WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:05.679 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with Me Amy King on 2 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:13.199 demand on the iHeartRadio app ok F I and KOST HD two Los Angeles, 3 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:33.920 Orange County and Dad you your haste, Amy, Okay, good morning. 4 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:40.560 It's Monday, July fifteenth. This is your wake up call. I'm Amy 5 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:47.719 King and thrilled that you're getting your day started with us today. Holy cow, 6 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:55.439 what a weekend. I was sitting on my couch watching Despicable Me because 7 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:58.479 Despicable Me four is out, so I wanted to go watch the other ones. 8 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.479 And I can't get around much right now because I'm still dealing with the 9 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:04.840 broken toe thing. Good excuse for me to be on the couch. And 10 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:10.599 then people start texting, Hey, are you watching the news? Friend calls, 11 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:12.640 Hey, I got a question for you about some newsy stuff, like 12 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:19.560 what you're interrupting my Despicable Me? So I turned on the news. Who 13 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:27.000 knew an attempted assassination on former President Trump? Crazy? Crazy? We're going 14 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:32.239 to be talking about that all this morning. We've got lots of experts coming 15 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:34.799 on. We're going to be talking with Stephen Portnoy, who's at the convention. 16 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:41.840 How the convention is changing because of the attempted assassination. Attempt what security 17 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:44.680 is like. We're going to be talking to ABC's Jim Ryan. We're gonna 18 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:52.000 talk to Karen Travers because she's got the president's response to the attempted assassination. 19 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:56.280 And we're also going to talk to John Cohen, who is a former counter 20 00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:00.599 terrorism coordinator at the Department of Homeland Security. He says, nobody should be 21 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:05.920 surprised that this happened. Lots going on, and then on top of that, 22 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:13.039 Hollywood, tough weekend. Shannon Doherty died fifty three after a valiant fight 23 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:16.919 with breast cancer. Richard Simmons died at the age of seventy six, and 24 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:23.360 doctor Ruth Westheimer doctor Ruth Stephen or not Stephen, but kno, do you 25 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:29.360 even remember doctor Ruth. It was kind of before your time, don't think. 26 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:35.080 So. She was pretty revolutionary for how she talked about sex with people. 27 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:37.800 And she's just this cute little lady and she'd go, oh, nah, 28 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:39.360 are you going to have the Uh. I'm not going to say what 29 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:45.120 she said because it makes me blush, but yeah, tough weekend. All 30 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:47.680 right, let's get started. Here's what's ahead on wake up call. President 31 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:53.879 Biden says the temperature in politics needs to be lowered following the assassination attempt to 32 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:58.000 former President Trump. In an Oval office address last night, Biden said violence 33 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:00.240 has never been the answer in American politics. He said, we need to 34 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:05.800 settle our issues at the ballot box, not with bullets. We're going to 35 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:10.240 be talking again with Karen Travers to hear more about that and what's next. 36 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:15.039 The man killed at the Trump rally was a former fire chief who died protecting 37 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:21.719 his family from the gunfire in the stands behind former President Trump. Corey Commento 38 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:27.240 Comperenore used his body as a shield against the bullets. He was fifty years 39 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:31.479 old, and next door Neighbors says that he's literally a hero. The Daily 40 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:38.319 Show has canceled tapings of its show this week in Milwaukee following the assassination attempt. 41 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:43.800 The show posted on x said there were logistical issues and also because of 42 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:50.159 the evolving situation. The Comedy Central news satire show had been sold out for 43 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:53.080 multiple nights of tapings at six oh five. It's Handle on the News. 44 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:57.879 Of course, Handle's going to weigh in on everything that happened over the weekend 45 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:00.240 and can't wait to hear his take on everything. Let's get started with some 46 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:03.479 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Former President 47 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:08.719 Trump has arrived in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, a day after he 48 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:13.319 was shot during a rally in Pennsylvania. ABC's Stephen fortnoy S's Trump's going to 49 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:16.319 be nominated by his party this week for another term as president. Local and 50 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:20.879 federal officials were adamant yesterday that there would be no change to the security protocols 51 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:26.560 here as a result of the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. Conventions always take place 52 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:30.319 under strict security protocols, and officials say there's no need to make them even 53 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:34.240 more strict here in Milwaukee now. Trump was shot in the ear Saturday as 54 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:41.319 a shooter fired several shops from a rooftop, killing one person in the audience 55 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:46.879 and critically injuring two other men. Trump posted on his truth social site yesterday 56 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:49.920 he was going to delay his trip to Wisconsin and the convention by two days, 57 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:56.720 but then decided he cannot allow a shooter or potential assassin to force change 58 00:04:56.759 --> 00:05:01.600 to scheduling or anything else. Politicians in California have denounced the political violence against 59 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:05.240 the former president. They say violence has no place in our democracy. Governor 60 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:10.720 Newsom says his thoughts are with President Trump and everyone impacted at the rally. 61 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:15.480 LA Mayor bas says what happened in Pennsylvania is unacceptable and tragic. The Republican 62 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:20.680 Party of Orange County says the attempted assassination should shock the soul of our country. 63 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:25.920 Let's say good morning now to ABC's Karen Travers. Karen, A day 64 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:30.839 after an attempted assassination a former President Trump, President Biden took to the Oval 65 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:33.720 Office. What did he have to say? Yeah, I mean he has 66 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:40.120 now spoken three times since the shooting on Saturday night at the Trump rally, 67 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:44.360 three different addresses to the American people. The White House really wants to get 68 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:48.439 him out there. And last night this was the President calling on Americans to 69 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:54.600 lower the temperature in our politics. It was a rare office address, only 70 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:58.959 the third time he's done that in that formal setting so far in his presidency. 71 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:00.720 And he said, you know, we may disagree, and yes, 72 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:04.800 there are certainly your disagreements right now in this he did political campaign, but 73 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:09.279 he said, we're not enemies, we're neighbors, we're friends, co workers, 74 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:13.160 and more importantly, were fellow Americans. And you know, he's looked 75 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:16.759 at other instances of political violence in recent years. He said, we can't 76 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:20.959 go down this road, talking about January sixth, the attack on how Speaker 77 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:27.160 Nancy Pelosi's husband, the intimidation of election officials, that we've seen, the 78 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:30.920 kidnapping plot on Governor Whitmer of Michigan. And he said, you know, 79 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:34.680 there are a lot of things we don't know yet what happened on Saturday night, 80 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:40.000 and there are thorough investigations underway. Let them do their jobs. But 81 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:43.360 he said, what we do know is an a former president was shot. 82 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:47.399 An American was killed while just exercising their freedom to support the candidate that they 83 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:50.839 liked. And he said violence has never been the answer in this country. 84 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:59.560 Do you think or have you talked to anybody who is responding on did the 85 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:03.399 president's message hit the mark? You know, the campaign certainly feels it has 86 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:08.600 they feel, of course, and you know, talking with some Democrats, 87 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:12.480 you know they say this was important for the president to come out and do 88 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:15.959 this, and that you know he did hit that. Now will it change 89 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:20.920 politics? I don't know, we'll see. The President also acknowledged that this 90 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:26.079 is the week of the RNC and that the other side is certainly going to 91 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:30.759 be criticizing his record, and he said that's not surprising, that's what politics 92 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:32.160 is. But there's a way to do it, and he said he'll be 93 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:36.959 out there on the road this week drawing contrast between his vision his record and 94 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:41.720 that of Donald Trump and Republicans. Again, there's a way to do it, 95 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:46.560 but do it by bringing down the temperature, dialing down the heated rhetoric, 96 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:50.399 and that you can still have debate and disagreement in this country without letting 97 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:55.240 it cross over the line like we saw this weekend. I think one place 98 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:59.639 where he kind of missed the mark on this was he, as you mentioned, 99 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:03.959 he talked about the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband, and talked about January 100 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:07.759 sixth, but he failed to mention the Republicans who've been targeted like Steve Scalise 101 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:13.600 and when Judge Kavanaugh, Conservative Justice, when somebody showed out it showed up 102 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:18.480 at his house with a gun. He only talked about the Democratic you know, 103 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:24.439 victims or whatever, And I think that he missed that opportunity to bring 104 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:26.399 both sides together saying we need to dial it down. It it all needs 105 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:31.279 to stop. That's just my takeaway from it. Yeah, that's put absolutely 106 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:33.960 and it's still too soon to do. We know, we don't know if 107 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:39.159 the campaign's going to change tack at all. No, I think it's not 108 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:41.399 going to. I mean, the President canceled an event today at the LBJ 109 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:45.360 Library that was focused on civil rights. I think a lot of that was 110 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:48.519 just kind of in the immediate impact. They're regrouping and figuring out the schedule. 111 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:54.080 He's also getting another update today from Homeland Security and law enforcement officials, 112 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:56.240 so they wanted him to be at the White House, but tonight he's traveling 113 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:01.799 to Las Vegas and I'll have events there tomorrow. Andy, and the President 114 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:03.159 and his team making it clear, you know, they're going to still be 115 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:07.600 drawing that contrast with Trump this week because the RNC is continuing as is. 116 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:13.120 There's no change to the schedule or programming of the RNC. Okay, ABC's 117 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:15.799 Karen Travers, thanks so much. We're going to be watching. Have a 118 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:18.240 great day, all right, take care. Let's get back to some of 119 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:20.919 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Law enforcement officials 120 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:26.519 in southern California say they are on heightened alert following the assassination attempt of former 121 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:31.799 President Trump. LAPD Interim Chief Choi says the department is monitoring the shooting and 122 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:35.639 that there is no known threat or connection to the city of La Elly. 123 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:41.840 Kenny Sheriff's department issued a similar statement yesterday. Long Beach Police says it is 124 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:46.600 in constant contact with law enforcement partners in the region and will have an increased 125 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:52.440 police presence. The family of the man killed at the rally he died says 126 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:54.960 he died protecting them. They say he got in front of them when the 127 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:03.360 shooting started. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro says Corey, a comparatour, died a 128 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:07.279 hero, using his body as a shield to protect his wife and daughter. 129 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:13.600 Ory was a girl dad. Corey was a firefighter. Corey went to church 130 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:20.679 every Sunday. Corey loved his community. The president of the Buffalo Township Volunteer 131 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:24.320 Fire Company called comper a Tour, a stand up guy and a true brother 132 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:28.799 of the fire service. Sheriff's deputies in Orange County are warning people to watch 133 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:33.600 out for strangers who appear to want a hug. A man in Rancho Santa 134 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:39.000 Margarita reported two people pulled into his driveway a couple weeks ago, approached him 135 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:43.720 with arms out for a hug, then robbed him of a gold chain he 136 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:48.360 was wearing. The Sheriff's department says the same people were possibly involved in similar 137 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:52.960 robberies in Orange and surrounding counties. A woman has been killed in an attack 138 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:58.480 in Lancaster. Another person was hurt last night. La County Sheriff's Department says 139 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:01.720 the woman was pronounced dead at the High Hospital from a head injury. A 140 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:05.799 lieutenant said a person had been detained, but no other information was given. 141 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:09.960 A federal courthouse in downtown La could get a new name. The US District 142 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:13.840 Courthouse on First Street is currently known officially as First Street US Courthouse. Democratic 143 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:18.840 Congressman Jimmy Gomez, who represents that part of downtown, has proposed changing it 144 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:22.360 in honor of civil rights activists Beliciitas and Gonzalo Mendez. They were part of 145 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:26.879 a landmark federal court case in nineteen forty seven that ended the segregation of Mexican 146 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:31.840 American students. Gomez's resolution has passed the US House and now waits for action 147 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:35.679 in the Senate. Last week, the La County Board of Supervisors approved Emotion 148 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:41.440 in favor of the name change in downtown La. Michael Monks KFI News. 149 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:46.360 Disneyland and California Adventure Park will be closing six attractions next month for refurbishment. 150 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:54.159 Artificials say Space Mountain, the Disneyland Railroad, Disneyland Monorail, Love the Monorail, 151 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:56.600 the Animation Academy, which is one of my favorite places where you can 152 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:58.960 go and draw pictures of the characters. They teach you how to do it 153 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:03.720 and they actually end up looking like the characters. Turtle Talk with Crush and 154 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:07.559 Anna and Elsa's Royal Welcome. They're all going to temporarily close next month as 155 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:13.559 part of Disneyland's standard refurbishment schedule. Former President Trump has arrived in Milwaukee for 156 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:18.279 the Republican National Convention, which gets underway today. There was talk of Trump 157 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:22.559 not going after the assassination attempt, at least delaying it, but Trump said 158 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:28.399 he cannot allow a shooter or potential assassin to force a change in his schedule 159 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.879 or anything else. He's expected to announce his VP pick during the convention. 160 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:37.600 At least ninety Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a humanitarian 161 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:43.919 zone in Gaza. Israeli officials say they were targeting a Hamas commander who was 162 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:48.200 one of the main planners of the October seventh attack on Israel. They're not 163 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:50.679 sure if he was killed in the air strike amass The commander's alive, but 164 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:56.080 hasn't offered any proof. Okay, almost time to look up in the sky. 165 00:12:56.120 --> 00:13:00.639 The annual Perseed media or shower has begun. Going to be able to 166 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:03.919 see meteors in the night sky from now until September first, but the showers 167 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:07.720 are going to peak August eleventh and twelfth, So for peak viewing, you're 168 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:11.559 going to have to wait a little bit while longer. At six oh five, 169 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:13.120 it's Handle on the news, and as I mentioned, Bill Handle's going 170 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:16.799 to have a lot to say about the attempted assassination, the RNC, and 171 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:20.919 so much more that's coming up just after six o'clock. Right now, let's 172 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:26.000 say good morning to ABC's Stephen portnoy steven. Less than forty eight hours after 173 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:31.039 an assassination attempt, the Republican National Convention gets underway. Today is it going 174 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:35.879 to be business as usual. I think in a lot of respects it will. 175 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:39.519 But the tone may change. Look, and you're already hearing from the 176 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:43.720 former presidency arrived here in Milwaukee last night, pumped his fist in the air 177 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:46.919 as he climbed down the steps of his plane, that he's going to change 178 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:50.240 the tone of his speech on Thursday. Will see if other speakers do the 179 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:54.639 same. Look. The former president expressed astonishment that he survived the assassination attempt 180 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:58.200 on Saturday. He said to The New York Post. I'm not supposed to 181 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.600 be here. I'm supposed to be dead. He says, by luck or 182 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:05.720 by god, he survived because his head was turned a certain way at that 183 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:09.799 moment when the bullets whiz by. Look. Trump said that he was going 184 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:11.720 to give a hum dinger of a speech, an extremely tough speech. But 185 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:16.200 now he says it's going to be more designed to unite the country. But 186 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:18.240 then he had it. He goes, I don't know if that's possible. 187 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:22.919 People are very divided. So let's see how this convention changes. You know. 188 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:28.039 The word from organizers yesterday was that they weren't aware of any substance changes. 189 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:31.120 And then they told us that they're adding Nikki Haley to the speaker's list, 190 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:35.480 which is a demonstration of party unity. That the long running Trump rival 191 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:39.759 in the campaign in this past year would, after not being invited, would 192 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:45.000 accept the invitation come and speak on behalf of the standard bearer of the party 193 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:48.759 who she railed against in the primaries is a significant and symbolic decision. I 194 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:52.679 think it's going to be interesting to hear what she has to say, too 195 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:56.000 well, but also rather predictable, right, I mean, I think to 196 00:14:56.039 --> 00:15:00.559 what she'll say, is that right, right, but in in the broader 197 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:03.519 context and compare it to what she has said in the past. And I'm 198 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:11.000 sure she'll be appropriately respectful of her own positions in the past, but also 199 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:15.639 explain why she doesn't want to see Joe Biden and Kamala Harris reelected to another 200 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:22.159 four years. Right, And the programming is still going to focus on economy 201 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:28.679 and immigration. And then, like Trump said, probably weave a little unity 202 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:33.919 message, but it's still going to be pretty probably pretty vicious against the current 203 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:37.360 president. But I wonder, oh yeah, I mean, look, you 204 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:41.480 could expect Marjorie Tiller, Green, Charlie Kirk, Matt Gates are all still 205 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:46.559 speaking here. So it's going to be the brands the party, right, 206 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:48.440 And so the question is, well, I think a lot of us in 207 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:52.320 journalism will be wondering how how intense will some of those remarks be prior to 208 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:56.919 the ten o'clock Eastern time, seven o'clock Pacific time prime time hour where the 209 00:15:56.919 --> 00:16:00.759 whole country's flewed in across all the networks. You know, obviously c Span 210 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:06.799 and maybe the cables will be taking the earlier programming hours, and obviously it'll 211 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:11.039 stream online if you're really interested, But you know, how how intense will 212 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:15.000 some of these speeches get? That'll be part of the story too. Okay, 213 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.200 So I have a question for you about the convention. So you're talking 214 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:22.080 about the speakers and stuff. Do they have speakers all day long or do 215 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:26.480 they have little like little just planning sessions or what do they do during the 216 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:33.600 day? Great question. So the only day where there is sort of day 217 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:37.879 side activity is today, and that's where it's the formal nomination of the ticket, 218 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:41.960 the adoption of the party platform. How do you formally nominate the ticket 219 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:45.600 without knowing who the vice presidential candidate is going to be? You can't. 220 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:51.360 So I suppose that means if they're going to move forward with their afternoon schedule 221 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:53.639 as planned, that we're going to hear in the next few hours who the 222 00:16:53.720 --> 00:17:00.519 running mate will be day No, no, no, because that again, 223 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:04.599 unless they change the plan on all of us, for thousands of delegates and 224 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:08.640 reporters. The plan is for all that to happen this afternoon, and again 225 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:12.359 it's hard to do that unless you have a name. So let's see who 226 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:15.400 it is. Of course that person will be speaking on Wednesday. We know 227 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:19.640 that that's the plan, and then on Thursday it's the formal address the acceptance 228 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:26.559 by the nominee of the party for presidents. So other than today, no 229 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:30.680 day side activities are planned. All of it is their evening sessions meant for 230 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:33.359 a television audience. Look, time was the convent. Prior to the early 231 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:40.440 nineteen seventies. These conventions were organized to make a choice. This is before 232 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:44.160 the decision was made in the nineteen seventies to democratize the process and have voters 233 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:47.240 in each of the states choose who the nominee is going to be. Prior 234 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:49.279 to this, the party, you know, big whigs would get here and 235 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:55.119 then it would be decided amongst themselves, and that was the way things worked 236 00:17:55.160 --> 00:18:00.119 from the earliest days of American politics. But since these have been an opportunity 237 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:06.400 for the party to communicate directly to the American people, and the networks and 238 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:10.160 stations of the country give the time over to allow the parties to make that 239 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:12.160 case to the public. We covered as a news event, but there's a 240 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:17.200 lot less news these days other than what the remarks are used to be. 241 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:19.000 We had to figure out what's going to happen. It was not sure that 242 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:22.680 the outcome was not certain, and so we would be on the edge of 243 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:26.039 our seats as the ticket would take shape before our eyes. Is it'ld be 244 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:30.240 wrangling and backdoor dealing. Well, that's not how it happens. Now. 245 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:34.839 We just cover the speeches. A lot less interesting for reporters, but not 246 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:38.279 so bad television viewing and radio listening to. Okay, and you were going 247 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:41.599 to be there all week, and we get to check in with you again 248 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:45.079 a couple of times, so I'm thrilled that we'll be getting information from you. 249 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:49.079 Is Trump expected to appear tonight. I know he's not speaking until Thursday, 250 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:56.799 but last time he showed up early. Well, I think looking at 251 00:18:56.799 --> 00:19:00.480 the pattern of the twenty sixteen convention in Cleveland is apt. It would be 252 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:03.480 a big surprise to me, given the fact that Donald Trump is now in 253 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:07.240 Milwaukee, that he doesn't appear on the stage here every night. But I 254 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:11.599 don't know. We'll see, and you can imagine that the crowd is going 255 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:18.119 to go wild, especially after Saturday. Oh my, I mean, my 256 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:22.119 goodness. Yeah, I can't imagine. It's a good thing. I've got 257 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:26.759 my earphones with some padding. It's going to get loud in that hall. 258 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:29.559 All right, Stephen Portin, I thanks so much, and we'll look forward 259 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:33.960 to talking to you a little bit more later this week. All right. 260 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:38.079 Take care. President Biden says he wants people to reject political violence and resolve 261 00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:44.119 their differences peacefully. He says the attempted assassination of former President Trump could cause 262 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:48.240 political tensions to run high, but the US cannot descend into violence. A 263 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:52.559 former president was shot, an American citizen killed while simply exercise his freedom to 264 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:57.200 support the candidate of his choosing. We cannot, we must not go down 265 00:19:57.200 --> 00:20:03.279 this road in America, Biden say Socrats and Republicans can compete forcefully over different 266 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:07.160 policy visions, but must be civil about it. The FBI says it's investigating 267 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:12.319 the shooting as a potential act of domestic terrorism. The Secret Service says it's 268 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:17.559 investigating how the shooter was able to get close enough to shoot Trump. ABC's 269 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:21.200 pter Thomas says a police officer did confront the shooter on Saturday, but was 270 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:25.039 not able to stop him. The Butler Township police officer was vaulted up to 271 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:29.200 the rout where the shooter was perched, adding the suspect quickly turned and aims 272 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:32.720 his gun at the local officer, forcing him to retreat and fall down. 273 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:37.279 Well, it's later that suspect firing several shots toward Trump. Thomas says. 274 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:41.720 Members of Congress are calling on the Secret Service director to appear before Congress on 275 00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:45.599 July twenty second, so a week from today, to explain the lapse in 276 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:49.240 security. More than a quarter million customers are still without power almost a week 277 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:56.160 after Hurricane Barrel barreled through Texas. The power company in Texas says it may 278 00:20:56.200 --> 00:21:00.880 take until July nineteenth for some areas to get power restored. A white supremacist 279 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:06.240 in Santa Anna has won a new trial on part of his murder conviction because 280 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:10.240 of a new state law. The state Supreme Court overturned the gang enhancements tied 281 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:14.319 to the death penalty conviction of Public Enemy number one gang leader Michael Lamb. 282 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:18.319 A judge sentenced Lamb to death in two thousand and eight for executing a fellow 283 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:21.799 gang member for doing a news interview that was supposed to be anonymous. The 284 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:26.000 ruling Thursday cited the new state law, which requires prosecutors to prove a killing 285 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:30.119 made the gang money or was revenge against a rival gang, and no longer 286 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:34.680 allows such enhancements if the killing only benefited a gang's reputation for violence. Corbin 287 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:41.000 Carson KFI News sixty one California police officers have traveled to Wisconsin for the Republican 288 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:47.880 National Convention, which gets underway in Milwaukee today. Governor Newsims's forty CHP officers 289 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:52.000 and officers from Long Beach, Bakersfield and Fresno police departments will be helping with 290 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:57.559 traffic control, public safety, and crowd management. Thunderstorms could roll through the 291 00:21:57.559 --> 00:22:02.839 Annalo Valley, parts of the San Gabriel Valley, and the northern Ventura County 292 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:07.079 Mountains today. The National Weather Service says there's a potential for torrential rainfall that 293 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:11.680 could cause splash flooding as well. Nothing Despicable about the money. Despicable Me 294 00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:17.920 took four took in in its second week in theaters. It finished in first 295 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:22.160 place with more than forty four million dollars. The horror movie Long Legs was 296 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:26.079 second with twenty two million. Inside Out two has added another twenty million dollars 297 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:30.319 to its massive five week total, finishing in third. Kind of a surprise, 298 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:36.279 fly Me to the Moon, the new Scarlett Johansson Tatum Channing movie. 299 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:41.920 Channing Tatum movie finished in fifth place at five point fifty. We're going to 300 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:47.359 be talking to ABC's Jim Ryan, who is at the RNC, is going 301 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:49.519 to be talking security and what to expect. But right now, let's say 302 00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:56.839 good morning to ABC's John Cohen, who is a former counter terrorism coordinator at 303 00:22:56.839 --> 00:23:00.359 the Department of Homeland Security, so he knows this stuff. So, John, 304 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:03.799 you say, no one should be surprised about what happened with the attempted 305 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:08.000 assassination on Saturday. Why is that? Hi, It's great to be with 306 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:11.480 you. I say that because over the last year I've been working with law 307 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:18.480 enforcement and election officials across the country to ensure that the nation is better prepared 308 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:22.599 to deal with the current threat environment. And I'll say to you what I've 309 00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:26.680 been saying to police chiefs and sheriffs around the country that in my view, 310 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:30.599 the nation is in the midst of the most dangerous threat environment We've experienced in 311 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:34.319 the last forty years that I've been working, at least in law enforcement and 312 00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:40.200 homeland security. We're divided in green nation, where people tend to view those 313 00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:42.640 who disagree with them as the enemy. Growing a number of people believe violence 314 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:48.440 is an acceptable way to express their ideological or political beliefs, and we're experiencing 315 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:52.799 significant levels of violence fueled by a median online ecosystem that's saturated with conspiracy theories, 316 00:23:53.960 --> 00:24:00.079 and that content is posted with the intention of inspiring illegal action or in 317 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:03.119 violence. So these are the factors that are at the foundation of the current 318 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:07.880 threat environment, which is why law enforcement has been in a heightened posture for 319 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:15.000 well over a year. And in spite of that, there's lots of buzz 320 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:22.599 about how anybody was able to get that close to the president or former president 321 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:26.160 with a clear line of sight to him in an area that's supposed to be 322 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:33.359 highly secured Yeah, there's going to be an after action review on the circumstances 323 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:38.119 on Saturday. And what that review will look at is was there intelligence that 324 00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:45.000 was missed either by the locals or by the Secret Service or appropriate security measures 325 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:48.079 in place? With the security bubble big enough, you raise a really important 326 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:52.400 question. It's basic trade craft that if you have an elevated position with a 327 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:56.599 line of site to a protectee, in this case, the former president, 328 00:24:57.400 --> 00:25:03.960 you sweep that location, you ensure that there's no threats present, and then 329 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:07.079 you secure it. And you secure it by even by either restricting access or 330 00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:11.680 by placing an agent or a police officer on the roof. So there's also 331 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:18.440 questions about how quickly the Service, the Secret Service reacted when the attack begins. 332 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:22.039 So those are the questions that the Secret Service will have to provide answers 333 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:26.039 for, and they're going to be critically important because, as you pointed out 334 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:30.559 earlier, the Republican Convention starts today, in a few weeks, the Democratic 335 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:33.880 Convention begins, and they're going to have to evaluate their security posture with those 336 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:41.880 events. Yeah, and with how does law enforcement keep this kind of thing 337 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:45.839 from happening again? Like you said, the terror or maybe not the terror 338 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:49.960 threat, but the threat is so high because people are so divided and they're 339 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:56.920 more prompted to violence. How do you lock down an area? You need 340 00:25:57.000 --> 00:26:00.160 to Well, of first, there needs to be greater awareiness amongst law enforcement 341 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:03.240 of the volatility of the threat environment. They need to do. They need 342 00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:10.240 to expand their intelligence analytics activities. They need to use that activity to inform 343 00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:14.599 their investigative and security planning. You know, part of the concern that I 344 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:18.640 have, and I've been speaking about, including with you all over you know 345 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:22.599 at KFI, is that you know, the threat environment has changed. The 346 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:26.920 tactics of terrorists and domestic violent extremists and criminals have changed, and quite frankly, 347 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:32.119 law enforcements and security officials have been slow to change. So that change 348 00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:36.240 needs to happen. It needs to happen quickly. Okay, And is Trump 349 00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:41.599 is still expected to hold his massive outdoor rallies or is it? Yeah, 350 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:45.440 that's before I leave you, that's unclear to me. I mean, I 351 00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:49.480 think that we are seeing that the campaign is and I'm sure the Secret Service 352 00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:55.039 is re evaluating what will happen and going forward. There's always a natural tension 353 00:26:55.119 --> 00:27:00.279 between what the goal of the candidate or the campaign is versus these you know, 354 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:03.240 the security be planning. The Secret Service wants to wrap people in bubble 355 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:06.839 wrap and keep them contained. That's how you keep them safe. And in 356 00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:11.039 politics that's just not possible. Okay, John Cohen, thank you so much. 357 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.960 I know you've got to run, but we so appreciate your time and 358 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:17.400 all the information this morning. I'll join you anytime. Thanks. All right, 359 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.880 great, Thanks John. Let's get back to some of the stories coming 360 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:22.119 out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The man killed at the Trump 361 00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:27.279 rally was a former fire chief who died protecting his family from the gunfire in 362 00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:33.279 the stands behind former President Trump. Corey Comparatour used his body as a shield 363 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:37.640 against the bullets. He was fifty years old. A next door neighbor of 364 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:44.000 Comparatours says he's literally a hero. Activists in Milwaukee say they're going ahead with 365 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:48.079 their planned protests on this first day of the Republican National Convention. Omar Flores 366 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:52.119 with the Coalition to March on the RNC, says they met with local officials 367 00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:56.039 to affirm what they're calling a handshake agreement with the city. Something like this 368 00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:59.559 is like living and breathing for us, right, this is not new for 369 00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:02.920 us. We've been organizers for many years. We know exactly how to de 370 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:06.240 escalate, and we're feeling very confident when we're coming into this. Protesters say 371 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:10.279 they're hoping to call attention to things like abortion rights, economic justice, and 372 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:14.920 the war in Gaza. California has sent sixty one law enforcement officers to Wisconsin 373 00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:18.359 to help with security at the convention. They include forty members of the CHP 374 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:22.079 and officers from Bakersfield, Fresno, and Long Beach police departments. Governor Newsom's 375 00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:26.039 office says the request for the officers has been planned since May and is being 376 00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:33.079 coordinated by the Governor's Office of Emergency Services. The head track coach at Godina's 377 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:37.519 High School in Santa Anna has been arrested for allegedly contacting miners with the intent 378 00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:41.960 of committing a sex crime. Aaron Rayah was taken into custody yesterday at his 379 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:45.519 home in Santa Anna. Police say they got a call earlier in the day 380 00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:49.680 from a mom who found inappropriate texts between her daughter and the coach. Police 381 00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:56.680 say Special Crimes detectives identified at least two other victims and former Godinez students and 382 00:28:56.759 --> 00:29:02.960 say there could be more. Argentina has won it second straight Copa America championship 383 00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:07.559 despite Lionel Messi injuring his leg in the second half. The match yesterday started 384 00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:15.200 more than an hour late because of crowd trouble at hard Rock Stadium. Fans 385 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:19.400 who didn't have tickets tried to force their way into the stadium. Some were 386 00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:25.519 seen climbing into what looked like the stadium's air ducts, raising security questions with 387 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:29.559 the venue set to host the World Cup Games in twenty twenty six. Soccer 388 00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:34.279 fans in downtown LA got rowdy following Columbia's lost to Argentina in the Copa America 389 00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:38.759 Soccer final. The LAPD says there was a large group of people fighting last 390 00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:44.480 night on Union Avenue near James Wood Boulevard. A news videographer that had appeared 391 00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:48.480 hundreds of people were involved in the fight and that there were some serious injuries. 392 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:52.759 The former police captain who was killed in the assassination attempt against former President 393 00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:59.079 Trump was the nephew of former Menifee City councilman Tom Furman. Furman says six 394 00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:02.839 of his family member we're at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, 395 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:08.720 including fifty year old Corey Comparatore. La area law enforcement remain on heightened 396 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:15.200 alert following the assassination attempt on former President Trump. Interim Police Chief Choice Ses 397 00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:19.440 There are no known threats locally, but the LAPD will work with federal partners 398 00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:26.000 to ensure that La remains safe. The Hollywood teamsters have warned they're not close 399 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:30.880 to a deal in ongoing negotiations with the major studios and streamers. The union 400 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:34.920 is headed into its final week of negotiations over wages, benefits, staffing minimums, 401 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:41.079 and AI. Union officials have accused studio negotiators of a lack of urgency 402 00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:45.680 in the proceedings. Current labor agreements expire on July thirty first, with the 403 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:51.359 union saying they will not extend them if negotiations don't succeed. Now, let's 404 00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:56.759 check in with ABC's Jim Ryan. So Jim is at the RNC in Milwaukee, 405 00:30:56.799 --> 00:31:00.359 Wisconsin. So let's talk security. Mm hmm, yeah, yeah, 406 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:04.640 yes. Lockdown is a good way to put it. I think Amy, 407 00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:07.640 I got here on Friday evening and you could move around fairly easily. You 408 00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:11.160 could go into the events center, then you find SERF Forum, where the 409 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:15.039 Milwaukee Bucks play and where the main part of the convention is taking place. 410 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:18.599 Saturday, things were locked down a little more. Yeah, to show your 411 00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:25.119 crinshom yesterday, big concrete barriers were being hauled into downtown and streets being blocked 412 00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:30.279 off, and steel mesh barriers being put up along some of the sidewalks, 413 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:34.440 so you can see that every hour it seemed the security was being boosted. 414 00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:38.640 The Secret Service said that was part of the plan initially. This is nothing 415 00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:42.599 in response to what happened in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Of course, I'm not 416 00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:47.720 sure they would have revealed if it were any different, but it is a 417 00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:52.160 suffice to say, really a very secure area, especially within the footprint of 418 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:57.160 the convention. Okay, now, because you're there, what does it look 419 00:31:57.279 --> 00:32:00.920 like. You said that they brought in some barriers and that kind of stuff. 420 00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:04.200 I mean, is there is there just a huge belief presence. You 421 00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:07.680 have to show credentials wherever you go. I mean, what does it feel 422 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:13.839 like. Well, there are very specific points where you can get into the 423 00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:19.519 footprint and you have to show your credentials, be have them scanned, have 424 00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:23.119 your backpack or you might be carrying searched before you can get in there. 425 00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:29.720 But other than that, I mean, businesses are open. The restaurants and 426 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:32.880 the bars along the main street here in downtown Milwaukee are open and then doing 427 00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:37.559 a pretty good business considering all the folks who are in town for the convention. 428 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:43.440 So in a way it looks very controlled and very you know, lockdown. 429 00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:46.359 That in another way it looks kind of normal. Looks kind of normal. 430 00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:51.039 And do we know how many people go to that convention. It'll be 431 00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:57.880 about fifty thousand altogether. Fifty I thought, no, Well, it's twenty 432 00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:01.519 four hundred delegates and about twenty four hundred maybe more than alternates. Those are 433 00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:07.119 the official folks who are inside actually voting on matters. But then you've got 434 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:09.880 thousands of media members and thousands of police officers, something like four or five 435 00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:15.599 thousand police officers who are here from every level from city, county, state, 436 00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:17.799 federal, and folks coming in from all around the country. And then 437 00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:23.079 just visitors to the event. So the city of around five hundred thousand on 438 00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:27.519 a normal day will grow to about five hundred and fifty thousand for the next 439 00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:30.960 week or so. I mean, okay, and if people wanted to go 440 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:35.920 to the convention. Could anybody go or do you have to, like, 441 00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:38.519 do you have to be invited or part of the party or well, I 442 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:43.359 mean as far as delegates and alternates that they're chosen at at the precinct level, 443 00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:47.799 are very orderly method of choosing those folks to go. But in terms 444 00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:52.640 of folks who just want to visit, no, inside the building, it's 445 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:58.119 very limited to delegates, alternates, media, police, and the folks on 446 00:33:58.160 --> 00:34:01.119 the stage. And that's just about it, okay, And we of course 447 00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:05.480 would be remiss if we didn't talk about protests. Are a lot of protests 448 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:09.440 expected? Yeah, well, they are expected, and that's something that comes 449 00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:14.559 with every convention, every political gathering. Essentially, there will be demonstrations. 450 00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:20.800 There is a zone where protesters are to be restricted, and they've been working 451 00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:25.159 with local police and city leaders and the Feds as well to be briefed exactly 452 00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:29.400 on where they can and can't go, what they can and can't do, 453 00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:32.199 and what's likely to get them arrested. So yeah, there will be protests, 454 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:37.719 okay. And are the protests permitted? Yes, they are, They're 455 00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:39.920 permitted. I mean in a couple of ways, yeah, they are. 456 00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:43.360 I mean, like permitted, Like here, you get a permit, so 457 00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:47.360 you get protest correct, right? Yeah? Which you know I think groups 458 00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:52.440 that often stage demonstrations say that's a violation. You shouldn't have to get a 459 00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:54.039 permit to say what you want to say. But in an environment like this, 460 00:34:54.119 --> 00:35:00.480 and especially given what happened on Saturday, the person you are going to 461 00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:04.400 be very careful about what what can be done. Does that mean they're going 462 00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:08.280 to shut down protests? No, not at all, Okay? And like 463 00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:13.440 are there fifty different protests? Are there four groups or do we know? 464 00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:16.360 Not? Really, there haven't been. We'll just have to see who shows 465 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:22.119 up in that that particular area on the outside of the perimeter. And you 466 00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:23.480 know, it could change from day to day. There may be folks who 467 00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:29.280 decide not to come for demonstrations, others who may decide that because of what 468 00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:31.519 happens Saturday, they will come here. So I think here a lot of 469 00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:37.760 different voices on that on the perimeter, in that that designated protest zone. 470 00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:43.239 Okay, And then you were talking about the protest zone, which I'm curious 471 00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:47.840 about because you said it's outside the perimeter, so can they even see the 472 00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:52.079 convention center or do they keep them far back. Now you can see it. 473 00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:57.440 It's a huge building. It's for the Milwaukee Bucks play a giant, 474 00:35:57.719 --> 00:36:01.400 a beautiful place, and it's visible from all over downtown. And so I 475 00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:07.239 think, yeah, where the demonstrators are are held, where their protests are 476 00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:09.199 going on, they will be able to see the place. Now, will 477 00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:15.480 the delegates here or see what the message is that the protesters have. Maybe 478 00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:20.559 maybe not, but you know, but that's kind of the price you play. 479 00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:24.920 And you're right, And it's an interesting phenomenon because they're here protesting in 480 00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:30.199 hopes of a getting attention to the media but also getting the attention of the 481 00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:36.079 delegates and alternates inside and and you know, it's just part and parcel. 482 00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:40.360 I've been covering convention since nineteen eighty four and there's always a big demonstration component. 483 00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:44.840 Okay, and you're going to be covering this one in ernest. You're 484 00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.960 going to be there all week, and we get to talk to you again 485 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:50.960 a little bit later this week, so we'll be interested to hear what it 486 00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:53.880 feels like once everybody's there and what the vibe is and all of that, 487 00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:59.119 and hopefully the protests don't get out of control. Yeah, Yeah, that's 488 00:36:59.159 --> 00:37:04.440 exactly right. I think the protests and the demonstrators are really kind of It's 489 00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:09.320 not necessarily a group protest, organized demonstration that cops are worried about or Secret 490 00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:14.440 Service. It's that lone wolf situation like we saw in Pennsylvania, a guy 491 00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:21.519 who apparently was acting alone and found a way past this net or what should 492 00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:24.400 have been a mesh of security with a gun. So those are the folks 493 00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:30.000 that I think that law enforcement is more concerned about other than the demonstrators. 494 00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:31.880 All right, well, I'm going to hope that everything goes smoothly. Thank 495 00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:35.360 you so much, Jim Ryan. We'll talk to you again later this week. 496 00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:37.440 Thanks Amy. All right, let's get back to some of the stories 497 00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:40.199 coming out of the CAMFI twenty four hour newsroom. Former President Trump has praised 498 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:45.599 the Secret Service for their response to the shooting on Saturday. Agents swarmed Trump 499 00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:50.760 and kept him down into the or behind the podium until it was safe to 500 00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:53.880 move him to an armored vehicle waiting nearby. Trump has said he's supposed to 501 00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:58.440 be dead and that it's a miracle he survived. He says the shooting has 502 00:37:58.480 --> 00:38:04.360 given him new perspective headed into the Republican National convention to unite the country. 503 00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:09.000 President Biden says the risk of political violence is high because of the attempted assassination 504 00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:13.239 of former President Trump. He says it's time to cool things down. Yes, 505 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:17.280 we have deeply felt strong disagreements. The stakes in the selection are enormously 506 00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:22.079 high. I said it many times that the choice in the selections we make 507 00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:24.519 in the selection is going to shape the future of America and the world for 508 00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:29.880 decades to come. In a primetime national address from the White House last night, 509 00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:34.679 Biden said political passions can run high, but we must never descend into 510 00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:39.320 violence. A Western Lowland gorilla at the San Diego zoof Safari Park has died. 511 00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:45.400 Zoo officials say fifty two year old Winston had a string of age related 512 00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:51.280 conditions. He'd been getting medical treatments for heart disease, degenerative joint disease, 513 00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:55.639 and kidney disease. Wildlife care teams monitoring Winston's hearts say they noticed signs of 514 00:38:55.639 --> 00:39:00.719 decline over recent years. Winston fathered nine off spring, was the grandfather to 515 00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:07.480 eight and great grandfather to one. La Metro's looking for two thousand people to 516 00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:15.480 use various transportation options at no charge Metro's Mobility Wallet Project manager Hector Gutierrez says 517 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:20.239 the transit agency will offer eighteen hundred dollars a year to low income users for 518 00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:24.800 the second phase of a study. We're trying to determine how the mobility increases 519 00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:31.320 access to opportunities, it reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and how does it support 520 00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:36.199 the economic and heal the outcomes. The first phase was only in South LA, 521 00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:38.920 but now it's open to anyone in La County. The grand funded program 522 00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:44.239 will allow riders to use not just Metro buses and trains, but also Uber, 523 00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:51.159 Greyhound, Amtrak and other services. This is KFI and KOSTHD two Los 524 00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:54.920 Angeles, Orange County. We lead local live from the KFI twenty four hour 525 00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:59.440 newsroom. I'm Amy King. This has been your wake up call, and 526 00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:02.119 if you missed any wake up call, you can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio 527 00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:06.880 app. You've been listening to wake Up Call with me Amy King. 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