WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:05.879 You're listening to Wake Up Call with Jennifer Jones Lee on demand from KFI A 2 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:10.359 M. Six forty. Good morning everybody, it is five o'clock. This 3 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:14.320 is your wake up call, So wake up if we have to, you 4 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:17.920 have to. Oh. Usually right here at the top, I try to 5 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:20.480 think it's something that we can talk about real quick before we get into the 6 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:22.719 news of the day. We do have a pretty good show stacked up for 7 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:25.920 you today. A lot of stuff going on all over the country. So 8 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:28.440 I looked up famous birthdays, and I thought that was kind of lame. 9 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:34.479 But here's today's number instead, seventeen point seven million. That's how many people 10 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:37.840 around the world have a birthday today. I thought that would be kind of 11 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:42.759 macro take on that. But then I did the Google search on birthday today. 12 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:45.600 Right then, the third question that comes up at the bottom that it 13 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:49.799 wants me or thinks I'm going to ask next, is who is the famous 14 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:55.479 person in this world? I didn't type that Google thought I would might type 15 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:58.479 that next. I know it's early, but I still use proper grammar. 16 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:02.719 Dwayne Johnson, by the way, is the answer the most famous? Who 17 00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:06.920 is the famous person in this world? Other worlds? We still are not 18 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:08.799 clear on. Not even Google can help us with that, not even AI 19 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:14.159 can help us with that. Let's get a few quick headlines then we'll get 20 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:18.599 going into today's show. President Biden is in Japan for a summit of the 21 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:23.680 world's seven largest democratic economies, the US, Japan, Canada, the UK, 22 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:26.519 France, Germany, and Italy. Will focus much of their talk on 23 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:30.319 pretty much one subject, and that's the approach to China, Russia and Ukraine. 24 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:34.159 Of course, will come up and appeals court seems likely to restrict access 25 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:40.040 to the mifipristone abortion pill. The Justice Department argued in front of a New 26 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:46.040 Orleans federal court yesterday to allow greater access to the pill after a Texas judge 27 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:51.400 restricted its access earlier this year. The restrictions were based on alleged flaws with 28 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:57.000 the FDA approval process from a couple of decades ago. Montana is not short 29 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:02.239 vid friendly. Apparently, the Treasure State is the first state to ban TikTok. 30 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:07.879 A new law bands TikTok from operating in Montana and prohibits app stores from 31 00:02:07.960 --> 00:02:13.439 offering TikTok to Montana users. Now, users will not be fined or penalized 32 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:16.240 in any way, but anybody who provides the app to Montana users could be 33 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:21.199 fined ten thousand dollars a day, and that means Apple, Google, other 34 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:24.879 app stores as well. This one's going to go to court because it has 35 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:30.199 some rolling implications into other social media platforms, as you can imagine Instagram, 36 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:36.599 Meta and whatever's coming next. In just a few minutes, we'll talk about 37 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:40.680 we'll talk with ABC White House correspondent Carry Travers. Biden maybe in Japan, 38 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:46.800 but his team and GOP negotiators are still in Washington, continuing to hammer out 39 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:51.439 that deal on the debt ceiling and hopefully avoiding an economic default and of course 40 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:57.000 the subsequent financial crisis that would come with it. Let's start with some of 41 00:02:57.039 --> 00:02:59.639 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. As always, 42 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:04.439 we do lead local. LA Mayor Bass has traveled to Sacramento with other mayors 43 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:07.759 to ask for money to fight homelessness. Governor Newsom's latest three hundred and six 44 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:14.039 billion dollars budget proposal allocates three point seven billion dollars for homelessness. Newsom's revised 45 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:17.680 budget accounts for an expected thirty two billion dollars shortfall Mayor bass has despite the 46 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:22.400 shortfall, the need for housing and services must remain a top priority. We 47 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:27.120 need to ensure additional funding in this budget to make an even bigger impact. 48 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:30.080 The Mayor's yesterday asked for an additional two billion dollars every year through twenty twenty 49 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:34.800 six and a type of grant funding and one point five billion dollars for Project 50 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:38.439 Home Key Blake Trolley k if I News strippers in North Hollywood may become the 51 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:44.240 only exotic dancers in the nation with a union contract. The dancers say they 52 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:50.319 picketed for fifteen months to demand to demand safer working conditions. One stripper named 53 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:54.360 Lilith says strippers should feel safe while performing. We think that having a union 54 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:59.759 is really important so that dancers can have a voice in the way that there 55 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:04.400 were places run. Lilis says. Patrons sometimes grope or lick them and even 56 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:10.039 sexually assault the dancers. The workers stay balanced to vote for the union opened 57 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:13.879 yesterday. The dance club says it is willing to negotiate with the strippers. 58 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:17.879 Smash and grab robbers in Tustin have stolen about two hundred and eighteen thousand dollars 59 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:21.680 in jewelry before leading police on a high speed chase. This guy's crashed into 60 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:27.399 a fire hydrant in Westminster. Police Lieutenant Ryan co says investigators are working to 61 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:30.399 determine if the one adult and two teams are part of a larger crime syndicate. 62 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:34.279 And they brought trash cans in with them and immediately began smashing the jewelry 63 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:38.800 cases, throwing the hydra into the trash cans. Believe they're in and out 64 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:43.959 within minutes Cosas law enforcement Tuesday quickly responded and spotted the fleeing group on the 65 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:46.720 four oh five. He says. After the crash, the crew took off 66 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:48.600 on foot, but were caught during a house to house search. All of 67 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:53.959 the jewelry was returned in Tustin. Corbin Carson k if I need on the 68 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:57.519 liveline right now at k if I is ABC White House correspondent Karen Travers. 69 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:00.720 Good morning, Karen, Good morning. Okay, so yesterday's White House meeting 70 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:03.639 come and gone, Biden out of town. How are things as we start 71 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:10.439 today for these debt feeling negotiations. Yeah, so they're progressing by having conversations 72 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:15.240 while the President is overseas at the g seventh summit in Japan yesterday before he 73 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:19.600 last he expressed optimism that things were moving in the right direction. He said 74 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:24.399 he was confident that there will be an agreement on the budget and that the 75 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:28.800 country the government would not default. We had a briefing yesterday on Air Force 76 00:05:28.839 --> 00:05:32.279 one from his press secretary as the plane was heading towards Japan, but Korean 77 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:35.560 Jumpierre didn't have much new to add beyond what the President had said, but 78 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:41.279 when she was defending the decision to cut the trip short by not making those 79 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:44.800 stops in Papa, New Guinea and Australia as he was scheduled to do, 80 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:47.639 and also defending the decision to get on the plane in the first place and 81 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:51.839 still continue going to Japan for the G seven leaders summit, saying the President 82 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:56.480 can be the president wherever he is and that he has passed seeing your staff 83 00:05:56.519 --> 00:06:00.879 with continuing the negotiations with Kevin McCarthy's teams while he is gone. We expect 84 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:04.439 that the President will be in close contact with those senior staff while he is 85 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:09.480 overseas, and as he put it, when he gets back Sunday night and 86 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:13.600 then is ready for meetings on Monday, he anticipates it will be time for 87 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:17.399 final negotiations. He said that a couple times in the last two days final 88 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:21.600 negotiations, which certainly seemed to us to be optimistic. Yeah. Absolutely. 89 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:25.480 I think the markets reacted that way as well when they heard it yesterday. 90 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:29.839 So he is in Japan G seven. That's not exactly an easy room this 91 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:33.360 time around, either because of the China approach and of course the rush of 92 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:38.800 Ukraine War. But back here, any public breaking of the ranks on either 93 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:43.199 side of the default debate or are their hardening of sides, You know, 94 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:46.519 there's not a lot, like I should say, in terms of some of 95 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:51.839 the things we've heard from the President on potential concessions on work requirements that would 96 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:57.920 be making things tougher for people who are receiving food aid or assistance for families 97 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:00.079 with young children and medicaid. The President and had said that, you know, 98 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:04.160 if he wouldn't accept any work requirements for those federal aid programs, that 99 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:11.399 would impact any medical needs for any American. Nothing that it impacts medical coverage. 100 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:15.279 But there have been some grumblings from progressives in the Democratic Party that the 101 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:18.279 President should not give any concessions at all on this. So that's something that 102 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:23.079 we're keeping an eye on if there's any moving in the needle on that issue. 103 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:26.560 Kevin McCarthy, the House Speaker, had said that that is a must 104 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:30.519 include for him on the budget cut side of this. So we'll see what 105 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:32.879 Dot goes in these conversations over the next couple of days. I know we 106 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:35.560 have to break it about thirty seconds, but real quick, you've been covering 107 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:40.399 this for a while. Cutting short the trip itself seems like a negotiation. 108 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:44.040 He had to go to the G seven and cut short the rest of the 109 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:46.319 trip. Is that playing out like that? Is it playing or are they 110 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:49.519 really pushing down that he should not have got on the plane at all. 111 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:54.839 No, I think that's exactly that's the way the White House is certainly braming 112 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:57.439 this. You know, the G seven is very critical. They're talking about 113 00:07:57.560 --> 00:08:01.040 Ukraine, China, Russia, the global economy. It was very important for 114 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:05.959 the President to go to the G seven. Senior officials have continued to say 115 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:09.480 the Australia portion of the trip, he can do those meetings while in Japan. 116 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:13.759 All those leaders he would have been seeing in Australia he can do in 117 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:18.240 Japan. So it's something where they could just condense the schedule and they feel 118 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:20.639 not lose out too much. Now they're Australians. They're a little upset that 119 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:24.600 he's not going to make it disappointed, but the White House is saying it's 120 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:26.319 not canceled, is postponed and they're going to try to make it up to 121 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:28.759 them. Karen, thank you so much for your time. Always a pleasure. 122 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:33.919 I have a great day. That's ABC White House Correspondent Karen Travers. 123 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:37.279 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four 124 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:41.080 hour newsroom. Firefighters and animal control officers have rescued a dog trapped in a 125 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:46.600 sinkhole in San Bernardino. Fire officials say witnesses heard barking near a building and 126 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:50.799 called for help. They found the husky in a sinkhole next to an old 127 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:54.879 oil well, roughly fifteen feet below a parking lot. Crews were able to 128 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:58.440 slip a rope around the dog hoisted out and if I know huskies, that 129 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:03.480 thing was taught. The investigators say they hope a thirty thousand dollar reward will 130 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:07.240 help them find the person who killed a father of three in Hawaiian Gardens. 131 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:09.919 Detectives say the man and a young relative. We're driving northbound on Norwalk Boulevard 132 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:16.000 when someone opened fire. Los Angeles County Fire Department arrived on scene and pronounced 133 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:20.519 mister Carlos Albrez Diaz deceased. A fourteen year old was also strug by gunfire, 134 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:24.559 but survived. Accounty Sheriffs Lieutenant Patricia Thomas says it happened last October eighth, 135 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:28.480 just after one am, and a dark colored car filled with guys was 136 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:31.279 seen nearby. Alvarus's brother, Adrian says his brother was not in a game. 137 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:35.120 My brother was just a family man. He lives behind two girls and 138 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.960 a baby boy who he never got to meet. At Homicide Bureau and Monterey 139 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:41.120 Park, Steve Gregory king, if I knows we talked about TikTok at the 140 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:45.519 top. Here's another one. A popular plastic surgeon in Ohio accused of streaming 141 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:50.000 her surgeries on TikTok will learn if she can keep her medical license. The 142 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:54.000 doc, known as doctor Roxy to her eight hundred thousand followers, is also 143 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:58.600 accused of botching surgeries and violating patient's privacy. A hearing is scheduled to wrap 144 00:09:58.679 --> 00:10:03.080 up to tomorrow the State Medical Board of Ohio voted back in November to suspend 145 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:07.759 her license. Officials say a hearing examiner will make a recommendation to the Medical 146 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:13.000 Board and a final decision will likely be made at the board's July twelfth meeting. 147 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:20.480 Now a quick reminder here today is May eighteenth. A freeze warning in 148 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:24.960 New Hampshire has put farmers on alert to protect their crops. At Sunnycrest Farm, 149 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:28.159 Danny Hicks says he planned an all nighter last night to prevent his apple 150 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:31.480 and strawberry crops from freezing. We have everything that we need. We've done 151 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:35.879 this for a very long time and we're still expecting. There's plenty of bloom 152 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:37.720 out there, plenty of apples, so it's still going to be a lovely 153 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:41.279 season. Hicks says the cold air will take the blooms right out, which 154 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:43.960 is why he uses an old wind machine. He says the machine circulates the 155 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:48.919 air and hopes of preventing the blooms from freezing and dying. The Orange County 156 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:54.480 DA says in the last year he's charged more than one hundred and forty people 157 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:58.519 with home invasions, burglaries and smash and grab robberies. We're not going to 158 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.679 let our residents live in OCDA Todd Spitzer says, soft on crime, state 159 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:05.240 laws, judges, and DA's in nearby county. These are giving criminals a 160 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:11.039 revolving door they're coming into a county. OC assistant chaff John McCullough says this 161 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:15.360 is more than a property crime. It's a loss of safety people can feel 162 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:18.600 for a lifetime. These are people and families who are victimized in their own 163 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:20.600 homes, a place that is supposed to be their safe havens. Spitzer says 164 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:26.080 a couple dozen people from five different robbery crews were charged just in the last 165 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:30.679 two weeks in Orange County. Corbin Carson k i I News Florida Governor Ron 166 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:35.360 Destantis reportedly will formally enter the twenty twenty four presidential race next week. The 167 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:39.559 Washington Post reports that two people familiar with the Republican governor's plans say de Stantis 168 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:45.039 will kick off his campaign in Miami with top fundraisers. The man who ran 169 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:48.600 over and killed eight people on a New York City bike path is suggesting that 170 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:54.639 his actions were justified. Say Fulo Sipov was given eight consecutive life sentences yesterday 171 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:58.399 for the twenty seventeen mass murder. Before sentencing, he spoke for nearly an 172 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:03.399 hour to fend those actions. After his speech, the judge called him unrepentant 173 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:09.159 and cowardly. The Miami Heat lit up the Boston Celtics last night to take 174 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:11.600 a one zero lead in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. The Lakers and Nuggets 175 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:15.879 get back at it tonight in Denver. In the next segment, ABC Tech 176 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:20.039 reporter Mike Dubuski will join Wake Up Call to talk about electric vehicles, actually 177 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:24.120 all vehicles, and whether new cars and trucks will continue to have AM radios 178 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:26.559 built into them. Right now, though, let's welcome Luke Barr. Luke 179 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:31.759 is ABC News's law enforcement reporter. It's been a week for the US Attorney's 180 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:37.879 Massachusetts office. Rachel Rawlins was the US attorney there until she resigned on Tuesday, 181 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:41.639 and then yesterday a report dropped. Good morning, Luke, Hey, 182 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:43.840 good morning. How are you. I'm good, thank you, and thank 183 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:46.639 you for joining us. The US attorney from Massachusetts went to work on Tuesday, 184 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:50.480 resigned, no longer a federal prosecutor. So what's going on with Rachel 185 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:54.240 Rollins. Yeah, so this is kind of crazy. The one more US 186 00:12:54.279 --> 00:13:00.519 attorney now, as you mentioned, leak information about a federal investing Asian in 187 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:07.399 order to help her preferred candidate among quote gregious other violates the DFJ policy, 188 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:11.080 according to two government watchdogs. They announced this in a studding report issued yesterday. 189 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:16.519 Rollins was the first African American US attorney from Massachusetts resigned, as you 190 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:20.480 mentioned, after being informed of the details that we'd be that would be included 191 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:26.879 in the Justice Department Inspector General report. Investigation began amid reports she violated the 192 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:31.120 Hatch Act by attending a political fundraiser with the First Lady in July of last 193 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:35.200 year. He didn't act VI to Hatch Act. The Inspector General found that 194 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:39.720 just merely scratches the surface of Ron's alleged abuse of her position. Well, 195 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:43.679 Luke, is this a sudden resignation or was there smoke on the horizon? 196 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:46.759 Was this a building case? This was a building case. I mean, 197 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:52.919 you know, we get indications when when she resigned, that there would be 198 00:13:52.960 --> 00:14:00.679 something coming that that would not be a flattering for Rons. But you know, 199 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:03.879 if you look at a timeline of this investigation, this happened last year. 200 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:13.000 Djuh So, the Office Special Counsel in the Inspector General's Office recommended prosecution 201 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:20.000 in December of twenty twenty two, and DJ declined that prosecution because some of 202 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:26.679 the intricacies of the report found that Rollins broke the law by misleading investigators. 203 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:31.759 DJ declined to prosecute her um in January, and obviously the report came out 204 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:35.320 in May. Okay, Luke, Okay, Let's put this in context for 205 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:39.320 a second, if we can. There were several findings of improper behavior and 206 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:45.799 abusive office in that report, but campaign contributions seemed to be something a kind 207 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:50.519 of particular note. How do defense look at such behavior? Yeah, So, 208 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:54.399 basically, what what Rollins did is she used her position as the US 209 00:14:54.440 --> 00:15:01.919 Attorney, which is the highest level prosecute, her highest film federal prosecutor in 210 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:07.840 the district or sometimes even in the state in this case, to influence an 211 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:16.759 article being written by a local media members that there was an investigation into the 212 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:22.000 preferred candidates opponent that Ronds was was hoping for. Sir Ronds was the Suffolk 213 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:28.159 County District Attorney, which is the highest state attorney in Massachusetts. She resigned 214 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:33.639 to become US attorney. She wanted somebody to replace her. That person wasn't 215 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:37.000 the one who the governor picked, the guy who she wanted to replace he 216 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:43.039 ran against the governor's picked and then she started leaking information, damaging information, 217 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:48.159 the IG says about the opponent of her preferred candidate. Hey, look, 218 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:52.720 did she have any kind of scandal or note or whiff of scandal when she 219 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:58.120 was at Suffolk County level. No, she wasn't, as she was a 220 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:04.600 very progressive prosecutor, and that led to some criticism when she was going up 221 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:11.240 for her nomination for US Attorney by by Republicans Senator Senator Tom Cotton called a 222 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:17.879 very progressive, radical prosecutor. But you know, other than that, you 223 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:21.440 know, there was no whiff of any scandal, uh, you know, 224 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:25.679 at least major scandal like this when she was a Subfracarnity DA. We're speaking 225 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:29.480 with ABC News law enforcement reporter Luke Barr. Luke, I have one last 226 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:32.679 question for you. What's next? Does her chief assistant move up into the 227 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:34.799 seat? Is there an appointment process? What's what's happening in the next phase. 228 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:40.279 Yeah, so in the next couple of days, her first assistant will 229 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:45.159 resume duties this acting US Attorney to the District of Massachusetts and then of course 230 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:49.440 up to the President to select and nominate her replacement, whoever that is. 231 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:53.759 We don't have an indication, but Massachusetts is a is a highly coveted position. 232 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:57.279 It's one of the biggest offices in the department, so it will be 233 00:16:57.399 --> 00:17:03.840 definitely scrutinized, especially given this report. Thank you for your time this morning, 234 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:06.559 Luke. This is a fascinating story. A quick fall. It seems 235 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:08.359 like, well it was building, I guess, but boy, she resigned 236 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:11.200 on Tuesday. The report drops on Wednesday, and we're talking about it on 237 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:17.319 Thursday. Quick movement. Yeah, absolutely, thanks for having Absolutely. That 238 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:21.359 was Luke Barr. He's ABC News is Law Enforcement reporter. Let's get back 239 00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:23.279 to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom this 240 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:27.240 morning. On your wake up call twenty five minutes after five o'clock, the 241 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:33.039 FED stay several people with alleged ties to gangs in the Harbor area have been 242 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:38.279 arrested for drug and firearms trafficking. The FBI says an investigation in twenty twenty 243 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:44.559 that targeted dangerous gang members linked those gangs to the Mexican Mafia. The US 244 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:49.160 Attorneys Tom Morosick says a dozen people were arrested and three remain fugitives. If 245 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:55.799 they are convicted, these defendants will face significant time in federal prison, with 246 00:17:55.839 --> 00:18:00.960 most of them facing potential life sentences. The FBI says since the investigation started, 247 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:06.720 it has seized twenty three guns and over twenty three thousand fentinel pills. 248 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:11.519 Chris Adler KFI News. A settlement has been reached with a woman who sued 249 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:15.759 the LA School District. The woman claims she was hurt during a flag football 250 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:19.039 game in twenty sixteen. She says the teacher did not protect her. The 251 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:23.160 woman was sixteen at the time and alleges that she had to play football or 252 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:27.759 frisbee to pass her PE final at Fairfax High School. The woman says she 253 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:32.519 got a concussion that left her with headaches, confusion, fatigue, and vertigo. 254 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:37.759 The district says the teacher properly oversaw the game. Sag AFTRA says it 255 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:42.720 will hold a strike authorization vote ahead of its negotiations with the major studios. 256 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:48.279 The vote does not mean the union representing talent will join the w GA strike, 257 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:52.799 but on June seventh, the union will talk about its contract that expires 258 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:59.519 June thirtieth. The union announced yesterday its negotiating committee decided a strike authorization would 259 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:03.920 provide maximum bargaining leverage, and anyone in the union got an email last evening 260 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:10.880 about that the Agriculture Department could be moving to ban flavored milk from school cafeterias. 261 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:15.240 The USDA just closed the public comment period on changes in long term school 262 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:21.559 nutrition standards in order to cut down on added sugars in school programs for lunch 263 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:25.559 and breakfast. The agency says the aim is to reduce exposure to added sugars 264 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:30.880 and promote more nutrient dense, unflavored milk and quote. The USDA suggests limiting 265 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:33.720 the amount of chocolate and strawberry milk, which is delicious in high schools, 266 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:40.599 and banning it completely in elementary and middle schools. Florida Man, not the 267 00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:44.640 Netflix show A Florida Man, is accused of killing a dune buggy driver in 268 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:48.759 a fight over a beer can. Court records in Lake County say the fight 269 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:52.759 started when fifty nine year old Wallace Kirkland allegedly threw a beer can over a 270 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:59.279 dunebuggy as it drove past him last Friday night. The records say the dunebuggy 271 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:03.480 driver approa Kirkland and allegedly threatened to kill him, and then witnesses heard a 272 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:08.559 gunshot and the driver quickly sped off. THEPDS reportedly found the man passed out 273 00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:11.920 in the dune buggy a short distance away with a gunshot to the torso. 274 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:17.559 He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Kirkland was arrested on a man slaughter 275 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:19.839 charges. Right now, on wake Up Call, we're going to talk about 276 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:25.880 a slightly older technology, AM Radio. ABC's tech reporter Mike Dubuski is with 277 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:29.160 as Good morning, Mike, Good morning. Yeah, definitely an issue that 278 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:32.240 is close to a lot of our hearts. But yeah, go ahead. 279 00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:33.759 No, I'm going to say I have it written in my m my intro 280 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:40.519 like, welcome to k if I AM radio. Yeah, AM six forty 281 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:44.200 as I understand it live everywhere, Yeah, do I get it. But 282 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:48.279 you know, it is interesting that we're talking about AM radio because a lot 283 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:52.759 of electric carmakers and automakers that have introduced electric cars in recent years have been 284 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:56.359 getting rid of the AM band in their vehicles. And they say that's because 285 00:20:56.759 --> 00:21:02.519 the electric motors can emit a signal that will interfere with this style of radio. 286 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:06.440 AM radio not to get to radio nerdy on you here, Jason does 287 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:10.839 stand for amplitude modulation, which means that your wavelengths get a little taller and 288 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:15.200 shorter depending on, you know, different factors. And they say that format 289 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:18.319 is susceptible to this type of thing. But the flip side of that is 290 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:22.000 that AM radio can go further than FM streams, and it can go through 291 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:26.359 solid buildings and things like that. And that's why a lot of emergency management 292 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:30.519 systems actually rely on this service as well. So it's not just you and 293 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:33.160 me talking. As fun as this is, it's also a public service from 294 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:37.519 the federal government in the case of emergencies. Often when people get texts about 295 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:42.799 breaking news or emergency situations, that news is coming from AM radio newsrooms or 296 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:47.359 AM radio broadcasts as well. So that I just kind of wanted to pull 297 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:51.160 that out. We've been we've been doing it because well, let's let's go 298 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:53.599 right into the bipartisanship. It seems like AM radio is helping heal the nation 299 00:21:53.720 --> 00:22:00.160 politically. Yes, that's right. So yesterday there is this bipartisan coalition of 300 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:04.160 lawmakers led by Ted Cruz and Ed Markey, not often to senators who are 301 00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:08.119 aligned on much in our politics, but on this they are. And they 302 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:12.680 introduced the AM for Every Vehicle Act, which is essentially a package of legislation 303 00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:18.279 that would instruct NITZA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to start instituting 304 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:23.599 new rules requiring AM to be in new vehicles without payment or surcharge, so 305 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:27.880 basically just to keep it in their vehicles. And to sort of underline exactly 306 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:33.039 how many automakers have have eschewed the AM band in recent years, BMW, 307 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:38.319 most Pollstar, Volkswagen, Volvo, and Ford have all introduced cars that don't 308 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:41.720 have the AM stream in them. And in Ford's case, they just put 309 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:45.839 out a new Ford Mustang this year, and that's not an electric vehicle, 310 00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:48.799 that's a gas powered car and it does not have an AM stream. So 311 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:52.839 it's it's sort of an interesting couple of different factors here to consider. But 312 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:57.039 yeah, that's that's kind of where we stand legislatively. And Tesla you mentioned 313 00:22:57.200 --> 00:23:00.559 at the top, but they haven't had a radio AM radio since twenty eighteen, 314 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:03.559 that's right, Yeah, yeah, no, Tesla hasn't. They got 315 00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:07.119 rid of it in twenty eighteen. UM, And you know, it's it's 316 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:11.400 also interesting just to see you know that, you know, automakers are moving 317 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:14.799 over to evs, not in some cases because they want to, but in 318 00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:17.920 a lot of cases because they have to. In California, in fact, 319 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:19.960 all new gas cars by twenty thirty five, excuse me, all new cars 320 00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:23.000 by twenty thirty five have to be powered by something that is not gas. 321 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:26.920 And it seems like electricity is the thing, and so California goes, so 322 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:32.240 goes the rest of the country. Europe has similar legislation. So it's it's 323 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:36.000 coming, and I think it's important that you know, lawmakers in this country 324 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:38.720 are kind of focused on this at this moment before we get to like twenty 325 00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:41.799 thirty five and we all have to drive, you know, electric cars kind 326 00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:45.279 of going forward. You and I can tend to nerd out sometimes on this, 327 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:47.759 but I did, I did. I did looked up the definition of 328 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:52.359 electromagnetic interference EMI. Right, It just says unwanted noise, which is why 329 00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:56.039 they have dials. If I don't, I mean, come on, well, 330 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:59.039 It's also part of this too, is that you know, the automakers 331 00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:02.039 will say, well, you can listen to AM radio, you can just 332 00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:04.599 do it. Through a streaming app where you can do it through you know, 333 00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:07.279 an internet service. A lot of these cars are connected to the internet 334 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:11.119 now, m But you know, I know in California is a lot of 335 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.880 canyons and and things like that. You know, what if you're driving in 336 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:17.240 a place that does not have good Internet connection and that that could also interfere, 337 00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.920 right kind of It's almost the opposite of what we were talking about. 338 00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:22.720 With the strength of the AM signal. Um. You know, the Internet 339 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:26.319 is a lot more susceptible to sort of just differences and you know, location 340 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:29.359 and that sort of thing. So yeah, I know, I have to 341 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:33.400 let you go fifteen seconds. Um, does AM represent a cultural artifact for 342 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:37.559 branding of evs? Um? You know that that's a good question. I 343 00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:42.079 will say. It is a very popular service still, even though you know, 344 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:45.880 the popular conception might be, well, we can listen to the internet, 345 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:48.319 or we can listen to the radio on the internet and all those sorts 346 00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:51.680 of things. Fifty million people listen to AM radio according to Nielsen. And 347 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:55.480 as we mentioned, you know, FEMA uses it for for integrated public alert 348 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:57.920 and warning systems and in emergency systems and that sort of thing. Um. 349 00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:02.400 So so yeah, I I don't know if it represents a cultural artifact. 350 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:04.920 I think it's still pretty popular for a lot of people, even outside of 351 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:08.079 the emergency side of things. It's still a lot of people just listen to 352 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:11.839 it just because they like listening to it. Mike, always a pleasure. 353 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:14.079 Thank you for joining us this morning, of course, Jason, take care. 354 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:17.559 ABC's tech reporter Mike Dubuskie right there. And if you want to join 355 00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:19.920 the bipartisan effort on this, by the way, you can text the letters 356 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:26.200 AM two five two eight eight six that tells Congress to keep AM radio and 357 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:27.960 all the cars and trucks that are going to come off the line. Remember, 358 00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:32.279 data rates may apply depending on who you use to send text messages, 359 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:36.119 So when you send the letters AM two five two eight eighty six, some 360 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:40.440 data rates could apply depending on your car carrier. Get back to some of 361 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:44.000 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news room at SUV has 362 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:47.680 fallen off the one oh one freeway in downtown LA. The Ford Expedition hit 363 00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:52.319 a wall on figure Row of Boulevard when it landed last night. A man 364 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:55.880 and a woman inside were taken to the hospital. LA police have arrested a 365 00:25:55.920 --> 00:26:00.799 man who allegedly shot at officers on the one ten Freeway in South l No 366 00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:04.880 one was hit yesterday and the officers did not return fire. Southbound lanes were 367 00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:10.920 closed for a while as they investigated. Prosecutors in Boston say the Massachusetts Air 368 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:15.160 National guardsmen charged with leaking highly classified military documents had been warned multiple times about 369 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:21.480 his handling of classified information. The DOJ says Tsharah was reported as recently as 370 00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:27.359 February by a superior for looking at classified materials beyond his primary duties. ABC's 371 00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:33.720 Justin Finch says Jack Tishara had high level top secret clearance. Justice Department lawyers 372 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:36.920 want a judge to keep the twenty one year old guardsman in jail while he 373 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:41.440 awaits trial. Federal prosecutors say he posted messages on the online chat forum Discord, 374 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:47.559 including one that said he had info on Ukraine, Israel, Palestine, 375 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:52.240 Syria, Iran, China and others. An eight year old girl has died 376 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:59.160 in border patrol custody in Texas. Customs and Border Protection says the child and 377 00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:03.000 her family were being held at a station in the Rio Grand Valley, which 378 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:07.039 is one of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings. The agency says the girl 379 00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:11.519 experienced a medical emergency and was taken to the hospital where she died. Jurors 380 00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:15.799 in La are expected to pick up deliberations where they left off in the retrial 381 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:19.759 of actor Danny Masterson. He's charged with raping three women at his home in 382 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:25.559 Hollywood Hills between two thousand and one and two thousand and three. Deliberations started 383 00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:30.640 yesterday. Prosecutors say Masterson needs to be held accountable. His attorney questioned the 384 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:34.640 credibility of the women. This is the second trial from Masterson. The first 385 00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:41.079 one resulted in a mistrial because of a hung jury. High tides have caused 386 00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:44.960 some minor flooding and seal beach The National Weather Service had warned of waves in 387 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:48.720 southern California yesterday, expected to be four to seven feet and up to eight 388 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:52.359 feet at some beaches. A beach hazard statement was extended to Orange County beaches 389 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:56.680 until tonight. The surf is expected to be highest this evening, with high 390 00:27:56.720 --> 00:28:02.440 tide around six feet at about nine pm. For La County beaches, high 391 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:07.839 tides are expected between eight and ten pm. Aquaman has a thing for sharks, 392 00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:15.960 and it shows the King of Atlantis has been chosen to host Discovery Channels 393 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:21.079 thirty fifth Shark Week. Jason Mamoa says Shark Week is a chance for him 394 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:25.160 to learn and share his connection to the great white underwater predators during the week 395 00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:29.079 of programming. He says his love for sharks started long before he became Aquaman. 396 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:33.119 Shark Week is set to air in late July. Mamoa's new DC flick, 397 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:36.559 Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, will be in theaters in December. Amy 398 00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:45.319 King KFI News. President Biden is in Japan for where summit of the world's 399 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:49.319 seven largest democracies. Here we go the US, Japan, Canada, the 400 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:53.200 UK, France, Germany and Italy. There's no quiz, but they're all 401 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:56.240 going to focus much of their talk on the approach to China and the war 402 00:28:56.359 --> 00:29:02.079 in Ukraine. President Biden is expected back the United States for what he calls 403 00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:07.799 final negotiations on the debt stealing On Sunday, an appeals court seems likely to 404 00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:12.279 restrict access to the myth of pristone abortion pill. The Justice Department argued in 405 00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:17.039 front of a New Orleans federal court yesterday to allow greater access to the pill 406 00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:22.039 after a Texas judge restricted its access earlier this year. The restrictions were based 407 00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:27.400 on alleged flaws with the FDA approval process, and Montana is not short vid 408 00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:32.839 friendly. The Treasure State is the first state to ban TikTok. Users will 409 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:37.960 not be fined or pursued. It will be the providers of the app, 410 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:41.400 meaning Apple and Google. It is five fifty on your wake up call. 411 00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:45.759 ABC Senior reporter Jim Ryan is with us. I'm told let's tee up our 412 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:52.640 discussion. Good morning. The TSA is assessing facial recognition technology at a growing 413 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:56.440 number of US airports. This is an old problem that's coming back to us. 414 00:29:56.119 --> 00:30:00.400 Well, it is, and it's growing, actually, the growing number 415 00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:04.279 of airports at sixteen now. Obviously it includes Los Angeles and a lot of 416 00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:08.839 other big airports, but some small ones as well, including the Gulfport Bulloxi, 417 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:14.440 Mississippi Airport, where they're giving this a try. It's all kind of 418 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:18.000 touching and feeling and seeing where this goes for now. But the old process 419 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:22.599 was this, I mean just the process a year ago. That's how quickly 420 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:26.680 this is all changing. Jason. You walk up to the TSA agent and 421 00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:30.359 your driver's license or your passport, your boarding pass, either the paper one 422 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:33.359 or the one on your phone. Scan the thing and you're done in about 423 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:37.920 ten or twelve seconds. It's much faster now with this system. Walk up 424 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:42.720 to a kiosk in search your driver's license or passport into a slot, look 425 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:48.519 up at the camera. The computer, the artificial intelligence and facial recognition makes 426 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:52.759 all the comparisons and waves you on through after five or six seconds tops. 427 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:56.400 So it is getting faster, it's getting more efficient, it's spreading across more 428 00:30:56.440 --> 00:31:02.519 airports, and with it a lot of concern among privacy advocates. It doesn't 429 00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:06.440 seem like they're collecting any new data, though, so what's the concern? 430 00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:08.319 That's right, yeah, right, And and the TSA says that it's not 431 00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:12.440 holding onto that data at all. Those photos, it says, are destroyed 432 00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:17.279 eventually, they're deleted out of the system. But there are those who say 433 00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:18.240 that, you know, if you're holding on to it, Let's say the 434 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:22.119 TSA decides not to get rid of these pictures. They've got a giant clearinghouse 435 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:27.240 of photos, a huge database of data on you and me and everybody else 436 00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:33.240 who flies. So yeah, there are concerns about it that that may change, 437 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:36.559 that policies could change in the future. Most of us don't look great 438 00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:40.359 when we're going through the airport anyway, don't really want those photos hanging around. 439 00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:42.720 But I mean, we all have photos on our driver's licenses already. 440 00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:47.400 Anyway, I won't, I won't belabor the point in the thirty thousand foot 441 00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:49.680 kind of view. Look, Google makes the trade. We'll give you a 442 00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:52.240 bunch of functional stuff that helps you with your daily life as long as you 443 00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:57.039 let us track you so we can tell you some ads. So what why 444 00:31:57.200 --> 00:32:01.920 is this? Why would this be any different than like if you're trading quickness 445 00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:06.559 through the airport and getting onto your plane as opposed to standing in line right 446 00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:10.400 and ostensibly you're also getting out of this more security too. The difference is 447 00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:15.160 this Google, It is a private company. You're talking here about the United 448 00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:19.279 States government that's holding onto these things, and that's always a touchy subject for 449 00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:23.319 privacy advocates that you know, I'm willingly giving up my privacy and a bit 450 00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:27.839 of my data to this private company because I want to be able to jump 451 00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:32.319 onto my phone and start shopping on Amazon. More, when you start talking 452 00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:37.680 about a government agency that's collecting this sort of data even in the short term. 453 00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:42.759 That's where you get into some issues. Five members of the Congress have 454 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:45.559 Congress have said, look, I want we want you to quit using this 455 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:50.400 until we get a better feel for what the technology can do. So let's 456 00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:52.720 circle back on the TSA. So we talked about how the old problem is 457 00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:58.400 new again. Have we learned anything as the TSA being preemptive or proactive when 458 00:32:58.400 --> 00:33:00.839 it comes to reintroducing some of this digital surveillance. I guess what I'm saying 459 00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:04.559 is, did they do they have any battle scars from the last time we 460 00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:08.400 went through this with identification at the airports? Well? Sure, and I 461 00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:13.680 think that it was a matter of refining the technology somewhat. There is still 462 00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:17.240 some concern Jason, that the technology, that the facial recognition is not as 463 00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:23.359 good at identifying or or or matching identities of people of color. That's a 464 00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:28.599 problem. And some say that look, if there if anybody is being if 465 00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:31.119 it's causing up trouble problems for anybody, then it shouldn't be used until everyone 466 00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:36.920 can be assured that it's the attaccurate. So yeah, and so they've tried 467 00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:39.000 to refine it, and I suspect that in the last couple of years it's 468 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:45.079 gotten better. Is it perfect? No? Okay, well, I personally 469 00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:46.680 would I would trade it. I feel like I've given away enough of my 470 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:51.720 personal data and digitally speaking and otherwise that I would rather get to my gait 471 00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:54.559 faster I think. But I might be alone in this, and there might 472 00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:58.839 be an age screpacy, and definitely if there is racial discrepancies involved, those 473 00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:01.079 need to be addressed to sweet Sure, Yeah, I think you're right. 474 00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:05.279 I think probably most people feel that way. I mean, if you yeah, 475 00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:07.799 and you your mind might be changed. When you walk into the airport, 476 00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:10.039 you look at the security line and to go all the way out the 477 00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:13.880 front door, You're like, maybe I will go over and just give that 478 00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:15.960 a shot, give this new technology a shot. In some places though, 479 00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:20.440 where it's being used, you don't opt in. You have to opt out. 480 00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:22.960 That's another issue altogether, Jesus, I see. Okay, Well, 481 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:25.639 thanks for raising that one too, Jim Ryan. Always a pleasure to speak 482 00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:29.320 with you. Thank you for your expertise and context on this. Thanks Jason 483 00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:32.920 maybe Se Senior reporter Jim Ryan. Right there, I still would do it. 484 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:38.119 I mean, even fly out of Ontario sometimes Ontario had the most international 485 00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:44.480 travelers that has ever had last month or that last quarter, so it's the 486 00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:46.719 lines are getting longer. A lot of revenge travel is happening after COVID, 487 00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:52.079 so I think that if there are appropriate guardrails, why not try to get 488 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:54.320 to the gate a little bit quicker. Let's get back to some of the 489 00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:58.400 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news room. The Casa Romantic 490 00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:01.840 Cultural Center and Gardens in San Clementi has set a reopening date. It was 491 00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:07.360 forced to close due to the landslide last month. It will partially reopen May 492 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:12.039 twenty fifth. The center's executive director says city officials have deemed certain areas safe 493 00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:15.840 that pose no danger to staff or public. The center says opening its doors 494 00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:22.079 even partially brings it one step closer to rejuvenating the spirit of Casa Romantica. 495 00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:29.880 South Carolina's House has approved a ban on abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy. 496 00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:32.960 The state joined others yesterday, moving toward a near total abortion ban. 497 00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:38.119 North Carolina also tightened its abortion laws, set to take effect July first. 498 00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:44.719 Abortion is already banned or severely restricted in ten states in the South. The 499 00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:49.519 critics restrictions limit access and hurt a woman's right to choose. President. Biden 500 00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:52.639 is in Japan for the G seven summit. He met with Japan's Prime minister 501 00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:57.880 shortly after arriving in Hiroshima. Bottom line, mister Prime Minister, is that 502 00:35:58.760 --> 00:36:04.079 on our country's and together, we stand stronger, and I believe the whole 503 00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:08.039 world is safer when we do. Leaders of the world's wealthy democracies are expected 504 00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:13.159 to discuss various issues at the summit, including the war in Ukraine. They 505 00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:17.840 are also expected to discuss China's growing assertiveness and military build up, as concerns 506 00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:23.039 rise that it could try to seize Taiwan by force. I've also read that 507 00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:29.519 artificial intelligence will be coming up, and specifically how China is applying artificial intelligence 508 00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:34.719 to its military. Okay, that voice you hear may not be the person 509 00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:37.119 you're hearing. A new feature coming soon from Apple will let you create a 510 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:42.519 digital version of your voice. Personal Voice is an accessibility feature meant for people 511 00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:45.519 with conditions like als, which can take away the ability to speak. Apple 512 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:50.360 says fifteen minutes of reading text prompts into your iPhone or iPad, and your 513 00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:52.960 digital voice is ready. To go. Another new feature coming, Live Speech 514 00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:57.840 will read the messages you type. Apple says the personal voice feature will be 515 00:36:57.880 --> 00:37:01.199 on device machine learning to ensure you use her privacy, meaning her digital voice 516 00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:06.400 will not be hanging in the cloud for hackers to get. Michael Krozer KFI 517 00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:12.119 News Moscow is threatening to strike back as the CIA works to recruit frustrated Russian 518 00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:17.239 civilians who become spies. The agency has launched an official channel on Telegram, 519 00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:22.800 the encrypted messaging app that's favored by Russians. It has a dramatized Russian language 520 00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:27.639 video along with it. The video encourages Russians to engage with the CIA on 521 00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:32.679 Telegram and share information it says could be critical to US intelligence efforts. A 522 00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:38.800 Kremlin Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday that such malicious activity, including the distribution of 523 00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:46.360 inflammatory materials, will not remain without a proper, effective response from Russia. 524 00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:52.840 Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is appealing his conviction in George Floyd's murder. 525 00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:57.440 The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the second degree murder conviction in April. The 526 00:37:57.480 --> 00:38:00.760 case could now move to the Minnesota Supreme Court if they side to hear the 527 00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:05.840 appeal. Floyd died on May twenty fifth, twenty twenty, after Chauvin kneeled 528 00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:08.840 on his neck for nearly ten minutes. Chauvin is serving a twenty two and 529 00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:13.719 a half year sentence for his murder and a separate twenty one year sentence for 530 00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:20.360 violating civil rights. The Dodgers have withdrawn and invitation for some queer or trans 531 00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:25.360 nuns known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to participate in the team's annual LGBTQ 532 00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:29.840 plus Pride Night. This came up on Handle on the News yesterday. The 533 00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:34.039 group had been criticized for mocking Christians. The nuns had been set to receive 534 00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:37.920 a Community Hero Award at Pride Night next month. That upset various Catholic groups 535 00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:45.440 and Florida Senator Marco Rubio Kraft. Heinz is developing away for fans of its 536 00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:50.639 dippin sauces to mix their own flavors at restaurants and stadiums. The companies unveiled 537 00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:53.239 a prototype of what it's calling the Hinz Remix Dispenser. You don't get music 538 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:57.000 out of it, you get viscus fluids. The machine lets who pick a 539 00:38:57.079 --> 00:39:00.119 bass sauce like Ketchup Ranch fifty seven saucer barbecue and mix it with one or 540 00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:05.559 more flavor enhancers like jalapeno, buffalo, and mango. It's similar to Coca 541 00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:08.519 Cola's freestyle machines that let you mix soda flavors. Because we live in anarchy 542 00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:13.079 and nothing matters, I mean, Kraft Heinz is planning pilot programs with remix 543 00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:15.440 in restaurants for late this year. In early twenty twenty four, Mark Ronner 544 00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:21.119 KFI News. Not exactly anarchy, it's close. Sound the California weather from 545 00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:23.760 KFI. Low clouds and fog as we get rolling this morning, then mostly 546 00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:28.360 sunny this afternoon. Highs in the mid sixties to mid seventies for inland l 547 00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:31.119 Anoc highs at the beaches today in the sixties. Farther inland and in the 548 00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:36.400 valleys, sunny skies and highs should settle around eighty to eighty five degrees today. 549 00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:39.039 Tonight, party cloudy early and then low clouds and fog roll in for 550 00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:45.119 the morning, lows into mid fifties to around sixty again overnight. Seal Beach 551 00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:49.119 right now fifty eight. Orange is also at fifty eight Torrents and Altadena are 552 00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:52.360 both at fifty seven degrees. At six am, we lead local live from 553 00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:55.159 the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. I'm Jason Middleton. This has been your 554 00:39:55.199 --> 00:40:00.559 wakeup Call. You've been listening to your Wakeup Call with me Jennifer Jones Lee, 555 00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:04.400 and you can always hear wake Up Call five to six am Monday through 556 00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:08.840 Friday at kf I AM six forty and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app