WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:05.480 You're listening to KF I am six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King 2 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:13.119 on demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI and kost HD two, Los Angeles, 3 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:18.519 Orange County. What do you want for Christmas? Little boy? My mind 4 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:21.559 had gone blank. Frantically I tried to remember what it was I wanted. 5 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:27.480 I was blowing it, blowing it came cant it? How about a nice 6 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:30.960 sir football? No? No, I'm fish writer in your covering. I 7 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:36.200 should you want to? I want you should your eye out? Kid? 8 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:45.600 Merry Christmas? How how how it's time? So your morning wake up call? 9 00:00:46.640 --> 00:01:14.120 Here's Amy King. Ella, Oh there we are, there we are. 10 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:19.680 You should have seen us madly pushing buttons in both the air mixed studio 11 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:23.799 and also here in the news booth trying to go why do we not hear 12 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.680 each other? Okay, good morning, Kno, yeah, good morning. 13 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:33.400 Hey. This is your wake up call for Thursday, December twenty First, 14 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:38.239 I'm Amy King, good morning. What I was saying when you couldn't hear 15 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:42.280 me was I hope that they're going to continue to do a Christmas story marathon. 16 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:47.079 I think it's either on TNT or TBS or USA or something on Christmas 17 00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:51.760 Day because my family, after we do the presence and we do breakfast, 18 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:55.280 we kind of just cycle in and out of the TV room and just kind 19 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:59.640 of watch that periodically and take naps and then get up and watch it more. 20 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:02.519 It's just it's a weird movie. Just to have on it is, 21 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:06.159 yeah, and you can kind of pick it up and then leave it and 22 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:08.599 then pick it up again because at this point I've probably you know, kind 23 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:14.080 of got it memorized. So anyway, hey, driving in today, it 24 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:15.159 was a little scary. I don't know how it was for you guys, 25 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:20.080 Anne and Kno, but it wasn't actually too bad. But there were a 26 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:23.639 couple of spots on the freeway where I was full on hydroplaning and just happened 27 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:27.000 to be next to a big rig, which was a little bit spooky. 28 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:31.599 But I hydroplaning is my least favorite because that's when you you're just like you 29 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:36.319 have no control. You can't break, you can't accelerate, you can't steer. 30 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:39.360 You just kind of hold onto the steering wheel and hope for the best 31 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:44.400 and take your foot off the guests. So anyway, as you're heading out 32 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:46.960 and about this morning, that is my word of warning to be careful, 33 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:50.520 to slow down. But the roads weren't horrible, but there were some spots 34 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:53.840 so and we've got more rain on the way. Here's what's ahead on wake 35 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:58.360 up call. Speaking of rain, heavy rain is expected today and tomorrow across 36 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:01.960 southern California, with flash flood warnings in effect and also wind advisories. The 37 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:07.000 heaviest of the rain is expected today, up to four inches of rain call 38 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:10.120 a fall could hit the La County area before the storm moves out. Even 39 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:15.120 more rain is expected in the foothills and coastal areas. The Colorado Supreme Court 40 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:19.599 justices who ruled former President Trump is not allowed on the state presidential ballot are 41 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:23.439 getting threats. Some are being docks, meaning their email addresses and phone numbers 42 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:27.520 are being posted online. The Colorado Supreme Court made its ruling Tuesday, saying 43 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:31.919 Trump is not eligible to be president again because he engaged in insurrection. California's 44 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:36.879 population has shrunk for a third straight year. CINSUS data shows the state had 45 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:42.080 the nation's fourth biggest drop in population since July twenty twenty, losing seventy five 46 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:46.840 thousand residents. The five counties hit the hardest include La Orange, Riverside, 47 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:50.879 San Bernardino, and Contra Costa County. At six oh five, it's handle 48 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:53.960 on the news. California could follow Colorado's lead when it comes to kicking former 49 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:58.400 President Trump off the twenty twenty four state ballot. Let's get started with some 50 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:00.879 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty five where our newsroom. A 51 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:04.960 federal judge has temporarily blocked a California law that would have banned carrying guns in 52 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:11.120 most public places. The judge ruled yesterday the law violates the Second Amendment and 53 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:15.639 deprives people of their ability to defend themselves and their loved ones. The law 54 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:18.319 was set to take effect January first, and would have made it so people 55 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:23.879 can't carry in places like public parks and playgrounds, churches, banks, and 56 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:27.800 zoos. The guy accused of killing a four year old boy during a road 57 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:31.480 rage attack in Lancaster is facing a bunch of charges. Jilly County DA's offices. 58 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:35.079 It filed one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder against Byron 59 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:40.399 Burkhart. Burkhart's accused of pulling alongside a car Friday night on the Sierra Highway 60 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:43.480 and shooting eight rounds into the car, fatally hitting the boy in the back 61 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:46.759 seat. The boys' parents were in the front and were not injured. Sources 62 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:49.480 close to the case telling Burkhart had been on probation for carjacking and has a 63 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:54.759 lengthy rap sheet. He's also facing five counts of possession of a firearm by 64 00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:59.240 a felon. He's in jail on five million dollars bail. Steve Gregory kaingaf 65 00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:02.519 I News. The economic forecast for Southern California next year is expected to be 66 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:06.560 slow but steady thanks to federal interest rate cuts. A little bit of uncertainty 67 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:10.920 still is out there and so likely a little bit slower growth than we've seen 68 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:15.240 in twenty twenty three. So Cal Association of Government COO Darren Titsey says housing, 69 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:18.800 entertainment, and hospitality industries were all strong this year. Southern California has 70 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:24.600 continually had higher per capita GDP than the rest of the country. We're certainly 71 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:28.399 expecting that to continue. Plus tourism over the next several years. We look 72 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:32.279 to host a series of worldwide events. Titsy says the recession seemed likely at 73 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:36.079 this time last year, but now a recession appears unlikely. In twenty twenty 74 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:41.879 four, Corbin Carson kf I News Toyota is recalling a million cars in the 75 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:46.600 US because of a short circuit issue. The recall involves twenty twenty to twenty 76 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:50.639 twenty two Avalons, Cameras, Highlanders, rav Fours, Sanna's and Corollas plus 77 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:56.439 Lexus ES two fifties and RX two fifties. The car maker says a short 78 00:05:56.439 --> 00:06:00.439 circuit in the vehicle centers could prevent airbags from deploying properly, increasing the risk 79 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:05.920 of an injury in a crash. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Giordana 80 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:12.920 Miller in Jerusalem, Jordana. After no real outward signs that talks were continuing, 81 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:16.079 Hamas's top leader went to Cairo yesterday. What came of the talks if 82 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:23.600 anything, that's right. Hamas is the leader of the political wing Ismo Honeya, 83 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:30.839 traveling yesterday to Cairo to meet with mediators there to discuss another possible hostage 84 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:38.160 deal, release slash ceasefire. But today we're hearing Hamas put their position on 85 00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:44.600 the table and it is a very we could say, stubborn position that's really 86 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:48.759 a non starter for Israel, and that is that Hamas will not release any 87 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:54.759 of the one hundred and twenty nine hostages until the end of this war. 88 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:59.240 In other words, they are asking Israel to stop the war, not a 89 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:02.600 ceasefire for a week or two, but actually end the war before they will 90 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:12.560 discuss releasing the hostages that they so brutally kidnapped on October seventh, and stalemate 91 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:18.120 because Israel has said we're not stopping until the hostages are released, that's right. 92 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:24.600 Essentially, Israel has said again today that the war will continue until it 93 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:30.839 meets its goals, which is dismantling Hamas, returning the hostages and making sure 94 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:38.199 that the Gods Strip doesn't ever threaten Israel's South again. Certainly, Israel is 95 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:45.240 not going to stop this war. They are interested in pausing the war again 96 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:51.439 for up to even two weeks and even releasing some Palestinian criminals who have blood 97 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:57.079 on their hands, who've been sitting in Israeli jails for murdering Israeli civilians and 98 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:01.079 terror terror attacks. They would be on the release list, which is a 99 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:07.360 first that did not happen in the in the previous hostage release deal. But 100 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:15.160 Hamas again making this very you know, hardball position, which has left the 101 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:20.160 talks really to stalemate. We will continue, I think, to see the 102 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:26.120 back channel talks you know, for a new deal continue, and perhaps Hamas 103 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:28.319 will show some kind of flexibility in the next couple of weeks. We'll have 104 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:33.639 to wait and see. Okay, is Hamas still calling for a massive release 105 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:37.639 of Palestinian prisoners. We had heard that they were saying, okay, well, 106 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:43.120 we'll talk about turning over the ones that we have for like five thousand 107 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:46.000 Palestinians or some crazy number. Right. Well, they have on and off 108 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:52.399 talked about wanting an all for all deal all the Palestinians that are serving in 109 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:58.360 Israeli jails, about five thousand in exchange for all the Israeli hostages, the 110 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:03.600 innocent one hundred and twenty nine and that includes, by the way, eight 111 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:09.720 Americans. But Israel has consistently rejected the idea of an all for all deal, 112 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:15.759 you know, to begin with. You know, Israel is not going 113 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:20.000 to end the war because they feel like they have not met the objectives yet, 114 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:24.240 and it would just allow Hamas to basically, you know, reassess the 115 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:28.799 situation, rearm, rebuild, and renew its attacks on Israel, and Israel 116 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:35.440 is not willing to let out so many of the most serious criminals sitting in 117 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:39.039 its jails because it fears that could also lead to new terror attacks, you 118 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:43.399 know, not only in the West Bank, in the disputed West Bank, 119 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:48.000 but in you know, Israel proper. Yeah, And as the talks hit 120 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:52.960 a stalemate too, we're hearing that fighting has intensified in Gaza today. Well, 121 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:58.919 the fighting is intensifying in southern Gaza, that is certain. The fight 122 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:03.639 there has been at a very intense level now for a couple of weeks, 123 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:11.240 as Israeli soldiers engage face to face with Hamas terrace in you know, you 124 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:16.240 know, in urban warfare, really from building to building, Hamas is jumping 125 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:24.480 out of tunnels, shooting RPGs and grenades during grenades at soldiers and then disappearing. 126 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:30.879 They clearly have somewhat of an advantage, knowing the terrain better than the 127 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:35.879 Israeli soldiers. But it appears that in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, 128 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:41.440 Israel has almost cemented its complete control up there. There's fighting, only 129 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:46.759 really intense fighting in one neighborhood. The other Hamas strongholds have been pretty much 130 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:52.320 dismantled, and they've you know, destroyed tunnel and you know, hundreds of 131 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:56.919 tunnels in the north. But again, Han yunis that is the center of 132 00:10:56.919 --> 00:11:03.480 fighting. That's where if Jaquesinoir, Hamas's top leader is still in Gaza Strip, 133 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:05.240 that's where he is. In the south, that's also where they believe 134 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:11.279 the hostages are being held. Okay, and do we have any idea like 135 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:16.120 how much of Hamas, like how much progress Israel has made with their mission 136 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:20.679 to get rid of Hamas. I mean, they're still pretty vocal and defiant 137 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:24.840 and fighting back. But do we have any inkling of that? Right, 138 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:30.360 that's a good question. So Israel says that it has killed about seven thousand 139 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:37.960 male combatant fighters Hamas militants, top leaders and you know, and that's about 140 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:46.360 that represents about a third of the of the death toll in the Gaza Strip. 141 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:52.240 Of course, civilians and women and children make up the other two thirds. 142 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:58.960 And Israel Hamas believes Israel believes Hamas has about twenty thousand to twenty five 143 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:03.039 thousand fighters. So you know, they haven't even hit you know, I 144 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:07.559 haven't even destroyed half the fighters. All right, Okay, Well, thank 145 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:11.840 you for the update. Let's hope that they get those talks back on and 146 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:15.960 get some hostages out of there. My goodness, thank you, Jordana. 147 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:18.919 Yeah, we'll talk to you again soon. Take cared. All right, 148 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:20.720 let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four 149 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:24.039 our news room. Police are still trying to track down a person who randomly 150 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:28.399 attacked a man in a wheelchair in Bellflower. Michael Olson says he was attacked 151 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:33.480 by a total stranger. I felt a sharp pain in my back and he 152 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:35.799 stumbled over in front of me, and then he turned around and said, 153 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:39.919 oh sorry, bro, and then after about a ten second pause, he 154 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:43.240 stabbed me in the stomach. La Kenny Sheriff's Deputy Michuel Maza says Olsen was 155 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:46.799 riding in his wheelchair on a sidewalk in broad daylight last month when he was 156 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:50.279 attacked. But the angels at this suspect poses to the rest of the community 157 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:54.840 is very high. So we know that this person at eight in the morning 158 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:58.399 is willing to commit this crime. He's willing to do anything else to anybody 159 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:01.919 else. Deputy Masa says the attack was caught on surveillance video, but the 160 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:07.720 attacker has not yet been identified. CHP investigators have recovered nearly a million dollars 161 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:11.799 worth of stuff stolen from stores around La County. Investigators served search warrants at 162 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:16.960 a warehouse in Paramount and a makeshift storefront and Wittier. Officer Luis Quintero says 163 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:22.919 the stolen makeup and other cosmetics were from several retailers CBS write Aid nine nine 164 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:26.039 Cents stores, Northstroms. The CHP is working to return those items. A 165 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:31.000 woman accused of owning both the store and warehouse was arrested earlier this week. 166 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:35.279 The CHP's Organized Retail Crime Task Force has made more than one thousand arrests this 167 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:39.720 year. Blake Trolli kaf I News, a Republican congressman from Texas's the border 168 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:45.720 patrols overwhelmed with a number of immigrants crossing the southern border. ABC News says 169 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:50.120 more than ten thousand were caught just on Tuesday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has 170 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:56.039 started flying illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities. ABC's Liz Naggi says he sent one 171 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:58.639 hundred and twenty to Chicago this week. Jbago City officials are scrambling to try 172 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:03.480 and find spacing shelters for those new arrivals, but many of those city shelters 173 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:07.440 are already maxed out. The governor of Texas City sent the charter flight because 174 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:13.159 Chicago started obstructing and targeting his state's busing mission. Texas has sent more than 175 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:18.600 eighty thousand migrants to sanctuary cities since last year. A federal court judge has 176 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:24.200 shot down California's ban on carrying guns in most public places, including parks, 177 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:28.480 playgrounds, banks, churches, and zoos. The federal court decision yesterday in 178 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:33.399 Santa Ana at least temporarily blocks the law from taking effect January first. Ag 179 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:37.679 Robante says the judge got it wrong and will appeal. The Senate has adjourned 180 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:39.960 for the year without a deal to fund the Ukrainian military and its war against 181 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:46.240 Russia. The Senate will reconvene on January eighth. During the break, Senate 182 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:50.840 and White House negotiators planned to hold virtual meetings on an emergency foreign aid package. 183 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:56.120 X is back online after a global outage. Thousands of users say their 184 00:14:56.120 --> 00:15:01.000 feeds stopped updating shortly after midnight in the US, Canada, Britain and other 185 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:05.399 countries, and some others say that they couldn't even see the messages that had 186 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:09.320 already come through. The cause of the X outage not yet known. At 187 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:13.159 six oh five, it's handled on the news. When you get pulled over, 188 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:16.440 police officers are now going to be required to tell you why. It's 189 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:20.039 a new law. I'll tell you more about it right now. Let's say 190 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:24.600 good morning to ABC's crime and Terrorism analyst Brad Garrett. Brad, there are 191 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:28.720 a lot of Americans who are not happy about the Supreme Court or the Colorado 192 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:33.759 Supreme Court ruling to kick the former president off the ballot, but some have 193 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:37.679 taken that unhappiness to a whole new level. Well, there is no doubt 194 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:45.679 I mean threatening to kill or attempt to kill the Colorado State Supreme Court justices 195 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:50.159 launch a mass shooting at Yale University. You would ask, well, why 196 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:56.559 would they do that because one of the Supreme Court justices that voted for this 197 00:15:56.720 --> 00:16:04.519 disqualification, the governor who appointed him, Bill Ritter, alma mater is Yale. 198 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:08.639 So I only bring that up maybe because think how many steps that's removed. 199 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:12.159 Yeah, it's kind of far reaching, Yeah, but it lets you 200 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:18.200 know how sort of unhinged people are out there. I mean, it's the 201 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:25.919 combination of all of these Anything that goes at President Trump in a negative way, 202 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:30.960 there's just a percentage of people that are going to react to that in 203 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:34.360 a very potentially violent way, or at least say violent things. And my 204 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:41.480 concern, obviously is those numbers are growing, they're not getting smaller. Yeah, 205 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:45.639 okay, so that they're getting death threats and I hear they're being docked. 206 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:52.759 Yes, that's correct. I mean, we had a version of that 207 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:59.519 against Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh here near me, where people showed up at his 208 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:03.480 house and started to do in appropriate There's a number of people arrested because they 209 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:08.039 published his address. Not that it's that difficult to find, but if you 210 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:12.079 give people an easy pathway, there's just going to be a percentage of people 211 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:17.960 who follow it. Yeah. So it's happening from both sides of the aisle 212 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:19.720 or the I don't know if you call it both sides of the aisle, 213 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:23.720 but from both sides, that the extreme elements of both sides. And it's 214 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:30.680 not just judges, oh no, of course not. I mean US Capitol 215 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:36.759 Police recently stated that in the last year, threats against Congress have actually doubled 216 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:41.480 and to your point, that's I'm sure I don't know how those breakdown Republican 217 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:47.359 the Democrat, but there's going to be a lot of each, I'll tell 218 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:52.480 you. And trying to work at the legitimacy of threats. I've done a 219 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.920 lot of those over the years, and they can be time consuming and as 220 00:17:56.960 --> 00:18:00.640 you get more of them, you get further behind. It's going to be 221 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:03.759 you know, one maybe in the stack of those you're looking at that ends 222 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:10.079 up going live, and the question is do you get to it before the 223 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:12.319 person actually commits the act. I mean, that's sort of where we are. 224 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:17.039 It's nothing against law enforcement. You can only do what you can do, 225 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:22.799 but it's the numbers of threats and excuse me, are just overwhelming, 226 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:26.599 and that's my big concern. Okay, and Brad, because you're good at 227 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:30.440 doing this, and like you said, you try to get in people's heads 228 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:33.160 and try to figure out what is a legitimate threat and what's driving them, 229 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:40.240 What is driving people to these extremes. So you have to go to a 230 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:45.759 core group of people that believe in their hearts that President Trump is still the 231 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:52.720 president, that the election was stolen, despite the fact of so much information 232 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:56.680 to the contrary. They just don't want to believe it. And part of 233 00:18:56.720 --> 00:19:03.720 that amy is the drive by President Trump and other politicians to delegitimize law enforcement 234 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:10.480 from the FBI down. And when you start to a road law enforcement in 235 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:15.440 a country that's founded on the rule of law, it's a really a dangerous 236 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:19.720 sort of slope to go down. And if you add to that, if 237 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:25.680 people think it's okay to say things that aren't true and save them in a 238 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:30.720 very inflammatory way, I think it gives some people a license to actually do 239 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:36.160 that. So you know, now everything I've just said is pretty difficult to 240 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:41.960 do much about because you know, there's the first amendmity of the right to 241 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:45.480 say things, even if they're hateful, not true, et cetera. And 242 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:52.160 you combine that with if all you listen to is inflammatory stuff that's not true, 243 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:56.640 that for some people then that becomes their reality. Right. And you 244 00:19:56.640 --> 00:20:00.559 know, it used to be that we could disagree and it would be okay, 245 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:03.519 But now we don't disagree, we demonize, and it comes from we 246 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:11.359 do sides. Right. It's all about identity connection. You you start to 247 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:15.599 identify with an individual or a movement or whatever, and you don't you know, 248 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:18.839 you don't. There's no voice of reason anymore for you. And there's 249 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:22.519 a lot of different reasons why that occurs. But we've now gotten to a 250 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:32.640 place in this as the world is today where the volume is so turned up 251 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:37.519 on every one of these issues, and it comes and bombards you between you 252 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:41.200 know, AI figuring out what you want to hear, and then bombarding you 253 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:45.960 with you know, information with a slant or that's just an app out a 254 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:51.680 lie, and that's all you hear, and for some people that's all it 255 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:56.160 takes. Well, let's hope that those people are just blowing smoke, but 256 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:59.599 we will be watching. Thank you so much, Brad, appreciate your insight. 257 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:03.240 You're welcome. Take care, Amy, take care. Let's get back 258 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:06.119 to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news room. 259 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:08.960 Forecasters say the storm moving through southern California appears to be weakening, but 260 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:14.720 the National Weather Service says it's expected to produce many hours of steady, moderate 261 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:18.119 to heavy rain through today. They say significant flooding is possible as the storm 262 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:22.839 works its way east. A flood watch is in effect across all counties until 263 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:27.599 late tonight. A flood watch is in effect through tomorrow evening. In Orange 264 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:33.680 County, the facade of a parking garage in Rolling Hills Estates is partially collapsed. 265 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:37.400 The facade was holding about sixty to eighty feet of dirt filled containers, 266 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:41.200 which also came crashing down yesterday at the promenade at the Peninsula Mall. La 267 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:47.559 County Fire officials say excessive water made the planters too darn heavy, causing the 268 00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:51.240 facade to collapse under the weight. No one was hurt, and La County 269 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:56.240 public defenders among ten Americans jailed in Venezuela who were freed in a prisoner exchange. 270 00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:59.480 He and five others arrived in Texas last night. I'm incredibly grateful to 271 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:03.200 my family, to my friends, to President Biden for getting me home, 272 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:07.559 for getting all of his own as Avan. Hernandez was arrested in March of 273 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:11.720 last year. He says there's no way to understand what it's like to be 274 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:15.720 in prison. Unjustly. All you think about when you're in prison is how 275 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:21.359 you didn't appreciate being free while you were free. As part of the deal, 276 00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:25.160 the US agreed to release an ally of Venezuela's president, who was arrested 277 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:29.400 for alleged money laundering. In twenty twenty, one of the busiest travel days 278 00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:32.000 of the year. Or on one of the busiest travel days of the year, 279 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:36.240 about forty workers at LAX held a protest at Terminal one demanding higher wages. 280 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:40.559 The group calling on La City Council to raise the starting wage from eighteen 281 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:45.559 to twenty five dollars an hour. A proposed city ordinance would raise wages for 282 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:49.000 about forty thousand airport, hotel and tourism workers in La to at least thirty 283 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:53.640 dollars an hour by twenty twenty eight. California's looking at following Colorado's lead and 284 00:22:53.680 --> 00:23:00.559 removing former President Trump from the ballot. Lieutenant Governor Elenni Koulanakas says California is 285 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:06.640 obligated to determine if Trump is ineligible for the California ballot for the same reasons 286 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:11.440 described in the Colorado case. Today is the shortest day of the year. 287 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:15.200 The winter solstice happens at seven twenty seven tonight. That's when the Earth reaches 288 00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:21.000 its maximum tilt away from the sun. Noah says, starting tomorrow, good 289 00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:22.880 news. We gain about a minute of sunlight each day right up until the 290 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:26.559 Summer Solstice in June at six oh five, it's handle on the news. 291 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:30.759 We're apparently feeling pretty good about dropping a bunch of money on gifts this holiday 292 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:33.200 season. We'll tell you about that, and if five point fifty, we're 293 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:36.440 going to check in with Jim Ryan, because if you think COVID is over, 294 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:40.160 you got another think coming. This week, we went out and about 295 00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:45.480 to Pasadena because we wanted to give you behind the scenes look at what goes 296 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:48.039 into putting together a Rose Parade float the Rose Parade. Of course, about 297 00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:52.640 a week and a half away, we caught up with Heidi Hoff with AS 298 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:56.440 that's one of the companies responsible for making these floats come to life, and 299 00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:59.799 we hear that Heidi's kind of the go to girl when you need answers and 300 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:03.920 really need to get anything done. So Heidi, let's take a look around. 301 00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:07.240 We're starting in the seed area, the seeds and the dried material area, 302 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:11.880 because the dry material isn't just seeds. It is, as you can 303 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:18.720 see here, some straw flower, pretty, some white rice, some parsnip. 304 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:26.240 We want to take a look at this because we have cranberry here and 305 00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:30.240 then we have old cranberry and the reason that we have so many different colors 306 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:36.559 and dimensions of material is because all of that goes on to a float and 307 00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:41.640 it gives each character the dimension and the detail that's required to make these things 308 00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:45.119 come alive. That's what it's going to say to make them come to life. 309 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:47.400 And it's something that you know, I've watched the parade for so many 310 00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:49.440 years. I've gotten to see it a couple of times, but I'm always 311 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:53.960 astounded at how many different colors you're able to get. And if you look 312 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:56.839 around, you see how many bins are there. There's like fifty of them. 313 00:24:57.119 --> 00:25:02.759 Yes, there's large walnuts over the small walnut shells over there. What's 314 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:07.400 that? This is our gold clover seed. We have brown lettuce. Who 315 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:11.960 knew there was brown lettuce, dark lettuce, light lettuce. Any kind of 316 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:17.079 lettuce you want, we probably have. And because they're all different colors. 317 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:21.400 So then we take all of those seeds and start assembling on the floats, 318 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:23.720 and that's kind of the base. So let's show you a couple more things 319 00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:30.200 as we take our tour around the pavilion and see some of the floats that 320 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:33.880 are starting to come together. We've got a long way to go. But 321 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:37.240 it's so pretty. And one of the areas that you told me about just 322 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:41.400 a minute ago was the glue area. And apparently the glue area is a 323 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:45.880 big deal when it comes to putting together floats. And here it is the 324 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:48.319 glue station. This is the start of the glue station, and there's really 325 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:55.200 a process about the type of glue you use and the type of glue stick 326 00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:57.200 you use to apply the glue. So people come here and they fill their 327 00:25:57.240 --> 00:26:02.480 glue. Either you're going to use clear glue or white glue. Different products 328 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:07.519 require different type of glue. So when you're assigned decoration, you get educated 329 00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:12.680 on your material and your glue and of course your glue stick. Over here, 330 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:17.720 I think this is always fun. Here are the rules of gluing. 331 00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:22.119 It's very important, like look at leave a glue line, make sure that 332 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:26.680 you stack your beans in a row, and fill in all of the little 333 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:30.599 spaces. It's really I mean, it's really intricated, because the floats wouldn't 334 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:33.799 look so spectacular if it wasn't all planned out so well, a very choreographed 335 00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:37.839 project. Okay, so let's take a look at couple of the floats that 336 00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:42.519 you're working on. As has eleven floats that they're working, and we're just 337 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:45.920 going to focus in on a couple of them. One of my favorites is 338 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:51.200 the Kindness is Free Float, which is the Boys and Girls Club, right, 339 00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:56.079 Boys and Girls Club of West End, Gabriel Valley. This year has 340 00:26:56.599 --> 00:27:00.640 be kind is their motto, and that is a E. I. G. 341 00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:07.240 Elephant. It is a ginormous elephant being so kind to a little tiny 342 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:12.240 mouse. But that little tiny mouse up front is really five feet tall. 343 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:17.880 That's crazy, and so you can you can see it's a big blue elephant. 344 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:22.839 And the big blue elephant is an interesting thing this year because, as 345 00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:27.960 we have heard over the years, everything has to be plant based right correct, 346 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:33.559 It's all natural material. Cannadia mcdid colored. We use a version of 347 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:37.599 blue which is probably a combination of some blue status or blue iris that will 348 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:41.839 reflect and have it look as close to a blue as we can get. 349 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:45.559 And then this one over here, I love it's bees. I'm a big 350 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:52.000 bee fan. Yes, this is Union Station Homeless Services. Their theme this 351 00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:56.839 year for their company is be the Solution and they're celebrating that with the Rose 352 00:27:56.839 --> 00:28:00.920 Parade, and they have all these fun bees working there, behive and there's 353 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:04.400 a sign up front that says, home, sweet hive, I love this, 354 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:07.880 okay, And so you can see that as we walk around these floats. 355 00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:14.160 There are some areas that already have some of the material on them, 356 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:19.079 but all the really beautiful stuff is coming in later. So when do the 357 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:22.759 flowers come and how long do you have to get those on the floats. 358 00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:26.759 It's a great question. All of our fresh flooral material arrives on are about 359 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:30.000 the twenty eighth, and then we have to cut it, prep it and 360 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:33.519 vile everything, vile everything. Wait, what's that? That's where you put 361 00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:38.759 every flower in a vial. Every single individually like material goes into a vial 362 00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:44.880 and then those are all then taken out here and placed on this foam. 363 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:48.640 Okay, So the floats are then covered with this foam which is just soft 364 00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:52.799 enough to let the vials go into. And that way you can probably put 365 00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:57.200 those flowers in like on Thursday or Friday, and they'll still be beautiful when 366 00:28:57.200 --> 00:29:03.000 it comes to you. So we do start the fresh floral material on floats 367 00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:06.599 the twenty ninth, thirtieth, and the thirty first, but we have to 368 00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:10.240 be all finished by noon on the thirty first because we have float judging, 369 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:12.960 ooh, most important things, lots of trophies. So all of this work 370 00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:18.759 takes there's so many volunteers. There's like, is it eight nine hundred volunteers. 371 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:22.440 We have probably about we like, about two thousand volunteers a day. 372 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:26.759 You're estimated a little while to help finish the decorating for this, Okay, 373 00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:30.440 So you have a lot of volunteers already, but you need more. We 374 00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:36.720 love volunteer decorators. If you go to our website as Creative Backslash Volunteers, 375 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:41.319 you can sign up to volunteer December twenty sixth through the thirty first. Whenever 376 00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:42.440 you're available, We would love to have you, like for a four hour 377 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:45.920 shift. Yes, four hours is good. Okay, So if you have 378 00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:48.599 some time and you want to contribute to the Rose Parade because it's going to 379 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:52.039 be so spectacular this year, that's the way to do it. And what 380 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:57.440 again is the website aes Creative Backslash Volunteers. I am so thrilled, Heidi, 381 00:29:57.480 --> 00:30:00.880 that we got to take a sneak peek behind this and see them like 382 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:03.680 in production and I cannot wait to see the finished product on New Year's Day. 383 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:06.599 Thank you so much Hyde. If you want to come decorright, you 384 00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:11.799 just let me know. Yeah, I'll call you early. I am up 385 00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:15.279 early. I might do that. We actually talked about coming back and doing 386 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:19.960 a little decorating next week once the fresh flowers are there. But definitely if 387 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:25.400 you get a chance, go check out my instagram at Amy K King and 388 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:29.839 then you can see what we were talking about. I think Heidi did such 389 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:33.160 a great job describing everything. But it's really fascinating to like see just even 390 00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:37.920 the different colors of seeds, the different shades of them, and they all 391 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:41.640 come together and it's this big, intricate plan that makes these incredible floats that 392 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:45.279 we'll be seeing in about a week and a half. So and again, 393 00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:48.799 if you want to, if you want to volunteer, they need them. 394 00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:52.119 Okay, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 395 00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:56.079 twenty four hour newsroom. The l Kenny Sheriff's Department says it's trying to find 396 00:30:56.079 --> 00:31:00.200 some guys who may be pretending to be cops. Some people claim they were 397 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:03.079 pulled over by a newer model Ford Explorer with flashing red and blue lights. 398 00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:07.880 Inside were two guys in masks and gloves holding black semi automatic guns. Behind 399 00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:11.319 them was a white, older model Ford Panel van with two guys dressed the 400 00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:15.880 same, also with guns. Official say all four approached the car, ransacked 401 00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:19.039 it, and made off with a bunch of stuff. It happened December eighteenth, 402 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:23.200 just before eleven pm along the fourteen Freeway near the Augwa Dulci off ramp. 403 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:27.279 Steve Gregory King of Fine News a woman's body has been found at a 404 00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:32.519 home that burned in Lancaster. Firefighters found smoke and fire coming from the garage 405 00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:36.680 yesterday spent about an hour putting out the fire. Two charred vehicles were found 406 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:40.400 inside. There were reports the woman's body was in the trunk of one of 407 00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:42.960 the cars. An eighty six year old man from Pacific Beach has donated his 408 00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:49.359 two hundredth gallon of blood. Records show Bob Fisher has donated various blood products 409 00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:56.359 over nine hundred thirty times since nineteen seventy six. Fisher donates triple platelets to 410 00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:59.960 the San Diego Blood Bank every couple of weeks. He also donates for meta 411 00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:05.319 research. His donation yesterday officially made him the top donor in San Diego. 412 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:12.440 Storm has triggered some flooding in Ventura and Oxnard. Officials briefly put out a 413 00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:16.759 tornado warning for Ventura County. For the rest of southern California, we do 414 00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:22.839 have flood watches in effect, also wind advisories. As his storm moves through, 415 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:27.640 we're expecting up to about four inches or more rain. A federal court 416 00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:31.039 judge is shot down California's ban on carrying guns in most public places, including 417 00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:35.720 parks, playgrounds, banks, churches, and zoos. The federal court decision 418 00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:39.480 yesterday in Santa Ana at least temporarily blocks the law from taking effect January first, 419 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:45.759 ag rob Bonte says the judge got it wrong and thell appeal. X 420 00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:50.880 is back online after a global outage. Thousands of users say their feeds stopped 421 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:54.519 updating shortly after midnight in the US, Canada, Britain and several other countries. 422 00:32:54.920 --> 00:33:00.000 Also, X users were saying they couldn't even see messages that had already 423 00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:04.119 come through before midnight. The cause of the outage is not yet known. 424 00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:07.680 We're just minutes away from handle on the news this morning. Sirius is the 425 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:10.960 latest company to get called out for making it really hard to cancel its services. 426 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:15.440 We'll tell you about that right now, let's say good morning to ABC's 427 00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:17.519 Jim Ryan. Jim, I thought we were done with COVID, but you 428 00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:22.640 did as we head to Christmas. That's not the case. Nobody told COVID. 429 00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:25.720 COVID is still out there and it's mutating, it's changing from where it 430 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:30.000 was before, and we expect that. Yeah, you're right, you're right, 431 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:34.039 But I think that it's something that people aren't thinking about at all. 432 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:37.240 I mean, if you go to the airport, you climb onto an airplane, 433 00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:38.960 it's likely you won't see a lot of people with masks, although some 434 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:43.599 people are still masking up. I saw folks in a grocery store yesterday who 435 00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:46.079 are still masking up. But it's a good idea, especially if you're not 436 00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:50.400 feeling so great, to mask up, if only to protect the other people 437 00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:54.160 around you. The newest variant is something called j N one amy it grew 438 00:33:54.279 --> 00:34:00.319 up out of a previous variant, BA two point eighty six. That it 439 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:05.559 just continues to change and to evolve and to evadeive, you know, some 440 00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:08.679 of the measures that we're putting in place. Luckily, the vaccine that was 441 00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:14.559 built to combat BA two eighty six appears to be very effective against this new 442 00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:17.599 one ja N one. On the downside, fewer people are getting vaccinated, 443 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:22.679 and this being the holiday season, a lot of people are traveling by air 444 00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:28.519 and they're gathering around holiday tables, sometimes with older people who are susceptible to 445 00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:35.519 serious consequences. And if you're traveling, like you said, it might not 446 00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:37.480 be a bad idea to put on a mask. I mean, is it 447 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:40.480 just a crapshoot or can you really do anything to protect yourself besides the masking? 448 00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:44.239 Well, you know, and if you're not feeling well, go ahead 449 00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:45.599 and get tested. You can get free tests, you know, through the 450 00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:49.519 mail postal service and bring it to you. I think they're offering what to 451 00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:52.880 per person, to per household maybe, And so if you're not feeling well, 452 00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:57.440 go ahead and take the test if you might have COVID. Even if 453 00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:59.960 it isn't COVID, it might be the flu, or might be a cold, 454 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:04.599 It could be RSV something that is communicable anyway, but at least you'll 455 00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:07.880 you'll have some idea of how to handle it. It's interesting to me amy 456 00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:10.960 the way that they're figuring this all out. To somebody who's really smart figured 457 00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:15.519 out that if they test the wastewater sample for a community, they can detect 458 00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:20.000 COVID and draw a map of what that community looks like that community or that 459 00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:22.440 county or state, and then draw up a national map based on that. 460 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:27.280 So this new variant appears to be a real problem in the northeast New York 461 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:30.639 State as seeing a real spike in this particular variant, But it's kind of 462 00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:37.119 scattered around the country. Places like Montana, North Dakota, Utah, they 463 00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:42.519 all have very high incidents based on wastewater sampling of COVID nineteen. California is 464 00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:45.800 in the high range, but still, I mean, you go to states 465 00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:49.119 over to Utah and you'll find that it's very high. And is this a 466 00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:52.920 milder COVID because like we were talking about, as this thing mutates, it's 467 00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:57.320 not nearly what it was during the pandemic. Is this also one that they're 468 00:35:57.360 --> 00:36:00.880 saying it's COVID and it could be serios But the chances of you really becoming 469 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:05.239 very sick or lower, right, it's sort of like we've seen before. 470 00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:08.079 And what's more, I mean, if you've had your vaccines or booster, 471 00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:13.920 if you've had COVID at all, the CDC says, you are protected in 472 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:16.599 a very large way against serious consequences. Is it going to make you feel 473 00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:20.920 gross and bad? Probably? I had it a couple of weeks ago and 474 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:23.039 ended up missing two days of work. That never happens for me, but 475 00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:27.760 so yeah, just just keep an eye on it, be aware of it, 476 00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:30.440 watch for symptoms, and if you have symptoms, kind of check yourself 477 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:35.480 and maybe stay away from crowds of people. Yep, and wash your hands. 478 00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:38.039 Yes, take your vitamin D and your zinc. Yeah, all right, 479 00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:44.079 make you really work. I swear by it. Okay, yep. 480 00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:45.800 Jim Ryan, thank you so much for your time this morning. See Amy. 481 00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:49.480 All right, stay healthy, you do. Let's get back to some 482 00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:52.159 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Fighting in 483 00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:57.280 Gaza has intensified. Israeli forces say they're engaged in what they're calling close quarters 484 00:36:57.320 --> 00:37:02.159 combat ABC's and as Deliquitera Aviv says communications are out in southern Gaza. There 485 00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:07.719 have been a number of such blackouts, and oftentimes they happen right before the 486 00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:13.199 IDF decides to move in with something big. The Israeli military says it's uncovered 487 00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:15.920 a major Hamas command center in the heart of Gaza City. The announcement came 488 00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:20.960 as Hamas's top leader arrived in Egypt for talks aimed at brokering a cease fire. 489 00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:25.000 A senior Hamas official says there will be no negotiation on prisoners before the 490 00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:30.079 stopping of the aggression. Justices in Colorado who ruled to keep former President Trump 491 00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:36.320 off the state's primary ballot because of the Fourteenth Amendment's insurrection clause have been bombarded 492 00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:40.239 with threats online. At Advanced Democracy says since the decision on Tuesday, they've 493 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:45.760 identified significant violent rhetoric, mostly in direct response to Trump's post about it. 494 00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:51.960 On truth social some people talked about ways to kill Trump's enemies. Others shared 495 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:54.800 the judges emails, phone numbers, and addresses. A new law in California 496 00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:59.000 is going to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to twenty bucks an 497 00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:01.400 hour. A law would only apply to restaurants with more than sixty locations in 498 00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:06.559 the state. Economists say people should expect to see prices spike on menu items 499 00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:09.199 as employers try to make up for the pay increase. Pay hikes could also 500 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:14.760 cause other businesses to raise their minimum wage in order to remain competitive. California 501 00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:17.320 already has one of the highest minimum wages in the country at fifteen dollars and 502 00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:21.679 fifty cents. The new law, approved by Governor Gavin Newsom, will go 503 00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:25.119 into effect by April first of next year. Chris Adler KFI News. So 504 00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:30.159 we talked a lot about a lot of serious stuff, COVID and the Israel 505 00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:35.440 Hamas war and the threats to the Colorado Supreme Court justices. So we want 506 00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:37.199 to close out Wake Up Call in a little bit lighter note now, as 507 00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:40.079 you may or may not have heard, Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas 508 00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:44.920 Is You is number one on the Billboard Hot one hundred again. It's kind 509 00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:47.239 of a love hate thing for me. I love it, and then by 510 00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:51.480 the end of the Christmas season, I hate it, And then when the 511 00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.679 next one rolls around, I go, oh, I love this song. 512 00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:59.760 But I want to be real with you, guys. Isn't this really a 513 00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:07.880 better Christmas song than Mariah's version? This is something I found on Instagram. 514 00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:19.639 Money a Lot for Christmas, Stash need the magnachee, money hamm and mash 515 00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:28.199 for t R for the mone Is. Please he me up some dinner wood, 516 00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:49.880 bring me out a stretchy call meg Mo, which girl a wonderful Christmas 517 00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:57.559 food? Keeping it real on wake Up Call. All I want for Christmas 518 00:39:57.679 --> 00:40:02.000 is food. This is KFI. I'm kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange 519 00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:06.519 County, live from the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. I'm Amy King. 520 00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:07.960 This has been your wake up call, and if you missed any wake up 521 00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:12.880 Call, you can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app. You've been listening to 522 00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:15.519 wake Up Call with me Amy King. You can always hear wake Up Call 523 00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:21.639 five to six am Monday through Friday on KFI AM six forty and anytime on 524 00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:22.920 demand on the iHeartRadio app.