WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:05.240 KM five AM six forty. You're listening to wake Up Call on demand on 2 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:15.240 the iHeart Radio app. It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's 3 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:24.399 Jason Middleton. Good Friday morning, everybody. This is your wake up call. 4 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:33.520 It is July twenty one as well, and I'm going to bury the 5 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:42.399 lead. Saw Oppenheimer last night and there were protesters and before going into the 6 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:48.079 Chinese Theater down to Hollywood and after two during the critics. So at about 7 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:53.759 five oh five, ABC's Jason Nathanson is going to join us. He's ABC's 8 00:00:53.799 --> 00:00:57.799 film and entertainment critic. We're gonna talk about this weekend. It's Barbenheimer weekend. 9 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:00.600 We have a lot of other fun stuff this hour too. We have 10 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:03.479 a lot of heavy news, but we also have some fun news as well. 11 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:07.319 So let's get into some headlines first. Then we'll check that traffic, 12 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:11.959 and then we'll come back and talk to Jason about Barbie and Oppenheimer and some 13 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:15.359 other options we have this weekend. First, though, thousands more hotel housekeepers, 14 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:19.719 dishwashers, cooks, bellman and others went on strike yesterday in La County. 15 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:26.159 It's the third wave of labor disruption and we're gonna be talking about this 16 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:29.239 at the top of Bill's show in about an hour. That's going to be 17 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:33.280 our lead story. The suspected serial killer in New York is believed to have 18 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:38.480 murdered his victims inside his own home. That is a development that happened overnight. 19 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:44.120 In the US State Department is warning that Russia may engage in false flag 20 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:49.680 military operations in the Black Sea, so a lot of assets are on high 21 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:52.879 alert in the Black Sea. Let's start with some of the other stories coming 22 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:56.159 out of the KFI twenty four hour news room. Newport Beach has approved the 23 00:01:56.239 --> 00:02:00.920 use of privately owned security cameras to record the public. Cameras would sit at 24 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:04.959 the entrance of the Spyglass Hill community of three hundred and forty seven homes, 25 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:08.319 tracking cars coming in and out. HLA President Bruce Horne says there have been 26 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:14.680 burglaries and people just won an extra layer of protection. Capturing vehicle license plates 27 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:20.280 is not really an invasion of anybody's personal space, Horn said yesterday. Signs 28 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:23.759 will be put up notifying people their cars are being recorded, and says the 29 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:28.319 data will only be accessible by the Newport Beach Police. Chris Adler k FI 30 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:32.360 News the La County Health Department has issued an ocean water use warning for multiple 31 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:38.000 beaches as temperatures continue to rise. The department says people who visit certain beaches 32 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:42.360 should avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in the water due to bacteria levels 33 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:46.599 exceeding health standards. The warning includes Topanga Canyon Beach, Malibu Lagoon, State 34 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:51.319 Beach, and Mother's Beach in Marina. Del Rey, the attorney for a 35 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:54.800 deputy scene taking down a woman outside a grocery store in Lancasters, says a 36 00:02:54.879 --> 00:03:00.879 new video clears him of excessive force allegations. Tom Yu says County Sheriff Luna 37 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:04.879 owes his client and apology because a video scene inside a Windco grocery store in 38 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:07.680 July eighth shows the woman attack of security guard. First and his client simply 39 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:12.479 responded to a nine one one call for a robbery in progress with an emergency 40 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:15.960 code impossible weapons you, says Morale at the Lancaster station sucked. They are 41 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:20.840 not happy with the sheriff and the sheriff is not going to stand up before 42 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:23.199 deputy. Bystander. Video shows the deputy tackle the woman to the pavement, 43 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:28.080 with Luna calling it disturbing you says Luna should have had all the facts before 44 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:31.599 throwing his client under the bus. Steve Gregory Kofine knows. A man has 45 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:36.439 been sentenced to fifty seven years to life in prison for a shooting in Glendale 46 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.159 that killed one person and injured a kid. The La County DA's office says 47 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:45.360 the twenty three year old shooter targeted the person at El SAWA's sALS Tacos two 48 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:49.479 years ago. The shooter's accomplice was also charged with murder, but she pleaded 49 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:53.960 no contest to an accessory charge and got two years of formal probation and a 50 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:59.120 suspended three year prison term. A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has announced a 51 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:04.680 hearing about UFOs, officially called UAPs, the unidentified Aerial phenomena, will be 52 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:10.800 discussed next week following claims from a former intelligence official that the US military found 53 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:15.079 a crashed alien spacecraft. Congressman Tim Burchett says, a lot of people don't 54 00:04:15.079 --> 00:04:18.439 want info on UAPs to be released. We've got a heck of a lot 55 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:21.480 of pushback about this here, and we've had members of Congress who fought us. 56 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:26.959 We've had members of the intelligence community and also the Pentagon, even NASA 57 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:30.160 backed out on us. He says they're going to have witnesses who can speak 58 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:32.759 frankly to the public about their experiences. We're gonna have more on this at 59 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:36.360 five fifty with ABC's Jim Ryan as well. All right, right now on 60 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:41.360 Wake Up Called, ABC's film critic and entertainment reporter Jason Nathanson is on the 61 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:44.560 line. We're gonna start this summer box office talk. It's rather big Midsummer 62 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:46.279 weekend move for movies. Now, before I give it over to Jason, 63 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:50.920 throughout film history, mega opening coincidences have come up before. Right, We 64 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:55.439 had The Matrix and The Ten Things I Hate About You, Ghostbusters and Gremlins 65 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:59.319 came out on the same weekend, Jumanji and Heat, What Blade Runner and 66 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:00.800 the Thing the Name? Just a few Jason, welcome back as always, 67 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:04.120 Hey, good morning, Good a beer, Barbenheimer. I saw Oppenheimer last 68 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:06.519 night. Which one do you want to start with? Barbiere Roppenheimer. It's 69 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:12.000 your show, you tell me, Let's go Oppenheimer. Then there were protesters 70 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:15.319 out front when I went to the Chinese Theater at near Hollywood and Highland last 71 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:18.160 night, and there were anti nuclear protesters out front and then during the credits, 72 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:21.439 right when the credits began at the end of the film, they jumped 73 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:25.000 out of the front couple of rows of the seats and put up a big 74 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:27.959 sign, stuff, are you seeing anything like that anywhere else? Interesting? 75 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:31.279 I've never heard of anything like that. That's the first time I've heard of 76 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:35.079 anything. And if you saw the film, you know it is not prone 77 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:41.680 nuclear by any stretch of the imagination. It goes into the very complicated relationship 78 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:46.639 that Robert Auben Ironer had with the work that he created, and that's kind 79 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:51.879 of the central basically plot of the movie is he did this thing, and 80 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:56.839 he thought he did this thing for the right reasons, but then struggled with 81 00:05:56.879 --> 00:06:00.759 the thing that he created and the horror that it created. UM. And 82 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:03.879 you get to kind of see that the effects that that's had on him as 83 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:08.800 a as a person, UM, and also those around him as well, 84 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:13.240 UM, and also society. How he was built up to be this hero 85 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:16.279 and then we tear our heroes down. UM. That that's a lot about 86 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:19.879 what this is about. So it's interesting to see that. UM. I 87 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:26.439 wonder if the people who saw who actually were in theater and saw it recognize 88 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:30.800 that, right because this movie deals with all of it, and by the 89 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:33.120 way, deals with it in a brilliant way. Uh. It is the 90 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:40.879 first definite Oscar nominated movie that I've seen so far this year that I guarantee 91 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:45.040 you will be nominated for Best Picture. Uh. Killian Murphy, who stars 92 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:51.040 and is a usual in the Christopher Nolan group from Inception to Dark Knight and 93 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:55.519 more. He's always part of the mix. He stars here. The movie 94 00:06:55.600 --> 00:07:00.439 is all basically on his back uh and on his face. Lots of close 95 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:03.639 ups on his face. Yeah. Um hell again his first Oscar nomination for 96 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:08.000 this for Lead Actor. UM. One of the bigger surprises for me, 97 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:13.120 and this was Robert Downey Junior, who is fantastic is Lewis Strauss, who 98 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:15.879 is the head of the Atomic Energy Commission, a backer of Oppenheimer and a 99 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:21.439 very central figure in this story. H Robert Downey Junior shows another gear I 100 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:27.240 didn't quite frankly realize that he had. After years of Iron Man and things 101 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:30.360 like that, you forget just how good an actor. He is. Um, 102 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:33.560 he will. He will also get an Oscar nomination for this. Um. 103 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:36.439 And then you have Matt Matt Damon, who's great in a very small 104 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:42.920 part Um Emily Blunt and Florence Pugh, who who are are fantastic. They're 105 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:46.040 trying very hard with the limited stuff that they're given. If there is you 106 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:50.079 know, some some things to nitpick about the film is that the female stories 107 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:55.240 in there don't really have a whole lot to do. Um but this is 108 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:59.680 focused on Oppenheimer. Is the name of the movie is UM and so. 109 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:01.160 And I'm guessing if you saw it at the Chinese Theater, you saw it 110 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:07.600 in Imax. Yes, seventy millimeter Imax, which is the if you have 111 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:11.439 the chance, and we're very lucky here in Los Angeles we have two theaters 112 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:18.439 showing it in seventy millimeter IMAX at the TCL Chinese Theater and also at Universal. 113 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:22.399 There are nineteen of these theaters in the US that can show this format. 114 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:26.240 This is the biggest, the best, the highest resolution. So if 115 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:31.079 you can see it in those, I would highly recommend it. If you 116 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:35.799 can't see those, because I think those most of those screenings are probably sold 117 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:39.879 out at this point. See it in IMAX and then go from there. 118 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:43.080 I don't think you'd be disappointed either way. But if you can see it 119 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:48.960 in seventy seventy millimeter imax. You have a rare chance to see it in 120 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:52.960 the best possible way, and it is stunning. I saw only two open 121 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:54.559 seats, and you know how big that theater is, so yes, as 122 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:58.919 mean a thousand friends. I came away from that just like you Killian mirth 123 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:03.120 Murphy's face. I decided I would pay to watch him yawn. At this 124 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:05.639 point, Um, I guess we need to switch over to Barbie. No, 125 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:09.559 actually, stay here for just for a second, Appenheimer in seventy millimeter. 126 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:13.000 I thought that the film craft of Nolan came out because this is more 127 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:16.759 of a linear, somewhat linear kind of narrative than than we're used to like 128 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:20.080 someone, It's not inception, it's not tenant, correct, I mean, 129 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:24.200 and it's still because it is a Christopher Nolan movie. Um, there were 130 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:28.039 points where I was confused. Um, don't don't get me wrong. It 131 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:33.039 does get in there. It is not just a straightforward biopic, because that 132 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:37.639 would not be something Christopher Nolan does. He does play with time. They 133 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:41.159 go back and forth in things. Um, that's not overwhelmingly confusing, though 134 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:45.519 you know where you are. Um, it just goes back and forth between 135 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:52.679 several hearings that happened involving Oppenheimer, the beginning of them forming the Manhattan Project, 136 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:56.519 and the recruiting of him for that. He is, you know, 137 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:03.519 growing up in physics, in theoretical physics, and deciding what path he wanted 138 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:09.200 to take. Uh. That that doesn't happen in a straightforward way, but 139 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:13.120 it's not generally confusing for the most part. Um towards the end, and 140 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:18.360 some people have pointed this out as a little bit of a negative. It 141 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:22.919 is three hours long. There are parts that we're probably it could have been 142 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:26.159 trimmed down a little bit, but for me, I wasn't. I was 143 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:31.559 in no way sitting there looking at my watch going okay, yawning at any 144 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:37.960 point because the time is used very very well. Uh. And like you 145 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:41.159 said, the craft of Christopher Nolan as a filmmaker really shines through in this. 146 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:45.639 I got you for another minute. So we're looking at okay, So 147 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:48.200 everybody says, see Oppenheimer and then Barbie, let's talk about long that biopic? 148 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:52.200 Really okay? So yeah, if you're gonna see both, if you're 149 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:56.879 gonna do the double feature, I would say Barbie first and then Oppenheimer. 150 00:10:56.200 --> 00:10:58.480 After seeing I mean, I don't know if you agree with this. After 151 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:03.080 seeing Open Timer, I could not see another movie that would I would need. 152 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:07.679 I would need a stiff drink and a nap. Probably I'd rather than 153 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:11.919 go into a theater and watch something else for two hours. As as delightful 154 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:16.519 as Barbie is, which it is living up to all the hype, both 155 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:20.320 of these movies, by the way, very very hyped and living up to 156 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:24.600 it, which is also very rare. Barbie is very funny, It is 157 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:28.799 self referential, is very meta in a very smart way. Greta Gerwig, 158 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:33.519 who directed and co wrote, she really knows what she's doing. Margot Robbie 159 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:39.120 as Barbie is fantastic. Ryan Gosling is ken kills it. They're talking about 160 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:43.679 Oscar and the supporting actor Oscar nominations for for Ryan Gosling. I don't know 161 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:48.720 if that's the case necessarily, but I could really see this script getting nominated 162 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:54.879 for an Oscar and this talk about packed screenings. Almost every preview that I 163 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:58.159 and I went to see this last night in the theater, almost every preview 164 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:03.639 in my area in the San Fernardo Valley area was packed, starting at three 165 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:09.840 o'clock on with hordes of mostly women in pink outfits, laughing over the top, 166 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:16.559 having a great time. So I think that it's the projections are maybe 167 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.399 one hundred million dollars for this weekend. I think it's going to be much 168 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:22.759 higher than that. ABC's Jason nathan'son always a pleasure. Thanks for helping us 169 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:26.759 start wake up call with a great conversation. Sure they take are The Democratic 170 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:31.080 led Senate Judiciary Committee is advancing a Supreme Court ethics bill. There are no 171 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:37.080 reports of injuries. After mechanical issues forced an Alaska Airlines flight to make two 172 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:41.480 unscheduled landings in Sacramento. The flight from LA to Seattle was diverted to Sacramento 173 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:46.919 yesterday afternoon. The plane was clear to continue on to Seattle, then the 174 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:52.039 issues resurfaced and it turned around and came back to Sacramento. At this rate, 175 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:56.360 Mammoth Mountains ski season could run into the coming winter. Yesterday, the 176 00:12:56.440 --> 00:13:01.399 Mammoth Mountain Ski Area announced it will stand its season through August the sixth. 177 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:07.039 That tacks an extra week onto the previous closing day, which is impressive. 178 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:09.759 At five thirty ish kfis, Dean Sharp is going to join us live for 179 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:13.039 our Friday feature with Dean. Dean, of course, is the house whisperer. 180 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:18.360 He's also a cool cat with relatable, actionable DIY advice for you and 181 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:22.600 your real property. We're going to dig into his toolbox at the bottom of 182 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:26.799 the hour. Right now, it's been one week since that relatively new summer 183 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:31.200 feature Amazon Prime Day. Now other online vendors like to offer deals around Prime 184 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:35.200 Day when a lot of people are shopping online. So we have Vivek Pandia 185 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:39.559 with us. He's the lead analyst at Adobe Analytics. That's the firm that 186 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:43.840 does the deepest dive into digital data, and we're going to see how online 187 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:48.600 sales are helping keep the recession at Bay as well. Vivec, thank you 188 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:50.360 for joining us again. And I think we should just start with the headline 189 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:56.080 number. We're about eight or nine days after Prime Day. That goes over 190 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:58.480 two days for some reason, but anyway, we're out of Prime Day. 191 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:01.279 You're you have the Adobe Analytics, you have all the data. I'll get 192 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:05.360 out of the way. You tell us what happened. So we saw a 193 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:07.840 great amount of momentum happen over the two day Prime and Day events. We 194 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:13.759 saw about twelve point seven billion dollars spent over the two days. That's about 195 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:16.679 six point four the first day, six point three the second day, and 196 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:22.440 that amounts to about six point one percent growth over the two days over the 197 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:26.320 last year's Summer Prime Day events. So a lot of strong spending driven by 198 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:31.759 pretty competitive discounts both from Amazon but also a lot of the other retailers that 199 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:35.039 get into this space. You've got a lot of retailers who want to offer 200 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:39.639 their own promotional discounts to promote their own loyalty programs, and that's why we 201 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:43.639 see the uptick in online spending that we did last week. So this thing 202 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:46.679 seems to have its own gravitational force, is what I'm hearing it has, 203 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:52.720 like other competitors to Amazon want to flood the zone because everybody is looking online 204 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:56.240 to buy stuff. That's exactly right. It's really performing like one of those 205 00:14:56.279 --> 00:15:01.879 holiday season online shopping days. We see the daily spend kind of in the 206 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:05.240 range of what we see spent on like a daylike Thanksgiving where the discounts are 207 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:11.639 very strong during that period and Thanksgiving, Black Friday. All that is just 208 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:16.240 seeing a lot of holiday shopping momentum. So we've really see that built out 209 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:20.799 during the summer where consumers are looking to get really good value. They're looking 210 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:24.320 to spread across a lot of different categories to really maximize their budgets in this 211 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:28.840 sort of macro inflationary environment, and then also try to get a headstart on 212 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:33.879 back to school shopping. You know, most kids are going back to school 213 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:37.279 in August and in early September, so Prime Day is serving as a good 214 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:41.519 venue to make sure deals and discounts are taken advantage of. There. Before 215 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:45.559 I move on to a macroeconomic question, let's just stay here. What other 216 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:50.720 categories did you see increases in sales for? So we saw a really strong 217 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:56.080 list in electronics, that's really the category that's been pretty dominant for Prime Day, 218 00:15:56.600 --> 00:16:02.960 but we also saw toys do well. In good furniture, they all 219 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:07.919 really were able to drive lifts in the double digit range, and that put 220 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:12.960 them in seeing increases within the range of fifteen to almost up seventy six percent. 221 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:17.559 When we think about stationary and office supplies, and that kind of gets 222 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:22.679 back into or as mentioning earlier around back to school shopping and how consumers can 223 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:26.519 really stock up on those gills. All right, now, one more minutia 224 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:30.840 question what about mobile shopping? Are people buying more through the app? Are 225 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:37.399 we getting more comfortable with smartphone shopping? Smartphone shopping remains pretty heavily utilized, 226 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:44.519 especially over the prime day event. We didn't see the activity kind of usurps 227 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:48.039 what we see during days like Christmas and Thanksgiving during the holiday season, where 228 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:52.480 we see smartphone shopping it clips over fifty percent. Here, we still saw 229 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:56.559 it written the range about forty five percent, But that's quite strong and quite 230 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:03.080 important because retailers are advertising these promotional sales, trying to make everyone aware about 231 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:07.079 prime event fields, and they're doing that primarily through these apps and social media 232 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:11.799 channels things like that. So it's very important for them that we see consumers 233 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:18.119 both seeing and becoming aware of the event through advertising on smartphones, but then 234 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:22.200 also closing in the deal, locking in the spending on smartphones, and making 235 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:27.480 sure consumers are more comfortable spending on bigger and bigger ticket items on smartphones, 236 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:33.640 because that's the device that's become ubiquitous and which was seeing and driving the retail 237 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:37.839 growth. Right consumer activity being about two thirds of the American economy, it's 238 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:41.680 good that we're savvy and know how to purchase our things, from our smartphones 239 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:45.359 or from anything else too. Vivek, let me ask you a quick question 240 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:49.200 about Adobe Analytics before I ask you the final macroeconomic question. Adobe Analytics, 241 00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:53.519 your data is verifiable, It's very trusted. I've used it for at least 242 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:57.359 ten years on several shows that I've done. Tell me out of your I've 243 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:02.960 never asked this question of anybody official at Adobe Analytics. What's your methodology? 244 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:07.279 What's your mission statement there? So we have a phenomenal data set that is 245 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:12.440 driven by Adomi Analytics, which is a platform that supports e commerce experiences and 246 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:19.759 websites for over thousands and millions of products. And what we see is about 247 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:26.799 trillion visits being processed through our Adobe Analytics platform. And so we have an 248 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:32.279 aggregated, anonymized data set that profiles some of the top retailers around the world, 249 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:36.440 retailers of all shapes and sizes, and that allows us to have a 250 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:40.880 really authoritative view on how online shopping is doing on a day to day basis 251 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:44.839 outstanding. So that helps te up this last question, which is we started 252 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:49.160 with Prime Day. We've talked about your access to data and spending data. 253 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:52.759 Let's talk about consumer activity up till now when it comes to e commerce, 254 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:57.319 what are we seeing? Because the reason I ask is recession seems to be 255 00:18:57.359 --> 00:19:03.720 fading into the distance or farther and farther out because of retail activity and consumer 256 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:07.119 spending. I'd like to get your take on it. It's a great question 257 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:10.079 because from our perspective and how we've been looking at it through the year, 258 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:18.039 we've seen online shopping growth in the sort of lower single digits because essentially we 259 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:22.880 had waves of heavy online shopping through those pandemic heavy years of twenty twenty and 260 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:27.480 twenty twenty one. Then in twenty twenty two, we saw gas and fuel 261 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:33.960 prices increased, travel prices increase, and that really was impacting other sectors like 262 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:38.799 retail shopping, and we saw consumers pull back a bit in terms of how 263 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:44.839 much they're spending, and that growth momentum has really subsided where we saw the 264 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:49.079 growth kind of tick back. And you know, essentially, when we think 265 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:53.480 about what consumers are spending and how frequently, what we want to see is 266 00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:59.240 double digit growth. We'd like to see between ten to twelve percent growth each 267 00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:03.839 year, and that what we would see pre pandemic. Now where we are 268 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:07.759 now is we're in the sort of three to four percent range in terms of 269 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:11.359 online growth, and we see an over indexing in terms of performance on these 270 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:17.279 sort of promotional sales days like Memorial Day, July four, President's Day, 271 00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:19.200 and then the Prime Day event was a great example of it, which is 272 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:25.599 when consumers feel like it's a more favorable pricing environment, they'll over index they're 273 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:29.880 spending. Now, what we'll be hoping and looking closely at moving forward is 274 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:34.799 seeing if we can get non seasonal offseason online retail growth to sort of tick 275 00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:41.519 up as consumers become a bit more confident with the more global economic outlook, 276 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:45.759 so that we can kind of get back more into a normal online growth trajectory. 277 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:49.640 Vivec always a pleasure. Thank you so much for contextualizing what it can 278 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:55.480 be a massive amount of data. Very much, appreciate your time. Absolutely 279 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:57.279 great to talk to you, based and thanks so much. That was Vivic 280 00:20:57.359 --> 00:21:03.680 Pandia. He's the lead analyst at HANCHO at Adobe Analytics. Adobe constantly monitors 281 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:07.240 online sales. I do have a little bit more recession news out this morning. 282 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:11.240 The probability of a US recession in the coming year has declined. This 283 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:15.119 is according to an internal memo from Goldman Sachs as recent economic data is signaling 284 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:19.359 that bringing inflation down to an acceptable level will not require a recession. That's 285 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:25.599 according to research economists there say a twenty percent chance of recession in the next 286 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:29.519 twelve months. That's down from an earlier projection of twenty five percent. US 287 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:34.079 economic activity remains resilient, of course. GDP's going to come in again fairly 288 00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:37.400 soon for the quarter, and it's going to be a little bit below trend, 289 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:41.200 but still strong. And the inflation data has also been encouraging. The 290 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:48.440 Biden administration has gotten voluntary commitments from top AI companies to implement responsible development of 291 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:52.480 the technology. The White House announced today that seven top AI companies have committed 292 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:57.599 to managing the risks posed by artificial intelligence. A Nebraska teenager who used abortion 293 00:21:57.640 --> 00:22:02.640 pills to end her pregnancy is going to jail for ninety days. Nineteen year 294 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:07.960 old Celeste Burgess was sentenced yesterday after she pleaded guilty earlier this year to illegally 295 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:14.599 concealing human remains. The nation's second largest teachers union says it's fed up with 296 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:18.559 social media's impact on students. Do you hear that TikTok. The American Federation 297 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:22.519 of Teachers said yesterday it was losing patience with social media apps that it says 298 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:27.000 are contributing to mental health problems and misbehavior. Niece Zoe, if you're awake 299 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:32.119 looking your way, ABC's Jim Ryan joins us Live to talk about a house 300 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:34.640 oversight committee that will deal with what we used to call UFOs. Now they're 301 00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:37.640 called UAPs, at least officially. Jim's going to explain it to us right 302 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:41.079 now. I wake up, call though, let's talk with Kafi's house whisper 303 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:45.440 Dean Sharp. Mister Sharp continues to build his legacy of not only revamping, 304 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:51.559 renovating, and updating Southern California's housing stock, he's retooling his toolkit this week. 305 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:56.480 Good morning, Dean legacy, nice word, legacy, revamping, renovating, 306 00:22:56.519 --> 00:23:00.839 and I couldn't come up with a third for alliteration. Work on it, 307 00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:06.680 okay, essential Homeowner's tool Kit. I took this home. We have 308 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:10.039 we have a print out here of some of the nice color photographs and things. 309 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:12.400 I have a couple of follow up questions. I'm gonna let it you 310 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:15.920 lead, though, Where do you want to start with? And why did 311 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:18.079 you build this list. Well, you know, I get a lot of 312 00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:25.400 questions all year round about, hey, you've gotten us so excited about taking 313 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:30.200 care of our homes that we're not exactly sure what kind of tools should we 314 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:33.359 have here in order to do that, just so that we're ready. And 315 00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:37.480 you know, a few years ago, I did a quick little YouTube video 316 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:42.680 using a bucket and a bucket tool organizer, and I threw in a bunch 317 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:45.480 of tools and I said, there you go. But I realized, wow, 318 00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:49.079 it's a little bit out of date right now, just because for pricing 319 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:56.240 purposes at least, and I thought, you know, it's time to redo 320 00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.920 that. Essentially, I want to do a whole show on it. So 321 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:03.359 I put together what is this year's essential homeowner toolkit? Now, this is 322 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:08.400 not specialty stuff. It's not project oriented stuff like, for instance, it's 323 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:12.599 not all your paint supplies, and it's not gardening tools, and that this 324 00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:17.039 is a group of tools that if you have them on hand, you're pretty 325 00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:21.279 much ready to take on any maintenance challenge you've got at your home. Okay, 326 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.920 that's fair, because it was one of my questions, like, was 327 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:26.440 there anything exotic? On this? So this is this is your this is 328 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:29.920 your basic go to. Got to have this around either in the garage or 329 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:32.720 on the patio or something so you can get to it. I dig it. 330 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:34.880 Okay, now we're kind of essentially done. You mentioned okay, you 331 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:37.319 mentioned a bit of pricing. Just real quick. We just did an interview 332 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:42.000 with Adobe Analytics about Prime Day. Do prices really vary on tools like this 333 00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:47.960 that for the essential toolkit? Well, they don't vary too much. I 334 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:51.640 mean like a two for one sale. There's not like a bogo on hammers, 335 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:55.039 right, yeah, usually not, usually not. I mean you're gonna 336 00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:59.960 find things on special at times, especially at big boxes or at the heart 337 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:04.319 Wear store. But genuinely speaking, prices are pretty standard when it comes to 338 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:08.960 tools. It's really a question of quality level, how much you want to 339 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:11.599 invest in a tool. And I always say, you know, I don't 340 00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:15.720 want you to break the bank, but I want you to buy one tool, 341 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:18.839 buy it right, buy it once, and hang onto it for a 342 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:22.799 lifetime. So I want you to buy the best tool that you can afford. 343 00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:26.759 And I want to dispel this myth. I always go out of my 344 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:32.759 way to say this, There is no such thing as homeowner grade tools and 345 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:37.920 professional grade tools. There are only good tools and bad tools out there, 346 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:41.400 and I want you to buy good tools. Very cool. Okay, so 347 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:45.079 if you see that, it might just be a branding gimmick or something exactly. 348 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:47.079 Okay, I took this, Like I mentioned, I have this nice 349 00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:49.079 print out, and I know your show up this weekend. We're gonna be 350 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:52.279 listening to that too. But I took it home. The wife does the 351 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:55.039 vast majority of the stuff around the house. Vers we're by the way, 352 00:25:55.079 --> 00:26:00.000 we are addressing our herdscaping thanks to you, And she pointed out the stuff 353 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:03.759 finders. They're not terribly reliable, according to her. What's your take, 354 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:07.359 Well, stud finders are tricky no matter what they just are. We have 355 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:12.400 not, you know, we have not arrived at the Star Trek future where 356 00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:18.720 we can get out the tricorder and just basically see inside the wall seamlessly. 357 00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:23.039 We really haven't. But if you learn to use a studfinder, and you 358 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:27.519 know, what you've got to do is a really good studfinder will give you 359 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:34.079 clues, strong clues as to what's going on inside the wall, not anything 360 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:37.880 fool proof. You got to use your brain and you got to learn how 361 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:41.039 to use them. And the funny thing about studfinders, Jason, is that 362 00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:45.559 studfinders can range. Now, I think I put on the list here. 363 00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:49.559 I showed a like a Bosch studfinder that we use quite often. It's about 364 00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:55.160 one hundred and fifty bucks. But and it's a really good one. I 365 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:59.720 mean, it's got good sensors and it's a pretty smart studfinder. But you 366 00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:06.640 can go as basic as a ten dollars studfinder, which is nothing more than 367 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:15.480 a magnet polarized magnet sit on a swivel, and they are incredibly efficient if 368 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:22.240 as you're moving across the drywall, the magnet studfinder locates the drywall screws, 369 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:26.160 the heads of the drywall screws, and thereby tells you here we go, 370 00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:32.519 we found a drywall nail or a drywall screw. Therefore there is a piece 371 00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:36.920 of wood behind it. And so it's really it's really all about using your 372 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:41.759 brain and understanding that a studfinder is not there to give you an absolute truth, 373 00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:45.480 but hints, Okay, it looks like number eleven and twelve on here 374 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:49.759 soft grip pliers, vice grip pliers. It seems like something that somebody basic 375 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:53.960 like me might be able to use in a pinch what's the difference between those 376 00:27:55.000 --> 00:28:00.920 two, Well, vice very different. Actually vice they're both plus which means 377 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:04.559 and by the way, the definition of pliers are something that is designed to 378 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:10.319 not fit around a nut, something that has already been designed to have a 379 00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:15.240 wrench to remove it. So pliers are for rounded shapes generally speaking, that 380 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:18.759 need extra grip in order to really get a hold of them. Vice gripts 381 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:22.920 are exactly what they sound like. They can be adjusted and then snapped onto 382 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:27.119 like a pipe so that they are really I mean they are grabbing harder than 383 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:32.319 you can grab with your hand, squeezing down. That's the idea of a 384 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:37.319 vice gript player. Soft grip pliers are something that's relatively new, especially to 385 00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:40.920 homeowners. They're like, well, what are you talking about. They are 386 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:48.720 essentially kind of a channel locking plier with a rubberized coating on top of the 387 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:52.640 jaws. And soft grip pliers have a very specific purpose. That aviator that 388 00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:57.960 you've got in on your faucet at the end of your faucet that sometimes need 389 00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:03.759 to be changed out or faucet sets themselves, something that has an attractive finish, 390 00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:07.920 a finish on it that a pair of pliers and those metal teeth will 391 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:12.359 scratch. That's what soft grip players are all about. They enable you to 392 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:19.079 remove finished plumbing fixtures without scratching them. All right, Speaking of legacy, 393 00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:22.799 I like legacy design stuff. The most elegant thing I see on here is 394 00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:26.480 the nail polar. But I've never used one, and it looks kind of 395 00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:30.440 dangerous. It looks almost like a weapon. Well, a lot of these 396 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:32.799 tools actually look like a weapon to kind of think of it. Anyway. 397 00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:37.160 The nail pollar, that seems like something that hasn't changed a designed in the 398 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:40.160 past one hundred and fifty years or so. How much is that going to 399 00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:44.279 run me? It's going to run you about twelve bucks. And yes, 400 00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:47.440 you could use it as a weapon. I do not recommend it as such. 401 00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:52.400 But yeah, nail polars. This nail pollar actually has changed its design 402 00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:55.440 in the last twenty years or so. I think they're they're being made better 403 00:29:55.440 --> 00:30:00.039 than ever now. They've got this nice ninety degree end on them. But 404 00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:02.119 you know, a nail puller is what it is. It's got to have 405 00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:07.759 a couple of wedge shaped prongs at the end that can slide up underneath the 406 00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:11.960 head of a nail and then essentially give you some leverage to get that nail 407 00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:15.640 head exposed, and the cool thing is on the one side. You would 408 00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:19.519 typically use the straight side to actually catch the nail head and get it lifted 409 00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:23.519 above the wood, and then you would turn around and use that ninety degree 410 00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:29.480 side as your major leverage point with its own fulcrum built into it, and 411 00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:33.079 pull the nail all the way out. It seems like the tool manufacturing space 412 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:36.960 is probably pretty crowded, But is there a branding opportunity here for Kfi's house 413 00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:40.359 whisper Dean Sharp to have his own line of tools? Oh gosh, I 414 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:45.160 hope not. I really do. No. Now, I'll tell you why. 415 00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:48.440 You know. I am just there are such great tools out there, 416 00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:52.240 and you know, if a major tool manufacturer wants to come along and say, 417 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:55.720 hey, Dean, here's a bunch of money, would you put your 418 00:30:55.839 --> 00:31:00.119 name on our tools? Sure, sure, I'd say yes. But why 419 00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:02.960 would they need to do that? They really don't. I will tell you 420 00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:07.160 this though, Jason. When it comes to brand names, okay, yeah, 421 00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:11.519 I encourage people, especially when they're buying battery powered tools, try and 422 00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:18.440 think of buying into a really good brand name family. Okay, like Milwaukee, 423 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:22.920 MKDA, Dawalt, Bosh, something like that, because you'll end up 424 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:26.759 saving money down the road. A lot of tools use the same batteries. 425 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:30.720 And so let's say you decide, all right, I'm buying this drill gun, 426 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:33.640 it's going to be a Milwaukee drill gun. Well, the next cordless 427 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:37.920 tool that you buy, if it's a Milwaukee, will very likely use the 428 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:41.200 same battery, which means you can share batteries and chargers and you don't have 429 00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:47.759 to repeat that cost. You can hot swap exactly. Very cool. Kafi's 430 00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:51.200 House Whisper Dean Sharp. Dean remind us one more time when the show airs 431 00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:56.200 Saturday morning six to eight. This tomorrow morning, we're actually going to be 432 00:31:56.240 --> 00:32:00.519 talking about how to take a best advantage of small bases. And then Sunday's 433 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:07.160 show nine to noon, we're going through the entire Essential Homeowners Toolkit. Very 434 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:08.480 cool. That's the one I usually catch, Dean, thanks a lot. 435 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:12.400 If I don't catch it that, I always get it on the iHeartRadio app. 436 00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:17.359 You're familiar with that, right, yes, iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 437 00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:22.839 Spotify, wherever your favorite podcasts are found. Home with Dean Sharp, 438 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:24.720 you can catch all of our episodes there, Dean, I'll catch you next 439 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:29.519 Friday. Thanks a lot, Thanks Jason. A couple of quick headlines before 440 00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:31.839 we get into the next segment. A kid in Kern County has made it 441 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:37.640 to round two of the Kids Mullet Showdown competition at the USA Mullet Championships. 442 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:44.200 Zeric Rayale of Ridgecrest started growing his mullet in twenty twenty one after a classmate 443 00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:46.720 was diagnosed with cancer. He says when it gets long enough, he plans 444 00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:51.720 to donate his hair two wigs for kids. And the Chino Valley School Board 445 00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:55.279 has approved as approved a policy that requires staff to notify parents in writing if 446 00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:59.960 a student as to identify as a gender different than what it is on their 447 00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:04.680 birth certificate. The notification also applies to students who request a pronoun change or 448 00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:07.759 to be called by a name that is not listed on official school records, 449 00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:12.400 or if they asked to use a different restroom. When we come back, 450 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:15.480 ABC News veteran Jim Ryan is going to be on wake up call to help 451 00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:20.400 clarify between UFOs and UAPs and why a House subcommittee wants to get under the 452 00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:24.240 hood on unidentified things that fly through the air yesterday, more than ninety million 453 00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:30.160 people lived in areas that experienced dangerous levels of heat. Forecasters warn the heat 454 00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:34.119 dome is expanding over Texas, and of course, the Southwest triple digits could 455 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:37.599 drag well into next week and beyond. I saw some forecast into August. 456 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:42.559 In Phoenix, temperatures have stayed above one hundred and ten for the past twenty 457 00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:45.720 one days, and the tarmac an asphalt in Las Vegas one hundred and forty 458 00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:51.079 four degrees. A tornado in North Carolina might be contributing to a drug shortage 459 00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:53.599 in the US. An e F three tornado plowed through the town of Rocky 460 00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:59.680 Mount on Wednesday, causing considerable damage to a Fiser facility there that makes nearly 461 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:07.200 twenty five percent of the company's sterile injectable drugs. Russian missiles reportedly hit grain 462 00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:10.559 terminals in southern Ukraine's Odessa region for the fourth night in a row last night. 463 00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:15.039 The regional governor said, however, the tax the attacks appeared less intense 464 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:19.920 than over the three previous nights. Now it is five fifty three on your 465 00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:22.719 wake up call. ABC News correspondent Jim Ryan is on the line with US. 466 00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:27.679 The House Oversight Committee is going to hold a hearing next week on Unidentified 467 00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:31.000 Anomalous phenomena. That's a somewhat new acronym, I think. Welcome back to 468 00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:35.519 Jim. Yeah. UFOs that's what we know them on does and have for 469 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:38.079 decades. Right. Yeah, you've probably never heard of Jason of the All 470 00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:45.039 Domain Anomaly Resolution Office the aa r O. That's the office deep within the 471 00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:51.119 Pentagon that's in charge of resolving these sightings or these reports, the All Domain 472 00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:54.440 and Only Resolution Office. Well, next week the House Oversight Committee is going 473 00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:59.239 to bring some people on board to witnesses, to testify about what the A 474 00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:06.400 has learned about all these UAPs unidentified anomalous phenomena going back to the nineteen forties, 475 00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:10.320 eight hundred reports, eight hundred different sightings or reports. And these are 476 00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:16.079 not civilians. These are eight hundred military reports filed by people who are considered 477 00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:22.320 generally good, solid witnesses to things like this. That the goal here, 478 00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:25.519 according to the lawmakers on the House Overside Committee, to buipartisan panel, by 479 00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:29.920 the way, is to get to the bottom of it, to see exactly 480 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:34.840 what the Pentagon knows what it doesn't know. The chairman of that committee of 481 00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:38.800 Tennessee. He says that we're not going to bring forth flying saucerers and little 482 00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:43.320 green men. But Tim Burchett says he wants to try to get to the 483 00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:46.360 bottom of what the Pentagon has learned about all these reports. Well, okay, 484 00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:50.320 you mentioned it goes back to the forties. We've only had drones in 485 00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:52.440 the sky for the consumer levels for like last ten or fifteen years. I'm 486 00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:59.000 sure the military had more experimental models, But what is overall what's driving this 487 00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:00.559 interest all of a sudden. That's a good question, and that's what I've 488 00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:05.920 been trying to answer all morning long. It's why now? And I think, 489 00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:08.239 you know, he goes back to perhaps what we've seen in the last 490 00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:14.199 ten or fifteen years. The Pentagon has sort of released or declassified some of 491 00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:19.800 the video that has been captured by military personel that that Navy, the Navy 492 00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:22.199 fighters that we're flying off the coast of Florida and captured video of something they 493 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:27.960 couldn't explain. Then it's fascinating and it's captivating, and you know why, 494 00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:31.480 it's an interesting question as to why now. And it may be that there's 495 00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:36.440 just a taste now in Washington to get away from scandal, get away from 496 00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:39.960 you know, insurrections, and away from budgets maybe for just a short time 497 00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:44.639 and talk about something that that is a little lighter perhaps, well, you 498 00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:47.280 know, but the Pentagon doesn't consider it light. And what we may see, 499 00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:51.320 Jason, is kind of a tug of war between members of Congress and 500 00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:55.039 members of the Pentagon over what can and what should and what shouldn't be released. 501 00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:58.960 Yeah, that might be the pressure point. It seems like I think 502 00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:01.199 you're right on the political side. It seems like when you have anything that 503 00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:05.119 says bipartisan in it, that means like everybody's trying to take up a little 504 00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:08.920 bit of a breather maybe from the news cycle. How are they setting expectations 505 00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:14.880 for this though fairly low? I think, you know, as much as 506 00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:17.719 Tim Burchi at the Tennessee chairman of this. And by the way, his 507 00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:22.039 quote is fantastic. We're going to get to the bottom of that, Dad 508 00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:27.679 Gummet. That's his precise quote. He says there's a cover up. That's 509 00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:31.239 his word of all of this. But again, I think the Pentagon has 510 00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:37.960 an interest in withholding some stuff because the suspicion is that, Okay, you 511 00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:40.199 know, Is it stuff from outer space? Maybe? Maybe not? Could 512 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:44.360 it be something is more likely that it may be a foreign government and a 513 00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:50.280 foreign military that's testing out equipment and technology. That's probably more likely, and 514 00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:52.519 the Pentagon doesn't want that out. Yeah, that's fair too. You're right 515 00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:55.280 about the folks he isms the Dad Gummets. I saw that yesterday. Also 516 00:37:55.360 --> 00:38:00.039 yesterday, Senator to Kennedy said Jackaloon in a Senate hearing. So what's going 517 00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:02.119 on in Washington? Yeah? I know right, Maybe maybe it's just the 518 00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:07.400 summertime. I think it's the heat is getting to everybody. Jim ABC's Jim 519 00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:09.480 Ryan, Right, They're always great to hear from you. Jim, Thanks 520 00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:12.239 a lot. We'll talk to you next week. Have a good weekend. 521 00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:15.000 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four 522 00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:23.440 hour newsroom. Too Much City singer Tony Bennett has died just two weeks short 523 00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:28.480 of his ninety seventh birthday. His publicist says Bennett died in his hometown of 524 00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:30.679 New York. There was no specific cause, but Bennett had been diagnosed with 525 00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:36.480 Alzheimer's disease In twenty sixteen. Bennett released more than seventy albums In his career, 526 00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:39.559 He often said his lifelong ambition was to create a hit catalog rather than 527 00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:52.239 hit records. HI. The Fullerton Police Department will soon have licensed social workers 528 00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:57.000 to help respond to mental health calls. The two workers will help officers de 529 00:38:57.119 --> 00:39:01.360 escalate situations, reducing the possibility of use of force. Supervisor Doug Chafey says 530 00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:05.840 the workers will help to free up officers who are called off of patrol to 531 00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:08.960 respond to someone needing psychological attention. Shall be ready to help out in the 532 00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:13.559 community. Show you'll be a robbery or other thing a burglary going on. 533 00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:17.280 Police said yesterday they're still months away from onboarding workers because they still need to 534 00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:22.199 identify candidates and put them through background checks. In Fullerton, Chris Adler KFI 535 00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:28.840 News, LA County health officials say there have been increases in COVID nineteen transmission. 536 00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:31.480 Health Director Barbara Freyre says over the last four weeks they've seen numbers go 537 00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:37.320 up across the board in tests being processed, the number of cases being reported, 538 00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:40.320 and higher concentrations of the virus in wastewater. For Rare says for the 539 00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:45.239 last three years, there have been summer surges. She says the increases are 540 00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:49.519 most likely due to the Fourth of July holiday and summer festivities, and more 541 00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:53.519 people are gathering inside for air conditioning when the temperatures are high. Steve Gregory 542 00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:59.400 KFI News a criminal case against the son of Beverly Hills City Councilman Lester Friedman 543 00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:04.199 has been smissed. The younger Freedman completed a six month diversion program for creating 544 00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:08.599 a fake social media account impersonating another city council candidate. Prosecutors objected to the 545 00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:14.400 diversion plan. Reggae Night will return to the Hollywood Bowl this weekend as part 546 00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:17.760 of the KCRW Festival. Berez, Hammond, Steel, Pulse, and Third 547 00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:22.599 World will all take the stage Sunday Night. Officials say the lineup brings the 548 00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:25.840 spirit of Jamaica and the history of island music to LA. Tickets to the 549 00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:30.920 twenty first annual Reggae Night start at forty seven bucks. We lead local live 550 00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:34.559 from the KFI twenty four hour news Room. I'm Jason Middleton. This has 551 00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:37.840 been your wake up call. You've been listening to wake up Call. You 552 00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:40.840 know you can always listen live on kf I AM six forty weekdays from five 553 00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:45.960 to six am and d anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.