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It's five o'clock on this Tuesday, January twenty third. I'm Amy King.
Thanks for starting your day with us. Well, it looks like the rain
has moved out. We're going to see sunny skies by this afternoon. Grapevine
still may have some issues. They had some nasty, nasty weather up there
and are still experiencing some mudslides and such, so if you're traveling north,
you might want to check the grape Vine first. OSCAR nominations are going to
be announced during wake Up Call this morning. We'll be watching that for you
and get them to you. I think Barbenheimer expected to be big in the
nomination category. The debate was last night for the US Senate seat that was
held for decades by Dianne Feinstein, held at USC and as I've told you
before, I am a junkie for these debates. It was kind of fun
to see because normally we see a presidential debate, you don't always see a
debate for a Senate seat. So they had the top four candidates. It
was Barbara Lee, Katie Porter, Adam Shiff, all Democrats, and then
Republican Steve Garvey. I think that one of the key things that came out
of this debate, which was aired right here on KFI, is when Steve
Garvey said that he wasn't a politician. He said, the politicians talk down
to us. He says, I want to talk to people as opposed to
talking down to people. He said that he's just tired of everyone telling us
everything is okay when it's not. And they really kind of that one resonated
with me. Katie Porter made some good points. Everything she said was it's
Washington's fault. She kind of kept going back to it's Washington's fault. I
think Adam Schiff just only came unhinged when he talked about Trump. Other than
that, he seemed like he was very rational, and and that was,
you know, had some good points to make. The takeaway from the whole
debate for me, which they're going to be doing another one if you miss
this one They really did have some interesting things to say, and I like
to hear what their stances are and that kind of thing. But the big
takeaway that both Barbara Lee and Katie Porter seemed so angry. They're not happy
warriors. Again, as I mentioned, Adam Schiff only lost it when he
talked about Trump, and Steve Garvey to me, was kind of the calm
one in the room. He seemed wise and grandfatherly, but he also because
he doesn't have the uh, the political acumen, he seemed like he was
kind of slow, like he was thinking through his answers, which I think
is actually a good thing, but when you only have thirty or sixty seconds
to give your opinion, you got to get it out there, and I
think that he was a little slow on that. After the debate, Mo
Kelly, who was part of the debate and got to ask a couple of
questions last night, he did an after on Later with mo Kelly and got
to talk to the candidates one on one and that was spectacular. So if
you missed it, you can always go to the iHeartRadio app and check out
Later with Mo Kelly. Again, his interviews after the debate were really,
really good. Here's what's ahead on wake up call. Well, this did
not last long. Almost thirty thousand faculty and staff members at all twenty three
cal State campus has held the first day of a scheduled five days strike yesterday,
but then a tenet of agreement was reached last night, so everyone's going
to be back at work today. It includes a five percent salary increase retroactive
to last July, with another five percent hike in pay this summer. A
small town in New Hampshire is kicked off the first in the nation Republican primary
by voting at midnight. Six registered voters in the small town of Dixville Notch
cast their ballots for former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Trump's leading in the
polls. The Dow opens trading on a new high. The industrial average closed
just above thirty eight thousand for the first time yesterday. The SMP five hundred
also hit a record high at six po oh five. It is handle on
the news. Israel has offered a two month ceasefire in exchange for the release
of hostages, but will Hamas go for it. Let's get started with some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four Hour Newsroom. California's top
candidates for US Senate have met face to face for the first debate in the
race to succeed Senator Dianne Feinstein. They clashed over a request from kfi's mo
Kelly, please finish this sentence if the American people should choose former President Donald
Trump to return as commander in chief, then blank. Former baseball star Seve
Garvey said he'll decide who the best person for the job is when the time
comes. Congresswoman Katie Porter accused Garvey of refusing to answer California, I think
what they say is true. Once a dodger, always a dodger, Okay.
Garvey said we should support the president and support the office. To an
answer to that question, Shiff said, if Trump is elected, then we
are rhymes with crude, and he said that Trump is the greatest threat to
our democracy. Lee didn't answer the question, and Porter says we will lose
our credibility and it'll set us back decades in our relationships around the world.
The LA Homeless Count, or a Homeless Services Authority, is starting. It's
twenty twenty four Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The three Day Count begins tonight
in the San Gabriel and San Fernando valley'solunteers will be in West LA, Southeast
LA, and the South Bay area tomorrow. On Thursday, counters will travel
around the Annealope Valley to Metro LA in South LA. The twenty twenty three
Greater Los Angeles Homeless count revealed a nine percent year over year increase in homelessness
in the county and a ten percent increase in the city. The Israeli militaries'
twenty four soldiers have been killed in one day in the Gaza Strip. ABC's
Jordana Miller says most of the deaths happened during one attack yesterday. IDEF says
twenty one soldiers killed when Hamas fired RPGs on two buildings with soldiers inside laying
explosives for demolition in southern Gaza, the attack setting off deadly secondary explosions that
brought the buildings down. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu called it one of the
most difficult days since the start of the war. When Hamas attacked, He
says the fighting will not stop until the absolute victory. The Southwest Airlines Pilot
Association has scored a victory, overwhelmingly approving a new contract that will result a
result in a nearly fifty percent pay raise over the next five years. The
pilots will also get an immediate raise of just over twenty nine percent. The
twelve billion dollars deal also includes changes to work rules and scheduling, paid maternity
leave, and parental leaf and retirement plans. Let's say good morning to ABC's
senior national reporter at the Pentagon and Flaherty. Good morning, and America has
struck back after another Iranian backed military attack against a US based How did we
do? Was it successful? What happened? Yeah, so this is one
of the bigger attacks that are taking place almost daily. It seems that the
US is trying to strike these hooty rebels who've been attacking commercial ships in the
Red Sea. What happened yesterday was not just the US, The UK was
also involved, other countries involved. They struck missile sites where the hoosies were
storing ballistic missiles, including in an underground bunker. They also got radar other
conventional weapons. With this, they say that they have significantly degraded the houthy's
ability to strike those commercial ships. Now one military official told me, you
know, it could happen again. We're not expecting this to be the end,
but we know that this was a successful attack and that we feel very
good about our ability to degrade the Houthis launch attack ability, and they have
been striking. The Houthis have been striking since I don't know for a couple
of months now how many attacks have there been on US or US backed locations.
So military officials told me yesterday it was more than thirty. I think
the number was thirty three attacks on these commercial vessels in the Red Sea since
about November and November. And not all of these are US ships. Some
of these are other international ships. And they say that it's very concerning,
And of course, you know, the concern is when you broaden out you
look at that region as a whole. There have been more than one hundred
and fifty attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria. All of these have
a common thread, and that is that these are pro militants that are being
bankrolled from Iran. US officials very concerned that this could spill out over into
a broader war. Yeah, and is it all Houthis or are there other
Iranian backed militant groups. So in Yemen it's the Houthis, but in other
countries like Hesbola in Lebanon that they too are believed to be backed by the
Iranians. And then over the weekend we have this strike against US officials at
US Air base that also was from an Iranian backed group, but different than
the Huthies. Okay, And in that one, there were some US soldiers
injured, and what do we know what their condition is? So we know
that they have been evaluated and diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, that these two
service members have returned to work, that they will continue to be treated,
and then we have been told that that number could of course rise because of
the nature of brain injury if service members present with symptoms. We do know
that there were seventeen rockets and ballistic missiles that were launched at this US base,
So this was a larger scale attack that we've seen against the US than
we have in the past, and of course US air defenses intercepting most of
those missiles, but two of those ballistic missiles getting through and causing that traumatic
brain injury in the service members. Okay, And you mentioned that seventeen were
fired. Two of them got through because we were able to shoot them down.
Do we have the same kind of iron dome system that Israel has,
so, you know, we have it on a smaller scale. But yes,
the US, you know, they don't talk about the operational capabilities of
their air defenses in that region, but they do say that they believe that
it didn't necessarily fail, that it was able to intercept most of those missiles.
But of course it only took two to injure those service members. And
I should also add that an Iraqi service member was also injured in the attack.
Okay, and then let's shift shift Garres real quick and the Defense Secretary
Austin has made his first public appearance in a little while. Where was he
and what did he do? So he is appearing actually as we speak,
he's going to be appearing in a virtual meeting for the first time since he
was hospitalized with complications related to prostate cancer. You know, this caused a
big stir because he had gone to the hospital, he was even under anesthesia
at one point, and never alerted the White House, never told Congress or
the public that he had had these health issues. The serious concerns about the
transparency there, but he is. His son said, you know, I
take responsibility for that. We should have been more forthcoming and that you know,
he's working from home. He has full responsibility and duties over the armed
forces. He's successfully doing that from his house. He's going to be taking
this meeting on Ukraine from his house. That he will not be doing a
press conference. So well enough to work, but not well enough to respond
to questions from the press. Okay. And there had been talk immediately after
this happened, or when we found out, or when the US found out,
that they were going to do some investigating and figure out whether there should
be some sort of a punishment or he should resign for not being transparent.
Have we had any movement on that or is it still just sort of in
the works. Yeah, So the panag I'm saying it's going to do a
thirty day review. That thirty days is up February eighth. Of course,
we're all very interested in that. You know, we've heard from the President
who says he still has confidence in Lloyd Austin. We haven't heard talk of
Secretary of Austin resigning, but of course we don't have the results of this
review yet. It's probably going to go to Congress. First Congress, they
want him to testify, So I don't think Republicans are going to let this
go. And of course, you know, people will say, well,
it's you know, private, but when you're at this level of government responsibility,
you actually do have to be transparent about your health issues because it's a
matter of national security and being forthcoming with the public. Right and he's in
the line of succession for the presidency. Great he controls all armed forces across
the globe. So you know, they said that when he was sick,
he did transfer duties immediately to his defense the Deputy Defense Secretary, Kathleen Hicks,
and that she had full control. But you know what's interesting about this
whole story, she was never even told why, and she never asked.
I mean, it really is kind of amazing that the authority could be transferred
and very few details could come out. I know, I think one of
my first things would be why is he okay? That would be my question,
right, all right, And we're a journalist, so we always ask
that question. There's that. Anne Flaherty, thank you so much for the
information today and hope to talk to you again soon. Thank you. All
right, Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. LA County health officials are warning against consuming raw oysters
because of a neuro virus outbreak. LA County's Department of Health, doctor Leelo
Tessima says restaurants have been advised about what to do to slow the spread.
Anora virus is a very contagious vire. This either coffiscates the oysters or to
stop selling them. More than one hundred and fifty cases in LA have all
been linked to oysters harvested out of Mexico. To Sema says people should avoid
eating oysters until officials declared the outbreak is over. The armorer on the film
Rust has been removed as a defendant in a lawsuit against her, actor Alec
Baldwin, and other crew members by relatives of a cinematographer who was shot and
killed on US set. A judge yesterday granted a motion to dismiss Hannah Guetera's
red on the grounds that she has no ties to California that would allow a
state court to have jurisdiction. She pleaded not guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter
charges for supplying the gun that killed Helena Hutchins. The mother of a young
boy found alone on a boat in Marina del Rey and her male companion have
been arrested on child endangerment charges. Polisi divers were initially called out on Sunday
because they thought an adult may have fallen overboard, but then the mother and
her male companion showed up a few hours later. The little boys Okay.
A member of the La City Council wants to eliminate right turns on red.
Nythia Rammins says a right turn on red restrictions a simple, low cost measure
to increase pedestrian safety and would decrease the number of car versus pedestrian collisions at
intersections. The recommendations one of many being considered in the Cities Vision zero safety
study. Other changes could include more leading pedestrian interval adjustments, which would allow
people to enter a crosswalk three to seven seconds before at green light, and
an increase in scramble intersections. This would allow traffic at all intersections to stop
at once so people could cross from all corners at the same time. Steve
Gregory k if I News Voting is underway in the first in the Nation primary
in New Hampshire. Polls headed into the primary have former President Trump with a
strong lead over Nikki Haley on the Republican side. On the Democrat side,
twenty one candidates are on the ballot, but President Biden is not one of
them. He's the first incumbent in more than fifty years not to be on
the New Hampshire ballot. The top four candidates in the race to fill the
late Dianne Feinstein's old Senate seat have faced off at usc Apparently one look at
the candidate wasn't enough, or at the candidates wasn't enough, because the Democratic
representatives Adam Schiff, Barber Lee and Katie Porter and Republican Steve Garvey are going
to do another debate on February twelve. Nominations for the ninety sixth Annual Academy
Awards will be announced anytime now. I expected to come out at about five
point thirty. The nominations will be announced by Jokers, Zazi Beats and the
Boys Jack Quad. The Oscars will be awarded March tenth on ABC at six
ZHO five. It's handle on the news. Israel has offered up a two
month ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages. Will Hamas go for it?
Right now, Let's say good morning to the host of how to Money
on KFI. It's Joel Larsguard. So, Joel, a lot of people
are lying to their spouses cheating if you will. Yeah, Apparently there's a
new bank rate survey and they did some digging, asked a bunch of questions.
Forty two percent of adults say they've committed financial infidelity, which just sounds
wrong, right, It sounds so bad, And interestingly enough, I think
there are certain types of financial infidelity that can tarnish a relationship, that can
irreparably harm a relationship, and keeping big money secrets from your spouse can Or
let's say you open up separate credit card or something like that, and you're
doing spending that your significant other doesn't know about. Or you start, like
a lot of people are doing these days, sports gambling on your phone and
you're losing money handover fist, but you've got this separate account and so your
significant other doesn't know about this. That mistrust when they find out and the
money you've lost can do significant damage to a relationship. But I just want
to say too that this term is kind of all. It encompasses, even
those minor white lies. So let's say you go to the grocery store and
you spend one hundred bucks on groceries, but you get twenty bucks cash back
on the way out too, via your debit card or something like that.
That could also be considered finance infidelity. And so when we're talking about this
term, it's important to say that there are degrees, levels, and variations
of financial infidelity. I think those little white lies, like you want to
be careful about those two, right, because a bunch of little white lives
can add up as well and can impact a relationship. But I think we
see that term and we're just like, oh my gosh, this sounds terrible,
because infidelity in and of itself is like the worst thing you can do
in your relationship. Well, and the Bank Create survey says that because they
didn't only ask what people were doing, but they also were saying, you
know, is financial infidelity really that serious? And a lot of people say,
uh huh, it is. Yeah, yeah, I mean I think
it is a big deal. And again, to depends on the degree,
depends on your relationship depends on the terms you've agreed to. The key here
is communication, and I think it's really important if you're in a long term
relationship to be open and honest about those whatever's going on, so that you
before they find out. It's always worse if you keep the lie. The
longer the lie, the consequences are more significant. And it's really important to
have regular money chats with your spouse. And I know that that sounds ridiculous,
but put it on your calendar. My wife and I have, and
it's not just to talk about money, but we have a standing Sunday night
kind of hang where we're talking about calendar, we're talking about money, and
then we have something like once a year where we're talking about hopes and dreams,
what do we want for our family for the coming year. And that
involves a lot of money discussions too. But put it on the calendar and
make fun like have a glass of wine, make watch one of your favorite
shows afterwards if you want to. It doesn't have to be some three hour
ordeal. The more often you check in, the shorter those meetings can be.
And they don't have to be drudgery either. Yeah, and I think
that you make such an important point because I know people who are in relationships
who are doing you know, I mean, they do communicate about those things,
and they talk about hopes and dreams and that kind of stuff. But
then there's also times where they go and they go, oh, I just
did got this, and don't tell them. It's like, yeah, okay,
but if it's your money, because like you know, the people have
their own bank accounts, so they should be able to do with what they
want. But you should still keep those lines of communication open. Well.
That's another really important point too, is when we talk about where we funnel
money and how we're able to access money in a relationship, those things have
to be crystal clear. And so when you look at kind of the stats,
it turns out most couples are happier when they combine their finances into one
account. But that comes with a really big caveat because it's because they're able
to like share the goals of paying off debt, of investing. The more
that they combine their assets, the happier the couple typically is. But at
the same time, you have to give each other enough freedom, have at
least a number or have maybe separate accounts where you funnel a few hundred bucks
five hundred bucks a month into those accounts so that you can spend, no
questions asked, on whatever you want. And then we're not talking about financial
infidelity, but we are allowing you the freedom to kind of do what you
want with some of the income that's coming in. It doesn't all have to
go into the joint account and all be subject to mutual decision making process.
Gotcha, So keep some of it together and maybe set aside some fun money
for each of you. And you got to have that pressure release valve,
you know. Yeah, And then you said that there were little things,
and so I wanted to go over the list of the bank said are possible
financial infidelities. And one is having a secret credit card like you apply for
it, don't tell anybody. Another is spending more than the partner would be
okay with, which as we were just talking about, I've witnessed that have
a secret debt, which might be with the sports betting or something like that,
have a secret savings account, which I know people who've done that.
I know people who've done all of this, and or having a secret checking
account. Yeah, I mean those are all problems because you're hiding money from
your spouse, or you're hiding a lack of money a debt from your spouse,
and that is just clearly going to create conflict. And it's oftentimes it's
less about the money and it's more about the secretiveness. Right, So,
oh, hey, I screwed up and guess what I lost two grand gambling
on NFL football on the app on my phone. Well, I think your
partner might be able to forgive you if you're able to tell them quickly and
you're able to like be honest about it. It's the dishonesty over a long
period of time that really does begin to degrade the trust in the relationship.
I think what's so interesting about so many of our conversations, Joel, is
that you talk about communication, and it seems like that is key to a
lot of money issues. I want to just touch really quick before we run
out of time, which we always do, is that the stock market hit
an all time high yesterday over thirty eight thousand. So what kind of reaction
are you having to that? And do we change anything because of this?
So not? Really, My whole thing is think about the long term,
right and it's great that the stock market hit all time highs. It took
a couple of years to bounce back, but this is also a really normal
thing. We should expect downturns in the stock market that potentially last two to
three years, and it's really important to think about how you reacted to the
downturn in the stock market. Were you nervous, were you selling off some
of your positions, were you making changes to your portfolio? If so,
then you need to think long and hard about how you're positioned now so that
the next downturn doesn't catch you off guard and cause you to do something that
you otherwise wouldn't. It's fine to be at all time highs, and actually,
I think a lot of people also think, oh, if we've just
had some sort of twenty plus percent return and we're back at all time highs,
well maybe I should pull back a bit. I should be a little
wary that the stock market can continue to produce returns. And I understand where
that mindset comes from. But it's also important to note that historically, when
the market produces something like a twenty plus percent return like it did last year,
that doesn't mean that there's an automatic pullback the next year. In fact,
the average increase in the market is something like nine percent the year after
a massive rally like that. So staying the course canntinuing to do the right
thing dollar cost averaging, which is putting money in the market every single paycheck
that you get those automatic ach transfers to your IRA, let's say every single
month. Keep those going. And all time highs or a bear market,
none of those things should really influence what we're doing day to day. We're
in it for the long haul, Joel. That's right. That's how you
build wealth. Okay. The host of how to Money is Joel Larsgard.
You can hear him every Sunday from noon to two right here on KFI.
You can also follow him at how to Money. Joel, thanks so much.
Can't wait to hear what you have to say this weekend. Thanks Amy.
All right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The cal State University System says an agreement
has been reached with the California Faculty Association. On day one of the faculties
planned five day strike, a statement from CSU says they have reached common ground.
The Faculty Association says the agreement includes raising the floor for the most vulnerable
faculty, say for workplaces, and expanded parental leave. The union also says
the deal includes various salary increases, including a five percent boost for all faculty
retroactive to July last year, and then another five percent bump on July first
of this year. A state senator says he's putting an end to taxes on
disaster settlement money. California currently adds money from insurance companies or utilities to people's
taxable income. Senator Brian Dally says the practice isn't fair here. You are
just beat down. At the same time they're asking you after you finally got
some money to go start your life, you're getting a tax on it.
The legislature has voted to waive the taxes on disasters for years. However,
Dally's bill would guarantee people won't be taxed. Dally says the bill may face
some challenges given the state's budget deficit. Like trolly k if I News,
the Supreme Court has granted the Biden administration's request to throw out a lower court
ruling that banned federal agents from removing the razor wire that Texas has strung across
the border. It clears the way for federal officials to remove physical barriers and
help illegal immigrants who are struggling across the Rio Grande. Well, this one
didn't last long. About thirty thousand faculty and staff members at all twenty three
cal state campuses walked off the job yesterday for the first day of a scheduled
five day strike. But then a tentative deal was reached last night, so
everyone's going back to work today. The Dow opens trading on a new high.
The industrial average closed just over thirty eight thousand for the first time yesterday.
The S and P five hundred also hit a record high. Dry weathers
expected to move into southern California after a series of storms drenched the area.
One point two inches of rain fell in downtown La over a twenty four hour
period. Let's see one point four inches fell in Redondo Beach, San Gabriel
Valley one point five inches, all well below the two to two and a
half inches forecasted at six oh five. It's handle on the news. The
top four candidates for one of California's two Senate seats faced off at USC Bill's
going to take a look at what they said and what they didn't say last
night. Right now, let's say good more to ABC's Stephen Portnoy in New
Hampshire, where we're not looking at a Senate race, but a presidential race,
and voting is underway in the first in the nation primary. That's right.
In fact, the first votes were cast at midnight here in the tiny
town of Dicksville Notch, and well, you could say Nikki Haley is off
to an early lead. She had six votes coming out of that six person
contest, and we'll see what happens. But Donald Trump, of course,
has been the front runner going into this. Our five point thirty eight polling
average had him with about a fifteen to sixteen percentage point lead over Haley,
and he's hoping to end this nominating process here. He's hopeful that Nicky Haley
will lose and then get out of the race, and he'll be able to
consolidate Republican support behind his candidacy and go right to the general election against President
Biden. Haley, on the other hand, is hoping that moderates and even
liberally inclined, independent minded voters here in New Hampshire will come out and droves
and support her and upset Donald Trump and a surprise the pundits, the pollsters,
the press. We'll see what happens. And she says she's staying in
until at least South Caroline, Alina. She doesn't say at least, but
she says, we're building momentum and I'm staying in and gaining support. But
Desanta said the same thing that he was staying in two and that dropped out,
So that's right. And politicians will often say that they don't want to
depress or suppress their turnout. She says she's spending money on ads in Carolina,
is going to go to her home state next. It's voting in about
a month. She feels that there's time to build momentum. But the fact
is Donald Trump is a leader in the polls there too, and almost to
troll her here in South Carolina. Here in New Hampshire, he's been bringing
up on stage South Carolina's elected leaders, the governor, the Lieutenant governor,
the attorney general, the Senator Tim Scott, the members of the House delegation,
all to demonstrate that he has the support of the political establishment in her
home state. Yeah, I want to go back to Dixville, Notch because
I know that they make a big deal out of it. It's six swapping
votes, but they're the first ones to vote for every election. It's tradition.
How often did they get it right and how often do they get it
wrong? Or do we? Oh? I don't have the answer to that,
okay, but I will say broadly. You know, New Hampshire recently
has had a pretty good track record as a state if you look at the
overall you know, matchups in contested primaries. The last time that New Hampshire
voted for someone other than the man who became the Republican nominee. On the
Republican side was in two thousand, when Maverick John McCain bested George W.
Bush twenty four years ago. But ever since in twenty eight, in twenty
twelve, in twenty sixteen, when Donald Trump won in each of those contested
Republican primaries, the way New Hampshire voted is the way the ultimate nomination contest
turned out. Unlike Iowa, which just has all kinds of it's kind of
all over the board. Well, Iowa has not had a great track record.
They are hoping the Iowa Republicans are hoping that this year broke that streak
of for example, Mike Huckabee Ted Cruz Rick Santorum winning the Iowa contest.
And then, as you know, there's a saying that Nicki Haley employed here
and that's Iowa picks corn but New Hampshire picks presidents, and the people of
Iowa were a bit put off by that. So at the end of the
day, look, Nikki Haley is counting on the support of moderates and liberals,
and Donald Trump's been using that against her. This is a primary in
which people who are not registered Democrats can take part. If you're an undeclared
voter, and about four and ten people here are, you can come out
and vote for Nicki Haley one X factor. And this is interesting Joe Biden,
to spite the state that has the first in the nation primary, he
doesn't want it to be first anymore. On the Democratic side, he wants
South Carolina to go first. He had withheld his name from the ballot here.
So if Democrats go and take part in the Democratic primary today, they
will not see the name of the incumbent president on the ballot. The leading
candidate who's been campaigning here is Democrat Dean Phillips. The Minnesota Now because Dean
Phillips has been actively campaigning and to try to prevent him from winning the state,
Democratic leaders have been calling on Democrats here in New Hampshire to go to
the polls Democratic ballot and write in Joe Biden's name. If Democrats do that,
they won't have the opportunity to vote for Nicki Haley in the Republican primary,
because you can only pull one ballot. Be interesting to see what happens.
Hm. And the reason that they didn't put Biden on the ballot was
because it was sort of a hey, we don't want New Hampshire to be
number one anymore, so we're not going to do it. Or was there
another reason that he's actually not on the ballot. No, that's the reason
Joe Biden decided that. And look, remember four years ago he did not
win the New Hampshire primary. I think he came fourth, maybe fifth.
And I remember the morning after the New Hampshire primary, which Bernie Sanders won
and Pete Buddha Jete came in a close second. Everyone was saying, oh,
what's the path for Joe Biden with South Carolina, whether it's yeah,
predominantly black Democratic voter base, and so he decided that that should contest should
go first. And I was spoke to one voter yesterday at a Nikki Haley
event and she said she's inclined to support Nikki Haley, but she's not sure.
She said she had been a Democrat, but she's not going to vote
for Biden now. And it wasn't because of the state of the economy or
world affairs. She said she wouldn't vote for Biden because of what he did
to the New Hampshire primary. Ah, don't mess with people in a state.
You know, they gets territorial. That is what she said. Yeah,
okay. And whether I saw some stuff yesterday and it's sunny but it's
still cold. Is that affected or expected to affect turn out at all?
No, I don't think so. It's mild weather here for this time of
the year. I think it's in the low thirties. And that's perfectly fine
for New Hampshire. Nothing compared to what they dealt with in Iowa. And
you dealt with because you were there, you could say that again, all
right, Steve Portnoy is they thank you so much. If you'd like to
follow mister Portnoy, it's at Stephen Portnoy. He'll keep you up to date
on what's going on. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The CDC says La County had one
of the highest numbers of m pox cases last year. Impox is a member
of the smallpox family, and an outbreak of the virus first popped up in
the early part of last year. Health officials say from May through August and
twenty twenty three, there were fifty six cases of mpox. That's up from
seven cases just a few months before. Of those fifty six patients who were
infected, thirty two were unvaccinated, eight partially vaccinated, and sixteen were fully
vaccinated. Forty eight patients reported sexual activity three weeks before symptoms appeared. Forty
five of the men identified as gay or bisexual. Steve Gregory k if I
News. A seven point one magnitude earthquake has struck western China, leaving at
least six people hurt and more than one hundred houses damaged or destroyed. Local
media says down power lines caused widespread outages in the region for several hours,
but has since been restored. There were no reports of any deaths. The
youngest son of doctor Martin Luther King, Junior, has died the King Center
in Atlantis's Dexter. Scott King died in his sleep yesterday at his home in
Malibu. King had been battling prostate cancer. He was sixty two. Voting
under way in the first national primary in New Hampshire. Polls headed into the
primary have former President Trump with a strong lead over Nikki Haley on the Republican
side. The Israeli militaries is twenty one soldiers have been killed in the Gaza
Strip in what may be the single deadliest attack against IDF soldiers since the war
with Hamas started. The top four candidates in the race to fill the late
Dianne Feinstein's old Senate seat to faced off at usc Apparently one look at the
candidates wasn't enough, because another debate is scheduled for February twelfth, between Democratic
Representatives Adam Schiff, Barbara Lee, and Katie Porter and Republican Steve Garvey.
The primary is March fifth. The top two finishers in the primary will face
off for the seat in Nova. We're just minutes away from handle on the
news this morning, the CSU strike is over after just one day. What's
the deal that got faculty off the picket lines and back to class. Bill's
going to tell you right now, Let's check in with ABC's Jim Ryan.
Jim, we had a five to four decision from the Supreme Court regarding the
border yesterday. Yeah, at five to four. Obviously, since nine people
sit on the court, it could not have been any closer. Literally,
Yeah, a five to four decision that clears the way for Border Patrol agents
to snip some of the Concertina wire that the State of Texas has unrolled along
thirty miles of the Rio Grand that separates Texas from Mexico, the US from
Mexico, and so now presumably Border Patrol agents immediately this morning can start cutting
that wire. The claim of the Border Patrol is that the Concertina wire keeps
them, keeps their agents from getting down to the river to do their job,
and it also keeps people from safely getting ashore. Three people drowned in
the river just last week, hundreds over the last couple of years, have
drowned. So the decision clears the way for border agents to go in cut
that razor wire. But is Texas going to stop them from doing that?
I mean, are we setting up a confrontation here or do the Texas people
who put up the razor wire just stand back. No, it's already happening
that confrontation. I mean, my suspicion is that the Border Patrol agents and
the Texas troopers and the Texas National Guard there along the border are probably friendly
enough. They probably have coffee after work and hang out. But you know,
once they're in their uniforms and they're doing their job, that's when this
kind of standoff happens. And it's all cetered on a park, Shelby Park
in Eagle Paths at forty seven acres city Park that the Texas National Guard has
essentially taken over, and Border Patrol agents who are trying to get access to
the river through the park are being kept from entering that park. So you
do have kind of this confrontation of the standoff happening right there. The Concertino
wires a symbol of that. I guess, as are these big globes,
these big four foot spheres that are that have been put out in the river
as kind of a floating barrier. But yeah, the city Park is really
where it's going down right now. Okay, So back to the Supreme Court.
It was a five to four decision. The Court is six to three
conservative to not conservative, conservative to liberals, so obviously it wasn't just along
party lines, even though it never is supposed to be right. What did
the dissenter say or what did the people on the side of I guess on
both sides, what are their their arguments? Zero? There was one page
statement that said, this is the ruling. We voted five Foytel's who voted
which way? Chief Justice? Yeah, John Roberts led the majority. Sonya,
So why arm Elena Kagan, Amy Cony, Barrett Catanji Brown Jackson and
the rest of the justices were in dissent. So you had them, you
know, on the one side writing for the majority in favor of the Biden
administration. The others opposed. But no, no explanation at all was offered
for the reasoning behind the ruling. That's interesting that they just don't say anything.
They just said this is what it is. Deal with it. I
do think it's interesting. And this is just a side note, but you
know when Supreme Court justices get appointed and everybody starts freaking out saying, oh,
it's never going to be the same and we need to pack the court
to make it, you know, more equal or whatever. But then you
have someone who is incredibly conservative, Amy Cony Verrett, who went with the
majority on this one. Yeah, you're right, and you've hit on something
that's been amazing to me over the last thirty years or so that when somebody
appoints or names nominates a member of the Supreme Court, they say, this
person won't let politics stand in the way with this person will rule constitutionally.
We'll let they founding father's guide his or her way. But in the back
of their mind they're saying, well, why would you choose this person?
Well, because they philosophically are aligned right along with you. Right. So
is it an illusion, an illusion that a Supreme Court could be impartial on
any ruling. I mean we look at a ruling like this one and start
parsing it and saying, oh, wow, this person ruled this way,
this one that maybe it could be that the individual court members do follow the
constitute because often they make their their nominators kind of mad, don't they,
Yes, they do. They do. Well. It'll be interesting to see
then what happens, because like you said, they probably they. I would
imagine a lot of these the border agents and the Texas people, they know
each other, like you said, and it's it reminds me of but not
in a funny way kind of. But remember, oh shoot, it was
the old Saturday Morning cartoons. It was Sam the sheep Dog, oh yeah,
yeah, born and Ralph the later Ralph where they got a great afterward,
but at work they had to be at each other's throats. So that's
one of my favorite episode, one of my favorites. I know, we
talk about the Supreme Court, now, Ralph and Sam checking in the world
the sheep Dog in the Sheep Well, Jim, we dig into the important
stuff here on WAKEP. In's a really crazy, ridiculous world, I know,
and we're so glad that you're part of it. Thanks so much for
joining us today, See you later. All right, let's get back to
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Cases
of atypical canine infectious disease or spiking in La County. That is not spiking
in La County. Let's go back up here, and here's Chris. The
county's Department of Public Health isn't sure where the disease is coming from or how
far it has spread. Fullerton Regional Veterinary Hospitals. Doctor Erica Coreo says symptoms
are similar to kennel cough, except with this disease, the illness lasts much
longer. Most of these diseases are self limiting, so just kind of giving
them time to recover, just like us with the cold. You know,
there's really no cure. You just kind of have to wait it out.
Careo says she's had one case in her office in Orange County, and people
might want to keep the dogs for mingling with other pups. The health department
says at least forty cases have been confirmed in La County. Chris Adler KFI
News Elon Musk has visited Auschwitz. The visit happened before his appearance yesterday at
a conference on anti Semitism organized by the European Jewish Association. The billionaire has
been accused of allowing anti Semitic messages on his social media platform x. Some
voters in New Hampshire are reportedly receiving fake robo calls that sound like they're from
President Biden, urging them not to vote in today's primary. You know the
value of voting Democratic on our vote count. It's important that your savior vote
for the November election. A former New Hampshire Democratic Party chair plans to file
a complaint over the calls with the state attorney general and bring it to the
federal law enforcement's attention. Biden is not actually on the ballot today. A
Dynamic Oscar nominated filmmaker known for Fiddler on the Roof, Moonstruck, and In
the Heat of the Night has died. Norman Jewison died Saturday at his home.
Despite his name and directing one of the most iconic Jewish movies of all
time, Jewison was raised Protestant in Canada. He was nominated for seven Oscars,
including three for Best Director. His films received a total of forty six
nominations and twelve Academy Awards. Jewison was ninety seven and speaking of Academy Awards,
the nominations have been announced and here are just a few of them.
For Best Actor, Bradley Cooper from Maestro, Coleman Domingo for Rustin, Paul
Giamatti for The Holdovers. My typing is so bad. I wrote The Goldovers
Killian Murphy for Oppenheimer, love him, and Jeffrey write for American Fiction.
I gotta tell you that's going to be a tough one. I haven't seen
Rustin yet, but I've seen the other ones, and I love all those
actors. They did such a good job for Best Actress, and At Benning
for Niad, Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon, Sandra Huler,
I'm saying that last name wrong for Anatomy of a Fall, Carrie Mulligan for
Maestro, and Emma Stone for Poor Things. I haven't seen that yet.
I need to go see that. For Best Picture, I think I got
them all. I'm named the top five, but there's actually ten, and
they hadn't finished announcing him when I started talking a couple of minutes ago.
But we have American Fiction, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer,
Anatomy of a Fall, Poor Things, Zone of Interest, The Holdovers,
and Maestro. Oh wait, there's one more, oh and Past Lives.
So that's the ten that are nominated be interesting. The ceremony is early
March, and I've got some movies to see, but it looks like there's
some good ones to watch this time. This is KFI and kost HD two
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