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 --> 00:00:14.039 demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 3 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:26.679 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. Good 4 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:30.519 morning. It's five o'clock, straight up. This is your wake up call 5 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:35.600 for Wednesday, January third. I'm Amy King. Got some light rain falling. 6 00:00:35.799 --> 00:00:38.799 Wasn't too bad when I was coming in, but kno, it's coming 7 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:42.039 down harder now. As I watch dogs, Amy Kats and dogs, he 8 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:45.079 just gave me the stink eye, so I guess it started raining a little 9 00:00:45.079 --> 00:00:49.799 harder. The rains expected to last through this morning, so take your time, 10 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:52.920 take a little chill pill, maybe leave a little bit early because, 11 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:56.079 as we know, every time it rains, the roads get slick, So 12 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:00.200 we want you to be careful and get to where you're going safely. Today. 13 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.840 Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. Harvard University president Claudine Gay has 14 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:10.439 announced she is resigning just six months into her tenure. The resignation follows dozens 15 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:15.640 of allegations of plagiarism and criticism over whether she believed calling for the genocide of 16 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:22.120 Jews violates Harvard's Code of Conduct. Dozens of California Jewish houses of worship have 17 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:26.079 received threats that bombs had been hidden at buildings, temples, and synagogues. 18 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:30.799 Ninety one messages were sent to houses of worship around the state yesterday. A 19 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:37.239 new law in California has gone into a fact requiring organic waste to be recycled. 20 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:38.879 Remember when this passed not too long ago. Well, that means that 21 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:45.439 kitchen food scraps and your kids unwanted sandwiches need to go into the green bin 22 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:49.920 with yard trimmings, not into the trash. It'll be up to the cities 23 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:55.560 to choose whether or not to find residents for non compliance. Let's get started 24 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:57.640 with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 25 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:02.439 Investigators say they're trying to track down those responsible for a fatal mass shooting near 26 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:07.680 downtown LA. Officers with the LAPD say they were on an unrelated shooting call 27 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:10.800 when all of a sudden, they heard gunfire down the street near Porter and 28 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:15.680 Olympic. The audios from surveillance video, which also shows the chaos during the 29 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:19.840 shooting on New Year's Eve, cars got bullet holes in it there's blood spatter 30 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:23.120 on my car, allegedly from the girl that died. That's Mike, an 31 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:25.680 Uber driver who was waiting outside the party. Police say ten people were shot, 32 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:29.759 two of whom a young man and woman, died on scene. Cops 33 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:32.479 say the party was an illegal gathering. Steve Gregory King of I News, 34 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:38.960 Detectives in Orange County say a new trend involves crook's following business owners home, 35 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:44.840 then burglarizing the house once the homeowners leave. Sant Ana police officer Natalie Garcia 36 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:47.479 says a crew grabbed one hundred and thirty thousand dollars worth of stuff from a 37 00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:52.680 home just a few days before Christmas. This couple had ring camera and alarm 38 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:57.879 system, but these suspects of figuring loopholes into getting into their homes. Garcia 39 00:02:57.919 --> 00:03:01.639 says the burglars cut the power, he activated surveillance, and destroyed the footage 40 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:07.080 by dunking the cameras in water. She says detectives tracked down a license plate 41 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:10.240 number from one of the burglars cars, but the thieves wore masks. At 42 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:15.400 least twenty people have reportedly been killed and forty others are injured in explosions at 43 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:21.840 a ceremony honoring an Iranian general who was killed. Iran's state run media says 44 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:27.080 two explosions were heard near the burial site on what is the fourth anniversary of 45 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:31.080 the general's death. A live broadcast showed thousands of mourners participating in the death 46 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:38.080 anniversary. Israel is on high alert for an ES escalation with Hesbelah following a 47 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:46.080 massive explosion near Beirut that killed a top Hamas official. ABC's Marcus Moore says 48 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:51.439 Selah al Arari was the second in command of Hamas and senior leader in the 49 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:54.719 West Bank. Lebanon's state run news agency says Israel carried out the attack, 50 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:59.879 which if confirmed, would mark a major escalation and would be Israel's first at 51 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:03.960 tack on Beiroot since two thousand and six. Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu had threatened 52 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:11.280 to kill Aurori as well before Hamas attacked Israel. In October, Starbucks is 53 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:16.639 letting customers byoc bring your own cups to reduce waste. Customers can tell the 54 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:21.439 barista they've brought their own clean cup or mug, and it'll be collected at 55 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:28.519 the pickup window using a contactless vessel so it stays hygenic. Starbucks says the 56 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:32.160 cups must be cleaned beforehand, and cups larger than forty ounces won't be accepted 57 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:36.879 forty ounces of coffee man. The chain's hot cups are made with plastic and 58 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:43.240 paper, which makes them difficult to recycle. Let's say good morning now to 59 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:50.480 ABC News's law enforcement reporter Luke bar Happy New Year, Luke, Happy New 60 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:57.319 Year. So we've seen pictures of thousands of people coming across the border and 61 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:01.879 we just let them in. So how bad is the problem gotten? There 62 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:08.720 were three hundred and two thousand encounters along the southwest border in December, marking 63 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:13.399 that the highest monthly total ever recorded. Sources have told us that the numbers 64 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:17.000 are preliminary and could change, but the numbers, of course come as US 65 00:05:17.079 --> 00:05:21.600 Customs of Border Protection is reopening operations at four points of entry and border towns 66 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:28.600 on Wednesday, the Biden administration told US Officials from the Bide administration told us 67 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:31.600 last night there was a decrease in migrants over the past couple of days at 68 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:36.439 ports of entry, But then, of course comes as in December, daily 69 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:43.040 border apprehensions top twelve thousand a day, which prompts CBP to close for ports 70 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:49.279 of entry from Texas to Arizona. It sounds like the Biden administration is grasping 71 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:51.759 for any kind of good news, Like you said, they said, oh, 72 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:56.439 the last couple of days, border crossings are down. But three hundred 73 00:05:56.560 --> 00:06:00.800 two thousand in a single month, I mean that's the size of a good 74 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:04.759 sized city. Yeah, there are a lot, There was a lot of 75 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:11.079 just day after day. Twelve thousand was the high one day in December, 76 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:15.399 the eighteenth of December. But I mean other days after that, ten thousand 77 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:18.759 migrants a day along the southwest border. Those are you know, record numbers, 78 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:24.240 you know. But the Bide administration says that there are reasons for this 79 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:30.040 sort of surge. They say that normally during the holidays, these sources I've 80 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:33.399 spoken with say normally during the holidays to quiet time. This year it was 81 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:40.480 busy because there were all kinds of misinformation given out by the cartels and by 82 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:46.920 the smuggling organizations. I've talked to law enforcement sources who've told me that misinformation 83 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:51.600 about the CBP one app, which is the app that is used to you 84 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:57.920 know, put migrants in an order, give them a time slot to appear 85 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:01.319 at the border, to claim asylum. They smuggler said that was going to 86 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:04.680 be shut down at the end of the year. That's not true. You 87 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:12.519 know. Other misinformation, you know includes the border negotiations which shut down the 88 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:15.959 border after they come to a deal. Obviously that's not true. And then 89 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:25.360 you know just the general preying upon vulnerable migrants, sources of said is working 90 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:28.759 charging thousands of dollars to get into the border. Okay, and so you 91 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:31.360 mentioned the smugglers and the charging thousands of dollars to come to the border, 92 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:38.199 and they're not only coming in from Mexico and South America. Now we're getting 93 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:42.319 moored that there are so called travel agencies cropping up in places as far away 94 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:48.120 as Senegal. Yeah, so those travel agencies are fake travel agencies. They 95 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:53.000 are advertised at the US in Senegal, like you mentioned, that's just one 96 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:57.360 of them. According to an official that we spoke to, these quote unquote 97 00:07:57.399 --> 00:08:03.600 travel agencies advertising Visa fe Visa free travel to Europe for the singing the leaves, 98 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:07.639 which would then open up travelsphere if the offers were legitimate. Obviously they're 99 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:11.600 they're not. According to the CVP official that I spoke with. Uh, 100 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:16.680 these quote unquote travel agencies sell the complete package which connect them to a smuggling 101 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:22.439 organization. Then they facilitate the sort of northern migration to the border, and 102 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:26.360 then they just drop them there at the border and and and they're there, 103 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:31.720 but there there there are one hundreds of thousands of dollars operation. That's that's 104 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:35.360 all about making money for these smuggling organizations. Yeah, it's big business. 105 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:39.639 And I know we got to let you go one real quick question. Uh, 106 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:43.039 Texas is trying to slow the flow, but the federal government is suing 107 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:48.799 Texas to stop them from stopping people from coming in. Yeah, so they 108 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:56.240 the Justspartment said that they're going to UH sue if Texas doesn't basically enforce a 109 00:08:56.279 --> 00:09:05.120 bill UH that SB which allows for migrants to you know, for law enforcement, 110 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:11.120 state and lookal law enforcement to apprehend a migrant if they are suspected of 111 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:16.360 being illegally in the country. Theo jasas Texas can enforce it, and if 112 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:22.360 they do enforce it by today, they will assue to stop them from enforcing 113 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:26.840 that law. Okay, ABC's Luke bar thank you so much. You can 114 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:31.480 follow Luke at Luke L Bar. That's B A R R. Thanks for 115 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:33.399 your time this morning, we'll be we'll be watching the border. Luke, 116 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.200 thanks so much. Have a good day, all right you too. Let's 117 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:39.720 get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour 118 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:46.440 newsroom. Experts gathered by the OC Healthcare Agency say the level of asbestos from 119 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:50.480 a fire that destroyed a blimp Hager in testing was not so bad. There's 120 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:54.159 no place on this earth that you can't find asbestos, and that you won't 121 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:58.279 find it in the air. Druxel University professor Arthur Frank says his decades of 122 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:03.720 research has only found disease from asbestos and people with continuous and heavy exposure. 123 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:07.159 I'm not going to say the risk over a lifetime is zero, but I'm 124 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:11.960 going to say the risk is so low that it would be scientifically unmeasurable, 125 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:15.759 and it's not something that folks ought to be concerned about. Other experts on 126 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:18.480 the panel Thursday agreed crews are still cleaning up debrief from the fire that started 127 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:22.360 in November in Orange County. Corbin Carson k if I news Please. They're 128 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:26.080 looking for a mob of about one hundred people that caused thousands of dollars in 129 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:31.320 damage and losses to a bakery in Compton, LA County. Sheriff's Captain Melissa 130 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:33.759 Ramirez says the thieves used a car to ram through the entrance of the bakery 131 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:37.320 and still just about anything they could get their hands on. We have meat 132 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:41.720 scales, meat itself like items from the from the business, as far as 133 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:48.639 groceries and lotto scratchers. They also burn trash, mattresses and Christmas trees in 134 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:52.120 the street early yesterday morning. No arrests have been made. The federal government's 135 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:58.559 gross national debt has passed thirty four trillion dollars. The Treasury Department reported the 136 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:03.879 record high yesterday. The Congressional Budget Office had previously predicted in twenty twenty the 137 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:07.679 gross federal debt would surpass that thirty four trillion dollar mark in twenty twenty nine. 138 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:13.320 Republican lawmakers agreed with the White House last year to temporarily lift the debt 139 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:18.399 limit. That agreement lasts until twenty twenty five. A second and superseding indictment 140 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:24.000 against Senator Bob Menendez claims he helped a businessman in New Jersey get a multimillion 141 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:28.399 dollar investment from a company in Cutter For the last three years. According to 142 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:35.080 the new indictment, Menendez has been taking things of value from the kataries in 143 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:41.399 exchange for his support of certain Senate resolutions. Aaron Katterski says the deal, 144 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:45.480 closed last year, was worth tens of millions of dollars. The indictment yesterday 145 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:50.759 says Melendez allegedly made a number of supportive statements of Katar from twenty twenty one 146 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:54.080 to twenty twenty two. A man has been found dead in the engine of 147 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:58.759 a plane at the Salt Lake City International Airport. Alex Stone says the guy, 148 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:01.679 who who had a ticket to Denver, ran through an emergency exit at 149 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:05.039 the airport on Monday night. There was a man hunt forum His clothing and 150 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:09.120 shoes were found on the tarmac. He was then found inside of an airplane's 151 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:13.919 engine on the de icing pad. The engines were rotating, but police say 152 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:16.120 it's not clear that they had been on. Stone says the guy was pulled 153 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:20.039 out and given narcan, but he died at the scene. Toxicology reports have 154 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:26.559 been requested to help determine his cause of death. The world's first fully AI 155 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:31.279 powered restaurant has opened in Pasadena. Guests who eat at Cali Express by Flippy 156 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:37.799 can watch robots prepare burgers and fries from start to finish. The simple menu 157 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:41.000 is similar to in and outs, where you can order burgers, cheeseburgers, 158 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:45.879 and fries. The CEO says the location will also double as a pseudo museum 159 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:52.200 presented by Miso Robotics. Reservations can be made online. Up to three quarters 160 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:56.320 of an inch of light rain and three to six inches of snow expected across 161 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:00.440 southern California this morning. A winter weather advisories up for the mountains of La 162 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:03.360 Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties through ten this morning. Snow could fall as low 163 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:07.440 as four thousand feet that could effect travel through the Grapevine and to hone Pass. 164 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:11.320 Forty to fifty mile per hour winds are also so expected through this afternoon. 165 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:16.639 A federal appeals court has ruled at Texas can ban abortions even in medical 166 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:22.519 emergencies. Republican Texas Attorney General to Ken Paxton had sued to overturn a ruling 167 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:26.639 from twenty twenty two that said abortions should be allowed in medical emergencies. The 168 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:31.840 Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals sided with him. Mayor Bass and city councilwoman 169 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:37.279 Unices. Hernandez will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony today for a ninety five unit 170 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:43.080 facility in Cypress Park that'll provide interim housing for the homeless. The project, 171 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:48.440 called Northeast New Beginnings, broke ground in May of twenty twenty two. It's 172 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:52.440 expected to open residents next week, well five years ahead of schedule. The 173 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:58.039 US national debt has hit a record thirty four trillion dollars. We'll be telling 174 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:00.799 me about that right now. Let's say good moe, wording to the host 175 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:05.720 of Rich on Tech right here on KFI KTLA's tech reporter Rich Demiro, Happy 176 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:07.799 new year, Rich, Hey, good morning to Amy. Happy new year 177 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:13.320 to you, new year, new way to invest maybe bitcoin? Tell us 178 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:16.120 what's going on with that? Well, it's been kind of an up and 179 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:20.039 down this morning. It is down in kind of a big way. So 180 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:26.519 bitcoin hit forty six thousand, which was like the highest since April twenty twenty 181 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:35.440 two. Why because all these bitcoiners expect the SEC to approve a bitcoin ETF. 182 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:37.840 And what would that mean. It means a lot of regular people could 183 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:41.240 put money into a bitcoin ETF, you know, in their four to one 184 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:46.480 k's and just the regular investments but now this morning it's back down because one 185 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:52.440 of these companies that follows this stuff says they expect the SEC to reject all 186 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:56.080 the ETF applications. But who knows. Amy. It's up, it's down, 187 00:14:56.159 --> 00:15:00.720 it's around. It is certainly fun to watch. Do you have any 188 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:05.320 bitcoin? I do have bitcoin from many, many years ago, and you 189 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:09.080 remember your password? Well, okay, it's funny you say that, because 190 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:11.480 when I first signed up, I did forget my password. So I do 191 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:13.360 have an account somewhere that I have no idea how to access. But I 192 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:18.799 do have one account which I can access. So you could have like hundreds 193 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:22.240 of thousands of dollars sitting there that you just have no access to. Ever 194 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:24.919 again, no, because I didn't buy like more than like probably ten dollars. 195 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:28.679 Oh okay, I don't think it could be more than that. But 196 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:31.480 no, the account I do have access to is in one of these apps 197 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:35.919 that you know. It was during the time when everyone was buying, and 198 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:37.840 you know, of course people got on board, and it's just kind of 199 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:41.399 a fun thing. More of the technology of it and more of what is 200 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:46.559 this thing all about? To understand it better, and you know it sometimes 201 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:48.240 it goes kind of up. Sometimes it goes down. We are definitely in 202 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:52.600 a time when it is up more than has been in a long time. 203 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:56.480 I did the same thing with Doji cooin. Remember when Elon Musk came out. 204 00:15:56.600 --> 00:16:00.720 How did that work out? I think it's back up to nine cents 205 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:04.320 a share. Okay, I didn't buy very much. I also okay like 206 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:10.600 you, But so one year of doge is up eighteen percent in the past 207 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:14.080 year. One year of bitcoin is up one hundred and fifty two percent. 208 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:18.720 So you know, that's eighteen percent is still pretty good. Yeah, sounds 209 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:22.840 like you made the better choice. Is it a good investment? Do you 210 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:26.480 think bitcoin? Ooh? That? You know what? I can't give investment 211 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:30.360 advice. I you know what, For me, it's just fun. It's 212 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:32.879 just interesting. You know, you kind of have an understanding of how it 213 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:34.440 works and how to buy it and how to protect it and all that stuff. 214 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:37.320 I think, you know, if it's play money, sure, but 215 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:40.840 there are people out there that have put a lot of money into this. 216 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:45.120 So I do think the technology behind it is very very interesting. But I 217 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:47.919 think there's another side of it, and that is the governments, of course, 218 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:52.519 don't really want this because it's not necessarily, you know, aligned with 219 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:56.600 what they want, which is control. Yeah. Okay, so we got 220 00:16:56.639 --> 00:17:03.839 another new phone coming out Sam Yes, Samsung S twenty four. Now, 221 00:17:03.880 --> 00:17:07.480 obviously this is all rumor and speculation, except for this part. We do 222 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:14.279 know when the next Samsung event will happen. It is scheduled for January seventeenth 223 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:17.480 of this year, so that's in a couple of weeks here, right after 224 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:21.240 CES next week. It'll be held at the SAP Center in San Jose. 225 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:22.680 That's where they're going to unveil it. I of course will be there. 226 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:26.119 There is a big focus amy as you might expect. Take one, guess 227 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:30.079 what do you think the buzzword is for this new phone? Besides camera? 228 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:37.519 I was gonna say camera, The new buzzword is CHATJPT ai exactly. Bingo, 229 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:41.559 you got it. Ai. They call it Galaxy AI is coming, 230 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:48.400 so we will see When the Pixel launched, that's Google's phone. Lust was 231 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:52.279 it October of last year? It was all about AI and this phone is 232 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:55.720 going to be all about AI. And so there you have it, S 233 00:17:55.759 --> 00:18:00.440 twenty four. It's coming out a little bit earlier than previous years. Damsung 234 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:03.400 every single year kind of moves back their launch state, and I think it's 235 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:07.079 because they want to separate from the iPhone and the other phones. Now they've 236 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:11.400 got the foldables that come out in the later portion of the year. So 237 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:14.799 in the S twenty three Ultra, by the way, still doing well. 238 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:18.200 It's still a good phone a year in, so they keep getting better. 239 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:22.880 How are the foldabules doing. I was interested in those, but then I 240 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:26.680 just kind of forgot about them. Small part of the overall market, maybe 241 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:30.599 about two percent worldwide, even less a little bit. I think the latest 242 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.920 number was just under two percent, But they are the growing area. So 243 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:37.640 there's two parts that are growing right now. Premium smartphones, which include the 244 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:42.640 foldables and also foldables themselves. But the budget, regular everyday phones, you 245 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:47.839 know, the standard iPhone, the standard Google whatever, those are just kind 246 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:52.240 of flat and these manufacturers know that, and that's why they are pushing the 247 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:56.000 super premium models because that's where the money is and that's where the growth is. 248 00:18:56.440 --> 00:19:00.400 Okay, well, yeah, you mentioned the flat sales. Apples Aquan 249 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:04.720 down like three percent yesterday because they're not doing great right now. Well, 250 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:08.559 I think overall Apple is still doing really well. I think that when it 251 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:11.720 comes to the eyes of investors. They want to see that new, big, 252 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:17.079 best thing. And of course the iPhone just continues to evolve. It's 253 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:19.519 a great device. But are people sitting there saying, oh, my gosh, 254 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:22.119 this is the most amazing thing I ever purchased this year? No, 255 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:25.519 they say, Oh, it's time to upgrade. Let me go get a 256 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.480 new iPhone. What do you guys have. It's not Oh, Apple has 257 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:30.559 a new foldable let me go buy that. Ye that's And of course you 258 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:36.640 have the new vision headset coming out, and that's too expensive for most people. 259 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:38.599 So that's going to be fun, but it's not going to be the 260 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:42.839 mover and shaker for the stock price. The Vision headset that's like a VR, 261 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:47.759 Yes, VR headset I expected in the next couple of months, they 262 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:52.680 said early twenty twenty four. The rumors are saying February, which is next 263 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:56.799 month. But you're talking thirty five hundred dollars minimum amy that doesn't include any 264 00:19:56.880 --> 00:20:00.240 accessories, that doesn't include tax, the Apple Care, all that good stuff. 265 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:04.720 So that is for very, very a certain individual who has a lot 266 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:08.359 of money to burn, fun to play with, not a necessity. No, 267 00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:11.880 But if you know, I have high hopes for I do think they 268 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:15.960 will bring VR into a new realm, hopefully, because they are doing things 269 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:18.319 kind of cool and they've got the developer base which is amazing. Okay, 270 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:22.599 so it is a new year, and I know I, for one, 271 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:26.079 keep getting the little flashes saying, hey, your computer is about full. 272 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:30.000 You only have about twelve gigs left or something like that. So for the 273 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:33.799 new year, and maybe in an effort to declutter, how do you clean 274 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:37.880 up your computer? Yes, I've got to se on my website. Rich 275 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:41.440 on tech dot TV, this is my story today on KTLA. I love 276 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:44.799 starting the new year with a fresh computer. I did this myself over the 277 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:48.240 break. Now I go pretty wild. I actually clean out, like I 278 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:52.599 format the entire thing, like I erase everything and start fresh. You don't 279 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:55.720 have to necessarily do that because it is a lot of work. But here's 280 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:57.319 the four things I think you should do. Number one, get rid of 281 00:20:57.359 --> 00:21:02.880 old programs that you no longer need or use. Same goes for your web 282 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:06.519 browser. You downloaded all those little extensions over the past year. You know, 283 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:08.559 the ones that check prices, the ones that help you search all this 284 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:12.720 different stuff. Get rid of the ones you don't need. Do your software 285 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:17.799 updates, those are very important to protect your computer security wise, but also 286 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:21.319 it could smooth things out, make it run a little bit faster. Clear 287 00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:25.359 out your browser so your browser remembers a whole bunch of stuff. You should 288 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:27.759 clear that out so that it can run faster. And then of course empty 289 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:32.440 the trash on your computer and give it a restart, and that should really 290 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:37.599 go a long way for making your computer feel newer. Ooh, I think 291 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:41.680 that I need to do that today. I think that that's a great idea 292 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:45.759 to start the new year. So why not. I mean everyone's doing dry 293 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:51.759 January, why not do clean up my computer January as well? Getting drunk 294 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:55.160 anyway, so you might as well be productive and clean out your computer. 295 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.599 Yeah, and you're not going to spill beer on it. Look on the 296 00:21:56.599 --> 00:22:03.240 bright side. LA tech reporter Rich Damia thank you so much. Rich, 297 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:06.319 of course, is the host of Rich on Tech right here on kfive Saturdays 298 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:11.119 from eleven to to two. He's got so much great tech information for you. 299 00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:14.920 You can also follow Rich on Instagram at rich on tech is website, 300 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:18.920 richontech dot tv. Thank you, Rich. We'll talk to you next week. 301 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:21.079 All right, thanks Amy. All right, let's get back to some 302 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:23.079 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The State 303 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:27.559 Department of Water Resources says the water outlook for the rest of this year remains 304 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:32.279 uncertain. After it took the first snow survey of the year, we recorded 305 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:37.319 a snow depth of seven and a half inches and a snowwater content of three 306 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:41.799 inches that results in thirty percent of average to date. Snow Survey manager Sean 307 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:45.960 DeGuzman says the start of this water year has been dry, despite the recent 308 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:49.519 December storms that gave a small boost to the snowpack. Last year, at 309 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:53.160 this time, the snowpack was at one hundred and eighty five percent of normal. 310 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:59.039 Harvard President Claudine Gay has become the second Ivy League president to resign in 311 00:22:59.160 --> 00:23:04.039 the past month. Her resignation yesterday comes amid plagiarism accusations and backlash over her 312 00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:08.519 testimony about anti Semitism on Harvard's campus. She only took over in the job 313 00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:11.920 in July. The Harvard Crimson says that it will be the shortest tenure of 314 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:18.160 any university president since the sixteen hundred. ABC's Mary Alice Parks sins Gay was 315 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:21.720 the first black woman to serve as the president of Harvard. The Harvard Corporation 316 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:27.039 says the resignation came with great sadness. California is now handing out stiffer punishments 317 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:32.759 to retailers who sell flavored tobacco products. Stores now face up to six hundred 318 00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:36.759 dollars fines on their first strike in increasing finds if they continue breaking the rules. 319 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:41.680 The American Lung Associations Keisa Bruce says stiffer laws are essential to keeping miners 320 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:47.640 from becoming addicted to tobacco. Targeting flavored tobacco is important because they are especially 321 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:51.640 popular among youth. The same bill that stiff in the laws beginning this year 322 00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:56.480 also directed the California Department of Public Health to become the lead enforcement agency. 323 00:23:56.960 --> 00:24:00.839 Blake Trolley Kafine News, an Iranian official says at least seventy three people have 324 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:07.240 been killed one hundred and seventy wounded in an attack that targeted his ceremony for 325 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:11.720 a slain general. Two explosions rocked the ceremony that marked the fourth anniversary of 326 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:17.920 the general's death. A new law in California has gone into effect requiring organic 327 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:22.640 waste to be recycled. That means kitchen food scraps and your kid's unwanted sandwiches 328 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:26.559 need to go into the green bin with yard trimmings, not into the regular 329 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:30.759 trash. It'll be up to cities to choose whether or not to find residents 330 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:34.839 for non compliance, and you may not need to make the switch to electric 331 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:38.720 appliances. After all, Berkeley became the first city in the country to ban 332 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:42.480 natural gas powered stoves. That was in twenty nineteen. Of course, they're 333 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:47.599 trying to fight climate change. Will an appeals court struck that down last April, 334 00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:52.079 and then yesterday refused to rehear the case. So the ruling's going to 335 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:56.119 become final unless the Supreme Court agrees to review it. This could mean the 336 00:24:56.160 --> 00:25:00.039 overturning of laws in other cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles. At six 337 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:04.680 oh five, it's handle on the news. The US national debt has hit 338 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:10.400 a record thirty four trillion dollars, five years ahead of predictions. Hey, 339 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:15.759 in just a few minutes, we're gonna check in with Ellen k because yesterday 340 00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:18.799 on Coast she got to talk to Jeremy Renner. Remember, Jeremy Runner was 341 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:26.119 in that incredibly serious snowplow accident that happened a year ago, so she got 342 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:29.599 to talk to Jeremy and see how he's doing. We'll share that information with 343 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:34.079 you in just a few minutes. Amy's on it, Aami's on it, 344 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:41.880 Amy's on it, Gami's on it. What am I on? I'm on 345 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:48.799 streaming shows, movies, TV series, documentaries, and of course I love 346 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:55.960 a good Hunger Games movie. And now The Hunger Games Ballad of Snakes and 347 00:25:56.079 --> 00:26:03.240 Songbirds is streaming. The movie was released in theaters in November, but became 348 00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:08.440 available to stream right before Christmas on Prime Video. Yeah, I bought it 349 00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:12.440 twenty four to ninety nine, but now it's mine. So the movie is 350 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:19.039 the backstory of Corlinis Snow, who is the president of Pan m and basically 351 00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:23.599 the ultimate villain in the Hunger Games movies with Catnus Everdeen. Well, those 352 00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:30.799 movies happen for the seventy fourth and seventy fifth Hunger Games. This story, 353 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:34.599 it's a prequel. It starts sixty four years earlier. It shows us the 354 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:40.319 tenth Hunger Games. And in this movie, the games are still pretty new. 355 00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:44.079 They're ten years old, and they kind of haven't worked the kinks out 356 00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:48.319 yet. They know that they're going to reap kids from twelve districts at districts 357 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:51.279 and they all go into an arena and they fight to the death, and 358 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:56.559 it's it's a way to punish the districts for their rebellion and their uprising. 359 00:26:56.240 --> 00:27:03.160 So the kids here now are mistreated, they're starved, they're kind of treated 360 00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:07.119 like animals, as opposed to in the Hunger Games movies if you've seen those, 361 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:10.880 they really kind of treat them like rock stars before they send them into 362 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:15.839 the arena to kill each other. So cinematically it feels like the Hunger Games 363 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:21.559 movie, so it's very familiar. Musically, the score has a familiar theme, 364 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:26.440 so you feel right at home. Like there's songs from the Hunger Games 365 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:30.359 movies that they make reference to. The theme is similar, and so again 366 00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:36.000 you kind of feel right at home in that the movie is dark, it's 367 00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:41.279 gruesome, but what I do appreciate is that it's not gratuitously gory. So 368 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:45.079 even though the whole goal of the Hunger Games is to kill all your opponents 369 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:51.680 in the arena, it's not just blood and gore like a slasher movie would 370 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:57.440 be. So the movie stars Peter Dinklic as Dean High bottom and also Viola 371 00:27:57.640 --> 00:28:04.559 Davis. She is the evil doctor gall She is maniacal, she is scheming, 372 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:10.400 she is bad, and I love, love love her character. I 373 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:12.880 mean, Viola Davis is a great actress, but she takes it to a 374 00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:17.039 whole new level of crazy in this one. I mean you can just feel 375 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:22.519 the evil like emanating from her pores. She's much more outwardly evil and devious, 376 00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:25.440 I think in the movie than in the book. But I think it 377 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:30.480 works. And just like with most books and movies, I think that the 378 00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:34.960 book because I went and read the book before I bought the movie, I 379 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:38.160 think the book is a lot better than the movie. And I think that's 380 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:41.200 the case almost all the time. But if you like the Hunger Games, 381 00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:45.640 I think you're gonna like this. Although I do agree with Jason Nathanson. 382 00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:48.920 We talked to Jason about this when it was released in movies, the movie 383 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:53.640 goes too long and it feels like the final third part of the movie could 384 00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:59.920 have been a whole different movie. So will there be another movie? No 385 00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:03.319 official word yet, but there certainly could be several more, because you know 386 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:08.519 they're at Hunger Games ten and the one with Catnus Evererdeen is seventy four and 387 00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:11.680 seventy five, so there's a lot of story to tell between the tenth and 388 00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:15.519 the seventy fourth Hunger Games. Guess that's going to be up to the author, 389 00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:18.319 Suzanne Collins. But overall, I think it's worth the watch. If 390 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:22.920 you didn't see it in theaters, again, it's now available on streaming and 391 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:26.440 if you like the Hunger Games, I think you're gonna like this one. 392 00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:30.720 And if you haven't seen the Hunger Games, it can still stand alone, 393 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:36.680 but it definitely, in my opinion, helps because it makes references to things 394 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:38.720 from the Hunger Games, so it starts to kind of put the picture and 395 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:42.839 the pieces all fall together. So super super interesting. Let's get back to 396 00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:47.680 some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. More 397 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:52.079 than one hundred synagogues in California have been forced to close after getting email threats. 398 00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:59.400 The emails claimed explosives were on the property yesterday. Anti Defamation League LA's 399 00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:03.839 Jeffrey A. Abrahms taels NBC four there are consequences to people sending threats. 400 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:07.880 Law enforcements diverted to these hoaxes. They're not doing their job. To help 401 00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:14.119 protect the entire community. This has a consequence, so everyone needs to speak 402 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:18.559 out and again to do so in unity. The Anti Defamation League says since 403 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:23.000 October seventh, there's been a three hundred and thirty seven percent increase in anti 404 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:27.559 Semitism compared to twenty twenty two. Police say they don't believe the threats are 405 00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:33.519 credible and no explosives have been found. Officials in the city of Industry have 406 00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:37.079 arrested two brothers they say violently stole a purse from a woman at a costco. 407 00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:41.160 The Only County Sheriff's Department says the men were arrested last week for the 408 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:45.920 attack that happened back in November. The woman was putting things into her car 409 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:48.279 when an SUV pulled up. One attacker got out of the car and tried 410 00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:52.880 to grab her purse. She was punched several times and refused to let go 411 00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:56.559 of the purse. The other guy in the car drove off, dragging her 412 00:30:56.559 --> 00:31:00.160 about fifty feet in the process. Officials say she suffered life threatening injuries. 413 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:06.240 Disgraced former lawyer Tom Girardi has been found competent to stand trial by a federal 414 00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:10.880 judge in La Girardi is accused of stealing more than fifteen million dollars from his 415 00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:14.240 clients in a decade's long fraud scheme. In more recent years, he had 416 00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:18.200 a resurgence in popularity for his marriage to real housewife of Orange County Erica Jane. 417 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:22.160 His lawyers wanted the eighty four year olds dementia diagnosis to prevent them from 418 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:26.880 going on trial. Alex Stone says details of the judges ruling yesterday are under 419 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:32.200 seal. Lawyers for both sides will get the chance to identify information in it 420 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:36.039 that they want to keep confidential, like health records and other sensitive materials. 421 00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:41.519 Several new shows are debuting on Broadway this year, including the revivals of the 422 00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:45.319 rock musical Tommy and the Whiz, a new musical The Heart of Rock and 423 00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:49.000 Roll featuring the hits of Huey Lewis, and the news debuts That Could Be 424 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:52.519 Fun, along with Hell's Kitchen, which is a coming of age story that 425 00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:57.000 features songs by Alicia Keys. There's also a new musical version of the popular 426 00:31:57.200 --> 00:32:02.240 novel The Notebook, Yeah, Be Ready to Cry. And then there's also 427 00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:07.279 Suffs, which is a new musical about the nineteen thirteen women's Suffrage movement. 428 00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:16.759 It's produced by Malala USAFC and Hillary Clinton of all people. Up to three 429 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:21.200 quarters of an inch of light rain and three to six inches of snow are 430 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:24.279 expected across southern California this morning. A winter weather advisory is up for the 431 00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:29.079 mountains of La Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties through ten am. Snow could fall 432 00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:31.400 as low as four thousand feet that could affect your travel through the Grapevine and 433 00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:36.680 to hone Pass. Forty to fifty mile per hour winds are also expected through 434 00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:40.680 this afternoon. A federal appeals court has ruled Texas can ban abortions even in 435 00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:46.440 medical emergencies. Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued to overturn a ruling from 436 00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:51.640 twenty twenty two that said abortions should be allowed in medical emergencies, with the 437 00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:55.279 Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals sided with him. Mayor Bass and city Councilwoman 438 00:32:55.319 --> 00:33:00.039 at Eunices Hernandez will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony today for a ninety five unit 439 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:06.279 facility in Cypress Park that'll provide interim housing for the homeless. The project is 440 00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:09.440 called Northeast New Beginnings. It broke ground in May of twenty twenty two, 441 00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:14.960 and is expected to open a residence next week. We're just minutes away from 442 00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:19.319 handle on the news this morning, Harvard's president is stepping down after intense pressure 443 00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:23.720 and backlash for charges of plagiarism and her response to calls for the genocide of 444 00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:28.160 Jews on the Harvard campus. So, as we mentioned just a little bit 445 00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:34.240 earlier, it's been a year now since Jeremy Renner was almost killed when he 446 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:38.240 was run over by his own snowplow at his home in Reno. As you 447 00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:44.480 recall, he saved his nephew from the being hit by the snowplow he was 448 00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:49.240 stuck there on New Year's Day twenty twenty three and then ended up being run 449 00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:52.400 over by his own snow cat, which weighs more than seven tons. So 450 00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:59.319 Jeremy Renner stopped in to talk with Ellen Kay on our sister station KOST to 451 00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:02.200 see how he's doing a year later. It's like checkpoints for me, It's 452 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:05.240 like State of the Union. I always have to kind of check in with 453 00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:08.639 myself, check in with you physical and mental emotional parts of life, and 454 00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:12.519 it's it's it makes it pretty exciting to be honest, it's part of the 455 00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:17.400 gifts that came from something quite tragic. There's one of thousands of amazing gifts 456 00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:24.920 that that I was able to receive. And you know, there's wonderful blessings. 457 00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:28.559 That's all I can say. There's just really that are like, here's 458 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:31.239 here's one I can I've never afforded a bad day for the rest of my 459 00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:37.400 life. It's impossible, right, And how about that thought? Right? 460 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:42.159 So these ideas or thoughts keep coming to me, and I'm like, wow, 461 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:47.599 what, Life's pretty dang good. Life's pretty dang good. And I 462 00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:50.719 keep finding these things, you know, like you know, some things I 463 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:54.039 share with other people and most things I keep pretty private. And but there 464 00:34:54.119 --> 00:35:00.119 there are wonderful, wonderful gifts that came and I feel so so lucky and 465 00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:01.880 blessed for it, you know. Now, Jeremy has been busy over the 466 00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:05.840 last year. Of course, he's been recovering from his injuries, but he's 467 00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:10.719 also been putting together a new album kind of reflects what happened to him. 468 00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:16.599 It's a musical diary entry, you know, journal entry and kind of healing 469 00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:21.559 cathartic for me. And then I'm sharing it because I think a lot of 470 00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:24.639 people were all on this journey with me in this in this recovery, which 471 00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:29.639 I found strange. You know, really, yeah, what way, because 472 00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:31.639 you know, I mean me waking up from me waking up from the accident, 473 00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:35.280 I know what the big deal was. I mean, what were people 474 00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:37.519 freaking out about it? Like I'm gonna be out of here? And I 475 00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:44.480 think a selfie like when I was in the two days when I woke up, 476 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:47.119 you were crushed, Yeah snowcare yeah yeah yeah, But I thought I 477 00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:51.480 was out in two days, right, So I get why people were pretty 478 00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:53.639 Also, I was on life support for a few days. I didn't realize. 479 00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:58.920 Yeah, I woke up and I was intibating, like I'm thinking I'm 480 00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:01.639 totally fine, like my brain thought I was still fine. In reality, 481 00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:07.199 he was on life support and then had a month's long recovery to repair more 482 00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:13.519 than thirty broken bones and other really nasty injuries. He says that he's apologized 483 00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:16.000 to his family for what happened because it has forever changed them, and he 484 00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:21.440 says they can't unsee what they saw that day. But he also said he's 485 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:24.480 not a victim. He doesn't want to use this accident as an excuse for 486 00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:30.400 New Year's Day to not be a reason to celebrate. Now. Speaking of 487 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:35.480 celebrations, Jeremy Renner also talked to Ellen about his upcoming birthday, which is 488 00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:39.280 this Sunday. Well, my last birthday. I got my face surgery done 489 00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:44.960 and my ankle so on my birthday, so and I kind of wanted it 490 00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:46.000 that. I was like, hey, there's no better birthday than like to 491 00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:49.840 get this sort of out. It'd be my last surgeries as well. Okay 492 00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:53.400 this year, I don't know. I think I just wanted to just to 493 00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:59.360 celebrate. You know, the depths of love with every relationship in my life 494 00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:04.960 has shifted changed all for the better, and I just want to celebrate all 495 00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:07.840 those those deep relationships I have, you know, And that's it. Yeah, 496 00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:10.719 that's it. Yeah. I'm so happy that we can sit here and 497 00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:14.920 say to you, happy birthday. Yeah, yeah, happy need what a 498 00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:19.760 gift? Yeah for real? Yeah, it says wonderful blessing, and Jeremy 499 00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:22.599 Renner says he is ready to get back to work. I'm so excited about 500 00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:25.639 this. He's going to return to the set of The Mayor of Kingstown next 501 00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:30.400 week, which is a really great show. We've talked about on Amy's on 502 00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:32.239 It, and now that there's going to be a new season, I bet 503 00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:36.239 we're going to be talking about it again. So glad to hear that Jeremy 504 00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:38.719 Renner is doing well. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 505 00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:43.440 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The US Border Patrol says in December 506 00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:46.920 a record number of illegal immigrants crossed into the US, and while a large 507 00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:52.480 number crossed into California and Arizona, the majority entered Texas. Sources in the 508 00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:57.559 Border Patrol say three hundred two thousand illegal immigrants were processed last month across all 509 00:37:57.599 --> 00:38:00.039 sectors in the Southwest. In the first twenty eight days of December, agents 510 00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:06.239 processed one hundred and twenty seven thousand single adult migrants and nearly twelve thousand unaccompanied 511 00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:09.159 children. Another ninety six thousand were part of a family unit, with migrant 512 00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:14.440 parents and children traveling together. The next highest monthly number was two hundred and 513 00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:19.079 seventy thousand in September. Steve Gregory king off I News huge waves in the 514 00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:22.199 Bay Area have caught the attention of people across the world. One guy says 515 00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:25.599 he flew in from Portugal to experience. The giant waves at Half Moon Bay 516 00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:30.559 such a big deal, and HBO documentary crew is recording the surfing, while 517 00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:36.320 San Mateo County officials urging people to stay away. Alex Stone says Maverick's Beach 518 00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:40.079 is known around the globe for its massive waves. The National Weather Service warned 519 00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:45.519 the thirty three high foot waves last week. We're deadly and we're not expecting 520 00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:51.639 quite that large, but more big waves are expected as another storm moves through 521 00:38:51.760 --> 00:39:00.800 California. Time Passenger is flying United. We're hoping to have two New Year's 522 00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:05.920 Eve celebrations, but failed at time travel. The flight was scheduled to depart 523 00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:09.760 Guam the morning of January first and land in Hawaii December thirty first. The 524 00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:14.199 airline even promoted the flight saying you only live once, but you can celebrate 525 00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:17.880 New Year's Eve twice. Well. Unfortunately, the flight was delayed and passengers 526 00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:24.760 arrived in Hawaii after midnight on January first. Next time, maybe they should 527 00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:30.840 travel by DeLorean. Okay, up in the sky tonights lots and lots of 528 00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:36.719 celestial activity, so we know that we've got rain on the way this morning 529 00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.880 and some snow in the mountains, and that kind of stuff, but it 530 00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:43.079 is supposed to clear off, and if it does, that could mean some 531 00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:49.800 really cool viewing for the quadranted meteor shower. The best viewing of this first 532 00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:54.480 North American meteor shower of twenty twenty four is tonight through dawn tomorrow, and 533 00:39:54.599 --> 00:40:00.559 astronomers are saying the peak viewing time is at four point fifty three as Thursday, 534 00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:06.119 So right before you turn on a wake up call tomorrow morning, step 535 00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:08.920 outside and take a look up in the sky. They're expecting up to one 536 00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:15.920 hundred and twenty shooting stars per hour, and the Quadrantids apparently has the potential 537 00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:21.880 to be the strongest shower each year, but a lot of times it's not 538 00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:25.559 because of two things. One, the weather gets in the way a lot, 539 00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:30.679 and also there's a short length for maximum activity for this one. It's 540 00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:36.800 just six hours, So if you're looking into the sky, look for bright 541 00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:40.920 fireballs, so not necessarily the long tails, but more of a bright fireball. 542 00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:45.960 They're larger explosions of light and color that can last a little bit longer 543 00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:50.920 than an average meteor. And it's one of four major showers each year. 544 00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:57.320 Again, the other ones are the Leonids, the Lyrids, and the ercids. 545 00:40:57.400 --> 00:41:01.039 But this one again is going on now but peaks again tomorrow morning at 546 00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:06.360 four fifty three am our time. And as always, NASA says, if 547 00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:07.800 you really want to see it, you got to get away from city lights, 548 00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:13.079 but the sky should be clear, so fingers crossed. This is KFI 549 00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:17.280 and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County, live from the KFI twenty 550 00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:22.000 four hour Newsroom. I'm Amy King. This has been your Wednesday wake up 551 00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:23.599 Call, and if you missed any of wake Up Call, you can listen 552 00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:29.000 anytime on the iHeartRadio app. You've been listening to wake Up Call with me 553 00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:32.079 Amy King. You can always hear wake Up Call five to six am Monday 554 00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:38.039 through Friday on KFI AM six forty and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app