WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.839 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:13.480 demand on the iHeartRadio app where January Go Gone. It's also a very sad 3 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:16.879 day if you're a fan of January as I am. It's my birth month. 4 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:22.559 I ate the last of my Cheetos today or yesterday. So I know 5 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:25.160 Tony's like going, what's the big deal. Okay, here's the thing with 6 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:28.719 Cheetos. I love them, not the crunchy kind, not the flame and 7 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:33.439 hot kind. I like the Cheetos cheese puffs, and they are they are 8 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:36.159 my kryptonite. I love them, love them, love them, and so 9 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:40.240 I don't eat them almost ever. I save it for special occasions. And 10 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:44.119 my birthday weekend last weekend with the girls in town, that was my special 11 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:48.359 occasion. So we got this big, huge bag of Cheetos and I finished 12 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:53.119 them off yesterday. Son't have to wait until some other special occasion. Does 13 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:58.920 Valentine's Day count? Maybe? All right? Well, if you have a 14 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:03.519 special treat that you have burned through and are sad like me, I'm very 15 00:01:03.519 --> 00:01:08.439 sorry for your loss. Eight lots of rain today, Tony. You saw 16 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:11.480 a big accident on your way in huh. A bunch of cars spun out. 17 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:15.760 Yeah, they're on the way here. Could a few see like they're 18 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:19.239 all just spun on the side. Yeah, I didn't see any, of 19 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:21.319 course, you know, I came in a little bit earlier than you, 20 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:25.280 but uh, not so and it wasn't so slippery. But there is rain 21 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:27.599 on the roads, and rain's going to be fallen, especially during the morning 22 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:33.319 commute, So be careful. Here's what's ahead on wake up call. That 23 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:37.079 moderate terrain, moderate to heavy rain that I was just mentioning has arrived in 24 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:41.079 southern California. It's in the first of two storms that are expected to move 25 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:45.200 through. Forecasters say one to two inches of rain could fall in the valleys 26 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:48.680 and at the coast, with two to four inches possible in the foothills and 27 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:53.000 mountains. Wind winter and high surf advisories are up around the south Land. 28 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:56.519 Winter storm warnings are up in some mountain areas, with snow levels dipping to 29 00:01:56.560 --> 00:02:00.680 about forty five hundred feet by tomorrow. Five LA County Sheriff's deputies are being 30 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:05.120 hailed as heroes for running into a burning building and locking out a flint ridge 31 00:02:05.480 --> 00:02:08.800 and saving a woman trapped inside. The deputies climbed up an awning Tuesday night, 32 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:14.280 broke a window and got the woman out. When firefighters got there, 33 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:16.960 they pulled an unconscious man out of the home as well. A man's been 34 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:22.520 arrested for running out onto the runway at LAX. The man ran onto the 35 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:25.919 tarmac near the west gates at Tom Bradley International Terminal last night around eight. 36 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:31.360 He was taken away in an ambulance following his arrest. Airport operations were not 37 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:36.400 affected. Let's get started with some of the stories coming out of the KFI 38 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:39.199 twenty four hour newsroom. Of course, the big story is the rain and 39 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:44.719 the snow. Both have arrived on the West Coast. ABC's Alex Perez says 40 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:47.560 it's from the first of two back to back storms. Wins in excess of 41 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:53.879 seventy miles per hour in northern California, drivers swerving to avoid accidents on Interstate 42 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:58.680 five, and heavy snow falling in dinner pass cars is struggling to stay on 43 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:02.439 the road. In southern California, the National Weather Services we'll likely see the 44 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:07.360 most rainfall during our morning commute. The strongest downpours are expected during a one 45 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:12.719 to three hour period. The next storm is expected to move in on Sunday. 46 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:16.479 The FEDS have set aside more than a half billion dollars to combat homelessness 47 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:21.439 in California. The Housing Authority of LA will get seventy three million, Riverside 48 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:24.479 County gets sixteen million. Cities around the state will get a portion of six 49 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:29.599 hundred and one million to provide housing, mental health services, and continuum of 50 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:31.719 care. The money's part of a three point two billion dollar grand from the 51 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:37.840 Housing and Urban Development Agency. Orange County Housing Authority will get thirteen million, 52 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:43.560 and the La County Development Authority will receive forty million. Steve Gregory KFI News. 53 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:50.560 The White House says an umbrella group of Iran backed militants is responsible for 54 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:54.000 the drone attack in Jordan that killed three US service members. The group is 55 00:03:54.039 --> 00:04:00.000 called the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. ABC's Martha Radit says the US is made 56 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:04.319 plans to retaliate the Pentagon, preparing to unleash what officials say will be a 57 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:11.199 multi day, multi target attack bigger than anything seen thus far, which could 58 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:16.000 include Iranian assets outside of Iran, But she says another official says President Biden 59 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:21.240 has concerns about hitting Iran itself. And causing a wider war. Three people 60 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:26.879 have been killed and nine were hurt when a hangar under construction collapsed near the 61 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:31.160 Boise Airport in Idaho. Buyer chief Aaron Hummel says their technical rescue team had 62 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:34.600 to hoist people out of the debris last night. There was a large scale 63 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:39.680 collapse of the building, the framework of the building. I don't know what 64 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:44.399 caused it, but I can tell you that it was a pretty global collapse 65 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:48.560 that occurred to the main structural members came down as fairly catastrophic. Hummill says. 66 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:53.720 The airport itself was not affected and neither were any flights. Five of 67 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:58.120 those heard are in critical condition. Well. Pluto may have been downgraded by 68 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:01.680 scientists, but don't tell that to Arizona. A bill has passed a state 69 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:06.519 House committee to make Pluto the official state planet. Apparently, he was discovered 70 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:13.160 in nineteen thirty by an astronomer astronomer at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, and it 71 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:17.639 was named Pluto, after the Roman god of the underworld. It is five 72 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:23.600 oh six on your wake up call. Time to say good morning to ABC's 73 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:30.120 national correspondent Stephen Portnoy. Good morning, Stephen, after watching just some of 74 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:33.120 the hearing on Capitol Hill, I think I can say I hope I never 75 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:38.319 have to testify on Capitol Hill. Well. Look, it was one of 76 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:41.920 the you'll hear it everywhere, grilling, grilling, grilling, grilling. Yeah, 77 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:45.920 the CEOs were grilled by angry members of Congress on both sides of the 78 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:50.399 aisle. Republicans and Democrats gave him a bipartisan tongue lashing, they sure did, 79 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:55.160 and Mark Zuckerberg was made to squirm in his seat and ultimately stand and 80 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:59.279 face the families of people who have taken their own lives as a result of 81 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:08.720 online alling and child exploitation and sex stortion and other awful things. But what's 82 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:12.160 to be done about it? That's a good question. Yeah, that's what 83 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:15.319 really it's all about, isn't it. And so Mark Zuckerberg was yelled at 84 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:18.839 by members of both parties, and the senators pounded the table, and they've 85 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:26.040 expressed their public shame. But what are these senators doing now? Five times 86 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:29.360 in the past year, the Senate Judiciary Committee, which had that bipartisan tongue 87 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:32.439 lashing session yesterday, cleared and sent to the Senate floor bills that would aim 88 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:36.639 to solve this problem. What's happened since, Well, nothing has happened since, 89 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:44.720 because these senators have been shook by the lobbying efforts of these all powerful 90 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:49.240 executives who were made to cower and be shamed yesterday and yesterday's hearing. I 91 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:56.839 think part of the situation that is not getting as much attention as I think 92 00:06:56.839 --> 00:07:00.399 it should is the idea that the CEOs were asked if they would please please 93 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:04.639 support this legislation that we're working on, please see to it that we can 94 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:09.519 pass it. Now, why should it be up to the CEOs to decide 95 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:13.439 what the Senate does? Because one of the little known ways of how Washington 96 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:19.480 works is if a company in a large, very powerful corporate interest objects to 97 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:26.199 Congress acting to legislate something, well, that corporate interest very often has the 98 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:30.920 final word. And so yesterday's public shaming behind it all was the idea that 99 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:35.839 these CEOs really ought to back down on their lobbying efforts to prevent these pieces 100 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:40.319 of legislation from passing. Will they do it? I doubt it, Well 101 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:44.879 don't Why don't they just ignore the lobbyists. That's a great question for members 102 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:47.600 of the Senate, And I hope that at every occasion that you or any 103 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:51.600 other interviewer has an opportunity to talk to a senator, you asked that question. 104 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:54.639 I bet they'll turn around and they'll say, oh, well, you're 105 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:58.040 right, You're absolutely right. We really ought to do something about it. 106 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:03.360 Certainly the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee feel that way unanimously. But it 107 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:05.480 still has to happened, because at the end of the day, there are 108 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:07.839 other priorities, and somehow this falls by the wayside. So we spend a 109 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:13.240 full news cycle, we devote all of our resources and attention to this urgent 110 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:16.199 national crisis, and then we move on to something else, and the Congress, 111 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:20.759 which is charged with dealing with these things, moves on to something else, 112 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:24.680 and we have broader national issues and plus, very little gets done these 113 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:31.319 days in Congress anyway. And this is not the first time that these people 114 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:35.039 have testified. Men Zuckerberg's been up there several times, and like you said, 115 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:37.519 they testify and they get their tongue lashing, and they sit and take 116 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:39.879 it and say, thank you, sir, May I have another and nothing 117 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:43.639 changes. Well, just to be clear, what we're talking about is whether 118 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:48.960 these companies should face civil liability, whether they should be sued by the victims 119 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:52.759 of people who have in some cases taken their own lives as a result of 120 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:56.639 the bullying, harassment, sex exploitation, and extortion that goes on on these 121 00:08:56.679 --> 00:09:01.200 platforms. And it really gets to Section two thirty of the Communications Decency Act, 122 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:05.000 which is highly charred. And while both sides of the aisle say it's 123 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:07.519 time for Section two thirty reforms, and they've been saying it for years, 124 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:13.200 nothing's been done. Okay, well see if anything happens this time. Stephen 125 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:16.440 Portnoy, thank you so much for your time and your insight. All right, 126 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:18.279 take care. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of 127 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:22.960 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Overdue rent in La that piled up during 128 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:26.840 the pandemic is now due. Renters are expected to pay the rent that accrued 129 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:33.480 between October of twenty twenty one and January of last year. Those who can't 130 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:37.559 pay could face eviction. The La City Council voted last week to keep eviction 131 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:43.120 protections going for anyone who's been approved for rent relief and is just waiting for 132 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:48.759 that payment. Prosecutors in the Grossman murder trial are disputing claims that a black 133 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:52.120 SUV was the first to hit two boys during a crash in Westlake Village. 134 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:56.320 Janelle County sheriff's deputy testified there was no debris from any type of black vehicle 135 00:09:56.360 --> 00:10:01.480 and only pieces of Grossman's white SUV were found the scene in twenty twenty. 136 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:05.519 The deputy also testified yesterday that he smelled alcohol when he found gross Men a 137 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:09.200 short distance from the scene. The defense also claims the boys were hit outside 138 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:11.879 of a crosswalk, but witnesses testified this week the boys were lined up like 139 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.720 cute little ducks waiting to cross when two SUVs roared through the crosswalk like a 140 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:20.840 speeding train. The defense pointed out one witness who claimed to hear two collisions. 141 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:26.480 Testimony continues today. Corbin Carson Ka Fine News Alec Baldwin is pleaded not 142 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:30.960 guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter and connection with a fatal shooting on the 143 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:35.320 set of the movie Rust. His lawyers filed the plea yesterday in New Mexico. 144 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:39.919 ABC's Jason Nathanson says Baldwin waived his right to an arraignment, which had 145 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:41.919 been scheduled for today. One of his conditions of release. You can't leave 146 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:46.279 the country without checking in with the judge. In New Mexico court records, 147 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:50.240 so show. Some people on the set in twenty twenty one had serious concerns 148 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:56.320 over armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed's drug use. Baldwin is facing eighteen months to three 149 00:10:56.399 --> 00:11:01.279 years in prison for firing the gun that killed cinema photographer Helena Hutchins during a 150 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:07.639 rehearsal. Taggers have spray painted graffiti on twenty seven stories of an unfinished fifty 151 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:13.240 three story skyscraper, a skyscraper in downtown LA. This man watched him do 152 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:16.720 it from his building next door. Between yesterday and today, there's probably another 153 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:20.080 like twenty floors. I've been done, they've been blasted, and so they're 154 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:24.679 going out a pretty fast rate. Videos taken late Tuesday and Wednesday nights show 155 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:28.879 people on a balcony of the building across from Crypto dot Com Arena. It's 156 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:33.480 been sitting dormant for five years after the developer ran out of money to finish 157 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:39.559 construction. Well, it looks like the relationship between TikTok and Universal Music Group 158 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:43.960 is finished. Maybe not. We got bad, you know, we used 159 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:48.440 to be bad. So take a look what you've done, because maybe not 160 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:52.519 we get bad. I'm just gonna let the song run because I like it. 161 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:58.440 So Universal Music Group, which represents Taylor Swift, Drake Adele, Bad 162 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:01.919 Bunny, and Billie Eilish, says it is no longer going to allow its 163 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:07.720 music on TikTok because a licensing deal between the two groups has expired. Universal 164 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:13.799 says it has been pressing TikTok on three issues to try to come up with 165 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:18.440 a new deal. They want appropriate compensation for artists and songwriters, they want 166 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:24.519 to protect human artists from AI, and they also want online safety for TikTok's 167 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:31.279 users, but no deal was reached. It expired yesterday, and now Universal 168 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:37.600 says, you can't play our music here. So also it says ultimately TikTok 169 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:41.720 is trying to build a music based business because music is super popular on TikTok 170 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:46.039 without paying fair value. TikTok is saying, no, that's not true. 171 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:54.080 That we have other agreements with other artists and labels and publishers and everybody. 172 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:58.039 But Universal is fine with what we're doing. But Universal is saying no, 173 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:01.200 they're trying to get the rates down so low it just doesn't make sense, 174 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:07.480 and also says that TikTok is trying to bully them into accepting a deal with 175 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:15.279 has even less benefit than the previous deal and is way under fair market value. 176 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:20.080 So for now, no tailor, no Drake, no Adele, no 177 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:24.840 bad Bunny, no Billie Eilish. Next time you go perusing your TikTok. 178 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:28.399 When we come back, we're going to find out the latest on the drone 179 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:33.960 attack that killed those three service members with ABC's Inez de la Quaterra. You're 180 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:37.639 listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM six forty. It's the 181 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:41.720 Wet One. I'm Amy King. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty 182 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:46.559 four hour newsroom. The heaviest rain of an atmospheric river moving into southern California 183 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:50.440 is expected this morning. Rain could fall between a half and three quarters of 184 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:54.320 an inch an hour. The rain is expected to mostly move out by about 185 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:58.639 two this afternoon, and then a stronger storm moves in Sunday. A man's 186 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:03.200 been a right I did for allegedly setting a church in Pasadena on fire. 187 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:07.559 The fire was started at Grace Korean Methodist Church the night of January nineteenth, 188 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:11.679 police say The man's also accused of trying to carjack someone at a gas station 189 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:16.480 in Pasadena two days earlier, and setting another fire in a parking lot later 190 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:20.600 that day. Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelsey says he will not be 191 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:26.480 joining his girlfriend Taylor Swift at Sunday's Grammys. He says he'll be watching her 192 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:28.799 win, but that he has to get ready for what he called this big 193 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:33.720 old super Bowl. Swift is up for six Grammys on Sunday, including Album 194 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:37.360 of the Year. The super Bowl between the Chiefs and the San Francisco forty 195 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:43.320 nine ers is next Sunday at six oh five e. Its handle on the 196 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:48.039 news, and the Senate has where Congress has passed a child tax credit and 197 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:52.679 also some tax breaks. I'm going to dig into that right now, though. 198 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:56.679 Let's say good morning to ABC's Nez Dila QUITTERA. Good morning, Andz. 199 00:14:56.799 --> 00:15:01.279 The US is now saying that drone attack that killed three US service members 200 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:07.639 came from the Islamic resistance in Iraq. Who are they and who backs them? 201 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:09.399 Hey? Good morning? Yeah, that's right, So they have figured 202 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:13.200 out who is behind the attack. You'll remember, right after the attack, 203 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:18.679 the US was blaming Iran back to militias, but they were still investigating to 204 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:22.240 figure out the specific group that launched that drone that carried out this attack. 205 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:26.519 They are now blaming the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, So this is a wider 206 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:31.320 kind of umbrella group that is made up of smaller Iran backed militias. So 207 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:35.240 we heard that from National Security Council' spokesman John Kirby yesterday. He said the 208 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:41.440 US leaves the attack was planned, resourced, and facilitated by the Islamic Resistance 209 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:45.879 in Iraq. He said that Biden meanwhile, he's continuing to weigh his options 210 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:48.039 in terms of, you know, the response here. We know there's going 211 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:52.120 to be a response, but they're not giving us a whole lot of details 212 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.639 in terms of what that response will look like. They say that this won't 213 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:58.960 be a one off, that the first thing you see won't be the last 214 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:03.879 thing. We're expecting response to last several days, possibly weeks. We also 215 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:08.039 understand that it will likely include specific targets, likely inside Iraq. The big 216 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:11.960 question is whether there could be any targets inside Iran, and we know they've 217 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:15.720 said that they plant to strike facilities that were used to carry out this attack. 218 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:19.919 Okay, it's and it's probably better that they don't tell us. I'm 219 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:23.559 surprised that we're hearing as much as we are because I think that, you 220 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:27.879 know, it kind of takes away the element of surprise. Yeah, that's 221 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:32.240 right. They don't want to They don't want to let these militias know exactly 222 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:33.840 what they're planning, I will say. At the same time, they are 223 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:40.440 facing pressure to get going on the response here. It has been four or 224 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:44.559 five days now since the attacks, and we have seen reports that some of 225 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:48.919 these militias in rock are starting to evacuate from their positions, you know, 226 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:53.360 carrying up for this American response. And so you know that there are those 227 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:57.279 that say that the more President Biden waits, the more he's giving these militias 228 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:02.600 a chance to prepare and regroup and possibly evacuate. And so President Biden, 229 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:04.640 you know, he's in a tough spot. He has to kind of weigh 230 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:08.920 his options here. It's a very delicate, tense situation there in the Middle 231 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:11.720 East, and he needs to send you Ran a strong message. At the 232 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:15.880 same time, he doesn't want to trigger in all out war. He needs 233 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:18.480 to act quickly, but he also needs to take the time to really think 234 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:22.000 about his options here. So a tough spot for the president's being. Okay, 235 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:26.880 So going back to the Islamic resistance in Iraq backed by Iran, which 236 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:33.599 means Iran has their fingers all over it, but they're not directly directly involved. 237 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:37.920 Is that an accurate assessment. Yeah, that's exactly right. And we 238 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:42.200 heard from President Biden just yesterday actually talking about talking about that and then saying 239 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:47.039 that he does hold Iran responsible in the sense that they are the ones providing 240 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:49.559 the funding, providing the weapons for these groups to be able to carry out 241 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:53.279 these attacks. We also understand that Iran in some cases has even helped train 242 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:59.079 these militias, but Iran is denying that it's behind, you know, any 243 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:02.559 of this. It's even said that it does not control these militias and how 244 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:07.839 these militias respond to the israel hamof war. But yeah, the US very 245 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:10.720 much, you know, pointing the finger at Iran, as you know, 246 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:12.640 and pointing to the fact that you know, so for instance, this Milita 247 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:17.880 that carried out this attack on this kind of secret of space in Jordan, 248 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:21.400 they used drones, and so there are questions as to how these militias would 249 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:25.200 be able to acquire drones that are pretty expensive without the help of Iran. 250 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:29.839 Okay, and interesting that Iran says, you know that it's not directly involved, 251 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:37.880 but then yesterday came out and said that are threatened to decisively respond to 252 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:44.640 any US attack on the Islamic Republic or is it an attack on directly on 253 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:48.119 Iran? Maybe I'm reading that wrong. Well, no, no, that's 254 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:52.319 there are questions as to whether the US will decide to strike strike Iran directly, 255 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:56.640 because the US has been the US troops have been repeatedly targeted in the 256 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:00.920 Middle East since the beginning of the Israel Home Off War, more than one 257 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:06.759 hundred and sixty attacks on US military installations in the region, and the US 258 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:11.559 has taken has responded in the last few weeks, right, they have kind 259 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:18.720 of undertaken targeted the strikes there on certain targets throughout Syria and Iraq, and 260 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:22.799 that clearly hasn't done enough to deter these militias, and so the US is 261 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:26.079 under pressure to do more to send a strong signal that ran. And so 262 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:30.920 there are questions as to whether the US could decide to strike Iranian territory directly, 263 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:36.960 and so Iran is responding to that preemptively, and they are threatening a 264 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:41.519 decisive response if they are struck, if their interests are struck, if they're 265 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:45.880 foreign nationals are struck. At the same time, though, they are the 266 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:48.880 interesting rhetoric coming from the Iranians. They said this week that they do not 267 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:52.119 fear a war, but at the same time, they don't want a war, 268 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:55.480 and we've heard that from the US as well. They've been clear that 269 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:57.759 they do not want a war with Iran, and still it just seems like 270 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:03.119 we're inching toward it. The base that was attacked in Jordan where the service 271 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:06.799 members were killed and then a couple dozen others were injured. I would imagine 272 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:10.279 that all the bases over there have some sort of strategic value in the region, 273 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:15.839 But was there anything particularly important about this one and does it affect our 274 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:21.319 operations in the area? Yeah, it's kind of a secretive base there in 275 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:23.559 Jordan. I will say it's the first time that US troops in Jordan have 276 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:29.240 been struck since the beginning of the Israel Hamok War. We've seen US military 277 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:32.960 facilities in Iraq struck in Syria, but this was the first time they were 278 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:37.680 struck in Jordan. This was a base where US troops were helping kind of 279 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:44.039 advise and assist Jordanian forces, with the main goal lately having been to kind 280 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:48.000 of focus on the lasting defeat of ISIS. And so you know the fact 281 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:53.279 that they were struct there is certainly alarming to the Jordanians as well. And 282 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.200 you know, it is unusual. Again, it's the first time that the 283 00:20:57.960 --> 00:21:03.079 US troops have been hit in Jordan. We've seen a number of attacks in 284 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:07.480 Syria and Iraq, but it was the first time in Jordan's Okay, well, 285 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:10.759 well, we will continue to watch this situation develop and hope that it 286 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:12.960 doesn't explode. And as delo quitera, thank you so much for your time 287 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:17.319 this morning. Thank you. All right, let's get back to some of 288 00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:19.640 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsrooms. So much going 289 00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:25.960 on today. Covered California has extended its enrollment period past the January thirty first 290 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:30.839 deadline. People now have until February ninth to apply Covered California, as executive 291 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:34.319 director says, it wants to make sure that anyone who needs health insurance has 292 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:38.160 the opportunity to get covered. For the rest of twenty twenty four They also 293 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:44.000 say they're seeing record enrollment. The sheriff of San Bernardino County is calling for 294 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:48.359 stiffer laws to smoke out large scale illegal plotforms. Sheriff Shannon Dika says while 295 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:52.000 his teams have been able to largely take down illegal farms in his county, 296 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:56.799 hundreds of farms remain. We still have cartels that are involved in these. 297 00:21:56.039 --> 00:22:00.920 We also have a whole Chinese group of cartels that are involved also black market 298 00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:06.480 business. Dika says he's willing to work on legislation with anybody in Sacramento who's 299 00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:10.759 willing. The Sheriff's effort comes as investigators say six people who are involved in 300 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:15.839 an argument over marijuana were fatally shot last week in the High Desert Blake Trolly 301 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:19.039 kaf I News. The House has passed a seventy eight billion dollar tax package 302 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:23.839 that includes an expansion of the child tax credit. The legislation would lift the 303 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:30.319 sixteen hundred dollars refundable cap on the credit and adjusted for inflation. ABC's Mark 304 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:34.480 Remillard says the bill also includes some tax breaks for businesses. Sheriff Shennondikas says 305 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:40.079 it's a combination that gives policy wins to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. 306 00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:44.039 House Speaker Mike Johnson praising the law as an example of how Congress is 307 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:47.640 supposed to work. The tax cut package now heads to the Senate, but 308 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:52.240 it's not clear if it has the votes there to pass. Liberal Democrats don't 309 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:56.039 like the business tax cuts and right wing Republicans don't like the child tax credit 310 00:22:56.079 --> 00:23:03.599 policy. Eating kimchi daily could prevent different forms of obe city. Research published 311 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:07.759 Tuesday out of South Korea found that adults who ate the fermented veggie dish every 312 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:12.039 day were at a lower risk of developing ob city than those who didn't. 313 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:17.559 The study surveyed more than one hundred and fifteen thousand Korean adults between the ages 314 00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:21.240 of forty and sixty nine. When we come back, I went out and 315 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:23.880 about to a place that I see almost every day but haven't been too in 316 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:29.319 years, and the views are out of this world. That's your hint. 317 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:36.480 Baseball season is here. Don't miss live coverage from FanFest with insider David Vassy 318 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:41.359 this Saturday from noon to three. Visit discount tire and service centers by two 319 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:45.839 Tires Get two for free. Southland Weather from KFI heavy rain expected this morning, 320 00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:48.480 one to two inches in the basin, valleys and along the coast. 321 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:52.400 Two to four inches could fall in the foothills and mountain areas. Gusty winds 322 00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:57.359 are also expected. Heisilbe just in the fifties and sixties. The heaviest range 323 00:23:57.400 --> 00:24:03.640 should taper off this afternoon, with spurs possibly thunderstorms possible through early tomorrow. 324 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:07.119 We'll get a break in the weather tomorrow and Saturday. Then a second stronger 325 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:11.400 storm is expected Sunday, with rain on the way through Wednesday. You're listening 326 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:15.920 to a wake up call on demand from KFI AM six forty. Good Thursday 327 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:21.039 morning to you. I'm Amy King. Actually we might The storm's supposed to 328 00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:23.440 move out by later today and tomorrow we're going to see some sunshine, believe 329 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:26.880 it or not. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 330 00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:30.440 Moderate to heavy rain has arrived in southern California as the first of two 331 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:34.720 storms moved through. Forecasters say one to two inches of rain could fall in 332 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:38.839 the valleys and at the coast, and two to four inches as possible in 333 00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:44.680 the foothills and mountains. Wind winter and high surf advisories are up around the 334 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:48.839 Southland. A winter storm warning is in effect in some mountain areas, with 335 00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:52.559 snow levels dipping to about forty five hundred feet by tomorrow. Five LA County 336 00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:59.319 Sheriff's deputies being hailed as heroes for running into a burning house in Lakeayata, 337 00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:03.559 flint Ridge and saving a woman trapped inside. The deputies climbed up an awning 338 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:07.119 Tuesday night, broke a window and were able to get the woman out, 339 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:11.359 and when firefighters got there, they went in and pulled an unconscious man out 340 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:18.000 of the home. Some Californians could lose their landlines. AT and T is 341 00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:22.359 currently required to offer landlines to all customers in the state, but is asking 342 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:27.240 state regulators to lift that requirement. If approved, no company would have to 343 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:33.599 offer a basic phone service plan in some areas, but others could go in 344 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:40.119 voluntarily if they wanted to. Customers can give feedback when public forums begin next 345 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:42.680 week at five point fifty, We're going to be talking to ABC's crime and 346 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:47.720 Terrorism analyst Brad Garrett. He says, in spite of everything, the heads 347 00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:52.000 of the social media companies are saying, your kids are not protected from bad 348 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:56.400 players. Going to dig a little deeper into that. I went out in 349 00:25:56.480 --> 00:26:03.759 about this week to the Griffith Observatory. It was a beautiful day. One 350 00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:07.759 of my friends had left earlier in the day and flown home, and my 351 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:10.519 friend Teresa was still in town and we were trying to figure out what we 352 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:12.039 were going to do for the afternoon, and she's like, Oh, we 353 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:15.240 should go to Griffith Park. I haven't been there for years. And I 354 00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:18.240 was like, I haven't been there for years, and which is sort of 355 00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:26.359 ironic to me because I literally see the Griffith Observatory every day like it's I 356 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:29.279 can see it from my balcony. So we thought, okay, it's a 357 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:34.359 beautiful day, we'll take a drive up there. And I forget how fantastic 358 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:40.920 the observatory is. So we went on a Monday, and the observatory itself 359 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:44.400 was closed. It's open Tuesday through Sunday, so if you want to go 360 00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:47.920 up there on Monday, it's a little less crowded, but you can't go 361 00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:52.920 inside the building. Even outside, there's lots to see, and of course, 362 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:55.119 because it was such a beautiful day, it was one of those days 363 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:57.799 in southern California where you could you could see for miles. You could see 364 00:26:57.799 --> 00:27:02.680 Catalina could obviously, you could see the ocean, you could see the buildings 365 00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:07.960 of Santa Monica, the Wiltshire District. Of course downtown you could see Rancho 366 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:11.960 Palace Verdies And then you turn around and the Hollywood Sign is right behind you. 367 00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:15.160 I mean, it's just so pretty. And then there's hiking trails all 368 00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:18.440 over there, and so you can go hike after you go and look at 369 00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:22.519 the stars. And then they also have some cool things just outside the observatory. 370 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:29.240 And I posted a video on my Instagram at Amy k King that you 371 00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:32.759 can see a couple of the things that they do. But it's just so 372 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:34.599 so amazing, And if you go on a day when the observatory is open, 373 00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:40.279 all kinds of cool exhibits about the Sun and the moon and the cosmos. 374 00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:42.519 And then of course there's the planetarium and if you haven't seen a planetarium 375 00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:45.279 show again, this is one of those things. It's right here, and 376 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:48.480 I think we just forget about it because it's right here and kind of take 377 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:52.960 it for granted. They've got a show called Signs of Life and they describe 378 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:57.839 it as an astronomical detective story that propels visitors to uncover what it took to 379 00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:03.039 put life in the universe. It's ten bucks for the show for adults. 380 00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:06.240 It's a little bit less for kids, and it runs for like thirty five 381 00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:08.920 minutes, so it's not like a two hour show or anything. The only 382 00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:14.079 thing about the Observatory that I want to at least put on your radar is 383 00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:15.680 parking can be a little challenging. Like I said, it wasn't as crowded 384 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:18.039 when we were there, so we actually got to park up top in the 385 00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:23.720 parking lot. There's parking down the roadways. It's like ten dollars, and 386 00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:27.720 then further down they have parking lots and you can shuttle up and so on 387 00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:32.759 crowded days, that's probably the way to do it. Or you can hike 388 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:37.799 and hike and hike to get up to the observatory. But it again, 389 00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:40.559 because we were there on a Monday, it wasn't bad, but a great 390 00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:44.400 way to spend a couple of hours and just one of the many amazing sites 391 00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:48.319 that are in our own backyard. And hopefully you'll go and take advantage of 392 00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:52.279 it and go out and about yourself. Let's get back to some of the 393 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:56.359 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Metrolink has started securing 394 00:28:56.480 --> 00:29:03.759 an unstable hillside in San Clemente to prepare for the storm. Metrolinks Scott Johnson 395 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:07.960 says the crews put tarps over the slope where debris caused rail service to be 396 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:11.599 shut down in the area last week. Rail service continues in Orange County. 397 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:15.599 Metrolink operates as far south as our lagun and Agail mission via hostation Monday through 398 00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:19.519 Friday, and then this weekend we will once again operate as far south as 399 00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:25.559 San Juan Capistrano. Johnson says many agencies are working together to try to keep 400 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:29.359 the hillside from crumbling during the storms. He says rail service will be fully 401 00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:33.000 restored only when it is safe to do so. An unarmed response program to 402 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:40.240 divert calls involving the homeless and mental health crises away from the LEDPD is expanding. 403 00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:44.240 Mayor Bath says as of today, Circle that's the name of the program 404 00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:48.480 will serve the Harbor area. The program already operates in Hollywood, downtown, 405 00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:52.480 La South, La Venice, and parts of the San Fernando Valley. Teams 406 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:56.400 responded to nearly nine thousand calls last year with an average response time of less 407 00:29:56.400 --> 00:30:00.279 than twenty six minutes. Four people have been arrested for the fatal ship shoting 408 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:06.319 of a teenage boy in Pacoima. LAPT Lieutenant Guy Golan says the sixteen year 409 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:08.640 old and a friend were walking last month when they were approached by people in 410 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:14.319 a silver Dodge Charger. After a brief conversation, the front passenger exited the 411 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:18.920 vehicle and began firing at them. Both victims attempted to flee. However, 412 00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:22.119 two additional suspects exited from the vehicle and began to shoot at them as well. 413 00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:27.680 He says the sixteen year old was shot several more times after he fell 414 00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:30.400 to the ground. His seventeen year old friend was also hit, but was 415 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:34.400 able to get away. The arrest were made in Culver City, Lancaster and 416 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:38.640 Oxnard. And Ex Cohn, who allegedly shot and killed his ex girlfriend's poppy 417 00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:42.519 following an argument in downtown LA has been ordered to stand trial. The guys 418 00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:48.720 do back in court February fourteenth to face felony charges of animal cruelty and criminal 419 00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:52.880 threats. Billie said David Sumlin held a pillow over the dog January second, 420 00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:56.160 and fired twice into the pillow. Too bad, you can't do murder for 421 00:30:56.279 --> 00:31:02.880 dogs. A state audit says Anaheim need better oversight of taxpayer money following a 422 00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:06.799 former mayor's guilty plea to federal fraud charges. The audit claims millions of dollars 423 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:11.759 in tourism contracts have been mismanaged. Anaheim Mayor Ashley Aiken agrees specifically with her 424 00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:15.400 disagreement of a six point five million dollar contract to promote tourism recovery during the 425 00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:21.319 pandemic even though the industry was shut down that I fiercely disagree with one point 426 00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:26.480 five million of that being misappropriated to the Chamber of Commerce without the city's knowledge 427 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:30.000 or permission. State auditors and the city have called for the Chamber to return 428 00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:32.960 that money, though the Chamber has disagreed with the audit and at the one 429 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:37.920 point five million dollars was used inappropriately in Anaheim. Corbin Carson KFI News, 430 00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:41.640 A man who ran onto a runway at lax has been arrested. People spotted 431 00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:45.519 the guy last night between the Tom Bradley and Westgates terminals. Officers followed him 432 00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:48.400 out of a security gate as he made his way out onto the tarmac. 433 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:52.079 He was caught a short time later. Authority say they believe he was under 434 00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:57.839 the influence of something. A new study says hungary sea otters have helped rescue 435 00:31:57.960 --> 00:32:06.400 a section of marshland in Monterey. Marine ecologist Brent Hughes says crabs eat away 436 00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:09.960 the roots of marsh grass, turning the banks into kind of Swiss cheese and 437 00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:13.920 risking their collapse. Well, the study, published in the journal Nature, 438 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:17.559 says the return of crab eating sea otters in the area has helped curb that 439 00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:23.720 erosion. Other research shows the otters help kelp forest regrow by eating sea urchins 440 00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:31.720 that munch on the kelp, and they're freaking adorable. Hulu is following in 441 00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:37.519 the footsteps of Netflix. You might have gotten the email about it yesterday. 442 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:45.119 Hulu has sent out the email notifying subscribers that it's gonna stop letting you share 443 00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:47.960 accounts with people outside your household. Remember Netflix did this a while ago, 444 00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:52.680 and there was this big uproar, and we've talked about how Netflix was going 445 00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:57.480 to lose subscribers because they weren't going to let like if you had a student 446 00:32:57.480 --> 00:33:00.759 who wasn't living in the household or you had a team, you know, 447 00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:04.079 somebody out at college or something like that, and they couldn't share that. 448 00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:07.119 People were going to be mad and cancel their subscriptions. I think Netflix is 449 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:12.559 having record subscription now because apparently people just can't do without their Netflix. So 450 00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:20.599 Hulu is following that lead and no more password sharing. Sorry. Speaking of 451 00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:24.200 streaming, I want to send you a warning right now, really quick about 452 00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:30.599 So I wanted to watch the twenty Days in Maryupul that I told you about 453 00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:36.559 in Amy's on It last week. It's the documentary about the first twenty days 454 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:40.599 of the war in Ukraine. And so I had to sign up for PBS 455 00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:45.759 and they're like and it's like through Prime Video and then you do an extra 456 00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:47.960 little three ninety nine, but the first week is free. So I signed 457 00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:52.759 up for the seven day free trial on January twenty fourth, and I was 458 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:58.839 going to cancel it yesterday a week later, on January thirty first, but 459 00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:04.720 they charged me on the seventh day, not on the eighth day on February 460 00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:07.720 first, like I thought it would be. So I've got PBS for another 461 00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:09.119 month, and I thought I should cancel it now, and I thought no, 462 00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:13.559 because then I've already paid for that month's subscription, so I might as 463 00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:17.079 well use it. So my goal now is to not forget to cancel it 464 00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:22.519 at the end of this month. Good luck and godspeed. If you're having 465 00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:27.519 similar issues. You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM six 466 00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:30.119 forty. Where did the hour go? It's already gone. Happy Thursday. 467 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:35.519 Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The heaviest rain 468 00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:39.559 of an atmospheric river moving into southern California is expected this morning. Rain could 469 00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:44.639 fall between a half and three quarters of an inch of rain per hour. 470 00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:49.519 The rain's expected to mostly move out by about two this afternoon, and then 471 00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:52.440 we could still see some showers after that. A second, stronger storm is 472 00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:59.599 expected to hit Sunday. A man who's been arrested for allegedly setting fire to 473 00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:05.239 a church in Pasadena. The fire was started at Grace Korean Methodist Church the 474 00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:09.159 night of January nineteenth. Police say the man's also accused of trying to carjack 475 00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:15.119 someone at a gas station in Pasadena two days earlier, and setting another fire 476 00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:19.280 in a parking lot later that day. Today's the deadline for renders to payback 477 00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:22.880 rent not paid during the pandemic. Renters can be evicted if they don't pay 478 00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:28.280 by the deadline. Certain eviction protections under state law are still in place. 479 00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:34.239 Today is also when landlords can start increasing rent prices for rent controlled units. 480 00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:37.760 We're just minutes away from handle on the news this morning. The House has 481 00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:45.199 passed a seventy nine billion dollar bill to enhance child tax credits and also bring 482 00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:47.880 back some tax breaks, and of course the far left and the far right 483 00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:52.199 not happy about it, so we'll see if it can get through the Senate. 484 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:58.079 Let's say good morning now to ABC's crime and terrorism analyst Brad Garrett. 485 00:35:58.239 --> 00:36:02.239 Brad, good morning, Good morning Amy. So the CEOs of the five 486 00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:10.480 social media platforms testified before Congress yesterday and they say their platforms provide resources to 487 00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:17.880 kids. But you kind of take issue with that. Well, providing resources 488 00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:23.679 is one thing, Providing adequate resources is another. Do they have people that 489 00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:29.880 monitor and probably use algorithms to catch certain words, phrases, et cetera. 490 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:32.599 The answer is yes. Do they do it to the extent that they could 491 00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:39.119 The answer is no. And I think for them it goes beyond child exploitation, 492 00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:45.639 etc. It goes to their bottom line. I mean, amy they 493 00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:50.760 make money because more of us go to the platform and more of us stay 494 00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:57.320 on the platform longer. Those two things are what they use to take to 495 00:36:57.440 --> 00:37:00.840 advertisers who go, h, you got eight million people any given time. 496 00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:04.800 You know they stay on for X number of minutes. That's great, We're 497 00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:08.719 going to advertise for X amount of money. And you know they make billions 498 00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:13.400 of dollars doing that. I think from their not saying this, of course, 499 00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:17.480 but I think my view is that if they start cracking down more in 500 00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:23.199 this arena, it will force them into crack down in other arenas like extremism 501 00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:25.719 and so forth and so on. And not that they'll do some of that 502 00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:31.480 now, but clearly not to the extent they could. Is that it could 503 00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:37.559 affect their business. It could affect their profit margin. And I really you 504 00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:39.400 know that does that sound cold? Well, of course it does, but 505 00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:45.800 I do think that's really the driving force here. Okay, and let's I 506 00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:47.840 want to talk about the algorithms for just a second. I think we kind 507 00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:52.719 of have a general idea of what they do, but they really are kind 508 00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:58.079 of I don't know that sinister is the word, but how do they work, 509 00:37:58.159 --> 00:38:01.559 and how do they you know, target people to you know, head 510 00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:07.280 down a certain road, if you can say it that way. So you 511 00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:10.639 know, algorithms obviously are used for a gazillion different things. One is to 512 00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:15.880 catch certain phrases or words, et cetera that we just talked about. You 513 00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:22.440 know. The other is that if you go to my example of keeping people 514 00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:29.840 online longer, if you go and are looking up let's just say, let's 515 00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:32.840 just go to extremist groups and you're on some version of an ISIS or al 516 00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:40.440 Qaeda website, that the algorithms will then feed you more information about al Qaeda, 517 00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:45.199 ISIS or like minded sites, so that you will go from the one 518 00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:47.880 you're on to the next one, and the next one and the next one, 519 00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:52.079 and you know, you end up stand online a long time and you're 520 00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:55.360 getting drawn in. Maybe you're you know, kid that's home, you're isolated, 521 00:38:55.880 --> 00:39:01.159 you're depressed, whatever it might be, and you know, this becomes 522 00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:07.199 sort of intoxicating and off you go. And so you know that's the other 523 00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:12.639 side of obviously algorithms, Okay, and in a less kind of toxic way. 524 00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:16.440 I know that you know, I was talking about getting glasses with the 525 00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:22.239 interchange and interchangeable frames with my friend over the weekend. And now that's popping 526 00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:28.000 up on my feed every time like a lot. Yep, so it knows 527 00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:30.079 that I'm interested in it. So just I'm going to keep feeding it to 528 00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:37.599 you until you buy it. That and just apply that example to you know, 529 00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:42.440 a kid that's online talking to another kid or maybe not. It's an 530 00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:45.880 adult pretending to be a kid, you know, convincing them to take their 531 00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:47.840 clothes off to take pictures of themselves. The meat, the metal location, 532 00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:52.639 I mean all of that stuff. You know, could you catch a big 533 00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:57.599 chunk of that if you were really aggressive? The answer is yes. But 534 00:39:57.840 --> 00:40:00.960 you know, in my view, they're just they're not willing to do that 535 00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:07.440 for the obvious money. Okay, And there are parental controls available on social 536 00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:12.559 media platforms. But do they do any good? Well, they can do 537 00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:16.760 some good, but there's a lot more limitations to them than the folks who 538 00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:22.039 make them and advertise them would like you to know. Is that you can 539 00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:29.000 they be disarmed. I mean, you take a young adolescent and their ability 540 00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:36.000 to sort of work around or shut off parnerical controls. There's the ability to 541 00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:39.480 do that. I mean most of the social psychologists that I follow, I 542 00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:45.039 mean, they would say that basically, you just have to restrict access. 543 00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:51.639 I mean, one social psychologist in particular, who's really well known, well 544 00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:55.320 respected, does great research, said, actually, kids should even have a 545 00:40:55.400 --> 00:41:00.840 phone until they're sixteen. They don't have enough impulse control role, they don't 546 00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:04.519 have the ability to shut it off and go do something else. And then 547 00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:08.679 basically it's really destroying a big chunk of their life to be on a phone 548 00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:14.679 most of the time. And it certainly would go to the studies of the 549 00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:20.559 number of kids that are pressed depressed to commit suicide and to become emotionally fragile 550 00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:23.360 because they don't deal with people anymore. It's all online. And until you 551 00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:27.360 have to look people in the eye and deal with them, you don't really 552 00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:30.039 learn the hard lessons you got to learn day in and day out to really 553 00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:36.480 be a functional person in society. Yeah, and they because they're younger and 554 00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:39.480 they don't know that already, they don't know that, they don't know how 555 00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:43.519 to communicate, you know, I mean, so it's sort of catch twenty 556 00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:47.559 two. Oh yeah, they think they know everything, it's right, So 557 00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:53.159 it ends up being all bad as far as this exposure of long term exposure 558 00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:57.639 to social media and staying on phones. Okay, so well the genie is 559 00:41:57.679 --> 00:42:00.559 already out of the bottle. So I mean, the the possibility of taking 560 00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:06.920 phones away from kids is probably not very realistic. And then, knowing that 561 00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:12.000 the social media platforms aren't really going to do anything, is there anything parents 562 00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:20.679 can do to protect the Literally they're gonna literally have to lock up devices and 563 00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:22.800 other We're just kids who won't have access to things. That doesn't mean that 564 00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:27.239 they can't get them someplace else. It's like anything else, though, I 565 00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:30.320 mean, if you make it harder, it's sort of it's a sort of 566 00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:36.559 a disincentive and maybe go go do something else like read a book, play 567 00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:40.719 drums, uh, you know, go play basketball, whatever it might be. 568 00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:46.440 But to do something when you're actually with people instead of either lost on 569 00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:54.039 some platform or you're just you know, falling into this abyss of negativity which 570 00:42:54.079 --> 00:43:00.159 then unfortunately drives you to do or go to dark corners of your personality. 571 00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:05.639 So parents, good luck, and keep an eye on your kids and try 572 00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:07.840 to get up, try to get them to put down the phones every once 573 00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:12.119 in a while and go out and play. I mean, basically, well, 574 00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:15.519 yeah, I mean, but let's face it, some parents are much 575 00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:20.679 more technology savvy than others. I think a lot of this is a really 576 00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:22.920 challenge for folks to how in the world do I keep up with this? 577 00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:27.920 And I sympathize with that. I mean, it's like so many things, 578 00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:31.840 it's all put back on the parents, which is not fair, but it 579 00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:36.559 is the reality. Yeah, all right, Brad Garrett, ABC's Crime and 580 00:43:36.639 --> 00:43:38.599 Terrorism analyst, thank you so much for the time and insight this morning. 581 00:43:39.559 --> 00:43:43.159 You're welcome. All right, we'll talk to Samy you too. Let's get 582 00:43:43.159 --> 00:43:45.559 back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 583 00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:49.840 State officials and first responders have prepared for major rainfall expected to continue in 584 00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:54.199 southern California over the next several days. Brian Ferguson with cal Oees has encouraged 585 00:43:54.239 --> 00:43:58.639 people to take action ahead of time. We would like to remind everyone to 586 00:43:58.679 --> 00:44:01.719 sign up for alerts from their county. That's the first line of defense for 587 00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:07.440 folks that get notifications about dangerous actions happening in their community. Ferguson says, 588 00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:13.320 it really is an all in state response with emergency emergency personnel standing by to 589 00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:16.639 keep people safe. He said people should be sure that they're getting their information 590 00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:21.960 from trusted sources because there's been a rise in miss and disinformation with this round 591 00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:24.320 of storms. Some airports in southern California are going to get money from the 592 00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:30.119 FAA for improvements to infrastructure. Really would Burbank Airport gets eight point two million 593 00:44:30.199 --> 00:44:34.000 for upgrades to its runways and taxiways. One point seven million will be sent 594 00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:37.280 to the San Bernardino International Airport to provide a path for firefighting trucks. The 595 00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:42.000 grant money's part of the new Infrastructure Law. Official say a total of two 596 00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:45.480 hundred and forty six million will be handed down to airports and thirty seven states 597 00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:50.760 to modernize infrastructure, improve runway safety, and create jobs. Compton Airport also 598 00:44:50.800 --> 00:44:53.559 got some cash one hundred and forty four thousand for runway infrastructure upgrades, and 599 00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:58.920 John Wayne Airport in Santa Anna will get twelve point three million for various improvements. 600 00:44:59.119 --> 00:45:04.960 Steve Gregor, King of FI News La, San Francisco and twenty three 601 00:45:05.079 --> 00:45:10.159 other counties in California have sued TESLA over the alleged mismanaging of hazardous waste. 602 00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:15.559 TESLA is accused of mislabeling waste and sending it to landfills that cannot accept these 603 00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:19.800 kinds of materials. Violators of the law could be fined as much as seventy 604 00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:25.199 thousand dollars per violation per day. This is KFFI and kost HD two Los 605 00:45:25.239 --> 00:45:30.159 Angeles, Orange County, Southland weather from KFI rain, gusty winds, sight, 606 00:45:30.280 --> 00:45:35.079 chance of thunderstorms. The heaviest rains expected this morning, with showers this 607 00:45:35.159 --> 00:45:38.760 afternoon and snows possible in the mountains. Big waves are expected at the beaches. 608 00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:43.239 I will be in the fifties and sixties. We have a chance of 609 00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:46.440 showers tonight, then we should get some sunshine tomorrow and early Saturday before a 610 00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:51.199 second storm moves in on Sunday. It's fifty four in bray Of fifty four 611 00:45:51.239 --> 00:45:53.960 Lake Forest, fifty two in Marina del Rey, fifty in Burbank. You've 612 00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:58.679 been listening to Wake Up Call with me Amy King. You can always hear 613 00:45:58.719 --> 00:46:04.199 Wakeup Call five am Monday through Friday on kf I AM six forty and anytime 614 00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:06.639 on demand on the iHeartRadio app.