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It's January twenty second. I'm Amy King. Thanks for getting your day started
with us today. We've got rain on the way now. When I came
in, there was no rain, and when Cono came in, it was
pouring the whole way. So it looks like the storm has arrived. They
say that they're expecting or we are expecting a couple inches of rain and so
areas and the downpour is expected to affect the morning commute. So if you're
out and about again when the rainfalls here, those roads get slick. And
it's nothing compared to what they've been dealing with back east or even up in
the Northwest with the ice storms and all of that. But we're not used
to it every day, so it's a big deal. So just be safe
out there. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. Ron DeSantis has dropped
out of the race to be president and has thrown his support behind former President
Trump. Desanta's made the announcement yesterday, saying there was no path for him
to win the nomination. The New Hampshire primary is tomorrow. Trump and former
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley are the two candidates left. About twenty nine thousand
faculty and staff members at all twenty three cal state campuses or walking off the
job today for the first day of a five day strike. See as you
says, it's not canceling classes. That could be interesting. Bunch of students
show up, no professors there. They do say that they're going to leave
it up to the faculty members. But I know somebody who says he knows
he's walking off, and he knows about everybody else he knows is walking off.
Did that make sense? Heavy rain, as I mentioned, expected across
the Southland before this latest storm moves out. Between a half and two inches
of rain could fall in the valleys and along the coast. A floodwatch is
in effect until tonight for the Inland Empire. At six zh five, it's
handle on the news. Prime Minister Netanyahu has rejected the idea of a two
state solution for the Palestinians. Once the war with mos is over, let's
get started with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour
newsroom. As heavy rains descend on the Southland, people living near Topanga Canyon
have been told to get ready to leave because of the risk of mud and
debris flows. For do Go Fire Academy chief Sam Digiana says, there are
signs the ground is about to slide. Look for water or statue the areas
that are normally not there. Look for a movement of rocks and soils,
fences or poles, they may be tilted. Those are good signs that the
earth is the land is starting to shift, and evacuation warning is in place
until six tomorrow morning. The warning is also in place for the Agua Fire
burned scar in the Santa Clarita Valley. Residents have been told to be ready
to leave if needed. A candlelight vigil has been held at Monterey Park City
Hall on the first anniversary of the mass shooting at a dance hall where eleven
people were killed. Mayor Jose Sanchez said last night that gun violence needs to
end. The shooter went to a different dance hall in Alhambra after the attack
last year at the Star Ballroom dance studio, but was stopped by a guy
who chased him off. The shooter killed himself the next day when he was
pulled over by police outside of Strip Mall in Torrance. Three of four men
found dead at a home in Palmdale have been identified. The Medical Examiner's office
hasn't said how they died. Had expound the men last week when they responded
to a report about man men with medical complications. A sheriff's official said it
looked like the men had been dead for a while. One man was in
his sixties, the other three were in their thirties. Jet Blue and Spirit
Airlines say they're going to appeal a judge's ruling blocking a merger between the two
carriers. ABC's Geo Benitez says Jet Blue made a nearly four billion dollar bid
in twenty twenty two to acquire Spirit Airlines, but the Justice Department had argued
that a merger would reduce competition and harm consumers looking for those deals. President
Biden called the ruling blocking the merger a win for consumers. Let's say good
morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan So Jim. The Justice Department report just came
out about the Uvalde school shooting last week, and now people want someone to
pay. Yes, they want to see criminal charges brought. That's been kind
of the the call for a long time. But it happened the day after
the DOJ report came out. Coincidence, Well, the district attorney in Uvalde
County says it was a coincidence that she had been working on this for some
time anyway. In fact, she was opposed to have named day grand jury,
seated a grand jury by the end of last year. It didn't happen,
But it did happen the day after the DOJ report came out. That
report, of course, a five hundred and seventy five page document that was
very critical of the police's response to the rob Elementary school shooting. And now
this twelve member of grand jury in Uvality itself will decide whether any criminal charges
should be brought against police commanders or lower level police officers. Hey, okay,
so then refresh our memory because I know this came out late last week.
But some of the failures, they called it cascading failures. So what
were some of the things that obviously went wrong when people were killed, but
the police response to it. Yeah, probably the number one problem that the
DOJ found was a lack of urgency. The first person on the scene for
law enforcer on the scene was the head of the Uvalde School District Police department.
He took this as a potential barricaded person situation when it should have been
handled as an active shooter. So instead of mustering the forces and barging in
taking out the shooter and saving as many kids as possible, that they tried
to negotiate with him. They tried to get him to a toss down the
gun, but protocol and policies said that this was not a barricaded person,
but this was an active shooter. DOJ said that was a major and really
foundational problem that led to this cascade of problems afterward. Okay, and then
you said that it could be that they would be looking at potentially charging anywhere
from the higher ups to the rank and file people who responded, yes,
what could the charges be? Could be childhoo endangerment, It could be gross
negligence. There could be some criminal charges coming out of this, but it
would it'd be a difficult case to prove, you know, because in two
thousand and five, the US Supreme Court ruled that police officers do not have
a constitutional duty to protect others from harm. Oh that sounds like that kind
of puts the end to the case right there. It potentially could, but
the DA said she felt compelled to seat a grand jury, that this grand
jury will hear the evidence from her office and then decide whether six months or
so from now, that's how long it's expected to take any charges should be
filed. You know what I start, you know, the wheels start turning,
and I think of the outcomes, and I think that it almost feels
like, especially if it's going to be a really high bar to get any
kind of a conviction on this, that it just prolongs the suffering of the
families. You know, like she felt compelled to investigate. But if you
bring charges and then they're acquitted, I mean, think of it's like the
family have to relive this all over again. Yes, and undoubtedly if it
does go to trial, if charges are brought and it goes to trials,
some of them would have to testify, They would have to relive this whole
thing again. Yeah, you're right, there's no great resolution to any of
this. And I think that because the eighteen year old gunman was killed that
day, families are desperate. They're grasping it something to make sense of all
of this, and I think that these potential criminal charges are one way to
do that. And then the other thing is the people who were involved who
could find themselves charged. Don't we think that they feel awful about what happened.
I mean, it's not like they went in there and said, Ha,
we're just going to sit here and let people this guy kill people.
I mean, that wasn't their intent. And I wonder if they would have
to prove intent. I don't think they would. But I think you're right.
I think there's not a police officer who was assigned to that school that
day, or a police officer who was assigned to park at Parkland High School
in Florida, or to columb Mine. I don't think there's a police officer
involved in any of that who wouldn't go back and change some things. And
certainly that's the case at U Valley. Okay, so then what are we
looking at next? So they're doing an investigation, Yes, well, the
DA it's her job to gather up the evidence and a lot of that will
come from the state investigative report that came out over a year ago. She
may also include some of the information from the DOJ report, although a lot
of that duplicates what was in the state investigative report. So she presents the
evidence to the grand jury. The process, the panel will meet. It's
a twelve member grand jury. They'll meet you. If history is any indicator,
they'll meet twice a month or so. It will take about six months
to decide whether charges should be brought or not. So and by the way,
they're lucky they got to twelve people for this grand jury. Two hundred
were called up for this, No, I think it was three. Three
hundred people got summons it's to come down to the courthouse and to be a
potential part of this grand jury. Only sixty four showed up. So and
you know, in the valley, like everywhere else, it's hard to get
people to show up for jeury duty. You wondered too, if if people
said, I'm just I can't do this potentially can't look at this again,
yeah, or and you're right, and what if they decide to what if
the grandeury no bills and these officers says, no, we don't see any
criminal wrongdoing. They're going to be pariahs in their town. Yeah. Yeah,
really, it's just no good, no resolution. This is all that's
satisfied to anybody else. All Right, thank you so much for the information,
Jim. We'll be we'll be watching it right along with you. Thanks.
Am. All right, take care. Now, let's get back to
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Florida
Governor Ron DeSantis is out of the race for president. He made the announcement
yesterday, hours before New Hampshire's primary. If there was anything I could do
to produce a favorable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, I would
do it. But I can't ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate
their resources if we don't have a clear path to victory. DeSantis has endorsed
former President Trump, who praised DeSantis last night. He read a really good
campaign. I will tell you it's not easy. Desanta's finished a distant second
to Trump in the Iowa caucuses and had, according to polls, just about
six percent of the vote heading into tomorrow's New Hampshire primary. A court has
ordered the state and Huntington Beach to resolve an affordable housing fight that's gone back
and forth for years. Huntington Beach has state affordable housing mandates are unrealistic and
would redevelop the beach Town community into high density housing. The state says Huntington
Beach must do it's part to help solve the housing crisis with more affordable housing.
The state has sued to enforce the mandate. The city has sued,
claiming it's a charter city and therefore exempt from the mandates. An appeals court
Thursday tossed a lower court ruling that paused enforcement of the mandate and ordered a
hearing set for a trial date and temporary relief by the end of the month
in Orange County. KORbin Carson KFI News. At least twenty seven people have
been killed in an attack on a Russian occupied area of eastern Ukraine. ABC's
Lama Hassan says the strike yesterday targeted a busy market in the Russian held city
of Denetsk. The local leader of the region calls it a horrendous strike and
blames Ukraine for the attack, claiming it was carried out during the market's busiest
time. Russia's Foreign ministry called it a barbaric terrorist attack against civilians. Saudi
Arabia says it will not normalize relations with Israel or contribute to Gaza's reconstruction without
a credible pathway to a Palestinian state. ABC's Geordana Miller says Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Natanyahu has rejected Palestinian statehood, Natanya insisting it would only be a security
risk. US Secretary of State Antony Blincoln says establishing a Palestinian state would be
the best way to protect Israel, unite the Arab world, and isolate Iran.
We're going to be finding out more about what Netanyah who had to say.
We'll be checking in with ABC's Geordana Miller in about six minutes. Eating
dark chocolate could reduce the risk of high blood pressure. Good news for dark
chocolate fans. A new study in the journal Nature Scientific Reports of the journals
called Nature Scientific Reports found that dark chocolate may also decrease the risk of blood
clotting. While an exact cause couldn't be determined, Experts say the findings may
warrant further research for any benefits in combating cardiovascular diseases. I would imagine they
wouldn't have a hard time finding people to volunteer for that research. Residents living
near Tipega Canyon have been told to be ready to leave their homes, and
evacuation warning is up because of the thread of mud and debris flows along Santa
Maria Road north of Tipanga Canyon Boulevard. Between a half inch and two inches
of rain is expected today in the valleys and along the coast. The Pentagon
says several American service members have been injured in a missile attack on an airbase
in western Iraq. Wish She'll say. Iranian backed militants launched ballistic missiles at
the Alisad air base on Saturday. US Central Command says most of the missiles
were intercepted, but some hit the base. The four leading candidates for the
Senate seat once held by late Diane Feinstein will be facing off in a debate
tonight. Democrats Adam Schiff, Barbara Lee, and Katie Porter, along with
Republican Steve Garvey, will take part in the debate that will air at sixth
on KFI, also on Fox eleven. Our own Mo Kelly is one of
the moderators. We're going to be getting a preview of the debate coming up
in about a half an hour, so be sure to stay tuned for that
at six oh five. It's handled on the News. Surprise, Ron de
Santa's canceled all his Sunday News show interviews and then canceled his campaign to be
president. I'm sure Bill will have lots to say about that. Let's say
good morning now to ABC's Jordana Miller. Jordana, the calls are mounting for
Israel to back down or go with a ceasefire. But Benjamin Natanielle who came
out yesterday or over the weekend and basically said, yeah, it's not going
to happen. That's right. He essentially said there's no way it is going
to end its war against Hamas right now. He called this. You know,
if it were to do that, he said, Israel would be surrendering
to the terror group. Because it is true that while we are in the
fourth month of this war and it has been very deadly and destructive, Hamas
is underground fortress, its city of tunnels is still intact, especially in the
south, and there is a lot more quote unquote work to be done,
according to Israel, to dismantle Hamas and make sure that it is not a
part of any governing body in the Gaza strip at the end of the war.
So N'tagno is refusing to stop the war right now. The problem for
him to mess sickly. And of course, you know internationally he's on a
collision course with the Biden administration because the Biden administration wants him to think about
a phased hostage deal that would ultimately end the war and pave a path for
Palestinian statehood. And he also said over the weekend he's against the Palestinian state.
He even opposes any kind of Palestinian leadership presence the PA after the war
in Gaza. That all could change down the road, but that is his
position right now, one that in a sense is an easy position for him
to have because it keeps him in power. His government is made up of
right wing partners who would essentially pull out of the government and bring him out
of you know, bring down the government if he said he supported a Palestinian
state. So you know, Natagielle of course thinking about his political survival as
well. So he's also coming under a lot of pressure from the families of
the hostages, who are now holding almost daily protests against the government. And
just a short while ago a group of family members broke in barged into a
committee hearing at the Parliament and started screaming at the lawmakers that they're not doing
enough to bring their loved ones home, that they should pull out of this
government. And there's a lot of anger and criticism that you know, by
those families and growing among the public that Nitaielle, you know, is more
concerned with dismantling Hamas than bringing home those hostages. That those two goals are
no longer they can no longer work in parallel. Kind of a damned if
you do, damned if you don't situation, absolutely and absolutely, I mean,
if Nitagnell agrees to stop the war for the hostage release, it's hard
to know if there would be enough backing in the international community for him to
start the war again, and then he would have he won't have achieved even
getting rid of Hamas. Hamas will be able to claim a kind of victory.
We can understand also Natannielle's position. Okay, and then we've talked about
once the war is over, and you were just mentioning this that there is
that chance that Natanya who won't be able to stay in power. He's come
under a lot of criticism for possibly missing the warning signs before Hamas came in
on October seventh and attacked, and there are lots of calls, so he's
also having to kind of walk that tightrope like what do I do to stay
in power and still accomplish my goals? That's right, I mean nataniel is
deeply, deeply unpopular and it was it's only going to take a few of
his UH coalition partners to pull out of this government to bring it down.
There was a poll done just last night by Tellviv University. If there were
elections today, who would you vote for? Natanielle's party? The Leekup Party
went from its current thirty two seats down to sixteen. And his war general
who came in to join General Benny Gantz, who's in charge of a he
leads a centrist party. He shoots up to thirty seven. So we can
already see who is likely going to be the next prime minister and why Natanya
who is walking such a tight rope he wants to stay in power, but
you know, it's unclear if he can, if he can actually reach the
goals he's set out for himself in order to in some way, you know,
we can say, you know, somehow make up for the huge failure
of October seventh, So clear, Jordana. Last week we were talking about
how there was some movement where the they agreed to let some medical aid get
to some of the hostages who are critically in need of medicines. Did that
aid get to them? I know that. The next day I was watching
a show and they were saying that wasn't clear if that actually got to the
hostages. Yeah. We actually haven't heard from the Katari officials who are supposed
to be the ones verifying that Hamas actually picked up the medicine and delivered it
to the hostages. We haven't heard that that happened. So we do know
that five trucks with a lot of medicine, because for each box that you
know, was set aside for the hostages, there were hundreds of boxes put
in or onto the trucks, loaded onto the trucks for everyday gossens. So
we do know that there was a huge influx of medicine into the Govza strip
which is desperately needed. We don't know if any of it reached the hostages
yet. Okay, all right, Jordana, thank you so much for the
update to pre shd it. Thanks Tuck soon. All right, talk soon.
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. Nearly thirty thousand faculty members and other employees of the twenty
three campus cal State University System are going on strike. They're expected to take
to the picket lions this morning and a rally a set for later today at
cal State Northridge. The five day walkout is being held despite a tentative three
year contract that was reached Friday between the CSU system and the union representing more
than a thousand skilled trade workers separate groups. A headless body has been found
by Spectrum workers in South la. The head was found late yesterday under the
body, which was said to be decomposing. Investigators are trying to id the
person. The family of a student who disappeared in nineteen ninety six from cal
Poly San Luis Obispo is suing the university for wrongful death. The parents of
Kristin Smart say university officials allowed their daughter's killer to keep going to school despite
the many previous allegations against him. Paul Flores lived in Long Beach when he
was arrested. He was eventually convicted of Smart's murder in twenty twenty one.
The lawsuit says the university had a duty to properly investigate students' harassments and stalking
claims against Flores, and had they done so, Flores would have been disciplined
or expelled, preventing Kristen from being raped and murdered. The university said he
cannot comment on pending litigation. Steve Gregory King if I News. Two Navy
seals missing in the Gulf of Aden for over a week are presumed dead.
ABC's Lewis Martinez says US aircraft and ships have been in the region since January
eleventh looking for the seals. Bencom now says the two seals are presumed to
be deceased and the operation will switch to a recovery mission. The two seals
were part of a risky nine time mission aboard of boats suspected of smuggling Iranian
made weapons to the Huthi militants and Yemen officials say one of the seals fell
into the water during rough seas the other went in to rescue him. Neither
has been seen since. Former President Trump could take the stand in New York
the defamation trial by writer E. Gen Carroll, but the judge has ruled
if Trump testifies today, he cannot say Carol lied about her allegations, nor
that she was motivated by financial or political gains. A different jury last year
found that Trump sexually abused Carol. Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the race
to be president and has endorsed former President Trump. DeSantis made the announcement yesterday,
saying there was no path for him to win the nomination. The New
Hampshire primary is tomorrow. Trump and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley are the
two candidates left. And we're just waiting to get a check in from ABC
Stephen Portnoy. He's gonna give us the latest on what happened and what's next.
About twenty nine thousand faculty and staff members at all twenty three cal State
campuses are walking off the job today for the first day of a five day
strike. CSU says it is not canceling classes. Heavy rains expected across the
Southland. Before this latest storm moves out, between half and two inches of
rain could fall in the valleys and along the coast. Even more expected in
the mountains and foothills. A floodwatch is in effect until tonight for the Inland
Empire. If I pin fifty, we're going to be talking with the host
of Later with Moe Kelly, mister Moe Kelly, because he's going to host
a different show tonight. He's going to be helping to moderate the US Senate
debate, which you can hear right here on CAFI and also watch on Fox
eleven. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Steven Portnoy. So,
Steven, the big surprise Desantas is out. Yeah, surprise, except
I mean, look, Ron DeSantis was polling at six percent here in New
Hampshire and he lost to Donald Trump and Iowa by thirty points. There wasn't
really a path forward for him nationally. He obviously donors had indicated that he
should not further dig a hole for himself and damage his brand with Trump loyalists.
I met several here in New Hampshire who said that they viewed DeSantis as
disloyal for not backing Trump. In the first place, so he's out of
the running, and he has endorsed Trump in an almost half hearted way.
He said in his video post that despite disagreements with Trump over COVID and the
elevation of Anthony Fauci, he would live by his pledge to support the Republican
nominee, and he says it shouldn't be someone representing the old guard. He
called Nicki Haley a repackaged form of warmed over corporatism. So DeSantis is out
of the running, the impact is likely to be in Donald Trump's favor.
He has endorsed Trump. Trump is no longer using the term he's been using
to mock and degrade DeSantis for the better part of a year, calling him
sanctimonious. In fact that Donald Trump is now calling Ron Desantu is very capable
and even a terrific person. And it's in keeping with what Dessanti has told
my colleague Rachel Scott within the last week, lamenting the fact that all you
have to do is kiss Donald Trump's ring and he'll change his mind about you.
And that has borne out. So what is it. Well, it's
now a two person race here in New Hampshire, as it really has been.
But DeSantis with six percent support, dropping out. The poll that put
him at six percent also indicated that most of his voters would likely choose Trump
if they had to make a second choice. So if Donald Trump was leading
in that survey by eleven points over Nicki Haley, you can expect that margin
to widen and for Trump to enjoy even more support. And he had fifty
percent support in that pole, so he has more than that majority support,
and Niki Haley will give it as good as she's got. We'll find out
tomorrow night how well she places, but I will tell you, having traveled
to Haley events and Trump events throughout the state here, Nicki Haley has enthusiasm
behind her. But it's also people who are independent minded, maybe even liberally
inclined, people who have not taken part in Republican primaries in this state for
the entire time they've lived here, but they feel now this is an opportunity
for them to essentially stick at to Trump, which is why Trump at his
rallies is saying that it's Democrats who are crossing over to vote for Nicki Haley,
not Republicans. He says it's time for Republicans to rally behind him,
And the challenge for Haley going forward is many of the contests ahead are not
open primaries. On Saturday night, as if to demonstrate just how popular he
is in Nicky Haley's home state, Donald Trump brought on the stage in New
Hampshire's biggest arena, which was packed the governor of South Carolina, the Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, the state treasurer, the attorney general, the speaker
of the state House, and three members of the state's congressional delegation, as
if to demonstrate just how much of the official political establishment of the GOP in
South Carolina is backing him instead of the immediate past governor. Yeah, and
that included Ron Scott, who was running for president has now endorsed Trump,
right, Tim Scott and Tim Scott ron Scott that he would be right,
that he would be endorsing Donald Trump as well, and Nicky Haley appointed Tim
Scott to that seat about eleven years ago. So look, the fact is
it'll be a very difficult challenge for Nikki Haley if she places a strong second
here. And her argument in the closing days has been that she is an
alternative to Donald Trump and Joe Biden that she is someone who can bring the
country together behind her candidacy, and there's an emblem of that. You could
see it in her enthusiasm that she enjoys here in New Hampshire. But the
challenge is it's hard to win a Republican nomination against a former holder who won
that nomination twice in closed Republican primaries where he is the overwhelming favorite. It's
easier in an open primary, but that's not the contests ahead. You know,
we've talked in the past weeks and months that if everybody had dropped out
and all of that support went to the remaining candidate, they still wouldn't beat
Trump. But it looks like as they're dropping out, Trump is gaining the
support. So it's not it's not kind of does it just make Trump inevitable?
I think that at what we have seen in the polling leading to this
point is what has taken us to this point, and that is the fact
that Trump always had more support than anyone else who is vying for the nomination.
And in fact, as we said, if you added up all the
support that the other candidates had, it still wouldn't top Trump's support, and
it stands to reason then that if all these other candidates are dropping out,
Trump still has the most support. So the question really is how soon might
we be saying Trump is the presumptive nominee. Nicki Haley told my colleague Rachel
Scott the other day that she's in this race to go to South Carolina,
that she's going to spend money in South Carolina. She knows the state well,
she's going to spend the next month, and it'll be a month trying
to win support. Ron DeSantis said the same thing. M yeah, so
I'm curious to like, to me, it was a surprise that he dropped
out. You're in New Hampshire and you've heard the rumblings and that kind of
things. What kinds of things happen that the candidates just go as much as
I want to, I can't. I mean, is it a lot of
that the money dries up, or is it supporters telling you know, or
what kinds of things lead to that decision. It's all of those things.
It's the donors who are saying, buddy, you're not getting another dime out
of me. I've already wasted enough money on you. It's increasingly you're hearing
from voters who are inclined to support Trump. I'm not going to be with
DeSantis in four years if he doesn't drop out now. And DeSantis has been
reflective of that, saying, well, maybe not this time, but maybe
next time. And he's going to need those Trump supporters the longer that the
image is that Rond DeSantis is sanctimonious and Ron DeSantis is a phony or whatever
Trump might say, those messages sink in. I mean, they look at
the lasting damage that was done to fellow Floridian Marco Rubio's path in the Republican
Party as a function of what happened eight years ago. So I think Ron
DeSantis was of a mind to say, now's the time to step aside so
that I can have a political future. And he could. He's just forty
five years old. Well, and he's got more years to build on his
record in Florida, which was the strongest argument for his candidacy, that he
could actually get things done as an executive. The challenge for DeSantis was he
wasn't a great politician. Yeah, he just wasn't. He didn't He had
trouble connecting with voters when he would listen to him do interviews. He would
he would sort of focus on the tiny parochial things. He was on ABC's
This Week last weekend. He was given eight and a half minutes, almost
nine minutes at the network television time, and he spent a good sixty seconds
talking about the endorsement of one Congressman from Texas named Chip Roy, who most
Americans, in fact, I say most Washington reporters really don't think a lot
about so and it's tough when you don't. There are certain candidates who just
have that sort of it factor, which is they're exactly right and you see
it. You know, in the initial enthusiasm for Ron DeSantis a year ago
he was leading Hundle Trump in the polls, was based on his image his
record, But as more voters got to see who he was and see how
he performed, they lost their appetite. All right, Steven portnoy As always,
thank you so much for the information. And inside it here it's cold
in New Hampshire, not as cold as Iowa, but cold. Oh it's
balmy here that he was eighteen degrees over the week and much better than nineteen
below. Sweet. All right, well, have fun, we'll talk to
you soon, Stephen. Thank you. Let's get back to some of the
stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. US Central Command says
some American soldiers are being evaluated for traumatic brain injuries following an attack on a
US base in western Iraq. Official say and I Ran backed militia fired several
ballistic missiles and rockets at the base overnight. National Security spokesman John Kirby says
most were intercepted by air defense systems. One reason why there weren't more injuries
or more extensive damage was because we have taken necessary force protection precautions in the
rear to try to prepare for these kinds of attacks. Kirby says the US
will continue to demand the attack stop and will take steps to better defend itself
in the region. Two men have been stabbed at a party in LA's Waste
Westlake Area. Police they both stabbings yesterday may have happened during a robbery for
beer money. Both of the people injured were taken to the hospital. Two
men in a large suv had been killed in a crash into the San Gabriel
River in Long Beach. The car was headed south on Studebaker Road last night
when it ended up under ten feet of water. One man died at the
hospital, the other was trapped inside the suv and died at the scene.
The Beekeeper has fallen short at the box office at Becoming Queen Bee. That's
because Fetch is still a thing for the past. Like two weeks in a
row, the new Mean Girl's musical movie has crushed its competition. Now.
Although the movie did see a steep fifty nine percent drop in ticket sales this
week, it still was able to add nearly twelve million dollars to its domestic
total. The movie now has accumulated fifty million dollars domestically. Jason Statham's Beekeeper
movie came in second once again, netting about eight point three million dollars over
the weekend, rounding out the top three Wonka earning another six point seven million
dollars. Andrew Caravella KFI News Residents living near Topega Canyon have been told to
be ready to get out quick, and evacuation warning is in place because of
the threat of mud and debris flows along Santa Maria Road north of Topanga Canyon
Boulevard. As I mentioned, between a half inch and two inches of rain
expected in the valleys and along the coast today. The Pentagon says several American
service members were injured in a missile attack on an air base in western Iraq.
Official say Iranian backed militants launched ballistic missiles at the Alisada Airbase Saturday.
US Central Command says most of the missiles were intercepted, but some got through.
The NFL Conference championships are set. Baltimore beat Houston and the forty nine
Ers Go. Niners top Green Bay. In the AFC. The Lion scored
another post season win over the Buccaneers and the defending Super Bowl champions each The
Chiefs edged Buffalo. In the NFC, the Chiefs take on the Ravens,
and San Francisco go's head to head with Detroit on Sunday. Let's say good
morning to the hosts of Later with Mo Kelly, our very own Mo Kelly,
who's doing a different kind of hosting this evening. Good morning, mo,
Good morning, Amy King. Tell us tell us you're going to be
moderating the debate, Yes, the California Senate debate, which is going to
be at USC's Beauvart Auditorium. You have congresspeople Adam Schiff, Katie Porter,
Barbara Lee, and also Republican businessman Steve Garvey. Those are the top four
polling candidates out of some twenty seven names who are listed on the official ballot
will be vying to become California's next Senator to fill in the seat of the
late Dianne Feinstein and also the seat which is vacated by Lafonza Butler, Okay,
you said that there's twenty seven people. How did they pick the four
to participate, just top top top four polling Yes, top four polling cons
candidates. Okay, and you are moderating along with whom I'm not moderating.
I will have a role, but it's gonna be moderated by Fox eleven and
Politico Alex Michaelson and one of the persons from Politico. They'll be moderating.
I have submitted some questions in which I will I guess I'll have some microphone
time, and I've submitted some five or so questions. They'll tell you which
ones will be picked because there are a number of organizations which are submitting questions
and they want to make sure that they're not all the same or not all
about this item or that item. But I can imagine that there will be
some questions about former President Donald Trump. I can imagine that there will be
some questions about immigration and immigration reform or crime, things that are top of
mind for you and me and all of us who live in the state of
California. Hey, I don't recall, and it's probably just because I wasn't
paying attention, but I don't recall a Senate debate recently being aired like this.
I think it's no. This is a huge deal now if you want
to put it within the context of the larger American politics. As California goes,
usually the rest of the country goes, and if anything, you get
a sense of the mood. And yes, we know that California is a
mostly Democratic state in terms of party politics, but this time it's very different.
We have the Senate which is going to be on the line. It's
in a presidential election season. You have former President Trump, who's polling very
well and could presumably return to the oval office, and if you were,
that meants means that his vice president would have the tie breaking vote if there
is a tie of the Senate, and so the balance of the Senate is
up for grabs, if you will, and also just the future of America.
So this Senate debate, even though we haven't had a Republican win as
Senator since nineteen eighty eight, Steve Garvey is doing exceptionally well. And with
California's jungle primary system, the top two vote getters in the primary will go
on to the general election. So mathematically it could shake out where the Democratic
candidates would cut each other at the knees, as they say, and cut
into each other's votes. So you could have a Democratic and Republican candidate go
on to the general election and it's anybody's game at that point. Or it
could be two Democrats. It's just the top two finishers. Two finishers,
correct, correct, all right? And is Steve Garvey's kind of He's getting
a lot of buzz right now. He's getting a lot of buzz because he
is no nonsense plane talking less political sounding rhetoric is very refreshing and I got
to say, is something that is going to resident with a lot of California
voters. Here's the problem for Steve Garvey. It comes down to the math.
It's more than two to one non Republicans. What I mean by that
is registered Democrats and registered Independents outnumber register Republicans two to one. So Steve
Garvey's message will have to resonate with either independence or Democrats registered Democrats for him
to win come November. And probably doesn't hurt that he was a dodger.
No, it does not hurt, if only because of name recognition, and
that's always a part of this, all right, And the win is the
debate and where can we where can we consume it? Well, you can
consume it right here on KFI AM six point forty. It's going to begin
at six pm tonight. It's going to run to about seven thirty and then
later with Mo Kelly. It's going to be broadcasting live from the Spin Room
for the rest of the evening. So it's our home to talk to all
four of the candidates. You decide. People who listen to me know that
I don't endorse candidates. I don't donate two campaigns, So it's up to
you to decide we want to talk to all four that we've been reaching out
to the campaigns. I'll be down there nights at early today to make sure
that no one runs away. Right after the debate. I love that,
So I didn't realize that you we're going to do that on your show tonight.
That's going to make it even better because the debates are fun. But
I love the spin room too, so I'm looking forward to hearing that We're
going to be right next to everything that is going on, so we'll be
able to hear the debate live on KFI, and then you get to hear's
some response from their answers of what they thought about other candidates answers immediately thereafter.
Okay, mo Kelly starting at six with the big US Senate debate,
and then followed immediately after with Mo chasing them down and getting the real scoop.
I love it. Can't wait. All right, Thank you so much,
Mo Kelly. Thanks for getting up early to share the scoop with us
this morning. Talk soon. All right, let's get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Rain is expected
in southern California during your morning commute and throughout the day. This storm is
the strongest in a series of three storms that have rolled through southern California since
last week. Thunderstorm warnings were issued overnight. People in some parts of Tapanga
Canyon were told to prepare for evacuations in case of flooding. The National Weather
Services periods of rain are expected throughout the day. A flood watch will be
in effect most of the day in Orange County coastal and inlet areas, along
with the Santa Anna mountains and foothills. There's also a flood watch in effect
in the Inland Empire. As we've been talking about, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
has dropped out of the race for president. Republican Congressman Matt Gates told Trump
supporters in New Hampshire yesterday that DeSantis has endorsed Trump. Welcome home, Ron,
Welcome back to the MAGA movement, where you have always belonged, and
where we will welcome you and be honored to count you among our legion as
we go forward unifying this Republican Party for victory. DeSantis finished second to Trump
in the Io Caucuses, a distant second. Trump praised DeSantis last night for
running a good campaign and making a gracious exit. Republican presidential candidate Nikki Hayley
held a rally in New Hampshire after the news that Desantas had dropped out.
Thank you so much, exitter, thanks for coming out. Can you hear
that sound. That's the sound of a two person raise. Haley is still
pulling far behind former President Trump. Desanta says she represents the old Republican Guard,
which he called a repackaged form of warmed over corporatism. The former president
and CEO of a medical clinic in Whittier is facing decades in federal prison for
bogus buildings to a medical program that provides family planning services to low income people
without health insurance. Vincenzo Rubino pleaded guilty in August to nine counts of health
care fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft. He could get up to
ten years in federal prison for each health care fraud count and a mandatory sentence
of two consecutive years for each aggravated identity theft count. This is KFI and
kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. We lead local live from the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. I'm Amy King. This has been your wake
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