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 --> 00:00:08.720 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:14.800 App KFI and KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.039 It's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:21.800 Here's Amy King. 6 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:28.600 Here. 7 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:32.880 I am good Friday morning to you. This is your 8 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:35.600 wake up call for August twenty third. 9 00:00:36.119 --> 00:00:36.920 I'm Amy King. 10 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:41.679 We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. I'm so glad 11 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:44.560 you joined us today Friday. We're getting ready for the weekend. 12 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:46.960 We've got your weekend weather forecast. I think you're gonna 13 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:49.679 like it. Nick's gonna help you get where you need 14 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:52.119 to go, navigate the freeways, and of course we'll get 15 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:54.159 y'all caught up on what happened while you were sleeping. 16 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:55.640 So let's go. 17 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:58.759 Here's what's ahead on your Friday morning wake up call. 18 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:02.719 Vice President aama La Harris has officially accepted her party's 19 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:06.959 nomination for president. Harris took to the stage to thunderous 20 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:10.280 applause last night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. 21 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:14.239 She says she's used to being underestimated, but that the 22 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:17.879 future is always worth fighting for. We're gonna be inside 23 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:20.840 and outside the DNC ABC's Jim Ryan's gonna let us 24 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:23.079 know if protesters got out of hand. That's coming up 25 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:24.760 in just a couple of minutes. Then at five twenty 26 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:26.680 we'll be checking in with Gary Hoffman. Of course, he 27 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:31.200 and Shannon have been at the DNC all week. Arizona 28 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:34.480 law enforcement has arrested a man who they say threatened 29 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:39.200 to kill former President Trump. Ronald cyberd was wanted for 30 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:43.200 failing to register as a sex offender. Cyverred also has 31 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:46.239 outstanding warrants from the state of Wisconsin for DUI and 32 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:48.799 in Arizona for a hit and run and failure to 33 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:52.359 register as a sex offender. A Metro bus driver's been 34 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:55.719 attacked on a bus route in San Pedro. Police say 35 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:57.519 a man tried to get on the bus yesterday, shortly 36 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:00.120 before noon and ended up choking the driver before getting 37 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:02.840 off the boss. The driver was treated at the scene. 38 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:06.200 It's going to be okay. The attacker was arrested. We're 39 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:08.759 going to be checking in with our house, whispered Dean Sharp. 40 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:10.159 At the bottom of the hour, he's going to be 41 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:13.840 telling us about something. Everybody loves a big deck and 42 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:16.719 before the top of the hour, don't blink or you 43 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:19.960 just might miss ABC's Jason Nathanson. He'll let us know 44 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:22.919 what's coming to theaters and of the stream this weekend 45 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:25.039 at six oho five. It's handled on the News. The 46 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:29.520 Supreme Court says Arizona can require voters to provide proof 47 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:33.759 of citizenship in order to register to vote. Let's get 48 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:35.319 started with some of the stories coming out of the 49 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:38.800 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Vice President Harris has called 50 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:41.680 on Americans to join her in charting a new way 51 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:45.599 forward as she accepted the Democratic nomination for president at 52 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:49.919 the party's national convention in Chicago. She says her personal 53 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:54.919 story and prosecutorial background make her uniquely qualified to protect 54 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:58.120 people's interests and beat former President Trump in November. 55 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:04.120 In many ways, Donald Trump is an unseerious man, but 56 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:09.240 the consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the White 57 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:11.080 House are extremely serious. 58 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:12.759 She says. 59 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:17.199 This election is an opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism, 60 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:21.919 and divisive battles of the past. Republicans from southern California 61 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:24.800 have bashed a bill that could allow people serving life 62 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:27.560 without parole in California to be let out of prison. 63 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:30.639 The bill will allow people convicted of special circumstances to 64 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:34.280 petition to be resentenced. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco joined 65 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:38.439 lawmakers in Sacramento yesterday. Bianco says some criminals will always 66 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:40.520 have zero respect for human life. 67 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:42.879 They are not wired like you and me. 68 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:44.680 Under the bill, of crimes would have to have been 69 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:47.759 committed before nineteen ninety and the criminal will have to 70 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:50.360 have served twenty five years. The bill's author says the 71 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:54.039 bill establishes a tough process that will likely deny most 72 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:55.159 petitioners' cases. 73 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:57.120 Blake Trolley k if I News. 74 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:00.719 Homeless camps at Dackweler State Beach have been cleared out 75 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:04.159 following complaints from people who live in the area. Lucy 76 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:07.199 Hahn lives beachfront in Plia, del Rey and says the 77 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:10.319 homeless were starting fires and leaving needles in restrooms. 78 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:12.960 That that's not fared out for all the residents or 79 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:15.680 even any visitors, because it's a public space. That means 80 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:18.480 it's for everyone, not just certain people certain population. 81 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:19.120 She says. 82 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:21.800 Some of the homeless people who were removed from camping 83 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:26.240 at Dockweler yesterday morning have already returned. Locals are pushing 84 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:30.279 Governor Newsom to permanently ban homeless camps from area beaches. 85 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:35.240 Former President Trump says he's not behind the AI generated 86 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:40.600 images falsely showing Taylor Swift endorsing him. He told Fox 87 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:44.399 Business that he has been a victim of deep fakes himself. 88 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:46.920 He added that he's not worried about being sued over 89 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:50.480 the issue. Swift hasn't publicly backed to candidate yet, but 90 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:54.759 she did endorse Joe Biden in twenty twenty. Let's say 91 00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:58.360 good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan, who's been outside 92 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.319 the Democratic National can Mention all week. 93 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:02.480 And morning gym. 94 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:06.839 So, there were going to be tens, maybe even hundreds 95 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:11.439 of thousands of protesters descending on Chicago. But was it 96 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:12.279 a nothing Burger? 97 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:13.920 Uh? 98 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:19.040 Maybe, you know, I think that the little Burger, Yeah, well, yeah, 99 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:22.839 the Junior Burger from But I think that the police expected, 100 00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:26.040 or they anticipated or at least were prepared for those 101 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:29.600 kind of exaggerated predictions of one hundred thousand protesters coming 102 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:34.199 to Chicago during the convention, and so they have been 103 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:36.439 training for months. You know, some of these groups that 104 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:39.720 protest were protesting over this past week have been holding 105 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:43.439 the same demonstration in the same march since last October, 106 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:47.879 and so that has provided the police department with a 107 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:50.480 good training ground to be ready for the crowds that 108 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:53.560 were anticipated this week, but also to build a relationship 109 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:57.800 with the protest organizers. And it is a friendly and 110 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:01.959 cooperative relationship. You know, the demonstrations, the peaceful groups that 111 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:04.959 want to get a message out. They're not interested in 112 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:07.319 vandalism or in tearing up the city. They're from here 113 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:11.240 and they're interested in chanting and talking and trying to 114 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:14.879 change people's minds and then marching and that's it. So, 115 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:18.439 you know, I think that there were these over exactly 116 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:22.279 was that it was an overblown prediction or was it 117 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:24.839 the police response to what they had in front of them. 118 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:26.199 I think it was kind of the latter, And they've 119 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:27.879 said this was pretty successful. 120 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:31.720 In me, yeah, I know, I think that they did 121 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:35.120 a good job, and I personally would rather have them 122 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:39.600 be over prepared than have it, you know, be something 123 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:40.120 that just got. 124 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:44.279 Out of funny optics. Of course, you see a thousand demonstrators, 125 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:47.040 you know, preparing to step off onto a march, and 126 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:50.839 you see almost a thousand police officers lining the little 127 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:53.360 march route, the parade or out you know, to keep 128 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:55.879 the traffic off of those folks, to keep them guided 129 00:06:56.279 --> 00:07:00.519 down the street. It's an interesting look to see that, 130 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:03.959 to see almost as many police officers as protesters. 131 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:04.600 Yeah. 132 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:07.439 So did you get a chance to talk to many 133 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:08.240 of the protesters? 134 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:09.240 Yes? 135 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:12.360 And what was their kind of feeling? Do they think 136 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:14.759 that they accomplished what they wanted to? Are they frustrated 137 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:17.879 because they didn't get more airtime or well? 138 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:20.240 Yeah, yeah, yesterday I asked the woman about that. I said, 139 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:22.959 you know, you've been out here protesting for the last 140 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:25.600 four days five I guess if you'd kind of last weekend, 141 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:29.600 and yet you didn't hear much about, you know, the 142 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:33.959 Palestinian situation from the floor of the convention. The woman said, well, 143 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:36.600 at least you know President Biden mentioned it the other night. 144 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:39.759 He said that the protesters outside have a point and 145 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:41.759 that too many people are dying in the Middle East. 146 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:45.120 Then last night, of course, Kamala Harris delved a little 147 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:48.120 more deeply into it, being very forceful seeing the United 148 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:50.439 States is going to support is Israel, but also he's 149 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:53.439 going to look for some kind of solutions so civilians 150 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:57.079 in Gaza are no longer being killed. I think both 151 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:00.759 sides walk away feeling, yeah, she's on our side in 152 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:04.079 that regard. But yeah, I think the protesters they do 153 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:07.160 feel that like they had some influence on the conversation 154 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:10.519 inside the hall, and you don't talk with another There 155 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:13.240 was another one yesterday and I said, are you are 156 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:16.680 you pleased or you know that there was no violence 157 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:19.079 associated with this, and she said, well, our message is 158 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:21.079 about peace in the Middle East, so why would we 159 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:26.319 want to be violent and violate our own premise like that? 160 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:29.759 What then did she ask why some of the people 161 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:30.600 did get violent? 162 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:34.039 You know, I think that the violence we saw on 163 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:35.679 Tuesday night, this. 164 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:39.720 More extreme group this, you know, and that's. 165 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:42.279 Their stated goal is to try to gin up, you know, 166 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:44.679 some violence that get to get into it with police. 167 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:47.480 That's what they were their goal was, and it worked 168 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:50.840 and seventy people were taken into custody. The police superintendent 169 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:52.919 said the next day that about half of those people 170 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:56.120 were from out of town. They weren't locals, and so 171 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:58.240 I think a lot of that has come from the outside. 172 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:01.320 Okay, so that's it for you. It's all wrapped up. 173 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:04.279 They're going to take the fencing down probably starting today, 174 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:05.960 So no reason for you to be there anymore. 175 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:10.000 Well, except that it's sixty three degrees here right now, 176 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:11.960 and I'll get back to Dallas today. Analy I think 177 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:15.240 one hundred and eight. I'll stay here. 178 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:18.440 No kidding. The weather was pretty ideal for you guys. 179 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:20.120 The whole week, wasn't this beautiful? 180 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:22.039 Cono says, I'd need a call and my boss say 181 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:24.879 the flight got canceled again. Yeah, I know that it's 182 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:27.240 November seventeenth, but it keeps getting canceled. 183 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:30.879 All right, Well, thank you so much, Jim. We appreciate 184 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:35.559 all your information. G glad that there wasn't too many scuffles, 185 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:38.399 and hope that you get home and your air conditioners 186 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:38.919 still working. 187 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:41.600 Me too, all right, we'll talk to you too. 188 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:43.039 Thanks Amy, I right appreciate it. 189 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:45.679 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 190 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:49.039 of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. Fire has damaged, 191 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:53.519 pretty much destroyed the Jay Lyttleton Ballpark in Ontario. It 192 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:56.279 was built back in the nineteen thirties. The fire was 193 00:09:56.320 --> 00:09:59.600 reported late last night. Firefighters found heavy smoke and fire 194 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:02.720 from the stadium and the dugout. It's not known how 195 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:06.000 the fire started. You might recognize the field. It's where 196 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:08.399 a league of their own and other movies were filmed. 197 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:11.960 San Clementi is working on a plan to hold parents 198 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:15.720 responsible for damage and crimes committed by their kids while 199 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:19.559 they're writing E bikes. Mayor Victor Cabral says the number 200 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:22.759 of emails he's getting about the issue is constantly increasing. 201 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:24.879 The issue I hear most about, and I think I 202 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:29.320 hear about it every day, is that, you know, sort 203 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:33.080 of gangs they call them, of rogue bikers going down 204 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:35.879 the street next to next to cars. 205 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:40.320 Cabral says, the e bikers do wheelies and ignore traffic signs. 206 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:43.720 The city voted Tuesday for an ordinance that would give 207 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.759 sheriff's deputies more tools to go after the e bikers 208 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:49.559 and their parents. It does need a final reading before 209 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:50.600 it becomes official. 210 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:52.120 People who live. 211 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:56.840 In apartments, condos, and townhomes in Carlsbad will no longer 212 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:00.120 be allowed to smoke at home starting in January. The 213 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:02.559 city council there is the first in San Diego County 214 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:07.240 to band smoking and vaping inside multifamily residential buildings. The 215 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:11.720 ordinance also prohibits smoking on private balconies, porches, and common 216 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:16.039 areas not designated as smoking locations. A man who authorities 217 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:18.639 say posted a threat on social media to kill former 218 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:21.960 President Trump has been arrested in Arizona. Law enforcement picked 219 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.480 him up yesterday as Trump was holding a campaign event 220 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:27.159 at the border. The former president says he didn't even 221 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:29.000 know about the threat before he went to the border. 222 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:31.120 I've heard of stangers, but I also have a job 223 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:31.399 to do. 224 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:34.120 The threat comes just weeks after an assassination attempt on 225 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:37.360 Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. A shooting in Orange 226 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:40.720 County that killed three people and wounded six others at 227 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:45.039 Cook's Corner in Trebuco Canyon has brought one band closer together. 228 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:48.679 We're playing Rhianna and by fleetwood Man m Street. 229 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:52.039 Vocalist Debbie Johnson says their bass player and guitarists were 230 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:54.759 both shot as they played this song one year ago today. 231 00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:55.399 It took us a. 232 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:57.480 While to do that song again, and the first time 233 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:59.960 we did it was a little bit emotional for us, 234 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:02.399 but I think that's behind us now. 235 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:04.639 She says that first the shooting seemed fake until a 236 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:05.440 woman got shot. 237 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:07.759 I watched him shoot her right in the chest. That's 238 00:12:07.799 --> 00:12:08.679 when we knew it was real. 239 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:11.639 She recalled a feeling of hope once deputy started arriving. 240 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:14.039 I can't walk by one of those guys without wanting 241 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:16.399 to thank them. I never want to hear anybody say 242 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:19.120 again defund the police, because they should have been hiding 243 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:21.600 behind that bar with us, hoping somebody would come help. 244 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:24.679 Cozy Sheriff's Deputy Jesse Carrasco was first on scene in 245 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:29.039 two minutes. Ut Rosco was one of three who killed 246 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:29.360 the shooter. 247 00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:31.559 I've been training for a scenario like this all my life. 248 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:33.759 I'm happy I was able to act according to our 249 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:36.600 policies and within the law, but I'm still saddened by 250 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:39.000 the three people unfortunately did lose their lives, and many 251 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:39.639 others were heard. 252 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:42.120 The shooter was a former cop, targeting is a stranged 253 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:45.279 wife in Orange County, Corbin Carson kf I News. 254 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:48.720 A metro bus has been in a crash in Studio City, 255 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:52.000 La City Fires is Seven people were hurt this morning, 256 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:55.240 but they say the injuries are not life threatening. Protesters 257 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:58.399 have demonstrated against the war in Gaza outside the La 258 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:03.399 Memorial Coliseum. The protest happened as USC's new student convocation 259 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:07.320 was held inside, reviving those anti war gatherings on campus 260 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:11.000 earlier this year. Today's or yesterday's protest started around seven 261 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:14.600 point thirty continued till eleven am. There were no reports 262 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:19.440 of arrests or disturbances. Lawmakers in California have sent a 263 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:22.519 bill to Governor Newsom's desk that would allow alcohol to 264 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:25.080 be served at the new Into It Dome in Inglewood 265 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:28.759 until four am. If the Governor signs it, bartenders at 266 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:31.000 a club inside the new home of the La Clippers 267 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:33.600 would be allowed to keep serving patrons well past the 268 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:37.039 end of games, concerts, and other events. At six o five, 269 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:39.320 It's handle on the news. Kamala Harris was on a 270 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:42.519 tear for Trump at the DNC, and bet Bill's going 271 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:45.159 to have a few things to say about that. Right now, 272 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:48.759 let's say good morning to Gary Hoffman, see what he 273 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:51.960 has to say about the DNC in Chicago no longer 274 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:54.200 actually at the Democratic National Convention. 275 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:58.639 Good morning Gary, Good morning Amy Yeap. Just standing along 276 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:02.279 Michigan Avenue here thinking about what happened the last few days. 277 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:05.000 The It was funny. 278 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:08.120 I was just watching CNN or Fox or somebody, and 279 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:11.399 they were talking about the bait and switch that happened yesterday, 280 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:16.519 where everybody was talking about this blocked out section of 281 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:20.080 the schedule for the events last night, and there was 282 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:23.240 a section of it that wasn't labeled, and everybody was thinking, Oh, 283 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:26.279 that's got to be that's got to be Beyonce, or 284 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:28.720 that's got to be Taylor Swift because we saw a 285 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:30.960 private jet land at O'Hare, so that must be Taylor 286 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:31.759 Swift plane. 287 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:32.639 I mean, it was. 288 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:37.480 It's not what drove the conversation, but it was funny 289 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:41.279 that everybody was talking about that and very little about 290 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:43.279 the fact that Kamala Harris was going to have the 291 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:47.519 speech of her life last night. At least she was 292 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:49.600 going to be required to give the speech of her life. 293 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:52.360 See whether or not it actually happened, you know, that's 294 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:55.000 for up to other people's interpretation of it. 295 00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:56.519 But it was a funny. 296 00:14:57.320 --> 00:15:00.360 It was a funny way to I guess past the 297 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:03.799 time was how to postulate who it was that was 298 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.559 going to be coming in. 299 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:09.879 CNN spent an inordinant whatever that word is, amount of time. 300 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:13.360 She spent a lot of time talking about Beyonce because 301 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:15.200 I was flipping back and forth because you know, I'm 302 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:17.639 a junkie and I watch all the news channels and 303 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:22.799 Fox has Trump at the border, talking about family members 304 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:25.960 who've been killed by illegal immigrants and all of that. 305 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:28.960 And then I kept flipping back to CNN because there's 306 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:32.480 a death threat against President or former President Trump, and 307 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:34.559 I was wondering if CNN was covering it, and they 308 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:38.440 just kept talking about Beyonce. So when she didn't come out, 309 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:40.000 I was like, you know what that You're right, it 310 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:41.559 was a bait and switch. It was like, let's see 311 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:43.559 if we can get people to tune into the DNC 312 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.080 because Beyonce, I Beyonce might be there. 313 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:50.720 Yeah, And the understanding that I have is she was 314 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:53.960 never part of I didn't even ask her to show up. 315 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:57.519 It was just a rumor that started or they propagated it. 316 00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:59.320 I mean, I don't know, it doesn't matter. It was 317 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:00.559 such a non issue. 318 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:02.639 It was kind of funny, and that Eva Longoria was 319 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:05.519 supposed to be their main That was the big surprise. 320 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:09.039 It was. It fell flat for everybody else that was 321 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:09.440 watching it. 322 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:12.519 But I gotta tell you, Kamala Harris gave, like I 323 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:14.840 referred to earlier, the speech of her life last night. 324 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:19.960 She does well when she speaks, she's she's smart, she's adamant. 325 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:24.039 She was sort of arguing her case before the American people. 326 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.840 And that's but it's over. 327 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:28.080 I mean, you think about what the four days that 328 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:31.559 have these previous four days led up to what was 329 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:34.840 for her and for the campaign, a really great night. 330 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:40.480 But now is when it starts to get real. I mean, 331 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:43.159 and I don't it's I mean it in this way, 332 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:50.799 they've been able to ride the pent up enthusiasm. 333 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:47.799 The. 334 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:53.559 Now extinguished frustration, Joe Biden's out of the race. They 335 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:57.360 have a young, energetic, or I should say younger, energetic, 336 00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:03.039 exciting candidate that is, you know, history making potentially. That 337 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:06.359 is what is driving them right now. Not the policies, 338 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:10.160 not the excitement about the economy, not the excitement about 339 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:16.079 the immigration problem that exists along the border. Democrats, right, 340 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:20.039 I mean, And that's the thing is they did what 341 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:23.599 they should have done. They rode this wave of joy, 342 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:27.160 of enthusiasm. And now it's going to get down to 343 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:29.559 the navy gritty. Now it's going to be important for 344 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:32.440 them to be able to define what it is that 345 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:36.160 they want to do, to explain what the successes of 346 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:39.000 the Biden administration are, to sell that to the American people. 347 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:44.519 And this bump that everybody gets every candidate gets after 348 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:46.799 a convention like this, it's going to be a handful 349 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:48.880 of points, you know, three four five points in the 350 00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:55.559 polls probably. But is that immediately extinguished by the fact 351 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:59.640 that RFK is expected to endorse Donald Trump later today? 352 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:01.960 I mean, and that's going to be an issue that 353 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:05.559 the Harris campaign has to deal with immediately. This is 354 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:08.359 not a there's no honeymoon for them right now. They 355 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:09.759 have to get back to work right away. 356 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:11.359 Well, here's my question though, Gary. 357 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:15.680 And because you're at the convention and you've been talking 358 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:21.319 to everybody, she does so well on prompter, I think 359 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:24.240 we've all agreed, and I agree that was her speech 360 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:27.000 last night was amazing. I was like, I'm on board, 361 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:29.559 you know, And then everybody's saying, well, that's over. 362 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:31.599 That's over. Now she's going to have to start talking, 363 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.160 well does she? 364 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:35.680 Because most people aren't involved in it, Like people who 365 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:39.720 are listening to KFI and you and me. Most people 366 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:42.599 aren't that involved in politics. And if they just watched 367 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:44.759 last night, they're going to go, she's mine, I'm going 368 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:45.319 for Harris. 369 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.319 Yeah. 370 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:50.480 Well, I mean, that's the that's the ultimate problem in 371 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:54.119 American elections is the low information voter. It's the people 372 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:57.480 who either don't get the information that they need or 373 00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:59.680 they don't even bother to look for the information they 374 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:03.920 need to make an educated choice about who they want 375 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:07.519 to be their elected representatives. It's president, it's members of Congress, 376 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.519 it's the Senate. 377 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:08.799 It's governor. 378 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:12.279 I mean, we are all busy people, and like you said, 379 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:15.000 we pay attention to you and I we pay attention 380 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:18.559 to it in a way that is different than everybody else. 381 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:22.759 What's interesting is that in a time like now, I 382 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:25.759 mean in a place like Chicago, for this convention, I'm 383 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.880 surrounded by. 384 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:30.039 People who eat this stuff up every. 385 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:33.039 Single day and they live and die by this policy stuff. 386 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:36.319 So it's almost like I've become the low information voter, 387 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:39.079 you know, in a town like this for an event 388 00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:43.359 like this. So it's an interesting sort of a switch, 389 00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:46.880 where a switch of positions, where now I have to 390 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:49.799 be the one who's asking the questions about, Okay, who 391 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:51.000 is she, what does she stand for? 392 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:52.640 What are the policies that she's going to bring to 393 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:53.200 the White House. 394 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:57.839 I do think it is incumbent. I do think it's 395 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:03.039 important and the campaign should put pressure on her. I mean, 396 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:04.880 she's the one who's in charge of the campaign. 397 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:06.759 So I don't know. If they put pressure on her, 398 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:07.680 she does it on them. 399 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:10.519 She's got to sit down and do that interview, because 400 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:14.920 that drum beat, that conversation about long form interview, When 401 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:16.039