WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.879 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:15.439 demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 3 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:25.280 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King Spring bring 4 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:31.719 time to wake up. There's your wake up come. I like it. 5 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:37.520 It's five o'clock on this Tuesday, January twenty third. I'm Amy King. 6 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:40.119 Thanks for starting your day with us. Well, it looks like the rain 7 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:44.600 has moved out. We're going to see sunny skies by this afternoon. Grapevine 8 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:48.679 still may have some issues. They had some nasty, nasty weather up there 9 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:54.359 and are still experiencing some mudslides and such, so if you're traveling north, 10 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:58.000 you might want to check the grape Vine first. OSCAR nominations are going to 11 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:00.439 be announced during wake Up Call this morning. We'll be watching that for you 12 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:06.079 and get them to you. I think Barbenheimer expected to be big in the 13 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:11.480 nomination category. The debate was last night for the US Senate seat that was 14 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:18.599 held for decades by Dianne Feinstein, held at USC and as I've told you 15 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:22.439 before, I am a junkie for these debates. It was kind of fun 16 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:25.599 to see because normally we see a presidential debate, you don't always see a 17 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:29.480 debate for a Senate seat. So they had the top four candidates. It 18 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:34.959 was Barbara Lee, Katie Porter, Adam Shiff, all Democrats, and then 19 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:42.159 Republican Steve Garvey. I think that one of the key things that came out 20 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:47.439 of this debate, which was aired right here on KFI, is when Steve 21 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:53.760 Garvey said that he wasn't a politician. He said, the politicians talk down 22 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:57.959 to us. He says, I want to talk to people as opposed to 23 00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:01.840 talking down to people. He said that he's just tired of everyone telling us 24 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:07.760 everything is okay when it's not. And they really kind of that one resonated 25 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:13.800 with me. Katie Porter made some good points. Everything she said was it's 26 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:17.599 Washington's fault. She kind of kept going back to it's Washington's fault. I 27 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:24.280 think Adam Schiff just only came unhinged when he talked about Trump. Other than 28 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:28.599 that, he seemed like he was very rational, and and that was, 29 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:32.159 you know, had some good points to make. The takeaway from the whole 30 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:36.000 debate for me, which they're going to be doing another one if you miss 31 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:38.120 this one They really did have some interesting things to say, and I like 32 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:42.879 to hear what their stances are and that kind of thing. But the big 33 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:47.599 takeaway that both Barbara Lee and Katie Porter seemed so angry. They're not happy 34 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:52.360 warriors. Again, as I mentioned, Adam Schiff only lost it when he 35 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:57.520 talked about Trump, and Steve Garvey to me, was kind of the calm 36 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:04.599 one in the room. He seemed wise and grandfatherly, but he also because 37 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:09.159 he doesn't have the uh, the political acumen, he seemed like he was 38 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:13.159 kind of slow, like he was thinking through his answers, which I think 39 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:15.840 is actually a good thing, but when you only have thirty or sixty seconds 40 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:21.159 to give your opinion, you got to get it out there, and I 41 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:23.680 think that he was a little slow on that. After the debate, Mo 42 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:27.400 Kelly, who was part of the debate and got to ask a couple of 43 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:32.439 questions last night, he did an after on Later with mo Kelly and got 44 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:37.199 to talk to the candidates one on one and that was spectacular. So if 45 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:40.360 you missed it, you can always go to the iHeartRadio app and check out 46 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:45.000 Later with Mo Kelly. Again, his interviews after the debate were really, 47 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:47.280 really good. Here's what's ahead on wake up call. Well, this did 48 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:52.840 not last long. Almost thirty thousand faculty and staff members at all twenty three 49 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:57.039 cal State campus has held the first day of a scheduled five days strike yesterday, 50 00:03:57.039 --> 00:03:59.800 but then a tenet of agreement was reached last night, so everyone's going 51 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:02.960 to be back at work today. It includes a five percent salary increase retroactive 52 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:08.120 to last July, with another five percent hike in pay this summer. A 53 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:12.120 small town in New Hampshire is kicked off the first in the nation Republican primary 54 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:16.759 by voting at midnight. Six registered voters in the small town of Dixville Notch 55 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:21.800 cast their ballots for former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Trump's leading in the 56 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:27.279 polls. The Dow opens trading on a new high. The industrial average closed 57 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:31.120 just above thirty eight thousand for the first time yesterday. The SMP five hundred 58 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:35.079 also hit a record high at six po oh five. It is handle on 59 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:40.800 the news. Israel has offered a two month ceasefire in exchange for the release 60 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:44.959 of hostages, but will Hamas go for it. Let's get started with some 61 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:47.240 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four Hour Newsroom. California's top 62 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:50.639 candidates for US Senate have met face to face for the first debate in the 63 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:57.120 race to succeed Senator Dianne Feinstein. They clashed over a request from kfi's mo 64 00:04:57.279 --> 00:05:01.879 Kelly, please finish this sentence if the American people should choose former President Donald 65 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:09.160 Trump to return as commander in chief, then blank. Former baseball star Seve 66 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:12.759 Garvey said he'll decide who the best person for the job is when the time 67 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:17.000 comes. Congresswoman Katie Porter accused Garvey of refusing to answer California, I think 68 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:25.279 what they say is true. Once a dodger, always a dodger, Okay. 69 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:30.480 Garvey said we should support the president and support the office. To an 70 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:33.959 answer to that question, Shiff said, if Trump is elected, then we 71 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:39.600 are rhymes with crude, and he said that Trump is the greatest threat to 72 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:44.279 our democracy. Lee didn't answer the question, and Porter says we will lose 73 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:47.800 our credibility and it'll set us back decades in our relationships around the world. 74 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:53.079 The LA Homeless Count, or a Homeless Services Authority, is starting. It's 75 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:57.800 twenty twenty four Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The three Day Count begins tonight 76 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:01.160 in the San Gabriel and San Fernando valley'solunteers will be in West LA, Southeast 77 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:05.560 LA, and the South Bay area tomorrow. On Thursday, counters will travel 78 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:10.839 around the Annealope Valley to Metro LA in South LA. The twenty twenty three 79 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:15.279 Greater Los Angeles Homeless count revealed a nine percent year over year increase in homelessness 80 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:21.360 in the county and a ten percent increase in the city. The Israeli militaries' 81 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:26.639 twenty four soldiers have been killed in one day in the Gaza Strip. ABC's 82 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:30.000 Jordana Miller says most of the deaths happened during one attack yesterday. IDEF says 83 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:36.560 twenty one soldiers killed when Hamas fired RPGs on two buildings with soldiers inside laying 84 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:43.680 explosives for demolition in southern Gaza, the attack setting off deadly secondary explosions that 85 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:46.759 brought the buildings down. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu called it one of the 86 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:49.879 most difficult days since the start of the war. When Hamas attacked, He 87 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:56.560 says the fighting will not stop until the absolute victory. The Southwest Airlines Pilot 88 00:06:56.600 --> 00:07:00.639 Association has scored a victory, overwhelmingly approving a new contract that will result a 89 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:04.240 result in a nearly fifty percent pay raise over the next five years. The 90 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:09.120 pilots will also get an immediate raise of just over twenty nine percent. The 91 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:14.480 twelve billion dollars deal also includes changes to work rules and scheduling, paid maternity 92 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:19.160 leave, and parental leaf and retirement plans. Let's say good morning to ABC's 93 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:25.560 senior national reporter at the Pentagon and Flaherty. Good morning, and America has 94 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:30.600 struck back after another Iranian backed military attack against a US based How did we 95 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:34.480 do? Was it successful? What happened? Yeah, so this is one 96 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:39.720 of the bigger attacks that are taking place almost daily. It seems that the 97 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:43.920 US is trying to strike these hooty rebels who've been attacking commercial ships in the 98 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:47.160 Red Sea. What happened yesterday was not just the US, The UK was 99 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:53.720 also involved, other countries involved. They struck missile sites where the hoosies were 100 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:59.000 storing ballistic missiles, including in an underground bunker. They also got radar other 101 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:03.279 conventional weapons. With this, they say that they have significantly degraded the houthy's 102 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:09.480 ability to strike those commercial ships. Now one military official told me, you 103 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:13.279 know, it could happen again. We're not expecting this to be the end, 104 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:16.199 but we know that this was a successful attack and that we feel very 105 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:24.040 good about our ability to degrade the Houthis launch attack ability, and they have 106 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:31.600 been striking. The Houthis have been striking since I don't know for a couple 107 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:37.159 of months now how many attacks have there been on US or US backed locations. 108 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:41.960 So military officials told me yesterday it was more than thirty. I think 109 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:46.840 the number was thirty three attacks on these commercial vessels in the Red Sea since 110 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:52.320 about November and November. And not all of these are US ships. Some 111 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:56.600 of these are other international ships. And they say that it's very concerning, 112 00:08:56.600 --> 00:08:58.360 And of course, you know, the concern is when you broaden out you 113 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:01.519 look at that region as a whole. There have been more than one hundred 114 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:05.960 and fifty attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria. All of these have 115 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:09.240 a common thread, and that is that these are pro militants that are being 116 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:15.919 bankrolled from Iran. US officials very concerned that this could spill out over into 117 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:18.559 a broader war. Yeah, and is it all Houthis or are there other 118 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:26.080 Iranian backed militant groups. So in Yemen it's the Houthis, but in other 119 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:30.759 countries like Hesbola in Lebanon that they too are believed to be backed by the 120 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.639 Iranians. And then over the weekend we have this strike against US officials at 121 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:39.519 US Air base that also was from an Iranian backed group, but different than 122 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:43.799 the Huthies. Okay, And in that one, there were some US soldiers 123 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:48.360 injured, and what do we know what their condition is? So we know 124 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:54.240 that they have been evaluated and diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, that these two 125 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:58.960 service members have returned to work, that they will continue to be treated, 126 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:01.720 and then we have been told that that number could of course rise because of 127 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:07.000 the nature of brain injury if service members present with symptoms. We do know 128 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:11.440 that there were seventeen rockets and ballistic missiles that were launched at this US base, 129 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:16.879 So this was a larger scale attack that we've seen against the US than 130 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:20.120 we have in the past, and of course US air defenses intercepting most of 131 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:24.519 those missiles, but two of those ballistic missiles getting through and causing that traumatic 132 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:28.120 brain injury in the service members. Okay, And you mentioned that seventeen were 133 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:31.879 fired. Two of them got through because we were able to shoot them down. 134 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:35.080 Do we have the same kind of iron dome system that Israel has, 135 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:39.960 so, you know, we have it on a smaller scale. But yes, 136 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:43.960 the US, you know, they don't talk about the operational capabilities of 137 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:48.039 their air defenses in that region, but they do say that they believe that 138 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:52.840 it didn't necessarily fail, that it was able to intercept most of those missiles. 139 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:56.120 But of course it only took two to injure those service members. And 140 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:58.879 I should also add that an Iraqi service member was also injured in the attack. 141 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:03.639 Okay, and then let's shift shift Garres real quick and the Defense Secretary 142 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:07.480 Austin has made his first public appearance in a little while. Where was he 143 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:13.120 and what did he do? So he is appearing actually as we speak, 144 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:16.440 he's going to be appearing in a virtual meeting for the first time since he 145 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:20.080 was hospitalized with complications related to prostate cancer. You know, this caused a 146 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:26.240 big stir because he had gone to the hospital, he was even under anesthesia 147 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:30.159 at one point, and never alerted the White House, never told Congress or 148 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:33.919 the public that he had had these health issues. The serious concerns about the 149 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:37.919 transparency there, but he is. His son said, you know, I 150 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:41.080 take responsibility for that. We should have been more forthcoming and that you know, 151 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:46.679 he's working from home. He has full responsibility and duties over the armed 152 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:50.519 forces. He's successfully doing that from his house. He's going to be taking 153 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:52.639 this meeting on Ukraine from his house. That he will not be doing a 154 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:56.759 press conference. So well enough to work, but not well enough to respond 155 00:11:56.799 --> 00:12:01.240 to questions from the press. Okay. And there had been talk immediately after 156 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:03.759 this happened, or when we found out, or when the US found out, 157 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:07.600 that they were going to do some investigating and figure out whether there should 158 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:13.440 be some sort of a punishment or he should resign for not being transparent. 159 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:16.360 Have we had any movement on that or is it still just sort of in 160 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:18.679 the works. Yeah, So the panag I'm saying it's going to do a 161 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:22.960 thirty day review. That thirty days is up February eighth. Of course, 162 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:26.000 we're all very interested in that. You know, we've heard from the President 163 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:28.600 who says he still has confidence in Lloyd Austin. We haven't heard talk of 164 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:33.799 Secretary of Austin resigning, but of course we don't have the results of this 165 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:37.440 review yet. It's probably going to go to Congress. First Congress, they 166 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:39.200 want him to testify, So I don't think Republicans are going to let this 167 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:41.200 go. And of course, you know, people will say, well, 168 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:46.440 it's you know, private, but when you're at this level of government responsibility, 169 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:50.120 you actually do have to be transparent about your health issues because it's a 170 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:52.759 matter of national security and being forthcoming with the public. Right and he's in 171 00:12:52.759 --> 00:13:00.440 the line of succession for the presidency. Great he controls all armed forces across 172 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:03.240 the globe. So you know, they said that when he was sick, 173 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:07.759 he did transfer duties immediately to his defense the Deputy Defense Secretary, Kathleen Hicks, 174 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:11.799 and that she had full control. But you know what's interesting about this 175 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:15.759 whole story, she was never even told why, and she never asked. 176 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:18.519 I mean, it really is kind of amazing that the authority could be transferred 177 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:22.840 and very few details could come out. I know, I think one of 178 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:26.919 my first things would be why is he okay? That would be my question, 179 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:30.200 right, all right, And we're a journalist, so we always ask 180 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:33.320 that question. There's that. Anne Flaherty, thank you so much for the 181 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:37.960 information today and hope to talk to you again soon. Thank you. All 182 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:39.080 right, Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 183 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:43.600 twenty four hour newsroom. LA County health officials are warning against consuming raw oysters 184 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:48.480 because of a neuro virus outbreak. LA County's Department of Health, doctor Leelo 185 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:54.000 Tessima says restaurants have been advised about what to do to slow the spread. 186 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:58.679 Anora virus is a very contagious vire. This either coffiscates the oysters or to 187 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:03.519 stop selling them. More than one hundred and fifty cases in LA have all 188 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:09.360 been linked to oysters harvested out of Mexico. To Sema says people should avoid 189 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.279 eating oysters until officials declared the outbreak is over. The armorer on the film 190 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:18.279 Rust has been removed as a defendant in a lawsuit against her, actor Alec 191 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:22.159 Baldwin, and other crew members by relatives of a cinematographer who was shot and 192 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:28.320 killed on US set. A judge yesterday granted a motion to dismiss Hannah Guetera's 193 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:31.840 red on the grounds that she has no ties to California that would allow a 194 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:35.759 state court to have jurisdiction. She pleaded not guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter 195 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:41.039 charges for supplying the gun that killed Helena Hutchins. The mother of a young 196 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:45.960 boy found alone on a boat in Marina del Rey and her male companion have 197 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:50.840 been arrested on child endangerment charges. Polisi divers were initially called out on Sunday 198 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:54.799 because they thought an adult may have fallen overboard, but then the mother and 199 00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:58.639 her male companion showed up a few hours later. The little boys Okay. 200 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:03.399 A member of the La City Council wants to eliminate right turns on red. 201 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:07.000 Nythia Rammins says a right turn on red restrictions a simple, low cost measure 202 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:11.080 to increase pedestrian safety and would decrease the number of car versus pedestrian collisions at 203 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:16.600 intersections. The recommendations one of many being considered in the Cities Vision zero safety 204 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:20.039 study. Other changes could include more leading pedestrian interval adjustments, which would allow 205 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:24.720 people to enter a crosswalk three to seven seconds before at green light, and 206 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:28.480 an increase in scramble intersections. This would allow traffic at all intersections to stop 207 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:33.159 at once so people could cross from all corners at the same time. Steve 208 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:37.840 Gregory k if I News Voting is underway in the first in the Nation primary 209 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:41.159 in New Hampshire. Polls headed into the primary have former President Trump with a 210 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:46.559 strong lead over Nikki Haley on the Republican side. On the Democrat side, 211 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:50.919 twenty one candidates are on the ballot, but President Biden is not one of 212 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:54.279 them. He's the first incumbent in more than fifty years not to be on 213 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:56.360 the New Hampshire ballot. The top four candidates in the race to fill the 214 00:15:56.399 --> 00:16:02.360 late Dianne Feinstein's old Senate seat have faced off at usc Apparently one look at 215 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:07.000 the candidate wasn't enough, or at the candidates wasn't enough, because the Democratic 216 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:11.799 representatives Adam Schiff, Barber Lee and Katie Porter and Republican Steve Garvey are going 217 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:15.840 to do another debate on February twelve. Nominations for the ninety sixth Annual Academy 218 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:21.039 Awards will be announced anytime now. I expected to come out at about five 219 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:25.120 point thirty. The nominations will be announced by Jokers, Zazi Beats and the 220 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:30.399 Boys Jack Quad. The Oscars will be awarded March tenth on ABC at six 221 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:33.879 ZHO five. It's handle on the news. Israel has offered up a two 222 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:37.120 month ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages. Will Hamas go for it? 223 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:41.360 Right now, Let's say good morning to the host of how to Money 224 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:44.559 on KFI. It's Joel Larsguard. So, Joel, a lot of people 225 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:49.000 are lying to their spouses cheating if you will. Yeah, Apparently there's a 226 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:53.600 new bank rate survey and they did some digging, asked a bunch of questions. 227 00:16:55.080 --> 00:17:00.080 Forty two percent of adults say they've committed financial infidelity, which just sounds 228 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:06.480 wrong, right, It sounds so bad, And interestingly enough, I think 229 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:10.920 there are certain types of financial infidelity that can tarnish a relationship, that can 230 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:15.400 irreparably harm a relationship, and keeping big money secrets from your spouse can Or 231 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:19.079 let's say you open up separate credit card or something like that, and you're 232 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:23.519 doing spending that your significant other doesn't know about. Or you start, like 233 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:27.079 a lot of people are doing these days, sports gambling on your phone and 234 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:30.440 you're losing money handover fist, but you've got this separate account and so your 235 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:36.920 significant other doesn't know about this. That mistrust when they find out and the 236 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:40.920 money you've lost can do significant damage to a relationship. But I just want 237 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:45.160 to say too that this term is kind of all. It encompasses, even 238 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:49.519 those minor white lies. So let's say you go to the grocery store and 239 00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:52.559 you spend one hundred bucks on groceries, but you get twenty bucks cash back 240 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:56.279 on the way out too, via your debit card or something like that. 241 00:17:56.279 --> 00:18:02.279 That could also be considered finance infidelity. And so when we're talking about this 242 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:06.599 term, it's important to say that there are degrees, levels, and variations 243 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:10.160 of financial infidelity. I think those little white lies, like you want to 244 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:12.680 be careful about those two, right, because a bunch of little white lives 245 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:17.039 can add up as well and can impact a relationship. But I think we 246 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:19.119 see that term and we're just like, oh my gosh, this sounds terrible, 247 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:22.680 because infidelity in and of itself is like the worst thing you can do 248 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:26.400 in your relationship. Well, and the Bank Create survey says that because they 249 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:30.039 didn't only ask what people were doing, but they also were saying, you 250 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:33.960 know, is financial infidelity really that serious? And a lot of people say, 251 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:37.440 uh huh, it is. Yeah, yeah, I mean I think 252 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:40.480 it is a big deal. And again, to depends on the degree, 253 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:45.000 depends on your relationship depends on the terms you've agreed to. The key here 254 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:49.480 is communication, and I think it's really important if you're in a long term 255 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:53.880 relationship to be open and honest about those whatever's going on, so that you 256 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:59.240 before they find out. It's always worse if you keep the lie. The 257 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:03.359 longer the lie, the consequences are more significant. And it's really important to 258 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:07.279 have regular money chats with your spouse. And I know that that sounds ridiculous, 259 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:11.319 but put it on your calendar. My wife and I have, and 260 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:14.680 it's not just to talk about money, but we have a standing Sunday night 261 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:18.759 kind of hang where we're talking about calendar, we're talking about money, and 262 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:21.920 then we have something like once a year where we're talking about hopes and dreams, 263 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:23.359 what do we want for our family for the coming year. And that 264 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:26.400 involves a lot of money discussions too. But put it on the calendar and 265 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:30.200 make fun like have a glass of wine, make watch one of your favorite 266 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:33.200 shows afterwards if you want to. It doesn't have to be some three hour 267 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:37.759 ordeal. The more often you check in, the shorter those meetings can be. 268 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:41.880 And they don't have to be drudgery either. Yeah, and I think 269 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:47.839 that you make such an important point because I know people who are in relationships 270 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:51.640 who are doing you know, I mean, they do communicate about those things, 271 00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:52.640 and they talk about hopes and dreams and that kind of stuff. But 272 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:56.839 then there's also times where they go and they go, oh, I just 273 00:19:56.920 --> 00:20:00.680 did got this, and don't tell them. It's like, yeah, okay, 274 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:03.559 but if it's your money, because like you know, the people have 275 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:07.160 their own bank accounts, so they should be able to do with what they 276 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:11.119 want. But you should still keep those lines of communication open. Well. 277 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:15.160 That's another really important point too, is when we talk about where we funnel 278 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:18.960 money and how we're able to access money in a relationship, those things have 279 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:23.839 to be crystal clear. And so when you look at kind of the stats, 280 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:29.240 it turns out most couples are happier when they combine their finances into one 281 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:32.720 account. But that comes with a really big caveat because it's because they're able 282 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:36.920 to like share the goals of paying off debt, of investing. The more 283 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:40.559 that they combine their assets, the happier the couple typically is. But at 284 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:44.680 the same time, you have to give each other enough freedom, have at 285 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:48.640 least a number or have maybe separate accounts where you funnel a few hundred bucks 286 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:52.079 five hundred bucks a month into those accounts so that you can spend, no 287 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:55.480 questions asked, on whatever you want. And then we're not talking about financial 288 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:57.759 infidelity, but we are allowing you the freedom to kind of do what you 289 00:20:57.799 --> 00:21:00.519 want with some of the income that's coming in. It doesn't all have to 290 00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:04.400 go into the joint account and all be subject to mutual decision making process. 291 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:10.200 Gotcha, So keep some of it together and maybe set aside some fun money 292 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:11.799 for each of you. And you got to have that pressure release valve, 293 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:15.039 you know. Yeah, And then you said that there were little things, 294 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:18.960 and so I wanted to go over the list of the bank said are possible 295 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:23.640 financial infidelities. And one is having a secret credit card like you apply for 296 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:29.519 it, don't tell anybody. Another is spending more than the partner would be 297 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:33.160 okay with, which as we were just talking about, I've witnessed that have 298 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:37.160 a secret debt, which might be with the sports betting or something like that, 299 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:41.599 have a secret savings account, which I know people who've done that. 300 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:45.599 I know people who've done all of this, and or having a secret checking 301 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:51.200 account. Yeah, I mean those are all problems because you're hiding money from 302 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:53.440 your spouse, or you're hiding a lack of money a debt from your spouse, 303 00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:59.440 and that is just clearly going to create conflict. And it's oftentimes it's 304 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:03.279 less about the money and it's more about the secretiveness. Right, So, 305 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:06.720 oh, hey, I screwed up and guess what I lost two grand gambling 306 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:10.039 on NFL football on the app on my phone. Well, I think your 307 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:12.599 partner might be able to forgive you if you're able to tell them quickly and 308 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:17.480 you're able to like be honest about it. It's the dishonesty over a long 309 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:21.400 period of time that really does begin to degrade the trust in the relationship. 310 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:23.839 I think what's so interesting about so many of our conversations, Joel, is 311 00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:26.920 that you talk about communication, and it seems like that is key to a 312 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:32.640 lot of money issues. I want to just touch really quick before we run 313 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:36.200 out of time, which we always do, is that the stock market hit 314 00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:41.160 an all time high yesterday over thirty eight thousand. So what kind of reaction 315 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:45.599 are you having to that? And do we change anything because of this? 316 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:52.319 So not? Really, My whole thing is think about the long term, 317 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:55.759 right and it's great that the stock market hit all time highs. It took 318 00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:57.720 a couple of years to bounce back, but this is also a really normal 319 00:22:57.759 --> 00:23:03.119 thing. We should expect downturns in the stock market that potentially last two to 320 00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:06.839 three years, and it's really important to think about how you reacted to the 321 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:11.920 downturn in the stock market. Were you nervous, were you selling off some 322 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:15.880 of your positions, were you making changes to your portfolio? If so, 323 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:21.279 then you need to think long and hard about how you're positioned now so that 324 00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:23.640 the next downturn doesn't catch you off guard and cause you to do something that 325 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:27.720 you otherwise wouldn't. It's fine to be at all time highs, and actually, 326 00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:30.240 I think a lot of people also think, oh, if we've just 327 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:33.319 had some sort of twenty plus percent return and we're back at all time highs, 328 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:37.079 well maybe I should pull back a bit. I should be a little 329 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:41.400 wary that the stock market can continue to produce returns. And I understand where 330 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:45.880 that mindset comes from. But it's also important to note that historically, when 331 00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:48.200 the market produces something like a twenty plus percent return like it did last year, 332 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:52.319 that doesn't mean that there's an automatic pullback the next year. In fact, 333 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:56.000 the average increase in the market is something like nine percent the year after 334 00:23:56.559 --> 00:24:00.920 a massive rally like that. So staying the course canntinuing to do the right 335 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:03.880 thing dollar cost averaging, which is putting money in the market every single paycheck 336 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:11.359 that you get those automatic ach transfers to your IRA, let's say every single 337 00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:15.720 month. Keep those going. And all time highs or a bear market, 338 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:19.759 none of those things should really influence what we're doing day to day. We're 339 00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:22.599 in it for the long haul, Joel. That's right. That's how you 340 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:26.759 build wealth. Okay. The host of how to Money is Joel Larsgard. 341 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:30.799 You can hear him every Sunday from noon to two right here on KFI. 342 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:34.240 You can also follow him at how to Money. Joel, thanks so much. 343 00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:37.200 Can't wait to hear what you have to say this weekend. Thanks Amy. 344 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.960 All right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of 345 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:42.960 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The cal State University System says an agreement 346 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:48.920 has been reached with the California Faculty Association. On day one of the faculties 347 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:52.359 planned five day strike, a statement from CSU says they have reached common ground. 348 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:57.240 The Faculty Association says the agreement includes raising the floor for the most vulnerable 349 00:24:57.279 --> 00:25:03.000 faculty, say for workplaces, and expanded parental leave. The union also says 350 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:07.960 the deal includes various salary increases, including a five percent boost for all faculty 351 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:12.359 retroactive to July last year, and then another five percent bump on July first 352 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:17.079 of this year. A state senator says he's putting an end to taxes on 353 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:22.759 disaster settlement money. California currently adds money from insurance companies or utilities to people's 354 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:26.759 taxable income. Senator Brian Dally says the practice isn't fair here. You are 355 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:30.200 just beat down. At the same time they're asking you after you finally got 356 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:33.640 some money to go start your life, you're getting a tax on it. 357 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:37.720 The legislature has voted to waive the taxes on disasters for years. However, 358 00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:42.079 Dally's bill would guarantee people won't be taxed. Dally says the bill may face 359 00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:47.200 some challenges given the state's budget deficit. Like trolly k if I News, 360 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:51.440 the Supreme Court has granted the Biden administration's request to throw out a lower court 361 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:56.759 ruling that banned federal agents from removing the razor wire that Texas has strung across 362 00:25:56.799 --> 00:26:00.160 the border. It clears the way for federal officials to remove physical barriers and 363 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:04.079 help illegal immigrants who are struggling across the Rio Grande. Well, this one 364 00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:08.400 didn't last long. About thirty thousand faculty and staff members at all twenty three 365 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:14.000 cal state campuses walked off the job yesterday for the first day of a scheduled 366 00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:17.519 five day strike. But then a tentative deal was reached last night, so 367 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:21.279 everyone's going back to work today. The Dow opens trading on a new high. 368 00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:26.000 The industrial average closed just over thirty eight thousand for the first time yesterday. 369 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:29.240 The S and P five hundred also hit a record high. Dry weathers 370 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:33.279 expected to move into southern California after a series of storms drenched the area. 371 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:37.839 One point two inches of rain fell in downtown La over a twenty four hour 372 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:42.440 period. Let's see one point four inches fell in Redondo Beach, San Gabriel 373 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:45.559 Valley one point five inches, all well below the two to two and a 374 00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:49.200 half inches forecasted at six oh five. It's handle on the news. The 375 00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:55.200 top four candidates for one of California's two Senate seats faced off at USC Bill's 376 00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:57.359 going to take a look at what they said and what they didn't say last 377 00:26:57.440 --> 00:27:02.960 night. Right now, let's say good more to ABC's Stephen Portnoy in New 378 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:07.079 Hampshire, where we're not looking at a Senate race, but a presidential race, 379 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:11.440 and voting is underway in the first in the nation primary. That's right. 380 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:15.480 In fact, the first votes were cast at midnight here in the tiny 381 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:18.759 town of Dicksville Notch, and well, you could say Nikki Haley is off 382 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:22.160 to an early lead. She had six votes coming out of that six person 383 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:26.440 contest, and we'll see what happens. But Donald Trump, of course, 384 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:30.079 has been the front runner going into this. Our five point thirty eight polling 385 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:33.279 average had him with about a fifteen to sixteen percentage point lead over Haley, 386 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:37.559 and he's hoping to end this nominating process here. He's hopeful that Nicky Haley 387 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:40.480 will lose and then get out of the race, and he'll be able to 388 00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:45.960 consolidate Republican support behind his candidacy and go right to the general election against President 389 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:48.599 Biden. Haley, on the other hand, is hoping that moderates and even 390 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:52.440 liberally inclined, independent minded voters here in New Hampshire will come out and droves 391 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:59.160 and support her and upset Donald Trump and a surprise the pundits, the pollsters, 392 00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:03.079 the press. We'll see what happens. And she says she's staying in 393 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:06.799 until at least South Caroline, Alina. She doesn't say at least, but 394 00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:11.240 she says, we're building momentum and I'm staying in and gaining support. But 395 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:15.160 Desanta said the same thing that he was staying in two and that dropped out, 396 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:18.759 So that's right. And politicians will often say that they don't want to 397 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:22.119 depress or suppress their turnout. She says she's spending money on ads in Carolina, 398 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:26.000 is going to go to her home state next. It's voting in about 399 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:29.200 a month. She feels that there's time to build momentum. But the fact 400 00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:33.680 is Donald Trump is a leader in the polls there too, and almost to 401 00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:36.480 troll her here in South Carolina. Here in New Hampshire, he's been bringing 402 00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:40.079 up on stage South Carolina's elected leaders, the governor, the Lieutenant governor, 403 00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:44.519 the attorney general, the Senator Tim Scott, the members of the House delegation, 404 00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:49.400 all to demonstrate that he has the support of the political establishment in her 405 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:53.559 home state. Yeah, I want to go back to Dixville, Notch because 406 00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:56.599 I know that they make a big deal out of it. It's six swapping 407 00:28:56.720 --> 00:29:02.200 votes, but they're the first ones to vote for every election. It's tradition. 408 00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:04.160 How often did they get it right and how often do they get it 409 00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:07.599 wrong? Or do we? Oh? I don't have the answer to that, 410 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:11.839 okay, but I will say broadly. You know, New Hampshire recently 411 00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:15.079 has had a pretty good track record as a state if you look at the 412 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:22.519 overall you know, matchups in contested primaries. The last time that New Hampshire 413 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:25.680 voted for someone other than the man who became the Republican nominee. On the 414 00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:30.519 Republican side was in two thousand, when Maverick John McCain bested George W. 415 00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:34.799 Bush twenty four years ago. But ever since in twenty eight, in twenty 416 00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:40.440 twelve, in twenty sixteen, when Donald Trump won in each of those contested 417 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:45.519 Republican primaries, the way New Hampshire voted is the way the ultimate nomination contest 418 00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:48.559 turned out. Unlike Iowa, which just has all kinds of it's kind of 419 00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:53.160 all over the board. Well, Iowa has not had a great track record. 420 00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:57.559 They are hoping the Iowa Republicans are hoping that this year broke that streak 421 00:29:57.599 --> 00:30:03.440 of for example, Mike Huckabee Ted Cruz Rick Santorum winning the Iowa contest. 422 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:07.440 And then, as you know, there's a saying that Nicki Haley employed here 423 00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:14.599 and that's Iowa picks corn but New Hampshire picks presidents, and the people of 424 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:18.160 Iowa were a bit put off by that. So at the end of the 425 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:21.880 day, look, Nikki Haley is counting on the support of moderates and liberals, 426 00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:25.039 and Donald Trump's been using that against her. This is a primary in 427 00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:29.160 which people who are not registered Democrats can take part. If you're an undeclared 428 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:33.279 voter, and about four and ten people here are, you can come out 429 00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:37.200 and vote for Nicki Haley one X factor. And this is interesting Joe Biden, 430 00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:41.799 to spite the state that has the first in the nation primary, he 431 00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:45.119 doesn't want it to be first anymore. On the Democratic side, he wants 432 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:48.319 South Carolina to go first. He had withheld his name from the ballot here. 433 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:52.480 So if Democrats go and take part in the Democratic primary today, they 434 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:55.680 will not see the name of the incumbent president on the ballot. The leading 435 00:30:55.720 --> 00:31:02.599 candidate who's been campaigning here is Democrat Dean Phillips. The Minnesota Now because Dean 436 00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:07.799 Phillips has been actively campaigning and to try to prevent him from winning the state, 437 00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:11.400 Democratic leaders have been calling on Democrats here in New Hampshire to go to 438 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:18.319 the polls Democratic ballot and write in Joe Biden's name. If Democrats do that, 439 00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:22.000 they won't have the opportunity to vote for Nicki Haley in the Republican primary, 440 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:26.200 because you can only pull one ballot. Be interesting to see what happens. 441 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:32.039 Hm. And the reason that they didn't put Biden on the ballot was 442 00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:34.200 because it was sort of a hey, we don't want New Hampshire to be 443 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:37.920 number one anymore, so we're not going to do it. Or was there 444 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:41.839 another reason that he's actually not on the ballot. No, that's the reason 445 00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:47.279 Joe Biden decided that. And look, remember four years ago he did not 446 00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:49.119 win the New Hampshire primary. I think he came fourth, maybe fifth. 447 00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:55.160 And I remember the morning after the New Hampshire primary, which Bernie Sanders won 448 00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:56.880 and Pete Buddha Jete came in a close second. Everyone was saying, oh, 449 00:31:56.960 --> 00:32:00.559 what's the path for Joe Biden with South Carolina, whether it's yeah, 450 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:06.880 predominantly black Democratic voter base, and so he decided that that should contest should 451 00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:10.960 go first. And I was spoke to one voter yesterday at a Nikki Haley 452 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:14.920 event and she said she's inclined to support Nikki Haley, but she's not sure. 453 00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:19.880 She said she had been a Democrat, but she's not going to vote 454 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:22.720 for Biden now. And it wasn't because of the state of the economy or 455 00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:27.759 world affairs. She said she wouldn't vote for Biden because of what he did 456 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:32.079 to the New Hampshire primary. Ah, don't mess with people in a state. 457 00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:37.720 You know, they gets territorial. That is what she said. Yeah, 458 00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:40.799 okay. And whether I saw some stuff yesterday and it's sunny but it's 459 00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:45.319 still cold. Is that affected or expected to affect turn out at all? 460 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:49.200 No, I don't think so. It's mild weather here for this time of 461 00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:51.559 the year. I think it's in the low thirties. And that's perfectly fine 462 00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:54.119 for New Hampshire. Nothing compared to what they dealt with in Iowa. And 463 00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:58.279 you dealt with because you were there, you could say that again, all 464 00:32:58.400 --> 00:33:00.480 right, Steve Portnoy is they thank you so much. If you'd like to 465 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:06.440 follow mister Portnoy, it's at Stephen Portnoy. He'll keep you up to date 466 00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:08.920 on what's going on. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 467 00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:13.559 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The CDC says La County had one 468 00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:16.559 of the highest numbers of m pox cases last year. Impox is a member 469 00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:20.839 of the smallpox family, and an outbreak of the virus first popped up in 470 00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:23.119 the early part of last year. Health officials say from May through August and 471 00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:28.039 twenty twenty three, there were fifty six cases of mpox. That's up from 472 00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:30.920 seven cases just a few months before. Of those fifty six patients who were 473 00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:36.880 infected, thirty two were unvaccinated, eight partially vaccinated, and sixteen were fully 474 00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:42.559 vaccinated. Forty eight patients reported sexual activity three weeks before symptoms appeared. Forty 475 00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:45.680 five of the men identified as gay or bisexual. Steve Gregory k if I 476 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:50.720 News. A seven point one magnitude earthquake has struck western China, leaving at 477 00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:53.960 least six people hurt and more than one hundred houses damaged or destroyed. Local 478 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:59.680 media says down power lines caused widespread outages in the region for several hours, 479 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:04.519 but has since been restored. There were no reports of any deaths. The 480 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:07.960 youngest son of doctor Martin Luther King, Junior, has died the King Center 481 00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:10.440 in Atlantis's Dexter. Scott King died in his sleep yesterday at his home in 482 00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:16.639 Malibu. King had been battling prostate cancer. He was sixty two. Voting 483 00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:22.199 under way in the first national primary in New Hampshire. Polls headed into the 484 00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:25.119 primary have former President Trump with a strong lead over Nikki Haley on the Republican 485 00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:30.199 side. The Israeli militaries is twenty one soldiers have been killed in the Gaza 486 00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:34.440 Strip in what may be the single deadliest attack against IDF soldiers since the war 487 00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:37.679 with Hamas started. The top four candidates in the race to fill the late 488 00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:43.280 Dianne Feinstein's old Senate seat to faced off at usc Apparently one look at the 489 00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:49.039 candidates wasn't enough, because another debate is scheduled for February twelfth, between Democratic 490 00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:52.840 Representatives Adam Schiff, Barbara Lee, and Katie Porter and Republican Steve Garvey. 491 00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:58.480 The primary is March fifth. The top two finishers in the primary will face 492 00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:01.280 off for the seat in Nova. We're just minutes away from handle on the 493 00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:07.119 news this morning, the CSU strike is over after just one day. What's 494 00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:09.679 the deal that got faculty off the picket lines and back to class. Bill's 495 00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:14.920 going to tell you right now, Let's check in with ABC's Jim Ryan. 496 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:19.360 Jim, we had a five to four decision from the Supreme Court regarding the 497 00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:22.760 border yesterday. Yeah, at five to four. Obviously, since nine people 498 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:24.800 sit on the court, it could not have been any closer. Literally, 499 00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:29.679 Yeah, a five to four decision that clears the way for Border Patrol agents 500 00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:34.159 to snip some of the Concertina wire that the State of Texas has unrolled along 501 00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:37.559 thirty miles of the Rio Grand that separates Texas from Mexico, the US from 502 00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:44.159 Mexico, and so now presumably Border Patrol agents immediately this morning can start cutting 503 00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:50.199 that wire. The claim of the Border Patrol is that the Concertina wire keeps 504 00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:52.559 them, keeps their agents from getting down to the river to do their job, 505 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:58.400 and it also keeps people from safely getting ashore. Three people drowned in 506 00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:00.920 the river just last week, hundreds over the last couple of years, have 507 00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:07.159 drowned. So the decision clears the way for border agents to go in cut 508 00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:13.239 that razor wire. But is Texas going to stop them from doing that? 509 00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:16.360 I mean, are we setting up a confrontation here or do the Texas people 510 00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:21.079 who put up the razor wire just stand back. No, it's already happening 511 00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:25.559 that confrontation. I mean, my suspicion is that the Border Patrol agents and 512 00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:31.440 the Texas troopers and the Texas National Guard there along the border are probably friendly 513 00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:36.000 enough. They probably have coffee after work and hang out. But you know, 514 00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:38.000 once they're in their uniforms and they're doing their job, that's when this 515 00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:42.639 kind of standoff happens. And it's all cetered on a park, Shelby Park 516 00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:47.360 in Eagle Paths at forty seven acres city Park that the Texas National Guard has 517 00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:52.239 essentially taken over, and Border Patrol agents who are trying to get access to 518 00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:57.679 the river through the park are being kept from entering that park. So you 519 00:36:57.840 --> 00:37:02.360 do have kind of this confrontation of the standoff happening right there. The Concertino 520 00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:07.000 wires a symbol of that. I guess, as are these big globes, 521 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:10.519 these big four foot spheres that are that have been put out in the river 522 00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:15.039 as kind of a floating barrier. But yeah, the city Park is really 523 00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:19.320 where it's going down right now. Okay, So back to the Supreme Court. 524 00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:23.119 It was a five to four decision. The Court is six to three 525 00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:30.199 conservative to not conservative, conservative to liberals, so obviously it wasn't just along 526 00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:34.280 party lines, even though it never is supposed to be right. What did 527 00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:39.440 the dissenter say or what did the people on the side of I guess on 528 00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:45.000 both sides, what are their their arguments? Zero? There was one page 529 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:47.719 statement that said, this is the ruling. We voted five Foytel's who voted 530 00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:53.039 which way? Chief Justice? Yeah, John Roberts led the majority. Sonya, 531 00:37:53.119 --> 00:38:00.199 So why arm Elena Kagan, Amy Cony, Barrett Catanji Brown Jackson and 532 00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:04.440 the rest of the justices were in dissent. So you had them, you 533 00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:07.320 know, on the one side writing for the majority in favor of the Biden 534 00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:12.719 administration. The others opposed. But no, no explanation at all was offered 535 00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:15.920 for the reasoning behind the ruling. That's interesting that they just don't say anything. 536 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:19.480 They just said this is what it is. Deal with it. I 537 00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:22.599 do think it's interesting. And this is just a side note, but you 538 00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:27.880 know when Supreme Court justices get appointed and everybody starts freaking out saying, oh, 539 00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:30.440 it's never going to be the same and we need to pack the court 540 00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:34.400 to make it, you know, more equal or whatever. But then you 541 00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:38.880 have someone who is incredibly conservative, Amy Cony Verrett, who went with the 542 00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:44.599 majority on this one. Yeah, you're right, and you've hit on something 543 00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:49.199 that's been amazing to me over the last thirty years or so that when somebody 544 00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:52.800 appoints or names nominates a member of the Supreme Court, they say, this 545 00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:58.199 person won't let politics stand in the way with this person will rule constitutionally. 546 00:38:58.280 --> 00:39:01.960 We'll let they founding father's guide his or her way. But in the back 547 00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:05.079 of their mind they're saying, well, why would you choose this person? 548 00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:08.079 Well, because they philosophically are aligned right along with you. Right. So 549 00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:14.480 is it an illusion, an illusion that a Supreme Court could be impartial on 550 00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:16.840 any ruling. I mean we look at a ruling like this one and start 551 00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:20.760 parsing it and saying, oh, wow, this person ruled this way, 552 00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:27.599 this one that maybe it could be that the individual court members do follow the 553 00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:31.519 constitute because often they make their their nominators kind of mad, don't they, 554 00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:36.360 Yes, they do. They do. Well. It'll be interesting to see 555 00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:38.480 then what happens, because like you said, they probably they. I would 556 00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:43.360 imagine a lot of these the border agents and the Texas people, they know 557 00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:46.400 each other, like you said, and it's it reminds me of but not 558 00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:51.400 in a funny way kind of. But remember, oh shoot, it was 559 00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:55.119 the old Saturday Morning cartoons. It was Sam the sheep Dog, oh yeah, 560 00:39:55.159 --> 00:40:00.280 yeah, born and Ralph the later Ralph where they got a great afterward, 561 00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:04.760 but at work they had to be at each other's throats. So that's 562 00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:07.400 one of my favorite episode, one of my favorites. I know, we 563 00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:09.920 talk about the Supreme Court, now, Ralph and Sam checking in the world 564 00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:15.239 the sheep Dog in the Sheep Well, Jim, we dig into the important 565 00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:17.159 stuff here on WAKEP. In's a really crazy, ridiculous world, I know, 566 00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:19.960 and we're so glad that you're part of it. Thanks so much for 567 00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:22.400 joining us today, See you later. All right, let's get back to 568 00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:24.880 some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Cases 569 00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:31.280 of atypical canine infectious disease or spiking in La County. That is not spiking 570 00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:35.119 in La County. Let's go back up here, and here's Chris. The 571 00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:37.920 county's Department of Public Health isn't sure where the disease is coming from or how 572 00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:44.000 far it has spread. Fullerton Regional Veterinary Hospitals. Doctor Erica Coreo says symptoms 573 00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:47.079 are similar to kennel cough, except with this disease, the illness lasts much 574 00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:51.280 longer. Most of these diseases are self limiting, so just kind of giving 575 00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:53.039 them time to recover, just like us with the cold. You know, 576 00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:54.960 there's really no cure. You just kind of have to wait it out. 577 00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:59.199 Careo says she's had one case in her office in Orange County, and people 578 00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:01.800 might want to keep the dogs for mingling with other pups. The health department 579 00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:07.239 says at least forty cases have been confirmed in La County. Chris Adler KFI 580 00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:12.719 News Elon Musk has visited Auschwitz. The visit happened before his appearance yesterday at 581 00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:17.119 a conference on anti Semitism organized by the European Jewish Association. The billionaire has 582 00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:22.920 been accused of allowing anti Semitic messages on his social media platform x. Some 583 00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:28.159 voters in New Hampshire are reportedly receiving fake robo calls that sound like they're from 584 00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:30.760 President Biden, urging them not to vote in today's primary. You know the 585 00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:36.159 value of voting Democratic on our vote count. It's important that your savior vote 586 00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:43.440 for the November election. A former New Hampshire Democratic Party chair plans to file 587 00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:45.920 a complaint over the calls with the state attorney general and bring it to the 588 00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:55.760 federal law enforcement's attention. Biden is not actually on the ballot today. A 589 00:41:55.920 --> 00:42:00.760 Dynamic Oscar nominated filmmaker known for Fiddler on the Roof, Moonstruck, and In 590 00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:06.320 the Heat of the Night has died. Norman Jewison died Saturday at his home. 591 00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:08.880 Despite his name and directing one of the most iconic Jewish movies of all 592 00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:15.679 time, Jewison was raised Protestant in Canada. He was nominated for seven Oscars, 593 00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:19.599 including three for Best Director. His films received a total of forty six 594 00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:25.039 nominations and twelve Academy Awards. Jewison was ninety seven and speaking of Academy Awards, 595 00:42:25.199 --> 00:42:30.920 the nominations have been announced and here are just a few of them. 596 00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:37.519 For Best Actor, Bradley Cooper from Maestro, Coleman Domingo for Rustin, Paul 597 00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:43.360 Giamatti for The Holdovers. My typing is so bad. I wrote The Goldovers 598 00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:46.760 Killian Murphy for Oppenheimer, love him, and Jeffrey write for American Fiction. 599 00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:50.519 I gotta tell you that's going to be a tough one. I haven't seen 600 00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:52.599 Rustin yet, but I've seen the other ones, and I love all those 601 00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:57.239 actors. They did such a good job for Best Actress, and At Benning 602 00:42:57.280 --> 00:43:01.599 for Niad, Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon, Sandra Huler, 603 00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:06.239 I'm saying that last name wrong for Anatomy of a Fall, Carrie Mulligan for 604 00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:08.760 Maestro, and Emma Stone for Poor Things. I haven't seen that yet. 605 00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:13.119 I need to go see that. For Best Picture, I think I got 606 00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:15.519 them all. I'm named the top five, but there's actually ten, and 607 00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:19.519 they hadn't finished announcing him when I started talking a couple of minutes ago. 608 00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:24.840 But we have American Fiction, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, 609 00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:34.719 Anatomy of a Fall, Poor Things, Zone of Interest, The Holdovers, 610 00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:39.719 and Maestro. Oh wait, there's one more, oh and Past Lives. 611 00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:45.280 So that's the ten that are nominated be interesting. The ceremony is early 612 00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:50.679 March, and I've got some movies to see, but it looks like there's 613 00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:54.559 some good ones to watch this time. This is KFI and kost HD two 614 00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:59.599 Los Angeles, Orange County, live from the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. 615 00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:01.159 I'm ami ing. This has been your wake up Call, and if you 616 00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:06.000 missed any of wake Up Call, you can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app. 617 00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:08.480 You've been listening to wake Up Call with me Amy King, you can 618 00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:13.440 always hear wake Up Call five to six am Monday through Friday on kf I 619 00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:17.079 AM six forty and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app