Hey, it's Jennifer Jones Lee. You're listening to KFI, a M six
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Rats. So I start out this morning's broadcast. So I'm in the
parking garage. And from the parking garage you take an elevator up to the
building. Okay, well, I forgot something in my car, so I
had to go back to my car, and then I come back get the
elevator and I go upstairs. And as I'm walking across kind of the little
courtyard area, I guess rats. They're fine and they don't scare me like
bunnies. But nobody wants to see rats in the four o'clock hour, you
know, I'm just saying, creep me out. And you guys, literally
it's like, I don't even know, fifty steps or something like that,
and I took it as though I was under attack. So there was a
scurry from the rats, but there was also a scurry from me. And
then I go to like, you have to use your badge to get into
the building. Then I'm kind of freaked out. So it was like two
badge passes, like oh finally, okay, there we go. And then
I ran in the building as though somehow I had just taken cover. I
was under attack anyway, I guess you just don't expect that. Let's put
it that way. I hope you're having a great morning and that you are
not attacked by rats, which I wasn't. They were far away. Just
nobody wants to see him that early. I good morning, I'm jet for
Jones Lee. This is your wake up call. Some of the stories we're
watching in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Did you hear about this?
Last night? At least three people have been arrested after a pride protest outside
a school board meeting for Glendale School District. Flying the flag in OC has
dominated a motion to allow only country, state, and federal flags to fly
on government buildings. Now, I am going to give you what I think
could be the reason for the highlighting of pride, whatever it happens to be
target having it in their stores, flags, you know, education in schools
or something. I'm wondering if there is one single thing that's behind it,
we'll talk about that and Dolly, as though I couldn't love you more,
Dolly Parton is now donating free books to millions of kids across California. We're
gonna talk with ABC's Inez Delakutera in just a few minutes about that major damn
collapse in southern Ukraine. So you've got Ukraine blaming Russia, Russia blaming Ukraine.
Who cares whose fault it is? We have a broken dam that is
not only flooding villages and endangering crops, but it's threatening the drinking water on
both sides. So whoever did it just screwed themselves as well. So we'll
get into that with her in just a few minutes, but let's start with
some of these stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. At
least three people have been arrested following pride protests outside of a school board meeting
for Glendale School District. Punches were thrown and police with riot gear were called
in to break up the fight. Last night, the school board was set
to vote on a measure recognizing June as Pride month. Now, this parent
says the tension only hurts the students. I think when the conversation turns violent,
school board members resign teachers, schools fail. It is true police had
to divide the LGBTQ supporters and the protesters. Members of conservative groups say California's
curriculum on GBTQ issues violates their rights as parents. The LA School Board has
approved a resolution to allow schools to acknowledge Pride Month and the LGBTQ community.
The motion also encourages schools to celebrate the contributions of the LGBTQ community. Board
member Nick Melvoine says reading books about different types of families to kids doesn't expose
children. Instead, it teaches them about life and about how some kids have
two dads like my niece and nephew, who in my brother and his husband
have the best parents imaginable. The board unanimously passed the motion yesterday, saying
it fully endorses the resolution and wants all students to feel safe in LA.
Chris Adler Kai News flying the Pride flag in OC has dominated a motion to
allow only country, state, and federal flags to fly on government buildings.
It's certainly not the right decision. At the beginning of Pride Month, Supervisor
Katrina Fully says The word indivisible in the Pledge of Allegiance is supposed to mean
the country is united. This Pride flag is a representation of that, especially
right now at a time in our community. Supervisor Don Wagner characterized the word
indivisible a bit differently. The word is not division, The word is not
pick a favorite group and let a government fly a flag. The motion passed
three to two yesterday to only allow county, state and federal flags in Orange
County. Corbin Carson k if I News and in just a second, I
want to talk about what I think might be the reason that Pride Month in
LGBTQ issues all of a sudden are coming up, like why didn't this happen
last year? Why didn't this happen years before? I think there might be
one thing that sort of highlighted or escalated the controversy, which whatever, I
don't get it, but I just think that there's one thing to get involved
with. Nick Paliachuini saved me here for a second. And by the way,
I'm sorry that I disappointed you this month. Robonta right, he's got
stuff to say, but so do you. So I apologize for apologize.
I'm just giving you a bad time because you're the girl from reading California who's
at home on the range and a home on the far. You're the one
terrified of rabbits and rodents. No, they can go away. I'll take
my donkeys and the lama and the horses all day long. I'll even go
in the barn where I know the rats are, but they stay away from
me. I feel like because they know that I'm I have issues with them.
I got you so, yes, I would have. Here's my issue.
If there was a rodent flag, it would not fly at my truth.
Yes, God bless America and as de la Kuta, good morning to
you. Can you give us first an update on the situation with that damn
break in Ukraine? How bad is it when it comes to the people who
live in the surrounding areas? Good morning, yeah, I mean really a
dramatic rupture there of the Kakova damn. This is Ukraine's the largest reservoir that
was damaged yesterday. It's unclear just what happened and then who is to blame.
Russian officials are pointing the finger at Ukraine, and Ukraine says it was
Russian showing that caused the dam to break, so unclear who is actually responsible,
but it is a very dramatic situation. We're seeing tariffying images of water
kind of continuing to rise, and we know at least sixteen thousand people are
without homes right now. Sixteen thousand homes have been damaged. Ukrainian President Lens
keep saying tens of thousands are also without drinking water, and there are some
people missing. According to Ukrainian officials, at least seven people are currently unaccounted
for, and the fear is that the damage will continue to rise and that
these numbers will continue to rise. As the number of missing who will continue
to rise, the number of damage homes will continue to rise. We are
expecting the water to continue rising. It's really a dramatic situation and also worrying
in the sense that there's a there's a feeling, I think in Ukraine right
now that if the Russians, if it is the Russians that are behind this,
because this is the damage in a Russian occupied area, so there's a
feeling it could have been Ukrainian shelling, but if it is the Russians that
are behind this, there's a feeling that the Russians are kind of escalating the
war here and really going after civilians in kind of maybe more unconventional ways,
And so I know there's renewed concerns when it comes to the Zapparisian nuclear power
plant as well. How to fear that the Russians could go after that message
And I know that this all happened on the day that there were allegations that
Ukraine was going to start it's counteroffensive against Russia. So it kind of makes
sense that if you know, Russia wanted to play hardball, it would do
its attack first. The other thing that I'm curious about though, is this
in no way, no matter who is responsible for it is good for them
because it damaged the water supply for both sides. Having said that, you're
screwing your own people when it comes to drinking water. If in fact you're
the one who did this, well that's right now, that's absolutely right.
It's not just the people that are in accounted for. It's not just the
destroyed homes. It's also, like you say, the drinking water, it's
also crops that are being damaged. And we know Ukraine is the world's uh,
you know, bread basket. Um, we talked a lot about that.
So yeah, it's this is this is hurting me the civilian population again,
you know, this was a region that was annexed, or Russia claims
to have annexed. It's not being fully controlled by Russia. Um, but
so there are you know, likely pro Russian residents living there who are who
are going to be hurt by this as well. When it comes to now
the fight between the two sides. Have we seen an escalation by either side
following this attack, you know, like in other words, it's been ramped
up because they're angry about what happened in the Dam. Yeah, and I
think we're gonna we're gonna continue. We're likely going to see an escalation going
forward. I think both sides. It's a very tense situation in Ukraine right
now because, like you say, there's this uh counter offensive that's set to
start any day now according to what Ukrainian officials have said, and and we
know the Russians have been using for this counter offensive, So I think,
you know, it's a time situation we're seeing. Yeah, a lot of
back and forth here. We saw drone attacks recently on Russia that was also
unusual kind of a turning point in the war. Ukraine is now going to
be getting fighter jets from the West. That's also going to be as something
to keep an eye on. So lots of new developments here in Ukraine,
and I think you know, sadly we're going to be in for a lot
of back and forth this summer. I think you're right. And as thank
you so much for your time this morning and for explaining what's the latest.
I appreciate it. Thank you, see you later, ABC's and as de
la kutera. What a freaking mess. That's your quote for the morning.
By the way, what a freaking mess. More than one hundred La City
firefighters have been working to put out a two story fire in Lincoln Heights.
Officials say the fire escalated to a major emergency as the fire spread to a
building that was home to an event planning business. Firefighters responded to the thirteen
five hundred square foot building just for one thirty this morning. The La Kenny
DA's office is quitting Twitter. The District Attorney's office has announced it will no
longer post news or other content on Twitter, citing unchecked vitriol on the social
media platform. A statement released yesterday, says comments made on the DA's office
Twitter page have the potential to harm members of the community, and that the
rise in criticism of marginalized communities, false information, and other issues on Twitter
has left the office with no other choice. The DA's office says it will
continue to post on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and LinkedIn. Amy King KF
I knew. Okay, So here is my guests as to why things have
gotten so controversial when it comes to LGBTQ. So this is Pride Month,
and the one thing that I started thinking was, Okay, why this year
as opposed to any other year, Why is everybody freaking out this year?
So a couple of things. I think that when you're bringing a different curriculum
into schools, no matter what it is, you are going to have parents
who are upset. But I can't help but wonder if bud Light is not
slightly responsible in the sense of it brought to light a transgender actress, Dylan
mulvaney and bringing her into the spotlight. Bud Light has had whoa a lot
of backlash from that, But last year this wasn't an issue. Any year
before we've had Pride months. It wasn't an issue, but they put this
ad out there, all of a sudden, people get upset, and now
it's like they're taking sides almost right. And so I find what I find
so interesting about this is what I'm saying, is this bud Light ad,
which I'm sure had the intentions of being inclusive, right and promoting diversity and
that kind of thing. They had every good intention. But then when you
have protests of something like that, sometimes anything that has you know, best
intentions or whatever best laid plans, then you have protests that make it almost
bad and divisive and whatever. It's just I have no good answer for this,
but I'm just wondering if that's not why so many people are so touchy
right now about that, if it was in fact this bud Light add that
started all this controversy, and I feel like Hasan has made people take sides,
and so now anything that comes up that is not what you believe in,
you have to protest it. I don't understand that. I'm not that
guy. I'm not a protester. My thing has always been you do you.
I don't know how I would feel if I was a parent. I
guess I'm not so I'm not gonna, you know, weigh in on that.
I have no idea. But when it comes to everything else with the
commercial whatever, who cares with Pride Month? You don't like it, Okay,
don't celebrate it. But I the way that I just feel is just
what tired of the drama and the controversy and the divisiveness. Yet we all
just get along. Restaurant owners in La are a step closer to playing music
at their outdoor dining areas. The City Council committee approved updates to its elf
fresco rules. It also allows alcohol purchases at the outdoor spaces. Music is
allowed as long as people can still talk over it. Any violations would be
enforced by the LAPD. The vote advances the proposal to the full Council for
consideration in the future. We're gonna talk with CNBC's Jane Wells in just a
second about ports, Starbucks and the surprising booming economy of a place that's extremely
near and dear to my heart. So that's all coming up. But in
the meantime, the man who has freaking connections and got to try the Apple
thirty five hundred dollars VR headset it's Kafis Tech reporter Rich Demero. You can
hear them Rich on Tech eleven to two on Saturday's Rich good morning, Good
morning to Jennifer. I'm so jealous. How was it? It is incredible.
This is something that is completely different, completely new, and yeah,
there's been other VR headsets on the market, but Apple of course took this
idea and really ran with it. I watched Avatar in three D. I
facetimed with someone in a virtual space. I meditated in the middle of nowhere.
I had a bear like literally and a dinosaur up to my face.
I mean, it's incredible. Okay, so I've done Oculus before. Tell
me how it differs for anybody who have tried like the VR because I thought
Oculus was amazing. I mean I did some I think I did a tour
of Lake Tahoe. Yeah, that's what I did, and it was amazing
and it was beautiful and it really made you feel like it was there.
How did Apple up its game compared to other ones that are out there.
I think the biggest difference is that when you put it on, I was
in the same room that I was in. So when you put on an
Oculus you're instantly transported somewhere else. And when you put this on, you're
just in your living room and you can see everything around you. And then
you start putting windows in front of you that are sort of semi transparent or
you can, you know, just arrange them anywhere you want, so you're
in your space. And then, Jennifer, this is the best part.
There's a little dial on the top. You can dial out reality, so
if you want to get rid of the space around you, you just sort
of dial it down. And then the other cool thing is, let's say
you're watching a movie and you know someone comes into the room to say something
to you. The device uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to recognize that that's
a person and they will actually sort of break through whatever you're watching, so
you can see their face on your screen. Oh okay, that is very
cool. Okay, And you can walk around. I mean it's really easy.
Like I was just walking around the room I was in. I could
see my feet, I could see my hands. I mean, it really
did feel like an extension of reality, but with a virtual world placed on
top of it. Okay, so when you were talking about the room itself,
was it almost heightened in the way that you could see things. Did
it make it make things clearer? I guess, or or maybe a little
more I don't amplified. No. I think that's what was so interesting about
it is that it looks just like the room I was in, except you
can start placing digital like a giant TV screen in front of you, or
you can have a FaceTime floating in front of you, or you can be
looking at your pictures and swiping through them. That's the other thing they really
nailed here, Jennifer, is the gestures. So there's no almost no learning
curve whatsoever. You know those movies where you kind of swipe through things,
you know on these virtual screens. Yeah, that's kind of what you do.
You just pinch your fingers together, you swipe something to the left,
you swipe it to the right, you move it around. There's no controllers.
There's so many sensors and cameras on this thing. It's just amazing that
you can look down at your own hands and feet and see them, and
you can just as easily look at a giant computer screen and work on it.
Okay, here's my issue with it. The price tag only cow I
don't care how great it is. I think few of us probably have thirty
five hundred bucks sitting around. No, absolutely so, I mean I've already
done the math. I'm saving up one hundred and thirty three dollars a week
for the next twenty nine weeks so i can purchase this when it comes out
in January. We don't know when this is going to arrive, but yes,
the price is very expensive. I am not recommending that anyone purchase this.
This is a very early product. I think it's for early adopters.
I think it's for developers. I think there's also going to be hundreds of
new businesses that are built upon this new technology, just like the iPhone app
store made a lot of millionaires saying things going to happen when someone comes up
with an app for this new device as well. So if you're interested in
the whole new business, maybe that's something you want to purchase as an investment.
But you know, look, the reality is this is something that's new.
It's going to be expensive. Yes, the price will come down over
time, but at the forefront, at the outset, it's going to be
very very pricey for just a select few to be able to get Okay,
let's talk about other things that Apple has introduced new features to iOS. I
get a little like, oh no, anytime that you have to update your
phone, Yes, that's great, and yes you usually have new things and
it gets rid of bugs or whatever, but it also usually screws me up,
like I have to learn something new again. Yeah. Usually it changes
a couple of key things. Yea, now where is that now? Right?
Right? But a couple of new features. I really like number one
contact posters. You can now customize the way you look when you call someone
else, so what shows on their screen instead of just your phone number will
be like your picture or whatever you want to put on there. Another feature
that's really cool is this bump feature. So basically, instead of exchanging phone
numbers with someone by typing into their phone or whatever, you just take two
iPhones or an iPhone and Apple Watch. You move them close to each other
and you can exchange contact information, which is really handy. Yeah, and
then there's this check in feature, Jennifer, which is good for safety.
So before you leave a bar or a restaurant or anywhere, you can check
in with a friend and when you get home or to whatever location you decide
is safe. Your phone will automatically notify them if you don't reach that destination
in a reasonable amount of time, your contact will get more information about you,
like where you last were, the route you took, if you have
any battery left on your phone, things like that. Okay that actually I
wish that I did have that update when I went to my class reunion,
because we all sat there all weekend and it was like, Okay, I'm
gonna call you, so you have my contact information, or hey, put
your number in my phone, or then a lot of times, you know,
after we'd be at the bars or something. You know, we're putting
everybody in ubers. Everybody's got their thing. But it was literally, okay,
text me when you get home. Then if I didn't hear from somebody,
I'm texting them like, hey, did you make it home? Yeah?
Because they always forget you always look, we've all done this. You
forget to text when you get home because you're so tired you just want to
go. Yes, that's exactly. And that's one of my girlfriends. I'm
texting her like four times and she goes, oh, literally she goes,
I passed out, and I go, that's why I was like nervous about
you of course though. Anyway, Rich You're amazing. I love you and
I will talk to you in the future. Jennifer, I'm gonna miss you
so much. This has been fantastic. You have been amazing for the last
couple of years. I'm gonna miss you. I love you more. And
thanks for everything that you did here on wake up Call. You did a
great job. Oh my gosh, I couldn't have done it without you.
You're part of the team. Love you. Thanks, Jennifer. I'll talk
to you soon. Bye, Riche, Bye Ktla is Rich tomorrow And if
you're going wait what check out my social media. I can't do it on
the air right now. I can't because I cry, so I can't Jennifer
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We're gonna leave it at that. At least three people were arrested last night
following pride protests outside a school board meeting for Glendale School District. I got
an alert on my phone breaking news. I'm at dinner last night, and
I'm like, what in the world, out of date called a shelter in
place for the school board meeting. What is going on? Can we not
be civil? Can we not be civilized? People apparently not flying the Pride
flag. ANOC has dominated a motion to allow only county, state, and
federal flags to fly on government buildings. And God bless you, Dolly Parton.
She is donating more free books to millions of kids across California. CNBC
is Jane Wells. You can follow her on social media at Jane Wells.
It's ports, Starbucks in the booming economy. Oh my, Jane, good
morning, good morning. Dolly Parton is a living saint. Oh she is.
She is a national treas No, she is a worldwide treasure. She
is. She is Saint Dolly. If I could be somebody in my life,
two people, I would be Jane Wells or Dolly Parton. Oh my
gosh, well there you go. I would be jj L and just jj
L. Oh Man, you're the best. Jane. Can we talk about
the ports? What were you doing at the ports this week? Well,
it's not at the port right now, all the way up and down the
coast because these dock workers have now been working without a new contract for almost
a year and negotiations. I guess I stalled because they've started to raise the
temperature and with some potential work slowdowns. It's hard to tell. The unions
not talking, but the management side, which are the shipper and terminal operators,
are blaming dock workers for not showing up for work sometimes or red tagging
equipment unnecessarily so to take it out for maintenance and slow operations down boat this
morning, the port of Oakland may remain closed. There are reports up there
that a crane operator was found dead. So Oakland already shut down Friday when
enough dock workers didn't show up, and it may remain closed today. CNBC
is reporting that rail shipments from Denver to ports of Los Angeles on Union Pacific
have been halted so that shippers can start finding other ports to send them to
rather than here. I mean, we've got there's forty five commercial ships on
their way to LA right now, and that I'll get here in the next
two weeks. A lot of them have holiday goods already back to school.
Sure, And the problem is Jennifer, that all this is happening as West
Coast ports have continued to see cargo volumes drop because shippers are kind of sick
of it, and they've been rerouting stuff to the East Coast or other other
ways up you know, up through the Panama Canal to Houston, although the
Panama Canal has lower water levels right now because of drought and potentially Elmno and
so they're limiting how heavy the ships are that can go through there. All
of this meaning it's going to be more difficult perhaps for shippers to get their
goods to you, the consumer, and those delays may cost you money.
Okay, no, wait, seriously, you said that holiday merchandise is coming
in already. It is starting now certainly back to school, as you know,
they get that stuff in early, and maybe they were even trying to
get it in earlier this year as they did last year, because last year
we were still not sure if the dock workers were going to go on strike
or be locked out, and we're still in that situation right now. I
do think that's one reason why doc workers have continued to work for the most
part over the last eleven months, is because it's a lose lose for everyone
if the West Coast continues to lose shipping traffic here and cargo goes to other
ports. Okay, I have to talk to you about at this point,
let's fire you cow P. I don't know that's what it just said on
the sheet, so I just read it. So so sorry. So I
was in UM. I was in Chowchilla yesterday. How about that? UM
doing a story for my substack. Well Street Generals do substack dot com.
And you know, dairy farmers are under all kinds of rules and regulations.
You got a Impreviere quality blah blah blah. So they have twenty nine dairy
farms are now using a system, a drip system from Netafim, which is
an Israel based irrigation company, where they take the urine runoff from all their
thousands of cows which collects in a pond, and they mix it in the
right amount with fresh water and they have an underground irrigation system. They're using
twenty percent less water, getting thirty percent more yield on corn and some of
the other products they're using. And it's a really really nutrient rich mix.
Cow urine has a lot of nitrogen in it, and so they don't have
to buy a fertilizer, you know, I mean they got they're using what
they got and it's the nice closed loop where the cows are over here and
there. PA is used to help raise the corn that later goes back to
feed the cows over there. And it's a nice it's an expensive it's expensive
to do this. It's about three to five thousand dollars an anchor to acre
to install this. But because it's agriculture shot, taxpayers are subsidized, of
course, about two thirds of that. So yeah, you can get grants
to put it in. Okay, fascinating, it's a fascinating product to I
hope it takes off, Okay, real quickly. Starbucks, Starbucks, all
right, Rich Demarro gets to try on Apple VR headsets I get to I
went to Kettleman City yesterday and had the new Starbucks Oliato, this oil and
fused coffee which we talked about on the air, and I put some on
the air in my own coffee olive oil. I liked it. It's gotten
it's gotten mixed reviews. Yeah, I had the espresso, the shaken Ice
espresso, which has like toffee nut in it too. I think cover any
olive oil ess very seeing. I will say, though, the olive oil
starts to collect at the top after a while, like salad dressing and you
have to shake it up again to keep it going. I thought it was
really good. Starbucks says it's one of their most exciting new launches according to
brand Awareness. That doesn't mean sales, that just means we've all heard about
it. They're expanding it this week to almost all Starbucks across the country.
Okay, that's amazing. And then did you was it the one that's next
to the Chevron right there by Bravo Farms? Yeah? Yeah, I've driven
five five way too much lately, and I stopped at Bravo Farms for the
cheese. Oh really, Oh good store. I was wondering if I should
go on there. You should. It's got nuts and cheese and whatever.
And can we finally talk about Redding, the place that is near and dear
to my heart, where I will be spending a lot of time. Okay.
During the gold Rush, did you know that Redding was called poverty flats
because it did. Yes, my grandpa told me that. Well, it's
not poverty flats now. The Milken Institute said last year, Redding's economic climate
is the fourth best among US small towns on the Retard country. It made
a huge leap from sixty three to number four. Only California town in the
top ten. It's got a diverse economy. Wages are going up now,
crime is going up, you know, take care of yourself. There's yeah,
there's a it's a definitely a different vibe up there than when I was
growing up. I was like, Hey, it's a little sketchier in some
places. I will say, yes, but it's affordable and diverse economy,
and it is booming Jennifer, and um, it's going to be even boomier
shortly, Jane. I love you, you know, Jennifer. To know
you is to love you. Oh my god, I love you. I
love you too. You're gonna make me cry, all right, Jane.
I wish I could give you a big hug. We will see each other
again soon, absolutely. First off, this business is way too small.
That's all I'm saying. We will see each other. Jane. You're amazing.
I appreciate the opportunity to work with you all these years, and I
just adore you. Uh Okay, I'm gonna go now. Okay, me
too, Bye, Jane, love you, Bye, see you later.
CNBC is Jane Wells again. I will I will on the air talk about
it tomorrow in the meantime. And I'm not trying to get you to like,
I'm not trying to clickbait you, but Jennifer Jones Radio on Instagram and
Facebook, you can get a sneak peek there. Jim Ryan, good morning
to you. This is something that we were asking our listeners to text to
Congress, you know, text AM to five to eight eight six. I've
heard it on every AM station from literally the southern part of the state to
the northern part of the state. Why is it that we are having to
debate AM radio being kept in cars and why are automakers saying we don't want
to do it anymore? Well, money, obviously, Yeah, that's whatever
about right right, the automakers see that. You know, we're transitioning to
electric cars. Now, electric cars don't run on engines that start with one
click of a battery that starts your starter and gets the engine going then shuts
itself off. No, electric cars run on batteries that are on all the
time, big huge batteries that fill up the back of your car or the
mid section or the front and interfere with the signal from for AM radio.
So it's almost like driving through a tunnel or driving past a broadcast tower.
You know you've done that before and you hear the static come in and then
maybe you hear different voices that you hear that the interference and then it clears
up as soon as you drive past. Well, that's what the ev makers
are saying is the problem with AM radio. So they'd like to leave AM
radio out of new cars and trucks. Ford last year said, you know
what, we're gonna put out the Ford F one fifty pickup trucks, still
one of the most popular vehicles in the in the world, right, and
they said we're gonna leave out the AM radios and started doing that. There
was such pressure and backlash that they said, okay, fine, I mean
the hardware is already in those trucks. Let's just push out the software updates
and you'll have AM radio. What so, Yeah, doesn't that say that
maybe it's not a technical or a physical problem, but not a hardware issue,
but atware issue, which should be easy enough to fix. I realized
that the battery issue. They say that the batteries in the cars, I
guess can interfere with the AM signal, which still kind of doesn't make sense
to me in the sense that the AM signal goes way further than the FM
signal. So wouldn't you think that it was the FM signal that would first
be impacted by the battery? Maybe not? Not really, No, I
mean they have different properties, right, FM you can hear as you're going
through a tunnel. AM not so much. There's just different technology from wavelengths
and different impacts from something like a big battery. So yeah, I mean,
technically I suppose it holds water. But in terms of solving that issue,
it seems to have already been done, either shielding the cabling or shielding
the radio itself against magnetic interference from a big battery. But anyway, that
the long and short here is that the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act is
now working its way through Congress. There was a subcommittee here and yesterday and
a radio station owner. He has a small group of radio stations. He
testified, as did somebody from FEMA, and then someone from the auto industry
to make the case. But it seems as though there's pretty broad bipartisan support,
at least among this subcommittee for keeping AM radio and from people as diverse
as you know, the Democrat Ed Marquis of Massachusetts and then conservative Republican Ted
Crews of Texas. Yeah, so it seems to have united these folks.
I was going to say, whoever thought those two guys would agree on anything
politics? You know what they say makes strange, bad fellow, it really
does. Jim, thank you so much. I'll talk to you soon,
see you later. ABC's Jim Ryan. Yeah, when do you everything?
Marky and Crews were buddies. I wonder if afterwards they were like, Hey,
I want to go grab a beer. We can unite over this.
What if? What if AM radio becomes like the United Nations of partisan politics.
It's the one thing that we can all gather and agree on for the
greater good of society. I know I can't believe it either, But what
a beautiful pipe dream, wouldn't it be nice? Let's get back to some
of these stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Police and
Virginia say the nineteen year old who's accused of killing two people and hurting five
outside of graduation ceremony may have known some of the people hurt. Intram Police
Chief Rick Edwards says the alleged shooter is in custody. People should have felt
safe at graduations. It's just incredibly tragic that someone decided to bring a gun
to this incident and rain terror on our community. Investigators are trying to determine
a motive. Police say at least twelve others were hurt or treated for anxiety
because of the mayhem yesterday. I can absolutely see that happening. Can you
imagine. Lawmakers in Sacramento have suggested a constitutional amendment to pass a previously failed
proposed fental law, Alexandra's Law. It's called would War convicted funtal dealers.
If they continue dealing and someone is killed, they could be charged with murder.
Assemblyman Joe Patterson said yesterday, lawmakers will continue pushing for the law,
and we're going to bring it back every single year until we have leaders that
have courage to hold people accountable that are poisoning our residence in our community.
The legislature will have to first approve the amendment before it gets on the ballot.
You come on, just what I've got to get myself to you,
just like you've done thing and my heart. Dolly parton National Treasure Worldwide Jewel
is donating more free books to millions of kids across California. This is all
part of her Imagination Library. It's been setting books to kids across the country.
But this program is already active in thirty counties in California. A bill
signed by Governor knew Some last October helped to expand Parton's project to cover the
state's fifty eight counties by twenty twenty eight. The free books are mailed directly
to the child's home at no cost to their family. And here's the best
part. You get to register online. And what I like about this is
that if you are maybe a low income family, maybe your child doesn't have
access to a lot of the things that maybe kids who have more money or
their families have more money do. You can just register online, so nobody
knows. Nobody knows that you got a free book, nobody knows that you're
in a bad financial situation. All that happens is your kid gets a book.
Parton's Library has now donated more than two hundred million books to date.
Hey remember that time that we talked about that surfer who was attacking people while
he was drunk and naked. Michet walks in on that one. There's this
surfer who has gone to jail for attacking people while he was naked and drunk
in an area that's home to Indonesia's deeply conservative Muslim community. I laugh,
because what could go wrong? This guy is getting deported to Australia. Officials
say he agreed to apologize and pay compensation. He was arrested in April when
cops accused him of going on a drunken rampage. An immigration official says the
surfer walked free yesterday with clothes on. So catweather from KFI. We do
have some mist and drizzle out there this morning. Was it raining, Michelle?
When you came in? It was so I let the dogs out this
morning and Betty comes in and she's wet, And then I walked outside and
it had I mean, it was more than just mister drizzle. It was
definitely slick out there on the roads. But anyway, so you can expect
that today temperatures are going to be in the mid sixties to the low seventies
again, and it looks like we'll have partly cloudy conditions in the afternoon.
And that's basically your forecast for the rest of the work week, we lead
local live from the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. I'm Jennifer Jones Lee.
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