WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.160 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:08.439 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:39.280 KFI hand KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:27.760 OH KFI Radio. 5 00:00:27.879 --> 00:00:29.320 This is Mission Control Houston. 6 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:36.719 Please call station for our voice check station. 7 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:39.240 This is Amy King with kfi's wake up call. How 8 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:39.799 do you hear me? 9 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:44.520 I can hear you loud and clear. 10 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:48.640 It's time for your morning wake up call. 11 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:52.520 Landed and his name is Amy k. 12 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:56.759 Here's Amy King. 13 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:04.200 This is it is five oh one. This is your 14 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:08.120 wake up call for Friday, May twenty third. Good morning, 15 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:11.079 I'm Amy King. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 16 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:15.239 Lots going on today as usual, this day before Memorial 17 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:17.560 Day weekend. Looks like the weather is going to be 18 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:21.200 absolutely fantastic for Memorial Day. I love that when it's 19 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:24.120 not too hot, not too cold. It's a Goldilocks moment. 20 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:28.159 It's just right. Here's what's the head on wake up call. 21 00:01:28.239 --> 00:01:31.680 The FAA says six people on board the small plane 22 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:36.719 that crashed into a San Diego military housing neighborhood presumably died. 23 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:41.519 Two deaths have been confirmed. Music agency Sound Talent Group 24 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:43.879 said three of its employees were killed in the crash, 25 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:46.879 including the co founder, Dave Shapiro. The FAA says the 26 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:50.120 plane was headed to Montgomery Gibbs Executive Airport when it 27 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:55.079 went down early yesterday morning. PCH fully reopens this morning 28 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:58.519 at eight am, more than four months after being closed 29 00:01:58.519 --> 00:02:01.159 because of the wildfire in Pacific Palisades. The road's been 30 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:05.400 mostly limited to residents, businesses, and repair crew since January. 31 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:09.039 Drivers are still expected to encounter a heavy security President's 32 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:13.319 presence because of restricted access to the Palisades fire burn area. 33 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:16.879 Gas prices for this holiday weekend the lowest we've seen 34 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:19.879 since twenty twenty one, averaging four to eighty a gallon. 35 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:22.840 In La County, prices have dropped eleven of the last 36 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:26.360 twelve days. In Orange County, gas is averaging four to 37 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:29.319 seventy two a gallon. The national average for gas is 38 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:34.879 three twenty a gallon. Isn't that just crazy? Like a 39 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:38.319 dollar fifty difference? And then we've got another tax probably 40 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:39.639 kicking in in. 41 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:43.159 July, so brace yourselves for that. 42 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:47.599 Speaking of bracing yourselves, the twenty twenty five hurricane forecast 43 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:50.319 is out. ABC's Jim Ryan's going to join us in 44 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:51.719 just a couple of minutes to let us know what 45 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:55.159 to expect. Medical advance is being made every day, we 46 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:57.919 know that, but we don't always hear about them. We 47 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:00.800 are going to hear about a couple of big ones 48 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:02.960 that have come out in just the last week with 49 00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:07.120 futurist Kevin Surilli. That's coming up at five twenty. Looking 50 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:10.400 forward to hearing what new advances have been made. We 51 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:13.159 also have an update on a couple of the animals 52 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:16.840 rescued from the fires by Pasadena Humane. 53 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:19.240 Good news. I love this stuff. 54 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:22.520 And then also that the viral video of the stray 55 00:03:22.599 --> 00:03:25.560 dog that fended off the pack of coyotes. Guess who's 56 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:28.240 found himself as forever Home. We'll tell you the latest 57 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:30.319 on that coming up at the bottom of the hour. 58 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:33.439 And then it is a blockbuster weekend to Tom Cruise 59 00:03:33.479 --> 00:03:37.159 and Stitch or hitting the theaters. Abec's Will Gans is 60 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:39.719 gonna give us a little preview that's coming up before 61 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:41.159 the top of the hour. And if you don't feel 62 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:44.479 like going to the movie theaters, turn on the sirens. 63 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:48.639 There's a new limited series coming to Netflix. I want 64 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:50.919 to hear about that one. Let's get started with some 65 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:52.960 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four 66 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:53.759 hour newsroom. 67 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:55.199 There's playing everywhere. 68 00:03:55.319 --> 00:03:57.599 Six people are presumed dead following the crash of a 69 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:00.840 private jet into a neighborhood in San Diego. Those killed 70 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:03.759 are said to include three employees of the music agency 71 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:07.319 Sound Talent Group. The plane went down in heavy fog 72 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:10.199 early yesterday morning. The pilot had asked air traffic Control 73 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:10.759 about the weather. 74 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:14.080 Picked out there a little better, but hireman about the show. 75 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:17.879 But I believe not a great oute either. 76 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:21.439 The plane hit home sin set cars on fires. No 77 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:23.959 one on the ground was seriously hurt. Officials say the 78 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:26.120 debris field was so wide it's going to take the 79 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:29.839 NTSB a long time to investigate. San Diego fire officials 80 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:32.639 say the military members who live in the neighborhood stepped 81 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:33.160 up to help. 82 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:35.160 I can tell you this, the military families did a 83 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:38.720 phenomenal job as as firefighters were getting on scene to 84 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:40.920 help one another, get people out of houses and going. 85 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:42.240 I cannot commend them enough. 86 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:44.560 The housing development is in San Diego, but it is 87 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:48.199 contracted by the Navy. LA has closed it's nearly one 88 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:52.000 billion dollar budget deficit and saved some of the jobs 89 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:53.639 that were scheduled for layoffs. 90 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:55.920 It took about six hours of debate at city Hall, 91 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:58.839 but the thirteen point nine billion dollar budget was adopted 92 00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:01.120 by a twelve to three vot It restores about one 93 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:04.519 thousand jobs from proposed layoffs, but hundreds could still be cut. 94 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:07.879 Councilman Bob Bluomenfield says some civilian jobs at the LAPD 95 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:10.480 have been restored so officers won't be pulled off the 96 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:11.600 street to do, in. 97 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:13.480 Some cases, jobs that they don't have the training for 98 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:16.000 or the license to do that would have been very 99 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:17.199 damaging for public safety. 100 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:19.720 The budget calls for a slow down in police hiring. 101 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:23.480 Council members park Lee and Rodriguez opposed the budgets, citing 102 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:26.720 public safety concerns. Michael Monks KFI News. 103 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:29.360 The decline in the number of students enrolled in schools 104 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:33.160 in California is slowing. A California Department of Education report 105 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:36.720 shows enrollment dropped by just under a half percent for 106 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:38.959 the twenty twenty four to twenty five school year from 107 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:43.240 the previous year. Enrollment is still well below pre pandemic levels. 108 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:47.720 Dual language immersion programs those are growing. There are now 109 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:50.839 more than one thousand such programs. A thirty nine percent 110 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:54.439 increase from twenty eighteen to twenty nineteen. Time to say 111 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:58.439 good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, we've got more 112 00:05:58.519 --> 00:05:59.720 storms on the horizon. 113 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:04.120 Yeah, for sure. Over a dozen is the expectation this year. 114 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:08.920 Amy Noah yesterday released its prediction for the hurricane season 115 00:06:08.920 --> 00:06:11.319 twenty twenty five, the Atlantic hurricane season I should say, 116 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:14.399 I should say then the expectation thirteen to nineteen storms 117 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:17.920 are expected to form in twenty twenty five. The hurricane 118 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:21.079 season kind of officially begins on June first, although we've 119 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.920 had hurricanes earlier than that and much later than they 120 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:27.839 cut off date of November first. And so, yeah, thirteen 121 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:31.040 to nineteen name storms, six to ten of which could 122 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:34.600 become hurricanes. Three to five of those, according to Noah, 123 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:37.920 are expected to reach category three status are stronger, making 124 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:39.639 them major hurricanes. 125 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:39.920 Amy. 126 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:44.439 Okay, Now, just because we might see major storms, that 127 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:46.839 doesn't mean they're going to make landfall, right or are 128 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:48.759 they predicting that they do make landfall? 129 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:51.279 Oh, you're right. Yeah, these could just swirl around out 130 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:55.600 there in the Atlantic, but some percentage of them are 131 00:06:55.639 --> 00:06:59.040 expected to make landfall as well. So yeah, it's a 132 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:02.000 good point because many these storms. They look dangerous, they 133 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:05.639 look huge and powerful, and eventually just peter out out 134 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:07.879 in the Atlantic or die in the middle of the Gulf. 135 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:11.839 I think it's interesting that they can predict when a 136 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:15.120 storm is going to whip up months out of ahead 137 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:15.680 of schedule. 138 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:19.199 Even they can't, No, they can't, they can't, but they just. 139 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:21.720 Think the conditions are right exactly. 140 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:24.199 They can look at the weather, the water temperature, and 141 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:25.959 that has a lot to do with it. The surface 142 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:30.199 water temperatures warmer, cooler, that's going to impact the likelihood 143 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:32.600 of storms in the future. So they put all these 144 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:35.879 the data into a big computer and then run the model. 145 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:39.639 They let the thing advance and kind of determine exactly 146 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:41.519 what's going to happen or what might happen in the 147 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:44.399 coming weeks or months, and to come up with this prediction, 148 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:47.519 and it's pretty dark accurate. They use a tool called 149 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:51.480 the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System HALFS, and last year 150 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:55.879 it was quite accurate. The prediction was for and above 151 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:58.519 normal season a range of seventeen to twenty five name 152 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:00.839 storms and that's pretty much what we got last year. 153 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:05.319 Okay, and what about those surprise storms? Remember that one 154 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:08.240 that's spun up off of Mexico and about twenty four 155 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:11.600 hours went from nothing to a really strong storm and 156 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:12.600 slammed into the coast. 157 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:16.040 Yes, it's become more and more common, you know, these 158 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:19.079 ones in the golf that explode out of nowhere. And 159 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:23.720 yesterday during the presentation, National Weather Service forecasters said that 160 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:27.240 all of the big major hurricanes that we've had in 161 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:31.839 the last thirty forty years began as tropical storms three 162 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:35.120 days earlier. So it's just a three day process of 163 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:37.519 ramping up from a thirty nine mile an hour tropical 164 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:42.519 storm to a major hurricane. So yeah, you're right. These 165 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:47.039 explosive storms seemed to becoming more common, and last year 166 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:48.519 we had so many of them in the golf, not 167 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:49.240 off the Atlantic. 168 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:52.720 All Right, ABC's Jim Ryan batting down the hatches. Got 169 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:56.039 another busy season coming up. Thank you so much, see 170 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:58.720 you all right, have a great weekend. All right, all right, 171 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:00.840 let's get back to some of the story coming out 172 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:04.559 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. President Trump has 173 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:07.320 threatened to slap a twenty five percent import tax on 174 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:11.399 Apple unless iPhones are made in the US. That story's 175 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:13.799 just hitting the newsroom, so we'll get more information on 176 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:17.840 that as it comes in. Senator Adam Schiff has urged 177 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:22.480 Secretary of Homeland Security Christy Noam to restore funding for 178 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:26.240 earthquake retro fitting that's been canceled by the Trump administration. 179 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:30.000 The thirty three million dollars caught would go to strengthen 180 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:32.919 seven hundred and fifty to fifteen hundred apartment buildings that 181 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:36.639 are vulnerable to collapse in an earthquake. FEMA canceled the 182 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:41.080 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program back on April fourth. 183 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:44.320 Another eleven hundred troops are headed to the southern border. 184 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:48.679 The Trump administration approved the additional soldiers for deployment as 185 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:52.440 part of its crackdown on illegal immigration from Mexico. The 186 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:54.919 new troops will bring the total number of service members 187 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:57.799 to nearly ten thousand. About half of the new troops 188 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:02.320 will be put to work on concer instruction. China has 189 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:05.240 a drone mothership, but a lot of people say they're 190 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:05.799 not worried about that. 191 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:08.639 China says it's Jotan drone will be able to launch 192 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:11.279 a one hundred small drones like bees from a hive. 193 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:14.559 China says it's also modular for civilian or military use 194 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:17.200 and able to be used for electronic warfare, strike and support, 195 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:20.279 or emergency rescue. The drone mothership is a range of 196 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:22.279 more than forty three hundred miles with an eighty two 197 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:24.960 foot wingspan, which experts say makes it a big target. 198 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:27.919 Its maximum altitude is about the same as a commercial aircraft, 199 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:30.080 which is also well within the range of air defense 200 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:33.360 systems like the US Patriot missile. Jotan makes its first 201 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:35.039 test flight at the end of June, and the US 202 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:37.440 Defense Department says it's aware of the behemoth. 203 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:40.080 Michael Krozer KFI News the Behemoth. 204 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:45.679 The Trump administration has barred Harvard University from allowing international 205 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:48.600 students to enroll since the school has lost its ability 206 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:53.240 to use the student and Exchange visitor program. The administration 207 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:57.159 says Harvard lost the privilege for perpetuating an unsafe campus 208 00:10:57.279 --> 00:11:01.240 environment that's hostile to Jewish students, promotes pro Hamas sympathies, 209 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:06.600 and employees racist diversity, equity and inclusion policies. Harvard says 210 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:10.240 the move by the Trump administration is not legal. The 211 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:14.000 man accused of stalking actress Jennifer Aniston and ramming his 212 00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:15.679 car into the front gate of her home in bel 213 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:18.840 Air has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial. 214 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:22.399 Jimmy Wayne Carweile is from Mississippi and is accused of 215 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:25.559 showing up at Jennifer Aniston's house in bell Air crashing 216 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:28.159 his car into her front gate. He's also accused of 217 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:31.840 harassing her with voicemails, emails, and social media messages for 218 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:32.720 about two years. 219 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:36.519 He was arrested after the crash earlier this month. ABC's 220 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:41.399 Alex Stone says Carwile has demanded a second opinion on 221 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:45.799 his competency. Those really Those results are expected next week. 222 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:50.399 And ACE Hardware is giving away one million American flags 223 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:52.840 to honor members of the US Armed Forces ahead of 224 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:53.639 Memorial Day. 225 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:56.679 The flags are eight x twelve, but size doesn't matter. 226 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:59.879 It's the message of honor and mourning military members who 227 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:03.799 while serving our country. The flags will be available Saturday 228 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:07.960 at participating ACE Hardware stores. No purchase necessary, one flag 229 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:11.240 per customer while supplies last. There are nearly six thousand 230 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:15.440 ACE Hardware stores coast to coast Free Tennis KFI News. 231 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:17.559 And there's an ACE Hardware in my neighborhood. I think 232 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:20.679 I know what I'm going to do. First thing, tomorrow morning. Tonight, 233 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:23.000 the Dodgers take on the Mets in New York, with 234 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:25.759 the first pitch going out at four o'clock. You can 235 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:28.519 stream all the Dodgers games all season long in HD 236 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:32.039 on the iHeartRadio app the keyword AM five seventy LA Sports. 237 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:34.679 And be sure to stock up for your Memorial Day 238 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:38.679 barbecue with Hafey Premium beef Franks and bacon wrapped hotdogs 239 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:43.559 for seven ninety nine each with digital coupon at Smart 240 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:46.759 and Final. All six people on board of private jet 241 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:49.960 that crashed into a military housing neighborhood in San Diego 242 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:54.120 are presumed dead. Music agency Sound Talent Groups said three 243 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:56.240 of its employees were killed in the crash, including co 244 00:12:56.279 --> 00:13:00.240 founder Dave Shapiro. The crash sparked several fires and forced 245 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:02.279 about one hundred people out of their homes. Eight people 246 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:06.480 on the ground suffered minor injuries. A memorial outside city 247 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:10.919 Hall in Paramount has been vandalized. The city says vandals 248 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:14.799 ripped a bronze rifle from the Battlefield Cross and Soldier 249 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:19.200 Art memorial. The sculpture depicts a soldier honoring a fallen colleague. 250 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:22.720 The memorial was just unveiled last November, the city of 251 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:25.919 Burbank has been recognized as a Tree City USA by 252 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:28.480 the Arbor Day Foundation. This is the forty eighth year 253 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:31.879 the city's gotten the distinction, the title given to cities 254 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:36.840 committed to effective urban forest management. Burbank's Parks and rec 255 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:40.600 Department manages about thirty three thousand trees. At six oh five, 256 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:43.320 it's handle on the news and other judges blocked another 257 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:47.039 of Trump's executive orders. Right now, let's say good morning 258 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:52.440 to futurist Kevin So really, good morning, Kevin. 259 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:55.799 Good morning, Thank you for having me. You know, a 260 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:58.480 big reason why I founded Meet the Future was because 261 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:01.840 there's all of this technology that's happening and changing our lives, 262 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:04.159 and I want to try to help translate it for people. 263 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:07.200 And there's some great news stories. I think I come 264 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:08.120 bearing good news. 265 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:08.720 Now I'm not a. 266 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:11.919 Doctor, but I'm sorry about your cough, but there is 267 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:16.440 a very good news story about Alzheimer's disease. The FDA 268 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:19.679 just approved of the blood tests, just a standard blood 269 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:24.840 test that detects Alzheimer's early. So previously, if if you 270 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:28.639 have any experience with Alzheimer's or Huntington's or Parkinson's disease 271 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.399 or dementia that you would have to typically get a 272 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:34.919 spinal tap or a pet scan, but this test just 273 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:39.600 makes it cheaper and faster and way more accessible before 274 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:42.000 any of the symptoms even come on. 275 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:45.159 Okay, So, Kevin, then the question is because that is 276 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:47.840 that's a big thing, because I mean, we get, yes, 277 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:50.879 I had a health issue, and so I get blood 278 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:52.639 tests like every six months, and they're kind of no 279 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:58.399 big deal. But with that detection ability, knowing that there's 280 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:02.080 really there's still no cure anything for Alzheimer's, are there 281 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:05.440 things that can be done if people find out that 282 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:08.840 they have or will be getting Alzheimer's or is it 283 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:12.679 still this is just helping people to identify it. 284 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:17.200 So it's a great question because the technology, the artificial 285 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:20.360 intelligence which is training on these massive data seens, it 286 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:23.120 gives people the choice of whether or not to know. 287 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:26.879 But to your point, and it's a great question, there's 288 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:30.559 still no cure. But I would argue that the choice 289 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:33.080 of whether or not you want to find out before 290 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:37.399 the symptoms take hold arms the individual with the information. Now, 291 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:40.080 obviously everyone has to make the decision that's best for them, 292 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:42.159 and they should talk to their doctor. I am not 293 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:44.279 a doctor. I am just trying to translate as a 294 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:47.879 journalist what the doctors are saying. But I will tell 295 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:54.039 you that if you are able to plan for things, 296 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:57.120 that would give you more information and more knowledge for you, 297 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:59.879 for your family, for your loved ones, and that there 298 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:02.360 are more treatments that are becoming more and more readily 299 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:08.519 available to offset some of the symptoms. So separately from that, Similarly, 300 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:13.759 in the UK, scientists are using DNA sequencers, which are 301 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:18.559 during brain surgery to find brain tumors. Now, typically diagnostics 302 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:22.080 for brain tumor could happen in two months. Now it's 303 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:26.320 happening in two hours. So it's just underscores that artificial 304 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:29.840 intelligence is helping to make all of this happen way 305 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:33.519 more quickly, and two hours versus two months, especially when 306 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:36.120 you get into cancer treatment, is a big, big deal. 307 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:38.320 Okay, So I want to ask you about that because 308 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:40.120 I was a little i read your notes on that 309 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:43.919 I was a little confused. So normally, if you are 310 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:48.440 looking to diagnose a brain tumor, it could take up 311 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:51.399 to two months to figure it out. 312 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:55.639 Well, well, just think of all of the tests that 313 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:59.559 you have to undergo and everything in the detection and 314 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:03.960 so all of the processes and the procedures. But now 315 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:08.200 because they're if they're doing nanopor sequencing, which reads the 316 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:12.200 DNA in real time. Because of this new technology, the 317 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:15.319 patient's still on the table, so it shrinks the diagnostic 318 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:18.519 times from again eight weeks to two hours. And then 319 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:22.680 there's another major development that's happening. And this happened in Philadelphia, 320 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:24.599 which I grew up outside of the city. This is 321 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:26.440 one of my favorite ones of this week. I'm not 322 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:28.240 sure if you guys saw it, but it did make 323 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:30.880 it did get some national attention. But for the first 324 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:35.160 time ever, not just in America but anywhere around the world, 325 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:40.279 doctors rewrote a baby's genetic code as a one off 326 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:44.680 therapy that was tailored exactly to a child's rare disease. 327 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:47.359 So this was not necessarily a cure, but it was 328 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:52.480 a personalized DNA fix. This baby had a very rare 329 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:57.039 genetic disorder and they were able to literally correct the 330 00:17:57.119 --> 00:18:01.480 DNA sequencing and all for a tailor fixed to save 331 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:04.519 the baby's life. Why is this important Because when we 332 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:09.000 talk about things like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's or Huntington's or 333 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:14.319 als as the science continues to evolve. If the technology 334 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:18.160 is able to identify which genes or where in the 335 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:22.799 DNA sequencing that code is to be able to fix, 336 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:27.559 that could really be a massive, massive leap forward. And 337 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:30.359 in one specific case in Philadelphia, they were able to 338 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:31.599 save this child's life. 339 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:35.519 Okay, so all this stuff just catches my brain on fire. 340 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:37.480 I'm like, how do you do? How do you go 341 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:41.720 in and change a little tiny piece of DNA? So 342 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:47.079 the baby had some sort of a rare condition or 343 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:51.960 the baby was going to develop the situate the condition 344 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:52.519 is it? 345 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:55.200 You know, is it like in this case the child 346 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:57.599 had the rare disease? But it's a great question because 347 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:00.160 it is. It makes my brain on fire too, and 348 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:02.839 I totally hear you. But essentially, if you think of 349 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:06.759 DNA as a code, like a computer code with all 350 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:11.519 of that, you know, the like the M dashes and 351 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:14.839 the slashes, and you know the code and that's written 352 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:17.279 in a computer system. If you think of it like that, 353 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:22.000 the scientists and the technologists and the doctors, if they 354 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:26.559 are able to identify where in that code there's an 355 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:30.480 error or where in that code there isn't ability there 356 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:33.839 is something that would cause it to be in this case, 357 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:38.160 for this particular child, a rare genetic disease or disorder. 358 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:41.839 If they can zap that and get that out, then 359 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:44.440 they can think they can prevent it from from happening, 360 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:47.960 which is a huge deal. And so obviously this is 361 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:51.720 a great use case that happened in Philadelphia, but there 362 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:56.720 are ethical conversations that come of that as well, and 363 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:59.480 that's where meet the future. And what I'm really interested 364 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:02.920 in is, you know, policy makers, I'm based in Washington, 365 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:06.759 d C. Are they even having these types of conversations 366 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:11.359 as the technology advances? Is our healthcare system? Are our 367 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:14.720 regulations keeping pace? And I'm not sure the answer is yet. 368 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:17.640 Well, I remember that we were talking about this, not 369 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:19.319 you and I, but we we'd been talking about this, 370 00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:20.799 I don't know, a year or two ago, and they 371 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:23.720 were talking about the DNA sequencing and being able to 372 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:26.400 fix it. And then people were saying, because what you're 373 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:28.000 going to do is you're going to get people who 374 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:30.799 have money and they're going to make baby designer babies. 375 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:32.920 Basically they're gonna say, I want. 376 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:36.440 Well, they're doing it with dogs. Yeah, they're doing it 377 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:38.519 with dogs. I mean Paris Hilton has been out there 378 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:42.839 and she actually had and and I mean I'm taking 379 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:45.160 a sharp left turn, but to your point, I mean 380 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:47.000 there are companies out there where if you have a 381 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:51.440 beloved pet that they will you know, recreate that pet. 382 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:55.480 And so you know, we're welcome to the future where 383 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:58.079 you can where that's the thing. You know, there's a 384 00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:00.200 company in Texas. There's another company in the UK, hey, 385 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:02.759 that's doing that, and so it is super expensive, but 386 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:06.079 it is a conversation that's happening. Until your point, the 387 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:10.599 ethical cultural conversations around that are equally as important. But 388 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:14.200 I can tell you this much. In Philly, the parents 389 00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:16.559 of that baby, that child just had their life saved. 390 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:18.039 But that's a good news story. 391 00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:20.119 Absolutely, And I love like what I was saying before 392 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:23.359 we started talking was telling wake up call listeners that 393 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:26.480 they're making these kinds of breakthroughs all the time, we 394 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:29.759 just don't necessarily hear about them. So I'm so excited 395 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:32.000 that we got the opportunity to talk to you, and hopefully, 396 00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:35.559 thank you, we'll have another conversation soon about the future. 397 00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:38.400 Sure, thank you, thank you for having me. 398 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:38.680 I Holpe. 399 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:40.119 You feel better all right, Thanks so much. 400 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:43.799 Kevin Surally futurist on the future of medicine. Very isn't 401 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:47.319