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 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:15.599 KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:17.800 It's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:22.359 Here's Amy King. 6 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:29.600 Good morning. It's five o'clock, straight up. This is your 7 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:36.399 wake up call for Thursday, February twenty seven. February's almost gone. 8 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:40.439 What in the heck is going? It's time speeding up 9 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:45.640 on me? Feels like it is okay. We know that. 10 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:48.520 The big thing today this morning, you probably if you're 11 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:52.000 just waking up, is that Gene Hackman has died. We're 12 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:54.600 going to be talking about that his career. We're going 13 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:57.679 to talk with ABC's Jim Ryan about what happened. He 14 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:02.320 was found in New Mexico along with his wife and 15 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:05.519 their dog. They all died in their house. So we're 16 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:09.079 going to talk about that. Got lots going on. Also, 17 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:13.840 speaking of dogs, what if you could extend the life 18 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:17.879 of your furry friend. Apparently it's a possibility. We're gonna 19 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:20.239 be talking about that on wake Up Call this morning. 20 00:01:20.439 --> 00:01:22.959 Here's some other things ahead on wake Up Call. The 21 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:26.640 EPA says the batteries of almost seven hundred electric vehicles 22 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.400 and about three hundred solar energy storage units have been 23 00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:33.599 removed from the Eton and Palisades fire burn areas. THEPA 24 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:36.200 is just about done with Phase one of the cleanup. 25 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:39.200 That means the Army Corps of Engineers can move in 26 00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:42.920 to focus on Phase two to remove fire debris from 27 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:46.400 damaged and destroyed properties. President Trump has promised that any 28 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:48.959 cuts to the federal government will focus on waste and 29 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:53.120 will not impact Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. During his 30 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:55.840 first Cabinet meeting of his second term, he also praised 31 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:59.760 Elon Musk's efforts to cut fraud and waste. We're gonna 32 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:02.760 be talking talking with kfi's White House correspondent John Decker 33 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:05.719 more about that what came out of the cabinet meeting 34 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:08.280 that's coming up in just a couple of minutes. Also, 35 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:12.199 we're going out and about to an exhibit more than 36 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:16.000 two thousand years in the making that's coming up this hour. 37 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:18.319 Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 38 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:21.039 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Oscar winning actor 39 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:23.560 Gene Hackman and his wife have been found dead at 40 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:24.759 their home in New Mexico. 41 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:27.759 Sata fake County Sheriff's deputies were sent to Hackman's Mountain 42 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:30.520 Side home Wednesday afternoon to check on the welfare of 43 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:32.680 the ninety five year old and his sixty four year 44 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:35.800 old wife. At around one forty five pm, deputies found 45 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:37.639 the couple dead, along with a dog. 46 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:41.439 ABC's Jim Ryan says officials haven't said how the couple died, 47 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:44.400 but the sheriff did say foul play is not suspected. 48 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:48.360 Hackman's career spanned four decades. He had a trophy case 49 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:52.400 filled with awards, including two Oscars. And you know, he 50 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:56.479 was in so many movies. We're gonna, as I mentioned, 51 00:02:56.520 --> 00:02:58.919 we're gonna be talking with Jim Ryan about this, but 52 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:03.000 Will and I were talking about our favorite Gene Hackman 53 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:05.520 movies and he goes, he was the best Lex Luthor 54 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:08.000 and I'm like, oh, yeah, Superman, he was the best. 55 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:23.599 Hello New West Coast, My West Coast, Costa, Lex, Lutherville, Marinadlex, Odisburg, Odisburg. 56 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:27.639 And Odisburg. Oh, that was just classic. Thirty seven thousand 57 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:30.439 U S Service and patient care workers are going to 58 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:33.000 be out on strike for a second and final day 59 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:37.199 amid contract talks. The strike started early yesterday, with picketing 60 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:41.439 in all ten u SEE campuses, including UCLA, You See Irvine, 61 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:45.120 and you see medical facilities across the state. Two unions 62 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:49.639 representing the workers claim unfair labor practices. The university has 63 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:53.520 accused them of spreading misinformation and failing to negotiate in 64 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:56.080 good faith. Jury in la is about to start its 65 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:59.039 first day first full day of deliberations in the trial 66 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:01.560 of an Orange County judge charged with killing his wife. 67 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:04.039 Closing arguments in the trial of seventy four year old 68 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:08.199 judge Jeffrey Ferguson were delivered on Wednesday. Prosecutor say Ferguson 69 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:10.879 shot his wife, Cheryl, while drunk and arguing with her 70 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:13.719 in August of twenty twenty three. If the jury does 71 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:16.680 not acquit Ferguson, it will design whether he is guilty 72 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:19.600 of second degree murder or of the lesser charge of 73 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:21.000 involuntary manslaughter. 74 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:25.319 Ferguson testified this week the shooting was an accident. State 75 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:28.399 lawmakers have introduced two bills they say would make California 76 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:30.120 more competitive for the film industry. 77 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:33.240 The bills, introduced in both chambers in Sacramento, follow Governor 78 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:36.439 Newsom's proposal to increase the state tax credit for Hollywood 79 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:39.519 productions to seven hundred and fifty million dollars. LA Mayor 80 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:42.959 Karen Bass joined lawmakers and industry representatives in support of 81 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:43.639 the legislation. 82 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:46.000 I don't want to stand here five years from now 83 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:49.480 and reminisce about an industry that. 84 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:50.319 Has left us. 85 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:52.959 Productions in LA have slowed in recent years due to 86 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:56.720 COVID actors and writers' strikes and more lucrative tax credits 87 00:04:56.720 --> 00:04:59.839 offered elsewhere. Michael Monks KFI News, ok. 88 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.720 So, speaking of Gene Hackman, his list of movies is huge. 89 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:10.439 He started his movie career in nineteen sixty one Mad 90 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:15.000 Dog Call I don't I didn't hear about that one? 91 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:17.439 And then he did a couple more, and then in 92 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:20.120 nineteen sixty seven was Bonnie and Clyde When and that's 93 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:26.439 when he got his first Academy Award nomination. And then 94 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:30.040 let's see what else, the Gypsy Moths. There's a bunch 95 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:33.160 of movies that I don't I was too young to remember. 96 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:36.480 Downhill Racer I never sang for my father. He got 97 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:39.360 an Academy Award nomination for that. Never heard of it. 98 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:42.399 French Connections should be in there. Somewhere yeap French connection. 99 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:46.319 Of course he got an Academy Award win for that one. 100 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:49.160 That was in nineteen seventy one. But then I'm looking 101 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:53.040 at this listen. Okay remember the Poseidon Adventure. Oh yeah, 102 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:55.319 where the boat goes and a big title wave comes 103 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:58.199 and tips it upside down and like six of them 104 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:00.600 live and they have to get to the the what 105 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:02.360 is the bottom of the boat to get out? 106 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:02.759 Right? 107 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:06.480 Yeah? Yeah, I think he was was he? No, he 108 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:09.279 wasn't the father in that one? Was he? He wasn't. 109 00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:13.560 I can't remember. It's been forever. Yeah, Okay, Young Frankenstein 110 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:16.319 he had a cameo. And then there was the Fringe 111 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:18.600 connection too. Is that any good? I can't tell you. 112 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:21.759 And of course Superman Lex Luthor he was he was 113 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:25.920 in like one, two, three, four, but one was probably 114 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:31.519 the best Miss Tuchbo car. And then he was in 115 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:39.160 Reds and then Hoosiers was fantastic, that's right, the coach. Yeah. 116 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:41.319 And then and how about this one? I forgot about 117 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:44.199 this one too, No way out Kevin Costner. Oh yeah, 118 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:46.079 he's a bad guy in that one. Yeah. And there's 119 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:48.120 a whole lot more. We're gonna be talking with ABC's 120 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:50.759 Jim Ryan about that in just a couple of minutes. 121 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:54.240 But right now, let's say good morning to kfi's White 122 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:58.319 House correspondent John Decker. Good morning, John. President Trump held 123 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:01.160 his first cabinet meeting. Tell us all about it. 124 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:05.279 Well, that's right, and it was attended by someone who 125 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:08.839 was not confirmed by the US Senate, and that's Elon Musk, 126 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:12.879 who is heading up the Department of Government Efficiency. He 127 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:16.720 actually spoke more yesterday during that cabinet meeting than the 128 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:21.399 Vice president did, which is pretty remarkable. I've covered these 129 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:24.360 cabinet meetings for so many years and I can't recall 130 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:28.839 a similar situation where a private citizen attended a president's 131 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:33.079 cabinet meeting. But the president spoke yesterday as top priority inflation, 132 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:35.959 bringing down the cost of eggs and other goods. He 133 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:38.560 also announced that there will be new tariffs imposts on 134 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:42.399 all of our trading partners starting on April the second 135 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:46.120 is when he will make that announcement. And in addition 136 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:49.399 to that, Ukraine is something that he spoke about. Tomorrow, 137 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:52.720 he'll meet with President Zelensky at the White House. They'll 138 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:57.120 sign this mineral rights deal, and President Zelensky coming to 139 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:00.439 the White House to sign that agreement. I'll lot on 140 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:03.560 the agenda for the President during the course of his 141 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:06.959 cabinet meeting yesterday, and I even spoke to two Cabinet secretaries, 142 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:10.639 Doug Bergham and Brooke Rawlins after the meeting concluded. 143 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:16.720 Okay, so Burgham, I know Rawlins, I don't what's he's 144 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:17.800 as Secretary. 145 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:21.680 Of Brooke Rawlins, Yeah, let me correct you. 146 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:24.160 No, that's fine. 147 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:28.800 She is she Yes, she is the agricultural Secretary. I said, 148 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:31.120 I think that she has the toughest job right now 149 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:35.000 because of the egg situation in this country. And you 150 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:38.759 know that was my primary focus of that interview is 151 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:42.200 what are you doing? What is the administration doing to 152 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:44.960 bring down the cost of eggs in the short term 153 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:47.240 and make sure that this is not a long term 154 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:50.720 problem in the US. I saw one estimate indicating that 155 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:53.320 we're likely to see prices go even higher in the 156 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:56.840 short term, upwards of perhaps forty percent more. And you know, 157 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:59.399 I don't know about you. It's about ten dollars for 158 00:08:59.639 --> 00:09:01.919 a dog in extra large eggs here on the East 159 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:04.879 coast right now. So that's a big focus for her 160 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:05.440 right now. 161 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:08.279 I would imagine there will be a lot of spotlight 162 00:09:08.320 --> 00:09:12.480 on her. And as you mentioned, the President said specifically, 163 00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:15.159 we're going to work on getting those egg prices down, 164 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:18.159 but there's no quick fix to it because they had 165 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:19.759 to kill so many chickens. 166 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:24.279 Yeah, and that's because of the bird flu, the avian flu, 167 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:27.399 and that's the reason why we're looking to now import 168 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:30.799 eggs from some of the countries that we're actually going 169 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:36.279 to be placing tariffs upon, Canada, Mexico and other places 170 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:40.120 that the US does trade with. So that's the short 171 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:45.279 term fix there. Today, the President meets with his British counterpart, 172 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:49.960 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. That meeting will take place 173 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:52.600 in just a few hours. There will be a joint 174 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:55.679 press conference that will take place early this afternoon for 175 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:58.840 US eleven am. That's the time period that will take 176 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:01.840 place for you. So it's been a really busy week 177 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:05.360 for President Trump. You know, he met with Macron. President Trump, 178 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:08.399 I met with the French President Macron on Monday, the 179 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:12.519 cabinet meeting yesterday, the UK Prime Minister today, and then 180 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:16.399 the President Zelenski tomorrow. I can't recall a busy week 181 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:18.840 like this one at the White House in quite some time. 182 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:21.159 I think that's kind of business as usual for Trump, 183 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:23.200 though he kind of is moving at warp speed. Hey, 184 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:27.320 they he and mccron were pretty chummy, which you know, 185 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:30.120 they've known each other for a while. Has he met 186 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:32.759 the Prime Minister of the UK yet? 187 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:37.559 This will be their first meeting. As you know, the 188 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:40.240 President met with quite a few British Prime ministers during 189 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:44.639 the course of his four years in office, but here 190 00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:48.320 Starmer is relatively new to the job as the British 191 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:51.519 Prime Minister. So it's a meeting in which they're getting 192 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:53.000 to know each other. In fact, they're going to have 193 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:57.039 a working lunch together that will precede their joint press conference. 194 00:10:57.080 --> 00:11:00.279 So that's not something that we saw with the French 195 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:03.840 President Macron. That's because the President and Macron do know 196 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:06.440 each other going back the past eight years. 197 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:09.519 Okay, and here's a little inside baseball. As you know 198 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:13.200 that John is our White House correspondent. He gets to 199 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:17.600 get in and interview the President periodically. We'll see how 200 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:20.919 much that happens with the White House's new plan to 201 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:25.720 structure who gets into where. But I know that you 202 00:11:25.759 --> 00:11:28.320 were in the Oval the other day and you got 203 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:30.000 a special something from the President. 204 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:34.720 Well, that's right. You know, what I got was one 205 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:37.799 of the pens that he used to sign an executive order. Yet, 206 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:40.879 why didn't he talk to me the pen? But in actuality, 207 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:43.799 that's the second pen that President Trump has given me. 208 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:45.679 Gave me a pen in his first term. It was 209 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:47.679 the pen that he used to sign that huge tax 210 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:51.519 cut bill in his first year in office. So I 211 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:53.559 guess he likes giving me pens. I don't know, but 212 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.480 that was an interesting time. I was in the Oval 213 00:11:56.480 --> 00:12:00.440 office with President Trump for about forty five minutes, answered 214 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:03.600 about a dozen of my questions, many of which made 215 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:06.799 a lot of news in that news cycle. Amy, The 216 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:10.639 news cycle moves so quickly that we're already onto something else. 217 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:14.360 Talking about, for instance, today, the fact that you had 218 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:16.639 Elon Musk in that cabinet meeting yesterday. 219 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:20.159 I know everybody's kind of losing it over that because 220 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:23.000 it's just different than what it's different. 221 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:25.559 It's different, that's for sure. And you know what I 222 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:28.679 was looking at and watching Again, I was not in 223 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:32.519 that cabinet meeting yesterday, but I was watching the video 224 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:34.799 and I looked at the body language of the other 225 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:39.519 cabinet secretaries and to me, maybe it's just me looking 226 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:43.320 at this, they didn't seem so amused by Elon Musk. 227 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:45.240 You know, maybe if you can look at that video again, 228 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:48.679 you can tell me what you think. Amy, But to me, 229 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:53.559 it's not like they're chummy with Elon Musk. And I 230 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:56.080 think there's some uncomfortableness because. 231 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:57.960 Well, he's going to last budgets. 232 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:01.000 There's that. And he's the only one in the room 233 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:04.000 that hasn't been confirmed by the US Senate. He's a 234 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:07.200 private citizen, and you know, I think that they view 235 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:09.840 him to some extent as an interloper being at that 236 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:11.080 cabinet meeting yesterday. 237 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:14.159 All right, well, it'll be interesting to watch as always. 238 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:17.519 You heard the news about Gene Hackman. What was your 239 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:20.559 favorite Gene Hackman movie? Can't talk? 240 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:23.200 You know, there's so many. I actually watched a Gene 241 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:26.360 Hackman movie within the past few weeks. It's an old one. 242 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:29.720 I don't know if you're familiar with the Conversation. It's 243 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:33.519 a really all one directed by Francis port Cooppola. But 244 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:36.840 I loved Gene Hackman in so many roles. When I 245 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:40.600 think Hollywood casting directors say or said, you know, during 246 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:43.080 the course of the height of his career, I'm looking 247 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:46.799 for a real badass. They go Gene Hackman. He's your guy. 248 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:49.720 Get Gene Hackman for this role. He was great. Really 249 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:50.799 love that guy all right. 250 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:53.600 Jafi's White House correspondent John Decker, thanks so much for 251 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:54.240 the information. 252 00:13:55.240 --> 00:13:56.919 Thank you, have a great DAYBU you too. 253 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:58.639 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 254 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:00.720 of the KFI twenty four hour new from the Supreme 255 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:04.399 Court has temporarily blocked a court order requiring the Trump 256 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:08.440 administration to release billions of dollars in foreign aid. ABC's 257 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:11.720 Nicole Antonio says the ruling came down late last night. 258 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:14.879 At issue nearly two billion dollars in foreign aid payments 259 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:17.679 the administration has frozen. A lower court judge ordered the 260 00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:21.200 government to unfreeze those payments by midnight last night, but 261 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:24.159 in order from Chief Justice John Roberts has now pushed 262 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:26.960 back the deadline so the justices can consider the case. 263 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:30.000 The AP says the Trump administration is eliminating more than 264 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:34.559 ninety percent of usaid contracts and sixty billion dollars in 265 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:38.200 overall assistance around the world. An Israeli official says the 266 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:41.720 country's military will not withdraw from a strategic corridor in 267 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:44.879 the Gaza Strip, which is part of the ceasefire. The 268 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:48.320 official says Israeli forces needed to remain in the area 269 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:50.840 on the Gaza side of the border with Egypt to 270 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:54.960 prevent weapons smuggling. The officials spoke hours after Hamas released 271 00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:58.039 the remains of four hostages in exchange for over six 272 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:01.639 hundred Palestinian prisoners. That was the last exchange of the 273 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:05.840 CeaseFire's first phase, which ends this weekend. Doctors in Texas 274 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:09.200 are urging the public to take a current meals measles 275 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:10.240 outbreak seriously. 276 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:14.039 There are lots of childhood rashes and fevers. 277 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:16.840 This is not that this is a much more serious illness. 278 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:21.320 Doctor Laura Johnson at Covenant Health in Lubbock says, in 279 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:24.360 addition to one death, doctors are treating about two dozen 280 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:26.960 other measles cases that have taken a serious turn. She 281 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:31.000 says many of the infected children are facing serious respiratory 282 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:34.559 problems linked to the virus. Health and Human Services Secretary 283 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:40.519 RFK Junior said yesterday they are monitoring the outbreak. Oscar 284 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:43.639 winning actor Gene Hackman, his wife, and their dog have 285 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:46.919 been found dead in their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 286 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:50.399 Gene Hackman was ninety five. We're gonna check in with 287 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:52.440 ABC's Jim Ryan to talk more about that. In just 288 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:57.000 a second, LA County Supervisor Catherine Barger has announced wildfire 289 00:15:57.120 --> 00:16:00.000 victims can get up to eighteen thousand dollars in economic support. 290 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:04.320 Residents affected have until March eighteenth to apply for the money. 291 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:07.279 Governor Newsom has ordered the Parole Board to investigate whether 292 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:09.559 there would be a risk to the public if Lyell 293 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:13.279 and Eric Menendez get released from prison. The brother's relatives 294 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:16.639 are holding a press conference this afternoon to discuss what 295 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:18.639 they say are key facts in the case. A hearing 296 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:20.919 on whether the brothers should be re sentenced to scheduled 297 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:23.679 for March twentieth at six oh five. Handle on the news, 298 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:27.480 lawmakers are trying to lure movie makers back to Hollywood. 299 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:31.879 Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. So, 300 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:36.639 Jim woke up to some sad news this morning. But 301 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:39.960 tell us what we know about the death of Gene Hackman, 302 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:41.279 his wife and their dog. 303 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:44.080 Well, but not much really, We don't know a whole lot. 304 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:47.879 But I think you're right. Probably he was ninety five 305 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:50.159 years old. People wouldn't have been too surprised to wake 306 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:53.679 up and find that Gene Hackman had died. But yeah, 307 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:58.080 these unusual circumstances. Not only Gene Hackman, but his wife, 308 00:16:58.080 --> 00:17:01.919 the famous concert pianist, and their dog also found. Now, 309 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:04.079 this all came about as a result of a welfare 310 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:08.720 checky yesterday that somebody neighbors called the Santa Fe Sheriff's 311 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:11.119 Department after they hadn't heard from Hackman and his wife 312 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:13.599 for some time, and the sure enough, the deputies went 313 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:17.359 there and made this really awful discovery. How did they die, 314 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:20.160 we don't know, But early this morning the Sheriff's department 315 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:24.200 did issue a statement saying that they didn't see suspicious circumstances, 316 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:28.200 they didn't see foul play involved in this. So we'll 317 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:31.240 just have to wait and see Amy, what is determined 318 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:33.559 about this by the medical examiner and what the Sheriff's 319 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:34.720 office tells us later today. 320 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:37.559 Yeah, your mind can go to many places on this one. 321 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:40.880 It can, and you can speculate all you want, but 322 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.599 I'm not going to do that. 323 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:46.000 Yeah. And so you said, Gene Hackman was ninety five 324 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:49.480 and his wife was sixty four, and they've been married 325 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.319 for quite a while. 326 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:53.000 Yeah, the early nineties, I think, and fairly soon after 327 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:55.880 they were married, they moved out to Santa Fe. Had 328 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:58.720 been living there quietly in this mountain side home for 329 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:03.000 a long time. Hackman retired from acting. I think it 330 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:06.119 was seventy six years old, so he's been retired for 331 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:09.480 quite a long time and kind of living his life 332 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:11.680 out there. He'd been seen around Santa Fe. He would 333 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:14.599 attend cultural events out there. The one time he really 334 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.039 rose above the radar out there was when he got 335 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:21.799 into it with a homeless man who apparently insulted his wife. 336 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:24.559 Hackman had given the man money in the past, but 337 00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:28.039 for whatever reason this time around, Hackman either ignored him 338 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:31.480 or said something to him. The guy insulted his wife, 339 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:35.440 and Hackman slapped him. So that was twenty twelve. It's 340 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:38.079 been a while since that happened, but I mean it's 341 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:40.519 kind of solidifies Hackman's tough guy image. 342 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.000 I suppose. 343 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:44.119 Yeah, he was in the Marines, Yes he was, and 344 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:46.359 he was in We got a list of some of 345 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:48.279 the movies and we were going over it earlier. I mean, 346 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:52.480 just the sheer number of spectacular performances. 347 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:55.599 Yeah, but I mean Stephen and I were saying, I 348 00:18:55.599 --> 00:19:00.000 mean he had some movies that were undeniably masterpieces, right, 349 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:02.559 the French connection in Hoosiers. But he was in some 350 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:05.000 bombs too. He was in Superman four The Quest for. 351 00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:08.200 Peace, but he was in Superman one and was fabulous 352 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:12.400 as Lex Luthor. I know it's that Smucker's. 353 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:15.480 Cigars. What's that from? 354 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.799 Uh cigars? 355 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:18.279 Yeah, cigars. 356 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.960 I don't remember that. 357 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:24.000 That sacment is the blind Hermit in Young Frankenstein. 358 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:26.000 Oh gosh, okay, I got. 359 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:27.839 A surprise for you, cigars. 360 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:32.440 Okay, here's a couple more of Crimson Tide. Yeah, that 361 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:36.599 was spectacular with Denzel Washington. I love, love, love that movie. 362 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:40.200 And get Shorty the firm gets Shorty, right, unforgiven, he's 363 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:42.440 got a long I mean, his resume went for miles 364 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:47.119 and miles. Two Academy Awards yea, and many other accolades, and. 365 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:50.519 Of course the voice of Home Depot for several years. 366 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:52.559 Oh yeah, I remember that about that, but I guess 367 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.000 he was. 368 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:55.880 Yeah, okay, I'm gonna leave you to work, you see. Yeah. 369 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:59.039 Well he he, as you mentioned, retired from acting. Said 370 00:19:59.039 --> 00:20:00.799 he didn't want to do it anymore. And I found 371 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:04.359 this a quote that somebody asked him. It was GQ 372 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:06.960 back in twenty eleven, Hey, you know, would you consider 373 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:10.400 doing acting again? And he said, well, if I could 374 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:13.640 do it in my own house, maybe without them disturbing anything, 375 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:15.960 and just one or two people, then he'd think about it. 376 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:21.039 I love it. Rest in peace, Gene Hackman. Thanks Jim Ryan, 377 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.720 appreciate it. 378 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:23.039 Hope to learn more later today. 379 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:27.480 Yeah, thanks sir. Thanks. Police have rated Huntington Parks City 380 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:31.960 Hall and the homes of several officials, including Mayor Karina Masias. 381 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:34.759 Warts were served on behalf of the Los Angeles County 382 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:38.640 District Attorney's office as part of a widespread corruption investigation. 383 00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:42.759 DA Nathan Hoffman confirms warrants were served at eleven places. 384 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:45.519 Those also include the homes of current and former city 385 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.240 council members. 386 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:49.000 Kfi's Mark Mayfield says the raids yesterday also included the 387 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:52.240 home of the city manager and a construction company in Glendale. 388 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:55.759 A house cat in San Diego County's contracted bird flu. 389 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:59.680 The Health Department says the cat died after likely getting 390 00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:03.599 the H five N one virus from eating rab had food. 391 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:07.759 Kats in Washington, Oregon, and California have all contracted the flu. 392 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:10.880 It has decimated chicken flocks and driven up egg prices 393 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:14.559 across the country. Governor Newsom has announced a blueprint plan 394 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.839 to help the state's economy. 395 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:18.519 If we were going to put out an economic development plan, 396 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:20.960 it had to be bottom up, not topped out. It 397 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:24.680 had to be informed by unique diversity of each region 398 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.960 in the state of California. 399 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:28.880 Newsom says his plan will help create jobs and grow business. 400 00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:32.720 It also includes ways to help LA rebuild from the wildfires. 401 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:36.640