WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.879 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:11.519 demand on the iHeartRadio app. Happy Tuesday, Happy rainy Tuesday. Still raining, 3 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:15.199 but my ride in wasn't too bad, and said things producer and said 4 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:18.320 things were a little bit dicey, but I didn't have any flooding or anything 5 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:21.120 on the freeways as I was headed in, although I know that that it 6 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:24.839 can be different in different parts of town. So and I'm very happy people 7 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:30.600 are listening to my advice and heating my warnings to slow down. We didn't 8 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:34.479 have any crazy drivers, at least I didn't run into them this morning. 9 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:39.119 But the day is still young. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. 10 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:43.079 Flash flood warnings and flood advisories are still in effect for much of La and 11 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:47.000 Ventura Counties. The National Weather Service said there have been several rock slides, 12 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:51.000 mudslides, flooded roads, and more rain is expected to fall through the day. 13 00:00:51.359 --> 00:00:55.159 The storm is also expected to produce big waves of the beaches and gusty 14 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:58.759 winds in the mountains and foothills. Five to ten inches of snow as possible 15 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:03.039 above sixty five hundred feet. The un Security Council will vote this morning on 16 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:08.359 a resolution put up by Arab nations demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. 17 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:12.200 The US will most certainly veto it, but the hope is to show there's 18 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:18.239 broad global support for ending the Israel Hamas war. Capital Ones announced plans to 19 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:22.840 buy Discover for thirty five billion dollars in a deal that would bring together two 20 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:26.359 of the nation's biggest lenders and credit card companies. The value of both banks 21 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:30.480 is up as Americans continue to rack up credit card debt. At six oh 22 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.560 five, It's handled on the news, the Alabama Supreme Court says frozen embryos 23 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:41.480 are people which could have wide ranging implications on people who use in vitro fertilization 24 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:45.000 to get pregnant. Let's get started with some of the stories coming out of 25 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:47.719 the KFI twenty four hour news room. Of course, the big one is 26 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:52.120 the rain. Flash. Flood warnings and flood advisories are in effect through tomorrow 27 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:55.840 morning over much of La County. Also Venturists and a Barber counties as a 28 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:59.959 winter storm continues to plow through the state. Crews have responded to at least 29 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:04.879 twenty seven reports of fallen trees and branches. There were four reports of mud 30 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:08.560 sides and debris flows yesterday, including one in Latuna Canyon near Sun Valley. 31 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:13.319 On the other side of town. Part of Benedict Canyon Road was restricted to 32 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:17.800 local access only because of a collapsing roadway. Mulholland Drive is closed between Skyline 33 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:23.159 and Beaumont because of severe damage in four different locations, and a sinkhole has 34 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:29.280 closed the Skirball Center Drive Mulholland Drive off ramp from the northbound four h five 35 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:35.560 members of the California Faculty Association have voted to approve a new contract agreement with 36 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:40.120 the cal State University System. The union says seventy six percent of voting members 37 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:44.360 approved. The agreement, which was reached last month, still needs to be 38 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:50.240 approved by CSU trustees. The owner of a jewelry store in Riverside has scared 39 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:53.120 off two smash and grab robbers with a shotgun. The owner fired shots at 40 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:57.520 the floor and towards the robbers to scare them off. We don't have an 41 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:01.680 exact total yet, but we do believe that they made out with a decent 42 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:07.560 amount of stolen jewelry. Riverside police officer Ryan Railsback says the two robbers followed 43 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:12.840 a woman through the stores automatic locking door Saturday. Once inside, the two 44 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:17.199 began smashing display cases with hammers and loading up on jewelry. Nobody was injured 45 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:21.639 in the shooting. Blake trolley k if I News. President Biden says he's 46 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:25.719 considering more sanctions against Russia in response to the death of opposition leader Alexey Navalny. 47 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:31.319 Biden told reporters yesterday he'd be willing to enact additional sanctions on top of 48 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:38.520 those already levied after Russia invaded Ukraine. He also accused Republicans of not responding 49 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:42.280 properly to the death of the Russian opposition leader. The way they're walking away 50 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:45.639 from the spread of Russia, the way they're walking away from NATO, the 51 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:51.599 way they're walking away from leading our obligations. David Pass a shocking. Biden 52 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:53.719 is still pushing for Congress to approve a bill passed in the Senate that includes 53 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:59.759 another sixty billion dollars in funding for Ukraine. Hiker who got lost in the 54 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:03.400 Jeli's National Forest has been rescued thanks to his iPhone. The hiker got lost 55 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:10.039 near the Arroyo Seco Research Foundation that's next to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. 56 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:12.840 He was on his way to see Switzer Falls Sunday night, but never 57 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:15.839 quite made it. His iPhone SOS feature let authorities know where he was, 58 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:19.720 and a rescue crew went out and got him. The man and the rescue 59 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:25.040 crew then liked about two hours back to safety. It is five oh six 60 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:29.120 on your wake up call. Let's now say good morning to ABC's White House 61 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:33.319 correspondent Karen Travers Karen. Last week, President Biden says there was really no 62 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:38.160 point in meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson about border security, but he may 63 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:41.839 have changed his mind on this. Yeah, So yesterday the President was asked 64 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:45.199 about a meeting with Mike Johnson, the House Speaker, and he said I'd 65 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:47.720 be happy to meet with him if he has anything to say. So that 66 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:53.279 could be an important qualifier. That second phraser A big president beg if I 67 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:55.680 mean I have to say, you know, nobody's asking me to put a 68 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:59.600 quarter on it. But I'm not really setting a schedule for this meeting just 69 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:02.000 yet, and if it does get scheduled, I just don't know what a 70 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:06.920 big breakthrough it might produce. Because the White House has been very clear going 71 00:05:06.959 --> 00:05:11.000 back to last week and you and I talked about this, they just didn't 72 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:15.360 see the value of this meeting. The House Speaker had requested several times for 73 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:17.800 a one on one meeting, we are told several times the White House denied 74 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:24.079 those requests because they say that Johnson is holding up the legislation that passed with 75 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:29.399 biparty support in the Senate and had demanded the same kind of border deal that 76 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:33.240 he had killed already this month, and so they just don't know what a 77 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:39.439 conversation could produce, and they don't really want to reopen negotiations at this point 78 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:44.360 between the President and Mike Johnson when there is legislation from the Senate on the 79 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:47.720 table for the House to move forward on. And this morning very strong statement 80 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:53.000 from the White House saying that House Republicans are off on recess right now, 81 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:58.000 which they call an early undeserved vacation, fairly or unfairly, and that there 82 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:00.360 is this Senate bill on the table for them that they could just take up 83 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:03.800 and pass, and then the ninety five billion dollars is there for Ukraine, 84 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:09.800 Israel, and Taiwan. So I think it's still all indications are it's the 85 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:14.639 Senate bill or bust from the White House perspective, and maybe the President meets 86 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:17.079 with Johnson, but it's not like they're going to go back to square one 87 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:21.959 and start renegotiating all of that all over again, because from the White House 88 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:28.920 perspective, that's already been done. Okay. And also, they can do 89 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:32.879 border security all day, but they have they have the ninety five billion dollar 90 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:36.279 measure ready to go. Yeah, and that's the money that would go to 91 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:41.439 Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan. It does not have border measures in it because 92 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:44.720 remember, as we talked about, it was there and then it got taken 93 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:47.199 out when the House Speaker and House Republican said they were not going to move 94 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:51.920 forward on it after that public and private pressure from Donald Trump over it. 95 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:55.720 So they said we're not going to take it up. So the Senate said, 96 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:57.680 fine, we're just going to take it out because we want to at 97 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:00.160 least pass something, and that's what they did. Okay. I want to 98 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:06.199 shift over now to Alexey Navalny. The president has come out following his death 99 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:12.279 saying that President Putin is responsible for the opposition leader's death. Does that just 100 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:15.120 that statement carry any weight, or is there something he can do following that. 101 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:21.920 You know, yesterday the President said that he is considering sanctions, additional 102 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:27.680 sanctions on Russia. He did not say what kind of sanctions they would be 103 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:30.759 or any timing on that. He did make it clear and he had said 104 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:33.639 this last Friday as well, that there already are sanctions on Russia, like 105 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:39.240 significant sanctions over the past two years, just because of the war in Ukraine. 106 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:43.639 So it's not clear what more could be done and what impact that would 107 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:47.360 have. Administration officials have told us that they are considering something more against human 108 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:54.759 rights violators connected to Navalney's imprisonment, So something very symbolic and specific related to 109 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:58.920 Navalney. But you know, it's not clear on the timing of that. 110 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:03.800 But the President wasn't showing any cards on it. He was very strong last 111 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:07.480 week though, when he talked about Alexi Navalney's death. He said, you 112 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:09.720 know, Russian authorities will tell their own story, he said, But make 113 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:15.040 no mistake, Putin is responsible for Navalney's death, he said, and it's 114 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:20.319 another more proof of Putin's brutality. Okay, and then just one really quick 115 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:26.000 question is there any buzz about whether Navaldny's death will sway any Republicans to get 116 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:30.040 on board with that with that Ukraine funding. The President was asked that specifically 117 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.480 yesterday and he said, I hope so, but I'm not sure, Laurie. 118 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:37.519 They're all on recess, so they're not here for another week. So 119 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:39.440 nothing's happening for a while. Okay, nothing is happening for a while. 120 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:43.799 All right, ABC's Karen Travis, thank you so much for the information this 121 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:45.759 morning. I have a great day, all right, you too. Let's 122 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:48.240 get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour 123 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:52.919 newsroom. Huntington Beach voters will decide in March weather to implement a voter ID 124 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:58.240 law in the city and a plan to monitor ballot dropboxes. California State Senator 125 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:01.799 Dave Minn says he's going to work to stop cities and counties in California from 126 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:05.679 putting up their own restrictions on elections, and basically, when you think about 127 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:09.480 it, we don't want a bunch of different cities making up their own rules 128 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:11.519 on what types of voter ID you may or may not need when you show 129 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:16.600 up, he says. Voter ID would bring down turnout and create barriers, 130 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:20.080 especially for seniors, young people, and communities of color. The mayor of 131 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:24.799 Huntington Beacha's residents are questioning the integrity of their elections and have been asking for 132 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:28.679 voter ID for a long time. California's one of fifteen states that does not 133 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:31.919 have voter ID laws. A short term funding bill for the US is set 134 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:37.080 to expire in ten days, and as we were just talking with Karen Travers 135 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:41.200 about, Congress is on a two week break. Lawmakers are due back February 136 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:45.320 twenty eighth, which is just two days before the March first deadline to fund 137 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:50.200 some government agencies. House Speaker Mike Johnson has said he will not pass another 138 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:52.679 short term funding bill. Well, that could get very interesting, couldn't it. 139 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:58.799 The Biden administration says the computer chip company Global Founderies is getting one and 140 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:03.360 a half billion dollars to expand domestic production in New York and Vermont. It's 141 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:07.440 the third award of financial support for a semiconductor company under the twenty twenty two 142 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:11.759 Chips and Science Act. The law allows the government to invest more than fifty 143 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:16.440 two billion dollars to revitalize the manufacturing of computer chips. In the US, 144 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:20.039 a Gucci store in New York City has been robbed. Believe say two men 145 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:24.039 and a woman walked into a store just afternoon yesterday and ordered the cashier to 146 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:28.080 get on the floor. They say the three stole luggage and other items before 147 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:31.759 they took off in a Honda CRV. No one got hurt. NASA says, 148 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:35.279 you're running out of time if you want to live on Mars sort of. 149 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:41.000 The Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, or CHIPEA, is accepting applications 150 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:43.840 for people who want to live inside a habitat designed to mimic life on Mars. 151 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:48.799 There journey unfolds over the coming year. It's through this stellar crew that 152 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:56.960 NASA scientists will learn critical insights on the physical and behavioral aspects of a mission 153 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:58.679 on Mars. Judy Hayes is with the Johnson Space Center in Houston. She 154 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:03.440 says, looking for healthy, motivated people who are non smokers, thirty to 155 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:07.080 fifty five years old, and proficient in English. They are about to embark 156 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:13.320 on an analog mission that encompasses operations, logistics, and research of living and 157 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:16.320 working on Mars for three hundred and seventy eight days. The crew will do 158 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:18.440 research and live on the food they grow. A group of four entered last 159 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:22.240 summer, and when they leave next spring, the next group will take over. 160 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:24.759 It's a paid gig, and there's more information on NASA's website. The 161 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:28.840 deadline to apply is April second. Steve Goregory, King of Fine News. 162 00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:33.559 That sounds very cool, but it reminds me of when they went into the 163 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:41.039 geosphere. The geodome or something on Cheers could be interesting. Ever, wonder 164 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:45.399 how you measure up when it comes to other people making money? Well, 165 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:52.679 here's the numbers. The average salary in the US for the fourth quarter of 166 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:58.480 twenty twenty three was fifty nine, three hundred and eighty four dollars. The 167 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:03.840 highest average earners are between thirty five and forty four. They make thirteen point 168 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:09.440 eight percent more than the national average salary. Love these numbers. The average 169 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:11.120 salary by occupation. You want to make a lot of money, you should 170 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:13.720 be a cardiologist. They make them at four under and twenty one thousand dollars 171 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:18.679 a year. And if you want to not make a lot of money, 172 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:24.159 you should shampoo people because shampoos earn the lowest average salary. The gender pay 173 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:30.600 gap men versus women closing a little bit more, down point seven percent in 174 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.480 the last year, but between twenty twenty one and twenty twenty two it grew 175 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:37.919 by one point three percent. I think that's a net loss. And when 176 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:45.399 it comes to wage growth versus inflation, the average salary in Q four of 177 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:50.519 twenty twenty three grew by five point four percent. That's great. There was 178 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:56.200 also a three point two percent increase in inflation, so your your raise is 179 00:12:56.240 --> 00:13:00.879 smaller and inflation's up, like you know, twenty percent or so in the 180 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:03.320 last couple of years, So I think that's still a net loss. Right 181 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:07.120 when we come back, we're going to find out why people are putting more 182 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:11.120 and more on their credit cards, speaking of money and earnings, why they're 183 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:13.559 working longer, and why younger people are not saving for a rainy day. 184 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:18.919 It's almost time to learn how to money with our very own Joel lars Gard. 185 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:22.519 That's coming up right now, Right next, you're listening to Wake Up 186 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:28.840 Call on Demand from KFI AM six forty. It's Tuesday, got more rain 187 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:31.519 on the way. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom, 188 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:37.320 and evacuation warning remains in effect in the Tapanga Canyon area till nine tomorrow 189 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:39.840 morning. The warning for the area along Santain Maury Road, northeast of Tapanga 190 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:45.879 Canyon Boulevard and southeast of Calabasas was issued yesterday after about three inches of rain 191 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:48.480 fell in just a few hours. A four or five freeway off ramp in 192 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:52.480 the spob of the pass expected to be closed for up to a month. 193 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:56.960 A large sinkhole opened up yesterday the northbound side off ramp of the Skirball Center 194 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:03.519 and Mullholland Drive exit. President Biden's headed to La today for a fundraising event. 195 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:07.519 Tickets to the event going forward between thirty three hundred and two hundred and 196 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:15.200 fifty thousand dollars and along with presidential arrival traffic jams, so we don't only 197 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:18.159 have the rain to deal with, we'll be dealing with presidential traffic as well. 198 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:22.759 At six oh five, it's handle on the news. Have you been 199 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:28.080 arriving earlier than expected on your flights lately? Could it be because of climate 200 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:31.799 change? Bill's going to dig into that for you. Right now. Let's 201 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:35.159 say good morning to the host of How to Money on KFI. It's our 202 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:37.720 very own Joel Larscard, Good morning, Joel, morning Amy. Okay, 203 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:41.039 so just real quick because I know this this was sort of a new development, 204 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:46.360 but Capital One is going to buy Discover for thirty five billion dollars. 205 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:50.240 Yeah, so that's really kind of fascinating. And the Wall Street Journal ran 206 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:58.159 with that story last night and weet just two big banks trying to combine is 207 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:01.080 in kind of today's regulatory climate. It's going to be really interesting to see 208 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:07.399 what happens and whether the various government entities want to allow this to actually take 209 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:11.240 place. But for Capital One, it kind of makes sense because what they're 210 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:16.799 looking to do is compete with Visa and MasterCard and Discover is really the nobody 211 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:20.039 really thinks of Discover Visa and MasterCard or the big two, And so maybe 212 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:24.600 a combo of Capital One and Discover can allow them to bring Discover into more 213 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:28.399 prominence and create some more competition for the big guys. Which it's kind of 214 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:31.759 like when you think about two airlines two smaller airlines merging, right, I 215 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:35.480 kind of think about it like this, is it actually going to provide more 216 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:37.879 competition or is it going to reduce competition? That's what the regulators are gonna 217 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:41.080 have to sift through well. And what I want to know is it going 218 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:43.919 to make for like better interest rates for us, better opportunities for us, 219 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:48.240 or does it create fewer choices? And that's the question right now that remains. 220 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:54.799 And I think it could potentially mean lower fees for small businesses and bring 221 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:58.759 down prices for all of us if Discover becomes a serious third player challenging that 222 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:03.000 dooly essentially a Visa and MasterCard. But it remains to be seen whether or 223 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:07.759 not a merger of Capital Want and Discover can pull that off and become really 224 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:11.279 a third entrenched player in that payment system, or if they're still going to 225 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:15.039 remain kind of a third tier part payment system. Okay, so this isn't 226 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.080 a done deal by any stretch, so we'll be watching it, but it's 227 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:19.960 out on the table now. Yeah, for sure. Since we were talking 228 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:25.279 about banks and credit cards, people are racking up more credit card debt these 229 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:30.360 days. Why oh man, why do people use credit cards and not pay 230 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:33.519 them off? I don't know, they don't have dollars well, And also 231 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:37.960 the truth is for some people, sure it is the extension of not making 232 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:41.799 enough money. Prices going up for other people it's just poor financial habits, 233 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:47.840 right, And the overall headline credit card debt number has risen to one point 234 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:51.840 one trillion dollars and that sounds really scary. I mean, it was just 235 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:55.759 a few months ago we were talking about crossing that trillion dollar threshold. But 236 00:16:55.919 --> 00:17:00.480 when we're talking about levels of debt per household, and when we're talking about 237 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:06.240 pre pandemic levels versus now, well they're actually it's not as bad as as 238 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:08.759 it seems. That headline number stinks and it's not something I like to see. 239 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:11.759 It's not something I encourage or root on. But it's not as bad 240 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:15.839 maybe as you might see when you're just like looking at the headline. But 241 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:18.279 yeah, it's a problem, and that means I think the average credit card 242 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:23.119 balance for individuals or families is something like six thousand dollars. And when that 243 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:27.000 continues to revolve, especially with higher interest rates right now we're talking twenty one 244 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:30.799 twenty two percent interest rates on your credit card, that becomes a cycle that's 245 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:34.440 hard to get out of. And it's crucial to get the help to either 246 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:37.240 develop a payment plan on your own, whether you go in debt snowball, 247 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:41.759 debt avalanchees are two different debt payoff methods that you can use. But or 248 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:47.240 if you are in even more serious debt, have more serious debt problems, 249 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:51.359 and you need to seek out like a nonprofit credit counseling center. Money Management 250 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:55.359 International is one of those great places to turn. But yeah, you need 251 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:57.000 to get out of credit card debt. This is a problem. This shouldn't 252 00:17:57.000 --> 00:18:02.640 be normal. Okay, What Joel, in your opinion, is the number 253 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:04.680 one thing people should do when they go Okay, it's out of control. 254 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:07.279 I got to stop it. What's the number one thing they should start doing 255 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:12.480 today? The biggest thing is to take inventory of your expenses. And like, 256 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:18.359 there was a recent study about your recurring subscriptions and how much money do 257 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.799 you spend in subscriptions and people guessed how much they had in recurring subscriptions every 258 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:27.680 month. They've vastly underestimated what it is that's going out. Yeah, you 259 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:30.960 know, I was just thinking about that the other day. I think it 260 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:33.640 was after you and I were talking about streaming, and I was like, 261 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:37.240 how many streaming things do I have? Uh huh? And I need to 262 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:41.079 go and look and look at the bills. Well, it happens to all 263 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:45.039 of us, like I realized the other day when inside of our Amazon Prime 264 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:47.799 somebody in our family subscribe to Paramount Plus, and I was like, wait 265 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:48.640 a second, I didn't know we were paying for this, and so I 266 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:51.119 went back to look at it and I'm like, oh, yeah, we've 267 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:53.440 been paying for it for two months. And so you have to go through 268 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:56.640 and know what's going out before you can solve the problem, before you can 269 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:00.880 plug the leaks. And so many people don't check over their credit card statements, 270 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:03.720 don't have a budget, and don't reconcile that budget. Back in the 271 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:06.720 day, we used to have checkbooks with registers and everything had to kind of 272 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:10.359 reconcile right and or at least if you were if we were paying attention, 273 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:12.960 it did. And so that's the biggest problem I think, is not knowing 274 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.279 where the money's going. Once you know where the money's going, you can 275 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:18.079 start to make cuts and you can start to say, wait a second, 276 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:19.119 I didn't even know I was spending on that, or I don't even care 277 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:22.000 about that, and that's when you can start to cancel those services or cut 278 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:25.559 back and pair back on your spending, Like you might not even realize how 279 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:27.960 much you're spending eating out. The average American spends more eating out than they 280 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:32.000 do on groceries to eat in, which is insane. It's kind of crazy 281 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:34.519 to think about that. That happened just after the pandemic essentially where that switched. 282 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:37.680 And so it's it's worth looking into and seeing where is the money going 283 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:41.519 so I can make changes. Yeah, I'm like, you just remind me, 284 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:44.599 like I'm good about some things about you know, the going out thing 285 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:48.559 versus the staying in or getting a Starbucks for five bucks or making a whole 286 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:52.319 pot of coffee for ten cents. I'm good about the Starbucks thing. The 287 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:55.839 other parts not so much. Yeah, And part of that then you have 288 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:56.960 to just kind of say, well, what are my financial priorities? And 289 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:00.319 I think sometimes budget's like a four letter word people it's like get on a 290 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:03.240 budget and people are like, yeah, they tune it out because it's it's 291 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:07.599 such old tired advice. The truth is, if you think about the budget 292 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:11.079 differently, that it's going to help you one get out of some of that 293 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:14.119 debt that's hanging over you and stressing you out, and too, if it's 294 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:17.000 going to help you achieve financial goals that are more important to you. So 295 00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:19.559 right now, money's just being frittered away on all of these different things. 296 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:22.160 And if you say, wait a second, we wanted to take that eight 297 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:26.599 thousand dollars vacation to Tahiti. I think we can do it. If we 298 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:29.240 buckle down and we like know where the money's going, and we make some 299 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:32.440 changes and we move it around, that can actually help you. I think 300 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:36.519 having those bigger overarching goals, it's what's key to sticking to a budget and 301 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:41.359 it actually becomes this really hopeful enterprise instead of this like this drudgery thing where 302 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:44.319 you're like, you're not trying to necessarily save every penny, You're just trying 303 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:47.000 to make sure it's funneled in the directions that bring you the most joy. 304 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:48.920 Okay, I like that. I like that. I want to get some 305 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:52.640 more great advice on how to get your financial house in order. Listen to 306 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:57.079 How to Money noon to two on Sunday right here on KFI with our very 307 00:20:57.079 --> 00:21:00.960 own Joel Larsguard, or you can follow Joel at how to Money. Joel, 308 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:03.920 thanks so much, looking forward to talking to you next week and listening 309 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:07.519 this weekend. Sounds good. Thanks Amy. All right, take care, 310 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:10.640 Jim, Let's get started. Or let's get back to some of the stories 311 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:12.680 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A pedestrian's been hit by 312 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:18.480 a car and killed on a northbound five and Sun Valley. HP responded around 313 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:22.039 six point thirty last night to an area near the Tuxford Street exit, where 314 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:25.440 officers found the man's body. They say no cars were stopped in the area 315 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:29.200 when they arrived. A man arrested in the killing of two students at the 316 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:33.440 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was the roommate of one of the students killed. 317 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:38.240 Officials are just releasing that information. The murders happened Friday. Colorado Springs 318 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:42.640 Police Chief Adrian Vesquez says the guy arrested yesterday was found three miles from the 319 00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:48.039 university. It really is very critical that we dot every I and cross every 320 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:52.319 tea and make sure that that investigation is as time as possible. Classes were 321 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:56.279 canceled yesterday so students could take part in a day of healing. And a 322 00:21:56.319 --> 00:22:02.960 bill's been introduced in Sacramento to make the yellow slightly slimy, big old Banana 323 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:07.119 slug the official Golden State slug. Good to see. Lawmakers are focusing their 324 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:11.839 attention on really important issues. When we come back, we're gonna check in 325 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:17.599 with ABC's Jim Ryan about how what goes up must come down, and it's 326 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:22.319 about to Southland. Weather from KFI heavy rain at times, gusty winds, 327 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:26.000 chance of thunderstorms today and tonight. Ees in the low sixties at the beaches 328 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:29.960 Metro La and Inlando c right around sixty in the Valley's low sixties in the 329 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:33.279 Inland Empire, forties and fifties in the high Desert. The rain should end 330 00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:36.279 by tomorrow afternoon and then we'll be dry for a couple of days after that, 331 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:38.960 and then there's a chance of rain again this weekend. You're listening to 332 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:42.839 a wake up call on demand from KFI Am six forty. Do you hear 333 00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:48.759 that it's Love your Pet Day? That's every day. Here's what we're following 334 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:53.119 in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Flash flood warnings and flood advisories are 335 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:57.160 still in effect for much of La and Ventura County Santa Barbara County two. 336 00:22:57.480 --> 00:23:03.119 The National Weather Services been a lot of rocksides, mudslides and flooded roads, 337 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:06.799 with more rain expected to fall through today, plus big waves at the beaches, 338 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:10.000 gusty winds in the mountains and foothills, and five to ten inches of 339 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:14.240 snow above sixty five hundred feet. View and Security Council is going to vote 340 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:19.160 this morning on a resolution put up by Arab nations demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire 341 00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:23.039 in Gaza. The US will most certainly veto it, but the war or 342 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:29.079 the hope, is to show there's broad global support for ending the Israel Hamas 343 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:33.960 War. A new study shows taking antidepressants like prozac while pregnant can impair a 344 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:40.039 child's brain development and possibly cause mental disorders later in life. The findings, 345 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:45.960 published in the journal Nature Communications, suggest antidepressants that raise serotonin levels can influence 346 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:48.799 how the brain learns and adjusts. At six oh five, is handle on 347 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:52.559 the news. A GoFundMe page has raised a half million dollars to help former 348 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:57.400 President Trump pay that massive three hundred and fifty five million dollar fine. Anti 349 00:23:57.440 --> 00:24:02.000 Trumper's not happy about it. At five point fifty, with ships continuing to 350 00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:03.200 be attacked in the Red Sea, the US is going to be getting some 351 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:07.400 help in getting those ships safely through. Right now, let's say good morning 352 00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:11.039 to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, We got a lot of junk orbiting the 353 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:15.920 Earth, and at some point what goes up must come down, Yeah, 354 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:18.960 but it can take years for it to actually come down. In the meantime, 355 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:22.839 it's hurtling through space and causing potential conflicts with rockets that are going up, 356 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:26.440 satellites that are already in space, other stuff that needs to get out 357 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:30.640 there. So yeah, it's a problem, and it has been for the 358 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:33.400 last few decades. Since twenty twelve, the number of satellites or a number 359 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:40.640 of rockets launched into space has risen exponentially. From nineteen sixty to about twenty 360 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:44.720 twelve, we stayed fairly constant in the number of launches. Well, and 361 00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:48.920 now with SpaceX, with Blue Origin, with all these others, I mean 362 00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:52.039 that the number has risen dramatically. Well, they're going up like almost every 363 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:56.200 week, seems like, yeah, yeah, some different kind of mission is 364 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:59.359 being launched all the time. On Sunday another mission was launched. This is 365 00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:04.440 a little JAP East satellite whose mission is to go out into space and to 366 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:10.440 find a spent rocket that went up in two thousand and nine. And like 367 00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:14.519 lots of space junk is just kind of hurtling through space. This one's doing 368 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:18.240 four and a half miles per second, and it's pretty typical. I mean, 369 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:22.160 it's a typical piece of space junk. But the goal is for this 370 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:25.480 little satellite to catch up with it, which is no mean feat. It 371 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:29.680 doesn't have transponders or something that makes it easy to track. So the satellite 372 00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:33.640 will catch up with it. It will study its trajectory, you study it's 373 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:37.680 tumble and see how it might be dealt with, and then in a couple 374 00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:41.599 of years another satellite will be set up to do something about it. Either 375 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:45.640 nudge that rocket down into Earth's atmosphere so it burns up and goes away, 376 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:51.359 or push it out into space essentially, So there are plans in the works 377 00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:55.079 to deal with all the space junk that's out there, Amy Jim. How 378 00:25:55.119 --> 00:26:00.359 do they find something that's traveling seventeen thousand miles an hour? Yeah, not 379 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:03.880 easy. Well, first of all, you know, they keep charts and 380 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:07.839 they keep maps and notes on stuff that goes up, and then using some 381 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:11.640 pretty high math that is way above me, they figure out where this stuff 382 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:17.160 should be. And then of course they use the ground based radar and different 383 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:21.559 kinds of technology. Space based radar in some cases to keep track of all 384 00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.440 this stuff. But if you look at there, there's a chart, a 385 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:30.039 beautiful chart and illustration showing our Earth there and all of the space junk that's 386 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:33.920 around it represented by little dots, and we are just surrounded by this stuff. 387 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:37.440 Is it a problem? Well, it is if you plan on going 388 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:41.200 into space, traveling to the Moon or to Mars, or putting up an 389 00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:45.000 object of your own. The International Space Station since nineteen ninety nine has had 390 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:51.920 to course correct thirty times because of potential conflicts with space junk. Right, 391 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:55.400 so it's already causing some problems out there. Well, it reminds me of 392 00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:59.559 two things. One the movie Gravity, because space junk hit the space station 393 00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:03.559 or wherever they were up there on and that caused the whole catastrophic collision. 394 00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:07.640 Yeah. And then also Wally, remember Wally, they're in the spaceship, 395 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:15.240 because they show this picture of Earth and it's just surrounded by crap. Yeah. 396 00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:17.920 Right, And that's kind of what it looks like out there. Is 397 00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:22.000 you know, space is big, as they said in Hitchhiker's Guide to the 398 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:26.880 Galaxy, really big, but it's lower Earth orbit lower. The orbit is 399 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:30.440 not infinite, right, And this stuff takes up space and it's it's cruising 400 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:37.559 along and causing potential conflict. So yeah, it's it's something that people are 401 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:41.359 thinking about. At least are there any plans to clear the cosmos? Well, 402 00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:45.079 yeah, that's kind of the goal of this test that's under weigh right 403 00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:49.279 now, this test of technology. And then there are some cool ideas out 404 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:53.920 there so that a satellite in the future could go up and nudge a piece 405 00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:57.640 of space junk down into a lower orbit so that it burns up in our 406 00:27:57.680 --> 00:28:03.480 atmosphere here and causes there's no problems. There's also something which I think is 407 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:07.720 really cool. It's a piece of tape or a ribbon that would be attached 408 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:11.720 to satellites before they're launched. So the satellite goes up, it does its 409 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:15.640 job, and a couple of years later it's dead right and the batteries die 410 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:19.240 or whatever, and its mission is finished. So then the drag racer ribbon 411 00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:23.960 would be deployed. It's seventy meters long. It's called they call it terminator 412 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:29.839 tape. It creates enough drag that the satellite starts to slow down and eventually 413 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:33.920 the orbit degrades and it falls into Earth's atmosphere and burns up, so it's 414 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:37.400 kind of like a like a parachute on the back of a drag racer. 415 00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:41.279 All right, I got another idea because you said that the tape was going 416 00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.000 to come out, and I said, what are you going to do? 417 00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:48.160 Like fly paper and just go and go buy in anything that you run into, 418 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:51.400 it'll just stick to it and they'll collect all the junk and clear it 419 00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:53.240 out. Well, there is an idea, by the way, kind of 420 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:57.839 like that, to have big magnets, to have a big steel plate on 421 00:28:57.880 --> 00:29:04.359 the side of the SAT, and then a satellite or another rocket or whatever 422 00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:10.160 the collection device would have a magnet and would clink onto this thing and then 423 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:12.799 pull it down into Earth's orbit to burn up or do whatever they're gonna do 424 00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:15.640 with it. So, yeah, they're trying to find ways to collect this 425 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:21.640 stuff. Twenty five thousand pieces of space junk, larger than a softball, 426 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:25.599 traveling at four and a half miles per second each one. You can see 427 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:29.279 the potential problem there. All right, Well, let's help this little Japanese 428 00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:33.160 satellite is successful so they can start fixing this problem. Yeah, it's a 429 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:36.880 bigger problem every year. Yeah, all right, if youcs. Jim Ryan, 430 00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:38.279 thank you so much. If you want to follow Jim, it's at 431 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:44.960 Jim Ryan TX like Texas. Thanks Jim to ya. Let's get back to 432 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:47.680 some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. City 433 00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:52.440 Council in Rancho Palace Verdi's plans to formally ask Governor Newsom to declare a state 434 00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:56.680 of emergency because of the shifting ground on the peninsula. The declaration would help 435 00:29:56.720 --> 00:30:00.240 clear the way for immediate work to be done to stabilize the area. Elle 436 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:03.480 County Supervisor Janis Hans says she thinks Newsome should visit the area and see the 437 00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:08.119 storm damage for himself. Some homes are on an eroding cliff side, and 438 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:11.039 the historic Wayfarer's Chapel, as we've been telling you about this week, is 439 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:15.440 on the verge of collapsing. It's been closed indefinitely. The OC Water District 440 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:19.759 has collected eight point three billion gallons of rainwater so far this month. That's 441 00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:23.319 enough for two hundred four thousand people for a year. That's enough water to 442 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:27.319 serve the entire city of Huntington Beach for a whole year. O Swater District 443 00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:32.519 GM John Kennedy says about ten days a year, storm water must be released 444 00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:36.440 from Proto Dam so fast that it just flows into the ocean free water that 445 00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:38.799 mother Nature has sent us. But new storm prediction tech could help. The 446 00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:44.319 cler of engineers can keep more water behind the dam because they have better information 447 00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:47.599 on where the storms are going to hit or not hit. Kennedy says they're 448 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:52.880 also working to increase Proto Dam's storage capacity in Orange County. Corbin Carson caf 449 00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:56.559 I News, Taco Bell and Salton Straw ice Cream a partner to bring back 450 00:30:56.720 --> 00:31:03.960 Klondike's Choco Taco. The fan favorite was discontinued after forty years in twenty twenty 451 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:07.400 two, but it's gonna come back this summer. The new version includes a 452 00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:11.480 hand pressed waffle cone filled with cinnamon and cho ice cream, dipped in chocolate 453 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:17.599 and then topped with toasted brown rice rice. Okay, that's weird. It's 454 00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:21.599 gonna be served with custom sauce packets including chocolate, chili, cinnamon, wild 455 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:26.039 berry, and mango jalapeno. It'll also come with cheesecake dip. The new 456 00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:32.599 Choco Taco will first be available at Salt and Straw. Okay, except for 457 00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:36.880 the rice part. I'm all in on that, Nick Pouliochini, what do 458 00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:41.039 you think, choco taco? Yes, but the rice, it's the rice 459 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:45.440 crispies. That's what those brown rice things are, toasted brown rice like, 460 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:47.880 yes, rice crispies. Okay, that sounds better. I was like, 461 00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:49.680 gross, brown rice on a taco. Yeah, no, no, no, 462 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:52.559 I got you. No, it's a toasted brown rice crispies. That's 463 00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:56.880 the thing, because obviously they're trademarked. So okay, thank you so much 464 00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:59.319 for clearing that up. It it helps a lot, and now he's going 465 00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:02.559 to help you get a you're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI 466 00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:07.400 AM six forty heavy rain, gusty winds, snow in the mountains, and 467 00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:10.720 even thunderstorms expected today as a winter storm continues to move through Socoal. The 468 00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:15.680 rain has caused flooding in several areas, closing roads. LA City crews have 469 00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:20.720 responded to twenty seven reports of fallen trees and branches and four reports of mudslides 470 00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:24.160 so far. Four oh five freeway off ramp in the Supolvida Pass is expected 471 00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:29.000 to be closed for up to a month. A large sinkhole opened up yesterday 472 00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:35.039 in the northbound off ramp to the Skirball Center Mullholland Drive. The four leading 473 00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:38.559 candidates running for California's open US Senate seat will debate for a third time. 474 00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:44.480 Democrats Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and Barber Lee and Republican Steve Garvey will 475 00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:50.000 debate at six o'clock tonight on the Universal Studios Hollywood lot. The March fifth 476 00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:52.920 primary is just two weeks away, and we're just minutes away from Handle. 477 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:57.960 On the news this morning, the US has introduced its own UN resolution for 478 00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:02.279 a temporary ceasefire in Gaza. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's 479 00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:07.640 Tom Rivers. Tom. In the face of continued attacks against ships traveling through 480 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:13.079 the Red Sea, it's now not only the US working to protect those vessels. 481 00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:15.920 Yeah, and it's a bit nuanced though. The U, finally kind 482 00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:22.319 of late off the bat has now decided they're going to do some help in 483 00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:25.559 the Red Sea, and they've said, yes, they will go out there. 484 00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:30.559 They will have a flotilla of some sort and assist vessels that may be 485 00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:36.359 in trouble. But the caveat is they will not unlike the US, and 486 00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:38.680 to a smaller degree, the UK. They will not be launching any air 487 00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:45.400 strikes against Uthy targets in Yemen, so it goes some way, but it 488 00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:50.079 is not a quote unquote game changer. And as far as the assets, 489 00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:55.559 at this stage, it looks like Germany will be supplying one frigate and Belgium 490 00:33:55.599 --> 00:34:00.480 going to be doing the same thing. So we expect others maybe adding a 491 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:04.200 few, but it's not going to be a huge, huge deployment, if 492 00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:07.559 you will. So they're going to go there, but they're not going to 493 00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:12.400 actually be doing anything in a military capacity, So it's just a show of 494 00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:14.840 strength maybe well part of it. Yeah, but if you're you know, 495 00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:19.079 we had Sunday, we had a cargo vessel, British registered cargo vessel, 496 00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:25.440 the Ruby Mayor, and that was hit by Houthy missile and it was severe 497 00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:31.159 enough that the crew had abandoned ship. Were still not clear how bad that 498 00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:37.320 ship is right now. Hoothy's today claim that that ship has in fact sunk. 499 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:40.199 That has not been confirmed yet. I was in the Gulf of Aden 500 00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:45.400 heading into the Red Sea. But you know that that kind of stuff is 501 00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:50.519 happening. What these EU vessels could do in a case like that, come 502 00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:57.559 alongside steam to the position, come alongside and disembark crews that may have to 503 00:34:58.280 --> 00:35:01.320 depart a vessel. That kind of thing. Oh okay, I guess that 504 00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:05.760 makes sense. Doesn't seem like it's that effective, but you know, okay. 505 00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:09.320 And then some are saying that the who these are attacking ships that are 506 00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:15.559 taking shipments to Israel, and that's why they're attacking and targeting those ships. 507 00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:17.480 But is that actually the case? You know, it's been it's been interesting. 508 00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:22.960 They've they're their track record by the numbers, they do have a few, 509 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:28.920 maybe a handful of of hits on ships, they've attacked many more quote 510 00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:32.039 unquote unsuccessfully. But they would be going after, as you point out, 511 00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:39.920 vessels that may be going to to Israel or countries that support Israel, such 512 00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:45.840 as the US, such as the UK case in point, the British registered 513 00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:50.599 vessel that was hit on Sunday. They've also hit some other vessels that have 514 00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:55.760 nothing at all to do with GOS. So, Yes, their intelligence is 515 00:35:57.199 --> 00:36:00.119 a bit suspect, and yeah, it really calls into question. You know, 516 00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:07.480 they're the quote unquote ability for them to ferret out and choose targets that 517 00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:12.920 would support their contention, that they're doing this to help the Palestinians. Okay. 518 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:19.280 So and at this point we know that they've been launching missiles and dropping 519 00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:23.079 stuff from drones in the Red Sea for a while now, but nobody's been 520 00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:29.360 killed in the Red Sea yet, No, no, exactly. It's interesting 521 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:36.000 for what it's worth. Uh came out in a in a press statement from 522 00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:40.159 a military spokesman in Senna, saying this particular ship on Sunday, we don't 523 00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:45.400 want anybody killed and we're glad that the that the entire crew got off safely. 524 00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:51.320 You know that that might be just for the colonel. Yet they said 525 00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:54.239 that in a statement a colonel for the Jutis. And again that's you that 526 00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:59.920 that's just you know, playing internationally. But that's at least they're they're stated, 527 00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:02.960 and that in that regard as stated, if you will position that they're 528 00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:07.760 not out there to kill people, but they are out there to disrupt traffic. 529 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:10.800 Okay, And what's at stake if these ships are stopped from traveling through 530 00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:14.760 the Red Sea, Well then again, as you well know, it goes 531 00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:21.079 around South Africa, so it takes ten to fourteen additional days to get to 532 00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:27.119 Europe. And that means a lot more costs case. I point one item 533 00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:30.840 over here in the UK about the variety of things that come from Asia. 534 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:34.519 Of course, every kitchen here is stacked up with things that were made in 535 00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:37.400 China. But be that as it may, there could in fact be a 536 00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:42.559 t shortage down the road in the UK. Oh no, exactly. So 537 00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:45.519 that's what and that's what the Brits are saying. They're going, you know, 538 00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:50.480 well, you know your kettles, they might go. And they're saying, 539 00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:52.199 well, kettles last a long time. We don't care. But if 540 00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:55.840 you say your supply of tea is going to be a lot more expensive if 541 00:37:55.840 --> 00:38:00.000 you can get it, Yeah, they're going a little litle bit goofy on 542 00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:04.880 that particular ride. Okay, well, we will be watching. Thank you 543 00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:07.800 so much for the information, Tom, appreciate it. Take care, all 544 00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.760 right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 545 00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:14.320 twenty four hour newsroom. President Biden has declared a major disaster in San Diego 546 00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:17.800 County for the storm January twenty second. The caused widespread flooding and damage. 547 00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:22.159 The declaration covers local, state, and tribal recovery efforts, with money available 548 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:28.199 for temporary housing and home repairs. It'll also provide low cost loans for uninsured 549 00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:32.559 property losses and small business programs. President Biden's returning to California to pick up 550 00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:37.119 more money for his reelection campaign. Air Force ones expected to arrive this afternoon 551 00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:40.800 at LAX. Biden will be going to a fundraiser hosted by some of his 552 00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:45.599 longtime donors. It'll make an appearance in Culver City tomorrow before he heads up 553 00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:51.079 to the Bay Area for more fundraising. A large collection of guns has been 554 00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:54.519 seized in South LA. The LAPD says the Newton Division's Gang Enforcement Detail had 555 00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:58.960 been watching a group of about fifty to seventy gang members near a warehouse on 556 00:38:59.039 --> 00:39:02.119 East sixteenth Street when they noticed the guys drinking alcohol and smoking narcotics on a 557 00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:06.800 public sidewalk. The officers say when they approached the group Saturday afternoon, the 558 00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:09.599 guy scattered, Some had weapons and tried to toss him backup. Was called 559 00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:13.960 in, and officers did a skirmish line to control the crowd. Three guys 560 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:17.360 were arrested and seventeen guns found, six of which are ghost guns. Steve 561 00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:23.360 Gregory can't you fine? Ows the wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says 562 00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:29.360 she knows why President Putin killed her husband and will release details soon. She 563 00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:35.480 says she'll name names and show faces. ABC's Britt Clennant says Julia Navalni released 564 00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:38.639 a nine minute video message yesterday saying Russia's regime must be punished for killing her 565 00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:44.599 husband. She said she will continue his work to fight for a free Russia, 566 00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:49.280 calling on her supporters to stand with her. She blamed Putin for her 567 00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:54.280 husband's death. The Kremlin denies that Navalney is accused Russia of hiding her husband's 568 00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:59.800 body to cover up his murder. Russian prison officials said last week, Alexey 569 00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:05.480 Navolney died while out on a walk. Okay, there's something really cool that's 570 00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:07.480 happening in Huntington Beach right now. At least I think it's very cool. 571 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:12.320 It's okay, it's a roomba for the water. So you know, you 572 00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:15.239 have the little roomba and it goes and just kind of patrols around your living 573 00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:17.800 room and picks up all the dirt. Well, so there's this little robot 574 00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:28.599 device that is floating around Huntington Harbor and it's sucking up trash, so it's 575 00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:32.840 There are rovers that have been sent out to six different locations in Florida. 576 00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:37.880 There's another one in Cincinnati, but Huntingdon Beach program is the first one in 577 00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:40.199 southern California, but they're looking at doing it at some mother beaches as well. 578 00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:45.639 The rovers called the av Pro. It has been going out each week 579 00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:50.199 at two different locations in the harbor and it goes out, does its thing 580 00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:53.239 for about an hour and then it comes back and it's got a bag attached 581 00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:59.280 to it so it tows all the debris behind it. And since the trials 582 00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:02.599 started on fiber first, they've brought in about two hundred gallons of trash. 583 00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:08.039 During five cleanups, they've filled six thirty two gallon trash cans everything from sticks 584 00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:13.159 and twigs to bags, bottles, cigarette butts, balloons, and even cans 585 00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:15.719 of paint. I think it's super cool. In fact, it's so cool 586 00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:19.280 that our very own Corbin Carson is going to be going out and doing a 587 00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:22.239 story about it later today, so we'll get more information throughout the day. 588 00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:24.880 Pretty cool. Hey, It's National Cherry Pie Day, a day to celebrate 589 00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:29.880 what's been dubbed the Great American dish cherry pie second most popular pie in the 590 00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:32.079 US, next to apple, and it's all thanks to the English colonists who 591 00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:37.880 brought cherries to the US in the sixteen hundreds. The pie is traditionally made 592 00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:40.159 with tart cherries, black cherries, or Morello cherries. It can be topped 593 00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:44.920 with ice cream, even in Kansas, where it was once illegal to put 594 00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:49.639 a scoop on a slice. Seriously, it was illegal. You've been listening 595 00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:52.239 to Wake Up Call with me Amy King. You can always hear Wake Up 596 00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:58.320 Call five to six am Monday through Friday on KFI AM six forty and anytime 597 00:41:58.440 --> 00:42:00.760 on demand on the iHeart Radio app.