You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on
demand on the iHeartRadio app. Good morning, I'm Amy King. This is
your wake up call. So happy that you're with us this morning. I
know you don't have to be, but we we're happy that you're here.
And of course, hits a rainy one. The rain started falling at my
house at about I don't know, one or two yesterday afternoon. Yesterday morning,
I was like, this is nice, just kind of cloudy and cool.
Maybe they were wrong about the storms. Nope, nope, nope,
nope. Started raining, hasn't stopped. And if you are headed out and
about today, got a little warning for you. Those roads are huggy.
I know that. I was driving like a grandmother on the way in because
I thought last time we had a really really heavy rainstorm. I hit some
big puddles of water on the freeway and it scared the Bejesus out of me.
So I was driving about fifty miles an hour. A couple of things.
There was a lot of standing water. So if you're heading out and
about and then there was standing water on the surface streets and on the freeways,
so be careful of that. And the other thing. I noticed that
the people were driving way too fast. I know I was driving way too
slow because I was only going about fifty but there were some people. A
big truck went by me going about at least eighty miles an hour, and
I was like, oh, dude, if you hit a big puddle of
water, you could be in some serious troubles. So just you know,
chill out, leave a little early, or as Mayor Math said yesterday,
if you don't have to go out, don't go out, just stay home.
Okay, here's what the head on wake up call. Southern California,
of course, being pounded by that powerful atmospheric river that has actually been upgraded.
They're now calling it a cyclone bomb or is it a bomb cyclone bomb
cyclone? Either way, it means a lot of water. Eight counties had
been placed under a state a state of emergency with the risk of flooding and
high winds. Then ashal weather so called yesterday, one of the most dramatic
weather days in recent memory. Canyon roads in and out of Malibu are shut
down because of mud and rock slides. And speaking of slides, we're going
to be checking in with our own Blake Trolley momentarily because he's out in it
and we've got some slides a little closer in along, awaited bipartisan deal to
secure the US Mexico border and provide a to Ukraine has been unveiled. The
full bill totals about one hundred and twenty billion dollars, with roughly twenty billion
going to the border. In the deal, asylum screenings would be raised,
with the practice known as catch and release done away with. Sofi Stadium is
going to host eight World Cup matches in twenty twenty six, including the first
and third matches for the US men's national team. The US team's first match
will happen on June twelfth, twenty twenty six, against a yet to be
determined opponent, and then the World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium
in New Jersey at six oh five. It's handled on the news, the
US strikes twice. Will take a look at what happened in Syria, Iraq
and Yemen over the last few days. But let's get started now with our
very own Blake Trolley, who is live in Studio City, and Blake,
we're calling you our storm trooper today. Well, I feel that way,
and you're definitely right about the roads. You know, it was quite the
drive from Claremont all the way out here to Studio City. I saw some
issues on the two ten. I believe there may have been an accident on
the two ten eastbound, I want to say near Arcadia when I was coming
out, and I've just seen other cars having a hard time struggling through some
of these high puddles of water. Yeah, we're going to get the latest.
Nick Paulochini's back from vacation and he'll give us a complete update on the
roads. Now, you are in a neighborhood now in Studio City where they've
had some problems from the rain. That's right. Nine homes here in Studio
City have been evacuated, and at least three homes over in Tarzana have also
been evacuated because of debris flows. Here in Studio City. I'm on Freeman
Canyon Road near Freeman Canyon Park, just up the road here a little bit
and into a kind of a side street. This is where the nine homes
were evacuating, evacuated, forcing sixteen people and their pets out. Now,
not all of the homes evacuated Amy, were actually impacted by this debris flow,
but there are concerns that more mud slides could be on the way,
so those some of these evacs are precautionary and heavy equipment is on seen here
to clear that debris. The good news is there have been no injuries reported.
But Amy, it is a mess out here. That's what I was
gonna say. What does it look like. I went for a little drive
up to try to get closer to these homes, and there are huge rocks
in the road, there's water rivering down streets, trash cans toppled. I
mean, it's gonna take a long time, I believe, for crews to
actually clean up this mess. But this really is an example, Amy,
of how the whole region from the LA area to Orange County to the IE
is under a threat from the effects of this storm. Yesterday we saw some
evacuation orders and warnings in the Sun Valley area to Panga Antelope Valley. But
really everybody should be on alert and this is just a prime example of that.
Okay, And as far as the weather, what, I don't know
who's bleeding through, but get off our line. Hey. As far as
the what is coming up I know we've had rain coming through for the last
twelve fourteen hours and four inches has already fallen in downtown Ala and that was
as of eleven o'clock last night. So what are we expecting today? Yeah,
so rain should be heavy through today. There'll still be some rain tomorrow,
but it will be lighter. I do want to touch on this just
one more time. Amy The National Weather Service says there are concerns that more
mud slides could be on the way, not just here in the Santa Monica
Mountains, but in other foothill communities, including the San Gabriel communities. Now
tomorrow, we should see light showers across the whole area except around thunderstorms.
And that chance of thunderstorms comes into play this afternoon through tomorrow, which bring
with them localized heavy rains. However, that thunderstorm is you could start seeing
a heavy downpour, and any thunderstorm that we see over the next couple of
days could produce tornadoes. However, I'm told that chance is relatively low.
Now when you look at Orange County, you actually back the timeline up a
little bit, and that's because of the way the storm is moving. This
is also true for the Inland Empire. It's kind of moving through the inland
or through LA and then southeast, so it's moving out into the IE and
down into Orange County. A lot of rain is to be expected in Orange
County. Flooding is a concern there. There are some strong winds, and
I should say this also about La County. There are still some strong winds
expected, but the major wind portion of this I'm told has moved through.
Flooding maintained. Yeah, flooding is still the concern. So heavy rain most
of the day today in Orange County. Those heavy showers should continue through tomorrow
morning, and the heaviest part of this storm again will continue through tomorrow into
Wednesday. And that's because this storm is moving that way, so it will
be a little bit of a backed up timeline than from here in La County.
Okay, So we're not through we're not through it yet, but we're
getting there. We're getting there exactly. Lake Trolly, our storm trooper.
We're going to check in with you again shortly for any updates. Stay dry
out there. I know you can't stay dry out there. I'll try,
all right. We'll check in with you so we'll see all right now,
let's take a look at the roads. I know that Blake mentioned that there
were some problems on the two ten. There's problems kind of all over and
heard of lots of spinouts and that kind of stuff. So thank you,
Nick. It's eight. Oh, it's not eight, it's five. Eight.
Let's say good morning to ABC's Karen Travers. So, Karen, we
know that we've had two different waves of air strikes, the US hip targets
in Syria and Iraq and then the next day in Yemen. Have there been
any additional strikes since then? Yeah? No, that was it. And
these are two different campaigns, and I think it's important to keep track of
them because it's confusing. They're kind of melding together. But the Friday night
strikes in Iraq and Syria, seven different locations, eighty five targets. That's
the start of the response to the drone attack last Sunday that killed three US
service members at the remote base in Jordan, injured more than forty. The
President said that response will continue at times and places of our choosing, and
the White House over the weekend made it very clear that that was just the
beginning, that there will be more steps. Some of those steps will be
seen, as Jake Sullivan, the National Security Advisor said, and some may
not be seen. The retaliation campaign is also happening at the same time as
that allied effort to stop the attacks from the Houthy militants. So the US
and the UK, with support from six other countries, were hitting dozens of
targets across Yemen over the weekend with strikes launched by fighter jets and warships to
try and stop those attacks that the Houthis have been launching against US Navy ships
and commercial ships in the Red Sea region. Okay, so separate campaigns,
and the one on Friday that was just US, yes, exactly. And
there are questions about Jordanian support and whether or not they might get involved,
but that was the United States that response to the jordan attack, and then
over the weekend kind of picking back up the response to the Hoho thies.
There's a lot going on there, I mean, and it's kind of tough
to keep track of. And it was asked yesterday if these air strikes are
working, that was just the simple question. They didn't say which air strikes,
and he said yes, Well, that's the good news. And I'm
sure more details are coming out or will come out about what we hit and
next steps, so I know you can't stick with us very long today.
Karen Travis, thank you so much for the update. Have a great day,
all right you too. Let's get back to some of the stories coming
out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom, and of course the big news
is the storm. The la School District says campuses will be open today.
We recognize the severity and a threat that this storm brings, so we will
be exercising a great deal of grace of patients and understanding both with our students
as well as our workforce. Superintendent Alberto Carvallo says the decision is partly because
kids rely on schools for their meals. Considering the fact that our students depend
on nutrition at school, we have made the decision at this point maintain our
schools open. One school, Vindale College Prep in Sun Valley, has been
closed for the day because it's in an area affected by an evacuation order.
The la USD is planning to give us another update at six o'clock this morning.
Of course, we will bring you the latest as we get any updates.
Evacuation orders have been issued for the Latuna Canyon burn area north of the
Burbank Airport. Lameor Bath says the area is at a high risk for storm
damage. Residents along a portion of Latuna Canyon Road should have already evacuated because
of the increased risk of significant flooding, mudslides and sediment flow due to the
burn scars left by the twenty twenty two landfire. Parts of Tepanga Canyon and
an area near Agua Dulce are also under evacuation orders. Evacuation warnings are in
place for the Jupiter Hills and Valaermore areas in the Anelote Valley, Lake Hughes,
and Dwarty. A high wind warning and flood have also been issued for
the Antelope Valley. Flights in and out of the Burbank Airport have been canceled,
several of them because of the heavy rain and apparently standing water on the
runways, so if you're traveling today, be sure to check your flights before
you head out. At least one city in La has experienced a drop in
the number of homeless people. Officials in Malibus they counted fifty one homeless people
compared to seventy one last fiscal year and eighty one the year before. Among
those counted, sixteen were living in cars, thirteen in vans or RVs,
five in campers, seven in homemade shelters, and nine in tents. The
highest number since the annual count began was two hundred and thirty nine and twenty
sixteen. The city says a total of eighteen volunteers helped to do the count
alongside the city's Homeless Outreach Team. Volunteers were assigned to groups that covered specific
areas to look for individuals, families, cars, RV's, tents, and
makeshift shelters. Steve Gregory Kafinos. Taylor Swift is made Grammy's history by becoming
the first artist to win Album of the Year four times. Swift snagged the
award last night for her album Midnights, surpassing Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder,
and Paul Simon. Ah one three Grammys or Album of the Year. Swift
also won for Best Pop Vocal Album, where she announced her upcoming album,
The Tortured Poets Department Department. It'll be released in April. Miley Cyrus one
Record of the Year for Flowers and Billie Eilish one Song of the Year for
What Was I Made For? From the movie Barbie. When we come back,
we're gonna be talking with ABC's Jason Nathanson about the Grammy winners, losers,
inappropriate callouts, and even arrests. You're listening to Wake Up Call on
demand from KFI Am six forty. This is your wake up call. I'm
Amy King, So glad you joined us today. Here's what we're following in
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. At least sixteen people and their pets have
been ordered out of their homes because of mud and rockslides in Studio City.
Two homes bordering Frieman Canyon Road suffered significant damage last night. Four to eight
inches of rain is expected before this storm moves out. Texas Republican Governor Greg
Abbott, who has sent bus loads of migrants to New York City, says
he is offended by the city's recently announced plan to give them money to buy
food. New York City announced migrants in one of the city's hotels are going
to be given pre paid credit cards instead of being provided with meals. Under
the plan, a family of four would get one thousand dollars a month.
The Supreme Court will arguments this week about whether former President Trump should be removed
from Colorado's primary ballot. He was taken off the ballot for allegedly violating the
Constitution by inciting a crowd leading up to the Capitol riot January sixth, twenty
twenty one. The hearing will be held Thursday at six oh five. Its
handle on the news. The text of that border bill passed by the Senate
has finally been released, what it says, and whether it has a chance
of passing. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jason Nathanson,
who was at The Grammy's Life last night. Jason, h, first off
the bat, I'm going to say I think that they resolved some sound issues
because for the most part, for me, I thought it sounded really good.
When you said there were issues, though, what are you comparing that
too in the past, like they do a Grammy show and the sound just
doesn't quite measure up. I was always surprised by that because you know,
it's music, but it seems like the sound sounded pretty good last night.
Okay, good to know you were there though, so it was different for
you it was. Yes, it's a little different when you're there kind of
you know, in the area, although you know, for the most part
we're watching it on TV, but we can still hear what's going on because
we're still in in the Crypto Center just a little a little ways away.
So all right, sound it sounded good to me. Okay, good?
So what what are some of your takeaways from last night? Well, I
mean, obviously you can't start without talking about Taylor Swift, Yeah, and
picking up Album of the Year and being the first person to win that four
times, right, she was in a three way tie with Frank Sinatra,
Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon, So you know those are that's a that's a
pretty mount rushmore of music right there. And to be now the most the
winningest person in that category, right when we always talk about the best of
all time. In say basketball, people count rings, right, whether it's
mj or Kobe or Lebron, you got to count the rings. Well,
if you're counting her rings, she's the goat at this point, so you
got to give it to her for that. And also using the ceremony to
uh to drop her new album and promote that you know again business savvy,
and she is. She has got a lot of business savvy. So we've
seen that over the past year. Although I have to feel like maybe because
of last night, there's gonna start to be a backlash. She had a
lot of good will over the past year, right with and with the NFL
stuff that some people started to complain, But I think those are kind of
you know, there's are there's are outlier complaints of people saying, oh,
there's too multiber with the Grammy wins that that puts it a little bit over
the top. And I think some people say, okay, enough Taylor Swift
already, we get it, she's great, you know, Okay, let's
let's move on. And then I think we would be remiss if we didn't
mention jay Z because it definitely affects Taylor Swift. Yeah, great, greatest
speech of the night. Well, okay, so are you are you saying
that in terms of you think he was shading her? Because I doubt Oh
you don't. No, no, no, no, he was he was
not, absolutely not. It reminded me of when Kanye wefts Yeah, no,
no, and yes, And I can understand why you say it felt
like that and that's because just Taylor Swift kind of permeates everything. But what
he was talking about is this really systemic ignoring of certain genres in the main
categories when it comes to rap and when it comes to R and B,
and when it comes to his wife Beyonce not winning the main prizes, and
that happens over and over and over again. And that's not Taylor Swift's fault.
That's that's he the Adamy's fault. I mean, you listened to what
he said, which was, by the way, is a great speech.
He got the Doctor Dre Global Icon Impact Award, what's the full name of
it, the Global Impact Awards, and he gets up there and in front
of in the Grammy's house, talked a lot about it. At first,
he was, you know, kind of gracious, thank you for getting for
giving me this award, but then talked about how several times in his career
when he'd been nominated for stuff, he wasn't there because he was boycotting because
he wasn't happy with the way things were going, and how the Academy you
know, yeah, sure the nominations might be there, but they're not always
getting it right. One shot to get it right. We love y'all,
we love y'all, We love y'all. We want Shot to get it right,
at least get it close to right. And obviously it's subjective. You
don't got to clap at everything. Obviously obviously is subjective because you know his
music and his opinion bas but you know some things, you know, I
don't want to embarrass this sh but she has more Grammys than everyone and never
won Album of a Year. So even by your own metrics, that doesn't
work. So he's talking there about his wife, Beyonce, this young lady,
and she does she has thirty two I think grammys, never one album
of the year, and that is you know, a travesty. Again,
when we go back to the conversations, we always go about when we talk
about rings, right, she so she's you know, thirty two, she's
what she's made the playoff, gone to the championships, yeah, you know,
the most times, but never never won that one ring. And that's
you know, pretty much in oversight. Yeah, and I do think though
one I felt like it was throwing shade at at Taylor, but he and
he also said, well, some of you don't belong in this category,
and I thought that that was bad. Yes, but you know, also
kind of speaking the truth, which she said he does when he gets nervous,
which I thought, I don't know, there's something great about getting up
there on the stage at the thing where everybody is celebrating and talking truth to
the academy and the people who are are doing it. I appreciate that.
I also I one of my favorite lines of it was we heard right there,
y'all don't have to clap at everything. Yeah, that's if they could
run that at every talk show that ever exists in the world, because you
know, whenever anybody says anything, you know, you know. So I
was. I was on the road the other day in Ohio. Oh,
we don't have to clap in everything, everybody, Okay, we got it.
Just tell the story. You only have a couple of minutes. Just
tell the story. So I appreciate it. I loved I love the whole
speech. Also, as I think we've talked about on this show before,
I root for chaos and so any awards show when there's something that you know,
yeah, sure Taylor Swift winning is fine, but that's not the most
interesting storyline. You like the unexpected, Yeah, I like, I like
somebody getting slapped about arrested. I like, okay, I don't like somebody
getting arrested. He did get arrested, and we did get arrested, and
I got to say that was that was a big shocker, because so this
is killer Mark. He was a rapper. He won Best Rap Album.
But you didn't see any of his wins because they came in the ceremony,
before the ceremony, because remember there's ninety something Grammys to give out. They
only give out nine on the show. So he won and he won three
and he came backstage before the show even started. But after his wins and
he he had, he was great. He was infectious. He gave a
great speech talking about perseverance because you know, he's a little bit of an
older guy and he's been in the game for a while. Yeah, hen't
one on the limitations you have is your imagination. It's our opportunity, it
is our must, it is our it is our absolute responsibility to be grand
in every action. So for twenty years I've been saying I can do it,
I can do it, I can do it, and then the twenty
if year of hip hop, here I am doing it and you know,
inspiring and we're all like, yeah, this guy's awesome. And then he
gets you know, minutes after that bucking right there, he got arrested for
some kind of altercation outside the Crypto Center at and he was it's a misdemeanor,
but he was let out in handcuffs. He gets, he wins the
Grammys, gets let out in handcuffs and missed the whole show. That seems
a little excessive. That sucks. I mean, I don't know, maybe
he pops somebody in the face or something. We don't know what happens.
I also don't know what happened, and you know, maybe it was brutal
and whatever. But talking about the highs and lows of a night and you
know, in just a couple in an hour basically Okay, then real quick
before we let you go, Jason, what did you think of in Memoriam?
I loved it. Yeah, I thought Pantation Perino's performance, the Taylor
the Tina Turner was awesome. I mean, she she was absolutely great.
Annie Lennox also singing and getting the most political of the night. Yeah,
although you know, calling for a ceasefire in peace is strangely political. I
guess, but you know that that's where we are in this day and age.
The only real politics of the night of the award show season. So
far, it's been a very quiet when it comes to award shows, which
I like. Yeah, it's been quiet. There hasn't been a whole lot
of politics people have been using that stage, so that's interesting. Yeah.
I thought I liked the I Memorium because a lot of the things, the
Emmys and the Oscars and stuff, it feels like it's almost an afterthought sometimes.
And I think the Emmys took a hole like they did like fifteen Minutes
and did like a few different performances at Stevie Wonder and Annie Lennox and then,
as you said, Fantasia, and they really kind of let it breathe.
And I think that that gave respect to the people who passed. It's
a tough thing to do because you have this award show, everybody's happy,
and you do this thing that's, you know, kind of somber, maybe
brings the mood down a little bit. At a show like the Grammy is
you can do that because you could have the live performances there, you know,
at the other award shows it's a little tough. You got to have
an orchestra doing the thing, and it's gonna be somber. Yeah, you
know. All right. Well, I'm glad you got to get to go,
and I'm sorry that you have to go now, because I could keep
talking to you about this for quite a long time. Stay dry, everybody,
thanks. All right. When we come back, Speaking of staying dry,
we're gonna check in again with our very own Blake Trolley, who's out
in the trenches. He is our KFI storm trooper South. Then weather from
KFI heavy rain at times, flood warnings and effect until noon for several areas.
High winds are also expected. There is a chance of rain thunderstorms.
Eight to fourteen inches could fall before this bomb cyclone moves out. The big
storm should move out by tomorrow, but there's still a decent chance of rain
on Wednesday, and then a twenty percent chance of showers. Thursday and Friday
should be dry for the weekend. It's fifty four in Anaheim, fifty seven
in Redondo Beach. You're listening to a wake up call on demand from KFI
Am six forty. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
Downtown LA got almost four inches of rain by eleven o'clock last night as
a powerful storm moves through. More heavy rain is on the way, high
winds and life threatening flood expected to last through at least tomorrow. A state
of emergency has been declared in eight counties, and LA officials are urging people
to stay home and stay off the roads. Along awaited bipartisan deal to secure
the US Mexico border and provide aid to Ukraine has been unveiled. The bill
totals just under one hundred and twenty billion dollars, with about twenty billion going
to the border. In the deal, asylum screenings would be raised, with
the practice known as catch and a release done away with Sofi Stadium's going to
host eight World Cup matches in twenty twenty six, including the first and third
matches for the US men's national team. The US team's first match will be
on June twelfth of twenty twenty six. The World Cup final will be played
at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey at six oh five, It's handle on the
news. Hamas is making some big demands in his efforts to put a stop
to the four month long war with Israel. At five point fifty. We're
going to find out more about what's in that bipartisan border bill with ABC's Stephen
Portnoy. But right now, let's check in with our very own Blake Trolley.
You're in Studio City this morning. How come that's because nine homes amy
here have been evacuated because of mud slides last night. I'm on Freeman Canyon
Road near Freeman Canyon Park and just up the street from here is where those
nine homes were evacuated, forcing sixteen people and their pets out. Official say
two homes here were significantly damage. We're hoping to get a good look at
those homes later this morning when the sun comes up. Now, not all
the homes evacuated were actually impacted, but there are concerns that more mud slides
could be on the way as more rain is on the way, so some
of these evacuations are precautionary. The Department of Public or the Department of Building
and Safety has responded to evaluate the situation and assess the homes. Heavy equipment
is on sen here to clear debris. And I can tell you, Amy,
just by looking around the roads here that is going to take a while.
There is mud dirt what looks like wood for maybe some of these homes
scattered throughout. The water has been rivering down these streets. In fact,
they tried to get closer to the homes earlier this morning, and at least
from the route that I took, it was just too sketchy to stay where
I was. The water was coming down, it was pretty high, and
I didn't want to get stuck in the news truck quite honestly, So we
decided to come back down a little bit lower. So when the sun comes
up, we're hoping to get in there closer when we can kind of take
a look at the water that's coming down the street better and look at these
homes. Okay, and so that's his studio city. And then there there's
a couple other slides that you had mentioned earlier. Yeah, so three homes
had also been evacuated in Tarzana. Were told that in that situation, only
one of the homes I believe was inhabited by two people, So two people
had to be moved out of their homes there. And I want to say
with both of these situations, there were no injuries reported, So there is
some silver lining here. But despite that, some damage to these homes.
Okay, And if you haven't prepared for this storm yet, you might want
to do it now since the rain's been falling from about four our team fifteen
hours now and is expected to continue. What are officials saying people should be
doing well? I think the big message today is that people should be staying
home if they can, they should work from home if they can, And
that is because flooding in poor roadway conditions seem to be the main focus here.
Amy. You know, I had asked about wind earlier today and I
was told that the majority of the heavy winds have moved through. That said,
we are still expecting heavy rain through today, which should taper off ors
start to slow down into tomorrow, and flooding really is the main concern here.
And as we talk about mudslides, you know, one thing I want
to say is that just because there were mudslides here in the Santa Monicas doesn't
mean other areas aren't also under threat. I was told that all foothill communities
are under a threat for mudslides, So anybody who's in an area that could
be impacted should be on the lookout. There Okay, And on top of
that, there are flood warnings everywhere. There are flood warnings pretty much throughout
all of southern California, all of the La County areas under a flood watch,
all of Orange Counties under a floodwatch, and same with the Inland Empire.
Now when we look at Orange County, I was told, I was
told by the National Weather Service that pretty much every single community in Orange County
could get more than five inches of rain over the next couple of days.
And I think one of the main things to hone in on here with Orange
County is that their timeline's a little backed up. Right. This storm is
moving southeast, so it's moving through LA and it's kind of heading into Orange
County and out into the Inland Empire. So when we talk about flood warnings
and people keeping a lookout for flooding, when you get south of LA and
you get into Orange County, that's an area you're going to have to be
on the lookout a little bit longer for some of these heavy rains. Okay,
And ironically, or maybe not ironically, but I thought this was interesting.
The rain isn't only affecting the roadways it's also affecting airports. Yeah,
we're starting to see these reports come out that almost I saw that the majority
of flights out of Burbank were either canceled or delayed because of whether. A
lot of flights out of LAX have been canceled or delayed out of weather,
especially between LA and San Francisco. You think about it, you're kind of
just flying right through the weather system there. So anybody flying should be checking
the status of their flights this morning. Okay, great Lake Trolley, our
stormtrooper. We're going to be checking in with you throughout the morning. But
thanks for getting up early, joining us on wake up call. I don't
know how you do it, Amy, I'll see you. Take care.
Let's get back to some of the other stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. Fire has destroyed a two story home in Eagle Rock.
Firefighters say the attic had been converted to a living space and excessive storage caused
the fire to spread quickly. Yesterday, Cruise had to put it out from
the outside. It took them almost an hour to get the flames out.
Two people in the home and their dog were able to get out safely.
Firefighters have rescued several people from a fire in a boarded up thirteen story building
in Korea Town. The fire started yesterday afternoon. La City Fire cruise say
they found a large amount of rubbish burning on the first floor and the smoke
went all the way to the top floor because the building was sealed up.
Took firefighters about half an hour put it out. At least six Kurdish fighters
have been killed in a drone attack on a base in Syria that also houses
US troops. No casualties were reported among the Americans. It was the first
significant attack in Syria or Iraq since the US launched retaliatory strikes over the weekend.
An umbrella group of Iran backed Iraqi militias known as the Islamic Resistance in
Iraq released a video claiming responsibility for the attack late yesterday. It showed them
launching a drone from an unnamed location. President Biden says the air strikes against
Iran backed militant groups are working. ABC's James Longman says missiles and drone strikes
have hit eighty six targets in Iraq and Syria, and thirty six targets against
Huti military sites in Yemen. The US officials reiterate they're trying to degrade the
capabilities of Iranian back militias in this region without triggering a wider war. Crucially,
not one US strike into Iran itself. The US has promised more action
in response to the drone attack that killed three US service members at a remote
base in Jordan. California didn't even make the top ten of state's most interested
in Super Bowl fifty eight, despite having a home team playing in the Big
Game. The VATA came in first, which makes sense because the Super Bowl
this Sunday is in Vegas. Researchers at invez dot com found people in Michigan
search for the Super Bowl the second highest among all states because Kansas came in
third, which does make sense because the Chiefs are making their fourth Super Bowl
appearance in five years. California came in thirteen feither because no one likes San
Francisco or Rams and Charger fans can't let go of the disappointment, But California
was the only state where searchers weren't all about Kansas City. Sorry Taylor Swift
fans, Burke Worbin Carson. KFI News bert bert I Like San Francisco,
The Niners are my team. You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from
KFI AM six forty Hurricane force winds have been pounding part of the California coastline.
Gus were recorded up to ninety two miles an hour. Waves could be
eighteen to twenty three feet. A flash flood warning is an effect in many
areas as the powerful bomb cyclone moves through. The storm Prediction Center is warned
of life threatening floods from Monterey to La Rapper Killer Mike left the Grammys early
last night in handcuffs. He was taken into custody and escorted out of Crypto
dot Com arena after he won three Grammys. It was his first Grammy wins
in twenty one years. Please say it was tied to a fight earlier in
the night, but didn't say much more. The Supreme Court's going to hear
arguments Thursday about whether former President Trump should be removed from Colorado's primary ballot.
Colorado's trying to kick him off for violating the Constitution by inciting a crowd leading
up to the Capitol riot on January sixth of twenty twenty one, we're just
minutes away from Handle. On the news this morning, Hoothy rebels say,
if you strike us, we're striking back, and the US did strike them
over the weekend. Let's say good morning now to ABC's national correspondent Stephen portnoy
So. Stephen, after a really long wait, the Senate finally released details
of its bipartisan border bill. Well, that's right, and now we've had
a chance to finally see what's in it. Three hundred and seventy pages.
I've been going through it since it dropped last night, and the Speaker of
the House, Mike Johnson, who first laid eyes on it last night,
says that it's worse than he expected, and so it's not going to get
a vote in his chamber. What's in this bill? Well, first of
all, to one hundred and eighteen billion dollars spending bill, the lion's share
of the money would go to Ukraine, sixty billion dollars in money for Israel,
Taiwan, all the things we've been talking about for most of the last
six months. But in addition to that, there are the border provisions,
and it would grow the border Patrol's detention capacity, it would grow the border
patrol's ability to swiftly deport people. It would aim to make it harder for
migrants to seek asylum when they come here, and it would temporarily shut down
most border crossings if a certain threshold is met, and the threshold that has
been set is lower than the current number of encounters that the border patrol has
been seeing of late. So the top Republican negotiator in this Jim Langford,
says this would immediately result in a border shutdown to the extent that the border
would be shut down, which is to say that people would be turned away
without their asylum claims being heard, except that there would be a minimum number
of asylum claims that would be heard despite that. So the detractors of this
bill are many. They are mainly Conservatives who say that this in their in
their reading of it, would actually codify catch and release and not end catch
and release. They say that it would it would allow for people to be
entering the country regardless of the saying the argument that it would that it would
not, and they simply say that it doesn't go far enough that HR two,
the bill they passed last year, articulates the conservative position on illegal immigration
and they don't see a lot of overlap between what the House passed last year
and what is now agreed to among by part negotiators in the Senate. Now,
liberals say that it goes too far, that it raises the bar too
high for asylum seekers and contravention of international law and America's principles. They say
that there are no pathways to citizenship for those who've been here illegally for years,
and that that's always been the goal of immigration reform negotiations to achieve some
sort of pathway to citizenship for the people who've been living in limbo as increasingly
productive members of American society and the economy. And that's despite the fact that
detractors say they call it an amnesty bill. It's not that there are no
amnesty provisions in this but there are arguments on both sides against this bill,
and it's why it will likely never become law. Okay, so the Senate
actually passed it, correct? No, Oh, they just put it up.
Yes, it was released last night. It is the subject that by
partisan negotiations with a small number of members of both parties, that it goes
for a test vote on Wednesday. So that's how they were saying that it
has bipartisan support. It's because the small group got together and from both sides
and came up with the deal. And this is old fashioned Senate deal making.
You've heard of the Gang of eight, Gang of twelve, all this.
That's how it happens in the Senate. A small number of members of
both sides of the aisle get together and they cook up something and it's served
up for everybody. And the question is whether it's going to be accepted by
members of both parties in the Senate to become formally the Senate bill, or
whether it's going to be rejected. We'll find out on Wednesday. It's a
sixty vote threshold. It'll probably clear that hurdle, and then it'll be subject
to possible amendments, although I think it's unlikely because of the nature of the
way this is such a delicate negotiation. The Senate Leader Chuck Schumer can sort
of nail it down so it can't be amended or opened up on the floor,
and then it'll be sent over to the House where the speaker says it's
dead on arrival. So the idea of this becoming law is very unlikely.
But then it also gives the Democrats ammunition to say, hey, we passed
something, and it's the Republicans in the way we are in an election year.
Well, that's right, and that's, by the way, one of
the reasons why Republicans in the House are not interested because they're presumptive. Well,
I won't say presumptive yet, but the man who is leading for the
Republican nominations has called it a terrible bill and he does not want to see
it past. His son, Donald Trump Junior, was saying on social media
last night that it's an amnesty bill. Again, no amnesty provisions actually in
the bill, but they do not want to see cynically this problem solved in
any way, because Donald Trump intends to run on the fact that this problem
continues to exist and that he argues only he can solve it. Now,
one of the arguments for it, one of the best arguments for it,
is the idea that the status quo is unacceptable and that this in the reform
of the system, allows for change. Now that it would end the current
practice of thousands of migrants a day being handed a slip of paper if they
simply say the magic words I have a credible fear of persecution, and I'm
afraid for X, Y and Z reason they're handed a piece of paper,
come back in five to seven years, enjoy America. That's basically the current
system. And so the idea would be, instead of that, we will
hoard people into these detention facilities and within ninety days, in theory, they
will have an initial review with a higher standard than exists currently for asylum claims.
And the thinking is that most of them will be sent away right then
and there, and the signal will be sent that the days of coming into
the country and you know, integrating yourself into American society, that those days
are over and that America is once again serious about enforcing its immigration law.
The argument from conservative opponents is that's nice, but it doesn't go far enough,
that it's already too permissive, and that we can do better. Okay,
well, we'll have to wait and see that the Senate's taking a vote
on it, at least a first vote on Wednesday, right, So the
stmotion to seed it is a test vote, a hurtled across all right,
we'll be watching that. ABC. Stephen Portnoy, thank you for the information.
As always, Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of
the KMFI twenty four hour newsroom. Evacuation orders have been issued for some parts
of La and Santa Barbara Counties because of the risk of mudslides and mud flows.
LaMere Bath Says, Burn areas in Latuna Canyon to Penga Canyon and an
area near Agua Dulce are all under evacuation orders. This storm is a serious
weather event. This has the potential to be a historic storm, severe winds,
thunderstorms, and even brief tornadoes. Evacuation orders are in place until tomorrow.
Because of the high risk of debris flows triggered by the heavy rain.
Evacuation warnings have been issued for burn areas in unincorporated parts of La County,
including the Juniper Hills and Villermo areas in the Antelope Valley, Lake Hues,
and King Canyon. Also in Dwarty. Firefighters have helped sixteen people out of
their homes in Studio City, where a debris flows cause significant damage to at
least two homes in all, nine homes on Lockridge Road where evacuated overnight.
Department of Building and Safety has been sent out to evaluate the situation. The
DWP and Gas Company have also been in signing impacted utilities in the area.
Boeing has started a new investigation into quality control because of a problem found during
the production of seven thirty seven Max jets. ABC's Derek Dennis says workers flagged
miss drilled holes on the window frames of fifty undelivered planes, but this time
Boeing says the miss drilled holes pose no immediate flight safety risk and says all
seven thirty sevens can continue to fly safely. The company said over the weekend
the delay will affect its production schedule, but will improve overall quality and stability.
A rock music revolutionary from the late sixties and early seventies has died.
Wayne Kramer was co founder of the proto punk band the MC five. The
Detroit group recorded anthems such as kick out the Jams. They influenced everyone from
the Clash to Rage against the Machine. Kramer play guitar for the band.
They were known for their uncompromising music, which they envisioned as the soundtrack for
the Uprising to Come. Wayne Kramer was seventy five Sandy Wells, KFI News,
This is KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County, Southland
weather from KFI. The cyclone bomb is upon us. Heavy rains expected through
today and as I mentioned, could be really heavy at times. Flooding is
expected. High winds are also expected, with us to about fifty miles per
hour. Rain continues tomorrow with a chance of thunderstorms. Rain is pretty much
possible all the way through the week, but it's just a slight chance of
showers at the end of the week and then we should be dry with sunny
skies for the weekend. It's fifty four and bray of fifty three like Forest
fifty four in Marina del Rey fifty three in Burbank. We lead local live
from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. I'm Amy King. This has been
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