WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:04.080 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:08.359 with Me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:27.079 KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County KFI Radio. 4 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:28.719 This is Mission Control Houston. 5 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:30.679 Please call station for a voice check. 6 00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:36.079 Station. 7 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:38.600 This is Amy King with kfi's wake up call. How 8 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:39.159 do you hear me? 9 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:43.920 I can hear you loud and clear. 10 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:48.079 And it's time for your morning wake up call. 11 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:52.079 Landed and his name is Amy Kame. 12 00:00:55.079 --> 00:00:56.119 Here's Amy King. 13 00:00:58.240 --> 00:00:58.759 This is. 14 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:04.239 It's five o'clock. This is your wake up call for Monday, 15 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:08.920 December thirtieth. Good morning, I'm Amy King. As we get 16 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:11.640 ready to close out the year, I've had some people 17 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:13.879 talking to me about you know what was great about 18 00:01:13.879 --> 00:01:16.719 twenty twenty four and blah blah blah. And one of 19 00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:19.239 the coolest things that happened in twenty twenty four was 20 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:21.920 what you were just listening to. Was our opportunity to 21 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:26.319 talk to Colonel Haig on board the International Space Station. 22 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:28.280 Like you get to do a lot of cool things 23 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:31.680 in radio. That was probably one of the coolest busy 24 00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:34.599 travel goes through New Years. But of course, if you're 25 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:37.959 like me, you're back after Christmas so welcome back. Hope 26 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:40.879 you had a wonderful Christmas. Good morning to Kono, who's 27 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:43.519 been at the helm the whole time. You didn't take 28 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:44.319 any time off, did you. 29 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:45.640 Yeah? 30 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:48.599 Christmas Day? Oh you too. Oh well, let's try not 31 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:53.359 to you know, overdo it there, buddy, and producer Michelle 32 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:56.840 is in for producer and good morning Michelle. Good morning, 33 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.400 and Seth Blackman's got traffic for you. So we got 34 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:01.879 you all had as we get our days started and 35 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:05.959 get back to work. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. 36 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:09.960 The longest living former president has died. Jimmy Carter died 37 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:12.960 yesterday at his home in Plains, Georgia. The former peanut 38 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:15.759 farmer and Georgia governor was the thirty ninth President of 39 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:18.719 the United States. He served from nineteen seventy seven to 40 00:02:18.759 --> 00:02:23.000 eighty one. His wife, Rosalind, died in November twenty twenty three. 41 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:25.759 Jimmy Carter was one hundred. We're going to be talking 42 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:29.000 more about the life and legacy of Jimmy Carter with 43 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:31.240 ABC's Jim Ryan. That's coming up in just a couple 44 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:34.639 of minutes. The FAA is investigating a close call on 45 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:37.960 a runway at lax A Charter flight carrying the Gonzaga 46 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:42.000 University men's basketball team apparently failed to follow instructions from 47 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:45.719 the tower on Friday, plane stopped just short of taxing 48 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:49.319 in front of a Delta Airlines flight that was taking off. 49 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:52.039 A wood burning ban is in effect again today because 50 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:54.759 of high pollution levels in the forecast. The ban is 51 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:58.159 for non desert areas of Los Angeles, Riverside and San 52 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:02.680 Bernardino Counties and all of Orange County. Let's get started 53 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:04.319 with some of the stories coming out of the KFI 54 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:07.240 twenty four hour newsroom. As the nation mourns the passing 55 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:10.840 of former President Jimmy Carter, two local area mayors are 56 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:13.240 paying tribute to his enduring legacy. 57 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:16.520 LA City Mayor Karen Bass honored Carter's commitment to service 58 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:19.759 and human rights. She says President Carter established the idea 59 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:22.319 of human rights as a core tenet of American foreign 60 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:25.599 policy and created a path towards a clean energy future, 61 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:28.479 while Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson praised Carter as a 62 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:30.960 leader who continued to help others far beyond his time 63 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:34.280 in office. The reflection from both Bass and Richardson highlight 64 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:37.840 Carter's lasting influence as a global leader and Amanitarian Andrew 65 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:39.680 Caravella KFI news. 66 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:43.199 Governor Newsom echoed those sentiments. Colin Carter a man of 67 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:47.680 rare character. The National Weather Services a fire weather watch 68 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:50.719 will be in effect tomorrow for most of southern California. 69 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:54.919 Forecasters say critical fire weather conditions are likely across the 70 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:58.800 Santa Ana wind prone areas of La and Ventura Counties, 71 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:02.879 as well as the Inland Empire. Meteorologist Sam Zuber tells 72 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:05.759 KFI a lack of rain is one reason for the advisory. 73 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:07.840 What's going to be happening is the next system that's 74 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:10.039 coming in is just going to kind of pick up gusts, 75 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:14.159 especially over there in the mountains, and with that we're 76 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.480 also going to be seen some really low humidity. 77 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:20.040 She says. The fireweather watch will be in effect through 78 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:23.680 Thursday night. A man who shot at police and barricaded 79 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:26.560 himself inside a motel room in Woodland Hills has been 80 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:29.720 found dead. The shooting happened just after ten last night 81 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:33.240 at the Vantage Point in on Ventura Boulevard. Police SWAT 82 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:36.800 officers found the men dead when they went inside. Investigators 83 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:38.720 to trying to figure out if the man was killed 84 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:42.720 by police or if he shot himself. A new study 85 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:46.360 shows California has the sixth highest vehicle theft rate in 86 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:49.680 the United States. The study by the Cimmarn Law Group 87 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:53.519 of Burbank analyzed crime data from the FBI and National 88 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:56.879 Incident Based Reporting System and found that California has a 89 00:04:56.920 --> 00:04:59.759 theft rate of three hundred and ninety three point nine 90 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:04.120 per one hundred thousand people. Maine has the lowest car 91 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:07.720 theft rate, at sixty five point two per one hundred 92 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:12.279 thousand people. Show Hey, Otani and his wife are expecting. 93 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:15.720 They shared the news on social media. A photo on 94 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:20.720 Instagram shows a pink Onesie baby shoes and an ultrasound image. 95 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:24.079 Otani's dog is also in there. The caption reads, can't 96 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:27.439 wait for the little rookie to join our family soon. Ooh, 97 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:30.959 exciting news for the Otani family. Now, let's say good 98 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:35.519 morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, the thirty ninth President 99 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:37.240 of the United States, has died. 100 00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:41.680 Yes, surprising, maybe not at all, not at all. 101 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:44.160 We were I mean, he's been in hospice for almost 102 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:44.720 two years. 103 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:47.759 Two years. Yeah, I went out there and covered that. 104 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:51.560 When he left Atlanta, went out to planes Georgia essentially 105 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:54.120 to die, but lived for another two years. Did have 106 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:58.240 a lot of health issues, including cancer which successfully was 107 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:02.199 treated five or six years ago. So yeah, a long 108 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:05.759 long life, one hundred years. No other president has ever 109 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:09.040 made it to triple digits. No other first couple has 110 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:11.360 ever made it to seventy seven years of marriage. 111 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:13.839 Isn't that amazing? And they when did they get married? 112 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:15.720 Were they really young when they got married? 113 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:17.959 They were, Yes, they were young, and just after World 114 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:21.759 War Two. He was a nuclear engineer during World War 115 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:24.720 Two in the Navy, had been to the Naval Academy, 116 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:27.680 first president to do that, to graduate from the Naval Academy. 117 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.519 Then they began this seventy seven year marriage. They'd known 118 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:34.360 each other their whole lives there in Planes Georgia. 119 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:37.920 That's amazing. It's sort of like the George Bush and 120 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:40.360 Barbara Bush. You know that they just were together forever 121 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:43.639 and it was just a beautiful love story. You said 122 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:46.800 that he'd been in hospice, he'd been in Plaines. Was 123 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:48.759 he in the hospital or was he at home? 124 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:50.560 No, he was at home. He was at home, Yes, 125 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:53.240 and he had to you know, given it. Maybe he 126 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:56.480 had stopped taking you know, he's still eating, still drinking 127 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:59.160 and taking basic medicines, but was not doing any sort 128 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:03.519 of therapy that was intended to prolong his life. He 129 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:07.279 had kind of accepted this and quite peacefully and gratefully 130 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:09.199 accepted this very long life that he had. 131 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:12.519 Yeah, and you mentioned that he had been treated for cancer, 132 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:15.519 and I was just reading about that, that he had 133 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:19.800 brain cancer. But then after a few months he stopped 134 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:24.040 getting treatment because he got some new sort of cancer therapy. 135 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:26.279 Do we know what that was? I don't remember hearing that. 136 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:29.040 Yeah, that was that was another one kind of surprising 137 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:34.199 that he had this cancer diagnosis, but some sort of 138 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:39.199 alternative therapy that appeared to work for him. And I 139 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:41.720 think doctors are hesitant to say that it was the 140 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:45.800 treatment that did it or was it simply that he 141 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:49.160 overcame this cancer? Hard to say, but yeah, an interesting 142 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:52.560 twist there, and I think people then eight nine years 143 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:55.560 ago assumed that he was on his way out. Essentially, 144 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:59.000 they sent me out there to cover that when the 145 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:01.240 Quarter Center was going to give an update on his health, 146 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:03.160 and here came Jimmy Carter to sit down and give 147 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:07.759 the news conference about his own health. So really a 148 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:11.319 resilient person physically and emotionally, So. 149 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:16.079 Jim, I think that, at least my memory of it 150 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:19.800 is President Carter was not regarded as a particularly good president, 151 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:25.720 but he has a wonderful legacy that you know, after 152 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:29.160 he got out of office, he really had some really 153 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:31.040 big accomplishments he did. 154 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:34.440 I think people forget though about you know, the Camp 155 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:37.320 David Peace Accords that he broke at this piece between 156 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:38.879 Egypt and Israel. 157 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:41.720 Is that while he was in office? Yeah, okay, so 158 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:43.399 I'm going to retract the last thing I said. But 159 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:45.480 I think as an overall thing, like you look back 160 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:47.840 and you don't at least again, I don't know if 161 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:50.039 it's my generation or whatever, but I don't look at 162 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:52.240 that as being a successful presidency. But you're right, that 163 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:54.240 was a huge, huge accomplishment. 164 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:57.240 Well it was. He established the Department of Education. That 165 00:08:57.399 --> 00:08:59.559 was one of his big pushes. He came up with 166 00:08:59.639 --> 00:09:02.679 a the National Energy Policy. I think he was kind 167 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:05.000 of forced into that because of the energy crisis that 168 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:08.159 was going on during his presidency. So yeah, I mean 169 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:12.399 the peace between Israel and Egypt last forever. No, it didn't, 170 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:14.159 but it certainly was a moment in time and in 171 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:17.480 that picture of Nwar Sadats and Monacham began. I still 172 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:20.679 remember that vividly, with Carter standing there between them. 173 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:23.639 Yeah. And then after he got out of office, what 174 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:25.159 are some of the things that he did? I know 175 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:30.360 that the Habitat for Humanity is one of the things 176 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:32.039 he'll be remembered for sure. 177 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:35.039 When he left office, his biographer says that Jimmy Carter 178 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:37.480 was depressed, deeply depressed. Didn't know what he was going 179 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:40.519 to do with his life. He left behind a White House, 180 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:42.879 and he knew what his legacy within the White House 181 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:46.559 was going to be. The hostage the Iranian hostage crisis 182 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:50.360 ended just as his presidency was ending. Minutes later, the 183 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:54.360 crisis ended, the hostages were released. So I think he 184 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:58.679 saw this kind of this dark spot over his presidency, 185 00:09:58.759 --> 00:09:59.879 so he said, what am I going to do with 186 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:01.600 the rest of my life? So he and his wife 187 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:07.000 roseland dedicated themselves to causes. It became huge, not just 188 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:10.600 giving money and lending their names to something like the 189 00:10:10.679 --> 00:10:14.159 like Habitat for Humanity, but going out and actually building 190 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:17.320 houses physically. I covered him at several of these builds 191 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:21.039 when he and his wife would come, and there was 192 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:24.720 this earnestness about him. And he wasn't just there to symbolically, 193 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:28.639 you know, turn dirt. He was there to pound nails. 194 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:31.679 Yeah, and then what are some other things that he did. 195 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:36.559 He and his wife also championed human rights around the world. 196 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:39.759 They traveled the world, visiting places of soth Africa and 197 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:44.120 places in Eastern Europe to try to promote democracy and 198 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:46.799 human rights. And certainly that was a big part of 199 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:51.799 his legacy. And of course the Carter Center, which went 200 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:55.600 on to establish this human Rights Center in nineteen eighty two, 201 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:59.799 it sent observers to elections around the world. One hundred 202 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:03.559 four fourteen elections in thirty nine countries have been watched 203 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:07.679 by the Carter Center as an effort to further democracy. 204 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:10.919 Nice. Well, you know, one hundred years. I think that's 205 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:12.080 a life well lived. 206 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:14.720 Sure you also know that he won three Grammy Awards. 207 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:16.799 Why did he win Grammy. 208 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:22.320 Awards Best Spoken Word Albums twenty seven, twenty sixteen, twenty nineteen. 209 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:25.840 His books, his books on tape or his audio books 210 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:27.039 won Grammy Awards. 211 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:31.360 Nice Okay, I might have to think about it all right, 212 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:33.919 Jim Ryan, thank you so much. Seamy tak too. Soon 213 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:36.159 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 214 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:38.399 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A wrong way 215 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:41.240 driver has caused a crash on the two ten that 216 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:44.080 killed one person and injured another. Police say a driver 217 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:47.679 was headed eastbound in the westbound lanes at North Allen 218 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:50.960 Avenue around three am yesterday when the crash happened. A 219 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:53.279 decomposing body has been found at the bottom of a 220 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:56.639 cliff in Rancho Palace Verties. The Eli Kenny Sheriff's Department 221 00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:59.679 says investigators believe the death might have been the result 222 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:03.360 of a fall from Dina's viewpoint. They say the body's 223 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:06.519 not related to recent discoveries of human remains along the 224 00:12:06.559 --> 00:12:10.720 shoreline where two boaters disappeared last week. Beach goers in 225 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:14.200 North Carolina have seen a juvenile female humpback whale up 226 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:17.759 close and personal. It washed a shore Friday. Crowds have 227 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:20.600 been gathering to see it. This onlooker says he couldn't 228 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:23.039 believe his eyes when he saw how big the whale is. 229 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:25.279 I've never seen a whale before, but this is like 230 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:27.639 the first time, and I was like, holy. 231 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:28.879 Smoke, that is huge. 232 00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:32.039 A neck crop they was before, or was due to 233 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:35.399 be performed on the whale's carcass to determine what caused 234 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:38.720 its death. At least sixty six people have been killed 235 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:42.399 when a truck plunged into a river in southern Ethiopia. 236 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:46.320 We're just getting word in of that tragic accident. New 237 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:51.840 analysis shows artificial intelligence data centers are using massive amounts 238 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:54.039 of power and could be distorting the normal flow of 239 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:57.840 electricity across the US. The analysis by Bloomberg of seven 240 00:12:57.919 --> 00:13:01.120 hundred and seventy thousand home sensors shows more than three 241 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:04.480 quarters of distorted power readings are within fifty miles of 242 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:09.480 AI data centers. That's called bad harmonics and means household 243 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:13.200 appliances that use electricity could be affected at some point. 244 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:23.080 There not Fresh, the actress known for a role in 245 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:26.519 the TV sitcom Alice in the nineteen seventies, has died. 246 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:30.200 A representative says Linda Lavin died in La yesterday of 247 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:34.639 complications from recently discovered lung cancer. Lavin worked on broad 248 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:38.360 Broadway before moving over to TV. Alice ran from nineteen 249 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:41.759 seventy six to eighty five, and Lavin sang the theme 250 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:43.919 song There's a New Girl in Town. She was working 251 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:46.919 as recently as this month promoting a new Netflix series 252 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:51.200 Linda Lavin was eighty seven. President Elect Trump says the 253 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:55.200 challenges faced by President Jimmy Carter came at a pivotal 254 00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:58.600 time for our country. Trump said on a truth Social 255 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:01.879 that only those who served as president can relate to 256 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:05.279 the enormous responsibility of leading the greatest nation in history. 257 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:08.840 Jimmy Carter died yesterday at the age of one hundred. 258 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:11.200 A seventeen year old girl has been killed in a 259 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:14.279 shooting at a house party in Signal Hill. Three other 260 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:16.679 girls and seven boys were also shot at the party 261 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:21.519 on Burnett Street on Saturday night. There's a black moon tonight. 262 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:24.600 That's when there are two new moons in a single month. 263 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:26.960 It's a rare occurrence, happening about once every two and 264 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:29.559 a half years. It is the kind of the opposite 265 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:31.240 of a blue moon, which is when there are two 266 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:34.639 full moons in a month. So nice, dark skies, hopefully 267 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:37.480 lots of stars. Tonight at six oh five, it's Handle 268 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:40.960 on the news. Elon Musk drops the F bomb over 269 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:44.559 his spat with some immigration hardliners. We'll be talking about that. 270 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:46.159 Of course, it won't be handled. It's going to be 271 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:49.120 Wayne Resnick in for Handle this week. Let's say good 272 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:53.639 morning now to ABC's Sam Sweeney. Sam, horrible plane crash 273 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:56.320 in South Korea. One hundred and seventy nine people were killed. 274 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:58.120 Can you give us the latest on what happened. 275 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:02.399 Instigators are now on the ground in South Korea trying 276 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:05.519 to figure out what happened. We typically can deduct and 277 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:08.240 come up with some scenarios of what may have happened 278 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:11.399 in these situations with so much data, so much video, 279 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:14.519 But this one is a strange one. Why did this 280 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:18.519 plane go around the airport? Possibly because of a potential 281 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:20.960 bird strike? They did a may day call, But why 282 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:24.679 did it come back around so quickly and land without 283 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:28.120 its landing gear down, without its spoilers or flats engaged 284 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:30.919 to slow the aircraft. It came down at a high 285 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:34.759 rate of speed, didn't use much of the two mile runway, 286 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:37.080 and then touch down at the end, had a few 287 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:40.080 hundred feet before it crashed into that wall. Why did 288 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:42.759 that happen? If you have a bird strike that takes 289 00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:45.480 out one engine, you still have a second engine to 290 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:49.600 power the aircraft and keep it flying. Give them time 291 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:52.759 to run checklists and of course lower the landing gear. 292 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:56.200 They're on very different systems and then there's backup systems 293 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:59.720 redundancies within these planes. Why did that landing gear not 294 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:02.679 them down? And why did that plane not stop? That's 295 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:05.919 what investigators need to figure out with the black box 296 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:08.519 data that they recovered over the weekend. 297 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:10.200 Okay, I was just going to ask you if they 298 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:12.440 got that. So you meant I had heard about the 299 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:15.200 no landing gear, but also that they didn't have the 300 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:17.360 flaps like they It didn't appear that they were even 301 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:19.080 trying to slow the plane down. 302 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:20.960 Exactly. 303 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:23.360 And that's what you know, all of these experts can 304 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:26.159 figure out when you look at it. Typically, when the 305 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:29.080 plane lands, when the wheels touch the ground or just above, 306 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:31.840 you know, ten feet off the ground or so, there's 307 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:36.720 the automatic reverse thrusters engage, almost like a vacuum that 308 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:40.080 pushers air the opposite way to slow the plane, the 309 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:44.000 plane down. We don't know or believe that those activated 310 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:48.919 as well. Again, flaps weren't down, spoilers not engaged, landing 311 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:53.399 gear not down. So many failures. Was this flight crew 312 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:57.399 simply overwhelmed and rushing to get the plane on the 313 00:16:57.440 --> 00:17:00.480 ground that they forgot to drop the wheels. That's a possibility, 314 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:02.840 and that's what we'll be able to figure out with 315 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:06.599 the black boxes. They had the voice recorders, which record 316 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:09.839 everything that was said, every noise in the cockpit in 317 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:13.079 those final moments, and then the datta recorders, which will 318 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:16.480 record all of the maneuvers the plane made, any input 319 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:19.960 from the pilots, any button that was pushed. We will 320 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:23.440 learn all of that and figure out what happened here, okay. 321 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:25.920 And in the meantime until they release that information, do 322 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:28.119 we know anything about the pilots. Do we know if 323 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:31.039 they were veteran pilots or maybe brand new or anything. 324 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:33.559 I don't know anything about the pilots, but we do 325 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:36.599 know that the two people who survived were flight attendants. 326 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:39.200 They were seated in the rear of the aircraft. 327 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:41.519 I was just going to ask you that, okay. 328 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:44.480 And they were in the jump seats, which means they 329 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:48.160 were harnessed in and likely their backs were up against 330 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:50.960 the wall, and they were facing the rear of the aircraft, 331 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:53.960 so the opposite direction of all the passengers. And if 332 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:56.440 you look at the wreckage video, the only thing that's 333 00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:57.599 left is the tail. 334 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:01.680 Oh gosh, the two flight attendants. Because I was I 335 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:04.079 was again, I was going to ask you, Sam who 336 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:06.200 survived and where were they sitting on the plane. 337 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:11.839 So it's just it's worth noting that the black boxes 338 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:15.359 are also located in the tail of the aircraft. That's 339 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:19.200 typically the strongest point of the plane, and of course 340 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:21.839 furthest from that concrete wall. There's gonna be a lot 341 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:25.200 of questions. The reason they do these thorough investigations is 342 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:28.240 to prevent these incidents from happening again. It's not just 343 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:31.880 to quench the first of the public to understand why 344 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:34.559 they want to prevent them from happening again. A lot 345 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:36.960 of experts are saying, why is there a concrete wall 346 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:39.960 at the end of this runway. Perhaps they will say 347 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:42.079 that was one of the causes. This could have been 348 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:44.839 less deadly if that wall weren't there. Will they make 349 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:47.680 those changes. They're going to look at all of that and. 350 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:50.279 Get at the Bourbank Airport. I think that there's a 351 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:53.119 sound wall or something like that, so we don't know 352 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:55.200 that that might be why that wall was there. 353 00:18:57.359 --> 00:19:02.480 So this wall, actually it was a concrete wall with 354 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:04.960 a dirt mound over top of it, and it held 355 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:09.559 the instrumentation the localizers what it's called, and that helps 356 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:13.400 glide the planes in. But in Burdbank. That wall there 357 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:17.000 at the end that a plane would go right through that, 358 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:20.079 it wouldn't crumple like a concrete wall, that sound barrier. 359 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:22.759 It's a small airport, so a little bit you know, 360 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:23.920 different scenario there. 361 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:27.039 Okay, perfect, So thank you for that clarification. 362 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.079 Sam. 363 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:31.000 This is, you know, just out of the blue. But 364 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:33.720 are there any signs of any kind of foul play 365 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:36.119 or anything like that aside from a bird strike, which 366 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:36.960 that's a bad joke. 367 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:41.400 Nothing points the foul play. I mean, this was a 368 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:43.880 routine flight. It was in the air for over four 369 00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:48.440 hours coming from Bangkok, full flight, one final approach. They 370 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:50.839 were given that warning that you know, it's right near 371 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:52.720 the water. So there's a lot of bird activity in 372 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:59.079 the area. Not uncommon, but there are thousands of bird 373 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:01.599 strikes every year or just in the United States. It 374 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:05.079 is a very common thing. Now, what is not common 375 00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:08.400 in the situation like you know miracle on the Hudson 376 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:12.079 where you have dual engine failure, birds went in both engines. 377 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:15.400 That is so rare. In fact, they can only think 378 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:18.920 of that one case. So did that happen? Here was 379 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:22.200 their dual engine failure? It doesn't appear, so we have 380 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:24.720 no reason to believe that because the plane has so 381 00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:27.839 much power when it landed. But look, we don't know, 382 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:31.079 and it's tough to speculate in this situation. And the 383 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:33.400 only thing that's going to give us those answers are 384 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:36.519 those cockpit voice recorder and the cockpit data recorder. 385 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:39.640 Okay, And since those have both been recovered, Sam, do 386 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:41.680 we have any kind of idea does it take a 387 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:45.519 few weeks, because obviously if A and TSP, those guys 388 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:49.039 all the airline regulatory agencies have to look over everything. 389 00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:50.680 But do we have any kind of clue about how 390 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:52.599 long it usually takes to get the information. 391 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:56.599 One of the one of the black boxes was damaged. 392 00:20:58.000 --> 00:21:01.279 They believe they can still get the data off of it, 393 00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:03.480 but that could take a little bit more time, but 394 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:06.200 typically they can do this in a couple of days. 395 00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:09.119 And if the Koreans who are leading the investigation, if 396 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:11.240 they can't pull the data, then it will be sent 397 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:15.079 through the NTSB lab in Washington, where they likely will 398 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:16.880 be able to pull the data, and again they can 399 00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:18.480 do that within a couple of days. 400 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:21.440 Okay. And then just one last question, the flight attendants 401 00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:24.119