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 --> 00:00:12.000 demand on the iHeartRadio app. Today's the thirtieth anniversary of the Norwich north Ridge 3 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:16.640 earthquake. It hit just before four to thirty one am on this day in 4 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:20.280 nineteen ninety four. I wasn't in la from it for it, but man, 5 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:25.719 the people who were pretty much everybody has a good, not a good 6 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:29.760 memory, but a very strong memory of what happened that day. I just 7 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:34.799 had a bingeie day. I'll be telling you what I just couldn't tear myself 8 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:38.880 away from. It's coming up in Amy's on it. That's at five point 9 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:42.240 thirty five. Hope you'll stick around because maybe you won't be able to tear 10 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:46.719 yourself away from it either. Pretty good show. Here's what's ahead on wake 11 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:51.799 Up Call. ABC News has canceled its Republican primary debate in New Hampshire because 12 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:57.600 the candidates won't commit to participating. It was supposed to happen tomorrow. Candidate 13 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:00.840 Nikki Hayley has said that she would only debate if Donald Trump is there, 14 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:04.760 and he has skipped all of the Republican debates for the twenty twenty four nomination 15 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:08.519 so far. Seal Beach police and businesses in the city of teamed up to 16 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:12.200 try to cut back on the number of retail thefts in the city. Seal 17 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:18.239 Beach Police say several operations over the holidays resulted in lots of arrests and the 18 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:23.000 discovery of soul and vehicles and merchandise. The city says the number of retail 19 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:29.799 crimes is up. Officials estimate retail businesses in California lose seven billion dollars a 20 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:34.000 year to organize retail theft. About eleven thousand people are going to be hired 21 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:38.959 in California and Nevada to build the rail line between Rancho Cucamonga and Las Vegas. 22 00:01:40.040 --> 00:01:42.719 The Biden administration approved three billion dollars in funding for the two hundred and 23 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:48.400 eighteen mile stretch of tracks last month. Works expected to be given shortly and 24 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:52.959 be finished in time for the twenty twenty eight Summer Olympics in La At six 25 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:56.439 oh five, it's handled on the news coming up. A deal has been 26 00:01:56.439 --> 00:02:00.640 reached to get some medicine in to some of the one hundred people still being 27 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:04.840 held hostage by Hammas. Bill's going to talk about that. Let's get started 28 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:07.479 with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 29 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:13.240 Four men have been found dead inside a home in Palmdale. They were found 30 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:17.080 yesterday afternoon. A fire department spokesman says there were obvious signs the men had 31 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:21.960 been dead for a while. A neighbor said three of the four men were 32 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:27.719 related. Belis in Irvine say one thief has racked up an almost forty thousand 33 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:31.879 dollars illegal tab at dozens of Target stores, mostly by snatching iPads. The 34 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:36.680 first two crimes he was actually doing return fraud. Irvine Police Sergeant Carry Davey 35 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:38.520 says the guy had racked up a bunch of money on gift cards by grabbing 36 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:43.000 merchandise he didn't pay for from inside the store and returning it. Most of 37 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:46.520 the cases that we've had, they were just straight burglaries and shoplifts. This 38 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:51.039 one actually was a robbery. The cases ranged from last April to last week, 39 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:53.680 where the target employee struggled with this guy, but the guy made off 40 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:57.879 with the iPad. However, Davy says a clear photo of the guy's face 41 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:01.520 released over the weekend has generated new numerous tips and an arrest should happen soon 42 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:07.000 in Irvine. Core Ben Carson kaf I News. January is National Skiing Safety 43 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:13.439 Month. Officials at Boreowski Resort near Lake Tahoe say they're prioritizing the safety of 44 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:17.840 guests and employees. Tucker Norid says, don't be surprised if some chairlifts don't 45 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:22.240 open until later in the day. You might see a chairlift not open until 46 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:27.240 eleven o'clock or twelve o'clock because we are making sure that that terrain is safe 47 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:30.599 before we open it up to the public. Nord says, ski patrols are 48 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:36.360 dispatched every morning to assess chairlifts and terrain to make sure everything is working right. 49 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:39.280 He says ropelines are set throughout the resort to keep people out of areas 50 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:44.680 that may be closed or have exposed rocks. There have been two avalanches in 51 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:46.840 the Lake Tahoe area in the last week. One person was killed in one 52 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:52.479 of the slides at the Palisades Tahoe Ski area. The Biden administrations planning to 53 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:57.919 relist the Hoothi Rebels in Yemen as a global terrorist group. It's in response 54 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:00.919 to attacks on ships in the Red Sea and golf with aiden US Central Command 55 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:05.639 says the US has carried out another air strike targeting a Hoothy missile facility in 56 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:10.319 Yemen. A nine to one one recording has been released from the day Defense 57 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:15.079 Secretary Lloyd Austin was taken to the hospital following surgery for prostate cancer. This 58 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:21.040 happened on January first. The caller asked the dispatcher to have first responders arrive 59 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:26.319 in a discreete manner. I asked, then, anuance not show up with 60 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:31.160 white and sirens. We're trying to remain a little subtle. Yeah, I 61 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:34.800 understand. Yeah, Usually when they turn into a residential neighborhood, they'll turn 62 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:39.199 them off. The caller said. Austin was alert and not reporting chest pain. 63 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:43.399 Austin's been about two weeks that Walter Reed Medical Center. He has since 64 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:46.240 been released. It's five six on your wake up call. Let's say good 65 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:53.759 morning now to ABC's Mike Debuski. Mike, it's a week after CEES and 66 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:57.160 I guess Sam Sung wanted to wait so it could just have all of the 67 00:04:57.160 --> 00:05:01.480 spotlight bingo. That is exactly kind of the strategy that we're seeing Samsung employ 68 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:06.120 and we've seen other you know, tech companies. Employee in recent years. 69 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:10.800 CES is obviously a place for you know, a lot of tech companies to 70 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:15.560 gather, but it's become a place for kind of the smaller startups to really 71 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:18.480 have a chance to break out. Bigger companies like Samsung, they like to 72 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:23.240 host their own events and kind of grab all the headlines for the day. 73 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:28.000 Today, we're expecting Samsung to release its latest S series phones. This is 74 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:32.480 their competitor to the iPhone. It's largely the iPhone of the Android space amy 75 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:36.720 in many ways, given how much these things are or how popular these things 76 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:41.800 are. So we're expecting three different variants of this new smartphone today, the 77 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:46.000 Galaxy S twenty four, S twenty four Plus, and S twenty four Ultra. 78 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:49.240 We're expecting them to have the latest Snapdragon processors. They're going to have 79 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:54.079 new O LED screens that get a little bit brighter, and we're expecting them 80 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:58.360 to look broadly speaking, the same as last year's models. If we're looking 81 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:01.040 at just the hardware here, it is kind of a boring update, if 82 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:04.879 I can say that. But when you look at the software end of things, 83 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:09.560 I think that's where we're expecting Samsung to make the most news here. 84 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:15.439 They are planning to launch what they're calling Galaxy AI, which is a large 85 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:20.040 language model, a generative artificial intelligence that it's planning to integrate directly into its 86 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:26.720 smartphones. So an interesting move from Samsung here, but perhaps no surprise given 87 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:29.839 how much we've been talking about AI for the last year and a half and 88 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:35.600 how much we've seen this largely software based sort of technology trickle into hardware products 89 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:40.439 in recent months. We saw the AI pin a few months ago. Last 90 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:45.399 week was all about AI at CES, with AI showing up in your car 91 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:48.600 and showing up in sort of new interesting devices like the Rabbit r one. 92 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:51.600 Now it's coming to your smartphone. What's a Rabbit r one? I don't 93 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:55.920 remember hearing about that Rabbit r one. It's an interesting new device. It's 94 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:00.000 kind of in a category two itself. It's from a startup called Rabbit, 95 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:02.839 and it's a little about the size of a stack of post it notes if 96 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:06.240 you can picture that. It's got a tiny, little two point eight inch 97 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:11.160 screen, it's got a scroll wheel and a camera, and it's designed to 98 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:15.519 use artificial intelligence to use your phone for you. So instead of opening up 99 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:18.839 your phone, you can just talk to this device and say, hey, 100 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:23.519 book me a trip to you know, Miami, Florida, and it will 101 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:27.639 go into your United account using your phone's browser. It will set up, 102 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:30.800 you know, a rental car for you in a hotel using the appropriate apps, 103 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:34.480 and then present you with an itinerary that you can then approve. And 104 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:39.879 that's just one application of it. A lot of questions around that particular device, 105 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:43.319 you know, specifically, like how you train it to do certain things 106 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.160 and whether this actually works it all, and you know, whether there's the 107 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:48.800 potential for this to go you know, horribly horribly wrong when we talk about 108 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:53.519 flights and rental cars. But they do plan to put it on sale and 109 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:57.160 it has proven to be, you know, kind of the big success story 110 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:01.120 of cees from last week. Ten thousand people sign up to get one within 111 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:03.959 the first twenty four hours of it being unveiled. Well, it sounds like 112 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:07.519 it's sort of like a half a phone in some ways. Yeah, it 113 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:11.160 is kind of like a phone for your phone. And one of the big 114 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:13.319 questions at least that I have is like, do you still have to carry 115 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:16.639 your phone with you? Is it like you carry both of these things now 116 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:20.360 or is this standalone on its own. I hate carking two phones, Yeah, 117 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:24.160 even a phone and a half maybe, but like it's it's still a 118 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:26.439 it's an unusual device. But you know, gadgets are back, which I 119 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:30.680 think is really exciting, So you know that's part of it. So here's 120 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:35.559 another question, then, because Samsung has its new phone with the Galaxy AI, 121 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:39.840 is the rabbit necessary because it sounds like Galaxy's putting AI on its phone 122 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:45.120 right Well, I think that will largely depend on exactly how Samsung is thinking 123 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:50.600 about Galaxy AI. We don't know exactly what features their planning or how Galaxy 124 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:52.399 AI is going to show up in the phone. Really, we only know 125 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:56.879 the name Galaxy AI. But we can look to some other examples in the 126 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:01.960 smartphone space of exactly how this is going to work, specifically Google. So 127 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:05.799 Google has the Pixel eight Pro, which is their top line smartphone, and 128 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:11.159 in recent months they've started to roll out AI features in that phone. I 129 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:16.799 think one of the more eye catching features AMY is what's called the Magic Eraser, 130 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:22.399 where you can go in circle people in photos that you've taken and erase 131 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:26.240 them and it will use generative AI to fill in the background behind it. 132 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:31.960 We can work It's an interesting idea, right, and you can see the 133 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:35.919 practical application that a lot of people would have. You can also highlight things 134 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:39.879 and move them around within your photo, all sorts of different photo editing tools 135 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:43.600 made possible using artificial intelligence. Of course, it raises a lot of questions 136 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:48.720 about the potential for this to be used for you know, misinformation. Right. 137 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:52.679 These tools have been around in photoshop for many years, but now it's 138 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:56.240 coming to everyone's phone, right, it's in your pocket, It's much more 139 00:09:56.279 --> 00:09:58.840 easily accessible. There's also the question of like, what do we want to 140 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:01.360 photo to be at the end of the day. Do we want it to 141 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:05.399 capture a memory as we remember it, or do we want it to capture 142 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:09.759 reality as it happened. I think looks perfect, sure, but those things 143 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:13.799 are not often the same, right, you know, that's the big question. 144 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:18.279 So I think it's an obvious move for Samsung to put this into its 145 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:22.679 camera system as well. We've also seen Samsung and Google work together very closely 146 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:24.720 in the past, so there's the potential that Google can come out on stage 147 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:28.720 and say, hey, Magic eraser is now going to be on Samsung has 148 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:31.200 twenty fours. The other potential here is for it to be used as a 149 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:35.039 translation tool, right, you can listen to other people's words and have it 150 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:39.519 be live transcribed for you. Well, there's nothing to say that that can't 151 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:43.480 live transcribe into a different language, so that you can communicate with people who 152 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:46.519 are speaking a language that you don't speak. It's an interesting idea to keep 153 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:50.000 an eye on. And then, of course, yeah, virtual assistance is 154 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:54.799 the other part of this as well. We've already seen Amazon say that they're 155 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:58.639 going to bring Generative AI to Alexa, so you can have more naturalistic conversations 156 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:03.639 with it, more free flowing conversations that don't necessarily need to be you know, 157 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:07.240 adhere to certain language or you don't need to say specific words and phrases 158 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:11.399 to get you to understand it. It's just going to understand you. Well, 159 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:16.440 Samsung has a virtual assistant it's called Bixby, and using Galaxy AI, 160 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:20.759 there's the potential for Bixby to get a lot smarter, So a couple different 161 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:22.840 avenues that Samsung could go down here. Yeah, it's interesting too when you 162 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:26.600 say something that you're like, okay, well, that's going to make that 163 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:28.840 obsolete, and that's going to make that absolutely because like if it's on your 164 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:35.080 phone. Do you need an Alexa? Yeah, you know, possibly. 165 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:39.519 But you know, the argument there from the voice assistant companies is that, 166 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:43.879 well, you know, you've had the potential to do this on your phone 167 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:46.200 and on your smart speaker in the past, and smart speakers, you know, 168 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:50.960 are still around, right, They're still popular. So I think it 169 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:54.840 gets at this larger idea of ambient computing. Not to get too nerdy on 170 00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:58.559 your ear, but it's like this idea that you know, your computer isn't 171 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:01.000 your phone, it isn't your smart spe it isn't your desktop or your laptop. 172 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:05.879 It's just everything around you. You can interact with your computer quote unquote 173 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:09.320 by just talking into the air and maybe your phone will pick up that request, 174 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:13.080 or maybe your smartphone will pick up that request. It's just an ambient 175 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:18.240 computer that exists around you at all times. It's kind of an interesting idea. 176 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:20.840 It's been floating around there for a while, but you know, we've 177 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:22.879 seen, you know, more people start to pick up on it, given 178 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:28.519 the rise of general artificial intelligence and the potential for it to really make our 179 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:33.440 smart devices our virtual assistants. The series the Google Assistance, now the Bixbi's 180 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:37.759 of the world a little bit more naturalistic and easy to talk to. Okay, 181 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:41.639 and Mike, when are these available? We don't know specifically. Again, 182 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:46.000 We're going to get a little bit more information during Samsung's event today, 183 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:48.799 but I think it's safe to assume, you know, pre orders start pretty 184 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:52.039 soon and they'll have these things on shelves within the next couple weeks too, 185 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:54.919 maybe three weeks. I know some Android people who will be very, very 186 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:58.879 excited. Mike Debuski, thank you so much for your time this morning. 187 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:01.320 Of course, take care. Let's get back to some of the stories coming 188 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:03.600 out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The American Red Cross in LA 189 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:09.720 says it is experiencing an emergency blood shortage. The organization, Stephanie Grande, 190 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:13.919 says the nation is seeing the lowest number of people giving blood in twenty years, 191 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:18.519 with critical levels across the country. Hofully this need is reflected or seen 192 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:22.960 a low turnout in La and we really and Angelina's to step up and full 193 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:28.759 with a sleep. Grande says, every two seconds someone in the US needs 194 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:33.600 blood. She says most people can donate every fifty six days. Pakistan has 195 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:37.799 recalled its ambassador to Iran over an air strike in Pakistan that killed two children. 196 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:43.720 Iran claims it was targeting bases yesterday for militant Sunni separatists. The militant 197 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:46.840 group known as the Army of Justice says the holmes attacked housed the children and 198 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:52.039 wives of their fighters. A federal judge as sided with the Biden administration and 199 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:56.320 blocked Jet Blue Airways from buying Spirit Airlines. ABC's Alex Stone says the judge 200 00:13:56.399 --> 00:14:01.399 ruled yesterday it violated a century old antitrust laws. The ruling has sent Spirit 201 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:05.200 stock price tumbling. It would have been a three point eight billion dollar deal 202 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:09.360 and would have created the nation's fifth largest airline. The DOJ had sued to 203 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.240 block the merger, saying it would cause airfares to go up. The judge 204 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:18.799 said getting rid of Spirit would have hurt cost conscious travelers who rely on the 205 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:22.039 airline's low prices. When we come back, we're going to be talking to 206 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:24.799 ABC's Jordana Miller. There could be some movement when it comes to more than 207 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:31.000 one hundred hostages, including Americans being held by Hamas in Gaza. It's five 208 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:33.799 twenty one on your wake up call. Good Wednesday morning to you. I'm 209 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:39.120 Amy King. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 210 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:43.639 Today is the thirtieth anniversary of the Northridge earthquake. The six point seven magnitude 211 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:48.759 quake hit just before four to thirty one a m. January seventeenth, nineteen 212 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:54.000 ninety four. Fifty seven people were killed in the quake. LA fires using 213 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:58.799 the anniversary to urge residents to prepare for future earthquakes and other natural disasters. 214 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:03.279 It was the first to knock out power in virtually every area in the La 215 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:11.000 metro. Hackers have infiltrated an online forum used by UC Irvine students and professors. 216 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:16.120 They posted gruesome videos of the desecration of human corpses and mutilation of animals. 217 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:22.080 About three thousand people saw it before it was blocked. A woman who 218 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:26.000 manages the forum says several students were taken at the hospital because of excessive vomiting 219 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:31.200 from seeing the videos. The university says the hackers demanded one thousand dollars in 220 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:35.799 ransom money. The new home of the La Clippers has been named the host 221 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:39.720 of the twenty twenty six NBA All Star Game. The Intuit Dome in Inglewood 222 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:43.440 will be ready for play ahead of the start of the next NBA season. 223 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:48.879 Inglewood's also going to be the host to the twenty twenty six World Cup and 224 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:54.720 twenty twenty seven Super Bowl at Nextdoors Sofi Stadium at six oh five. It's 225 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.720 handled aw the news Jet Blue and Spirit airlines have been blocked by the FEDS. 226 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:03.159 Right now, let's say good one warning to ABC's Jordana Miller and Jerusalem 227 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:08.200 So Jordana, we may have some positive news on the hostage front. That's 228 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:15.039 right. Cutter and France have been able to carve out a deal between Israel 229 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:21.080 and Hamas to get medicines to the hostages more than one hundred and thirty two 230 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:26.639 not being held by Hamas and Gaza. This would be the first time that 231 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:33.080 the hostages would get any of the medication and even be seen by an Alphide 232 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:41.840 organization like the mccrescent since they were taken back on October seventh. And hostages 233 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:45.919 we know some of them have diabetes, some high pretension, some suffer from 234 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:52.799 asthma, which you can imagine if they're held in any kind of underground places 235 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:56.720 tunnels without much air, that would be a real problem. Others were on 236 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:04.079 anti anxiety medication, the gastro issue. So there's significant medical needs of these 237 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:11.400 hostages, and the medicine has already arrived in Egypt and is now at the 238 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:18.519 Rafa border crossing. There's some kind of disputes now about whether or not the 239 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:23.480 trucks carrying the medicine will be that by israelas appears that they will not a 240 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:29.880 part of this deal. And for every box of medicine that it was brought 241 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:36.359 in for a hostage, Hamas was able to negotiate a thousand boxes of medication, 242 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:41.119 you know as the ratio, so one to one thousand is of course, 243 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:48.640 there's also a shortage of medicine. Okay, and Jordana, you're breaking 244 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.640 up just a little bit, so I want to just make sure that we 245 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:55.400 heard you right. So you're saying that Israel is not going to be allowed 246 00:17:55.440 --> 00:18:00.920 to inspect the boxes, and there's some dispute over that. That's right. 247 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:06.880 There's a dispute about, you know, who will be trucks coming in with 248 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:11.240 the medicine at a ratio of one box to one thousand, So there's several 249 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:17.400 thousand boxes, thousands of boxes of medicine that's going to come in that's expected 250 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:22.240 by Israel. Basically everything going in to try to make sure there's no weapons 251 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:26.279 getting in, so they goutless strip. It appears that the Steel is agreed 252 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:33.079 not to inspect this truck that will be brought in by Couver and they are 253 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:37.640 really taking the lead on this, and they're trying to carve out, as 254 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:41.960 they did their role in the first hostage deal release, that they will be 255 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:47.440 a major player in a second hostage deal release as well. They are overseeing 256 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:51.039 the entry of the medicine. From what we understand, it will go will 257 00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:56.119 be deposited for different hospitals in the Gaza Strip and from there it will be 258 00:18:56.160 --> 00:19:03.079 distributed to the hostages, and that cutter will be the one to verify that 259 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:07.519 that has been done. Okay, And so they're getting the medicine. Are 260 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:11.279 they going to get medical attention or are they still the hostages still haven't been 261 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:17.200 seen by doctors or anyone from the Red Cross. You mentioned the Red Cress 262 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:22.480 in a minute ago. That's right, they have not been seen by anyone 263 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:30.480 from the Red Cross. And this deal does not include a medical evaluation of 264 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:33.920 how the hostages are doing. It is simply a drop off of medicine for 265 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:40.720 them. So it still falls short of really the responsibilities of the International Red 266 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:48.759 Cross to make sure that these hostages are at least you know, staying alive 267 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:53.799 and you know, an indecent condition. It's worth saying that the hostages who 268 00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:59.480 came back, you know, the initial reports were everyone's in good condition, 269 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:03.920 but over the weeks that have passed, you know, it's clear that some 270 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:08.039 of these hostages were not in great shape, especially the elderly. There were 271 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:15.480 a few cases where they were hospitalized. But obviously psychologically the hostages also are 272 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:18.200 suffering, even the little ones, the three year olds. You know, 273 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:22.960 we hear stories, you know, here on the news, their parents come 274 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:26.759 on to talk about that. And does this agreement Jordana signal any kind of 275 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:33.680 movement in the release of more release of more hostages. Well, we're told 276 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:37.200 that Cutter sold the deal to Hamas saying, you know, if you get 277 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:42.279 these medicines to the hostages, it will you know, increase our chances of 278 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:47.119 being able to cut a deal to end this war. So you know, 279 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:52.400 you know, play along, right now, get the medicine to the hostages 280 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:56.920 and cut her promising the work to try to get a deal to end the 281 00:20:56.960 --> 00:21:00.720 war. And you know, everyone really wants to end the war except Israel, 282 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:07.880 you know, because Israel feels it is not sufficiently damaged or dismantled Hamas' 283 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:12.559 military capabilities in the South. So Israel wants a little bit more time, 284 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:18.319 you know how much. We're not sure, but several months it seems, 285 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:22.240 uh, and Cutter here trying to tell Hamas, you know, hey, 286 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:26.759 maybe we can stop the intensity of Israel's military operation and the war. Uh, 287 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:30.799 and get you some kind of seafire, you know, play along right 288 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:33.839 now, and get the medicine to the hostages. So you know, this 289 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:40.759 is being seen at least Cutter is publicizing this as an intermediary step to their 290 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:47.000 leadership on a Hamas a on a hostage deal, flash ceasefire that will end 291 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:49.519 the war. And we know the United States wants that as well. Yeah, 292 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:52.880 I'm also and maybe this is the cynical part of me, but it's 293 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:56.079 like Hamas is saying, Okay, we're going to let the medicine in because 294 00:21:56.079 --> 00:22:00.359 they need the hostages alive when they lose those hostage since they lose leverage. 295 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:07.519 That's true, they do, you know, they you know, sadly it's 296 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:11.119 often said here, you know, a hostage that's alive is worth a lot 297 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:15.039 more than a body. Yeah, and we have to say that Israel, 298 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:19.440 you know, Hamas is holding one hundred and thirty two hostages. Still. 299 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:23.559 Of those, we already know that twenty seven are confirmed dead. So they're 300 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:29.400 holding twenty seven bodies. That leaves them another more than one hundred of those. 301 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:33.880 You know, if we want to be cynical, let's hope for the 302 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:37.519 best. But there's likely not all of them are alive, and maybe maybe 303 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:42.720 sixty. Maybe there's sixty that are alive, seventy that are alive, so 304 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:47.759 you know. And by the way of the Americans, we know two are 305 00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:55.079 confirmed dead, right, the couple from Judy Weinstein, a guy and her 306 00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:59.920 husband God who are both Americans, and they were both murdered on up to 307 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:03.599 sevens and their bodies were taken to Gaza. So there are six Americans that 308 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:10.559 may be alive. Well, let's hope that morget to stay alive with these 309 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:12.880 medications and that it will lead to something. Jordana Miller, thank you so 310 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:18.519 much for the information. God willing, No thanks Hocking, all right, 311 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:21.079 you too. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the 312 00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:25.319 KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. San Clementi has waited two decades for a sand 313 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:29.799 replenishment project, and that has now been delayed for at least two more months. 314 00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:33.160 Beach erosions been tied to recent landslides damaged to the OC rail corridor in 315 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:37.839 other issues, Sant Clementi Councilman Chris Duncan says, but the fourteen million dollar 316 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:41.039 Army Corps of Engineers project used a hopper dredge that sucked up and spit out 317 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:45.160 gravel, rock and other cobble on the beach instead of fluffy sand. This 318 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:48.519 is not new information, but it's the first time we're understanding that the equipment 319 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:52.759 that's here is probably not the best equipment or our borrow site. He says. 320 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:55.960 Hopefully the project can still dump about four hundred thousand tons of sand, 321 00:23:55.960 --> 00:24:00.519 widening the beach by fifty feet by summer, as promised in San Clementi Coorbin 322 00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:03.319 Carson kf I News. The Jewish Community Foundation of LA has awarded one point 323 00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:10.279 one million dollars to seven nonprofits seeking to improve black maternal and infant health. 324 00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:15.319 The foundation says systemic inequities in the healthcare system have put black moms and babies 325 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:18.960 in LA at risk. Data shows mothers and babies of color dye at more 326 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:23.519 than double the rate of their white counterparts. Previous grants have focused on adult 327 00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:29.960 poverty, education equity, homelessness, domestic and sexual violence, and human trafficking. 328 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:33.240 For President, Biden has invited top congressional leaders to the White House to 329 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:37.240 talk about one hundred and six billion dollars in supplemental foreign aid for Ukraine, 330 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:41.559 Israel, Taiwan, and for the Southern Border. Republicans have insisted any package 331 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:48.079 that includes foreign money to Ukraine also has to include changes in border policy. 332 00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:52.240 Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate is working to get a short term 333 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:56.440 funding bill to the House by Friday's spending deadline. When we come back, 334 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:59.119 Amy's on it. Yep, it's me. I'm on it, and it's 335 00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:02.799 a bingeworthy show, and tell you all about it. Southland weather from KFI 336 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:06.599 mostly cloudy with highs in the low sixties at the Beaches Metro La Inlando, 337 00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:11.599 c in the Valley's mid sixties. For the Inland Empire, sixties in fifties 338 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:14.880 and sixties for the Antelope Valley. Mostly cloudy with highs in the sixties too, 339 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:18.440 about seventy tomorrow. Then we have a chance of rain by late Friday. 340 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:21.400 A half to an inch of rain is expected through the weekend, with 341 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:25.319 highs in the fifties and sixties. It's fifty four in Garden Grove, fifty 342 00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:30.920 three in Orange. ABC News has canceled its Republican primary debate in New Hampshire 343 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:36.319 because the candidates won't commit to participating. It was scheduled for tomorrow. Nikki 344 00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:40.559 Hayley has said she will only debate if Donald Trump is there, and he 345 00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:45.240 skipped all the Republican debates for the twenty twenty four nomination So far, the 346 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:51.680 Biden administration and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have unveiled new regulations for overdraft fees. 347 00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:55.920 Banks will have to offer overdraft loans or a courtesy service, and that 348 00:25:56.119 --> 00:26:00.200 is expected to drop fees by over fifty percent. Experts say consumers have paid 349 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:03.839 about two hundred and eighty billion dollars in overdraft fees since two thousand. Yeah, 350 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:07.319 I'm part of that. The new regulations will go into effect next year. 351 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:12.039 Lana del Rey, Doja, Cat Tyler, The Creator, and a 352 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:18.960 No Doubt Reunion all named as headliners for this Coachella organizers say pre sale passes, 353 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:23.079 We'll go on sale Friday at eleven at coachella dot com, and festival 354 00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:29.759 organizers say that Coachella this weekend or this year is happening the weekends of April 355 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:33.480 twelfth to the fourteenth, and the nineteenth through the twenty first. At six 356 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:36.920 oh five, it's handle all in the news. The nine to one to 357 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:41.200 one call for Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to go to the hospital has been 358 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:45.319 released. First responders were asked to keep it quiet. At five point fifty, 359 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:48.240 we're going to be talking with ABC's Jim Ryan about that lunar lander that 360 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:51.759 was launched a couple of weeks ago. Remember it was a failed mission. 361 00:26:51.839 --> 00:27:03.839 Well, the lander's coming back down. Ami on Itami on it? What 362 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:07.799 am I? I'm on streaming? There is so much out there streaming, 363 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:12.319 and now with the actors strike and the writer's strikes done, Uh, I 364 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:15.960 think we're going to be expecting to see lots more new things coming out. 365 00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:18.839 And you know, some of the stuff is new, some of it's a 366 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:22.759 little bit older. Some of it you may have missed altogether. Like a 367 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:26.240 couple weeks ago, I watched Christopher Robin. I completely forgot that that was 368 00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:30.359 even a movie, and it was adorable. So and I take recommendations from 369 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:33.680 friends because there's so much out there. How do you peruse all of it? 370 00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:37.880 This year or this year? This week, I'm taking my recommendation from 371 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:45.920 the Television Academy because Beef just cleaned up at the Emmys for a limited series. 372 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:49.160 It's on Netflix, and so I thought, I need to see what 373 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:53.599 all the hype is about. And plus Cono, our normal producers not here 374 00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:59.640 today, he said, yeah, it's a good one. So here's the 375 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:03.720 deal on Beef. It is a limited series, but it's really the whole 376 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:06.480 season of a show. It's either like eight or nine or maybe even ten 377 00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:08.720 episodes. I can't remember how many because I just binged them all and just 378 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:12.880 kept it going. But some full on shows only last one season, so 379 00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:17.599 this was like a regular season for a show. But it was in the 380 00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:21.519 Emmy categories as a limited series. So the show is Beef, and that 381 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:25.480 is exactly what it is. It's a beef between a man and a woman 382 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:32.079 spawned by a road rage incident that starts in a parking lot, and then, 383 00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:37.160 because we are also hyper connected with social media, and webs, the 384 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:41.480 web and all of that stuff. These people figure out who the other one 385 00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:45.519 is, even though they didn't see each other's faces, and that's when the 386 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:52.000 chaos ensues. So it follows his life and it follows her life, and 387 00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:57.119 then their lives start getting intertwined, some of it intentionally as they kind of 388 00:28:57.160 --> 00:29:00.720 fight back and forth, and some of it unintentionally, and it kind of 389 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:06.240 reminds me of it stay with me on this one. It sort of reminds 390 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:10.480 me of everything everywhere, all at once, but obviously more toned down. 391 00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:15.119 There's no interdimensional travel or anything like that. But the way that their lives 392 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:22.079 intersect and get tangled together is really fascinating. And Beef one an Emmy for 393 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:26.119 writing, and it is well deserved. The writing is fantastic in this and 394 00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:32.599 the characters are interesting. They're tragic at times. It's fun to watch them 395 00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:37.200 and learn how like this character appears to be one thing, but really it's 396 00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:40.440 just a total mess behind the kind of when you pull back the curtain. 397 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:44.119 They try to be good, they fail, they fall down, they get 398 00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:45.880 up, they try to be good again, and then they fall down again, 399 00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:49.920 and you know there's there is that search for redemption, which I am 400 00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:56.319 always looking for in a show and that it always kind of seems to fall 401 00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:59.240 short, but it is a great binge Or you can be like a more 402 00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:03.319 normal person and watch like an episode at episode or two at a time, 403 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:06.839 or you can be like me and be a bingemeister and watch the whole thing 404 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:11.319 in one day, which I did definitely recommend Beef. It's on Netflix. 405 00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:15.079 It's Emmy Award winning and after seeing it, I can see why really really 406 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:18.119 interesting show. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the 407 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:23.559 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Eagle Rock will be getting more police foot patrols 408 00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:27.960 to combat you guessed it, retail crime. LA City Councilman Kevin de Leone 409 00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:33.440 is allocating one hundred thousand discretionary dollars for the increased security. LAPED officer Heiner 410 00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:38.359 Hernandez says Eagle Rock has had an uptick in break ins. You're seeing individual 411 00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:42.640 people and people working together collectively breaking into the locations you're talking about, breaking 412 00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:47.119 windows, making entry, going to the cast registers. At least ten businesses 413 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:49.440 have been broken into in the last few months. That includes a restaurant on 414 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:53.400 Colorado that had its front windows shattered by a wine thief. Ye added foot 415 00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:57.079 patrols are set to begin no later the next week in Eagle Rock, Blake 416 00:30:57.119 --> 00:31:03.640 Trolley kf I News. Department of Justice is expected to release a report tomorrow 417 00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:07.599 on the twenty twenty two school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The department announced 418 00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:12.000 its plan to conduct a review of how police handle the situation shortly after the 419 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:18.400 shooting that killed nineteen students and two teachers. Officials say the idea is to 420 00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:25.240 identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders deal with future situations. 421 00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:30.960 Tragic that there probably will be future situations. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley is in 422 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:34.559 the hospital. He's being treated for an infection. His office as Grassley is 423 00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:40.119 getting antibiotic infusions and will return to work as soon as possible, but that 424 00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:44.519 he will be following doctors' orders. Grassly is ninety. He's the oldest member 425 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:48.920 of the US Senate and has served eight terms. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 426 00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:53.559 has proposed a new rule to over a lower overdraft fees. Some banks charge 427 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:59.000 as much as thirty five dollars a transaction. The Financial Protection Bureau wants to 428 00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:01.799 make it a flat three dollars overdraft fee, and banks would also have to 429 00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:09.000 clearly disclose interest rates and fees. Retail sales are up zero point six percent 430 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:15.200 for December as a strong job market helped fuel holiday spending. ABC News has 431 00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:21.279 canceled its planned Republican primary debate in New Hampshire over a lack of candidate participation. 432 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:25.240 The decision to cancel tomorrow's event comes after the deadline to respond to invitations 433 00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:31.640 passed yesterday without any confirmation from former President Trump or former South Carolina Governor Nikki 434 00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:37.880 Haley. Haley had said she would only participate if Trump or President Biden did 435 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:44.000 so. That leaves just Rondi Santis on the degate stage alone, and former 436 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:49.279 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswami is called on both Ronda Santis and Nikki Haley to drop 437 00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:52.440 out of the race and endorse former President Trump. He says he thinks the 438 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:57.880 pair would be doing the country and this party a service by stepping aside. 439 00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:00.720 His comments yesterday came a day after he dropped out of the race after he 440 00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:07.279 fell short in the Iowa caucuses. So it's a new year, and you 441 00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:09.759 might want to go somewhere fun for the new year, so we thought, 442 00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:15.440 where are the best places to go? Well, personal finance company wallet hub 443 00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:20.519 did a survey and found that there are a few super fun places to go 444 00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:25.559 in the US. Las Vegas is ranked the most fun city in the country 445 00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:29.200 number one on the list. Of course, known for partying, and it's 446 00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:31.559 one of the only cities on the list where public drinking is allowed in most 447 00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:38.400 or all places, obviously very important. Orlando is ranked second most fun cities, 448 00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:44.920 apparently because it has relatively cheap hotel rooms and low average prices for staple 449 00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:51.119 foods like pizza and burgers. Okay, Miami is ranked number three on the 450 00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:54.960 fun list as it has a good balance of public beaches, it has natural 451 00:33:54.960 --> 00:34:00.359 wonders like the Evergrades, and has lots of local sports teams like the Myammy 452 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:06.759 Dolphin. California. San Francisco ranked fifth as the most fun city and then 453 00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:10.159 the bottom ranked cities, So places you don't want to go if you want 454 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:16.000 to have fun Oxnard, California, South Burlington, Vermont, and Pearl City, 455 00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:22.159 Hawaii. Why is a city in Hawaii not fun? It's beautiful there 456 00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:27.039 anyway. That's according to wallet hud. Hope it'll help you plan your next 457 00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:31.360 vacation. Another day, another wake up call that has gone by really fast. 458 00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:35.719 I'm Amy King, glad you're getting your day started with you. Hope 459 00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:38.159 to keep you informed about lots of fun things going on and some not so 460 00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:42.480 fun things as well. We're going to be talking todaby c's Jim Ryan in 461 00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:47.280 just a second about something that's kind of scary, something else kind of scary. 462 00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:51.000 Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Today's the 463 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:54.760 thirtieth anniversary of the Northridge earthquake. The six point seven magnitude quake hit just 464 00:34:54.840 --> 00:35:00.480 before four thirty one a m. January seventeenth, nineteen nine. Twenty four. 465 00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:04.400 Fifty seven people were killed in the quake. La fires using the anniversary 466 00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:08.880 to urge residents to prepare for future quakes and other natural disasters. Hackers have 467 00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:16.079 infiltrated an online form used by UC Irvine students and professors and posted gruesome videos 468 00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:22.000 of the desecration of human corpses and mutilation of animals. A woman who manages 469 00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:25.480 the form says several students had to be taken to the hospital because of excessive 470 00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:30.360 vomiting from seeing the videos. The University says the hackers demanded one thousand dollars 471 00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:36.760 in ransom money. Students who test positive for COVID nineteen but aren't seeing any 472 00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:40.000 symptoms are now allowed to go to school. Workers can go to work too, 473 00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:44.960 According to new COVID recommendations from the state, it'll apply to those with 474 00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:47.360 no symptoms as long as they wear a mask endors for ten days. The 475 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:52.880 state Health Department says this is a more relaxed approach to isolation and testing. 476 00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:55.280 We're just minutes away from handle on the news this morning, Jet Blue and 477 00:35:55.360 --> 00:36:00.920 Spirit airlines have been blocked by the FEDS. Right now, let's say good 478 00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:07.159 morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim, the lunar Lander mission is 479 00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:08.920 a fail. We know that. And last week when you and I talked, 480 00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:13.239 the thinking was that the lunar Lander was just going to be kind of 481 00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:16.239 in perpetual orbit. But that's changed. It has. Yes, it looks 482 00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:21.079 as now that as early as tomorrow is going to come back to Earth but 483 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:23.519 burn up in the EU's atmosphere. It's posted on a trajectory that it'll be 484 00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:28.159 flat enough, it's not going to sort of skim into the atmosphere and then 485 00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:30.440 crash down to the ground. It's going to undoubtedly, or at least the 486 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:35.719 expectation is that it will burn up before it touches the ground. When will 487 00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:37.119 that happen, We're not quite sure. It could be as early as tomorrow. 488 00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:40.920 Where will it happen, that's not clear either. NASA is working with 489 00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:46.199 Astrobotic, the Pittsburgh based company that designed and built and launched this thing on 490 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:51.079 January eighth, to try to figure out the when and where this is actually 491 00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:53.840 going to happen to me, okay, but the thought is that nothing's going 492 00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:59.639 to come down, correct, Okay, So that's the Paragrium was a small 493 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:05.239 land. The things only about six feet tall and maybe eleven twelve feet wide, 494 00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:07.199 and so I mean, in cosmic terms, that's pretty darn small. 495 00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:12.760 It won't take much for it to just disintegrate, burn up, and become 496 00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:17.360 essentially ashes. Okay. Now, then that makes it sad because remember last 497 00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:22.360 week we were talking about the remains of certain people were on the lander, 498 00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:28.679 like James Douhan and Michelle Nichols from Star Trek. So those are not going 499 00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:32.239 to be perpetually in space as intended. Right, Will they get a discount 500 00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:37.440 or will they get a refund. Will their families get something back? That's 501 00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:40.920 a great question. I mean, the contract they signed to see these remains 502 00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:45.880 the orbiting the sun eternally, that's not going to happen. So it's a 503 00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:51.880 good question. It'd be interesting to see what kind of recourse those people have 504 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:54.440 with There were two companies actually that were handling that sort of thing. More 505 00:37:54.480 --> 00:38:00.719 than two hundred The remains of two hundred people, including hair from the head 506 00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:04.599 of John F. Kennedy, George Washington, maybe Eisenow or one of the 507 00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:08.519 other presidents were on board that ship as well. So what happens in terms 508 00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:12.679 of that, I mean, I guess it's six one a half times in 509 00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:15.280 the other the remains will not be floating in space. They're going to burn 510 00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:19.920 up. They're gone forever regardless. Well, and as we discussed too, 511 00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:22.480 it was such a tiny, tiny amount. It's not like they were putting 512 00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:25.800 an urn up in space. It was just a little tiny bit of like 513 00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:30.880 you said, either a hare or something cremated remains or something like that. 514 00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:34.920 So I wonder if there's more that they could try again. Probably so, 515 00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:38.360 you know, I think this was the second time that Gene Roddenberry had some 516 00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:44.159 portion of his remains on board a spacecraft like this. So yeah, I 517 00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:47.960 think there are I don't know how many hairs are left from George Washington's head, 518 00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:52.440 but there was one of his one of Kennedy's. So I suppose if 519 00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:57.119 that as long as there are DNA ramens of all these folks, then there 520 00:38:57.119 --> 00:39:00.000 could be lots and lots more trips. Okay, I don't know if you're 521 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:02.840 going to know this, Jim, but you're a smart guy, so I'm 522 00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:07.280 just going to take a stab at it. So you know how we talked 523 00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:08.239 that we thought it was going to be in an orbit, but something has 524 00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:14.320 happened to degrade that orbit. Yeah, So the question is why don't more 525 00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:16.840 like satellites and stuff that aren't working anymore, that are just floating around and 526 00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:21.880 there, why don't more of them come back? Well, this still had 527 00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:25.599 some propulsion ability to it. The problem the malfunction had nothing to do with 528 00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:30.920 the Vulcan rocket that sent it off into space. Once the separation happened, 529 00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:35.679 then the folks at Astrobotic realized that there was a propos propulsion problem. So 530 00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:39.119 the tiny rockets on board the ship that helped us to guide it to steer 531 00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:43.440 it. They were running out of propulsion, running out of fuel. So 532 00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:46.320 there was enough to send the thing out into a trajectory that was as far 533 00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:51.119 away as the moon and then to turn it bring it back around this way. 534 00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:53.840 But it's quickly running out of fuel and eventually will you know, the 535 00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:57.159 satellites don't have fuel on the middle, I mean once they're in orbit, 536 00:39:57.159 --> 00:40:00.639 they're in orbit. But yeah, there was enough you know, oomph on 537 00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:05.000 this thing to get it unfortunately, so it went as far away as the 538 00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:07.599 Moon, but the Moon was often a different part of its orbit, so 539 00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:10.400 it didn't actually circle the Moon, but it wanted as far as the Moon 540 00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:15.440 before they steered it brought it back around here. So it's an intentional program 541 00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:20.360 now to get it to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. Oh, I 542 00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:22.159 thought it ran out of not gas, I know that, but I thought 543 00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:25.559 it ran out like really soon after. I didn't realize it went to the 544 00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:30.039 Moon. Yeah, that's had enough in reserve. They kept saying, yeah, 545 00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:31.280 forty hours, we got forty hours left to propellant. And well they 546 00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:35.440 said that two days in a row, and I guess they've been able to 547 00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:39.760 preserve or conserve enough propellant to make these tiny adjustments on the thing to ensure 548 00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:45.719 that it could be brought back to Earth. All this stuffisode just absolutely crazy 549 00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:51.760 and so just so so interesting. And then I started thinking about wasn't it 550 00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:54.320 space Lab, like years and years ago that came back down and a big 551 00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:58.519 chunk of that actually came back down into the atmosphere. Yeah, that thing 552 00:40:58.639 --> 00:41:00.079 was big. That was huge, you know, space Lab. I remember 553 00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:05.440 that thing. But this is again, it's fairly small. It's really small. 554 00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:09.639 It's a little shorter than I am. It's a little wider than I 555 00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:15.920 am, so there's not a lot that has to burn up on entry into 556 00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:20.440 the into the atmosphere. It's a little shorter and a little wider than you. 557 00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:24.960 Oh, Jim Ryan, you are a kick. Thank you so much 558 00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:30.679 for the information. I'm relieved to hear that nothing's probably actually going to hit. 559 00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:32.519 Nobody's in danger at least. Okay, good glad to hear it. 560 00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:38.239 Oh so, Skylab dropped huge trunks of hardware into the Indian Ocean and across 561 00:41:38.360 --> 00:41:44.000 western Australia in nineteen seventy nine. Wow, it's right, Google Fact of 562 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:45.639 the day. Nice, All right, Take care, Jim. Thanks to 563 00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:49.400 yea, all right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out 564 00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:52.400 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Tesla is building a super charging station 565 00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:57.440 in Hollywood that's going to have more than just car chargers. Fred Lemke says 566 00:41:57.480 --> 00:42:00.760 supercharging hubs like this are needed as more more electric vehicles hit the road. 567 00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:05.360 There's a couple of one or two charging stations or maybe three tops in an 568 00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:07.599 underground parking facility, or they're in the parking lot at the gym that I 569 00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:10.639 go to. But if they're filled, you know, what do you do? 570 00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:16.079 The station on Santa Monica Boulevard's gonna have thirty electric vehicles, supercharging stations, 571 00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:20.559 a twenty four hour restaurant, and two movie screens. Tesla owner Elon 572 00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:23.880 Musk first mentioned the idea in twenty eighteen. He said he wanted a supercharger 573 00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:29.960 location in La to include an old school drive in roller skates and a rock 574 00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:34.239 restaurant. Tesla has not said when the facility will open. Now, speaking 575 00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:37.239 of charging stations, have you been watching the deep freeze around the US and 576 00:42:37.280 --> 00:42:43.559 guess what's not working? Ev charging stations? I was watching a story, 577 00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:47.320 I think it was early this morning, even where where there's all that snow 578 00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:52.360 and sub zero temperatures and people are pulling up to charge and the charging stations 579 00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:57.079 aren't working. Apparently it's too cold for them. And then on super hot 580 00:42:57.119 --> 00:43:01.079 days they tell us to conserve and don't charge. I think we need more 581 00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:06.079 charging stations. Hey. The Pacific Northwest is getting ready for ice and freezing 582 00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:10.559 rain. Parts of southwest Washington and western Oregon are under ice storm warnings and 583 00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:15.760 freezing rain is forecast for the Seattle area. Schools are closed, bus services 584 00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:20.840 limited, and warming shelters have been opened. In Oregon, two men have 585 00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:23.599 been rescued from a burning home in Hollywood, ones in critical condition, the 586 00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:28.480 other is listed as grave. The fire was reported around three this morning. 587 00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:32.480 Firefighters say the men were trapped behind a security gate inside the home and forcible 588 00:43:32.719 --> 00:43:37.199 entry tools were needed to get them out. An indoor and outdoor burn ban 589 00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:42.760 has been extended for another day until at least midnight tonight because of a forecast 590 00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:46.159 of high pollution levels. The burn ban is for the non desert areas of 591 00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:51.800 La Ventura and Riverside Counties and all of Orange County. It doesn't apply to 592 00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:57.400 mountain areas above three thousand feet a shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held 593 00:43:57.400 --> 00:44:00.760 by Hamas's headed to Gaza. France and Gatar arranged for the delivery. The 594 00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:06.559 deal also includes the delivery of more medicine and humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza. 595 00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:09.480 ABC's Andy Field says the agreement was reached as Israel reported that Hamas has 596 00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:15.480 killed two more hostages, Kumen killed in their thirties and fifties. Israel says 597 00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:20.719 more than one hundred and thirty hostages remain in Gaza, including some Americans. 598 00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:24.519 A fireworks factories exploded in central Thailand, killing at least twenty people. A 599 00:44:24.599 --> 00:44:29.400 regional police commander said there were twenty to thirty workers at the factory at the 600 00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:31.880 time of the explosion, and that none of them could be found. The 601 00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:37.039 cause of the explosion is being investigated. Police say another explosion in November killed 602 00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:43.880 one worker and injured three others. This is KFI and kost HD two Los 603 00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:47.599 Angeles, Orange County Southland weather from KFI some areas of low clouds this morning, 604 00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:52.320 otherwise just mostly cloudy skies, highs in the low sixties at the beaches 605 00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:55.559 Metro LA and Inland OC. Also for the Valleys, mid sixties in the 606 00:44:55.559 --> 00:45:00.960 Inland Empire, fifties and sixties in the Antelope Valley. Low clouds than partly 607 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:04.599 cloudy tomorrow, a couple degrees warmer with high stoping out around seventy. Mostly 608 00:45:04.639 --> 00:45:07.920 cloudy on Friday, with the chance of rain after midnight as a storm moves 609 00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:10.320 into the Southland. Good chance we're going to get rain Saturday, Sunday and 610 00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:15.239 into Monday. It's fifty three in Anaheim, fifty five or Dondo Beach, 611 00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:19.920 fifty two in West Covina, fifty in Pasadena. We lead local live from 612 00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:22.480 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. I'm Amy King. 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