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to you. Watch the convention last night, opening night of the Republican National
Convention. Pretty interesting. I'm fascinated by all things politics, both sides of
the of the ale, and I'll be watching the DNC with anticipation as well.
But I thought it was really interesting. Last night former President Trump showed
up. Wow, what a reception, you know. I mean, the
guy just got shot so ione to try to assassinate the former president and he
was still at the convention. Didn't talk last night. He's expected to give
his speech Onday night. But I thought it was really interesting. Jd Vance
picked his VP probably one of the best kept secrets at a time when everything
leaks. So I think that he found out like twenty minutes before he came
to the convention center that he was going to be the official pick, true
Trumpian style. I mean, making it a TV show, would we expect
anything else? I don't think so. And I do think it's fun because
everybody dresses up from the different states as they nominate and say we support him
and all that stuff. Lots of fun hats. My favorite, I think
there was two favorites. There was this red, white, and blue cowboy
hat. It had to have been Texas. They had Trump written across it
with rhyin stones and I always like a little bling, so I thought that
was one of my favorites. And then my other one was it was a
lady and she had her hat had Donkey ears on it and it says Trump
kicks ass. Get it. Okay, anyway, we're gonna be talking more
about that. But here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. Former President Trump,
as I just mentioned, has chosen Ohio Senator JD. Vance as his
running mate. Vance was once a fierce critic of Trump's but has since become
a strong ally. Vance is the first millennial to join a major party ticket.
He's half the age of former President Trump. We're going to get the
latest from the convention and what's ahead tonight with ABC's Jim Ryan. In just
a couple of minutes. Governor Newsom has signed into law a bill that bans
any school from requiring parents to be notified if a student changes their pronouns or
starts identifying as a different gender at school. Fire crew has been gaining ground
on the largest wildfire burning in the state. The fire in Santa Barbara County
that started almost two weeks ago is now thirty eight percent surrounded. The acreage
burned is holding at thirty eight four hundred and thirty acres, and with more
and more people encountering wildlife, sometimes even in their own backyards. We're going
to be talking with the author of Mountain Lions are our neighbors about some things
you should know to stay safe. That's coming up at the bottom of the
hour at six oh five. It's handle on the news if your time is
off, or maybe your throat is off, but if your time is off,
you can blame it on climate change. Bill's going to make sense of
that at the top of next hour. Let's get started with some of the
stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A congressional investigation has
been opened into how the Secret Service may have failed leading up to the assassination
attempt on former President Trump. ABC's Christine Corey Dero says the two House committees
are requesting more information on the shooting in Pennsylvania Saturday that killed one person and
hurt three, including the former president. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced
US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheadle will testify before the committee next Monday. The
Committee on Homeland Security is also asking how the shooter was able to access the
rooftop within range of former President Trump. House Speaker Mike Johnson's officials from Homeland
Security and the FBI will also be called to speak before Congress about what happened.
President Biden says he shouldn't have used the word bullseye when referring to how
his campaign should treat former President Trump. He said that was a mistake.
I didn't say crosshairs. I've been bulls I then focus on it, focus
on what he's doing, Biden said during an interview with NBC's Leicester Holt yesterday.
The threat to democracy is real, and he still wants to put the
focus squarely on Trump's record and rhetoric. Heading into November, CDC data shows
California has very high coronavirus levels in its wastewater for the first time since last
winter. The rate of positive COVID tests in California has almost reached last summer's
peak, with a thirteen percent positive rate for reported tests ending July eighth.
That's compared to four point eight percent a month earlier. Coronavirus levels in wastewater
have also increased significantly around La County. Let's say good morning to ABC's Jim
Ryan so Jim. Shortly after the Republican National Committee or Convention, delegates voted
to make former President Trump, the Republican nominee for president. JD. Vance,
was named as the vice presidential pick. Yeah, you have about them.
Almost at the same time that that vote was taking place, that vote
of the delegates as to who should be the nominee, no surprise, it
was Donald Trumpet. Around that same time, Trump was on his personal social
media platform truth Social, announcing that JD. Vance, the Ohio senator first
term senator, had been named as his running mate. He had picked him.
He gave Vance only about twenty minutes to notice that that was going to
happen, so Vance himself an hour beforehand didn't know who was going to be
the VP pick. Yeah. It was pretty interesting because I was watching the
shows as I do a lot, and you know, we were getting word.
They're like, oh, Rubio got the call, he's out. Oh
Bergram got the call, he's out. And then there was still that speculation
because it was a really well kept secret. I mean, those guys were
the top three, I think, but still we didn't know. And with
Trump, you never know when he might throw in a wild card, right,
Yeah, And I think he likes that, he likes having the suspense,
and that's kind of what this week is about I mean the in terms
of who would be the nominee and whether the platform would be approved of.
This stuff is all a foregone conclusion. So this was the one bit of
suspense to come out of this weekend. In fact, Trump didn't have to
name his running mate this week at all. He was sort of hinting last
week that he would, and in fact, yeah, here he is on
day one, not only naming JD. Van Says his running mate, but
then also making an appearance at night one of the convention. There he was.
He came into the hall, waved the thousands of adoring Republican fans,
and had a bandage on his ear, and then he sat down and listened
to the rest of the evening speeches. He didn't say anything tonight to be
maybe back to listen again, but may not say anything at all until Thursday,
when he formally accepts the nomination. Were you in the hall? Are
you outside the home? I was outside last night, out running around getting
reaction to things, talking to delegates about stuff. Okay, so since you
were talking to people, what's the kind of word about the vice presidential pick?
Interesting? Before the pick was made, I was asking folks and those
names were constantly coming up Bergham, Rubio and Vance. And afterward then I
talked to some of the folks delegates about their thoughts. Some people thought it
was a great choice. Others said they really didn't know much about JD.
Vance and were waiting withholding judgment on him. And one guy I talked with
a Wyoming delegate, he had a Ukraine pin on his jacket right, and
I said, have you heard to the vpach pick's gonna be? And he
said Nolan. I said it was Jdie Vance and he's he said, that's
a terrible choice, and like, what do you mean? And he was
very forthfied about that. He said the Advance is opposed to funding for Ukraine
in its fight against Russia. He accused Vance of being a part of the
extreme wing of the Republican Party. And what's more, that he doesn't have
enough experience as a thirty nine year old first term senator to be vice president.
So that does not in my opinion, that doesn't hold water because Obama
was the first term senator too. Well, that's true. Yeah, And
you know, so I think that the time in office is one thing.
The age of the guy if he makes it to the vice president. See,
he'll be the youngest elected advice president since Richard Nixon in nineteen fifty two.
And we know how that all turned out. Yeah, that was a
long career. I had a political career that lasted twenty years or so.
He'll also be the first vice president with facial hair since the vice president under
Herbert Hoover. Oh see, interesting little things that we looked to you for.
So, Jim, are we getting a sense of why Trump picked Vance?
Because Vance a staunch never Trumper changed his tune. But why would Trump
choose that? For an hour? Well, I think part of it is
his youth. You know, if Donald Trump expects the MAGA movement to continue
after he's gone, then he needs a young person to pick up the flag
and carry it forward, and that could be JD. Vances at only thirty
nine years old. So he may be the face of that wing of the
Republican Party after Trump has gone. He also likes Trump, says he likes
his educational pedigree is Yale diploma. He likes the military service that Vance has
under his belt. So you know, I think that's really what he saw
in it. But you're right, I mean, look at Marco Rubio.
He was up there. He was a potential VP running mate for him,
and he was very harsh in his criticism of Trump back in twenty sixteen,
saying during one debate that if Trump hadn't inherited bunch of money, he would
have been selling watches on a street corner in Manhattan. That was his line,
you know. But they kissed, they made up, Lion Ted Cruz,
they eventually kissed and made up. Now Cruise is a big supporter of
Donald Trump. So, I mean, it all makes you wonder, Amy
are what's the real thing? Do they actually hate each other? Is that
the real part? Do they actually love each other? Is that real?
Are the friendships real or is it all just you know, people using each
other as stepping stones to get ahead? Well, and another thing or another
reason that I've heard that Trump picked Vance was because of hillbilly elegy. I
mean Vance's upbringing in Appalachia and that kind of stuff. He came from nothing.
He had drug abuse, he had a physical abuse, he had broken
family, and he still was able to fight through that made you know,
made a successful life for himself. And so they talk about how he was
the forgotten man, and that was a big thing for Trump, Say,
the forgotten Man's not going to be forgotten anymore. Yeah, he could be
that poor trail. He is the personification of the person that the Trump is
going after in terms of winning votes. Is the sort of quote forgotten person,
the guy who lived a poor upbringing and managed to pull himself up by
his bootstrap. So yeah, I think that's part of it. I think
Vance had a lot to offer. And what's more, Trump seems to like
him. Donald Trump Junior likes the guy, and he convinced his dad to
go ahead and consider him at least. Yeah. Okay, so looking around
the convention floor, I found my favorite hat. Have you seen any favorite
favorite garb? Giant elephant hat? Yesterday? Which was kind of interesting.
What was the one you saw? It was somebody wearing what looked like a
cowboy hat that had Donkey ears on it and it said Trump kicks ass.
Huh get it? Democrats? Oh yeah, yeah, okay, I get
that. Okay. I always like watching because some of them are really cute
and fun and some of them just look really stupid. Well, I like
the old traditional you know, the styrofoam skimmer with a bite taken out of
it. That's always the good convention. Head where and what's on tap for
today today? The theme yesterday was keep America or make America wealthy again.
Today it's make America safe again. That is kind of the theme. Every
day has a different theme associated with it. We're going to hear a long
list of speakers. Again, it's only one formal session that happens this evening,
but yeah, US Republican Senator David mccortt Senate candidate David McCormick is going
to be one of the speakers there. So you know, these are the
reason people speak at these events is they are considered rising stars within the party.
That's why you had Christy Noam, the South Dakota governor, who had
a lot of airtime yesterday. And so that I think it gives you a
peek into what the party considers to be its future, and that would be
David McCormick at least in this instance. Okay, and we'll be watching and
then in a few weeks we'll be watching the Demoocredit National Convention. I'm fascinated
by these. I hope the weather is better there. It's been miserable here
raining or just hot and muggy, hot, muggy, rainy, hot,
mugg It's sort of the cycle, and you get to be outside for part
of it, good luck most of it. I've sweated through my shirt three
times in the last day. All right, ABC's Jim Ryan, thanks again.
We'll be talking to you later this week more about the convention. Thanks
hemmy. The UC Board of Regents says protests on campus are allowed, but
encampments are not. In a statement issued yesterday, the board said, you
see, campuses need to consistently follow the rules of enforcement. The policy was
announced months after pro Palestinian protesters set up camps, blocked students' access to campus,
sprayed graffiti, and damaged campus buildings and walkways. Special counsel Jack Smith
says he will appeal a Florida federal judge's dismissal of the classified documents case against
former President Trump. Judge Eileen Cannon throughout the case yesterday, saying Smith's appointment
as a special prosecutor violated the Constitution. Gonna be talking more about this and
what's possibly next with ABC's Peter Harlem Boosts in about half hour. Visitors to
the California State Fair will be able to reach new highs. Visitors can now
legally smoke pot at the Fair and Sacramento for the very first time, fifteen
dispensaries are offering products from across California in a cannabis consumption lounge. It's for
people twenty one and up. It's fenced off and is away from rides and
exhibits. The lounge will be open every day of the fair through July twenty
eighth at six oh five. Handle on the news. Elon Musks is he's
donating millions and millions of dollars every month to a new pro Trump superpack.
Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jordana Miller in Jerusalem. So Jordana,
Israel carried out a pretty significant air strike. Says they got a top dog,
but Hamasa's maybe not right. Israel carried out a major airstrike on Saturday
in the Israeli declared humanitarian zone of Almasi. They said they targeted Mohammed Deaf,
who is Hamas's military leader, the number two leader in the rank,
just right behind Ya Jesinoir, who's the political leader of Hamas. In the
Godza strip, the Israeli armies says it's still unclear if he is dead,
though they do believe they killed his deputy, Rafa Saloma. In the process
of that airstrike, which was very heavy. At least ninety people were killed
Gosins and it looks like dozens of them were women and children, civilians,
Okay, and so that just seems like a lot, Like we hear about
three or four killed at a time, but to hear ninety, that's a
lot at one time. But they're saying that that's where the guy was and
they need to take these guys out. So it's a risk assessing. Yeah,
I mean, is Israel defending Yeah, Israel's defending the strike. First
of all, they were hiding in a kind of shed in this humanitarian zone
surrounded it was shrouded with lots of trees, et cetera. But so it
wasn't the exact impact site was not or the exact target was not among civilians.
But these you know, when you're dropping five hundred pound bombs, then
you know the impact site will go out for a half mile around, and
that's what ended up killing the civilians. And you know, unfortunately we've seen
this before. This is kind of common. Sadly, Yeah, and Nathan
Yahoo is thinking that his these kind of things are going to soften soften Hamas
positions to the deal. That he right, I mean, he says this
is the kind of attack that will weaken Hamas and bring them to the table.
Now, if Mohammad Deaf, the number two Hamas leader, was killed,
that may be true, because then it would put Sinowar's influence within Hamas.
It would it would definitely weaken his position. And remember Hamas is split
between the leaders who are in Doha Cutter and those that are in the Gaza
Strip. But again, we don't know if Death has been killed, and
there's certainly some who argue these kind of strikes will only harden Hamasa's position.
Initially we heard Hamas say we're going to stop the talks. Then we heard
no, they're still going to stay in the talks. But I think it's
too soon to know if they're actually going to change some of their positions or
not. It's only been a few days, and you know, the Israeli
army, you know, probably take them another day or two to fit figure
out if Death is actually dead, and then we may see the impact of
that, but you know, the argument that it may weakend Hamas and bring
them to the table. You know, some are questioning that right and speaking
of the table, the cease fire talks are still continuing or are they paused
for right now? They are still Yeah, they are still ongoing. There's
been no breakdown in the talks. Having said that, the head of the
Mossad, David Farnea, was meant to go to Cutter this week and we
haven't heard when exactly he's leaving for that visit to continue talks. You remember,
this is a three phase deal and you know they're trying to hammer out
the details that would give us six weeks of a pause in fighting and during
those six weeks a discussion about a permanent end to the war and about thirty
two hostages that would come out, though it has to be said not all
of those would be alive, some would be bodies, and then Israel in
return would free uh, you know, at a rate of three or five
to one tell jailed Palestinians. Okay, so the talks are still really you
know the really yeah, it's still going. But it comes down to two
people really who have to make a decision that would really move us forward towards
a ceasefire in the end of the war. And that's the Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Antanielle and the leader of Hamas Jah Cassinoir. And until those two men
are ready to move forward, we're going to be in this kind of holding
spot, back and forth, back and forth without any real decisions. So
right now, you know, we're in another one of those shuttles between negotiators
and and really with no definitive position in sight. Okay, and we'll continue
to watch. You know, last week we were very hopeful, but now
we just nothing, yeah, nothing big to report on the breakthrough, so
we unfortunately not all right, Jordana Olli, thank you so much for your
time and information this morning. Appreciate it. We'll talk saying all right,
take care. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A woman in Long Beach has pleaded not guilty
to shoplifting more than thirty times from the same store the Long Beach City Prosecutor's
offices. Florence Miller swiped about six thousand dollars worth of stuff from TJ Max
over a period of nine months. The most recent theft was in June.
Prosecutor Say Miller was on probation for misdemeanor theft during five of the alleged crimes.
A person's been detained in connection with a fatal workplace shooting in an industry.
A man working at the business was killed yesterday morning. The ely Kenis
Sheriff's Department says the person detained is a former employee at that location. A
judge has ordered Santa Anna to remove the words taxpayers and parents from a ballot
measure to let non citizens vote. The judge ruled paying taxes and parenting a
child is irrelevant to the question should non citizens be allowed to vote. Lawyer
James Lacy says the council was trying to rig the elee with misleading language because
who wouldn't agree that taxpayers and parents should be allowed to vote. It didn't
informed voters that if they voted in favor of the initiative, they'd also be
voting in favor of non citizens, wool worked, taxpayers, and who didn't
have children. The judge last week ordered the change before ballots are sent out
next month. Santa Anna declined to comment in Santa Anna, Corbin, Carson
camp I News Representative Nancy Pelosi and other Bay Area leaders have commemorated the completion
of the Golden gate Bridge suicide deterrent system, known as the NET. This
is an iconic bridge in the world, just source of pride to us,
but it has been a source of pain to families and we want that to
stop. It must stop, and it will stop. The NET was completed
earlier this year. The Golden gate Bridge Highway and Transportation Districts is even with
the NET under construction. In twenty twenty three, the number of suicides on
the bridge decreased by more than half. Okay, everybody has a bad night,
right, but this takes it to a whole new level. Yes,
read bus, yeahpool, the night lot of was Yeah, Sorry, I
was. Country singer Ingrid Andres. She's taking a lot of heat for her
performance last night at the National Anthem before the twenty twenty four home run derby
in Arlington, Texas. She's already trending, of course, on social media.
A lot of people are calling it the worst National Anthem performance in American
history. I think Roseanne Barr must be breathing a bit of a sigh of
relief. This morning, the FBI has completed in search of the home of
the man who tried to assassinate former President Trump. That bureau says several suspicious
devices were found inside the home of the shooter, who lived with his family.
The man was shot and killed moments after he shot Trump and three others
at a rally on Saturday. Two point seven million more children around the world
are under vaccinated compared to before the pandemic in twenty nineteen. The World Health
Organization says over the last five years, measles outbreaks have hit one hundred three
countries and says low vaccination rates are a major factor. The Natural History of
Museum in la is going green. Green dinosaur that is the only dinosaur ever
found that has green bones is going on display at the museum. The dino,
named Natalie, was a long necked, long tailed herbivore who lived during
the late Jurassic period. Her bones were discovered in Utah in two thousand and
seven. At six oh five, a handle on the news a judge has
dismissed the classified document's case against former President Trump. At that night might not
be the end of the story. Let's say good to the regional executive director
of the California Wildlife Federation, the leader of Save La Cougar's campaign, and
the author of Mountain Lions Are Our Neighbors. It's Beth Pratt. Good morning,
Beth, good morning. Thanks for having me, well, thanks for
making time to come on. I wanted to talk to you today because you're
a wildlife expert. And last week we had the story of the guy who
was doing this marathon bucket list run and he got to almost the end of
the race. I don't know if he was racing for a time, but
he got like to the end and he literally ran into a bear in Yosemite
National Park. The bear kind of swiped at him and then was charging at
him, and you know, I mean, like, what do you do
in that situation? And I was like, there are so many more encounters
with wildlife these days. I think we need to know because your responses to
different animals need to be different exactly. You know, for me, it's
becoming familiar. Wildlife are our neighbors that they always have been, they will
continue to be, and especially as we again continue to build more and more
and exist more and more in their habitat encounters are going to increase now ninety
nine point nine percent of encounters with wildlife, and fine for everybody, but
you do these examples like the one in the assembite that recently happened. I
think it's important to note the bear I think had some food actually some garbage
which somebody had unfortunately let it get, which is an unnatural food source for
it. And so my guess is for the bear. Of course I can't
get into the bear's head and was not there, but was you know,
seeing that this runner was a threat to a boop of its food source and
it was probably saying get out of here, this is mine, you know.
I think it's also important to note that, you know, running is
something that can be risky behavior, especially around large predators. So you know,
attacks are still really rare, there is in Yosemite. They're almost you
know, non existent. They do happen here and there, and there's never
been, at least in recent history, a fatality of a bear attack in
the park. But you know, you are in their home, especially in
a place like Yosemite, and if you know, if a bear is on
a food source, that's something they're going to try to defend, right Okay,
So, so, Beth, if you do have an encounter with a
bear, because a lot of people are out hiking in the woods and that
kind of stuff in a long trail, right, if you happen upon a
bear, I mean, it's unlikely that you're going to run into a bear
like that guy did, because most of us don't do fifteen mile runs.
But if you do, what what do you do? Yeah, you know,
it really does depend on the bear of the situation. But in Yosemite
we only have one species of bear, the grizzly bear was hunted to extinctionion
here, so we do have the black bear. And if you know,
for black bears, and you know, I know that the definitive view is,
you know, to play dead. But again, it really does depend
on the bear and what's happening. Right, So with black bears, you
really want to look as large as possible. You want to you know,
don't run, right, you know, really do stop and hold your ground,
don't climb a tree. Black bears trees and stuff. Yeah, yeah,
I mean they are you know, yeah, they're much more skilled at
playing trees. They can also run faster than us. You know, I
know that it probably does take a lot of self control not to just dash.
And also if you're if you know, if you are actually attacked,
right, if if like with distances of the runner, if the black bear
actually starts swiping, you don't play dead, right, That's I think what
we've all been taught, and that that's not appropriate in this situation. You
do want to escape and you know, try to fight back if if,
if you can. But you know, the best thing you can do,
especially is you just try to assess the situation. If if it's not a
situation where like this runner, you were swiped and actually attacked. If you
know, is the bear with cubs, is the bear eating Are you in
a situation that you know may up the potential for contract like conflict. Those
are two factors that can happen. But you know, try try to be
aware, look large, and just be always aware of your surroundings. You
know, you know, the defendantive view is do not run right, And
that's why I think with this trail runner, and I'm somebody who runs on
trails, so I get it, it is an activity you want to undertake,
but that does just put you a little you know, at some extra
risk, Okay, And is it the same with mountain lions? Like your
reaction is that I know you're not supposed to run when you see a mountain
lion exactly. You know, for for most of these presator species, running
is a trigger. You know, it makes you know you appear like prey
or or is a trigger for a lot of these animals. So yeah,
it's the same thing from mountlines, same thing you want to appear very large.
Now, mount lions and bears behave very differently. So that's why you
know, I say my book When Mount Lions and Neighbors the Reasons, it's
titled that these are our neighbors much like our human neighbors. Right, we
learn their different behaviors and we have you know, types of neighbors that are
easier to get along with, or we know what their triggers are. It's
the same with animals. I feel like education goes a long way. For
mount lions. Learning about their behavior can help you assess them. You know,
when you see people who do have encounters, usually the behaviors misinterpreted.
Like you hear about mount lions stalking you. If you're seeing a mount lion
who is considering you, he's not stalking you. He's probably looking at you
as I'm trying to assess if you're a threat to me. Mount lions are
stealth predators, and if you know a mount lions, if you see a
mount lion, it is likely he is not in hunt mode. He is
more assessing the situation because wouldn't see him, You wouldn't see him, you
wouldn't know what They are called ghost cats. They have been among us,
and I always say it's more likely a mountain side and sees you than you
see them. But yeah, just know when you're in a mount lion country
and if you see one, you want to pack. You appear as big
as possible. If you have a pack, pick it up. You know,
look threatening. Keep the mounta line in your sight line, but don't
look at directly in the eye. And we've you know, tried to leave
the situation is as quickly as possible, But do not run. If a
mountline does, in the very rare instance, try to attack you, and
a mountline charging is not attacking. There was that famous viral video of a
runner of some years ago where the mountlon kept running up to it and stopping.
That's actually a mountain lion saying get out of here. That Mount Lion
was not attacking. So but if a mountlon does, you know, in
the very rare and since you know, start attacking you, which would you
know, be leaping on you and doing something fight back? Yeah, that
is absolutely what you want to do. Okay, Well, that's good to
know that it's very rare. And even though it is rare, when these
kinds of things happen, you know, the tackles on the back of your
neck go up and I'll go, oh my god, what would I do
if that happened to me? So good information. Don't run and try to
make yourself look big, don't look them in the eyes, and be aware
of your surroundings. Hopefully that will avoid the encounter in the first place.
I think that's the biggest thing. Be aware of your surroundings. You're going
to behave very differently and take you know, obviously, if you're walking down
you know, sunset in Los Angeles, you know your surroundings are a little
different than being in Yosemite, where you know, running down sunset is not
as risky as you know doing a trail run in Yosemite. But again I
always like to stress this. You know, take the little time to learn
about your wildlife neighbors, what does this behavior from what coyote mean? And
then you're better able to do the right thing. And just know, I
always like to stress this again. Ninety nine point nine percent of wildlife encounters
and fine in California with what we have forty million people in the state and
over one hundred years there have been about two dozen attacks. That risk is
so low. I mean that's almost nothing you can Yeah, you compare that
with we lose four thousand people a year in this state to our roads,
right, so you're way more risky getting in your car. So it's never
zero risk, but it is so low risk and it is possible to live
with our wild neighbors. What a fine note to end this interview on Bethratt.
Pratt, thank you so much for your time and your information today.
Stay safe out on those trails. Yep, thanks for having me. All
right, thanks Beth. Hey, I told you earlier. It is Prime
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it's going to focus on immigration and crime. The theme in Milwaukee will be
make America Safe Again. Speakers will be talking about supporting law enforcement and securing
the southern border, and former UN ambassador and one time Trump challenger Nikki Hayley
is scheduled to speak. LA Metro says it's new Tap to Exit pilot program
is working. Officials say since it started requiring people to use their Metro cards
to tap out to leave the North Hollywood Metro rail station in late May,
crime is down more than forty percent. Officials say they're looking at expanding the
program. Former Early Kenny Sheriff Jim McDonald is reportedly on the shortlist of candidates
to become LAPD's next chief. After the initial round of interviews, ten candidates
are still in the running, including McDonald. Former chief Michael Moore retired in
February. We're just minutes away from handle on the news this morning, the
author of the critically acclaimed Hillbilly Elegies may become the new vice president. Right
now, let's say good morning to ABC's Peter Harrolumbus. Peter, good morning,
Good morning Amy, Thanks for having me, Thanks for coming on.
So a federal judge dismissed former President Trump's classified documents case. But I want
to find out from you what exactly happened because the judge didn't rule that Trump
didn't do anything wrong. Yeah, that's right. So Judge Cannon didn't really
make this ruling dismissing the entire case on the of the case, on the
merits of it, anything about the alleged retention of classified documents or the alleged
obstruction of justice. Instead, it really focused on the authority of the Special
Council who brought the case. Jack Smith, and really a stunning decision from
Judge Eileen Cannon Trump's on a motion Trump's lawyers made back in February. Cannon
dismissed the entire case because she found that Special Council Jack Smith wasn't constitutionally appointed
or funded, and she ultimately found that his appointment was unconstitutional, and that
alone was enough to dismiss the entire case. We've already heard back from Special
Council Jack Smith's team. They planned to appeal this ruling, but this really
delays the case. It could take months, even years, and the appeal
could go all the way back up to the Supreme Court. Oh, I
was going to ask you that, Okay, So I went to back up
because the judge ruler was unconstitutional? How is it unconstitutional? Can you unpack
that for us a little bit? Sure? So, Judge Cannon's decision really
focused on the appointment's clause as part of the compitution that focuses on who has
the authority to appoint an officer of the government. So Special Council jack Smith
was a private citizen when he was appointed to be Special Counsel. He was
appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland. According to Cannon, Smith should have been
appointed by the President and confirmed by Congress, and because that wasn't done,
Cannon thought he didn't really have the authority to carry out this prosecution. Uh
huh, Okay, so it's really he Trump got off on a technicality on
this one. Yeah. It wasn't anything about the allegations in the case.
It was this technicality about whether or not Special Council Jack Smith had the authority
to proceed. And a lot of people thought that this was kind of a
long shot argument that's been rejected time and time again in the past, but
it wasn't rejected this time with Judge Cannon, who saw it as enough of
a legal argument to toss this entire case. Okay, And in the past,
then you said that other cases have gone differently. So in other insight,
special counsels have been appointed and they have also not gone through what technically
would be the appropriate process. Yeah, so that's right. So if we
look back to other special councils like Robert Mueller, for example, Robert hur
who looked into President Biden's a ledged retention of classified documents, these are people
who faced similar challenges in terms of their authority to carry out their prosecutions.
In the case of Mueller, for example, we saw that attempt thrown out
on two separate occasions. With David Weiss, the Special Council who is looking
into Hunter Biden, the same argument has failed. So it kind of took
everyone by surprise yesterday when this case was thrown out, given the fact that
these challenges to kind of a standard practice for the last two decades, you
know, ended up with a successful results for Trump's team. Okay, so
it looks like an appeal is next and then we'll watch what happens after that.
That's exactly right, all right, Peter howl Booth, thank you so
much for your information and helping us kind of unpack it, because I know
it's always a little confusing. We don't know exactly what the ruling means,
so appreciate it. Yes, that's really my questions. All right, we'll
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