You're listening to wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM six forty KFI and
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up call. This is your wake up call for Tuesday, December twenty sixth.
I'm Heather Brooker in for Amy King. Happy day after Christmas? Is
that a thing? Can we celebrate that? Keep the celebration going? I
am still reveling and smiling after a wonderful day with my family yesterday. I
hope you all had a wonderful day celebrating with your family as well. We've
got a lot of fun things planned this morning, so I hope you'll join
us for this really funfilled hour. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call.
The CDC says two point seven million children between the ages of three and seventeen
have been diagnosed with depression. We'll talk to an expert with tips on how
you can support your kids' mental health during the holidays. They can have a
major impact. As you know, this time of year can be particularly challenging
for those experiencing domestic abuse, and we'll talk with a local expert who can
tell us what to watch for and how we can help, and this has
been Donald Trump's year of indictments. Will take a look back at all the
charges, from falsifying documents to hush money. Then at six p' oh five,
it's Handle on the news. After years of resisting subpoenas to testify under
oath about deputy Gangs, former La County Sheriff Alex Vianueva has a reverse course
and agreed to appear in front of the Civilian Oversight Commission. All right,
let's start with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour
newsroom. A person has been killed and two kids have been hurt in a
car crash between a big rig and akia in Lancaster. A witness told CHP
last night that the Kia Sorento was blocking the roadway because of a previous crash
when the big rig hit it. A second adult in the car was taken
to the hospital. The kids were airlifted to Children's Hospital in La in what
one firefighter called moderate condition. Police and Long Beach are trying to find a
man who attacked a woman as she left work and left her with serious injuries.
The woman tells kat La she was walking early Saturday morning when a man
on a bicycle approached her from behind, hit her over the head, pulled
a knife and demanded property. He got on top of me and I felt
like, oh my god, he's going to rape me, so I started
screaming and fighting him. The woman has injuries to her head, face and
hands. She says she nearly lost a finger trying to wrestle the knife away
from him. The man took off before police arrived. AMAS has so far
rejected an Egyptian backed plan to end the war in Gaza. Egypt's plan would
be a phased hostage release, followed by creating a Palestinian panel of experts who
would govern the Gaza strip in the occupied West Bank. ABC's Andy Field says
the plan does not mention Israel's goal of destroying Hamas or Israel keeping military control
over Gaza. Israel's Prime minister says the war is not close to finish.
Hamas has said it won't negotiate without an end to the aggression. Spirit Airlines
has apologized for a mistake that put a six year old boy on a flight
to the wrong city. The boy was supposed to fly from Philadelphia to Fort
Myers, Florida, last week to stay with his grandmother, but he never
arrived. They told me, no, he's not in this flight. He
missed his flight. I said no, he could not miss his flight because
I have the check in tag. Maria Ramos says she wants to know how
her grandson ended up about one hundred and sixty miles away in Orlando. The
airline says the boy was always under the care and supervision of a Spirit Team
member. Holiday travel has been moving along so far this holiday season, but
the weather is slowing things down. Southwest Airlines canceled more than four hundred flights
over the weekend and delayed nearly twenty seven hundred flights. ABC's Melissa Addams says
a blizzard has been dumping snow over South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas.
Thunderstorms and a threat for flooding expected for the southern Appalachians. The storm expected
to move up the coast, she says. Out west, a floodwatch has
been issued for parts of Washington State where heavy rain could cause flooding. Research
from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence says one in four women and one in
seven men eighteen years and older have been the victim of severe physical violence in
their lifetime, and that violence is more likely to happen during the holidays because
of time off from work and school and other factors. Joining me now to
talk about recognizing and addressing domestic abuse during the holiday season is Sylvia Gribel,
the directing manager of Trauma Enforced Services and Education at the Los Angeles Center for
Law and Justice. Thank you for joining me. It's a pleasure to be
here. Thank you, Heather. All right, so let's start with what
you do at the center. Tell me about the work you're doing there.
Well, we have the distinction of being a fifty year old legal aid in
Los Angeles County primarily serving the needs of domestic violence and sexual assault survivors.
Do the holidays have more of an impact on victims of domestic violence? What
are you seeing there at the center? Well, I mean we see what
I think many of us may or may not be able to recognize as intimate
partner violence, and so it could look. We see frequently claims from criticism
and jealousy and possessiveness that maybe has escalated a lot of financial control. We
also see that there is intimidation tactics, sometimes with or without intimidation with weapons,
coercion, and threats. And where it is particularly important to note these
dynamics is when it doesn't look the way we think it should look or the
way that maybe is a common thread because people will use what they can to
wield that power or control. So for our trans or LGBT folks, it
could be the thread of outing. For undocumented folks, it could be you
know, threats of withholding papers or documentation, or the children, threats of
withholding children. And then we have caretakers, right, we have individuals take
care of needs that are dependent on them and perhaps withholding medication or care.
In my mind and in my heart, I feel like I have a need
to always want to help. If I see something or see someone who might
be going through, you know, this type of situation, I would want
to help. How can we recognize the signs that someone is being abused and
how can we help or should we help them? I think that what we've
learned, at least firsthand and the work that we do, is that those
that are closest to us have the best opportunity perhaps to be in a space
or have access to us. Because one of the tools that is used in
that power and control dynamic is isolation. I think that's the largest one we
see, or the first one that we see come up in their histories that
are shared, and so it would be an opportunity to provide them with the
information. What we understand also is that not all folks are at the same
stage in their journey. So some have just begun a relationship, others have
been in a while, and others are trying to figure out when is the
best time to leave. And so ways that we can assist are by asking
them, you know, how can I help? That is always the best
way because a survivor is really in the best position to share with you what
is scariest about the situation that they're in, what has worked, and what
their strengths and resources have been to keep them safe thus far. And perhaps
just having that open door would be the first step, right, letting them
know that you're a safe place to land. Also, then if your person
is amenable to some resources, I would say a plan is a great place
to start, right, So coming up with a plan, what is it
that you have, what is it that you need? And definitely I will
want to share that. So safety planning is very important and it's very individual.
It's going to be dependent. Does this person have children, does the
person have transportation, does the person have documentation? You know, so it's
important if we are close to this person. So I feel that there's so
many opportunities to assist. It's just a matter of where do you show up.
Do you show up in that relationship with that person, or you a
community member and really just taking the option of assisting. It is important to
remember the one of the most dangerous times for survivor is when they make the
decision to leave. So while it's our inclination to want to yank them out
of their life, it could potentially be the most dangerous if they are not
assisted with some planning. Yeah, that's definitely a concern and something to think
about because you know, like I said, for someone who wants to go
in and be like I'm going to help you, I'm going to save you,
that may not always be the best plan of action. And what is
the number that people can call if nothing else, that there's just one resource
or something they can do to pass along to someone they think might be a
victim, or that they themselves can use to call. Well, I'd like
to provide you with two resources. The National Domestic Violence Abuse Hotline is a
great resource nationally and that number is one eight hundred seven ninety nine safe.
The other would be if somebody you know is in Los Angeles County and seeking
legal support and would like to know what their rights are, would like to
just receive a consult They're welcome to call us at three two three nine eight
zero three five zero zero or online at www dot LACLJ dot org and they
can find a multitude of resources as well on our site. Sylvia Mgrebell from
the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice, thank you so much for giving
us this really invaluable information. It's been my pleasure. Thank you so much.
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. Holiday travel has been moving along so far this holiday season,
but the weather is slowing things down. Southwest Airlines canceled more than four
hundred flights over the weekend and delayed nearly twenty seven hundred flights. ABC's Melissa
Addain says a blizzard has been dumping snow over South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas.
Thunderstorms and a threat for flooding expected for the southern Appalachians. The storm
expected to move up the coast, she says, out west a flood.
A floodwatch has been issued for parts of Washington State where heavy rains could cause
flooding. That storm is then expected to move into northern California. Britain's King
Charles has talked about caring for others and caring for the planet during his first
Christmas address. At a time of increasingly tragic conflict around the world, I
pray that we can also do all in our power to protect each other,
the king said. Caring for the earth is a gift to future generations.
Charles took the throne last year after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth
the Second. A person has been killed and two kids have been hurt in
a crash between a big rig and akia in Lancaster. Metrolink is suspending all
service for four days beginning today to allow workers to clean and repair trains and
upgrade the regional rail network. And retailers say today is the second busiest shopping
day of the year, second only to, of course, Black Friday.
It's so five its handle on the news more than a million people across the
northern and central planes remain under a blizzard or ice storm warning dangerous conditions could
last through tomorrow. And we're going to break that all down for you.
Well, it has been quite a year for Donald Trump. Formal charges of
racketeering and twelve other felonies were brought against him for allegedly overseeing a conspiracy that
that sought to overthrow the results of the twenty twenty presidential election in Georgia.
The indictment was major news across the world. The events leading up to the
charges and those that have played out afterwards have produced a steady supply of major
developments in the case. ABC's Aaron Katirsky has details on some of the more
notable ones donald Trump's year of indictments. Donald Trump was arranged on a New
York Supreme Court indictment. First Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged former President Trump
with falsifying business records tied to the one hundred and thirty thousand dollars hush payment
to porn actress Stormy Daniels before the twenty sixteen election, four false statements made
to cover up other crimes. Then Special Counsel Jack Smith charged Trump with mishandling
classified documents are laws that protect national defense information are critical. Two months later,
Smith returned a second indictment against Trump for election subversion, culminating in January
sixth an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy. Trump faced a fourth
indictment in Atlanta, where Fulton County DA fani Willis charged Trump with trying to
overturn the election results in Georgia, arising from a criminal conspiracy. In each
case, Trump has pleaded not guilty. The first trials scheduled for March in
the thick of the primaries, as Trump seeks the White House again. Aaron
Katerski ABC News New York. After eleven weeks of war in Gaza, the
Israeli military campaign against Tomas now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in recent
history. ABC's in Nez de la Cuerta as a look at what's happened since
the day the war broke out. It was a day that's been described as
hell on Earth. The Israel Hamas war broke out on October seventh, when
at least fifteen hundred Hamas fighters breached the Gaza border by land, sea and
air storming parts of southern Israel. What ensued was atrocious entire family slaughtered,
civilians beheaded, communities set on fire. At least twelve hundred Israelis were killed,
over two hundred hostages were taken. Israel responded by vowing to completely eradicate
Hamas, relentlessly shelling Gaza, decimating entire neighborhoods. One point eight million people
displaced, over fifteen thousand killed according to the Hamas run health Ministry, and
with the IDEF also cutting off all food, fuel, electricity, and water
to Gaza, a humanitarian catastrophe unfolding. A temporary truce was eventually agreed to,
resulting in the release of one hundred and ten hostages, but with the
agreement coming to an end, Israel pressing on with its ground operation in southern
Gaza. The US warning Israel it does not want to see a repeat of
what happened in the north, and as deligotera ABC News Tel Aviv, Let's
get back to some of the stories coming out to the KFI twenty four hour
newsroom. Metrolink is suspending all service for four days so workers can clean and
repair trains and upgrade. Excuse me, upgrade the regional rail network. Trains
will be out of service through Friday, with service restarting on Saturday. Metrolink
officials say the suspension is a chance to complete repairs and upgrades to ensure safer,
more efficient service. A migrant caravan in southern Mexico is headed towards the
US. ABC's Chuck Steverson says the migrants started moving a few days before US
officials were to meet with their Mexican counterparts to talk about immigration. Secretary of
State Anthony B. Lincoln is expected in Mexico City Wednesday to hammer out new
agreements to control the surge of migrants seeking entry into the US. He says
the migrants claim they need help and say they don't understand why the US and
Mexico won't help them. President Biden has ordered air strikes against Iranian backed militia
groups in response to a drone attack in northern Iraq that injured three US service
members. Security Council spokeswoman Adrian Watson says one of the troops suffered critical injuries
in the attack yesterday. Two Iranian backed groups claimed credit for the attack.
A lawyer for ex La County Sheriff Alex Vianueva says his client has agreed to
appear in front of the Civilian Oversight Commission to talk about Deputy gangs. Vianueva
has resisted subpoenas to testify under oath. His lawyer says he is a private
citizen now and is very willing to testify in January and will answer any questions
the committee has. The announcement comes days after a judge set a hearing to
decide whether to order the former sheriff to comply. Vianueva is running for La
County Supervisor. All right, so this is really cool. Talk about a
great Christmas Day. A Powerball lottery ticket matching five numbers except for that powerball
number has been sold at a doughnut store in Anaheim. That ticket is worth
two million dollars. The powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated six hundred and eighty
five million after nobody matched all six numbers to nab that big prize during the
Christmas Day drawing. The top prize up for grabs during the next drawing on
Wednesday. While alum sum option of an estimated three hundred and forty four point
seven million dollars woo. No one has won the powerball jackpot on Christmas Day
since twenty thirteen, when a ticket in Missouri one seventy one point five million
dollars. The numbers drawn for Monday. Everybody, check your tickets. Check
your tickets. There was five, twelve, twenty, twenty four, twenty
nine, and that powerball was number four. I cannot Sometimes I daydream about
winning the lottery. We've got Michelle here, and we've got kno here,
and Nick is here as well. I want to ask you guys, let's
just say, let's just do one of those like, let's have a moment
where we all drew for a second. What would we do if we won
the power ball? Well, first I need now that because you're you're new,
I need to officially ask you if you want to join the lottery pool.
Yes, oh yeah, yes, the answer is yes. Okay,
good, So I'll talk to you about that later. But what would I
do? God, what would we do if we won? As a group?
We would take the lump sum, that's the rule for sure. Yeah,
sure, you take the lump sum and then we just divide it evenly.
But I would I think I would buy several homes oh, invest in
different areas. Yes, that'd be the first thing after paying off debt obviously.
Well you know that's what everyone always says, we got to pay off
the debt first, which I get. That's a very practical thing to do.
Like, it would be terrible if you want millions of dollars and then
just left your credit card bills there, just pretended like they didn't exist,
and your credit goes down. But yeah, payoff bills, buy property for
sure. I think I would love to travel. Yeah, oh yeah,
no, no, no, definitely travel. I would absolutely get some real
workout time in on my passport without a question. ConA, what would you
do? I would probably buy candy store? Oh that's so specific? Why
so I can have all the candy whenever I want. I love that,
I give it to any of the children, and I'll keep it off for
myself, forget those kids. This is where you heard the making of the
gridg Yeah, I was like, we officially heard the words start here.
Man marked that on the calendar. This is the origin story of the gridge.
I think his answer is my favorite. I agree with you. Do
you have a specific candy shop, ConA or no, so specific candy shop.
No, probably like Ansley, one of the chocolate base. Yes,
chocolate base. That sounds amazing, honestly. I mean you know what,
I may go to our little convenience store down the hall and buy you a
little some something. It's just for fundies, for a post Christmas gift.
I I daydream about this a lot. And one of the things I would
do, you guys will appreciate this is I would buy my husband a radio
station. Ooh. My husband used to be a radio DJ back in the
day. He was in an alternative radio station. Loves music. I would
buy him his own radio station so he can play whatever music he wants and
no program director, nobody can tell him what he has to play five times
an hour or whatever. That's a great, that's agreed. He would just
be like, you know, throwback to the old WKRP in Cincinnati. You
know. Oh, I love that. Thank you guys for participating in my
fun little what if we won the lottery moment? Now what if, well,
let's just say when we win the lottery when air quality regulators have issued
a ban on indoor and outdoor wood burning in the Inland Empire through today due
to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. President Biden has ordered
the military to carry out retaliatory airstre against Iranian backed militia groups after three US
service members were injured in a drone attack in northern Iraq. It's been an
unprecedented year for southern California whale watchers. A pod of eastern tropical Pacific orcas
showed up two weeks ago and have been seen from Laguna Beach to as far
north as Malibu. Then at six oh five, it's handle on the news.
Governor Newsom says Donald Trump is a threat to our democracy, but he
doesn't think he should be taken off the California ballot. And at five point
fifty, we'll tell you what happens to all those gift cards you got for
Christmas if you don't use them. And what is the word of the year.
I'm sure you've hit heard your kids say it, but you may not
know what it means. We're going to fill you in on all of that.
Joining me now to talk about mental health with our kids for the holidays
is doctor Kim, the Parentologist. You've seen her on ABCCBS and Fox as
well as her own weekly podcast called The Parentologists Podcast. Kim, thank you
so much for joining me. Thank you for having me. It's a pleasure
to be here. So I would like to talk about this recent report from
the CDC. It says two point seven million children between the ages of three
and seventeen have been diagnosed with depression. And I assume, like many adults,
they can start to feel these effects during the holiday season. I'd love
to know what are some of the ways we can support our kids' mental health
during the holiday break. And I understand that this is a pretty big age
range here. What you would do for a three year old would be very
different than what you would do with a seventeen year old. That's true,
and you know, there's lots of things that I think you can also look
into and do with children of all ages. For example, you know,
parents can look out for symptoms and behaviors that do not reflect your child's regular
behaviors and symptoms. So, for example, when some kids are feeling depressed,
they will get very irritable, they will get isolate themselves where they want
to not participate in family activities, friends activity, sports activities, which may
be very usual for them. So I think for parents to identify some of
those symptoms and patterns of behavior that are different than their normal child's personality is
something that parents can look out for for all ages. Something else I really
emphasize with children of all ages are doing daily check ins, and I think
this really helps keep a pulse on a children's mental health and for parents to
really be involved in their child's life. It doesn't have to be a long
sit down conversation or a lecture. Maybe just on the way home from you
know, the store or from school, a parent can ask how their child's
feeling on a scale of one to ten. Now, if they are three,
they can do a thumbs up, a sideways them or downwards them,
right, something fun and easy that you know, child there's in preschoolers can
identify and do themselves. As the children get older, they can identify you
know, scale a one to ten and attends the highest and the child's around
in you know, seven, eight, nine or ten, then you know
that's great and the parent can move on. But if it's lower, then
the parent can have a follow up question and say, okay, well what
could make your day better or what's going on that you know I can help
you with? You know, how can I help you, you know,
validate them, empathize with them, you know, be present and just listen.
Sometimes kids just want to tell what's on their mind and they don't need
answers or a solution. They just want a vent to their parent and know
that their parents there to support them. Yeah. That's a great point too,
is once you get them talking, you don't always have to solve that
problem that maybe that they present to you. I know, I personally am
a big problem solver. I want to be like, all right, let's
try to fix this. But sometimes, you know, I have a ten
year old and sometimes I just need to step back and just listen to her
talk a little bit, and I think that helps her a lot. As
parents around the holidays, we want to give so many things to our kids.
We want to give them everything on their Christmas list. But how important
is it to set up some of those gift giving boundaries versus giving them everything
on their list. I think, as a general rule, I think boundaries
are very healthy for children, and I think it's very help healthy for parents
to set boundaries with their children around everything, whether it's behavior, whether it's
you know, the types of food they eat. I usually usually always talk
about parents eliminating things like carbs and sugars and processed food and synthetic dyes just
for their overall health and well being, you know, and it also affects
behavior and mood as well, So that's something I usually preach about. So
I think setting boundaries around everything is great. And I think during the holidays,
especially around gifts, at least in our home, we try to teach
humility, we try to teach gratitude, we tried to teach giving back,
and so I think setting boundaries around those gifts is good because then if a
child doesn't get something on their wish list, then that gives them something to
work towards. Maybe they can earn it through a point system. All right,
let's talk about comparison. When I was a kid, you know,
and honestly all kids can't help but see what their friends got for Christmas.
Maybe how can we help support our kids when it comes to comparing what they
got versus what their friends got. Yeah, that's a hard one because especially
not with social media posting what they got for Christmas, and you know,
kids are looking and even parents do this too. It's kind of like keeping
up with the joneses. You know, you think, oh, that person
got a new stereo system or you know, the newest Alexa or whatever it
is, and it's hard not to compare yourself. So I think it starts
with the parents first. If the parents are comparing their selves to others and
trying to continually get the next best thing, then I think it trickles down
and the kids are going to learn that too. So I think if the
parents show a type of gratitude for what they have and focusing on what they
do have instead of what they don't have, I think that trickles down to
their children. So we keep a little gratitude book at home, and we
try to, even over dinner time, just talk about what are the three
things we're grateful for today, And that can go over towards gifts too.
You know, we're grateful for getting our new stuffed animal or our new video
game, or whatever the case may be, and we focus it on ourselves
and we try to isolate that where we're not comparing to others. But I
do think it does trickle down from the parent if they are role modeling a
non comparison competitive behavior with other adults, then the kids will learn that too
well. I know this information has been really helpful for me, and I
hope it has been for everyone who's listening as well. You can find out
more information about doctor Kim and her work theparentologists dot Com and also on her
weekly podcast, Doctor Kim, Thank you so much for joining me. Thank
you so much for having me. Let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Police and Fontana are trying
to find anyone else targeted by a convicted sex offender arrested again for allegedly exploiting
miners online. Police say Edgard Carrie Solez used various online platforms to contact miners
trying to get explicit photos. They say multiple electronic devices seized during a raid
in August confirmed he was exploiting kids across the country. So far, nineteen
have been identified. A federal judge is ruling a lawsuit against X formerly known
as Twitter, will continue. The company is accused of not paying bonuses that
were promised to employees. The lawsuit alleges bonuses stopped after billionaire Elon Musk hire
the company in October of last year. That lawsuit was filed by a former
senior director of compensation at x Hamas, has so far rejected an Egyptian backed
play and to end the war in Gaza. Egypt's plan would be a phased
hostage release, followed by creating a Palestinian panel of experts who would govern the
Gaza strip in the occupied West Bank. ABC's Andy Field says the plan does
not mention Israel's goal of destroying Hamas or Israel keeping military control over Gaza.
Israel's prime minister says the war is not close to finished. AMAS said it
won't negotiate without an end to the aggression. Iran has been showing off a
new long range missile as attacks on cargo ships increase in the Red Sea.
A US warship shot down four drones in the Red Sea. The USS Lagoon
shot down the drones that were headed from areas controlled by Iranian backed Hoofy rebels
and Yemen the same vessel, responding to attacks on at least two commercial tankers
in the Red Sea. ABC's aerial chef says Iran claims its new fully smart
missile can change targets after launch. The Pentagon says there have been at least
fifteen attacks. On commercial ships in the Red Seas since mid October. An
actor known for his role on TV's One Life to Live has died. A
publicist says Kamar Dela Reus died yesterday in LA after a brief battle with cancer.
De Los Reyes was best known for playing Antonio Vega on Daytime TV.
The character was a gang member turned cop. Bega also did voice work on
Call of Duty Black Ops two. He was fifty six. Holiday travel has
been moving along so far this holiday season, but the weather is slowing things
down. Southwest Airlines canceled more than four hundred flights over the weekend and delayed
nearly twenty seven hundred flights. ABC's Melissa Addams says a blizzard has been dumping
snow over South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. Thunderstorms and a threat for
flooding expected for the southern Appalachians. The storm expected to move up the coast,
she says. Out west, a floodwatch has been issued for parts of
Washington State, where heavy rain could cause flooding. The storm is then expected
to move into northern California. Police and Fontana are trying to find anyone else
targeted by a convicted sex offender arrested again for allegedly exploiting miners online. Britain's
King Charles has talked about caring for others and caring for the planet. During
his first Christmas address, the King said caring for the Earth is a gift
to future generations, and the controversial Delta Tunnel project is moving forward. The
sixteen billion dollar plan calls for a forty five mile long tunnel to be rebuilt,
be built excuse me, beneath the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta, and
pipe water that bypasses the Delta into the Bethany Reservoir and ultimately be delivered here
to southern California. Opponents say it will be more expensive than the initial estimates
and have negative environmental impact. There are just minutes away from Handle. On
the news this morning, a ban on outdoor and indoor wood burning in much
of southern California has been extended because a forecast of high air pollution. The
order is in effect until least midnight in some areas. Making a decision has
never seemed as hard as it was for Republicans to choose a leader this year.
ABC Steve Portnoy takes us back through the moments. When that decision was
finally made, chaos reigned for Republicans in the House. It took Kevin McCarthy
fifteen attempts a speaker has not been elected. McCarthy finally became speaker, but
nine months after he won the gavel, McCarthy lost it. He sparked conservative
anger by putting on the floor a clean bill to avoid a government shutdown.
This isn't personal. Matt Gates and seven fellow Republicans joined forces with Democrats to
oust a sitting speaker for the first time in history. The Crazy Eights,
led by Gates. The amount of damage they have done to this party into
this country is insturmountable. The GOP would remain leader list for three weeks as
Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan, and Tom Emmer each failed to achieve the near
unanimity among Republicans that was required to win the speakership, but a winner eventually
emerged, Louisiana's Mike Johnson. The Bible is very clear that God is the
one that raises up those in authority. Johnson avoided the faith that befell McCarthy
when in mid November, he too put on the floor a bill to avoid
a government shutdown. Stephen Portnoy, ABC News Washington, Let's get back to
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A
lawyer for ex La County Sheriff Alex Vianueva says his client has agreed to appear
in front of the Civilian Oversight Commission to talk about deputy gangs. Beanueva has
resisted subpoenas to testify under oath. His lawyer says he is a private citizen
now and is very willing to testify in January and will answer any questions the
committee has. The announcement comes just days after a judge set a hearing to
decide whether to order the former sheriff to comply. Benueva is also running for
Elie County Supervisor. Spirit Airlines Hold on one second, that just totally jumped
down. That was weird. My rundown completely got ahead of me. Guys.
Spirit Airlines has apologized for a mistake that put a six year old boy
on a flight to the wrong city. The boy was supposed to fly for
Philadelphia to Fort Myers, Florida, last week, to stay with his grandmother,
but he never arrived. They told me, no, he's not in
this flight. He missed his flight. I said no, he could not
miss his flight because I have the check in tag. Mario Remo says she
wants to know how her grandson ended up about one hundred and sixty miles away
in Orlando. The airline says the boy was always under the care and supervision
of a Spirit Team member. Russia's Defense Ministry says Russian naval ships in Crimea
has been damaged in an air strike by Ukrainian forces. ABC's Mark Romollard says
videos circulating on Ukrainian media channels showed an extensive fire in the port area.
Ukrainian forces also claiming they've shot down five Russian fighter jets since Friday. The
Russian Ministry says two Ukrainian fighter jets were destroyed by anti aircraft fire during the
attack today. So, if you're like me, you got some gift cards
for Christmas yesterday, And I love getting gift cards. I feel like it's
sort of a cop out sometimes with gifts, but that's okay. It gives
me the luxury of choice. They make great stocking stuffers. Well, you
know, Americans are expected to spend nearly thirty billion dollars on gift cards this
holiday season, and that's according to the National Retail Federation. Restaurants are the
most popular, making up one third of those sales, and most of the
gift cards will be redeemed. But Patronics, which tracks gift card sales receipts,
says about seventy percent of gift cards are used within six months, but
many cards tens of billions of dollars, wind up being forgotten or otherwise unused.
Have you guys ever, first of all, did he may get any
gift cards yesterday for Christmas? Oh? I got a ton? Would you
get I get? I asked? When people ask me what I want for
Christmas? I'm like g me scratchers and gift cards, gift cards for like
Starbucks or Amazon, A woman after my own heart. I love that.
That's what I get? All right? Are you going to use them though?
Or do you forget? Oh? No, I use all of them,
although in the past, like, there have been people who bought me
gift cards that I've never used. Like I have a couple of gift cards
from a couple of years ago. Somebody bought me gift cards like Red Lobster,
and I've never I don't go to Red Lobster, and there's not one.
I think there's one in Santa Clarita. Well, and I thought,
should I regift it to somebody else? Or can I you know, now,
I read this story about how you can, you know, sell them
for cash if you want to give it to me, if you still have
it, I'll take it. I love a Red Lobster moment. I'll bring
it in Cono. What about you? Did you get any cards? I
got a few. I got a Wendy's. I think Michelle, that's solid.
And I got Cols Nice. I think that's really it. I did
give gift cards. I give Alta, my wife and my stepdaughter. Well
that's nice. Starbucks and Farmer Boys and mcguil's. It's like a fast food
restaurant's delicious. So gift cards are a big part of your gift giving process.
Excuse me, I'm losing my voice, guys, hold on, Yeah,
more for the stocking stuffer. Yeah, and Nick, what about you?
Did you give any gift cards or get any I got the I was
well, I was going to say, I was thinking about it was like
I just got cash. I got very, very lucky and so no gift
cards. I probably will be tuning them or turning them into gift cards because
sometimes there's some really good deals right here around the holidays that you can get
a percentage off by getting gift cards. But yeah, I got lucky and
just got cash, and I'm not going to complain about that. Yeah,
I like cash too. Well, here's the deal. You got exactly you
got it with your gift cards. You got to use it or lose it
because some of them do have expiration dates. Everybody check your gift cards and
make sure they don't expire. You can also sell it, like Michelle mentioned,
there's different websites called like card cash or raise where you can check out
how you can sell it. And some of those sell it places I think
will give you up to eighty percent of the face. Yeah, I'm sure
they take a little piece of it, but still yeah, it's better than
like totally letting it, you know, go to waste. All right.
This is also something really fun. So I have a ten year old and
I'm learning so many words what that the kids are saying, and I thought
this was really funny. Oxford's twenty twenty three word of the year. I
know Michelle has seen this, but Kono or Nick, do you guys have
any guesses on what the word of the year might be? Oh, I
have a sixteen year old, so I'm pretty sure I noticed. What do
you think it is? Okay, yeah, go for it. I'm gonna
go a real big one. Is riz? Yeah? Your Risen? Yeah,
your Risen? That's it. Okay, there's a new one coming up
that it's called Yappin', which I know it's old, but it's making a
comeback. Okay, yeap it is Wait what's risen? Okay? Well,
riz is ori z z. It's a shortened version of charisma, like you
know, he's got the riz. She's got the riz. It means style,
charm or attracted. Basically all of us here, kfi, we've got
the riz. Right, we're rocking the risk. Heather, you are far
too kind. Well, I knew I'm trying to. I'm trying to suck
up a little bit. So hey, no, no, no, you
don't need to do there's no brown nosing here. Doesn't get you anything.
But that's very sweet. No, it doesn't. I just thought that was
interesting because I have heard recently my ten year old say this, and I
was like, ma'am, what did you just say? And I had to
look it up because I'm a nerdy parent like that, and I need to
know what's going on. But according to this article from Smithsonian Magazine, which
by the way, I love. If you don't read Smithsonian magazine, are
you even living your best life? They say that this term arose from gaming
and internet culture, with YouTube and twitch streamer Kai Senate. I hope I'm
saying that right, popularizing in twenty twenty one, and then it's slowly sort
of made its way into our children's mouths, and you know, everyone who's
hip. And you said, the one that's coming up kno is yappin' yes,
which I know is old. And then the opposite of riz is mid,
like you're mid right now? So mid, Yeah, that's that's the
reviews. Those are the comments that are going to be coming in on the
iHeartRadio podcast app Heather's filling in for Amy King was mid. I can hear
it? Now? Oh hey, so much riz coming out of you a
studio right now? We need more, we need more riz less mid,
say look at us, guys, we could totally do this I don't know
what's happening with my voice, but I promise I will correct it before we
get to handle all the news. I know Wayne is listening right now and
going what is happening? Howther's having some kind of meltdown. But don't worry,
guys, I will fix it. This has been so and it's always
such a joy to get to fill in for Amy. I hope she's getting
some much deserved rest and enjoying her time off. I'm certainly having a lot
of fun. I'll be here all week. Sounds like a that's my comedy
show, guys, I'll be here all week. Hey, speaking of come
see me on January twelfth that the Ice House in Pasadena would love to see
you. Guys. All right, let's get let's move along, shall we.
All right? This is KFI and kosd HD two Los Angeles, Orange
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