WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:05.240 Cam I Am six forty. You're listening to wake Up Call on demand on 2 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:14.679 the iHeartRadio app. It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Jason 3 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:24.160 Middleton. Good morning everybody. Tuesday, July eighteenth, after a Dodger's victory. 4 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:26.879 I like to listen to the highlights next morning on the drive in the 5 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:35.439 work. And besides Chris Taylor's switchblay blade like swing and that grand slam, 6 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:40.880 I heard something else. Pirates pitcher Quinn Priester and catcher Andy Rodriguez took the 7 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:46.240 field for their major league debuts last night for Pittsburgh Pirates. It's the first 8 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:51.880 battery in baseball where the pitcher and the catcher were both born in the twenty 9 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:59.840 first century. I felt older by the time I got to work. This 10 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:00.960 is your wake up call. We have a lot this hour. We're gonna 11 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:04.079 talk about some hot sauce. We have to. We have to check on 12 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:08.920 some other things a little more headline worthy, like the retaliation from Russia and 13 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:17.439 Ukraine. And also we have the Israeli president's visit and maybe another political development 14 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:19.840 out of the Biden administration with Israel. But first let's get some headlines coming 15 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:23.359 out of the kf I twenty four in newsroom. The Rabbit fire burning in 16 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:26.239 Riverside County has scorched more land. Containment is also up. As of last 17 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:30.879 night, the fire in Beaumont has burned nearly eighty three acres of land and 18 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.920 is forty five percent contained. Some evacuation orders have been downgraded to warnings. 19 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:41.040 The first pre trial hearing in former President Trump's classified documents cases scheduled for today 20 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:46.480 in Florida. The focus how classified materials will be shared between Trump's attorneys and 21 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:52.239 special counsel Jack Smith. Today is expected to be another day of investigators combing 22 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:57.359 through the belongings of suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Huerman. Detectives were inside 23 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:01.640 Huerman's home last yeah, well last night, where police say they found nearly 24 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:07.359 three hundred firearms in a walled off vault behind a metal door in his basement. 25 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:10.439 It's more headlines coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsrooms. San 26 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:16.439 Bernardino County has the most criminally used ghost guns per capita in California. That's 27 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:21.599 according to a state report that analyzed data from two thousand ten to two twenty 28 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:24.439 two. The county had twenty four ghost guns cease per ten thousand people. 29 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:29.879 A specialized operation by the San Berdardino County Sheriff's Department is recovered more than one 30 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:34.439 hundred eighty ghost guns this year. It should be concerning for our citizens, 31 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:37.639 but it should also give them peace of mind that we're out there looking for 32 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:40.919 these things and we're being very successful. The departments mar Rodriguez says ghost guns 33 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:46.400 are also being recovered through other operations and during patrols Blake Trolley k i I 34 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:50.639 News. The Biden administration will pay millions of dollars to the state of California 35 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:53.719 as part of a settlement over the construction of border wall portions during the Trump 36 00:02:53.759 --> 00:03:00.759 administration. State Attorney General Rob Bonta says Trump officials illegally used taxpayer of money 37 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:04.319 to build sections of the wall in California, Texas, New Mexico, and 38 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:08.479 Arizona. The settlement money will go to environmental groups to help sensitive habitites used 39 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:14.319 by the Mexican gray wolf, the Bighorn chiep, and the Sonorianate Desert pronghorn. 40 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:19.599 State and local agencies have partner to promote the anti speeding campaign Better Slow 41 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:23.039 Than Sorry. HP Assistant Chief Doug Young says speeding is a choice, and 42 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:27.560 a bad one at that. In twenty twenty two, the California Highway Patrol 43 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:31.319 investigated approximately seventy four thousand crashes but were directly caused by unsafe speed. Young 44 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:35.360 says. Of those crashes, seven hundred and fifty four people died, two 45 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:38.280 hundred and five of whom we're in La County. From a science standpoint, 46 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:40.000 the fact that we go, the more likelihood that we're going to be involved 47 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:45.039 in a serious crash that causes injuries and possibly even death. Steve Gregory came 48 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:47.319 of Fine News. The first topic for today on wake Up Call is with 49 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:53.919 ABC's Tom Rivers. An attacking yesterday damaged a bridge linking Russia to Moscow's annexed 50 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:57.360 Crimea. That bridge is a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war 51 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:00.960 with Ukraine. Good morning, Tom, Welcome back with you guys. Yeah, 52 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:04.280 and kind of putting the pieces together after this was the second attack you 53 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:10.360 think back to October. It was a large truck bomb that did the damage. 54 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:15.000 This time it was and describe as an underwater drone and a lot of 55 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:18.240 the papers here in the UK been looking at that today, kind of doing 56 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:24.120 some research and certainly the US has these kinds of assets. The UK has 57 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:28.759 these assets as well, and in particular here the British one can go about 58 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:34.439 seventy miles underwater at about five knots and you can control the thing with a 59 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:41.240 laptop. So it's interesting putting the pieces together. The Ukrainian Defense Department wouldn't 60 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:44.279 confirm whether they did it, but they say, well, we'll give you 61 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:48.360 an answer on the blasts after we win the war. So in essence, 62 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:53.240 you could have a Western power just setting this thing up, handing it off 63 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:57.800 to a Ukrainian and Kiv or anywhere else, and in essence pushed the button 64 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:00.040 in the lower right hand corner of your lap style and there you go. 65 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:03.120 This thing is off an honest way. Okay, well, Tom, this 66 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:09.439 seems like a fog of war situation too, because assigning blame or who's responsible 67 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:13.120 for the attack is something of Russia would want to do politically speaking. How 68 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:15.920 is it responding militarily, Well, all we know is that Putin says we 69 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:20.399 will respond in time. And I think the last attack, as I say, 70 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:25.240 in October, there was it was a barrage of missiles that hit the 71 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:30.240 capital. So we may see something very very similar this time around. So, 72 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:34.680 as I understand, this bridge leaves only one ground supply line left for 73 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:41.759 Russia into Crimea or that part of Ukraine, Southern Ukraine. Are they focusing 74 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:46.160 on that as far as the Ukrainian Security Service response or is the military seeming 75 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:49.279 to make any movements that way? Not? No, I wouldn't think they 76 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:53.720 wouldn't have a strength to get near the bridge. But having said that, 77 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:58.519 you're absolutely right. It it screws up the supply lines for Russia. One 78 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:01.720 lane is still open now. One section is totally gone, but one lane 79 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:06.560 is still operational. Hens there's about an hour and a half weight on each 80 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:12.519 side of this twelve mile bridge because everything's going in one direction for an hour 81 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:14.720 and then they switch it and say you got to stop now, and the 82 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:18.879 other direction is coming forward. Estimates from the Russian officials it'll be in until 83 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:24.360 probably the fall, until that section is completely repaired and you got two lanes 84 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:28.480 doing it again. But until then they have ferry service as well, and 85 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:30.800 you can move a lot of munitions that way. But no, it does 86 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:34.040 it's not good for the for the Russian military, that's for sure. Yeah, 87 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:38.040 the Ukrainian Security Service that you mentioned at the top. There is being 88 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:41.519 kind of coy about taking responsibility for this, as we'll tell you after the 89 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:45.079 you know, the war's over and everything, but that whole division of the 90 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:47.639 military for the Ukraine seems rather intriguing. What's your take on that? Having 91 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:53.040 covered war for a while, Um, you know, they're kind of at 92 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:56.040 the at the bottom of the of the feed chain. You know, you 93 00:06:56.120 --> 00:07:01.600 get your Leopards, you get your all your you know, various military Bradley's 94 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:04.319 et cetera, et cetera, and you get you get you know, brought 95 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:08.319 up to speed on it. You go out in the field. Um, 96 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:13.399 this stuff is not invincible. Looking at some footage last week, um from 97 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:18.439 Russian sources, and they were definitely Bradley's that had certainly been taken over by 98 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:24.639 by Russian forces. So this stuff is uh, you know that what percentage 99 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:28.120 is left? That's the question I can answer. But it is not that 100 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:31.240 this stuff is not invincible. The Russians are taking it or they're going to 101 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:36.399 look at it. In some cases they can back engineer some aspects of the 102 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:43.160 various things like tanks or armored personnel carries, et cetera, et cetera. 103 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:46.040 So yes, it's it's it's one of the aspects of war that's intriguing one 104 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:49.279 for the engineers and they'll be working on it, certainly for probably for for 105 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:53.079 years to come in the future. Tom, I'm looking at defense one, 106 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:58.720 which covers the obviously the Defense Department and wars abroad. Twenty two Bradley fighting 107 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:01.959 vehicles that you mentioned have been destroyed recently. Thirty percent of the Leopard tanks 108 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:05.839 you mentioned have been destroyed as well. Most of that's because of trying to 109 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:11.360 retake already Ukraine trying to retake ground Russia took, but there are minds left 110 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:15.279 behind anything else with munitions as far as those developments cluster bombs, etc. 111 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:18.959 Well, yeah, that's another concern. And there's there's this again you talk 112 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:22.399 about the fog of war. The West says that Russia has been using cluster 113 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:31.360 bombs for quite some time in Ukraine. Um but interesting rebuttal from various defense 114 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:35.240 sources in Russia at the end of last week saying that if you get, 115 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:41.519 you know, US cluster bombs in theater, we will respond in kind. 116 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:45.799 So you know, were they using them before, were they not using them 117 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:50.440 before? Will they use them as well? And again it's something that will 118 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:56.399 it kills decades later, not only the combatants in the immediate confrontation, but 119 00:08:56.600 --> 00:09:01.639 civilian grown ups, kids, dogs, livestock vulnerable as I say, many 120 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:05.120 many years down the road. Tom, thanks so much for this broad and 121 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:09.080 deep catchup for us. We appreciate it. Take care. Maybe sees Tom 122 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:13.840 rivers joining us again this morning among the war in Ukraine. Let's go back 123 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:16.159 to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 124 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:20.679 Excessive heat warnings are in effect for parts of Riverside County until Saturday. Temperatures 125 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:24.600 in the valleys and Inland Empire are expected to reach between ninety five and one 126 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:30.600 hundred degrees through tomorrow and one hundred and five from Thursday to Saturday. Temperatures 127 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:33.679 in the mountains below five thousand feet expected to see upper eighties, with ninety 128 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:37.559 two one hundred degree temps Thursday through Saturday. Now, temperatures in La County 129 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:43.159 have dropped enough to cancel the excessive heat warnings, but another dangerous heatwave is 130 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:46.519 expected to hit southern California by the end of the week. Forecasters say elevated 131 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:52.759 fire weather conditions will continue through next weekend in the interior valleys, lower mountains, 132 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:58.200 and in the deserts. Bug experts say viral TikTok videos of people using 133 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:03.799 gasoline to suffocate wa could be dangerous. The videos show people holding gas filled 134 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:07.799 jars around the wasp nests and the bugs almost instantly dying from the fumes. 135 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:11.960 The Bugman's Brian Olson says, you might be treating one nest without realizing you're 136 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:16.039 dangerously disturbing others nearby. You really want to do a really thorough assessment and 137 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:22.159 inspection prior to doing any treatment of any sort. Olson says with California's mild 138 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:26.279 weather, wasps are breeding year round and some can be very aggressive. He 139 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:28.960 says, if you need the bugs cleared out, it's best to use a 140 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:33.159 licensed technician. Chris Adler ka FI News. A syphilis outbreak has been reported 141 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:37.039 in Houston, Texas. Public health officials say there has been a one hundred 142 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:41.559 and twenty eight percent increase in cases among women. Data show there were sixteen 143 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:46.279 reported cases in twenty sixteen, compared to six hundred and seventy four cases in 144 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:52.000 twenty twenty two. The health department says it's removing all clinical fees for STDs 145 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:56.960 at its health centers to combat the outbreak. Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff is traveling 146 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:01.840 to New Zealand to lead the US delegation at the opening ceremony for the twenty 147 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:05.639 twenty three Women's World Cup. It's just an honor that the President asked me 148 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:09.879 to leave this presidential delegation. Emhof says he's looking forward to seeing team USA 149 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:13.399 bring home a third straight win. While I'm there as well, I'll be 150 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:18.200 working on this message of gender equity, not only in sports, but in 151 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:22.960 all of society. Mhoff says he'll work with officials on several events promoting gender 152 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:28.600 equity. He'll also attend the US women's national team's first World Cup game Friday 153 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:33.720 against Vietnam. Russia launched a wave of air strikes against Ukraine's sports cities just 154 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:37.679 hours after the Kremlin pulled out from the agreement that allowed Ukraine to export grain 155 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:41.440 via the Black Sea safely. Climate wise, the UN warned that this global 156 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:46.519 heat wave could intensify in the coming days. Tens of thousands of people are 157 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:50.799 being evacuated in southern China and Vietnam to escape a big typhoon that's going to 158 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:54.279 hit that region, and nobody won last night's Powerball drawing, taking the estimated 159 00:11:54.360 --> 00:12:00.639 jackpot to one billion dollars. The jackpot last night was twenty two million dollars. 160 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:03.600 Cash payout for that if anybody had scored, it was five hundred and 161 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:09.360 seventeen million dollars. At five thirty ish, ABC's White House correspondent Karen Traverse 162 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:13.799 is going to join US Live. Israel's president is visiting Washington, DC, 163 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:20.840 but just announced is a pending visit or meeting between President Biden and Israeli Prime 164 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:24.279 Minister Yahoo. And there's plenty of politics and protests around that. Let's get 165 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:26.679 some more stories come out of the kf I twenty four hour newsroom. And 166 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:31.799 X doctor from Palmdale has pleaded not guilty to additional charges alleging a conspiracy to 167 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:37.519 prescribe opioid pills to drug dealers they saw patients across the United States. US 168 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:43.639 Attorney spokesman Karen macavoy says Raphael Milikeyan allegedly prescribed pills after two minute long telemedicine 169 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:48.039 calls, and his patient records show nearly half shared common addresses, email addresses, 170 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:52.200 caregivers, or phone numbers. The updated charges Yesterday also alleged one pretend 171 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:56.039 patient was caught at Lax with almost twenty thousand dollars in cash and a couple 172 00:12:56.039 --> 00:13:01.720 of thousand pills. He conspired to distribute promethzine with codeine and that's sort of 173 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:05.200 known on the street as purple drank It's coughs. Trial is set for October 174 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:11.120 in La Corbin Carson Kofi News, A prosecutor in New York, says investigators 175 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:13.799 have found more than two hundred guns at the home of alleged serial killer Rex 176 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:18.879 Huerman. These experts, these forensic experts, they're going inch by inch by 177 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:24.639 inch through that house. Suffolk County DA Raymond Tierney says Huerman was arrested last 178 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:28.600 week at his office in Manhattan when DNA from a pizza box linked him to 179 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:31.960 three of ten bodies found back in twenty ten. The killings were known as 180 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:37.080 the Gilgo Beach murders. Tierney says police also found a children's doll and burner 181 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:43.080 phone they believed Huerman was using to communicate with potential victims. A lawyer for 182 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:46.879 the alleged serial killer claims his client is innocent. The statement released yesterday sites 183 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:52.159 Huerman's lack of criminal history and role as a dedicated husband and father. But 184 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:56.360 FBI agent Brad Garrett says serial killers often lead parallel lives, and he would 185 00:13:56.360 --> 00:14:01.440 not be surprised if Huerman committed more murders outside of New York. They can 186 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:05.279 do horrendous things, kill people, torture people, whatever it might be. 187 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:07.720 They can go home, they can feed their kids, they can kiss their 188 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:11.399 wife goodbye. And that's why the term hide and plain in sight is very 189 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:16.200 relevant. He says, human could have changed locations where he left the bodies 190 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:20.600 after the others were found in twenty ten. Right now, let's go to 191 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:22.759 the hot sauce desk, which I think should be a thing. But we'll 192 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:26.600 see what abces. Jim Ryan thinks, Good morning, Jim. How are 193 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:28.799 you hotline? Yeah? I like that. Yeah, this is the kind 194 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:31.360 of heath that I like talking about the kind of hot stuff. Stud of 195 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:35.600 the weather because it's miserably hot. Everybody knows that. But hot sauce. 196 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:39.639 How about sparacha? You know people love this stuff, Jason. Yeah, 197 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:43.759 and you think saracha. I think a lot of people just assume and it 198 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:48.000 brings an image to mind of this plastic bottle squeeze bottle with the green top. 199 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:52.120 It has a Chinese writing on the front and the picture of a rooster. 200 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:54.799 Right. That's to most people are to a lot of people, is 201 00:14:54.919 --> 00:15:00.639 Saracha, Well, that's wait Farm Saracha made out there in California. But 202 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:03.399 there are other brands of saracha. But it's Wavefung that's been in short supply. 203 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:09.360 The company at first blamed as a shortage of peppers coming up from Mexico. 204 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:11.799 A lot of it's peppers come from California anyway, and the other makers 205 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:16.679 of saracha. I've been able to find new sources of peppers and they're not 206 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:20.679 in short supply, but they've been willing to capitalize on that. Tabasco, 207 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:26.279 for example, has a whole website dedicated to finding its own saracha. Putting 208 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:30.600 your zip code and you'll find a store that sells Tabasco saracha. You know, 209 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:33.759 but people who are so dedicated, some folks, Jason, Let's say 210 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:37.320 that you're totally dedicated to Hinz Ketchup. So you're going to the store to 211 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:43.120 buy Hines Ketchup and they're out for whatever reason. Do you step over and 212 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:46.679 buy hunts Ketchup? You buy store brand ketchup. Do you buy some other 213 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:50.720 brand of ketchup? Or do you go without because you love Hines so much. 214 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:54.480 Some people love Way Fong Saracha so much that they won't bother looking for 215 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:58.360 front of the brand. That's right, And that's a market dynamic. Isn't 216 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:00.639 We tend to be brand loyal once we get looked right? So, and 217 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:04.559 you're right, it's an iconic branding that that happens with this. I was 218 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:08.039 just looking over the weekend the story, and let's just say I was looking 219 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:11.120 for some hotsas, okay, and so, because I mean, let's be 220 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:14.360 honest, for racha is like that's that cool place right between, like it's 221 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:17.039 not too sweet and it's not too spicy, not too light. It's right 222 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:19.000 there in the middle. Right now, it was like eighty five bucks a 223 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:22.679 bottle, it's down to about forty bucks a bottle, which goes back to 224 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:27.000 your point that competitors are flooding the zone with marketing and branding taking advantage of 225 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:32.759 this. Sure, absolutely so. While some folks are willing to go on 226 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:36.759 to eBay and buy one hundred dollars bottle of Wayfong Saracha, you can buy 227 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:41.399 saracha from other companies for as little as five bucks. Kikoman makes one. 228 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:45.639 There's one great brand called Weak Knees Go Chujang, which is a saracha, 229 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:48.879 you know. And so there are other places that to buy it, and 230 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:53.519 they're willing to keep their prices down low in order to take advantage of what's 231 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:57.559 happening at Wayfong. Now, for those who don't know, ABC's Jim Ryan 232 00:16:57.679 --> 00:17:00.519 is with us and he's based in Texas. Now, Texas is known for 233 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:03.039 its hot sauce. I'm gonna go and ask you a personal question on the 234 00:17:03.079 --> 00:17:07.000 air, live and not prompted. Is Sir Racha tops of your list when 235 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:11.359 it comes to hot sauces? Can you tell us what it is? I 236 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.279 don't even like this stuff? You don't like what? Excuse me? Come 237 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:18.839 on, I don't have to like it to talk about it. But no, 238 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:22.519 that's true, all right. I found a full case sealed Sir Racha's 239 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:26.119 sauce on eBay today for three hundred dollars. Wow, that's so. That's 240 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:30.640 twelve bottles of seventeen ounce racha for three hundred bucks. Um any I'd rather 241 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:33.960 just make my own peako. That's what I'll do. Make my own peako 242 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:37.200 or my own glaucam only not worry about this other stuff. That's the Texan 243 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:41.880 answer I wish we'd get. Thanks Jim. Thanks ABC's Jim Ryan joining us 244 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:45.039 there. Usually we have to talk about hot weather. This time we got 245 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:47.880 to talk about hot sauce and some market dynamics too. I don't know. 246 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.720 I think sir racha is still my favorite. I know when I lived in 247 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:55.039 Houston from two thousand to two thousand and seven, it got got popular. 248 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:56.119 It was kind of trendy, but I stuck with it after that. Do 249 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:00.160 you have one tyler for me? It's it's it's really unique, right. 250 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:07.400 The flavor of saracha, the the like the spicy profile of it is so 251 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:11.119 unique. I kind of only really associated with Asian foods, so I'll only 252 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:15.759 have it with like sushi or if I'm making like a stir fry at home, 253 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:18.799 I'll maybe sprinkle some on top just to give it that spice. But 254 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:21.759 typically, like Jim mentioned with the pico and the guacamole, if I'm going 255 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:26.079 south of the border, I'm typically going with like a cholula or something like 256 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:30.599 Tabasco style. So I feel like the saracha demand for people that insist on 257 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:36.400 having it on everything. Maybe I understand, but like I'm okay with a 258 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:38.920 with a brief stint in my life without it, okay, yeah, oh, 259 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:41.839 a brief respite and then come back. Maybe I see people. Okay, 260 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:45.720 when you mentioned Japanese food there would do you mix it with wassabi? 261 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:48.720 Do you keep it separate? Do you like the different? So I'll typically 262 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:51.680 do the wasabi in the soy sauce, I'll do like a little mix of 263 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:53.240 that. I don't. I don't turn it into a paste like some crazy 264 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:56.799 people do. I just kind of make it like light so I can still 265 00:18:56.839 --> 00:19:00.200 dip the sushi into it. This is exclusively sushi, by the way that 266 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:02.960 we're talking about, I understand. And then the saracha will be like a 267 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:07.000 sprinkle on top of the actual role. Nice. Yeah, okay, there's 268 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:11.720 you know, there's a method to the madness. Serving suggestions from engineer Tyler. 269 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:18.359 I have a niece who puts saracha on ice cream. That is unspeakable. 270 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:21.279 She loves it. Let's get back to some more news coming out of 271 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:23.000 the CAFI twenty four our news room before we get to the bottom of the 272 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:26.559 hour and pick up our next interview. The daughter of Inglewood Mayor James Butts, 273 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:30.279 has been convicted of assault and conspiracy charges for a planned attack on her 274 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:36.920 landlord more than seven years ago. Prosecutors say Ashley Butts directed someone else to 275 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:40.759 break in and demand cash from the landlord, leaving the door open for the 276 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:44.880 attacker. She's facing up to five years in state prison. People in the 277 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:48.599 South Bay have sued a warehouse owner over a chemical spill in Carson City. 278 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:53.480 Attorney Sonny Sultoni says this city is also being sued, but Carson does not 279 00:19:53.599 --> 00:20:00.079 have jurisdiction over where the league happened. The cord has preliminary agreed with our 280 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:06.759 position that the plaintiffs have not alleged sufficient facts to hold this to be responsible 281 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:08.920 as a matter of law, so that's good news for us. The lawsuit 282 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:14.480 alleges chemicals that caused a warehouse fire in twenty twenty one seeped into the Dominguez 283 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:18.440 Channel, causing breathing issues for the people suing. Extreme heat has hit spots 284 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:22.079 all over the world, and officials are warning against the dangers of global warming. 285 00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:27.000 Author Jeff Goodell focuses on energy and environmental issues. He says it goes 286 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:32.799 beyond just high temperatures and introduces issues of justice and equity. There are billions 287 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:36.759 of people on this planet who do not have access to air conditioning and will 288 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:40.880 not have access to air conditioning anytime soon, and in these kinds of heat 289 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:44.279 waves, in this kinds of extreme heat, they are the ones who are 290 00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:49.160 at risk. Goodell says climate change disproportionately affects people in disadvantaged communities and groups 291 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:55.359 who face socioeconomic inequalities, including many people of color. A judge in Iowa 292 00:20:55.440 --> 00:21:00.200 has temporarily blocked the state's newly signed six week abortion band. Groups like Land 293 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:03.640 Parenthood filed a lawsuit against the state following the band last Friday. The judge 294 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:07.920 ruled yesterday the law will be on hold until the court issues a final decision, 295 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:12.079 but gave the green light to Iowa's Board of Medicine to start drafting its 296 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:17.960 guidelines on how doctors would be punished for violating the law. A three year 297 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:22.000 old in San Diego County has fatally shot their one year old sister. Police 298 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:25.799 say the child got a hold of an unsecured handgun yesterday and shot the girl 299 00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:29.759 in the head. Investigators are trying to figure out where the parents were when 300 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:34.680 the three year old got the gun. Federal records show California Democratic Congressman Adam 301 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:41.000 Schiff has built a hefty fundraising edge in his fight to replace California Democratic Senator 302 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:45.680 Diane Feinstein. Schiff has collected eight point one million dollars over the last three 303 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:49.720 months, which is nearly double the combined total of his Democratic opponents. Schiff's 304 00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:55.720 thirty million dollar campaign stockpile gives him a three to one edge over California Democratic 305 00:21:55.759 --> 00:22:00.599 Congresswoman Katie Porter, who reported raising three point one million dollars since April and 306 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:04.599 ended the period with just over ten million dollars. Now, higher interest rates 307 00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:07.559 we've been covering I cover on my weekend show too, and they continue to 308 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:12.240 be a boon for big banks. The Bank of America earnings report today is 309 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:18.680 a banger, paired with JP Morgan chases strong earnings and high expectations from Morgan, 310 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:22.359 Stanley, and Goldben Sacks, who report earnings today and tomorrow, respectively, 311 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:26.200 are likely to show that main street small business and households are doing okay. 312 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:32.079 As interest rates have climbed the income that main streets commercial banks like b 313 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:37.000 of A they earn on loans that has gone up as well. Typically higher 314 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:41.720 rates might also, of course induce a recession, pushing up loan losses, 315 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:45.319 but there is a little sign of that happening just yet right now. The 316 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:48.480 most recent economic report that I saw or pull I saw was basically a fifty 317 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:53.160 fifty chance of a light recession happening in the next six to nine months. 318 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:56.880 And defaults, by the way, also ticked up only a little bit at 319 00:22:56.880 --> 00:23:00.200 City Bank, JP, Morgan Chase, and well Fargo, which reported on 320 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:04.839 Friday, And all that points back to main street doing okay so far now 321 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:08.960 that we have wages caught up with inflation too. The Rabbit fire is nearly 322 00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:14.000 eighty three hundred acres in Riverside County, forty five percent contained. The man 323 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:18.240 accused of leaking sensitive Pentagon documents on social media is asking to be let out 324 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:22.000 of jail. Jack Deschera made that argument through his lawyers yesterday. The first 325 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:26.640 pre trial hearing in the classified documents case against former President Trump is also set 326 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:30.000 for today in Florida, coming up to five fifty. We're gonna talk about 327 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:33.799 why it's been so tough to get a passport. But right now, ABC 328 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:36.720 White House correspondent Karen Travers is on the line. Good morning, Karen, 329 00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:41.279 Hey, good morning, some news from I guess we have two tracks we 330 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:45.279 can take. Let's start with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin net and Yahoo possibly 331 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:48.440 meeting with President Biden. What's that take? Yeah. The White House announced 332 00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:53.319 yesterday that they had phone called yesterday the President and the Prime Minister, and 333 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:57.079 during that phone call they agreed to meet, but the White House could not 334 00:23:57.200 --> 00:24:00.839 confirm that the meeting would take place at the White House, as the Israeli 335 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:04.200 side said, and their readout of the phone call, John Kirby and National 336 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:07.680 Security spokesman said that they would probably meet before the end of this year, 337 00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:11.640 but the details of where and when would still be worked out. On that 338 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:15.799 phone call, though, the President stressed to Net and Yahoo the need to 339 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:21.480 take measures to maintain the viability of a two state solution and improve the security 340 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:26.480 situation in the West Bank. The President expressed his concerns about the continued settlement 341 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:33.519 growth there and also talked about the need for possible consensus in that whole issue 342 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:37.880 of judicial reform, which is something that you probably remember those Sake headlines a 343 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:42.559 couple months ago of protest in Israel about some of those judicial reforms that Net 344 00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:47.000 and Yahoo and his allies are trying to push through, take away some power 345 00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:51.000 from the Supreme Court judges there give it to elected officials. There's been some 346 00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:55.519 other political pressures around this Net and Yahoo apparently trying to consolidate levers of power 347 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:59.720 in Israel. Was that ever addressed. Yeah, this is something that was, 348 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:02.559 you know, kind of broadly, as they say, in the context 349 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:07.039 of judicial reform, and also that shared democratic values, as the White House 350 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:11.240 put it, have always been and must remain a hallmark of the US Israeli 351 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:15.759 relationship. But today he's going to sit down in the Oval Office the President 352 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:19.480 with the President of Israel, Isaac Herzag. This is largely a ceremonial position. 353 00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:22.960 The power rests and the Prime Minister of Benjamin Net Yahoo, but it 354 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:27.480 is notable that he gets the Oval Office photo op with President Biden, something 355 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:30.799 that Net and Yahoo of course and his team would very much like to see 356 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:33.039 before the end of the year. Well, I'm sorry, I know we 357 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.920 have to let you go, but it's always a pleasure to speak with you. 358 00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:38.000 Thank you for the update, Karen, have a great day. Maybe 359 00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:45.359 he's White House correspondent Karen travers it is a ceremonial position the Israeli president and 360 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:49.559 the visit, but he is intending to address a joint session of Congress which 361 00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:55.200 is being protested by some members of Congress. He's also known to be it's 362 00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:57.559 supposed to be an a political role. Israeli's president is a lot different than 363 00:25:57.839 --> 00:26:03.359 the American presidential but he also has a pretty good relationship with Mahmuda boss on 364 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:08.119 the Palestinian side, so sometimes that relationship has leveraged in these situations. We'll 365 00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:11.680 see how that plays out. Let's get back to some of the stories coming 366 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:14.680 out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. People in the South Bay have 367 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:18.599 sued a warehouse owner and others over a chemical spill in Carson in twenty twenty 368 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:22.480 one. The lawsuit claims the plaintiffs have suffered eye irritation, trouble breathing, 369 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:26.680 and congestion because of toxic air quality. Carson City attorney Sunny Sultani says the 370 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:30.799 city is also being sued, but says it has no liability because it doesn't 371 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:36.319 have jurisdiction over the channel. The city actually put its own general fun money 372 00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:41.680 to come up with relocation benefits for its residence. An investigation shows chemicals illegally 373 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:47.160 stored in the warehouse caused a fire in twenty twenty one, sending tainted debris 374 00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:52.279 into the water. The warehouse owners have denied any wrongdoing. Chris Adler KFI 375 00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:57.400 News, California has settled with the Biden administration over border wall construction. Attorney 376 00:26:57.440 --> 00:27:03.240 General Rob Banta says the Trump administration illegally used taxpayer funds to construct a wall 377 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:07.279 in California, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. Banta says the money 378 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:11.119 was earmarked for other projects but was diverted to the border. The settlement requires 379 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:15.519 the US government to restore some sensitive habitat areas along the border used by endangered 380 00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:18.119 species like the Mexican gray wolf, the big horn sheep, and the Sonorian 381 00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:23.039 desert pronghorn. The Department of Homeland Security will also install small and large wildlife 382 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:27.200 passages along the border wall. Steve Gregory King of FI News, A twelve 383 00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:30.839 year old girl in Detroit has been charged in what officials have called an acid 384 00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:36.319 attack on a playground. The girl is doing court this afternoon for allegedly throwing 385 00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:40.079 the caustic chemical on an eleven year old girl. A prosecutor says there's no 386 00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:42.599 excuse for what happened. A go fund of Me page says the eleven year 387 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:47.559 old suffered second and third degree burns on her back, arms, and legs. 388 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:52.240 July is UV Safety Month. Health officials in La County are urging people 389 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:56.440 to protect their skin by wearing sunscreen, hats, and sunglasses when they're outside. 390 00:27:56.440 --> 00:28:00.079 They say people should get emergency care if they have blisters, of fever, 391 00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:03.720 chills, or nausea from being out in the sun for too long. 392 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:11.039 A judge in Minnesota has approved a reform agreement between the States Human Rights Department 393 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:15.200 and the city police. It comes three years after the death of George Floyd 394 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:19.400 and a month after federal investigators found racial discrimination by Minneapolis police officers. The 395 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:26.759 reform agreement restricts officers officers from searching pedestrians or vehicles, and any other searches 396 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:30.799 based on the smell of pot. It also limits officers use of tasers and 397 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:34.000 pepper spray. City and police officials in Minneapolis have sixty days to put together 398 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:40.400 teams to implement the new rules. The Palm Springs Art Museum has announced its 399 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:45.599 upcoming Ask Me Anything. Illuminaire event to give art enthusiasts a chance to learn 400 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:49.160 more about its new exhibit. Museum officials say Aluminaire House, which was originally 401 00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:52.680 built in nineteen thirty one as the first all aluminum house in the US, 402 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:59.039 is being permanently installed this summer. Thursday's event is free to attend and will 403 00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:03.480 be live stream as well. Some bunnies got to raise some money to save 404 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:07.880 rabbits running rampant in Florida. A neighborhood in Florida is dealing with a growing 405 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:12.319 number of domestic rabbits running wild. A breeder illegally let her lionhead rabbits loose, 406 00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:15.920 and they're doing what rabbits do. There are now up to one hundred 407 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:21.519 rabbits taking up residence in yards around Wilton Manors near Fort Lauderdale. Lionheads have 408 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:23.680 thick fur and are pretty fearless, so they're not well suited for the heat 409 00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:27.279 or the predators. The city had planned to exterminate the rabbits, but now 410 00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:30.880 has given residence time to raise up to forty thousand dollars needed to rescue them 411 00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:34.559 and get them into homes. Apparently, residents need to hop to it, 412 00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:41.119 Amy King KFI News. The House Oversight Committee is holding a hearing this week 413 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:47.920 on UFOs. ABC's Ejochi says the committee has updated the name of the objects 414 00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:52.799 to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. The hearing comes after several Republican lawmakers promised to look 415 00:29:52.920 --> 00:30:00.079 deeper into the flying objects following unproven whistleblower allegations at the US military recently recovered 416 00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:06.079 a crashed alien spacecraft. Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett says he's done with the cover 417 00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:11.160 ups. The hearing is scheduled for tomorrow. Israeli President Isaac Herzog is headed 418 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:15.119 to Washington for a meeting today with President Biden. He's also going to address 419 00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:18.960 a joint meeting of Congress. Former President Obama is applauding librarians for standing on 420 00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:23.000 the front lines against book bands. In a letter to American librarians, Obama 421 00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:27.839 slammed recent censorship attempts on books that discussed topics like gender, sexuality, or 422 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:33.880 race. The House Judiciary Committee is looking into Threads. The Republican led panel 423 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:38.559 is asking Mark Zuckerberg to hand over documents about content moderation on the platform. 424 00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:45.000 Threads was launched of course to one hundred and ten million users within a week 425 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:48.440 Twitter competitor, and there's been a lot of focus on that. We have 426 00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:52.720 a little bit more later and before we get to the top of the hour, 427 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.880 for sure, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of 428 00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:56.720 the KFI twenty four our newsroom. Though, a drug dealer has been sentenced 429 00:30:56.720 --> 00:31:00.359 to fifteen years in prison for selling the fence an old laced pills that killed 430 00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:03.799 a woman in Tustin. The young woman whilst her life was only eighteen. 431 00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:08.839 Assistant US Attorney Melissa Robanni says Sie Hernandez knew the pills were counterfeits. She 432 00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:14.400 was having a tough time. She had gotten addicted to painkillers following a car 433 00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:18.640 accident, but she really had no idea that she was taking something, you 434 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:21.440 know, that could take her life. She took half a pill and that 435 00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.799 was it. That was the end of her life. She didn't wake up 436 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:26.759 the next day. The sentencing yesterday is part of a DA crackdown on seven 437 00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:33.240 drug dealers in Orange County tied to ten unrelated fatal fentnel overdoses in Orange County. 438 00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:37.599 Corbin Carson KFI News. A state report has found San Bernardino County has 439 00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:41.440 the most ghost guns used in crimes per capita. San Bernardino County sheriff spokeswoman 440 00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:47.839 Maria Mara Rodriguez says from twenty to twenty twenty two, more than one hundred 441 00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:52.160 and eighty ghost guns were recovered per ten thousand people. Were fortunate that we 442 00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:56.599 have a relationship with our Board of Supervisors that allows us to have these types 443 00:31:56.680 --> 00:32:01.680 of operations. Rodriguez says. Ghost guns are also turning up in other operations 444 00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:07.160 and during traffic stops. A typo has reportedly caused millions of Defense Department emails 445 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:13.599 with sensitive information to mistakenly be sent to the African country Molly. The Financial 446 00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:19.000 Times says for years, the military's dot mil and email addresses has been misspelled 447 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:22.839 as dot mL, which is the country domain for Molly. The Defense Department 448 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:30.119 says it's aware of the issue and takes all unauthorized disclosures seriously. George's Supreme 449 00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:35.680 Court has dismissed former President Trump's attempt toss a grand jury's report recommending criminal charges 450 00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:39.039 related to the twenty twenty election. The ruling comes weeks before the Fulton County 451 00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:44.799 Deyang is expected to seek indictments. The justices ruled Trump's attorneys failed to show 452 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:52.880 the case presents extremely rare circumstances that requires bypassing lower courts. Now by fifty 453 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:54.839 one on your wake up call, and we have Shannon Crawford with us ABC 454 00:32:55.000 --> 00:33:00.000 News State Department correspondent, and we're gonna talk about passports and the delays and 455 00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:05.079 passports. Good morning, Shannon, Good morning. So what is what does 456 00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:07.000 Secretary of State Blanken saying on this First, then we'll get into the details 457 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:10.200 as to why he has to say it. Well, he's acknowledging that this 458 00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:14.799 is a big problem, and he's saying the State Department is throwing everything they 459 00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:19.839 can at the issue, basically saying that passport processing really bottomed out during the 460 00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:23.200 pandemic. They're dealing with a massive backlog and that's just a equating to a 461 00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:27.319 big headache for travelers who are hoping to leave the country. Maybe for the 462 00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:32.680 first time, the sense of pandemics began. So it seems like the revenge 463 00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:37.359 travel for lack of a better term, or maybe an overused term, seems 464 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:40.240 to be continuing. Is there any beacon on the hill when it comes to 465 00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:44.720 State Department being able to catch up on this backlog well when he talks to 466 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:49.519 that about that revenge travel. Absolutely, the demand is unprecedented. The State 467 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:54.000 Department says there seeing about four hundred thousand applications for passports or renewals come in 468 00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:58.480 each and every week. Now that's actually an improvement from the half a million 469 00:33:58.519 --> 00:34:01.559 they were seeing weekly at the beginning of this year. So the demand is 470 00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:06.759 certainly there, and you can add that into the backlog that existed the year 471 00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:09.480 prior, so all together, that is just a massive demand they're coping with. 472 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:15.920 Looking ahead, and really what we're seeing is this problem getting worse. 473 00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:20.280 The state termament has actually raised the expected weight time kind of steadily through this 474 00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:22.960 year, and officials here are very sober. They know that it's going to 475 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:29.239 be twenty twenty four before they get to know a scenario that looks anything like 476 00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:32.119 pre pandemic processing, where if you paid the expedited fee, you might have 477 00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:37.239 your passport in your hand within two weeks. Shannon Crawford, ABC's News State 478 00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:42.000 Department correspondent, thank you so much for joining us this morning. Thank you. 479 00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:45.559 We did not have a great clean line there, so I'll give you 480 00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:47.960 some of the details that come out of it all told, the expected weight 481 00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:52.840 time for applicants is thirteen to fifteen weeks for normal processing and nine to eleven 482 00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:59.079 weeks for expedited processing that includes mailing times. It's no surprise there are these 483 00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:04.440 delays. State department is receiving four hundred thousand applications every week, following higher 484 00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:07.639 than normal volumes in January, February, and March that exceeded five hundred thousand 485 00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:12.440 applications a week. So yeah, the backlog is there and it's going to 486 00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:15.239 be there for a minute. A woman from Arizona has been attacked by a 487 00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:20.039 bison at Yellowstone National Park. The Park Service says the woman and her friends 488 00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:22.119 spotted two bison and tried to walk the other way yesterday, but one of 489 00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:27.360 the bison charged and gored her. She suffered significant injuries to her chest and 490 00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:30.039 abdomen. The NPS says the attack is the first this year, but there 491 00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:35.800 were several last year. Officials say mid July through mid August is mating season, 492 00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:39.880 so bison can get aggressive during that time. Phoenix is set to break 493 00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:45.320 a record with nineteen straight days of temperatures of one hundred and ten degrees or 494 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:50.400 higher. ABC Samola Lenky says even at night, the city is hot. 495 00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:57.239 Temperatures haven't dipped below ninety degrees overnight in nine days. Last night's low of 496 00:35:57.320 --> 00:36:00.800 ninety five was the city's highest overnight low ever, toppling the previous record of 497 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:05.440 ninety three that was set back in two thousand and nine. The estimated jackpot 498 00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:09.039 for the next powerball drawing has grown to one billion dollars. No tickets sold 499 00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:13.559 for last night's draw had all six numbers. There were eight tickets sold with 500 00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:16.159 five numbers, which are worth twenty thousand bucks each. The next drawing is 501 00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:22.880 tomorrow night. Pest control experts say viral TikTok videos of people using gasoline to 502 00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:28.280 kill wasps should not be repeated. The Bugman's Brian Olsen says wasps can be 503 00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:34.199 aggressive and precaution should be taken before homeowners decide to remove a nest. I've 504 00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:37.960 seen a lot of the tiktoks just as I've seen some of the tiktoks of 505 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:43.519 wasps. This type of eradication going wrong and people getting stung, and you 506 00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:45.360 know, if you're allergic to them, it becomes even a bigger issue. 507 00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:51.000 Olson says also that people might not be able to properly dispose of the gasoline, 508 00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:55.320 creating safety concerns for the environment. A CSX freight train operating on Norfolk 509 00:36:55.400 --> 00:37:00.760 Southern tracks has derailed in southern southeast Pennsylvanias says at least sixteen of the trains 510 00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:06.400 forty cars went off the tracks yesterday. Police Chief Christopher Ward says the cause 511 00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:12.400 is unknown. Norfolk Southern Police are still investigating that, and they are once 512 00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:15.000 they secure the trains, they'll have better information on that. He says the 513 00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:21.199 train did have recording equipment on board. Let's go back to the Mega Million 514 00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:22.719 story, because I was going to put these together and I got jumbled up. 515 00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:25.679 But let me tell you this. Two Mega Millions lottery tickets sold in 516 00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:30.360 southern California are each worth two hundred thousand dollars. The tickets for Friday night's 517 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:35.360 drawing matched five of the winning numbers and were only missing the Mega number. 518 00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:37.679 They were sold at a mini market in La and at a seven to eleven 519 00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:42.760 in Monroebia. The jackpot for Tonight's Mega Million drawing is back up to six 520 00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:47.280 hundred and forty million dollars. The American led un Command says an American has 521 00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:52.159 crossed the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea. Officials say on 522 00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:57.239 social media that the US citizen was on a tour to a Korean border village 523 00:37:57.239 --> 00:38:01.119 and crossed into North Korea without authorization. Officials say he is currently in North 524 00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:06.239 Korean custody and that the UN Command is working with its North Korean counterparts to 525 00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:09.000 resolve the incident. And a couple of tech stories And I didn't do this 526 00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:13.000 on purpose. I know we did this weekend elon musk yesterday, but back 527 00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:15.760 in the news again today, But this one's more about Meta and the Threads. 528 00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:22.800 Meta owned Threads is implementing rate limits to combat bots on the platform, 529 00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:29.760 just weeks after Twitter imposed very similar limits. Instagram CEO Adamissary announced the change 530 00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:34.079 by a Threads post yesterday. Here's the quote. Spam attacks have picked up, 531 00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:36.679 so we're going to have to get tighter on things like rate limits, 532 00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:40.760 which is going to mean more unintentionally limiting active people quote unquote false positives. 533 00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:45.800 The change means that some Threads users may face a cap on how many posts 534 00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:51.159 they can view each day as well. Also yesterday, the tweet deck that 535 00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:53.840 a lot of enterprises, small companies use to track their social media the free 536 00:38:53.920 --> 00:39:00.880 version that's gone. So that happened too. This is just this is just 537 00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:06.760 a show of sorts. Instagram's Twitter clone Threads enjoyed a fairly fruitful you know, 538 00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:09.280 one hundred million sign ups within five days. But there's another one. 539 00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:15.119 It's a slack alternative also called Threads. It was out first and it launched 540 00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:19.840 out of Stealth all let's see one to three three years ago with backing from 541 00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:23.079 Sequoia Capital. So people are downloading Threads, which is a slack alternative, 542 00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:30.880 which is a workplace app and communication tool in addition to getting Threads from Meta. 543 00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:34.760 So everybody, this rising tide is rising, all boats except for Twitters. 544 00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:37.719 Now back to elon Musk one more time. This one's about Tesla and 545 00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:43.159 a lawsuit. Tesla directors, the board of directors are going to return seven 546 00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:46.800 hundred and thirty five million dollars to the company to settle a lawsuit that alleged 547 00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:52.320 they paid themselves too much. As part of the settlement, the twelve directors 548 00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:55.880 agreed to four foot all compensation from twenty twenty one to twenty twenty three and 549 00:39:55.960 --> 00:40:01.079 change the way they are being compensated the twenty tw lawsuit brought by Tesla stockholder, 550 00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:06.119 pension Fund, Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit accused 551 00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:09.920 of directors including Elon Musk and his brother Kimball, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, 552 00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:15.039 and media mogul Rupert Murdoch's son James Murdoch, among others, of unrelenting avarice. 553 00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:21.679 The directors allegedly granted themselves excessive and unfair compensation of around eleven million stock 554 00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:24.800 options from twenty seventeen to twenty twenty. The value of seven hundred and thirty 555 00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:30.480 five million dollars is equivalent to about three million Tesla stock options as well. 556 00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:35.119 You'll see those kind of settlements terribly often when it comes to board of directors. 557 00:40:35.239 --> 00:40:37.719 Very friendly situation. We lead local live from the KFY twenty four our 558 00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:40.400 newsroom. I'm Jason Middleton. This has been your wake up call. You've 559 00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:44.639 been listening to wake up call. You know you can always listen live on 560 00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:49.440 kf I Am six forty weekdays from five to six am d D anytime on 561 00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:51.480 demand on the iHeartRadio app