WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:04.040 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:08.400 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:08.679 --> 00:00:14.480 KFI had KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:16.719 It's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:20.239 --> 00:00:21.320 Here's Amy King. 6 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:33.439 It's five o'clock, straight up. This is your wake up 7 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:37.880 call for Thursday, December twelfth. I'm Amy King. We're live 8 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:43.119 everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Good Morning. Thirteen shopping days 9 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:47.920 till Christmas. I'm still way behind, and my tree is 10 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:51.399 still up. It's still not decorated. I looked at it 11 00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:53.679 yesterday and I went, oh, it's a perfect day. It's 12 00:00:53.759 --> 00:00:55.960 kind of cloudy, it's not very warm. This is the 13 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:00.399 perfect day to get the lights on and decorate the tree. 14 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:04.640 And then I got distracted into it. Kind of chilly 15 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:06.560 this morning. You need to grab a sweater. You might 16 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:08.799 want to do that before you head out the door. 17 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:12.599 It's a day that I'm very thankful for seat warmers. 18 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:14.799 You know I mentioned that, don't You don't use them 19 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:17.159 that often in southern California, But on the days that 20 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:20.439 you do, it's like, ah, it's so nice. Oh, and 21 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:22.799 there's a gorgeous moon. It's not quite full yet, but 22 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:25.840 it was beautiful driving in this morning. So as you 23 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:29.040 head out, look up. Here's what's ahead on wake up call. 24 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:32.040 Sant Ana wins have died down. Humidity levels are increasing 25 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:35.519 as firefighters continue to battle the fire burning in Malibu. 26 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:38.879 It's charred more than four thousand acres and is seven 27 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:42.560 percent surrounded. Fire officials say nine homes and other buildings 28 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:45.799 have been destroyed, six others are damaged. Will's going to 29 00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:48.319 give you an update on road closures in the area 30 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:51.439 around the fire in just a couple of minutes. President 31 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:55.439 Biden has commuted sentences of roughly fifteen hundred people who 32 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:58.799 were released from prison and placed on home confinement during 33 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:02.799 the pandemic. Is so pardoning thirty nine Americans convicted of 34 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:07.000 non violent offenses. It's the largest single day act of 35 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:10.680 clemency in modern history. The President said America was built 36 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:14.719 on the promise of possibility and second chances. Police a 37 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:18.360 fingerprints found at the scene where United Healthcare CEO was 38 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:21.680 shot to death in New York City last week match 39 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:26.000 Luigi Mangione's. This is the first forensic match that investigators 40 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:29.039 say Ti Manchioni to the scene of the murder. Manngioni 41 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:31.840 was arrested at a McDonald's Pennsylvania Monday. We're going to 42 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:34.879 be digging into the mind of the potential killer with 43 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:38.080 ABC's crime and Terror analyst Brad Garrett. That's coming up 44 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:41.479 at five twenty. Forget Christmas, ABC's Jim Ryan says, it's 45 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:44.800 time to start thinking about taxes for twenty twenty four. 46 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:47.039 That's at five point fifty, and we're going to take 47 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:50.680 a southern California sleigh ride this holiday season to a 48 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:54.240 brand new Christmas event. It's in the heart of downtown LA. 49 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:56.240 That's coming up at the bottom of the hour, So 50 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:58.199 we hope you'll stick around the whole hour because we 51 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:00.759 got lots going on, So get started with some of 52 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:03.240 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 53 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:07.080 More than six thousand people in Malibu remain under evacuation orders. 54 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:08.759 As the fire in the area has grown to more 55 00:03:08.840 --> 00:03:13.759 than four thousand acres, thousands more people are under evacuation warnings. 56 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:19.000 The fire is seven percent surrounded. CalFire Incident Commander Dusty 57 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:21.759 Martin says it is burning in areas that are hard 58 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:22.159 to get to. 59 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:24.759 The challenging areas for us have been on the west 60 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:28.479 side of the fire up in the Malibu Canyon area. 61 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:32.840 It's extremely steep and unaccessible terrain that the fire is in, 62 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:35.960 and we're working on getting firefighters in there to start 63 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:36.560 containing that. 64 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:40.560 Cruz say the winds have died down and that's helping 65 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:44.199 firefighting efforts. The La County Fire Department says damage assessments 66 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:47.800 so far found nine homes and other buildings destroyed, six damaged. 67 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:51.439 LA County has reported its highest ever number of reported 68 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:52.680 hate crimes. 69 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:54.520 Well the third straight year. There's been a double digit 70 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:57.800 percentage increase in reported hate crimes in twenty twenty three, 71 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:01.280 forty five percent more than the year before. Supervisor Holly 72 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:05.319 Mitchell says even she experiences what she calls microaggressions. 73 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:13.759 This isn't Alabama, Mississippi. I experience, without exaggeration, minimally of microaggression. 74 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.360 Every single det. 75 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:19.120 Race was the top category for reported crimes, while there 76 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:22.720 were also increases in cases involving gender, identity and religion. 77 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:26.720 Michael Monks KFI News. The family of a Hawaii woman 78 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:29.879 who disappeared after arriving at lax now says she is 79 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:34.319 safe in Mexico. Hannah Kobayashi was last seen in early November. 80 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:37.600 The LAPD said evidence showed she walked into Mexico on 81 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:40.639 her own and was not a victim of foul play. Yesterday, 82 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:44.959 the woman's family confirmed she is safe. This holiday season, 83 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:48.160 Santa Claus is connecting with us like never before. Saint 84 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:51.839 Nick has gotten tech savvy, and starting today, he will 85 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:55.560 offer one on one chats with chat GPT. Whether you 86 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:58.240 have questions about life at the North Pole, you're curious 87 00:04:58.240 --> 00:04:59.959 about what the elves are up to, or your lif 88 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:02.480 looking for a silly reindeer story as a parent with 89 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.959 curious kids, you can now ask Sanna. He will respond 90 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:09.040 in real time in his signature jolly voice in chat 91 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:13.720 GPT's advanced voice mode. Let's say good morning now at 92 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:17.480 five h seven to ABC's Stephen Portnoy. Stephen, the FBI 93 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:21.160 director has decided to quit instead of getting fired. Was 94 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:22.160 this a surprise at all? 95 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:26.240 Well, to the extent surprise. It's surprised that you know, 96 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:29.639 it was announced yesterday, and it was the choice that 97 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:32.639 Christopherray is making, not to quote drag the FBI deeper 98 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:36.040 into the fray. You point out, Amy that you know 99 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:39.680 Chrisphray was not invited to stay on in the Trump administration. 100 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:42.399 In fact, the President elect made that very clear about 101 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:46.000 two weeks ago when he announced that Cash Pttel would 102 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.800 be his nominee to lead the FBI. Of course, there 103 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:52.639 wasn't a vacancy. Donald Trump's you know, appointment of a 104 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:56.720 man to a post that isn't vacant is a legal challenge. 105 00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:00.360 And Christopher Ray has a term that lasts through twenty 106 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:04.279 twenty seven, but he's taking himself out of the role now. 107 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:07.800 He's announced that he's going to leave the agency when 108 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:09.759 the Biden administration ends next month. 109 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:13.120 Okay, And normally you said he's been in there for 110 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:15.439 seven years. Normally it's a ten year term that the 111 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:20.240 FBI director serves, but the president can fire. 112 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:23.560 Him, that is correct. I mean, look, Donald Trump fired 113 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:27.399 James Comy in the middle of his tenure term, and 114 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:30.879 so Trump would have would have fired Ray if Ray 115 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:33.920 hadn't announced yesterday that he's going to step down voluntarily. 116 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:38.160 Okay. And it's interesting because Trump actually appointed Ray when 117 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:39.279 he was president last time. 118 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:42.800 That's right, and it's a great fanfare praising him as 119 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:47.439 a sort of a paragon of virtue. But Trump said yesterday, quote, 120 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:51.000 I just don't know what happened to him. You know, 121 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:55.319 Trump believes that Ray was responsible for the FBI's rate 122 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:57.759 of mar A Lago in twenty twenty two. Of course, 123 00:06:57.839 --> 00:07:02.199 that happened after months of back and forth between unbeknownst 124 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:04.759 to the public, between Trump and the Justice Department and 125 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:07.560 the National Archives over the boxes of classified material that 126 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:13.439 we're hanging out in you know, the bathroom and the 127 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.240 auditorium and the storage room at mar A Lago, with 128 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:21.600 allegedly his staffers moving the boxes around behind the attorney's back. 129 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:24.120 All of this was ultimately the subject of a federal 130 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:28.759 indictment that has now been dismissed, but Trump says that 131 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:32.240 the FBI was responsible for how it was handled. Of course, 132 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:34.879 the FBI is a law enforcement agency and can't operate 133 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:40.000 without direction by the Justice Department and attorneys there, attorneys 134 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:44.040 who go to court to get the FBI's search warrants signed. 135 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:48.519 So anyway, long story short, Trump is not a fan 136 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:51.759 of Christopher Ray and is tapping a longtime loyalist in 137 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:55.439 Cash Patel, to essentially clean house. No, Pateel's gonna have 138 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:59.439 to answer questions from skeptical senators, maybe some moderate Republicans, 139 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:03.160 but certainly Democrats on camera. I had a confirmation hearing 140 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:05.959 about how serious he is about the things he said 141 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:09.199 on podcasts and in other places talking to right wing 142 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:13.800 audiences about his desire to clean house and go after 143 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:14.560 Trump's enemies. 144 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:18.199 Yeah, and so is it like a cabinet position where 145 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:21.439 he has to get the Senate to back the comfort 146 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:23.399 to back the appointment. 147 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:26.800 The FBI director certainly is the Senate confirmed post. And 148 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:29.519 the whole idea of the ten year term established by 149 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:32.399 Congress is to go beyond the length of any particular 150 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:37.240 presidency to sort of take the Bureau out of politics. Well, 151 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:42.320 that's not going to happen here. Christopher Ray is ceding 152 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:46.720 to the intent of the incoming president to replace him. 153 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:50.399 And that's understood now that the constitution gives the president 154 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:52.399 the power to point officials and to fire them. 155 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:56.360 Okay, And when does the raised resignation take effect. Is 156 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:57.559 it going to be now or is he going to 157 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:00.000 do like work with the Biden administration right up until 158 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:01.159 January twentieth thirty. 159 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:03.519 It is not happening now. What is not clear is 160 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:06.720 exactly when his term will end. But he said yesterday 161 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:09.399 that he'll leave next month. When that when the administration 162 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:12.200 is over, so I suppose that means noon at January twentieth, 163 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:12.879 but I don't know. 164 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:16.440 All right, ABC, Stephen Portnoy, thank you so much as always, 165 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:18.200 you bet all right, Let's get back to some of 166 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:20.639 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 167 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.320 Police in New York say a gun found on the 168 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:28.240 man suspected of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson matches 169 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:32.200 shell casings found at the crime scene in Manhattan. YPD 170 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:36.039 Commissioner Jessica Tish says there is also other evidence against 171 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:37.440 Luigi Mangioni. 172 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:42.399 We're also able at our crime lab to match the 173 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:49.159 person of interests fingerprints with fingerprints that we found on 174 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:53.399 both the water bottle and the kind bar near the 175 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:55.159 scene of the homicide in Midtown. 176 00:09:55.559 --> 00:09:58.039 Mangioni was seen on video to Starbucks the day Thompson 177 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:00.960 was killed, buying water and the food bar. Mangioni was 178 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:04.799 arrested in Pennsylvania at MacDonald's and is fighting extradition to 179 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:07.720 New York. A fundraiser has been set up online for 180 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:10.399 the man accused of killing Brian Thompson in New York 181 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:14.480 as of this morning. Donations for mangeone on Give Send 182 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:17.519 Go have topped forty four thousand dollars. The goal is 183 00:10:17.559 --> 00:10:21.200 two hundred thousand. People on the site can also send prayers. 184 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:24.279 There's a button for that. The fundraiser said it is 185 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:27.519 not to celebrate violence, but that organizers believe in the 186 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:31.960 constitutional right of fair legal representation. The man accused of 187 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:35.399 lying in wait to try to assassinate President elect Trump 188 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:38.559 has asked a judge in Florida to delay his trial 189 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:42.120 until December of twenty twenty five. Ryan Routh is pleaded 190 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:45.679 not guilty to five counts, including attempted assassination of a 191 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:48.919 presidential candidate. The judge in the casay she'll rule on 192 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:52.559 the delay request in the not so distant future. New 193 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:54.639 York City Mayor Eric Adams is said to meet with 194 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:57.080 President elect Trump's incoming borders are. 195 00:10:57.080 --> 00:10:59.879 The two are expected to discuss deepporting migrants who come 196 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:02.639 out crimes, the migrant crisis in the city, and federal 197 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:06.480 immigration policy. Tom Homan has threatened to withhold funding from 198 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:10.440 sanctuary cities that don't cooperate with deportation plans kafight. 199 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:13.360 Scott Pringle says New York is a sanctuary city, but 200 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:16.399 Mayor Adams says he'd like local law enforcement to work 201 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:19.639 with the Feds to deport criminals. Protests over the meeting 202 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:23.399 are planned outside city Hall. As more insurers stop offering 203 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:26.559 insurance to homeowners in California, Farmers says it's going to 204 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:30.519 offer more policies. Farmers has been limiting the number of 205 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:34.279 new residential insurance policies in the last year to seven 206 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:37.159 thousand per month. It announced it will raise that number 207 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:40.240 for home and condo owners and renters to ninety five 208 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:45.240 hundred new customers per month starting later this month. Six 209 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:48.799 times Super Bowl winning coach Bill Belichick is going back 210 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:52.279 to college. She'll become the next head coach at North Carolina. 211 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:55.519 The former New England Patriots head coach has worked in 212 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:58.600 the NFL almost fifty years. He holds the record for 213 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:02.440 most Super Bowl and most Playoff wins in NFL history. 214 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:04.679 He resigned from the Patriots at the end of the 215 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:08.519 twenty twenty three season. Okay, as you know, Pastathon has 216 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:11.159 come and gone and we finally have all the totals, 217 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:14.360 So we wanted to say one more big, fat thank 218 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:17.559 you to you, because you guys really opened up your 219 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:21.159 hearts and your pocket books and donated a whole ton 220 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:25.879 of money and pasta. So the final the final total 221 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:30.799 is one million, two hundred twenty three thousand, two hundred 222 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:34.519 and seventy dollars. And on top of that, eighty nine 223 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:38.480 thousand and five pounds of pasta and sauce was donated 224 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:42.519 during Pastathon twenty twenty four and it all goes to 225 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:48.639 Katarina's Club. Chef Bruno serves up twenty five thousand meals 226 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:52.519 every week, twenty five thousand, So that's kids who get 227 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:55.120 to have a nice full belly and get to you know, 228 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:57.799 go back and do their homework, had their minds cleared, 229 00:12:57.919 --> 00:13:01.480 their minds nourished, and it's all because of you. Couldn't 230 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:03.440 do it without you. Again, thank you so much for 231 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:07.840 your participation in Pastathon twenty twenty four. About six thousand 232 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:10.399 people are still under evacuation orders because of the fire 233 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:13.799 in Malibu. The winds have died down, so cal Edison's 234 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.440 power has been restored to customers in the area and 235 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:19.480 traffic signals are working again. The fires burned more than 236 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:22.879 four thousand acres since Monday night. It's seven percent surrounded. 237 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:27.159 Several roads are still closed around Malibu, including a stretch 238 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:31.000 of Pacific Coast Highway. Others have reopened, but only to residents. 239 00:13:31.399 --> 00:13:34.360 Sheriff's deputies are patrolling the area to guard against looting. 240 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:36.600 Schools in the area will stay closed at least through 241 00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:40.600 tomorrow because of the fire still being investigated. President elect 242 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:44.039 Trump has been named Times Person of the Year. To 243 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:47.639 mark the unveiling of the magazine cover, Trump's team says 244 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:49.879 he'll be on Wall Street this morning to ring the 245 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:52.639 opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. This will 246 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:54.759 be the first time he's done that. It's his second 247 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:57.639 time being named Times Person of the Year. At six 248 00:13:57.720 --> 00:14:00.000 oh five. It's handle on the news. FBI to TIS 249 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:03.519 director Christopher Rayes calling it quits right now, let's say 250 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:08.559 good morning to ABC's crime and Terror analyst Brad Garrett. So, 251 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:12.559 Brad Luigi Mangioni had got everything going for him. He's smart, 252 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:15.919 he's cute, starting a good career, good family, and then 253 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:20.480 something happened that led him to basically assassinate the CEO 254 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:22.559 of United Healthcare allegedly. 255 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:27.159 So Aman, we don't know it got him there, but 256 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:30.440 I can guarantee you he got there, and you only 257 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:35.840 get there through radicalization. And I don't know who radicalized him. 258 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:38.480 I don't know obviously who he was talking to online, 259 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:43.360 but this kid at some point started delving into sort 260 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:46.080 of a radical way of thinking about the healthcare industry 261 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:49.559 and probably got in trade. He's really smart, and my 262 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:52.759 guess has put everything into well what this is all about? 263 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:55.840 And you know, isn't it awful? And you know, whatever 264 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:59.240 negative things he could find, and maybe he's now talking 265 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:02.360 to people that all also supporting that way of thinking. 266 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:07.159 So radicalization basically goes through four phases for lack of 267 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:12.759 better terms, where you get intrigued with a particular philosophy, 268 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:16.879 you then accept it, and then you accept that violence 269 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:20.240 is the way to deal with it, and then you act. 270 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:24.360 And obviously he did act. And just his comments of 271 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:28.000 what little has been released about whacking the CEO, I mean, 272 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:31.799 it's all like, was he felt, he feels totally justified 273 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:34.679 that what he did, that he's on the right side 274 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:36.320 of all of this and the rest of us are 275 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:39.879 on the other side. And I mean, let's face it, 276 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:42.759 I mean there's a lot of people that are sort 277 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:45.840 of applauding what he did, which obviously is not right, 278 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:51.120 but it is out there. And so despite the fact 279 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:53.440 he had all this going for him, he still felt 280 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:58.799 had a vulnerability to fall into something like this, and 281 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:01.240 the whole idea that he just peered for six months. 282 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:05.279 It sort of fits. I mean, six months of total 283 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:09.960 isolation of maybe just dealing with like minded people, probably 284 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:14.679 online mostly. We'll have to see till he ultimately plans 285 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:17.600 this and figures out where the CEO is going to be, 286 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:23.840 shoots him, and then it leaves, and I think feels 287 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:26.960 just fine about it, Yeah, which is not uncommon with 288 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:28.559 people who commit these kind of acts. 289 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:31.960 And Brad, I'm guessing, just from hearing you talk about, 290 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:35.360 you know, the road to radicalization for people who may 291 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:39.600 be heading that way, I'm guessing that the Internet and 292 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:43.320 social media helps that along. And you know, I mean, 293 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:46.720 for lack of a better word, because the algorithms all 294 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:49.600 point you to places you're already going. It's just like it, 295 00:16:49.799 --> 00:16:52.639 you know, it pushes conservative people more conservative, and it 296 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:56.320 pushes liberal people further to the left. So I would 297 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:59.840 imagine as he starts digging around and finding stuff that 298 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:02.679 it just makes it. I mean, it's like it's just 299 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:04.200 fanning the flames for him. 300 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:09.160 There is no doubt, and right it helps you go 301 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:13.559 down whatever path you're choosing, whether it's a light path 302 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:17.240 or a dark path. In his case, obviously he was 303 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:21.119 he has gone down a very dark path, and you know, 304 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:26.519 he's basically giving up his life to do this, and 305 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:29.480 maybe he doesn't recognize this. I think the harsh reality 306 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:32.079 of the four walls that he's currently sitting in that 307 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:36.920 which may be his residence for maybe ever we'll have 308 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:42.119 to see, is they don't think about that. And clearly 309 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:47.839 maybe he planned it high risk he got away, but 310 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:50.720 he didn't. He didn't plan the elk game, and that's 311 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:53.720 what got him caught, which I thought all along he 312 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:56.440 was going to get caught, because it just didn't strike 313 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:59.000 me that you know that he was on a you know, 314 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:02.039 a jet to some island in the middle of nowhere. 315 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:04.279 Yeah, he was. He was found two hundred and fifty 316 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:05.119 miles away. 317 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:09.839 Right right, and he's driving through familiar territory. I think 318 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:13.480 he'd been to Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. He went to college 319 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:17.839 at at the University of Pennsylvania. So I don't know, 320 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:21.000 but it's a story that we don't have all the pieces, 321 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:24.519 but I'm pretty clear that he had to go through 322 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:27.640 this sort of stages of radicalization to get to where 323 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:29.319 he got to last week. 324 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:32.400 Here's a question for you, Brat. I mean, this doesn't 325 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:35.680 happen overnight. Is this like a year in the making 326 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:38.079 or two years in the making, or is there any 327 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:40.640 kind of a timeline typically that you see with these 328 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.359 kind of cases. 329 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:46.279 There's not a timeline, Amy, but I will tell you 330 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:49.920 that it has come out that in twenty twenty one, 331 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:52.960 so that's three years ago. He's in some sort of 332 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:57.359 book club and he brings in the writings of Ted Kaczynski, 333 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:01.079 the unabomber, and talks about beasically that he gives him 334 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:04.279 a four star rating, and that that you know, maybe 335 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:07.279 it was not right that he was the Ted was 336 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:14.480 blowing people up, but that this whole idea of stopping 337 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:21.200 society from improvements in technology was the right thing to do. Basically, 338 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:26.599 he sort of justifies what Kazinski did and apparently it 339 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:29.559 alarmed so many people in the book club. People started 340 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:32.839 pulling out of it. Oh really, so I only shared 341 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:35.559 only share that that's three years ago. So something's been 342 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:37.279 going on with this kid for a long time, is 343 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:38.039 a short answer. 344 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:40.880 Yeah, Now we know he had a back injury. That's 345 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:43.319 been talked about quite a bit, But are there any 346 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:46.799 indications so far that he was like denied coverage or 347 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:50.319 a medical procedure or something by the insurance companies. And 348 00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:52.400 maybe that just really ticked him off and again sent 349 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.240 him down that road. 350 00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:58.119 Oh maybe, or maybe that got him to be intrigued 351 00:19:58.279 --> 00:20:01.440 by the whole idea even had I may be wrong 352 00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:04.039 about this a second back surgery, and his back is 353 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:08.559 much better than it was previously, but yes, that may 354 00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:12.160 have given him a direction. And then once he starts digging, 355 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:17.079 he sees sort of how murky the whole healthcare insurance 356 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:18.279 industry is. 357 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:22.640 Yeah, well, it's fascinating in a very morbid way that 358 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:25.400 somebody who, like we talked about, who seemed to have 359 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:28.079 it all, shows that very dark. 360 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:30.920 Path, right and throw it all away? 361 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:34.880 Yeah right, all right. ABC's Crime and Terror Analyst Brad Garrett, 362 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:38.400 Thank you so much, appreciate your insight. As always, you're 363 00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:40.200 welcome take carry me all right, talk to you soon. 364 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:43.519 A homeless man charged with punching an Asian woman in 365 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:46.599 the head in Culver City while shouting racial slurs at her, 366 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:49.559 is pleaded guilty to a federal charge. The US Attorney's 367 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:52.559 Office says it's a felony and carries a possible maximum 368 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:55.400 penalty of ten years in federal prison. Sentencing a set 369 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:57.799 for March. The man appointed as the director of the 370 00:20:57.839 --> 00:21:00.359 FBI by then President Trump in twenty seven teen will 371 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:04.079 step down before Trump takes office in January. Christopher Ray 372 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:07.000 announced yesterday he was resigning. He said it was the 373 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:10.160 best way to avoid dragging the bureau deeper into the fray. 374 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:12.720 The resignation clears the way for Trump to nominate Cash 375 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:16.480 Battel to head the FBI. The Pentagon is pushing back 376 00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:19.920 on claims by New Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew that 377 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:23.759 mysterious drones spotted over the state could be from Iran. 378 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:27.359 Andrew says there is evidence that suggests the drones could 379 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:31.200 be the work of foreign adversaries and should be shot down. 380 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:33.960 He also says Americans should have full disclosure. 381 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:37.079 That doesn't mean we tell their military sequence. But when 382 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:41.319 you have something the size of a Chevy suburban hovering 383 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:43.920 over your backyard, and these reports are real and they 384 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:47.240 don't deny them. The Pentagon doesn't deny the reports. Nobody does. 385 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:49.119 There's something going on here. 386 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:52.039 Republican State Senator John Bremnick is calling for the drones 387 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:56.400 to be temporarily banned. Such a bizarre story be interesting 388 00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:59.000 to see how that all shakes out. An American detained 389 00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:01.160 for seven months in Seria has been freed as the 390 00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:04.200 rebels who toppled the government have been letting people out 391 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:08.160 of prisons. Travis Timmerman says he had crossed into Syria 392 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:11.559 illegally from Lebanon on a Christian pilgrimage. 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