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 --> 00:00:11.480 demand on the iHeartRadio app. I have to say I'm a little bit sad 3 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:18.519 today because of the sad state of our elections. We have the ability to 4 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:22.640 do something that a lot of people just don't they don't have. We get 5 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:28.359 to choose who our leaders are, we get to choose what the government gets 6 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:33.880 to do. And projections in La County are that the voter turnout is like 7 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:39.920 thirty percent, thirty percent, And it reminds me of right after the Iraq 8 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:45.000 War when they got to they had ousted Saddam Hussein and they got to vote 9 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:49.479 in elections in a real election for the first time for many of them, 10 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:53.880 the first time in their lifetimes. And when they voted, they stuck their 11 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:58.479 thumb print in purple ink, you know, to show that they had already 12 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:00.640 voted, so they couldn't vote more than one. And there were all these 13 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:07.560 pictures and videos of people standing crowds and hundreds and hundreds of people standing there 14 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:11.280 with their thumbs up with the purple showing because they were so excited that they 15 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:19.280 got the right to vote finally, And we just don't even do. It 16 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:23.760 makes me sad. Anyway, that was my rant for the day, and 17 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:26.640 now let's move on because we got a lot going on today. Here's what's 18 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:30.480 ahead on wake Up Call. It's not a sweep, but it was closed. 19 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:34.640 Former President Trump is projected to win all of the Super Tuesday states except 20 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:40.799 for Vermont. Nicki Haley took that one, and Nicki Haley will apparently suspend 21 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:44.760 her presidential campaign when she speaks this morning seven o'clock our time. She is 22 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:49.400 not expected to endorse Trump, at least not yet, and instead encourage him 23 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:53.319 to convince the people who have been voting for her why they should vote for 24 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:57.000 him. We'll see what she has to say at seven. Democrat Adam Schiff 25 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.560 and Republican Steve Garvey, you're going to go head to head for the US 26 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:04.760 Senate held for decades by Diane Feinstein. They're in a pretty much tie for 27 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:07.879 the primary. That knocks Katie Porter and Barbara Lee out of contention. The 28 00:02:07.960 --> 00:02:13.840 race will be decided in the November general election, and of course six oh 29 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:15.520 five it's handled on the news. Handle's going to have a lot more to 30 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:22.360 say about the election and the results from yesterday's Super Tuesday. Let's get started 31 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:24.199 with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 32 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:28.000 As I just mentioned, Nicki Haley is said to be dropping out of the 33 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:30.000 race for president. She won just one state on Super Tuesday, it was 34 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:36.400 Vermont, and had only one Washington, d C's Republican primary before yesterday. 35 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:42.479 ABC's Stephen Portnoy says Haley is expected to announce this morning she's suspending her campaign. 36 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:45.719 We're told that in her remarks she will not endorse Donald Trump, who 37 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:50.439 becomes the presumptive GOP nominee with Haley's exit from the race. Sources say today 38 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:53.840 Haley will urge Trump to earn the votes of her supporters. Exit polls show 39 00:02:53.919 --> 00:03:02.280 Hailey's support among independents in the suburbs could be a challenge for Trump. Protesters 40 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:07.879 calling for a ceasefire and Gaza interrupted Representative Adam Schiff's victory speech in Hollywood. 41 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:13.000 Several protesters were escorted out of the venue by security last night, but Schiff 42 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:16.159 still said he supports the group's right to protest. We are so lucky, 43 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:22.039 so lucky to live in a democracy where we all have the rights to protest. 44 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:24.599 We are so lucky to live in that kind of democracy. Share we 45 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:29.840 want to make sure that we keep this kind of democracy. Schiff and Republican 46 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:34.520 Steve Garvey are the projected top two finishers from last night's vote for California's open 47 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:38.639 US Senate seat. They'll face off against each other for the seat in the 48 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:43.080 November election. More than sixty percent of voters in LA have said yes to 49 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:47.199 a city measure to put La on a so called road diet. Measure HLA 50 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:53.360 would require the installation of street modifications aimed at making roads safer for pedestrians and 51 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:59.680 bicyclists. Firefighter unions in LA have been very outspoken against the measures, saying 52 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:04.879 it's slow response times. Previous efforts to narrow roads or eliminate traffic lanes have 53 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:10.439 been criticized for causing a lot of traffic congestion. Looks like we're going to 54 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:14.159 get more of it. State leaders have demanded the FEDS pay one hundred million 55 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:18.639 dollars in damages caused by a fire in Testine that destroyed a Navy blimpanger. 56 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:25.279 State Senator Josh Newman says the fire started in November and put asbestos into the 57 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:28.279 air for twenty four days. The city's doing the work on behalf of the 58 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:30.800 Navy. The big fear is that the city will run out of money. 59 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:32.959 The Navy will not have conveyed their money yet, so the work will stop 60 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:36.879 on the project. That will compound the problems but also the cost over Ton 61 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:44.079 Newman says the fire has impacted more than fifteen hundred homes, twenty nine schools, 62 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:48.439 and fifteen thousand people. He says the one hundred million dollars in damages 63 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:56.480 is more than the city's entire fiscal budget for this year. From the Southern 64 00:04:56.480 --> 00:05:00.959 California Toyota Dealers Traffic Center, let's go place. Say, let's go to 65 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:04.920 Nipoliokani and take a first look at your morning commute. Good morning. I 66 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:08.279 mean it's gonna be a bit busy for folks that are making the way up 67 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:11.040 through the Riverside area and Rubudou as well. On the westbound side of the 68 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:13.879 sixty coming out of the Riverside interchange with the sixteen ninety one and two fifteen 69 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:15.639 and Split sixty westbound going to be a heavy drive for you and should make 70 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:19.680 your way out over the Rubudou area getting into pretty much the Glenavon and horupa 71 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:23.519 stretch of the sixty as you make right toward Valley Way and should make you 72 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:27.040 a little bit further westbound toward Pyrite. Looks like a better drive as you 73 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:29.800 make your way westbound along the ninety one riverside to the Corona, stretches of 74 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:31.360 slowing for you already showing up. No big shaker from Tyler as you make 75 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:34.480 ready on the fifteen and the seventy one toward the two forty one toll road, 76 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:36.720 and then it loosens up for the most part. I should make way 77 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:41.000 for their westbound on the ninety one as you continue through the Santana Canyon, 78 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:44.519 Orblanda and Anaheim Hills, continuing toward the fifty five. Kind of to something 79 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:47.160 slowing down your drive Pound two fifteen. Your cell phone keyword is KFI traffic. 80 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:50.560 Got some issues for your drive? Are right around the five one thirty 81 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:54.879 four and the two. Looks like that's overnight coltrans work that's been wrapping up 82 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:57.879 from the overnight in early morning hours. A little slow going for you on 83 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:00.639 the eastbun side of the one thirty four and all so seeing a few the 84 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:02.279 lace for you around the two. Can't find this guy helps get to there 85 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:06.680 faster. I'm Nick Poli o'kiney. Thank you, Nick. Now it's time 86 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:11.600 to say good morning to ABC's Karen Travers at the White House. Karen, 87 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:17.680 So, President Biden is coming off his big Super Tuesday win. He's going 88 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:23.360 after shrink flation. Okay, so any he brought out the big guns to 89 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:28.480 help him with this one. I assume you're talking about one of our favorite 90 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:31.279 muppets. Okay, yes, the Cookie Monster. Yeah. I never thought 91 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:35.480 I would be recording a piece where I had to quote Cookie Monster, but 92 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:40.199 I did that yesterday. And I never thought we would be talking about Cookie 93 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.360 Monster at the White House press briefing, or have the President of the United 94 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:46.720 States also be quoting Cookie Monster. But here we are very strange times in 95 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:50.240 twenty twenty four. Cookie Monster. For those who might not know this story 96 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:55.240 from the other day, Cookie Monster is getting in on the economic news and 97 00:06:55.560 --> 00:07:00.920 was talking the other day on x the platform formerly known as Twitter about how 98 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:04.399 his cookies are getting smaller and he's noticing this, but he's paying the same 99 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:08.600 price. As the President put it, So, shrink flation. This concept, 100 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:11.600 so called shrink flation, where you know, you look at your bag 101 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:15.040 of chips, and you're paying more for it, but the bag is now 102 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:18.199 half empty as opposed to being full. And the President has talked about this 103 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:24.480 often and is trying to target some of these big companies, the corporation snack 104 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:29.720 companies for raising prices and thinking that consumers aren't going to notice. And he 105 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:31.519 said, you know, well, you know who is noticing. Cookie Monster 106 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:34.040 is noticing. And the President got a kick out of this, saying he 107 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:39.000 was actually stunned that this was real, that the cookie Monster actually had tweeted 108 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:43.839 about this the other day. But this is a part of the administration's effort 109 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:46.560 to bring down cost for Americans. You know, they're trying to go after 110 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:51.800 junk fees, whether that's for hotel bookings, airline bookings, tickets for concerts 111 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:57.360 and things like that. They're not doing something necessarily on the price of your 112 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:00.680 potato chips or how you know, cookie Monster is getting cookies. But they're 113 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:03.800 trying to call out companies for what they're doing on this. But yesterday they 114 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:09.639 did take some action. They closed a loophole and issued a new rule for 115 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:13.360 credit card late fees, and it's going to bring down the typical credit card 116 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:18.920 late fee from about thirty two dollars to eight dollars a cap now at eight 117 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:22.680 dollars, and the White House says this is going to save collectively families ten 118 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:28.360 ten billion dollars a year in late fees and the average family is going to 119 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:31.519 save them about two hundred and twenty dollars for people who have typically have to 120 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:35.039 pay late fees. So it's not, you know, insubstantial for people and 121 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:39.559 something that they can have one less worry about. So here's my question. 122 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:43.559 I'm wondering if anybody asked about this yesterday. On the face it sounds great 123 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:48.799 you instead a thirty two and average of thirty two sometimes higher, it's eight 124 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:54.559 dollars, But then does it become less of a deterrent to make late payments 125 00:08:54.679 --> 00:09:01.360 because it's only eight dollars and so the financial bite isn't as much, So 126 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:05.720 it's sort of like getting a tiny little snap on the wrist. Is yeah, 127 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:07.679 Like it's a great question, and it didn't come up yesterday at the 128 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:11.480 briefing. But the idea then, you know that the punishment, if you 129 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:15.519 will quote unquote, is you know less now, so why not? But 130 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:18.440 you know, I think the idea though, is that for people who are 131 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:22.000 carrying this that you know, forty one is a lot, thirty two is 132 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:24.919 a lot, and even eight is a lot. So that two hundred and 133 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:28.559 twenty dollars that they're saving, it's substantial for people if you know, you're 134 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:31.240 really working around the margins here. But that's it's not a bad point, 135 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:35.840 and it's not something that the administration addressed specifically yesterday, but I'm sure it's 136 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:41.600 something that people are considering. Yeah, and I'm wondering in the whole scheme 137 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:45.840 of junk fees, which there are a lot of them. Yeah, like 138 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:50.279 if if baggage fees are going to come under fire because I just heard the 139 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:52.799 Delta is increasing their baggage fees, why are they doing that? Are there 140 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:56.200 costs higher? Are they just trying to make money? That one seems more 141 00:09:56.279 --> 00:10:01.440 like it's a less punitive one and more just fee. So it'd be interesting 142 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:03.399 to see what other things that they roll out. Yeah, Yeah, and 143 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:07.720 it's you know, it could be something that's being considered. It's not clear. 144 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:11.840 You know, they're certainly trying to do those things where you know, 145 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:18.159 companies can obviously charge certain things for products or for services, but you know 146 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:20.720 where they've been trying to really go after some of the companies, or like 147 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:24.000 the hidden cost where you're checking out and all of a sudden you get to 148 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:26.399 the end of the process and you're like, wait a minute, I thought 149 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:30.639 this was seventy five dollars and suddenly it jumps up to one hundred dollars and 150 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:33.919 you didn't know that throughout the whole process. And that's not necessarily a junk 151 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:37.919 fee, but it's a hidden fee. It's a hidden cost that you didn't 152 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:43.519 realize. They've been really pushing for greater transparency in payment processes, and I 153 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:46.600 think that's something that most people can certainly get behind. We all appreciate that 154 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:52.720 when you're booking a hotel or an airline ticket or concert tickets of course too. 155 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:54.120 All right, and if you all listen to the president, maybe you'll 156 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:58.639 listen to the cost. Somebody has to a right. Karen Drivers, thank 157 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:01.039 you so much for your information this. Thank you. All right, let's 158 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:03.799 get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour 159 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:07.440 newsroom. LA County Supervisor Catherine Barker has been re elected to a third and 160 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:11.480 final term. Supervisor Janis han Appiers also to be headed for a third term. 161 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:16.559 She's leading over former sheriff alex Vinaweva and the mayor of Rancho Palace Verdies 162 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:20.480 and Supervisor Holly Mitchell has easily won a second term. Of course, these 163 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:24.639 are all preliminary results. We're not going to have final callies until all the 164 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:26.799 mail in votes are counted, and that's going to be sometime next week. 165 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:33.840 Exit polls show Republican primary voters in California think the economy is the top issue 166 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:37.559 when choosing which presidential candidate to vote for. Coming in a close second is 167 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:43.720 immigration. Fifty five percent of the Republican voters in the NBC poll say the 168 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:48.720 economy is in poor condition, and seventy eight percent say they think Donald Trump 169 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:54.240 would handle the economy better than Nikki Hayley or any other presidential candidate. Voters 170 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:58.639 in California appear to be almost evenly split on a measure to update the state's 171 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:03.240 mental health system. Governor Newsom has campaigned heavily for Proposition one. He says 172 00:12:03.320 --> 00:12:07.600 it's needed to address the state's homelessness crisis by boosting investments in housing and substance 173 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:13.639 use programs. Social providers say they're worried it would threaten programs that are keeping 174 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:18.159 people from becoming homeless in the first place. Prop one had just over fifty 175 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:22.759 percent of the vote this morning. It could take days to tallly the final 176 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:26.759 results. A bill being considered in the state Assembly would force detectives to take 177 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:31.519 a second look at unsolved murders. Written by local Democrat Mike Gibbson, the 178 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:35.320 bill directs a review of a murder case if requested by an official representative of 179 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:37.840 the victim. If during the review, new evidence or leads are discovered, 180 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:43.200 then investigators would legally have to reinvestigate the case. Only cases older than a 181 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:46.200 year from the official request would be eligible, and the original detective would be 182 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:50.960 prohibited from investigating it twice. The bill does allow agencies to be reimbursed by 183 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:56.559 the state for any costs associated with the investigation. Steve Gregory King of Fine 184 00:12:56.600 --> 00:13:01.399 News, police are looking two or for whomever posted on social media suggesting guns 185 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:05.120 would be taken to Paul High School in Riverside. Police are trying to trace 186 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:09.919 the Instagram account that posted photos of guns after several fights broke out at the 187 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:13.440 school last week. Riverside PDS Ryan Railsback says the threats have not been proven 188 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:16.960 credible and says students have done this in the past to create a disruption. 189 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:20.080 Well, that's what it is. It's basically, you know what we've been 190 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:26.159 terming it is, you know, online swatting or cyber swatting. Railsback says 191 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.759 the school and the police are taking the situation seriously and have had police on 192 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:33.320 campus since they were informed of the threats. The school released a statement on 193 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:37.480 Instagram Monday saying everything was going smoothly and students were being monitored. Chris Adler 194 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:43.639 KFI News. Amtrak is set to resume service through San Clemente, where cliff 195 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:48.240 side erosion has forced several shutdowns of rail operations since last year. The tracks 196 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:52.519 have been closed for the last six weeks. Metrolink service is not ready to 197 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:58.440 yet restart service. Construction crews have been building a wall at Mariposa Point to 198 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:01.559 keep debris from falling on to the tracks, and they're going to continue to 199 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:07.559 do those operations. There will be two Amtrak trains running each day. A 200 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:13.480 children's hospital and Long Beach Airport have worked together to make traveling easy for kids 201 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:18.720 with neurological conditions. It's kind of cool. The airport hosted an event last 202 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:24.480 weekend where kids immerse themselves in airport culture by traveling through TSA, walking out 203 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:28.519 onto the tarmac, checking out baggage claim and also watching planes take off. 204 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:31.559 The hosts of the events say everyone, regardless of ability, should be able 205 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:35.399 to navigate the world. When we come back, we're going to be talking 206 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:41.159 with KTLA's tech reporter Richdmiro about what the heck happened with Facebook and Instagram yesterday 207 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:45.799 and how Ways is going to start alerting you to more hazards on the roadways. 208 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:50.879 You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI Am six forty. 209 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:54.759 Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. With less than 210 00:14:54.799 --> 00:15:00.320 half the votes counted in La County, DA, George Gascone is lee the 211 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:03.159 pack with twenty two percent of the vote. Nathan Hackman has eighteen percent. 212 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:09.000 In Deputy DA, Jonathan Hatommi is in third place. Eleven people are challenging 213 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:13.279 Gascon, who has been criticized for being too soft on crime. Looks like 214 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:16.399 we're going on a road diet. Measure HLA is passing with more than sixty 215 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:20.879 percent of the voter saying yes to the measure that we'd add hundreds of miles 216 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:24.679 of bus and bicycle lanes and take away traffic lanes for cars. Amtrak will 217 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:30.399 resume service between San Diego and Orange County for the first time in six weeks. 218 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:33.240 Trains are going to run through San Clementy two times a day in the 219 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:37.759 morning and the evening, and then in between the trains cranes crews are going 220 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:39.799 to be spending the rest of the day working on that barrier wall to help 221 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:45.360 protect the tracks from landslides that have closed the tracks at six oho five. 222 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:48.559 It's handle on the news. Seventy percent of Americans don't want it, but 223 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:52.200 it looks like we're going to get a rematch of the twenty twenty presidential election 224 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:58.720 between Biden and Trump. Let's say good morning now to the host of richon 225 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:03.559 Tech on KFI and KTLA's tech reporter, Rich DeMuro. Rich, we got 226 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:07.000 a mega meltdown or a meta meltdown. Yeah, good morning to you. 227 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:12.440 What happened? This happened yesterday morning. It came fast and furious. I 228 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:15.879 started getting the texts from folks saying, Rich, I can't log into my 229 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:21.639 Instagram or my Facebook, mostly Facebook, but couldn't scroll Instagram and yes, 230 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:23.919 it turned out to be a pretty major outage for Facebook, Instagram, and 231 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:30.159 threads. They were down globally for about two hours starting yesterday around seven am. 232 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:32.120 A lot of people, like I said, could not log in, 233 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:36.200 they couldn't refresh their feed, They just had trouble overall accessing the platforms. 234 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:40.480 A lot of people were worried that they were hacked because they didn't do anything 235 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:45.440 differently except just open up their app. Facebook said that this was a let's 236 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:49.200 see what they say. They said it was a technical issue, and we 237 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:55.039 quickly resolved the issue as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any convenience. 238 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:57.200 Does not sound like it was a major hack. Sounds like some sort 239 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:02.960 of software update. They did update the messaging capabilities on Instagram, but we're 240 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:07.000 not sure if that took down the whole system. Okay, And so when 241 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:08.920 I tried to log into my Facebook yesterday right after I heard about it, 242 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:11.720 I went, oh, well, go check mine, and it said that 243 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:17.400 I needed to log in again. And you need to be careful when you 244 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:21.079 see that message. Why, oh yeah, because you never know if that's 245 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:23.880 fishing, so be very careful, especially it could be two things. Number 246 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:26.759 One, it could be you know, if the site was under a hack 247 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:32.680 attack, that could be scary to be submitting your information during that time. 248 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:37.039 But generally when you see that hey, log in again when you don't expect 249 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:41.880 it, always be a little bit careful, or very careful, I should 250 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:45.119 say, because if you're not expecting something, that's when the trouble starts. 251 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:49.079 Okay, So then how do you know when it's okay to log in again? 252 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:52.839 Because after they said, oh, we've got it fixed, I went 253 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:53.680 and it said log in, and I went, wait a second, I 254 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:56.000 don't want to do that. So I turned the phone off and turned it 255 00:17:56.039 --> 00:18:00.400 back on, and it logged me in automatically. Yeah, exactly. See, 256 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:02.839 their systems were back up, and I think you know a lot of 257 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:06.799 people were sitting there just like refreshing and refreshing and logging in a bunch of 258 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:08.720 times. When something like that happens, if you're not expecting it, like 259 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:12.599 I said, and I'm reporting that there's some sort of outage, it's best 260 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:17.680 to just sit back and wait until you get the all clear to get back 261 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:21.240 in because you just don't know what's happening in that time. If someone's intercepting 262 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:25.279 these logins, or if there is something malicious going on. So it's always 263 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:26.720 best to just kind of sit back. Like I said, if you're not 264 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:30.079 expecting it and something's kind of odd, then you know, that's when you 265 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:33.920 want to wait. We get that caveat emptor thing with so many things in 266 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:37.799 life today, and now Facebook and Instagram are that too. You just have 267 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:41.599 to be skeptical. That's the thing. It's really, you know, with 268 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:45.559 all these scams that are happening out there. Again, if it's not expected 269 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:48.480 and you're like, wait a second, this works every single time I go 270 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:51.599 here, except right now, let me pause, let me take a break, 271 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:55.039 and let me see what's going on. And we all survived without Facebook 272 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:57.240 and Instagram for two whole hours yesterday. I'm very proud of It wasn't easy. 273 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:03.799 Okay, let's move on. So we've got iOS seventeen point four. 274 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:07.640 Anything new and exciting in this new update. Not a whole lot that you 275 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:11.519 need to know, But they're setting themselves up for these big changes happening over 276 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:15.720 in the European Union, where now people get a choice of a default browser, 277 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:21.039 which is kind of interesting. I also noticed that they by default will 278 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:25.079 ask you if you want to turn on this stolen device protection security, so 279 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:27.599 I enabled it. It's probably a good thing to enable. Basically, if 280 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:32.319 someone gets your pass code to your phone, they can't do as much damage 281 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:34.920 as they were able to do before. So that's now an option right when 282 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:40.920 you update. And then Apple Podcasts now has automatic transcriptions in sync with the 283 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:42.880 audio, and that's going to make it easier to find things that people mentioned 284 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:47.839 in a podcast. And of course, Amy there's some new emoji. I 285 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:51.079 don't get excited about the new emojis, but you know there's a couple like 286 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:55.559 a lime slice a mushroom. I mean, I don't know what does that 287 00:19:55.640 --> 00:20:00.279 mean? A lime slice and a mushroom? Okay, whatever, Yeah, 288 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:03.880 yeah, I too do not get excited about emojis, but every once in 289 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:07.160 a while you go, oh, that one's kind of cute. So whatever, 290 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.680 Yeah, if you find the right one, it's great. Okay. 291 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:12.359 So, speaking of finding things, if you need to find where you go 292 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.680 or you need to go a lot of times you turn to Ways, and 293 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:22.079 Ways has some new enhancements. Yeah. Ways is interesting because you know, 294 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:27.000 they're just really continuing to evolve their offering. So first thing that's interesting is 295 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:33.000 that they've got this this feature that will let you know when there's a first 296 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:37.519 responder up ahead. So that's something that we're seeing in the auto industry more 297 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:41.440 and more, both built into cars and also these apps where it will tell 298 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:44.119 you, like, hey, heads up, there might be a disabled vehicle 299 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:48.720 up ahead, and also a you know, first responder so that you understand 300 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:51.559 that and you can slow down before you get there. Right, right, 301 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:53.880 Because the way it is now, it'll tell you if there's a car like 302 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:56.559 on the side of the road, and it'll tell you if there's police ahead, 303 00:20:56.599 --> 00:21:00.920 but it doesn't really specify what's going on, right, And this is 304 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:06.279 more of a system that is they're partnering with a third party company and there's 305 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.839 two of them out there that are doing this, that are trying to get 306 00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:14.000 these alerts into the cars from other cars. So like basically if you put 307 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:18.759 your flashers on, that would signal to other cars and send this message to 308 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:22.680 other systems like ways and also other car dashboards. So it's kind of like 309 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:26.359 a little bit more involved than like people reporting it. It's like self reporting. 310 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:30.799 Okay, well, that's cool. We love improvements and anytime I have 311 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:34.200 more information when I'm driving, it makes me happy. Because it's like, 312 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:37.279 why am I slowing down? And if you have at least an idea of 313 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:41.240 it, then you know, I don't know. I guess that would freeth 314 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:44.680 a little easier or something. I always get mad when traffic starts speeding up 315 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:48.079 after you've been going two miles an hour and there's nothing there. There's nothing 316 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:49.359 there, and you're like, what just happened? But it was probably like 317 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:52.880 a you know, tire in the road or something that someone moved out of 318 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:55.960 the way, or a car that just kept going. But my kids love 319 00:21:56.200 --> 00:22:00.480 when we use ways. They love doing the reports, like Dad, police, 320 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:04.119 report it car ditsabled in five four three two, Yes, it's still 321 00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:07.599 there, report it, it's still there. I love that. And then 322 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:11.119 I like when you get to the end of your drive and then it tells 323 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:15.759 you, hey, you you helped one hundred and fifty wazers today. I'm 324 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:18.759 like, I did something good today. Yeah, all right, I should 325 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:22.160 reward myself with a Starbucks. Well, we did something good today. We 326 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:25.160 got to talk to you. And you can hear lots more from Rich Demiro 327 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:27.960 because he has his very own show right here on KFI and it is on 328 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:33.319 Saturdays from eleven to two. It's called rich on Tech on KFI. You 329 00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:37.279 can also follow Rich on Instagram at rich on Tech and his website is rich 330 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:40.640 on tech dot tv. So much great information. Thank you so much. 331 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:44.240 Rich all right, thanks for having me. Have a great, great afternoon. 332 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:45.759 It's not even a morning yet. We got to get through the morning 333 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:48.519 for I know, all right, I'm just jumping ahead. Let's get back 334 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:52.119 to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news room. 335 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:55.599 Nikki Hayley is getting out of the race for president. She's expected to 336 00:22:55.640 --> 00:23:00.359 announce later this morning that she is suspending her campaign, which leaves former President 337 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:04.119 Trump is the last major candidate standing for the twenty twenty four Republican nomination. 338 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:08.759 Hayley has called him diminished and unhinged, and said recently that she is not 339 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:15.799 obligated to endorse him. North Carolina is Republican Lieutenant governor Mark Robinson has won 340 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:21.640 the primary for governor. One of Robinson's campaign promises is to abolish abortion rights 341 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:26.240 and crack down on LGBTQ legislation. Robinson, who is black, previously called 342 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:33.400 the civil rights movement crap and called the existence of the Holocaust hogwash. Former 343 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:37.240 President Trump endorsed Robinson over the weekend, calling him Martin Luther King on steroids. 344 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:41.279 Nearly two hundred and thirty people have been arrested in an eight day human 345 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:47.160 trafficking operation in Florida. Sheriff Grady judds as a teacher, coaches, medical 346 00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:51.839 professionals, and active military members were among those arrested. So was a former 347 00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:56.680 Polk County detention deputy. What are you doing? You went from being a 348 00:23:56.799 --> 00:24:06.279 speller employee to committing morals crimes? Judge or Judd Rather announced yesterday. Twenty 349 00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:08.920 one of those arrested are believed to be in the US illegally. He says. 350 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:15.200 Of the sixty six prostitutes arrested during the investigation, thirteen were identified as 351 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:21.440 possible human trafficking victims. California is coming for New York's title for best pizza. 352 00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:25.799 A poll from Pizzello ranked the best pizza in the country over the past 353 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:30.880 year. While New York still holds the number one spot, cities in California 354 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:33.319 showed up on the top two hundred and fifty more than thirty times. The 355 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:37.160 study says La ranked third with an average score of four point five to nine, 356 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:42.720 and its pizza scene is as diverse as its population. Fullerton ranked six. 357 00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.559 When we come back, Amy's on it. Yep, that's me. 358 00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:49.799 I'm going to be taking a look at one of the Academy Award nominated movies 359 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:56.319 and I'll just say that I'll see if I can stay composed for it. 360 00:24:56.119 --> 00:25:00.920 At your hint, you're listening to Wake Up Call on Demand from KFI Am 361 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:06.400 six forty. Here's what we're following this Wednesday morning in the KFI twenty four 362 00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:10.119 hour newsroom. It wasn't a suite, but it was close. Former President 363 00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:15.480 Trump is the projected winner in all the Super Tuesday states except for Vermont. 364 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:19.400 Nikki Haley won that one, and apparently that's one of only two that she 365 00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:25.640 will ever win because she is planning to suspend her presidential campaign. She's speaking 366 00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:29.839 this morning around seven o'clock. She is not expected to endorse Trump, at 367 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:33.480 least not yet, and instead will encourage him to convince the people who have 368 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:37.119 voted for her why they should vote for him. LA City Councilman Kevin D. 369 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:41.160 Leone may have successfully weathered the storm that followed the release of that racist 370 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:47.359 audio tape that led to the resignation of former Council President Nuri Martinez da Leone 371 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:51.720 is leading the race for the fourteenth district seat twenty nine percent of the vote. 372 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:56.440 Miguel Santiago is in second with twenty two percent. At six oh five, 373 00:25:56.480 --> 00:26:00.319 it's handle on the news. Hamas has accused Israel of stalling when it 374 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:03.960 comes to an exchange of prisoners and a ceasefire deal in Gaza. At five 375 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:07.519 point fifty, it's a gold rush and we've got ABC's Jim Ryan to tell 376 00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:15.640 us all about it. Aamie's on it, Aami's on it, Aami's on 377 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:22.839 it, Damie's on it. What am I on? I'm on streaming shows. 378 00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:27.079 There's so much out there, whether it's brand new or older, or 379 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:32.160 it's a series or it's a documentary, there's a lot, a lot, 380 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:36.839 a lot of content out there. So I take recommendations from friends and co 381 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:41.720 workers and relatives too sometimes, although mom doesn't do a very good job recommending 382 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:45.720 stuff, and then I pass those recommendations along to you. So here's what 383 00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:52.039 I'm on this week. It's a movie called Maestro, and it is nominated 384 00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:55.359 for an Academy Award. Of course, the Academy Award's coming up this Sunday 385 00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:59.720 and it stars Bradley Cooper, Carrie Mulligan, Sarah Silverman didn't know she was 386 00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:06.720 in just good job. So the movie opens with an older Leonard Bernstein and 387 00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:15.519 it's a story of his life. It is a amazing how real Bradley Cooper 388 00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:18.400 looks. He's obviously it's an older person. So who He's got a ton 389 00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:23.440 of makeup on. But I think he should win Best Makeup because Bradley Cooper 390 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:30.279 looks like he's I don't know, forty years older and they do an amazing 391 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:34.079 job. They also show him in the movie playing the piano. I don't 392 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:38.319 know if he plays the piano, but impressive. If he does, maybe 393 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:42.519 it's a I I wonder if that's a thing. But anyway, Okay, 394 00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:45.480 So the bulk of the story set at least the start of the story is 395 00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:51.279 set in the forties because of I'm guessing that because of Hitler references. And 396 00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:56.799 Bernstein gets his big shot to conduct the Philharmonic Symphony at Carnegie Hall because the 397 00:27:56.839 --> 00:28:00.279 scheduled conductor is ill and I think that is based on a true story. 398 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:07.839 But when I sit back and watch the movie, it feels less like the 399 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:12.240 hyper real movies of today, and it feels more like an old Hollywood movie, 400 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:17.559 both in the acting, in the dialogue, and the cinematography. The 401 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:21.440 when the there was a black and white section of the movie and I kept 402 00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:25.119 thinking, well, this looks like a set from It's a Wonderful Life. 403 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:30.240 It was. It was weird visually interesting, and it didn't but it just 404 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:32.279 it gets you thinking, you know. And one of the things that I 405 00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:36.279 like to do when I watch a movie is not think, because if I'm 406 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:41.559 thinking about the sets and this and that and looking at technical issues of it, 407 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:44.279 it means that I'm not as engaged in the story. And in this 408 00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:47.799 movie, I wasn't as engaged in the story. It is a love story 409 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:51.839 between Bernstein and Felicia Montelegra. I think I said that right, And it's 410 00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:56.920 also a tragedy at the same time because he's not really able to live his 411 00:28:56.000 --> 00:29:02.839 full full his real truth or is he guess that's a question that you can 412 00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:06.160 answer for yourself. And also it was very funny to see people smoking all 413 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:11.680 the time all the time, like Bernstein had a cigarette in his hand. 414 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:14.920 Most of the movie. Thought that was weird. Okay, so the movie's 415 00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:18.240 interesting, but it didn't really grab me. And it's just over two hours, 416 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:22.359 and I found myself wondering when is this thing going to be over? 417 00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:26.400 By contrast, like watching Oppenheimer that was over three hours and I was just 418 00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:33.039 enthralled with it the whole time. So it just it didn't have that mph 419 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:37.160 that really got me to get into the story and love the characters and love 420 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:41.000 what was happening. I mean, even with Barbie, I was anxious to 421 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:44.640 see what was going to happen next, and this one kind of just was 422 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:48.160 there, which is probably why it's not getting as much buzz, although Bradley 423 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:52.000 Cooper's his performance was getting a lot of Oscar buzz, So we'll have to 424 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:56.000 see what happens. I'm not expecting it to win much, but I do 425 00:29:56.039 --> 00:30:00.000 think it should win. Makeup. It's a good stream worth a watch, 426 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.079 which I'm glad I didn't spend the money to go see it in the theaters. 427 00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:06.599 Okay, that's Amy's on it for it this week. And as I 428 00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:10.920 mentioned, it is an Academy Award nominated movie, and Nick and I were 429 00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:15.559 talking earlier this week that the Academy Awards, of course are this weekend and 430 00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:19.119 they do start at four o'clock this year, which is it's a boom for 431 00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:22.319 me because I go to bed super early and if you're listening to this now, 432 00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:25.519 you probably go to bed a little bit on the early side too. 433 00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:30.680 But so there's a ton of movies that have one Best Actor or Best Movie, 434 00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:37.880 and apparently there are some that should not have Apparently al I'm not going 435 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:41.839 to say apparently anymore, but according to The Independent, there are seventeen movies 436 00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:47.680 that should have never won Oscar for Best Picture. And I just want to 437 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:51.000 share a few of these and see what you think and whether you agree, 438 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:55.400 and Nick, you can chime into a beautiful mind. That was in two 439 00:30:55.440 --> 00:31:00.039 thousand and one. I thought it was okay, but it wasn't my favorite 440 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:04.200 movie. Here's another one, Cherriot's a Fire. I have to admit I 441 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:07.000 never saw it really and well, no, I was gonna say, that's 442 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:11.079 from the eighties. And this list is really interesting because I was going to 443 00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:12.279 say, like you and I, as you said, we've talked back and 444 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:15.960 forth about it, but it's pretty wild. And some of these I'm not 445 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:17.599 gonna lie. As you go down the list, I was like, I 446 00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:19.079 don't even remember that it was nominated. I didn't even remember that it won, 447 00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:22.640 So that says a lot right there, right, And some of them 448 00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:25.279 are they date way back so we wouldn't even know what they are. But 449 00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:29.839 okay, so remember Coda that one in twenty twenty one. It was with 450 00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:34.160 Marlee Mattlin, and I thought that that was of what was out there that 451 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:38.680 year. I did think it was the best movie, but I didn't think 452 00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:42.920 it was spectacular. But you know, when you're comparing it, like this 453 00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.799 year, there's some really good movies that are up for it, and some 454 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:49.079 years there just aren't. Cold Mountain in two thousand and three I remember with 455 00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:55.680 renee Zelwigger and was that Nicole kidman? I think, so I didn't think 456 00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:59.599 that was a great movie. It won, and then this one. So 457 00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:02.079 in two thousand and four, Broke Back Mountain was up for Beck's picture and 458 00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:08.880 it didn't win. Which movie one Crash and the Independent said that should have 459 00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:13.279 never won, It should have been Broke Back. I strongly disagree. Crash 460 00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:16.240 is one of my favorite favorite movies, and actually I feel like we are 461 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:19.839 living in Crash right now. Do you do you remember it? It was 462 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:23.480 like all these people and it was based in la and the whole premise of 463 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:29.480 the movie is that everybody was just strung, you know, wired so tight, 464 00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:34.119 and everybody's on edge and they're just basically waiting to just crash into each 465 00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:37.279 other. They're waiting for that straw to break the camel's back and they're going 466 00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:40.279 to just lose it. And I feel like we're kind of living that now. 467 00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:43.920 I think I'm gonna go watch the movie again. But I thought that 468 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:51.640 was a fabulous movie. What about Dances with Wolves? Great movie, but 469 00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:57.240 it was in the same year that Goodfellas was nominated, and so the Independent 470 00:32:57.319 --> 00:33:00.680 is saying that should have won, not the Dances with Wolves. And then 471 00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:06.000 I loved this movie jumping around Green Book in two thousand and eight with more 472 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:12.680 was it. Mahershaw, Ali and Vigo Mortensen loved it. I thought it 473 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:15.559 was so cool. But then I talked to some people afterward because I was 474 00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.880 seeing it as you know, it was back. I think it was set 475 00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:23.079 in the fifties and it's when there's race tensions and and how you know, 476 00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:28.000 black people and white people learned to get along and become friends and all this 477 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:30.319 stuff when that wasn't very common. And I thought it was this beautiful story 478 00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:34.319 and people are like, oh, it's pandering. It's just it was. 479 00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:37.799 It was whitewashing what really happened. And I was kind of sad about that, 480 00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:39.359 but I thought, I thought it was a good movie. And then 481 00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:44.519 the other one that I thought was a spectacular movie that they're saying should not 482 00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:52.119 have won is The Imitation Game. And that's with our own doctor Strange Ben 483 00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:55.519 whatch this his name? Cumberbat? Benjamin Cumberbat. I can't remember his name. 484 00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:58.960 Benedict's come right, Meredict, thank you, not Ben. I knew 485 00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:01.119 it wasn't Benjamin. See that's why I rely on Nick because he knows all 486 00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:05.240 the details. But I just think it's interesting that. And then other movies 487 00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:07.920 that they say should not have won Shakespeare in Love because that was in the 488 00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:14.000 same year as Saving Private Ryan was out. I would agree with that one, 489 00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:16.239 and then slum Dog Millionaire two, which I thought was a fun, 490 00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:20.880 fun movie, but it came out the same year as The Dark Knight, 491 00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:23.719 and I do think The Dark Knight was a better movie. So and then 492 00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:27.199 what about do you have any movies that didn't win that you think should have 493 00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:30.360 I got one, I'm trying to think, but like, yeah, no, 494 00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:32.079 I mean going through this list and how we kind of talked offline about 495 00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:36.280 it because there was even going my way in nineteen forty four, which sounds 496 00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:37.679 silly to talk about something from that long ago, but like that was also 497 00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:40.599 one of my favorite movies. The Bells of Saint Mary's came out a couple 498 00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:44.679 of years later, was nominated, but like anyway, that didn't get it. 499 00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:47.840 So anyway, so mine was Lala Land because I think for that year, 500 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:52.360 I think Laala Land was the best movie. And remember they even announced 501 00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:54.159 that it had won, and then they took it back. They go, 502 00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:59.599 no, no, it didn't win. It was is a called Midnight Another 503 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:04.360 mars Ali was there just a fine movie. But I think Lala Land just 504 00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:07.239 for as the spectacle of what it was, and I just thought that was 505 00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:13.280 a much better movie. So we will see what happens this Sunday when they 506 00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:17.760 announced the next winners of Academy Awards Sunday at four o'clock. In fact, 507 00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:22.960 they're rolling out the red carpet today. When we come back, we're going 508 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:25.159 to be checking in on We've got a gold Rush. So we've got ABC's 509 00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:30.639 Jim Ryan. He's gonna tell us all about it. You're listening to a 510 00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:35.400 wake up call on demand from KFI Am six forty make up calls almost over 511 00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:38.639 means they're getting ready to move on to the next phase, which is handle 512 00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:42.880 it on the news. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four our 513 00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:46.079 newsroom. With less than half the votes counted in La County, DA George 514 00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:50.880 Gascone is leading the pack with twenty two percent of the vote. Nathan Hackman 515 00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:53.840 has eighteen percent. Deputy d A Jonathan and Tommy is in third place. 516 00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:59.480 Eleven people are challenging Gascone, who has been criticized for being too soft on 517 00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:01.639 crime. Well, it looks like we're going on a road diet measure HLA 518 00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:06.960 is passing with sixty five percent of the voter saying yes to the measure that 519 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:10.400 would add hundreds of miles of bus and bike lanes and take away traffic for 520 00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:15.440 cars. It's all apparently being done in an effort to reduce pedestrian deaths. 521 00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:20.639 The lake that formed in Death Valley because of all the rain this winter is 522 00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:24.039 drying up thanks to high winds blowing through the desert. Visitors to the area 523 00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:28.920 were able to kayak around on the foot deep lake for about a month, 524 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:31.199 but the winds have sped up evaporation and now it's too shallow, so the 525 00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:36.440 National Park Service has closed it to voting. We're just minutes away from Handle 526 00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:38.400 on the news. Think crime is out of control here? Well, in 527 00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:44.000 Haiti, thousands have broken out of prison and are running around killing people as 528 00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:46.880 gangs also try to take over control of the main airport. Right now, 529 00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:52.039 let's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, we should be going 530 00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:55.920 for the gold. Somebody should be because a lot of people we missed the 531 00:36:55.960 --> 00:37:00.960 boat. Yeh, no, not necessarily. In fact, yesterday when I 532 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:05.000 wrote this for you to read this, pot price for gold was a twenty 533 00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:07.880 one to forty one por tray ounce. That was yesterday. Well it's already 534 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:10.440 risen a little bit today. The futures are up to twenty one forty four 535 00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:15.679 per troy ounce. So what's a troy ounce? It's how that happened from 536 00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:20.119 an ounce, I'm really not sure, but that's that's how they measure the 537 00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:23.920 stuff. That's all you need to know. And by the way, rarely 538 00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:28.320 do people buy gold and actually hold it in their hands, right, It's 539 00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:30.519 an investment. You never really see it. It's out there in the market, 540 00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:34.320 and you purchase it, you sell it, you purchase it. It 541 00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:37.400 doesn't pay a dividend. There's no yield to it other than when you sell 542 00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:40.800 it and you get either your money back a little bit more or a lot 543 00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:45.440 less in some cases. So yeah, troy ounce is how they measure it. 544 00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:50.599 So we have the answer, Nick Paul Jochini's let me the update. 545 00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:52.960 Troy ounce is a system of ways use for precious metals and gems based on 546 00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:58.679 a pound of twelve ounces as opposed to a traditional sixteen so it makes it 547 00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:02.519 about ten percent heavier. Okay, nice, Yeah, thanks Nick. Yeah. 548 00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:07.239 So anyway, so the price is up now, it's gone up about 549 00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:09.559 five and a half percent in the past month, sixteen percent in the past 550 00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:13.159 year. Why yeah, Why, Well, a lot of it has to 551 00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:17.519 do with the interest rates. Investors are looking at the possibility of the Fed 552 00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:22.800 lowering interest rates maybe in June. That's what some people are speculating right now 553 00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:27.480 that rates are going to come back down, and that's given some investors confidence, 554 00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:30.320 right But at the same time, gold has traditionally been a hedge against 555 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:34.639 uncertainty, so it really doesn't make a lot of sense right now, except 556 00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:37.559 that with this election year going on, we don't know what's going to happen 557 00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:40.960 in November. A lot of uncertainty out there, and so gold provides kind 558 00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:45.400 of a safe haven for US investors who are looking for that for looking for, 559 00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:49.400 if not a sure bet, then at least a place that may be 560 00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:53.039 safer than the stock market. Well, and I yeah, I think that 561 00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:59.960 it makes sense because the stock market is way up now, but it's volatile 562 00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:02.360 and it could take a pretty steep tumble too. You did, Yeah, 563 00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:06.559 I mean yesterday and I think the Dow was off four hundred points, So 564 00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:10.320 you can't really count on anything, and so this is one way at least 565 00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:15.880 that you know that you can hedge against some of that some of that uncertainty. 566 00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:19.280 But yeah, it's been going up. We're still nowhere near the all 567 00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:22.880 time high. Back in nineteen eighty that gold had been on kind of a 568 00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:28.519 nine year run. There was turmoil in the Middle East, oil prices were 569 00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:31.519 way up, inflation was out of control. The all time high adjusted for 570 00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:38.159 inflation was thirty three hundred and fifty five dollars per troy ounce, compared to 571 00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:42.480 now the twenty one to forty one. So yeah, we're not really near 572 00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:45.920 that high, but it's creeping up there, and a lot of investors suddenly 573 00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:49.519 are raising their eyebrows a bit. I need to go look through my jewelry 574 00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:52.159 box. I know I've got a gold necklace in there somewhere. Yeah, 575 00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:53.840 there you go, and note to self, call financial advisor. Might be 576 00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:58.000 a good time to buy, all right, but dangally Yeah, Jim Ryan, 577 00:39:58.039 --> 00:40:00.320 thank you so much for your information. I appreciate it. For the 578 00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:04.719 clarification on a Troy ounce. Absolutely, he's like my personal encyclopedia. I 579 00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:07.639 love it. One twelfth of abound good. Thanks. Huh. Let's get 580 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:10.639 back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 581 00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:15.559 President Biden and former President Trump are closer to a rematch following victories on 582 00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:20.559 Super Tuesday. ABC Steve Roberts's voters can expect to hear plenty of attack ads 583 00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:23.039 leading up to November. Put it this way, it's aged versus crazy, 584 00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:29.559 and those are the two arguments dominate this election going forward. Biden and Trump 585 00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:32.400 each one. California, Texas, Alabama, Colorado, Main Oklahoma, Virginia, 586 00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:37.079 North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota and Massachusetts. Biden also won 587 00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:43.840 Democratic primaries in Utah, Vermont, and Iowa. An appellate court has upheld 588 00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:47.440 the triple murder convictions of a man in Anaheim who said Kylie Jenner told him 589 00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:51.920 to kill Demand said he was communicating with Jenner, who told him someone was 590 00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:54.000 after his life and in order to protect himself, he needed to take someone 591 00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:59.559 else's. Marvin Maggianis then stabbed two homeless people and strangled his cell made between 592 00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:02.159 twenty six, sixteen and seventeen. He was convicted of two counts of first 593 00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:06.719 degree murder and one count of second degree murder. Prior to the killings, 594 00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:08.519 he went to Jenner's home and when staff wouldn't let him in, he crashed 595 00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:14.320 his car into the security gate. Attorneys from Maggiana say he's severely schizophrenic and 596 00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:17.239 believed he was being instructed by Jenner. He was sentenced in twenty twenty two 597 00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:22.480 to life in prison without parole in Orange County. Chris Adler KFI News. 598 00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:27.239 The state Supreme Court has ruled eighteen to twenty five year olds can be sentenced 599 00:41:27.239 --> 00:41:30.599 to life in prison with no possibility for parole. The case was brought by 600 00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:34.239 Tony Harden, who strangled and robbed a sixty six year old woman in roll 601 00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:37.039 In Heights in nineteen ninety when he was twenty five years old. Harden was 602 00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:40.800 sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, but said state law was unfair 603 00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:45.239 to him because other convicts between the ages of eighteen and twenty five get a 604 00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:47.800 parole hearing at the fifteen, twenty and or twenty five year mark of their 605 00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:52.519 sentence, and appeals court agreed, but the state Supreme Court overturned that in 606 00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:55.719 a five to two decision Monday, arguing those convicted of multiple murders or murder 607 00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:59.800 during a rape or robbery, or as a gang member can stay in prison. 608 00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:04.280 For Michael Monks KFI News, the FDA has signed off on the first 609 00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:08.239 over the counter glucose monitor ABC. Sandyfield says it's good news for people with 610 00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:14.639 diabetes. The new no prescription needed blood sugar monitors for anyone over eighteen who 611 00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:17.960 does not use insulin. That could include the nearly twenty five million Americans with 612 00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:23.320 type two diabetes who don't require insulin. The FDA says the gluecose monitors can 613 00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:28.559 also be used by people without diabetes. Who just want to understand how their 614 00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:32.719 diet and exercise affects their blood sugar. The monitors should hit store shelves this 615 00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:37.800 summer. Marilyn Monroe's former house in Brentwood is a step closer to being named 616 00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:45.280 a historic cultural monument. Attorney George Milston says the current owners want to tear 617 00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:47.880 it down because there's not much benefit to the public. Importantly, this house 618 00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:52.199 is not visible to the public. It is at the end of a small, 619 00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:54.840 dead end street, and it cannot be accessed at all from the public. 620 00:42:55.119 --> 00:43:00.880 And La City Council Committee approved the historic monument designation yesterday. It now 621 00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:05.519 heads to the full Council for consideration. You've been listening to Wake Up Call 622 00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:08.239 with me Amy King. You can always hear Wake Up Call five to six 623 00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:14.519 am Monday through Friday on KFI AM six forty and anytime on demand on the 624 00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:15.880 iHeartRadio app.