WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:05.839 You're listening to KFI AM six forty Wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:10.519 demand on the iHeartRadio app. I'm choking a little bit. I just took 3 00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:12.480 a bite of breakfast because I was like, oh, I should have a 4 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:15.439 bite of food before the show gets started, and I did it too quick 5 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:19.640 to the start. Shall I have a cough drop now? So anyway, 6 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:24.879 Uh, how was your Saint Patrick's day? Anyone moving a little slow today? 7 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:29.640 You know, because it was a Sunday. I didn't even I didn't 8 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:36.960 I didn't even wear green yesterday. Today is four weeks till tax Day. 9 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:40.520 If you haven't gotten your tax done, tax is done. Now's the time. 10 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:44.359 Don't be like I was last year and put it off till the very, 11 00:00:44.479 --> 00:00:48.240 very very last second. I actually got everything done and turned into my 12 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:54.840 accountant already. So I'm thrilled, thrilled about that. But four weeks we're 13 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:59.679 going to be talking today. I'm very excited about this with Colonel Nick Haig. 14 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:03.000 He is going to be the first Space Force guardian to head to the 15 00:01:03.040 --> 00:01:07.560 International Space Station. You know, Space Force is the new branch of the 16 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:11.359 military's launch Like five years ago, I didn't even know there was such a 17 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:15.879 thing as a Space Force guardian. Super excited to be talking to him. 18 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:19.519 That's coming up at about five point fifty this morning, and here's what's ahead 19 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:23.959 on wake up call. Violence and robberies at the Pike, outlets and Long 20 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:27.200 Beach have shut down the area. Police say more than one hundred teenagers gathered 21 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:33.000 on Saturday evenings. Several smash and grab robberies were reported. A fight broke 22 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:36.200 out, and then less than an hour later, a teenage boy was shot 23 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:40.480 two blocks from the Pike. He's expected to recover. A charter flight carrying 24 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:44.280 more than thirty US citizens trying to get away from the gang violence in Haiti 25 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:48.920 has landed in Miami. Haiti's main airport in Porta Prince, is still shut 26 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:53.319 down because of the gang attacks. The State Department announced on Saturday that it 27 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:57.920 would be offering limited charter flights for American citizens from the less chaotic northern city 28 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:04.280 of Capation. It was a Kenya sweep of the thirty ninth Los Angeles Marathon. 29 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:10.919 Kenya's Dominic Ni Jenno won the men's marathon. Kentucky or kenyas almost said 30 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:16.000 Kentucky. Kenya Stacey in Dewa won the women's marathon. More than twenty five 31 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:21.560 thousand people ran in the marathon yesterday, which went from Dodger Stadium to West 32 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:27.560 LA at six oh five. It's handled on the news. Surprise President Putin 33 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:31.280 has one reelection in Russia, like there was a possibility of anyone else winning. 34 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:35.319 Actually, we're going to be talking with ABC's Tom Rivers a little bit 35 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:38.280 more about that. How it went and whether anybody protested, and if they 36 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:42.719 did, what happened to them. Let's get started with some of the stories 37 00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:46.120 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Three LA County Sheriff's deputies 38 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:53.159 have been hurt when their patrol car collided, Actually patrol cars collided responding to 39 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:57.560 a shooting call in East LA. One of the cruisers slammed into a power 40 00:02:57.599 --> 00:03:00.439 powl this morning. The other hit the side of a building. A person 41 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:04.520 hurt in the shooting was also taken to the hospital. A hearing in LA 42 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:08.639 federal courts expected to focus on the possibility of an independent audit of the city's 43 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:15.360 homeless programs, including Maribeas's Inside Safe initiative. The judge has previously said he 44 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:21.319 supports a proposed court monitored third party audit of homeless related spending. The La 45 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:23.800 Alliance for Human Rights has accused the city of failing to live up to the 46 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:29.520 terms of a settlement agreement to clear homeless camps and create shelter beds for people 47 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:36.879 living in the streets stirkusluv Katura Museum aslaadernist tunasham void them. Russian President Putin 48 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:39.159 has been re elected to a fifth term with a record number of votes. 49 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:44.599 No surprise since the government has been cracking down on those who opposed Putin and 50 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:49.159 he faced only token challengers. Putin is now set to run his country for 51 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:53.759 six more years. He called the overwhelming early results an indication of trust and 52 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:59.840 hope in him. Israeli forces have raided the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip 53 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:04.360 for the second time since November. The army says Hamas militants had regrouped inside 54 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:11.080 Shifa Hospital. The IDF is conducting a high precision operation in limited areas of 55 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:17.480 Shifa Hospital following concrete intelligence that demanded immediate action. IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel 56 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:24.480 Hagari says the intelligence showed senior Hamas officials were using the hospital to coordinate new 57 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:29.160 attacks on Israel. The Gaza Health Ministry says about thirty thousand people are sheltering 58 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:33.639 at Shifa. Critics of accused the army of recklessly endangering lives of civilians. 59 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:39.920 The Mega Millions jackpot is getting closer to the billion dollar mark. No winning 60 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:44.199 jackpot tickets were sold on Friday night, So the next drawing for tomorrow night's 61 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:46.199 going to be eight hundred and seventy five million dollars. Then if you don't 62 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:48.800 want to wait till, then we got another drawing. Before that, there 63 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:54.360 was no power ball winning on Saturday night, so the drawing tonight is worth 64 00:04:54.360 --> 00:05:00.399 an estimated six hundred and forty five million dollars. It's five six on your 65 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:03.360 wake up call. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Karen Travers at the 66 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:08.959 White House. So, Karen, last weeks then a Majority Leader Chuck Schumer 67 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:15.800 on the Senate floor called for elections to replace Benjamin nettan Yahoo. But apparently 68 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:17.560 the White House isn't backing him up on that. Yeah, I mean, 69 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:21.800 you know, the President last week said that Schumer gave a good speech after 70 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:25.800 that speech where he called for new elections in Israel, and there are a 71 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:29.560 lot of questions then at the White House about what that meant and what the 72 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:33.240 President may or may not have been endorsing. But over the weekend, John 73 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:38.079 Kirby, the National Security spokesman, said that, you know, the President 74 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:42.399 is going to continue working with the Prime Minister on the effort to release the 75 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:47.879 remaining hostages and continue getting more humanitarian assistants into Gaza. He was on ABC's 76 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:53.240 This Week and Martha Rabbits was pushing him on what the President would want to 77 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:57.120 see though, in terms of new elections, and Kirby said, you know, 78 00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:00.759 flat out, the President respects Israel's democracy. He's not looking he's not 79 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:04.959 pushing to replace net Yahu because that's up to the Israeli people. He said, 80 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:10.399 it's up to the Israeli government how they determine when elections are what that 81 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:15.360 would look like. And Martha noted, well, Senator Schumer also understands that, 82 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:18.720 but he's still calling for new elections and that there's polling about how Israelis 83 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:23.199 feel about that, that they would like to see new leadership. But Kirby 84 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:27.199 just wouldn't go there. He said, it's a democratic country. We respect 85 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:30.399 their sovereignty. He is the Prime Minister of israel I did think it was 86 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:34.160 interesting though that you know, Kirby said that the two leaders, the President 87 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:39.240 and net Yahoo have a long working relationship. They don't agree on everything, 88 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:42.360 he said, they don't agree on everything with respect to what's going on in 89 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:46.279 Gaza. But as Kirby put it, that's the government that's in place. 90 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:49.759 That's the government we're going to continue to work with. Not exactly a ringing 91 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:53.720 endorsement, but he's saying, you know, they're the ones that are in 92 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:57.360 charge. And given the priorities that the White House has right now, the 93 00:06:57.439 --> 00:07:00.480 hostage negotiations and humanitarian assistant, that's what they're going to have to do. 94 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:03.720 That's who they have to work with. Well, and it is because if 95 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:08.800 you look at it too, even if the relationship sours, that's our only 96 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:12.279 real ally in the region. Yeah, and you know, of course the 97 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:15.879 administration has been working with Cutter, They have been working with the UAE and 98 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:18.600 Egypt, but you know, the critical piece of all of this is working 99 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.959 with the Israelis. It's the Israelis and Hamas that have to agree to this 100 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:28.319 to get any deal to be finalized, to secure the release of the hostages. 101 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:31.279 And it's the Israelis that the administration is working with for the final pieces 102 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:35.319 of the humanitarian assistance, even though Egypt obviously is playing a big role in 103 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:39.600 this, and the White House has not been i think shy in the last 104 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:46.560 couple of weeks expressing more frustrations about the Israelis maybe needing to do more to 105 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:49.399 get aid in on the ground. You know, there was obviously the headline 106 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:53.279 in the last week or so about the port that's going to be built, 107 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:57.399 that temporary pier on the coast of Gaza, that the United States is already 108 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:01.600 sending the pieces over to start building that to get aid in from a marine 109 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:05.360 quarter. But as they're talking about this, they say, this just doesn't 110 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:09.240 replace an uptick in what can be done on the ground. That the most 111 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:13.560 efficient, the safest, and best way to get aid and is still on 112 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:16.639 the ground, and it's the Israelis that have to be working to make that 113 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:20.519 happen, right, okay, And then slipping, slipping, switching over to 114 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:28.439 the election cycle, it looks like President Biden has clinched the nomination for the 115 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:33.480 Democratic Party, of course, and how did that go for fundraising? Was 116 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:37.600 that a boon for fundraising? Huge month in February. The campaign says it 117 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:41.399 raised more than fifty three million dollars in February, making it the strongest month 118 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:46.279 since the re election campaign launched back last April. And they have a record 119 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:50.600 as a February twenty ninth, the record one hundred and fifty five hundred and 120 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:54.399 fifty five million dollars in cash on hand. They say that's the highest total 121 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:58.720 for any Democratic candidate in history at this point in the cycle. And note 122 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:03.240 that doesn't include that big twenty four hours they had after his stated Union address, 123 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:05.919 when they raised ten million dollars after March seventh, So this is all 124 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:09.679 just through February. Campaign's putting it to good use. They launched a massive 125 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:13.759 ad campaign last week, you know, tens of millions of dollars right out 126 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:18.759 of the gate after Super Tuesday, trying to remind Americans in their view of 127 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:22.879 what Donald Trump is saying and what he stands for. Okay, and we've 128 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:26.200 got nine more months of this, yeah, nine more months. Get ready 129 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:30.840 for the airwaves to be bombarded. All rightybc's Karen Travers at the White House. 130 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:31.840 Thank you so much for your time. Thank you. All right, 131 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:35.360 let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four 132 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:39.559 hour newsroom. A congressman has secured almost eighteen million dollars in federal funding for 133 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:45.559 fifteen projects in San Diego and Orange Counties. Four million dollars will help study 134 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:50.320 the potential relocation of the OC Coastal Rail Corridor. Congressman Mike Levin says the 135 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:54.159 goals to move the second busiest rail corridor in the country further inland following multiple 136 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:58.759 closures due to coastal bluff collapses and beach erosion. The other projects include a 137 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:03.320 water treatment facility in San Juan Capistrano, a water reclamation project in San Clemente, 138 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:09.000 a bridge in Laguna Neguel, adding managed lanes to the southbound I five, 139 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:13.559 and more in Orange County, Corbin Carson KFI News three people have been 140 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:18.960 found unconscious inside a car in a parking garage in downtown Huntington Beach. Firefighters 141 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:22.480 were called around eight thirty last night. All three were taken to the hospital. 142 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:26.559 It's not clear why they were passed out. The family of a boy 143 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:30.919 with autism who was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies in the High Desert has 144 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:33.799 hired attorneys. The family is now seeking answers and justice in the wake of 145 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:37.399 the deputy involved shooting death of Ryan Gaynor. Ryan was shot and killed on 146 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:41.879 March night, following his charge toward a deputy with a garden tool equipped with 147 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:45.480 a blade. Over the weekend, the Families Go fund Me surpassag's goal of 148 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:48.639 forty thousand dollars for burial costs. Last week, Samberdandino County Sheriff Shen and 149 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:54.519 Dkas release a statement saying the social safety net for those experiencing mental illness needs 150 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:58.679 to be strengthened. The National Institute of Mental Health refers to autism not as 151 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:03.159 a mental illness, but as a developmental disorder. Andrew Caravella Kafie News. 152 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:09.080 The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that could redefine how 153 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:15.159 the US government interacts with social media companies. The case between Republican led States 154 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:20.000 and the Biden administration is over how far the federal government can go to fight 155 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:24.519 controversial social media posts. ABC's Brian Clark says the White House is accused of 156 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:31.000 violating free speech by requesting social media platforms remove misinformation about the COVID nineteen pandemic. 157 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:35.679 The suit was brought by attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri, along with 158 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:41.600 other individuals. Lower courts have sided with the states. If the Supreme Court 159 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:46.120 does too, the White House would be blocked from contacting social media companies. 160 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:50.440 Okay, so you know that if you go to Costco you have to have 161 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:54.000 a membership to buy anything. I don't even know if you can really get 162 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:58.399 in the doors unless you're accompanied by somebody. But apparently some people are trying 163 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:03.080 to take advance to that dollar fifty hot dog and soda because Costco has announced 164 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:09.559 it's cracking down on non members accessing members only services and is limiting access to 165 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:16.519 its food courts to Costco cardholders only. Looks like Costco's decided to enforce the 166 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:18.320 policy it's been in place, but they just don't enforce it. Like you 167 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:22.159 walk up to the food court, pay a buck fifteen off, you go. 168 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:26.480 Well, starting on April eighth, be advised if you're not an active 169 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:33.039 Costco membership cardholder, you're going to have to have your card to buy anything 170 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:37.879 from the food court. I think that's fine because I pay a lot of 171 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:39.879 money to get that dollar fifty hot dog in a drink. Hey, it's 172 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:43.799 time for Opening Day Dodger Baseball. Hey can't wait. The Dodgers are going 173 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:50.080 to take on the San Diego Padres from South Korea this Wednesday morning, starting 174 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:52.279 at three am, So even before wake Up Call starts, you can listen 175 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:56.399 to the game live, or you can listen to the replay, probably a 176 00:12:56.399 --> 00:13:01.759 better option at noon on AM five seventy LA Sports and in HD on the 177 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:07.360 iHeartRadio app. It's brought to you in part by LA Care for all of 178 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:11.240 LA. When we come back, Steve Gregory has this really cool story for 179 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:16.039 us about some kids who probably normally wouldn't get a new suit or a new 180 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:20.600 dress for prom or a job interview, but they are going to be getting 181 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:24.240 those things thanks to some very generous people. And again that's Steve Gregory and 182 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:28.879 it's coming up next here on wake Up Call. You're listening to wake Up 183 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:33.360 Call on demand from KFI AM six forty. It's five twenty one on your 184 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:35.759 wake up Call. I'm Amy King. Here's what we're following in the KFI 185 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:41.480 twenty four hour newsroom. Thousands of articles of children's clothing have been laid out 186 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:46.200 along a three mile stretch of beach in Santa Cruz in protests of what's going 187 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:50.279 on in Gaza. Organizers say the thirteen thousand outfits laid in the sand represent 188 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:54.679 the number of children killed in the conflict. They say the display wasn't meant 189 00:13:54.679 --> 00:14:00.639 to support either Israel or Palestine, but only to promote a ceasefire in Gaza. 190 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:05.480 Israeli forces have launched another raid on the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, 191 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:09.759 accusing Hamas militants of using it as a base. Gaza's health ministry says the 192 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:15.120 army attacked the hospital early Monday and directed gun and missile fire at a building 193 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:20.279 used for specialized surgeries. Target is restricting the number of items you can have 194 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:26.440 at self checkout ten or fewer items only. Moving forward, Target says it's 195 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:30.360 going to open up more staffed checkouts. I'm all for that. I hate 196 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:33.240 self serve checkouts. At six oh five, it's handle on the news. 197 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:37.480 Former Vice President Mike Penn says he will not endorse his old running mate Donald 198 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:41.759 Trump for president. Bill's going to tell you why. Let's say good morning 199 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:46.919 to Steve Gregory, who has a great story for us this morning about how 200 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:50.360 hundreds of foster kids in LA are getting all dressed up. Thanks to some 201 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:54.240 incredibly generous people. For one day a year, the second floor of the 202 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:58.840 LA Convention Center's West Hall becomes a fashion center for young men and women eager 203 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.360 to attend their prom to go to a job interview, or simply feel better 204 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:05.720 about themselves. This is the Glamour Gowns and Suit Up sponsored by Kasa of 205 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:11.440 LA. We have roughly four hundred kids that will come through looking for suits 206 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:15.440 or dresses. Kim Goldman's the development director for KASSA and says, on average, 207 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:18.759 about five hundred kids go through the experience of picking an outfit. This 208 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:20.519 year we're a little bit short of that gold but still four hundred kids to 209 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:24.840 walk away with brand new stuff does not stink, and they get to keep 210 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:26.759 them, and they get to keep them, and everything's tailored to their size. 211 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:31.960 We've got seamstresses here to make sure that everybody's buttoned up the way they 212 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:33.960 need to. There's no hems running on the floor. Kimberly's a teenager and 213 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:37.759 was excited to get her first dress. Tell us what you picked? I 214 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:46.279 pick up black, nice dress and Nick Jenerary and my little hairs, little 215 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:52.720 heels. Yeah, what do you think about all this? There? Was 216 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:56.120 good. I was was saying a favela is Kimberly's court appointed advocate or personal 217 00:15:56.200 --> 00:16:02.159 KASA advisor where Kimberly goes as saying as close behind. I think the special 218 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:08.200 part about watching her this morning was just the joy of trying on different things, 219 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:14.840 being excited about all of the different options, and just the opportunity to 220 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:18.480 feel so beautiful on such a special date. Tell me what you see when 221 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:22.919 you walk in here and you see these kids, It's a beautiful experience to 222 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:27.600 walk in and really see how many options they have. A lot of times 223 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:33.360 the children in foster care don't have options and don't get an opportunity to make 224 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:37.559 a choice and select something. So to see the dresses, the shoes, 225 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:41.000 the jewelry, it's really special and I hope they really have a good time. 226 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:45.399 Dousands of volunteers showed up early on a recent Saturday morning, preparing a 227 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:48.159 room on the right side of the hall for girls and a room on the 228 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:52.120 left side for boys. Sam Harrod's been with Constant for more than two decades 229 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:55.039 and works with the young men and boys. So as they see those suits, 230 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:57.240 they kind of stand back because they've a lot of them never had a 231 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:00.519 sue. And one of the things that I always show them us how to 232 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:04.240 put on a suit and how to take a suit apart and just wear with 233 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:08.920 your jeans or just wear your shirt with us sweater. It's more than just 234 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:12.920 one thing, but it's also could get your job one day. So we 235 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:18.039 use suits as an instrument. And when you look good, you feel good. 236 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:22.480 And that's what we're giving in that room to these young men. They 237 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:26.400 come in and smiling. First suit, they get that suit, We give 238 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:30.000 them a little tips and they just walk away, you know, with a 239 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:33.799 smile on their face. You know, a suit as just a tool we 240 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:38.359 use to make you feel better. But when you feel better, you do 241 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:41.640 better. And as I was talking to Sam Kailin, a young man came 242 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:45.440 into the hallway holding his brand new suit along with a big smile. So 243 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:52.039 describe the suit for me. Nice black, sleek pants, black on black. 244 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:56.519 I got a nice bow tie, great bow tie with a simple pattern 245 00:17:56.559 --> 00:18:02.839 on it, as well as black belt and black socks. Black shoes, 246 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:06.839 wing tip shoes actually that I learned that in their wing tips. What you 247 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:11.480 learn that wing tips are old little old school, old school shoes. That's 248 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:15.440 yeah, you lean toward that they're nice. I like them. I like 249 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.880 that's it's pretty fly. Yeah, what's your plan? Do you have an 250 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:23.200 event in mind for that too? Yes, I'm going to look on It's 251 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:26.680 a thing called event Bright and there's like things you can It's like networking events. 252 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:30.119 You can go to meet people. You know I do. I'm real 253 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:34.359 estate enthusiasts, so you know, I really want to go meet people, 254 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:40.319 network and be able to connect with whoever and be able to, you know, 255 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:45.559 build relationships. So you want to be a real estate agent, a 256 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:47.960 broker, I want to be a broker. I want to be I want 257 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:48.880 to have my own firm. I want to have my own firm. And 258 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:53.039 talking some more with Kim Goldman causes development director. She tells me there are 259 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:57.079 more than thirty thousand foster kids in La County, the largest group in the 260 00:18:57.160 --> 00:19:02.359 United States at any given time. What's the average number of kids you might 261 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:06.839 be helping at any given moment. We are serving upwards of a thousand kids 262 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:11.400 in the foster care system. We have costes that volunteer, so we're working 263 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:14.000 very hard to try to meet the needs of as many kids as we can, 264 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:18.279 but we need volunteers to dedicate their time to work one on one with 265 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:21.319 these kids. It's more about it's not just about the dresses. It's about 266 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:23.000 showing up in court for them. It's about making sure they have access to 267 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:26.759 mental health, financial health, physical health, and our goal is to reunite 268 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:32.319 them with their family if that's the most safe and reasonable goal. So we're 269 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:36.680 always working to make sure that our kids are well served, well rounded in 270 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.920 our back with their family, if that's a safe place for them. As 271 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:41.839 I stood back and watched the kids leave the hall with their new clothes, 272 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:44.799 it was clear, for at least a few hours on a Saturday morning, 273 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:48.079 they were happy and have something to look forward to. For more information on 274 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:52.720 how you can help, go to KASA LA dot org for wakeup Call. 275 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:56.400 I'm Steve Gregory k if I News. Thank you, Steve. A man 276 00:19:56.480 --> 00:20:02.240 suspected of killing his girlfriend's three year old son in Lancaster has been charged with 277 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:07.000 murder. He's also facing a special circumstances allegation of using a knife during the 278 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:10.480 commission of a crime. The boy was killed in his home last month. 279 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:15.279 The mom's live in boyfriend was found with what responders said looked like self inflicted 280 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:18.599 injuries. Three other kids were also home at the time, but were not 281 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:22.720 hurt. A gray whale has washed ashore and died in Malibu. It was 282 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:26.279 spotted Saturday by a guy flying as drone near the shoreline off Point Doom. 283 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:32.319 California Wildlife Center officials say the whale is estimated to weigh around thirteen thousand pounds. 284 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:34.680 They're working with federal officials to figure out what to do with the carcass. 285 00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:41.000 Former President Trump has been accused of inciting political violence during a rally in 286 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:45.039 Iowa. He was talking about the economy over the weekend and putting a one 287 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:48.559 hund percent tariff on electric cars being built by China in Mexico. If I 288 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:52.039 get elected, now, if I don't get elected, it's going to be 289 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:56.400 a bloodbath for the whole that's going to be the least of it. It's 290 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:59.000 going to be a blood bath for the country. That'll be the least of 291 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:03.319 it. He went on to say he's not sure the US will ever have 292 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:08.480 another meaningful election if he doesn't win. Trump's campaign says Biden's evy mandate would 293 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:14.640 slaughter the American auto industry. Trump is also accused of using disparaging language against 294 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:27.519 illegal immigrants you've ever been on Sorein at Disney California Adventure, either Soaring across 295 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:33.200 California or Sword around the World, that's the music you hear. And you 296 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:37.480 might also know that there's a pre flight safety message when you go on the 297 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:41.680 attraction. Some people at the park last week got a surprise live version of 298 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:45.720 the pre flight safety message. It is our pleasure to introduce to you your 299 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:56.079 chief flight Attendant OO Padrick Warburton says it was a blast. Oh sorry, 300 00:21:56.079 --> 00:22:03.279 welcome to don't mess with Patrick. Patrick Warburton says it was a blast getting 301 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:07.559 to be the chief flight attendant for Sore and Over California once again. He 302 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:11.319 says getting to surprise guests was super fun, and he says it's great to 303 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:15.319 see the impact his safety intro has made for the past twenty three years. 304 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:21.920 I love Patrick Warburton, and as I mentioned when we went out and about 305 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:25.960 last week, if you're headed to the park, Sore and Over California is 306 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:30.599 back again, but that's only during the food and wine festivals, so it's 307 00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:34.079 going through April twenty second, and then it'll be back to sorn Around the 308 00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:37.880 World when we come back. Guess who won the election? In Russia. 309 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:42.960 We're going to be talking with ABC's Tom Rivers about President Putin's win. You're 310 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:48.160 listening to a wake up call on demand from KFI Am six forty. I 311 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:51.240 hope you're going to stick around, because in about fifteen minutes we're going to 312 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:55.839 speak with Colonel Nick Haig, who is about to become the first Space Force 313 00:22:55.880 --> 00:23:00.960 Guardian to head into space. Did you know there were space sports guardians? 314 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:03.440 Anyway, We're gonna be talking to a real live astronaut, and I am 315 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:07.440 tickled pink about this. I hope you enjoy it. Here's what we're following 316 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:11.440 in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Violence and robberies at the Pike outlets 317 00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:15.319 in Long Beach have shut down the area, please say. More than one 318 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:19.720 hundred teenagers gathered on Saturday evening. Several smash and grab robberies were reported. 319 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:23.599 A fight broke out, and less than an hour later, a teenage boy 320 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:26.880 was shot about two blocks away from the Pike. He is expected to recover. 321 00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:32.039 Russian President Putin will remain in power for at least another six years. 322 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:37.000 Early results from Russia's presidential election show Putin winning with eighty eight percent of the 323 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:40.720 vote. We're going to be talking with Tom Rivers about that in just one 324 00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:45.319 minute. Lego Land is celebrating its twenty fifth anniversary. The park was created 325 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:48.960 with thirty million Lego bricks and has grown over the years, now featuring more 326 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:53.799 than sixty rides, attractions and shows. Legoland is debuting a new land later 327 00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:59.160 this year called Dino Valley, and also plans to hold North America's first ever 328 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:03.759 War Old Lego Parade. Okay, at six oh five, it's handled on 329 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:07.640 the news Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natanya, who is not at all happy with 330 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:11.480 CENTA majority leader, at Chuck Schumer what he hads to say, And at 331 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:14.720 five pin fifty, as I mentioned, we're gonna be talking with Space Force 332 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:18.680 Guardian Colonel Nick Haig. But right now, let's say good morning to ABC's 333 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:23.839 Tom Rivers. Good morning, Tom. Voting in Russia is over now, 334 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:29.400 Good morning, Amy. Yeah, it was a one horse race, and 335 00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:33.839 surprise, surprise, the one horse one victorious and as you say, nearly 336 00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:41.000 eighty eight percent voting in favor of a president putin turnout nearly seventy five percent. 337 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:47.200 These are all official figures from the government, mind you, and as 338 00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:52.039 far as the votes go is roughly about one hundred and ten million adults voting 339 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:56.400 age in Russia, and of them, about seventy six million voted for for 340 00:24:56.519 --> 00:25:00.799 Putin as well. So you're right, after what twenty five years of mostly 341 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:08.359 presidential leadership a smattering of prime minister roles as well back to being president six 342 00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:12.599 more years added up, that'll be thirty one years at the reigns of power 343 00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:18.480 at the Gremlin. How old is Putin? That's a great question. I 344 00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:21.640 think he's around seventy seven. I have to look it up, but I 345 00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:26.880 think he's around there, okay. And is voting required in Russia? It 346 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:30.799 is not required, No. But the problem this time and it was well, 347 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:34.279 well you know pointed out there wasn't you know, it wasn't like a 348 00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:37.039 two horse race where you had, you know, a lot of weight for 349 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:41.640 the opposition figure. Well, Navalney, he was kind of an opposition campaigner. 350 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:47.119 He had died, and anybody else who could have you know, masked 351 00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:52.880 some kind of a if you will campaign, they're either in jail or they 352 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:56.640 were outside of the country, So you know, it is it was a 353 00:25:56.680 --> 00:26:02.079 foregone conclusion in the first hour voting gaybe on Friday. Yeah, okay, 354 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:07.079 Yeah, And then there was rumblings that some people were going to do protests 355 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:10.599 votes, that kind of thing, staged some opposition of their own. Did 356 00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:15.960 that happen? It did, But again, looking at the figures and the 357 00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:21.759 huge, huge numbers that went out, if it's anywhere near seventy six million, 358 00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:25.200 it was, it was, you know, numerically very small. There 359 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:30.880 were some protests that were staged outside of embassy expats, you know, voting 360 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:33.039 in places alike fill in the blank, Paris, merely in London, et 361 00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:37.119 cetera, et cetera. But in the grand scheme of things, zero effect. 362 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:41.400 Okay. And then were there I know that there have been protests in 363 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:45.559 Russia before and and a lot of people end up getting arrested. Did that 364 00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:52.839 happen during this election? I think there was about three dozen people were were 365 00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:56.400 arrested for spoiling ballots with paint, that kind of thing going in and the 366 00:26:56.839 --> 00:27:02.000 messing up the ballot boxes. So again, if it's that figure that it 367 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:07.119 wasn't too large. And then putin now that he is the presumptive winner until 368 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:10.559 they make it an official but pretty much like you said, there's no one 369 00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:15.519 else there and there's no challenge. He's going to make an address. We 370 00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:21.559 expect that. Yeah. He held an impromptu press conference though yesterday actually earlier 371 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:26.680 this morning, and he talked about a large intray. He talked about Ukraine, 372 00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:30.359 He talked about some of the language, some of the rhetoric we're hearing 373 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:37.000 from people like President Macron in France, who has his own problems with the 374 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:42.119 domestic narrative he's grappling with right now, and the problems politically with the Prime 375 00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:45.640 minister here in London, and Putin is saying, look, oft times, 376 00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:49.839 we've seen it before. In his view, they're kind of transposing the domestic 377 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:56.440 issues in these countries and pinning it all on the external source, in this 378 00:27:56.519 --> 00:28:02.640 case him in Russia. So he's saying they're just moving their own problems and 379 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:07.640 blaming him for the problems those countries are facing right now. Okay, well, 380 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:10.400 Russia gets six more years at Putin. All right, thank you so 381 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:12.880 much, Tom Rivers, appreciate it. Take care, all right, you 382 00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:15.559 two. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 383 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:19.440 twenty four hour newsroom. The police chief in Long Beach has praised his department's 384 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:23.960 response to a viral social media meet up at the Pike that involved a fight 385 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:27.680 and a shooting. Officials say word got out on social media that two young 386 00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:30.880 women were going to fight, and crowds of young people showed up to watch. 387 00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:37.599 Police broke up the fight and arrested the two people involved, one as 388 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:41.680 an adult. A short time later, a teenage boy was shot a couple 389 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:45.240 blocks away. The police chief says officers had been sent out ahead of time 390 00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:48.720 and quickly took control of the situation. The mayor says violence of any kind 391 00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:55.160 is unacceptable. A crash on the ten freeway in LA's University Park has killed 392 00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:59.039 a man and injured five other people, including four kids. The two car 393 00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:03.200 crash happened on the westbound ten yesterday. The injured kids range in age from 394 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:06.680 three months to ten years. They and a woman were all taken to the 395 00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:11.400 hospital. The Fire department says the injuries ranged from serious to critical. A 396 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:14.960 man with a fake gun has been fatally shot by La County Sheriff's deputies in 397 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:18.559 East LA. They'd responded to a call Saturday night about a person with a 398 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:22.640 gun causing a disturbance at a business. It's not clear what led up to 399 00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:26.960 the shooting. The Sheriff's Department says a replica gun was recovered at the scene, 400 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:30.400 and a study shows teens lie about how much they have. About fifty 401 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:34.319 percent admit that they mislead about their spending habits. The study, which was 402 00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:37.759 conducted by Wells Fargo, revealed that a third of teens in the survey distort 403 00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:41.799 the truth about how rich their family really is. Managing Director and Head of 404 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:47.160 Advice Relations at Wells Fargo Wealth and Investment Management, Emily Irwin says that the 405 00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:51.839 influence of social media has intensified the pressure on teens to present a facade of 406 00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:56.000 affluence, which leads to a disconnect between teenagers perceived and actual financial status. 407 00:29:56.400 --> 00:30:02.240 Or woin encourages families to discuss financial matters to foster a healthier attitude toward money 408 00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:07.200 among the younger generation. Andrew Caravella KFI News. You're listening to Wake Up 409 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:11.119 Call on demand from KFI Am six forty day after Saint Patrick's Day. I 410 00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:15.640 did not celebrate Saint Patrick's Day at all this year, did you. I 411 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:18.240 hope you're not hungover. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour 412 00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:22.559 newsroom. A hearing's going to be held today in LA Federal Court to determine 413 00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:27.799 whether there should be an independent audit of homelessness programs in LA, including Mayor 414 00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:33.920 Bass's signature Inside Safe initiative. The La Alliance for Human Rights is accused the 415 00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:37.160 city of not meeting deadlines to clear homeless camps and open up shelter beds, 416 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:41.519 and wants the city to pay a nearly six point four million dollar fine. 417 00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:45.160 Israeli forces have launched another raid on the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, accusing 418 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:51.400 Hamas militants of using it as a base. Gaza's health ministry says the army 419 00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:56.039 attacked the hospital early today, directing gun and missile fire at a building used 420 00:30:56.039 --> 00:31:00.640 for specialized surgeries. You Go Girls. USC is a number one seed in 421 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:07.039 the NCAA Women's basketball tournament. The Trojans will open up the tournament against Texas 422 00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:11.799 A and m Corpus Christy at the Galen Center either Wednesday or Thursday. USC 423 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:15.880 won the Pac twelve championship this season for the first time since twenty fourteen. 424 00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:19.880 Awesome news. We're just minutes away from handle on the news this morning. 425 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:26.039 The White housees it was fighting misinformation we'll see whether the Supreme Court agrees. 426 00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:30.359 Right now, let's say good morning to Colonel Nick Haig, who is about 427 00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:34.279 to become the first Space Force Guardian to head to space to spend a few 428 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:40.200 months on the International Space Station. Good morning, Colonel Haig, Good morning 429 00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:42.240 Amy. How are you? I am wonderful, Thanks so much for getting 430 00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:45.319 up. We are so excited to talk to you, because, well, 431 00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:49.400 one, I don't think I've ever talked to an astronaut, so this is 432 00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:53.000 a super big treat. So first of all, you're going to be heading 433 00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:59.559 to the International Space Station, and that's happening later this wee ready to launch. 434 00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:02.359 Yeah, we get ready to launch in the end of August. We'll 435 00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:07.599 launch for roughly a six month mission to the International Space Station. That's what 436 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:12.640 pretty much every crew does. And we've been cycling crews through the International Space 437 00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:17.119 Station and there's been someone working and living off the planet for over two decades 438 00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:21.440 now, oh, because you have to keep somebody on board. And that's 439 00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:24.119 been going on for more than twenty years. Yeah, more than twenty years, 440 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:30.000 and we're continuing on till twenty thirty. And so it's a long track 441 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:37.440 record of a pretty exciting successful scientific discovery and collaboration and cooperation off the planet's 442 00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:42.200 a great, great story and after that to infinity and beyond. Okay, 443 00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:47.200 so, Colonel Hag, you are going to be the first Space Force guardian 444 00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:53.119 heading to the Space Station. And when we were discussing this, I was 445 00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:57.880 like, what is a Space Force guardian? It's a term I've never heard 446 00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:02.680 before. Yeah, So Space Forces is just like one of the other services 447 00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:07.559 Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines. Right now, there's the Space 448 00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:09.960 Force and it started about five years ago, right, Yeah, so this 449 00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:15.599 year we're coming up on our fifth birthday and and so guardians are what you 450 00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:21.640 call service members in the Space Force, just like airmen or soldiers or sailors. 451 00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:27.039 And there's you know, a little fewer than ten thousand Guardians that are 452 00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:30.960 serving in the Space Force in uniform, and so it you know, there's 453 00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:34.599 not a lot of us, but we're really effective and and some of the 454 00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:39.240 things that we do underpin everything that you know, we kind of rely on. 455 00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:43.839 So everybody's listening to this. They're driving to work, they're using they're 456 00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:47.200 using you know, Ways or Google or Apple Maps, and they're they're trying 457 00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:52.039 to dodge traffic. Well, the Global Positioning System GPS is what makes that 458 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:58.240 possible in Space Force guardians or what make GPS possible? Okay, And so 459 00:33:58.359 --> 00:34:02.799 what my understanding of Space Force is that one of the missions of Space Force 460 00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:08.800 is to ensure safe access to space, right, Yeah, so Space Force. 461 00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:13.400 You know, I'm a guardian launching to space. You know, I'm 462 00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:16.199 a NASA astronaut, so my job is with NASA, and so I'm in 463 00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:20.519 support of that. But there are going to be guardians that are working on 464 00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:22.360 the launch range on the East coast that are going to help me get to 465 00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:27.320 the space station safely. They're going to watch make sure that you know, 466 00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:30.840 there if there's any debris out there, that we we don't run into that 467 00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:32.960 debris, so we do deconfliction. They also track us as we go to 468 00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:37.400 make sure that we're safe and in the event that something doesn't go right, 469 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:40.559 they're there to help make sure that we get home safe. Okay. Now, 470 00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:45.840 so just the nuts and bolts of it. You are with Space Force. 471 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:49.960 Now, were you Air Force before? Yeah? Because the Space Force 472 00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:54.320 just stood up, you know a little under five years ago. A lot 473 00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:59.119 of the people that transferred into the Space Force initially came from the Air Force 474 00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:04.039 doing those same the creation of the Space Force allowed us to put focus and 475 00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:07.400 priority on those missions. So inside the Space Force, you know, I 476 00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:12.880 graduated from the Air Force Academy back in nineteen ninety eight and served in the 477 00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:17.400 Air Force the entire time, doing primarily space related activities, and so it 478 00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:22.280 was a natural transition for me to move over to the Space Force once it 479 00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.719 was established. So when they said, you know what, we're setting up 480 00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:28.159 a Space Force, and you're like, pick me, pick me, Yeah, 481 00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:31.639 I mean, it's an exciting time. There's so much energy in what's 482 00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:35.559 going on in space, and you don't just see it with the creation of 483 00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:37.079 the Space Force, but you also see it in civil space as well, 484 00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:42.320 in commercial space. You've got the space station activities, You've got Artemis and 485 00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:45.280 our missions that are taking us back to the surface of the Moon. You've 486 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:51.039 got commercial entities that are getting involved more than ever before. So there's just 487 00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:53.400 a lot of energy. And so getting involved with the Space Force, transitioning 488 00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:58.639 over and being part of standing up a new service was a huge thrill. 489 00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:01.320 Okay, this is not your first time going to space either, is it. 490 00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:06.519 Klonel Like No, I was able to call the Space Station Home. 491 00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:09.679 Just about five years ago, I was up there for a six month mission 492 00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:16.840 doing research and keeping the National Lab working. Okay, Now, as we 493 00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:22.760 watch these lift offs that have become more and more, I guess you would 494 00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:27.199 say commonplace. But there is definitely risk. A lot of things can go 495 00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:30.800 wrong. And was it on your first attempt you almost didn't make it? 496 00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:38.320 Yeah. It is a inherently risky business when you're strapping yourself to gigantic tanks 497 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:45.159 of rocket fuel and lighting it off and sending yourself up, and you know, 498 00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:50.280 sometimes things don't go right. But we put in lots of layers of 499 00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:53.360 safety to try to mitigate that risk. So on my first launch, I 500 00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:58.880 was launching on a Soyuz rocket in Kazakhstan out of the bikan Or Cosmodrome, 501 00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:04.639 and two minutes into that launch are we had a malfunction with one of the 502 00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:08.199 boosters that was supposed to separate. It actually collided back into the rocket and 503 00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:15.079 caused it to disintegrate. And so we're going. We pointed straight up, 504 00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:19.199 going five thousand miles an hour, about thirty miles above the above the Earth, 505 00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:23.840 and the launch escape system fired off within a fraction of a second and 506 00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:29.320 pulled us away from the rocket before it before it was too late, and 507 00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:34.400 then we landed underneath parachutes, and so my Russian commander Alexey of Chinnin and 508 00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:38.599 myself landed in the middle of the Kazakh Step and some pair of rescue jumpers 509 00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:42.199 came down and helped us get out of the capsule and we waited for the 510 00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:45.440 rest of the team to arrive. So it was a successful failure, and 511 00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:51.039 that the engineers had designed the system to protect us in case something went wrong 512 00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:53.039 and it worked. And then after that happened, you said, I'd like 513 00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:58.400 to go again. Well that's the job, okay, all right, So 514 00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:02.800 when you work that long and and you're ready to go. You know the 515 00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:07.280 first thing that my wife when she met back up with me after that accident, 516 00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:09.719 she said, you know, don't worry, you're going to get You're 517 00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:13.719 going to get to go. It's just a it's a commitment by a lot 518 00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:16.320 of people, yeah, to to get you ready, to support you along 519 00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:22.079 the way, and to finally get there and be part of such an amazing 520 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:27.280 mission on the space station is worth it. So Colonel Haig, before you 521 00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:29.760 go, you're you're talking about there's a lot of preparations. I mean, 522 00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:31.199 you can't just jump on a rocket and say I'd like to go and head 523 00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:35.559 out into orbit. So, like, how long does it take to prepare 524 00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:40.119 for a mission like this? Specifically, once you're selected as an astronaut, 525 00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:45.400 it's it's two years of initial training. And I'd be remiss, but I 526 00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:49.719 didn't take the opportunity right now to say that. NASA is accepting applications to 527 00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:53.079 become an astronaut up until the second of April. So if you're interested, 528 00:38:53.199 --> 00:39:00.440 please go to NASA dot gov slash astronauts and apply. We want you to 529 00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:02.960 join the team. But it's two years of initial training after you're selected, 530 00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:07.760 and then once you're assigned to a mission, it's about another two years of 531 00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:14.159 focused training. So it's about four years solid of traveling around the globe to 532 00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:20.159 different countries, learning their systems, working with you. You know, the 533 00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:22.960 spacecraft is going to take you, learning how to fly that, and then 534 00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:27.960 also learning how to operate the International Space Station. So it's it's really complex, 535 00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:32.480 but if you like learning stuff, you're learning something new almost every day, 536 00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:36.599 and it's a pretty thrilling job. And it's got to be fun for 537 00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:44.239 someone who loves what they're doing right, Absolutely, it's being able to float 538 00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:50.079 around in weightlessness and then float over to the window and look down on the 539 00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:55.039 Earth and just see it for the amazing thing that it is. Is life 540 00:39:55.079 --> 00:40:00.079 changing. Okay, so we are almost out of time, and I have 541 00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:05.760 about one hundred more questions. So between between now and the time you go 542 00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:08.880 up and sometime late August somewhere around there. We don't know the exact dates 543 00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:13.800 yet, but or you guys haven't told us the exact dates yet. I 544 00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:16.599 would love to talk to you again and maybe even you know, set it 545 00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:20.199 up because I want to find out more about what it's like to live on 546 00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:22.840 the space station, like what it's like for you, because it's an experience 547 00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:24.760 that almost none of us are going to ninety nine point nine to nine percent 548 00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:28.599 of the world is never going to experience this, and so you're one of 549 00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:30.880 the few. So I think you're going to have like these cool insights. 550 00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:35.800 So if that's cool with you, we'll set it up again and we'll talk 551 00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:37.800 to you more and dive more into like, you know, what's life like 552 00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:40.519 on the space station and what are some of the specific things that you do 553 00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:45.760 to get ready to go. Yeah, No, I'd love to do that. 554 00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:49.880 It's it's part of you know, I feel the responsibility of trying to 555 00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:55.880 share that experience and just kind of describe, you know what, my experience, 556 00:40:55.920 --> 00:41:00.360 how I got there. It's not the same for everybody, but I'd 557 00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:04.320 love to share that. And I'd also like to take, you know, 558 00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:07.000 a couple of minutes and continue to try to explain the amazing things that the 559 00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:13.880 Space Force does. It's a pretty diverse mission set and in between now and 560 00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:15.800 then, if people have questions, they can go to Space Force dot mil 561 00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:21.079 and and do little research on their own. Okay, and you did hear 562 00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:24.199 Colonel Haig, right, he said that NASA is looking for astronauts. You 563 00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:28.239 don't have to be in the military. I'm sure there's a lot of requirements, 564 00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:30.599 but if it's something that's always been in a dream of yours, NASA 565 00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:36.480 dot gov slash astronauts you can find out more. Colonel Haig, thank you 566 00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:38.119 so much for your time, and I can't wait until we talk again. 567 00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:42.119 Hopefully we'll get to talk a few more times before you head up into space. 568 00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:45.039 I'd love to thank you for the time this morning. Amy. All 569 00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:49.119 right, thank you, take care bye. Bye, Okay, that's so 570 00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:52.400 cool. I love all space stuff and what just a cool person? Love 571 00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:54.400 it, love it, love it, And we'll let you know when we're 572 00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:58.960 going to be talking to them again. We'll also maybe put this up on 573 00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:02.159 social media at Amy K King and at KFI AM six forty dot com. 574 00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:05.679 If you missed any of it, of course, you can always listen to 575 00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:13.559 the whole interview on our on the iHeartRadio app. This is KFI and KOST 576 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:17.199 HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. You've been listening to wake Up Call 577 00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:21.880 with me Amy King. You can always hear wake Up Call five to six 578 00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:27.039 am Monday through Friday on kf I AM six forty and anytime on demand on 579 00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:28.559 the iHeartRadio app.