WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:03.879 You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:11.279 AM six forty KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, 3 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:13.160 Orange County. 4 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:17.839 And they'll do something I hate most of all. Every 5 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:21.239 who down and who will live tall and the small 6 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:29.120 must stand close together with Christmas spells week they stand 7 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:34.960 end in hand those cools most stop singing. 8 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:47.280 It's time for your morning wake up call, and good morning. 9 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:50.880 This is your wake up call for Monday, December twenty third, 10 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:54.439 twenty twenty four. I'm Michael Monks from the KFI News team, 11 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:56.679 filling in for Amy King this week. 12 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:00.960 I'm working this week. Are you working this week? 13 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:03.359 Are you awake right now on your way to the 14 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:06.400 office for maybe one last time before the holidays fully 15 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:09.840 kick in, or are you off today just enjoying a 16 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:12.000 little peace and quiet, maybe having a cigarette in the 17 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:17.840 backyard because there's family in the house, little moment of 18 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:22.000 silence before all of the craziness of this week. Our 19 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:23.799 thoughts are with you. But for those of you, like 20 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:25.640 me who are going to work, let's get through it. 21 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:30.239 You know, apparently one in four Americans work even on 22 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:34.719 Christmas Eve. One in ten will be working on Christmas Day. 23 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:40.280 We're not alone, About fifty seven percent of full time 24 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:42.560 employees say they do plan to work at some point 25 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:44.439 during their holiday break. So when you see all those 26 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:47.680 posts about how weird this time of the year gets, 27 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:51.640 I don't know what day it is between Christmas and 28 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:54.400 New Year's. Some of us know what day it is 29 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:57.280 because we are at work, and I'm glad you're at 30 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:00.560 work with me today. Again, we'll get through it. Try 31 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:02.840 to look busy, do your best to make it look 32 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:05.680 like you're on task, even though everybody else has their 33 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:08.479 out of office reply on. We are going to get 34 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:12.639 through this together. Here's what's ahead on your wake up 35 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:15.520 call on this Monday of Christmas week. Big news in 36 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:18.159 the world of cars, Nissan and Honda say they want 37 00:02:18.199 --> 00:02:22.280 to be together as one, and Starbucks workers, meanwhile, have 38 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:27.039 expanded their nationwide strike after days excuse me, days after 39 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:29.639 a location here in Burbank was shut down by baristas, 40 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:32.360 the union and the coffee chain have disagreed on wages. 41 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:35.560 Collective bargaining and legal disputes will take a look at that. 42 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.479 And there's a ban on burning wood inside and outside 43 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:43.000 that's been extended across much of southern California for today. 44 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:47.360 The forecast of high air pollution prompted that extension. We'll 45 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:51.080 also have some conversations with our friends at ABC News. 46 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:54.360 Congress avoided a government shut down with a last minute 47 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:58.400 vote last week as lawmakers scrambled to reach a deal 48 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:02.680 on spending. President Trump. President elect Trump was deeply involved 49 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:04.840 with how it all went down, so was Elon Musk. 50 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:08.520 So how is the President elect feeling now? We'll talk 51 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:13.360 with ABC Steven Portnoy about that. And he was purp 52 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:16.919 walked into New York like a Marvel movie villain. And 53 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:20.039 now he's headed back to court today. Accused killer Luigi 54 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:24.120 Mangioni faces federal and state charges. This time he'll make 55 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:27.639 an appearance on those state charges. We'll have a conversation 56 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:30.800 with an ABC reporter about that, and of course, at 57 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:34.520 the top of the next hour, six oh five, it's 58 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:36.520 handle on the news. We'll have a lot of fun 59 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:39.159 with that one, I'm sure as well. We'll start with 60 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:41.280 some of the news stories coming out of the KFI 61 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:45.840 twenty four hour newsroom. Japanese automaker's Nissan and Honda have 62 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.120 announced they are in talks on a merger that would 63 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:50.919 catapult them to the number three spot in a global 64 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:55.919 industry undergrowing undergoing tectonic shifts as it transitions away from 65 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:59.960 reliance on fossil fuels while facing intensifying competition from China. 66 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:05.039 These rivals, Nissan, Honda, and Mitsubishi announce in August that 67 00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:08.599 they would share components for electric vehicles like batteries, and 68 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:12.639 jointly researched software for autonomous driving to adapt better to 69 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:15.039 drastic changes around electrification. 70 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:17.439 Following a preliminary agreement in. 71 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:21.920 March, Starbucks workers have expanded their nationwide strike. Baristas at 72 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:24.560 a store in Burbank shut down that location Friday at 73 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.319 Alameda Avenue and Shelton Street. The union representing Starbucks workers 74 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:31.240 as the coffee chain has failed to honor earlier commitments 75 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:36.560 to improve collective bargaining and to resolve legal disputes all right. 76 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:39.480 A government shutdown was narrowly avoided last week, as the 77 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:42.639 House and Senate in Washington finally reached a deal and 78 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:45.360 sent a funding bill to the desk of President Biden. 79 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:47.920 The deal includes many of the same provisions of an 80 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:51.879 earlier deal that fell apart when President elect Trump and 81 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:54.879 billionaire Elon Musk got involved. So how did all of 82 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:58.199 that go down? We're joined now by ABC News National 83 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:02.000 correspondent Steven Portnoy. Good Monday morning, to you, Steven. 84 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:02.519 And to you. 85 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:07.160 So this bill contains a lot of what was in 86 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:10.560 that other bill that apparently died when the president elected 87 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:13.600 and Elon Musk got involved. So what ended up being 88 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:16.360 different about what was finally approved? 89 00:05:16.519 --> 00:05:18.000 What's it all about, Alphie? 90 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:21.480 Look, the fact is you're right. 91 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:25.120 This is the same structure of a bill that extends 92 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:27.439 government funding through March fourteenth at the current levels. That 93 00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:31.600 didn't change one hundred plus billion dollars for disaster relief. 94 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:34.160 That didn't change thirty plus billion dollars for the farmers, 95 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:38.720 That didn't change phil federal funding for the Francis Scott 96 00:05:38.759 --> 00:05:42.240 Keybridge in Baltimore. What came out hundreds of pages of 97 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:48.319 bipartisan agreed upon text that were not directly related frankly 98 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:51.879 to federal spending, but became the subject of criticism from 99 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:56.279 Elon Musk and others online midweek last week. These are 100 00:05:56.319 --> 00:06:00.439 things that were sort of, you know, simmering, had been 101 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:03.240 really set on the shelf, agreed upon by both parties, 102 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:05.399 waiting for a must pass vehicle at the end of 103 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:07.920 the year to sort of ride on to sail to 104 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:12.279 President Biden's desk. Some of these things were controversial, however. 105 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:17.160 For example, provision was added that would have enacted automatic 106 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:20.920 pay increases from members of Congress their first adjustment for 107 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:23.639 inflation in their rate of pay since two thousand and nine. 108 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:27.759 That came out, so there'll be no pay raise for 109 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:32.800 members of Congress. But otherwise, things such as pediatric cancer 110 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:35.879 relief was taken out of funding, I should say was 111 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:38.879 taken out research taken out of the bill. In the end, however, 112 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:42.680 that money was actually restored by the Senate because there 113 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:45.560 was a bill that had already passed the House that 114 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:47.199 dealt with that issue that was waiting on the shelf 115 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:49.560 in the Senate. So as they passed this short term 116 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:53.000 spending bill, they took up a separate bill that saw 117 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:57.680 to the cancer research also being funded, and a measure 118 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:02.720 that turns over administrative responsibility for the RFK Stadium plot 119 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:05.480 here in Washington, d C. That has been in the 120 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:08.600 hands of the National Park Service, sitting there as an 121 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:11.399 I sore in an empty vacant lot. They want to 122 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:13.879 turn it into the new stadium for the Washington Commanders. 123 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:16.720 And the cr deal that was written last week had 124 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:19.160 a provision that would transfer control from the National Park 125 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:21.560 Service to the government of the District of Columbia. And 126 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:24.240 now Elon Musk was not accurate when he said that 127 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:26.120 that's a three billion dollar giveaway to. 128 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:29.839 Taxpayers. Are spending that much money. That's not the case. 129 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:32.240 It's just a matter of transferring control of that property 130 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:36.120 from one entity to another governmental entity, a federal entity 131 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:38.839 to a locally controlled city entity. So the point is 132 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:42.759 that also was done by the Senate taking up a 133 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:46.360 House passed bill that did that. So it's sort of 134 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:48.720 how the sausage is made here. But the bigger question 135 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.319 beyond all of what's in the bill and what does 136 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:54.360 it all mean, what does it mean for Mike Johnson, 137 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:58.560 Because a week from Friday, as the Congress reorganizes, the 138 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:00.560 first question for the House is who's going to be 139 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:04.600 the speaker, and by not addressing this debt ceiling issue 140 00:08:04.600 --> 00:08:07.160 that President elect Trump demanded in the final days here, 141 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:11.199 the big question is whether Mike Johnson has drawn the 142 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:15.720 ire of Magaworld. Now we don't know, we'll see, but 143 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:18.279 we're talking to some Republican members who are saying that 144 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:21.879 they have some qualms about voting for Johnson, and perhaps 145 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:24.560 this will prevent him from taking the gable on the 146 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:26.000 first ballot. Wouldn't be the first time. 147 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:28.720 No, we have seen some pretty unique votes on Speaker 148 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:31.279 of the House recently. And Stephen, I know you've got 149 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:33.559 a run soon. But there is another player here that 150 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:36.240 you've referenced a couple of times. Elon Musk, the owner 151 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:39.240 of x formerly known as Twitter. He took a pretty 152 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:43.919 significant role in shaping public opinion on this package that 153 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:46.360 was voted on last week. I'm wondering what you're hearing 154 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:50.200 on Capitol Hill about what do people think his role 155 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:52.440 will be. We know he's got sort of a quasi 156 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:55.759 role in government, but I don't think we expected to 157 00:08:55.799 --> 00:08:58.279 see it unleashed the way that it was last week. 158 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:02.120 What are you hearing, Well, Look, Elon Musk, if Vikramaswami 159 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:05.360 are going to lead this unofficial doze effort Department of 160 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:07.519 Government Efficiency, which I've said on this program is a 161 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:10.440 better official as the Department of Tortured Poets. 162 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:11.919 But nevertheless it is. 163 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:14.399 The whole idea here is it's an advisory role where 164 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:17.080 Elon Musk is going to use his brain power and 165 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:19.320 kind of sort of pour over the budgets and identify 166 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:23.679 inefficiencies and really could have a significant impact in the 167 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:27.120 operations of the executive branch. Nevertheless, you know, one of 168 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:30.000 the things we saw last week was Elon Musk putting 169 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:32.240 out I think something like one hundred and fifty messages 170 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:35.440 on his ex account to kill by partisan agreement. And 171 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:40.120 one of the unanswered questions is why, what's in it 172 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:42.399 for the richest man in the world. What was in 173 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:45.519 that fifteen hundred page bill that had to do, perhaps 174 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:50.120 with China that so angered Elon Musk that without addressing 175 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:53.080 that issue directly, he sought to prevent that bill from 176 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:56.840 becoming law. He was successful in that, but one lingering 177 00:09:56.919 --> 00:09:58.960 question is why. 178 00:09:59.159 --> 00:09:59.399 Well. 179 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:00.840 I hope we can and get an answer to that 180 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:04.840 at some time soon. And from one tortured poet to another, 181 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:07.720 ABC Stephen Portnoy, I really appreciate the time you gave us. 182 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:09.080 I'll look forward to talking to you again soon. 183 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:09.600 You bet. 184 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:14.600 That was ABC News National correspondent Stephen port Noy. Want 185 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:16.480 to let you know that there's a ban on indoor 186 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:19.279 and outdoor woodburning. It was extended today for a large 187 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:23.840 swath of southern California, and that is because there is 188 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:27.720 some pollution in the air, and they say that burning 189 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:29.960 some of this wood could send some of those harmful 190 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:33.000 particles that could trigger asthma. So just be aware that 191 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:36.080 we are still keeping an eye on that. No wood 192 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:39.519 burning in most of southern California. Investigators are trying to 193 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:41.559 figure out what caused a fire at a home in 194 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:44.159 Eagle Rock where a man was killed. The man's body 195 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:46.840 was found yesterday as firefighters put out the fire at 196 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:49.639 the home on North Townsend Avenue. They say there was 197 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:52.919 excessive storage in the home, which made it hard for 198 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:56.080 them to get into the room where that fire started. 199 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:59.519 President Biden has announced he is commuting the sentences of 200 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:02.440 thirty seven of the forty people on federal death Row, 201 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:06.399 converting their punishments to life imprisonment, mere weeks before President 202 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:09.679 elect Donald Trump takes office. The move spares the lives 203 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:13.480 of people convicted in killings, including the slayings of police 204 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:17.279 and military officers, people on federal land, and those involved 205 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:20.360 in deadly bank robberies or drug deals, as well as 206 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:23.759 the killings of guards or prisoners in federal facilities. It 207 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:27.039 means just three federal inmates are still facing execution. They 208 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:29.879 are Dylan Rufe, who carried out the twenty fifteen racist 209 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:33.200 slayings of nine black members of Mother Emmanuel ame E 210 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:37.440 Church in Charleston, South Carolina, twenty thirteen, Boston Marathon bomber, 211 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:42.399 Zokar Zarnev and Robert Bowers, who fatally shot eleven congregants 212 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:45.879 at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue in twenty eighteen. That 213 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:52.039 was the deadliest anti Semitic attack in US history. And 214 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:55.559 a Congressional commission in charge of planning the two hundred 215 00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:58.320 and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of 216 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:02.519 Independence is running out contests for school kids. Rosie Rios, 217 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:06.759 Chair of America two fifty, says America's Field Trip is 218 00:12:06.799 --> 00:12:09.679 a contest for kids in grades three through twelve who 219 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:12.480 get to answer the question of what America means to them. 220 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:16.919 This is a great way to engage kids, parents, teachers 221 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:19.039 and really think about what it means to be civically 222 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:22.759 minded and actively participate in something that is really unprecedented 223 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:24.440 in scope and scale for our country. 224 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:27.960 Rio says, school kids can submit essays, pieces of art, 225 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:33.679 are poems. Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans 226 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:38.440 to join forces forming the world's third largest automaker by sales. 227 00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:41.159 The two companies said they had signed a memorandum of 228 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:46.519 understanding and that smaller Nissan Alliance member Mitsubishi Motors is 229 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:50.559 also part of these talks. LA County District Attorney Nathan 230 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:52.759 Hawkman will make an announcement this morning in the case 231 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:57.279 against Charlotte play Tez and Lombardo Palasios, who each spent 232 00:12:57.399 --> 00:13:00.360 more than seventeen years in prison for the two thousand 233 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:03.480 and seven murder of Hector Luis Flores in East Hollywood. 234 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:06.720 A judge in LA on Friday vacated their sentences and 235 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:09.480 dismissed the charges. Both were teenagers at the time of 236 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:13.919 the killing and have maintained their innocence. A coalition of 237 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:17.159 civil rights activists will hold a news conference today to 238 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:19.679 demand justice in what they consider to be the racially 239 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:23.279 motivated beating of a thirteen year old eighth grade student, 240 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:27.320 Saltarres at Ernest Lawrence Middle School in Chatsworth. They say 241 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:30.519 that a male parent beat this child. They say the 242 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:33.559 attack is part of a quote troublesome uptick in the 243 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:37.279 racist attacks of African American children by other students and 244 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:40.879 adults in the Valley Torres is black, the parent is 245 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:43.519 white and coming up at six ZHO five it is 246 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:48.200 handle on the news. Stay tuned for that. Luigimanjoni is 247 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:51.200 expected to make his first appearance in state court today, 248 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:54.039 where he is charged in the death of United Healthcare 249 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:58.679 CEO Brian Thompson as an act of terrorism. Majoni appeared 250 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:01.000 in federal court last week, but today's hearing will be 251 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:03.399 the first time lawyers for the twenty six year old 252 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:05.720 will be able to respond to the allegations made by 253 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:09.320 the Manhattan District Attorney. Prosecutors have suggested that the state 254 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:12.200 case against Mangoni will go to trial before the federal case. 255 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:15.799 He faces the possibility of life in prison if convicted 256 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:19.759 in that state case. Peter Harlambu's ABC News investigative reporter, 257 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:21.960 is in New York and joins US now. Good morning 258 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:25.159 to you, Peter, Good morning, thanks for having me. We 259 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:28.080 saw Luigi Mangoni in federal court last week. It was 260 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:32.320 quite a dramatic transfer from Pennsylvania to New York. Procedurally, though, 261 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:34.240 what is happening here? 262 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:39.360 That's a great question, and Manjaroni's attorneys are raising it 263 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:42.120 now as he faces basically the same case both in 264 00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:44.600 state court and in federal court. What's really the only 265 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:47.840 difference being the penalty. The cteral case carries that penalty 266 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:51.919 the state case is life in prison without parole. Manjaroni's 267 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:54.519 attorneys have argued that these case theories can inflict with 268 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:57.080 one another, and that these are basically the same case 269 00:14:57.159 --> 00:15:00.679 being tried twice, raising a constitutional issue. Expect that to 270 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:03.320 come up today in today's arraignments, though we're unlikely to 271 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:06.080 get clarity for sure for a while once we see 272 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:07.840 how the federal case shakes out. 273 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:11.440 Sometimes when we see that there are charges in any state, 274 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:14.320 but also charges at the federal level for the same case, 275 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:17.320 they end up being just one trial. Do we see 276 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:19.960 that as a possibility here that will merge into a 277 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:21.200 single federal case. 278 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:25.480 I think there's a possibility that one of these cases 279 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:28.320 gets whittled down, though I'm not sure if we'll really 280 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:31.879 see kind of a joint effort between local and federal prosecutors. 281 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:34.879 I think one will have to win out. Alternatively, we 282 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:37.440 could see a timeline which the federal case goes second, 283 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:40.879 the state case goes first. On a quicker timeline, Prosecutors 284 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:44.320 have suggested that's what they would do. But Magngioni's attorneys 285 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:48.759 have argued that this is basically unprecedented and unfair, so 286 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:51.240 we could see a judge be receptive to that argument. 287 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:54.440 We'll have to see this as we get more clarity 288 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:56.600 and how exactly this will work procedurally. 289 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:59.799 We note that Manjoni faces life in prison in this 290 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:02.600 eight case, but is it accurate to say the federal 291 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:04.679 case could bring the death penalty. 292 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:08.320 That's exactly right. Even though we've seen kind of an 293 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:11.120 effort this morning from the Minding administration to cut back 294 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.440 on the death penalty, by the time this case goes 295 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:16.799 to trial, it's the Trump administration. It's a whole different ballgame. 296 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:20.279 And the case being brought by federal prosecutors poses the 297 00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:23.679 possibility of the death penalty if he is convicted. That's 298 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:26.600 associated with the murder charge with the use of a firearm, 299 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:30.200 and it's mentioning face is the very real possibility of 300 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:31.039 that if he's convicted. 301 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:34.759 In Stakehoort, we saw on Saturday Saturday Night Live over 302 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:39.000 the weekend, a mention of man Joni received favorable applause 303 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:41.679 from the audience. We've also seen a polls showing younger 304 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:45.639 people are supportive of him and what he did, and 305 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:49.039 this seems to be Peter a pretty unique case where 306 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:53.759 an accused murderer has so much support from parts of 307 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:57.559 the public. Are we hearing from prosecutors or even the 308 00:16:57.559 --> 00:17:01.960 defense team about any challenge end your opportunity this presents 309 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:02.480 in the case. 310 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:07.599 You know, it's interesting. We saw Mangioni's attorney mention how 311 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:11.400 they are thankful for all the public support. But it's 312 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:14.119 hard to balance that public support for Mangonian is kind 313 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:16.599 of this folk hero as someone who's standing up against 314 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:19.640 the insurance industry and his claim of not being guilty 315 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:22.279 in this case, because a lot of that folklore status 316 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:25.759 is associated with what he's actually allegedly done here, not 317 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:28.720 his innocence. So you know, it could lead to sympathy 318 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:30.559 with the jury that they have to toe the line 319 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:31.960 when it comes to that public support. 320 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:34.519 Well, speaking of jury, I assume we're a little bit 321 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:37.359 of way before we get to that at either level 322 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:39.359 of the case, whether it be the state or the 323 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:40.200 federal government. 324 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:42.200 So, but what does happen next? 325 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:43.920 I mean, we can't expect to see too many more 326 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:47.240 of these dramatic perp walks or procedural hearings in the 327 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:48.160 near future, can we. 328 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:52.039 I think we're unlikely to see anything for a few weeks, 329 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:54.759 so we'll calm down for the holidays. But I fully 330 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:57.920 expect to see a flurry of hearings come January February, 331 00:17:57.920 --> 00:18:01.480 in which we kind of see that these two cases 332 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:03.680 shake out, which one is going to go forward, which 333 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:07.519 one fairly can proceed because Manngingoni's attorneys, I'm sure are 334 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:09.319 going to mount an effort to at least have one 335 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:11.920 of them dismissed. Again unclear. Friending judge is going to 336 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:13.880 be receptive to that. But in the eyes is a 337 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:17.319 defense Council, it's unconstitutional in their eyes that these cases 338 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:19.480 are proceeding on two parallel tracks. 339 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:23.759 Peter Harlambus's ABC News investigative reporter. He's in New York 340 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:26.160 with US Live today. Peter, thank you so much for 341 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:27.440 the time. We do appreciate it. 342 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:30.400 N thanks for having me, and. 343 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:33.079 You're listening to Wake Up Call on KFI. I'm Michael 344 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:34.680 Monks filling in for Amy King. 345 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:35.319 This morning. 346 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:38.640 President Biden has commuted the sentences of thirty seven of 347 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:40.960 the forty people on federal death robe. We just heard 348 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:44.200 a reference to that from Peter. He converted their punishments 349 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:46.640 to life in prison. Biden said in a statement that 350 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:50.920 the commutations are consistent with the moratorium his administration has 351 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:55.920 imposed on federal executions executions in cases other than terrorism 352 00:18:56.359 --> 00:19:00.599 and hate motivated mass murder. President elect Trump campaign on 353 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:03.880 expanding the use of capital punishment. Biden says he cannot, 354 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:07.720 in good conscience stand back and let a new administration 355 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:12.440 resume the executions he stopped. An oil drill site in 356 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:16.000 West LA will start shutting down operations as part of 357 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:19.000 an agreement between the operator and the city. The Pacific 358 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:21.799 Coast Energy Company has agreed to work with city council 359 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:25.359 Woman Katie Rslovsky's office on a conditional use permit for 360 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:28.759 necessary equipment to plug oil wells. City officials say the 361 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:33.759 process will be done over three phases within five years 362 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:37.720 of each other. So if you're wondering whether Santa Claus 363 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:39.559 is going to be able to visit you in your 364 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:43.359 neck of the woods this year, one, of course, it 365 00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:45.599 does depend on your behavior, and we hope you've all 366 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:48.960 been good or bad, and if bad, you've covered it 367 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:52.559 up well enough to be counted as good. But whether 368 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:55.480 you live in the mountains the desert, the inner city, 369 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:58.720 the beaches. Yes, Santa Claus is going to be able 370 00:19:58.920 --> 00:20:01.359 to find you. And we got a little bit of 371 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:04.839 proof of that over the weekend, because not only was 372 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:08.720 Santa himself able to find some remote areas, he was 373 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:11.400 able to get there early. It's not even Christmas yet, 374 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:15.160 not even in that hemisphere. Santa Claus braved the sticky 375 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:19.759 heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats 376 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:22.319 to bring gifts to children in a village near the 377 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:26.319 Brazilian city of Manaos. The visit was arranged by Amigos 378 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:29.599 del Papaye Noel, a Brazilian charity that has been taking 379 00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:32.440 gifts to children in the Amazon rainforest for the past 380 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:36.799 twenty six years. A quote from that organization says, for 381 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:40.200 the children of the rivers, the people of the countryside, 382 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:44.759 nothing new happens This year for us was a gift 383 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:48.480 from God. More than six hundred children from different villages 384 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:53.079 gathered in Cataleo to receive presents from Santa, who dressed 385 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:57.480 in his traditional nightcap, white gloves, and red suit while 386 00:20:57.599 --> 00:21:02.160 enduring the stifling jungle he so to get to the kids. 387 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:06.599 Though Rudolph wasn't involved here, not at this point anyway, 388 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:11.519 neither were any of the other eight reindeer. The Brazilian 389 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:15.599 Santa sailed on a large boat down the Amazon River 390 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:23.079 and then paddled a canoe along a swampy tributary. How 391 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:26.359 about that, Santa Claus will find you wherever you are 392 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:29.359 as long as you are good. And it is Monday, 393 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:33.400 December twenty third, just two days away before Santa makes 394 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:36.400 his way out here to the Pacific coast. We are 395 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:41.119 all hoping for a very merry Christmas for you and 396 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:44.680 all of your loved ones. I am Michael Monks, filling 397 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:49.440 in for Amy King, and yes it is Festivus. Can't 398 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:53.799 wait to hear all about your feats of strength. One 399 00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:56.839 of the great holidays created in the series Seinfeld back 400 00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:59.920 in the nineties also a greater period of time in history, 401 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:02.240