WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:05.240 Cam I Am six forty. You're listening to wake Up Call on demand on 2 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:14.880 the iHeart radio app. It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's 3 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:25.839 Jason Middleton. Morning everybody. It is Friday, June sixteen. Driving in 4 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:28.960 this morning put a little bit like Thursday because it looked and felt the same, 5 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:33.320 but it is indeed Friday. This hour, we have a slate of 6 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:38.200 discussion to tee up for our morning and for you know, the weekend. 7 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:43.520 We have politics. We're gonna talk about ticket fees. Dean Sharpe's gonna be 8 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:47.359 here, come on, that's a no brainer. Stick around for that one. 9 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:52.280 And we're gonna have a well here's a fun fact in lieu of the 10 00:00:52.359 --> 00:01:00.200 t's cows can pick up since from six miles away, that's impressive. Not 11 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:03.120 something I knew about cows. We're gonna learn more about cows later this hour 12 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:08.280 as well. Importantly, a few headlines before we get into it. Though. 13 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:14.840 The Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking classified Pentagon documents has been indicted. 14 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:19.560 Jack Taschera, is facing six counts of willful retention and transmission of national 15 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:25.159 defense information. He was arrested in April for allegedly sharing classified documents on a 16 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:30.319 gamer social media platform. US Secretary of State Anthony B. Lincoln is traveling 17 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:33.799 to Beijing this weekend. B Lincoln's trip marks a rare high level meeting between 18 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:37.439 the US and China. It was postponed earlier this year because of that balloon 19 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:42.359 thing that happened. Pope Francis has returned to the Vatican after being discharged from 20 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:47.920 Rome's Jamellie Hospital. The eighty six year old Pope was recovering from abdominal surgery, 21 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:51.959 and he left the hospital in a wheelchair today, reportedly in high spirits. 22 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:55.400 Let's start with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four 23 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:57.799 hour newsroom. At least three people have been killed by a tornado that touched 24 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:02.400 down in the Texas Panhand Fire Chief Paul Dutcher says a trailer park in Perryton, 25 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:06.640 just south of the Oklahoma line, was hit hard yesterday. We had 26 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:10.719 a tornado sat down right on the edge of town. It's taken out probably 27 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:15.400 twenty five to thirty trailer houses in this area. Dutcher says more than one 28 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:21.719 hundred people have been treated at hospitals so far. The state Attorney General says 29 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:25.360 he may investigate the state of Texas over its transport of immigrants to Los Angeles. 30 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:29.840 Rob Bonta says he'll look into how and why in Texas, Republican Governor 31 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.400 Greg Gabott funded the delivery of migrants by bus to Union Station for nothing more 32 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:38.719 than a political stunt. Asylum seekers which means they are fleeing conditions where they 33 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:44.000 are unsafe or they're being persecuted to come here. Banta announced Monday he's requested 34 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:47.280 documents and communications from the state of Florida after it funded two trips of migrants 35 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:52.360 from El Paso to Sacramento earlier this month. Officials in Texas and Florida say 36 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:57.159 the migrants signed travel waivers. Steve Gregory KOFY News. The family of a 37 00:02:57.199 --> 00:03:01.520 woman from Orange County has demanded answers the deaths of the woman and her boyfriend 38 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:06.240 in Mexico. They were found in their hotel room. State Department spokesman Matthew 39 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:08.319 Miller says they are working with officials to get to the bottom of things. 40 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:13.680 We offer our sincereus condolences to the families for their loss. We are closely 41 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:19.039 monitoring the investigation into the cause of death Corners say the couple from Newport Beach 42 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:23.919 died of intoxication by a substance not yet determined, but the woman's family said 43 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:29.039 yesterday they think it was carbon monoxide Poisoning officials say the toxicology report could take 44 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:32.639 weeks. There's no initial signs of foul play. Dock workers at the Port 45 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:38.280 of La have reached a tentative labor contract with specific maritime shippers. The deal 46 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:42.840 covers over twenty two thousand dock workers along the California coast. Long Beach Mayor 47 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:46.719 Rex Richardson says getting closer to an agreement provides a sense of security to everyone 48 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:51.520 in the community. It brings peace of mind to businesses to workers to make 49 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:57.319 sure that they have stability in this port related industry. Across southern California, 50 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:00.360 workers reached the tentative agreement with shippers when day night, let's say it still 51 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:04.039 has to be voted on before it's official. In San Pedro, Chris Adler 52 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:09.080 kf I News, we have ABC's political director Rick Klein on the line. 53 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:11.159 Want to get right to him. He's got a hard out in a few 54 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:14.039 minutes. Good morning, Rick, Hey, great to be with you. 55 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:16.720 Thank you let's start with Donald Trump and his poll numbers. Let's start there. 56 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:20.240 Any surprise he's still leading for the GUP nomination after all the news last 57 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:24.759 couple of weeks. Well, he's still leading. And I guess that shouldn't 58 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:28.600 be surprised anymore because we've seen this before. We saw it over many many 59 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:32.120 months over the last eight years, but also just since the Manhattandie handed down 60 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:38.040 hus indict when we saw Donald Trump's lead over Ronda Santis from about twenty points 61 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:40.439 about thirty points in an average of the poll. So I guess at this 62 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:43.279 point we shouldn't be surprised. But I still think there's got to be an 63 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:46.800 element for some shock that there doesn't seem to be anything that permeates that Trump 64 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:49.839 brand. And these are very serious charges. Most people think they're very serious 65 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:56.120 charges, but it doesn't seem to be something that is bringing him down politically. 66 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:59.560 Let me before we move on to the next topic, just anecdotally speaking, 67 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:02.800 do you look get campaign contributions and pull numbers together or do you do 68 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:06.160 you give more weight to one or the other? Well, I think, 69 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:10.680 I mean they both have limitations. I think you have to look at both 70 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:13.600 sets and numbers as well as you know, other ways. The messaging catches 71 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:15.519 on and recogly that that we're still seven eight months away from the voting starting, 72 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:18.519 So there's limitations to what we can learn from any of that. There 73 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:23.560 is some reporting out there that Trump may have been considering a deal or at 74 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:27.560 least offered a deal from the DOJ Department of Justice. If that would have 75 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:30.519 played out, would that have been seen his capitulation and that's why he may 76 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:33.120 have turned that down? Yeah, I mean, I think in one level, 77 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:38.360 that's a pretty predictable movement from we didn't apologize after actless Hollywood or insulting, 78 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:41.079 you know, all manner of people over many many years, decades. 79 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:43.959 Really, I think he would have viewed as a moment of weakness. To 80 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:46.360 me, it's it's kind of the most the most trumpy answer. You can 81 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:48.600 imagine that. You can imagine the lawyer that brings that to him and how 82 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:51.079 he would write their head off. And he does seem to have sought the 83 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:54.839 advice of people that would tell him what he wanted to hear when it comes 84 00:05:54.879 --> 00:06:00.040 to making a possible deal. He seems to have been genuinely surprised by the 85 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:02.040 the verity of the charges, he ended up partying ways with the lawyers that 86 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:06.519 he had previously and now charting a course where the deal that he once might 87 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:10.839 have considered or would have been offered him is no longer operative. Rick, 88 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:15.079 what do you think about his legal team? Is it usually attorney's lining up 89 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:17.439 to represent a former president and is he having trouble choosing one or is he 90 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:23.600 having trouble fielding a candidate field? Yeah, I mean under normal circumstances, 91 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:27.160 representing a president or a former president is you know, one of the biggest 92 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:31.199 honors that a lawyer could receive. But the conditions that you're forced to abide 93 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:38.480 by if if you're a Trump lawyer are being considered untenable for a long series 94 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:41.360 of lawyers, going back to Michael Cohen, who broke with him as probably 95 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:44.720 as he did. So the fact that they are, you know, leaving 96 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:46.920 as frequently as they have been, the fact that he's been cycling through them, 97 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:49.240 I guess in one level is top surprising. Okay, Yeah, I 98 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:51.360 guess that does make sense. And I may have jumped ahead a little bit 99 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:56.399 on this question, But what's on the horizon for president former president Trump right 100 00:06:56.480 --> 00:07:00.199 now as far as either politics or legal trouble. Well, he's got both 101 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:04.399 of those. The legal troubles compound. He's got a real problem when it 102 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:12.319 comes to the district attorney in Fulton County. The Jack Smith investigation continues over 103 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:15.839 his actions out of the round January sixth. Bottom line is, you know 104 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:20.360 he's going to be dealing with a whole lot of political and legal stuff all 105 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:24.759 combined as we have into the political voting season. In the month's ad, 106 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:26.959 Hey, Rick, what do you have coming up this week? On this 107 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:30.160 week on Sunday, I'll be on the show talking about the pole out of 108 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:33.920 this. It's part of our roundtable along with the former Governor Maryland Larry Hogan. 109 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:36.480 We're all stuck in Asa Hutchinson, the former governor of Arkansas, former 110 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:41.079 prosecutor, who's among the Republicans who's saying this is a very big deal and 111 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:43.680 Republicans have to take this seriously. We'll see how much that catches on. 112 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:45.839 Okay, well let's stay with Asa for a second. I still have you 113 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:48.319 for a minute. So other Governor Hutchinson, excuse me, I don't know 114 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:54.360 him personally. Other nominees or would be nominees are maybe far back into polls, 115 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:57.319 but are they just is it hurry up in wait situation with them, 116 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:03.000 because if Trump continues to have these obstacles, their opportunity could come. Yeah, 117 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:05.600 I think a lot of them are waiting to see how the field shapes 118 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.040 up around that. And also we're thinking, you know, rem publican voters 119 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:11.759 have a long time to start making choices that no one's cast votes yet. 120 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:13.040 There's a ways to go before that. You want to be the right place 121 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.079 at the right time, and some of that involves right now doing some things 122 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:20.199 to soft and Trump up, frankly and to make clear that they don't view 123 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:22.480 him as the right choice outstanding. Thank you for joining us this morning, 124 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:26.199 Rick Best, Thank you. That's ABC's political director Rick Klein. You can 125 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:30.120 catch him Sunday on this week, Let's get back to some of the stories 126 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.200 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news room. A person suspected of 127 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:37.320 setting fires around LA's Fairfax District over the last two months has been arrested. 128 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:41.559 The LA f d's Arson Unit has been investigating garbage set on fire, the 129 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:46.200 burning of discarded furniture, and apartment complex gates and doors being set on fire 130 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:48.799 since last month. A Ford F one fifty pickup was set on fire and 131 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:54.120 destroyed on South Orange Drive. That was on June seventh. The LAPD has 132 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:58.039 not said what specific fires the person was arrested for late Wednesday night, but 133 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:01.360 police are expected to give more information later today. The FEDS have forced a 134 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:05.919 student loan debt company in Orange County to return more than three point three million 135 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:11.120 dollars in fees. FTC attorney Richard McKean says a legitimate debt relief company is 136 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:16.879 not going to ask for upfront fees because that's illegal. A legitimate company is 137 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:22.000 also not going to make big promises that they can't keep because everybody's situation is 138 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:26.960 different and there is no one size fits all when it comes to debt issues. 139 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:31.480 McKeen says since twenty fourteen, nearly thirty eight thousand consumers were duped by 140 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:35.360 a ready financial group. Total damages resulted in more than forty three million dollar 141 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:39.960 judgment, which was suspended because the owners could not pay. Bud Lights dropped 142 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:43.200 from the top of the hops, has been brewing for years. Bud Light 143 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:46.559 had been the number one selling beer in the US for more than two decades, 144 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:50.720 but is now second to Modella Especial. Many attribute bud Lights drop on 145 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:56.559 the boycott by someone. Social media and trans influencer Dillan mulvaney featured a personalized 146 00:09:56.600 --> 00:09:58.840 can of bud Lights sent to her, but bud Light sales had been going 147 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:03.200 down for more than ten years. Its market share went from nineteen percent and 148 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:05.840 twenty ten to just ten percent leading up to the mulvany post on April first. 149 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:09.519 Modello, on the other hand, has had double digit growth in its 150 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:13.639 beer sales and at least thirty five of the past forty years. Michael Crozer 151 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:18.799 KFI News. Spotify is ending its podcast deal with Prince Harry and Meghan Marko. 152 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:22.559 A joint statement from Harry and Meghan's company says they have mutually agreed to 153 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:26.639 part ways. Twelve episodes ran in the podcast, called Archetypes, which began 154 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:31.240 last August, and a deal estimated to be worth twenty five million dollars. 155 00:10:31.279 --> 00:10:35.759 In December, Archetypes was voted Best Podcast at the People's Choice Awards. The 156 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:41.759 BBC reports the Royal couple reportedly failed to meet productivity benchmark required by Spotify, 157 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:48.480 but that Marco was continuing to develop more content on another platform. Disney Plus 158 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:54.600 will begin debuting newly restored classical Disney shorts that starts next month as part of 159 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:58.480 Disney's centennial celebration. More than two dozen shorts are being restored, dating as 160 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:01.840 far back as nineteen twenty seven, and featuring classic characters of course, like 161 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:07.080 Mickey Mouse, Goofy, and original studio star Oswald The Lucky Rabbit. Haven't 162 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:09.600 seen Oswald in a minute. The first six shorts will hit the streaming service 163 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:15.120 on July seventh, with a new batch released each month through October. And 164 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:18.759 the dog Father has teamed up with Petco for a line of toys, treats, 165 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:24.639 and grooming supplies. It's called Petco Picked by Snoop. The items are 166 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:30.000 already available online, but we'll be in stores nationwide by August. Snoop is 167 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:33.240 promoting the line in a thirty second ad called dog Walks starring Snoop, but 168 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:37.919 as a Doberman pincher. You'll see Snoop walking around his home talking about how 169 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:41.919 great he feels thanks to Petco. He adds up on Petco's Instagram. Snoop 170 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:46.000 fans may recognize it's the same dog he transforms into for his hit who Am 171 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:48.480 I? What's My Name? The debut thirty years ago this year, Amy 172 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:56.840 King KFI news hit legitim Now. Multiple roots emergency teams do continue to respond 173 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:01.080 to a tornado strike in the Texas Panhandle. Texas Governor Greg Abbot has deployed 174 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:05.399 state emergency resources following a tornado that devastated the town of Perryton. The storm 175 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:09.240 killed at least three people and has injured at least seventy five. There's a 176 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:13.799 new TikTok bill on Capitol Hill that aims to protect user information. Six senators 177 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:18.200 and two members of the House of Representatives say the Chinese owned app poses serious 178 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:24.519 security risk to the data of Americans. Senators say the bill introduced Wednesday would 179 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:30.240 stop the app from sending personal information to China. Nuclear facility concerns continue in 180 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:35.320 Ukraine. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says the situation at ukraine 181 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:41.320 Zapperitza nuclear power plant is serious but stabilizing. Russian forces forces have occupied the 182 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:46.200 plants since last year and the IAEA has a team of experts on the site 183 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:50.879 at all times. At five thirty three, Yeah, that's right. Kfi's 184 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:54.279 Dean Sharp will be with us for some house whispering. Dean is taking us 185 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:56.639 slightly off of our front entrances and moving us too closer to the roads. 186 00:12:56.720 --> 00:13:01.879 We can chat about curb appeal, a couple more stories coming out of the 187 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:05.440 KFI twenty four hour newsroom, and then we're gonna talk with Ike from ABC 188 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:09.440 about these ticket fees. But first, LAPD Chief Moore says he's concerned about 189 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:13.320 the continued rise of street takeovers. Moore says the approach could no longer be 190 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.360 just enforcement. It also has to be more holistic to change some of the 191 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:20.480 roadway designs. We have to also look to the role of social media. 192 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:24.279 We have to look to the entertainment industry that glorifies and amplifies this. More 193 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:28.279 told the Police Commission this week, sixteen people died last year from street takeovers, 194 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:31.519 and peer influence for this activity is a big problem, the chief says. 195 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:35.679 More cameras are being installed in popular spots, and there's a bigger effort 196 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.519 to cite not only the drivers, but also the bystanders. Steve Gregory, 197 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:41.440 King of Fine News at the bottom of the hour as a reminder, the 198 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:45.600 kfi's house whisper Dean Sharp is going to be with us, but right now, 199 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:50.360 ABC correspondent Ikejaci is on the line prepping for this chat with you about 200 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:54.600 I was prepping last night about these ticket fees. I noticed that companies are 201 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:58.120 already telling some reporters and news agencies that these ticket prices that they mentioned are 202 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:01.879 total prices. Is this cultural change already coming in? Are we already seeing 203 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:09.120 some transparency? Well, yeah, there have been efforts in the past to 204 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:13.960 try to rain in these junk sees that these ticket vendors are doing. As 205 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:16.559 a matter of fact, in the state of New York, last year, 206 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:20.480 it became the first state to ban hidden costs for live events. That forced 207 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:24.840 companies like Live Nation and sea Geek to transition to what's being called upfront pricing 208 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:31.320 for live entertainment there in that state. And yesterday we saw President Biden essentially 209 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:35.639 called the executives from all these vendors, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, even Airbnb 210 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:41.399 to use the power of the bully pulpits per se to tackle these junk fees. 211 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:46.039 So this announcement of this meeting, he had this important part to know. 212 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:50.240 It doesn't necessarily make an effort to reduce the junk fees. It just 213 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:54.080 takes them out of the dark and put them and put them front and center 214 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:58.919 for the consumer. Bidens still called this upfront pricing as a victory. So 215 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:03.200 as a partisan Live Nation, Ticketmaster seakeeek, they're all going to roll up 216 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:09.879 this upfront all in pricing in September, so Biden these columnessive victories also calling 217 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:13.919 on their competitors to do the same along the same timeline. You know, 218 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:18.360 Live Nation and Ticketmaster have same corporate parents, so if you know, if 219 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:24.360 it walks like oligarchy and smells like oligarchy from the stage, artists from the 220 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:28.519 Cura to Taylor Swift have called out Ticketmaster. How long has this been going 221 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:33.679 on and why so long to get some kind of resolution to it. Well, 222 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:37.519 it's been going on for quite some time now. These companies Ticketmaster and 223 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:41.320 so on and so forth. They've been able to actually just essentially tack on 224 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:48.919 exorbitant prices for a while. And obviously the performer or the show that you're 225 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:52.240 going to has really no say on what these vendors can actually do. And 226 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:58.639 we saw that last year when a Ticketmaster site essentially melted down when the demand 227 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:03.840 for those Taylor Swift tickets were so high and in many cases, these fees 228 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:10.039 that are added on by these vendors there's sometimes even more money than the ticket 229 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:15.000 itself. That's been a major complaint to this administration. That's why you're seeing 230 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.639 them essentially tackle this right now. But it's also importantly this has been a 231 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:25.039 long history from the buy the administration of essentially tackling junk fees. If you 232 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:30.919 remember last September of the Department of Transportation, they propose the role requiring airlines 233 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:34.960 and online booking services to show full prices upfront with baggage and other fees. 234 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:41.600 And also if they inconvenience inconvenience you when for rebooking and things of that nature, 235 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:45.120 they now have to pay you in cash or some or give you some 236 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:49.879 kind of concessions just that they're straining you at airports and things of that nature. 237 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:55.000 So it's just just the next thing inline to this administration in terms of 238 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:59.399 their efforts to tackle these junk fees from several sectors across the economy. Yeah, 239 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:02.159 you're right, you mentioned that, because it's not just concert tickets, 240 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:06.319 it's airport tickets. And you mentioned Airbnb there too. I've covered Airbnb for 241 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:10.759 for a long time since actually their their IPO and they there's is not virtue 242 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:11.799 signaling, so much. They were trying to be in front of this, 243 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:15.400 but it sounds like they got kind of swept up in it. And so 244 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:17.960 the White House is spinning. This is kind of a kind of a middle 245 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:23.480 class bottom line, monthly household budget ticket transparency deal, right exactly. You 246 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:27.960 know, President Biden said that this is going to help people who grew up 247 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:33.160 in areas in which way he grew up. Essentially, you know, my 248 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:37.119 family would have benefited from, you know, these kinds of policies and things 249 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:41.599 of that agre and he tried to really tie that his upbringing as really a 250 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:47.720 beacon, a beacon light for middle class America unless in his whole effort, 251 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:52.160 this entire administration, or at least the policies in which he hoped to enact, 252 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:56.799 was to help tackle these issues that are really pounding the middle class and 253 00:17:56.839 --> 00:18:00.680 that have been for quite some time now. And another thing he did too, 254 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:03.359 we got a look at the credit cards. Actually, you know, 255 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:07.200 back in March, the Consumer Financial Protection Date actually proposed a new rule to 256 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:12.400 slash credit card late fees from roughly thirty bucks on average to eight dollars. 257 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:17.799 I would save a estivating nine billion dollars a year. So I got just 258 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:22.279 another in line of this administration trying to tackle these junk fees. I understand 259 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:26.160 supply demand, that's fine. Taylor Swift's tickets for Miami are going at twenty 260 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:30.279 six hundred and twenty five dollars. But I noticed last night that Messi's first 261 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:34.559 match in Miami FC is twenty six hundred bucks a seat. He's not even 262 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:40.599 confirmed he's going to go yet. I look, you know, it's funny. 263 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:42.839 He's actually coming to DC here in July. And I looked for the 264 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:49.400 tickets and they're playing Philadelphia the week before at about twenty six dollars the same 265 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:55.079 seat eight hundred and fifty dollars. So that's the Messi effect in full force, 266 00:18:55.519 --> 00:19:00.079 right on, right on. It's a halo effect. So any next 267 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:03.920 official steps that have to happen with this, I know there's an event and 268 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:07.440 everything, and you mentioned that the Biden administration has been working on this four 269 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:11.319 months, if not years. Anything official coming up or is today? Pretty 270 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.440 much? This is a done deal. This is what we're going to see 271 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:18.240 moving forward. Well, this is what we're going to see moving forward essentially, 272 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:21.279 you know, we're going to see these companies all come together and agree 273 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:27.519 to eliminate the surprise factor of these fees per se. But Biden administration they 274 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:32.400 actually want to do more, you know. So essentially, you know, 275 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:37.200 Biden's proposed these new rules targeting a credit card lay fees, airline lodging, 276 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:41.200 and it was an aim to get rid of these extra charges that aren't publicized 277 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:45.480 clearly. But he's going to step further. He's asking Congress to eliminate hidden 278 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:51.720 fees altogether, and that's through the Junk Seed Prevention app And that would essentially 279 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:56.759 really put the pressure on these private companies to either rein it in or have 280 00:19:56.039 --> 00:20:03.839 Congress federally pay to action and help eliminate these seeds, which would directly help 281 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:08.039 the consumer in terms of what is actually what they're actually being in their pocket. 282 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:14.640 Thank you so much, ABC correspondent Ika Josh. You hope you have 283 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:18.559 a great weekend. You two take care. One quick story before we get 284 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:22.119 to weather in traffic, California Attorney General Rob Bonta says he wants the public 285 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:26.480 to be aware of heightened scams targeting the elderly. He says scammers can cheat 286 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:30.720 older people through call centers, Ponzi schemes, or romantic poise They can be 287 00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:36.440 big operations or as small as slipping cash out of our nurses out of our 288 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:41.000 nursing home residence wallet. We've seen it all. Wanta says his own mother 289 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:44.559 has been fooled by scammers who defrauded her. Officials say if anyone asks for 290 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:48.359 money, don't send it and contact a trusted loved one first. California lawmakers 291 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:52.119 are approving a state budget bill. They voted for the legislature's version ahead of 292 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:56.119 last night's deadline. The bill includes a bailout for transit systems and more money 293 00:20:56.119 --> 00:21:00.680 for childcare providers that was not in the original proposal from the governor. Paradise, 294 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:04.359 California, is still the state's deadliest fire. It was in twenty eighteen. 295 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:08.319 Sixteen people were killed. Paradise is now testing new sirens. The tower 296 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:12.920 system has five sirens built so far, sixteen more are needed. The federal 297 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:17.920 government is giving states nine hundred million dollars to beef up the nation's broadband. 298 00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:21.559 Thirty five states and Puerto Rico are part of the program to bring high speed 299 00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:26.720 internet to unserved and underserved communities, military bases, and tribal lands, and 300 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:32.279 coming up at five fifty we will raise up some cow positivity. Cows can 301 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:36.759 help fight climate change, and they can help fight wildfires. We're gonna get 302 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:38.400 into that now, but right now, let's welcome in Dean Sharp. Good 303 00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:42.480 morning, Dan. I'm just trying to imagine a cow fighting a wildfire. 304 00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:45.759 Just yeah, trying to get that picture in my head. So you're sticking 305 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:48.480 around for this one too, aren't you? Oh yeah, oh yeah, 306 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:53.039 yeah, you got me hooked. Kfi's house, whispered Dean Sharp right there 307 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:57.200 at the inevitable voice. Let's get a working definition of curb appeal, because 308 00:21:57.200 --> 00:22:00.440 I think that's going to be pretty much what we chat about the next few 309 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:06.440 minutes. Curb appeal that is the story that your house starts telling the minute, 310 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:11.160 the moment anybody catches its first glimpse of it. You know, that's 311 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:17.079 curb appeal. That is what the vibe that your house is sending off. 312 00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:22.440 And in terms of Southern California homes as a whole, I would say that 313 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:26.279 we fall into probably well, you know, see, I don't want to 314 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:29.599 say the worst category, because the worst category would sort of be kind of 315 00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:33.039 like a rust belt, everything's run down, it's all falling apart kind of 316 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:38.519 a thing. But from a design perspective, certainly my worst category, and 317 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:44.599 that is this, you get three reactions from people typically when they see a 318 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:48.759 home. Emotional reactions. Either they are moved in a very positive way that's 319 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:55.200 what we're after, or they WinCE like oh jeez, no right. But 320 00:22:55.400 --> 00:23:00.319 the by far for a tract home city, which we are, by far, 321 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:04.079 the biggest reaction that people have is no reaction at all, and that 322 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:10.119 for me unacceptable. You know, nobody should look at your home and just 323 00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:14.240 fly like yeah, yeah whatever. Mah, And that's what we're trying to 324 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:18.799 get past. A hard man from Dr Mah. All right, well, 325 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:22.759 let's start fixing the problem. Let's addressed the problem practically speaking. What are 326 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:26.079 one of the first steps anybody can take to up their game when it comes 327 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:27.160 to curb appeal. Well, you know, there are so many things, 328 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:32.720 but the very first thing that everybody needs to do is to learn how to 329 00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:36.839 see their house again. And I don't mean just you know, oh yeah, 330 00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.880 Dean, there it is okay, I see it. No, No, 331 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:41.319 no, I mean I mean really see your house. We all are 332 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:47.119 house blind to a certain degree to the houses that we live in. In 333 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:48.599 other words, we just get so used to it. They're just part of 334 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:52.759 our flow. We stop really looking and noticing what's going on with them. 335 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:56.319 That's something as a designer, when I come out to your house to consult, 336 00:23:56.559 --> 00:24:02.359 I sometimes will spend an inner noor amount of time just kind of staring 337 00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:07.240 at things until I really start to see and understand what are all the components 338 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:11.880 that are playing into for instance, curb appeal. For instance, you know, 339 00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:14.880 most people kind of ignore their roofs. They're like, yeah, the 340 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:18.440 roof is the roof, and there it is. Roofs take up a good 341 00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:25.920 third of the visual span of anybody's home. That's a lot. That's a 342 00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:29.960 good head of hair or the absence of a good head of hair on top 343 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:33.079 of a person's head. So it's those kinds of things. Now when it 344 00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:37.559 comes to things that you know are affordable, things that to make a lot 345 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:40.559 of bang for the buck. Now we're talking about things like, for instance, 346 00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:45.720 most tracked home owners live in what we call a garage forward house, 347 00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:49.839 meaning you know, the garage is closer to the street than anything else. 348 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:56.559 The garage door just this big old surface sticking out there, and yet a 349 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.720 lot of people are just like, you know, yeah, I just got 350 00:24:57.759 --> 00:25:02.799 the white garage door with the little windows at the top and those little weird 351 00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:06.000 yellowing frames, and you know, there it is. It's my garage door. 352 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:07.920 What are you gonna do, Well, what you're gonna do is come 353 00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:11.920 to a realization that if you really want to transform the front of that home, 354 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:18.440 you got to understand that your garage door in that situation is really your 355 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:22.640 primary door, not the front door that you are more tempted to spend eight 356 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:30.759 or ten thousand dollars on. Spend money on a gorgeous special garage door because 357 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:34.720 it's three times larger than the front door, and it's twice as close to 358 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:38.799 the street, and so it is a much much larger component of curb appeal. 359 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:42.480 Okay, fine, button so old a couple of houses in Houston. 360 00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:47.079 The realtor there told me you don't want any front loaders. That's all. 361 00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:51.599 They refer to those with the garage forwards. Exactly. Yes, let's not 362 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.960 sleep on the front door though, before we jump to another one. I 363 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:56.400 mean, the front door can't have an impact, right because I know there's 364 00:25:56.440 --> 00:26:00.440 Instagram feeds dedicated to front doorways. Oh yeah, yeah, front doors are 365 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:04.000 great. I mean, you know, front doors should have a certain drama 366 00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:08.279 to them. The job of a front door also not only to be that 367 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:14.480 first portal that people enter through, but also from the street, to really 368 00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:17.720 kind of set a hierarchy of attention, like look at me, this is 369 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:21.720 where you're going. It should direct you in, call you in. Tim 370 00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:25.279 Conway asked me last night should we all paint our front door some funky, 371 00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:29.680 loud color, And the answer is no, we shouldn't all do that. 372 00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:34.920 But if you have the kind of house style, if the architectural DNA of 373 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:38.079 your home would allow for such, I'm all for it. I'm all for 374 00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:44.279 going bold with the front door so that you know, it really pops and 375 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:48.480 becomes a focal point of people's attention. By the way, here's a little 376 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:52.640 quiz, doctor Middleton. You know what the you know where the tradition of 377 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:56.720 painting the front door, you know bright red actually comes from Ireland? Uh 378 00:26:57.640 --> 00:27:03.400 and meaning what, Dean, I don't know, I just know it was 379 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:07.000 Ireland. Well, actually it was Scotland, but your cart okay, it's 380 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:10.640 Celtic. But we we brought it to the States, and you know what 381 00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:15.039 it was in the in the early colonies, painting your front door red was 382 00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:18.880 a symbol that you had paid off your mortgage, that you owned your home 383 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:23.720 free and clear. It was. It was loud and proud declaration that I 384 00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:27.160 own this house. And uh and I think that's just really cool. Yeah, 385 00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:30.680 that is cool. Uh. And also, speaking of Conway, it's 386 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:33.240 not the first time he and I disagreed on something important. Like the front 387 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:36.759 door. Um, mine's international orange. By the way, what's what's the 388 00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:41.720 landmark that's international orange? Dean sharp the landmark. Yeah, there's a landmark 389 00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:44.440 in the United States. It's international orange. Oh, I know, you 390 00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:48.559 got me Golden gate Bridge. Oh okay, Yeah, let's go to softscaping, 391 00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:52.000 herdscaping and landscaping. Okay, yes, because those are things that are 392 00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:56.400 within usually a household budget, and you can those are attainable goals. Yeah, 393 00:27:56.440 --> 00:28:00.920 most people have too much hardscape in their front yard. In other words, 394 00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:06.200 people get a little crazy with the paving and the driveways and so on. 395 00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:11.160 Our own beloved boss here at KFI, Robin Bertolucci, she had me 396 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:15.240 out a few years ago. Is that had me staring at the front of 397 00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:17.400 her house. She's like, what's wrong with this place? And I'm like, 398 00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:19.960 your driveways too big? And she said, well, I got a 399 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:22.119 three car garage right there. I said, yeah, you need a three 400 00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:26.920 car garage at the garage doors, but you don't need three car widths at 401 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:33.519 the street way way too much pavement, and so we actually trimmed it back 402 00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:37.279 one car entry, spreading out into what, you know, whatever she needed 403 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:42.319 as far as access in That allowed us to move more landscaping, more color, 404 00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:48.200 more beauty, more softscape into the scenario. And you know, everybody's 405 00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:52.039 home, no matter what size it is, could use a critical eye like 406 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:56.599 that. More landscape and more up and down landscape. Everybody thinks, you 407 00:28:56.640 --> 00:29:00.839 know, two dimensionally when it comes to their landscape, and they think law 408 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:04.359 and they're like forward backwards, left, right, But more contours, more 409 00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:11.440 three dimensionality in the front yard creates better space and destination to the house. 410 00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:14.319 Dean, let's remind everybody. I have one more question, but let's remind 411 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:18.240 everybody when and where they can hear you this weekend. This weekend, Saturday 412 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:22.720 mornings from six to eight and Sunday nine to noon, we're doing curb Appeal 413 00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:26.000 both days and we're taking time for extra calls this weekend. Very cool. 414 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:30.880 At the top of this interview, you mentioned reassess your curb appeal. But 415 00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:37.359 that doesn't mean just necessarily during the daytime right absolutely. In fact, if 416 00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:41.440 you have a super limited budget, the one thing you can do to make 417 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:45.480 a radical change to your home for at least half the time that it's sitting 418 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:51.240 there in the dark is lighting. Low voltage. Lighting is incredibly inexpensive. 419 00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:53.480 It's low voltage, which means you can do it yourself totally. You're not 420 00:29:53.519 --> 00:30:00.880 going to get shocked. And at nighttime, when there is no sun out, 421 00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:06.839 you have complete theatrical control of your home. Even an ugly home can 422 00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:10.440 look great at night depending on what you choose to light. You don't have 423 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:12.440 that same option in the day when the sun is exposing everything. But at 424 00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:17.279 night, just like in a theater on a stage, you're the director, 425 00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:22.599 and most people in southern California miss out on the opportunity to dramatically light their 426 00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:26.519 homes at night. Very cool, Dean Sharp, This is always a pleasure. 427 00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.839 I'll be listening this weekend, so the rest of us. Thanks, 428 00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:32.559 Buddy house Whist. We're a Dean Sharp right there. Always with some pro 429 00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:36.359 tips and you don't have to pay, you know. Robin Bertolucci prices to 430 00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:38.799 have Dean, you can just listen in on KFI. Secretary of State Antony 431 00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:42.839 B. Lincoln heads to Beijing this weekend for a high level diplomatic trip. 432 00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:47.440 It could pave the way for a meeting later this year for a President Biden 433 00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:52.240 and President Jijin Ping. Pope Francis has returned to the Vatican after being discharged 434 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:56.480 from Rome's Jamelle Hospital. The eighty six year old Pope was recovering from abdominal 435 00:30:56.519 --> 00:31:03.039 surgery and he left the hospital in a wheelchair. Or today on the line 436 00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:07.079 with this is mister Frank Fitzpatrick. Welcome in, Frank, good morning. 437 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:12.240 I've seen you referred to as the last cowboy of Orange County. That's great 438 00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:15.240 branding, first of all, but how would you refer to yourself? What 439 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:22.240 what title do you give yourself. I'm a cowman right on. I raised 440 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:30.480 the sail grass fed beef and we do holistic plant grazing and we try to 441 00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:37.839 sell it and get kettle out on ground in Orange County like the ghat people 442 00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:41.359 do. Right on. I've seen the goat people when I lived in the 443 00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:45.000 Bay Area. I saw them often on the side of the roads. Let's 444 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:48.920 go back to the holistic grazing. What does that exactly mean? Be in 445 00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:55.640 a nutshell, you're trying to run cows like god round buffalo. What the 446 00:31:55.799 --> 00:32:05.720 human element does is you're replacing pack predator for a human and you jail them 447 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:08.000 up. What you're doing is you're putting them in a small area of a 448 00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:14.039 ranch for a very short period of time and then moving them. Do you 449 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:20.400 ever see dances with wolves? Okay, the morning after the buffalo hunt, 450 00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:23.160 when they walked out and looked at the ground was all turned up. Yeah, 451 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:28.599 I went back. Okay. And that's how you plant new grass, 452 00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:37.400 and that's how you get an even start so that your native at plants have 453 00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:42.319 as good a chance to go as your non natives. Oh okay, all 454 00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:49.680 right, cool natural cycle, just urge. What happens is cows are selective 455 00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:53.480 grazers. Okay, they're trying to keep a nine point two percent protein level 456 00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:59.559 in the room, and and they will eat that selectively until you run out 457 00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:04.440 of it. So they will eat your very best plants until it eats them 458 00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:07.519 out. So by making them stay in one spot for a small time, 459 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:13.359 you get a larger coverage of grass and browsed plants eaten, and then you 460 00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:16.359 move on. Hey, Frank, you mentioned the words small, which is 461 00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:20.240 a relative term, and you're a rancher. What is small when it comes 462 00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:25.279 to ranching, Well, it depends if you've got nine hundred acres something around 463 00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:30.480 twelve. Okay, if you have fourteen thousand acres, probably twenty five. 464 00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:36.519 I live in southern California. Fourteen thousand acres seems like an entire state's worth 465 00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:39.200 of land. But let's move on. To go ahead, lady, three 466 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:45.039 thousand acres in the airline ranch that's not built upon in Orange County? What 467 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:51.000 about? What about they've got two hundred and thirty thousand ungraced acres. Oh, 468 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:53.880 it sounds like a market opportunity for someone like yourself. What about these 469 00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:59.160 fires? What about the firefighting angle of this eating up fuel? Cows eating 470 00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:04.519 up fuel that could be used later on when it gets dryer this year in 471 00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:07.119 the first year, Oh okay, what happened? Second year? You put? 472 00:34:07.239 --> 00:34:12.079 Okay, if you put if you started greeting program like I did with 473 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:19.400 the twelve roads, we started in February, and we ate turn them out. 474 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:22.280 And that was a joke on that piece because the whole thing was ten 475 00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:28.760 to twelve foot hot mustard when I got there, So the February grazing, 476 00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:32.480 which should have been green grass, was mostly dry sticks and stuff, and 477 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:38.239 I actually had to feed the cattle on that piece just to maintain the nutrition 478 00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:43.920 there. The second one after then, we were on there for less than 479 00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:50.639 thirteen days. We moved cattle off, ran them on my rants, came 480 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:58.400 back in April and grazes again. This time with all the big sticks and 481 00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:02.719 stocks down. We were able to get the catgory will eat some green feed, 482 00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:07.679 and then we got off of it. And then we come back at 483 00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:14.239 the end of the year in the dry season and eat it off down, 484 00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:20.880 which that's the grazing that reduces the fire hazard. We're speaking with Frank Fitzpatrick. 485 00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:24.400 He's a rancher and in Orange County. A Frank just this morning from 486 00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:27.760 our newsroom, I want to read you a couple of sentences of a story 487 00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:30.639 that I haven't been able to read just yet. California has seen a lot 488 00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:34.440 of wild mustard growth following all the rain. We've had. Officials say the 489 00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:37.679 plant is super flammable, so as temperatures start to warm up, it could 490 00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:44.280 be a problem. How would you address that problem? Number One, cows 491 00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:47.679 will eat the flour and the late to leave, they leave the stem and 492 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:52.960 the only way you get the stems down is animal impact. You trample it. 493 00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:57.679 I see, okay, all right, fair enough. Any are some 494 00:35:57.719 --> 00:36:00.800 cows better at this kind of work? Or is this it's just natural for 495 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:09.119 every undulate you have? Well, I have a specific breed of highly adaptable, 496 00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:19.599 environmentally adapted cattle. I gotta hurd of Barzona's. Okay are you okay? 497 00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:22.559 Yeah? Go ahead, Please describe what that what it is like. 498 00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:30.639 Well, they're a medium red cow colways about nine to fifty outside bulls around 499 00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:34.559 twelve to fifty. Now, they got horns, they got sloped and groups. 500 00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:39.440 They have an ancestor an africaner that came from the old board cow in 501 00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:47.719 South Africa, and they were indigenous to the Transveld, which is just exactly 502 00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:52.519 like our great basin. Sounds perfect, Frank, take thank you so much 503 00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.880 for your time this morning. Great work. We'll check in with you when 504 00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:58.719 it gets closer to fire season. Thank you very much. Absolutely, good 505 00:36:58.719 --> 00:37:02.599 morning, Frank Fitzpatrick from Orange County. Right there, here's some whiplash news. 506 00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:08.239 Artificial intelligence generates real and clickbait headlines for news shows social media feeds, 507 00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:13.199 but Google is taking a stand on AI for its daily work in the office. 508 00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:16.000 This morning, Google is asking its own employees to curb their use of 509 00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:21.719 generative AI chat bots, even as it continues to further promote its own called 510 00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:24.920 Bard that's its competitor to the other one you've heard of, chat GPT, 511 00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:30.320 the tech giant. Google has asked its own employees to not enter confidential information 512 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:35.480 into the chat bots. This according to Reuters for People familiar with the matter 513 00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:38.920 have reported this in different agencies. Actually, Alphabet is the parent company of 514 00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:44.320 Google and has also asked engineers to not use compute code that is generated by 515 00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:46.760 the chat bots, which is one of the features that they sold us on 516 00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:50.639 at the beginning of the year. With this keeping an eye on that, 517 00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:52.960 it's also going to come up and handle on the news. Federal authorities say 518 00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:57.639 last month's ocean temperatures were the highest ever recorded for the month of May. 519 00:37:57.800 --> 00:38:02.360 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric administ made the announcement Thursday yesterday and said some regions 520 00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:07.320 we're experiencing ocean surface temperatures up to seven degrees higher than average for this time 521 00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:13.039 of year. Scientists attribute the ocean warming to several factors, including human caused 522 00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:19.039 climate change and the developing El Nino event, and last year's underwater volcanic eruption 523 00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:23.360 that was in the South Pacific. The US has sent a nuclear powered submarine 524 00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:28.440 to South Korea, a day after North Korea resumed missile tests in protest of 525 00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:32.000 US South Korean drills. The USS Michigan is one of the biggest submarines in 526 00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:37.800 the world and can carry about one hundred and fifty Tomahawk missiles. Military official 527 00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:40.639 state they are trying to boost their special operations and ability to deal with the 528 00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:45.119 growing nuclear threats from the North Korea. We lead local live from the KFI 529 00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:49.639 twenty four hour newsroom. I'm Jason Middleton. 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