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 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:13.240 KFI and KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:16.359 How goes it, mister Warlock winter? 5 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:20.440 Please, I've got my magic power working just fire. 6 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:24.719 I can cast up a big freeze, Yes, sir, I 7 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:30.039 think I can guarantee a white Christmas wonderful. 8 00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:32.039 Then let's be off. 9 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:34.520 It's time for your morning wake up call. 10 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:36.759 Here's Amy King. 11 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:40.079 You bet watch child, you bet or not? From you 12 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:40.679 bet or not? 13 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:45.759 I tended to block twenty two Santa Clauses coming to 14 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:46.280 the time. 15 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.359 Guess it's my favorite of all of the banking. 16 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:54.159 What is it? 17 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:59.600 Rankin bass, rankin bass, Yeah, it's I just love Santa 18 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:03.679 Claus is coming to town. Well, five sleeps till Christmas. 19 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:07.040 This is your wake up call for Friday, December twentieth. 20 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:08.359 I'm Amy King. 21 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:11.239 We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app, and we are 22 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:12.239 glad that you are. 23 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:12.799 Here with us. 24 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:16.799 You can have a lot of fun today and fill 25 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:19.719 you in on what's been going on since you fell asleep. 26 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:22.480 So let's get right to it. Here's what's ahead on 27 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:25.519 wake up Call. President Elect Trump has announced success after 28 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:28.079 lawmakers came up with a new bill to fund the government, 29 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:31.519 but the House failed to pass the bill, with one 30 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:33.959 hundred and seventy four voting four and two hundred and 31 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:36.040 thirty five voting against the bill that would have kept 32 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:38.439 the government funded through March and lift the debt ceiling 33 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:40.480 for two years. We're going to find out from Karen 34 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:44.719 Travers what's next and what happens if a bill doesn't 35 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:45.959 pass by midnight. 36 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:48.560 That's coming up at five twenty. 37 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:52.879 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has deported more 38 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:56.000 than two hundred seventy thousand people to one hundred and 39 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.640 ninety two countries over a recent twelvemonth period. That's the 40 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:03.079 most deportations in a decade and nearly double the number 41 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:06.840 from the previous year. Workers at four Amazon warehouses in 42 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:09.280 southern California are on strike for a second day, with 43 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:12.159 just five days left before Christmas. The workers say Amazon 44 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:16.280 is refusing to recognize their union and negotiate contracts. Workers 45 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:20.439 at warehouses in Palmdale, San Bernardino Industry, and Victorville joined 46 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:23.000 striking workers in several other states and walking off the 47 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:28.319 job yesterday. ABC's Will gans Is talking move Fassa. Just 48 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:31.599 in time for Christmas, a new Diehard style movie hits 49 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:34.400 the stream. Ooh, and then of course that brings up 50 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:39.840 the big question, is Diehard a Christmas movie? Will Cole 51 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:43.800 Schreiver says no, Okay, what does kno say? 52 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:46.719 He's one thousand percent Christmas movie? 53 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:47.120 Okay. 54 00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:50.439 Our house whisper Dean Sharp is going to help us 55 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:52.520 get a jumpstart on how you can spruce up your 56 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:54.639 house and get organized in the new year. 57 00:02:55.919 --> 00:02:58.400 At six oh five, it's handle on the news. 58 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:01.360 Luigi at Mangioni is back in New York and found 59 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:04.400 out yesterday he could get the death penalty. 60 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:11.360 I Cono, we still hear you. He just start totally 61 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:14.680 gave me the stink eye. And you know what, Cono 62 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:15.919 came He look at this. 63 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:19.080 Okay, you can't see it, but if you step up 64 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:22.439 to your radio, he gave me a bottle of Coono wine. 65 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:25.759 And it's not even one of those personalized labor labels. 66 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:30.199 It's actually Cono Wine of New Zealand. Asauvion Blanc can't 67 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:32.639 wait to dip into it. Thank you, Cono. Let's get 68 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:34.080 started with some of the stories coming out of the 69 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:37.240 KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. Republican leaders in Washington are 70 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:39.120 trying to come up with a new plan to avoid 71 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:42.159 a government shutdown, as lawmakers have voted down a second 72 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:46.240 plan to extend funding. Dozens of Republicans joined Democrats last 73 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:48.919 night in voting down the revised funding build that included 74 00:03:48.919 --> 00:03:51.680 a two year suspension of the debt limit that was 75 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:53.360 demanded by President elect Trump. 76 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:57.319 Very disappointing to us that all but two Democrats voted 77 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:00.680 against aid to farmers and ranchers, against DIZA to relief, 78 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:04.919 against all these bipartisan measures that had already been negotiated 79 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:05.680 and decided upon. 80 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:08.759 How Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters the only difference in 81 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:11.719 the legislation was that they would push the debt ceiling 82 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:15.199 to January of twenty twenty seven. He says Republicans will 83 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:19.040 now regroup and come up with another solution. Senate Leader 84 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:23.279 Chuck Schumer says Democrats will not be negotiating. He says 85 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:26.279 it's time to go back to the original bipartisan agreement. 86 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:29.639 LA City leaders have announced more help for drug users 87 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:31.360 and homeless people in MacArthur Park. 88 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:34.040 The plan is to dispatch a variety of different teams 89 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:36.360 to address the needs of the park, which is crowded 90 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:39.920 with drug users and homeless people. La City Councilman Unsses 91 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:42.879 Hernandez says the city, county, and state have come together 92 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:44.199 to provide more services. 93 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:47.639 I believe deeply that government works best when a response 94 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:50.519 to the needs of community. We cannot solve the problems 95 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:52.120 that faces by operating in silos. 96 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:56.120 The plan includes mobile overdose response teams equipped with overdose 97 00:04:56.199 --> 00:05:00.720 reversal kits. It also has community clean teams, peace and ambassadors, 98 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:02.439 and a field medicine program. 99 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:04.480 Michael Monks KFI News. 100 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:06.680 A man from Van Nuys has been arrested in connection 101 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:09.959 with a series of arson fires in Sherman Oaks back 102 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:13.720 in October. LAPD says Ricardo vi in Aeva is not 103 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:16.319 believed to be involved in the series of fires in 104 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:20.000 that same area. This week, the Nueva was detained during 105 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:22.879 an unrelated traffic stop. He's been booked on suspicion of arson. 106 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:26.959 Starbucks baristas in La Chicago and Seattle are going on 107 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:30.480 strike because they say the company backtracked over future organizing 108 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:34.040 and collective bargaining at the coffee giant. Barista in bargaining 109 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:37.759 delegate Michelle Eisen says the company didn't hold up its 110 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:41.240 end of an agreement with the viable economic proposals by 111 00:05:41.240 --> 00:05:41.920 the end of the year. 112 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:47.000 Promised this economic package contained no wage increase for the 113 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:48.279 first year of the agreement. 114 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:51.920 Is that's just not an acceptable offer, It's an insulting offer. 115 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:54.279 Frankly, the strike is set to run five days and 116 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:57.519 cities said to be three of the company's priority markets. 117 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:01.199 It's five oh seven on your Friday morning wake up call. 118 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:04.079 Let's say good morning now to kfi's White House correspondent 119 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:07.480 John Decker. So, John, I think we've all known, at 120 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:10.519 least those of us who were watching knew that President 121 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:12.879 Biden was not operating at one hundred percent. But now 122 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:15.720 we're hearing that the people closest to him knew it 123 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:16.560 and hit it. 124 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:20.720 You know, this is a story I have to tell 125 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:22.920 you that could have been written by the Wall Street Journal, 126 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:26.279 which came out with this story just yesterday, And it 127 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:29.800 could have been written by them twelve months ago. Amy 128 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:32.000 it could have been written by them twenty months ago, 129 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:35.360 in the sense that there was enough information to come 130 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:40.279 out with the story episodes showing that President Biden was 131 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:44.160 declining in terms of his physical abilities. You noticed this 132 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:46.600 the slow way that he walks, the way he shlfles 133 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:50.399 his feet, but also episodes of what appears to be 134 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:54.519 declining cognitive abilities as well. And so it shouldn't really 135 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:58.879 come to anybody's surprise the story that came out yesterday 136 00:06:58.959 --> 00:06:59.920 in the Wall Street Journal. 137 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:02.639 So why did they wait? 138 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:05.959 Yeah, I don't know the answer to that. You know, 139 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:09.639 I cover the White House. I'm there every day. I 140 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:13.160 see the President every day, interact with him on days 141 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:16.920 that he interacts with the press, And you know, I'm 142 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:21.079 very honest. When people ask me how President Biden is doing, 143 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:24.079 I give them my honest answer, and I tell them 144 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:27.959 about various episodes that I've seen in my time covering 145 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:29.959 him in the White House for the past four years. 146 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:34.079 And there are episodes that, quite frankly, are concerning that 147 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:36.160 I've seen over the course of the past four years. 148 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:38.759 Now he only has thirty eight days or so left 149 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:42.439 in the White House before handing the keys essentially over 150 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:45.439 to Donald Trump. But you know, I think that it 151 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:49.680 really became quite apparent to most Americans if they watched 152 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:53.199 that presidential debate back on June the twenty seventh between 153 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:56.240 Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the one hosted by CNN 154 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:56.920 in Atlanta. 155 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:00.800 Yeah, and I think that it's interesting that so many 156 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:04.680 people just said that, oh my gosh, look what happened. 157 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:08.759 And like I said, I've seen it for at least 158 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:12.040 a year, two years or more, and it's not part 159 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:14.920 of it was I mean, he's is he eighty one now. 160 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:18.079 He's eighty two years old. He turned eighty two a 161 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:18.720 few weeks. 162 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:22.319 Ago, Okay, And it's normal to see cognitive decline. I 163 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:24.120 mean I saw my dad go through it, and it 164 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:28.839 was it's heartbreaking. Sometimes he's fine, sometimes he's not, but 165 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:31.879 something's going on. And that nobody would talk about the 166 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:35.240 elephant of the room until it was front and center 167 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:38.159 at that debate. It's like all of a sudden, everybody went, oh, 168 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:41.080 something's wrong, And I was like, you guys, have we've 169 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:42.360 been seeing it for forever. 170 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:46.879 Well, that's exactly right, you know. And you could put 171 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:50.519 blame on various people, you know, the people that work 172 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:52.960 at the White House that protect the president, people like 173 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:55.960 the White House Chief of Staff, who most people don't 174 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:59.399 even know his name, you know, because he's so invisible 175 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:02.080 at the White House. You could even throw some blame 176 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:04.200 on the first lady as well, who has gone out 177 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:07.480 of her way to protect your husband, you know, as 178 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:10.399 any wife would do for their husband. But you know, 179 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:12.759 I think that these are troubling things when we're talking 180 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:16.399 about not just any husband, not just any person you 181 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:18.279 know who shows up to work. We're talking about the 182 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:20.039 president of the United States, I. 183 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:24.000 Know, and it's I mean, honestly, John, at least from 184 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.320 my perspective, it's very sad. It's very scary too, because 185 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:30.039 you wonder who really is running the country. 186 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:34.519 Well, he has a good national security team, you know, 187 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:39.240 and those folks obviously give advice to the president, and 188 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:43.480 you know, the president the other day, just last Tuesday, 189 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:45.519 he took a question from me as he was departing 190 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:48.639 the White House to board Marine one. When I asked 191 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:52.519 him about the drones that have been appearing with great 192 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:55.320 frequency over New Jersey other states in the Northeast. He 193 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:59.440 responded to that question, gave an answer. But you know, 194 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:04.360 to me, the media appearances that he's had are few 195 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:07.879 and far between, certainly fewer than what I experienced in 196 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:13.120 covering Donald Trump, or in covering Barack Obama or George W. 197 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:15.919 Bush or Bill Clinton, all presidents that I've covered, and 198 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:19.480 you know, I think that there comes a point where 199 00:10:19.480 --> 00:10:22.279 you have to ask, why is that happening? You know, 200 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:25.519 because when he was in the US Senate, you couldn't 201 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:29.320 get Joe Biden away from a television camera. He wanted 202 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:32.200 to speak to the press as often as he possibly could. 203 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:35.279 You know, it was often said, the most dangerous place 204 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:38.159 in Washington is the space between Joe Biden and a 205 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:41.759 television camera. You know, So that that is something that 206 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:44.000 we do not see and have not seen over the 207 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:46.039 course of the past four years while he's been President 208 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:46.919 of the United States. 209 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:49.200 Okay, and you can read more about this, John. It 210 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:50.039 was in the Wall Street. 211 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:53.320 Journal yesterday, it was, Yeah, so you could read it 212 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:57.000 online for sure, you know. But again I could tell 213 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:00.360 you incidents or episodes to amy that don't make get 214 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:03.360 into the Wall Street Journal story that should have been there. 215 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:07.080 And these go back twenty months. So that's the reason 216 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:09.960 why I say this story that the Wall Street Journal 217 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:13.240 put out just yesterday could have been written by those 218 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:15.279 reporters quite some time ago. 219 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:17.480 Yeah, and you you were there, so you saw it, 220 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:19.840 and I know you have to go, but maybe let's 221 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:21.519 talk again. I would love to hear more about some 222 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:22.399 of the things that you've. 223 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:25.320 Exact absolutely and I sure a great day. Talk to 224 00:11:25.759 --> 00:11:26.320 bye bye. 225 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:29.639 Kfis White House correspondent John Decker. Let's get back to 226 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:31.240 some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 227 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:34.240 four hour newsroom. La County Sheriff's deputies in Lancaster trying 228 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:36.559 to find a missing teen mom and her one year 229 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:39.200 old daughter. The seventeen year old was last scene with 230 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:42.039 the baby in Palmdale yesterday. The young mom is Hispanic, 231 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:44.639 five foot five, one hundred and fifteen pounds, with straight 232 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:47.919 brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a green sweatshirt, 233 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:50.320 tan jacket and black pants. The baby has brown hair, 234 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:52.759 brown eyes, and a scar on her right pinky finger. 235 00:11:53.080 --> 00:11:56.200 She was wearing a hot pink puffer jacket. A woman's 236 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:58.679 been arrested for allegedly starting a fire outside of Jim 237 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:00.240 and the Eagle Rock Say. 238 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:02.879 The alleged arsonist was originally named as a person of 239 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:06.240 interest in a fire that happened just outside Lako Boxing 240 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:10.000 Club on Eagle Rock Boulevard on December fifteenth. Los Angeles 241 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:12.120 Fire got there just before five in the morning to 242 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:15.360 put out the fire. Security images show a woman appearing 243 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:18.519 to set the fire on purpose before she walked away. 244 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:23.000 On Thursday, the LAPD arrested Marvella Solomon in connection to 245 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:26.399 that fire outside the boxing club. Police say they recognized 246 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:30.879 Solomon from a previous wanted flyer Andrew Caravella KFI News. 247 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:35.039 Five years after murder hornets were discovered in Washington, state 248 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:40.159 wildlife officials have declared them eradicated. ABC's Sherry Preston reports 249 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:43.000 it was a team effort of wildlife officials at several 250 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:46.679 levels of government. They're crediting the collaborative effort of state, federal, 251 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:50.639 and international government agencies for finding and eliminating the hornets 252 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:53.759 as a major reason for success. The great Northern Ordnate 253 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:57.440 hornet hasn't been seen for three years. Washington and US 254 00:12:57.440 --> 00:13:00.679 wildlife officials have said that without a confirmed detection, they 255 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:03.960 believe the pests have been eradicated. Remember when we first 256 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:06.120 started hearing about them, I think it was during the pandemic, 257 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:08.159 and we're like, oh God, first the pandemic and now 258 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:12.519 murder hornets. Okay, Lots going on around Los Angeles and 259 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:17.840 surrounding areas as we head into the holidays, and our 260 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:21.080 very own wil Cole Schreiber has his eyes on what's 261 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:23.440 going on. So we're going to go to Will's weekend 262 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:26.000 warm up. Will what you got going for the weekend 263 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:27.600 that people might want to check out? 264 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:30.320 Well, if you got family in town, maybe it's Christmas, 265 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:32.360 you're feeling Christmasy and you want to get out and about. 266 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:34.639 You know what, you better be feeling Christmas in my night. 267 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:37.960 Home alone in concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall and 268 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:41.559 the orchestra playing that John Williams music along with the movie. 269 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:42.519 So that's kind of cool. 270 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:43.320 I love John Willy. 271 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:46.639 There's the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade all weekend at night. 272 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:48.039 Of course, have you gone to see that? 273 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:50.519 I have never seen that, and the pictures look amazing. 274 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:52.720 It's really spectacular. It's worth checking out. 275 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:55.000 And of course the Festival of Lights and Riverside at 276 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:59.080 the Mission Inn. That is amazing, just thousands and thousands 277 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:01.279 of lights. And if you feel driving up into the hills, 278 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:03.519 pretend you're in the North Pole. Santa's Village is up 279 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:06.039 on Highway eighteen. So there's a lot of Christmasy stuff 280 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:08.519 to do, plus skating rinks everywhere if you want to 281 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:11.720 go break a limb, I mean, skate on some ice yea, yeah, 282 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:15.360 you have many options downtown Santa Monica, Universal City, all 283 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:16.200 over the place. 284 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:18.080 Okay, and they rent skates. You don't have to have 285 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:19.639 a I know. Okay. 286 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:21.279 So those are just a few things that you can 287 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:23.399 check out over the weekend. Thank you, will, Cole Schreiber. 288 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:26.919 The California Public Utilities Commission has decided to keep the 289 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:30.159 controversial Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility. 290 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:30.519 Open. 291 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:33.639 In their decision yesterday, the commission said it's a reliable 292 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:36.639 source of energy energy and needs to stay open to 293 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:40.679 keep energy costs down. The Temechila Valley School Board has 294 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:43.639 rescinded two policies after getting pressure from the state. One 295 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:46.879 would require schools to tell parents if their child identifies 296 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:50.639 as transgender. The other would ban all flags except the 297 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:53.840 American and the California state flag. The board says it's 298 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:56.720 going to rework the policies and they'll be back. Before 299 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:59.679 you deck out your car with Christmas lights, the CHP 300 00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:03.000 is reminding drivers that multi colored holiday lights on cars 301 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:07.080 us against the law. The h pieces drivers lights can 302 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:10.399 our holiday lights rather can look like emergency vehicle lights 303 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:13.960 and can confuse other drivers at six so five is 304 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:16.720 handle on the news you know, you can't just eat one, 305 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:19.639 and for some you shouldn't eat any at all. Free 306 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:22.320 Too Lay is recalling some of its lazed potato chips. 307 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:27.279 Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Karen Travers. So, Karen, 308 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:29.679 a new bill was put up after the first one 309 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:33.720 was torpedoed, and it was torpedoed two. 310 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:35.320 Yeah. 311 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:37.919 Yeah, it failed. The Plan B that was put forward 312 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:39.039 yesterday by. 313 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:41.960 House Speaker Mike Johnson failed and it was because thirty 314 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:45.480 eight Republicans voted against it. And that's a significant number 315 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:48.960 of Republicans to vote against something that Donald Trump is 316 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:52.159 calling for explicitly, and that's raising the limit on how 317 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:54.799 much the government can borrow the debt ceiling. The bill 318 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:58.159 yesterday would have funded the government through March, provided one 319 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:00.840 hundred and ten billion dollars in disaster aid, but also 320 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:04.000 raise the debt limit, suspended it for two years. Trump 321 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:06.159 said it was a success, he was thrilled with that 322 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:09.480 deal yesterday, but thirty eight Republicans went and decided him 323 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:10.519 and voted against it. 324 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:14.759 So now we are back at square one. It's unclear 325 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:17.519 if there is a planned c There are some rumblings 326 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:20.559 in the last couple of seconds, literally seconds from my 327 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:24.840 colleagues up on Capitol Hill that there could be plans 328 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:27.000 c coming up in the next few hours, but we 329 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:29.840 don't know what it includes. How Speaker Mike Johnson had 330 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:32.240 said earlier today that there would be votes this morning. 331 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:33.440 We've got a plan. 332 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:35.360 He was asked if there was a new agreement, and 333 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:38.399 he would only say, we'll see. So it's just again 334 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:40.600 not clear what they're going to try to put together 335 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:44.720 that could get either Democrats back on board, that could 336 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:45.559 make those thirty. 337 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:48.519 Eight Republicans happy and still not safe. 338 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:51.320 Thand the wrath of Donald Trump, who's loobbing things on 339 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:54.399 social media about what he doesn't like about what they're considering. 340 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:54.960 Right. 341 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:58.440 So like, for example, if they said, Okay, we'll do 342 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:03.720 this more bare bones continuing resolution but not extend the 343 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:07.960 debt limit, then they might get it through Congress. 344 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:09.720 But that doesn't But then you've got. 345 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:12.759 Trump is not happy, yes, because he has demanded that 346 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:15.279 in this eleventh hour demand. I mean, that was not 347 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:19.200 part of the negotiations. That was a significant purple that 348 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:23.279 he threw out there on Wednesday, that really through Republican 349 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:25.839 leadership for a loop like that was not part of 350 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:30.119 the conversation, and you know, interestingly, like it's really it's 351 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:34.359 Republicans who have traditionally supported keeping a debt limit in 352 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:37.160 place to keep a check on federal spending. It's Democrats 353 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:39.480 who have called for getting rid of it so that 354 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:41.279 you could have flexibility. 355 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:41.559 Here. 356 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:43.599 Interesting now how this is kind of changing. 357 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:45.599 Trump politically just doesn't want to have to deal with 358 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:48.000 it next year because that's when they would come up 359 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:50.400 against the borrowing cap. He doesn't want to deal with 360 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:52.960 it because it's a politically thorny issue, as you see 361 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:55.480 with thirty eight Republicans voting against it last night. 362 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:58.480 Yeah, and this second bill that was defeated, it was 363 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:00.920 like one hundred and something pages. The first one was 364 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:03.480 like fifteen hundred pages. 365 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:04.400 Just to kee. 366 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:07.880 Yeah, so wouldn't even read too much in that. Like 367 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:10.519 I mean, yesterday's bill did fund the government for the 368 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:11.400 same amount of time. 369 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:14.359 It also did have the disaster Aid too. That's an 370 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:16.559 important part of this too. Like they could just pass 371 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:18.759 a bill that just funds the government at the current 372 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:21.240 level through March, just like kick the. 373 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:23.839 Can do the basic minimum that they have to do 374 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:26.799 to keep the lights on. But the disaster Aid is 375 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:30.359 very important to so many lawmakers right now. That one 376 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:33.599 hundred billion dollars that the White House requested. This is 377 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:36.079 the last bill that is going to pass Congress this year. 378 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:38.400 If that Disaster Aid doesn't get in there, it's not 379 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:40.640 going out, and it's not clear it would ever go out. 380 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:43.839 So they want it in there. And it's a red. 381 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:45.839 State priority, it's a blue state priority. 382 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:49.519 There's bipartisan overwhelming support for getting that out the door. 383 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:51.960 Okay, well, we'll be watching and see if they can 384 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:54.160 come up with something, because the countdown is on. 385 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:55.480 We got about eighteen hours ago. 386 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:56.519 We'll see, all right. 387 00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:57.720 Karen Javers, thank. 388 00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:59.640 You, thanking for you. We got less out here. 389 00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:04.000 Yeah, all right, Karen Travers, thank you so much. 390 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:06.279 I'm gonna be off next week so I won't be 391 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:08.119 talking to you, so have a merry Christmas too. 392 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:11.200 Oh you're costing to talk again. The government is open, 393 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.000 that's all. 394 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:14.079 Right, perfect, take care, we'll talk to you soon. 395 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:17.559 Thank you, Thanks, bye bye. 396 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:20.960 Metro says ridership in November hit a milestone with nearly 397 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:25.160 twenty six million boardings on its buses and rail length lines. 398 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:29.319 The transit agency says it was the twenty fourth consecutive 399 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:32.759 month of year over year ridership growth. Metro says November's 400 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:37.000 combined bus and rail ridership figures reached nearly eighty eight 401 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:40.559