WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.160 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:08.439 with Me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:10.679 --> 00:00:16.440 KFI had KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:18.679 It's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:23.280 Here's Amy King. 6 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:31.640 It's five o'clock, straight up. Time to get up. This 7 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:35.600 is your wake up call for Wednesday, January twenty second. 8 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:40.320 Good morning, I'm Amy King. Big Happy birthday to Will Coleschreiber. 9 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:44.920 Our birthday boy. Thank you, and you came to work today. 10 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:49.719 Thirty nine again thirty yeah. Okay, got a lot going on. 11 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:51.439 I think we're going to be saying that kind of 12 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:56.320 every day because man, things are moving fast and furious. 13 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:59.600 Here's what's ahead on wake up Call. First wins Now. 14 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:03.600 La Mayor Bass has issued an emergency executive order to 15 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:06.359 shore up burn areas ahead of possible rain this weekend. 16 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:10.000 City crews have been ordered to shore up hillsides, reinforce roads, 17 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:13.280 and clear debris and vegetation from burn areas to keep 18 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:17.560 mud flows from contaminating stormwater systems, beaches, and the ocean. 19 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:21.400 Because of hazardous pollutants from the fires. People trained to 20 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:23.599 cross the border from Tijuana have been told the border 21 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:27.400 is closed and they cannot use the CBP one app 22 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:30.760 to apply for asylum any longer. Trump shut that down. 23 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:34.000 The San Diego Union Tribune says a million people trying 24 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:36.159 to get into the US used the app over the 25 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:39.519 last two years. President Trump says he would be okay 26 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:42.959 with TikTok being sold to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison 27 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:45.680 if they wanted to buy it. Trump granted TikTok a 28 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:48.480 seventy five day reprieve on a ban on the Chinese 29 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:51.920 owned social media company through an executive order. It is 30 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:55.000 a whirldwind at the White House. ABC's Careen Travers has 31 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:58.079 the latest on a five hundred billion dollar investment in 32 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:02.840 AI what's being tagged one Big Beautiful Bill, and Trump's 33 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:05.599 trip to California that's coming up in about four minutes. 34 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:08.159 And we knew the effects of the wildfires that were 35 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:10.000 going to be far reaching. We're going to tell you 36 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:13.840 about the people facing a life threatening situation because of it. 37 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:16.520 Didn't even think of this one and how you can help. 38 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:20.479 Got another edition of Amy's on It today. I'm on 39 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:24.560 the stream and with Awards season in full swing, I 40 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:27.759 thought I better see some of those movies that are nominated. 41 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:31.879 This one really bizarre. Is it worth your time and money? 42 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:35.919 We'll tell you that's coming up at five thirty, and 43 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:38.080 is it worth your time and money? I'm asking that 44 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:41.120 question because it's not streaming for free yet. Let's get 45 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:42.599 started with some of the stories coming out of the 46 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:46.159 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Fire officials say forward progress 47 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:48.159 has been stopped on a fire that's burned about thirty 48 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:51.759 eight eight acres in Harupa Valley in Riverside County. It's 49 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:55.800 forty percent surrounded. The fire started yesterday in the Santa 50 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:58.719 Anna River Bottom. Homes were threatened for a while, and 51 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:04.280 evacuation order was issued. Two La County supervisors have introduced 52 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:07.840 a motion calling for an independent review of the emergency 53 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:12.599 notification systems used to inform residents of evacuation orders. Kfi's 54 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:15.879 Mark Mayfield says some people in Altadena claim they never 55 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:18.759 got warnings and evacuation orders came too late. 56 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:22.120 The fire started at about six thirty pm on January seventh. 57 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:25.879 Residents of neighborhoods west of Lake Avenue reportedly did not 58 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:29.840 get electronic evacuation alerts until three twenty five the next morning. 59 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:33.039 The fire that started in Eaton Canyon has burned more 60 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:36.080 than fourteen thousand acres, destroyed more than nine thousand homes 61 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:39.240 and other buildings, and killed at least seventeen people. The 62 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:43.199 fires eighty nine percent surrounded. Some renters in La County 63 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:46.919 who help displaced fires victims now have some extra protection. 64 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:49.439 The Board of Supervisors has voted to make sure tenants 65 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:52.560 can't lose their home for taking in extra people temporarily 66 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:56.520 during the recovery from wildfires. Supervisor Lindsay Horvath says this 67 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:59.000 is not the time for property owners to be greedy 68 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:00.919 or punitive to landlords. 69 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.919 I want to be very clear we will not tolerate 70 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:07.319 using this crisis as a reason to evict tenants or 71 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:08.199 to price gouge. 72 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:11.599 The board also loosened restrictions around short term rentals, allowing 73 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:14.039 for more units to be advertised as long as they 74 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:15.759 are going to people in need of housing due to 75 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:18.879 the wildfires. Michael Monks KFI news. 76 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:22.800 La County Supervisors have approved sending a letter to President Trump, 77 00:04:22.920 --> 00:04:26.399 Governor Newsom, and other state and federal agencies to try 78 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:30.199 to get funding for wildfire recovery. The motion highlights former 79 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:34.000 President Biden's pledge to provide one hundred percent federal backing 80 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:37.800 for debris removal and emergency protective measures for six months. 81 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:41.600 Governor Newsom proposed last week that California provided least two 82 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:44.680 and a half billion dollars in additional funding for ongoing 83 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:48.439 emergency response efforts and to speed up recovery efforts. President 84 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:51.480 Trump has said he plans to visit southern California on Friday. 85 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:54.879 I mentioned that Karen Travers would be joining us at 86 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:56.959 five oh five, but no, she's going to join us 87 00:04:57.160 --> 00:04:59.920 to tell us about that and more coming up at FI. 88 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.639 I've twenty it is five six on your Wednesday morning 89 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:10.399 wake up call. Let's say good morning to ABC's Mike Nabuski. So, Mike, 90 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:14.079 TikTok was blocked, but that didn't last long. So give 91 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:16.360 us a quick recap of why it went down and 92 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:18.600 then why it came back online, and then we'll talk 93 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:19.519 about what happens next. 94 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:23.839 Yeah, So over the weekend, TikTok kind of intentionally shut 95 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:27.600 itself down. It went dark a little before midnight on Saturday. 96 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:30.240 And this was ahead of the band that we've been 97 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:33.879 talking about for several weeks now taking effect on Sunday. 98 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:37.959 So that legislation went into effects as normal as we expected. However, 99 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:42.240 TikTok slowly came back. It restored service over the course 100 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:46.360 of Sunday, and when users went to open TikTok on Sunday, 101 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:48.839 in addition to being able to scroll through videos just 102 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:51.439 like they used to be able to, they also were 103 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:55.120 greeted with a pop up message thanking now President Trump 104 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:58.920 for providing the necessary clarity to do so. 105 00:05:59.399 --> 00:05:59.600 Now. 106 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:02.399 This all came after Donald Trump made some noise on 107 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:05.680 his own social media platform, truth Social, indicating that there 108 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:09.720 will be no liability for companies that host TikTok, essentially saying, 109 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:13.079 if you know you're major tech company, if you're a 110 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:16.040 web service provider or a company that runs an app store, 111 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:19.040 We're not going to hit you with a fine if 112 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:23.319 you host TikTok as this law stipulates. So that seemed 113 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:26.279 to be enough for companies like Oracle, which is TikTok 114 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:29.839 sort of web partner. They provide like the architecture for 115 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:33.519 TikTok to exist on the American Internet. They said, we're fine, 116 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:36.720 bring TikTok back. That's why you can now scroll through 117 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:39.879 TikTok on your phone just like you could last week. However, 118 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:43.160 it's not enough for other companies like Apple and Google, 119 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:45.639 which still have not allowed the app to come back 120 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:48.519 onto their app stores, which means that if you already 121 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:51.800 have TikTok downloaded, you really probably don't notice that much 122 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:55.120 of a difference. If you want to download TikTok onto 123 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:57.079 a new device, it's going to be a lot more challenging. 124 00:06:57.800 --> 00:06:59.959 So if Apple and Google aren't offering it as there 125 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:03.560 any way to get it, or you just can't get. 126 00:07:03.439 --> 00:07:07.720 It right now, so there's kind of more technical ways 127 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:10.360 to get it. You know, you can sideload it through 128 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:14.279 a different app store, but ultimately for most users that 129 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:16.839 would be kind of like too technical and too challenging 130 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:18.639 a thing to do, and probably if. 131 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:20.839 You don't have it, you don't really care if you get. 132 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:23.519 It now, especially when you consider that there are a 133 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:26.399 lot of other apps and services out there that are 134 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:28.920 kind of exactly the same as TikTok, at least from 135 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:31.120 a functional point of view, right, Like, why would you 136 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:34.199 go through the trouble of trying to find, you know, 137 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:36.839 a VPN that can download TikTok on a foreign app 138 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:39.160 store and then somehow bring that onto your own phone 139 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:41.120 that exists here in the United States when you can 140 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:43.399 just go over to Instagram Reels and that's a sort 141 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:46.399 of scrolling feed of vertical video. YouTube shorts is the 142 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:49.160 same thing, red note is the same thing. I think 143 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.639 it's going to be interesting to see people who you know, 144 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:55.439 kind of came up on TikTok as the app's future 145 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:58.199 kind of remains in doubt, and whether they make the 146 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:01.120 jump over to those other services, as many of them say, 147 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:04.800 you know, those apps aren't quite as good. The algorithm isn't, 148 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:07.720 as you know, finally attuned as TikTok is. But if 149 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:11.120 TikTok becomes kind of unusable, which is another thing that 150 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:13.319 could happen given the fact that it's not on app stores, 151 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:15.800 then you know, they might kind of just suck it 152 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:17.600 up and make the jump over to those other apps. 153 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:20.000 Okay. And I heard that a lot of people had 154 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:22.920 migrated over to a different app. And again I'm not 155 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:25.360 a TikTok user, so I don't even know if it's 156 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:27.519 the name of the other app, but that a huge 157 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:31.439 amount of people went over to another app. Are they 158 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:32.519 going to migrate. 159 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:36.519 Back now or that's the question? You know, I think 160 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:39.240 it's all early days at this point, people are still 161 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:42.440 posting on TikTok. They're still uploading videos to TikTok, people 162 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:45.000 of course who already have the app installed on their devices, 163 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:47.799 who never deleted it in the last few days. But 164 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:49.679 I think the app that you're probably thinking about there 165 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:53.200 is red Note, which is another Chinese app of vertical 166 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:57.159 scrolling video Shaohongshu is the Chinese name for it. Read 167 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:00.240 that it's kind of the americanized version of it, And 168 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:03.879 the sentiment from many young people who made the jump 169 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:06.240 over to that app is kind of like, well, hey, 170 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:08.519 if the US federal government is going to take away 171 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:10.559 this Chinese app that I like, I'm just going to 172 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:12.440 jump over to another Chinese app just to kind of 173 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:14.879 pokem in the eye. It seems in some ways to 174 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:18.519 be kind of motivated by spite and you know, kind 175 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:20.360 of you know, flying in the face of a lot 176 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:23.240 of the national security concerns that lawmakers have raised as 177 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:26.159 a reason for wanting to ban TikTok, So that seems 178 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:27.799 to be motivating some of that move. 179 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:28.720 You know. 180 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:30.919 I don't want to put too much emphasis on Red 181 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:34.000 Note because it is somewhat more clunky than TikTok, A 182 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:37.000 lot of the sort of controls are in Mandarin Chinese, 183 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:40.399 and it is just not as refined an experience, it 184 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:43.159 seems like. But you know, people behind Red Note are 185 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:45.679 working on it. By all accounts, it seems to have 186 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:49.320 gotten better and more friendly to English speaking users in 187 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:52.159 the last few months or so, and there have been 188 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:55.720 some sort of interesting cultural exchanges on that app, you know, 189 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:00.240 primarily Chinese used now communicating with primarily American users who 190 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:03.600 are calling themselves TikTok refugees of all things. So that 191 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:06.440 is that's another thing to keep your eye on, okay. 192 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:08.039 And we will keep our eye on it. And for 193 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:10.879 now we're in a holding pattern and we'll see what 194 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:13.879 happens next. Mike Debuski, thank you so much. Appreciate it, 195 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:16.480 of course. Thanks are all right, take care. Let's get 196 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:17.720 back to some of the stories coming out of the 197 00:10:17.799 --> 00:10:20.240 KFI twenty four our newsroom. A man has been killed 198 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:23.159 another injured after being stabbed during a robbery at the 199 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:26.639 metrolink station in Fontana. The man who survived the attack 200 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:28.759 was able to give police a description of the stabber 201 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:31.000 in his car. I release say two men were arrested 202 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:33.879 near the scene on Saturday. Two more were found in 203 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:36.639 a vehicle linked to the stabbing, and we're also arrested. 204 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:40.919 The Trump administration is directed that all federal Diversity, Equity 205 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:44.120 and Inclusion staff bey put on paid lead. 206 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:46.919 The news comes after Trump signed an executive director of 207 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:50.960 ending federal DEI programs, with offices being ordered to shut down. 208 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:53.759 White House Press Secretary of Caroline Levitt called the move 209 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:58.120 a win for Americans, calling DEI programs a scourage on society. 210 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:02.320 Cafi's Mark Mayfield says Trump signed the order Monday. Trump 211 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:05.519 is called the program's discrimination. He says hiring will be 212 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:09.960 merit based and color blind. Former National security advisor to 213 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:13.240 President Trump John Bolton is losing his Secret Service protection. 214 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:14.919 You take a job, you want to do a job. 215 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:16.679 We're not going to have security on people for the 216 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:17.559 rest of their lives. 217 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:22.440 Why should we. Trump fired Bolton in twenty nineteen. President 218 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:26.480 Biden granted Bolton's Secret Service protection in twenty twenty one 219 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.799 after a threat on his life from Iran. Trump called 220 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:32.559 Bolton a warmonger. Bolton said he found out he was 221 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:36.600 losing the protection Monday night, hours after President Trump's inauguration. 222 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:40.279 More than two hundred million Americans are under some kind 223 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:44.000 of cold weather alert that include places like Philadelphia, where 224 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:48.000 residents like Samantha Kimmel are dealing with single digit temperatures 225 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:51.960 absolutely freezing. Temperatures are sub zero. We have an electric car. 226 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:54.679 I didn't know who would even start, so we're just 227 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:56.759 happy to be getting on the train and getting warm. 228 00:11:57.039 --> 00:11:59.960 The two main airports in Houston had to be closed 229 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:03.639 because of the unprecedented cold weather, and snow has even 230 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:07.960 fallen in Florida. Meteorologists say it could stick around through today, 231 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:11.919 but won't reach Tampa. New data shows gas prices in 232 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:14.519 the US have gone up in the last week. ABC's 233 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:18.759 Alex Stone says analysts blame higher oil prices and colder weather. 234 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:21.759 The Entergy Department reports a price of regular unloaded went 235 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:24.000 up seven cents a gallon in the past week to 236 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:26.720 three eleven a gallon. That's about five cents higher than 237 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:29.440 a year ago this time three eleven. 238 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:32.600 We haven't seen that for quite a while. The average 239 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:35.799 price in California for a gallon of regular gas four 240 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:38.679 forty five. In La County, it's four forty nine, four 241 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:42.000 forty four in Orange County, and the Inland Empire it's 242 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:46.000 four thirty seven. Robert Murdoch's British tabloids have made a 243 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:49.320 rare apology to Prince Harry in the settlement of an 244 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:52.480 invasion of privacy lawsuit. They'll pay what's been called a 245 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:53.679 substantial sum. 246 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:57.679 Us UK is finally held to account for its illegal 247 00:12:57.720 --> 00:13:01.120 actions and it's latant disc god for the Lord. 248 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:05.320 Harry's lawyer, David Sherborne says Newsgroup offered a full and 249 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:09.360 unequivocal apology to the Duke of Sussex for years of 250 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:14.440 unlawful intrusion. It's the first time Newsgroup newspapers have acknowledged 251 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:19.399 wrongdoing at the SUN. A popular streaming service is raising 252 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:20.600 its prices again. 253 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:23.320 Subscribers of Netflix found out on Tuesday that they're going 254 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:25.080 to have to pay more to keep the service. A 255 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:27.840 standard plan without ads is increasing by two dollars and 256 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:30.600 fifty cents to seventeen ninety nine per month. The ad 257 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.440 supported tier will go up one dollar to seven ninety nine. 258 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:36.200 Now if you have the Premium tier, that's going up 259 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:38.320 two bucks to twenty four to ninety nine a month. 260 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:41.440 The price he comes as Netflix reported nearly nineteen million 261 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:44.279 new subscribers in the fourth quarter of last year. Globally, 262 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:47.879 Netflix now has over three hundred million paid subscribers. Andrew 263 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:50.080 Caravella KYFI News. 264 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:54.759 A record quarter millions of new subscribers. And then they go, wow, 265 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:58.120 things are so great, let's raise prices. Is it supposed 266 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:01.240 to go the other way? Things never go down. It 267 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:05.080 seems like ever we shall see. The strongest winds have 268 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:07.279 blown through, but the National Weather Service says there will 269 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:10.399 still be wins and humidity levels are low, so red 270 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:13.519 flag warnings for high fire danger remain until at least 271 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:16.200 tomorrow night. I do not drink notice has been extended 272 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:18.639 in Pasadena because of damage to the water supply from 273 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:21.279 the Eaten fire, and the only county Sheriff's department says 274 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:25.360 it's going to increase patrols in Altadena to keep looters away. 275 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:29.960 Let's not keep Karen away any longer. Good morning, Karen 276 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:33.799 travers it. So we had day one, day one, and 277 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:37.039 President Trump has announced a pretty huge investment for the 278 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:37.799 United States. 279 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:41.879 Yeah, you know, and to note this is not schedil 280 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:45.440 government money investment. This is companies who say that they're 281 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:48.519 investing in a joint venture. So three companies who have 282 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:51.679 come together to do their own project, a business project. 283 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:54.159 But the President yesterday, was very excited to count this 284 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:57.399 as part of what he says is his plans to 285 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:03.200 move forward on artificial intelligence investment AI, open AI, soft Bank, 286 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:05.320 and Oracle, the heads of those companies were at the 287 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:07.919 White House yesterday to talk about this one hundred billion 288 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:11.080 dollars that they're moving forward on to open data centers 289 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:15.879 in Texas for artificial intelligence production empowering. They say that'll 290 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:19.000 potentially invest about five hundred billion dollars maybe up to 291 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:21.759 five hundred billion dollars over the next four years. But 292 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:24.559 again important to note this is not government money that's 293 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:27.279 being invested. And also this is in the works before 294 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:29.600 President Trump took office, so it's not like it came 295 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:32.480 together in the last forty eight hours. But he has 296 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:35.080 made AI a priority. He's very close with a lot 297 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:38.559 of these tech leaders and wanted to count this very 298 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:40.120 quickly after he took office. 299 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:43.440 Yeah, okay, and then Karen, what is the deal with 300 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:47.960 the big beautiful bill that President ju, House Speaker Mike Johnson, 301 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:50.559 and Senate Majority Leader John Thune all talked about in 302 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:51.799 the Oval Office yesterday. 303 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:55.159 Yeah, So stay tuned, and you know, sorry, this is 304 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:57.440 going to get wonky over the next couple of months. 305 00:15:57.519 --> 00:16:00.320 We're going to have conversations about this as they move forward. 306 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:02.399 And you'll probably remember we did this four years ago 307 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:06.200 when President Biden took office. This is President Trump saying 308 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:08.519 to Congress, here are my priorities. I want to have 309 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:13.759 a legislation on taxes, energy production, border security, and immigration. 310 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:16.600 Figure out how to do it all and get it passed. 311 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:18.279 And the question is do you put it all together 312 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:20.519 in one big bill because that's the best chance of 313 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:23.159 it getting passed, or do you try to break it 314 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:25.799 up into smaller bills because Republicans have such a slim 315 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:28.240 majority in both the House and Senate right now, that's 316 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:31.000 what they're trying to work out. It's very processing, but 317 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:33.240 no surprise, the president's very impatient and he wants to 318 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:35.399 see some progress and get them moving on this so 319 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:38.399 he can get legislation under his belt. But there is 320 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:41.159 a lot to be worked out, including what the legislation 321 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:43.480 is even going to focus on, and then how they 322 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:44.159 put it together. 323 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:47.200 Okay, so we'll be watching that. And then before you go, 324 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:51.240 Trump's Trump's headed to California to check out the wildfires, 325 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:53.279 but he's making another stop first. 326 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:56.200 Yeah, he's going to go to North Carolina first to 327 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:59.759 look at the recovery efforts there after Hurricane Heleen last, 328 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:03.279 and then he will make his way out to your area. 329 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:06.319 No details yet on what that visit is going to 330 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:09.000 look like, where he will go, who he will meet with, 331 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:11.640 but he did say, you know, it's a disaster relief 332 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:13.799 trip and recovery efforts, and he wants to get a 333 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:16.000 sense of what things are looking like firsthand. 334 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:19.920 Okay, ABC's Karen Travers as, I was talking to another 335 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:21.440 one of the people that we talked to on a 336 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:24.400 regular basis. Buckle up, it's going to be a wild ride, 337 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:28.319 absolutely all right. Take care. Rain may finally be on 338 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:31.559 the way to southern California after a lengthy dry spound. 339 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:34.839 The region has seen multiple Santa Ana wind events, low humidity, 340 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:39.079 and no significant rainfall in months. National Weather Service meteorologist 341 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:42.759 Alex Tarti in San Diego says it's been an unprecedented period. 342 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:45.519 We've never been in this territory before. We've never seen 343 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:47.680 a mid January with these numbers. 344 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:48.319 Never. 345 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:51.039 Tarti says. The gusty winds and the fire danger they 346 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:53.640 bring are expected to continue this week, but by the 347 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:56.359 weekend we may see some rain across the region and 348 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:59.440 maybe even some snow in the mountain areas. Michael Monks 349 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:00.480 KFI News. 350 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:03.799 Eleven deaths have now been blamed on the fire that 351 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:07.720 started in Pacific Palisades. The county Medical Examiner confirmed the 352 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:10.799 number yesterday. Authorities have said they anticipate the number of 353 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:14.359 fatalities to rise as crews continue sifting through the ash 354 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:16.799 and rubble. The fire, which has burned more than twenty 355 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:19.079 three thousand acres and more than six thousand homes and 356 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:22.720 other buildings, is sixty five percent surrounded. CalFire says fire 357 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:26.599 crews have been making good progress building containment lines. Utilities 358 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:29.799 are working to repair infrastructure and address hazards like fallen 359 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:34.960 trees and downed power lines. Fire breaks in new neighborhoods 360 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:39.240 and wetter ecosystems are being suggested as things cities can 361 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:41.880 do in the future to avoid devastating wildfires like the 362 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:46.240 ones in La County. Chief Tree Officer Peter van Midwood, 363 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:50.680 with the Global Tree Planting Movement ECOSIA, says drought conditions 364 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:53.359 and Santa Ana wins should be factored in when designing 365 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:54.640 future housing developments. 366 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:57.920 I think firebreaks making sure to get more water available 367 00:18:57.920 --> 00:19:01.119 in the landscape, so you creative wetter ecosy, but also 368 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:04.400 more palms and sweels where there's water when you need 369 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:05.559 it for firefighters. 370 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:08.759 He says materials other than wood should also be considered 371 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:12.920 for building houses. Jet Blue is giving customers more ways 372 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:16.400 to buy and fly. ABC's Michelle Fransen says the airline 373 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:18.119 is expanding ways to buy a ticket. 374 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:21.880 The popular carrier announced it's now accepting Venmo for direct 375 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:25.359 bookings when using its website. Jet Blue now the first 376 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:28.160 and only airline to use the peer to peer payment app. 377 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:31.240 She says it's part of the airline's efforts to compete 378 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:35.000 and draw in younger travelers. The Supreme Court in Colorado 379 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:38.400 has rejected a personhood claim for elephants being kept in 380 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:42.680 a zoo. ABC's Alex Stone says animal lobbyists claim detaining 381 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:44.160 the elephants is unlawful. 382 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:47.839 Washington, DC based non Human Rights Project claimed the elephants 383 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:50.920 born in the wilds of Africa are essentially imprisoned in 384 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:53.519 the zoo and using a human law for unlawful detention, 385 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:55.079 wanted to get them out. 386 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:57.880 The court says because elephants aren't human, the group doesn't 387 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:00.440 have the legal right to fight for their release under 388 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:05.920 Habeas corpus, the law meant for human prisoners. As you know, 389 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:09.559 we've been collecting donations and with your help, raising money 390 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:12.839 for the fire victims in La County for both the 391 00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:17.480 Eton and the Palisades fires, and that work continues, still 392 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:21.079 taking donations. 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