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up call. This is your wake up call for Wednesday, December twenty seventh.
I'm ho the rooker in for Amy King. Good morning everyone. I
hope your Wednesday is off to a wonderful star. Do people still say hump
Day? Is that gross? Is that pass? Is that weird? I
like it? Happy hump Day. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call.
Israeli forces have expanded their ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central Gaza.
We'll get the latest details on the Israel Hamas war. Elon Musk is making
a cheaper tesla, will tell you how much you'll pay for the car he
says will blow people's minds. And more America die from heart attacks during the
last week of December than at any other time of the year. We'll find
out what the American Heart Association is urging everyone to do in order to stay
healthy. Then at six oh five, it's handle on the news. Another
storm is heading towards SoCal and will tell you how it will impact the Rose
parade festivities. But let's get started with some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Officials in Mexico say a caravan of six
thousand people is headed to the California Mexico border, and according to both Mexican
and US border officials, a great many of those migrants are from countries other
than Mexico. The Mexican government said this year more than six hundred and eighty
thousand migrants passed through the country on the way to the US. Border.
Officials in San Diego have said more than two thirds of the illegal immigrants caught
at the border are from countries other than Mexico, including those on the terror
watch list. Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin is scheduled to meet today with Mexican
officials to discuss the surge and migration to the US. Steve Gregor ko Finos,
La County's former share says he'll sit down with the county's Civilian Oversight Commission
and answer questions about Deputy Gangs. An attorney for alex Vinueva says her client
will honor a subpoena and testify under oath during Vienueva's tenure. He refused to
participate in any of the Commission's investigations because he said the commission members were corrupt
and vindictive. A report from the Commission claims there are at least half a
dozen gangs or clicks inside the department. An alleged burglar in Pasadena has stabbed
a police dog in the face with a pair of scissors. It had laceration
to the left side of his snout. It requires stitches, but he's too
much better. Pasadena Police Lieutenant Monica Quaar says the dog had found the burglar
hiding in the storage area of a store Monday when it was stabbed. The
burglar allegedly threw boxes at the dog right before stabbing it. The man was
booked for burglary and assault on a police dog. Pizza Hut stores in California
are laying off all delivery drivers ahead of a new law that raises the minimum
wage for fast food workers. The layoffs impact more than twelve hundred drivers.
Business Insider reports the job cuts will happen through February. According to federal employment
notices. Pizza Hut franchises are expected to use third party delivery apps like DoorDash,
grub Hub, and uber Eats. Dinosaur fans can walk among some of
the biggest and oldest reptiles in Anaheim. Jurassic Quest as a touring dinosaur exhibit,
and it's stopping in Orange County next week. Dinosaurs will roam the Anaheim
Convention Center Thursday through January first. The experience includes rides, walk through tours,
and interactive activities featuring life size animated dinosaurs. Protesters are making plans as
New York City prepares for the world's largest New Year's Eve party in Times Square.
ABC's Joe Torres says several anti Israel Hamas war protests are scheduled to side
with the televised festivities, unlike other years. The war in the Mid East
and the nearly five hundred protests since October seventh all add another layer of concern.
Post shared on social media say in December thirty first shutdown day of Action
is in the works all right. Much of the focus of the Supreme Court
this past year was on the gifts received over decades by Justice Clarence Thomas,
which only became public through investigative journalism. ABC Stephen Portnoy has a closer look
at what Scotus accomplished in twenty twenty three key cases and big questions about Justice's
conduct at the Supreme Court. Via sixty three ruling, the High Court struck
down race based admission policies at Harvard, ending affirmative action and higher education as
we know it by a similar vote along ideological lines. The Court also killed
a student loan forgiveness plan that would have given relief to twenty six million borrowers.
That program that Biden set up is now defunct. Justice has upheld the
right of a web designer to refuse to craft site celebrating same sex marriages.
Much of the focus on the Court this past year was on the gifts received
over the decades by Justice Clarence Thomas. Gifts first reported by Pro publica private
jet, flights, yacht cruises, all given at the expense of a man
named Harlan Crowe. Hardly any of it was disclosed. It's only through good
reporting that we were able to find out about these lavish, unreported trips.
By the end of the year, the justicees CO signed a code of conduct,
but critics like Aaron Sherb with the group Common Cause, noted this new
code isn't binding, which we think is a big travesy, a huge loophole.
Stephen Portnoy, ABC News Washington. Israel has expanded their ground offensive into
urban refugee camps in central Gaza. ABC's Geordana Miller joins us from Jerusalem.
Good morning, Good morning. The Israeli Army says it is operating and expanding
its military offensive into central Gaza. This is an area home to three large
urban refugee camps, very densely populated, and we've heard eyewitnessed reports that from
residents there intense bombing campaigns over the last twenty four hours. The Hamas run
Health Ministry says at least two hundred and forty people are dead, that number
likely to rise, and this again will become a very challenging phase of the
war for Israel to be in this area where there are so many civilians and
many who are simply too afraid to move, even though they are asked by
the Israeli army to head to quote unquote safe zones, which are not really
entirely safe, given that Israel's also operating just south of this area in han
Unis, which is a city and really the most important Hamas stronghold at this
point, twelve weeks into this war. And that's a question I think a
lot of people have, is you know, we're hearing that the people in
Gaza are being told to leave seek shelter, but it doesn't seem like they
have anywhere to go. How are they able to protect themselves at this point
right? So, you know, Gozzins, unless you have a second passport.
Egypt's not letting any Gossens leave and take shelter in the Sinai Desert for
their own political, economic, and really security issues. They also view Hamas
as a major threat and problem and certainly don't want Hamas sending up any headquarters
in the Sinai Desert. So, you know, Gosins are essentially trapped in
the Strip during all this intense fighting. And you know, Israel's dropping leaflets
and putting online areas where there are tactical pauses each day usually about four hours,
and even creating interactive maps so that you know, civilians can know where
to go. But first of all, not everyone has access to the internet.
You know, we're just coming out now of a blackout in the Gaza
Strip that lasted for forty eight hours now. You know, the internet is
coming back online. But essentially, you know, Gozins are trying to take
shelter wherever they believe there won't be fighting or they've been told, but it's
not. There's no real safe place. So the un facilities are at three
and four times capacity. Some people are outside of hospitals, you know,
thinking those are safer places, but since you know Hamas has been operating out
of hospitals, those also end up becoming a target. And the one area
that is well's declared Masawi is just it's just not big enough for you know
what, are now about one point eight million Palestinians that are in southern Gaza.
All right, Geordana Miller, thank you so much for taking the time
to talk with us this morning. And you guys be safe, Okay,
thank you. All right, let's get back to some stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A grint who stole a car filled with
Christmas presents left a four year old and his family in Detroit with fewer gifts
this year. The boy's mom, Bailey Coat, says dad left the presence
in the car just for a second. On Christmas Eve, he went outside
to grab something from his car and it was just vanished. She says.
The stolen car was found Monday about a mile from the home. The presents
were not found. Families and communities in southern California have gathered in South la
to celebrate the first day of Kwansa. This woman tells NBC four the parade
and festival held yesterday is important so everyone can celebrate unity and show everybody who
we are as a people, the creativity that we have, the love that
we have for one another, and it's just an awesome, awesome, awesome
experience. Kwanza focuses on seven principles, which are highlighted each night by lighting
a candle for unity, self determination, responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose,
creativity, and faith. More Americans say they're focusing on mental health in the
new year. Stop and Shop Health Living director Alison Delaney says thirty nine percent
of people who answered her survey say they want to reduce stress in twenty twenty
four, while twenty seven percent say they want to head back to the gym.
I definitely, you know, through research and other studies conducted, this
is the first time I've really seen a shift towards more mental health. She
says people are still concerned with eating healthy, with fifty eight percent of people
saying they plan to change what's on their plate. Fifty one percent say they
plan to ring in the new year with champagne, and forty six percent say
they plan on participating in Dry January. Cono, Michelle, which camp are
you in? Are you guys going to the gym? Or are you doing
Dry January. I'm definitely a gym trying to go to her. Okay,
that's your that's your intention, Michelle. What about you, Michelle? We
can't hear her. Oh there you are. Yeah, no, ye,
she said no to all of it, Nope, to all of it.
All right, we love it, all right. We should talk about resolutions
maybe later this week as we get closer to New Year's You guys do,
I try, but usually by the third it's day of January. Not the
same, all right. An alleged burglar in Pasadena has stabbed a police dog
in the face with a pair of scissors. Water resources in Riverside County are
making their annual call for people to recycle their Christmas trees. Residents have been
asked to leave their trees on the curb or take them to landfill so they
can be turned into mulch. The National Weather Service says we could get some
big waves here in SoCal. The large swell could cause coastal flooding in Ventura.
And at six oh five, it's handle on the news. People want
to remove Donald Trump's star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but they're not
having any luck so far. We have an update on this unprecedented move.
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. Officials in Mexico say a caravan of about six thousand people is
headed to the California Mexico border, and according to both Mexican and US border
officials, a great many of those migrants are from countries other than Mexico.
The Mexican government said this year more than six hundred and eighty thousand migrants passed
through the country on the way to the US border. Officials in San Diego
have said more than two thirds of the illegal immigrants caught at the border are
from countries other than Mexico, including those on the terror watch list. Secretary
of State Anthony Blinkin is scheduled to meet today with Mexican officials to discuss the
surge and migration to the US. Steve Gregory ko Finos, ABC senior elections
analyst Nathaniel Rakitch joins us. Now, good morning, good morning, Thanks
for having me. Sure okay, So this is really fascinating to me.
You make these yearly predictions, and before we dive into your predictions, I
want to know how did this tradition start for you? What was your what
compelled you to start this tradition. That's a good question. Yeah. So
I'm an elections analyst. This basically means that I analyze and predict elections for
a living. And you know, I don't know. I think started doing
this, you know, maybe almost ten years ago now, where I look
back every year and basically looked at how those predictions went because I wanted to
learn from the things I got wrong and also kind of maintain a sense of
humility about this exercise because we're going to be things are going to get wrong,
That's true. Even the best fortune tellers often get things wrong exactly all
right, So let's talk about what did you get right about this year before
we dive into what you got wrong. What'd you get right? So,
good question. Well, I think that you know, there were various things
like, for example, the twenty twenty three off year elections, things like
the Ohio balla measure on abortion, the things like the Kentucky governor's race,
the Virginia legislature race. I generally predicted those races correctly, but that's really
just a tribute to the polling in those races. The polls there were pretty
accurate, and I think that goes to show that after a year like twenty
twenty or twenty sixteen went a lot of people were like, Oh, the
polls, what can they tell us that? In general? Most years,
poles are you can actually be a good tool for looking at elections. Okay,
now we have to dive into what did you get wrong? Yeah,
so I think one of the things I got wrong was overestimating a couple of
candidates in the Republican presidential primary. Now, obviously that primary isn't over yet,
but you know, there are candidates who have dropped out who I thought
would do better. So, for example, North Dakota Governor Doug Bergum,
I thought that he would not win the primary, but at least kind of
make things interesting and become kind of a major candidate. And that's mostly because
he's a billionaire. He's actually a software billionaire. People probably haven't heard of
him who are listening to this Swists interview, but he's a governor of North
Dakota, and he had already won the governorship of North Dakota as basically a
total of nobody by spending from his personal fortune on campaign ads. And I
thought that he could do the same thing here and probably not beat Donald Trump,
but at least kind of become a household name. But obviously he didn't
do that, and he dropped O out of the race. So what happened
there? Where were his missteps? Where did he go wrong? Because it
seems like he had everything you know, necessary to you know, further his
political career. What happened? Yeah? I think first of all, he
didn't end up spending as much money as he could have. So as a
billionaire, he could have spent you know, tens and tens of millions of
dollars, but I think at the most recent reports he had only spent about
twelve million dollars, which just isn't going to cut it in a presidential race,
which obviously is extremely expensive. And then also I think that just he
has a very kind of folksy demeanor, which maybe can play well in North
Dakota, of course, you know there's the famous you know, like North
Kota nice or Minnesota nice kind of thing. But I think in for a
national audience, you know, you, especially in the Republican Party of these
days, look a Donald Trump, right, he is, you know,
kind of brash and you know, he he's a fighter, right, That's
kind of his brand, and I think that's what Republican voter's looking for,
and that's just not that work personality. All right, So let's look ahead
a little bit here. What are your predictions for twenty twenty four? Can
you give us some insights there? Yeah, so I think that, you
know, Donald Trump is in excellent shape to win the Republican nomination, at
least so in the national polls, he currently has over sixty percent support,
and there just isn't a historical precedent for candidates who are polling at that level
to lose the nomination. He's also head in early states like Iowa and New
Hampshire, so I think there's a pretty good chance that he goes fifty for
fifty in terms of winning every state's primary. But yeah, but I think
he's got a pretty solid shot of locking up the primary. In terms of
the general election, I really am not going to make a prediction there because
I genuinely think the race is the tops up. I think that Trump has
been leading in recent polls here, but obviously there's a long way to go
a year until for those polls to change, and Trump is going to run
into some issues, like you know, his legal problem that could end up
derailing him. So we'll see you about next November. I don't know.
I mean, people don't seem to mind the indictments and legal issues if he's
still that far ahead in the polls, So it will certainly be an interesting
year. We'll have to see how it plays out for Donald Trump. Nathaniel,
thank you, Oh go ahead? Yeah, Oh no, Well,
I was just going to say, I think Republicans don't seem to mind his
indictments. I do think that among independents, and certainly Democrats and Democrats working
to vote for them anyway, but among independence I think that a scandal can
still hurt your standing, and especially if he's convicted in one of these cases,
I think it'll be tough for somebody to cast a vote for certain people
to cast a vote for a convicted felon. All right, well, we
will have to plan to speak to you again next year just to see how
all next year is going to be a big year for you. So we're
gonna to touch base again next year, see how your predictions panned out.
Nathaniel, thank you so much for talking with us. Thanks for having me.
All right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A top advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
net Yahoo is in Washington to discuss the war in Gaza and the return of
the hostages still held by Hamas ABC's j O'Brien says, Ron Drmer is meeting
today with Secretary State Anthony Blincoln and at the White House and National Security Advisor
Jake Sullivan. It comes at a crucial inflection point. The US has long
sought for somewhat of a cooling off of Israel's campaign in Gaza and more of
a precision campaign there. He says. Administration officials have publicly called for a
two state solution with the Palestinian Authority, which governs the West Bank. Protesters
are making plans as New York City prepares for the world's largest New Year's Eve
party. In Times Square, ABC's Joe Torres says several anti Israel Hamas war
protests are scheduled to coincide with the televised festivities, unlike other years. The
war in the Mid East and the nearly five hundred protests since October seventh all
add another layer of concern. Post shared on social media say December thirty,
first shut it Down Day of Action is in the works. A South Korean
actor known for his role in the Oscar winning movie Parasite has died. South
Korea's Emergency Office says Lee Sun Kin was found dead in a car at a
park in Seoul last night. Media outlets reported police had been searching for the
actor since his family reportedly left a message excuse me. Since his family reported
he left a message similar to a suicide note. He was best known for
playing the head of the wealthy family in the Best Picture Film in twenty twenty
one. He won a SAG Award for Parasite. A woman charged with attacking
actor Charlie Sheen at his home in Malibu, has pleaded not guilty. Electra
Schrock's bail was set at seventy five thousand dollars yesterday. Hearing a scheduled for
January eighth. Shrock is Sheen's neighbor and allegedly broke into his home last week
and assaulted him. SpaceX Falcon nine rocket booster has made its final flight from
Lorda's east coast after sending another batch of Starlink Internet satellites into low Earth orbit.
Officials say high seas cause the booster to fall over during its transport back
to Port Canaveral yesterday. Officials say they plan to salvage the engines and do
what's called life leader inspections on the remaining hardware. More Americans say they're focusing
on mental health in the new year. Stop and Shop Health Living director Alison
Delaney says thirty nine percent of people who answered her survey say they want to
reduce stress in twenty twenty four. I definitely, you know, through research
and other studies conducted, this is the first time I've really seen a shift
towards more mental health. She says. People are still concerned with eating healthy,
with fifty eight percent of people saying they plan to change what's on their
plate. La County's former sheriff, alex Via Nueva says he'll sit down with
the county Civilian Oversight Commission and answer questions about deputy gangs. President Biden has
talked to Qatar about another possible hostage prisoner swapped between Hamas and Israel. And
Pizza Hut stores in California are laying off all delivery drivers ahead of a new
law that raises the minimum wage for fast food workers. The layoffs impact more
than twelve hundred drivers. Then at six oh five, it's handled on the
news. Minimum wage is going up in California, and we'll take a look
at when it will happen and how much. And at five point fifty,
what can you do with your Christmas tree? Well, we have some options
for you. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. It's been a tumultuous year between Russia and NATO.
Twenty twenty three the year NATO learned some hard lessons for Moscow. It's
always been about Alliance expansion. When the Berlin Wall came down, a US
Soviet agreement was struck not to expand NATO Eastward Alliance memberships now double what it
was when the Cold War ended. Rashdaskasilida put In Ukraine was a red line
and this concrete firmly held territory in the Russian leaning east throughout the Ukraine's counter
offensive never made a dance. Sobering assessment from NATO chiefs Stoltenberg, it is
not a silver bullet, not a single system that by itself will change.
Flemented, the situation on the battlefield, Putin's possession remains solid. Despite the
actions a mercenary leader, you have gain any pregosion. In the summer,
he staged a mutiny. Secretary of State blank how this plays out in Russia.
It is ultimately an internal issue for them and they're going to have to
work through it. Death game two months later for pregosion in a plane accident,
Tom Rivers. ABC News research shows more Americans die from heart attacks during
the last week of December than any other time of the year. ABC's Jim
Ryan joins us now to talk about why that is Good Morning, Jim burning
Heather. A lot of things play into this. Undoubtedly the obvious ones well,
the rich food that we eat, the lack of exercise, the booze,
the stress. Even cold weather in parts of the country where that's a
factor can lead to heart problems. It's known to constrict arteries, restrict the
blood flow. So you add it all up and you come up with some
pretty startling statistics, Heather. According to the American Heart Association, the highest
number of fatal heart attacks in this country happens on December twenty fifth. It's
followed by December twenty sixth, that in third place. Heather, January first,
we're right square in the middle. That is wild. Yeah, all
right, let's talk about the American Heart Association. What are they saying about
the research that they've done and what we can do about this? Well,
it really I think it helps to know that these factors all play in to
heart health or heart problems. Knowing that over indulging in food, too much
liquor not taking your medication because you've got family in town and you get busy,
those things all can to alleviate the issue during the rest of the year.
It tells scientists and cardiologists what their patients should be doing or shouldn't be
doing. So, yeah, it all points in the direction of kind of
you know, minimizing these issues, lowering the stress level, getting out taking
a walk during the day that can first lower the stress level, but it
gets you a little bit of exercise, gets your blood flowing, gets your
heart pump, and gets your lungs working. And then making sure that you
get plenty of sleep at night, even if your family's in town. You
want to, you know, it's to wretch it out and stay up past
midnight on Christmas in New Year's give yourself a break. That sleep is a
big one. I think people overlook that a lot sleep is so essential to
our overall health. Oh absolutely it is, and including your heart health and
you know just about everything else in memory care and your your blood pressure,
and so yeah, sleep is a major factor in all of this. So
let's talk about what symptoms we should be looking out for if we're all,
you know, if we're spending time with family over the holidays and friends,
what should we be looking for, if anything, if we're able to see
any signs of heart trouble. Oh absolutely. Then earlier this week in Fact
That did a story about a guy who plays Santa Claus in Kansas City events
and shopping malls and things, and he was feeling, you know, he
had indigestion. It lasted a couple of days. It just wouldn't go away.
It then started radiating the pain in his chest to his arm. And
he was a trained EMT in his professional life. He says, you know
what, this isn't normal. He called an ambulance. He had a heart
attack in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. They installed inserted a
stent in his heart and he's great now. But yeah, the chest pain,
the discomfort that he was feeling, that should be a major sign to
anybody. Shortness of breath, having pain or discomfort in your back, your
arm, even in your jaw, that can be one telltale sign. And
then feeling nauseated or lightheaded or unusually tired. And I mean a lot of
that comes with the holidays anyway. So look at the overall picture of the
person's health and how they're feeling. All right, So let's say we see
someone who might be having some of these symptoms. What do we do as
our first call? It seems obvious to nine one one, But are there
things we can do at home? Yeah? Oh yeah, and in fact,
this ought to be a new Year's resolution. Get at least one person
in your household trained in CPR, right, so that if somebody is there
and can recognize these symptoms and as familiar with CPR, one person is making
a call to nine to one one, this other person then can start CPR
administering CPR if that's required. So certainly that's one thing to do. Be
familiar with it, practice it, and make sure that at least one person,
maybe two or three people, maybe all the people in your household are
familiar with it. That way, everybody's protected. All Right, this has
been such good information and honestly such a great reminder. Any other last notes
or last bits of advice from the American Heart Association. Yeah, still enjoy
the holidays, you know, it doesn't have to be such a downer.
But being a little more cognizant, getting a little bit of rest, that's
going to improve your quality time with your family anyway. So, yeah,
you didn't stay up till one or two in the morning, but if you
got to bed at ten, maybe got up six thirty, then you get
a full day of being aware and being present. What if we get up
at two in the morning. Jim, that was my story today. Yeah,
I'm up at two two forty five. Every you know. Yeah.
Don't talk about sleep. Yeah, don't talk to newspeople about sleep. We
don't know what that is. Yeah, all right, Jim, thank you
so much. We appreciate your time. To you, Heather, all right,
let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the Campfi twenty
four hour newsroom. A top advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin nettan Yahoo is
in Washington to discuss the war in Gaza and the return of the hostages still
held by Hamas abczj O'Brien says Ron Drmer is meeting today with Secretary of State
Anthony Blincoln at the White House and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. It comes
at a crucial inflection point. The US has long sought for somewhat of a
cooling off of Israel's campaign in Gaza and more of a precision campaign there,
he says. Administration officials have publicly called for a two state solution with the
Palestinian Authority, which governs the West Bank. Officials in Mexico say a caravan
of six thousand people is headed to the California border, and according to both
Mexican and US border officials, a great many of those migrants are from countries
other than Mexico. The Mexican government said this year more than six hundred and
eighty thousand migrants passed through the country on the way to the US. Border.
Officials in San Diego have said more than two thirds of the illegal immigrants
caught at the border are from countries other than Mexico, including those on the
terror watch list. Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin is scheduled to meet today with
Mexican officials to discuss the surge and migration to the US. Steve Gregory Ka,
finos La County's former sheriff, says he'll sit down with the county's Civilian
Oversight Commission and answer questions about Deputy Gangs. An attorney for Alex Vianueva says
her client will honor a subpoena and testify under oath. During Vianueva's tenure,
he refused to participate in any of the commission's investigations because he said the commission
members were corrupt and vindictive. A report from the commission claims there are at
least half a dozen gangs or clicks inside the department. An alleged burglar in
Pasadena has stabbed a police dog in the face with a pair of scissors.
It had laceration to the left side of his snout. It requires stitches,
but he's too much better. Pasadena Police Lieutenant Monica Quaar says. The dog
has found the burglar hiding in the storage area of a store on Monday when
it was stabbed. The burglar allegedly threw boxes at the dog before stabbing it.
The man was booked for burglary and assault on a police dog. Much
of the focus of the Supreme Court this past year was on the gifts received
over the decades by Justice Clarence Thomas ABC. Stephen Portnoy has a closer look
at what Scotus accomplished in twenty twenty three key cases and big questions about Justice's
conduct at the Supreme Court. By a sixty three ruling, the High Court
struck down race based admission policies at Harvard, ending affirmative action and higher education
as we know it by a similar vote along ideological lines. The Court also
killed a student loan forgiveness plan that would have given relief to twenty six million
borrowers. That program that Biden set up is now defunct. Justice has upheld
the right of a web designer to refuse to craft site celebrating same sex marriages.
Much of the focus on the court this past year was on the gifts
received over the decades by Justice Clarence Thomas. Gifts first reported by Pro publica
private jet, flights, yacht cruises, all given at the expense of a
man named Harlan Crowe. Hardly any of it was disclosed. It's only through
good reporting that we were able to find out about these lavish, unreported trips.
By the end of the year, the justices co signed a code of
conduct, but critics like Aaron Sherb with the group Common Cause, noted this
new code isn't binding, which we think is a big travesy, a huge
loophole. Stephen Portnoy, ABC News Washington. A grinch who stole a car
filled with Christmas presents left a four year old and his family in Detroit with
fewer gifts this year. And where can you recycle your Christmas trees? We're
going to give you some tips on that. And a new caravan of migrants
is headed to the California Mexico Border Officials in Mexico say the group of about
six thousand left the southern part of the country on Christmas Eve and is walking
north along roads and highways. We are just minutes away from Handle. On
the news this morning, pizza Hut stores in California are laying off all delivery
drivers ahead of a new law that raises the minimum wage for fast food workers.
The layoffs impact more than twelve hundred drivers. All right, so I'm
into the Christmas trees. We have to talk about this every year. I
we used to have a real tree, my whole family, we used to
have a real tree. But for the past several years we have a fake
tree, an artificial tree, and we would always just drag our tree out
to the curb. I don't know what you guys do, is that,
do you guys? ConA, you have a real tree, always a real
tree, and yes, just drag it onto the curb. Don't miss trash
day because they do it just that one day of that week. They do
it one day. All right. Yeah, so here's the deal. I
feel like that that's kind of a given. Like most people know that that's
kind of what you do. But there are some other options. You can
call the city and like set up a pick up request if for some reason
you missed that trash day. You can also go on their website, and
I think every county kind of has like a similar program in order to do
that. But you got to make sure all your ornaments and decorations and everything
are off the tree. Michelle, are you an artificial or real tree?
Real tree? And yeah, our little complex has a landscape where that comes
once a week, so usually the two weeks after Christmas, so the week
after Christmas and the week and New Year, they will take your tree if
you just set it right outside. Okay, Nick, are you real tree
or fake tree? I am a fake tree and have been a fake tree
in my entire life, except for when I lived overseas where they didn't really
have many fake trees, so then they didn't have Yeah, they didn't have
fake trees because they didn't take it with us. So then I got a
real tree, so that was when I was in Italy. But other than
that, yeah, fake tree all the way, baby, fake tree all
the way. Yeah, you can even say there's for breeze puts out a
lovely pine scented you know, a fragrance if that's what you need through the
air so you can get in the mood in some way. All right.
I will always do that between candles or you know anything that way. I
got you, all right? I love that, all right? So here,
okay, we got to talk about this. I love Elon Musk.
He's so crazy, I mean in a good way. Can I say that?
I don't know. Every day it seems like he says something or does
something wild. But this is interesting. So he says that he has a
low cost Tesla that he's been working on, and they've been working on it
for quite some time. Every day he's looking at the new you know,
schematics for it and reviewing the plans. He says, they come up with
a car that will quote blow people's minds. He's aimy for a model that
would be around twenty five thousand dollars. Would would you buy a twenty five
thousand dollars Tesla? You would really one thousand million? You're like, I'm
all about the electric car. I would not, mission only because everybody that
I've ever known who has owned a Tesla has told me about the continued issues
they've had with Yes, So that's why I wouldn't like. I think the
biggest struggle for me would be finding where to try. I would be so
stressed about running out of electricity. And I know people say, oh,
you just charge it overnight, and I'm like, I know, but what
if the power goes out and I wake up in the morning and I have
no car and I can't come to KFI and then I lose my job and
it's spirals. Guys. I feel like I'm electric enough that I can just
keep it running. There you go, But ze live Nick. Are you?
Are you pro Tesla against Tesla? Oh? No, no, no
I am. I drive a Bolkswagen I four, so I am a full
electric guy. Ooh, you're already there, Tesla. I'm already there.
And that's what I was gonna tell you. If you do want to go
to the electric route, you're gonna be golden. There's plenty of charging spaces
around southern California, including at Burbank. There are four charging stations, so
you will be able to make it into CAFI and charge your car. But
for the Tesla specifically, yeah, I'm going to take a hard pass on
that one. I'm with Michelle. There are just too many issues that have
come up or time. This has nothing to do with the personal qualms with
Elon. It has to do everything with the vehicle itself. And it's amazing.
Don't get me wrong. If you've ever written in one, or if
you've driven one, they are fantastic. But yeah, yeah, but there's
so many issues that have come out over the years and they just haven't been
quits like fixed, I guess as quickly as I would expect it. I
really thought they would have been able to be fixed a lot faster, and
not nearly as quickly as we're like owning a boat, like you know,
the two best days of a boat owners life is when they buy it and
when they sell it. Yes, everything in between is like, oh my
gosh, what have I done? Exactly? All right, So let's talk
about really quickly. Let's move on, because I am very excited about this.
You guys, Las Vegas is about to have the biggest record breaking wedding
ceremonies of all time. Do you know why? It's got something to do
with some the day weird Yeah that's right, because yes, yes, New
Year's Eve is twelve thirty one twenty three, which if you're keeping track at
home, is one two three one two three. And who doesn't want that
as a lifetime of memories for their anniversary. So they're saying the experts,
the wedding experts are saying that it's the holiday, the New Year's Eve holiday,
on top of the specialty date that is going to have a record breaking
weddings in Vegas. But if you don't have your wedding booked by now,
you're probably not going to get it in Vegas unless you go to one of
the chapels, unless you're one of the like quick chapels and they're just just
wait in line for three hours and they're just cranking them out. You know,
I can't hate on too much because my wedding date is actually five'
five oh one, So I picked an easy one that would we would always
remember. And people always say, oh, do you have a sinco to
myoth themed wedding, And I'm like, no, we did not, but
in retrospect, we probably should have because that sounds like a good time thinking
to my own themed anniversaries. You're good, Yeah, we definitely do that.
I see you. All right, let's get back to some of the
stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Protesters are making plans
as New York City prepares for the world's largest New Year's Eve party in Times
Square, ABC's Joe Torres says several anti Israel Hamas war protesters are scheduled to
coincide with the televised festivities, unlike other years. The war in the Mid
East and the nearly five hundred protests since October seventh all add another layer of
concern. Post shared on social media say December thirty, first Shut it Down
Day of Action is in the works. Much of the focus of the Supreme
Court this past year was on the gifts received over decades by Justice Clarence Thomas,
which only became public through investigative journalism. A grinch whose sol a car
filled with Christmas presents left a four year old and his family in Detroit with
fewer gifts this year. The boy's mom, Bailey chot Coat. Excuse me,
he says, Dad left the presence in the car just for a second
on Christmas Eve. He went outside to grab something from his car and it
was just vanished. She says. The solar car was found on Monday,
about a mile from their home. The presence were not inside. Families and
communities in southern California have gathered in South la to celebrate the first day of
Kwanza. This woman tolds and heeled and excuse me, told NBC four the
parade and festival held yesterday is important so everyone can celebrate unity and show everybody
who we are as a people, the creativity that we have, the love
that we have for one another, and it's just an awesome, awesome,
awesome experience. Wanza focuses on seven principles, which are highlighted each night by
lighting a candle for unity, self determination, responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose,
creativity, and faith. More Americans say they're focusing on mental health in
the new year. Stop and Shop Health Living director Alison Delaney says thirty nine
percent of people who answered her survey say they want to reduce stress in twenty
twenty four, while twenty seven percent say they want to head back to the
gym. I definitely, you know, through research and other studies conducted as
the first time, I've really seen a shift towards more mental health. She
says, people are still concerned with eating healthy with fifty eight percent saying they
plan to change what's on their plate. Much of the oh whoops already said
that part. Sorry, I guys. Twenty twenty three was a year that
brought devastation to paradise. Most people don't think of the wildfire when they've envisioned
Hawaii, but that wildfire that burned through Lehina became the deadliest in modern US
history. ABC's Alex Stone went to Maui to report on the wildfire and takes
a look back at what unfolded. Beach front paradise was lost in twenty twenty
three. The flames moved quicker than humans could run. As strong wind hit
Maui on August eighth. Something sparked flames in multiple areas of the island,
believed to have been down power lines in the wind. With the flames that
moved through the picture perfect town of Lehina destroyed everything in their past. This
is not a safe place to be. Hina was gone, the flames,
leaving behind colorless gray ruin against the bright blue Pacific Ocean. Little was left
a very historic place with a lot of history that it's just totally been erased,
you know, and so many lives were lost. I'm still trying to
process. I don't know if I ever get over. I lost my town,
I lost my house Lahina. He is trying to heal in uniquely Hawaiian
waves, but it's still in ruin. Clearing debris could take many more months
at like Stone EBC News. This is KFI and KOSTHD to Los Angeles,
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