Biden 475 00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:22.280 was involved in these business deals, that he got money out of these business 476 00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:28.519 deals, and so you get into peddaling influence and violation of this Act and 477 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:34.639 probably some other acts or other laws, and I just I don't see any 478 00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:37.960 evidence do support it. So that's what you got going on. Now, 479 00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:42.159 government didn't charge from some of that. Publicans are convinced he did have something 480 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:45.840 to do with that, and that's the dividing line at this point. So 481 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:51.480 the talking points I saw from video and interviews in the hallways yesterday on Capitol 482 00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:54.599 Hill was quote unquote sweetheart deal. So what happened with this plea deal? 483 00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:58.320 I thought it was kind of a kind of done before it went to the 484 00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:02.800 judge, but then I guess there was pushback. Yeah, it's not totally 485 00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:07.039 uncommon for judges not to like plea agreements. And you know, he or 486 00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:12.119 she in this case, she has the final say as to whether the agreement 487 00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:16.280 will be accepted or not from her vantage point, and so as a result, 488 00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:24.199 you have she's saying things like the immunity to her is not clear in 489 00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:28.559 this plea agreement, and she's talking about immunity from other types of charges, 490 00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:32.400 the ones you and I just talked about, the foreign influenced stuff. And 491 00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:37.760 the US attorney, the US attorney that's appointed through the president, who is 492 00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:43.000 a Trump appointee they left in office in Delaware. I think, just to 493 00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:49.159 handle this particular case, I said that, no, that's not included in 494 00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:53.920 this plea deal. If in fact, we find evidence and we could potentially 495 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:59.639 charge him with foreign influence and other violations. So I assume that was clear 496 00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:02.519 to Home Biden. I mean, I would be shocked if that weren't the 497 00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:07.079 case. That's one of the questions you always ask in a plea agreement, 498 00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:10.480 Well, what does it cover? And I think it covers tax and gun 499 00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:15.719 charges. If there would be any others, he might have immunity from those, 500 00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:22.360 So that's the issue that Judge also made a comment about the constitutionality of 501 00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:24.440 the police agreement and Jason, I'm not sure what she means by that, 502 00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:30.320 but well, I guess we'll find out here when he has another hearing, 503 00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:32.960 I think sometime in August. Yeah, I think you're ready to get his 504 00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:37.000 August. We're speaking with Brad Garrett, ABC News Crime and Terrorism Analyst. 505 00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:40.480 My last question, I guess is just a quick follow up about the about 506 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:45.519 the Fort Agents Registration Act. Is that like a lobbyist for policy changes on 507 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:49.679 behalf of a fort country? And what is an example of something like that. 508 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:54.920 Well, he would be like if you were in a business relationship, 509 00:36:55.199 --> 00:37:02.159 let's say Ukraine or China, and then the Chinese ask you to intervene on 510 00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:10.559 some policy or something that has to do with the formal relationship between in this 511 00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:15.119 example, between China and the US. So you're basically have become China's advocate. 512 00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:20.840 It doesn't say you can't do it, but you have to have permission 513 00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:23.599 to do it, and you can see why because you'd have people running all 514 00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:28.519 over the world, you know, advocating for governments back to the US. 515 00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:34.280 I mean, it could create all sorts of corruption and misinformation and you know, 516 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:42.840 giving foreign governments perhaps additional power to manipulate our government. So anyway, 517 00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:46.079 the point the point being, if you don't have the license, you violated 518 00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:52.679 the law. I think the additional potential charges that the Republicans are alleging is 519 00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:55.719 that, and I mentioned this earlier that then vice versa Biden was getting money 520 00:37:55.719 --> 00:38:00.599 out of all of these deals. I'm not seeing one stitch of evidence that 521 00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:05.880 supports that, but that's where they're apparently trying to head. Yeah, politics 522 00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:08.400 are going to politic I guess it says here your social media handle is at 523 00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:14.719 Brad Investigates. Is that for Instagram or for x slash Twitter? It's for 524 00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:17.480 I guess x slice Twitter. Right right on, Brad, Thanks a lot 525 00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:21.480 for your time this morning. Always a pleasure to have you on. Take 526 00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:25.320 care of Jason absolutely. ABC's Brad Garrett. ABC News Crime and Terrorism Analyst 527 00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:29.280 Brad Garrett. There, let's get back to a few of these stories coming 528 00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:31.199 out of the KFY twenty four hour news room. Before we get to handle 529 00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:36.559 on the news, a self imposed attacks could help. Thirty seven groundwater pumps 530 00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:40.639 continue to protect homeowners in Anaheim Hills. Anaheim spokeswoman Aaron Ryan says the city 531 00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:45.519 paid three and a half million dollars for the pumps in nineteen ninety three, 532 00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:50.599 when a landslide destroyed multiple homes. The assessments that are being considered by residents 533 00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:54.920 range from three hundred and eight dollars two more than twenty three hundred dollars per 534 00:38:55.000 --> 00:39:00.320 year. It is paid for through the property tax each year, and says 535 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:04.679 without funding, the pumps will shut off and another landslide is likely. Homeowners 536 00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:07.920 will decide tonight on the tax, which ranges from a few hundred to a 537 00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:14.239 couple thousand dollars depending on each home's risk. Irvine as next years of negotiations 538 00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:19.159 with Live Nation for a one hundred and forty million dollar amphitheater in favor of 539 00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:22.199 a smaller, quieter venue, it's sex starting all over. Irvine Mayor fare 540 00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:25.760 Con says the goal was to make the Great Part a national destination. I 541 00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:30.159 don't feel this small, community run amphitheater is going to be the draw that 542 00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:35.320 we were hoping for. Dolcaman Larry Igeran says the lopsided deal gave Live Nation 543 00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:38.599 all parking and naming rights, revenue and full control over booking acts and most 544 00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:45.920 important, the sound impacts would be simply too intrusive to the surrounding neighborhoods. 545 00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:50.800 The council this week asked staff for plans for a smaller venue within ninety days. 546 00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:54.360 In Irvine, Corbin Carson k FI News, fans of Disneylands Haunted Mansion 547 00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:59.360 can stay at an Airbnb in Fullerton inspired by the popular ride. The four 548 00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:05.000 bedroom house is known as the Ghostly Retreat and it features elaborate decorations with spooky 549 00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:07.400 sound and lighting effects which can be turned off at any time if it gets, 550 00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:10.639 you know, a little too spooky. It costs six hundred and thirty 551 00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:14.639 two dollars to book for a night, and up to eight people can stay 552 00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:17.239 at a time. The owner is a production designer and says it took him 553 00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:22.880 two months to transform the house into the perfect look alike a Disney's new Haunted 554 00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:28.719 Mansion movie hits theaters tomorrow. Irish singer Sinad O'Connor has died. She was 555 00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:31.559 fifty six and Her family says they're devastated. No cause of death was given. 556 00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:37.840 O'Connor says it was best known for her shaved head and her nineteen ninety 557 00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:40.159 hits on Nothing Compares to You, which was written by Prince. In recent 558 00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:44.840 years, O'Connor talked about her struggle with addiction and mental health. Her seventeen 559 00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:49.280 year old son, Shane, committed suicide last year. This is KFI and 560 00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:53.159 kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange Counting live from the KFI twenty four newsroom. 561 00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:55.760 I'm Jason Middleton. This has been your wake up call. You've been 562 00:40:55.800 --> 00:41:00.239 listening to wake up call? You know you can always listen live on k 563 00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:04.599 f I AM six forty weekdays from five to six am, and anytime on 564 00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:06.639 demand on the iHeartRadio app