WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:05.440 You're listening to kf I am six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King 2 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:14.720 on demand on the iHeart Radio f K five and kost H T two Los 3 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:38.399 Angeles, Orange County Day who hast ab K eight is five o'clock on your 4 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:44.280 wake up call, I'm Amy King, Good morning, Happy Friday. You 5 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:49.640 made it through again. I used to always think it was silly when people 6 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:52.840 said that because I wasn't working a five day work week. But now that 7 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:57.840 I do work Monday through Friday, I go, whooo, we made it 8 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:00.640 Okay. All kinds of good stuff coming up for you on wake up call 9 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:04.560 this morning. We're gonna be talking to the house whisperer. We have a 10 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:10.359 hero in our midst you're gonna want to hear about this. And do you 11 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:14.079 use credit cards that earn you points? Well, if you do, we've 12 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:17.480 got the points guy coming on to tell you which ones are best, which 13 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:21.319 are worst, and how the government might be trying to cut off access to 14 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:25.040 them. Oh goody. But here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four 15 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:30.400 hour newsrooms. Staffing requirements, money and streaming still sticking points for the WGA 16 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:36.840 writers who are expected to be meeting again with Hollywood Studios for a third day. 17 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:41.799 Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Laura has struck a deal with the insurance industry to write 18 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:46.200 new policies in California. You know, several insurance companies have said they're not 19 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:48.879 just not going to do it anymore in California because of the cost of it. 20 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:53.000 The deal will allow insurers to charge higher rates in fire prone areas, 21 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:57.159 State Farm, USAA, and all State of all requested rate hikes from twenty 22 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:02.480 eight to thirty nine percent. The Lahina Banyan tree has sprouted. Its first 23 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:07.719 shoots, sent a wildfire tour through and destroyed the historic town on Maui. 24 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:12.560 The massive tree is in the center of town. It's one hundred and fifty 25 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:15.719 years old and just got scorched in the fire. But arbors say this is 26 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:20.159 a good sign the tree could make it. At six oh five, we've 27 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:24.479 got handled on the news. Thousands of mattresses sold at Bill's favorite store are 28 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:30.560 being recalled. Let's start with some of the stories coming out of the KFI 29 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:34.840 twenty four hour newsroom. Business Owners affected by the writers strikes say they are 30 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:39.280 anxiously awaiting or anxiously waiting to hear whether a deal has been reached with production 31 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:44.560 companies. Writers have been on strike for over four months and many businesses relying 32 00:02:44.599 --> 00:02:47.120 on movie and TV production I've had to layoff staff, cut costs, and 33 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:52.560 some have even shut down. CEO of Bridge Furniture and Props Burbank, Dave 34 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:55.479 Wilson says something has got to give. Last year was the best year we 35 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:59.759 had in the history of the company, and we were founded in two thousand. 36 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:02.080 Solupen around for a little while. This year it looks like it's actually 37 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:06.400 going to be the worst. The WGA has been meeting with studio heads the 38 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:08.919 last few days and says it won't pull members off the picket lines until a 39 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:15.759 deal is solidified. Chris Adler KFI News. Negotiators for the striking writers are 40 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:21.560 said to meet again today with represents representatives of the Hollywood studios. Orange County 41 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:27.120 DA Todd Spitzer has criticized La County DA George gascon for not seeking the death 42 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:30.560 penalty against the man accused of murdering in La County Sheriff's deputy in Palmdale. 43 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:36.800 Gascone charged the man with murder and said he will seek the maximum penalty allowable 44 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:39.080 under law, which is life in prison without parole. But Spitzer says that 45 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:46.800 statement is a lie since the death penalty still exists in California and prosecutors can 46 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:53.400 go for it when it involves the murder of a law enforcement officer. State 47 00:03:53.400 --> 00:04:00.240 Attorney General Rob Bonta issuing clinics known as Crisis Pregnancy Centers for alleged false advertising 48 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:05.039 of abortion pill reversals. Bonda calls the center's predatory says they took advantage of 49 00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:12.240 vulnerable pregnant patients by making false promises. The procedure is considered experimental and is 50 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:16.399 opposed by top medical organizations. President Biden has promised another three hundred twenty five 51 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:21.600 million dollars in military aid to Ukraine. He announced the additional funding yesterday while 52 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:26.199 he and President Zelenski met at the White House. Because that's what this is 53 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:31.839 all about, the future, the future of freedom, Zelenski thanked Biden and 54 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:38.079 the American people. A number of Republicans want to stop sending money to Ukraine. 55 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:41.240 A new program in San Francisco is offering up to five hundred ninety nine 56 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:45.040 dollars in gift cards for drug users who get off drugs. Nearly two dozen 57 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:47.959 patients are part of the program who are trying to kick their addiction of coke 58 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:53.959 or meth. They are rewarded with gift cards every time they get a negative 59 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:57.360 drug test, up to five hundred ninety nine dollars. Officials say they're trying 60 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:01.439 to rewire the brains of those addicted to stim ellence by offering them financial gains 61 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:06.360 in the form of gift cards. It is five zero six. Let's say 62 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:12.560 good morning to ABC's Stephen Portnoy. Stephen. House members are headed home for 63 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:15.879 the weekend, even though a deadline to keep the government funded is just eight 64 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:20.000 days away, and there's no plan for them to vote on anything that would 65 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:24.560 avoid a government shutdown at this point, so they're going to be sent home. 66 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:27.839 And plus Monday is the Jung kipor holiday, so the House will not 67 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:31.800 be in session out of respect for that. So look, three more days 68 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:38.079 will pass without an answer here. And there is a narrow path to avoiding 69 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:42.360 a government shutdown and involves the Senate on a bipartisan basis sending to the House 70 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:47.240 a short term government funding bill of at this moment indeterminate length that would avoid 71 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:53.560 a government shutdown on October first, But House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is under tremendous 72 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:57.040 pressure from his right flank not to put such a measure on the floor. 73 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:00.000 There's a small number of recalcitant Republicans who have worn him not to do that, 74 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:03.839 that it would imperil his speakership, that would the House would evolve into 75 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:09.480 chaos if he were to take that step. And yet if he were to 76 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:13.000 do it, it would easily pass because there would be bipartisan support in the 77 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:16.079 House to avoid a government shutdown, to fund Ukraine, to fund disaster relief 78 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:19.800 and other things. Well, then why wouldn't they do it? Because the 79 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:27.360 small number of House Republicans have threatened the speakers and those guys, that's right. 80 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:31.199 And twice this week, and extraordinary thing has happened in the House of 81 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:36.680 Representatives. Before any final vote happens in the House, the House first approves 82 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:40.759 a resolution that sets the terms of the debate. They call it the rule. 83 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:46.480 And twice this week, the rule on a Pentagon spending measure that it 84 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:50.439 was crafted by Republicans, the Democrats opposed. The rule failed. That almost 85 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:54.439 never happens. In fact, it's happened three times this year, but it 86 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:59.519 hadn't previously happened for about twenty years, and it's an emblem of the dysfunction 87 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:03.439 of the House of Representatives currently under Republican leadership, where Kevin McCarthy does not 88 00:07:03.600 --> 00:07:08.279 have that, he has not instilled the kind of discipline that his predecessors were 89 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:12.199 able to enjoy. Nancy Pelosi had an ethic that she would never put a 90 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:15.199 measure on the floor that she didn't already know was going to pass. And 91 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:18.759 now three times so far this year, Kevin McCarthy's tried to advance a measure 92 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:23.120 and he's been stymied by members of his own party and trying to get it 93 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:27.360 through. Why are they objecting, Well, they object mainly for these reasons. 94 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:32.879 They oppose additional Ukraine funding. They want steeper cuts to agencies than Democrats 95 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:36.319 in the Senate or at the White House would accept. And they want a 96 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:41.560 return to what they believed to be regular order, which is the twelve individualized 97 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:45.959 year long appropriations bills that the House would adopt, that the Senate would then 98 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:49.360 accept or reject with changes, and that would then be signed in the law 99 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:53.600 by the President. Now that's a wonderful theory. It goes back to the 100 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:57.360 Budget Act of the mid nineteen seventies, and it has only rarely happened of 101 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:01.560 late because there is political division the country and certainly in the Congress, and 102 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:05.120 there is divided government here in Washington, DC, And as a result, 103 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.319 the only efficient way to keep government agencies funded beyond the end of the fiscal 104 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:13.240 year is to adopt a short term spending measure. It's nobody likes that idea, 105 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.879 but it's all at the moment that seems possible right now. That's all 106 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:22.279 they ever do. We haven't had like a long term budget for forever. 107 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:26.079 We're always facing a shutdown. Well, in divided government, that's true. 108 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:31.959 When there's unified government, the appropriations process can work. But the country has 109 00:08:31.039 --> 00:08:37.080 chosen a Republican House of Representatives and a democratic president, and in that dynamic, 110 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:41.360 it is not likely that you'll find compromise when there's no incentive for compromise. 111 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:46.120 In fact, there's incentive for division right now. And the former president 112 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:52.159 Donald Trump said on a social media platform that he wants Republicans to defund all 113 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.360 aspects of what he calls a weaponized government. So you've got Donald Trump essentially 114 00:08:56.399 --> 00:09:03.159 advocating at least a partial from shutdown it's not clear what all aspects of a 115 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:07.120 weaponized government means, whether that's all government agencies are just certain ones. But 116 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:11.519 the bottom light is the idea of you know, operating under regular order under 117 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:16.039 the Budget Act of nineteen seventy four and having twelve individualized appropriations and measures crafted 118 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:20.480 by House republic and appropriators the Democrats in the Senate and the White House would 119 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:22.840 accept, and having it all tied up in a bow by October first is 120 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:28.200 simply not realistic. So if we go into a shutdown, what I mean, 121 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:33.519 really what happens, because I mean like stuff comes to us stop, 122 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:39.080 but once they do finally pass something, which they eventually will, then everything 123 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:43.200 starts back up and back pay is given and all that right. So I 124 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:46.919 unfortunately it's a very complicated question. I don't have enough time to answer here, 125 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:50.720 but let me let me just say this. Essential government workers would would 126 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:54.559 stay on the job, they would get back pay, but the federal bureaucracy 127 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:58.440 would would stop, and any interaction that Americans depend on or count on with 128 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:03.759 federal age would be Stymy think of it this way, social Security checks would 129 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:05.840 go out. Your attempt to get a Social City card for your new baby, 130 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:09.840 would be a problem. Okay, we're going to dive into this more. 131 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:13.399 I'm sure as we get closer to this deadline. Thank you so much, 132 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:16.440 Steve, and I know you have to go appreciate your time this morning. 133 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:18.480 But let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 134 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:24.399 twenty four hour newsroom. Homes in Rancho Palace Verdes are being damaged by landslides 135 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:30.559 caused by too much water calwaters. Ivan Kingman says the utility company is prioritizing 136 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:33.559 calls from customers in the city who are reporting pipe leaks, and what we 137 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:39.279 do after that is we dispatch crews to go investigate it. Sometimes it's found 138 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:41.559 to be a league on a customer's private line. Sometimes it could be another 139 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:50.840 utility line. City councilman Eric Alagria said yesterday two homes have been red tagged 140 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:54.799 and eight others are being closely watched. He has suggested declaring a state of 141 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:58.440 emergency so they can fix the damage. A rule change in California could mean 142 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:03.559 higher in insurance rates for homeowners. The state's insurance commissioner says he wants to 143 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:09.120 let insurers consider climate risks in pricing in exchange for insuring homes in wildfire prone 144 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:13.799 areas. Companies are not allowed to factor in current or future risks when deciding 145 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:18.240 how much to charge for an insurance policy. Instead, they can look at 146 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:22.399 previous disasters and set the price from there. A man in Inglewood has been 147 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:26.120 shot and killed by a police officer. Inglewood Police Captain Neil Cochran says the 148 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:28.600 man was acting erratically in front of a home yesterday. He ran into the 149 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:33.480 backyard and refused to surrender even after police used tasers, pepperballs, and rubber 150 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:39.360 bullets. They used various methods of less lethal techniques, but ultimately he charged 151 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:41.879 the officers with a knife and an office ball shooting took place. One officer 152 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:46.519 was injured as he fought with the guy before the shooting. The death of 153 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:48.960 a man who tried to get into or onto a school campus in Long Beach 154 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:54.679 while holding a sledgehammer has been classified as a homicide. He was stopped from 155 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:58.279 getting into the elementary school Tuesday by two men who punched and kicked him as 156 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:01.799 they tried to detain him and get the hammer away from him. Police say 157 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:07.519 the two men were interviewed, but we're not arrested. The investigation is ongoing. 158 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:13.559 The president of the UAW has warned more auto workers are going to hit 159 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:18.360 the picket lines if a deal isn't reached today. About thirteen thousand workers so 160 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:22.480 far are on strike in the first stage of walkouts. UAW Local five fifty 161 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:26.840 one Chicago, and it's fifty five hundred members could be the next to walk 162 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:33.480 out. When I say union, you say strong. Junior Junior Junior workers 163 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:37.759 rallied yesterday outside Union Hall. The UAW president will be speaking this morning. 164 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:43.240 The Massachusetts Air National Guard, accused of leaking classified documents, is due in 165 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:50.320 federal court in Boston. Jack Tashara is charged with unauthorized retention and transmission of 166 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:56.360 classified national defense information under the Espionage Act. He's been denied requests to be 167 00:12:56.399 --> 00:13:01.799 released from custody while awaiting trial. Charter bus carrying members of a high school 168 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:05.840 marching bands crashed in New York, killing two adults and hurting dozens of students. 169 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:09.159 The wreck yesterday happened on I eighty four. The bus rolled down an 170 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:15.600 embankment. The authorities are examining pieces of the bus that fell off in this 171 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:20.919 horrific crash, and they have a ladder extended that's how they may have extracted 172 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:24.039 people through the windows. Aaron Katurski says the students were headed to band camp 173 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:28.919 in Pennsylvania. The school's band director was one of the two people killed. 174 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:33.320 A two year old girl in Michigan who wandered away from home with two of 175 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:37.679 her dogs, has been found in the woods sleeping on one of the dogs, 176 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:41.360 using it as a pillow. Police say they found the girls surrounded by 177 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:45.840 the other dog yesterday. That dog was protecting her. Troopers used drones and 178 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:48.519 police dogs to find the little girl. She wandered away on Wednesday night. 179 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:54.159 Okay, our very own producer Anne is my hero today and here is why. 180 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:58.679 We were out and about doing one of our segments earlier this week, 181 00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:03.440 and we had just wrapped up and was on her way home from one of 182 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:09.600 our from our outing, she stopped at a gas station and saw something horrific. 183 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:13.960 So Anne tell us what was happening. Yeah, yeah, No, 184 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:16.200 it was one of those moments where you're like, oh my gosh, I 185 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:20.960 can't believe this is happening. I'm pumping gas. I hear a dog, 186 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:26.120 like a small dog, yelping and crying, and I couldn't tell where it 187 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:28.360 was happening. So I kind of looked around the parking lot, and further 188 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:33.759 over, in the corning corner of the gas station, there was this homeless 189 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:39.559 guy kicking this little dog it looked like a puppy, just kicking it full 190 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:43.000 long. It was yeah, and the puppy was up against a fence, 191 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:48.759 so it couldn't really go anywhere, So he is kicking it. And then 192 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:54.600 there's another little dog which is about ten feet away, barking hysterically like leave 193 00:14:54.679 --> 00:15:00.159 my friend alone, but wasn't running over there because it was scared. I 194 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:03.679 was like, oh crap, So what do you do? Yeah, that's 195 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:07.679 a weird situation to be in, because you also could put yourself in danger 196 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:09.200 if you tried to intervene, right, But I knew at that moment also 197 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:13.840 I was not leaving without those dogs. So I slowly start driving over and 198 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:18.240 honking my horn, and I had my window down and I'm yelling stop, 199 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:20.000 what are you doing? What are you doing? Stop? Stop? And 200 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:24.559 he turns around starts walking towards me, and he's screaming at me nonsensical. 201 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:28.720 I have no idea what he was saying. And I opened my car door 202 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:30.879 and I'm thinking, oh god, please don't stab me, but I gotta 203 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:33.360 make this happen. He turns back towards the dogs. Yeah, and I 204 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:37.919 just started going, come on, come on, and clapping my hands and 205 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:43.679 they literally belined it to me. They ran to me, and I'm probably 206 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.960 about ten feet away in my car, still door open. They run to 207 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:50.759 me. I grabbed them by the scruff of their neck, throw them in 208 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:54.799 my passenger seat. The guy starts walking back towards me, and I'm backing 209 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:58.759 my car up and pull it out of the gas station. And I just 210 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:00.840 kind of looked at him like, hey, look, hi, how are 211 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:06.120 you guys doing? And so I still have them. You just saved two 212 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:10.080 dogs lives. Yeah, no, I really And they're just the sweetest little 213 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:11.960 thing. So you know that makes me so mad because I know that, 214 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:17.879 like you think about if you're on the street and not using drugs. I 215 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:22.279 mean, dogs can be such fabulous companions if you care for them. But 216 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:26.559 to see them being abused like that in front of everybody, with no regard 217 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:32.639 for the dog at all. I mean, it's you're You're my hero today. 218 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:34.200 You rest thank you well. The first thing I did was I texted 219 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:37.000 you and I said, Amy you're not even gonna believe what just happened. 220 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:40.399 I know, we were seeing Nick and I are sitting at lunch and we're 221 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:44.440 like, she's sending us pictures of these adorable dogs. Now, I asked, 222 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:48.080 of course, immediately, are you going to keep them? And so 223 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:51.080 like me, you can't have a dog right now. I live in an 224 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:53.360 apartment. I can't have a dog. Your schedule is crazy, and you 225 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:56.960 know you have to be fair to the dogs too. But we have some 226 00:16:56.039 --> 00:17:00.799 really good friends at the Pasadena Humane Society who were really closely with We were 227 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:06.960 just there and I called them and they said, you know, bring them 228 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:11.519 in. We'll make sure they get a really good home. And I'm you 229 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:12.680 know, I said, please let us know, make sure that we know 230 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:15.720 what's going on, and if we can keep them together, that would be 231 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:21.680 amazing because they are very attached. But they're they're my husband's been walking them 232 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:25.440 and so they're they're great on a leash, they're not a food aggressive, 233 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:30.400 they're they're amazing. They're really going to be amazing pets for someone. And 234 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:34.799 she sent videos and these dogs are so adorable running around her yard and jumping 235 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:37.839 up on everything. Yeah, they're adorable. I wish you could keep them, 236 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:41.279 but I think that we're You're going to put them in good hands and 237 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:44.519 yacity in the humane society. And thank you because I know that you know 238 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:48.519 you just don't know what you're gonna do when you're confronted with that situation. 239 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:52.759 And I love that you stepped up. And I love that those dogs recognize 240 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:56.839 that you were there to save them. I truly believe they knew that I 241 00:17:56.960 --> 00:18:02.039 was their way out at that moment. Dogs is smart, amazing. Thank 242 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:03.559 you so much. M Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 243 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:07.920 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Theyellow kind of Sheriff's West Hollywood Station 244 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:11.759 is testing out some new technology that will allow drivers and deputies to communicate on 245 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:17.559 video chat during traffic stops. The conversations will happen through an app called safe 246 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:21.559 Stop. It's designed to reduce tension people may have when they're interacting with law 247 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:26.240 enforcement, So after pulling drivers over, deputies will video chat with them before 248 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:30.319 walking up to their vehicles. West Hollywood Station is going to test the technology 249 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:33.599 during a six month pilot program. I'll be anxious to see how that all 250 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:37.319 works. News brought to you by Semper Claris. Schools in Orange County have 251 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:41.880 reported a one hundred seventy eight percent increase in racial slurs in the latest hate 252 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:47.799 Crimes report, four hundred and fifty reported hate crimes in incidents Rouncewealth THEEO. 253 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:51.720 Allison Edwards says the twenty twenty two O Hate Crimes Report also shows a one 254 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:56.200 hundred twenty six percent increase in LGBTQ hate. When we see so much rhetoric 255 00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:00.559 that targets the LGBTQ community, then we see a rise in she says. 256 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:03.920 Conversely, political rhetoric against Asians declined, and so have reports of hate. 257 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:08.799 It has gone down as opposed to the years that we were more deeply impacted 258 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:12.519 by COVID. She says. Overall hate crimes increase seventy five in the last 259 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:17.519 five years in Orange County. Corbin Carson ka if I News, Poland's Prime 260 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:22.039 minister says his country is no longer sending weapons to Ukraine. He says Poland 261 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:26.079 is arming itself. The decision follows months of tensions over a temporary ban on 262 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:33.720 Ukrainian grain imports to European Union countries. ABC's Inez Delaquitterra says it also has 263 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:40.240 to do with Ukraine's behavior towards Poland's government weeks before a tight general election. 264 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:44.079 Elections will also soon be held in Slovakia, where a pro Russian populist who 265 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:48.039 has sets Slovakia would not send a single round to Ukraine is leading in the 266 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:52.920 polls. In the spring, Poland became the first NATO country to send fighter 267 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:56.039 jets to Ukraine. Okay, you know how Walt Disney always said that Disneyland 268 00:19:56.079 --> 00:20:02.640 will never be finished. Well, apparently he's right. So Disneyland just recently 269 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:10.519 announced a sixty billion dollars planned to expand Disneyland Park or Disney Parks that would 270 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:18.599 include Disneyland. And there's a new plan called Disneyland Forward that we don't have 271 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:22.319 the all the details, the nitty gritty, but some Disney execs are sort 272 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:27.279 of floating ideas of what could happen. So the Disney Park's chair Josh Demorrow 273 00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:34.000 kind of hinted that there could be something based on Frozen's Arundel, that there 274 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:41.039 could be black panthers, Waconda or maybe Santa Cecilia from Coco. And Bob 275 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:47.240 Eiger also has been hinting that an avatar experience could be coming to the Disneyland 276 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:52.200 resort. There's one at Disney World, but it'll be interesting to see what 277 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:59.720 they come forward with. There's also talk of Tangled and Peter Pan and Zotopia 278 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:03.480 and Toy Story and Tron Tron also has a right at disney World. But 279 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:08.839 and I wouldn't be surprised about Zootopia because I'm seeing more Zotopia stuff in the 280 00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:14.519 parks, and sometimes that's a precursor for something that's coming. We're gonna have 281 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:19.000 to wait and see. But Disney Forward twenty twenty four, I love it. 282 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:22.359 Can't wait to see what they do next. Right now, let's say 283 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:26.960 good morning to the house whisper and host of home every weekend on KFI. 284 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:34.519 Good morning Dean Sharp, Good morning Amy. So we're talking appliances today. 285 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:38.160 It's an appliance weekend. You know, this is one of the kind of 286 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:44.920 peaks or spikes in appliance buying throughout the year because people are kind of looking 287 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:48.880 at the holidays and they're looking at their kitchens or their major appliances, and 288 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:53.200 they're saying things to their spouses and their partners, like listen, if you 289 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:57.799 expect me to cook for your family On Thanksgiving, I am not doing it 290 00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:03.440 in that old oven. So major appliances tend to kind of spike right now 291 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:07.400 in purchase. So we thought we would take the weekend and kind of update 292 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:11.200 everybody as to what's out there, what's changing, because it's it's a little 293 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:14.599 funky right now in the appliance world. Okay, so let's lead with that. 294 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:17.799 What is changing? What can you find and what can you will not 295 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:19.200 be able to find? Well, you know, one of the things, 296 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:23.480 as you know, that is an ongoing thing for life right now, is 297 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:30.599 the changeover of fuel sources. Right we are moving from fossil fuels in our 298 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:37.039 cars to electric, some people think far faster than we should be. Congress 299 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:40.960 is shutting down what California would like to do as far as say no more 300 00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:44.200 in twenty thirty, and there's a lot of pushback on that. Well, 301 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:48.559 there's pushback happening as well in the appliance world. The state of California, 302 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:53.599 though, has mandated by twenty thirty there will be no more sales and installation 303 00:22:53.720 --> 00:23:02.799 in new construction of gas heaters, and right now, as of right now, 304 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:07.000 there are no more gas appliances in new homes being built. Water heaters 305 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:11.519 and stuff is that considered as yes, well, so everything from the water 306 00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:17.920 heater to and most relevant to the kitchen to the cook toop and the oven 307 00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:22.519 right, So people are having to kind of negotiate these transitions now. Fortunately, 308 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:27.279 arguably in the automotive world, you know, maybe you're not thrilled with 309 00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:33.519 the performance of an evy vehicle yet as far as it's range and things like 310 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:38.920 that. But fortunately in the kitchen world, there is a completely viable alternative. 311 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:44.000 We have induction cooktops now, which just maybe five d eight years ago 312 00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:48.880 where outliers. Now they are the tip of the spear of new appliance purchases 313 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:56.319 for cooktops because they are not only more efficient than a gas cook toop, 314 00:23:56.400 --> 00:24:02.279 but arguably many people are discovering their more powerful, they're more sensitive on both 315 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:06.960 ends, they're more extreme. They are a fantastic replace. Whether you hate 316 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:08.240 them or love them, you have to admit the fact that they are a 317 00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:14.000 fantastic alternative to a gas cooktop, and they're coming on strong. Okay, 318 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:17.559 I don't think i've ever even seen one. Is it a flat surface like 319 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:21.000 or is it does it look like a gas range? Yeah? No, 320 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:22.640 no, it looks like it tell you. A lot of people get this 321 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:26.720 confused, So I'm glad you asked. It is a flat glass surface, 322 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:30.880 okay, And it looks a lot like an electric cook the electric cooktops that 323 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:36.720 have been out there forever, right, which are halogen cook tops, the 324 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:41.160 ones that heat up. But induction cooktops are pretty magical. They don't heat 325 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:45.759 up at all. Maybe they don't heat up. They do not emit heat. 326 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:52.200 What they do is they create a magnetic field which grabs onto the molecules 327 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:57.400 in the pan, and they heat the pan. The pan heats up as 328 00:24:57.400 --> 00:25:00.960 a result of in duct Okay. Induction, by the way, is the 329 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:06.440 same process that you charge an electric vehicle with. There's no direct current flow 330 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:10.680 between the two, there's no heat exchange between the two. So imagine this 331 00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:14.240 a magnetic field heating up the pan instead of a flame. And that's what 332 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:17.519 a flame does on a pan, right. The heat of the flame makes 333 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:22.000 the molecules in the pan start shaking violently, and as a result, that's 334 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:26.160 friction that creates heat. The pan gets hot, the food gets hot, 335 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:30.559 and it cooks your food. Instead of heat moving the pan, they use 336 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:37.640 this magnetic field. The pan heats up faster more evenly more intensely cooks your 337 00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:41.200 food without any transition of heat. So yeah, you could be cooking right 338 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:45.759 on an induction cook top, move the pan, put your hand down on 339 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:48.880 the glass. It would be warm because of the pan's heat heating up the 340 00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:52.279 glass, not the other way around. Okay, So it's sort of like 341 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:56.240 the same thing as with a gas stove as soon as you turn except it's 342 00:25:56.279 --> 00:26:00.039 different than a gas stove because you never have the heat generating off of it 343 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:03.039 is never there to begin with. Here's here's a funky thing. Okay, 344 00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:06.839 when Tina we have an induction cooktop in our island at home. When Tina 345 00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:10.839 and I are making pasta, you know how inevitably you turn your back and 346 00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:14.160 the pasta pop might boil over a little bit, right, foam over the 347 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:18.720 top. We can actually lay down a towel on our cooktop and then put 348 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:23.680 the pot on top of the towel and then walk away from it, because 349 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:27.680 it cooks through the towel. The induction transferred through the towel, and if 350 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:33.119 it boils over, it just the towel catches the little foamy boilerver. Okay, 351 00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:37.799 that's a weird freaky star trek technology. Okay, so let's talk about 352 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:41.160 something else. I just bought something that I didn't think I was ever going 353 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:45.200 to purchase. But it's one of those you know, it's not just a 354 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:48.200 microwave, and I need a microwave. So I was looking for something, 355 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:51.440 but I wanted to have the air fryre because everybody's got the air fryer and 356 00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.720 all that stuff. And I found a three in one, which is a 357 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:57.240 convection of an air fryer and a microwave. Those are kind of becoming pretty 358 00:26:57.240 --> 00:27:00.640 mainstream now. They used to be really hard to fine, but now you 359 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:03.400 get them everywhere. You're right, they are becoming mainstream. Not only has 360 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:10.960 isolated the like countertop versions, but also built into like double oven combo sets. 361 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:14.240 It's really common now that one oven will be a standard of and the 362 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:18.440 other might be a convection microwave combo. And yeah, and by the way, 363 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:23.960 an air fryer is essentially a convection of it on steroids. I mean, 364 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:27.799 an air fryer is basically taking hot air and moving it really fast and 365 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:32.519 using the air movement in order to create the crisping in the frying effect. 366 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:36.720 So you figure we've had convection ovens around for a long time. Now, 367 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:40.000 that's an oven with a fan in it that moves the air around, and 368 00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:42.599 they're supercharging these fans. Now, so yeah, you can buy a full 369 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:49.079 size oven with the quote unquote air fryer setting in which in which the convection 370 00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:55.119 goes on overdrive and basically create Now, it does take a smidge longer, 371 00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:59.799 right then you're than the little countertop air fryers because those things are so small. 372 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:03.599 But yeah, these ovens legitimately will move that air around fast enough to 373 00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:07.920 get the air fryer effect in the oven and then the microwave. Now, 374 00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:11.440 of course they don't operate at the same time, but the microwave option is 375 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:17.079 there as well. And you know some recipes you could actually combine the two 376 00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:21.200 together in cycles so that you know, it takes care of everything. Microwaves 377 00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:23.519 are great at heating up water, that's what their thing is. So if 378 00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:27.200 you've got a food in there that has a moisture content, that's what the 379 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:30.680 microwave is doing. The air fryer is all about crisping it up, the 380 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:36.240 ovens all about baking it. And these days you can have it all in 381 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:38.680 one unit. So one of the things again I'm obsessed with my little Brevil 382 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:42.559 and trying it out, is that it says you can take a frozen piece 383 00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:48.039 of meat like a steak and put it in there and bake it to completion. 384 00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:52.279 It'll thought bake it, crisp it and done exactly because you just imagine 385 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:56.440 it's doing what you would be doing in the kitchen with like two or three 386 00:28:56.519 --> 00:29:00.240 things. Because you're gonna take the meat, hop it in the microwave on 387 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:04.720 a defrost setting. It'll defrost that frozen steak and then you would take it 388 00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:07.720 out of the microwave and you'd put it in there, you know, And 389 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:11.559 instead this oven just runs through cycles. First the microwave defrost, and then 390 00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:15.440 it starts to bake, and then it crisps it and then you're done. 391 00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:18.400 I love it. I wish we had more time to talk about this, 392 00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:22.440 but you do have more time to talk about that this weekend. So it's 393 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:27.839 six to eight tomorrow morning and then nine to noon on Sunday exactly at home 394 00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:33.839 with Dean Sharp, and I'm sure he's going to talk to you more about 395 00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:37.559 all these things. Plus I'm gonna listen because you're gonna be talking about in 396 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:40.559 wall toilets, which freaked me out because I think they're going to fall down. 397 00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:42.599 I know they're not, but it always just reminds me of, you 398 00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:45.160 know, like a collapsing thing, and then that would be embarrassing in the 399 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:51.839 bathroom. In wall toilets, they're safer than regular toilets, and they save 400 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:53.920 you an entire foot in the bathroom. And yes, I'm going to talk 401 00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:59.480 about it all both days, all Appliance weekend on home. I love it. 402 00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:02.839 Thank you much, Dean Sharp. Right now, let's say good morning 403 00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:07.359 to the managing editor of The Points Guy, Clint Henderson. Good morning, 404 00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:11.680 Clint, Good morning. How are you well. I'm great. We're going 405 00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:15.839 to be talking about points programs, credit cards, and I will tell you 406 00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:21.240 that I am a I have an Alaska Airlines mileage credit cards. So every 407 00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:23.200 time I spend money, I get miles. Is that a good one? 408 00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:26.640 Love it? It is a good one. I have that too. In 409 00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:30.400 fact, I have the consumer and the business version of that card. I 410 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:36.240 love Alaska. I think it's a very underrated program overall. But you know, 411 00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:40.359 credit cards are a big part of my travel strategy, and they can 412 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:44.880 even help fill in folks who just want to get a little cash back, 413 00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:48.200 who want a little more money in their budget for everyday expenses. So obviously 414 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:51.240 I work for the points guy. I'm a big fan of credit cards. 415 00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:55.599 I have twenty seven myself. You have twenty seven credit cards? Yes, 416 00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:59.359 you do? You use a little good credit. By the way, of 417 00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:03.079 course you have good I wrote. I rotate most of them, so I 418 00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:07.240 don't use them all every day somewhere in a sock drawer, but I do 419 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:11.160 use them and depending on you know, the most bang for my buck. 420 00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:15.039 I'm I'm not recommending every consumer try to do what I'm doing and keep a 421 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:18.160 spreadsheet, but definitely credit cards should be part of everyone's strategy to save some 422 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:25.039 money. Okay, and you're we were discussing that right now with everybody's budgets 423 00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:29.400 so tight, and some of the cards offering cash back, is that a 424 00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:33.319 good card to have? Yeah? I think you know, find the best 425 00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:37.000 sign up bonus. Even check with your local banks. Sometimes they'll offer you 426 00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:41.160 three hundred dollars cash back just to open the card, and then they'll give 427 00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:45.599 you one percent up to five percent in some categories on a cash back card. 428 00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:52.799 So this can really help budget budgets, especially in the days of rising 429 00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:56.480 gas prices again and inflation. They can be a big tool in a consumer's 430 00:31:56.480 --> 00:32:01.039 toolbox to try to get them through tight times. You know, sometimes we 431 00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:05.079 say, oh, yeah, you should redeem for a business classiflight to Europe. 432 00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:07.160 But sometimes you just want to pay the electric bill. So there's something 433 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:10.680 for everyone in this ecosystem. Okay, So then, Clint, how do 434 00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:16.839 you best take advantage of these programs that are offered without ending up losing money 435 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:22.200 by all the interest you pay for the credit cards? Yeah, so the 436 00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:24.880 first rule of getting involved in this is you have to pay the balance off 437 00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:29.799 every month, because otherwise it's almost not worth it. You want to pay 438 00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:34.640 those balances off right away. You don't want to get behind on payments because 439 00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:37.680 that hurts your credit as well. So you've got to be able to just 440 00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:39.759 charge and then pay off. But you just pretend it's a debit card, 441 00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:42.400 you know what I mean, Like, that's how I think of it. 442 00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:45.079 I use it as a debit as if it's a debit card, and I 443 00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:50.359 pay that balance off every month. So that's the first rule, and then 444 00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:52.240 you know, look for the best option for you. If you're a beginner, 445 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:57.079 maybe you just start with your banks cash backcard, just to see how 446 00:32:57.119 --> 00:33:00.960 the sort of sort of how it works. You know, times they'll they'll 447 00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:05.640 let you wipe charges off your statement, which is a nice little fun thing. 448 00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:08.200 And then as you get more advanced, you know, open a airline 449 00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:14.039 credit card. Some thirty million Americans have airline co branded credit cards. You 450 00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:15.319 get free bags, but you also get a big sign up bonus and that 451 00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:19.720 can help people, you know, when they're planning their annual vacation. If 452 00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:22.160 you can get one of the flights free, that's that's amazing. That's a 453 00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:25.400 great reward. Absolutely, And I know that you have a lot of cards 454 00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:29.359 and it's you know, it's the industry you're in. But so for the 455 00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:32.000 average average person, do you think it's a good idea to have, Like 456 00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:37.039 you're using different cards for different things, because like I use almost exclusively I 457 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:43.240 use my Alaska mileage card because I want to bank those miles. But is 458 00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:45.440 it better to kind of put everything in one basket or to split it up? 459 00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:51.000 So here's the deal with that. I yes, if you want to 460 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:53.559 keep it simple, just use one credit card and call it a day. 461 00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:58.359 You don't have to get into advanced theory of credit card usage. However, 462 00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:01.680 you're potentially leaving money on the table because you could be opening a new credit 463 00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:06.160 card or even two a year and getting this big sign up bonus for those. 464 00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:09.119 So there you don't have to get two in the weeds in this. 465 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:13.199 But just if you're opening one or two credit cards a year getting the sign 466 00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:15.840 up bonuses, that can really help with budgets. Okay. And do you 467 00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:21.239 get dinged if you open to a many credit card accounts by the credit companies. 468 00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:24.639 You do not, in fact, and I'm the perfect example of that. 469 00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:29.159 I have all these credit cards, I just don't carry balances on them. 470 00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.559 If you're not carrying balances on the credit cards, even if you have 471 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:36.280 multiple, you're not going to get ding The only cautionary notice I would say, 472 00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.880 if you're about to buy a house, probably not wise to open eight 473 00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:45.679 credit cards right before. But otherwise otherwise it's not gonna it's not gonna affect 474 00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:47.960 your credit score. In fact, it could help in a lot of cases. 475 00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:52.960 Okay, But the key to success in racking up those points and getting 476 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:57.880 the cash back is paying those suckers off every single month. That is it. 477 00:34:58.280 --> 00:35:01.159 That's exactly it. It's what I st Okay, where can we find 478 00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:07.239 more information about the Points guy So you can go to our website. But 479 00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:10.880 there's actually legislation pending on Capitol Hell. They want to take away credit card 480 00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:16.440 rewards potentially. There's this bill they're working on that would would sort of force 481 00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:23.280 the retailers to switch transactions providers. And this happened ten years ago with debit 482 00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:29.480 cards, and they instantly took away all the rewards and cash back for debit 483 00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.800 card uses. Oh, is that why that happened. I used to get 484 00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:35.199 cash back on my debit card. I remember that. Yeah. I used 485 00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:37.159 to get a unite A United debit card. I got United miles every time 486 00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:39.760 I use it. As soon as this legislation passed, it went away. 487 00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:45.360 So we're telling people talk to your congressperson. Go to hands off my Rewards 488 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:49.480 dot com and you can you can find out how you can tell your local 489 00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:52.840 congress person to back off and don't pass this dumb legislation they're considering on Capital 490 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:58.159 Oil. Okay, hands off my rewards dot com and you can probably get 491 00:35:58.199 --> 00:36:00.760 a link to that and find out more information about the best way to use 492 00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:04.000 your credit cards at the Point Guys website. Right, and is that the 493 00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:07.920 point guys points guy dot com, points dot com. That's it all right, 494 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:12.639 Clinn Henderson, thank you so much for your time this morning. Thanks 495 00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:17.719 for having me all right, makes me want to go spend money. Okay, 496 00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:22.760 so thanks the wake up Call, We're done. This is KFI and 497 00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:28.079 KOSTHD to Los Angeles, Orange County. I'm Amy King. This has been 498 00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:30.840 your Friday wake up call. If you missed any wake up call, you 499 00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:35.519 can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app. You've been listening to wake Up Call 500 00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:38.000 with me, Amy King. You can always hear wake Up Call five to 501 00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:44.159 six am Monday through Friday on kf I AM six forty and anytime on demand 502 00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:45.840 on the iHeart Radio app.