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 --> 00:00:08.679 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:15.960 App KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:22.800 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. 5 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:32.439 It is that time. Good morning, It's five o'clock, straight up. 6 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:38.119 This is your wake up call for Tuesday, April fifteenth. 7 00:00:38.679 --> 00:00:41.399 I'm Amy King. We're live everywhere on the iHeart Radio 8 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:46.359 Day Radio Day on the radio app. What dasy It's Tuesday, 9 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:51.960 April fifteenth, tax day. Unless you live in La County, 10 00:00:52.679 --> 00:00:57.000 we get six months. But I got my taxes done, 11 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:00.320 or at least I got them off to my person 12 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:04.599 who does my taxes, and she's like, well, I'm not 13 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:09.079 going to get to it until I get back from vacation. Like, okay, 14 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:13.519 but that's okay, it's okay, it's okay. Hey, did you 15 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:15.400 know that there's a six percent higher chance of being 16 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:16.959 killed in a car crash on tax Day? 17 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:17.799 Great? 18 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:21.400 Yeah, apparently a lot of people stressed out, So let's 19 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:24.359 spread a little kindness today. And if somebody is really 20 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:28.000 freaking out on the roads, that might be why very stressleuls. 21 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:30.799 So they might live in Orange County or Ventura County exactly. 22 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:34.799 All right, here's what's ahead on WACA call. As I mentioned, 23 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:37.560 for most of America, today is tax Day, but La 24 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:41.760 County residents get a six month reprieve because of the 25 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:45.359 wildfires in January. The deadline to file for La County 26 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:50.280 taxpayers is eighth October fifteenth. The irsays payments on any 27 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:54.239 outstanding tax do still has to be paid by today's deadline. 28 00:01:54.599 --> 00:01:57.799 Movie and TV makers have continued their exodus out of La. 29 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:01.519 Film LA released a report yesterday showing on location production 30 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:05.319 of film, TV shows, and commercials declined twenty two percent 31 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:07.040 for the first three months of this year compared to 32 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:10.000 last year. A lot of productions have moved out, attracted 33 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:14.319 by tax credit programs outside the state. Harvard University says 34 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:18.879 it will not accept conditions proposed by the Trump administration 35 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:21.680 in order to keep its federal funding. In response to 36 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:25.080 federal government has frozen more than two billion dollars in 37 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:29.159 grants for Harvard. ABC's Peter Harra Lumbus joins us to 38 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:32.319 tell us more about that in about three minutes. Got 39 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:34.639 the latest on tariffs, who's coming to the table to 40 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:38.280 make a deal, who's holding back ABC's Karen Travis will 41 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:41.439 tell us at five twenty tens of millions have waited 42 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:44.560 until the last minute to file those taxes. ABC's Jim 43 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:47.080 Ryan has the numbers on this tax Day twenty twenty five. 44 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:49.560 That's at five thirty five and if I point fifty. 45 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:53.879 Joel Larsgard says, recession rumblings are getting stronger and with 46 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:57.240 that panic pre buying is a thing, but it is 47 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:00.000 Is it a good thing? Joel's going to tell us, 48 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:02.680 grab your coffee, hold on tight, We got a good 49 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:06.120 ride for you today. It is Tuesday. Let's get started 50 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:07.960 with some of the stories coming out of the KFI 51 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:10.719 twenty four hour newsroom. La County is out with its 52 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:12.680 new budget and there will be cuts. 53 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:15.199 The county government is in a tough financial position. It's 54 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:18.039 agreed to pay four billion dollars to thousands of child 55 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.800 sex abuse victims at probation facilities. The cost of the 56 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:24.199 January wildfires could be over a billion dollars unless money 57 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:26.840 is coming in. The Board of Supervisors today will take 58 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:29.879 up the proposed forty seven point nine billion dollar budget 59 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:33.240 in It County CEO Fecia Davenport has recommended a three 60 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:36.599 percent cut across all departments and the elimination of hundreds 61 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:39.240 of vacant positions. She says there will be no layoffs, 62 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:42.439 but some county programs could be scaled back. Michael monks 63 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:43.439 KFI News. 64 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:45.879 Really everything's doing pretty badly right now. 65 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:48.360 A new report shows film and TV production in LA 66 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:51.639 drops significantly in the first quarter of the year. Philip 67 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:56.719 so Kulowski with Film LA says or tells KFI there 68 00:03:56.759 --> 00:03:59.719 have only been about fifty two hundred filming days in 69 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:02.680 LA so far this year. TV production has been hit 70 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:03.199 the hardest. 71 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:06.680 Well, we saw across the board slow down in film production. 72 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:10.120 The very worst happened in television, which fell to thirty 73 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:11.240 point five percent. 74 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:15.280 Overall production down fifty eight percent since twenty twenty one. 75 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:18.639 Governor Newsom has proposed a seven hundred and fifty million 76 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:22.279 dollars tax credit expansion to try to lure more jobs 77 00:04:22.319 --> 00:04:27.279 back to LA. Some critics argue the costs outweigh the benefits. Well, 78 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:30.279 the chance is slim, but it's there. Elizabeth Cochrane with 79 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:34.240 the US Geological Services, following yesterday's five point two earthquake 80 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:36.720 in San Diego County, there is a chance of a 81 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:37.480 larger quake. 82 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:41.160 There is about a five percent chance of an earthquake 83 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:44.800 larger than what we had, so an earthquake of magnitude 84 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:47.720 five point two or larger. So anytime we have an 85 00:04:47.720 --> 00:04:50.560 earthquake of this size, folks should just realize that there 86 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:53.279 is some chance of a larger earthquake occurring, so one 87 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:54.279 in twenty chance. 88 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:57.639 The quake near Julian was followed by dozens of aftershocks, 89 00:04:57.639 --> 00:05:00.439 including a four point zero about seventy minutes or seventy 90 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:03.800 five minutes after the initial jolt. Only minor damage has 91 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:09.040 been reported. We know to drop, cover and hold when 92 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:12.279 in earthquake hits, thanks to groups like California Earthquake Authority, 93 00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:14.879 but it turns out elephants already know what to do. 94 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:18.079 San Diego Zoo has released a video of its five 95 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:23.600 African elegant elephants reaction to the earthquake yesterday. After the 96 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:27.639 initial shaking and what appeared to be some confusion, the 97 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:32.319 elephants formed what's called a protective circle. It's done to 98 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:35.920 protect the herd and younger elephants when there's danger. They 99 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:38.839 stood there for about five minutes or so, and then 100 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:42.120 they went back to their normal routines. Pretty amazing to 101 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:44.639 watch though. Yeah, yeah, if you want to see it, 102 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:46.920 does San Diego Zoo put the video out and it's 103 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:50.199 it's pretty cool to watch. All right. Right now, it's 104 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:52.800 five seven on your wake up call. Let's say good 105 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:58.959 morning to ABC's Peter Haralamboos. Peter, the Trump administration has 106 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:02.079 said get rid of d or else, and Harvard says, 107 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:03.439 we'll take the or else. 108 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:07.639 Yeah, Harvard at this point is putting its money where 109 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:11.600 its mouth is. Last night, Harvard University was informed that 110 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:14.959 the Terms administration was actually freezing more than two billion 111 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:17.680 dollars and responds to this decision. It really marks the 112 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:20.360 first time a major college or university has decided to 113 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:22.879 stand up to the Trump administration. This comes after we 114 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:25.319 saw other schools like Columbia buckle last month. 115 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:32.519 Okay, so the two billion dollars, that is how much 116 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:36.600 is Harvard's funding And it's in grants. So is it 117 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:39.160 each year or is it a total? 118 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:43.079 So the two billion dollars is a multi year deal, 119 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:45.639 and you know, in total, they received more than nine 120 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:48.360 million dollars in grants over the next few years from 121 00:06:48.399 --> 00:06:51.720 the federal government. This goes to support things like medical research, 122 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:53.839 for example, you know, Harvard is one of our leading 123 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:57.000 research institutions in the entire country, and they rely on 124 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:59.800 the federal government in many ways, so it's worth noting 125 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:02.680 in a unique position. While they do get a lot 126 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:04.759 of money from the federal government, they're also one of 127 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:07.160 the wealthiest colleges in the universities in the entire world. 128 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:10.079 They have an endowment of over fifty billion dollars. So 129 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:13.680 to a certain degree, they have the ability to kind 130 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:15.240 of take the high road here and tell the Trump 131 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:18.639 administration that they're going to deny these terms, whereas smaller 132 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:21.439 college universities that might be more dependent on the federal 133 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:23.839 government might not have that luxury. 134 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:28.600 Okay, and what, Peter are the terms specifically of what 135 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:30.720 the Trump administration wants Harvard to do. 136 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:35.639 So on Friday, the Truman administration sents Harvard a letter 137 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:38.160 with kind of a series of demands. They include everything 138 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:42.439 from changing governance so that you know, more less activist 139 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:48.000 professors have power, removing race based admissions for both students 140 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:53.279 and faculty, and even ensuring viewpoint diversity and doing audits 141 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:56.720 of the student bodies kind of general viewpoint to make 142 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:00.759 sure that it's not too liberal or at our genius, 143 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:04.360 So all things consider, Harvard at this point is arguing that, 144 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:08.040 you know, they're they've made changes to fight back and 145 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:12.519 anti Semitism and improve the school. But these changes recommended 146 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:15.560 by the Trump administration simply go too far. They violate 147 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:19.319 the First Amendments, and they're simply not worth taking. And 148 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:21.839 if it means giving up two billion dollars, it's worth 149 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:22.399 it for Harvard. 150 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:26.600 Okay. So then a question for you, Peter, being a 151 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:32.039 legal guy, you know, you mentioned race based admissions. Aren't 152 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:35.240 those illegal because of anti discrimination laws? 153 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:37.320 Yeah? 154 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:38.039 I mean that's right. 155 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:39.840 I mean, over the last few years, we've seen the 156 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:41.919 Supreme Court take a different stance when it comes to 157 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:45.679 affirmative action. Harvard and other schools, though, have have taken 158 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:48.759 kind of a unique stance and that while they're abiding 159 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:52.200 by those kind of decisions, they've still considered kind of 160 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:56.679 holistic emissions as one of their main things. So, you know, 161 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:59.279 while they're strictly not you know, making a decision based 162 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:02.320 on race or ender, they're they're considering the full picture 163 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:05.039 of a candidate and what makes them compelling, based on 164 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:07.879 kind of the hardships they might have had growing up. So, 165 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:10.159 you know, in a way, they're still considering them, even 166 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:12.559 if they're still following the letter of the law when 167 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:13.639 it comes to affirmative action. 168 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:18.000 Yeah, I know this is not a funny subject, but 169 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:23.559 it reminds me of l Well was there. It was Witherspoon. 170 00:09:23.639 --> 00:09:24.159 What was the. 171 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:27.080 Legally Blonde? 172 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:28.039 It's hard? 173 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:34.519 Yes, what a great movie. Okay, so the cuts are are. 174 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:37.559 The cut in the endowments is in place. So what 175 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:39.039 what does Harvard do next? 176 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:42.399 So at this point they're in a bit of a stalemate. 177 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:46.600 The Trump administration can can continue applying pressure. There's more 178 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:49.480 money that they could theoretically threaten to freeze. We've also 179 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:52.600 seen a lawsuit from Harvard faculty challenging these cuts. I 180 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:54.600 assume you might even see a similar lawsuit from the 181 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:57.919 school itself challenging this move. You know, the Trump administration 182 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:01.519 is right and that these funds are necessarily a guarantee, 183 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:04.159 they're a little bit of a privilege, but there is 184 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:06.759 a process for canceling them. It doesn't appear that Trump 185 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:09.559 administration actually followed that process. So we might see a 186 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:12.919 legal challenge and we'll really just see what this means 187 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:15.559 for the didday operations for a school like Harvard and 188 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:18.600 if the Trump administration decides to challenge other schools we 189 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:21.360 had no of at least seven other major universities that 190 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:23.120 have had their funding threatened. 191 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:25.559 Okay, and I bet that those major universities will be 192 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:29.240 watching what happens here. ABC's Peter Harlumbo's thank you so 193 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:31.080 much for your time and information this morning. 194 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:32.919 Thanks for having me. 195 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:34.559 All right, let's get back to some of the stories 196 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:37.320 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Iran's 197 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:42.480 Supreme Leader, Ayatola Ali Hamani says nuclear talks with the 198 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:46.039 US went well. He says officials in his country are 199 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:51.039 neither radically optimistic about the talks nor radically pessimistic about them. 200 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:54.360 He also urged officials not to tie the country's affairs 201 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:57.799 to the talks, which are expected to continue this coming weekend. 202 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:01.559 A second US aircraft carriers up in Mid East Waters 203 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:05.240 ahead of those talks. The company that operated a helicopter 204 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:07.919 involved in a deadly crash on the East Coast is 205 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:08.679 going out of business. 206 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:12.559 The Federal Aviation Administration says, New York Helicopter Tours is 207 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:16.320 calling it quits. It's helicopter crash last Thursday. Six people 208 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:19.519 on board were killed This comes after New York Senator 209 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:23.320 Chuck Schumer called on the FAA to suspend the company's license. 210 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:27.919 Schumer is asking the FAA to conduct surprise inspections on 211 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:30.360 all helicopter companies in New York. 212 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:33.919 Deb remark KF I knew. The president of El Salvador 213 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:36.120 says he will not return a man to the US 214 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:38.600 who was deported to his home country. Could I return 215 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:39.039 them today? 216 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:41.360 That is just like I smuggle him into the United 217 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:42.159 States or whether it do. 218 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:43.519 Of course, I'm not going to do it. 219 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:47.480 The president and President Trump's chop advisors say they have 220 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:51.120 no basis for the small Central American country to return 221 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:54.000 the man, who was living in Maryland. Officials say kill 222 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:56.639 maar Abrego Garcia is a member of the notorious MS 223 00:11:56.759 --> 00:12:00.000 thirteen gang. The Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administe 224 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:03.440 stration to facilitate the man's return to the US. The 225 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:06.960 Trump administrations continued to bar ap journalists from the Oval 226 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:09.600 office despite a court order saying he can't. 227 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:12.639 Last week, of federal court ruled the Trump administration couldn't 228 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:15.279 punish the Associated Press for refusing to call the Gulf 229 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:18.000 of Mexico the Gulf of America. As President Trump won 230 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:21.039 it as a First Amendment issue and must reinstate access. 231 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:24.120 But Monday, an AP reporter and photographer were barred from 232 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:27.080 a news conference with Trump and El Salvador's president. Since 233 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:29.399 mid February, the AP's been blocked from events in the 234 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:31.639 Oval Office and Air Force One. The US Court of 235 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:34.200 Appeals for the DC Circuit has set a Thursday hearing 236 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:36.519 on the matter. Mark Ronner KFI News. 237 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:39.960 President Trump is honored the Ohio State Buckeyes for winning 238 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:42.320 the college football National Championship. 239 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:46.120 This was a historic year in college football. Standing together today, 240 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:49.200 these men in the first college think of that are 241 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:52.399 the first college football players in history who can proudly 242 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:56.639 call themselves twelve team playoff championship. 243 00:12:57.399 --> 00:13:00.840 During the ceremony yesterday, Vice President Van Nants, who went 244 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:05.440 to Ohio State, fumbled the national championship trophy. The base 245 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:07.519 fell out of his hands while someone else held the 246 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:10.919 actual trophy. Vans jokingly posted on social media that he 247 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:13.639 didn't want anyone getting the trophy after Ohio State, so 248 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:17.039 he just broke it. I'm thinking that that trophy wasn't 249 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:19.120 very well put together. Have you seen the video of 250 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:22.960 it just kind of comes apart. Fans love Luca. The 251 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:26.879 Laker is Luka Doncic, who's from Slovenia, had the top 252 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:30.080 selling jersey for the twenty twenty four twenty five season. 253 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:33.240 It's the first time an international player has topped the 254 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:36.919 league in Jersey sales. Steph Curry or Lebron James had 255 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:41.120 been top sellers since the twenty twelve thirteen season. They 256 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:44.360 were second and third place in Jersey sales this year. 257 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:47.919 Dozens of aftershocks of rattled San Diego County following a 258 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:51.440 magnitude five point two quake near Julian. The quake yesterday 259 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:54.320 just after ten am, was felt up in La and 260 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:56.919 Orange Counties. I got a shake alert. Did you get 261 00:13:56.919 --> 00:13:57.480 a shake alert? 262 00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:57.840 Yep. 263 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:00.559 Most of the after shocks were small, one hit of 264 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:04.159 four point zero. The US Geological surveyces there's a five 265 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:08.000 percent chance of a larger quake following yesterday's five point 266 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:11.039 two shaker. A bill's been introduced that would allow homeless 267 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:14.200 students to sleep in their cars on campus. It would 268 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:18.080 require universities to set up safe parking spaces on campus. 269 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:22.039 Democratic Assembly Member Corey Jackson says Long Beach Community College 270 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:23.960 set up a program like this three years ago, and 271 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:27.000 he wants to create programs like it all over California. 272 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:30.559 Former President Biden's making his first public appearance since he 273 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:33.639 left the White House. He's speaking tonight at the Advocates, 274 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:37.720 Counselors and Representatives for the Disabled Conference in Chicago. The 275 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:39.679 last time he was in the Windy City was for 276 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:44.960 the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last August. At six 277 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:48.000 oh five, it's handle on the news. Trump says, Nope, 278 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:52.360 not bringing him back. We're talking about the guy accidentally 279 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:57.440 swept up in an ice raid. He's in El Salvador. 280 00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:01.720 Let's say good morning to ABC. Karen Travers. Karen on 281 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:06.200 the ever changing on again, off again, paused again tariffs. 282 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:08.200 What's the latest from the Trump team? 283 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:11.879 So a couple of things. The latest is the President 284 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:15.600 yesterday was still insisting he doesn't change his mind. He said, 285 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:18.840 I'm a very flexible person. I don't change my mind. 286 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:22.039 But he also was saying that he had spoken with 287 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:25.600 Apple Tim Cook about all of the TIFFs recently. And 288 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:28.559 this comes after over the weekend there was an exemption 289 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:32.919 given to some electronics products on that stiff one hundred 290 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:36.919 and forty five percent tariff on Chinese imports that is 291 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.559 now on pause for at least a couple of weeks 292 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:42.919 as the administration considers what they're going to do about that. 293 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:45.440 The President said they're going to shift those products into 294 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:49.159 a different tariff bucket, and that's likely to be under 295 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:52.840 the umbrella of semiconductors. And we learned last night that 296 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:56.360 the administration has started an investigation, if you will, into 297 00:15:56.639 --> 00:16:01.279 a semiconductor tariff on national security grounds. They're also considering 298 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:05.480 a tariff on pharmaceuticals on the same reason, and essentially 299 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:07.960 they're looking to say, you know, we can't rely on 300 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:12.799 countries overseas for these critical spies. And that would likely 301 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:15.320 be a couple weeks to maybe a few months away, 302 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:19.080 but that's maybe the next big step in this ongoing process. 303 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:24.440 Okay. And then there's also he's been hinting about but 304 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:27.399 I don't think correct me if I'm wrong. I don't 305 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:29.039 think he's done anything about it yet. But he's been 306 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:33.080 hinting about putting taxes or tariffs on pharmaceuticals. 307 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:37.360 Yeah, he is. He's talked about this quite a bit. 308 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:41.759 And that's what we learned last night with this new bulletin, 309 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:44.960 if you will, where the administration indicated that they are 310 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:49.840 moving forward into an investigation into the national security grounds 311 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:52.879 that they could do a tariffs on pharmaceuticals. You know, 312 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:55.879 they'll say, like, there are components of drugs that come 313 00:16:55.960 --> 00:17:00.240 from China, India, Ireland, other countries in Europe, and the 314 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.840 President has said that American companies here should be making 315 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:07.200 those components here, not just importing them and then making 316 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:10.279 the actual drugs here. But you know, you and I 317 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:13.160 might have talked about this. This is kind of similar 318 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:16.279 in a very broad sense that like the auto acspect too, 319 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:21.599 of making the things here but bringing in parts from overseas, 320 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:25.039 and what the President is trying to do. But experts 321 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:28.000 are warning that if you starts putting tariffs on the 322 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:30.640 components of drugs, it's going to drive up the cost 323 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:33.480 of something like ibuprofen and over the counter drugs. 324 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:36.839 And we need our ibuprofen to stay cheap because I 325 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:40.079 need it a lot. Okay, there you go, Karrett Travers, 326 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:42.240 thank you so much for the information. We'll continue to 327 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:43.960 watch this and of course continue to talk to you 328 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:45.039 to help sort it out. 329 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:47.559 Have a great day, all right, you too. 330 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:50.440 Today is the last day for people affected by the 331 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:53.880 wildfires and Pacific palisades and Altadena to opt in to 332 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:58.200 the government's free fire debris removal program. Residents have been 333 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:00.200 asked to file a form to either opt in or 334 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:03.319 opt out of the program. Those who opt out will 335 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:06.599 have to hire private contractors to do the removal work, 336 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:08.839 and they will have to pay for it. There will 337 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:11.839 also be required or they will be required to have 338 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:15.599 the debris removed, or they could have their properties declared 339 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:19.240 a nuisance. People who lived in areas affected by the 340 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:22.359 wildfires in January getting a break on filing Texas. 341 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:26.000 The IRS often postpones deadlines for taxpayers in areas that 342 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:28.400 have been hit by natural disasters, and for victims of 343 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:31.400 the recent wildfires, the IRS will automatically give. 344 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:32.759 Filing and penalty relief. 345 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:36.039 IRS officials say individuals and businesses must have an address 346 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:39.000 of record in the disaster area to qualify, and they 347 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:41.799 will have until October fifteenth to file and pay. Heather 348 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:42.799 Brooker cafe Ie. 349 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:46.799 News Governor Newsom has announced a special election will be 350 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:51.720 held August twenty sixth to replace former state Assemblyman Bill Assie. 351 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:55.599 He was named US Attorney for California's Central District earlier 352 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:59.519 this month. Assie's former assembly district includes half of Corona 353 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:02.839 and some surrounding parts of the Inland Empire. The son 354 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:05.839 of an Orange County Superior Court judge charged in the 355 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:08.519 shooting death of his wife in Anaheim Hills, has returned 356 00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:11.559 to testify at his father's retrial. He was called to 357 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:15.279 the stand yesterday. After opening statements, prosecutors told the jury 358 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:18.920 judge Jeffrey Ferguson is a gun expert who'd been drinking 359 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:21.000 the day his wife was shot and killed in twenty 360 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:24.920 twenty three. Ferguson claims it was an accident. The first 361 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:28.319 jury deadlocked eleven to one last month in favor of conviction, 362 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:31.559 so a mistrial was declared and the retrial is underway. 363 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:35.200 LA radio personality Jed the Fish has died. 364 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:38.039 The LA Rock radio staple, whose real name was Edwin 365 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:40.920 gould Iid, was renowned for his work behind the microphone 366 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:42.799 for kara Q. When he was hired as an on 367 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:45.319 air DJ in nineteen seventy eight. He worked the afternoon 368 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:48.559 drive time slot until twenty twelve. His voice became synonymous 369 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:51.039 with alt rock and his famous interviews with artists like 370 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:54.200 U two, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, and Sting. His family 371 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:56.519 says he died from a fast spreading form of cancer 372 00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:57.799 at his home in Pasadena. 373 00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:58.880 He was sixty nine. 374 00:19:59.039 --> 00:20:00.559 Heather Brooker Ko Fine News. 375 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:04.480 The La Urban Policy round Table says it's time the 376 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:07.599 city fire department did something to address the increasing number 377 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:11.519 of street burnings in South LA. The group's president, Earl 378 00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:14.279 of Fari Hutchison, says there's been a rash of people 379 00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:16.880 burning trash and combustible materials. 380 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:21.759 The solar fires in South LA now and whole Missing campains. 381 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:23.559 People are doing what they do. 382 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:26.960 He says. The fires are dangerous for people, homes, and businesses. 383 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:30.839 Egg prices are up again, just as each your Easter 384 00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:33.839 is approaching. The average price for eggs hit a record 385 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:37.599 high this week, an average of six twenty three a dozen. 386 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:41.759 Trey Bodge, who operates a smart shopping website, says wholesale 387 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:44.640 egg prices have dropped, but shoppers aren't seeing it yet. 388 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:47.240 What we're seeing here is a lag of retailers are 389 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:51.680 taking a little bit of extra time unexpectedly to reduce 390 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:53.039 those prices for consumers. 391 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:56.640 Chocolate prices are also up. Some shoppers are looking for 392 00:20:56.880 --> 00:21:03.039 Easter alternatives. They say they plan to die marshmallows and 393 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:06.880 wait it gets better and hide potatoes instead of eggs. 394 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:10.079 Oh I can't wait to find a potato sink my 395 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.799 teeth into that. 396 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:15.480 Oh my gosh, I haven't heard that. Ben far Okay. 397 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:19.440 I mentioned earlier that today is Jackie Robinson Day across 398 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:22.759 the country. All major league players are going to be 399 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:25.599 wearing the number forty two to honor the day in 400 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:28.599 nineteen forty seven when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier 401 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:33.759