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 --> 00:00:13.839 demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Sens County. 3 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:21.559 Everybody quiet, quiet, I've got some bad news, folks. Christmas 4 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:28.960 is going to be canceled. There's nothing I can do this weather. Rudolph, 5 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:33.320 Rudolph, please would you tone it down a bit? I mean that 6 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:43.280 nose of yours, that nose, that beautiful, wonderful nose. Rudolph, 7 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:49.320 with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight? It will 8 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:56.719 be an honor, sir. It's time for your morning wake up call. 9 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:11.840 Peer's Amy King. Maybe I'm just a misfit. It's five o'clock on your 10 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:15.200 wake up call. Actually it's five oh one. It is Thursday, December 11 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:22.640 fourteenth, eleven sleeps until Christmas. Here's what's ahead on wake up call. 12 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:26.239 An Air Force major killed when an Osprey went down in the waters off Japan 13 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:32.760 has been honored with a sixty five mile long procession from Lax to Riverside. 14 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:37.480 Major Luca Unrath was one of eight crew members killed during a training exercise on 15 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:42.840 November twenty ninth. House Republicans have voted to authorize an impeachment inquiry and to 16 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:47.760 President Biden. Republicans claimed the president benefited from the foreign business dealings of his 17 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:53.120 son Hunter. The House voted along party lines yesterday to formally launch the inquiry. 18 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:59.760 Super Bowl coming back to La. NFL owners awarded Super Bowl sixty one 19 00:01:59.799 --> 00:02:04.799 to Sofi Stadium during league meetings yesterday. The Super Bowl was also played at 20 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:09.000 Sofi in twenty twenty two. Las Vegas is hosting this season super Bowl. 21 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:13.919 If you're keeping track of the number, sixty one will happen in twenty twenty 22 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:16.319 seven At six oh five, It's handle on the news. The Fed decided 23 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:21.800 not to raise interest rates and instead hinted at Cutts what that might mean. 24 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:24.680 Let's get started with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four 25 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:30.599 hour news room. Police have arrested forty one protesters who shut down the one 26 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:35.000 ten freeway to demand a ceasefire in the Israel Jimas War. The freeway was 27 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:38.520 closed for more than an hour's protesters locked arms and blocked all lanes. This 28 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:43.599 homeless man who lives against the freeway says he helps some late arrivals get out 29 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:46.879 on the road through a broken chain link fence. You said you actually put 30 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:51.520 up your own sign. Yes, this is black black tarpunk. The highway 31 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:55.039 says I stopped killing gos with Several shoving matches broke out yesterday as drivers became 32 00:02:55.080 --> 00:03:00.639 frustrated with waiting in downtown La Blake trolley KFI News. Two men convicted of 33 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:07.800 murder in La County have been exonerated. Giovanni Hernandez was convicted of killing a 34 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:10.599 sixteen year old boy in a drive by shooting in Culver City in two thousand 35 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:15.120 and six. The DA's office says he was cleared by new evidence and statements 36 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:21.680 from witnesses who were not interviewed during the original investigation. Miguel Solorio was convicted 37 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:24.319 of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole for a deadly drive by 38 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:29.479 in Whittier in nineteen ninety eight. In his case, prosecutors say he was 39 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:35.879 misidentified as his brother in a photo lineup. Russian President Putin says there will 40 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:44.280 be no peace in Ukraine until Russia's goals are achieved. The notification demouitarization all 41 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:49.759 Ukraine and its neutral status. Putin said through an interpreter that his country's objectives 42 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:53.719 have not changed. He dismissed the need to call up more reservists, saying 43 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:58.400 there are about six hundred and seventeen thousand Russian soldiers currently in Ukraine. Putin 44 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:02.039 spoke during his usual year in news conference, though this was his first since 45 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:05.759 the beginning of the war in Ukraine nearly two years ago. Apple says it's 46 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:12.800 going to address security vulnerabilities with its new iOS update. A recent security issue 47 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:17.040 has allowed hackers to take over customer's iPhone accounts to access passwords, steal money, 48 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:20.360 and lock people out of their accounts. The Dodgers are getting ready to 49 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:27.040 introduce the team's newest and most expensive, most shiny new toy, sho hey 50 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:30.480 Otani, of course, just signed a ten year, seven hundred million dollar 51 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:33.079 contract. Most of that will be paid at the end of the contract. 52 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:38.120 Otani is a two time American League Most Valuable Player in a three time All 53 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:42.240 Star. He says he shares the Dodgers goal of returning a World Series parade 54 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:46.240 to the streets of la I'm all for that. You can hear the show 55 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:50.079 Hey Otani introductory press conference. It's happening at Dodger Stadium and you can listen 56 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:56.480 at three this afternoon on our sister station AM five seventy LA Sports. It's 57 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:59.199 five oh six. On your way up call. Let's say good morning now 58 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:03.319 to ABC EAS Capitol Hill correspondent Ben Siegel. Good morning, Ben. The 59 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:09.120 Biden administration wants one hundred and six billion dollars for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, 60 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:14.879 and the border. But the border is the sticking point. Good morning. 61 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.879 Yeah. This has been one of the trickiest issues for Congress for more 62 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:24.600 than a decade, is immigration policy, immigration reform, and right now they're 63 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:30.360 trying to negotiate it with two other very complicated issues at this moment in Washington. 64 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:33.000 It's the sixty billion, as you mentioned, in this package for Ukraine, 65 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:38.759 and there's fourteen billion in there for Israel in the country's war with Hamas 66 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:42.279 and Gaza. And this is all really coming to a head today because this 67 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:46.680 is the day that the Congress is set to leave town for the Christmas holiday 68 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:50.240 until January setate. Negotiators are down to the wire. They spent the night 69 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:57.480 negotiating at the Capitol with the DHS Secretary Majorcis and we'll see by midday today 70 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:00.720 whether they have a reason to stick around and if they have an agreement to 71 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:04.720 pass through Congress before they leave, or whether this will all be or not, 72 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:09.959 and they will have to revisit this issue with the clock ticking on all 73 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:14.879 these different fronts for January, and like you said, it's really coming down 74 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:18.319 to the wire. And it's especially critical for Ukraine because Ukraine is saying that 75 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:21.759 the money that we've been giving them is getting close to running out. So 76 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:27.560 if we don't appropriate more money and then lawmakers are gone for a few weeks, 77 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:31.160 that's not a good thing. Yeah, that's exactly right. We saw 78 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:38.040 the Ukrainian President of Vladimir z Olenski flying all the way to Washington this week 79 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:42.439 from meetings on Capitol Hill and with President Biden just to hammer home how serious 80 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:46.680 this issue is in their war and how much it is needed. Obviously, 81 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:50.240 their counter offensive against Russia did not meet some of the expectations in the West 82 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:56.240 and in Washington, but to continue their fight to prevent more importantly prevent Russian 83 00:06:56.279 --> 00:07:00.199 games on the battlefield, they say they need more aid from the United States, 84 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:05.000 more weapreonury and also more money into the domestic manufacturing of some of these 85 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:12.519 weapons and an ammunition in the United States to fund their defense later on. 86 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:15.040 So this is a critical issue there and on some of these other fronts. 87 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:20.319 Fourteen billion for Israel that includes money to replenish their Iron Dome missile defense system. 88 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:24.959 That is a critical need. We've seen rockets continue to fly into Israel 89 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:29.959 during this war. And also nine billion and humanitarian aid for Gaza for the 90 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:33.480 Palestinian people who are suffering there and other regions of the world too. So 91 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:38.600 there are so many pressing fronts where this money could be used, could be 92 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:42.800 needed. And you know, once again, Congress is now waiting until the 93 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:46.120 deadline to see if they can figure it all out. Yeah, they're really 94 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:50.399 good at this. And Russia's got to be loving this. Yeah, I 95 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:56.199 think you're seeing that too. I think you're seeing Vladimir Putin this week making 96 00:07:56.240 --> 00:08:01.199 comments in Russia to the effect of, you know, this is not going 97 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:05.560 to be something that the United States will continue to support in Ukraine and Ukraine's 98 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:07.120 fight, and he's made it clear that they see this as a war of 99 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:11.160 attrition. In Moscow, this is one that they think they can win. 100 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:15.480 They have more people for their army, they have a greater supply based for 101 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:20.120 their weapons, and then he thinks he's on the winning side of this, 102 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:22.959 or at least will be in the new year, especially with you know, 103 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:28.279 the unspoken reality of the presidential election coming into the fold in twenty twenty four 104 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:31.960 and President and Donald Trump, the former president leading the field, has made 105 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:37.200 it very clear that he doesn't support this level of aid to Ukraine and may 106 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.000 even try to broker some sort of end to the to the fight there. 107 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:45.799 So that is a possibility that is looming on the horizon. One of the 108 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:50.039 reasons why President Zelinsky so urgently needed to travel to watching to them to make 109 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:54.960 this point to lawmakers. Okay, now, is there any chance then that 110 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:58.919 the lawmakers would say, hey, we did make some progress, let's stick 111 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:01.120 around and see if we can finish it. Or is I mean, is 112 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:07.440 there hard and fast deadline? Close a business today? I think close a 113 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:09.360 business today in the Senate, I think there is a possibility they stick around. 114 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:13.720 And look, it's not out of the out of the realm of possibility 115 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:16.159 that they do stick around for another day or two if they are close to 116 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:18.919 a deal. But then you get to the next step in this process, 117 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:22.360 Well, do they have do they have a bill to show their members how 118 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:24.279 soon can the Senate take it up and how quickly can they pass it? 119 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:28.759 You know, you need agreement from all hundred senators to get a quick vote 120 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:31.159 in the Senate floor, and it's really hard to imagine them getting that agreement 121 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:35.240 on an issue as thorny as immigration. So it's not clear how long they 122 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:37.919 will stick around if they do stick around, and then the House as a 123 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:43.399 whole is a whole nother, a whole other animal. They're leaving today after 124 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:46.279 an early voting in the morning, and it's hard to imagine them sticking around 125 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:52.440 for very long. If they do, more likely than not they'll probably come 126 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:58.360 back in January. Nothing's easy on Capitol Hill, is it. No, 127 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:03.120 it's not. And also it doesn't help the process here that they're touching some 128 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:07.279 of the most difficult issues, not just for this Congress, for any Congress 129 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:09.960 from scene recently, especially on the immigration front. Yeah, all right, 130 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:13.720 well we'll be watching Ben Siegel. Thank you so much for the information, 131 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:18.240 and let's hope they can get their act together and get this passed. Thank 132 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:20.399 you, all right, take care. Let's get back to some of the 133 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:24.720 stories coming out of the KFI twenty for our newsroom. A teenager has been 134 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:30.399 arrested in connection with alleged swatting attacks that targeted synagogues in Orange County. The 135 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:35.360 FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force made the arrest Tuesday morning, the FEDS Day. 136 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:39.000 The kid was part of a wider online swatting ring. Two men from the 137 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:43.919 East Coast have been convicted of the drug related killings of three men who were 138 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:48.240 shot and killed inside a home in Porter Ranch. The killings happened or nearly 139 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:52.840 five years ago, allegedly over money lost when illegal drugs were intercepted by the 140 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:56.200 post Office. Police called to the home in twenty nineteen found the bodies. 141 00:10:56.279 --> 00:11:01.559 The men convicted are expected to be sentenced in February. A pot shop has 142 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:03.679 gone up in smoke in downtown La. Took firefighters about a half an hour 143 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:07.080 overnight to put the fire out near the sixth Street Bridge. They say it 144 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:13.840 was burning deep within a secured and highly compartmentalized one hundred by one hundred foot 145 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:18.879 legal cannabis dispensary. Twenty three probation workers in La County have been placed on 146 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:24.519 leave following allegations of sexual abuse of minors. Several lawsuits have been filed against 147 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:30.320 certain employees and the County alleging rape and molestation of girls as young as twelve. 148 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.159 Attorney Courtney thom says some of the cases date back to the eighties and 149 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:37.720 changes in the law made the claims possible. We've listened to the most heinous 150 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:43.600 stories of abuse that these women unfortunately suffered at the hands of law enforcement when 151 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:46.759 they were children. She says. Many of the girls reported the abuse at 152 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:50.519 the time, but the complaints were not properly handled. The county's attorneys say 153 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:54.639 all twenty three workers will be on leave pending investigation. Chris Adler Kafi News 154 00:11:54.759 --> 00:12:00.000 Canadian and actress Tiffany had Issue has been charged in LA with her second DUI 155 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:03.360 case, Relice the Rest of the Comedian last month for allegedly being found asleep 156 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:07.159 at the wheel in a parked car in Beverly Hills the night before the arrest. 157 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:11.759 Hattish had performed at the Laugh Factory at a Thanksgiving event. Rolling Stone 158 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:16.679 says Hattish was charged with two misdemeanors and is scheduled to be arraigned next Friday. 159 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:22.600 LA County has started accepting applications for its landlord rent relief program. Supervisor 160 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:28.120 Catherine Barger says sixty eight million dollars will go to landlords most impacted during the 161 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:35.000 pandemic. I have consistently advocated for balanced solutions, so I'm glad to see 162 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:39.039 that we're ready to get these dollars out the door and into the hands as 163 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:45.960 soon as possible and without further delays. The program is aimed at preventing evictions. 164 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:50.200 Landlords must have property in La County, but properties in the city of 165 00:12:50.320 --> 00:13:03.840 La do not qualify. Dreaming of too bad, We're pretty much out of 166 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:09.679 luck here in southern California. It has never actually snowed on Christmas Day in 167 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:15.159 LA at least not according to recent record keeping. But if you do want 168 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:18.519 a white Christmas, Bonus Finder did a survey of four hundred and fifty cities 169 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:24.200 around the US and calculated the odds of a white Christmas based on several factors. 170 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:28.279 Top ten cities. I'm not gonna giving you the top ten. I'm 171 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:31.840 going to give you the top one. Montpelier, Vermont there's a ninety eight 172 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:37.879 point six percent probability of a white Christmas, followed by Eli, Minnesota, 173 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:41.000 and Wallace, Idaho. If you want to be on this side of the 174 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:46.480 country, Wallace, Idaho has a ninety seven percent chance of having snow on 175 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:50.720 Christmas. We might not have snow, but you know what we do have. 176 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:56.360 We have boats. The Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade is going on now. 177 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:01.639 It started last night, setting sale about six point thirty at the end. 178 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:09.600 It ends at the tip of Lido or Liedo Isle. There's fireworks every 179 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:15.480 night and it goes on through December seventeenth. And if you haven't seen it, 180 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:20.240 it's so fun, So go check out the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade. 181 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:24.200 The California Department of Finances called for an immediate freeze on non essential spending 182 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:28.799 because of a projected sixty eight billion dollar deficit. All state agencies are being 183 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:33.200 directed to start cutting back. Some of the freeze categories include new goods and 184 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:39.720 service contracts, IT equipment, fleet vehicles, and office supplies. A person 185 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:45.279 under the age of eighteen has been arrested for allegedly making swatting calls. It 186 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:50.240 targeted synagogue synagogues in Fullerton and Tustin. The FBI says the person is connected 187 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:54.679 to a larger group of people making calls across the US. Swatting is when 188 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:58.919 someone makes a fake report of a crime to try to draw out a large 189 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:03.840 police presence. The miner was arrested on Tuesday. The Geminid meteor shower is 190 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:07.879 peaking. NASA says you should be able to see fiery green balls of light 191 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:13.039 streaking across the night sky through Christmas. Up to one hundred and twenty meteors 192 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:16.759 per hour are possible, But to really see them, NASA says, you 193 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:20.120 got to get away from city lights. At six oh five. It's handled 194 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:26.440 on the news about forty people inconvenienced, thousands and thousands of drivers in and 195 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:31.159 around downtown LA. But right now, let's say good morning to ABC News 196 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:37.559 correspondent Tom Rivers. Tom. Russia has attacked Kiev again. What's the latest? 197 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:41.759 Yeah, set of a page from last winter. Actually, around Kiev, 198 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:48.000 around ten cruise missiles came in, most of them knocked down very very 199 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:54.639 successfully. Some of them broke into a debris that wounded dozens of civilians and 200 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:58.080 impacted things like apartment buildings, et cetera, et cetera. But again it's 201 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:03.639 the same old playbook, Russia going after things in the cold weather, after 202 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:08.879 power plants, be them coal or otherwise, water pumping stations, you name 203 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:14.919 it, making life very very miserable and difficult in the cold months ahead. 204 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:19.799 Tom, you talk about hitting the like the coal stations and the power plants 205 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:25.200 and stuff. Are they able to get those back online in between bombings or 206 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:30.480 have they've just been out of commission since the war started. No, it's 207 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:33.840 been catch as catch can. They try to repair as best they can with 208 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:40.039 what they have available, and there have been assignments of of spare equipment that 209 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:44.440 can be used to get these stations back up. So we've been down that 210 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:48.159 road before. So they try to, you know, make shift repairs to 211 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:52.639 try to get things fired up again as quickly as possible. But again it's 212 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:56.000 it's it's you know, you're you're you're chasing a very very difficult task and 213 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:59.919 it's not easy. And again we're really at the beginning of the winter, 214 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:03.240 so we can see more and more of this in the coming months. Okay, 215 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:07.559 And why why do the increases are the attacks increased during the winter months. 216 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:12.599 Well, again, they realize the weather is their ally. Russia's ally 217 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:18.640 is the weather. So if you are freezing at home and you can't get 218 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:25.000 water, and the troops are trying to be moved around and they're kind of 219 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:32.839 stuck as well. It's not a good situation, okay. And Russia said, 220 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:37.799 or Putin said in an address that they have six hundred and seventeen thousand 221 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:44.559 troops in Ukraine. What's Ukraine's fighting for? Size? Do we know it's 222 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:47.920 going to be much smaller than that. And again, you see numbers of 223 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:53.000 casualties from Moscow, from Washington, from London, from Kiev, throw them 224 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:56.440 all a mixer and try to figure out your own numbers. But it's very, 225 00:17:56.519 --> 00:18:02.079 very telling that a Zilin now says he might have to raise the draft 226 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:07.440 age beyond forty. So, yes, a lot of the young men twenty 227 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:11.359 five years of age, et cetera. They're gone. They've been gone in 228 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:14.839 the past twenty one months. That's so scary. And then I heard a 229 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:18.599 report yesterday that Russia has had huge losses. And like you said, you 230 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:22.240 don't know who whose numbers are accurate, but they were saying something like eighty 231 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:30.279 eighty five percent of their forces are decimated. Yeah, I would take that 232 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:34.119 number with a big, big grain of salt. They're they're there, They're 233 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:40.759 on the ascendancy as we speak right now. And again Zolenski knows that, 234 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:45.319 and he went with the begging bull to Washington. He wanted sixty two sixty 235 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.680 three billion, didn't get much of that. Then he went to Oslo and 236 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:55.960 a teleconference today with EU Lears and Brussels wanting some more money, and again 237 00:18:56.000 --> 00:19:00.720 has become a real real bone of contention. Taxpayers are fed up to their 238 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:08.240 iteeth with this policy that is led by the US by the way of supporting 239 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:14.559 this war effort for Kiev, add infinitum, for as long as it takes 240 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:18.720 well. That slogan has basically been jettisoned. In Europe, they'll do what 241 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:23.720 they can. But that kind of language is yesterday's chapter over here. It's 242 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:27.640 not flying well with the electorate in those countries that are having, for instance, 243 00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:32.640 the elections coming up like here in the UK. Yeah, all right, 244 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:36.799 well, it's just it gets scary for Ukraine if we don't come through 245 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:41.200 with more money for them, doesn't it. Well again, you thought well 246 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:48.119 back there, supposedly, gar Hert Schroeder, Tally Bennett, also leading politicians 247 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:53.000 in Kiev, said there was a deal to be struck March twenty twenty two, 248 00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:59.200 and it was ready to be done. Would be partitioned off at least 249 00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:06.279 the eastern side Ukraine would have remained quote unquote neutral. That was rejected by 250 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:08.759 the Hawks in Washington. So we are where we are. How many hundreds 251 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:15.200 of thousands of people have died since March of twenty twenty two. It's scary, 252 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:18.359 Yeah, it really is. All right, Tom Rivers, thank you 253 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:22.480 so much for the information. We'll be watching it. Take care. Well, 254 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.960 let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 255 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:29.160 four hour newsroom. Photos have been released of a man suspected of fatally stabbing 256 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:33.319 a Metro writer in South LA. Police say the man killed Tuesday got on 257 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:37.440 the E line near La Trade Tech College and got into a fight with another 258 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:41.680 guy. He was stabbed multiple times. The men police are looking for was 259 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:45.559 caught on security video. He's Hispanic or Filipino, about five foot eight, 260 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:48.640 one hundred and sixty pounds. He was wearing glasses, a black sweater with 261 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:52.359 white lettering on the front, and light blue jeans. Metrolink is temporarily shutting 262 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:56.920 down services for cleaning, repairs and upgrades along it's nearly five hundred and fifty 263 00:20:56.960 --> 00:21:02.680 miles of tracks. LA Unions Day is also getting upgrades to replace Depression era 264 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:07.799 technology. All Metrolink trains, including the Aero service in San Bernardino County, 265 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:12.240 will be out of service December twenty sixth through The twenty ninth news brought to 266 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:18.400 you by Ruder Hero. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has announced the Board's leaving 267 00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:22.359 interest rates unchanged for a third straight meeting. The benchmark interest rate remains between 268 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:26.440 five and a quarter and five and a half percent. The lower inflation readings 269 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:30.759 over the past several months are welcome, but we will need to see further 270 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:34.400 evidence to build confidence that inflation is moving down sustainably toward our goal. He 271 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:38.000 says. The Fed is committed to returning inflation to its two percent goal, 272 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:45.079 but that is likely years away. An Air Force major killed when an Osprey 273 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:49.799 went down in the waters off Japan has been honored with a sixty five mile 274 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:56.720 long procession from lax to Riverside, his hometown. The procession was done yesterday. 275 00:21:56.880 --> 00:22:02.440 Major Luca Unrath was one of eight crew members killed during a training exercise 276 00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:07.720 on November twenty ninth. House Republicans have voted to authorize an impeachment inquiry into 277 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:12.079 President Biden. Republicans are claiming the president benefited from the foreign business dealings of 278 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:17.680 his son Hunter. The House voted along party lines yesterday to launch the inquiry. 279 00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:22.559 The Dodgers are going to officially announce and introduce Shohei Otani this afternoon at 280 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:27.000 a press conference at Dodger Stadium. Otani's expected to put on his Dodger Blue 281 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:32.559 for the first time at three PM. The Dodgers and the two time American 282 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:37.599 League MVP recently finalized a ten year, seven hundred million dollar contract. The 283 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:41.519 press conference is going to be a live on our sister station AM five seventy 284 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:45.519 LA Sports Again. That's at three this afternoon. At six oh five, 285 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:49.400 it's handle on the news. Stocks hit a record high, Why and what 286 00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:52.880 that means? At five point fifty, We're going to be talking to a 287 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:59.440 kid who is helping make sure that thousands of underprivileged kids get legos. This 288 00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:03.000 is such a cool story. You hear bad stories about the youth of today 289 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:10.839 and all that stuff. This kid, he's building bridges with legos. It 290 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:18.359 is time to take a Southern California sleigh ride. This week we went to 291 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:23.400 the Disneyland Resort, the merriest place on Earth, and caught up with Disney 292 00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:30.039 Ambassador Mark Everett. So Mark tell us about the holidays at the Disneyland resort 293 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:36.720 and why it's even more magical to visit now because the holiday's last well past 294 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:40.519 Christmas. The holidays go all the way through January seventh, and you can 295 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:47.279 experience a full resort takeover from holiday thing decor, and just a Christmas spirit 296 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:49.920 or holiday spirit if you will, all around the report. So let's start 297 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:53.559 in Disneyland Park. You have a sixty foot Christmas tree that lights up every 298 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:56.599 evening. You don't want to miss our Christmas lighting moment. And then as 299 00:23:56.640 --> 00:24:00.440 you make your way through the park you start to the iconic attractions like it's 300 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:04.000 a small world holiday. You might see a Christmas Fantasy parade that has been 301 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:08.240 around for at least a decade, and if you haven't seen a Disney parade 302 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:11.319 in a while, they are really spectacular. Yeah, I mean you got 303 00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:15.880 Missus Claus and Santa Claus bigger, Oh my goodness. You can see Tigger 304 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:21.440 over and by near Poo's Corner and critic Country's favorite. Yes, he is 305 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:23.359 just a joy to be around, Bounty if you will, Yes, Yes, 306 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:27.519 he's definitely bouncy. And then when you come over to Disney California Adventure. 307 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:32.960 I think one of the really cool things is that Disney has been absolutely 308 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:38.359 miraculous in reinventing or not reinventing, but recreating cars Land, and they've taken 309 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:42.039 all of the decorations in their car theme. Yeah, you have so much 310 00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:48.279 themed decord that really just brings Radiator Radiator Springs to life right here in the 311 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:52.000 park. So you have Major's Jingle Jamboree and Luigi's Joy to the World, 312 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:57.039 which is going to be themed attractions that really feature a very Christmas or holiday 313 00:24:57.240 --> 00:25:00.759 like songs that you can be able to get and it alternates as you experienced 314 00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:03.440 it, so it's fun for the entire family. And when you download the 315 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:07.640 Disneyland app, you'll be able to browse for food and beverage attractions where you 316 00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:12.240 can visit Disney characters and even check high checks to see what attractions you and 317 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:17.160 the entire family can experience. Right and you just mentioned food and beverage, 318 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:19.599 and right now the Festival of the Holidays is going on, and you have 319 00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:23.000 the sip It and Saber Pass, which is one of my favorite things because 320 00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:29.200 there are little they're not food trucks, they're little food kiosks all over Disney 321 00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:33.119 California Adventure and if you want to do a little taste, yeah, they're 322 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:38.720 really delicious. Disney's Festival of Holidays is a multicultural celebration where you can experience 323 00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:44.480 food that's inspired by holidays like Three Kings, Duwali, Hanukkah and so much 324 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:48.200 more. And these marketplaces are set up all around the park so that way 325 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:53.359 you can be able to experience maybe a making spirits brites or they're very theme 326 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:56.720 and the food there making spirits bridehold on, I'm going to look it up 327 00:25:56.720 --> 00:26:00.119 there it is okay, Oh, look at that. I'm as sue yule 328 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:06.559 log cocktail and a pumpkin layered cheesecake. And then this was another one Grandma's 329 00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:10.440 recipes, barbicoa. I'm not going to say it right, Tamal there is. 330 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:12.759 I'm guessing that's a Tamali. Yes. And the food at Disneyland is 331 00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:18.599 so spectacular. It's so incredible, I mean, and it changes throughout the 332 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:22.039 season, but right now that's the perfect time to come and experience the holidays 333 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:25.279 here at the Disneyland resort. You even got Disney Viva Navidad. We're standing 334 00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:30.799 right here in Disney California Venture Park and that street party as we like to 335 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:34.000 call it, and celebrating this tenth season. So you have Mexican for codic 336 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:38.599 dancers, you have Brazilian somber dancers than percussionists, you have mohiganga puppeteers that 337 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:42.759 come out. It's a full street party joined by Donald and his friends Jose 338 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:47.240 and Pacito and Mickey and Mini Mouse, and they all are in festive attire 339 00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:52.000 to just really commemorate the celebration. In my hand, yes, you have 340 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:56.400 a magic band plus and this is how you can really enhance your experience here 341 00:26:56.720 --> 00:27:00.680 at the resort through entertainment offerings such as water Color Season of Light. The 342 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:03.559 band will light up. Okay, so while World of Color is going on, 343 00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:07.279 and that's the really cool water show that you can watch from the pier 344 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:12.279 area in Disney California Adventure and then the band lights up as different things happen 345 00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:15.720 on the water display. Yeah, now, Mark, here's the question of 346 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:18.880 the day. Yes. One of the things that is so great about Disney 347 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:22.279 is there are little nooks and crannies and things that you kind of have to 348 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:26.480 seek out and you might not even know that they're there. What's a secret 349 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:29.839 that people can find when they come to Disneyland. Or I love this one 350 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:33.000 because Adventure Park. Yeah, I love that one because I grew up in 351 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:37.839 Disney California Venture Park for a little bit of my Disney career. And as 352 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:40.559 you make your way through Avengers Campus, if you look up at the panelings 353 00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:42.160 on top of the buildings, okay, there are names that are actually on 354 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:45.960 there and it's encrypted to represent the cast members such as the imagineers who helped 355 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:49.559 contribute to that lamp. Oh no, nay see. There's so many little 356 00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:55.799 surprises, and don't forget hidden mickeys. They're everywhere everywhere. Your holidays couldn't 357 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:59.559 be complete without a visit to the Disneyland resort. That's your Southern California. 358 00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:02.000 Sleay right. For this week, you know, we talked about the Festival 359 00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:03.680 of the Holidays, the food trucks. They're not food trucks, but the 360 00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:07.440 food kiosks. Well, after we talked to Mark Nick who was with me, 361 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:12.480 and I made our rounds and we tried well maybe not everything, but 362 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:17.839 almost everything, and no, we covered pretty much everything. Honestly, Amy. 363 00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:22.359 The food was delicious and it's like smaller bites so it's like a small 364 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.839 plate, so it's really good to share it and kind of taste it as 365 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:29.640 you go. But I think that I loved the tamali that I can't pronounce. 366 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:34.319 I love the Esta Carnia Thanks. The Carnitas mac and cheese was really 367 00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:37.400 good. There were and there were like three different mac and cheeses, and 368 00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:41.400 then they had some desserts and cocktails in there, and that was really good. 369 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:44.920 And I think that's going back to the Slip and Saber pass, which 370 00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:47.480 you and I love very much. I mean, you can really make it 371 00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:49.279 a day night kind of situation or even for a family. You get eight 372 00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:52.240 tastes that are on that Sip and Savor card and you can just kind of 373 00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:55.920 sample your way through Disney California Adventure. So I think it's a great way 374 00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:59.559 to say a few bucks as well. So that's something also to think about 375 00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:03.880 when you're going to the Disneyland Resort and Disney California Adventure. Absolutely, and 376 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:08.559 we were talking about there are characters decked out in their holiday uniforms or costumes. 377 00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:12.480 The fireworks show spectacular. There's tree lighting on Main Street which we got 378 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:15.880 to see. I'm going to post that on my social media at Amy K. 379 00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:19.759 King and they do it on Main Street and Buena Vista Street every night 380 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:23.240 at five and if you're lucky, you might even find yourself in the middle 381 00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:26.319 of a snowstorm on Main Street. So really cool. If you get a 382 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:30.599 chance to go and you haven't been to Disneyland at the holidays, I highly 383 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:33.480 recommend it. Of course, let's get back to some of the stories coming 384 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:36.839 out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The Biden administration is pitching a 385 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:41.160 new border plan that would deport more illegal immigrants without asylum screenings. The President 386 00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:45.160 says he's willing to compromise with the bid to win over hardline Republicans, but 387 00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:51.200 says it's kind of also slamming them for it. All of Ukraine funding hostage 388 00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:56.240 and the attempt to force through an extreme Republican partisan agenda on the border is 389 00:29:56.400 --> 00:30:00.400 not how it works. The immigration policy changes so are part of the proposed 390 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:06.480 one hundred and six billion dollar package that includes military aid to Ukraine, Israel, 391 00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:11.880 and Taiwan. Republicans have repeatedly said that border security has to be included 392 00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:15.799 to get a deal done by Christmas. And as we were talking with Ben 393 00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:21.400 from ABC earlier. They're kind of running out of time because lawmakers are scheduled 394 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:23.400 to go home after today, so we will see if they get anything done. 395 00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:27.640 A family's been awarded sixty one million dollars for a road rage crash in 396 00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:32.559 Torrents that killed a sixteen year old. He saw mister Hicks mak an illegal 397 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:36.079 U turn and he got pissed off, was his words. Lawyer Robert Clayton 398 00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:40.000 says. Tongue Meing claimed he'd been bumped by a car driven by Darryl Hicks. 399 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:45.160 They proceeded to chase one another down Crenshaw, reaching speeds of one hundred 400 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:48.119 and twenty miles an hour. The two drivers ran a red light in twenty 401 00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:52.559 seventeen and crashed into a van, killing sixteen year old Jesse s Force Junior. 402 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:56.359 Clayton says the jury this week found Meing to be ninety five percent responsible 403 00:30:56.440 --> 00:31:00.440 and his families believed to be wealthy. Both drivers got prison time for vehicular 404 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:06.400 manslaughter. Corbin Carson KFI News California is getting two new state symbols to start 405 00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:10.839 the new year. The Golden Chantrell will be the official mushroom. Yes, 406 00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:14.279 California has named an official mushroom. It's orange, yellow, or white, 407 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:18.400 usually found beneath oak trees. It's a favorite among chefs. The other state 408 00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:26.119 symbol is the pallid bat. This bat eats mosquitoes, wasps, flies, 409 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:29.519 and bark beetles. That's good, right, and not only does it provide 410 00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:33.880 more than a billion dollars in pest control for agriculture, it also helps reduce 411 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:38.880 wildfire risk. Not sure how, but that's what the story says. The 412 00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:44.720 California Department of Finance is called for an immediate freeze on non essential spending because 413 00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:48.880 of the projected sixty eight billion dollar deficit. All state agencies are being directed 414 00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:53.079 to start cutting back. State offices have also been told to cancel plans for 415 00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:57.960 non essential travel like seminars, conferences, and training, both in and out 416 00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:01.880 of state. The nineteen hundred people who died during the height of the pandemic 417 00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:07.359 and are described as unclaimed will be laid to rest. The La County Board 418 00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:12.319 of Supervisors, along with the Department of Health Services, offices of deceitent Affairs, 419 00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:15.799 and the La General Medical Center Chaplains, will have a non denominational, 420 00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:22.119 interfaith burial ceremony for the county's unclaimed dead at the La County Cemetery. Sales 421 00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:29.599 of Shohey Otani's new seventeen Dodger jersey have set an all time record in the 422 00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:32.880 first forty eight hours. Sports retailer Fanatics says it broke the record set by 423 00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:37.599 soccer star Lionel Messi. The jerseys are also on sale at Dodger Stadium at 424 00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:42.119 their gift shop, but supplies aren't expected to last very long. And as 425 00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:46.599 you may have heard us talk about, the Dodgers will officially introduce Otani at 426 00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:51.119 Dodgers Stadium this afternoon, and you can listen to the press conference live at 427 00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:54.359 three o'clock on a five seventy LA Sports. We're just minutes away from handle 428 00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:59.359 on the news this morning. Chat GPT could make it easier for students to 429 00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:02.039 cheat, but a study shows that students really aren't using it for that. 430 00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:07.839 That's kind of cool. Speaking of students and something really cool, let's say 431 00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:12.640 good morning now to Charlie Jeffers. Good morning, Charlie, Good morning. 432 00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:15.480 How are you doing. I'm doing great. Thanks for getting up so early 433 00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:19.039 with us this morning. We wanted to talk about your story because you're doing 434 00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:22.960 something really special. So let's start by saying that Charlie is a huge Lego 435 00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:25.680 fan. You've been playing with Legos your whole life pretty much, right, 436 00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:30.359 yeah, okay, well now you're doing more than playing with Legos, So 437 00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:35.799 tell us what you're doing. So, I mean, yeah, I've been 438 00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:37.680 building with Legos since I was four or five, and it's you know, 439 00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:44.480 I mean, I think it's been such a big part of like my childhood. 440 00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:47.400 And so I kind of came up with this idea, you know, 441 00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:51.920 in twenty twenty, kind of at the beginning of the pandemic, and it 442 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:54.240 kind of it took a while to figure out and get it going, but 443 00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:59.319 now it's going, you know, pretty pretty well. It kind of occurred 444 00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:04.039 to me that you know, with Legos, they end up in like a 445 00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:07.320 storage or a landfill once you know, kids aren't really using them anymore, 446 00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:09.920 Yeah, because you kind of grow out of playing with them, right, 447 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:13.119 And so what do you do? I mean, yeah, and then they 448 00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:15.679 often end up in those like large storage boxes and like a garage, you 449 00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:19.760 know, something like that, and so and then you know, there's this 450 00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:25.000 really really clear correlation between you know, play and then like cognitive and emotional 451 00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:29.920 development and kids and so and you said Charlie, you said that you have 452 00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:34.760 been helped like with your math and your engineering because it gives sparks creativity to 453 00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:37.559 build things with Lego. It definitely, you know, it could be very 454 00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:43.079 useful for teaching like math and these engineering concepts and you know, how to 455 00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:46.159 be creative and like full and stuff. But also just having play tools is 456 00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:51.639 so important for like childhood development. Okay, So Charlie, you are helping 457 00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:55.960 now by you're helping because legos can be really expensive and if you've looked at 458 00:34:57.039 --> 00:35:00.559 them lately, you know that that's true. So you are helping who might 459 00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:02.800 not be able to afford them get them. What exactly are you doing? 460 00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:07.400 So we're collecting used bricks from people who don't want them anymore. Okay, 461 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:12.480 you know we, you know clean Santais sort them and we signed new sets 462 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:16.239 of these bricks and we package them and deliver them to kids other directly or 463 00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:22.599 through our nonprofit partners. I love this. And you've called the program Past 464 00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:25.679 the Bricks. Yeah, and you started it a couple of years ago and 465 00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:30.159 you said it took a little while to kind of figure out how to do 466 00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:34.199 it. But today, how many kids have you provided Lego sets? Too. 467 00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:38.800 We have delivered a little over three thousand sets. That's amazing. And 468 00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:43.199 you can't do this by yourself, like you might have started out by yourself, 469 00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:45.960 but you have like a little team working to clean the bricks and put 470 00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:51.320 them together and see send them out. I mean, we've onboarded about twenty 471 00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:59.480 five volunteers up to this point, and we've expanded to about nine other towns 472 00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:02.400 in city and we I mean, these numbers are really growing every day because 473 00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:12.000 we we were featured on Good News Network last week a week before and saw 474 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:16.840 a huge spike in interest, and so like there's people from England, Canada, 475 00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:23.679 Australia and actually last night someone from Denmark reached out like it's it's super 476 00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:30.360 cool to see all this this recent interest, which is super cool. Absolutely. 477 00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:34.519 So there are a couple of ways that people can help, because I 478 00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:38.119 think that my little brother's legos are still sitting in the attic at my mom's 479 00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:43.280 house. So how can people help? You're looking for donations of legos, 480 00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:46.039 money, volunteers, what do you need? Yeah, if you if you 481 00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:52.000 want to help, emailing us at pastthe Bricks at gmail dot com. Okay, 482 00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:54.679 and that's on our website as well, which is past the Bricks dot 483 00:36:54.800 --> 00:37:00.800 org or on our Instagram which is at past the Bricks And do you need 484 00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:04.760 do you need monetary donations? Are you really looking just for bricks? I 485 00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:07.760 think more bricks, But if you have bricks to donate, or if you 486 00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:13.679 want to adopt pass the bricks in your community, or if you are like 487 00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:17.079 a nonprofit that works with kids and you would like sets, just anything that 488 00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:21.719 kind of to keep passing the bricks, right, yeah, passing them? 489 00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:23.920 Okay, Charlie, what are the website and what's the website again? And 490 00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:29.800 the email? So the email is pastthe Bricks at gmail dot com and our 491 00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:35.280 website is pastthebricks dot org. I love this. So Charlie Jeffers is a 492 00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:39.199 senior at Redwood High School in Marin County and doing good. Thank you so 493 00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:43.599 much, Charlie. Much luck to you. I hope you get to pass 494 00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:46.440 thousands and thousands more bricks. Thanks so much for having me. All right, 495 00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:49.880 take care. I agree with us your day. Thank you so much. 496 00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:52.519 You know what, you hear bad stuff about kids, and then you 497 00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:54.679 get a kid who has this idea and goes, hmm, I'm going to 498 00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:59.480 help, and then they do it. And they they're young and inspired and 499 00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:02.320 I love that. So good on you, Charlie Jeffers, Merry Christmas. 500 00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:08.199 This is KFI and KOSTHD two Los Angeles, Orange County, live from the 501 00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:12.760 KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. I'm Amy King. This has been your wake 502 00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:14.760 up Call, and if you missed any of wake Up Call, you can 503 00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:19.559 listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app. You've been listening to wake Up Call with 504 00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:22.079 me, Amy King. 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