WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:08.160 You're listening to Wake Up Call on Demand from KFI A M six forty KFI 2 00:00:08.279 --> 00:00:14.720 and KOs T HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. They'll do something. 3 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:19.960 I'm eight. Most of all every who down in who will, the tall 4 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:29.280 and the small, will stand close together with Christmas parity. They'll stand end 5 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:39.399 in hand those who will stop singing. It's time for your morning wake up 6 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:59.200 call down sligh Fray. This is your wake up call for Friday December. 7 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:02.359 Excuse me, it's Monday. Oh my gosh, you guys. Ooh, 8 00:01:03.119 --> 00:01:07.359 I was behind the whole weekend. It's Monday, December eighteenth. I'm Heather 9 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:11.920 Brooker in for Amy King. It's five oh one. Good morning. Christmas 10 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:17.840 is just one week away, you guys. How exciting. I have slowly 11 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:22.319 been gathering all my gifts together, but of course we save a few and 12 00:01:22.319 --> 00:01:25.879 seat of you aside for Santa. I have a ten year old girl who 13 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:30.599 still believes if you can believe that, so I'm hanging on to every moment 14 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:34.560 as long as possible. Just a little about me, you guys. I've 15 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:36.879 only been at CAFI for a couple of months, and I'm so thrilled to 16 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:42.519 be here with you this morning. I'm an actress, comedian and a journalist, 17 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:45.359 so I'm a big news nerd. I love being here, love talking 18 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:48.680 about the news with you guys. So let's just jump right in, shall 19 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:51.200 we. I know they love the news here at CAFI, so let's get 20 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:53.920 right to it. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call, South Korea says. 21 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:59.959 North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the sea as it resumes 22 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:05.840 testing of short and long range missiles. And there may be a Musk University 23 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:08.520 in the future. Elon Musk is getting into the business of higher education. 24 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:13.639 And Netflix has just released the names of some of the biggest comics in the 25 00:02:13.639 --> 00:02:16.960 world who'll be performing at the Netflix as a joke fest in Los Angeles next 26 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:20.560 May. We'll tell you who's in the lineup. It's not me. I'll 27 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:24.400 tell you that. Hear that Netflix, I'm ready sign me up. Then 28 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:29.680 at six zh five, it's handle on the news. Israel faces new truce 29 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:35.360 calls after killing hostages who were waving a white flag. Let's start with some 30 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:38.680 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A four 31 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:42.240 year old boy has been killed during a road rage attack in Lancaster, LA 32 00:02:42.319 --> 00:02:45.520 County shriffs investigator state it's not clear what prompted the attack, but a driver 33 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:47.360 cut off a vehicle which included the boy, his father, and mother. 34 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:53.120 The attack Friday night happened on Sierra Highway near East Avenue. J Detectives say 35 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:55.199 after the driver cut off the vehicle with the family, they began following them 36 00:02:55.199 --> 00:02:59.599 on surface streets, and when the family vehicle slowed down, the driver pulled 37 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:01.719 up along signed them an open fire. The boy was in the back seat 38 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:05.400 when he was hit. The parents took him to a hospital, where he 39 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:08.080 was pronounced dead. A man and woman in their twenties were arrested a short 40 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:14.120 time later. Steve Gregory ka if I knows critics have accused Israel of excessive 41 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:17.840 force in Gaza following the deaths of three Israeli hostages. ABC's Allison Cossacks says 42 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:24.479 Israel's military has admitted the deaths on Friday were a mistake. A preliminary investigation 43 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:30.599 found that three hostages left a building in an area of very intense fighting carrying 44 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:35.000 a stick with a white cloth. A soldier reportedly saw them as a threat 45 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:38.800 and opened fire. Troops were ordered to stop firing, but another soldier shot 46 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:44.759 and killed the third hostage. She says the hostages had written messages on fabric 47 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:46.960 asking for help, but it's not clear if the soldiers saw those signs. 48 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:53.719 International railway traffic in El Paso, Texas from Mexico has been suspended as the 49 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:58.319 border patrol deals with a high number of migrants. It comes after authorities reportedly 50 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:02.080 apprehended more than four thighs how was in migrants in the area yesterday alone. 51 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:08.759 ABC's Liz Lander says border crossings in Eagle Pass, Texas, San Diego and 52 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:13.960 the entire Lukeville, Arizona port of entry are also closed temporarily. Can we 53 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:15.680 say good morning to Jim Ryan? Is Jim available? Hi? Good morning, 54 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:19.600 Hi, Good morning Jim. Okay. I have to say, Jim, 55 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:25.839 I love this story because it's so wild. We love a billionaire moment. 56 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:30.800 Is Elon Musk planning to start a university? Yes, long and short 57 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:33.800 is Yes, he's going to start out with the primary and secondary school starting 58 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:38.879 from K through twelfth grade, maybe first grade through twelfth grade, but yes, 59 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:43.399 the focus will be on stamp science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 60 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:46.439 But there may also be kind of a political bent to it. You 61 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:51.560 probably know amy about they have Musk's high profile squabbling within his own family his 62 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:57.720 daughter, His transgender daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, has changed her name and 63 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:03.519 publicly criticized the Elon Musk Munk's Musk says that he blames what he calls Neil 64 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:09.959 Marxist and leftist universities for this rift between him and his daughter, Vivian Wilson. 65 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:14.519 So, you know, so I suspect that along with teaching STEM, 66 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:18.040 there will be some kind of a philosophical background to this school once it gets 67 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:21.439 started here in Texas. So I like what you touched on there because it 68 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:27.439 kind of follows leads into what I'm wondering. What's motivating the richest man in 69 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:30.319 one of the richest men in the world to start a university. Well, 70 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:35.040 part of it is that it's a very very small scale attempt to try to 71 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:40.600 beef up the text savvy nature of the workforce. He's got Tesley, he's 72 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:44.360 got AX, he's got space AX. You know all these ventures out there 73 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:48.319 that require a tax savvy workforce, people who are familiar with and skilled in 74 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:53.839 STEM. So this is one way to kind of generate that workforce. Grow 75 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:56.360 it yourself, right, you don't have that workforce, make it your own. 76 00:05:56.759 --> 00:05:59.800 So that's sort of the way that he's going here. But I think 77 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:04.319 all so it is his attempt to try to lash out against what he believes 78 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:09.319 is kind of a left leaning university structure here in this country. He's made 79 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:15.199 comments on X lately that seem to indicate where he stands philosophically, and this 80 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:18.800 school may kind of reflect that. And there's also got to be quite a 81 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:23.279 bit of ego involved there as well. Right well, bry Not, you 82 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:26.680 know, if you don't like the way things are, toss a little money 83 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:30.439 that way. This is costing him one hundred million dollars to start with. 84 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:34.319 He moved one hundred million dollars into his chedable organization, which is called the 85 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:41.360 foundation and is according to tax filings, and within those tax filings he does 86 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:44.600 talk or his attorneys talk about what the goal is here, and that is 87 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:49.639 to start this K through twelve school with an i eventually toward applying for accreditation 88 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:56.240 as a full blown university. And the focus, which I think is appropriate 89 00:06:56.399 --> 00:07:00.839 for Elon Musk, is on STEM which is very hot right now. There's 90 00:07:00.839 --> 00:07:05.079 a lot of parents who are interested in stem educations for the children. Yeah, 91 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:09.279 and these filings point that out. These tax filings, it says, 92 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:14.360 quote, he would combine formal instruction by experienced faculty and subjects such as mathematics, 93 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:18.839 science, engineering, physics, along with hands on learning experiences including simulations, 94 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:21.959 case studies, fabrication design. It sounds like kind of a fun place 95 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:26.480 to go to school, I think, you know, and he's got some 96 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:30.360 experience in this way too. He sent his own five children, including Vivian 97 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:32.600 Jenna Wilson, who, by the way, at that point was known as 98 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:39.040 Xavier. He sent his five kids to a school that he started himself, 99 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:44.639 that he founded on the campus of Tesla in California in two thousand and fifteen 100 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:47.600 to the mid two thousand, you know, twenty ten range. And so 101 00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:51.160 he has done this before, and now he's moved his whole operation, or 102 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:55.480 a lot of at least here at Texas and that's where he intends to open 103 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:59.839 up this new school. Well, I think it's a really interesting move, 104 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:03.360 not entirely surprising that he would want to do that. I think, you 105 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.360 know, maybe one hundred years from now, our children, grandchildren, great 106 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:11.160 grandchildren will be applying to Musk you. Yeah, I wouldn't doubt it, 107 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:16.160 you know, I wouldn't put it past my suspect that space X X xavier, 108 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:20.120 someone who had asked to do with action, might be called ex University. 109 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:22.079 That'd be I'd put my money on there. You think it would be 110 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:26.360 X University, which is kind of a dumb name, right, go X, 111 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:28.519 give me an X, go X or give me an X or musk 112 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:33.159 isn't much better. But here here's the question for everyone to ponder. What 113 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:39.080 will be the mascot kay ship rocket? Right? Yeah, that's SpaceX rocket 114 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:43.480 the Falcon nine maybe exactly. All right, Thank you so much, dollar 115 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:46.399 Bill. Yeah, there you go. We appreciate your time this morning, 116 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:50.799 Jim, thank you so much. Sure, all right, let's get back 117 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:54.759 to some stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The State 118 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:58.000 Attorney General has sued locking you out of flint Ridge over affordable housing laws. 119 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:03.840 The state claims the city illegally denied a project that would provide eighty mixed income 120 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:07.399 residential dwelling units along with hotel units in office space. The lawsuit claims the 121 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:11.519 city had not zoned for enough affordable housing when the project was pitched, so 122 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:16.039 must approve the project under the state's builder's remedy rules. The ad announced the 123 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:20.600 lawsuit last week, claiming all cities must do their part to solve the housing 124 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:24.960 crisis. Lakeayata Flint Bridge says it does have an affordable housing plan and it's 125 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:31.200 already been approved by the state. Corbin Carson KFI News California employees will soon 126 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:37.480 officially have protections from discrimination based on their use of cannabis or marijuana while off 127 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:41.840 the clock and away from the workplace. The new protections come from an amendment 128 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:46.159 to California's Fare, Employment and Housing Act, which was approved by Governor Gavin 129 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:50.240 Newsom in September of last year and goes into effect on January first, twenty 130 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:54.240 twenty four. The bill makes it unlawful for an employer to not hire, 131 00:09:54.320 --> 00:10:00.279 penalize, or terminate a person based on their use of cannabis products outside of 132 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:03.960 work. This is the first law in the state to specifically provide workplace protections 133 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:11.519 for employees who use marijuana for medical or personal reasons. Southwest Airlines has been 134 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:16.879 fined millions of dollars for a widespread meltdown that led to mass cancelations and delays 135 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:22.679 yes last year. ABC's Mark Remollard says about two million passengers were stranded an 136 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:28.240 operational meltdown led to nearly seventeen thousand flight cancelations. Now the Department of Transportation 137 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:31.960 issuing a record one hundred and forty million dollar fine against the airline for violating 138 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:37.480 consumer protection laws. He says the Department of Transportation is also forcing Southwest to 139 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:43.360 set up a compensation fund for future passengers affected by significant delays or cancelations. 140 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:48.279 Los Angeles police are trying to reconnect people with tens of thousands of dollars worth 141 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:54.200 of their stolen goods, including iPhones, iPads, laptops and more. California 142 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:58.639 employees will soon officially have protections from discrimination based on their use of cannabis or 143 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:03.600 mayoraana while off the clock and away from the workplace, And at least one 144 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:09.360 person in southern California is having a pretty good holiday after winning the Superlatto plus 145 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:16.039 jackpot or twenty three million dollars it was sold in Northridge. That I mean, 146 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:18.840 talk about a merry Christmas. You guys, If I won that, 147 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:24.080 I would not tell anyone, right, would you guys? Tell anyone? 148 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:28.840 No, keep it to yourself until you get your lawyer and everybody together, 149 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:33.559 and then taxes too, Yeah, and get those taxes. Wow, Merry 150 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:37.960 Christmas to you all right. At six oh five, it's handle on the 151 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:43.519 new Southwest Airlines gets a record one hundred and forty million dollar fine for stranding 152 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:50.039 more than two million passengers during the holiday season. Postal workers in la are 153 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:56.000 gearing up for a busy holiday season. From the outside, the building looks 154 00:11:56.039 --> 00:12:00.720 like any other boring government complex. When you go through the employer entrance, 155 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:09.159 the sounds tell a different story. I'm insigned the largest mail and package processing 156 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:13.120 and distribution facility in America, and it's located right here on South Central Avenue. 157 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:16.639 This thing is humongous. How big is it again? It's one point 158 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:22.039 seven million square feet. It's like twenty nine football fields. Daniel Harai is 159 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:26.279 the plant manager and says their peak season is from Black Friday through Christmas Day, 160 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:28.799 and we plan all year for this period. This is our super Bowl 161 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:31.679 period. Actually, yeah, we're right in the middle of it. So 162 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:35.960 how many letters do you process a day? And how many packages do you 163 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:39.440 process a day? Letters? We run about three to five million letters a 164 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:43.600 day and then packages for peak season for the holidays, we're looking at about 165 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:48.399 a million packages a day. Horai says three thousand people work on the campus 166 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:50.600 in three shifts, and depending on demand, there could be as many as 167 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:54.000 five to seven hundred people on the floor at any given time. You receive 168 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:58.600 letters and packages from all over the country or just a Western US from all 169 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:01.840 over the country. We have five per days then comes out of here and 170 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:07.840 the parts in and out about five hundred trucks long hauls that go throughout the 171 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:11.480 country from here to New York, to Boston, to Chicago to Miami. 172 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:16.120 I had the chance to walk around a bit, but the best way to 173 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:20.919 see the place is by golf cart. George Banks is a lead manager and 174 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:24.519 shows me some of the machines that help get your packages and letters to their 175 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:31.440 destination. We have these digital cameras here overhead, and you see them cameras 176 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:35.399 flashing here. They're gonna take a picture of every zip code, every bar 177 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:39.720 cold their registers, and then the mill is sorted down these arms right here 178 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:45.919 and then their containerized bar employees. This machine is capable of processing up to 179 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:52.279 two thousand packages an hour. I think there's been a kind of a feeling 180 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:56.559 that maybe you guys haven't been shipping as much as you used to and that's 181 00:13:56.600 --> 00:14:00.559 not the case, Not Harley, we should be more than ever. Why 182 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:03.159 do you think, Well, because we got more millers, We've got t 183 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:07.000 move coming in now. We got another shipper by the name of Sheen, 184 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:09.600 so you know, there's a lot of big demand for shipping these days. 185 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:18.799 People are mailing more packages online. We stopped at another sorting point. This 186 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:22.399 is where I met Antoinette Brown. She's been here six years and before that 187 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:26.799 she drove a bus from Metro. I basically run down the ouse. Well, 188 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:28.639 I run down the OUs. I basically walk down the ours and make 189 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:31.679 sure her life's not going off so the mill can circulate and go where it's 190 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:35.279 supposed to be going. What's the most difficult part about it? There's no 191 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:41.200 difficulties. Actually, gotta be some challenges, not too much right right now. 192 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:46.080 It's a challenge. Christmas time is a challenge. That's that's the big 193 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:48.960 challenge. The majority of the time, it's pretty simple. Everybody works together, 194 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:52.639 get the job done and make it. You here, what's the upside 195 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:54.720 and what you do here? I mean, what's the coolest thing about your 196 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:58.279 job? Working with other people? Yeah? Work with other people. We're 197 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:01.399 like a family of here, so it all works together. What's the biggest 198 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:07.879 drag about working here? Mmmm, that's a good question. I don't have 199 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:11.120 that good answer. Goodie, I don't have it. It's been about an 200 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:13.120 hour now, we've gone in a big circle and we're back at the beginning. 201 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:18.919 Height Manager Daniel Horaih says the goal is to deliver everyone's standard nail in 202 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:22.799 two to five days now. He's been a postal worker for thirty years, 203 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:26.440 so I had to ask him the weirdest, strangest package you've ever experienced in 204 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:31.919 your thirty years. I don't want to say, come on, well, 205 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:35.320 weirdest package. I mean the package that where everyone's like whoa, whoa, 206 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:46.039 wait wait wait something vibrating is very scary, you know, A package that 207 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:54.360 vibrates is probably the most the scariest package you find any package or a letter 208 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:58.600 that had a weird smell to it. There's always a lot of weird smells. 209 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:02.600 I mean, people ma al all sorts of things, People mail all 210 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:06.240 sorts of things in packages, and we get it all. I mean we 211 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:11.240 get fish. People mail fish, people mail food, They mail money, 212 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:15.720 I mean dollars and money, just best advice for people that are mailing something 213 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:21.320 double check and triple check those addresses. Make sure you the addresses are correct. 214 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:25.440 How about packaging properly? Of course packaging. Don't reuse boxes. I 215 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:27.240 know a lot of guys like to reuse boxes. We kind of want to 216 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:32.440 stay away from reusing boxes. What are the deadlines people should keep in mind 217 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:34.279 when they want to get something there on time for Christmas? If you're a 218 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:41.080 procrastinator like me, December eighteen for priority and then December twentieth for priority email 219 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:45.080 express, and remember, don't send anything that vibrates for wake up call. 220 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:52.559 I'm Steve Gregory, KFIN News. Good advice that was really interesting, kind 221 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:59.360 of cool to hear inside the busiest mail room in the country. All right, 222 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:02.960 let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 223 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:07.119 four hour newsroom. A man in sun Valley has been arrested for murder following 224 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:10.519 a crash that killed a fifteen year old boy. The teen was walking near 225 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:15.079 Stratharn Street and White Street Saturday night when the driver hit some parked cars and 226 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:18.799 debris from the crash hit the boy. Another pedestrian was also hurt. That 227 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:23.880 person is expected to be okay. A person flying a home built single engine 228 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:27.839 plane has been killed in a crash in Corona. It happened yesterday near the 229 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:33.640 intersection of Auburndale and West Rincoln Streets. Video shows the plane hit a tree 230 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:37.640 and caused a small vegetation fire. The NTSB says the investigation will focus on 231 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:44.279 the pilot, the aircraft itself, and the operating environment. Defense Secretary Lloyd 232 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:48.519 Austin has gone to Israel as the US pressures Israel to move to a smaller, 233 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:55.319 more focused end phase in its fight against Hamas and Gaza. ABC's Britt 234 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:59.960 Clenan says Austin is also expected to discuss attacks on ships in the Red Sea 235 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:04.559 by rebels backed by Iran. His visit coming after the US and the UK 236 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:11.000 say they shot down at least fifteen unmanned drones targeting commercial vessels. No injuries 237 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:15.279 were reported, but this is the latest intervention in one of the busiest shipping 238 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:21.319 corry doors in the world. Joint Chiefs General C Q. Brown Junior will 239 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:26.960 also be in Israel with Austin for meetings with senior Israeli officials. A storm 240 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:30.880 moving up the East Coast has already drenched Florida and caused flooding in southern California. 241 00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:36.519 The storm dumped up to five inches of rain across Florida over the weekend. 242 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:41.039 Flooding in Georgetown, South Carolina, left dozens of drivers stuck they had 243 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:45.640 to be rescued. The tide gage at Charleston Harbor in South Carolina peaked at 244 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:49.240 the city's highest non tropical tide on record. Sixty million people on the East 245 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:53.960 Coast are under flood alerts. New York City has issued a travel advisory. 246 00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:59.759 A car has slammed into an suv in Delaware that was part of President Biden's 247 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:03.799 mode. The President was on his way to his campaign headquarters when it happened. 248 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:08.839 Elementary schools in Harupa have a new vending Machines for the Mind, and 249 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:14.000 we'll explain what that means coming up in just a little bit. And Netflix 250 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:17.160 has just released the names of some of the biggest comics in the world will 251 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:19.759 be performing at the Netflix as a joke Fest in Los Angeles next May, 252 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:23.319 and we'll tell you who's in the lineup. It is not me, I'll 253 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:26.920 tell you that right now. But I do have a show coming up at 254 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:30.000 the Ice House in Pasadena. If you guys want to go. Is it 255 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:33.440 bad that I promote my show? Chris said, to do it? Do 256 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:37.480 it? Everyone, come to my show January twelfth at the ice House in 257 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:40.599 Pasadena. There may be some CAFI jokes, but there may be not. 258 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:42.920 I don't know. It depends if my job's on the line. All right, 259 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:45.920 Uh, do we have Steve? Should we go? Okay, So 260 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:49.240 we're gonna go. We're gonna talk about some news you guys. All right, 261 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:52.119 here's what we're working on in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A 262 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:56.599 four year old boy's been killed during a road rage attack in Lancaster, LA 263 00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:59.519 County. Shars investigator state it's not clear what prompted the attack, but a 264 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:02.680 driver off a vehicle which included the boy, his father, and mother. 265 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:07.440 The attack Friday night happened on Sierra Highway near East Avenue. J Detectives say 266 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:10.519 after the driver cut off the vehicle with the family, they began following them 267 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:14.000 on surface streets, and when the family vehicle slowed down, the driver pulled 268 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:17.200 up alongside them and opened fire. The boy was in the back seat when 269 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:19.319 he was hit. The parents took him to a hospital where he was pronounced 270 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:22.880 dead. A man and woman in their twenties were arrested a short time later. 271 00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:27.079 Steve Gregory k if I knows the mayor of Lancaster, says AI helped 272 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:33.319 police find the suspected shooters. Any car that comes into Lancaster almost anywhere in 273 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:38.160 Lancaster, we know they're here, meaning the artificial intelligence snows they're here in 274 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:44.799 the computer. Mayor r. Rex Paris tells NBC four the system allows cars 275 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:49.240 to be tracked. Elementary schools in the Harupa School District have new vending machines, 276 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:52.400 but not for snacks. These are meant to feed the mind. The 277 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:57.680 machines are stocked with books. Students can buy them using tokens earned for good 278 00:20:57.759 --> 00:21:10.599 behavior. A car has slammed into an suv in Delaware that was part of 279 00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:15.920 President Biden's motorcade. The suv was being used to close off an intersection last 280 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:21.519 night as Biden was on his way to campaign headquarters. ABC's Derek Dennis says 281 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:25.160 a driver tried to get through the intersection, hit the suv and was surrounded 282 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:30.400 by Secret Service. Police say investigators are working to determine if driver impairment was 283 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:36.519 a factor. Sources say years there was no ideological motivation behind the crash. 284 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:41.160 The Bidens were not hurt in the incident. All right, Right now, 285 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:44.920 we are going to say good morning to ABC's Steve Portnoy. Good morning, 286 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:48.400 welcome morning to you. Hello. All right, so I understand the White 287 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:52.559 House and Senate negotiators have met over the weekend to try to reach an agreement 288 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:56.920 on border security. How are their efforts going. Well, they're moving along 289 00:21:56.960 --> 00:22:00.960 and they say they're making progress, but the two sides are far apart. 290 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:03.960 There's an adage here in Washington, DC that nothing has agreed to until everything's 291 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:07.759 agreed to, and therefore there is no deal yet. But the negotiations will 292 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:14.160 continue this week. The House is out back home until after the second They're 293 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:17.559 not back until the second week of January, so the House is not part 294 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:21.759 of these talks. You have Republicans and Democrats in the Senate sitting with White 295 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:26.079 House officials behind closed doors to try to hammer out a very complicated deal on 296 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:30.960 immigration policy. It seems simple, right. The argument is that too many 297 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:33.880 people are coming across the US Mexico border. Let's figure out a way to 298 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:40.519 change that. But how Because there are various legal pathways that have been opened 299 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:45.400 to migrants, and Republicans say those legal pathways ought to be curtailed or altogether 300 00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:48.599 closed, and Democrats say no, Well, there have been some agreements, 301 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:56.960 apparently on asylum claims. The sticking points include widespread grants of what's called humanitarian 302 00:22:56.039 --> 00:23:02.000 parole. What's that? That is the discretion vastionary power of an administration to 303 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:06.519 say that a whole wide swath of migrants from a particular country can come to 304 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:11.079 the US when they otherwise wouldn't be able to for humanitarian reasons or because it's 305 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:15.200 been deemed to be in the American national interest. This has been used, 306 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:19.559 for example, to admit people from Vietnam in the nineteen seventies, most recently 307 00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:26.559 people from Afghanistan or Ukraine. But Republicans argue humanitarian parole has been abused by 308 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:30.920 this administration to bring in hundreds of thousands of people from countries such as Cuba, 309 00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:38.400 Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Haiti, and Republicans say that it's time to 310 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:44.519 curb or curtail humanitarian parole and Democrats say, no way. And that's why 311 00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:49.039 the two sides remain apart. So there's some conflict on the timing of getting 312 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:52.240 this aid approved. How critical is it that it gets done before the end 313 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:56.880 of the year. Well, it's not in all likely. Well of it's 314 00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:59.359 not going to get done by the end of the year because the House is 315 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:03.480 out. So even if Senate negotiators can reach a deal this week, it's 316 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:07.680 the House Speaker Mike Johnson's not about to call the House back into session. 317 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:11.599 So it's going to have to wait until next week next year anyway. And 318 00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:15.440 that's why Republican leaders say that they feel that this is an arbitrary and artificial 319 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:19.240 deadline that Senate Leader Chuck Schumer has set by a deal. You know, 320 00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:22.680 initially the deadline was this weekend, and now that hasn't happened. And so 321 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:27.519 the Senate's going to vote this week on varying nominations. For example, today 322 00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:32.920 the Senate's going to vote Remember Martin O'Malley, he was the governor of Maryland, 323 00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:36.759 he ran for president in twenty sixteen, while he today is up to 324 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:40.720 be the head of the Social Security Administration. So the Senate's going to vote 325 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:44.720 on his nomination. That'll keep everybody in their seats and not home in their 326 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:48.480 districts. But there is no deal yet on this border policy issue, and 327 00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:52.759 it allows for some space for the negotiations to continue. But Republicans fifteen of 328 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:56.519 them sent a letter to Chuck Schumer yesterday and said, look, we're here, 329 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:00.039 we know we're here, but we feel jammed against an o artificial deadline. 330 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:03.880 The House, which we'll have to take this up, is not even 331 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:07.799 a part of these negotiations. Why are we doing this now? Let's wait 332 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:11.720 until everybody comes back to Washington in the early part of next year. So 333 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:14.359 what's the other side of that coin. Well, it means that aid for 334 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:18.920 Israel and Ukraine is still hung up and will be delayed for several more weeks, 335 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:22.000 it seems, over this issue, and you have to wonder, if 336 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:26.920 not now, when will a deal be reached between both houses and both parties 337 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:33.160 to a degree that everybody can appreciate to have some sort of change in border 338 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:37.480 policy. It is interesting and noteworthy that the White House, now part of 339 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:41.920 these talks, has agreed that there ought to be some curbs on asylum claims. 340 00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:48.400 That's new, noteworthy and potentially troublesome for the President and his party when 341 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:51.599 it comes to turning to fellow progressives to say Okay, this is what we've 342 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:56.799 agreed to despite your objections. So the Biden administration is saying Ukraine is going 343 00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:00.279 to run out of money by the end of the year if Congress doesn't take 344 00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:04.359 any action. Is that true? Is that really going to happen? I 345 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:10.039 mean, is that posturing? Do you think? I think it's a reality. 346 00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:14.400 I mean, regardless of whether it's posturing, I think, you know, 347 00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:17.519 the fact is that Congress is not about to pass this AID, so 348 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:21.279 there may be some suffering. I don't know the extent to which the administration 349 00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:26.279 still has draw down authority, the extent to which the Ukrainian military might still 350 00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:29.319 be positioned to continue the fight. I don't know the answer to that. 351 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:33.200 I do know that the alarm bells have been sounded. I do know that 352 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:37.759 despite that, Congress is not poised to act. All Right, Steve Portnoy, 353 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:41.519 thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us this morning. 354 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:45.240 You bet. Let's get back to some stories coming out of the KFI 355 00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:49.920 twenty four hour newsroom. A nineteen year old accused of fatally stabbing another passenger 356 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:55.640 on a Metro E Line train in South LA claims he acted in self defense. 357 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:59.799 The nineteen year old turned himself in last week. He told investigators he 358 00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:03.920 was standing in the bicycle area of the train looking at his phone when the 359 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:07.279 other guy started staring at him and suddenly punched him in the face, breaking 360 00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:11.160 his glasses and cutting his face. A report from the La County DA's office 361 00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:17.279 says security video from the train confirms Carlos Caio Martinez's claim. Russian state news 362 00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:22.680 agencies say delegates from Russia's ruling party have unanimously back to President Putin's bid for 363 00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:27.240 reelection. The move yesterday happened a day after supporters formally nominated Putin to run 364 00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:32.440 in twenty twenty four as an independent. Another candidate who called for peace in 365 00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:37.759 Ukraine one a nomination from a group of more than five hundred supporters. And 366 00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:41.680 as we've mentioned, Netflix just released the lineup for their Netflix is a Joke 367 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:44.799 Fest in May, and it's going to be a good one. This is 368 00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:48.839 the biggest comedy festival in North America and it happens right here in Los Angeles. 369 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:56.000 Comedians will be taking over three hundred live venues across LA for eleven days. 370 00:27:56.480 --> 00:28:00.160 Comics like Ali Wong, Bill Burr, Mike Burbiglia, Tompop, The 371 00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:03.079 Fortune Femster, and many more will be performing at iconic venues like the Greek, 372 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:07.039 the Dolby, the Bladium, and the Hollywood Bowl and many more. 373 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:11.279 You can get tickets to see your favorite comic at Netflix as a Jokefest dot 374 00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:15.319 com. A person flying a home built single engine plane has been killed in 375 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:18.359 a crash in Corona. A man in Sun Valley has been arrested for murder 376 00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:22.599 after a crash that killed a fifteen year old boy while he was walking in 377 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:27.000 the street. And Russian state news agencies say delegates from Russia's ruling party have 378 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:33.359 unanimously back to President putin his bid for reelection. We are minutes away from 379 00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:38.680 handle on the news this morning. More SoCal hotel workers have agreed to a 380 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:42.480 new deal with Marriott and Hilton, and we'll have the details of their deal. 381 00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:47.759 Joining me now is Emily Kaufman, otherwise known as the travel Mom. 382 00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:51.279 You've seen her on Good Morning America, the Kelly Clarkson Show, and Moore, 383 00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:55.720 including her website, The Travelmom dot Com, where she shares her expertise 384 00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:59.319 on the incredible places she's traveled around the world. Emily, thank you so 385 00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:02.960 much for joining me. Good morning. I'm so happy to be with you. 386 00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:07.359 All right, So the holidays are here, and that means someone might 387 00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:11.920 be thinking about giving the gift of travel. So, just between you and 388 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:15.480 me and everybody listening, we got my daughter a surprise trip to Oklahoma to 389 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:19.680 see Grandma and some of our friends back home. So clearly I love the 390 00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:23.400 idea of giving the gift of travel. I want to ask you, though, 391 00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:27.039 is this really a good time to be buying a trip as a gift 392 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:30.880 or a vacation as a gift, or are there better times during the year 393 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:36.559 to get a really good deal. Well, it's not a great time to 394 00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:41.079 be purchasing something for holiday travel this season. However, if you want to 395 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:48.640 give somebody the holiday gift of travel and take that trip in January, that 396 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:52.039 is a fantastic time to get a lot of bang for your bock. It's 397 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:57.079 what we call the shoulder season. The shoulder season happens after the busy holiday 398 00:29:57.119 --> 00:30:02.680 time of year for travel, before the spring break travelers come around. So 399 00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:06.119 about that first six weeks of the year, you'll be able to find a 400 00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:10.519 lot of deals and discounts for things. Added value offers, credits to be 401 00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:14.559 used on property, so it's a good time to give somebody that gift. 402 00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:19.440 What are some of the trips that you recommend for families versus single friends and 403 00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:22.519 family members. I know you've been all over the world to many resorts and 404 00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:27.599 hotels. What do you see as a great gift for a family versus single 405 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:36.440 friends or other single family members. Family travel is always so important because oftentimes 406 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:41.400 mom is doing that same workload just in a different venue. So I say, 407 00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:47.079 let's look for a vacation that mom can actually enjoy as well. And 408 00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:53.400 I love the luxury included beaches resorts. They really take care of everything. 409 00:30:53.440 --> 00:31:00.240 They've got something for everyone, every age group, every family member, and 410 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:03.799 you don't have to think about things. We stress out in my family at 411 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:06.720 breakfast, we think about lunch, and at lunch we worry about dinner. 412 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:11.200 This takes all that worry away for you, and everything is a one stop 413 00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:15.880 shop. I also love a cruise vacation for family travel for the same reason. 414 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:21.400 There really is something for everybody in one of those types of programs. 415 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:26.599 Thinking about winter and ski vacations, I love a ski vacation for a family. 416 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:33.440 However, my recommendation is put your kids in ski school for at least 417 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:37.000 half the day. Don't think you're going to teach your kids to ski. 418 00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:38.920 It's kind of like when you think you're going to teach your kid to drive 419 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:42.920 and it doesn't work out, So well, leave that to the professionals. 420 00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:48.920 Got it? Okay? So you mentioned cruise cruises and that's perfect because I 421 00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:53.279 think this is so cool. All right. Royal Caribbean has just launched a 422 00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:56.920 nine month long cruise. It left out of Miami about a week ago, 423 00:31:57.359 --> 00:32:04.000 two hundred and seventy four nights across sixty countries. I don't know that I 424 00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:07.519 have the fortitude to do a nine month long cruise. So are there any 425 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:14.160 cruises you would recommend if somebody can't commit to a nine month vacation. I 426 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:17.319 think a nine month vacation is a bit ambitious for me as well. And 427 00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:22.920 Royal Caribbean is introducing Icon of the Seas this January, which is the largest 428 00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:29.960 cruise ship at sea and the best time to purchase a cruise vacation is mid 429 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:34.880 January to mid March. It's what we call wave season, and wave season 430 00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:38.759 you don't have to travel during that time. You just make your purchases and 431 00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:44.359 where you're going to get great savings. You can get two for one pricing 432 00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:50.400 and upgrade to a different category credits to be used on board this ship kids 433 00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:54.839 sail free offers. So if a cruise vacation is something you're thinking about taking, 434 00:32:55.440 --> 00:33:00.519 wait until the middle of January when wave season and kick then and you'll 435 00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:04.799 get a lot of bang for your buck. I also want to mention when 436 00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:08.960 it comes to savings, look in your wallet already and see what membership cards 437 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:15.400 you've got because big box stores like Costco have travel departments and they buy in 438 00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:21.240 bulk for those, so you can save with those as well. AARP trip 439 00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:25.920 lea you save money there. And many unions like teachers unions or the military 440 00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:31.920 get incentive and discounts and deals. What do you recommend that's a quick getaway 441 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:37.200 that people can do here in La There are a couple of really great short 442 00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:43.880 trips. If you haven't been to Catalina. Catalina Island feels like you're pulling 443 00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:47.400 into a European port when you come in on the Catalina Express. It's just 444 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:52.720 about an hour away and you feel like you're on the other side of the 445 00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:58.119 world. Also, the Central Coast doesn't get enough love in the Central Coast 446 00:33:58.400 --> 00:34:02.960 with Pismo Beach and Lewis Obispo. Those types of places are so pretty and 447 00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:09.239 peaceful and relaxing and a nice easy road trip where you can go in unwind. 448 00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:15.239 Emily, these are wonderful recommendations. As always, you are truly just 449 00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:19.239 such an expert on travel and I love hauling along and getting all of your 450 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:21.719 advice. So thank you so much, you guys. As a reminder of 451 00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:24.320 follow Emily on social media and check out her website, The travelmom dot com. 452 00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:28.280 Emily, thank you so much for joining me this morning. Thanks for 453 00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:30.920 having me. Happy holidays. You know, I'm actually really embarrassed to admit 454 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:35.519 I've never been to Katalina Island. I've lived here for twenty years. Steve, 455 00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:38.079 have you ever been? That's funny you say that I've been here for 456 00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:43.679 thirty five years and I have just went. I just went from the anniversary. 457 00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:46.079 Yeah, I did. I thought it was great, and I didn't 458 00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:49.400 even know that there was a golf course there, so I still have something 459 00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:51.719 to look forward to the next time I go, Oh, that's awesome. 460 00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:54.119 Okay, well that's a good recommendation. Then I'm glad, all right, 461 00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:57.320 I've got to put it on my list for twenty twenty four. I need 462 00:34:57.320 --> 00:35:00.199 to get out to Katalina Island. Yeah, and take dramamine for the the 463 00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:02.440 phase trip over here. Okay, that's a hot tip, thanks Steve. 464 00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:06.800 All Right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the 465 00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:09.159 CAMFI twenty four hour newsroom. The State Attorney General has sued locked In YadA, 466 00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:14.559 Flintridge over affordable housing laws. The state claims the city illegally denied a 467 00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:19.480 project that would have provided eighty mixed income residential dwelling units along with hotel units 468 00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:22.719 in office space. The lawsuit claims the city had not zoned for enough affordable 469 00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:27.599 housing when the project was pitched, so must approve the project under the state's 470 00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:31.079 builder's remedy rules. The ag announced the lawsuit last week, claiming all cities 471 00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:36.360 must do their part to solve the housing crisis lacka YadA Flintridge says it does 472 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:39.360 have an affordable housing plan and it's already been approved by the state. Corbin 473 00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:45.559 Carson KFI News Superlatto plus ticket sold in Northridge is worth twenty three million dollars. 474 00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:51.599 The ticket for Saturday's drawing was sold at the Cobacabana market on Receiva Boulevard. 475 00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:54.440 A ticket with five of the six winning numbers was sold at a Circle 476 00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:59.960 K store in Anaheim, and that ticket is worth just over thirty five thousand. 477 00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:04.480 Police in Riverside have arrested a guy they say wore a clown mask in 478 00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:08.079 two of three convenience store armed robberies. Two Circle K stores and seven to 479 00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:13.320 eleven were hit in August and September. Fully say he was arrested last week 480 00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:15.960 and he is local in the area. He was booked on suspicion of armed 481 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:21.800 robbery, weapons violations, and possession of stolen property. A man accused of 482 00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:25.039 vandalizing a synagogue and various businesses in Burbank and Glendale is due in court. 483 00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:30.880 The anti Semitic graffiti was sprayed last month. Clinton Dion was arrested Thursday in 484 00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:36.519 San Bernardino County. He is charged with a dozen felonies, including two counts 485 00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:42.039 of vandalism of a religious property. The charges also include a hate crime allegation. 486 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:46.119 Senate negotiators have failed to reach a deal on border security as a condition 487 00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:52.199 for more USA for Ukraine and Israel. ABC's Les Landers as Republicans are demanding 488 00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:57.760 the border be secured. Republicans point to national security concerns that the southern border 489 00:36:58.079 --> 00:37:02.760 and the smuggling of drugs. Lawmakers met over the weekend to discuss border security, 490 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:07.800 but a group of Senate Conservatives wrote a letter insisting conference wide consideration of 491 00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:13.840 a bill be delayed until after the new year. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has 492 00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:17.159 gone to Israel as the US pressures Israel to move to a smaller, more 493 00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:22.440 focused end phase in its fight against Hamas and Gaza. ABC's brick Clinant says. 494 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:28.199 Austin is also expected to discuss attacks on ships in the Red Sea by 495 00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:31.400 rebels backed by Iran. His visit coming after the US and the UK say 496 00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:37.760 they shot down at least fifteen unmanned drones targeting commercial vessels. No injuries were 497 00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:43.159 reported, but this is the latest intervention in one of the busiest shipping corry 498 00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:46.960 doors in the world. Joint Chiefs Chairman General C. Q. Brown Junior 499 00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:52.599 will also be in Israel with Austin for meetings with senior Israeli officials. Southwest 500 00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:59.119 Airlines has been fined millions of dollars for a widespread meltdown that led to mass 501 00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:04.920 cancelations and delays. Last year. ABC's Mark Remolard says about two million passengers 502 00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:09.440 were stranded. An operational meltdown led to nearly seventeen thousand flight cancelations. Now, 503 00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:14.840 the Department of Transportation issuing a record one hundred and forty million dollar fine 504 00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:20.320 against the airline for violating consumer protection laws. He says the Department of Transportation 505 00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:24.920 is also forcing Southwest to set up a compensation fund for future passengers affected by 506 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:32.559 significant delays or cancelations. South Korea says North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic 507 00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:37.280 missile into the sea as it resumes testing of short and long range missiles. 508 00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:43.320 The launch today was the second in less than a day. South Korea says 509 00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:47.000 the North did a short range ballistic missile test into the sea last night. 510 00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:53.119 North Korea has vowed retaliatory steps against the US and South Korea over moves to 511 00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:59.679 boost their nuclear deterrence plans. Well, listen, this has been a lot 512 00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:01.480 of fun. That was That was our news. I hope you guys have 513 00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:07.719 enjoyed this edition of Wake Up Call. My name again is Heather Brooker. 514 00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:10.800 Thank you all for listening along. Amy will be back very soon. I 515 00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:15.480 promise. I promise you won't have to listen to me stumble over the news 516 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:20.679 for very much longer. Thank you guys for checking us out. This is 517 00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:25.360 KFI and Coast HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. We lead local 518 00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:30.400 live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. I'm Heather Brooker. This has 519 00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:32.440 been your wake up call. If you missed any of wake Up Call, 520 00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:37.960 you can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app. You've been listening to wake Up 521 00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:40.559 Call with me Amy King. 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