WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.200 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 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:14.519 KFI had KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:18.519 Hey, it's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:22.079 --> 00:00:23.160 Here's Amy King. 6 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:31.960 Good morning. It's five o'clock, straight up. This is your 7 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:36.719 wake up call for Monday, April fourteen. I'm Amy King. 8 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:40.000 We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Hope you had 9 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.600 a fabulous weekend. The days started out a little sketchy, 10 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:46.399 but then the sun came out. It was beautiful. It's 11 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:48.520 gonna a little more cloudy this week, but that's okay. 12 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:53.200 Still dry. How about those Dodgers? How about those Dodgers. 13 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:55.960 It's sorry, but no, they're your team. 14 00:00:56.359 --> 00:00:58.240 Well, you know, are you making fun? 15 00:00:58.320 --> 00:00:59.920 It's a little rough, rough weekend. 16 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:02.920 Hey, even the best of the best have a bad 17 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:06.599 day every once in a while. It was a good 18 00:01:06.680 --> 00:01:12.359 day for MOI. I finally did my taxes. I know 19 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:15.680 they're not really due tomorrow because I'm in La County, right, 20 00:01:16.359 --> 00:01:17.760 but I was like, you know what if I don't 21 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:20.959 do them now, they're just gonna sit there and it's 22 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:23.439 going to keep bugging me and bugging me. So I 23 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:25.959 procrastinated as long as I could and spent pretty much 24 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:27.920 all day Sunday organizing everything. 25 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:29.280 Do you think you're getting a refund? 26 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:32.400 I doubt it. I have to wait. I have to 27 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:35.480 send everything off, Like mine are weird and complicated, so 28 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:41.000 I send them off, so I said, fingers crossed like 29 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:44.400 everybody I know. Oh's though, I'm probably gonna yeah, are you? 30 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:47.040 I thought only rich people had to pay a lot 31 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:53.200 of taxes and also the last of us. I'm back. 32 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:57.519 That's right, it's back. Yes. The second season first episode 33 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:03.799 premiered last night on Max. Lots of questions, lots of questions, 34 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:06.719 so I'm looking forward to that. Of course, that's one 35 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:09.680 of the series. I can't binge it like because it 36 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:13.159 comes out once a week and I'm no anticipating it 37 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:14.599 enough that I'm going to watch it as it goes. 38 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:16.199 I'm not going to wait to binge it at the end. 39 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:19.800 Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. Governor Newsim says 40 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:23.360 pH will be open in time for summer. The highway 41 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:26.439 that's been closed to most traffic since the wildfires in 42 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:28.400 January is expected to reopen by the end of the 43 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:32.439 of May, which is ahead of schedule. The mother of 44 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:35.080 a seven year old girl has been arrested after the 45 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:37.479 little girl was found dead in a bathtub in an 46 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:40.360 apartment in Van Nuys. The LA County Medical Examiner's report 47 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:43.960 released yesterday since the girl died from asphyxia due to 48 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:48.560 net compression and drowning. US Senator Bernie Sanders has made 49 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:53.240 an unannounced stop at Coachella following his anti Trump rally 50 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:55.960 in downtown La Saturday that drew a crowd of about 51 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:59.439 thirty six thousand. He took the stage at Coachella to 52 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:03.520 introduce Clara and also warn the crowd of an economy 53 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:08.120 that prioritizes billionaires over working families. As he put it, 54 00:03:08.840 --> 00:03:11.080 what some people are doing to keep their teslas safe 55 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:15.120 as more people are being targeted over Elon Musk's involvement 56 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:17.639 with DOGE. ABC's Jim Ryan's going to tell us about 57 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:19.879 that in just a couple of minutes. Tariffs seem to 58 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:23.479 be changing well almost daily. Kfi's White House correspondent John 59 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:25.120 Decker is going to join us at fiveot twenty to 60 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:28.520 tell us what has changed just since the weekend. At 61 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:31.560 five point fifty and exhibit at the Reagan Library of 62 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:35.479 even more profound biblical proportions. We're going to be talking 63 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:38.479 with the head of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the 64 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:44.120 Israel Antiquities Authority. And take a good look at my face. 65 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:47.599 Smokey Robinson's coming to the Serrito Center for the Performing 66 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:50.759 Arts this weekend on Friday. And guess what. We have 67 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:54.000 a pair of dikets for you that's coming up all 68 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:56.199 during wake up call. Hope you'll stick around for it. 69 00:03:56.280 --> 00:03:57.879 Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 70 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:01.120 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom of the Menendez 71 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:04.840 brothers is in the hospital in critical condition. Relatives are 72 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:08.639 blaming La County DA Nathan Hawkman. Eighty five year old 73 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:11.759 Terry Berlt's daughter, posted on social media over the weekend 74 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:13.759 about her mom being found unresponsive. 75 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:15.240 This is a hard video for me to make. 76 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:17.560 I need to share with you that she was taken 77 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:20.000 to the hospital by ambulance early this morning. 78 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:23.720 The elder Baralt is the sister of Jose Menendez, who 79 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:26.279 was murdered along with his wife back in nineteen eighty nine. 80 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:30.160 The family says Terry Berralt got sick after prosecutors showed 81 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:34.639 graphic photos of the Menendez bodies without warning during a 82 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:37.680 court hearing on Friday. The resentencing hearing for Eric and 83 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:40.720 Lao Menendez is set for Thursday and Friday. A man's 84 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:43.480 been killed in a shooting outside the Long Beach Grand 85 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:46.360 Prix racecourse. This guy, who lives nearby says he heard 86 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:48.600 the commotion late Sunday, Saturday afternoon. 87 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:50.800 This place is really near the turn eight of the 88 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:53.000 Grand Prix, so there's a lot of police and fire 89 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:55.319 and everything already prepositioned in the area. So when I 90 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:58.399 looked out, the police were starting to run around already, 91 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:00.560 and again I wasn't quite sure what what had happened, 92 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:01.920 but some of them had their guns drawn. 93 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:04.560 The man killed had been shot multiple times. Police say 94 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:06.759 they believe he had been in an argument with the shooter. 95 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:09.680 And lines at dm V office is expected to start 96 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:14.439 getting longer as people apply for real ID. ABC sphill 97 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:18.079 lipeof says starting on May seventh, anyone flying out of 98 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:20.040 the US will need one to get on a flight. 99 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:23.560 According to federal documents, as of January of last year, 100 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:27.839 only fifty six percent of driver's license were real IDs. 101 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:31.720 Starting today, ten DMV offices in southern California are going 102 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:34.000 to open an hour earlier every day of the week 103 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:37.839 except Wednesday through June twenty seventh. Of course, you can 104 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:41.680 still use a passport. Let's say, good morning now to 105 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:48.639 ABC's Jim Ryan, So Jim. Tesla remains embroiled in controversy 106 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:52.480 because of Elon Musk's involvement with DOGE. Are people still 107 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:53.959 buying them? 108 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:55.519 Well, we are. 109 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:59.879 In fact, Tesla is still the best selling electric vehicle 110 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:02.800 in the United States, but it's dominance has fallen somewhat. 111 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:05.120 I think the number is forty four percent of evs 112 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:08.000 are Tesla's those sold in this country, but that's down 113 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:11.279 by nearly ten percent from just a year ago. What 114 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:14.000 has happened in the last year, Well, of course Elon 115 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:18.000 Musk has become close friends with President Trump. He was 116 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:21.639 named head of DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, which 117 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:25.600 fired thousands and thousands of federal workers, and suddenly Tesla's 118 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:29.160 although Tesla has nothing to do with it except that 119 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:32.639 it's CEO is Elon Musk. Tesla's have been the target 120 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:38.480 of protests, the target of vandalism, and the target of controversy, 121 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:41.920 and now the resale value has drop dropped off a cliff. 122 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:46.639 There's something like eighteen thousand vehicles listed on one sale 123 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:49.800 site alone, and you can go online to Etsy and 124 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:55.040 purchase stickers that express your either disdain or support for Elon. 125 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:57.519 Musk on the same page on Etsy, where you can 126 00:06:57.560 --> 00:07:00.560 buy a bumper sticker that says I bought this before 127 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:03.319 Elon went crazy, you can buy a sticker that says 128 00:07:03.439 --> 00:07:08.439 still driving Tesla, still team Elon. So yeah, the market 129 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:11.480 is still very much active in terms of expressing yourself. 130 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:14.800 I would be concerned about the if I was a 131 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:20.560 Tesla owner putting a sticker saying still driving Tesla supporting Elon, 132 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:22.480 because I think that just attracts the crazies. 133 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:25.240 Well, I'm sure, I think you're right, and that's why 134 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:28.040 a lot of Tesla drivers are going the opposite direction. 135 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:32.600 They're taking the badges, the Tesla badges off their vehicles 136 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:35.360 and leaving it look looking like a plane car or 137 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:39.120 replacing the Tesla badge with other things. You can get 138 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:43.480 the Audi rings, those linked rings, put those on your car, 139 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:48.959 make it look like an Audi. Yeah yeah you can. 140 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:50.879 Or or Toyota. 141 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:51.240 You can. 142 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:53.120 You can make it look like a Toyota by putting 143 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:56.399 Toyota badges on it. You can purchase those online. There's 144 00:07:56.439 --> 00:08:00.800 no mistaking a cyber truck though, right, I did disguise 145 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:03.680 and ad something else, and so that's where these stickers 146 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:05.959 are coming in. I saw a cyber truck the other 147 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:08.759 day with a sticker it said Elon Musk and then 148 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:10.560 that the name was in a circle and it was 149 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:16.439 crossed out, expressing that Tesla driver's disdain for Elon Musk 150 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:17.959 while still driving a Tesla. 151 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:21.399 You know, I a friend of mine was asking me, 152 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:23.480 it was about a month ago, and she's like, I 153 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:25.639 don't know what I'm going to do about this Tesla 154 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:27.120 because she has one. And I was like, what do 155 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:28.759 you mean, what are you going to do about your Tesla? 156 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:31.879 And she goes, well, people, you know, people are upset 157 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:33.480 about it. And I was like, you got to be crazy. 158 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:37.600 So to see this unfold is more people become I 159 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:41.320 rate and attack the owners of the tesla. Yeah, as 160 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:46.279 opposed to just you know, voicing their concerns or dismay 161 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:50.639 with the owner of tesla. It's just kind of crazy. 162 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:52.840 Yeah, that's the quandary that a lot of people find 163 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:56.279 themselves in they're driving Tesla's and in many cases these 164 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:59.799 people are are liberals who bought a Tesla because it's 165 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:02.480 for the environment ostensibly, right, you don't have to put 166 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:05.080 gas in it, and so it's a cleaner vehicle, and 167 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:07.960 so that's why they bought it. And now suddenly fellow 168 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:11.279 liberals are attacking their cars or vandalizing the vehicles or 169 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:16.440 at least holding demonstrations against Tesla because of Elon Musk. So, 170 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:18.120 I mean, it's a confusing time. 171 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:23.519 For sure, attacking their own not so smart seriously anyway, Well, and. 172 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:28.720 At the same time, beyond the protest demonstrations even vandalism, Yeah, 173 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:33.039 you're finding that the resale value of Tesla's has absolutely plunged, 174 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:38.000 and you're finding that they're flooding the market, the resale 175 00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:40.080 market with Tesla's because people are trying to get rid 176 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:43.399 of them, presumably partly because of Elon Musk. 177 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:43.519 So. 178 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:47.840 Yeah, a public opinion is one thing, but dollars out there, 179 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:48.759 that's a different matter. 180 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:54.039 Okay, and Jim. Lawmakers are apparently getting involved. Are is 181 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:57.720 it only Republicans or is it democratic? Lawmakers also looking 182 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:01.120 to crack down on vandalism and destruction, well. 183 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:01.519 A little of each. 184 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:04.519 In New York State, specifically, a state senator there has 185 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:10.039 introduced legislation which would add quote suppression or promotion of 186 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:14.080 a political ideology for damaging private property would increase the 187 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:17.440 penalty for doing that. So if you vandalize something just 188 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:19.799 because you're being ornery, that's one thing. But if you 189 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:22.360 vandalize it in the name of making a political statement, 190 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:25.480 that would increase the penalty under this particular provision. But 191 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:28.320 at the same time, in the same New York State Assembly, 192 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:33.360 the other lawmakers are supporting a plan to divest state 193 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:37.919 pension funds from Tesla, right, and blocking new Tesla dealerships 194 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:40.279 from being set up in parts of New York. So 195 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:43.600 you're seeing both sides playing out in the New York 196 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:48.240 State Assembly. The supporters of Tesla and opponents of Tesla 197 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:49.559 are making their views known. 198 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:54.360 Well, I'm guessing that Elon Musk sits back every once 199 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:56.399 in a while and thinks, Wow, I got a lot 200 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:58.960 more than I bargained for with this good thing. 201 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:02.480 He's super rich, right, he kind of maybe knew what 202 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:05.759 he was getting into. He's been the face of Tesla's 203 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:10.720 SpaceX and Twitter and now x ever since it all started, 204 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:13.600 and so there could be one part of him saying 205 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:14.080 I love this. 206 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:17.240 Yeah, Well there's that all right, ABC's Jim Ryan, Thank 207 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:20.000 you so much. Appreciate it by Amy. All right, let's 208 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:21.320 get back to some of the stories coming out of 209 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:24.200 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom and all female crew 210 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:27.279 of celebrities than others heading to the edge of space 211 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:27.799 this morning. 212 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:30.799 Those boarding the Blue Origin flight include pop star Katie Perry, 213 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:35.120 CBS Mornings Gail King, and Jeff Bezos's own fiancee, Lauren Sanchez. 214 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:38.600 They'll fly with former NASA rocket scientist Aisha bo, researcher 215 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:42.000 Amanda Nuyen, and film producer Carrie Ann Flynn. It's a 216 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:45.120 history making mission. The first all female space flight crew 217 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:47.799 since nineteen sixty three. Lift off his schedule for six 218 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:50.240 thirty in the morning, our time from Van Horn, Texas, 219 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:52.000 Brigida Degastino KAFI News. 220 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:55.360 Nuclear talks between the US and Tehran are expected to 221 00:11:55.399 --> 00:12:00.679 continue next weekend. Negotiators met briefly on Saturday. Sees Marcus 222 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:05.120 Morris's US envoy, Steve Whitkoff, led the discussions, which were 223 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:07.480 mostly done indirectly. 224 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:10.480 With each delegation in their own room and communications done 225 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:13.600 through OMANI mediators. But we understand that at the end 226 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:17.480 officials did meet briefly face to face, and so much 227 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:20.720 is at stake surrounding these talks, not least the stability 228 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:21.759 of the entire region. 229 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:27.240 The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has confirmed he'll 230 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:31.159 be taking a trip to Iran later this week. Suspected 231 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:33.720 US air strikes in Yemen have killed at least six 232 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:37.600 and wounded dozens more overnight. The Pentagon hasn't confirmed the strikes, 233 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:40.440 but the US military has carried out about two hundred 234 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:44.159 attacks against the Iranian backed hu This in recent weeks. 235 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:47.799 The Houthis have attacked more than one hundred merchant ships 236 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:50.679 since late twenty twenty three, claiming support for Hamas in 237 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:53.840 its war with Israel. In Gaza, a man accused of 238 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:58.159 starting a fire at the home of Pennsylvania Governor Josh 239 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:02.679 Shapiro allegedly planned to beat up the governor with a hammer. 240 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:06.120 ABC's Aaron Katirsky says the fire was set over the 241 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:08.519 weekend as Shapiro and his family marked the first night 242 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:11.240 of passover. The governor says he woke up to police 243 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:13.399 banging on the door around two am. 244 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:17.159 He and his family quickly evacuating as firefighters raced to 245 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:18.519 get the fire under control. 246 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:22.080 Court documents released this morning, say the alleged fire starter 247 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:25.000 scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, 248 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:28.519 was able to hide from police, and broke into the 249 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:33.519 governor's mansion. The charges include attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson, 250 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:37.720 and aggravated assault. Hey, did you know President Lincoln was shot? 251 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:40.720 This day in eighteen sixty five. Happened at the Ford Theater. 252 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:45.200 He died the next day. On April fifteen, a man 253 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:48.279 has been arrested after taking off all his clothes and 254 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:51.960 roaming around New Orleans Square in his birthday suit. Workers 255 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:55.519 at Disneyland apparently tried to steer guests clear of the 256 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:58.320 guy as he climbed up onto one of the buildings Saturday, 257 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:02.799 exposing himself to the crowd below. He's facing charges of trespassing, 258 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:06.799 public nudity and being on drugs. Researchers are trying to 259 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:09.519 figure out why so many whales are dying, after another 260 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:11.919 one washed up on Huntington Beat. The body of a 261 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:15.080 gray whale was discovered Friday morning. It didn't appear to 262 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:17.799 have any injuries. At least three gray whales have died 263 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:20.679 in San Francisco Bay over the last few weeks. The 264 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:24.279 blocks are still rocking the box office, A Minecraft movie 265 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:26.960 took in over eighty million dollars in its second weekend 266 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:29.919 in North American theaters. It's already made over five hundred 267 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:33.519 and fifty million dollars worldwide. The animated The King of 268 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:36.399 Kings was a distant second ahead of Easter weekend, with 269 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:39.840 nineteen million in ticket sales at six o five handle 270 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:42.559 on the news. Pch expected to open a head of 271 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:46.039 schedule and ahead of summer. Let's say good morning now 272 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:51.480 to kfi's White House correspondent John Decker. Good morning, John, Hey, 273 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:52.080 good morning. 274 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:52.960 How are you doing today? 275 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:58.080 Amy doing good, trying to keep track of the ever 276 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:02.039 changing tariff situation. And there's another new development. What is it? 277 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:07.600 Well, the new new development happened on Friday, but there 278 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:10.080 was more news that came out over the weekend. The 279 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:14.480 new development being there exemptions applied for electronics coming out 280 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:18.919 of China. That meant no tariffs on products like laptop 281 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:22.879 computers and smartphones and flat screens. That sounds like good 282 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.840 news for consumers wishing to purchase those products. Obviously good 283 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:30.679 news for companies that are importing those products. But over 284 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:34.679 the weekend we learned that these tariff exemptions, according to 285 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:38.399 the President, are just temporary and that more tariffs will 286 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:42.279 be forthcoming as it relates to the chips that power 287 00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:47.120 those products. Also, not every member of the administration, Amy 288 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:50.639 is speaking from the same talking points. You have Scott Bessen, 289 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:55.279 the Treasury Secretary saying one thing about tariffs, the Commerce Secretary, 290 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:58.399 Howard Lutnik saying something else, and all of that just 291 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:02.240 creates a lot of confuse, a lot of uncertainty for 292 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:06.200 financial markets. And financial markets, as you know, Amy, they 293 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:07.559 hate uncertainty. 294 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:10.679 Yeah, And in spite of that, the now futures and 295 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:14.120 all the stock indexes, their futures are up right now. 296 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:18.080 But I think it's interesting to watch. It's fascinating to 297 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:21.840 watch because it reminds me of our old news director. 298 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:24.679 And I always would say, I just do what Chris 299 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:27.720 tells me to do the last thing he said, because 300 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:30.000 it was always changing, you know, there was always little 301 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:34.559 tweaks and changes. But with what Trump is doing, they're 302 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:38.000 massive changes and they come quickly. So how do you 303 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:38.679 keep up? 304 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:42.039 Well, how do you keep up? That's a great question. 305 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:45.000 And the President indicating there could be more teriffs ahead. 306 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:49.519 We already know about the tariffs on farm built automobiles. Well, 307 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:52.000 there could be tariffs according to the President as well 308 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:57.000 on pharmaceuticals. The President would like to bring pharmaceutical manufacturing 309 00:16:57.159 --> 00:17:01.080 back to the States. So much of that happened outside 310 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:03.639 the US, and so that's a long term goal of 311 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:08.039 the President. But pharmaceuticals could be the next product that 312 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:12.359 are the subject to tariffs announced by the administration. And 313 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:15.880 as you know, we saw a trade war taking place 314 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:19.079 in real time last week with China. Tariffs now on 315 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:23.440 Chinese products with the exception of those electronics products one 316 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:27.519 hundred and forty five percent. And there's a similar large 317 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:30.559 tariff one hundred and twenty five percent on US goods 318 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:34.519 that are exported to China. So we'll see if there's 319 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:38.519 a tamping down of that trade war that happens during 320 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:39.480 the course of this week. 321 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.960 Okay, and I know you got to run. So one 322 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:44.480 last question. Is there any movement any talks between the 323 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:46.559 China and US or is it still just sort of 324 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:47.720 radio silent there? 325 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:52.400 No, there is not. The President says he's always open 326 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:55.720 to speaking with President Shei of China, but there's no meeting, 327 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:00.640 no call that is announced between the US and China 328 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:04.200 anytime soon. Certainly nothing between the president, President Schaump and 329 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:05.559 President she anytime soon. 330 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:08.759 All right, Well, we'll be watching it and paying attention because, 331 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:12.400 like we just talked about, it changes sometimes by the minute. 332 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:14.920 We appreciate your input. Thank you so much, Cafi White 333 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:19.119 House correspondent John Decker. We'll talk to you soon. All right, 334 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:21.119 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 335 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:28.039 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Green Day said 336 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:30.880 it Coachella went out with a bang when a rogue 337 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:34.400 firework shot toward the crowd and set a palm tree 338 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:37.519 on fire. Video of the mishap posted on x shows 339 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:41.400 the firework exploding. On Saturday, a TikTok video shows a 340 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:44.000 palm tree bursting into flames. Firefighters were able to get 341 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:46.759 it out right away. It's not clear if anyone was hurt. 342 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:49.599 A thirteen year old boy from the San Fernando Valley 343 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:52.880 allegedly murdered by a soccer coach has been laid to rest. 344 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:56.960 The funeral for Oscar Hernandez was held Saturday at Heart 345 00:18:57.000 --> 00:19:00.480 of Mary Catholic Church in East Hollywood. His mother elapsed 346 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:02.480 during the service and had to be helped back to 347 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:05.759 her seat. Hernandez was killed late last month after visiting 348 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:08.119 the coach in Lancaster. A friend of the boy tells 349 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.559 kt AL, it's crazy. 350 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:12.160 I was heartbreaking just see him seeing a friend. 351 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:18.119 Mccaske, it's bad. The coach has been charged with murder 352 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:21.000 and other crimes, including the sexual assault of another boy. 353 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:24.279 A lawsuit against Uber that involves a teenage girl has 354 00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:24.799 been settled. 355 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:27.039 The thirteen year old was allegedly picked up by an 356 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:30.160 Uber driver and then assaulted in Harvard Heights. The ride 357 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:32.319 took place around one thirty in the morning in April 358 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:34.559 twenty twenty one, and attorneys for the girls say the 359 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:37.559 driver dropped her off in an unsafe area. Court papers 360 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:40.759 filed on Thursday confirmed the case has been resolved, though 361 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:44.839 no details were released. Uber says it is not legally liable, 362 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:48.440 but acknowledged the attackers should be held accountable. Andrew Caravella 363 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:49.279 KFI News. 364 00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:52.480 Raising children in the US is getting more expensive. A 365 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:55.759 new study estimates it'll cost nearly three hundred thousand dollars 366 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:58.640 to raise a child from birth to age eighteen. That's 367 00:19:58.680 --> 00:20:02.279 a twenty five percent in just two years. When it 368 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:04.839 comes to childcare, The Department of Health says it should 369 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:08.920 cost no more than seven percent of a family's income. Currently, 370 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:13.359 no state meets that standard for median income families. Emmy 371 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:17.359 and Director's Guild of America winning TV producer and director 372 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:21.839 Don Mischer has died miss produced and directed the Academy Awards, 373 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:25.279 the Olympics, and Super Bowl halftime shows during his career. 374 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:28.599 One of his career highlights happened in nineteen eighty three 375 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:32.799 during the Motown twenty five, when Michael Jackson broke out 376 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:35.799 his infamous moon walk during a performance of Billy Jean. 377 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:40.160 Don Mischer was eighty five. A man from Santa Monica 378 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:43.119 has been arrested for allegedly making a bomb threat against 379 00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:47.240 the Coachella Music and Arts festival. Billy Say. The man 380 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:50.240 told staff at a casino in Cathedral City on Saturday 381 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:52.519 morning that he was going to vomit. The threat was 382 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:57.519 determined to be false. Davis Darvish was arrested. Director of 383 00:20:57.599 --> 00:21:01.960 President Trump's National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett, says several countries 384 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:04.119 have already come to the US looking to sign trade 385 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:07.319 deals to avoid President Trump's tariffs, which are on a 386 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:10.079 ninety day pause. The White House announced over the weekend 387 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:13.960 that tariff exemptions are being granted for computers, phones and 388 00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:19.119 chips made in China. Golfer Roy McElroy has entered rarefied air, 389 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:23.799 becoming just the sixth player to complete the Grand Slam 390 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:26.599 of Golf. McElroy defeated Justin Rose in a one hole 391 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:30.319 playoff to win his first career green jacket. He joins 392 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:34.000 Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicholas, and Tiger 393 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:38.400 Woods as the only players to win the Masters, PGA Championship, 394 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:43.319 US Open and the Open Championship. At six' oh, five 395 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:46.119 it's handle on the news and don't go ANYWHERE i need. You, 396 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:49.319 okay you're going to your. 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