WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.839 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:10.880 demand on the iHeartRadio app. I want to say thanks to Heather Brooker and 3 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:15.880 also to Chris Little Heather for filling in for me tomorrow yesterday, and then 4 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:19.839 Chris Little for filling in for Heather because she had the flu and came to 5 00:00:19.879 --> 00:00:23.760 work anyway, So hats off to Heather. I've been there before. Going 6 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:29.120 to work sick sucks. So anyway, another beautiful day on the way. 7 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:35.359 Hasn't it been spectacular? I have just loved this weather, But don't get 8 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:37.520 too used to it, because we've got more storms coming in. We'll tell 9 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:40.840 you about that coming up. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. San 10 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:45.320 Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dykas says the massacre in a remote area of the Mojave 11 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:50.280 Desert was tied to a dispute about marijuana. Five people were arrested in connection 12 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:55.359 with the shooting on Sunday. Dyks confirms six Hispanic men were shot last Tuesday 13 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:58.039 night. Four of the bodies were burned. A thirty seventh said if the 14 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:03.640 killings were cartel related, Boeing says it is withdrawing a request for a safety 15 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:07.439 exemption needed to certify a new model of its seven thirty seven Max airliner. 16 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:12.840 The announcement yesterday follows severe criticism after a door plug blew out on a different 17 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:19.519 model of the seven thirty seven Max over Oregon. Boeing had said that regulators 18 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:25.159 or had asked regulators rather to let it roll out the seven thirty seven Max 19 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:30.400 seven even though it doesn't meet a safety standard designed to prevent part of the 20 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:36.280 engine housing from overheating and breaking off during flight. Probably good that they're not 21 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:41.719 asking for that exemption anymore. Elon Musk says the first human to receive a 22 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:48.680 Neulink cybernetic brain implant is recovering. Musk says he hopes the implants will help 23 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:53.480 people with diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's and allow them to move again using the 24 00:01:53.519 --> 00:02:00.920 implants to control electronic devices. Musk posted on that the implant was put in 25 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:05.640 a human for the first time on Sunday at six oh five. It's handle 26 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:08.919 on the news. A case of mistaken identity may have contributed to the US 27 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:15.879 service members killed by a drone in Jordan. Let's get started with some of 28 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:19.240 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. Five men have 29 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:23.000 been arrested for the murders of six people in high desert near Adelanto, San 30 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:28.479 Bernardino County. Sheriff Shannandicke says the six were likely shot to death in a 31 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:31.560 dispute over illegal marijuana. It certainly looks like it has a lot of the 32 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:37.000 modeling of cartel cases and things of that nature. The bodies were found last 33 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:39.879 week. Sheriff's Sergeant Michael Warwick says one of the people killed was able to 34 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:44.560 call nine one. One caller told dispatchers he was shot, but he did 35 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:46.719 not know the location he was at, and it appeared the call ended. 36 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:51.759 Investigators say all of the people killed had been shot, some were burned. 37 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:54.439 So far, four of the people have been identified. Pilly say a number 38 00:02:54.479 --> 00:03:00.240 of street takeovers around LA have kept them occupied. Jip says early so day 39 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:02.400 morning, thirty cars took over the sixty three Bridge and Boil Heights, and 40 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:07.360 officers on scenes say they handed out one hundred and fifty citations and I pounded 41 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:10.479 fifteen vehicles. Later that evening, four people were shot during a takeover in 42 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:15.240 the area of Alandra Boulevard in Central Avenue, near Compton. The four were 43 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:19.520 taken to a hospital in unknown condition. No arrests were reported, and later 44 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:23.879 that night, during five additional takeovers at Century Boulevard in Western Avenue, the 45 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:28.199 LAPED says it arrested twenty four people, issued fifteen citations, and in pounded 46 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:32.439 fourteen vehicles. Steve Gregory ka Finans. Secretary of State Antony Blincoln says the 47 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:37.800 US will respond to the attack on a military base in Jordan that killed three 48 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:43.240 American service members. That response could be multi leveled, come in stages, 49 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:49.280 and be sustained over time. The Pentagon has confirmed three Army Reserve soldiers were 50 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:52.759 killed in the drawn attack over the weekend. They were stationed in Jordan in 51 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:59.719 support of Operation Inherent Resolve fighting ISIS. Forces officials say preliminary information suggests the 52 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.879 na I drone may have been mistaken for an American drone that was in the 53 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:06.360 air at the same time, and that's why there was no effort to shoot 54 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:10.479 it down. We're going to find out more about the attack and the US 55 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:15.319 response to it with ABC's White House correspondent Karen Travers. That's coming up at 56 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:18.480 five thirty five, So just about thirty minutes from now. It's been an 57 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:24.920 amazing process. Space Shuttle Endeavor has landed in its upright position at the California 58 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:29.439 Science Center. It's the latest piece of an upright display that has the shuttle 59 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:34.040 and engines in launch ready position. Science Center President and CEO Jeff Rudolph tells 60 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:39.079 NBC four it took some maneuvering overnight to get the shuttle into place. Looked 61 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:43.399 at it horizontally for a little bit and then went to vertical, and then 62 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:47.160 very careful and slowly brought it up and over the wall and then down and 63 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:51.439 in had rotated a few times to get up between some tight spots, he 64 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:56.120 says, Now cruise, we'll start working on the building that will house the 65 00:04:56.160 --> 00:05:00.120 shuttle display. They're going to build the building up around the shuttle. The 66 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:03.519 exhibit won't be open for a couple more years, at least. It's five 67 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:08.480 six on your wake up call. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jordana 68 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:14.439 Miller in Jerusalem, Jordanak let's get the latest on those talks to get the 69 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:19.399 hostages being held in Gaza release. Well, we heard a lot of optimistic 70 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:25.879 remarks from US and Katari officials. But here on the ground, it looks 71 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:30.399 like not much progress has been made of The Israeli Prime Minister says that the 72 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:39.399 current proposal on the table has conditions that are not acceptable to Israel, essentially 73 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:46.079 rejecting that proposal. Hamas, you know, yesterday said that they also reject 74 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:50.279 the proposal. Today the leader of the political wing of Hamas, If ma 75 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:54.879 Hania, says, well, we have the proposal and we're studying it, 76 00:05:55.519 --> 00:06:00.240 so they haven't outright rejected it again today. But it looks like there's still 77 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:06.879 very big gaps on phase two or three of this deal. But the parties 78 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:13.839 have agreed in general on phase one, which is essentially the release of the 79 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:20.000 Israeli female, elderly and sick hostages in exchange for one to two months pause 80 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:26.399 in the fighting, and the release of Palestinian criminals that are jailed here in 81 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:30.040 Israel, you know, letting them out early, and some of them who've 82 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:35.639 committed very serious crimes such as murder. So those are the but that's only 83 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:40.920 phase one, and the challenge is, you know, how do how do 84 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:46.160 the parties move forward. Perhaps the United States and cutter in Egypt, they 85 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:49.480 are going to pressure the size to just begin with phase one and say, 86 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:54.839 hey, we'll discuss phase two and phase three during phase one while it's happening, 87 00:06:55.199 --> 00:07:00.199 because it seems hard for the party's to degree on the post, you 88 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:04.120 know, the final end to this deal. In other words, Hamas wants 89 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:09.519 an end to the fighting. Israel doesn't. Hamas wants every troop out of 90 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:14.279 the Gaza strip, Israel doesn't. Hamas wants to stay in power somehow. 91 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:18.040 Israel won't agree to that. So there's a lot of long term issues that 92 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:23.600 the gap seem very wide still, okay, and those are the phase two 93 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:29.399 and three conditions. That's right, that's right. There's a lot of disputes 94 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:33.079 about phase two and phase three. Even if there's some agreement on phase one, 95 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:38.079 you know, it's not it hasn't been. It's not enough to clinch 96 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:43.160 the deal yet. And just phase one seems pretty intricriate. Do we know 97 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:49.560 how many you said women and injured and the women and elderly, it's about 98 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:57.839 forty, between forty and forty five that group, assuming they're alive, right, 99 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:01.800 because the exchange of bodies wouldn't have until a later phase, So we're 100 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:05.240 talking about everyone who's alive, Okay, to get whoever's alive out right. 101 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:11.879 It does include several young women that is really very concerned about, including several 102 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:18.720 young Israeli soldiers. You know the testimony here from released hostages, and I 103 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:24.399 know firsthand because ABC News talked to a release tassage hostage just last week who 104 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:31.360 herd first hand accounts of the sexual assaults that's happening in the Gaza strip. 105 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:35.879 And there's a lot of fear for the well being of these young girls. 106 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:41.480 Okay, and we know that there was a lot of talk about the sexual 107 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:46.639 assaults that early on, but it sounds like it's continuing for the people who 108 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:54.240 are still being held. Correct, there were obviously a lot of reports and 109 00:08:54.279 --> 00:09:01.360 evidence of sexual rape, on of rape and even mutile little mutilation on October 110 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:07.480 seventh. That was kind of systematic, we understand now weeks later, but 111 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:15.440 we were also hearing credible reports from the hostages who came out that some of 112 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:20.600 the young women are being sexually assaulted on a regular basis in captivity by Hamas 113 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:28.159 and this is you know, particularly disturbing, not only for the families, 114 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:33.279 but obviously for you know, Israel's a small country. Everyone's related to someone 115 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:39.360 somehow, so to know, they're a lot of young girls. You know 116 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:43.879 when I say girls nineteen twenty, twenty one, twenty five, twenty seven, 117 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:50.879 thirty, you know that are being regularly sexually assaulted. It's frightening. 118 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:54.759 I mean, there's a whole part of the Ministry of Health here who have 119 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:58.360 launched committees to deal with what are we going to do if some of those 120 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:03.720 girls come out and the pregnant? What do we do for those women who 121 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:07.360 are going to come out pregnant? Yeah, gosh, it's just horrifying. 122 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:15.960 It's dark. Yeah, dark. So can we shift over just to the 123 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:20.159 UN workers who Israel says collaborated with Hamas. I know this came out I 124 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:26.879 believe over the weekend. What is the status of that. Yeah, this 125 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:33.559 is another it's another dark part of this larger story. So ABC News I 126 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:39.000 have the Doosier, the document that Israel distributed to the United States and others 127 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:48.399 laying out the allegations. There are twelve workers un AID workers. They're part 128 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:52.320 of UNRA, the UN agency that aids the Palestinians and the Gaza strip. 129 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:58.799 Some are teachers, some are social workers, and there were twelve that are 130 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:03.879 alleged to have taken part either on October seventh, in the attacks or in 131 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:09.240 the days following. And I'll give you just two examples. There's one one 132 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:18.039 UN worker who is suspected of taking part in the massacre on Kibbutzbeiri where over 133 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:24.639 ninety Israelis were killed, a lot of evidence of sexual assault there as well 134 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:33.480 another UN worker suspective taking part in helping to kidnap Israelis and others that provided 135 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:39.480 arms on the day of on the day of October seventh to Hamas Terras, 136 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:43.919 and then there were others who provided logistics stuff like cars, etc. So 137 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:50.559 the un has fired nine of the twelve, Two of the twelve are dead, 138 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:54.279 one is missing. And this prompted the US and the UK and France 139 00:11:54.679 --> 00:12:00.600 and several other countries of Austria, Germany to freeze their funding of UNRAH until 140 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:03.320 the investigation, you know, is complete and they know what happened, but 141 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:09.320 the pretty serious allegations. Israel has long claimed that UNRA has turned the blind 142 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:15.200 eye to employees that have links to terror groups in the Gaza strip. So 143 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:18.360 the Israelis aren't surprised by this, but I think the world is yeah, 144 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:24.559 yeah, and there must have been some at least credible information for the you 145 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:28.120 know, for several countries to say Okay, we're gonna we're gonna hold off 146 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:33.919 on funding. Yeah, exactly, exactly is all provided, right, They 147 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:43.840 provided evidence, including like geolocating some of the some of the suspects on October 148 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:48.399 seventh, for example inside Israel. Right, so yeah, the evidence seemed 149 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:52.000 credible. And now I mean, Unrah, they're warning they could run out 150 00:12:52.039 --> 00:13:00.639 of money in February, and they provide food, eight shelter, they run 151 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:05.559 the schools in the Gaza strips. So you know, these bad actors are 152 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:11.279 going to you know, they're going to what they did will end up harming 153 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:13.879 again. You know, innocent civilians and Gaza have nothing to do with them 154 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:18.519 us, right, Yeah, Okay, Jordana, thank you so much for 155 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:22.519 the update. I think it's so important that we keep sharing the information. 156 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:28.600 So we're going to keep talking to you. All right, let's get back 157 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:31.559 to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty for our newsroom. 158 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:35.320 Hope you've enjoyed our warm sunny weather. Because a series of storms is headed 159 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:39.039 toward the Southland Thursday should pack a punch along the coast. We think most 160 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:43.840 places will receive one to two inches of rain locally up to three because of 161 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:50.519 thunderstorms and the instability and the banding along the system could bring some local rainfall 162 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:54.120 rates even higher. The National Weather Services Alex Tarti says the rain will continue 163 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:58.200 with snow possible about five thousand feet on Friday, rains possible against Sunday, 164 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:03.320 and then a heavy rain of rain is expected to arrive on Monday. Ten 165 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:07.159 counties have teamed up to stock by a stockpile a ninety day emergency supply of 166 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:13.519 PPE to serve all of southern California during the next pandemic. We would within 167 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:16.120 a couple of years have it all produced locally. LA Care Health CEO Don 168 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:22.279 Beachus says PPE is mostly produced overseas, which created a bidding frenzy as prices 169 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:24.840 skyrocketed during the last pandemic. He says, the goal here is build a 170 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:31.000 plant in southern California to produce the polypropylene, taking the pellets and making it 171 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:35.919 into the sheet material that goes into globes, counts, and masks, so 172 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:39.039 that we would not have to depend on that. The plant would cover routine 173 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:43.480 PPE consumption, search capacity, and the emergency supply all at a set price. 174 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:46.919 Corbin Carson, KFI News. When we come back, we'll be checking 175 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:48.799 in with Joel Larsgard, the host of How to Money on KFI, about 176 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:54.799 how the banks may not be looking out for your best financial interest. You're 177 00:14:54.840 --> 00:15:00.559 listening to Wake Up Call on Demand from KFI Am six forty is what we're 178 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:03.879 following in the KFI twenty four hour news room. Malibu is adding a dedicated 179 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:09.159 task force to patrol a dangerous section of Pacific Coast Highway. There have been 180 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:13.679 several violent crashes in the area in recent years, highlighted by a crash that 181 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:18.679 killed four Pepperdine University students last year. The man accused of crashing into the 182 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:24.559 young women was apparently driving at least one hundred four miles an hour. More 183 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:30.080 than two thousand homeowners in Redlands are losing their fruit. State agriculture officials say 184 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:35.679 they're going to work to eradicate the invasive oriental fruit fly by stripping the fruit 185 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:39.559 off trees. Workers are going door to door and we'll be removing the fruit 186 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:46.279 from all citrus trees and other fruit producing plants now through February. The Illinois 187 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:48.360 State Board of Elections is going to vote today on whether to kick former President 188 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:54.480 Trump off the twenty twenty four ballot for participating in an insurrection. A Republican 189 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:58.480 judge says the board doesn't have the authority or the time to consider the matter 190 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:03.600 before Illinois primary on March nineteenth. The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments 191 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:07.639 next month on whether Colorado can remove Trump from the ballot. At six of 192 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:11.399 five, it's handle on the news. Marijuana is likely behind the massacre in 193 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:15.039 the Mojave Desert that left six people dead last week. Let's say good morning 194 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:18.840 now to the host of How to Money on KFI. It's Joel lars Guard. 195 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:25.399 Joel, banks are not necessarily looking out for your best interest. Literally, 196 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:30.279 Yeah, two puns right there, right, And yes, banks, 197 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:33.759 I've always had a problem with the big banks. Just the biggest banks in 198 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:38.720 the country don't pay rates that are competitive in any way, form or fashion. 199 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:42.000 They fee us to death. That why people stay with the big banks, 200 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:45.879 even though they kind of use us and abuse us. Has always bothered 201 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:49.039 me. And so I'm constantly seeing the praises of online banks, some of 202 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:53.200 my favorites, who have better customer service, better user interface, they pay 203 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:57.639 competitive rates, and especially now the rates have gone significantly up for savers. 204 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:02.440 There's a massive gap there between what you can get paid at the big banks 205 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:07.839 versus the online banks. But there was something that happened recently. And Capital 206 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:10.880 One is one of my favorite online banks. I speak of them highly. 207 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:12.920 I've had a bank account with them for a lot of years. And they 208 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:18.680 pulled this sneaky little maneuver where they have multiple different savings accounts. One of 209 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:23.599 them is a highly competitive savings account and the other one pays something similar to 210 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:27.359 what the big banks pay, and they kind of tricked some of their customers 211 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:33.359 into being in the account that pays less. They're loyal, long time, 212 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:36.759 long term customers, and to me, that's a problem too. I don't 213 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:40.319 really like that sort of behavior. How did they trick people into taking the 214 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:45.279 lower interest Well, basically what they did was they launched this new savings account 215 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:48.440 called the Performance Savings Account. But they didn't really they didn't automatically bump up 216 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:52.720 current customers into that higher paying account. They didn't raise interest rates on the 217 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:55.319 account that they've been in for years, and they didn't really do a good 218 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:56.960 job notifying them that, hey, guess what, now we have a better 219 00:17:57.000 --> 00:18:00.200 product that exists, you should migrate over here and make sure that you're taking 220 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:03.720 advantage of the higher interest right now. So there are a lot of people 221 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:07.799 for multiple years that were like, as interest rates were skyrocketing on this other 222 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:10.960 account, they were in the old paltry one that was paying next to nothing, 223 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:15.480 earning you know, essentially pennies on the money that they had in savings. 224 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.039 And so there were a lot of Capital one customers who are frustrated by 225 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:19.680 that. I do want to say Capital one is not the only bank that 226 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:23.559 does this. A lot of banks have multiple different savings accounts that have kind 227 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:29.079 of different fee structures and different minimum account balances that you have to maintain and 228 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:30.599 stuff like that. Most of the online banks have done away with all that 229 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:37.160 stuff. But this is this is a rare chance, a rare opportunity essentially 230 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:41.240 where I can say something somewhat negative about an online bank because most of the 231 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:44.920 time they're doing right by their customers. And it's the big banks that are 232 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:47.920 the ones that are usually in hot water with me. But this is kind 233 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:49.880 of frustrating to see that people who have been with Capital One for years and 234 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:55.160 years and years didn't get rewarded for that loyalty and they weren't even really told 235 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:57.079 about this new account where they could earn a whole lot. More So, 236 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:03.440 then moving forward, and as we're looking about how do we find the places 237 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:08.119 that have the best interest for us? And and what you know, how 238 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:11.319 do we how do we find it? I don't even know where to start 239 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:15.240 looking. Yeah, so there are two really good websites for this bank rate 240 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:18.920 dot com and there's one called Doctor of Credit dot com, and those both 241 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:22.680 highlight the banks that pay the highest rates right now on like CDs. On 242 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:27.480 savings, there are I will say Capital One, the performance saving product is 243 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:33.119 really good and they have their overall do right by their customers. This was 244 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:37.000 one instance where there is a problem here. But I name regularly on the 245 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:41.720 show a few banks that I like that I've done business with that really meet 246 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:45.559 kind of all my requirements in the ways that i've vet banks. And Capital 247 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:48.160 One, ally, Discover and c I T are kind of four of the 248 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:52.079 top ones. There are other great online banks too, but online banks really 249 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:56.799 do for most people. It's great to have a relationship with a local credit 250 00:19:56.920 --> 00:20:00.359 union also, but online banks typically hit a lot of those other things for 251 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:03.920 savers in particular, they're a boon, They're a great place to land, 252 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:08.440 Okay, So I think that like for me, I always think, oh, 253 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:11.880 I just keep everything at one place, uh huh. And I stay 254 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:18.200 with the bank that i'm with because there's a bank branch that I used to 255 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:22.119 go into but now actually they're closing it. And I always felt like because 256 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:26.519 it was a big bank, it might be better. So if you're educating 257 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:32.519 me, as hopefully you are, what can I just transfer everything over one? 258 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:34.920 And I think a lot of people feel like you. They feel bigger 259 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:38.880 is better. And I think especially in spring of last year when we had 260 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:42.519 three bank failures, there was kind of a push for a lot of people 261 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:47.440 to go to take their money and move to the big banks instead of the 262 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:49.119 regional banks because they're like, well, wait a second, my money's at 263 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:56.279 risk here. But the truth is FDIC insurance is an amazing invention that protects 264 00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:59.559 all of us, whether our money is at a big bank or an online 265 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:02.799 bank. Make sure the bank that you're doing business with is FDIC insured, 266 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:07.000 and you can find that out at FDIC dot gov. But that is a 267 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:10.480 massive protection. So I think sometimes people are like, ooh, but is 268 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:12.839 the online bank reliable, Is it trustworthy? Is my money actually protected? 269 00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:15.279 Yes, up to two hundred and fifty grand, which is you know, 270 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:18.240 a lot of money to have in savings. Your money is protected, So 271 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:22.200 don't worry about that. Go with the bank that pays the best rates, 272 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:25.240 has good customer service, has a good interface. And yeah, when it 273 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:27.720 comes to migrating your account, Amy, it's not as hard as you would 274 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:30.559 think. You open up the new account, put some money in that account, 275 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:36.240 and then just make sure you're changing your bill, pay those automatic ach 276 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:40.480 transfers or whatever that you have going on, transfer those over to the new 277 00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:45.160 bank. Actually, there's legislation or a proposal that might actually help us as 278 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:49.440 Americans change banks much easier where some of those things will be automatic. I'm 279 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:52.640 curious to see if that passes, because it'll really grease the wheels and make 280 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:56.279 it a lot easier to switch banks in the future. Okay, And if 281 00:21:56.279 --> 00:22:00.599 I do business with an online bank like Capital One, yeah said that that's 282 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:03.079 one of the good ones. Can I still talk to someone if I need 283 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:07.319 to? Yeah, that's what you're saying. Okay. Yeah, And to 284 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:11.240 be honest, most of these online banks don't have brick and mortar locations, 285 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:15.119 which is why they prioritize other things. I can't tell you the last time 286 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:18.599 I went into a brick and mortar location for a bank. And maybe that's 287 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:21.640 just a function of age, but I do think that millennials and Gen Z 288 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:25.839 they feel very comfortable doing everything online. Think about what we would have said 289 00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:29.960 about car buying a car side unseen online fifteen years ago. People would have 290 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:33.480 said, you're crazy. And now you know CarMax Carbana. They've really crushed 291 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:37.240 it with that model. And I think the next generation feels comfortable doing almost 292 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:41.000 everything online, and banking is one of them. So I don't think most 293 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:45.759 people are going to miss the brick and mortar locations. If you're a small 294 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:48.799 business owner, that's different. You're depositing cash, that kind of thing. 295 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:51.960 I get why you need a local relationship, But I do think more and 296 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:56.559 more folks are going to individual consumers are going to be more and more comfortable 297 00:22:56.559 --> 00:23:00.559 with online banking as things move forward. Okay, one of these days, 298 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:04.920 like all this great advice that you get to that you give me is actually 299 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:08.000 going to sink in and I'm going to do something like migrate my money. 300 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:11.640 It just just give me a second. It takes a minute for me to 301 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:15.720 accept change. I'm like the angel or the devil on your shoulder, trying 302 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:18.839 to be know exactly with always such great advice. Okay, real quick, 303 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:22.359 because of course we're running out of time, as we always do. And 304 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:23.319 I know I say that to you every week, Joel, but that's because 305 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:27.799 I like to talk to you. Remote workers are more likely to get fired 306 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:33.960 than they're hybrid or in office peers. Yeah, fascinating new study. And 307 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:38.279 this is one of those things where we've already seen real evidence and anecdotal evidence 308 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:42.359 from CEOs, from managers about how guess what if you if you work from 309 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:45.000 home full time, if you're not you're out of sight, out of mind, 310 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:49.000 you're more likely to not get the raise, to not get the promotion. 311 00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:52.759 Well, on the flip side, is also true, you're also more 312 00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:56.839 likely to get asked if there's downsizing. Fortunately, unemployment still at record lows, 313 00:23:56.039 --> 00:24:00.000 but if the economy does tighten and layoffs increase, at home employees are 314 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:03.200 going to feel it the most. Okay, out of sight, out of 315 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:07.440 mind, keep that in mind. Yeah, exactly, it's gonna be a 316 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:11.920 problem for some of those folks. And so being in the office, even 317 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:15.359 just one day a week if you can, okay, or just at least 318 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:19.400 saving up more knowing that you are, you're at greater risk should the economy 319 00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:22.720 see some tightening. I think that's a really important thing for work, for 320 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:26.119 work from home workers. Okay. Joel Larsgard the host of How to Money 321 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:30.759 right here on KFI. You can listen to great advice from Joel every Sunday 322 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:34.720 noon to two right here on KFI, and you can follow Joel at how 323 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:37.839 to Money. Joel, Joel, thank you so much. We'll talk to 324 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:40.400 you again next week. Sounds good. Thanks Amy. All right, Hey, 325 00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:45.039 baseball season is here. Don't miss live coverage from FanFest with insider David 326 00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:48.799 Ves, nicest man in baseball this Saturday from noon to three. Check out 327 00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:53.640 another winning season at Broadway in Hollywood dot Com. When we come back, 328 00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:57.160 we're going to be checking in with ABC's Karen Travers to find out how and 329 00:24:57.240 --> 00:25:02.559 when the US may respond to the drug attacks that have killed three US service 330 00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:06.640 members. South Land weather from KFI. Another beautiful sunny day on the way 331 00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:10.279 with hies in the low seventies at the beaches, mid seventies to near eighty 332 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:15.359 Inland. Sixties for the Anealote Valley. About five degrees cooler tomorrow than cloudy 333 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:18.880 on Wednesday, with rain possible. Overnight, heavy rain at times possible on 334 00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:25.039 Thursday. You're listening to a wake up call on demand from KFI Am six 335 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:29.240 forty. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Sam 336 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:33.400 Bernardino County Sheriff Shennandikas says the massacre in a remote area of the Mojave Desert 337 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:37.960 was tied to a dispute about marijuana. Five people were arrested in connection with 338 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:44.160 the shooting. Dykas confirms six Hispanic men were shot last Tuesday night and four 339 00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:48.240 of the bodies were burned. Authorities havn't said, or actually haven't confirmed, 340 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:52.160 if the killings were cartel related. Boeing says it is withdrawing a request for 341 00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:57.160 a safety exemption needed to certify a new model of its seven thirty six seven 342 00:25:57.279 --> 00:26:03.440 thirty seven Max airline. Boeing had asked regulators to let it roll out the 343 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:07.000 seven thirty seven Max seven, even though it does not meet a safety standard 344 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:12.039 designed to prevent part of the engine housing from overheating and breaking off during flight. 345 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:18.599 Elon Musk says the first human to receive a neurolink cybernetic brain implant is 346 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:23.519 now recovering. Musk says he hopes the implants will help people with diseases like 347 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:30.880 Alzheimer's and Parkinson's use the implants to control electronic devices, which would enable them 348 00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:34.160 to move again. Musk posted on X the implant was put in a human 349 00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:37.759 for the first time on Sunday at six oh Five's handle on the news or 350 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:42.319 Republican led Committee. We'll be moving forward with the articles of impeachment against Homeland 351 00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:49.240 Security Secretary Alexander Majorkis for the way he handled or didn't handle, the massive 352 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:53.519 influx of illegal immigrants into the US. Right now, let's say good morning 353 00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:57.640 to ABC's White House correspondent to Karen Travers. Good morning, Karen. The 354 00:26:57.720 --> 00:27:03.680 US says it will respond to the drone attacks that killed three US service members. 355 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:07.920 Any insight from the White House on what that response might be or when 356 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:11.920 it might happen, No surprise, the White House is not telegraphing punches, 357 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:15.160 as John Kirby, the National Security spokesman, put it yesterday, but saying 358 00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:19.480 that the President is considering options. He met with his National security team on 359 00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:23.440 Monday in the Situation Room as he looks to respond to the deadly attack on 360 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:27.440 American troops in Jordan, and the White House says that there are no easy 361 00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:33.000 answers to this, but that this attack was escalatory and requires a response. 362 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:37.240 Kirby said it was fundamentally different, and so the response will be different too. 363 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:41.039 We've heard from the Secretary of State Anthony Blincoln yesterday who said that the 364 00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:47.240 US will respond decisively to any aggression and will hold responsible the people who attacked 365 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:51.200 US troops, and Blincoln gave a little bit more of a hint than what 366 00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:53.839 the White House was saying by saying that it's likely to not just be one 367 00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:57.440 show of force, but multi leveled, as you put it, and come 368 00:27:57.440 --> 00:28:03.519 in stages and be stained over time. Where that is targeting who it's targeting 369 00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:07.279 when it starts, the White House Secretary of State, nobody is right now 370 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:11.200 saying, because the President, they say, is still considering his options. 371 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:18.359 Okay, and it seemed inevitable that something horrible like this would happen, given 372 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:22.720 that there have been so many attacks. Does the deaths of the service members 373 00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:29.440 really change the US's approach to what the yeah. I mean, the questions 374 00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:32.680 were coming up yesterday about you know, is this different now? And the 375 00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:36.359 White House has always said if US service members were killed, then that obviously 376 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:41.799 changes the calculations. And Kirby did say that yesterday that this attack was fundamentally 377 00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:48.920 different where it came and obviously the outcome because it ended in tragedy. Notably, 378 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:52.559 the new information we had yesterday is that this strike that came at this 379 00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:59.240 remote outpost in the Jordanian desert, were learning that it was an explosives laid 380 00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:03.559 and drone that bypass US air defenses. Officials tell us that the initial reports 381 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:07.960 indicate nobody tried to shoot it down, that it was mistakenly believed to be 382 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:12.680 a US surveillance drone that was coming back and that's why it was not taken 383 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:18.119 out. Wow, so we didn't we just didn't do anything about it because 384 00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:22.119 we didn't recognize that it wasn't a friendly drone. Okay. So, and 385 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:26.480 officials are saying that all these attacks are Iranian proxies. Of course Iran is 386 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:30.119 denying that. But is there any talk of going directly after Iran to try 387 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:33.759 to slow down or stop the attacks. There were questions yesterday about this about 388 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:37.880 a strike inside Iran. The White House wouldn't confirm or deny that a response 389 00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:41.440 like that is under consideration. John Kirby said that the US is not looking 390 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:45.920 for war with Iran. That's by not seeking conflict with Iran. But a 391 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:49.799 US official tells us that the President has deep misgivings about a strike inside Iran, 392 00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:53.279 fearing a wider war. Okay, Karen Travers, thank you so much 393 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:57.200 for the information. Have a wonderful day. Let's get back now to some 394 00:29:57.240 --> 00:30:00.319 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. The LAPD 395 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:06.160 and La County Sheriff's Department have received a grant to help keep track of violent 396 00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:10.000 people ordered to give up their guns. Grant will fund an online portal accessible 397 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:14.039 by multiple agencies, including the court system, to notify officials when a firearms 398 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:18.759 relinquishment order has been violated. LA County Sheriff Robert Luna says the portal will 399 00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:22.960 only target people with domestic violence restraining order. This grant will allow our team 400 00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:30.200 to expand its efforts to confiscate firearms from people prohibited by our courts from possessing 401 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:33.799 firearms and ammunition. LAPD Chief Michael Moore says those who do not give up 402 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:40.079 their guns as ordered could face felony charges. Chris Sadler Kaffi News News brought 403 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:44.880 to you by one eight hundred got junk. California lawmakers are taking steps to 404 00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:48.599 protect kids online. State Senator Nancy Skinner has introduced a bill that would ban 405 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:56.599 social media from showing miners the more addictive algorithmic feed without getting consent from parents 406 00:30:56.680 --> 00:31:02.559 or guardians first. Also prohibits social media platform where from sending notifications to kids 407 00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:07.559 while they should be sleeping and or during the day while they're at school. 408 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:11.920 Social media platforms would have to set a default time limit of an hour a 409 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:15.599 day for miners. Another bill would prohibit businesses from collecting, using sharing, 410 00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:21.839 or selling personal data of anyone under the age of eighteen without informed consent. 411 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:27.279 A House committees expected to vote for two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Alejandro 412 00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:33.680 Mayorchis. Republicans accuse him of failing to secure the border. New York Democratic 413 00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:38.000 Congressman Dan Goldman says Mayorcis needs Congress to pass stronger laws to enforce border safety. 414 00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:44.160 This is a rushed sham impeachment that is purely being done for political purposes. 415 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:49.680 Texas Republican Congressman Mike McCall, who's chairing today's hearing, says nobody deserves 416 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:56.920 impeachment more than mayorchists. The FBI has found schools are the third highest place 417 00:31:56.960 --> 00:32:01.079 for hate crimes in the US. The report published yesterday says preschools, elementary, 418 00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:05.839 middle and high schools saw the highest amount of hate crimes from twenty eighteen 419 00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:09.119 to twenty twenty two. In twenty twenty two, there were more than thirteen 420 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:15.240 hundred reported hate crimes at schools and on college campuses. Hate crimes at school 421 00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:20.319 rated behind hate crimes at home and on the road. Members of the US 422 00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:25.839 Olympic figure skating team will be getting gold medals since Russian skater Camilla Valievo was 423 00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:30.720 disqualified for doping. She's also been banned for four years for doping at the 424 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:36.680 twenty twenty two Winter Games in Beijing. She was fifteen at the time, 425 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:39.960 and man, her performance was so spectacular, So sad to see this. 426 00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:46.200 SmartLess is headed to SiriusXM. My name is Jason Bateman, my name is 427 00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:50.799 Sean Hayes. I'm Will Arnett, and I'm a knock. What am I 428 00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:52.960 saying? No, No, you're not not at a meeting right now. 429 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:55.720 I mean you're doing a trailer for a podcast. Got it? This satellite 430 00:32:57.000 --> 00:33:00.680 radio network says it got exclusive podcast perk for subscribers of the show, including 431 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:06.359 early access to new episodes. Bloomberg reports the one hundred million dollar deal includes 432 00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:12.160 rights for advertising, distribution, and content. The majority of the SmartLess library 433 00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:17.519 will only be available to serious XM subscribers starting this summer. Starting to get 434 00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:22.759 excited for Super Bowl? Maybe want to go to the big Game, Well 435 00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:29.759 it's going to cost you. So the Super Bowl prices are the most expensive 436 00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:35.960 in history for Super Bowl fifty eight. They're averaging this is the average price 437 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:39.680 twelve thousand, eighty two dollars, And that's for the tickets plus all the 438 00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:45.319 fees and that kind of stuff. And there are people who are tracking which 439 00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:51.200 has the quote cheapest seats available and the least expensive, which is still crazy 440 00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:58.240 stupid expensive is on the tick pic. They have tickets going for four hundred 441 00:33:58.240 --> 00:34:02.039 and fourteen dollars that includ fees. And this is of course as of yesterday 442 00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:06.920 afternoon, so those prices could have changed. But the interesting thing to me 443 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:09.920 too, is not only the crazy high price of these tickets but the fees. 444 00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:14.880 So like on seat geek, you can get a ticket for the bargain 445 00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:20.239 price of seven seven hundred and eight dollars, but with the fees it's over 446 00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:25.440 ten thousand dollars. Three thousand dollars in fees. Interesting, Ticketmaster has them 447 00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:30.119 for just under ninety eight hundred dollars with fees. And these aren't even the 448 00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:34.639 good seats. The good seats will cost you a lot more. These are 449 00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:38.599 for like end zone seats and the ones over in the corner. And the 450 00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:43.400 people who are watching this are saying the demand is so high not only because 451 00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:46.519 my nine ers are in it, but also because of the location, because 452 00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:52.119 it's in Las Vegas and people love Las Vegas. Me included most expensive Super 453 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:55.480 Bowl on record. And for people wanting to go to the game, an 454 00:34:55.559 --> 00:35:00.960 analyst says, if you are comfortable with current prices, than just buy the 455 00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:06.320 ticket because unlike in other years where tickets were expected to drop shortly before the 456 00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:09.880 game, they're not necessarily expected to do that this year, So good luck 457 00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:13.039 if you want to go. I think I'll just be watching it on TV. 458 00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:17.639 When we come back, we'll be checking in with ABC's Jim Ryan on 459 00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:22.000 how a lot of Americans are literally betting on the economy. In twenty twenty 460 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:27.320 four, Hey this afternoon or to actually tomorrow afternoon, the Clippers take on 461 00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:30.480 the Washington Wizards, with tip off at four o'clock. It's on your home 462 00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:35.320 of Clippers Basketball AM five seventy LA Sports, brought to you by California Community 463 00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:38.719 College. Open the door to unlimited possibilities. Enrolled today at I can go 464 00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:44.679 to college dot com. You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI 465 00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:47.480 AM six forty. Our time here is almost done, but thanks for starting 466 00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:51.400 your day with this. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four our 467 00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:57.440 newsroom. A statewide computer outage affecting the Department of Motor Vehicles does not appear 468 00:35:57.480 --> 00:36:01.440 to be fixed yet. The DMV said yesterday was experience network interruptions. What 469 00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:07.360 that means is customers can't get their driver licenses or real ID cards processed. 470 00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:12.840 Other services are still available online. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US 471 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:16.480 will respond decisively to any aggression against US troops in the Middle East. Comments 472 00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:22.719 following the attacks by Iranian backed militants in Jordan that killed three US service members 473 00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:28.000 and injured dozens. Blinken said the US response against Iran could be multi leveled 474 00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:31.559 and sustained over time. Team USA is going to be getting some gold medals. 475 00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:37.199 The US figure skating team finished second at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, 476 00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:43.920 but the International Limic Committee has stripped Russian skater Camilla Villa Villieva of her gold 477 00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:49.320 for doping. That puts Team USA in first place, and the IOC says, 478 00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:52.559 the team's going to get those gold medals. We're just minutes away from 479 00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:57.239 handle. On the news this morning, Elon Musk says the first neurolink implant 480 00:36:57.239 --> 00:37:01.559 has been put into a human brain, which allow paralyzed and severely impaired people 481 00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:07.239 to move just by thinking right now. Right now, I'm thinking that it's 482 00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:14.440 time to say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, Americans are literally 483 00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:19.519 betting that the economy is plugging along, betting billions that the economy is going 484 00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:22.679 to be better this year than it was last year and may be better next 485 00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:25.719 year as well. Because things are reflected in some of these numbers coming from 486 00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:32.360 the American Gaming Association about casino gambling. People are spending more and individually spending 487 00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:37.039 or placing bigger bets at casinos around the country. Also have, of course, 488 00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:42.800 the increase in online betting that's happening in some parts of the country. 489 00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:45.159 But yeah, if you look at a state by state breakdown, it's not 490 00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:50.760 an across the board kind of thing. Right the November of twenty twenty three, 491 00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:53.639 the commercial gaming revenue, so California isn't factored in here because those are 492 00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:59.239 Indian casinos there, But if you look at some of the others in the 493 00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:04.239 neighboring states, you'll see a pretty dramatic increase in casino gambling. For example, 494 00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:08.639 in Main forty one percent increase, Massa Chusett saw fifty six percent increase. 495 00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:13.559 Nebraska is gaming and you know, it's just kind of catching hold there, 496 00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:17.880 but it rows one hundred percent from one November to the next. And 497 00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:23.440 that's just whoever's watching these numbers are saying that when people are more willing to 498 00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:29.400 sort of throw away their money, it's because they had because the economy's plugging 499 00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:31.639 along. Well, yeah, I mean that's one there. The other theory, 500 00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:36.719 of course, is that if you're feeling insecure about your finances, your 501 00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:38.960 funds. You know, maybe you go out and try to gamble to make 502 00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:42.519 up some of the losses, but at the same time, you have to 503 00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:45.360 have time off of work to do something like that, right, or maybe 504 00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:51.079 you're unemployed in taking what little you have your your unemployment check to the gaming 505 00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:53.440 establishments. I think the jury is still out on exactly what this all means, 506 00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:58.559 whether it's a good thing or suggests that the economy is strong, or 507 00:38:58.960 --> 00:39:01.639 whether it suggests that things are kind of in trouble, that people are feeling 508 00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:06.880 insecure about their funds. If you look at a new survey from News Nation 509 00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:12.199 Decision detskhe Q, about ninety percent of voters say they are very concerned or 510 00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:16.360 someone concerned about inflation for the rest of twenty twenty four. So it may 511 00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:21.840 point in the opposite direction from what some economists are saying. So it may 512 00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:25.519 actually be that people are super desperate and just grasping at straws to try to 513 00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:30.159 make hans meet. That's not great. Well, that are going on collecting 514 00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:35.360 cans or doing something. You know, it's not a sure thing by any 515 00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:39.679 stretch. Collecting cans is, but gambling isn't. So you know, I 516 00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:43.559 don't know what it says about the American psyche. Yeah, so, and 517 00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:50.119 you mentioned that more states are allowing commercial gambling. Does who benefits from that? 518 00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:53.360 I mean, like three hundred and twenty nine billion dollars in economic activity? 519 00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:58.599 Does that translate to a bunch of extra tax revenue or who's who's making 520 00:39:58.639 --> 00:40:00.679 the money on this? Well? Yeah, indipodial owners. Yeah, I 521 00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:05.199 think a lot of it. And it depends upon which legislature you're talking about 522 00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:08.239 and how those funds are allocated. I know here in Texas when the lotter, 523 00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:12.679 we don't have casino gambling here, might never have it in Texas. 524 00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:16.880 But when the lottery first was coming about, the big concern, the promise 525 00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:22.000 at least was that funds would go toward education. Well, during the next 526 00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:25.159 legislative session, the budget was way down. They needed money for the general 527 00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:30.000 fund, and so it was diverted from education into the general fund. So 528 00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:36.760 I guess it benefits somebody, whether it's education or some other program or what. 529 00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:39.760 But yeah, that's again sort of a state by state kind of thing, 530 00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:45.400 depending upon where you live where that casino money goes. But I mean, 531 00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:49.119 at least to hear the American gaming Association and consider it the source. 532 00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:53.400 Of course that it's a big revenue generator for states, it's a big employer. 533 00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:57.559 We know that thousands of people work in the industry, But what does 534 00:40:57.599 --> 00:41:00.360 it say about the overall economy. It's hard to say. Well, all 535 00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:04.480 I know, Jim, is all this talk about gambling makes me really want 536 00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:07.800 to go to Las Vegas. I haven't been there for a while. I've 537 00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:09.960 got a little money to burn. Yeah, not much, but you know, 538 00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:13.280 yeah, my brother blows a lot of money at the Indioe casino. 539 00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:15.119 He lives in San Francisco. Oh yeah, yeah, he drops a bunch 540 00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:19.880 of change there every weekend. You know what. It's interesting that I love 541 00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:24.760 to gamble on occasion, but I don't really like to do it at the 542 00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:29.519 Indian gaming casinos. I like to go to Vegas, like. I don't 543 00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:32.239 like that it's available close to me, that I have to go somewhere far. 544 00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:36.039 Yeah. Right, maybe that's a good philosophy, a good way to 545 00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:37.480 look at it. We'll see, all right, gambling, but I hate 546 00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:40.920 losing, I know, right, Jim Ryan, thanks so much for your 547 00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:44.840 time this morning. I appreciate it. All right, let's get back to 548 00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:46.360 some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A 549 00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:52.239 woman in downtown la is offering a reward for whomever can help return her stolen 550 00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:59.519 French bulldog, Onyx. Ali Zacharias tells the John Cobalt Show that someone grabbed 551 00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:02.440 her dog Whole Foods on January eighteenth, so she went after the thief by 552 00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:06.920 jumping onto their car. She says she held onto the wipers as the car 553 00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:09.599 sped off. It was about two long blocks, which felt like ten miles, 554 00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:13.360 and then she fell off, shot up, and I was whimpering, 555 00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:15.880 and I felt defeated, and I felt so confused, and I felt so 556 00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:19.880 sad my dog was gone. Police are looking for a white Kia Forte with 557 00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:24.079 a missing hubcap. Onyx is black with a spotted coat and two different colored 558 00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:29.280 eyes. The mother of an Almonte police officer killed in an ambush says a 559 00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:31.800 nine to one to one dispatcher failed to warn her son he was approaching a 560 00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:37.159 man with a gun. Oga Garcia says her son, Officer Joseph Santana, 561 00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:40.079 would still be alive if the dispatcher had done her job. I'm very upset, 562 00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:46.480 especially that the Chief Fisher comes out and says that he supports the dispatcher's 563 00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:52.840 actions like that's like a disgrace to US officers. Santana and Michael Parades were 564 00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:57.800 killed in twenty twenty two responding to a stabbing. Elmonte. PDE says it 565 00:42:57.840 --> 00:43:04.039 has reviewed body cam footage and call logs and has found no wrongdoing. Well, 566 00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:08.039 this feels wrong. Amazon Prime has started to air commercials on its streaming 567 00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:12.800 service. Users who did not agree to pay an extra two ninety nine a 568 00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:15.719 month for the ad free option started to see the limited ads on Monday. 569 00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:21.320 The company said in September. The extra charge will allow them to continue investing 570 00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:25.000 in compelling content. I went to turn on my Amazon Prime last night, 571 00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:29.880 got the little pop up message and I said, not now, But I 572 00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:31.920 didn't see any ads yet. I would imagine they'll be popping up any old 573 00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:37.119 time. Hey, very excited. Jackie has laid another egg. Of course, 574 00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:40.800 she's one of Big Bear's famous bald eagles. The couple has its second 575 00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:45.119 egg of the winter. Jackie laid that second egg on Sunday afternoon. The 576 00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:51.079 first one was dropped on Thursday. Now. For the past several years, 577 00:43:51.159 --> 00:43:53.960 Jackie and her partner Shadow have been on a twenty four to seven live stream 578 00:43:54.119 --> 00:43:57.920 run by friends of Big Bear Valley. You can watch it on YouTube. 579 00:43:58.159 --> 00:44:01.719 It's being watched by tens of thousands of people, including me. None of 580 00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:06.360 Jackie's eggs hatched last year, so we're hoping for a better result this year, 581 00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:09.079 and we'll be watching. You've been listening to Wake Up Call with me, 582 00:44:09.320 --> 00:44:13.760 Amy King. You can always hear Wake Up Call five to six am 583 00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:20.079 Monday through Friday on KFI AM six forty and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.