WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:05.040 Camp. I am six forty. You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand 2 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:17.519 on the Heart radio app. It's time for your morning wake up call. 3 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:31.600 Here's Jason Middleton. Good morning everyone, Five on the nose. On a 4 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:35.920 Monday morning, daughter and I went out yesterday to do some LA. It's 5 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:40.640 the summer of LA culture and scenery during her you know, time in between 6 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:44.719 spool semesters. And so we went out yesterday and we're in the car driving 7 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:49.560 to the destination. We went over to Eagle Rock yesterday and she said something 8 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:51.960 like, seize the day. Let's go out and seize the day kind of 9 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:55.320 thing. For some reason, that rolled into my brain this morning when I 10 00:00:55.320 --> 00:01:00.359 was driving in and and I thought, yeah, seize the day. It's 11 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:03.480 a Monday, and we don't want to startle a Monday, right, You 12 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:07.599 don't want to. You don't know how Monday's going to react if you try 13 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:11.519 to seize it too early in the morning. So anyway, I looked at 14 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:15.239 a couple of other things that happened today, which is June to twelfth. 15 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:19.640 Back in history, a thirteen year old girl was given a diary, and 16 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:26.560 Frank got one. In nineteen forty two, Cleopatra and Liz Taylor changed him 17 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:32.480 lines in nineteen sixty three. I thought that was interesting as well. And 18 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:38.879 it was five years ago on this date that former President Trump met with Kim 19 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:44.239 Jong un in Singapore. That was only five years ago. Only five years 20 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:48.879 ago, it seems like longer. It's got a couple of quick headlines and 21 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:53.120 Tea's up. Who's going to join us later this hour for this morning's news 22 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:59.000 updates and interviews. Miami is preparing for former President Trump's visit to federal court 23 00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:01.000 tomorrow. Our first interview this morning is going to be on the politics of 24 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:05.159 this. Later in the hour, we're going to talk with a different ABC 25 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:08.159 reporter who is in Miami, and we're going to check on the security preparations 26 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:13.479 that are going on there. Six months, that's how long it may take 27 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:19.960 to repair an interstate overpass in North Philadelphia after a gasoline tanker caught fire and 28 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:23.759 basically melted that overpass, And closer to six o'clock, we're going to get 29 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:28.199 in update on that one with ABC's Karen Traverse. Ninety five is a very 30 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:30.479 busy road. As you know. It goes from Maine to Florida, but 31 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:35.639 right around North Philly to northern Virginia. It's pretty much stacked up all the 32 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:38.960 time. I think one hundred and sixty thousand vehicles a day go through that 33 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:45.120 one overpass. And Ukraine's military counter offensive is reportedly calling back territory Russia captured 34 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:50.719 earlier this year. Reportedly again, Ukraine just this morning has reclaimed a fourth 35 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:53.960 village from the Russian army. So we have a live update on that one 36 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:55.599 too. Let's start with some of the stories coming out of the kf by 37 00:02:55.639 --> 00:03:00.560 twenty four hour newsroom, because we do lead local. A watch dog group 38 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:05.199 in San Diego says an audit shows widespread fraud in the twenty twenty two California 39 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:08.039 elections. The Transparency Foundation says, out of a set of ten criteria, 40 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:13.319 the state failed nine, including security of election systems, verifying voter identity, 41 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:16.800 and public trust and confidence. Individual ballot tracking and curing was the only passing 42 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:20.960 grade from a state wide poll of twelve hundred fifty voters. A man in 43 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:23.919 Bakersfield noted he's been trying to remove his son's name from the voter role. 44 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:28.719 His son moved to Texas thirteen years ago. And there's a woman in Orange 45 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:31.599 County who's been trying to remove her father's name. Her father died in twenty 46 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:37.199 sixteen. Steve Gregory kingo I News. A woman in Palmdale has told La 47 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:40.159 County Sheriff's deputies a man hit her with his car and tried to kidnap her. 48 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:45.400 The woman says she was walking down Tenth Street near Avenue S yesterday when 49 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:47.479 she saw the car parked on the opposite side of the street. She says 50 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:51.800 the man said something, but she kept walking and that's when he hit her 51 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:53.919 from behind. She says the guy tried to pick her up, but she 52 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:58.719 threw herself on the ground and he took off. He's African American in his 53 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:01.199 twenties, about six tall and one hundred and thirty five pounds. He was 54 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:06.479 driving a silver Nissan Sentra. An American citizen has been detained in Russia on 55 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:11.280 drug charges. Michael Leakey was in court over the weekend. He's accused of 56 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:15.480 engaging in the narcotics business by attracting young people. That's according to Russian media. 57 00:04:15.720 --> 00:04:20.560 Leakey says he's innocent. The former paratrooper and musician will remain in custody 58 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:27.000 until at least August. A German shepherd hurt during a rocket attack in northeastern 59 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:30.680 Ukraine, is now training with police in Hungary. Three year old Rambo lost 60 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:34.920 pieces of his skull while in Ukraine. His jaw was damaged and one ear 61 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:40.800 is severely mangled. He's now in his second life, learning to interact with 62 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:46.680 children, older adults and disabled people at police demonstrations and rehabilitation centers. And 63 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:51.399 UBS says it has completed its takeover of rival credit Suite. This is from 64 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:56.639 a business desk story that happened earlier we had when we had the US scare 65 00:04:56.680 --> 00:05:00.160 of regional banks. The announcement comes nearly three months after the Swiss government hastily 66 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:04.720 arranged a rescue deal to combine the country's two largest banks. The federal indictment 67 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:10.279 was unsealed Friday, and ABC's political analyst Steve Roberts is on the line to 68 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:15.199 talk with us about the GOP nomination and the overall political climate around President Trump's 69 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:20.639 most recent legal concerns. Good morning, Steve, Good morning. Trump's indictment 70 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:25.879 triggered some sound and fury, as expected over the weekend, especially on the 71 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:30.319 Sunday yacht shows. What shadow does it cast on the GOP nomination? Process 72 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:35.439 right now. Look, I think that this is really two stories, short 73 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:39.279 term long term. Okay, in the short term, I don't think there's 74 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:43.160 any question that this helps Donald Trump. He's always Look, he was very 75 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:47.040 eager to announce that he was being indicted on Thursday night. Why because he 76 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:53.480 wanted the word out there, because he had a huge fundraising operation already set 77 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:58.199 to go. And the message that he is sending is state I told you, 78 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:00.720 the deep state is out to get me. The FBI is corrupt, 79 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:06.040 the Justice Department is corrupt. Tend money and this works. It's worked over 80 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:12.399 and over again. It's working now. If anything, his basis support is 81 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:17.519 more fervent and more loyal than ever. But long term, our poll out 82 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:24.839 this morning at ABC shows the potential threat because forty eight percent say that the 83 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:29.639 indictment was legitimate. Thirty five percent say it was it was not legitimate. 84 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:34.439 That thirty five percent is maga nation that it's a core basis Donald Trump support. 85 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:39.279 They're unshakable, they're more fervent than ever. They're not a majority, 86 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:44.360 and so when you get past the Republican primary to a general election, I 87 00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:48.759 think these legal problems become a much more serious political threat. To Donald Trump, 88 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:54.800 because there are is a certain number of Americans who like Trump's policies. 89 00:06:54.839 --> 00:07:00.240 Maybe they're traditional Republicans, but they simply don't want four more years of the 90 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:04.079 craziness that seems to surround Donald Trump, four more years of the tumult. 91 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:11.959 And that's what the legal issues. It's not as if people have a sophisticated 92 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:16.560 or complex understanding of the legal issues, but they see it one more element 93 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:21.920 of the tumult that surrounds Trump and and that's the biggest threat to its reelection 94 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:27.800 in the general election. And that's what the legal problems really are. Why 95 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:31.040 these legal problems are a serious threat getting past the primaries. Well, Steve, 96 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:34.439 you mentioned one of the story threads there in your answer was the short 97 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:39.560 term one, and that was the bumping polls. And well, and the 98 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:42.439 donors, and there's a donor class. There are two different donor classes. 99 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:46.120 It seems like the small and the large. Which ones are leaning into Trump 100 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:50.360 at this at this point, that's a very good question, and I do 101 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:57.040 think there's a difference. I think the small donors clearly are staying with Trump. 102 00:07:57.199 --> 00:08:03.040 I mean, his his fundraising operation is um going full throttle, and 103 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:07.360 it's and it's been it's been very successful for a long time. Donald Trump 104 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:15.279 has a great shrewd gift for touching people's nerves and and uh getting to press 105 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:20.199 that big red donate button on all those emails, right right, but but 106 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:24.240 but but long term, um, the larger donors they want to win, 107 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:28.399 you know, the Trump comp nation. They want to back Donald Trump. 108 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:33.799 They believe that he's you know, uh second coming. But when you get 109 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:39.159 the the second group of larger donors, donors who sit back and say, 110 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:43.879 well, you know, I believe in Donald Trump's policies, but he can't 111 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:48.600 win, and I want to win. And and that's where you get the 112 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:56.200 larger donors splitting off. Uh okay, I don't know. We well hope 113 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:58.559 to lose you there, Steven. Sorry you were breaking up. I to 114 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:03.000 interrupt if I did. But let's go. Let's go to move to the 115 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:07.639 nominees or the nomination process. Excuse me. Does this situation with former President 116 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:16.159 Trump give underdog candidates a little more or less oxygen in the competition. It's 117 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:20.399 just a little bit of both. I think we're gonna have to I'm sorry, 118 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:24.279 Steve, I guess we've we've lost our connection with you. Hopefully we 119 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:26.720 can get you back later this hour or maybe later this week. We could 120 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:33.919 talk about it again after former President Trump does appear tomorrow in federal court and 121 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:39.039 to answer the thirty seven count federal indictment in Miami. But first, let's 122 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:41.200 go back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI had twenty four 123 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:45.919 hour newsroom. Workers in West Hollywood are getting a bump in minimum wage wages. 124 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:48.679 We'll get up to nineteen dollars and eight cents by July first. The 125 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:54.639 current minimum wages seventeen an hour for employers with less than fifty employees and seventeen 126 00:09:54.720 --> 00:10:00.240 fifty an hour for jobs with more than fifty workers. Minimum wage was at 127 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:05.000 fifteen fifty earlier this year, but La Santa Monica and West Hollywood pay a 128 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:09.559 higher minimum wage than the state. Wages will be raised again next summer. 129 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:13.519 Chris Adler, ka FI News Well. The most active volcano in the Philippines 130 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:18.440 has begun spewing lava. The volcano in Albay Province began showing signs of renewed 131 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:22.279 restlessness last week. Tens of thousands of people have been told to be ready 132 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:28.159 to leave their homes in case of a violent eruption more than twelve thousand villagers 133 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:31.759 closer to the crater they've already left, and the Pasadena Playhouse has received the 134 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:37.559 twenty twenty three Regional Theater Tony Award. It was honored last night for its 135 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:41.960 history of presenting innovative and inspiring productions over the past century. The honor includes 136 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:48.440 a twenty five thousand dollar grant. Four Indigenous children found alive in the Colombian 137 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:50.720 jungle more than a month after a plane crash are said to be recovering in 138 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:54.600 the hospital. Officials say the kids survived on cassava, flower and fruit. 139 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:58.960 Abces. Derek Dennis says the kids Reigns range in age from thirteen to about 140 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:03.840 one year old, and they were found Friday, small footprints and half eaten 141 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:09.120 fruit, giving rescuers clues to their path. Then a recording of their grandmother 142 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:13.840 was used telling them to stay put. Turns out it was the thirteen year 143 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:18.320 old who used her knowledge of the Amazon to keep them all alive and safe. 144 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:22.840 The kid's mother and two other adults were killed in the plane crash. 145 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:26.120 May First, The father of two of the kids say he's thankful for the 146 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:30.360 care they have been receiving. They're expected to stay in hospital for up to 147 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:35.840 a month. Taiwan deployed aircraft and warships after spotting ten at Chinese warplanes crossing 148 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:41.120 the Taiwan Straits median line. The island's defense ministry also claimed that Chinese naval 149 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:46.679 ships had conducted combat controls. Last week, Taiwan identified thirty seven Chinese aircraft 150 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:52.600 entering its air defense zone. China has previously said such military activities are aimed 151 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:58.159 at preventing collusion between Taiwan and America. A wildfire burning in Joshua Tree National 152 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:03.919 Park is about thirty percent contained as of yesterday. The fire was first spotted 153 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:07.799 around four o'clock Saturday afternoon near Geology Tour Road, and then it quickly spread. 154 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:11.759 More than a thousand acres had burned as of yesterday afternoon. California is 155 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:16.919 getting seventeen billion dollars to fight the opioid crisis. It's part of a settlement 156 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:20.960 with drug makers Tiva and Allergen, along with CBS and Walgreen pharmacies, and 157 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:26.519 the second largest reservoir in California is now one hundred percent full. Lake Oroville 158 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:31.440 hit capacity Friday for the first time in six years. With its water elevation 159 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:35.879 reaching a max height of roughly nine hundred feet. This comes nearly two years 160 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:39.320 after the lake hit its lowest level and is all thanks to the winter storms. 161 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:43.200 State officials will continue to release water from the main spill way to allow 162 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:46.960 room for spring runoff as the record snow does keep melting, although these grace 163 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:52.440 guys may help keep that going too. At five thirty three, ABC's and 164 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:56.879 as Delicatea is going to jump on the line with us to talk about the 165 00:12:56.960 --> 00:13:01.480 Ukrainian military's counter offensive. We're going to check progress on the ground and the 166 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:05.639 politics of this as well. Just this morning we got reports that the Ukrainian 167 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:09.279 military had reclaimed a fourth village. A couple of stories from the news room 168 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:13.840 before we do jump into our chat with Aaron Katurski about how Miami and the 169 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:18.799 Feds are getting ready for Trump's court appearance tomorrow. LA police are trying to 170 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:22.120 find whoever killed a star high school athlete in South LA. Sixteen year old 171 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:26.039 Quincy Rees Junior went to Crenshaw High and had a three point four GPA. 172 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:31.000 He was fatally shot at a party Saturday night in the area of seventy fourth 173 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:35.399 Street and Western avenue. A lot of churches are no longer turning the other 174 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:39.039 cheek. Nashville based LifeWay Research surveyed around a thousand pastors of Protestant churches in 175 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:43.559 the US, listing seven different security measures, and many used more than one. 176 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:46.720 An intentional plan for an active shooter situation was first with fifty seven percent. 177 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:50.600 Armed congregants was second with fifty four percent. At least twenty percent of 178 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:56.600 pastors said their churches use radio communication among security personnel, a no firearms policy, 179 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:00.440 or armed private security on site. A small number said they have uniform 180 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:05.039 police officers on site or metal detectors at entrances. Mark Ronner, k FI 181 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:11.039 News twenty one after five on Monday, June twelve. Now a logistics update 182 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:13.080 from ABC's Eric Katurski, who was in Miami, as I understand it. 183 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:18.120 After being indicted last week, former President Trump is expected to surrender at a 184 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:22.720 federal court in South Florida tomorrow. Good morning, erin oh, Good morning. 185 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:26.279 He's going to be here to formally be placed under arrest. He'll be 186 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:30.440 booked in process as a federal defendant and instantly become the highest profile defendant this 187 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:33.799 court has ever seen. And it seemed some good ones. Nual Noriega, 188 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:37.519 the former Penamanian dictator, Jose Padilla, the kaider recruiter, Loel Wayne, 189 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:41.320 the rapper who Trump actually pardoned, And in a dynamic the country has never 190 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:46.519 really seen before. The former president is going to appear before a judge and 191 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:52.519 he appointed so the criminal defendant made the career of the judge. And that's 192 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:56.679 just to me, is fascinating. Yeah, fascinating is definitely one word for 193 00:14:56.720 --> 00:15:01.320 it. Aaron, What about security outside and around the federal courthouse? What 194 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:05.159 are what are prepped? Blanke? What are prepplink? Yeah, there's a 195 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:07.759 bunch of federal agents. We've seen them sweeping the grounds. You know, 196 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:13.960 the canine dogs are out their vehicle and marked vehicles standing by the entrances. 197 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:18.840 We expect that this whole ramp up the closer we get to Trump's appearance here 198 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:22.639 on Tuesday, and and you know, the former president itself is probably going 199 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:26.159 to be driven underground. We may never see him, you know, other 200 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:30.320 than through the window of his motorcade. The whole courthouse complex connected by tunnels, 201 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:33.879 and he can come and go from processing up to court on the thirteenth 202 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:37.240 floor without ever being you know, viewed by the public. No cameras obviously 203 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:41.919 in federal court, so it's only going to be you know, public accounts, 204 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:46.039 you know, from people who get in and maybe a sketch artist, 205 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.240 and that will sort of be the only evidence he was really ever here. 206 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:50.559 You know, this may you may not know this one. And I'm wondering, 207 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:54.320 is the security situation there in Miami is that a movable feast later this 208 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:58.240 week whenever he goes to mar Lago, either later tomorrow or on Wednesday. 209 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:03.960 I mean, it's a secret Service protectee, so you know they've got a 210 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:06.919 plan for this, but it's a federal building. I don't think it's going 211 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:11.000 to be, as you know, any more intent than than anything else. 212 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:15.240 But you know, what makes it, I think more interesting is the rhetoric 213 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:21.120 that the former president has used to describe the Special Council and the indictment itself. 214 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:23.759 We know that his followers often take up that rhetoric. So Miami police 215 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:27.559 say they've that extra officers on hand if there are going to be any demonstrations, 216 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:32.399 and they're monitoring online for any signs of violence. Yeah, the rhetoric 217 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:36.559 is something I'm really glad you touched on because when I was doing prep to 218 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:40.639 talk with you this morning, I realized or was remembering, that Florida doesn't 219 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:45.080 have a gun permit requirement. Doesn't you know you can have concealed weapons in 220 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:48.559 some places too. I'm wondering how are the locals working with the Feds when 221 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:52.679 it comes to security. Are you seeing crossover of teams or coordinations? Oh? 222 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:56.559 Sure, Oh sure, And I think that has to be the way 223 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:00.519 it is, and I believe we'll see a lot more security presence around here. 224 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:04.880 But again, there's no specific or credible thread of any you know, 225 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:10.200 any violence or anything like that ahead of the former president's spirits. But but 226 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:14.519 he has certainly taken aim at the Special Council and the indictment. It's called 227 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:18.559 the charges improper and and weakening the country. And he's really set up this 228 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:22.759 dynamic where the gripes has become a centerpiece of his politics. Um. And 229 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:27.799 I think the the his followers really either you know, respond to that or 230 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:30.720 not. But one of the you know, the interesting parts of the indictment 231 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:36.640 is it suggests it's his own conduct and his own attorneys that that really, 232 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:41.759 um, you know, provided the evidence. It wasn't Democrats that are doing 233 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:45.440 this if you know his own attorneys are quoted revealing the prosecutors what Trump allegedly 234 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:51.480 did and set h I guess last question you have to be for you anything 235 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:53.640 on your docket for the rest of today and tomorrow as for as any official 236 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:57.480 events you need to cover or are you covering the scene just in Toto, 237 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:03.279 I think, well, here today from the Miami Police of the Mayor of 238 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:08.200 Miami. Because you know it's obviously going to impact the city. The courthouse 239 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:12.400 is, you know, right in the heart of downtown, just off you 240 00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:17.079 know, skin Boulevards, so it's a it's going to be a bit of 241 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:18.440 a traffic thing, and we'll hear from the mayor and all that, but 242 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:22.319 otherwise, no, this is just an ordinary court appearance. And we've seen 243 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:25.240 this scene play out before in New York, and it will probably play out 244 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:29.880 twice more as the former president faces the possibility of crivotal charges in two other 245 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:33.400 investigations. Eric Katurski, thank you so much for your time. Always a 246 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:37.279 pleasure, Good luck in Miami. Thank you. That was ABC senior reporter 247 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:41.480 Eric Katurski live just outside the courthouse in Miami. Let's get back to some 248 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:45.119 of the stories coming out of the KFY twenty four hour newsroom. Long Beach 249 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:49.200 has plans to buy and convert a temporary shelter into a permanent homeless shelter. 250 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:53.799 The city had been leasing the roughly eighty five bed temporary shelter on West Anaheim 251 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:57.680 Street from the Long Beach Rescue Mission since April. Long Bee says it will 252 00:18:57.720 --> 00:19:03.240 cost a bit more than thirteen million dollars to acquire and rehabilitate the property into 253 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:07.440 a year round permanent shelter. Long Beach will pay six point five million dollars 254 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:11.119 in La County will chip in six point seven million dollars. The current temporary 255 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:14.359 shelter offers meals, showers, a spot for pets, and other wrap around 256 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:18.039 services. The Long Beach City Council will vote on the purchase tomorrow. Corbin 257 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:22.960 Carson k IFY News JP Morgan Chase has reached a settlement with sexual abuse victims 258 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:27.359 of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Bank representatives and lawyers said that just a few 259 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:32.799 minutes ago, the tentative settlement would resolve allegations made into lawsuit filed last year 260 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:37.480 in Manhattan federal court. The case titled Jane Doe one versus JP Morgan Chase 261 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:41.160 Bank. Victims accused the bank of enabling the sex trafficking operation by allowing for 262 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:47.079 massive withdrawals of cash over a fifteen year period, including after Epstein's sex crimes 263 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:51.519 were widely known. A different case brought by the US Virgin Islands does remain 264 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:56.799 unresolved. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Six people have been 265 00:19:56.880 --> 00:20:00.400 hurt in a shooting outside of a club in Houston, Texas. One was 266 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:03.680 in critical condition yesterday and needed emergency surgery. Police say the shooting followed a 267 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:08.720 disturbance inside the club that's spilled out into the parking lot. A mountain of 268 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:14.400 credit card debt is piling up as Americans turn to plastic to counter their dwindling 269 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:18.319 purchasing power. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, consumers now 270 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:22.000 owe a record nine hundred and eighty eight billion dollars on their cards. That's 271 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:26.960 up seventeen percent from a year earlier, or about five thousand, seven hundred 272 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:30.880 dollars per person. While the steadily rising figure does take a break during the 273 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:34.759 pandemic years, if you look at the graph, the number is causing nervousness 274 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:40.240 as it flirts with the fast approaching one trillion dollar milestone. And if you 275 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:44.599 look at why this is happening, high inflation is pushing consumers to put more 276 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:49.279 non discretionary spending on cards. The essentials are going on cards, Others maybe 277 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:53.279 having a harder time paying back their lifestyles, pairing back their lifestyles. That 278 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:57.359 is, despite these price pressures, interest rates are compounding the issue. Of 279 00:20:57.359 --> 00:21:00.519 course, if you think about that, the is looking to pause this month, 280 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:04.720 at least that's the popular opinion. They might raise it later this year 281 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:08.880 another quarter of a point. We have been on a massive uptick in federal 282 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:14.599 interest rates, which of course drives up cost of credit cards, cost of 283 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:18.160 car loans, cost of mortgages. And it's not looking to cool off anytime 284 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:22.240 soon because the labor market remains hot as well. It's something we cover on 285 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:26.119 Macro on my show on the weekends. A woman is hospitalized in fair condition 286 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:30.119 after a twenty five foot fall in the Hollywood Hills. The twenty six year 287 00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:34.240 old woman was reported injured early yesterday afternoon. Firefighters rescued her with a rope 288 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:40.240 and litter basket system. Pasadena is once again canceling the America Fest fireworks show 289 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:42.200 at the rose Bow. Now, the event was an annual Fourth of July 290 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:48.440 tradition for decades, then the pandemic came in and then revenue losses stay in 291 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:52.599 place. City leaders are promising to one day bring the show back, but 292 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:56.480 they haven't said exactly. When news is brought to you by American Vision Windows 293 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:59.480 at five fifty, we're gonna talk and close our wake up call. We're 294 00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:03.839 gonna talk with ABC's Karen Traversed about the highway overpass that basically melted over the 295 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:07.440 weekend one in North Philly. But right now, let's welcome in ABC Z 296 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:11.960 in as delicate a. Last Monday, we were talking about so many other 297 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:15.599 things, and this Monday we're talking about an offensive that apparently the Ukrainian President 298 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:19.880 Zolenski did admit has begun officially. Is that what your take is too, 299 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:25.000 Hey, good morning, Yeah, that's right. So it does appear that 300 00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:30.160 Ukraine's long awaited spring counter offensive is officially underway, and it does seem like 301 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:33.839 they're off to a decent start. It does seem to be making some decent 302 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:40.039 progress. No major games yet as of this morning, Ukraine's troops have recaptured 303 00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:44.000 a forest village in the southeast. This is the village of store Jabay. 304 00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:48.839 And this game comes just a day after ukrate And reported its forces has liberated 305 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:52.759 three villages also in the southeast, set on the edge of the Densk region 306 00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:56.880 next to the Zapariga region. And like you mentioned, we saw Ukrainian President 307 00:22:56.920 --> 00:23:00.160 Zolenski over the weekend indicating that his forces had being on their counter offensive. 308 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:06.680 He said relevant counter offensive defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine, but he's 309 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:10.440 obviously remaining rather tight lit about the details here. So there are still lots 310 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:12.519 of questions regarding this offensive. You know, how long it might take, 311 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:18.359 where the counter offensive will focus, how they're going to go about recapturing Russian 312 00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:22.200 territory. They're obviously not disclosing that information, but those are all going to 313 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:26.599 be interesting kind of points to watch here. Some experts do point out that 314 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:30.200 the counter offensive may have been a little bit hyped up in that Ukraine has 315 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:34.039 actually been fighting Russian forces for months, that they have been making slow, 316 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:40.839 quiet progress recapturing Russian territory for months. So some experts are saying that there's 317 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:45.240 not going to be a very significant before and after here, and again interesting 318 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:48.759 to note that Ukraine has been stressing that all their actions should be seen as 319 00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:53.000 defensive. We are calling this a counter offensive, but they're continuing to stress 320 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:56.720 that this is their territory, that they're trying to take back, that they've 321 00:23:56.720 --> 00:24:00.640 come under attack, and that they're just defending themselves. Here you mentioned there, 322 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:03.599 and you you slightly answered this question, and you made it be impossible 323 00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:07.160 to answer. You said, the Ukrainian government's being tight lived obviously about facts, 324 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:11.039 but what about rhetoric. How's rhetoric playing out on both sides right now? 325 00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:15.839 Yes, I mean it's it's interesting to see Zelenski indicating that the counter 326 00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:21.240 offensive has begun, but again he's being you know, very he's insisting that 327 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:25.960 that this is a counter offensive, defensive action, so they're they're really trying 328 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:30.039 to, you know, hit that point home. On the Russian side, 329 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:33.839 we actually heard from the Russian president today as the Russian President of Vladimir Putin 330 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:38.319 spoke at Russia Day today marks Russian Day, which marks the establishment of the 331 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:45.200 Russian Federation. Tutin delivered a speech and he didn't specifically talk about the counter 332 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:48.039 offensive, but he did congratulate Russians for their devotion to the country. He 333 00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:52.200 said this was a difficult clime for Russia. And he also talked about the 334 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:56.319 special military operation in Ukraine. That's what he's called the war in Ukraine for 335 00:24:56.680 --> 00:25:00.599 months now, from the beginning of the war. He's still refusing to call 336 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:03.599 it a war. So we'll see if anything out comes out of Putin and 337 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:08.279 Russia today as they're marketing Russia Day. But it was interesting to hear from 338 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:12.319 him today. Over the weekend, we reported that the administration here in the 339 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:18.839 United States is providing another two billion dollar military aid package. Is there enough 340 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:22.839 bullets in the chamber to borrow a military phrase for Ukraine in this counter offensive? 341 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:26.559 And do you have any idea of how long this is expected to go 342 00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:30.279 on? Yeah, So the foreign aid is really interesting, and I think 343 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:33.519 that's certainly going to give you create an edge here during you know, over 344 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:37.680 the course of these next few months, during this counter offensive, we know 345 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:41.599 the UK has given Ukraine multiple storm shadow cruise missiles. That's going to give 346 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:47.160 Ukraine the capability of carrying out new long range strikes. We know Ukraine has 347 00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:52.359 also been given at least two one from the US, one from Germany. 348 00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:55.480 That's really going to help with their defense. We saw just how useful those 349 00:25:55.519 --> 00:26:00.119 systems were last month when Ukraine intercepted a Russian hypersonic missile, and like you 350 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:04.160 say, the US announcing you know, another one point two billion dollars in 351 00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:08.279 aid to Ukraine. So there is all this help coming in from the outside. 352 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:11.920 I think that's certainly going to help. The big question though, is 353 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:17.880 whether that international international support is going to continue. The clock is ticking there. 354 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:21.960 You know, the West has certainly rallied behind Ukraine over the last year, 355 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:25.680 year and a half, but there is a feeling that that might come 356 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:30.039 to an end, certainly here in the US as we're talking about, you 357 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:36.240 know, the election coming up. The soft former President Trump during a town 358 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:40.000 hall talking about how the strong US support for Ukraine could come to an end. 359 00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:41.279 I think that's going to be a big point of debate during the election, 360 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:45.880 and so there is a fear that that international support could win. And 361 00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:48.839 so Ukraine is under pressure here during this counter offensive to make a guinning as 362 00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:52.079 many games as possible, right right, right, for sure, ABC's it 363 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:56.640 is Delicatera joins us right now to talk about this update from Ukraine. Thank 364 00:26:56.640 --> 00:27:00.359 you so much for your time this weekend. Helping is gus get our arms 365 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:06.759 around this story. Thank you. And as you mentioned at the top of 366 00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:11.839 that interview, just this morning, Ukrainian media is reporting they have captured or 367 00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:15.119 recaptured a fourth village. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 368 00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:18.119 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The Transparency Foundation says an audit of 369 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:23.400 the twenty twenty two California elections shows widespread fraud. The report graded on ten 370 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:30.519 criteria, including verifying voter identity, security of election systems, and public trust 371 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:33.480 and confidence. Researchers say the state failed in nine of the ten categories. 372 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:38.720 Individual ballot tracking received the only passing grade. The report also shows a major 373 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:42.839 problem in removing people from the voter rolls who have moved out of state or 374 00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:47.960 died. A man from Bakersfield told researchers he's been trying to remove his son's 375 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:51.279 name from the voter rolls. His son moved to Texas thirteen years ago. 376 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:56.000 The governor of Pennsylvania says a lot of daily drivers will be impacted by a 377 00:27:56.079 --> 00:28:02.440 collapse along ninety five sement behind us as roughly one hundred and sixty thousand vehicles 378 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:06.519 per day. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro also says that it's going to take months 379 00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:10.079 for the major artery that runs right through the city of Philadelphia to be repaired. 380 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:14.400 On Sunday, officials say a tanker truck carrying flammable materials caught fire right 381 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:18.160 underneath I ninety five. The flames caused a portion of the elevated highway to 382 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:21.599 collapse on the road below. Drivers have been told to avoid the area and 383 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:26.680 expect massive delays. Andrew Caravella ka FI News We will update that story in 384 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:30.119 just a few minutes with ABC's Karen Travers as well. The UCLA women's soccer 385 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:34.079 and men's volleyball teams are being honored at the White House so among other NCAA 386 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:40.079 champions on this College Athlete Day, The Bruins won their second women's soccer championship 387 00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:44.960 in December. The men won their twentieth volleyball championship in May. A mom 388 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:48.519 in Utah accused of killing her husband, is going to court to argue for 389 00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:53.920 bail. ABC's Zerene Shaw says prosecutors alleged Corey Richins poisoned her husband Eric last 390 00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:59.799 year. By sneaking fentanyl into his Moscow mule. Investigators say Corey both defensil 391 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:03.160 I'm a drug dealer, But according to court documents that Corey's attorneys filed on 392 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:08.079 Friday, they argue the key witness to the alleged drug deal gave conflicting information 393 00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:14.039 about the Fencil purchase. Prosecutors say in court documents that the husband told friends 394 00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:17.680 he thought his wife was trying to kill him when he got sick after Valentine's 395 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:21.680 Day. Prosecutors also said the wife applied for nearly two million dollars in life 396 00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:26.759 insurance without her husband's knowledge. The defense says prosecutors do not have substantial evidence 397 00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:30.720 to support the charges. The wife and mom wrote a children's book about grief 398 00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:34.799 when her husband died. Officials in Colombia say four indigenous children found alive more 399 00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:38.000 than a month after a plane crash in the jungle survived on cassava, flower 400 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:41.640 and fruit. The kids were found Friday by Colombian soldiers after a month in 401 00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:45.079 the jungle, and a Delta crew member has been treated for injuries caused by 402 00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:49.720 a plane's emergency slide would have accidentally popped open. The plane was headed to 403 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:55.599 La from New York Saturday when it diverted to Utah because of a mechanical issue. 404 00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:59.000 Passengers had been allowed back on the plane when the slide opened, and 405 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:02.799 this woman it was startling. We were instructed to say in our seats for 406 00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:07.400 the time being. That left us feeling a little uneasy. Passengers were eventually 407 00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:11.839 put on another plane and continued on to Lax. The man accused of killing 408 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:14.960 a homeless man with a chokehold in a New York City subway has released a 409 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:18.559 video statement through his attorneys. Daniel Penny and his team released a series of 410 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:25.000 videos yesterday evening where Penny recounts his thoughts leading up to the encounter that resulted 411 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:30.119 in Jordan Neelie's death. On May the first, almost thirty five hundred Reddit 412 00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:33.480 pages are going dark today. Not dark Webb I know, Reddit dark, 413 00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:37.559 I get it, but just Reddit in general. It's in protest of the 414 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:41.640 San Francisco based tech company raising prices for developers of third party apps. As 415 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:45.839 part of this backlash, let's call it, some subreddits will make their communities 416 00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:52.000 private for forty eight hours. A top executive says they do respect the decision. 417 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:55.039 Coming up in just a few more minutes. We're going to talk with 418 00:30:55.079 --> 00:31:00.480 ABC's Karen Travers about the ninety five closure and collapse of that overpass that happened 419 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:03.720 over the weekend. A couple more stories. First, though, Security is 420 00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:07.759 being increased in Miami ahead of former President Trump's appearance in federal court over his 421 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:11.400 handling of classified documents when he left office. ABC's Justin Finch says Trump is 422 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:17.200 due in court tomorrow. The Secret Service already surveilling near the federal courthouse where 423 00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:22.200 former President Donald Trump they set to formally faced charges alleging he mishandled classified records 424 00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:27.480 and obstructed government efforts to get them back. The Justice Department unsealed a thirty 425 00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:32.920 seven count indictment against Trump last week. Republican Senator Lindsay Graham says most Republicans 426 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:37.000 believe the law is being used as a weapon against Trump. By fifty one 427 00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:41.079 on your wake Up Called, ABC's White House correspondent is going to be covering 428 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:44.440 traffic and transportation for US. Karen Travers is on the line to talk I 429 00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:48.680 ninety five in North Philly. Good morning, Karen, Yeah, you guys 430 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:52.319 love traffic out there, son, This one will hit home for you guys. 431 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:56.519 You know how bad it is when there is any sort of traffic disruption. 432 00:31:56.640 --> 00:32:00.599 Now, imagine a seven mile shutdown of one of your major arteries in 433 00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:04.160 the city. That's what Philadelphia is dealing with right now. And it's not 434 00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:07.039 just a draffic story for Philadelphia. That gets something that's going to impact most 435 00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:10.519 of the region and like parts of the East Coast, because this is something 436 00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:15.799 that's going to have ripple effects up and down the area because of goods and 437 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:19.440 services, you know, all of that. But also it's an infrastructure story. 438 00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:24.319 Yeah, this tanker fire underneath an overpass of Interstate ninety five, massive, 439 00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:30.279 massive fire yesterday that essentially melted the highway and caused the collapse of four 440 00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:36.519 lanes of the northbound side of ninety five. The northbound portion is completely collapsed. 441 00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:39.599 The southbound side, according to the governor, is not structurally sound and 442 00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:44.759 this is going to take several months now to repair. The governor is declaring 443 00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:49.319 a disaster today to speed up federal funding and as much assistance as they can 444 00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:52.200 possibly get. But they are warning people this is going to be a very 445 00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:57.440 difficult summer for commuters, for tourists, travelers, and anybody trying to go 446 00:32:57.480 --> 00:33:00.720 up and down the East coast and also for people just trying to get things 447 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:04.480 like stuff is going to probably be delayed. But the administration says that they 448 00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:08.079 are fully supporting Pennsylvania and Philadelphia officials to get what they need. There's gonna 449 00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:12.519 be a lot of federal officials on the ground today in Philadelphia to make sure 450 00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:15.799 that things are moving and assessing the situation up there. Yeah, you mentioned 451 00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:22.559 all the bureaucracies that are showing up. It's an alphabet soup of bureaus and 452 00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:27.240 secretaries of transportation and speaking of which is Pete Buddha Judge and the White House 453 00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:30.759 didn't get a great rating last time they had to address a transportation situation. 454 00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:32.720 How are things shaping up? And what's the messaging light coming out of the 455 00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:37.000 White House? Yeah, to give you kind of an alphabet soup, you've 456 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:40.319 got the NTSD. They're sending a team of specials today to start the investigation. 457 00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:44.559 They say the preliminary report will be available in two to three weeks. 458 00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:47.160 The Federal Highway Administrator is going to be on the ground today to start offering 459 00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:52.559 a federal support and assistance. Pete Budda Judge has an event in Washington this 460 00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:55.000 morning. He's going to be speaking probably within the hour. Would not be 461 00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:59.319 surprised if we see him on the team pretty quickly. The prominent is actually 462 00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:04.960 going to philadel on Saturday for a previously scheduled big campaign style rally with Union 463 00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:08.400 members. You know, remember when there was that bridge collapse in Pittsburgh back 464 00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:12.760 in twenty twenty one, I think it was, and he very quickly went 465 00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:15.280 on the scene to talk to some of the responders who were there and get 466 00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:19.639 a sense of it. Different situation. But I wouldn't be surprised if he 467 00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:22.960 doesn't make an appearance on Saturday, because you know he's going to do this 468 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:24.719 event with Union guys. Anyway, these are going to be some of the 469 00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:29.000 people rebuilding this bridge once it gets started, and that gets on your way, 470 00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:30.519 right, and it's right next to you know, his backyard in Delaware. 471 00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:34.519 It's right there too. I mean, just close enough, I guess. 472 00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:40.519 But of course it is his first reelection appearance on Saturday in Philadelphia as 473 00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:45.280 I understand it too, So yeah, it does kind of line up anything 474 00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:47.360 else coming out of the White House today that you expect. Any any like 475 00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:51.159 you said, I think you mentioned Pete Bodhagg might be on the ground today. 476 00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:53.920 Anything else, yeah, related to this, you know, they're kind 477 00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:57.719 of throwing a lot of people at this. We'll see what comes out of 478 00:34:57.719 --> 00:35:00.079 the press briefing today. In terms of other federal ref forces. President also 479 00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:05.320 has the NATO Secretary General coming to the White House today, significant meeting ahead 480 00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:08.400 of a big Native summit next month in Lithuania. And it also comes as 481 00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:13.719 the NATO Secretary General is sent to leave this position after many bottles close to 482 00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:16.800 a decade serving as the head of NATO and the big scramblers who will replace 483 00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:20.840 him, So that is something they will be talking about today in their meeting. 484 00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:22.239 All right, well, Karen, thank you so much for the update. 485 00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:27.599 Appreciate it. At a great day you too. As ABC's Karen Travers, 486 00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:30.320 We're gonna get a couple more stories in before we get to the top 487 00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:34.039 of the hour and handle on the news. An American citizen living in Moscow 488 00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:37.000 has been arrested in Russia. Fifty one year old Michael Leakey appeared in court 489 00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:40.360 over the weekend. Video was posted on social media. I have not admitted 490 00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:44.239 to any guild. I do not believe that I have done what I have 491 00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:46.199 been accused because I don't know what I've been accused of. State media says 492 00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:51.000 Leaky is accused of dealing drugs. A judge ordered him held until at least 493 00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:54.400 August. Leaky is facing up to twelve years in prison. The UN agency 494 00:35:54.519 --> 00:36:00.360 UNESCO has announced the US plans to rejoin the Cultural and Scientific organization and pay 495 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:04.679 more than six hundred million dollars in back news. US officials say the decision 496 00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:08.880 was motivated by concern that China is filling the gap in UNESCO policymaking. The 497 00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:14.880 US was once the agency's largest funder. A bus driver in Australia has been 498 00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:19.199 arrested following a crash that killed ten people and injured dozens more. He's facing 499 00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:22.280 multiple charges of dangerous and negligent driving, though police say the cause of the 500 00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:27.320 crash is not yet known. The passengers had attended a wedding in Australia's Wine 501 00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:31.679 Country before the nighttime crash yesterday on a roundabout. England's publicly funded Health service 502 00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:37.800 says it will not routinely offer puberty blocking drugs to children at gender identity clinics. 503 00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:42.199 Officials say more evidence is needed about the potential benefits and harms. The 504 00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:45.400 wall Street Journal says billionaire George Soros is seeding control of his twenty five billion 505 00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:51.079 dollar empire to his son, Alex. The younger Soros says he's more political 506 00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:53.119 than his ninety two year old father, but that they think alike. Alex 507 00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:58.920 Soros says he plans to broaden his father's liberal aims and embrace different causes, 508 00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:04.119 including voting in a board, rights in gender equality. Also, we're going 509 00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:06.639 to go We're all going to go to electric vehicles. So I want to 510 00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:09.679 do a quick Tesla story because Tesla has those sexy cars. They've been jacking 511 00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:14.920 up the prices up and down. There's some inconsistent leadership coming out of Elon 512 00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:21.159 Musk overall within his portfolio, but Tesla might have the shrewdest product on the 513 00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:23.000 market when it comes to evs, and that's the charging network. It's known 514 00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:28.840 for those sleek cars, but the companies ubiquitous superchargers that are all over North 515 00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:31.719 America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East right now are very strategic and 516 00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:36.400 its magic doc is what they call it. It allows other evs to use 517 00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:40.039 the network without needing to carry an adapter. And last week, partnerships with 518 00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:44.679 Ford and GM are going to allow customers to buy a Tesla made adapter to 519 00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:49.280 access more than those twelve thousand superchargers that starts in twenty twenty four, and 520 00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:54.360 the deals that these include are about three billion dollars by twenty thirty four Tesla. 521 00:37:54.400 --> 00:38:00.639 That's according to Piper Sandler. She Piper is a is an analyst studies 522 00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:05.000 revenue in the EV market. Also, I'm gonna have a little bit later 523 00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:10.480 this morning. Tesla reports of fatalities within cars using self driving technologies may be 524 00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:15.840 higher than first previously and previously reported, so we'll have to get back to 525 00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:19.079 that too. I'm going to have that a little later this morning. And 526 00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:22.239 now let's check some traffic and then we're gonna get to Nick for one more 527 00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:23.960 before we get to the top of the hour. Southern California weather from kf 528 00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:28.079 I mostly cloudy again today, with a twenty percent chance of showers throughout the 529 00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:31.719 morning for La and oc hys around seventy later today inland. The inland valleys 530 00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:36.679 may not queach quite reach seventy degrees at the beaches. Highs are going to 531 00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:39.199 hover in the mid sixties range and tonight partly cloudy in the evening and then 532 00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:43.119 mostly cloudy, overnight lows in the mid fifties. Tomorrow is looking like a 533 00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:45.679 rinse repeat for today. Right now, Steel Beaches at sixty two degrees, 534 00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:50.119 Anaheim Hills is at sixty one, so is Torrance, and Hollywood is at 535 00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:52.599 sixty two degrees. We lead local live from the KFI twenty four hour news 536 00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:55.159 room. I'm Jason Middleton. This has been your wake Up Called. You've 537 00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:59.400 been listening to wake Up Call? You know you can always listen live on 538 00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:04.159 kup by Am six forty weekdays from five to six am, and anytime on 539 00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:06.199 demand on the iHeartRadio app.