WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.839 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:16.320 demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 3 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:29.320 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. It's 4 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:33.920 five o'clock. Good morning. This is your wake up call for Tuesday, 5 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:38.640 May seventh. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Amy King. 6 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:44.000 Thanks for getting your day started with us. Have you ever just sat there 7 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:50.920 and played video games on your phone for hours at a time. I play 8 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:55.000 this stupid version of Solitaire. I'd play like Connections and Wordle all day if 9 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:57.479 they didn't limit it to once a day. But I'll just sit there, 10 00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:02.840 like while I'm watching TV and be playing Solid Hair on my phone. And 11 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:07.319 then yesterday I noticed that my pinky finger was just sore, and I was 12 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:10.680 like, what, why is what's going on with my pinky feer? Oh 13 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:14.319 my god? Am I getting arthritis? And then I figured out how I 14 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:18.519 hold the phone where the bottom of the phone rests on my pinky finger. 15 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:22.719 I'm like, oh, yeah, I see Kno you do it too. 16 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:25.840 I'm like, maybe I need to put the phone down for a little while. 17 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:30.680 Anyway, that's what I'm attributing it to, because I don't think arthritis 18 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:34.439 is in my future, at least I'm hoping not. Here's what's ahead on 19 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:40.079 wake up Call. UCLA has canceled all in person classes until further notice because 20 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:44.159 of renewed pro Palestinian protests on canvas that led to forty more arrests in a 21 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:49.200 parking structure yesterday. Instructors have been notified to hold classes online. Israel has 22 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:56.879 begun its Rafa offensive after rejecting and Hamas ceesfire agreement. Israel Defense forces say 23 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:01.400 the IDF is currently doing targeted strikes against Hamas hair targets in eastern Rafa in 24 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:07.359 southern Gaza. We'll be talking with ABC's Jordana Miller and get the latest from 25 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:10.639 Jerusalem in just a couple of minutes. The launch of Boeing's first ever crued 26 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:16.639 Starliner mission for NASA has been scrubbed. An issue with an oxygen valve caused 27 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:22.039 the launch to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral to be called off last 28 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:24.400 night. We'll find out what happens next with ABC's Jim Ryan. That's coming 29 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:28.879 up at the bottom of the hour at six oh five, it's handled on 30 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:32.439 the news. A judge has held former President Trump in contempt for a tenth 31 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:38.240 time. What could happen if he does it again? Let's get started with 32 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.599 some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. More 33 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:46.000 than forty protesters have been arrested at UCLA after police rated a pro Palestinian camp 34 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:51.400 last week. Protesters were cuffed with zip ties and padded down after allegedly violating 35 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:54.039 a curfew and then refusing to provide their names to La County Sheriff's deputies. 36 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:59.199 This protester says students are fighting for a cause and police have been overbearing. 37 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:04.319 Where were the Tuesday night? So it's very like they're picking and choosing one 38 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:07.319 two step and thus unfair. Those arrested were taken to jail in Van Nuy's. 39 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:13.759 Protesters continued to rally throughout campus yesterday, demanding the university's divestment from Israeli 40 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:19.680 connections. Chris Sadler KFI News. The Governor's Office of Emergency Services has asked 41 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:23.479 local police chiefs to rent out their offices to UCLA for added security. An 42 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:28.159 email was sent over the weekend asking chiefs in Southern California for help and offering 43 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:30.520 to pay the tab. Sources who were on the email say the request was 44 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:35.199 vague and offered no detail, so the chiefs had a conference call yesterday morning 45 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:38.719 with university leadership asking for clarity. When state officials were asked about an incident 46 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:44.159 action plan or communications plan, they were told one didn't exist. Cal Oes 47 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:46.479 says it wants to hire thirty officers for two twelve hour shifts per day. 48 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:51.199 Chiefs I spoke with say the consensus as of now is not to lend out 49 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:54.639 any officers until the university has a plan and is better prepared. Steve Gregory 50 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:59.680 kaya Fine News. At least one person has been killed by a tornado that 51 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:03.599 had own Oklahoma. ABC's Jim Ryan says it caused extensive damage north of Colset, 52 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:08.520 Tulsa, in the small town of Barnsdall. Fed Well Weather forecasters on 53 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:12.280 Monday issued a rare high risk warning for much of the state of Oklahoma. 54 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:15.399 After sunset, the nine to one one calls started flowing in. He says 55 00:04:15.399 --> 00:04:19.800 homes were destroyed and trees and power lines were toppled. Yesterday, the storm 56 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:25.000 system that spawned the twisters has moved east into Missouri. Man, they've been 57 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:27.879 getting a lot of tornadoes. I hope they get a break. Like normally 58 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:30.720 you have a tornado that moves out and then you see the destruction start rebuilding. 59 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:34.519 But it just seems like day after day after day. Well, this 60 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:40.759 rarely happens, but California has had its snowiest day of the year this month. 61 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:45.399 The National Weather Service says a late season storm dumped nearly two feet of 62 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:48.360 snow in parts of northern California. That happened over the weekend. Twenty six 63 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:54.600 point four inches fell on the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab in Donner Summit 64 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:59.199 on Sunday. Before that, the record was twenty three point eight inches set 65 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:02.839 in March, making Sunday the snowiest day of the season at the lab. 66 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:10.279 Toxic chemicals have been found in deep water fish living near a decade's old DDT 67 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:15.120 dump site off the La Coast. It's larger than San Francisco. The now 68 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:18.839 bands so called forever chemicals were legally dumped as early as the nineteen forties straight 69 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:24.279 into the ocean by the nation's largest pesticide producer, you see San Diego scripts. 70 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:29.079 Professor Lahini Alo Wajare says the hope was the DDT was staying put thousands 71 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:32.319 of feet down on the ocean floor, but decades after DDT was dumped, 72 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:38.120 but still in a location where these organisms can interact with it. She says 73 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:42.000 the next step from the study released yesterday is to confirm if the DDT from 74 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:46.199 the dump site has spread to mammals or a species eaten by humans. Corbin 75 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:53.040 Carsen kafin News Homeland Security Investigation says a guy from South Almonte has been busted 76 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:58.560 with more than sixty firearms inside his home. Investigators say during a search last 77 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:02.800 week, they found a bunch of different including ten short barreled rifles and materials 78 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:09.120 used to turn a semi automatic gun into a fully automatic weapon. Officials say 79 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:12.319 none of the firearms was registered, and the guy also had more than one 80 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:16.680 hundred ten high capacity rifle and pistol magazines. He could get ten years in 81 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:21.040 federal prison. More than three hundred thousand Californians are in for a little sticker. 82 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:26.800 Shock Travelers has been given the ok to hike rates on some home insurance 83 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:31.600 policies by an average of fifteen percent starting next month. This comes as the 84 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:38.399 company drops sixty six hundred policies across the state with the most extreme wildfire risk 85 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:43.879 travelers. Is the sixth largest insurer in the state. Looks like we have 86 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:46.639 Jordana Miller on the phone now, Good morning, Jordana. A lot has 87 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:49.600 happened in the last twenty four hours. So let's get right to it and 88 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:57.439 just let us know. Well. First of all, Hamas made headlines by 89 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:03.360 announcing that they had a read to a proposed ceasefire and hostage release deal. 90 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:09.839 And then it turned out that when Israel got that deal and had a chance 91 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:15.360 to look at it, Hamas had actually changed several sections of the deal and 92 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:20.519 without getting the consent of Israel, and so Israel said, well, this 93 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:27.199 no longer really meets our core demands. For example, Hamas said, we'll 94 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:31.480 release thirty three hostages in that first six week seafire, but they're not all 95 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:35.560 going to be living hostages. Now. The deal says we'll give you living 96 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:43.439 hostages and bodies. That didn't go over too well. Hamas also, despite 97 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.600 what one of its leaders told out Jazeira, in the fine print, Israel, 98 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:50.600 AMAS did not give up its demand for an end to the war, 99 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:55.879 nor the full withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza. So it looks like we 100 00:07:55.959 --> 00:08:00.639 still have major gaps. Israel saying that it will send another delegation in to 101 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:03.959 Cairo to continue the talks, but we're not on the brink of a deal, 102 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:09.079 not yet, Okay, So what you're saying is they took the deal 103 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:11.000 that was on the table, that's been sitting there and we've been waiting for 104 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:16.519 a response from Mamasa. If I'm not incorrect on that, they changed it 105 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:20.639 and then said okay, yeah, we'll go along with this exactly. That's 106 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:24.480 exactly what they did, right, So, I mean part of it I 107 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:33.000 think was a kind of diplomatic tactic to try to put the pressure on Israel 108 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:37.720 to agree to something that Israel would be seen as the party that had refused 109 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:41.879 a deal. But pretty quickly Israel said, wait a second, this isn't 110 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:48.639 This isn't the deal we talked about, and it still has a lot of 111 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:54.159 things need to be negotiated. For example, Israel had veto power over some 112 00:08:54.480 --> 00:09:01.559 of the convicted Palestinian prisoners convicted of murder that the Hamas wanted released, and 113 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:05.840 now that veto has gone from this deal. Right, So some were major 114 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:11.440 issues like full Israeli withdrawal, and some were, you know, other minor 115 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:16.720 disagreements that of thought the sides had already agreed on. So there's still work 116 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:22.039 to be done. Hamas appears to not really be ready yet to cut a 117 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:26.759 deal. And in parallel, Israel's moving forward with the Tamas with its Rafa 118 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:35.960 operation, and overnight we saw the Israeli Army go into southeastern Gaza in a 119 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:41.480 surprise raid and take over the Palestinian side of the Rafa border crossing. That's 120 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:48.399 the main crossing for humanitarian aid and for civilians to cross back and forth that 121 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:54.200 goes from Egyptian soil into the Gaza Strip. For most of the war, 122 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:58.559 it was the only entry point into the Gaza Strip. Now Israel's in control 123 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:05.759 of it. They say that intel showed Hamas was up that area around the 124 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:11.159 Gaza Strip, around the Rafa border crossing. Hamas had just launched a deadly 125 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:16.440 attack on Israeli soldiers two days before from this exact spot, so Israel's in 126 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:20.080 control of that now. It was a relatively quick and quote unquote successful operation. 127 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:24.840 But that Rafa border crossing is now closed, and the question is when 128 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:28.639 will it reopen? Who's going to run it? Right? This could this 129 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:35.879 could you know, negatively impact the entry of AID. So it's you know, 130 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:39.559 it comes with great responsibility that Israel's now in control of the crossing, 131 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:43.159 okay, And are there other crossings that were open? You mentioned that there 132 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:48.399 was an attack on Israeli soldiers that Hamas did and they claimed responsibility for for 133 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:52.080 so that was at the Rafa Gate. I thought that was also other part, 134 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:56.320 yes, noe, this was from right around the Rafa crossing. They 135 00:10:56.399 --> 00:11:03.679 launched the short range Rocket Attack Act on Sunday on Israeli soldiers and they killed 136 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:09.759 four and injured eleven. And even today there were rockets fired from around the 137 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:18.679 area towards the Israeli towards Israeli territory. And so you know now Israel there 138 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:24.080 are other entry points of AID. Now there's an entry point in northern Gaza, 139 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:28.639 right directly from Israel into northern Gaza. The area's crossing has now been 140 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:35.679 opened. There's what's called Route ninety six another crossing there, and those have 141 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:39.600 been they're not at full capacity yet. The Aras crossing only really opened less 142 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:43.279 than two weeks ago. The ninety six crossing has been opened for maybe a 143 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:48.720 month or a little bit more. There's also aid that comes through, you 144 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:54.279 know, from the sea, but those are those are they can't really compare 145 00:11:54.360 --> 00:12:00.000 with the crossings by land, which are much more effective. And then there's 146 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:05.080 other crossing that will be opened that's coming from the Ashtode port. Again that's 147 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:09.279 a maritime entry point that still has to go through one of the land crossing. 148 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:15.200 So it's very significant to you know, be in control of the Rafa 149 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:22.039 border crossing. Okay, so Jordana with taking control and sending in ground forces 150 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:26.799 to take over that crossing, does that signal the start of that ground offensive 151 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:31.159 that Israel's been talking about or is that still sort of in the wings. 152 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:37.600 That's still in the wings? I mean this is a limited operation. Certainly 153 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:41.919 Israel appears to be creating a launching pad for a larger military assault. The 154 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:48.120 Rafa crossing is still many miles away from Rafa City, the main that which 155 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:54.519 would be the main target of a massive assault in raw to move, but 156 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:58.639 there's over a million in the area, so you can see the scale of 157 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:01.600 it is smaller. Okay, all right, well we will be watching. 158 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:05.559 Thank you for bringing us the latest on what's going on there. I was 159 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:09.679 so excited when I heard, oh, cease fire deal, and then to 160 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:13.799 see that it wasn't that. Yeah, weren't we all? Yeah? Fourler 161 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:18.840 coaster? All right, thanks, Jordana Miller. Nice. Twenty twenty three 162 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:22.559 was the eighth wettest water year in fifty years in California. The Department of 163 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:26.639 Water Resources says a series of atmospheric rivers, yeah, I remember, those 164 00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:33.240 helped to end the drought and also bumped groundwater levels with the first storage increase 165 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:37.440 since twenty nineteen. Donald Trump says he'll sacrifice and go to jail any day. 166 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:41.919 His comments came after the judge again find him for violating the gag order 167 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:46.639 and threatened to throw him in jail if he does it again. Stormy Daniel's 168 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:52.000 attorney has just said that she is expected to testify in Trump's hush money trial 169 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:56.279 today. Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says the company's leaders should spend more time 170 00:13:56.320 --> 00:14:01.039 in stores and focus more on coffee drinks. The CEO's comments over the weekend 171 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:05.960 come as US and Chinese customers cut back on spending at Starbucks. Starbucks is 172 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:11.320 also facing boycotts and some markets for its perceived support of Israel at six, 173 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:13.799 so five it's handle on the news. The FAA is taking a closer look 174 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:20.879 at the Boeing Dreamliner and whether records were falsified in its production. Right now, 175 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:22.759 let's say good morning to the host of How to Money on KFI. 176 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:28.360 It's Joel lars Gard. Joel is the guy who makes you make sense of 177 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:33.120 your money. And here's one thing that makes a lot of sense right now, 178 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:37.320 apparently, and that is just save money. Saving money always makes sense 179 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:41.000 amy, right, like I love I just but for a while, it 180 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:45.600 just wasn't as sexy and it didn't get talked about in the same way because 181 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:50.480 rates for savers were paltry. They're a pitiful and we were talking about at 182 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:54.279 best, like four years ago, we're talking about half a percent on your 183 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:58.919 savings account. So even money that you had in savings was slowly getting eroded 184 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:01.480 by inflation, even the inflation wasn't as hot four years ago. And so 185 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:07.480 it's been this problem for savers for a long time, Like what do I 186 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:09.720 do. I know I'm supposed to save. I know I'm supposed to have 187 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:13.480 money that's liquid and accessible for emergencies and for medium term, medium to short 188 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:18.240 term goals, but my goodness, it's there's nowhere good to put my money 189 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:22.639 in the savings arena and that is not a problem anymore. There was deposit 190 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:26.240 Accounts dot Com. They reported that Americans earned four times more in savings in 191 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:30.840 twenty twenty three than they made in twenty twenty two. So something like three 192 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:35.440 hundred and fifteen billion dollars total going to people who have money in savings accounts. 193 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:37.639 And that is just like, again, something that didn't happen for a 194 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:41.159 long time. It's a new ish phenomenon, and I'm kind of glad it's 195 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:45.279 here because savers have kind of been getting pounded for a long time and finally 196 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:48.320 savers are outpacing inflation and they're earning real money. Okay, Joel, And 197 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:54.600 is that the upside of the interest rate hipes? It is exactly yes, 198 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:56.960 And so I think the anomaly. A lot of people are like, well, 199 00:15:56.240 --> 00:16:00.120 the one are these low interest rates coming back on mortgages? And I 200 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:03.360 understand that we kind of got used to that cheap money. That was the 201 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:07.120 rarity. That was the unicorn, I think, and I don't know that 202 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:10.559 we're heading back there anytime soon. And so there's been a lot of chatter 203 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:12.360 about, well, yeah, buy this home, but guess what, you'll 204 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:15.080 be able to refinance out a couple of years. And that might be true, 205 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:18.240 but it also might not be true, like rates might not go down 206 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:22.919 in the same way, and so it's bad for borrowers, is good for 207 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:29.919 savers. Savers might continue to see inflated rates paid on savings certificates to deposit 208 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:33.519 money market accounts. I mean this is this is really good news for people 209 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:37.480 who are parking dollars. And you have to be a little careful because I 210 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:45.279 think some people can overemphasize savings in maybe under emphasize investing because they get super 211 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:48.639 comfortable with four and a half to five percent rates, And so you definitely 212 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:52.159 want to make sure you're not neglecting investing because savings rates are so good, 213 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:53.960 but still enjoy those rates. And the other thing, I think something like 214 00:16:55.320 --> 00:17:00.600 three quarters of Americans any haven't moved their money to an account that pays a 215 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:03.200 reasonable rate of interest. A lot of people are still have the majority of 216 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:04.319 their savings with the big banks, and guess what, most of them pay 217 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:10.000 point zero one percent. I may be one of those three quarters. Oh, 218 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:12.359 Amy, you're crushing my soul right now? Hekay, where do I 219 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:15.359 need to put my money? Okay, So there are a lot of options 220 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:21.200 now, but I really love the big online banks. So there's Capital One, 221 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:23.599 there's Discover. Ciit is one of the best because Ciit has been paying 222 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:30.240 five percent or higher for a long time now, and they're FDIC ensured. 223 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:34.839 They're wonderful banks, and so it's really easy to set up a new account. 224 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:37.160 You don't even have to ditch your old bank completely. You can just 225 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:41.720 move your savings over and then you know, you can always like funnel money 226 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:45.039 back and forth between the accounts. But given how much more you can get, 227 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:48.119 it's worth it, especially if you have any meaningful amount of money in 228 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:52.240 your savings, which hopefully most people listening to this hopefully you do have a 229 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:55.119 decent chunk in savings. If not, that's something we need to work on. 230 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:59.079 But yeah, the taking advantage of these higher rates is something a lot 231 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:03.720 of people have done sadly, as you know, interest rates of skyrocketed. 232 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:08.160 Okay, and then you also you mentioned be careful of oversaving. What what 233 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:11.079 do you mean oversaving? I mean, that's that's what I mean. When 234 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:14.319 what I'm saying you need to be an investor too, because when you look 235 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:17.200 at people of saying, oh, hey, five percent, this is great, 236 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:19.759 I can this chillax and keep my money in savings and I'll just kind 237 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:22.079 of forget about the four oh one k. I won't really think about my 238 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:26.160 roth IRA too much, and I'll rest on my laurels. Because savings rates 239 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:30.759 are solid. Well, I get the impulse, and it's really nice to 240 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:33.480 be able to earn five percent risk free, But then you look back at 241 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:37.640 what the stock market's done over the past, you know, twelve to eighteen 242 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:40.640 months, and you're like, oh, well, five percent's good, but 243 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:44.200 it's certainly not what happened in the market, right. And for people in 244 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:47.079 the wealth building phase of their life, they need to have market exposure. 245 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:49.680 They need to be continually socking money into their four oh one k into their 246 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:53.599 iras. I like it in a dollar costs averaging way, like every two 247 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:56.799 weeks or every month however you like to do it, but keep it on 248 00:18:56.839 --> 00:19:02.200 a regular cycle, and don't just get get comfy with these high savings rates. 249 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:03.279 Enjoy them, and you want to have some of your money in savings, 250 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:07.599 of course, but don't neglect investing just because savings rates are high. 251 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:11.519 Okay, so we're going to go then from saving over to borrowing. And 252 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:17.440 you say that credit unions are probably the best place for you to borrow money. 253 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:21.519 Yes, that's exactly right. So I love and it's like a different 254 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:26.240 institution for different purposes. Right. So the online banks that I just mentioned 255 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:30.319 are wonderful for saving, and you might want to check them out. When 256 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:33.160 you're looking to do some borrowing, you at least get a quote. But 257 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:36.519 the truth is, when you look at the statistics, the best place to 258 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:40.920 borrow money is your local credit union on average, And so that doesn't mean 259 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:44.400 that you don't necessarily need multiple quotes. Let's say you're buying a home and 260 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:45.200 you want to get a mortgage. Yeah, you might want to reach out 261 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:48.119 to a mortgage booker. You might want to reach out to a local lender, 262 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:52.240 and at the same time reach out to a local credit union or too. 263 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:55.440 The chances are, though, when you look at the statistics, that 264 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:57.759 the credit union is going to have the most competitive offering. So there was 265 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:00.799 a graph in the Wall Street Journal this week showing like banks, mortgage companies, 266 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:04.119 and credit unions, and credit unions on average offer the lowest rates on 267 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:07.519 mortgage loans, and it's true of car loans as well. I mean, 268 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:11.759 my ideal is for people to pay cash for their cars. But if you're 269 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:15.200 going to finance a car, don't finance it at the dealership, don't finance 270 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:18.599 it at the used car lot. Get your financing at the credit union, 271 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:22.599 because you're likely to save multiple points. You're going to get a much better 272 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:26.240 rate typically going through a credit union than you are through one of those other 273 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:32.839 routes. Okay, and for more great advice on how to save and spend 274 00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:37.160 and invest your money, listen to how to Money with Joel Larsguard right here 275 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:41.799 on KFI Sundays noon to two. You can also follow Joel at how to 276 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:45.720 Money as usual. Well, we've run out of time and you've given us 277 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:48.359 so much great advice, so listen to more this weekend noon to two on 278 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:52.640 KFI. Thanks Amy, Thank you, Joel. Talk to you next week. 279 00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:56.279 Okay. Here are some stories coming out of the KFI twenty four our 280 00:20:56.039 --> 00:21:00.720 newsroom. A lot of parents of students in the La School District are calling 281 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:06.079 for the return of on campus police officers. At today' school board meeting, 282 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:10.240 a parent group is planning to present petitions calling for officers to be placed on 283 00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:15.799 campuses again. Most school police officers were taken off LAUSD campuses because of calls 284 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:19.880 to defund the police in twenty twenty. Following the killing of George Floyd in 285 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:26.480 Minneapolis, LA's proposed elimination of two thousand city jobs is creating some challenges for 286 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:30.519 department managers. The Fire department, public Works, city Controller's office are all 287 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:33.240 seeing cuts in Mayor Bassi's proposed budget for the new fiscal year, but smaller 288 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:38.200 departments are feeling the pressure too. El Pueblo General Manager Arturo Chavez says the 289 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:42.359 proposal won't leave enough money to pay utility bills or properly host major events on 290 00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:48.039 Olvera Street. These are events that happen with tons of thousands of people showing 291 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:49.680 up, and we have to do a lot of support systems for that. 292 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:55.759 The City Council's Budget Committee finishes its public hearings on basses proposal tomorrow. Michael 293 00:21:55.839 --> 00:22:00.720 Monks KFI News helicopters have been brought in to say the cherry crop in northern 294 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:04.799 California. This has got a novel. A cherry orchard in Lowdie, which 295 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:11.240 supplies cherries across the US's recent rains have put the cherries in jeopardy. Apparently 296 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:15.960 too much water causes the cherries to crack and that could ruin the crop, 297 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:19.559 so a helicopter was brought in to hover over the crops and dry off the 298 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:26.119 fruit. UCLA is canceled all in person classes until further notice because of renewed 299 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:30.000 pro Palestinian protests on campus that led to more than forty arrests in a parking 300 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:36.759 structure yesterday. Instructors have been notified to hold classes online. San Bernardino Police 301 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:41.759 say the person shot by Long Beach police in a home invasion robbery was seventeen 302 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:45.119 years old. Long Beach police responded to a robbery call in April twenty six. 303 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:48.599 The robber had a gun, and after about an hour of trying to 304 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:51.680 talk him out, he was shot. Not clear yet what prompted the shooting. 305 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:56.960 The go broke dates for benefit programs for Medicare and Social Security have been 306 00:22:56.000 --> 00:23:02.200 pushed back. The annual Social Security and me Care Trustees Report says and improving 307 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:07.920 economy means Medicare won't run out of money until five years later than the last 308 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:11.759 projection, so in twenty thirty five, and Social Securities Trust funds will be 309 00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:18.519 able to pay full benefits until twenty thirty five instead of last year's estimate of 310 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:22.400 twenty thirty four. I guess that's a little bit of good news and six 311 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:25.880 so five it's handle on the news. Uber Rich Warren Buffett says he's worried 312 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:30.359 we let the genie out of the bottle with AI. Right now, let's 313 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:33.920 say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, we were supposed to be 314 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:38.279 talking about the successful launch and what a beautiful thing it was when the Starliner 315 00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:45.000 lifted off from Cape Canaveral last night, but didn't happen. Yeah, it 316 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:48.039 happened. Galaxy Quest is one of the most underrated movies ever. I love 317 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:52.559 that show. It's absolutely one of my favorites. I've watched it dozens of 318 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:56.319 time. Good Okay, think of your water heater in your house and the 319 00:23:56.680 --> 00:24:00.960 little valvelets on there. You pull the thing and it hisses and the pressure 320 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:03.960 is released. Well, it's that kind of valve that is used on the 321 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:07.960 Centaur stage of the Atlas five rocket built by United Launch Alliance. The Centaur 322 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:11.519 stage. That sounds like something from Galaxy Quest, the Centaur stage. You're 323 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:18.079 right, anyway, that thing failed or it looked like it was gonna fail. 324 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:22.480 An alarm was saying that there was something wrong with this oxygen relief valve, 325 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:26.359 and so two hours before they scheduled launch time, it was scrapped. 326 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:30.480 So a Boeing Starliner is still sitting there on the launch pad in Florida. 327 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:33.240 Friday is the next possible launch for it. But boy, this program's been 328 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:38.240 snake bit. They've tried and tried to get a crude, you know, 329 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:41.000 mission off the ground for a Boeing star Liner, and they just can't. 330 00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:45.759 They've had plenty of satellites put into space, and in fact, the folks 331 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:48.480 at United Launch Alliance, which built the rocket, they say that if this 332 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:52.160 had just been a satellite going up, they were a little launched it anyway. 333 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:55.000 But this time we're dealing with human beings, and so nah, they 334 00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:56.839 put it off. How much does one of these things cost? Do we 335 00:24:56.880 --> 00:25:00.880 know? If you get on a home depot. I think they're about six 336 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:04.599 bugs something like that. I'm just curious because I think, like you said, 337 00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:07.839 I if it didn't have people on it, it'd be okay to throw 338 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:11.440 away the fifty billion dollars. But if people are on it, not so 339 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:14.759 much well, and I think that, you know it, maybe it fits 340 00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:18.440 a fairly easy fix. They'll just resume the countdown Friday and lift off. 341 00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:23.000 But you know, Boeing has taken a big head and Boeing Aerospace and Boeing 342 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:26.240 Aircraft Company are kind of separate things that are under the same big umbrella. 343 00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:33.839 But this program years behind schedule, and the Boeing Aircraft issues with the you 344 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:37.039 know, the the seven eighty seven and the problems they're having with their pro 345 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:40.680 their issues, you know, it's it's kind of a punch in the eye. 346 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:42.960 So Boeing was quick to point out last night after the scrub that this 347 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:47.480 is not Boeing's issue. This is you know, I did launch Alliance and 348 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:51.839 their rocket and their valve that failed or went wrong. It wasn't the Boeing 349 00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:56.319 Starliner. Starliner is fine, okay. And you mentioned the seven eighty seven, 350 00:25:56.400 --> 00:26:00.319 which there the FA is going to investigate because they might there's ar is 351 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:03.559 that they may have falsified reports to get them, you know, to get 352 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:07.599 them approved and certified in all of that. But so there's the Dreamliner, 353 00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:11.559 which is the seven eighty seven, and then this thing is called the star 354 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:14.279 Liner, so when I think of it, I think of a big old 355 00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.720 luxury plane. But what does it I mean, does it look like a 356 00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:18.799 regular rocket or does it look is it sort of a hybrid y looking thing. 357 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:23.039 It's kind of it looks like a modern day rocket. It's fairly similar. 358 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:27.359 This is the you know, the starliner part is the crew capsule. 359 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:30.480 It's the capsule that sits on top of the rocket. The rocket looks pretty 360 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:37.039 much like any other, but it's it's more similar to probably a SpaceX unit 361 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:41.279 or it's a SpaceX capsule than it is to the old Gemini program or those 362 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:45.599 rockets are those capsules. Then there's more room. It looks pretty cool. 363 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:49.240 I mean, it's something that is probably much more comfortable than those work and 364 00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:53.359 it should be very well more. Sunny Williams the two astronauts who are strapped 365 00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:57.359 in and ready to go last night. Sudny Williams is fifty eight years old, 366 00:26:57.799 --> 00:27:03.720 butch will More he is sixty one. These are experienced astronauts, kind 367 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:07.799 of you know, encouraging to see that that were the older folks, if 368 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:11.400 you will, were chosen for this mission. Very cool. Okay, So 369 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:14.960 next next chance is Friday, so we'll be watching to see if then we 370 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:18.039 can talk again about the wonderful successful launch and how beautiful it was. Yeah, 371 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:21.480 next Monday, all right, Jim Ryan, thank you so much. 372 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:23.720 Seamy. All right. You know, we know somebody who's going to be 373 00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:27.960 headed up to the International Space Station this summer. It's Space Force colonel and 374 00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:33.519 NASA astronaut Nick Haig. He is just wrapping up his latest round of training 375 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:36.640 for the mission, and we get to talk to him again on Thursday. 376 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:38.319 We've had an opportunity to talk to him a couple of times and thought it'd 377 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:45.000 be really cool to talk to him periodically as he gets ready for his mission 378 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:48.880 to the International Space Station. So we need your help on this. So 379 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:52.359 I'm going to be posting on Instagram and Facebook a little later this morning, 380 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:57.880 and if you have any questions that you would like to ask an astronaut like 381 00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:03.200 that, can it in the comments section and then be listening for your question. 382 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:06.839 When we talked to Colonel Haig on Thursday on wake up call, always 383 00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:10.200 looking forward to it. He's so so interesting. I love learning about space. 384 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:12.519 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 385 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:18.599 four hour newsroom. Graduation at Pomona College could face some setbacks because of more 386 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:22.720 pro Palestinian protests. Protesters have set up a camp where the college is set 387 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:26.640 to hold its graduation ceremony on Sunday. This protester says the group could disrupt 388 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:32.799 other events on campus. They're no longer colleges and universities in Gaza, and 389 00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:37.599 so they're you know, we think that there should not be any colleges here 390 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:41.640 in the United States that go without being interrupted. The camp was set up 391 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:45.960 yesterday morning. Last month, nineteen protesters who police say stormed into a school 392 00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:51.319 administration building up Pomona College were arrested in Claremont Blake Trolley k if I knews. 393 00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:56.279 Cal State LA has condemned acts by pro Palestinian protesters on its campus. 394 00:28:56.599 --> 00:29:02.480 CSULA says over the weekend, protesters vandalized world buildings, defaced state property with 395 00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:06.599 graffiti, and through fireworks. The protesters are also accused of blocking access to 396 00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:11.599 campus. Cal State LA says it unequivocally supports free speech, but these actions 397 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:17.440 are not that Fewer federal dollars this year could be bad news for some LA 398 00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:21.279 women's shelters. The US government has made less money available through the Victims of 399 00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:23.359 Crime Act, and that means a reduction of six and a half million dollars 400 00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:27.640 or forty five percent for efforts to support victims of domestic violence in La Abiguel 401 00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:32.359 Marquez, manager of the city's Community Investment in Families Department, says their staff 402 00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:34.440 should be larger and better funded in the new budget as a growing number of 403 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:40.079 women call for help. This misalignment underscores their urgent need for additional personnel to 404 00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:44.000 sustain our workload, Marquez told the city Council's budget committee yesterday. Without city 405 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:48.119 money to replace the loss federal dollars, three women's shelters could close and other 406 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:52.640 services could be impacted. Michael Monks KFI News the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Centers 407 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:57.799 asking for the public's help to treat stranded brown pelicans. The center's medical director, 408 00:29:57.880 --> 00:30:02.599 Elizabeth Woods, says more than eighty pelicans have been treated in the last 409 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:06.240 month, but only about thirty survived. So the majority of the ones coming 410 00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:14.119 into care are emaciated, extremely hypothermic, they're cold, they're dehydrated, and 411 00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:18.359 severely anemic. Birds have been found in Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino 412 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:21.960 Counties. In Woods Say's rescue teams are running out of supplies to treat them. 413 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:25.799 The Anaheim City Council is going to take a final vote today on Disneyland's 414 00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:30.039 expansion plans. The Council's already approved the nearly two billion dollar forty year plan, 415 00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:36.359 but it still needs that final vote today. Disneyland Forward has new attractions, 416 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:40.359 shops, and restaurants that will be built in Disney's current footprint, including 417 00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:44.279 building out what is now the Toy Story parking lot. Hey, the Dodgers 418 00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:47.440 are taking on the Marlins tonight, with the first pitch going out at seven 419 00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:49.920 o'clock. You can listen to every play of every Dodgers game on AM five 420 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:56.119 seventy LA Sports and stream all games in HD on the iHeartRadio app keyword AM 421 00:30:56.119 --> 00:31:00.799 five to seventy LA Sports powered by Lacare for all of La USC is getting 422 00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:06.160 ready for graduation ceremonies. A pro Palestinian encampment was cleared over the weekend, 423 00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:10.400 and USC says the University Park campus is now open to students, faculty, 424 00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:15.759 staff, registered guests, and working vendors. The commencement ceremonies, minus the 425 00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:19.359 traditional main stage ceremony that was canceled, will start tomorrow and continue through Saturday. 426 00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:25.400 As protests continue on college's campus or college campuses in California and almost every 427 00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:30.160 other state. President Biden will deliver the keynote address at the Days of Remembrance 428 00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:36.000 ceremony honoring the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust that's happening this morning on 429 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:41.559 Capitol Hill. The Anti Defamation League says acts of anti Semitism in the US 430 00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:47.119 have reached an all time high. Just getting word that Stormy Daniels is expected 431 00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:52.480 to testify today at Trump's hush money trial that continues in Manhattan, and we're 432 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:55.400 just minutes away from Handle. On the news this morning, Marjorie Taylor Green's 433 00:31:55.440 --> 00:32:00.160 gunning for House Speaker Mike Johnson. What's her latest move right now? Well, 434 00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:04.799 let's say good morning to ABC's Steven portnoy So, Stephen. President Biden 435 00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:08.519 signed that law that provides ninety five billion dollars in aid to Ukraine, Israel, 436 00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:15.519 and Taiwan and bans the TikTok if it's not sold. So how do 437 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:20.720 people feel about this? Well, generally people feel I think, look, 438 00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:23.640 a majority supports this. It's it's why the Congress put it in the bill, 439 00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:28.880 and it's why it's law. When the question is asked, do you 440 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:34.279 favor the forced sale, there's a five point spread, and fifty one percent 441 00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:37.519 say yes they favor This is our ABC News IPSOS poll. But when asked, 442 00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:42.519 if TikTok is not sold over the course of the next year, whether 443 00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:47.119 they would favor a ban, Argent Widen's fifty three percent would favor a ban 444 00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:51.559 of TikTok if it's not sold in the next year, forty four percent would 445 00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:53.680 oppose it. Now that forty four percent is a sizable number, of course, 446 00:32:54.440 --> 00:33:01.279 and as a whole, users of TikTok generally strongly overwhelmingly oppose a ban 447 00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:07.119 of the app. Now, who uses TikTok, generally younger people, Our 448 00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:14.200 poll finds a slim minority actually uses the app. Only twelve percent in our 449 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:17.960 survey say they use TikTok often, Ten percent more say they use it occasionally. 450 00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:23.599 On the twelve percent say they use it rarely. About thirty four percent 451 00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:29.240 in our survey say they've ever used TikTok, sixty six percent two thirds say 452 00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:31.519 they never have. So when you look at people who use the app, 453 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:37.880 they very much oppose the idea of any kind of forced sale. Or ban 454 00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:43.920 TikTok users who use the app most frequently, eighty four percent would oppose a 455 00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:47.680 ban if TikTok is not sold. This falls along generational lines and it falls 456 00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:53.240 along ideological lines. Younger people you'd imagine a pose a forced sale or ban 457 00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:58.759 of TikTok. Trump supporters, however, are far more likely to support a 458 00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:04.559 ban if TikTok is not sold. Biden voters are split. That's interesting, 459 00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:09.400 and you say that there's all the people who are using it. A big 460 00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:15.800 argument behind not banning TikTok at least that we're seeing and hearing and seeing the 461 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:20.519 ads on is because people make money, They make their livings off TikTok. 462 00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:24.480 Is that a very large percentage or is that an even smaller percentage of the 463 00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:28.480 users? Well, I imagine it's a small percentage of the users. You 464 00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:30.599 have to have more people buying than selling in order for it to make sense. 465 00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:36.800 I think that ultimately what you see here is an effort on the part 466 00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:40.639 of the company to draw public attention to their own interests, and they obviously 467 00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:45.960 Bite Dance does not want to sell TikTok. They have talked about suing the 468 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:50.039 US government as a result. Of this law being passed. So far, 469 00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:53.360 I've not seen any kind of filing, but I think we all expect it's 470 00:34:53.400 --> 00:35:00.239 coming. The question is whether it will withstand scrutiny. The law written by 471 00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:06.719 certainly the leadership of the Congress, but also in part reportedly by officials in 472 00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:09.760 the Justice Department who were cognizant of the fact that there had been prior attempts 473 00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:15.760 to try to fight in court on behalf of TikTok, particularly four years ago 474 00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:19.679 when Donald Trump tried to ban it as president, he signed an executive order 475 00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:24.360 well that was held up in the courts, and ultimately the executive order was 476 00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:29.199 reversed by Joe Biden. And now fast forward a few years later, he 477 00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:34.800 signed a law that requires Byte dance to the best of TikTok or face that 478 00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:37.800 ban. So the question is, all right, will the company sue it 479 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:43.880 on what grounds? The argument in favor of the ban slash forced sale is 480 00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:50.079 that there are national security risks that the intelligence community has identified that Congress has 481 00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:53.920 supported and backed, and now it is in the law. The question is 482 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:58.920 whether individual rights are violated, either of the company or of the users, 483 00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:02.519 or both, and that may be something that the courts will have to decide. 484 00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:07.559 But the argument for the sale and not the idea that minds go to 485 00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:12.519 mush per se when you sit there and scroll through videos all day, because 486 00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:15.760 that's the right of the user and the right of the company to turn minds 487 00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:20.880 to mush. The question is who's doing it and what is their ultimate intent. 488 00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:24.360 Now, look, if byte Dance were to divest of TikTok and sell 489 00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:30.440 it to an American company or a group of investors that would pass muster with 490 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:34.280 the Congress, that would be fine, even if the content didn't change. 491 00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:39.840 The fear is twofold one that the Chinese government, by forcing byte Dance to 492 00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:45.079 turn over information, could use the app as a surveillance mechanism for Americans. 493 00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:51.079 The other fear is that it could use it as a propaganda for the Chinese 494 00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:54.639 government. That if byte Dance has continued to operate under Chinese law, that 495 00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:59.559 is, Chinese control, byte Dance could be directed by the Chinese government to 496 00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:02.199 put certain message in the minds of Americans. So as those minds go to 497 00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:07.039 mush, who's doing the mush, who's doing the mushing? Who's doing the 498 00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:12.519 mushing? Right? And isn't TikTok in in China is a lot different than 499 00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:16.239 here. Well, certainly, I mean because the Chinese government is cognizant of 500 00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:22.239 the risks of their young people staring at screens all day, much more so 501 00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:28.440 than our society seems to be concerned about it, and so they prevent certain 502 00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:30.440 kinds of messages from going in. Now, we obviously live in a free 503 00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:34.800 society. You want to have your child's mind turn to mush, that's your 504 00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:37.159 right, because it might be a way to prevent them from bothering you. 505 00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:42.199 I'm guessing that you're not into TikTok. TikTok person, I do not have 506 00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:45.760 the device on my phone. I do not either. So oh and by 507 00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:49.440 the way, I'll tell you why. Yeah, it's been reported that TikTok 508 00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:57.320 has spied on journalists. They're probably very disappointed if they look in my accounts. 509 00:37:57.679 --> 00:38:00.280 It's an accusation the company denies, but you can google it for yourself. 510 00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:06.239 Okay. So you were talking about the people who use TikTok, and 511 00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:07.519 you know who's against it, who's for it, and all that stuff and 512 00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:13.440 the generational differences. Do the people who are against the sale or the banning 513 00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:17.280 of TikTok realize that it's owned by China and that there's a good chance that 514 00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:22.159 they are spying on their information. Well, that question didn't appear in our 515 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:25.440 surveys, thought, I can tell you that when it comes to the political 516 00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:29.599 debate here in Washington, that's the essence of it. It's not the idea 517 00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:31.920 that there is such an app, because there are other apps. There's Instagram, 518 00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:37.599 there's Snapchat, and no one's talking about that. There are other concerns, 519 00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:40.760 of course, across all those apps, mental health concerns, privacy concerns, 520 00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:45.760 child exploitation concerns, and those are likely, I think, to be 521 00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:51.000 addressed by Congress later this year in other forms of legislation. This particular concern 522 00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:55.519 is about this unique app, its ownership structure, and the national security risks. 523 00:38:57.039 --> 00:39:00.400 Okay, so we're just sort of in a holding pattern though, because 524 00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:04.719 we got to wait to see if Byte Dance is gonna sue or sell, 525 00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:07.599 and if they don't, then the band would kick in in like a year. 526 00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:12.039 It's now less than a year. The clock. The clock is ticking 527 00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:15.519 as it were on TikTok. So you know, but we'll see. I 528 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:20.079 mean, look, we all expect bike Dance will file a lawsuit to try 529 00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:22.559 to stop that clock. It hasn't happened yet. All Right, we'll be 530 00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:27.079 watching Steven Portnoy. Thank you so much for the information. All right, 531 00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:29.679 let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four 532 00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:34.039 hour newsroom. More than forty protesters have been arrested at UCLA after refusing to 533 00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:38.159 identify themselves for La County Sheriff's deputies. This protester says most of the students 534 00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:43.159 are demonstrating peacefully and don't want to see armed police on campus. This is 535 00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:45.639 my last quarter, so it's kind of like I didn't want to end my 536 00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:47.519 year like this. On this note, I guess I think the government has 537 00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:50.840 to look into it too. It's like, if these many people are protesting, 538 00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:53.599 maybe there is a reason. Deputies took dozens of protesters to jail and 539 00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:59.280 van Niz yesterday morning for what they called a violation of curfew. Protesters say 540 00:39:59.320 --> 00:40:04.800 they'll continue to occupy the campus until the university boycott's Israel. Israeli tanks of 541 00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:08.880 taking control of Goza's border crossing in Rafa, even though Allies have warned Israel 542 00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:14.280 not to move into the southern city. Amass yesterday said it had accepted a 543 00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:17.519 cease fire agreement, but Israel said the deal had been changed and did not 544 00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:22.880 meet its core demands. Still no word on Weatherhouse. Speaker Johnson has fended 545 00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:27.920 off a move by far right members of Congress to oust him. Georgia Republican 546 00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:31.960 Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green has been pushing a motion to vacate the Speaker's position, 547 00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:36.840 but Johnson says they're due to talk about it some more today. I had 548 00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:42.960 a lengthy, constructive meeting I think with Thomas Mass and Margaret Joe Green. 549 00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:49.400 We have discussed some ideas and we're going to meet again. Democrats say any 550 00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:53.840 move by far right Republicans may backfire since they will support the speaker. This 551 00:40:54.039 --> 00:41:00.400 is KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. We lead local 552 00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:05.320 live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom for producer and and technical producer Kno 553 00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:08.559 and traffic specialist Nick. 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