WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:07.280 You're listening to wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM six forty KFI and 2 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:14.199 KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. It's time for your morning wake 3 00:00:14.279 --> 00:00:25.280 up call. This is your wake up call for Wednesday, December twenty seventh. 4 00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:30.199 I'm ho the rooker in for Amy King. Good morning everyone. I 5 00:00:30.199 --> 00:00:34.759 hope your Wednesday is off to a wonderful star. Do people still say hump 6 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:38.159 Day? Is that gross? Is that pass? Is that weird? I 7 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:42.439 like it? Happy hump Day. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. 8 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:47.719 Israeli forces have expanded their ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central Gaza. 9 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:52.679 We'll get the latest details on the Israel Hamas war. Elon Musk is making 10 00:00:52.719 --> 00:00:56.079 a cheaper tesla, will tell you how much you'll pay for the car he 11 00:00:56.159 --> 00:01:00.840 says will blow people's minds. And more America die from heart attacks during the 12 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:04.599 last week of December than at any other time of the year. We'll find 13 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:08.760 out what the American Heart Association is urging everyone to do in order to stay 14 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:14.079 healthy. Then at six oh five, it's handle on the news. Another 15 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:17.840 storm is heading towards SoCal and will tell you how it will impact the Rose 16 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:21.599 parade festivities. But let's get started with some of the stories coming out of 17 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:26.120 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Officials in Mexico say a caravan of six 18 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:30.519 thousand people is headed to the California Mexico border, and according to both Mexican 19 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:33.879 and US border officials, a great many of those migrants are from countries other 20 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:37.560 than Mexico. The Mexican government said this year more than six hundred and eighty 21 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:41.239 thousand migrants passed through the country on the way to the US. Border. 22 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:44.879 Officials in San Diego have said more than two thirds of the illegal immigrants caught 23 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:48.519 at the border are from countries other than Mexico, including those on the terror 24 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:52.599 watch list. Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin is scheduled to meet today with Mexican 25 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:57.560 officials to discuss the surge and migration to the US. Steve Gregor ko Finos, 26 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:02.640 La County's former share says he'll sit down with the county's Civilian Oversight Commission 27 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:07.960 and answer questions about Deputy Gangs. An attorney for alex Vinueva says her client 28 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:13.879 will honor a subpoena and testify under oath during Vienueva's tenure. He refused to 29 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:19.120 participate in any of the Commission's investigations because he said the commission members were corrupt 30 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:22.960 and vindictive. A report from the Commission claims there are at least half a 31 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:28.560 dozen gangs or clicks inside the department. An alleged burglar in Pasadena has stabbed 32 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:31.199 a police dog in the face with a pair of scissors. It had laceration 33 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:36.360 to the left side of his snout. It requires stitches, but he's too 34 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:40.800 much better. Pasadena Police Lieutenant Monica Quaar says the dog had found the burglar 35 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:45.560 hiding in the storage area of a store Monday when it was stabbed. The 36 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:49.960 burglar allegedly threw boxes at the dog right before stabbing it. The man was 37 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:53.879 booked for burglary and assault on a police dog. Pizza Hut stores in California 38 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:59.240 are laying off all delivery drivers ahead of a new law that raises the minimum 39 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:04.000 wage for fast food workers. The layoffs impact more than twelve hundred drivers. 40 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:07.960 Business Insider reports the job cuts will happen through February. According to federal employment 41 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:14.039 notices. Pizza Hut franchises are expected to use third party delivery apps like DoorDash, 42 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:28.120 grub Hub, and uber Eats. Dinosaur fans can walk among some of 43 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:32.240 the biggest and oldest reptiles in Anaheim. Jurassic Quest as a touring dinosaur exhibit, 44 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:36.879 and it's stopping in Orange County next week. Dinosaurs will roam the Anaheim 45 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:42.319 Convention Center Thursday through January first. The experience includes rides, walk through tours, 46 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:49.280 and interactive activities featuring life size animated dinosaurs. Protesters are making plans as 47 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:53.639 New York City prepares for the world's largest New Year's Eve party in Times Square. 48 00:03:53.000 --> 00:04:00.319 ABC's Joe Torres says several anti Israel Hamas war protests are scheduled to side 49 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:03.960 with the televised festivities, unlike other years. The war in the Mid East 50 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:11.159 and the nearly five hundred protests since October seventh all add another layer of concern. 51 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:15.599 Post shared on social media say in December thirty first shutdown day of Action 52 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:18.439 is in the works all right. Much of the focus of the Supreme Court 53 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:24.240 this past year was on the gifts received over decades by Justice Clarence Thomas, 54 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:29.079 which only became public through investigative journalism. ABC Stephen Portnoy has a closer look 55 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:34.399 at what Scotus accomplished in twenty twenty three key cases and big questions about Justice's 56 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:39.319 conduct at the Supreme Court. Via sixty three ruling, the High Court struck 57 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:44.000 down race based admission policies at Harvard, ending affirmative action and higher education as 58 00:04:44.040 --> 00:04:46.800 we know it by a similar vote along ideological lines. The Court also killed 59 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:50.920 a student loan forgiveness plan that would have given relief to twenty six million borrowers. 60 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:55.519 That program that Biden set up is now defunct. Justice has upheld the 61 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:59.600 right of a web designer to refuse to craft site celebrating same sex marriages. 62 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:02.199 Much of the focus on the Court this past year was on the gifts received 63 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:08.120 over the decades by Justice Clarence Thomas. Gifts first reported by Pro publica private 64 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:11.839 jet, flights, yacht cruises, all given at the expense of a man 65 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:15.800 named Harlan Crowe. Hardly any of it was disclosed. It's only through good 66 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:17.959 reporting that we were able to find out about these lavish, unreported trips. 67 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:21.079 By the end of the year, the justicees CO signed a code of conduct, 68 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:25.800 but critics like Aaron Sherb with the group Common Cause, noted this new 69 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:29.120 code isn't binding, which we think is a big travesy, a huge loophole. 70 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:32.959 Stephen Portnoy, ABC News Washington. Israel has expanded their ground offensive into 71 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:38.600 urban refugee camps in central Gaza. ABC's Geordana Miller joins us from Jerusalem. 72 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:44.360 Good morning, Good morning. The Israeli Army says it is operating and expanding 73 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:50.399 its military offensive into central Gaza. This is an area home to three large 74 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:59.040 urban refugee camps, very densely populated, and we've heard eyewitnessed reports that from 75 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:05.000 residents there intense bombing campaigns over the last twenty four hours. The Hamas run 76 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:10.120 Health Ministry says at least two hundred and forty people are dead, that number 77 00:06:10.800 --> 00:06:15.519 likely to rise, and this again will become a very challenging phase of the 78 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:20.879 war for Israel to be in this area where there are so many civilians and 79 00:06:20.959 --> 00:06:26.600 many who are simply too afraid to move, even though they are asked by 80 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:31.000 the Israeli army to head to quote unquote safe zones, which are not really 81 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:38.839 entirely safe, given that Israel's also operating just south of this area in han 82 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:44.639 Unis, which is a city and really the most important Hamas stronghold at this 83 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:48.519 point, twelve weeks into this war. And that's a question I think a 84 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:53.279 lot of people have, is you know, we're hearing that the people in 85 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:58.720 Gaza are being told to leave seek shelter, but it doesn't seem like they 86 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:02.720 have anywhere to go. How are they able to protect themselves at this point 87 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:09.000 right? So, you know, Gozzins, unless you have a second passport. 88 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:15.279 Egypt's not letting any Gossens leave and take shelter in the Sinai Desert for 89 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:19.639 their own political, economic, and really security issues. They also view Hamas 90 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:25.519 as a major threat and problem and certainly don't want Hamas sending up any headquarters 91 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:30.319 in the Sinai Desert. So, you know, Gosins are essentially trapped in 92 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:35.399 the Strip during all this intense fighting. And you know, Israel's dropping leaflets 93 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:42.040 and putting online areas where there are tactical pauses each day usually about four hours, 94 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:48.439 and even creating interactive maps so that you know, civilians can know where 95 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:53.920 to go. But first of all, not everyone has access to the internet. 96 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:57.480 You know, we're just coming out now of a blackout in the Gaza 97 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:01.120 Strip that lasted for forty eight hours now. You know, the internet is 98 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:07.000 coming back online. But essentially, you know, Gozins are trying to take 99 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:11.319 shelter wherever they believe there won't be fighting or they've been told, but it's 100 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:15.639 not. There's no real safe place. So the un facilities are at three 101 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:20.199 and four times capacity. Some people are outside of hospitals, you know, 102 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:24.720 thinking those are safer places, but since you know Hamas has been operating out 103 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:30.079 of hospitals, those also end up becoming a target. And the one area 104 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.879 that is well's declared Masawi is just it's just not big enough for you know 105 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:41.519 what, are now about one point eight million Palestinians that are in southern Gaza. 106 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:43.240 All right, Geordana Miller, thank you so much for taking the time 107 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:46.399 to talk with us this morning. And you guys be safe, Okay, 108 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:50.759 thank you. All right, let's get back to some stories coming out of 109 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:54.080 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A grint who stole a car filled with 110 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:58.440 Christmas presents left a four year old and his family in Detroit with fewer gifts 111 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:03.279 this year. The boy's mom, Bailey Coat, says dad left the presence 112 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:07.039 in the car just for a second. On Christmas Eve, he went outside 113 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:11.159 to grab something from his car and it was just vanished. She says. 114 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:13.360 The stolen car was found Monday about a mile from the home. The presents 115 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:18.960 were not found. Families and communities in southern California have gathered in South la 116 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:24.919 to celebrate the first day of Kwansa. This woman tells NBC four the parade 117 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:30.799 and festival held yesterday is important so everyone can celebrate unity and show everybody who 118 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:33.559 we are as a people, the creativity that we have, the love that 119 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:37.559 we have for one another, and it's just an awesome, awesome, awesome 120 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:43.519 experience. Kwanza focuses on seven principles, which are highlighted each night by lighting 121 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:48.759 a candle for unity, self determination, responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, 122 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:54.320 creativity, and faith. More Americans say they're focusing on mental health in the 123 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:58.759 new year. Stop and Shop Health Living director Alison Delaney says thirty nine percent 124 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:03.240 of people who answered her survey say they want to reduce stress in twenty twenty 125 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:07.879 four, while twenty seven percent say they want to head back to the gym. 126 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:11.519 I definitely, you know, through research and other studies conducted, this 127 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:16.639 is the first time I've really seen a shift towards more mental health. She 128 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:20.759 says people are still concerned with eating healthy, with fifty eight percent of people 129 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:24.960 saying they plan to change what's on their plate. Fifty one percent say they 130 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:28.840 plan to ring in the new year with champagne, and forty six percent say 131 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:33.159 they plan on participating in Dry January. Cono, Michelle, which camp are 132 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:37.399 you in? Are you guys going to the gym? Or are you doing 133 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:43.799 Dry January. I'm definitely a gym trying to go to her. Okay, 134 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:46.799 that's your that's your intention, Michelle. What about you, Michelle? We 135 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:50.720 can't hear her. Oh there you are. Yeah, no, ye, 136 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:52.960 she said no to all of it, Nope, to all of it. 137 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:56.759 All right, we love it, all right. We should talk about resolutions 138 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:58.799 maybe later this week as we get closer to New Year's You guys do, 139 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:09.039 I try, but usually by the third it's day of January. Not the 140 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:15.240 same, all right. An alleged burglar in Pasadena has stabbed a police dog 141 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:20.080 in the face with a pair of scissors. Water resources in Riverside County are 142 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:24.039 making their annual call for people to recycle their Christmas trees. Residents have been 143 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:28.279 asked to leave their trees on the curb or take them to landfill so they 144 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:31.600 can be turned into mulch. The National Weather Service says we could get some 145 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:37.120 big waves here in SoCal. The large swell could cause coastal flooding in Ventura. 146 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:41.320 And at six oh five, it's handle on the news. People want 147 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:45.120 to remove Donald Trump's star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but they're not 148 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:48.600 having any luck so far. We have an update on this unprecedented move. 149 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:52.960 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four 150 00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:58.639 hour newsroom. Officials in Mexico say a caravan of about six thousand people is 151 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:03.120 headed to the California Mexico border, and according to both Mexican and US border 152 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:05.440 officials, a great many of those migrants are from countries other than Mexico. 153 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:09.679 The Mexican government said this year more than six hundred and eighty thousand migrants passed 154 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:13.200 through the country on the way to the US border. Officials in San Diego 155 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:16.399 have said more than two thirds of the illegal immigrants caught at the border are 156 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:20.759 from countries other than Mexico, including those on the terror watch list. Secretary 157 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:24.600 of State Anthony Blinkin is scheduled to meet today with Mexican officials to discuss the 158 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:31.200 surge and migration to the US. Steve Gregory ko Finos, ABC senior elections 159 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:37.639 analyst Nathaniel Rakitch joins us. Now, good morning, good morning, Thanks 160 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:41.240 for having me. Sure okay, So this is really fascinating to me. 161 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:46.080 You make these yearly predictions, and before we dive into your predictions, I 162 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:48.600 want to know how did this tradition start for you? What was your what 163 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:52.120 compelled you to start this tradition. That's a good question. Yeah. So 164 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:56.600 I'm an elections analyst. This basically means that I analyze and predict elections for 165 00:12:56.679 --> 00:13:00.600 a living. And you know, I don't know. I think started doing 166 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:03.840 this, you know, maybe almost ten years ago now, where I look 167 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:07.559 back every year and basically looked at how those predictions went because I wanted to 168 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:11.360 learn from the things I got wrong and also kind of maintain a sense of 169 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:15.480 humility about this exercise because we're going to be things are going to get wrong, 170 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:20.720 That's true. Even the best fortune tellers often get things wrong exactly all 171 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:24.960 right, So let's talk about what did you get right about this year before 172 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:28.080 we dive into what you got wrong. What'd you get right? So, 173 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:33.240 good question. Well, I think that you know, there were various things 174 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:37.960 like, for example, the twenty twenty three off year elections, things like 175 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:43.919 the Ohio balla measure on abortion, the things like the Kentucky governor's race, 176 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:48.919 the Virginia legislature race. I generally predicted those races correctly, but that's really 177 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:54.759 just a tribute to the polling in those races. The polls there were pretty 178 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:58.440 accurate, and I think that goes to show that after a year like twenty 179 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:00.919 twenty or twenty sixteen went a lot of people were like, Oh, the 180 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:03.879 polls, what can they tell us that? In general? Most years, 181 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:09.799 poles are you can actually be a good tool for looking at elections. Okay, 182 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:13.840 now we have to dive into what did you get wrong? Yeah, 183 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:18.480 so I think one of the things I got wrong was overestimating a couple of 184 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:22.639 candidates in the Republican presidential primary. Now, obviously that primary isn't over yet, 185 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:24.399 but you know, there are candidates who have dropped out who I thought 186 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:28.840 would do better. So, for example, North Dakota Governor Doug Bergum, 187 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:33.279 I thought that he would not win the primary, but at least kind of 188 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:37.200 make things interesting and become kind of a major candidate. And that's mostly because 189 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:41.200 he's a billionaire. He's actually a software billionaire. People probably haven't heard of 190 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:45.440 him who are listening to this Swists interview, but he's a governor of North 191 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:48.200 Dakota, and he had already won the governorship of North Dakota as basically a 192 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:52.159 total of nobody by spending from his personal fortune on campaign ads. And I 193 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:56.240 thought that he could do the same thing here and probably not beat Donald Trump, 194 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:58.240 but at least kind of become a household name. But obviously he didn't 195 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:01.639 do that, and he dropped O out of the race. So what happened 196 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:03.200 there? Where were his missteps? Where did he go wrong? Because it 197 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:07.559 seems like he had everything you know, necessary to you know, further his 198 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:11.720 political career. What happened? Yeah? I think first of all, he 199 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:16.679 didn't end up spending as much money as he could have. So as a 200 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:20.000 billionaire, he could have spent you know, tens and tens of millions of 201 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:24.799 dollars, but I think at the most recent reports he had only spent about 202 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:28.240 twelve million dollars, which just isn't going to cut it in a presidential race, 203 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:33.120 which obviously is extremely expensive. And then also I think that just he 204 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:37.240 has a very kind of folksy demeanor, which maybe can play well in North 205 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:39.559 Dakota, of course, you know there's the famous you know, like North 206 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:45.120 Kota nice or Minnesota nice kind of thing. But I think in for a 207 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:48.679 national audience, you know, you, especially in the Republican Party of these 208 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:52.639 days, look a Donald Trump, right, he is, you know, 209 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:56.279 kind of brash and you know, he he's a fighter, right, That's 210 00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:58.840 kind of his brand, and I think that's what Republican voter's looking for, 211 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:02.960 and that's just not that work personality. All right, So let's look ahead 212 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:06.519 a little bit here. What are your predictions for twenty twenty four? Can 213 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:11.399 you give us some insights there? Yeah, so I think that, you 214 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:15.960 know, Donald Trump is in excellent shape to win the Republican nomination, at 215 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:19.840 least so in the national polls, he currently has over sixty percent support, 216 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:25.480 and there just isn't a historical precedent for candidates who are polling at that level 217 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:30.279 to lose the nomination. He's also head in early states like Iowa and New 218 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:33.240 Hampshire, so I think there's a pretty good chance that he goes fifty for 219 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:37.000 fifty in terms of winning every state's primary. But yeah, but I think 220 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:41.000 he's got a pretty solid shot of locking up the primary. In terms of 221 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:45.639 the general election, I really am not going to make a prediction there because 222 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:48.960 I genuinely think the race is the tops up. I think that Trump has 223 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:52.720 been leading in recent polls here, but obviously there's a long way to go 224 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:56.879 a year until for those polls to change, and Trump is going to run 225 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:00.919 into some issues, like you know, his legal problem that could end up 226 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:03.759 derailing him. So we'll see you about next November. I don't know. 227 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:08.640 I mean, people don't seem to mind the indictments and legal issues if he's 228 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:12.039 still that far ahead in the polls, So it will certainly be an interesting 229 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:18.200 year. We'll have to see how it plays out for Donald Trump. Nathaniel, 230 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:21.480 thank you, Oh go ahead? Yeah, Oh no, Well, 231 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:23.200 I was just going to say, I think Republicans don't seem to mind his 232 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:27.359 indictments. I do think that among independents, and certainly Democrats and Democrats working 233 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:30.480 to vote for them anyway, but among independence I think that a scandal can 234 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:34.359 still hurt your standing, and especially if he's convicted in one of these cases, 235 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:38.319 I think it'll be tough for somebody to cast a vote for certain people 236 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:41.240 to cast a vote for a convicted felon. All right, well, we 237 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:47.000 will have to plan to speak to you again next year just to see how 238 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:48.799 all next year is going to be a big year for you. So we're 239 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:52.720 gonna to touch base again next year, see how your predictions panned out. 240 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:56.119 Nathaniel, thank you so much for talking with us. Thanks for having me. 241 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:59.359 All right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of 242 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:03.680 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A top advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin 243 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:07.799 net Yahoo is in Washington to discuss the war in Gaza and the return of 244 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:12.079 the hostages still held by Hamas ABC's j O'Brien says, Ron Drmer is meeting 245 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:18.640 today with Secretary State Anthony Blincoln and at the White House and National Security Advisor 246 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:22.680 Jake Sullivan. It comes at a crucial inflection point. The US has long 247 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:26.799 sought for somewhat of a cooling off of Israel's campaign in Gaza and more of 248 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:32.640 a precision campaign there. He says. Administration officials have publicly called for a 249 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:37.400 two state solution with the Palestinian Authority, which governs the West Bank. Protesters 250 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:41.279 are making plans as New York City prepares for the world's largest New Year's Eve 251 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:47.039 party. In Times Square, ABC's Joe Torres says several anti Israel Hamas war 252 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:52.440 protests are scheduled to coincide with the televised festivities, unlike other years. The 253 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:56.599 war in the Mid East and the nearly five hundred protests since October seventh all 254 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:02.599 add another layer of concern. Post shared on social media say December thirty, 255 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:07.039 first shut it Down Day of Action is in the works. A South Korean 256 00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:11.240 actor known for his role in the Oscar winning movie Parasite has died. South 257 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:17.240 Korea's Emergency Office says Lee Sun Kin was found dead in a car at a 258 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:22.519 park in Seoul last night. Media outlets reported police had been searching for the 259 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:26.720 actor since his family reportedly left a message excuse me. Since his family reported 260 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:30.839 he left a message similar to a suicide note. He was best known for 261 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:36.279 playing the head of the wealthy family in the Best Picture Film in twenty twenty 262 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:40.599 one. He won a SAG Award for Parasite. A woman charged with attacking 263 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:44.880 actor Charlie Sheen at his home in Malibu, has pleaded not guilty. Electra 264 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:48.119 Schrock's bail was set at seventy five thousand dollars yesterday. Hearing a scheduled for 265 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:52.599 January eighth. Shrock is Sheen's neighbor and allegedly broke into his home last week 266 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:59.839 and assaulted him. SpaceX Falcon nine rocket booster has made its final flight from 267 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:04.960 Lorda's east coast after sending another batch of Starlink Internet satellites into low Earth orbit. 268 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:11.079 Officials say high seas cause the booster to fall over during its transport back 269 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:15.920 to Port Canaveral yesterday. Officials say they plan to salvage the engines and do 270 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:22.599 what's called life leader inspections on the remaining hardware. More Americans say they're focusing 271 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:26.960 on mental health in the new year. Stop and Shop Health Living director Alison 272 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:30.599 Delaney says thirty nine percent of people who answered her survey say they want to 273 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:33.599 reduce stress in twenty twenty four. I definitely, you know, through research 274 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:37.039 and other studies conducted, this is the first time I've really seen a shift 275 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:42.160 towards more mental health. She says. People are still concerned with eating healthy, 276 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:45.079 with fifty eight percent of people saying they plan to change what's on their 277 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:49.920 plate. La County's former sheriff, alex Via Nueva says he'll sit down with 278 00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:56.640 the county Civilian Oversight Commission and answer questions about deputy gangs. President Biden has 279 00:20:56.680 --> 00:21:02.319 talked to Qatar about another possible hostage prisoner swapped between Hamas and Israel. And 280 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:06.279 Pizza Hut stores in California are laying off all delivery drivers ahead of a new 281 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:10.519 law that raises the minimum wage for fast food workers. The layoffs impact more 282 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:14.920 than twelve hundred drivers. Then at six oh five, it's handled on the 283 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:18.200 news. Minimum wage is going up in California, and we'll take a look 284 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:21.160 at when it will happen and how much. And at five point fifty, 285 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:23.559 what can you do with your Christmas tree? Well, we have some options 286 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:26.440 for you. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the 287 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:30.920 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. It's been a tumultuous year between Russia and NATO. 288 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:37.200 Twenty twenty three the year NATO learned some hard lessons for Moscow. It's 289 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:42.000 always been about Alliance expansion. When the Berlin Wall came down, a US 290 00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:48.799 Soviet agreement was struck not to expand NATO Eastward Alliance memberships now double what it 291 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:52.759 was when the Cold War ended. Rashdaskasilida put In Ukraine was a red line 292 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:59.440 and this concrete firmly held territory in the Russian leaning east throughout the Ukraine's counter 293 00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:03.480 offensive never made a dance. Sobering assessment from NATO chiefs Stoltenberg, it is 294 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:08.160 not a silver bullet, not a single system that by itself will change. 295 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:12.359 Flemented, the situation on the battlefield, Putin's possession remains solid. Despite the 296 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:17.200 actions a mercenary leader, you have gain any pregosion. In the summer, 297 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:21.720 he staged a mutiny. Secretary of State blank how this plays out in Russia. 298 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:25.359 It is ultimately an internal issue for them and they're going to have to 299 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:29.079 work through it. Death game two months later for pregosion in a plane accident, 300 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:34.519 Tom Rivers. ABC News research shows more Americans die from heart attacks during 301 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:38.039 the last week of December than any other time of the year. ABC's Jim 302 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:42.240 Ryan joins us now to talk about why that is Good Morning, Jim burning 303 00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:47.000 Heather. A lot of things play into this. Undoubtedly the obvious ones well, 304 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:49.839 the rich food that we eat, the lack of exercise, the booze, 305 00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:53.200 the stress. Even cold weather in parts of the country where that's a 306 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:57.960 factor can lead to heart problems. It's known to constrict arteries, restrict the 307 00:22:57.960 --> 00:23:02.079 blood flow. So you add it all up and you come up with some 308 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:07.279 pretty startling statistics, Heather. According to the American Heart Association, the highest 309 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:11.359 number of fatal heart attacks in this country happens on December twenty fifth. It's 310 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:15.039 followed by December twenty sixth, that in third place. Heather, January first, 311 00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:18.920 we're right square in the middle. That is wild. Yeah, all 312 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:23.599 right, let's talk about the American Heart Association. What are they saying about 313 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:29.119 the research that they've done and what we can do about this? Well, 314 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:33.039 it really I think it helps to know that these factors all play in to 315 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:38.400 heart health or heart problems. Knowing that over indulging in food, too much 316 00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:44.839 liquor not taking your medication because you've got family in town and you get busy, 317 00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:49.480 those things all can to alleviate the issue during the rest of the year. 318 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:55.559 It tells scientists and cardiologists what their patients should be doing or shouldn't be 319 00:23:55.559 --> 00:24:00.480 doing. So, yeah, it all points in the direction of kind of 320 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:04.319 you know, minimizing these issues, lowering the stress level, getting out taking 321 00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:07.200 a walk during the day that can first lower the stress level, but it 322 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:11.279 gets you a little bit of exercise, gets your blood flowing, gets your 323 00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:15.039 heart pump, and gets your lungs working. And then making sure that you 324 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:18.200 get plenty of sleep at night, even if your family's in town. You 325 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:21.119 want to, you know, it's to wretch it out and stay up past 326 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:25.680 midnight on Christmas in New Year's give yourself a break. That sleep is a 327 00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:29.759 big one. I think people overlook that a lot sleep is so essential to 328 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:33.839 our overall health. Oh absolutely it is, and including your heart health and 329 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:38.480 you know just about everything else in memory care and your your blood pressure, 330 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:42.680 and so yeah, sleep is a major factor in all of this. So 331 00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:47.680 let's talk about what symptoms we should be looking out for if we're all, 332 00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:49.599 you know, if we're spending time with family over the holidays and friends, 333 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:53.160 what should we be looking for, if anything, if we're able to see 334 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:56.839 any signs of heart trouble. Oh absolutely. Then earlier this week in Fact 335 00:24:56.839 --> 00:25:02.480 That did a story about a guy who plays Santa Claus in Kansas City events 336 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:04.599 and shopping malls and things, and he was feeling, you know, he 337 00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:07.559 had indigestion. It lasted a couple of days. It just wouldn't go away. 338 00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:11.799 It then started radiating the pain in his chest to his arm. And 339 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:15.319 he was a trained EMT in his professional life. He says, you know 340 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:18.720 what, this isn't normal. He called an ambulance. He had a heart 341 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:25.200 attack in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. They installed inserted a 342 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:27.759 stent in his heart and he's great now. But yeah, the chest pain, 343 00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:32.119 the discomfort that he was feeling, that should be a major sign to 344 00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:36.640 anybody. Shortness of breath, having pain or discomfort in your back, your 345 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:40.119 arm, even in your jaw, that can be one telltale sign. And 346 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:45.039 then feeling nauseated or lightheaded or unusually tired. And I mean a lot of 347 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:48.960 that comes with the holidays anyway. So look at the overall picture of the 348 00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:52.480 person's health and how they're feeling. All right, So let's say we see 349 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:55.519 someone who might be having some of these symptoms. What do we do as 350 00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:57.359 our first call? It seems obvious to nine one one, But are there 351 00:25:57.400 --> 00:26:00.759 things we can do at home? Yeah? Oh yeah, and in fact, 352 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:04.440 this ought to be a new Year's resolution. Get at least one person 353 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:08.599 in your household trained in CPR, right, so that if somebody is there 354 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:15.200 and can recognize these symptoms and as familiar with CPR, one person is making 355 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:18.119 a call to nine to one one, this other person then can start CPR 356 00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:23.480 administering CPR if that's required. So certainly that's one thing to do. Be 357 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:27.839 familiar with it, practice it, and make sure that at least one person, 358 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:30.240 maybe two or three people, maybe all the people in your household are 359 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:33.759 familiar with it. That way, everybody's protected. All Right, this has 360 00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:38.400 been such good information and honestly such a great reminder. Any other last notes 361 00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:44.279 or last bits of advice from the American Heart Association. Yeah, still enjoy 362 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:47.160 the holidays, you know, it doesn't have to be such a downer. 363 00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:51.200 But being a little more cognizant, getting a little bit of rest, that's 364 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:53.839 going to improve your quality time with your family anyway. So, yeah, 365 00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:56.640 you didn't stay up till one or two in the morning, but if you 366 00:26:56.839 --> 00:27:00.440 got to bed at ten, maybe got up six thirty, then you get 367 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:04.240 a full day of being aware and being present. What if we get up 368 00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:08.480 at two in the morning. Jim, that was my story today. Yeah, 369 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:11.279 I'm up at two two forty five. Every you know. Yeah. 370 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:15.440 Don't talk about sleep. Yeah, don't talk to newspeople about sleep. We 371 00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:18.119 don't know what that is. Yeah, all right, Jim, thank you 372 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:22.119 so much. We appreciate your time. To you, Heather, all right, 373 00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:25.720 let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the Campfi twenty 374 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:30.759 four hour newsroom. A top advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin nettan Yahoo is 375 00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:33.880 in Washington to discuss the war in Gaza and the return of the hostages still 376 00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:40.400 held by Hamas abczj O'Brien says Ron Drmer is meeting today with Secretary of State 377 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:45.279 Anthony Blincoln at the White House and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. It comes 378 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:48.480 at a crucial inflection point. The US has long sought for somewhat of a 379 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:53.079 cooling off of Israel's campaign in Gaza and more of a precision campaign there, 380 00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:59.240 he says. Administration officials have publicly called for a two state solution with the 381 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:03.920 Palestinian Authority, which governs the West Bank. Officials in Mexico say a caravan 382 00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:08.720 of six thousand people is headed to the California border, and according to both 383 00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:12.200 Mexican and US border officials, a great many of those migrants are from countries 384 00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:15.880 other than Mexico. The Mexican government said this year more than six hundred and 385 00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:19.799 eighty thousand migrants passed through the country on the way to the US. Border. 386 00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:23.279 Officials in San Diego have said more than two thirds of the illegal immigrants 387 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:26.680 caught at the border are from countries other than Mexico, including those on the 388 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:30.680 terror watch list. Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin is scheduled to meet today with 389 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:36.359 Mexican officials to discuss the surge and migration to the US. Steve Gregory Ka, 390 00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:41.519 finos La County's former sheriff, says he'll sit down with the county's Civilian 391 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:45.680 Oversight Commission and answer questions about Deputy Gangs. An attorney for Alex Vianueva says 392 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:51.200 her client will honor a subpoena and testify under oath. During Vianueva's tenure, 393 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:55.960 he refused to participate in any of the commission's investigations because he said the commission 394 00:28:56.039 --> 00:29:00.559 members were corrupt and vindictive. A report from the commission claims there are at 395 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:06.160 least half a dozen gangs or clicks inside the department. An alleged burglar in 396 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:08.920 Pasadena has stabbed a police dog in the face with a pair of scissors. 397 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:14.319 It had laceration to the left side of his snout. It requires stitches, 398 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:18.720 but he's too much better. Pasadena Police Lieutenant Monica Quaar says. The dog 399 00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:23.759 has found the burglar hiding in the storage area of a store on Monday when 400 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:27.839 it was stabbed. The burglar allegedly threw boxes at the dog before stabbing it. 401 00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:33.359 The man was booked for burglary and assault on a police dog. Much 402 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:37.240 of the focus of the Supreme Court this past year was on the gifts received 403 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:41.279 over the decades by Justice Clarence Thomas ABC. Stephen Portnoy has a closer look 404 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:47.200 at what Scotus accomplished in twenty twenty three key cases and big questions about Justice's 405 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:49.799 conduct at the Supreme Court. By a sixty three ruling, the High Court 406 00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:55.480 struck down race based admission policies at Harvard, ending affirmative action and higher education 407 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:59.240 as we know it by a similar vote along ideological lines. The Court also 408 00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:03.160 killed a student loan forgiveness plan that would have given relief to twenty six million 409 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:07.279 borrowers. That program that Biden set up is now defunct. Justice has upheld 410 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:11.440 the right of a web designer to refuse to craft site celebrating same sex marriages. 411 00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:14.599 Much of the focus on the court this past year was on the gifts 412 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:18.599 received over the decades by Justice Clarence Thomas. Gifts first reported by Pro publica 413 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:22.440 private jet, flights, yacht cruises, all given at the expense of a 414 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:26.240 man named Harlan Crowe. Hardly any of it was disclosed. It's only through 415 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:30.759 good reporting that we were able to find out about these lavish, unreported trips. 416 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:33.400 By the end of the year, the justices co signed a code of 417 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:37.319 conduct, but critics like Aaron Sherb with the group Common Cause, noted this 418 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:40.480 new code isn't binding, which we think is a big travesy, a huge 419 00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:45.480 loophole. Stephen Portnoy, ABC News Washington. A grinch who stole a car 420 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:48.359 filled with Christmas presents left a four year old and his family in Detroit with 421 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:52.240 fewer gifts this year. And where can you recycle your Christmas trees? We're 422 00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:56.559 going to give you some tips on that. And a new caravan of migrants 423 00:30:56.680 --> 00:31:02.480 is headed to the California Mexico Border Officials in Mexico say the group of about 424 00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:06.400 six thousand left the southern part of the country on Christmas Eve and is walking 425 00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:10.759 north along roads and highways. We are just minutes away from Handle. On 426 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:14.920 the news this morning, pizza Hut stores in California are laying off all delivery 427 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:18.279 drivers ahead of a new law that raises the minimum wage for fast food workers. 428 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:23.599 The layoffs impact more than twelve hundred drivers. All right, so I'm 429 00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:29.319 into the Christmas trees. We have to talk about this every year. I 430 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:33.160 we used to have a real tree, my whole family, we used to 431 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:36.759 have a real tree. But for the past several years we have a fake 432 00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:41.400 tree, an artificial tree, and we would always just drag our tree out 433 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:42.480 to the curb. I don't know what you guys do, is that, 434 00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:45.240 do you guys? ConA, you have a real tree, always a real 435 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:48.759 tree, and yes, just drag it onto the curb. Don't miss trash 436 00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:52.400 day because they do it just that one day of that week. They do 437 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:56.599 it one day. All right. Yeah, so here's the deal. I 438 00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:59.519 feel like that that's kind of a given. Like most people know that that's 439 00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:02.000 kind of what you do. But there are some other options. You can 440 00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:07.799 call the city and like set up a pick up request if for some reason 441 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:10.759 you missed that trash day. You can also go on their website, and 442 00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:15.440 I think every county kind of has like a similar program in order to do 443 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:19.319 that. But you got to make sure all your ornaments and decorations and everything 444 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:22.720 are off the tree. Michelle, are you an artificial or real tree? 445 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:28.759 Real tree? And yeah, our little complex has a landscape where that comes 446 00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:31.599 once a week, so usually the two weeks after Christmas, so the week 447 00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:36.079 after Christmas and the week and New Year, they will take your tree if 448 00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:37.960 you just set it right outside. Okay, Nick, are you real tree 449 00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:42.880 or fake tree? I am a fake tree and have been a fake tree 450 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:45.920 in my entire life, except for when I lived overseas where they didn't really 451 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:49.920 have many fake trees, so then they didn't have Yeah, they didn't have 452 00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:52.000 fake trees because they didn't take it with us. So then I got a 453 00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:53.279 real tree, so that was when I was in Italy. But other than 454 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:55.440 that, yeah, fake tree all the way, baby, fake tree all 455 00:32:55.480 --> 00:33:00.039 the way. Yeah, you can even say there's for breeze puts out a 456 00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:02.440 lovely pine scented you know, a fragrance if that's what you need through the 457 00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:06.200 air so you can get in the mood in some way. All right. 458 00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:08.920 I will always do that between candles or you know anything that way. I 459 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:12.559 got you, all right? I love that, all right? So here, 460 00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:15.200 okay, we got to talk about this. I love Elon Musk. 461 00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:17.039 He's so crazy, I mean in a good way. Can I say that? 462 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:22.119 I don't know. Every day it seems like he says something or does 463 00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:25.000 something wild. But this is interesting. So he says that he has a 464 00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:29.559 low cost Tesla that he's been working on, and they've been working on it 465 00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:32.519 for quite some time. Every day he's looking at the new you know, 466 00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:37.319 schematics for it and reviewing the plans. He says, they come up with 467 00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:42.079 a car that will quote blow people's minds. He's aimy for a model that 468 00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:45.000 would be around twenty five thousand dollars. Would would you buy a twenty five 469 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:51.559 thousand dollars Tesla? You would really one thousand million? You're like, I'm 470 00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:55.359 all about the electric car. I would not, mission only because everybody that 471 00:33:55.400 --> 00:34:01.359 I've ever known who has owned a Tesla has told me about the continued issues 472 00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:07.920 they've had with Yes, So that's why I wouldn't like. I think the 473 00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:10.039 biggest struggle for me would be finding where to try. I would be so 474 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:14.480 stressed about running out of electricity. And I know people say, oh, 475 00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.800 you just charge it overnight, and I'm like, I know, but what 476 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:17.920 if the power goes out and I wake up in the morning and I have 477 00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:22.159 no car and I can't come to KFI and then I lose my job and 478 00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:24.199 it's spirals. Guys. I feel like I'm electric enough that I can just 479 00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:29.599 keep it running. There you go, But ze live Nick. Are you? 480 00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:32.280 Are you pro Tesla against Tesla? Oh? No, no, no 481 00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:36.639 I am. I drive a Bolkswagen I four, so I am a full 482 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:38.880 electric guy. Ooh, you're already there, Tesla. I'm already there. 483 00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:40.639 And that's what I was gonna tell you. If you do want to go 484 00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:45.079 to the electric route, you're gonna be golden. There's plenty of charging spaces 485 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:49.320 around southern California, including at Burbank. There are four charging stations, so 486 00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:52.199 you will be able to make it into CAFI and charge your car. But 487 00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:55.119 for the Tesla specifically, yeah, I'm going to take a hard pass on 488 00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:59.159 that one. I'm with Michelle. There are just too many issues that have 489 00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:01.480 come up or time. This has nothing to do with the personal qualms with 490 00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:06.760 Elon. It has to do everything with the vehicle itself. And it's amazing. 491 00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.760 Don't get me wrong. If you've ever written in one, or if 492 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:10.920 you've driven one, they are fantastic. But yeah, yeah, but there's 493 00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:15.159 so many issues that have come out over the years and they just haven't been 494 00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:19.880 quits like fixed, I guess as quickly as I would expect it. I 495 00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:22.559 really thought they would have been able to be fixed a lot faster, and 496 00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:24.800 not nearly as quickly as we're like owning a boat, like you know, 497 00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:28.840 the two best days of a boat owners life is when they buy it and 498 00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:32.000 when they sell it. Yes, everything in between is like, oh my 499 00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:36.920 gosh, what have I done? Exactly? All right, So let's talk 500 00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:38.880 about really quickly. Let's move on, because I am very excited about this. 501 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:46.039 You guys, Las Vegas is about to have the biggest record breaking wedding 502 00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:53.239 ceremonies of all time. Do you know why? It's got something to do 503 00:35:53.320 --> 00:36:00.320 with some the day weird Yeah that's right, because yes, yes, New 504 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:04.880 Year's Eve is twelve thirty one twenty three, which if you're keeping track at 505 00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:07.559 home, is one two three one two three. And who doesn't want that 506 00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:13.719 as a lifetime of memories for their anniversary. So they're saying the experts, 507 00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:16.320 the wedding experts are saying that it's the holiday, the New Year's Eve holiday, 508 00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:22.199 on top of the specialty date that is going to have a record breaking 509 00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:24.039 weddings in Vegas. But if you don't have your wedding booked by now, 510 00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:28.639 you're probably not going to get it in Vegas unless you go to one of 511 00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:31.320 the chapels, unless you're one of the like quick chapels and they're just just 512 00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:36.079 wait in line for three hours and they're just cranking them out. You know, 513 00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:38.159 I can't hate on too much because my wedding date is actually five' 514 00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:43.920 five oh one, So I picked an easy one that would we would always 515 00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:45.159 remember. And people always say, oh, do you have a sinco to 516 00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:47.280 myoth themed wedding, And I'm like, no, we did not, but 517 00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:52.599 in retrospect, we probably should have because that sounds like a good time thinking 518 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:54.440 to my own themed anniversaries. You're good, Yeah, we definitely do that. 519 00:36:57.280 --> 00:37:00.159 I see you. All right, let's get back to some of the 520 00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:05.199 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Protesters are making plans 521 00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:07.880 as New York City prepares for the world's largest New Year's Eve party in Times 522 00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:13.719 Square, ABC's Joe Torres says several anti Israel Hamas war protesters are scheduled to 523 00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:17.199 coincide with the televised festivities, unlike other years. The war in the Mid 524 00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:23.159 East and the nearly five hundred protests since October seventh all add another layer of 525 00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:28.159 concern. Post shared on social media say December thirty, first Shut it Down 526 00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:30.719 Day of Action is in the works. Much of the focus of the Supreme 527 00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:36.679 Court this past year was on the gifts received over decades by Justice Clarence Thomas, 528 00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:40.800 which only became public through investigative journalism. A grinch whose sol a car 529 00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:45.320 filled with Christmas presents left a four year old and his family in Detroit with 530 00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:49.119 fewer gifts this year. The boy's mom, Bailey chot Coat. Excuse me, 531 00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:52.239 he says, Dad left the presence in the car just for a second 532 00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:54.639 on Christmas Eve. He went outside to grab something from his car and it 533 00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:59.000 was just vanished. She says. The solar car was found on Monday, 534 00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:04.760 about a mile from their home. The presence were not inside. Families and 535 00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:08.760 communities in southern California have gathered in South la to celebrate the first day of 536 00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:14.760 Kwanza. This woman tolds and heeled and excuse me, told NBC four the 537 00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:20.119 parade and festival held yesterday is important so everyone can celebrate unity and show everybody 538 00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:23.000 who we are as a people, the creativity that we have, the love 539 00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:27.639 that we have for one another, and it's just an awesome, awesome, 540 00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:32.960 awesome experience. Wanza focuses on seven principles, which are highlighted each night by 541 00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:38.480 lighting a candle for unity, self determination, responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, 542 00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:44.519 creativity, and faith. More Americans say they're focusing on mental health in 543 00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:47.880 the new year. Stop and Shop Health Living director Alison Delaney says thirty nine 544 00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:52.719 percent of people who answered her survey say they want to reduce stress in twenty 545 00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:54.960 twenty four, while twenty seven percent say they want to head back to the 546 00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:59.840 gym. I definitely, you know, through research and other studies conducted as 547 00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:04.800 the first time, I've really seen a shift towards more mental health. She 548 00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:08.800 says, people are still concerned with eating healthy with fifty eight percent saying they 549 00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:15.360 plan to change what's on their plate. Much of the oh whoops already said 550 00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:16.559 that part. Sorry, I guys. Twenty twenty three was a year that 551 00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:22.159 brought devastation to paradise. Most people don't think of the wildfire when they've envisioned 552 00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:27.159 Hawaii, but that wildfire that burned through Lehina became the deadliest in modern US 553 00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:30.840 history. ABC's Alex Stone went to Maui to report on the wildfire and takes 554 00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:37.000 a look back at what unfolded. Beach front paradise was lost in twenty twenty 555 00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:43.599 three. The flames moved quicker than humans could run. As strong wind hit 556 00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:47.239 Maui on August eighth. Something sparked flames in multiple areas of the island, 557 00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:51.599 believed to have been down power lines in the wind. With the flames that 558 00:39:51.719 --> 00:39:55.360 moved through the picture perfect town of Lehina destroyed everything in their past. This 559 00:39:55.519 --> 00:40:00.639 is not a safe place to be. Hina was gone, the flames, 560 00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:06.519 leaving behind colorless gray ruin against the bright blue Pacific Ocean. Little was left 561 00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:09.679 a very historic place with a lot of history that it's just totally been erased, 562 00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:13.800 you know, and so many lives were lost. I'm still trying to 563 00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:16.639 process. I don't know if I ever get over. I lost my town, 564 00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:22.159 I lost my house Lahina. He is trying to heal in uniquely Hawaiian 565 00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:29.039 waves, but it's still in ruin. Clearing debris could take many more months 566 00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:37.239 at like Stone EBC News. This is KFI and KOSTHD to Los Angeles, 567 00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:39.440 Orange County. This has been your wake up call. 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