WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:05.759 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on 2 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:13.119 demand on the iHeartRadio app, k Fly and kost HD two Los Angeles, 3 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:33.000 Orange County about a good wag up, go yours Amy Kay, and the 4 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:39.520 crowd goes wild because it's five o'clock straight up on Tuesday, July twenty third. 5 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:44.320 This is your wake up call. I'm Amy King. We're live everywhere 6 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:49.600 on the iHeartRadio app. So whether you're listening on the radio or on the 7 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:55.439 app, we're happy you're here. Hey, did you ever stop doing things 8 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:59.159 because of the pandemic? I mean, we all stop doing everything, but 9 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:03.479 because of the pandemic, But did you not get back to doing the things 10 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:08.079 you were supposed to do? So I have a little confession. I stopped 11 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:14.959 going to the dentist. Cono you did too, I did? Okay, 12 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:18.480 also remedied that I'm going to listen to your story, but well you can 13 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:23.640 share yours too. So I went to the dentist yesterday and I'm like, 14 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:26.120 oh what now, when was the last time you were here? And I'm 15 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:27.840 like, uh, I don't remember. And so we looked back at the 16 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:33.400 chart. Yeah, it was twenty eighteen I was like, oh, I 17 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:37.280 guess I forgot because I thought, you know, like once the pandemic started 18 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:38.359 getting better, I was like, well, you don't want to go sit 19 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:42.879 in a dentist's chair because you don't want to be breathing on everybody. And 20 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:46.319 everybody was still wearing masks and that kind of stuff. And then I know 21 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:49.280 I've been thinking, oh, I should probably do that. I should probably 22 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:52.519 do that, and then I you know, it goes in my should file. 23 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:55.959 So I finally went yesterday. I'm going to be paying for that. 24 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:00.719 I got two temporary crowns. So I spent the whole afternoon in a dentist's 25 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:05.400 chair and oh my god, they beat me up. I don't remember hurting 26 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:12.080 this bad. But so anyway, and I've been solely chastised because I need 27 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:15.840 to floss more. So that's my new My new thing is I'm going to 28 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:22.800 floss because otherwise my teeth are going to fall out. Actually they were very 29 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:23.960 positive. They said, oh, look, your teeth aren't going to fall 30 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:30.199 out yet. It was great. So anyway, and you literally, yesterday 31 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:34.039 me and my wife had the conversation of when the last time I went to 32 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:38.680 the dentist. So the appointment has been made good. Quite nervous, Okay. 33 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:40.599 I love my dentists. I've been going there for like twenty five years, 34 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:45.479 so perfect, but still well. I wish you good luck and God 35 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:46.719 speak, thank you, and I hope you don't have to have any more 36 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:52.479 crowns. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. The California Democratic Party has 37 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:58.439 voted to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as it's twenty twenty four presidential candidate. 38 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:02.000 California has four four, one hundred and ninety six delegates, the largest in 39 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:07.479 the nation. As of last night, Harris has enough delegates to get the 40 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:13.240 Democratic Party nomination. The fire in Riverside that has destroyed six homes and damaged 41 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:17.759 seven others was started by illegal fireworks. Security camera footage shows people running towards 42 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:23.080 cars as the fire began on Saturday. The fires burned about five hundred and 43 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:27.919 thirty acres. It's forty percent surrounded. The graffiti towers in downtown LA may 44 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:30.400 soon have a big, old sold sign on them. The Wall Street Journal 45 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:37.319 says a local developer that was not named is interested in buying the abandoned towers 46 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:40.599 that have been covered in graffiti fixing. Them up and finishing the project. 47 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:46.639 The Ocean Wide Plaza development has been sitting ab abandoned for five years. At 48 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:49.800 six oh five, it's handled on the news. The LA Superior Courts are 49 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:53.360 back in business. Bill's going to tell you about that. Let's get started 50 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:55.000 with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 51 00:03:55.120 --> 00:04:00.120 Well, that didn't take long. Vice President Harris has secured the support of 52 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:04.159 enough Democratic delegates to become the party's nominee. A survey from the Associated Press 53 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:10.240 says by last night, more than twenty five hundred delegates had told the AP 54 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:14.520 or announced that they planned to support her at the convention. She needs nineteen 55 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:18.519 hundred and seventy six to officially get the nomination. The Democratic National Convention starts 56 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:25.120 August nineteenth in Chicago. The LA Superior Court is reopening following a data breach. 57 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:28.879 The nation's largest trial court system was hit by a ransomware attack. The 58 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:32.560 security breach forced LA Superior Court to shut down all thirty six of its courthouses 59 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:38.720 yesterday and to cancel any schedule activities, including trials. After nearly four days 60 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:42.920 of work to repair and reboot its online infrastructure, the court says it's ready 61 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:46.120 for business again, though delays are expected. The Superior Court's announcement says the 62 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:53.000 ransomware attack was not related to last week's widespread system outage involving CrowdStrike in downtown 63 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:58.120 LA. Michael Monks, KFI News, let's say good morning now to ABC's 64 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:00.680 Karen Travers at the White House. So, Karen, I was going to 65 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:05.839 ask you how her first little campaign stop went, but now I'm going to 66 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:11.920 ask you about that she's already locked up the nomination. Basically, some news 67 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:15.639 overnight and that the Vice President secured commitments from enough delegates to become the presumptive 68 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:21.360 Democratic presidential nominee. It was delegates in your state of California that sent her 69 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:26.160 over the top her home state, and the Vice President said overnight that she 70 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:30.920 looks forward to formally accepting the nomination soon, and this wraps up the process. 71 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:35.480 Basically at this point, you know that there would be no contested convention, 72 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:41.600 no floor fight, really no drama most likely at the convention, because 73 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:46.319 anybody that was considered to be a potential rival to her for this nomination got 74 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:50.040 behind her. You know, the governors from the battleground states, any senators, 75 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:55.720 everybody has thrown their support her way, and now the delegates are doing 76 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:59.120 the same, so she has enough to get past that first round of balloting 77 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:02.439 with the support. Now they're not all guaranteed. Things could go haywire. 78 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:06.040 We've seen crazier things happen in politics over the last few weeks. So I 79 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:10.040 was going to ask you about that. So if yeah, because they're committed, 80 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:15.160 they're not really committed. They're not bound like it's not like a legal 81 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:18.519 designation. You know. It's interesting because because of the primaries, they were 82 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:25.079 pledged to President Biden, so that was a different process because people had voted 83 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:29.000 for President Biden in the primaries. Now though, because he's out of the 84 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:34.759 race, these delegates then go and pledge commit their support to Vice President Harris. 85 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:38.480 But they still can do what they want when they get to the convention. 86 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:42.839 That said, they're not likely to do that because the state party chairs 87 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:46.000 and the elected officials in the state are rallying support, organizing and doing all 88 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:50.199 of this to get this locked down before we get to Chicago in a couple 89 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:54.680 of weeks. Okay, And there was talk of doing that voice call, 90 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:58.600 but to get by on the ballot or are they going to still do that. 91 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:00.920 Still looks like they're head in that direction to try and do that. 92 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:04.480 I think that was the latest we had in early August, so it would 93 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:10.480 be done before the convention, you know. I think that was exactly what 94 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:13.480 we were still looking at at this point in terms of a timeline. Okay, 95 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:17.800 So yesterday Harris had a sort of a mini press conference. It was 96 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:23.680 at what used to be Biden campaign headquarters and now it's Harris campaign headquarters, 97 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:28.639 and the President joined in. He did, he called in. He is 98 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:31.600 still in Delaware, is coming back to the White House today this afternoon after 99 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:36.879 getting over COVID. The doctor said yesterday his symptoms had almost completely resolved. 100 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:42.519 But she was there to greet the campaign staff, thank them for their hard 101 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:46.040 work. She acknowledged it's been a rollercoaster for them, but said, you 102 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:47.519 know, over the next one hundred and six days, we're going to take 103 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:51.959 our case to the American people. We're going to win. The President called 104 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:57.199 in, and these were the first remarks we've heard from him since he announced 105 00:07:57.240 --> 00:08:00.839 he was not going to continue his race, and he said the staff that 106 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:05.360 he knew it was the right decision to make getting out. He said, 107 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:07.199 I know that the news was surprising and hard for you to hear, but 108 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:11.800 it was the right thing to do. He also told them he's not going 109 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:13.279 anywhere. He said, he's going to be out there on the campaign trail 110 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:18.600 with the vice president out there campaigning for her and as he put it, 111 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:22.720 working like hell. And I think this line was notable. Look for this 112 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:24.439 to be a big theme for the president over the next three months. He 113 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:28.879 said. The name has changed at the top of the ticket, but the 114 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:33.000 mission hasn't changed at all. Okay, we'll be watching for that messaging. 115 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:37.399 Stay tuned, all right, Karen Travers, thank you so much. Thanks 116 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:39.120 all right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the 117 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:45.039 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A fifteen year old boy shot during a street 118 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:48.879 takeover in South la has died. The LAPD says two boys were shot at 119 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:54.320 from a car leaving an attempted robbery in the Vermont Square neighborhood early Saturday morning. 120 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:58.519 The boys drove themselves to the hospital. Police say three people were involved 121 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:03.200 in the alleged robbery, but there was only one shooter. Officials in Riverside 122 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:07.279 say a fire that burned more than five hundred twenty acres and six homes in 123 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:11.399 the city was caused by fireworks. Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson says an arson task 124 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:16.840 force worked relentlessly since Sunday defined the cause of the fire that has destroyed and 125 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:22.000 damaged homes and forced evacuations, which have since been lifted. We live in 126 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:28.080 an area with dry brush, varied terrain, and high temperatures, making it 127 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:33.879 ideal for such disasters, Dawson says. Camera footage shows the possible fire starters 128 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:39.399 leaving the area. We will ensure they are prosecuted to the fullest extent of 129 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:45.840 the law. Let me repeat that we will prosecute those responsible. The fire 130 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:50.600 is more than twenty percent contained. A man wanted in an almost twenty year 131 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:54.120 old murder case out of Costa Mesa has been extradited from Mexico to face charges. 132 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:58.000 Investigators say Pedro Diego's Garcia tried to shoot at a guy to stop a 133 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:01.399 fight at a kinsina in two thousand and six, but the gun wouldn't fire, 134 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:05.840 But prosecutor say a bit later, Garcia did shoot the guy in the 135 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:09.000 back as he ran away. Local and federal authorities spent years getting a warrant 136 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:13.320 approved, then more years finding the guy. Garcia was arrested in January, 137 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:16.799 but it would take several more months till his extradition was approved. The man 138 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:20.840 was returned to Orange County Thursday for a murder charge plus a felony gun enhancement. 139 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:26.320 He faces fifty years if convicted as charged in Orange County. Corbin Carson 140 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:31.120 kaf I News. Former President Trump's security mistakes were made at his rally in 141 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:35.799 Pennsylvania, which ended with an attempted assassination. Trump told Fox News yesterday there 142 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:39.480 was an officer who saw the guy with the gun a while before the shooting 143 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:43.480 happened. But I can tell you this just to go on the more positive 144 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:46.679 side. The people on the stage were unbelievable and brave that they were all 145 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:50.519 Secret Service that came running up. Trump says he's lucky he wasn't hurt, 146 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:54.360 worse, or killed. He questioned how the shooter was allowed to stay on 147 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:58.279 the roof for so long, saying someone needs to be held responsible for the 148 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:05.639 slow reaction time. Online searches asking whether President Biden is alive have been trending. 149 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:11.080 Some are questioning why the president has not been seen since he was diagnosed 150 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:15.320 with COVID and why his decision to end his reelection campaign was done. With 151 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:18.799 a post on social media, Vice President Harris said yesterday the theory is baseless. 152 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:22.759 Biden was on a phone call with Harris, as you heard Karen Travers 153 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:28.240 telling us. She says Biden has been in isolation. He is expected to 154 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:31.360 return to the White House today and then address the nation sometime this week. 155 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:37.039 The historic Westwood Village and Brewin movie theaters are shutting down. The Westwood Village 156 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:41.559 Theater has been bought by movie director Jason Reightman, with backing from other major 157 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:46.440 filmmakers like Steven Spielberg. Theater historian Scott Norton says the two separate theaters have 158 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:50.279 operated together since the nineteen thirties, sort of like a multiplex. The logic 159 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:52.679 would be, even if they're different owners, that eventually that's what happens here, 160 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:56.000 that they start operating them together. That's my hope. The Village Theater 161 00:11:56.120 --> 00:12:00.639 was bought in February with plans to renovate and reopen, but there's still no 162 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.200 word on what will happen with the Bruin. Both theaters are expected to have 163 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:09.360 showtimes until the final wrap this Thursday. Chris Adler KFI News. Tonight, 164 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:13.320 the Dodgers take on the San Francisco Giants, with the first pitch going out 165 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:16.960 at seven o'clock. You can listen to every play of every Dodgers game on 166 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:22.120 AM five to seventy LA Sports and stream all games NHD on the iHeartRadio app. 167 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:24.919 Keyword is AM five to seventy LA Sports powered by LA Care for all 168 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:28.960 of LA. The heat wave that has settled in on southern California, it's 169 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:33.360 going to hang around for at least a couple more days. Excessive heat warnings 170 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:37.279 are up until tomorrow night in the Antelope Valley and Foothills, the San Gabriel 171 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:43.399 Mountains, and the five and fourteen Freeway corridors. Temperatures in these areas could 172 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:50.200 hit one oh six. Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign raked in eighty one million 173 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:54.480 dollars in the first twenty four hours of her announcing that she's seeking the Democratic 174 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:58.919 nomination, and she's already been pledged with the support of more than the nineteen 175 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:05.399 hundred and seventy six delegates needed to get the official presidential nomination. The Oscar 176 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:09.240 Meyer Wiener Mobile, and I'm going to start that over because I said it 177 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:13.320 wrong. The Oscar I'm gonna start it over because I said it wrong again. 178 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:18.399 I'm gonna I'm gonna blame it on my temporary crowns. The Oscar Meyer 179 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:24.480 Wiener Mobile will need some work because it crashed in Illinois. The driver of 180 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:28.879 the twenty three foot long iconic hot dog vehicle lost control yesterday morning on a 181 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:35.399 highway in Cook County. The Wienermobile rolled over and rolled into a Hyundai. 182 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:39.120 No one was hurt. At six oh five, it's handle on the news. 183 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:41.039 A fire that's taken out a half dozen homes in Riverside, sparked by 184 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:45.960 fireworks. Let's say good morning now to the host of How to Money on 185 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:52.559 KFI. It's Joel Larsgard. Joel Hi Hi so u Kono is doing this, 186 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:56.559 I do this and does this. We have side hustles, okay, 187 00:13:56.679 --> 00:14:01.519 and I guess we're not alone at all. No, in side hustle. 188 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:03.360 It's one of those things where you hadn't heard of the term fifteen years ago. 189 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:07.080 It's it's come into vo but people did it right. It was moonlighting 190 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:11.919 or whatever, so it was. It has been a part of that show 191 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:16.120 Moonlighting. No, was it a good show. It was chrislus Oh, 192 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:20.600 I do like Bruce Willis, but like this was only people did, right, 193 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:24.279 you had maybe a second job, or you picked up some overtime hours 194 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:26.720 or something like that. But side hustles, because of the Internet, have 195 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:31.759 really the term has changed, and then the way people approach shide hustles has 196 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:33.480 changed. And the cool thing in some ways is it doesn't have to be 197 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:37.399 like this all or nothing thing like oh, I'm scheduled twenty hours a week 198 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:39.240 to go work at this location. It's more like, oh, I can, 199 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:43.279 you know, hang a shingle for uber, and I can pick up 200 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:46.639 five hours here and there when I want to. It's really kind of on 201 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:48.919 demand when I'm interested. And so because of that side hustle so have become 202 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:52.799 more attractive, more people are participating. Bank Create just did a survey and 203 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:56.720 something like a third of people, more than a third of Americans, say 204 00:14:56.799 --> 00:15:01.720 that they have a side hustle. I have no problem with that. The 205 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:05.960 problem though, is almost all of those people who say they have a side 206 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:09.879 hustle say that it's necessary essentially for them to be able to pay the bills. 207 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:13.639 So that worries me, Like I don't love hearing that people say, 208 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:16.240 not only do I need my day job, but I also need this side 209 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:20.120 hustle, and I think I'm gonna need it forever. And that's just because 210 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:26.159 of the way the economy is these days. I mean, I think that's 211 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:28.840 part of it, right, That is certainly something that we should talk about. 212 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:35.000 I do think it's become harder to afford the classic American lifestyle and one 213 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:37.919 income. The other thing, too, is we our wants and desires have 214 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:43.080 exceeded our grasp in so many ways. And so when we think about what 215 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:48.200 we consider as normal in America these days, like it does seem like our 216 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:54.399 desires have outpaced our income on so many levels. Like when you think about 217 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.759 what even something like the simple car, think about what a Toyota camera looked 218 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:03.240 like in nineteen eighty eight versus what it looks like in twenty twenty four. 219 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:07.159 It's a completely different machine, right. And so if everything that we buy 220 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:10.639 and that we like, or a house, right, a house that was 221 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:15.000 built in the same year nineteen eighty eight versus today, it's so much bigger, 222 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:19.120 it's so much nicer. The hgt HGTV ification of our country, and 223 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:22.159 so like our expectations have gone up, and that's kind of awesome that we're 224 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:26.519 able to enjoy nicer things, but at the same time those things cost more, 225 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:30.000 and so yeah, we compare a price of a house thirty years ago, 226 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:32.559 fifty years ago to the price of a house today. We're also not 227 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:36.200 comparing apples and apples, or comparing apples and cucumbers or something like that, 228 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:40.200 because they're very different things and one is clearly more expensive than the other other, 229 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:42.879 largely because like, we can afford more, and we have poured more 230 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:47.559 resources into earning more money so that we can buy the nicer stuff. Yeah. 231 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:52.360 But with inflation, though, I'm wondering if more people are doing it, 232 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:56.559 not because their expectations and you know, their wants are higher, but 233 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:02.559 just their needs, their basic needs. Yeah, you know, I mean, 234 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:06.240 if inflation's up twenty percent in the last for you and roughly right, 235 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:11.000 I mean, it's the rate is slowing, but prices are still up twenty 236 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:15.599 or more percent. For sure, you're making twenty percent less. Well, 237 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:18.160 okay, you say that prices are up, but when you look at kind 238 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:22.960 of the what the average the average person's salary increase has gone up at roughly 239 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:26.400 that same amount, if not a little bit more. It's outpaced inflation for 240 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:30.319 many many people. So yes, prices are up, but also incomes are 241 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:33.079 up. I think the biggest thing I want to mention though, when we're 242 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:36.039 talking about side hustles and people think, oh, I have to do this 243 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:38.440 in perpetuity. I'm never going to get rid of this thing. I always 244 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:42.200 have to have two jobs in order to make ends meet. I think that 245 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:45.519 that's a recipe for burnout for most people, right. And yes, at 246 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:48.359 least it is kind of more of an on demand thing. It's not some 247 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:52.039 sort of thing where you're working sixty hours a week and you have to all 248 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:55.079 the time. But I would rather see people do a couple of other things 249 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:57.319 they're going to have more long term benefit. For one, increase your skills 250 00:17:57.319 --> 00:18:00.799 so that you can bring home more money to your day. Be willing to 251 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:03.960 negotiate with your current employer, or say hey, what is it that I 252 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:07.480 can do to increase my responsibilities and increase my take home pay here? Those 253 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:11.400 are worthwhile discussions, and I think that's going to have more of a long 254 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:15.119 term impact on your ability to build wealth and feel financially secure than having that 255 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:18.519 side hustle in perpetuity. And the other thing is like work on starting your 256 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:25.440 own business. Oftentimes that over time will produce more wealth for you than having 257 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:27.880 a side hustle where you're driving for Uber Eats or something like that, right, 258 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:33.079 because the pay isn't going to go up commensurate to your skill level and 259 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:34.960 the business you're able to build. So, yes, it starts off slower. 260 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:38.400 You're not getting immediate income from it. Typically oftentimes it's a year or 261 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:41.720 two before you reach any sort of profitability with the small business. But the 262 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:47.240 long term possibilities are just so much greater. Okay, cool, all right, 263 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:51.039 So now then let's talk long term because we're talking. You found an 264 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:56.200 interesting little article about longevity and how does that play into how to money? 265 00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:59.240 Sure? Okay, so I saw this article in the New York Times and 266 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:03.079 longevity is all the rage. Everyone's talking about it. There's the liver Longer 267 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:07.480 is all the rage. Yes, the Peter Attiaz book has just been this 268 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:11.000 like raging smash success and I love I love that. Like fitness and uh 269 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:15.920 and thinking about living longer and not just living longer, but living healthier for 270 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:18.119 longer is on the minds of more and more Americans, like this is great 271 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:21.759 stuff that we should be talking about, and it's such it's so good for 272 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:25.480 your mind and so good. Uh, it's it's just so good for your 273 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:29.799 whole you'll hold your whole persona to be a more fit individual. But the 274 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:33.880 thing is, this article was kind of talking about all of these interesting ways 275 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:37.720 that marketing and companies have gotten in on the longevity craze, and so I 276 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:41.839 guess in my mind I was thinking as I was reading this reading this article 277 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:45.920 that like, wait a second, to pick up on some of these things 278 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:48.279 and to desire to live a healthier lifestyle, it doesn't have to break the 279 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:51.519 bank. So I think some people are like getting in on this and then 280 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:53.920 they realize that they're getting fed all the Instagram ads like I guess I need 281 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:59.359 the two hundred dollars pair of Hokahs to become a runner now, or I 282 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:04.359 need these fancy supplements in order to have some like a healthy diet. And 283 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:08.880 I think the truth is we kind of we build these things up in our 284 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:11.079 mind and we think we need this, this and this in order to become 285 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:15.160 this kind of person. And the truth is, most of the things that 286 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:18.200 are prescribed in something like a Huberman or a tea approach just to live a 287 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:22.559 healthy life, or a whole lot less expensive and fancy than a lot of 288 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:26.799 people want to make it sound so okay, so inexpensive. What are the 289 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:29.839 things? So? I mean, you don't need a fancy pair of shoes 290 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:33.680 to go for a run, right, Like I don't necessarily suggest going barefoot 291 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:37.359 through the streets, but you don't need some sort of fancy to I love 292 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:40.960 that these fancy shoe companies exist, and it's great if you've got the money 293 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:42.880 and you do want to buy the fancy shoes, but you just don't need 294 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:45.799 them. Think about like basketball players back in the day least were commerce all 295 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:51.160 stars and they were okay, they played the game right. And I'm not 296 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:53.720 saying it's not nice that there's not that there's better gear that we can have 297 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:57.640 and stuff like that, but I guess just be careful when you're getting into 298 00:20:57.640 --> 00:21:02.759 some of these things, because what can be a really inexpensive hobby that keeps 299 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:04.640 you fit and it's fun, can quickly get out of hand and you're like, 300 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:07.400 where did not my money go? Okay? And what about like things 301 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:11.200 like the supplements Because you're right, you see him everywhere now like balance of 302 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:14.200 Nature is a big one. But I looked at up one time and the 303 00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:18.920 vitamins are like eighty bucks. Yeah, so I think just and I'm not 304 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:22.200 a nutrition expert, but I eat like a banana every morning, or maybe 305 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:25.960 make like a little smoothie. And I'm not against maybe some of the protein 306 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:27.559 powders or something like you can get at Costco. Yeah, maybe toss that 307 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:30.720 into your SMOOTHI or you're shake in the morning, Like, go for it. 308 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:36.400 But so many of the things that we're being fed are an attempt to 309 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:38.720 rip us from our money because we want to be healthier. And the truth 310 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:42.359 is, you can do body weight workouts right. You can go on a 311 00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:45.200 run with a friend. There are free online workouts on YouTube. There's so 312 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:51.200 many free resources out there for us. If we're thoughtful and you get to 313 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:55.039 get you're gonna get the same results of living longer and being healthier as you 314 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:57.920 are if you're taking the really expensive supplements and you're doing all the above. 315 00:21:57.960 --> 00:22:00.839 I think so. And again, not a nutrition expert, not a longevity 316 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:04.279 expert. It just makes me sad to think that people are saying, cool, 317 00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:07.440 I do want to live longer. I want to be healthier, but 318 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.079 I feel like I have to spend all this money to do it, and 319 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:11.559 I just don't think that's the case. I like the way that you're thinking, 320 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:14.559 And if you want to read it, it's a New York Times article 321 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:22.519 on longevity and if you want to lengthen your money train, I like it. 322 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:25.400 Joel Larsgard's guy to listen to, and you can listen to him every 323 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:29.680 weekend Sunday noon to two right here on KFI. You can also follow Joel 324 00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:33.039 to get some great tips on how to money at how to Money Joel. 325 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:34.720 Thank you, Joel Larskard, Thanks Amy. All right, have a great 326 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:40.279 week. Vice President Kamalai Harris has held her first on camera campaign event as 327 00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:45.119 a potential presidential candidate. She was on a speaker phone call with President Biden 328 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:48.839 yesterday, who said that leaving the twenty twenty four race was the right thing 329 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:51.720 to do. This was the first time the country's heard from Biden since he 330 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:56.680 announced he was not running for reelection. The number of people riding Metro is 331 00:22:56.759 --> 00:23:02.160 up for the nineteenth straight month compared to last June. Hip is up from 332 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:07.039 this time last year. Metros is almost twenty five point two million people boarded 333 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:11.480 buses and trains. In June, ridership is still almost fifteen percent lower than 334 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:15.240 before the pandemic. Housing costs, food, and energy are on the minds 335 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:21.200 of older Americans headed into the November election. A survey from Retirement Living dot 336 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:26.720 Com said seniors first priority, regardless of party affiliation, is high housing costs. 337 00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:30.519 Crime, immigration, abortion, access, and climate change are other top 338 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:33.799 concerns for seniors. At six oh five, it's handled on the news. 339 00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:37.720 The Vice president has the support she needs to get the official nomination to be 340 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:41.839 the presidential nominee. At five point fifty, ABC, Stephen Portnoy is going 341 00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:45.440 to tell us about the Secret services big fail in protecting former President Trump and 342 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:49.480 whether anyone is actually going to be held accountable. Right now, let's say 343 00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:55.720 good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, Potentially millions of people are affected 344 00:23:55.720 --> 00:24:00.559 by the faulty software update sent out by CrowdStrike on Friday, and some are 345 00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:03.680 still feeling the effects. Sure Delta Airlines a lot of For some reason, 346 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:08.119 Delta Airlines was affected more than other airlines, but of course every airline was 347 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:11.079 affected. I had a flight out of Milwaukee on Friday that was delayed for 348 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:18.079 two hours because of the untangling of the mess that began early Friday morning. 349 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:21.880 So yes, people are still feeling the effects of it. And in another 350 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:26.559 way as well, the scammers are loose. Right, So every time something 351 00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:30.799 like this happens, and even when it's not happening, there are phishing attempts 352 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:34.079 out there, tech support scams. But every time an event like this happens, 353 00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:41.240 every time there's a CrowdStrike problem or something something of that sort, suddenly 354 00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:45.319 there's a plausible story to go with it. Right, So the tech support 355 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:48.359 email you might get from someone posing as CrowdStrike would say, hey, you 356 00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:52.319 heard about our big problem on Friday, Well, your computer has been infected 357 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:56.359 with something. We need to get in there and fix this. So you 358 00:24:56.480 --> 00:25:00.119 get on the phone with them, with people you believe our CrowdStrike. In 359 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:03.799 fact it's not, it's a bunch of scammers. You are asked to download 360 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:07.359 a piece of software, any desk or team View or something like that, 361 00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:11.920 which gives them, the scammer, access to your computer. So while they're 362 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:17.920 inside there, ostensibly repairing your computer or doing something updating, they're stealing all 363 00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:21.839 the files out of there, pictures and financial information, whatever else they can 364 00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:26.519 find. And creating all sorts of aims. So just be very careful. 365 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:30.079 These tech support scams are out there all the time, but I think it's 366 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:33.799 safe to say that now they're especially pervasion because of what happened Friday. Yeah, 367 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:40.200 so the computer issue itself isn't what necessarily made the computers vulnerable. It's 368 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:45.119 the scam artists who are praying on the people who had their computers. Right. 369 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:48.160 The problem is being repaired. I mean, CrowdStrike is taking care of 370 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:53.119 the issue out there regardless, and it's unlikely to affect at individual computers anyway, 371 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:59.640 but it provides that sort of little air of plausibility or the believability of 372 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:02.799 the store that goes with it now, right, because people may have been 373 00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:06.759 listening with half an ear. Maybe they they were very intently listening to what 374 00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:08.440 was going on with CrowdStrike, but now they have it in their head that 375 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:12.160 something can be done about it, and this fake person comes along. You 376 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:15.799 see these emails all the time, or I'm sure you've gotten an email amy 377 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:22.640 from geek Squad or from Microsoft or from someone saying your computer's security is about 378 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:26.519 to expire, your warrant is going to be out, You better call us 379 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:32.799 and so, and it's the same thing exactly. Okay, it makes me 380 00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:34.759 so grutified. I get. The one that I get all the time is 381 00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.880 and this is an ongoing one. Like you said, there's stuff that's just 382 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:41.599 going on all the time. Is the PayPal. Hey, Amy, we've 383 00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:45.799 requested a payment of nine hundred and seventy seven dollars. Yeah, this isn't 384 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:49.079 right. Call us yep. So you know what happens if you've called them, 385 00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:52.519 Have you called them? No good, because if you do call them, 386 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:56.599 they're going it's going to be somebody, usually not in this country, 387 00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:59.599 usually in South Asia or somewhere. You'll be on the phone with them. 388 00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:03.359 Let's say I'm with PayPal. Yeah, we owe you this refund for nine 389 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:08.839 hundred whatever dollars, and they'll get into your computer. They'll spoof the screen 390 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:12.119 so that it looks like it's your bank account. They'll add in all sorts 391 00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:15.200 of extra money, and then they'll say, oh, wait a minute, 392 00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:17.880 you need to get that money back to us. We accidental, they gave 393 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:22.759 you too much. And then it's up to you to go get gift cards 394 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:26.200 or something ridiculous like that to pay back the money that you don't owe them 395 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:29.000 in the first place. Yeah, it's inferiorting. It makes me want to 396 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:33.240 eat sprinkles. I'm right there with you, Jim Ryan, thank you so 397 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:38.039 much. Hopefully you'll help some people from becoming victims of the scams and watch 398 00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:47.039 out the fake CrowdStrike websites. CrowdStrike itself has published a list of thirty spoofed 399 00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:52.640 websites okay that people are maybe you know, falling prey to Okay, and 400 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.920 we know that this kind of thing is going to happen again. Just you 401 00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:56.279 got to have your You have to have your guard up all the time, 402 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:59.519 keep your ears on, keep your head on a swivel. All right, 403 00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:02.160 Thanks Jim Ryan, to you. Let's get back to some of the stories 404 00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:04.119 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour news room. Vice President Harris has 405 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:10.920 received the endorsement of her US Senate replacement, Senator Alex Padilla was in Commerce 406 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:14.000 for an event and took time to make it clear he wants to see Kamala 407 00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:17.160 Harris as the next president of the United States. I'm very excited. We've 408 00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:19.440 got a lot of momentum looking forward to the convention in Chicago, and I'm 409 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:22.640 looking forward to winning in November. Thedia was appointed to the Senate after Harris 410 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:27.039 was elected VP. He was previously California's Secretary of State, Estate Senator, 411 00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:30.880 and served on the La City Council. His endorsement is one of many that 412 00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:34.160 have piled up for Harrison. Sunday, in Commerce, Michael Monks KFI News, 413 00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:38.960 Texas Governor Greg Abbott has threatened to beef up security on the border. 414 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:44.079 He said he's going to need to triple the border wall, also razor wire 415 00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:48.960 barriers and National Guard troops at the border now that President Biden has endorsed Vice 416 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:53.200 President Harris to be the Democratic nominee for president. Three years ago, Biden 417 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:59.839 made Harris the borders are millions have crossed the border illegally since then. Fire 418 00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:03.680 the its burned about three hundred thirty acres in the Angelus National Forest above Glendora 419 00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:07.880 is fifty five percent surrounded. The fire was reported Friday afternoon in the area 420 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:11.720 of Glendora Mountain and East Fork Roads. It quickly spread near popular camping and 421 00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:15.400 hiking areas. By Saturday morning, the fire was burning toward the Sheep Mountain 422 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:21.599 Wilderness. A heat advisories in effect for the area beginning Thursday, with temperatures 423 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:26.160 expected to reach one hundred and ten. Winds are expected to gust between twenty 424 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:30.759 five and forty miles per hour through Thursday. A new one point six million 425 00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:37.720 dollars fire truck at John Wayne Airport uses environmentally save firefighting foam without forever chemicals. 426 00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:41.039 It is a beast of a machine, mostly fire thirty Engineer Mike Ketelson 427 00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:45.079 says the CRASH three also carries dry chemicals for flammable liquids and more water capacity 428 00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:48.920 than a typical fire truck. We also had what was called a piercing tip. 429 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:52.680 I can flow water foam or halotron. So we have an aircraft has 430 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:56.400 a fire inside, we can pierce through the skin and extinguish the fire without 431 00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:59.359 even going inside the aircraft. He says. All trucks at JWA will have 432 00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:03.079 the environment totally safe firefighting foam by the end of the year. Official said 433 00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:06.240 last week. The truck is also equipped with high tech tools to quickly get 434 00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:10.440 passengers away from an airplane fire. In Orange County, Corbin Carson camp I 435 00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:14.039 news La Mayor Bass is headed to Paris. She'll be part of the delegation 436 00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:19.759 of the Presidential Delegation for Friday's Olympic Games opening ceremonies. The delegation will be 437 00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:23.680 led by First Lady Jill Biden. While in Paris, Bass will be meeting 438 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:29.559 with business leaders to discuss the twenty twenty eight Summer Olympics being held here in 439 00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:33.359 Los Angeles. Today is Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day, a day to celebrate 440 00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:38.400 one of the most iconic culinary combos. It's not known when the two tastes 441 00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:42.799 first came together, but the combination was made popular in the US through Reese's 442 00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:48.000 Peanut Butter Cups. These were first out in nineteen twenty eight. And if 443 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:51.960 peep and chocolate isn't your thing, you can celebrate National Vanilla ice Cream Day, 444 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:56.039 which also falls on July twenty third every year. And speaking of peanut 445 00:30:56.079 --> 00:31:00.519 butter and chocolate and Reese's, have you seen the Reese's Peanut Butter Metal just 446 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:03.640 in time for the Olympics. You know how they do the pumpkins at Halloween 447 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:08.839 and they do the weird little Christmas tree shapes at Christmas while they're medals for 448 00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:12.799 the Olympics again, opening ceremonies happening this Friday, I think I should go 449 00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:18.880 get one to celebrate. Vice President Harris is headed to Wisconsin for her first 450 00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:23.319 official campaign rally. She campaigns for president. Harris's campaign has raised more than 451 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:27.640 one hundred million dollars since Sunday afternoon, when President Biden dropped out of the 452 00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:33.799 race. She has the backing of Democratic officials and political groups. LA Superior 453 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:40.279 Courthouse is set to reopen today. The courthouses have been closed since Friday after 454 00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:45.880 its network computer systems were impacted by a ransomware attack. Presiding by Judge Samantha 455 00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:49.400 P. Jesner says a cyber attack happened on Friday, resulting in the shutdown 456 00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:55.119 of nearly all systems to contain the damage. If you're flying Delta, it 457 00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:56.839 might be a couple more days before you can get on board. The airline 458 00:31:56.839 --> 00:32:01.119 has canceled more than four thousand flights it works to recover from a global computer 459 00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:06.640 outage Friday. Delta says it's doing everything it can to get back in the 460 00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:08.440 air. We're just minutes away from handle. On the news this morning, 461 00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:14.279 Hunter Biden has dropped a lawsuit against Fox. Right now, let's say good 462 00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:19.920 morning to ABC's Stephen portnoy So. Stephen Congress was looking for answers to the 463 00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:22.559 failure of the Secret Service on the day former President Trump got shot at a 464 00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:27.559 campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Did they get them? Not the answers they were 465 00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:30.599 seeking. They did learn a bit, but there was so much more that 466 00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:34.440 members of Congress on both sides of the aisle asked that Kimberly Cheadle was not 467 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:36.960 able to answer that. It left them frustrated, and by the end of 468 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:40.599 the hearing it led to calls from Democrats as well as Republicans for the Secret 469 00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:45.400 Service director to resign her office, and late last night, South Carolina Republican 470 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:52.400 Congresswoman Nancy Mace entered a resolution on the House floor for the impeachment of Kimberly 471 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:55.039 Cheedle. This morning, the House leaders of both parties say they're going to 472 00:32:55.119 --> 00:33:00.480 establish a bipartisan task force, essentially a new committee that will have subpoena power 473 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:06.559 and make recommendations for reforms. This statement from the House Speaker and his Democratic 474 00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:09.880 counterpart of King Jeffreys, cites shocking security failures and they need to move quickly 475 00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:15.759 to find facts and ensure accountability. Here's what they learned yesterday. They learned 476 00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:20.960 that the local swat team spotted the gunman on the roof eighteen minutes before the 477 00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:25.519 shooting, and that Secret Service received anywhere from two to five, strangely on 478 00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:30.759 specifically, anywhere from two to five alerts about a suspicious person before the first 479 00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:36.599 shot was fired. Now, Kimberly Cheatles said that if the detail had been 480 00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:39.079 told that there was a threat, they never would have brought Trump onto the 481 00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:44.519 stage. But there's a difference between a suspicious person report, which comes in 482 00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:46.519 all the time, and the report of a threat, which is far more 483 00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:51.680 rare and more serious, and so there is a delineation there. She also 484 00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:54.599 said that the Secret Service did not deny any request for additional security at Butler 485 00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:59.799 PA, that the assets that were requested for that day were given, which 486 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:02.839 Rom's other questions, what do you mean the assets that were requested? And 487 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:07.920 does it suggest then that there are other times that the Trump campaign has requested 488 00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:10.679 assets that you haven't provided. There were questions about whether the Secret Service flew 489 00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:14.800 a drone overhead that might have spotted the man on the roof. No answer 490 00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:19.599 given there except to say that there was some sort of over overflight or overwatch 491 00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:23.519 or something like that that indicated there was aerial surveillance. Kimberly Cheatle said that 492 00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:27.320 she would like to know answers to some of these questions as well, which 493 00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:30.800 the members didn't find satisfactory. Because she's the head of the agency, you'd 494 00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:34.920 imagine she has access to this information, and she said that she was not 495 00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:37.719 able to provide it because she didn't have it herself. She ultimately called it 496 00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:43.159 the most significant operational failure since the attempt on Ronald Reagan's life in nineteen eighty 497 00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:45.519 one. Well, by the end of it, even though she said she 498 00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:51.480 takes full responsibility, she'd turned down calls to resign. Let's see what today, 499 00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:53.800 tomorrow, the rest of the week brings. Okay, So if they 500 00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:58.920 wanted to push to get her out, what are the ways that she could 501 00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:04.119 be removed? You mentioned impeachment. Would that pull her from office? Well, 502 00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:07.039 that's a long and drawn out process that requires a vote in the House 503 00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:09.119 and then ultimately a trial in the Senate and the two thirds vote to convict. 504 00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:14.960 Now, the easier path is for the president to say the easiest path 505 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:17.360 of all is for Kimberly Cheetle to say, I acknowledge the situation, I 506 00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:22.880 will resign A bit harder still, is the president terminating her employment, But 507 00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:25.519 that also is pretty simple. The Secret Service Director serves at the pleasure of 508 00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:30.519 the President and does not require Senate confirmation out that that matters either. But 509 00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:35.760 the point is the President could fire her at any moment, but there's been 510 00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:39.079 no indication that that's going to happen. And didn't She also say Steven yesterday 511 00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:43.639 that it's going to take like sixty days to get the report on what happened, 512 00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:46.960 which is unsatisfactory to members of both parties. And it's why you see. 513 00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:52.440 Look, the Department of Homeland Security under alle Jundra Maiorcis is initiating some 514 00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:54.800 sort of blue ribbon panel to review it. The House is about to vote 515 00:35:54.840 --> 00:36:00.159 to establish its own committee to review it. And the question is, you 516 00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:02.559 know, how much longer And it really is a matter of time. I 517 00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:07.760 think how much longer will Kimberly Cheatle remain in the role? Yeah, well, 518 00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:10.760 I think one thing that we learned. I didn't watch the whole hearing, 519 00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:15.199 but I did watch large chunks of it, and she is really good 520 00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:19.880 at not answering questions. If that's a skill she has it. Yeah, 521 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:22.280 all right, Steven Portner, I thank you so much for the time and 522 00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:23.760 information. You bet, all right, Let's get back to some of the 523 00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:28.360 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. More and more people 524 00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:31.440 are riding Metro. Ridership on the system has gone up for a nineteenth consecutive 525 00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:36.360 month and is now at about eighty five percent of pre pandemic levels. Officials 526 00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:38.559 say in June, more than twenty five point one million people rode buses and 527 00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:43.440 trains. That's a more than four percent jump from last year. Metro says 528 00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:46.360 it's ridership is climbing as the agency works to improve safety for the people who 529 00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:51.360 use the system. The agency says that has added more police officers, deputies, 530 00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:53.760 and other security personnel to the system. It says it's also working to 531 00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:58.840 remove people who did not pay fare from trains and buses. Blake Trolley, 532 00:36:58.920 --> 00:37:02.480 k if I news man and from Montrose, who ran an adult entertainment website 533 00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:07.880 scam, has pleaded guilty to defrauding investors out of more than a million dollars. 534 00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:15.360 Prosecutor Sir Patrick Calaffian told investigators that their money, or rather investors, 535 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:19.559 that their money would be used for business operations and promised they would be repaid 536 00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:22.840 by a certain date, but then never followed through. They say the scheme 537 00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:28.360 lasted from two thousand and six to twenty sixteen. Colaffian entered his plea yesterday 538 00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:31.960 in Downtown LA. Drug related Deskin, LA County have leveled off for the 539 00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:37.199 first time in ten years. Officials say three thousand ninety two people died last 540 00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:43.159 year from overdoses and drug poisoning, compared to thirty two hundred twenty the year 541 00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:46.719 before. The number one drug of choice was fentanyl, followed by meth. 542 00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:54.199 Official say aggressive education campaigns and intervention have helped bring down the numbers. The 543 00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:59.480 EPA has awarded the South Coast Air Quality Management District five hundred million dollars to 544 00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:04.320 support trucks and trains in the freight industry. The agency's Joseph Goffman says the 545 00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:07.599 local grant is the largest one distributed from the air pollution Reduction program. These 546 00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:15.599 grants present an extraordinary opportunity for these communities to really use their know how and 547 00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:21.239 their understanding of their own needs and their own citizens' aspirations. The funds were 548 00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:24.760 presented at a community park in Commerce yesterday. The location is surrounded by highways 549 00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:29.719 and a Railyard. One hundred and thirty five thousand people are about to converge 550 00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:34.719 on San Diego for this year's Comic Con. It opens tomorrow night at the 551 00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:38.519 San Diego Convention Center. This year, with the pandemic in the rearview mirror 552 00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:44.599 and the writers and actors strikes behind us, lots of stars are expected to 553 00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:49.119 be back at Comic Con in full force. 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