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show it really will work in our plan. I never thought it was such
a bad little tree. It's not bad at all. Really, maybe it
just needs a little love. Johnnie Brown is a blockhead, but he did
get a nice tree. It's time for your morning wake up call, Mary
Christmas Y Brown. Here's Amy King. It's five o'clock on your wake up
call, Monday, December eleventh. I'm Amy King, ready to start your
work week. I love the Charlie Brown Christmas. I have a Charlie Brown
Christmas tree, and I heard that kno has one too. I do,
and you have more than that I have. So I have a snoopy or
or a snoopy lawn decoration like an inflatable, an inflatable and a light that
he's on top of the mailbox and woodstock is coming out of the of the
mailbox. It opens up cute and then me and my daughter have magic Peanuts
sweats She loves Snoopy. Oh aren't you the cutest? That's so fun.
I love seeing all the decorations and people dressing up. I got on my
I've got another Disney sweatshirt on. That's see, it's my Christmas candy cane
Disney year by not, but I do so. It's the week before the
week before Christmas, and I do have a tree update for you. Last
week I told you that I bought my two hundred dollars Christmas tree and it
just sat there in my house. And I'm finally on Friday after I took
my nap on Friday afternoon, I was like, all right, it's time.
So I did decorate and it's beautiful and very happy about that. Hey,
and guess what. It's going to be a blue Christmas for show?
Hey. O'tani signing with the Dodgers seven hundred million dollars ten year contract and
the kicker to this, I just think it's yeah. I know he's an
amazing player. He's not even gonna pitch until twenty twenty five, but he
is expected to play an opening day of twenty twenty four. I did read
that it's nearly five hundred thousand dollars per game that he makes. Oh my
god, it's more than I'm making like twenty years to most people. Yeah,
yeah, I do think The cool thing, uh, ConA and I
were talking about this kind of a cool thing about it is that the way
that he structured it, he doesn't get most of the money until the end
of a contract, which frees up the Dodgers to still spend the money so
they can continue to get players because he would take up such a huge chunk
of their allocation or what is it whatever, the the money that they can
spend before they hit the cap. So I'm excited great that he's turning blue.
Here's what's ahead on wake up call. Fire crews have surrounded about fifty
percent of a wind driven fire in Ventura County. The fires burned twenty seven
hundred acres since it started Saturday. Evacuation orders near Santa Paula have been lifted,
but residents in the area have been warned to be ready to get out
again if needed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah, who says it's the beginning
of the end for Hamas, who says dozens of militants have surrendered as Israel
continues to pound the Gaza strip. Netanyahu says it'll take more time, but
his message to Hamas is it's over. A new Wall Street Journal poll shows
former South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Hayley would beat President Biden by seventeen points in
a hypothetical matchup, but Hailey still trails former President Trump by more than forty
percent in recent polling for the Republican nomination. Let's get started with some of
the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. We mentioned the
fire in Ventura County that evacuation orders have been lifted. There's a brush fire
also burning in Cabazon. It burned about sixty five acres on Saturday. It's
eighty percent surrounded. It started and was pushed by winds. The fire spread
stopped by late Saturday afternoon. La Kenny Sheriff's investigators have asked for the public's
help to find three women who stole about fifteen thousand dollars worth of clothing and
shoes from a store in Calabasas. The burglary at feature happened the day after
Thanksgiving. Officials they security video shows the woman as they entered the store and
started grabbing merchandise. They took off in a white Oudi with no license plates.
Former President Trump has canceled his plans to testify a second time in his
civil fraud trial in New York. He posted on his truth social platform that
he will not be testifying today as originally planned. His reasons in included the
testimony of its expert witnesses and alleged bias by the judge overseeing the case.
He also says he already testified in November and has nothing more to say other
than that the case is election interference. Closing arguments are set for January eleventh,
and a written decision in the case could come later in the month.
Now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, this is
just a heartbreaking case. Tell us about the woman who has sued to get
an abortion, why she did it, and what's kind of happened so far,
Because there's been a lot of movement in a very short period of time,
right, and we're still waiting for some movement in this case. Ammy.
Yes, last week, a woman named Kate Cox, who lives here
in the Dallas area, went to the a District Court in Texas. Her
physicians had told her that her baby, her fetus twenty weeks into this pregnancy,
has a fatal anomaly, meaning she's either going to be stillborn or will
live a very short life after that because of these abnormalities. What's more,
of those physicians told her that Kate Cox her own health was in jeopardy.
She's had two previous c sections and this case, this pregnancy, this problem
pregnancy, if the heart were to stop, could have some serious consequences either
for Kate Cox's life or her fertility, her ability to have kids in the
future. So the attorneys, the doctors went to the district court. Now
last week, the district court said, yes, you can go ahead and
have this despite the restrictions under Texas law. This Texas Supreme Court, though,
at the urging of the state Attorney General, stepped in and said no,
no, no, no, we're going to put a hold on that.
We will issue a firm reading, but for now everything is on hold,
so we're waiting for the next step that comes from the Texas Supreme Court.
Iman. Okay, so the Supreme Court hasn't issued a ruling yet.
They just put a stay on it exactly right. The temporary restraining order,
they've said, no, we're going to pause that. Tro do not get
this abortion yet. But because we're going to have a final ruling at some
point, then both sides, the plaintiff, side the defendants, the state,
the Cox family, they all said that the time is of the es
and so we have to hope that the Supreme Court is going to have some
ruling soon, right, And because she's more than twenty weeks along, so
she's got like what eighteen nineteen weeks left to go. Okay, yeah,
exactly so. And some of said, well, you know, why don't
you just go to a state? Something like twenty states now have restrictions similar
to those here in Texas. Texas has kind of been a boilerplate for other
state legislatures and so many of them nearly have now have a similar fetal heartbeat
law. People have said, well, why don't you just go to a
different state. Kate Cox says that under Texas law, if she meets the
exceptions that are in the law, she shouldn't have to go anywhere else.
Her attorneys have said the same thing. So that's what we're waiting for.
Does her case really the heart of the matter here, Amy is this does
a lethal feel anomaly, a fetal anomaly like the one that Kate Cox's feet
us have. Does that qualify Kate Cox or any pregnant patient under Texas restrictions
for an abortion. She's kind of in a gray area. It's not absolutely
certain that her life would be jeopardized by carrying this baby forward. The baby's
life certainly is not. There won't be quality to it, if there's any
life at all. So but at the same time, the state is saying,
no, this doesn't meet the requirements. So because of the condition that
the baby have, even if the baby survived, you're saying that the baby
would have no quality of life, something like a ninety five percent fatality rate
within the first year. And again, doctors say that normally the ends in
a stillbirth or a life that lasts a few hours, maybe a few days.
But yes, about five percent do make it to the first year.
Okay, And if the court does end up ruling against her, she could
still go to another state. She could. Yes, last week, when
the lower court ruling said go ahead and you can get the abortion, she
could have gone and gotten the abortion immediately. The state Attorney General Ken Paxton
wrote an open letter to doctors and to hospitals saying, well, if you
do this, you're still subject to potential lawsuits or losing your license or this
sort of thing. So, yeah, she it gives Kate Cox the option
to either have the abortion here, have the abortion elsewhere, not have abortion,
the abortion at all. And you just think that this case could be
kind of a flashpoint because it could go one of actually three ways. Right,
she's forced to carry the term, the baby dies, she can't have
more children. Tragic, Right, she goes somewhere else terminates the pregnancy,
or she has to carry to term, and somehow or another the baby survives,
but then, like you said, doesn't have a quality of life.
So it's like there's just it's like a no win situation. Yeah, I
mean, it's a tragic situation all the way around. And her, you
know, Kate Cox has been quite vocal about it. Only she did not
want to be the poster child for the taxes of abortion law or against the
Texas abortion law. Two weeks ago, everything was great as she and her
husband were looking forward to having their third child. Well, along came this
diagnosis of this trisomy eighteen, which is a serious chromosomal anomaly, and suddenly
their lives are turned upside down. There's no happy ending to this at all.
Yeah. Absolutely, And you're in Texas. What is the sentiment about
this law because it is one of the strictest in the country. Well,
it is, you know, And I think that the state legislature can read
the tea leaves. They know generally how their constituents are going to feel about
things like this, and so I think that's why they've gone all in on
this kind of really restrictive abortion law. And again, other states have kind
of taken this up and used it as their own template for their own abortion
laws, you know, to replace Texas with Kentucky, or with Florida,
or with Arkansas. And while you've got your law written, yeah, and
while I think that this specific circumstance is more of an outlier than like a
regular abortion case, it just it's just tragic on all ends. There's no
happen Like you said, there's no happy ending here, but we will be
watching it. And thank you so much for the information. Very helpful.
Thanks you all right, take care, Jim. Let's get back to some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. A driver
has been killed in a wrong way crash in the Baldwin Hills area of la
Police say the man was driving southbound in northbound lanes of Los Sienega Boulevard late
last night. A man and woman in one of the cars he hit was
taken to the or war taken to the hospital. A Jewish man in his
seventies has been attacked on his way to synagogue. The first was a shock.
There was a huge hard knock on my forehead here that was really enraged,
not because of the thing, because I was heated a Jew, release
say the forty four year old man who allegedly attacked him yelled anti Semitic statements
during the attack. The man's been arrested and is facing assault with the deadly
weapon, attempted robbery, a hate crime, and elder abuse. Israeli forces
have been fighting Palestinian militants in Gaza's two largest cities. People in one of
those cities say the situation is extremely difficult and that no place is safe.
ABC's Justin Finch says civilian infrastructure may be on the brink of collapse. Israeli
forces now claim they've killed seven thousand Hamas fighters since the war began, but
at a heavy cost. More than eighteen thousand Palestinians have died, according to
the Hamas run health Ministry, and he says nearly eighty five percent of Gaza's
population is said to have been displaced. Israel has pledged to keep fighting until
it removest Has from power, dismantles its military, and returns all of the
hostages still held. Since October seventh, Santa Claus has taking some time out
of his busy schedule to spread some holiday cheer around Riverside. He'll be riding
along with the Riverside Fire Department from six to eight tonight through Thursday, six
to eight each night and again next Tuesday through Thursday. It's the twenty six
annual Santa Ride along the fire truck Key's on. We'll be making stops so
people can get photos with San Santa and the Jolly Old Elf. Will also
be handing out candy canes to kids. Mom, Dad, don't even think
about it show Hey Otani is turning blue. The former Angels, Slugger and
Pitchers signed a seven hundred million dollar ten year deal with the La Dodgers.
The Dodgers have been trying to get Otani since he graduated from high school,
but he went and played for a Japanese league instead, and then they tried
again in twenty eighteen, but Otani went to the Angels. Now he's ours.
We'll be talking more about this on Handle on the News coming up at
six oh five. The state is investing thirty million dollars in fifteen projects to
protect people against weather emergencies. Governor's climate change is wiping out entire towns from
the map, and this should help. The projects include adding a second road
in and out of Paradise, which was destroyed by a fire a couple of
years ago. The waiting game is on for two people to come forward to
claim their share of a three hundred and ninety five million dollar Mega Million's jackpot.
Both tickets for Friday night drawing were sold at the Chevron on Ventura Boulevard
in Ensino. Let's now say good morning to ABC's Jordana Miller in Jerusalem.
Now, Jordana, we're hearing from Benjamin Netanyahoo that he's saying the beginning of
the end has begun and is saying that Hamas militants are starting to surrender.
Right. Well, we saw over the weekend lots of videos circulating both on
the Israeli news and on social media platforms of dozens of men a stripped to
their underwear, some blindfolded, handcuffed, some turning over weapons, being led
off somewhere to be Later we were told, questioned these were videos that were
put out by Israeli soldiers, but not through the official channels of the Israeli
army. And it turns out that now there's been a lot of criticism.
Uh. First of all, Israel obviously wanted to show that how Gaza and
fighters are surrendering. Uh. And that's where we also, you know,
heard from the Prime Minister who said just surrender, don't die for Yachtasinoir.
That's Hamas's militant leader, who Israel's you know, he's the top of Israel's
wanted list. But on the other hand, these photographs and videos, you
know, they're very you know, dehumanizing for Palestinians. Uh. They you
know, they they look like, you know, there could be some kind
of abuse going on there as well. So these are these were the basically
the Prime minister's advisor in the end said, you know, these pictures,
these pictures don't serve anyone. We're not going to see more of these,
uh, you know, And even the chief spokesman for the Israeli Army said,
you know these photograph of these images. You know, we do we
strip people because we believe they might have explosive devices. But it makes sense
like this, Yeah, it makes sense, but maybe don't show it.
Yeah, yeah, there, you know, the civil there are civilians in
there. They should be dressed, and they are dressed, he said,
and then let go. So that was I think a blunder on the Israeli
armies part. Nonetheless, it does show that some parts of the northern Gaza
strip now are really coming under almost full Israeli control, while they continue to
fight intensely in Southern Gaza in han units that battle far from one. It
will be a few weeks of intense fighting there, okay. And there is
talk that that in the Southern Gaza city on unis as you mentioned that some
of the leaders may be hiding in tunnels there and also hostages may be being
held there. That's right, I mean, Israel believes that Yehsinoar the head
of Hamas and the man who masterminded the October seventh attack. He is believed
to be hiding in the tunnel network under Han Yunis. And it's likely that
the one hundred and thirty seven hostages that are still being held, albeit twenty
at least a Israel knows are dead or just bodies, they are likely there
as well in southern Gaza. So you know, Israel's mission, it has
said from the beginning, is twofold. One to dismantle Hamas from the Gaza
strip, push it out, and two to bring the hostages home. We
have not heard of any real momentum again on talks for a new seafire,
though it has to be said the talks have never really ended the doors open.
There just hasn't really been much progress. And Hamas today threatening that you
know, they won't agree to any release of the hostages except on their terms.
But it look like they're putting those terms on the table in a realistic
fashion. Not now, okay, And I don't know if you have the
answer to this, Jordana, but I was thinking about this. You know,
Christmas is just two weeks away. We're in the middle of Hanukkah.
But do we know how the war is going to affect Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem,
which is in the West Bank right right, Well, the West Bank
has been I mean there have been nightly Israeli army rates throughout the West Bank
and hundreds of people have been arrested, hundreds that are linked to Hamas,
hundreds that are not. They're props aligned with other militant groups. But there's
no question that the atmosphere and the celebration of Christmas this year is going to
be different here in places like Bethlehem and the Old City, in the Church
of the Holy Sepulcher, primarily because they're just you know, with the war
going on. Usually there's tens of thousands of pilgrims that here come here to
the Holy Land for Christmas celebration, and this is you know, you know,
if you're thinking of a place to visit over Christmas, you know,
war time Israel not probably on that list. Yeah. I just I remember
seeing the images of Manger Square during the pandemic, where like you said,
normally there's just tens and tens of thousands of people there and it's an amazing
place to be and then during the pandemic it was empty, and I was
just curious what it might be like this year. Yeah, I think it's
going to be. It'll also be subdued. Look, even Hanuka, it's
eight nights. There's a lot of nights of celebration, and it's very subdued
here as well. All Right, Jordana, thank you so much for the
information and the insight. As always, we appreciate it. Okay, Tucksan,
all right, take care. Let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A person has been killed
in a shooting at a party in San Pedro. It happened just after midnight
yesterday near eleventh in Palace for Tardy Street. A woman and another man were
hurt. A teacher in Moreno Valley's been arrested for allegedly being drunk in public
and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The teacher was arrested Saturday at
Valley View High School. A parent had called the sheriff's station and reported the
teacher appeared to be intoxicated on school grounds. People in Tennessee are cleaning up
after severe storms killed six people at least twenty six tornadoes. Twenty six tornadoes
were reported across the region over the weekend. Government officials confirmed three people died
near Nashville when a tornado hit Montgomery County on Saturday. Three others were killed
from tornadoes in a neighborhood near downtown. This man in Clarksville says he was
putting his son in a car seat when he heard what sounded like a freight
train. That pulled my son out as fast as I could. We ran
inside, my two sons, and my wife and I we jumped in the
bathroom. Officials say the storms toppled houses and cut power to tens of thousands
of people. President Biden had invited Ukrainian President Zelensky to the White House.
The two are set to meet tomorrow. The White House says Biden intends to
underscore the US's unshakable commitment to supporting the people of Ukraine in the war against
Russia. Biden is pushing Congress to approve more aid for Ukraine. Fire Crews
have surrounded about fifty percent of a wind driven wildfire in Ventura County. The
fires burned twenty seven hundred acres since it started Saturday, evacuation orders near Santa
Paul have been lifted, but residents in the area have been warned to be
ready to get out again if needed. A man who allegedly tried to ram
into several police vehicles at the end of a chase has been shot by Huntington
Park Police. The fifty one year old is in critical condition. One officer
was injured. Late Saturday afternoon, a new Wall Street Journal poll shows former
South Carolina Republican governor Nikki Haley would beat President Biden by seventeen points in a
hypothetical matchup, but Hailey still trails former President Trump by more than forty points
in recent polling for the Republican nomination. At six five, it's handle on
the news, Netanyahu says, militants have been surrendering, and this is the
beginning of the end of Moss. At five point fifty, we're going to
be telling you how your presence could be the best present this Christmas, and
we've got a great idea on how you can do it. Right now,
let's say good morning to ABC's Steve Roberts. Steve College campuses are in the
spotlightest protest breakout across the us. The president of the University of Pennsylvania forced
to resign over the weekend. That's true, and the reason for this is
that she appeared at a congressional hearing along with the presidents of Harvard and MIT
and was asked pointedly about policies toward anti Semitism on their campuses, and she
gave a very legalistic answer. This woman, Liz McGill, was formerly the
dean of the Stanford Law School, and so she interpreted the question from a
very legalistic point of view, and what she said this actually pretty accurate when
she said, look, the American tradition, our tradition is that we permit
speech when we defend free speech until it becomes conduct, till it crosses a
line to threaten individuals. Well, that was a legalistic answer, but it
was not a moral answer. And what she and the other the other two
college presidents failed to do was say, look, we defend the right of
our students to protest, we defend the right of them to support Palestine,
but we denounce anti Semitism. When we denounced harassment and bullying on our campuses.
There's a difference between banning speech and criticizing speech and they just hit behind
the notion of well, we're not going to ban anything, but they failed
to criticize the uglier themes that they heard on their campuses, and it was
a moral moment, and leading a university is not just about legality, also
about moral leadership, and that's where they failed. Yeah, well, and
they have to walk this really, you know, a really tight line because
they kind of have to be politically correct, and like you said, they
have to say that the campus is supposed to be more neutral on a lot
of things and let the students protest because they can. But I think that
where they trip themselves up, like you said, is they gave a legal
answer, and all three of them at least, well at least two of
them that I saw, said well, it depends on the context. And
I was like, the context of whether genocide is correct? I mean it
was. It became really uncomfortable to watch too, it did, because and
they just failed to understand the larger implications of what they were saying. And
look, the takeaway from this is not that this speech should be banned.
That would be an unfortunate takeaway. The answer is is debate, it's robust
engagement, it's criticism. This is all part of the central role of any
university. I've taught at George Washington University for thirty three years, and that's
what universities should do. They should be forms of debate. They should be
forms where views clash and contradict it and argue. But also the other problem
that these university officials have is that they haven't always been consistent about free speech,
because at times they have a supported speech codes which actually restricts speech and
protect students from being uncomfortable or coddled. And the same presidents who now are
defending free speech have not always done that, and they haven't always done free
speech for conservatives. You look what happened at the Stanford Law School last spring.
A conservative judge was invited to speak. He was shot down by liberal
hecklers, and an official in the university got up and defended the hecklers,
saying that they felt pained by what the judge had to say, in part
because he had been critical of transgender rights and other issues that these students objected
to. But this is also part of the backstory here that these universities have
defended the free speech rights of a lot of liberals but not always the conservatives.
Yeah. Now, so the University of Pennsylvania President elizmcgill stepped down what's
going on with Harvard and MIT and the indications on whether one or both of
them might resign as well. Well, the president of MIT was not quite
as tied up in the debate, and the governing body of MIT is pretty
much supportive of her. Harvard's a more difficult problem because Claudine Gave, the
president of that university, has made a number of statements that have angered donors
and folks. But let's be completely honest here, Claudine Gay is the first
black woman the president of Harvard, and Harvard is going to be very,
very very reluctant to push her out. So, to be completely frank with
you, she has some protections that Lis McGill didn't have. Now, Steve,
you mentioned that you've been teaching at George Washington for like decades has and
you're seeing a lot of anti Israeli or anti Semitic sentiment. Is this something
that's been simmering or did it just really explode with the Israel Lamos war.
Well, I think both. It's a very good question, and I think
it's both let's be honest here. The formation of the state of Israel after
the Holocaust is ancient history to students. Even the wars in sixty seven and
seventy three, when Israel's very existence was threatened by Arab invasions, that's also
ancient history. And Israel's historic profile identity as a struggling democracy surrounded by threatening
and hostile Arab countries, that's not the image young people have of Israel today.
But they have of Israel as much more of a powerful state that represses
its neighbors and represses the Palestinians. And you know, there's a I believe
there's a direct line from movements like Black Lives Matters. In effect, a
lot of what you're seeing is it could be called Palestinian Lives Matter. It's
the same impulse on the part of young people to identify with marginalized and oppressed
peoples, and they see Israel as the oppressor, not as the victim,
and they've forgotten history and then maybe they've never actually even learned it. But
also, I think must be also honest, Anti Semitism as always just below
the surface, and this explosion on the Middle East has triggered and permitted and
enabled expressions of anti Semitism that have always been there. So it's a combination
of factors. But the bottom line here is that young people are far less
supportive of Israel. There was a Quinnipiac poll about forty six percent of Americans
overall supported Israel's policy in the Middle East, but only twenty percent of young
people under thirty five, which is a stunning difference. And it's a political
threat to Joe Biden because his staunch supports for Israel has called growing unease among
the number of younger voters. Yeah. Another sign too that higher education isn't
necessarily educating, at least not fulling educating. Steve Roberts, thank you so
much for your time and your insight this morning. Appreciate it anytime. All
right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four our newsroom. Another claim's been filed against the l Kenny Sha Department
over the death of a deputy. The twenty million dollar claim blames the department's
overtime policy for the death of Deputy Arturo Attilano Valdez, who killed himself in
November. His widow says he suffered from deep depression after being forced to work
exhaustive mandatory overtime for a dozen years at a jail facility. The parents of
a deputy killed outside the sheriff's Palmdale station in September have also filed a claim
over the department's overtime policy. The State Department has invoked emergency rules to bypass
congressional approval for the sale of thirteen thousand rounds of tank ammunition to Israel.
Secretary of State Antony Blincoln also says the US is in constant contact with Israel
about complying with international humanitarian rules. There's a gap between the intent and the
results, and that's the gap that we're trying to make sure his close.
He says the US is trying to lower civilian casualties. President Biden is traveling
to Philadelphia this morning. The White House says he's going to announce a federal
grant for the city's fire department to pay for the reopening of three fire companies.
Lebron James Son Bronni made his college basketball debut when USC hosted Long Beach
State over the weekend. He scored four points yesterday, but USC lost in
overtime. The younger James suffered a cardiac arrest during practice in July and was
just cleared to play again last week. Shohy Otani is turning blue. The
former Angel slugger and pitcher assigned a seven hundred million dollars ten year deal with
the Dodgers. The Dodger's been trying to get Otani since he graduated from high
school, but at that time he went to a Japanese league instead, and
then they tried again in twenty eighteen, but Otani went to the Angels.
Well, now he's ours, and we're going to be talking more about the
deal in Handle on the news coming up at six h five. Ukrainian President
Zelenski will travel to Washington, d C. Tomorrow. President Biden invited him
to the White House for a meeting to underscore US support for Ukraine. The
meeting comes less than a week after Senate Republic Pulicans blocked an aid package for
Israel and Ukraine as well because it didn't include a plan for the US border.
Barbenheimer continues to rule. Barbie has topped the Golden Globe Awards nominations just
announced. Barbie got nine nominations and Oppenheimer came up with eight. Right now,
I'm going to explain to you how your presence is the presence this Christmas.
So we all have a lot of stuff, and I think what we
learned during the pandemic when we couldn't be together is that we craved experiences.
So I was thinking and my friend, a couple of my friends and I
have done this throughout the years, where we give each other experiences as opposed
to something that you can hold in your hand. So why not give the
gift of an experience this Christmas. You can do it with a friend,
you can do it with a boy or girlfriend, you can do it with
a loved one. And we thought that this one would be a really fun
gift to give this Christmas. Again, your presence is the present. So
this morning we have Laura popiing with us. She is the owner of Prime
Ingredient. So Laura tell us about what we cooked and the whole process of
the twelve of us who attended the class, and what we just went through.
These cooking experiences bring together friends, family, just people around you that
you want to just hang out with that we hadn't been able to do for
a long time. And the process that we went through today was to give
you a full folio of Lebanese history, culture, some funky words, and
we heard lots of funky words, yes, a lot lots of funky words,
and kind of just take you through some recipes that I had as a
kid and that my mom showed me how to make. And so these recipes
are based on what you learned as you were growing up. And you said,
these are so good, I need to share these with the world.
Absolutely, And I expanded on what my mom taught me a little bit,
but primarily it was just about getting good food on the table quickly, yep.
And it doesn't have to be complicated. I love it and what we
did, so you can see some of the things we did. So let's
point out a couple of the things we did. We started out with this,
and again I can't say any of this stuff, so I'm gonna leave
it. I'll help you out. So this is monay Ish. This is
the basic moneysh recipe, which is basically zotar on top of some bread,
but zotar with my prime spice. So I make a prime spice that is
similar to Zostart's. The Mediterranean blend with thyme and oregano. And by the
way, I grow the oregano in my back round do yeah. Yeah,
she told me is that she had a lot of side hustles. Now I
believe it, Okay, Yes, So we made this and that was course
number one, and we made three different kinds. Super easy to do,
and it was fun and you had all of us up chopping things and decorating
things and putting things in the oven and coming out, which was why it
was so much fun because we weren't only watching you cook. We got to
do it with you. And I think the experienced part of it is great.
It can get bedlam, which is so much fun. You know,
you just don't know what's going to happen. In fact, I think I
lit something on fire. Well that just made it more fun, okay.
And then we went on to salad and so yes, so this is a
grilled all of salad and it has traditional Persian cucumbers in there, some roma
tomatoes and the grilled olives. We did it right here in class. Who
knew you could grill olives and it makes them like nutty and just give them
a different taste and flavor. Absolutely, and you want to serve them slightly
worn, so it's a really different take on a salad, okay. And
then we had the rice and we had the salmon, which she also taught
us how to make the marinade, so that was fun. And then grilled
the salmon and also baked the salmon. Did it a couple of different ways,
and we would be remiss if we didn't say that, not only are
you teaching us how to do things, you're teaching us how to make like
our own marinades and how to make baby. Oh. The salad dressing so
good pantry staple for sure. It's super, super simple, and it's a
basic vinaigrette, but it's elevated with the prime spice and some really tasty olive
oils. Okay, And speaking of the really tasty olive oils, here they
are. Yes, I love my California based olive oils. They're grown in
Yuba City, California, the olive trees and they are crushed within the first
twenty four hours of shaking from the trees. And it's a robust blend which
has a little bit of heat at the finish. It's just the cultivar of
olive that we use and the mild blend which is perfect for cooking on heat.
Have the chan habit, just shoot it just like Tequila's. Okay,
So you came up with these and these, and if I want to get
those, where do I find it? Yes, the Prime Ingredient dot Com
Okay, And you can just click on shop and there's a Prime trio which
you can buy. You'll get both all olive oils and the spice and it's
all packaged together just like that. Or you can buy them all a carte.
That could be a fun Christmas gift too. And like we were talking
about, with the classes, you generally do like an in home experience.
Yeah, okay, So if somebody is interested in having Laura come to the
house and do an in home experience, and I will tell you this was
so much fun because I am not a very good cook and I don't know
like, I don't know how to think to put the things together. So
she's kind of taken all of that and done it for me, but made
the whole experience really fun that you can do it yourself. Oh, I'm
going to totally do this for my family at Christmas. I can't wait.
Absolutely, they're going to think I'm crazy because they're going to say, no,
you can't do that, but I think I'm gonna really do it.
It's traditional holiday feast what you're having, so it who's tradition. It could
be just yours now I love that. But you can find out about the
cooking experiences also on the Prime Ingredient dot com and they're just a little drop
downs as private cooking events and you can just inquire there you go, Flora,
doctor p thank you so much. Thank you. You know, we
cooked a whole meal and we got to take home some fabulous leftovers and the
really cool thing again that made it and fun experiences. We weren't only watching
her, but we learned how to cook this meal and really really fun.
So we've got some more ideas for you leading up to Christmas about how your
presence is the present. But for right now, I will be posting the
interview so you can see what we cooked. It's going to be on my
ig at Amy Kking and also Kfi's Instagram. I think we're going to put
it up on the web page two kfiam six forty dot com slash wake up
call really cool. I can I'm so excited for Christmas this year. This
is KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. We lead local
live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. I'm Amy King. This has
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