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 --> 00:00:08.199 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:12.320 This is your wake up call for Friday, April twenty fifth. 4 00:00:12.640 --> 00:00:15.960 I'm Amy King. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 5 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:20.640 Ready to get your day started, Got my coffee, got 6 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:25.920 my oatmeal? Ready to go. Here's a Friday fun Fact. 7 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:28.280 I think I'm gonna start sharing these every once in 8 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:31.800 a while. Friday Fun Fact. Selfies now cause more deaths 9 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:38.119 than shark attacks. Twenty eight selfie related deaths happen each year, 10 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:42.240 the leading cause being heights you've heard of. The people 11 00:00:42.359 --> 00:00:44.280 are like, they want to get that great view of 12 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:47.280 the ocean behind them standing on a cliff and off 13 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:53.159 they go. Yeah, careful people. Also, I feel a Dodger 14 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:56.439 dog coming on. The Dodgers back in town to take 15 00:00:56.479 --> 00:00:58.679 on the Pirates tonight at Dodger Stadium. 16 00:00:59.439 --> 00:00:59.880 We're going. 17 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:03.240 So iwhere my Dodger blue But it's sort of a hybrid, 18 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:06.200 so it's a Dodger blue jersey, but it's got Disneyland 19 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:08.840 on the back. So we might go to Disneyland this 20 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:12.400 weekend too. My friend Heidi's in town, so also happy 21 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:15.200 Birthday to my birth Happy birthday to my little baby 22 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:18.319 brother Rob. I think his wife Casey is listening, so 23 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:22.079 happy birthday. Here's what's ahead on wake up Call. The 24 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:24.840 La City Council Budget and Finance Committee is going to 25 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:27.200 hold the first of a series of meetings today to 26 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:30.760 talk about and make revisions to La Maerbes has proposed 27 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:34.000 thirteen point nine billion dollar spending plan for the twenty 28 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:36.879 twenty five twenty six fiscal year. The meeting will be 29 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:39.519 the first of two opportunities for the public to have 30 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:43.760 their say about the budget, with a second coming on Monday. 31 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:47.719 A man in Long Beach accused of picking his puppy 32 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:50.400 up by the neck with her leash and then slamming 33 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:54.719 her onto the pavement, has been charged with felony animal cruelty. 34 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:57.760 Police say after slamming her onto the ground, the twenty 35 00:01:57.760 --> 00:01:59.879 eight year old was seen on video kicking her and 36 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:03.840 dragging her. You could get four years in prison if convicted. 37 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:07.760 Taking off my news hat, I think he should get fifty. 38 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:12.479 This is ridiculous and disgusting. More than one hundred and 39 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:15.120 twenty eight thousand of the faithful have filed past the 40 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:18.319 open coffin of Pope Francis to pay their last respects 41 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:22.199 at Saint Peter's Basilica. Francis will lie in state through today. 42 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:24.840 The Pope's funeral is set for Saturday at one am 43 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:29.759 our time. After the funeral is conclave, and conclave is 44 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:32.719 all the rage. ABC's Will Gans joins us to talk 45 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:37.039 about that. We'll also be talking murder and anti government groups, 46 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:40.520 new stuff on the stream. We're going to work, but 47 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:43.840 apparently we don't really care. ABC's Jim Ryan's gonna explain that. 48 00:02:43.879 --> 00:02:46.919 Coming up at five twenty and just moments away is 49 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:49.919 the Trump administration talking to China about tariffs and how 50 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:53.680 ad talks going between Ukraine and Russia. ABC's Karen Travers 51 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:55.080 at the White House joins us. 52 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:56.599 In just a couple of minutes. 53 00:02:56.599 --> 00:02:58.719 Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 54 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:01.280 of the KFI twenty four hour news. Sure, dozens of 55 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:05.039 teenagers on bicycles been caught on cell phone VIDI video 56 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:09.120 looting a roufs in South LA. They also released pepper 57 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:12.360 spray in the store Saturday before insulting a gay couple 58 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.000 and throwing rocks at their car. One of the men 59 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:17.800 tells KTLA he and his husband were terrified and felt 60 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:19.960 trapped in their vehicle as things escalated. 61 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:22.439 I understand that these are children, but they're doing really 62 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:25.759 scary things and we can't just decide that it's not happening. 63 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:28.280 Pully say it is possible the teens could be linked 64 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:31.599 to other similar crimes. The homeless man accused of chopping 65 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:33.800 down a bunch of trees around LA's been charged with 66 00:03:33.879 --> 00:03:37.520 eight counts of felony vandalism. Gay Ifi's Mark Mayfield says 67 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:39.840 the guy's accused of causing almost three hundred and fifty 68 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:41.199 thousand dollars in damage. 69 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:43.840 Most of the destroyed trees were in the downtown area. 70 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:47.560 The estimated cost is for damage repairs and replacements. 71 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:50.599 Samuel Groft allegedly used a chainsaw to chop down the 72 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:51.759 trees earlier this month. 73 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:53.360 He pleaded not guilty. 74 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:56.800 Yesterday, LA's mayors kicked off the next phase of renovations 75 00:03:56.840 --> 00:03:59.800 at LAX. Mayor Math says five billion dollars worth of 76 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:03.159 new contracts in this phase are all about small and 77 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:06.800 minority owned businesses. Thirty one new contracts have been awarded 78 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:09.599 as part of an overall thirty billion dollar upgrade scheduled 79 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:12.960 to be finished before the twenty twenty eight Summer Olympic Games. 80 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:16.839 Bass also says the automated people mover project that began 81 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:20.720 construction in twenty nineteen should be in operation by the 82 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:24.920 first quarter of twenty twenty six. President Trump's Armenian Remembrance 83 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:28.680 Day statement has drawn criticism from Armenian. 84 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:31.160 The Armenian National Committee, which has an office in Glendale, 85 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:34.319 says the President has retreated from calling it a genocide. 86 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:37.279 Senator Adam Schiff tells KFI he agrees. 87 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:39.879 I carried legislation to recognize the genocide. We finally got 88 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:44.279 that legislation passed. President Biden formally recognized the genocide, the 89 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:46.079 first president to do so as president. 90 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:48.720 More than six hundred thousand Armenians have been estimated to 91 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:51.560 have been killed by the Ottoman Empire during World War One. 92 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:54.079 Critics say Trump won't use the word genocide because of 93 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:57.240 pressure from Turkey. Michael Monks KFI news. 94 00:04:57.439 --> 00:04:59.639 Memorial mass for Pope Francis is being held at the 95 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:03.079 Canee of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown La. 96 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:07.000 It set to start just afternoon today. LA Archbishop Jose 97 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:09.639 Gomez says the service will be as he put it 98 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:12.399 in thanksgiving for the life and Ministry of Pope Francis. 99 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:14.480 The mass is being held a day before the Pope's 100 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:18.199 funeral in Rome. Pope Francis died early Monday. He was 101 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:22.199 eighty eight. It's five seven on your Friday morning wake 102 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:25.240 up call. Let's say good morning to ABC's Karen Travers 103 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:27.800 at the White House. Karen, President Trump says he's got 104 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:30.079 a deadline to get a peace deal done between Ukraine 105 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:30.680 and Russia. 106 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:32.560 But did he say when it is? 107 00:05:33.720 --> 00:05:36.639 No, He just said fast. He did not say the deadline. 108 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:38.519 I mean remember this as a president who when he 109 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:40.839 was a candidate said that he could end the war 110 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:44.480 between Russia and Ukraine on day one. Next week, of course, 111 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:48.959 is one hundred days for this administration. And these attacks 112 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:52.560 by Russia, especially this week on Ukraine, have been unrelenting. 113 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:55.879 There was the attack on Kiev earlier this week, two 114 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:58.079 days ago, was one of the deadliest attacks on the 115 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:01.439 capitol in months. It even prompted President on social media 116 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:05.360 yesterday to say, Vladimir stop. He was asked about that 117 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:08.600 in the Oval Office yesterday about his level of frustration 118 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:11.600 at this point with Putin, and the President said, I 119 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:14.680 didn't like last night. I wasn't happy with it. We're 120 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:19.240 in the midst of talking peace and missiles were fired, okay. 121 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:22.279 And then to reach some sort of a deal, there's 122 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:26.800 going to be some give. Do we have any idea 123 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:29.959 or inkling of what the give is and who's going 124 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:30.920 to have to give more? 125 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:35.519 I mean, Ukraine has said we will negotiate, we will 126 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:38.079 not surrender. And the proposal put on the table about 127 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:41.519 the Trump administration has them giving up land that Russia 128 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:45.120 has seized since the invasion, but also giving up Crimea. 129 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:49.240 They have rejected this current proposal. It's notable because during 130 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:53.120 Trump's first term, his administration had said that Crimea would 131 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:56.000 remain part of Ukraine. Senator or excuse me, Secretary of 132 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:58.319 State Mark or Rubio back when he was a senator, 133 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:01.279 I had talked about the Dame injurer of letting Russia 134 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:04.959 keep Crimea. So it's a notable shift as the administration 135 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:07.720 now is really pushing hard to get this to a 136 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:08.439 peace agreement. 137 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:08.920 Okay. 138 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:11.000 And then before we let you go there, there was 139 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:13.759 also some talk about China because Trump is saying, hey, 140 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:16.160 things are going good, We're progressing in China's gone. 141 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:17.279 Yeah, we're not even talking. 142 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:20.879 Yeah, for the second day in a row. China publicly, 143 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:24.040 on the record, has said there are no negotiations right 144 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:27.439 now on tariffs, and the statement today was that the 145 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:31.920 United States should not confuse the public. Yesterday they said 146 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:34.600 it was fake news when the President said that there 147 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:38.759 were active negotiations and conversations happening. The President was asked 148 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:40.959 about this yesterday. He claimed that there was a meeting 149 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:43.600 between the US and China yesterday, but he did not 150 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.720 give details. We asked the White House repeatedly about this yesterday. 151 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:48.319 They also did not give details. 152 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:50.720 So it sounds like he's saying that there's some secret 153 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:53.720 kind of back room talks going on that China's not 154 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:56.639 acknowledging publicly, and whether that's happening or not, we don't know. 155 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:01.000 And China is on the record with government spokesman saying 156 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:03.680 this is just not true. We are not talking right now. 157 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:06.000 All right, ABC's Karen Travers at the White House. Thank 158 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:07.240 you so much, have a great weekend. 159 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:08.720 Thank you great. 160 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:10.319 All right, let's get back to some of the stories 161 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:12.560 coming out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. A 162 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:16.000 federal judge says President Trump's executive order on sanctuary cities 163 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:17.680 appears to be unconstitutional. 164 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:20.399 District Judge William Oric blocked the White House from enforcing 165 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:23.519 the crackdown on sixteen cities and counties that brought a lawsuit. 166 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:26.439 The order directed Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security 167 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:30.360 Secretary Christine Nome to deny sanctuary cities access to federal funds. 168 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:32.799 The Obama appointed judge said the order similar to one 169 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:36.000 issued in Trump's first term, which was also invalidated by Oric. 170 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:39.000 The ruling bars the administration from enforcing the order against 171 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:43.799 various regions in California, King County, Washington, Minneapolis, New Haven, Portland, 172 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:47.600 Saint Paul, Santa Fe and Seattle. Mark ronnor KFI News. 173 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:50.480 And that wasn't the only setback the administration got yesterday 174 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:52.919 from the courts. A federal judge in New York blocked 175 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:56.879 the Trump administration from immediately enacting certain changes to how 176 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:00.480 federal elections are run, including adding a proof of citizenship requirement. 177 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:03.639 The judge yesterday said the Constitution gives the power to 178 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:07.960 regulate federal elections to states and to Congress, not the president. 179 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:12.440 Trump says a proof of citizens citizenship requirement is needed 180 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:16.159 to restore public confidence in elections. The judge did allow 181 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:19.440 parts of Trump's election order to stand, including a directive 182 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:24.000 to Titan mail in ballot deadlines. A judge's ruled prosecutors 183 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:27.639 can pursue the death penalty against Brian Coburger if he's 184 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:31.240 convicted of murdering four University of Idaho students that happened 185 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:35.639 in twenty twenty two. This comes despite Coburger's recent diagnosis 186 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:39.679 of autism. His attorneys had asked the judge to remove 187 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:43.039 the death penalty as a possible punishment, saying the autism 188 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:48.360 reduces Coburger's culpability and exposes him to unacceptable risk that 189 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:49.799 he'll be wrongfully convicted. 190 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:53.759 Trial is set to begin in August. Investigators in Florida 191 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:56.840 saying an ongoing family fight led to a fatal shooting 192 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:58.840 at a car dealership in Miami Dade. 193 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:04.080 During that conference, the subject shot both the victims. 194 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:10.240 Sheriff Rosy Cordero Stutz says deputies heard gunshots when they 195 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:12.919 got to the scene yesterday. She says a man killed 196 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:15.759 was shot by his half brother. The shooter is said 197 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:18.159 to be in critical condition. The sheriff stress that it 198 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:20.960 was not a random act of violence. The man accused 199 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:23.960 of killing United healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York 200 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:27.000 is doing federal court to answer to murder charges. Luigi 201 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:30.440 Mangioni was indicted last week by a federal grand jury. 202 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:34.200 Attorney General Piam Bondi says she plans to pursue the 203 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:38.200 death penalty. A senior Russian military officer has been killed 204 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:42.440 by a car bomb. Russia's top criminal investigation agency says 205 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:45.639 the explosive device was placed in his car in an 206 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:49.200 area just outside Moscow. The investigative committee did not say 207 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:53.320 who is believed to be responsible. Filmmaker Ryan Kugler has 208 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:57.000 Hollywood executives a little nervous because of his latest hit movie. 209 00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:59.759 The horror movie Sinners starring Michael B. Jordan, debuted number 210 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:01.559 one of the box office last weekend. But it's the 211 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:04.240 deal Coogler cut with Warner Brothers that some say could 212 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:06.519 be the beginning of the end of the studio system. 213 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:08.879 The studio gave Coogler, who wrote and directed Sinner and 214 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:12.000 was also behind Black Panther in Creed, ownership of Sinners 215 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:14.799 after twenty five years, meeting no residual money for the 216 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:17.759 studios at that point. Coogler, who's only made five films, 217 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:20.279 but is already one of the fifty highest grossing directors 218 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:22.600 of all time. Says the deal to own Sinners was 219 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:24.960 for personal reasons and he won't look for ownership of 220 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:27.720 future stuff. Michael Krozer kf I News. 221 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:30.360 A woman in Florida has been accused of pretending to 222 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:34.279 be an immigration agent so she could kidnap her ex 223 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:37.879 boyfriend's wife from her job. The Bay County Sheriff's Office 224 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:39.679 says the woman was wearing a black T shirt with 225 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:41.759 ice printed on the front when she went to the 226 00:11:42.200 --> 00:11:45.000 wife's work place a couple of weeks ago. She had 227 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:48.559 a handheld radio, flashed a sheriff's office business card, and 228 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:51.759 told the woman she had to leave with her. The 229 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:54.720 woman did, but was eventually able to get away and 230 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:58.799 called police. When we come back, we're going to work. 231 00:11:59.080 --> 00:12:02.240 But you know what, we don't really care. ABC's Jim 232 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:04.759 Ryan's going to explain that's coming up in just a 233 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:05.440 couple of minutes. 234 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:08.919 You're listening to Wake Up Call on Demand from KFI 235 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:11.200 AM six forty Kono. 236 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:15.480 Is off today. He's sick. Debor Mark was sick. Neil 237 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:18.279 is sick. I'm getting a little worried because I'm going 238 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:20.840 on vacation in a week, and I better not get sick. 239 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:23.799 You know how when it was like COVID and then 240 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:26.480 like somebody would get it, and then everybody would feel 241 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:27.960 really bad because they're like, oh my god, I gave 242 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:30.519 you to COVID. I'm going to make you feel really 243 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:32.399 bad if you get me sick before I go on vacation. 244 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:36.840 It's five point twenty on your Friday morning wake up call. 245 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:39.200 Thanks for getting your day started with us. We're almost 246 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:41.399 home for the weekend. Here's what we're following in the 247 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:44.440 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Blue Shield of California has 248 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:48.240 suffered a massive data breach. The healthcare provider is just 249 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:51.720 now notifying nearly five million members that their private information 250 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:55.039 may have been shared through a tracking tool between April 251 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:58.240 of twenty twenty one and January of twenty twenty four. 252 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:01.399 Blue Shield says it has fixed the issue and no 253 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:04.559 data has been shared since January of twenty twenty four. Okay, 254 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:08.240 so it's the end of April twenty twenty five and 255 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:09.200 we didn't. 256 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:10.399 Know about this for over a year. 257 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:14.279 Really, the man accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian 258 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:16.639 Thompson on a New York City street is said to 259 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:19.840 be arraigned on federal charges this afternoon. Attorney General Pam 260 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:23.200 Bondi has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty for 261 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:27.679 Luigi Mangioni. Heads of state and royalty will start converging 262 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:30.840 on Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis in the 263 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:34.440 Vatican's Saint Peter's Square. It'll be held tomorrow starting at 264 00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:38.559 one am hour time. President Trump and Ukraine's President Zelenski 265 00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:41.759 are among those attending tens of thousands of the faithful 266 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:44.039 of filed past the Pope, whose body lies in state 267 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:47.120 through today at Saint Peter's Basilica at six o five 268 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:50.279 tandle on the news, Presidents must like one word warnings. 269 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:54.480 First it was Biden saying don't Now it's Trump saying stop. 270 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:58.879 Let's not stop the conversation. Let's keep it going and 271 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:01.840 say good morning too. ABC's Jim Ryan. 272 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:04.200 So, Jim, we're all here, we're at work. But you 273 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:05.159 know what, we don't care. 274 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:09.240 That's by and large it. Yeah, that's what Gallup has found. 275 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:10.200 What is that? 276 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:14.519 Yeah, they're not feeling engaged, and you try to put 277 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:18.039 something like emotions into something objective like numbers and then 278 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:20.639 plot that on a map. And that's what Gallup has 279 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:23.480 tried to do, asking folks around the world, not just 280 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:25.720 in the US, but around the world, how they feel 281 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:28.799 about their jobs. Do they feel that what they're doing 282 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:32.440 is important, that it matters, that they're making a difference, 283 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:34.559 or do they feel kind of out of it and 284 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:37.120 you know, checked out, wanted to go home and then 285 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:41.039 you know, drink their sorrows away. Who knows. But yeah, So, 286 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:43.240 for only the second time since two thousand and nine, 287 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:48.799 that's when Gallup started putting this global employee Engagement chart together. 288 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:51.039 Since only for only the second time, the number has 289 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:54.519 gone down, So workers are feeling less engaged than they 290 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:56.120 did just a couple of years ago. 291 00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:59.639 So, Jim, when you say they feel less engaged, does 292 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:02.480 that make I mean, is it what I just said? 293 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:04.240 It's like people are there, but they don't care. 294 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:06.799 They're just sort of like going through the motions but 295 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:11.039 not really emotionally invested in it or anything exactly. 296 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:14.840 And those folks are disengaged. The ones who are actively 297 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:19.480 disengaged are the ones who vocally can't stand their jobs 298 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:21.879 or they're looking to get out, they're trying to find 299 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:24.279 something else, And I mean those are the folks who 300 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:29.480 are hardcore just upset with their work environmental together. The 301 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:31.679 others are just sort of blah. They go, they check in, 302 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:34.159 they do their thing, and they go home. And there 303 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:35.399 is a price to pay for that. 304 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:35.679 You know. 305 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:39.000 Some companies might say, fine, I don't know, it really 306 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:40.679 doesn't matter how you feel, long as you do your 307 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:46.039 job and get it done and go home. But disengagement, 308 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:49.759 I mean the sense of not being involved or having 309 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:53.159 some importance. It's costing the world economy four hundred and 310 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:58.039 thirty eight billion dollars in lost productivity worldwide according to Gallop. 311 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:02.519 Wow, you know I was going to ask you, does 312 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:06.279 it translate to work productivity directly? 313 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:06.799 Sure? 314 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:07.960 And they can see. 315 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:12.080 That absolutely, and it's I'm sure. There are all sorts 316 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:15.679 of formulas that Gallup uses to quantify this. Take something 317 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:18.919 touchy feelia like I don't feel great about my job 318 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:22.399 into how much is it costing the company? But the 319 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:26.480 suffice to say that employers are managers or a company heads. 320 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:29.840 The CEOs who are interested in the productivity of the 321 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:35.200 company should also be interested in the engagement of their workers. 322 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:38.399 And a lot of it comes down to managers According 323 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:41.320 to Gallup, people don't feel you know, the managers are 324 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:43.080 caught in the middle, and they have been for at 325 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:48.519 least the last few years. They're supervisors are kind of disengaged, 326 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:50.919 their workers are disengaged, and the managers are right there 327 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:51.399 in the middle. 328 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:52.720 Yeah. 329 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:54.600 Well, and you know how they say, it kind of 330 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:57.600 trickles down too. I mean, if you have a great 331 00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:59.919 manager and they're able to fire you up and get 332 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:02.519 you go in, I think that that has, you know, 333 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:04.039 goes a long way one. 334 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:07.440 Hundred percent, and training managers in that direction, getting them 335 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:10.920 to to not just know how to do the job 336 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:13.279 that their workers are doing, but also how to manage 337 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:15.920 those people. That's the thing that, according to Gallup, is 338 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:18.960 going to help to turn these numbers around in the future. 339 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:21.799 And as sorrow, you know, as bad as things are 340 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:25.559 in this country with only thirty two percent of the 341 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:28.599 population really engage in their jobs, it's worse in other 342 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:30.839 parts of the world, much worse in other probably. I mean, 343 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:34.000 look at France. You know we talk about how you know, 344 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:36.319 French people get all sorts of time off. Well, eight 345 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:39.039 percent of those folks are engaged. 346 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:42.160 Eight percent, yeah. 347 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:44.240 Eight percent, compared to our thirty two percent. So, while 348 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:46.559 one in three of us are feeling engaged and good 349 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:50.119 about our work, under one in ten in France feel 350 00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:51.119 good about their work. 351 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:53.559 Okay, and our employers doing anything to try to get 352 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:55.559 workers to re engage or do they just kind of 353 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:56.000 not care? 354 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:59.480 No, Some are, especially in the United States and in 355 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:02.799 Europe come andanies are taking on this challenge and they're 356 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:05.599 trying to put best practices into place to ensure that 357 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:09.240 managers are well trained there, that they have the tools 358 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:11.960 and the assets they need to to help their work 359 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:14.200 without And it doesn't have to cost a lot of money. 360 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:18.200 It's as simple as training your managers to help recognize 361 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:22.119 performance of their workers. You know, managers who who make 362 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:25.000 their employees feel good about their jobs will themselves feel 363 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.720 good about their jobs. 364 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:29.839 All right, Well, I'm going to continue to care. I'm 365 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:31.359 the one, I'm the thirty two percent. 366 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:34.599 I used there was a photographer worked for a channel 367 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:36.440 for a TV station here in Dallas for worth and 368 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:38.920 you had a sticker on the side of his camera 369 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:42.160 back in the day, and it said give them quality 370 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:43.400 whether they want it or not. 371 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:48.960 Right exactly, Well, it's always quality time that you and 372 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:49.960 I get to spend together. 373 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:52.079 ABC's Jim Ryan, thanks so much for the info. 374 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:52.960 You have a nice weekend. 375 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.559 Thanks you too. 376 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:58.200 Despite us dry start to the winter, California has caught 377 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:01.839 up and now has above average snowfall for the third 378 00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:03.680 year in a row. That's for the first time in 379 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:07.400 twenty five years. Officials are calling it a snowpacked trifecta. 380 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:10.920 Southern California still short on rainfall, and work is being 381 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:13.559 done to secure water from northern California and from the 382 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:17.640 Colorado River. Governor Newsham, along with cal Fire, have announced 383 00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:21.039 plans to beef up the state's airborne fire fighting. 384 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:22.599 Fleet ahead of peak fire seasons. 385 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:25.799 Not another state in the country that is resourced as 386 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.799 the state of California. 387 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:29.359 As it relates to its aerial fighting fleet. 388 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:32.880 It's fact the largest in the world, the largest civilian 389 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:34.759 aerial fighting fleet. 390 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:38.200 The state now has seven sy whin thirty water dropping planes. 391 00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:41.200 They're not all in service. Two are in service, a 392 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:43.720 third is being retrofitted and will be ready to fly 393 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:46.000 by late summer. The rest of the fleet's going to 394 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:48.720 be retrofitted and is expected to be ready by the 395 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:51.240 end of twenty twenty six. CalFire says it has also 396 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:54.279 doubled its use of drones and is using AI tools 397 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:56.759 to help detect fires faster. 398 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:59.240 Three people suspected. 399 00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:01.920 Of posing as food food delivery workers have been arrested 400 00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:06.160 in Alhambra for allegedly trying to burglarize burglarize a home. 401 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:15.839