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 --> 00:00:13.919 demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 3 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:19.879 How goes it, mister Warlock winter? Please, I've got my magic 4 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:24.519 power working just fired. I can cast up a big freeze, Yes, 5 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:32.159 sir, I think I can guarantee oh white Christmas wonderful. Then let's be 6 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:37.880 off. It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy Kegy you 7 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:41.920 bet? Why you bet? Are not try? I better not power? 8 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:49.159 I tender block Sata pauses woman, Oh, yes he is. It's five 9 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:55.200 o'clock. This is your wake up call for Wednesday, December twentieth. I'm 10 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:58.240 Amy King. Good morning. Thanks for getting your day started with us today. 11 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:00.679 The countdown is on. Are you feeling the pressure? I'm totally feeling 12 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:04.560 the pressure because I got behind over the weekend from being sick very much. 13 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:11.359 Yeah. So I've got presence like in piles around my house. My two 14 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:18.879 hundred dollars tree is dead, and I haven't made Christmas cookies yet. I 15 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:22.239 mean I did those ones that we talked about on wake Up Call, where 16 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:26.400 we did the actual decorating of with royal icing and all that stuff. But 17 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:29.159 I usually make Christmas cookies and I haven't even had a chance to do that, 18 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:33.280 So feeling the pressure. But you know what, let's not worry about 19 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:34.480 that right now because we got a lot of fun and a lot of really 20 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:38.599 cool things coming up today. On wake up call, I also want to 21 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:41.079 mention to you. I don't know if you guys noticed it, Ann and 22 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:42.959 Kono, but coming in, even though there's not a lot of rain on 23 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:49.519 the roads, they're slick. I noticed that just and thankfully there's not anybody 24 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:52.519 on the roads, but just like moving lanes, I was like, ooh, 25 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:56.200 I think I felt a little slide there, and then putting on brakes, 26 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:57.799 I felt a little slide. Well, they do say light rain is 27 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.560 a little more dangerous because it brings up the oil. Yeah, when it 28 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:06.519 just hits the pavement, yeah, So be careful on your way in this 29 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:09.080 morning, because I was not expecting the slippery stuff until the heavy rains which 30 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:13.759 are supposed to come in later today. Here's what's ahead on wake up call. 31 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:16.439 Ooh. Talking of rain, the National Weather Service has issued a floodwatch 32 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:21.719 for all of La County as a second storm moves into southern California. Up 33 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:24.680 to five inches of rain could fall in areas through Saturday. The rains expected 34 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:30.879 to start by this afternoon. Amasa's top leader is in Cairo for talks on 35 00:02:30.919 --> 00:02:34.879 the war in Gaza. It could be another sign that a truce and hostage 36 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:38.240 swap are being worked on as the war rages on. Israel's still saying no 37 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:43.599 pause in fighting until hostages are released. Amas is saying no more hostages will 38 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:47.680 be released until the war ends. New IRS data shows people with money are 39 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:52.800 leaving the state, while people who make less are moving in. The data 40 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:57.520 shows the average income of taxpayers who've moved out to find lower taxes, fewer 41 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:01.360 regulations, and a different political climate made about one hundred and thirty seven thousand 42 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:07.080 dollars a year. People moving into California make an average of seventy five thousand 43 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:10.120 a year. Let's get started with some of the stories coming out of the 44 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:16.240 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Colorado's Supreme Court has removed former President Trump from 45 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:22.000 the state's twenty twenty four primary ballot, saying he is not an eligible presidential 46 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:27.919 candidate because of the fourteenth Amendment. Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley who's also running 47 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:30.560 for president, says she will beat Trump fair and square. I want to 48 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:34.360 see this in the hands of the voters. We're going to win this the 49 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:37.159 right way. We're going to do what we need to do. But the 50 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:38.840 last thing we want is judge just telling us who can and can't be on 51 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:44.560 that. The court upheld a trial judge's decision that Trump engaged in the January 52 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:49.439 sixth riot at the US Capitol. He has until January fourth to appeal. 53 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:52.840 We're going to be talking to ABC Stephen Portnoy about this, dig a little 54 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:55.719 deeper into the ruling and what's next and all of that that's coming up. 55 00:03:55.759 --> 00:04:00.719 At five point fifty two brothers have been sentenced for an almost twenty year scheme 56 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:05.840 that used to call or used two call centers in Orange County to distribute nearly 57 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:11.719 sixty four pounds of heroin. They were basically delivered heroin on demand. US 58 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:15.279 Attorney spokesman Kira and McAvoy says Julio and Victor Martinez had the call centers use 59 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:19.040 code words, a code word for one gram of heroin because obviously it would 60 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:23.399 not be smart to say one gram of heroin on the phone. That code 61 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:27.199 word was taco. The brothers set up an elaborate banking scheme to hide the 62 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:31.639 cash. The Martinez brothers imported heroin from Mexico into the US by couriers who 63 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:35.639 concealed the drug, sometimes in their body cavities. The brothers were sentenced this 64 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:41.199 week to twenty four years in prison in Orange County. Corbin Carson KFI News. 65 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:46.079 Israel Defense forces say they've found about fifteen hundred tunnel shafts and underground passages 66 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:50.319 in Gaza since the start of the war. The IDF says most were under 67 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:57.920 schools, hospitals, mosques, un facilities, and civilian institutions. Defense Secretary 68 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:01.759 Lloyd Austin says a number of nations reached out to get involved with Operation Prosperity 69 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:06.040 Guard and Guardian to protect ships from attacks in the Red Sea. We do 70 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:14.360 have a number of countries that continue to come in and offer assistance in this 71 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:17.959 overall effort. I think that'll continue to grow going forward. Austin didn't name 72 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:23.360 the countries he spoke well on board the uss Ford Carrier, which is stationed 73 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:27.680 in the Mediterranean Sea. He says the US could begin to move some resources 74 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:31.399 out of the region, including the uss Ford wants Israel shifts to a low 75 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:36.759 intensity conflict in Gaza. Got your lotto ticket just in time for Christmas. 76 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:41.720 The powerball jackpot worth five hundred and seventy two million dollars for tonight Strong. 77 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:45.360 If you match all six winning numbers, you would get yearly payments or could 78 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:49.360 take that lump sum of two hundred and eighty six million dollars. Either way, 79 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:54.800 it'd be nice. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Tom Rivers. 80 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:59.480 Tom, Good Morning. The UN Security Council wants a ceasefire. To date, 81 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:01.639 the US has not been in favor of that. What is the latest. 82 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:08.920 Yeah, So that kind of if you will theme was presented yet again 83 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:15.240 on Monday. This is an Arab sponsored resolution this time and again they wanted 84 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:20.720 to get the US on board, and the initial language was basically they talked 85 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:26.480 about humanitarian aid. But everybody is sort of an agreement on that. That's 86 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:30.199 not going to be an issue. But the language specific language on a halt 87 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:34.600 in fighting, that is the bone of contention. The US asked then for 88 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:41.279 more time, so instead of you know, getting it vetoed, the organizer 89 00:06:41.319 --> 00:06:45.240 said, Okay, let's let's let's come back let's let's rest for twenty four 90 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:51.399 hours and in essence say the old language basically said they're seeking urgent and sustainable 91 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:58.920 cessation of hostilities, which is pretty direct and straightforward. The new language trying 92 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:05.480 and to incorporate talks about urgent steps toward steps toward a sustainable cessation of hostilities, 93 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:11.279 so that that unique, if you will, in position of a couple 94 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:15.480 of more words, may be enough to persuade the US to either abstain this 95 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:19.800 time or actually sign up to it. And a lot of people around the 96 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:23.360 rest of the world be very happy if that in fact, we're the case. 97 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:28.279 But keep watching today, watch the news today, see exactly what shakes 98 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:30.959 out at the UN. Okay, now, you mentioned that if the US 99 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:39.279 abstains, then the resolution could pass. Yes, exactly, simply as okay, 100 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:42.360 So just to be clear and make sure that we've got it straight. 101 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:46.879 Everybody could vote for it, but there's no majority rules here. If one, 102 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:50.000 if one country vetos it, then the resolution isn't passed. Is that 103 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:54.439 correct? Correct? Okay? Exactly, You've got it. So for US 104 00:07:54.480 --> 00:08:00.800 says you know we're going to abstain, it'll pass. So you know, 105 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:05.000 everybody, that's why this vote today, the US has bought it's time to 106 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:09.680 think and ponder, and now it has to really decide what it's going to 107 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:13.480 do. Okay, Now, if the resolution passes, does it doesn't have 108 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:16.720 any teeth though, does it. There's no enforcement thing. It's just basically 109 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:20.360 saying, hey, the world wants you to knock it off or is there 110 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:24.000 Yeah, that's it. That's it in a nutshell. And you know, 111 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:28.720 it's kind of hard to go against one hundred and ninety eight countries if you're 112 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:31.600 Israel, if that's the case, but you know that that's the way it 113 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:37.399 will be. Okay, And why is the Security Council pushing so hard for 114 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:41.399 that ceasefire when they know Israel saying we've got every intention of wiping out Amos. 115 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:46.240 We're not stopping until that's done. Well again, you know that they 116 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:54.720 are incredibly isolated, and the US and the UK as well are pretty isolated. 117 00:08:54.639 --> 00:09:01.120 Other countries now are developing sanctions, some countries in in Asia saying we're 118 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:09.320 not going to allow any cargo ships that are either flagged Israel or are owned 119 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:13.000 by Israeli concerns. We're not gonna let them dock in our ports. So 120 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:16.720 you know, that stuff's going to build, so there will be other pressures 121 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:20.519 that can be brought to bear. Uh. But yeah, if you want 122 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:24.159 to say, heck with that, I'm gonna ignore everybody and I'm going to 123 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:26.559 go forward. You can do that. But as I say, they are 124 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:30.720 going to be you know, a lot of finger pointing, and there's gonna 125 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:33.320 be a lot of sanctions, a growing list of sanctions coming to the fore. 126 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:39.120 Okay, so there are repercussions. Okay. And then wasn't a sticking 127 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:45.279 point tom that in the resolution there's no mention that Hamas is a terrorist organization? 128 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:48.200 Was that a thing? I think I heard that from that. I 129 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:50.679 think they can they can, they can they I think they can win that 130 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:56.200 if you will vote by not even mentioning that language. Don't even put that 131 00:09:56.320 --> 00:10:01.600 language in there. And uh, you know, a cessation is a cessation, 132 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:05.320 and then is up to the principal parties to figure out how to go 133 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:11.279 from here. But at this stage, I don't think you have to throw 134 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:13.960 that line. Too much information to throw in there. Okay, All right, 135 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:16.519 So you were saying that we need to watch so we could see a 136 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:20.519 vote today or did they delay it? We could see one today. Exactly. 137 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:24.600 I mean, you can kick it into the taller grass tomorrow, but 138 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:28.240 I think it'll be done with one way shape or form today. All right, 139 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:31.360 ABC's Tom Rivers, thanks so much for the information. Appreciated a ton. 140 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:33.879 Take care. All right, take care. Let's get back to some 141 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:37.919 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The California 142 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:41.559 Highway Patrol Is issued a warning for people to drive safe and sober. During 143 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:46.240 the upcoming holiday weekend. The agency will be doing its annual Christmas time maximum 144 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:52.559 enforcement period. That's when all available officers are sent out to catch dangerous drivers. 145 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:56.120 The increased patrols will start Friday at six pm and then we'll end late 146 00:10:56.200 --> 00:11:00.879 Monday. Then they picked back up again for New Year's weekend. A man 147 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:05.000 from Pico Rivera has been convicted of laundering more than fifteen million dollars for international 148 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:09.320 drug dealers. Prosecutor say Gustavo Aldona Martinez was part of a team that would 149 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:13.559 pick up drug money across the country and deposit it into different bank accounts. 150 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:18.799 The team operated from twenty fifteen to twenty seventeen undercover DEE agents. Bust at 151 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:24.639 Aldona Martinez by staging a fake money laundering operation through him. Aldona Martinez is 152 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:28.679 now the third person convicted for the operation. He's set to be sentenced next 153 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:31.879 year. A fourth person tied to the operation is still on the run. 154 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:37.240 Blake Trolley k if I News the laped has been sued over alleged violent and 155 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:43.639 risky tactics when stopping vehicles suspected of being stolen. One woman said yesterday she 156 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:46.639 was forced to walk into the middle of the street, dropped to her knees, 157 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:48.559 and had guns pointed at her when she and her friend were pulled over 158 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:54.679 in twenty twenty. She says police mistakenly believed they were in a stolen U 159 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:58.960 haul. A man pulled over last year says it was the most traumatizing event 160 00:11:58.039 --> 00:12:03.360 in his life. A news helicopter from Philadelphia has crashed in New Jersey, 161 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:09.240 killing the pilot and a photographer. The helicopter belongs to WPVII Action News. 162 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:13.600 The station says it went down last night in a wooded area of Burlington County 163 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:16.919 on its way back from an assignment at the Jersey Shore. The La County 164 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:22.600 Board of Supervisors has approved converting the historic General Hospital into affordable housing. The 165 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:28.080 motion was introduced by Supervisor Hill to Solice to address homelessness and the mental health 166 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:31.159 crisis in the county. This speaker says the new General Hospital will be upheld 167 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:35.879 as a beacon of humanity. Imagine if all of our energy went towards supporting 168 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:41.399 projects such as this, that will lead to honest and foundational change. Salie 169 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:45.279 said yesterday. The hospital could provide up to seven hundred units for the homeless 170 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:48.120 and people with low income. The surrounding space is also projected to be used 171 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:52.519 for mental health resources. Chris Adler KA fine News. When we come back, 172 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:56.159 if you use an Android phone, you could be coming into a little 173 00:12:56.159 --> 00:13:00.879 bit of cash. KTLA's tech guy Rich de muro, I'll tell you why 174 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:05.159 plus why time is running out to get a new Apple Watch for Christmas. 175 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:09.159 Former President Trump says the ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court to kick him off 176 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:15.840 the state's twenty twenty four presidential primary ballot is a completely flawed decision. The 177 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:20.679 Colorado Supreme Court said he violated the Fourteenth Amendment by encouraging the US Capitol riot. 178 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:24.360 The ruling is expected to be appealed. We're going to be talking with 179 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:28.679 ABC Stephen Portnoy. More about this coming up at five point fifty. The 180 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:33.080 Anti Defamation League says over four hundred Jewish facilities around the US have received bomb 181 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:37.679 threats by email just since Saturday. The FBI says because of the language and 182 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:41.600 the emails, it appears the threats are connected and came from outside the US. 183 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:46.720 They also said they are not credible threats. Some areas of LA have 184 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.159 seen a three hundred percent increase in car thefts in the past ten years. 185 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:54.480 South LA has had the most car stolen, more than sixteen thousand. Other 186 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:58.360 hardhead areas are Downtown LA, Chinatown, and Little Tokyo. Kia and Hyundai 187 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:03.360 cars are the most commonly stolen. At six o five, it's handle on 188 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:05.960 the news. No surprise here. Violent attacks on metro workers are on the 189 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:11.399 rise. Let's say now, good morning to KTLA tech reporter and the host 190 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:15.679 of Rich on Tech. Here on KFI, it's Rich Demurro. Good morning, 191 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:18.919 Rich, Good morning to you. Amy. Okay, we got a 192 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:22.240 lot of stuff to get through, so let's try to power through as much 193 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:26.840 as we can. First of all, quick Apple Watch. If you want 194 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:31.799 one, you better get it quick. Yeah. So they have a problem 195 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:37.480 with a company out of Irvine, Massimo that sells medical technology, and basically 196 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:39.919 this company is saying that the Apple Watch infringes on their patent. This has 197 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:43.799 been going on for a while, and I guess it's coming to a head 198 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:48.840 because Apple has to stop selling their Apple Watch Series nine and the Ultra two 199 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:52.799 on December twenty first from their website, and then retail locations will stop selling 200 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:56.159 it after December twenty fourth. The only way that this can end is with 201 00:14:56.279 --> 00:15:01.480 a presidential review. I guess a veto from the president himself, which is 202 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:03.240 so wild to think about it. Wait, the president, the president of 203 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:07.720 the United States. Yes, the President of the United States. Like, 204 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:11.519 how wild is that that he has to sit there and worry about this stuff? 205 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:13.960 But I think these two companies are probably going to settle. This is 206 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:18.960 obviously a money thing. We'll see what happens. But yes, lots of 207 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:22.759 people have been buying these two watches in advance of the holidays. And if 208 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:26.240 you buy the watches, Apple assures you they will work just fine. Everything 209 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:30.399 will be okay. But in the meantime, Apple is working on a software 210 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:35.360 update which may sort of side I guess, I don't know. Try to 211 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:39.600 avoid this whole mess. Okay, So again, the twenty fourth in stores 212 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:41.559 is the last day, and the last day on the website is tomorrow. 213 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:45.360 Did you say, yeah, the twenty first. We'll see. I mean, 214 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:48.440 this isn't this is one of the odder things I've seen in a while. 215 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:52.919 So we'll see what happens. Okay, one hundred million Android users switching 216 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:56.879 from Apple to Android could be in coming into a little bit of cash. 217 00:15:56.840 --> 00:16:00.960 Yeah. So it seems like we have a lot of like ft settlements at 218 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:03.240 the end of the year. This is one of them. Google's going to 219 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:07.600 pay seven hundred million dollars to settle this antitrust lawsuit that basically said it used 220 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:14.200 its position of power to you know, to have the monopoly with the Google 221 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:18.799 Play Store on the Android phones. So one hundred and two million consumers in 222 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:22.039 the US all fifty states, if you've downloaded an app or used an Android 223 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:29.279 phone basically from the last couple of years up until from July twenty twenty one 224 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:33.600 until sorry, August twenty sixteen to September twenty twenty three, you're going to 225 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:34.399 get a little bit of money. But here's the deal. If you do 226 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:37.679 the math, it's probably like six bucks so it's not a ton of money. 227 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:42.320 But but here's the changes that Google is making. They're going to make 228 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:47.679 it easier for people to sideload apps. This means install your own software on 229 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:52.120 an Android phone, and they're going to give app developers the ability to do 230 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:56.639 third party payment options so you don't necessarily have to buy the app through Google 231 00:16:56.679 --> 00:17:00.679 Play. We don't have time to talk about it, but I think those 232 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:06.319 two changes are kind of odd for the average consumer because it definitely introduces a 233 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:10.720 level of security issue that I think the reason why Google does things a certain 234 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:15.559 way is for that reason. And from you describing what those things are, 235 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:19.680 there are things that I would never do. Yeah, exactly like it, 236 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:22.559 just I get it. And here's the thing. You can already sideload. 237 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:26.519 You can already load any app you want onto an Android phone, which is 238 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:30.079 a big difference between that and the iPhone. But only nerds do it because 239 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:32.680 only nerds know how to do it. And that's a good thing, because 240 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:37.400 there are major security implications of putting third party apps on an Android phone. 241 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:40.559 If you know what you're doing, it's fine, but if you don't, 242 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:44.680 it could be really really bad. And then the third party payment options you 243 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:47.519 know, it's actually a lot easier to just have your payments through Google. 244 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:49.559 If you subscribe to an app, you know where to de subscribe right or 245 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:53.000 to unsubscribe right. Whereas if you're doing a million different apps, you know, 246 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:56.279 on your credit card or your bank account, it could get a little 247 00:17:56.319 --> 00:18:00.559 messy. So there's there's pros and cons of all this stuff. Okay, 248 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:03.920 And if you want that whopping six dollars, do you have to register for 249 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:06.839 it or will you automatically get a credit or something. It's going to be 250 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:11.119 automatic for like seventy million people, but then there will be some people that 251 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:14.640 have to file something. There hasn't been a website set up just yet to 252 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:18.720 get that filing all right, So your face is safe at ride aid for 253 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:22.599 a while. Yeah, this is another one of those FTC things. So 254 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:27.640 writ Aid apparently was abusing facial recognition at their stores for years, and so 255 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:34.000 now the FTC has banned right Aid from using facial recognition technology for surveillance for 256 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:38.359 the next five years. So way were they were they doing it and not 257 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:41.319 telling people that they were doing it? Is that why they're in trouble? 258 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:45.079 Yeah? I mean there might have been a tiny sign there's a couple of 259 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:48.440 reasons why they're in trouble. Number one, this technology was not exactly very 260 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:53.599 good, and so it would lead to their employees following customers around the store 261 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:59.319 that they suspected were on some sort of facial recognition lift for being a you 262 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:03.920 know, a thief, and that wasn't the case. It definitely favored folks 263 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:08.440 of color, and that was a problem because they would be harassed more so 264 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:14.359 than other folks. And they didn't really tell people. They encourage their employees 265 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:17.079 to not reveal that this was going on. And I'm sure there was a 266 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:21.519 tiny sign somewhere at the entrance that said we use facial recognition, but it 267 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:25.720 wasn't very apparent to the average consumer. I didn't know about this, but 268 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:30.279 it's one of these things where they thought it could help their bottom line. 269 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:33.079 And as we know right Aight is kind of struggling. They're closing a lot 270 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:36.759 of stores, so this clearly did not help them. Okay, and then 271 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:38.920 one last one, we're going to get through all our topics today. I'm 272 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:45.920 so excited Tesla. This would make buying in Tesla much more appealing. Is 273 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:49.519 working on wireless home charging. Yeah, so we know we can wirelessly charge 274 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:53.640 our phones. Obviously, this is kind of a holy grail for cars that 275 00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:59.240 are electric, because you could just drive over a wireless charging pad in your 276 00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:02.799 garage and your car would charge, no need to plug it in. So 277 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:06.920 Tesla for years has not really said if they're doing this, but they just 278 00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:10.480 did an interview with Jay Leno on his show Jay Leno's Garage, where the 279 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:12.839 engineer said, yes, we are working on a charging pad for your garage. 280 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:17.640 You would drive over it, it would charge your car, and that's 281 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.680 that. We don't know when this is going to come out. We don't 282 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:23.079 know how much it's going to cost, and it will be slower than traditional 283 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:27.720 plug in charging, which obviously you know is an issue. But if you're 284 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:33.279 leaving your car in your garage overnight, it's kind of a nice thing to 285 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:37.119 not have to plug it in. Absolutely absolutely so. But you said they 286 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:41.400 don't know how far off. How far off it is, so it's probably 287 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:44.799 years down the road. I don't know if it's years, but you know, 288 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:47.960 there's a lot of unanswered questions here. They just basically said they're working 289 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:49.759 on it, which means it could be a year, it could be two 290 00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:53.920 years. But I think the bigger thing for many EV owners right now is 291 00:20:55.000 --> 00:21:00.519 really the regular car companies adopting Tesla's infrastructure. I think that's going to be 292 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:03.680 the bigger story in the next year, as we see automakers do that. 293 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:11.119 Okay, rich On Tech the host with the most He's the KTLA Tech reporter, 294 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:14.359 rich Demiro and the host of rich on Tech right here on KFI Saturdays 295 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:17.799 from eleven to two. You can follow Rich on Instagram, rich on tech 296 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:21.359 is website, rich on Tech dot TV. Thank you so much for all 297 00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:23.160 that information we powered through it. I'm so proud of us, and have 298 00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:26.640 a very merry Christmas, you too, Amy, Merry Christmas. I will 299 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:30.920 see you after the holiday. Yep, talk to you next year. Okay, 300 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:33.799 Thanks Amy, Bye bye. No, no, don't look at me 301 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:36.680 that way. I love to say that. All right, Let's get back 302 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:38.359 to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 303 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:42.559 La and Orange Counties are under a floodwatch through Friday morning. The first of 304 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:47.119 two storm systems at southern California yesterday, with the second, more powerful storm 305 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:51.279 expected later today. Forecasters say we could get two to four inches of rain 306 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:53.599 by the end of the week, four to eight inches possible in the foothills 307 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:59.559 and near the coast. Long Beach has approved a proclamation calling for a humanitarian 308 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:03.200 sea spot in Gaza. Over one hundred and fifty public commentors have spoken on 309 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:07.559 the motion, most of them in favor of the proclamation, but not this 310 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:11.839 Jewish woman, who says supporting the ceasefire is the same as supporting jew hatred. 311 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:15.319 I am grateful for the security here tonight, yet I still fear fear 312 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:18.240 for my physical safety the moment I leave this room at the end of the 313 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:22.200 night. Hate is around us. The proclamation adopted last night also calls for 314 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:26.079 the release of all hostages. Mayor Rex Richardson says a lot of thought and 315 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:30.240 effort went into the motion and the language was vetted. Chris Sadler Ka Fine 316 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:33.000 News, the top leader of Hamas, has gone to Cairo for talks on 317 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:36.400 the war in Gaza. The talks are part of an effort to get another 318 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:41.079 ceasefire and also to swap hostages. Israeli President Isaac Herzog said yesterday Israel is 319 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:47.839 ready for another humanitarian pause an additional humanitarian aid for the release of hostages. 320 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:52.599 Disney has provided a sneak peek at Tiana's Bayou Adventure. That's the ride that's 321 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:56.920 replacing Splash Mountain at Disneyland. It's expected to open next year. The attraction 322 00:22:56.079 --> 00:23:00.160 is based on the movie The Princess and the Frogo. Posted on social media 323 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:04.440 show Cruise working on a scene that features an old cabin a magnolia tree in 324 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:10.640 tall grassy fields set against a night sky. They didn't show pictures of the 325 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:12.400 big drop at the end. That's the best part. When we come back, 326 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:17.799 Amy's on it. Another Christmas movie you may have missed that I think 327 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:21.559 is worth your while. We'll tell you about that Southland weather from KFI. 328 00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:25.680 Steady rain expected to roll in by this afternoon. Rain and thunderstorms possible through 329 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:29.039 Friday. I will be in the sixties, overnight lows in the fifties. 330 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:32.480 We, as I mentioned, have a floodwatch in effect through Friday at four 331 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:37.039 am. Showers are possible Saturday. Then we should be dry and sunny again 332 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:40.920 by Christmas Eve. On Sunday, the National Weather Service has issued a flood 333 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:44.359 watch for all of La County and Orange County as a second storm moves into 334 00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:48.480 southern California. Two to four inches of rains expected, with higher rain totals 335 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:51.880 in the foothills and mountain areas. The rain is expected to start by this 336 00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:56.480 afternoon. Amasa's top leaders in Cairo for talks on the warre in gozz It 337 00:23:56.559 --> 00:24:00.359 could be another sign that a truce and hostage swapper being worked on as the 338 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:04.359 war rages on. Israel's been saying that there won't be a pause in fighting 339 00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:10.480 until hostages are released, and apparently has asked for forty hostages to be let 340 00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:15.839 go in exchange for seven or five or seven day pause in fighting, but 341 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:21.400 there's no deal yet. TSA is expecting a six percent increase in travelers passing 342 00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:26.720 through security checkpoints this holiday season across the nation. LAX is expecting more than 343 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:29.519 two million people to fly in and out over the next week and a half. 344 00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:32.680 Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and New Year's Day are expected to be 345 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:37.880 the busiest travel days. At six oh five, it's handled on the news. 346 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:41.680 A judge, actually the Supreme Court of Colorado has kicked President Trump or 347 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:45.880 former President Trump off the twenty twenty four ballot. Wayne's going to dig into 348 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:49.599 that. At five fifty. Steve Portnoy's also going to help us take a 349 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:56.480 deeper look of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling and whether that ruling will stay in 350 00:24:56.559 --> 00:25:07.400 place. Dami's on it, Aami's on it, Damien's on it. What 351 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:12.960 am I on? I'm on streaming shows, movies and series and documentaries, 352 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:18.119 sometimes books, sometimes movies in theaters. But there's so much content out there, 353 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:22.000 how do you know what to pick? And so I take recommendations from 354 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:25.079 friends and coworkers and that kind of stuff, and then hopefully I can pass 355 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:27.559 that along to you and make sure that you maybe see something you might have 356 00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:33.319 missed or pass on something that's just not worth your time. This week, 357 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:37.480 the recommendation came from our very own news editor, Aaron ben Mosch. We 358 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:41.240 were talking about holiday movies and and she said, hey, have you seen 359 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:45.160 Clause? And I said, no, I've never even heard of it. 360 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:51.160 So it's on Netflix. It's four years old, so it was it was 361 00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:52.799 released in twenty nineteen, but like I said, I never even heard of 362 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:56.400 it. It's an animated movie. And actually they in the movie they call 363 00:25:56.440 --> 00:26:03.359 him Klaus So but it's got the voice talents of Jason Schwartzman, Norm MacDonald, 364 00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:07.799 Joan Cusack, love Her Rashida Jones and JK. Simmons. It's the 365 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:14.279 story of a lazy rich boy or young man. His name is Jessper, 366 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:15.759 and he still lives at home with his dad, who just happens to be 367 00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:19.599 very rich. His father wants his son to be productive, so he makes 368 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:23.599 him, for some reason, set up a new post office on the island 369 00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:30.079 town of Smeerensburg. And so when you see the town right at the very 370 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:33.960 beginning, it's this desolate, lifeless island town. There's no color, there's 371 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:37.759 no life, there's no joy. It actually feels a little bit like a 372 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:41.920 Halloween town in a dark way, and Jessper doesn't get a very warm reception. 373 00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:48.160 He meets a secret toymaker though through the course of the movie named Klaus, 374 00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:56.000 so it progresses as they get to know each other. And it's rather 375 00:26:56.440 --> 00:27:03.119 dark twist on origins of Santa Claus. But it's a really interesting story. 376 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:07.000 And like I said, it starts off very dark, not lots of color, 377 00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:10.279 not lots of life, and it doesn't feel like a Christmas movie. 378 00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:12.640 But as the movie progresses, it becomes more and more like that. The 379 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:18.400 animation feels a little bit like Emperor's New Clothes and a little bit like Nightmare 380 00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:22.599 before Christmas. But the animation's it's good. It's like the classic animation, 381 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:27.839 not the computerized CG animation, which it probably still is CG, but it 382 00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:32.200 looks like the classic animation. And I always, I always appreciate that. 383 00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:34.160 It's a fun story. It's a little bit dark, but it is a 384 00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:38.480 new take on how Santa got started. It's gonna be fun for kids but 385 00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:44.880 also for grownups. And it's called Klaus or Claus, however you want to 386 00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:48.039 say it. In the movie, they say Klaus. It's a good watch. 387 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:51.720 So there's still time to squeeze that one in on your Christmas viewing list 388 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:53.920 if you haven't seen it yet. Let's get back to some of the stories 389 00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:57.880 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Triple A says one hundred 390 00:27:57.880 --> 00:28:02.640 and fifteen million people across the US are expected to travel this holiday season. 391 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:06.759 TSA Federal Security Director Tom Carter, SA's airports are going to be the busiest 392 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:11.279 they've ever been with millions expected to fly. You will be fully staffed for 393 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:14.759 the holiday. We have high confidence that will be able to handle this volume. 394 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:18.640 Carter says. They're taking extra measures so they are prepared to screen a 395 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:23.079 record number of passengers from December twenty third to January first, and as I 396 00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:27.480 mentioned a couple of minutes ago, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and then New 397 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:30.839 Year's Day are expected to be the busiest days of the travel season. Of 398 00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:34.440 course, I'm flying on Friday. Good choice, Amy. A new strain 399 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:40.160 of COVID nineteen has become the fastest growing variant in the country. ABC's Lionel 400 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:45.519 Moys Moyes says according to the CDC, JN DOT one accounts for more than 401 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:49.119 one fifth of all infections in the US and in the Northeast, where there's 402 00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:53.599 been a surge of cases in respiratory illness. The CDC estimates JAYN one is 403 00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:57.839 responsible for thirty two percent of new cases. The strain has been detected in 404 00:28:57.880 --> 00:29:03.279 at least twelve country. Symptoms include sore throat, congestion, running nose, 405 00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:07.599 cough, and fatigue. Former NFL player Derek Ward has been arrested for allegedly 406 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:14.240 committing multiple robberies around La Lise. Ward was taken into custody Mondays, being 407 00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:17.720 held on two hundred fifty thousand dollars bail. They say he didn't use a 408 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:22.039 gun during the Robberies, but allegedly did use force, and fear Ward won 409 00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:26.119 a Super Bowl with the New York Giants after the two thousand and seven season. 410 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:30.440 He retired in twenty twelve. A psychologist in Costa, Mesa has a 411 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:33.160 few suggestions to help the nine to ten adults who say they get stressed out 412 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:37.599 during the holidays. Joy happens when we honor our needs and feelings. Vanguard 413 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:41.880 University psychologist doctor Brenda Gazelle says one top stressor can be avoided by accepting family 414 00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:47.519 won't change. Chad isn't going to suddenly change his political beliefs Our sister isn't 415 00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:51.400 going to suddenly stop criticizing, says the other top stressor is trying to buy 416 00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:55.880 this unrealistic magical holiday. You can decide what you need to do and feel 417 00:29:56.079 --> 00:30:00.920 permission to take breaks, take care of yourself, and set Gazelle suggests volunteer 418 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:06.480 work as another proven way to decrease holiday stress. In Orange County, Corbin 419 00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:11.759 Carson KFI News, the IRS will be waiving penalties for people who didn't pay 420 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:15.920 back taxes of one hundred thousand dollars or less during the pandemic. Nearly five 421 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:19.039 million people, businesses, and tax exempt organizations are going to be eligible for 422 00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:23.119 the relief. That adds up to about a billion dollars. The Anti Defamation 423 00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:29.079 League says over four hundred Jewish facilities around the US have received bomb threats by 424 00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:33.599 emails since Saturday. The FBI says because of the language and the emails, 425 00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:37.160 it appears the threats are connected and came from outside the US. It also 426 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:41.920 said that there are not any credible threats. Seven California cities have the highest 427 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:48.759 percentage of homes costing a million dollars or more. San Francisco topped the Visual 428 00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:52.400 Capitalist list with eighty one percent of homes worth at least a million dollars. 429 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:56.480 Eighty one percent of the homes in San Francisco amazing. San Jose was second, 430 00:30:56.480 --> 00:31:00.640 followed by Anaheim, Oakland, San Diego, and La. We're just 431 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:04.359 minutes away from Handle on the news this morning. Maybe those home prices have 432 00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:07.680 something to do with this. Home sales in California have hit their lowest level 433 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:14.000 in sixteen years. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's national news 434 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:18.920 correspondent Stephen Portnoy. Good morning, Stephen, Well, hi, Amy, 435 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:22.279 So anti Trump force has got a big win in keeping the former president off 436 00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:27.160 the ballot in Colorado. Yesterday, they certainly did. A divided Colorado Supreme 437 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:33.519 Court ruled four to three that Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the ballot 438 00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:37.759 in that state because he engaged in insurrection and under the Fourteenth Amendments, Section 439 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:42.720 three, any person who had sworn an oath to support the Constitution who then 440 00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:48.480 violated that oath by engaging the insurrection is ineligible to again serving government, and 441 00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:52.319 therefore Donald Trump cannot appear on the ballot on Super Tuesday, March fifth, 442 00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:57.480 in the state's GOP primary. The response from Republicans has been fierce. Donald 443 00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:02.240 Trump leads the way, call an Unamerican. His campaign says that he will 444 00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:07.279 immediately appeal to the US Supreme Court, and I expect that the Court will 445 00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:13.200 dive into this as quickly as it can. The Colorado ruling has been stayed 446 00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:15.720 for two weeks to allow for this appeal to the Supreme Court, but the 447 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:21.559 deadline for certification of the ballot in the Super Tuesday primary is January fifth, 448 00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:24.839 So the idea being that the Supreme Court, one way or another will have 449 00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:29.759 to weigh in on this to see to it if it's going to see to 450 00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:32.119 it that Donald Trump is on the ballot on Super Tuesday in Colorado. The 451 00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:36.720 ramifications of this are obviously huge. I mean, what we're talking about is 452 00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:38.480 the idea that it shouldn't be up to voters to decide whether Donald Trump should 453 00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:43.039 be president, but instead it should be up to either unelected judges or state 454 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:47.799 elections officials in the particular jurisdictions. And if this ruling in Colorado is allowed 455 00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:52.039 to stand, you could, in theory, have state elections officials, or 456 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:58.559 county or city election officials all across America themselves deeming Donald Trump ineligible and having 457 00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:04.079 him removed from the ballot. Enormous ramifications to our system of self governance. 458 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:08.119 But the argument is that that's exactly what the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment had 459 00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:12.440 in mind in the late eighteen sixties, when, in the aftermath of the 460 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:15.400 Civil War, they decided that democracy should not apply in the South. Where 461 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:21.240 people who had served in Congress violated their oaths went back to their states engaged 462 00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:23.599 in war against the United States, they should be ineligible to people of those 463 00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:27.960 states should not have the power to send them back to Washington, regardless of 464 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:30.960 their will. So if the framers of the fourteenth Amendments of there are certain 465 00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:36.160 circumstances in which democracy should not apply it was true, then the question is 466 00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:38.759 should be true today? And does it apply to Donald Trump? Does insurrection 467 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:45.799 mean now what it meant or something similar to what it meant then? And 468 00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:50.799 did the January sixth riot amount to insurrection in the way that the framers meant 469 00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:54.440 it when they wrote it in the aftermath of the Civil War. That's a 470 00:33:54.480 --> 00:34:00.359 lot to weed through, isn't it. It is And it's just some of 471 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:02.640 the stuff that the Supreme Court is dealing with when it comes to Donald Trump 472 00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:07.640 right now over this heady as we head into the Christmas holidays at New Year's 473 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:12.360 break by four pm Eastern time, one o'clock your time today. The Trump 474 00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:16.519 legal team has been ordered by the Court to respond to Special Counsel Jack Smith's 475 00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:22.880 request that the High Court dive right into these questions of immunity and double jeopardy 476 00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:28.760 protections that Trump has said he enjoys in the federal January sixth case here in 477 00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:32.199 Washington, and the Special Council says that because Trump has raised these issues, 478 00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:36.559 we should immediately take it to the Supreme Court and have the Supreme Court decide 479 00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:42.239 that Trump legal team has until this afternoon to respond, and they'll probably say, 480 00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:45.000 note, the proper course is to go through the d C. Circuit 481 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:47.880 Court of Appeals first, because, as you know, the Trump legal strategy 482 00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:51.920 seems to be to draw this out as long as it can be drawn out, 483 00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:55.360 because they want this to linger and not have it wrapped up before the 484 00:34:55.360 --> 00:35:00.400 election. Okay. So then going back to the Colorado thing for just a 485 00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:07.559 second. That was the Colorado Supreme Court issued the ruling because a lower court 486 00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:14.679 judge had ruled that Trump had committed insurrection and so he couldn't be on the 487 00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:16.079 ballot. Is that correct? That is right. So you had a trial 488 00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:21.400 in Denver where testimony was heard, and the judge in Denver said, look, 489 00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:24.480 two things. One, she agreed that Donald Trump did engage an insurrection, 490 00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:29.760 but she also said that it wasn't her reading of the Fourteenth Amendment that 491 00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:34.880 the President of the United States is in the text of the Amendment an officer 492 00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:38.719 of the United States. How could that be? She says that certain offices 493 00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:43.800 are spelled out. An officer of the United States is also referred to in 494 00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:46.360 the Constitution to mean, you know, let's just say a cabinet secretary or 495 00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:51.000 someone who serves in an official post that's then confirmed by the Senate, and 496 00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:54.679 not the president, because the president is elected by the Electoral College and doesn't 497 00:35:54.679 --> 00:36:00.320 serve as an officer who is generally viewed as inferior to the president. Afters 498 00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:04.880 of the fourteenth Amendment actually weighed this question and in the debate in the in 499 00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:07.639 the transcript of the debate, the answer was, when the question was raised, 500 00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:10.480 does it apply to the presidency? The answer, well, it says 501 00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:15.000 very clearly here officer of the United States, which is to say that the 502 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:19.039 answer is yes, but it's a bit ambiguous. Point is the Colorado Supreme 503 00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:22.119 Court last night, said the judge, patting her on the head. The 504 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:24.960 judges, you know, appreciate the point, but we disagree. So the 505 00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:30.400 Supreme Court overturned the judges ruling, Oh, that's right in that respect. 506 00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:37.280 H upheld the fact finding on the insurrection question, but rejected her rationale that 507 00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:39.639 the president is not an officer of the United States, and so therefore what 508 00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:45.559 they said was it not only it applies is the point? And they said 509 00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:49.320 that the fourteenth Amendment prohibits Donald Trump from appearing on the ballot. The key 510 00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:55.840 question here for all time is whether what happened on January sixth amounts to an 511 00:36:55.880 --> 00:37:00.480 insurrection and whether it applies to Donald Trump having engaged in it. These are 512 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:05.760 really big questions that are not easy to answer. And it's worth noting that 513 00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:08.519 this was not a unanimous opinion of the Colorado Supreme Court, right, I 514 00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:12.360 mean it was split. It was four to three, that's right, very 515 00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:15.920 narrow. And all seven of the justices are appointed in that state by governors, 516 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:20.719 and the last several governors have been Democrats. And so the argument is, 517 00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:22.239 well, it's a part is in court, fine, but it was 518 00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:25.599 still divided. Yea. And the idea that you know, the weighty question 519 00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:29.840 of who should be the next president should be determined by a divided state court. 520 00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:32.480 Look, at the end of the day, it'll be up to the 521 00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:36.840 justices of the US Supreme Court to decide how this turns out. And that's 522 00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:38.320 why it's all eyes on the High Court here, and it's going to be 523 00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:42.760 all eyes on them soon because they have to make a decision quickly. The 524 00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:45.920 ballot deadline is January fifth, and that doesn't mean it can't be extended right 525 00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:49.639 can't be delayed, that the Supreme Court might might say, all right, 526 00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:52.079 we're going to apply to stay and hold it in place. In fact, 527 00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:54.960 that the state party in Colorado, the Republicans there, are saying, you 528 00:37:54.960 --> 00:38:00.239 know what, screw it, Let's not have a primary at all, Let's 529 00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:04.199 have a caucus. Primaries have been set up mainly over the last half century 530 00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:09.239 to democratize what had previously been a smoke filled room process where party big wigs 531 00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:14.440 anointed their party's nominee. Yeah, that's how it really worked in this country 532 00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:17.519 up until the nineteen seventies, where we started having these primaries and then we 533 00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:21.079 focus why do we focus on Iowa in New Hampshire. It all started in 534 00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:27.320 nineteen seventy six. So this primary structure is really optional. And the Supreme 535 00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:30.679 Court of Colorado having issued its ruling that he can't appear on the ballot, 536 00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:34.679 the state party says, okay, fine, we'll just give him our delegates 537 00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:37.719 of the national convention anyway, and we won't even put the question to voters. 538 00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:40.079 They have that power. Oh my gosh. It's just so it's like 539 00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:45.119 mind boggling. All the repercussions from this thing and the fallout. What it 540 00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:47.440 could do. You better believe it all right, Well, we'll be watching 541 00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:51.239 it. Stephen Portnoy, thank you so much. That was so helpful and 542 00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:53.079 informative. You got it all right. Take care. Let's get back to 543 00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:55.920 some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Evacuation 544 00:38:57.000 --> 00:39:00.480 warnings and advisories have been issued in Ventura County as people are to prepare in 545 00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:04.960 case of flooding during the storm that's about to roll in. The peak of 546 00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:08.000 this storm is expected to hit this afternoon into tomorrow morning. The National Weather 547 00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:13.000 Services rainfall totals through Friday could hit two to four inches in coastal and valley 548 00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:15.760 areas. Some foothill and mountain spots could see four to eight inches of rain. 549 00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:20.360 Laped Chief Moore says so far this year, there have been sixty four 550 00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:23.760 fewer homicides than at this time last year, and that number represents a sixteen 551 00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:28.719 point eight percent reduction. But Moore says overall violent crime is up a little 552 00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:30.719 over one percent from this time last year. Our Austerer volt shooting stand at 553 00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:35.920 thirty four year to date verse thirty one last year. We've had sixteen fatal 554 00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:39.039 Austerer vall shootings this year, first fourteen last year. More told the police 555 00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:43.880 commissioned yesterday, property crime continues to climb, mostly because of otto thefts and 556 00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:45.639 grand theft. He says. Going into the new year, there are a 557 00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:51.119 total of eighty nine hundred eighty three sworn officers, twenty six hundred twenty two 558 00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:54.360 civilians and four hundred and forty two reserve officers. Steve Gregory kya Fine News 559 00:39:54.599 --> 00:40:00.840 study shows Tesla drivers had the highest accident rates over the past year than drivers 560 00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:04.679 of any other car. The study from lending Tree looked at quotes from people 561 00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:07.719 looking to get insurance for their cars. It found Tesla drivers had twenty four 562 00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:13.800 accidents per one thousand drivers. Ram and Subaru drivers followed closely behind. Researchers 563 00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:19.039 say Mercury has the best drivers and that BMW drivers are the most likely to 564 00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:23.039 drive under the influence. This is KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles, 565 00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:28.360 Orange County live from the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. 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