WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.240 Hey, it's Jennifer Jones Lee. You're listening to KFI, a m six 2 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:12.199 forty wake up call on demand on the iHeartRadio app. That's Monday, man, 3 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:18.760 it's time to rise and shine. Here's Jennifer Jones Lee with your morning 4 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:29.879 wake up call. Good morning. Wow, you talk about a gorgeous weekend. 5 00:00:30.199 --> 00:00:32.840 You know it was great too. Is It's the first time that I've 6 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:38.679 heard people say it's too hot to do whatever this weekend, and I thought, 7 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:45.600 I'm so okay with it being too hot. It just felt great. 8 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:53.679 So Betty and Daisy got blessed this weekend by First Christian Church Pastor Karen Davis 9 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:58.560 that we had on at the Earth Day Festival in Glendora, which was amazing 10 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:02.399 they had and I didn't get a picture of it, and I should have. 11 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:07.719 But here's what's interesting. Your life changes when you're trying to wrangle two 12 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:14.120 dogs. So two leashes, two dogs, Betty, who's a lunatic. 13 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:21.640 Although here's what happened. So she gets blessed right, which was very sweet, 14 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:25.480 and it was Pastor Davis just sort of leans down and pets them and 15 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:30.439 talks to them and blesses them. And then we went to Huntington Dog Beach. 16 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:37.040 I'm not saying, I'm just saying. Betty was like the perfect dog 17 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:41.439 at the dog beach. In fact, my old neighbor met us there, 18 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:45.359 so he's seen Betty since, you know, she was a baby, and 19 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:48.599 he kept saying, this isn't the same dog, and I was like, 20 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:56.799 she just got blessed. I'm not saying, I'm just saying. And she's 21 00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:01.799 been really good at home. She wasn't nuts in the backyard like she normally 22 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:08.199 is. Again just staying. But it was awesome. It was a great 23 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:12.439 weekend. If you haven't been a Huntington dog Beach, definitely go. But 24 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:15.960 the lines to get into the dog beach, they are long to get into 25 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:20.240 the parking lots, so everybody sort of pulls to the shoulder and you line 26 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:23.319 up and you're waiting for a parking space or whatever. I bet they were 27 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:27.039 fifteen deep to get into each of the lots, and there are three. 28 00:02:27.319 --> 00:02:30.159 So anyway, if you're gonna go to the dog beach, just prepare to 29 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:34.400 wait in line to get a spot because that probably took us an extra twenty 30 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:38.199 five minutes or so sitting there waiting. I mean, you'll get a space 31 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:42.319 but man, it's tough out there, just because everybody wants to be there. 32 00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:46.000 I get it. Some of those stories we're watching in the KFI twenty 33 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:51.800 four hour newsroom, we have the CEO of NBC Universal who has been let 34 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:58.599 go mutually. How are you let go mutually? Disney says it's temporarily suspending 35 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:01.319 fire effects that it shows at Disneyland and parks around the world because of a 36 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:05.879 fire. I'll tell you what happened. Also, we're waiting for jurors in 37 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:10.240 la who are said to hear opening statements in the rape retrial of actor Danny 38 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:15.680 Masterson. So let's get into these stories now. It's the CEO of NBC 39 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:21.439 Universal mutually let go. That's because he chose to have an inappropriate relationship with 40 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:24.599 a woman who also worked at the company. Comcast, parent company for NBC 41 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:30.080 Universal, says that it was mutually agreed upon that their chief executive officer, 42 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:35.319 Jeff Shell, would leave immediately. Shell ran NBC Universal for just three years. 43 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:38.960 The now x CEO released a statement over the weekend that admitted to the 44 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:43.000 inappropriate conduct. The departure appears to be sudden, as Shell was involved in 45 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:47.360 his regular duties all last week, Andrew Caravella KFI News, Well, that'll 46 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:52.759 do it definitely. La County's new chief fire chief is about to be sworn 47 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:58.080 in. Anthony Moroney has served as an interim chief since July of twenty twenty 48 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:02.960 two. In February, the county Board of Supervisor Visors voted five to nothing 49 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:09.479 to make the appointment permanent. Supervisors were criticized for allegedly failing to hold a 50 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:13.680 thorough, transparent and fair search for a new chief. This wearing in is 51 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:23.279 set for one this afternoon. Disney says it's temporarily suspending fire effects and it 52 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:27.839 shows that Disneyland imparks around the world because of a fire during the Fantastic Show 53 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:32.120 at Disneyland in Anaheim. The fire on the Tom Sawyer Island Saturday night started 54 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:36.639 during a part of the show that features a dragon prop. First the head 55 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:49.759 caught fire and then the body whoa that fire put up huge plumes of dark 56 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:56.279 smoke. The area was evacuated as firefighters put out the fire. Injurors in 57 00:04:56.480 --> 00:05:00.399 La are set to hear opening statements in the rape retrial of actor Danny Masterson. 58 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:04.360 He's charged with assaulting three women at his home in the Hollywood Hills. 59 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:10.879 A mistrial was declared in Masterson's first trial last year because jurors were split on 60 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:15.720 the verdict, but most favored acquittal. Karen Travers, good morning to you, 61 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:19.240 boy. You had a lot of Democrats this weekend on the different talk 62 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:26.399 shows talking about the president and a possible reelection and saying basically that don't worry 63 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:29.959 about his age. She's fine. Yeah, yeah, you know, the 64 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:33.120 allies of the president were out in full force over the weekend talking about the 65 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:38.839 potential reelection announcement that could be coming as soon as tomorrow. And you know, 66 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:43.079 no surprise, the Democrats that were out there were all on the same 67 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:46.879 page on this, saying that the president is up to the job and he's 68 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:50.079 doing it well. As Dick Durban, the Senator from Illinois said on NBC. 69 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:55.319 He said he's an active president and he's meeting the challenges of America every 70 00:05:55.399 --> 00:06:00.439 day. Emy Klobuschar of Minnesota said the president has an incredibly strong record run 71 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:04.000 on and that he has been a steady hand and people don't want a return 72 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:08.959 to chaos. That Bey Dingle, a Congressman from Michigan, to of course, 73 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:12.639 a very critical battleground state says she's out there talking to people and that 74 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:17.040 in the Midwest, people think that president understands their challenges and that's very important. 75 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:20.480 Right now, she says she is not worried at all about his approval 76 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:25.399 numbers or any lack of enthusiasm. But you know, people are watching the 77 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:28.680 polls. People do see the numbers where he is right now, and it's 78 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:32.040 been pretty consistent. It's not high. But this is a White House that 79 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:38.279 says that they don't look at the daily ins announce the poles, and we 80 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:41.920 are anticipating that tomorrow. As soon as tomorrow, we could see this video 81 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:46.680 announcement from the President's team announcing that he is, as expected, running for 82 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:50.079 reelection. Over the weekend, there was an APE NORC poll that came out 83 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:57.560 that basically said that Democrats were split, but most would back him at this 84 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:01.160 point, though, could there be another Democrat that comes out, or is 85 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:08.199 there anybody waiting in the wings who could be a viable option for Democrats as 86 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:11.959 a challenger or if you weren't going to do it, I guess as a 87 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:18.519 challenger. No, nobody has indicated or given any hints as a viable challenger 88 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:24.000 from the establishment part of the Democratic Party. And I think it's because all 89 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:27.680 indications have been that the President was going to run for reelection. Now, 90 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:30.199 if there were any hints coming that he wasn't going to do it, that's 91 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:33.240 when the scramble would begin. And that's where there has been a lot of 92 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:36.360 you know, rumblings of like, look, if he wasn't going to run 93 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:40.839 again, you got to say it sooner rather than later, because people have 94 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:43.680 to start planning, People have to start fundraising, you have to go to 95 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:48.360 start figuring out campaign camp teams for people to mount, you know, the 96 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:54.120 necessary things to run a full campaign. But that's not happening. And as 97 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:57.120 the President has been saying his intention is to run. He said three weeks 98 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:01.240 ago I planned to run, and now it's all just waiting for that video 99 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:05.040 announcement to come. Tomorrow is symbolic. We might have mentioned this last week. 100 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:07.240 Tomorrow's the four year anniversary of when he announced he was running in the 101 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:13.560 twenty twenty election. The presidents it's very sentimental. He's very superstitious to some 102 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:18.199 extent, so it's not surprising that tomorrow would be the day that he decided 103 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:22.680 to say I'm doing it again. I didn't know he was superstitious. Really, 104 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:28.399 yeah, he likes dates. He likes the anniversaries. You know, 105 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:33.159 you have that like Irish luck thing that he likes to talk about. So 106 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:35.399 and you know, it's interesting, we went back and loved President in Obama 107 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:41.080 announced that he was running for reelection in April and a video message, so 108 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:43.440 you know, this wouldn't be out of the ordinary to do it this way 109 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:48.279 and to not do it in a big, splashy rally or a battleground tour 110 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:52.919 or anything. It's low key, but there's a design to that too. 111 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:54.919 Announced it in the video message. And he's got a busy week. He's 112 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:58.840 got a state visit by the president of South Korea. It's like, here 113 00:08:58.840 --> 00:09:01.840 we go. I'm back in the waste, but I'm also president and I've 114 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:03.240 got a lot of things going on this week. All right, Karen, 115 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:07.120 thanks so much. I have a great day you too, See you later. 116 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:13.240 ABC's Karen Travers, I didn't know you was superstitious like that. Do 117 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:16.759 you see what you learn on wake Up Call? I don't know, maybe 118 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:20.240 a Jeopardy question, maybe, Hey, we're going to talk more about this 119 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:24.200 coming up in just a few minutes with Shannon Crawford. Of ABC News. 120 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:31.240 US Special Operations forces have evacuated the American embassy in Sudan, where the fighting 121 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:35.399 continues for control of the country. Chinook helicopters flew American government personnel and their 122 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:41.000 families to safety. US forces, including the Navy Seal Team six, flying 123 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:46.039 eight hundred miles from Djibouti to Khartoum to make the daring rescue. ABC's faith 124 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:50.519 A Boo Bay says helicopters were on the ground for less than an hour yesterday. 125 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:54.240 No shots were fired. The US mission has been shut down indefinitely, 126 00:09:54.279 --> 00:10:00.279 even as thousands of private American citizens are still in Khartoum. That's at the 127 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:05.000 East African country kind of in the I guess, in that portion of the 128 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:09.600 country. US officials say it would be too dangerous to carry out a broader 129 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:15.320 evacuation mission. A person's been hurt during an attempted robbery in Studio City. 130 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:20.720 It happened yesterday on Lancashire Boulevard near Universal Studios. Police say a man tried 131 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:22.720 to rob a person, and a witness who tried to stop him was hurt. 132 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:30.279 Schools in la and Glendale are closed for the day to commemorate Armenian Genocide 133 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:35.000 Remembrance Day. A rally will be held in Little Armenia this morning to mark 134 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:39.600 the one hundred eighth anniversary of what many scholars consider the first genocide of the 135 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:46.080 twentieth century. A man in his sixties has been arrested for the fatal stabbing 136 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:50.759 of a man in Azusa. Police were called yesterday morning about a domestic dispute 137 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:54.720 at a home on Saying Gabriel Avenue. They say one person was stabbed and 138 00:10:54.799 --> 00:11:00.639 another was hit with a baseball bat. A former mail carrier who admitted debit 139 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:03.919 cards while she was on her route in South la is said to be sentenced. 140 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:09.120 The US Attorney's Office says Toya Hunter pleaded guilty in December to one federal 141 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:13.120 account of bank fraud. The FED says she would steal the cards with unemployment 142 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:18.000 insurance benefits, then give them to someone else in exchange for cash. That 143 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:22.440 woman has also pleaded guilty, and this one made us all sad this morning. 144 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:30.879 Dancing with the Stars. Judge Len Goodman has died. His agent says 145 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:35.840 Goodman passed away peacefully Saturday in the UK. He had recently been admitted to 146 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:39.679 hospice following a battle with bone cancer. Goodman was a former dancer, a 147 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:46.080 British champion and owned a dance academy in southern England. He also danced or 148 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:52.039 He also judged the British competition So Show Strictly Come Dancing, which like Dancing 149 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:56.519 with the Stars, pair celebrities with professional dance partners. Shut up, close 150 00:11:56.559 --> 00:12:03.480 a door and call me Mary based. Goodman was seventy eight. Tyler and 151 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:07.399 I were talking about him. He was he was like the nice judge on 152 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:11.559 the show. He was the Paula Abdul of Dancing with the very good That 153 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:16.159 is a wonderful way to I don't know think about him. It's just kind 154 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:22.799 of the kinder, gentler Dancing with the Stars judge anyway. Sad Disney says 155 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:30.039 it's temporarily suspending fire effects and it shows at Disneyland and parks around the world. 156 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:33.480 After there was a fire at the Phantasmic show at Disneyland. It was 157 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:37.600 on Tom Sawyer Island. It was a dragon where I guess the head first 158 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:41.679 caught fire and then the rest of the body. This is what it sounded 159 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:52.120 like. Oh, I think that's the body that caught fire in that part 160 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:58.480 put up huge plumes of dark smoke. The area was evacuated and firefighters put 161 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:03.039 out that fire. So jurors in LA are set to hear opening statements in 162 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:07.480 the rape retrial of actor Danny Masterson. He's charged with assaulting three women at 163 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:13.440 his home in Hollywood Hills. A mistrial was declared in Masterson's first trial last 164 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:18.600 year because jurors were split on that verdict. Hey, you know, there 165 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:24.039 are many reasons that AM radio should not be taken out of our cars, 166 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:28.000 and there is talk about AM radio being removed from new cars and trucks. 167 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:35.679 We have AM radio music, No we don't, but that's okay because you 168 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.639 can hear the music on the AM radio or you can hear it the news 169 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:43.559 on it. I was trying there anyway. THEEMA and first responders across the 170 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:48.039 country rely heavily on AM radio to deliver things like public warnings and emergencies. 171 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:54.240 Due to AM's unmatched reach, resiliency and because it's free now, emergency responders 172 00:13:54.240 --> 00:14:00.320 and everyday listeners call into stations just like ours to provide vitals, sometimes life 173 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:03.960 saving information. Plus, don't forget, radio delivers the information to the community 174 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:09.600 on a real time basis, and in the worst situations, Listeners can call 175 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:13.200 into their local stations in times of direct help and radio is there to assist 176 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:18.600 them and tell them where to go or either safety or even shelter. And 177 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:20.639 this hits home. Do you think it's right for you to lose access to 178 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:24.399 K five when you're on the road. M No. So you need to 179 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:28.000 make your voice heard on this issue. Here's how you can do. It's 180 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:33.879 super easy. Text the letters AM to five two eight eight six. This 181 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:37.960 is how you can tell Congress to keep AM radio in all cars in trucks. 182 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:43.039 Text the letters AM to five two eight eight six, and you can 183 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:48.720 tell Congress to keep AM radio in all cars and trucks. Let's say good 184 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:52.399 morning now to ABC is Shannon Crawford. Shannon, good morning. It was 185 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:56.120 quite an almost covert operation, you could say, as there were the US 186 00:14:56.159 --> 00:15:03.080 embassy staff was evacuated from the embassy in Sudan, fast and clean operation. 187 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:07.879 They're calling this all while fightings going on. Although were there any shots fired? 188 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:11.519 Good morning, Jennifer, No, there were no shots fired, No 189 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:16.840 reports of casualties given me in this with an intensely coordinated, precisely executed but 190 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:22.799 still a very dangerous mission with US helicopters flying fast and low over hundreds of 191 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:26.480 miles to the heart of that war torn country through Dan They were able to 192 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:33.480 successfully evacuate about one hundred individuals, including all seventy embassy staffers. US service 193 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:37.120 members spend under an hour on the ground, and that includes the Elite Feel 194 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:41.720 Team six, and they were ultimately able to save the day there. Okay, 195 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:46.279 how did they get word to everybody at the embassy, here's the time 196 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:48.360 we're going to be there. Be sure that you're ready, because I would 197 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:54.559 assume then any of the people who were thinking about attacking the embassy or something 198 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:58.039 would know, Hey, weird stuff is happening inside of there. So I'm 199 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:03.960 just wondering how they got the US embassy a staff to successfully get their stuff 200 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:08.159 together to get ready to get out without anybody knowing. Well, really, 201 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:12.960 what we've seen over the past week is as conditions have just so rapidly deteriorated 202 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:18.480 in Sudan, embassy officials who were spread out through the city consolidated together, 203 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:21.720 as well as a couple other diplomats from other countries, so we're able to 204 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:25.320 get to a central location. Now, the combat going on in Sudan, 205 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:30.200 it's actually two warring sides, two different commanders who are going out each other 206 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:33.919 over control of the country. So really it's not believe right now, even 207 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:37.639 though they're bens and attacks on American convoys, do not believe that Americans are 208 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:42.080 particularly a target here. That we do know that American officials were in contact 209 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:48.279 actually with both generals as this mission was taking place, trying to ensure it's 210 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:52.679 safety. But yes, there was always a possibility that something could go wrong 211 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:57.000 at obviously, you know in war, it's messy, there are miss signals, 212 00:16:57.399 --> 00:17:02.159 so that was definitely a or and part of the reasons because the airport 213 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:07.000 is shut down, because these situations are so volatile, the security situation part 214 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:10.440 of the reason they couldn't just send in a charter flight. They had to 215 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:15.160 take this very intense, very sophisticated military operation. What about now, the 216 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:19.240 other Americans who are left in Sudan, who are still working there. That's 217 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:23.720 right, there are sixteen thousand, estimated sixteen thousand American citizens and dual citizens 218 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:26.799 who are still in the country. You know, this morning we heard from 219 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:32.079 One House spokesper, Saint John Kirby. He said the administration is still advising 220 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:34.920 Americans left in the country to shelter in place. That's the safest option, 221 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:40.519 but we know people are fleeing. There are several dozen Americans right now who 222 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:42.599 are making their way of trying to make their way to towards Sudan and a 223 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:48.799 United Nations led convoy. The US does have some intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance 224 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:52.839 assets going on there. They're trying to ensure their safety to watch over the 225 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:57.759 convoy. But it's still a very perilous situation and a very and over five 226 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:03.480 hundred mile journey, so it's really touch and go for those Americans. All 227 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:07.440 Right, thank you so much, Shannon, I appreciate it. Thanks, 228 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:10.240 Jennifer, all right, see you later. That's ABC. Is Shannon Crawford. 229 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:15.880 I just saw a new story that came out. It's an NBC news 230 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:19.480 pool. Remember how we were just talking to Karen Travers about President Biden running 231 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:25.000 and whether or not his age played a factor. This is what this pole 232 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:30.160 talks about. However, it also brings in former President Trump. Oh, 233 00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:37.720 you guys, a majority of Americans apparently don't want either President Biden or former 234 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:41.480 President Trump to run for the White House in twenty twenty four. Now, 235 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:45.480 let's sit and think about this. Who are there two front runners for both 236 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:49.240 the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, the two guys that we apparently don't 237 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:55.720 want to run in twenty twenty four. Here's something I have always that has 238 00:18:55.759 --> 00:19:03.720 always bugged me is that as a country, we love to bitch and moan 239 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:10.559 about whoever's in charge, right, we love to say, especially if they're 240 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:14.160 not the guy we voted for. I didn't vote for him, but here's 241 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:19.000 a problem. Everybody else did. And what we end up doing is we 242 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:26.799 want change, but we keep voting the same people in over and over again. 243 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:32.440 Now I also will kind of blame the parties. It's not like they're 244 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:37.359 grooming anybody new to come up and to take those top spots away. But 245 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:40.920 it just feels like, doesn't it feel like we just sort of rest on 246 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:45.359 our laurels sometimes? Like Wow, Wow, he's the best thing we have? 247 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:49.599 Is he the best thing we have? Either President Biden or former President 248 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:56.680 Trump? Are they the best that we have in this country? There's an 249 00:19:56.759 --> 00:20:00.920 NBC News poll that I'm talking about here. Seventy percent of people surveyed, 250 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:07.720 including just over half of all Democrats, believe that Joe Biden should not run 251 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:11.720 for a second term. Half of them say his age is a major factor. 252 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:17.640 But then, as for Trump, sixty percent of those polled, including 253 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:22.920 a third of Republicans, think former President Trump should not run in twenty twenty 254 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:26.480 four. And this poll, I guess, was taken just a few days 255 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:32.279 before, so I'm guessing maybe Friday ish before President Biden is expected to announce 256 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:40.839 his run for reelection tomorrow. I don't know. It just it's frustrating to 257 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:47.759 me as a voter that we don't have more people, that these races aren't 258 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:52.799 tighter, that we don't see every time there's a presidential race happening, a 259 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:56.720 couple of people who are up there that make it a good race, that 260 00:20:56.799 --> 00:21:03.519 are two really viable options for each party. When's the last time that you 261 00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:10.200 sat down with somebody who you were like minded with and you guys really sat 262 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:12.640 down and hammered out. This is why I think we should be voting for 263 00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:18.599 X or this is why we should be voting for Why that hasn't happened in 264 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:25.359 a really long time, And it just makes me sad. All right, 265 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:29.319 I'm off my soapbox. Man, did you hear about what happened in Glendale? 266 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:33.799 Thieves broke into at least ten restaurants in just a couple of hours. 267 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:37.119 Most of the businesses are on Colorado Street and a few just kind of in 268 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:41.519 the surrounding streets. Police say the burglaries happened between two and four in the 269 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:47.400 morning on Saturday. Rock Bird on Colorado says it's been hit twice in the 270 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:52.319 last four months. Trial is said to start in Pennsylvania for the man accused 271 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:56.559 of shooting up a synagogue in Pittsburgh. The Tree of Life Synagogue was attacked 272 00:21:56.599 --> 00:22:00.759 in twenty eighteen. ABC's Mark Remillard says Robert Hours is accused of killing eleven 273 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:07.119 people and injuring seven others. Prositor say Bowers opened fire inside the synagogue because 274 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:12.799 of his quote deep murderous animosity toward all Jewish people. Bowers is facing sixty 275 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:18.160 three federal charges, including eleven counts of obstruction of the free exercise of religion 276 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:22.880 resulting in death and eleven counts of hate crime resulting in death. His lawyer 277 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:30.680 says Bowers has schizophrenia and other brain impairments. Our INTRIM chief is now La 278 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:34.759 County's new fire chief. Anthony Moroney has served as intrim's chief since July of 279 00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:40.440 twenty twenty two, but in February the county Border Supervisors voted to make the 280 00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:45.640 appointment permanent. Supervisors have been criticized for allegedly failing to hold a thorough, 281 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:51.400 transparent and fair search for a new chief. The swearing inset ceremony happens later 282 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:53.920 this afternoon. I think it's at one o'clock. Dancing with the stars. 283 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:59.559 Judge Len Goodman has died, as agent says he passed away peacefully Saturday in 284 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:03.079 the UK. He had recently been admitted to hospice after a battle with bone 285 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:07.079 cancer. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, we 286 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:12.160 recently started hearing about Trenck, this zombie drug, and apparently it's not just 287 00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:17.319 California now that's having to deal with it. No, so to our forty 288 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:21.920 seven other states, nearly the whole country, probably all fifty. Within just 289 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:23.960 the next few weeks, maybe the next month or so, the Drug Enforcement 290 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:30.640 Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued this alert about Trenk, 291 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:36.759 this animal tranquilizer zylazine that's finding its way into opioid and into fentanyl and 292 00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:41.720 into the bodies of people who are taking this stuff, purchasing it and taking 293 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:45.680 it and in a lot of cases dying from overdose. The tricky part about 294 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:52.759 this janet is that trank or zylazine is not affected by n narcan. Is 295 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:56.839 that this life saving drug that's given to fentanyl and to opioid overdose victims and 296 00:23:57.079 --> 00:24:02.079 that almost immediately weights them up. Well, that's not the case with trank, 297 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:04.720 and that's part of the danger of this stuff. And when it comes 298 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:08.519 to how people are getting their hands on it, um, I get is 299 00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:11.480 it? I don't know. Is it something that you can easily buy? 300 00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:15.680 Where? Where are these drug dealers getting it? Well, it's to be 301 00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:19.680 used only by veterinarians right on, you know, with large animals, farm 302 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:25.640 animals and in zoos, So it's not that easy to get a hold of 303 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.839 it. But people are getting hold of it, finding it online and ordering 304 00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:33.000 the stuff and then then cutting it into other drugs. Drug cartels in Mexico 305 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:38.759 and elsewhere are using this stuff to reduce the cost of their product, reduce 306 00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:44.359 and increase the profit margin. So that's kind of the point behind this. 307 00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:49.759 Others are taking this because it intensifies the effect of opioids that's why you get 308 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:53.200 this name zombie drug, the nickname for it. If you've seen videos of 309 00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:56.960 people who have taken this stuff, Jen, it's just terrifying to see the 310 00:24:56.960 --> 00:25:00.039 way that they act. They're very much like zombies, and it's something that 311 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:04.200 I guess. The problem with this is sort of like fentanyl, is that 312 00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:08.640 it doesn't kill you every time. You're just in this as this case is 313 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:14.200 zombie state, and so some people probably think they're gonna take it just to 314 00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:18.559 you know, accelerate or accentuate the high, but they don't know. It's 315 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:22.319 just crazy to me that you think I could take this, hopefully to feel 316 00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:26.839 more high, but at the same time you have just as big of a 317 00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:30.720 chance of killing yourself, maybe greater. Yeah, the chance that you might 318 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:33.960 die from this, partly because if paramedics are called, you're lying there unconscious 319 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:38.119 on the floor, close to a coma, and they administer narcan thinking that's 320 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:41.400 going to wake you up, and it probably won't. There have been cases 321 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:47.559 of the people of the paramedics have administered five or six doses of narcan. 322 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:52.079 It may overcome the effect of the fentanel or the opioid that someone has taken, 323 00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:56.200 but not necessarily the xylozine that could be in that same product. So 324 00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:02.160 it's a it's a real issue, and it's how the pharmaceutical world is trying 325 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:06.480 to find an antidote to xylazine. Man, all right, Jim, thank 326 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.799 you so much. I appreciate it. Thanks, Jim, all right, 327 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:12.079 see you later. ABC is Jim Ryan. It's just so scary and I 328 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:18.599 you know, hey, I'm no stranger to addiction, so I get this, 329 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:26.680 but when you do it to me, is so scary to think that, 330 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:30.480 Ay, you don't You probably don't know. If you're doing drugs and 331 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:34.359 you're at that point from where your drugs are coming in, you probably don't 332 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:41.839 care, right if your addiction is to that stage, you just want more. 333 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:45.759 You just want to keep feeding that addiction. So you're not thinking clearly, 334 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:49.039 Ay, this could be the pill or the snort or whatever it is 335 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:56.200 that kills me. But every like, every time you do take something, 336 00:26:56.559 --> 00:27:02.519 or you inject something, or you snort something, knowing that that could kill 337 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:07.720 you, that's a Russian roulette that I can't wrap my head around. One 338 00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:14.200 of only two remaining survivors of this thinking of the USS Arizona on December seventh, 339 00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:18.839 nineteen forty one is gone. The National Park Service says Howard Ken Potts 340 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:21.599 died Friday in Provo you taught at the age of one hundred and two. 341 00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:23.559 According to Stars and Stripes, his death leaves one hundred and one year old 342 00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:27.160 Luke Conter as the last remaining survivor of the battleship that sank to the bottom 343 00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:30.680 of Pearl Harbor after the surprise attack, which killed one thousand, one hundred 344 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:34.799 and seventy seven officers and crew. Flags over the USS Arizona Memorial have been 345 00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:38.799 lowered to half staff to honor Pots. Mark Ronner CAFI News, all right, 346 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:45.880 did you hear about this fight? This? I guess, well, 347 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:48.359 it's kind of road rage and kind of not. I'm going to tell you 348 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:52.559 about it in a few seconds or in a few minutes, I should say 349 00:27:52.000 --> 00:28:00.400 that happened in the drive through of an in and out. So how do 350 00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:03.599 you think there could be road rage in the drive through of an in and 351 00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:07.880 out? Apparently some ladies, I don't know, do you call them ladies 352 00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:12.680 after this? I'm not sure? Anyway, some people thought that you could 353 00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:18.240 do that, and it's a sad story about our society and it's funny all 354 00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:22.559 at the same time because there's not a happy ending, but nothing goes terribly 355 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:27.240 awry either, So that's coming up. We'll do this at about five fifty 356 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:34.720 five. Arnold Schwarzenegger over the weekend says he's totally open to filling more potholes 357 00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:41.039 for Los Angeles. So he went viral, of course last week when we 358 00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:45.440 saw him outside his house in Brentwood filling up a pothole, and he was 359 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:51.000 frustrated that he as he says, it was screwing up cars and bicycles for 360 00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:53.839 weeks. But then you have the controversy with the City of Los Angeles, 361 00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.640 who said, wait, wait, wait, Arnold, that wasn't a pothole. 362 00:28:56.720 --> 00:29:02.160 It was actually a utility trench that was dug for work by so Cow 363 00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:03.839 Gas. But Arnold was like, hey, I don't care if it was 364 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:07.119 a pothole or a trench. It's been there since January. Nobody filled it, 365 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:12.599 so I did. So. The former governor did an interview with Fox 366 00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:19.119 News Digital and he basically brushed off the controversy and says, I was very 367 00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:23.599 happy that I could help fix some of those dangerous potholes. He goes on 368 00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:29.599 to say and I was very happy that the city was appreciative and that they 369 00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:34.119 came out to inspect my work and agreed it was great work. And he 370 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:37.599 was there. Video of that was there, video of the city and Arnold 371 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:45.160 standing over a pothole grading his work, and he says, he goes on 372 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:48.799 to say, and you know, I told them, if they need more 373 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:52.240 help, I'll get a crew together and go around the city and fix these 374 00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:56.960 potholes because they're dangerous. It's all kind of like, let's help each other. 375 00:29:57.559 --> 00:30:00.880 It was a fun thing to do. I love doing things like that. 376 00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:04.960 It took me back to the seventies when I was doing construction work and 377 00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:08.599 I was on the top of my bodybuilding career and still didn't make any money. 378 00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:12.880 I was a bricklayer and cement work. So it took me back to 379 00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:21.680 those days. I will pay money to see a crew put together by the 380 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:27.440 former governor that goes around and fills potholes in places that he doesn't feel the 381 00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:36.920 city is doing its job. Can you imagine only only in Hollywood does something 382 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:41.000 like that happen. This is why we're lucky. Just found out Lift plans 383 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:45.359 to lay off at least twelve hundred employees in a new round of job cuts. 384 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:48.599 This is going to be thirty percent of the company's workforce. Now remember 385 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:55.839 Lift doesn't consider drivers as employees, so this is the people who actually work 386 00:30:55.880 --> 00:31:00.960 at corporate Lift. Also, the Twitter accounts of dead celebrities are getting verified 387 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:04.519 blue check marks. So now Kobe Bryant, Chadwick Boseman, Anthony Bourdaine, 388 00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:11.440 and other deceased celebrities have had the blue check mark added to their accounts since 389 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:17.119 the social media platform started its purge last week. Let's say good morning now 390 00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:19.400 to a woman who actually used to work here, and Ellie hill Reese. 391 00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:22.599 I'm sorry I never got the chance to know you, but she used to 392 00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:26.559 work No. I know, I wish we had our paths had crossed. 393 00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:30.640 I know, I know, I hear how wonderful you are. And I 394 00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:33.039 am a listener you know, of course, I just love listening to you 395 00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:37.200 to meet you over the air. Well, thank you you as well. 396 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:42.960 And I did not know some of the statistics that you sent about kids with 397 00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:49.359 Down syndrome that only the US has ten thousand babies born daily and only sixteen 398 00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:55.440 had Down syndrome. And I think that it's statistics like that that a lot 399 00:31:55.440 --> 00:32:00.519 of us don't know about how rare this disease is, and how how probably 400 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:06.319 much help you guys don't get, and how you're having to band together as 401 00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:09.319 a community to help one another. And in doing that you're coming up with 402 00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:15.960 something called Gg's Playhouse, which sounds amazing. Yeah, and I first of 403 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:22.000 all, Halton, thanks, say it, go go go, h say 404 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:27.640 it. Say good morning, golah, good morning. Oh my gosh, 405 00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:30.720 that just makes me. I can't tell you how happy I am to hear 406 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:36.319 that. You see, Jennifer, Ella, what's six? What do you 407 00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:38.480 say? Oh? Now, it's going to tell you about baseball. And 408 00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:44.720 we do a lot of gesturing in the down syndrome community because speech, expressive 409 00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:47.440 speech tends to be one of the delays. So Halton is now hacking out 410 00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:52.759 playing baseball because Halton is a baseball player for Little League and does an amazing 411 00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:55.599 job. Halton just asked her about the team. Oh gosh, now it's 412 00:32:55.599 --> 00:33:00.000 going to break down a whole thing for Halston trying to show you his face. 413 00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:04.880 But what we're want to talk about is a hall Stine is my seven 414 00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:07.480 year old boy. And I am one of many moms who has gotten together 415 00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:13.119 to follow the lead of a woman named Nancy Giohannny. Nancy Gioannny is Gigi's 416 00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:16.319 mom, and she twenty years ago had a child with Down syndrome, and, 417 00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:20.240 like many of us would have an apt birth diagnosis, our worlds are 418 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:24.640 just I mean, I'll be honest, completely shaken. What the heck? 419 00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:28.759 What do I do now? Right? So? Um, yeah, these 420 00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:32.839 statistics sixteen babies a day in the United States are born with Down syndrome and 421 00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:37.160 it's out of ten thousand kids. That's that's like nothing, right, That's 422 00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:42.519 a small community. It is such a small community. And over the past 423 00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:45.440 seven years, the learning I've had to go through, you know, I 424 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:47.880 had literally never met anybody with Down syndrome in my entire life. Can you 425 00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:52.880 even imagine that I was a forty something year old woman, Like what do 426 00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:54.519 I do now? Right? Right? So I kind of looked around for 427 00:33:54.519 --> 00:34:00.240 our opportunities and you know, learning and how to get together and meet other 428 00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:04.039 women, and it was really really challenging. So a group of women that 429 00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:08.400 were in the same situation that I was in found Nancy Gianni and her story 430 00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:14.760 and they wanted to follow her path. So Nancy opened up what she called 431 00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:19.039 Gigi's Playhouse twenty years ago, and the idea was to bring women that were 432 00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:22.440 and dads of course that we're having babies with Down syndrome together and just be 433 00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:25.400 able to have a place to gather, a place to meet, a place 434 00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:30.800 to provide free programming for a lifetime for these families and kids that have Down 435 00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:36.079 syndrome. So that's what we're doing out in Semi Valley. It'll be the 436 00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:39.199 first one to serve La and Ventura County. So it's a it's a really 437 00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:44.880 really big deal. So we explain what kind of services are there and how 438 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:49.440 this is free for the life of the family. I know, right, 439 00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:54.559 so um, it's free and it is one sponsored by donations. It is 440 00:34:54.679 --> 00:35:02.880 nine volunteer runs. So what gigs Playhouse does is off for therapeutic and therapeutic 441 00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:08.559 and vocational resources based on the help of volunteers. So if you know, 442 00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:14.159 an sp speech language pathologist comes in and wants to help out with expressive speech, 443 00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:16.119 like for Halston, I would have the opportunity to take him out to 444 00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:21.320 the Gijus Playhouse in Simi Valley and get those services for free. Which if 445 00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:24.400 you are in the special needs community or in the special needs world whatsoever you 446 00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:30.000 understand is a huge help. It is. I'm a pretty tough chick, 447 00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:34.639 but let me tell you, getting services for kids with disabilities is a nightmare. 448 00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:37.039 And even in California, where we have so much help from the government, 449 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:42.440 it's shocking to me if you're not constantly on the phone, if you're 450 00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:46.559 not advocating, advocating, advocating for your kid just to get basic, basic 451 00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:50.440 therapies that you'll pay for it, by the way, you know, if 452 00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:53.039 you want to pay for it privately, it's even hard. So this GIDUS 453 00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:58.880 Playhouse is just such an important movement of global acceptance. And I mean I 454 00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:01.199 could go on and on. No, you know, and I think though 455 00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:05.920 you're bringing up some things that are really important, it's it's just because you're 456 00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:08.840 an advocate, and just because you can get into the services if you can 457 00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:15.400 that the government is offering, that still doesn't seem like it's nearly enough. 458 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:19.960 So you have to have something specialized like this to kind of come in and 459 00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:23.280 fill the gap of where the government can't even help. I mean one, 460 00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:28.679 and I mean if you if you get all the services that you you know, 461 00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:30.840 aspire to get, then hats off to you. But most people don't 462 00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:35.159 even get all the services that are available, right, so this is just 463 00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:37.440 another opportunity where somebody could drive out to our location. It's in a like 464 00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:42.320 a retail storefront. That's that's our goal. We're in top secret negotiations on 465 00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:46.280 our final location. But it's very I love it big. It's a big 466 00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:51.519 retail storefront, you know, so it's not a hidden association for those people, 467 00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:53.119 you know. And the part of the issue too, you know, 468 00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:58.599 just changing the stigma. I mean, Houston plays baseball with typical kids. 469 00:36:58.719 --> 00:37:00.880 Hey, no special rules, the kid gets out, the kids out, 470 00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:06.760 Halson goes to school with typical kids. Halson's getting his sacraments and like you 471 00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:10.840 know, and in the Catholic Church, no special treatment. Just getting all 472 00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:15.000 the inclusion benefits as well as getting the services. It's it's really it's a 473 00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:17.679 fine line. It's a tight rope, and you know, we just want 474 00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:22.199 to be able to offer as much as we can to people that have any 475 00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:24.719 child or adult whip down syndrome. All right, let's talk about now how 476 00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:30.800 people can help you have GG fit. The Acceptance Challenge happening Saturday morning, 477 00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:34.840 April twenty ninth, where is this and how can people get involved in the 478 00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:38.239 fun run and walk? So if anybody would like to get involved the fun 479 00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:43.000 run, it's a five k fine run. It's not official official fun run. 480 00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:45.320 I mean five k right, It's a one mile walk, a five 481 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:51.280 k and a twenty one yard dash for down syndrome. Registration is live on 482 00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:55.599 our website, which is Gigi's Playhouse dot org Semi Valley forward slash Semi Valley. 483 00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:59.960 If you google Gig's Playhouse, We're going to be the fifty eighth we're 484 00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:05.039 hoping fifty eighth playhouse in the network and you'll you'll find out all about Ju's 485 00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:08.239 Playhouse there. But the run specifically is going to be this Saturday at Rancho 486 00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:14.199 Santa Susannah Park at Brighton Early gates open at seven. We have LA Dodgers 487 00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:17.840 Training Academy coming out to help move for Global Acceptance. We have immersive arts 488 00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:24.320 and crafts and games, food trucks, we have a senator appearing to do 489 00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:30.119 the Global Acceptance Challenge with us, and all sorts of demonstrations. So we'll 490 00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:34.760 have semi police, will have an ambulance company, will have bicycles that kids 491 00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:37.280 could try out and it's a family event. It's not just for those kids 492 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:40.679 with Down syndrome, you know, it's it's for Halston's brothers. It's for 493 00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:45.920 brothers and sisters and families and you know, the whole, the whole shipping 494 00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:49.280 well. And I think that that's what's important to you, is that you 495 00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:54.920 know when because there are so few people with Down syndrome in the US that 496 00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:59.880 oftentimes I'm sure that people are like, gosh, I don't know enough about 497 00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:04.480 Down syndrome to interact with that person. It's not maybe you know, even 498 00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:07.920 that they're scared of them or something, but I'm sure that. I mean, 499 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:12.280 in some cases, maybe a child who's never seen another child with Down 500 00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:15.760 syndrome doesn't know what to do, doesn't know how to interact. But that's 501 00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:19.360 the time when you can tell, Yeah, we see it all the time, 502 00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:22.719 Like we'll see people kind of side eye Halston and and they'll ask me 503 00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.760 like, oh, does he talk? And I'm like, oh, Halstin's 504 00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:28.800 got everything to say. You just have to slow down and listen, right 505 00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:31.480 and when people take the time. Let me tell you, this kid is 506 00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:36.199 playing roadblocks right now. He's he's like a typical seven year old. He 507 00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:39.320 just happens to have an extra chromosome. And you know, I myself would 508 00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:44.400 have had no idea that he's just a regular guy with an extra chromosome. 509 00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:47.119 And we're making, you know, huge strides in that area. There's an 510 00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:50.760 actor I'm embarrassed that I don't know his name, but he's going to be 511 00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:52.840 in the upcoming Peter Pan movie that's coming out this week. And guess what, 512 00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:55.840 he's not cast as a guy with Down syndrome. He cast as a 513 00:39:55.920 --> 00:40:00.840 guy. Yes, we just need to really move the needle on global acceptance. 514 00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:02.719 Yes, and that's what I was going to say. The more and 515 00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:07.079 more that actually people like him get out there and that we can see the 516 00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:12.360 normal lives that someone with Down syndrome can live, the more expected. And 517 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:16.360 I mean in the beginning, I just wanted to point out you mentioned that 518 00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:20.039 it was a disease. It's it's not really a disease, and that's something 519 00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:23.119 I didn't know either. You're right, it's just a chromosome. It's literally 520 00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:28.360 just an extra chromosome on the twenty first. The twenty first chromosome has three 521 00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:30.519 instead of two. Now, mind you, I didn't know any of this. 522 00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:36.559 What Austin was boring. I was using all sorts of the wrong vernacular. 523 00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:38.559 But you know, it's a learning experience. And I mean, thank 524 00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:40.960 you so much for even talking to us, because it makes much a big 525 00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:45.480 difference to get this information out there. Ellie. I think that this is 526 00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:49.559 important information to get out there because I didn't know about it. I mean 527 00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:52.400 some of the statistics that you said, I was like, oh, you're 528 00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:55.320 kidding. I did. I just didn't realize what a small community this was. 529 00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:59.800 And the more information and that the more spotlight we can put on it, 530 00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:04.840 hopefully the more normal it becomes every day and that you guys will get 531 00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:07.159 the help that you need. But again, where can people go to be 532 00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:09.679 a part of the fun run this weekend and walk so? So to register 533 00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:13.079 for the fun Run, you can just show up. Just show up at 534 00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:16.480 Rancho Santa Susannah Park. It's right off a Stearns Avenue in Seema Valley off 535 00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:22.599 the one eighteen. Or you can register at Geg's Playhouse dot org forward slash 536 00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:27.760 Seemi Valley and that's it. You'll see the banner right on the front page 537 00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:30.320 and you can register and you can join us. We have cool shirts, 538 00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:32.199 we have cool metals, we have lots of cool swag and it's going to 539 00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:36.880 be a great event and you know, community event coming together to support the 540 00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:39.800 down syndrome community and move for global acceptance. I love it. Thank you 541 00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:43.679 so much, Ellie. I appreciate it. And best of luck this weekend. 542 00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:46.119 And you tell Halston that I said, I hope I wish him well 543 00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:52.159 in his career of baseball. I'm telling you first MLB picture here we come. 544 00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:54.519 I wait. I love it, Ellie, thanks a million, Talk 545 00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:58.000 to you soon. Thank you so much, but bye see you later, 546 00:41:58.920 --> 00:42:01.360 all right, And I want to go from that to something that's going to 547 00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:05.360 make you go. Wait. So, while Ellie brings us the best of 548 00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:09.320 society, the worst of society was captured in the drive through of an in 549 00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:15.039 and out Sunday in Valencia. So it doesn't really say what started the whole 550 00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:19.159 thing, but two women get out of a car. There are everybody's in 551 00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:22.679 line in the drive through, right, They get out of a car and 552 00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:27.840 they go to the driver's side of the Subaru outback that was behind them. 553 00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:34.000 They start hitting the car with bottles and something some liquid spills out on it. 554 00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:37.639 I don't know. Then a nearby in and out employee can be seen 555 00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:40.280 in the video sort of shaking his head. He's just watching. Is the 556 00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:43.840 whole thing unfold? Like, what's that poor kid supposed to do? Right? 557 00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:47.599 So the two women go back to their car. Now the driver of 558 00:42:47.639 --> 00:42:52.599 the Subaru, also a woman, steps out of her car, as does 559 00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:55.880 a guy who's in the back seat. Now you can hear everybody yelling at 560 00:42:55.920 --> 00:43:00.239 each other. One of the women from the vehicle in front of the suparu. 561 00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:06.320 So the original women then returns with something else, a liquid bottle, 562 00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:09.199 and sprays it at the male passenger. So I assume it had to be 563 00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:15.440 something that was carbonated where she could spray it at him. And then the 564 00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:19.440 woman and the man who were in the Superu get back in to try and 565 00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:23.480 not be doused. Oh but wait, there's more. Then two guys who 566 00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:28.760 are in the super U get out and start throwing something some sort of water 567 00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:32.079 or something at the vehicle in front of them. So then the cops get 568 00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:37.280 called, and there's also an in and out employee who tries to separate everybody. 569 00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:42.920 The cops get there, apparently talked to both parties. Nobody wants to 570 00:43:42.960 --> 00:43:47.039 press charges. It's seen as just a verbal argument, but While we have 571 00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:52.519 people like Ellie hill Reese trying to do the best of society and things for 572 00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:57.719 to bring our community together, you have dinglings who are upset over whatever. 573 00:43:57.880 --> 00:44:00.559 How quickly they're going to get their double double, and they do that in 574 00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:07.760 the line of an in and out drive through KFI and KOSTHD to Los Angeles, 575 00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:10.760 Orange County. This has been your wake up call. You've been listening 576 00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:14.800 to your wake up call with me, Jennifer Jones Lee, and you can 577 00:44:14.880 --> 00:44:19.039 always hear wake Up Call five to six am Monday through Friday at kf I 578 00:44:19.119 --> 00:44:22.480 AM six forty and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.