WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.200 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:08.439 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:15.560 KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. It's 4 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:17.559 time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:24.320 Good morning, Yes, that is correct, it is time for 6 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:27.399 your morning wake up call, and I'm Michael Monks in 7 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:31.920 for Amy King on this Monday morning, January twenty seventh, 8 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:35.159 twenty twenty five. A bit of a change in the 9 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:38.479 weather out there, and yes it is impacting lots of stuff. 10 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:41.799 Some schools have closed, although some are reopening, so that's 11 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:45.560 good news. But the roads not so good in some places. 12 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:48.520 We'll have the full traffic report coming up today on 13 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:51.000 wake up Call. We got all your local headlines, of course, 14 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:54.759 fire stuff, weather stuff, traffic stuff, and the price of 15 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:59.039 eggs winter Ralphs yesterday, as I do every Sunday, downtown LA. 16 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:03.000 Nine dollars for a dozen eggs. Is there really no 17 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:06.079 end in sight to this high cost? We're gonna have 18 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:09.000 a live report on what that situation is and how 19 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:12.560 much longer we can expect to endure those high prices 20 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:15.120 for a dozen eggs. Also, how did the Nation of 21 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:19.480 Columbia end up in the crosshairs of President Trump, a 22 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:24.120 potential trade war erupted, and then it seemed to calm 23 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:27.319 down all rather quickly. Yesterday it was head spinning. We'll 24 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:29.680 have a live report on what went down, why it 25 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:33.799 went down, what's going down right now, and what it 26 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:37.200 all means. And there is no question that our president 27 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:41.079 enjoys some camera time. He's already taken dozens of reporter 28 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:43.640 questions in the White House on the road aboard Air 29 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:46.680 Force One. We'll be joined live by a White House 30 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:51.560 correspondent who has covered every president since Bill Clinton. We'll 31 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:54.120 talk about what's different in the briefing room now that 32 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:57.079 Trump is back in DC. And then we have this 33 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:01.599 forthcoming release of classified documents. It's related to the assassinations 34 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:07.799 of JFK, RFK, AN MLK. So why what else do 35 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:11.719 we need to know about all of those events. We'll 36 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:14.439 talk about that coming up in this hour as well. 37 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:16.599 And don't forget it's six oh five. We've got Handle 38 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:19.719 on the news, Bill, Handle, Nil, Savandra and me. We'll 39 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:22.080 all be with you and hope you will join us 40 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:24.439 as well. We'll start with some of the stories coming 41 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:27.360 out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom a winter 42 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:30.680 storm warning issue through four o'clock this afternoon for the 43 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:34.000 eastern San Gabriel Mountains. The National Weather Service is said 44 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:37.800 to expect heavy snow up to fourteen inches in some areas, 45 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:41.360 and more than an inch of snow has anticipated along Grapevine. 46 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:44.080 Other parts of the region have a winter weather advisory. 47 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:48.800 There's also a flood advisory for Pacific Palisades, including the Palisades, 48 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:52.879 Burned scar and the far western San Fernando Valley, although 49 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:56.039 that expired just about an hour ago. We still have 50 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:59.479 a flood watch for the Santa Clarita Valley, western San 51 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:03.360 Gabriel Mountains, and Highway fourteen Corridor. It's forecasted until ten 52 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:07.639 o'clock this morning. Frost advisory showing how different the weather 53 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:11.479 has gotten in recent hours. Tomorrow, in the early morning 54 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:15.400 hours two to nine overnight, Calabasas A, Gore Hills, Central 55 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:19.960 Ventura County Valleys, Lake Casitas, southeastern Ventura County Valleys, Ventura 56 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:23.560 County Inland Coast, and the western San Fernando Valley beyond 57 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:26.800 the lookout might see some frost in those overnight hours. 58 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:31.439 And the Eton Fire almost fully contained today. Right now, 59 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:34.280 it's at about ninety eight percent. That's the fire that 60 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:38.919 ravaged Altadena parts of Pasadena. Firefighters are still there. They 61 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:42.280 are still putting out some hot spots and Pasadena City 62 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:45.960 Schools have begun the second phase of its school reopening. 63 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:49.919 Five more schools have opened again today, but the Santa 64 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:54.039 Monica Malibu Schools has closed its schools in Malibu because 65 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:58.439 of dangerous road conditions and challenges with access. Malibu Canyon 66 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:02.319 Road also expected to be closed between Payoma and Francisco 67 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:06.240 Ranch Roads through five o'clock this afternoon due to concern 68 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:09.400 about rock and mud slide. So that's the situation right 69 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:12.560 now all across the region. Some challenges related to weather 70 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:17.040 on the roads. The Trump administration is a week old 71 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:20.480 today and the new president has been busy. Deportations are 72 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:24.680 happening across the country. DEI is finished at the federal level, 73 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:28.680 and we're possibly close to a trade war, maybe not 74 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:32.279 with Columbia. And another noticeable change in Washington, d C. 75 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:34.720 Now that there's a new resident at the White House. 76 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:39.040 President Trump's Engagement of the Press. Our John Decker has 77 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:42.319 been a correspondent during the ten years of seventeen press 78 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:46.120 secretaries and every president since Bill Clinton. He's here to 79 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:51.000 talk about what has changed since Trump returned to Pennsylvania Avenue. 80 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:52.600 Good morning, John, sound like. 81 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:55.439 An old coajure, but it is true. I have some 82 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:59.040 institutional knowledge, and I can tell you that it is 83 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:02.879 a very different atmosphere at the White House now than 84 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:06.800 what existed, certainly in the final few weeks, final few 85 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:10.600 months of President Joe Biden. A lot more energy at 86 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:13.560 the White House. It's only been one week since Donald 87 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:16.120 Trump has been office, and as you know, he has 88 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:21.399 signed a slew of executive orders since taking office. And 89 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:24.600 in addition to that, he's even taken a multi day 90 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:29.839 trip to Asheville, North Carolina, and Los Angeles to inspect 91 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:34.240 and view the two natural disasters that happen in those 92 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:35.399 two disaster zones. 93 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:37.800 Yeah, he's hit the ground running, of course. And I 94 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:41.279 suppose that it's typical that a new administration sweeps into 95 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:45.839 office and there's buzz, there's optimism, there's some goodwill being 96 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:49.519 extended to folks before things turn south, as they do 97 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:53.920 for administrations throughout history. But what's different about this first 98 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:57.000 week compared to the first weeks of other presidents that 99 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:57.560 you've covered. 100 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:02.879 Well, you're right, you know, new presidents, new administrations do 101 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:06.680 generally hit the ground running. You know, when George W. 102 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:09.839 Bush came into office after Bill Clinton, he too signed 103 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:13.279 plenty of executive voters to undo some of the things 104 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:16.199 that Bill Clinton had put in place during his eight 105 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:20.720 years in office. Similarly, when you have eight years later 106 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:26.360 Obama replacing Bush, and he too signed executive actions undoing 107 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:29.040 some of the things of the eight years of Bush 108 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:33.360 and so on. But it's different this time simply because 109 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:36.959 of the fact that this is the second term of 110 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:39.959 Donald Trump. It's the final term of Donald Trump can't 111 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:44.360 run again, and he realizes his administration, his team realizes 112 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:47.959 that there's a narrow window to get done what they 113 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:51.040 wished to get done. That narrow window is really over 114 00:06:51.079 --> 00:06:54.399 the course of the next two years with the Republicans 115 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:57.439 in control of all of the leavers of government, the 116 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:59.439 White House, the House, and the Senate. 117 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:02.240 Let's talk a bit about what goes on in the 118 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:06.000 briefing room at the White House. There are times where 119 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:10.879 those press conferences become must SEETV. And I'm curious what's 120 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:14.680 different in terms of the relationship between journalist and the 121 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:17.480 White House since the keys of the White House changed 122 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:18.439 hands last Monday. 123 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:21.639 Well, we haven't had a White House press briefing yet 124 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:24.800 with Caroline Leavitt, the new White House Press Secretary. I 125 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:27.079 think the reason for that has to do with the 126 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:30.000 fact that Donald Trump, in his first week in office, 127 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:33.600 wanted to be the faith the voice of everything that 128 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:36.360 was happening in this first week in office. Hopefully we'll 129 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:40.240 get the start of regular briefings at the White House. 130 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:43.680 When I walk into the briefing room every day, I 131 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:47.920 see people I've never seen before in my life, and 132 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:50.839 I don't know who these folks are in terms of 133 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:53.720 which news organization that they may be with, if they're 134 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:57.879 actually journalists, but they recognize that right now, unlike the 135 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:01.279 past four years, this center of the universe is the 136 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:04.399 White House because there's just so much news coming out 137 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:07.319 of sixteen one hundred Pennsylvania Avenue every day. 138 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:11.639 So when we think about the President and his relationship 139 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:13.800 with the media, it's sort of a double edged sword. 140 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:18.000 He loves a camera, he loves to talk, but he 141 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:21.160 also expresses a lot of disdain for the media. He's 142 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:25.360 coined the phrase fake news, and it's become a part 143 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:29.399 of our daily language here in this country. But really, 144 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:32.960 how do we expect his relationship to be with journalists 145 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:36.159 this time around. Are you getting any indication about that 146 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:38.759 from these early days of the new administration. 147 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:43.120 Well, when he departed the White House on Friday for Ashville, 148 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:46.519 North Carolina, left on the south lawn of the White House, 149 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:49.759 departed on Marine one, he took some questions from the 150 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:53.559 press corps. That was the norm with Donald Trump typically 151 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:55.960 when he would leave to go on a trip outside 152 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:00.519 of Washington, d C. Having a mini press conference. That's 153 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:02.360 a good thing, you know, in the sense that he's 154 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:05.600 taken questions from the press corps almost on a regular 155 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:09.879 basis for an extended period of time. So I think 156 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:14.399 the press that has that opportunity to ask questions of 157 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:18.039 President Trump appreciates that. Now you know, we're going to 158 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:21.360 ask tough questions of Trump, like I speak for myself, 159 00:09:21.399 --> 00:09:25.080 like I asked of President Joe Biden. And we'll see 160 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:28.879 what that relationship develops like over the course of the 161 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:32.480 next few weeks with Donald Trump, as he takes more 162 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:35.039 questions from the press corps than certainly what we saw 163 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:37.519 during Joe Biden's four years in the White House. 164 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:40.080 You've covered a lot of presidents, as we mentioned, You've 165 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:43.799 dealt with a lot of press secretaries. From your observation, 166 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:49.120 what do you think fuels Trump's frankness and even when 167 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:54.399 he's not necessarily speaking accurately, what fuels his frankness and 168 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:57.000 willingness to talk to the press in spite of that 169 00:09:57.039 --> 00:09:59.279 weird relationship he has with journalists. 170 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:02.320 The first time I interviewed Donald Trump was a long 171 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:04.799 time ago, was back in nineteen ninety nine. So I've 172 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:09.279 known him for many years and people ask me, well, 173 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:11.399 what was he like in nineteen ninety nine, before it 174 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:14.600 was even involved in politics, And it's essentially the same 175 00:10:14.679 --> 00:10:17.639 Donald Trump now that existed back in nineteen ninety nine, 176 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:23.159 someone who does not edit his thoughts, that speaks frankly 177 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:26.679 that you know, again, he may not like what he 178 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:29.080 says or how he says it, but you're going to 179 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:33.279 get an answer from Donald Trump to most questions that 180 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:36.639 are posed to him. And I think that that's one 181 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:39.000 of the things that those who like Donald Trump like 182 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:42.919 most about him, that he's not a typical politician. He 183 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:45.919 doesn't factor in well, if I answer a question this way, 184 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:48.799 it may have this impact, you know, in terms of 185 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:53.519 my approval ratings. He just answers questions. Damn the consequences, 186 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:55.519 and I think that's what makes him so unique. 187 00:10:56.200 --> 00:10:59.240 White House Correspondent John Decker, thanks so much for spending 188 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:01.840 some time with us. The administration is only a week old. 189 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:04.360 I'm sure we will have much to talk about in 190 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:06.840 the weeks and even years ahead. John, thanks so much. 191 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:08.320 Absolutely, thank you. 192 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:12.279 You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI 193 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:13.279 AM six forty. 194 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:16.960 First of all, drive safely out there if you haven't 195 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:19.080 left yet. Just know that the roads are a little 196 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:22.519 weird in some spots and a little dangerous as well. 197 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:25.600 And rain across the Southland has helped firefighters mop up 198 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:28.440 the wildfires, but we're watching for the potential of toxic 199 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:31.440 ash runoff and mud slides. La County, Cruz have spent 200 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:34.799 much of the past week removing vegetation, shoring up slopes, 201 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:38.600 and reinforcing roads in those devastated areas of the Palisades 202 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:42.960 and eaten fires. Israel has allowed Palestinians to return north 203 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.720 of the Gaza Strip, an area heavily destroyed during the 204 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:49.320 country's war with Hamas. Thousands of Palestinians have headed that 205 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:53.759 way today. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been extended. 206 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:56.960 President Trump has pushed to have the Egypt and Jordan 207 00:11:57.039 --> 00:12:00.120 take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from Gaza, but 208 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:03.159 those nations have said no. Trump told reporters aboard Air 209 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:05.879 Force One over the weekend, moving about a million and 210 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:09.279 a half people away from Gaza might mean, quote, we 211 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:12.799 just clean out that whole thing. Jordan's foreign minister says 212 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:17.960 his country's opposition to what Trump floated is firm and unwavering. 213 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:20.440 Coming up at the top of the hour six oh five, 214 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:23.919 handle on the news bill, handle Nil Sevadra and me 215 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:28.519 and hopefully you too. We're going to move into some 216 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:30.639 other stories that are coming out of the KFI twenty 217 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:34.840 four hour newsroom. The CIA has reported it now believes 218 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:38.279 the virus responsible for the COVID nineteen pandemic most likely 219 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:42.519 originated from a lab. An assessment by the federal government 220 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:46.879 points to China. Even while acknowledging the CIA has low 221 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:51.000 confidence in its own conclusion, they say the finding isn't 222 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:54.039 the result of any new intelligence and the report was 223 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:57.360 completed at the behest of the Biden administration and former 224 00:12:57.480 --> 00:13:00.960 CIA Director William Burns. It was declined classified him released 225 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:03.600 over the weekend on the order of President Trump's pick 226 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:06.960 to lead the agency, John Ratcliffe, who was sworn in 227 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:11.000 last week as director. China's foreign minister has issued a 228 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:14.480 veiled warning to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Foreign Minister 229 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:18.559 Wang Yee conveyed a message of behavi yourself and a 230 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:22.240 phone call on Friday that was their first conversation since 231 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:25.559 Rubio has been confirmed as Secretary of State. Wang used 232 00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:29.440 a phrase typical of Chinese teacher or boss, warning a 233 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:33.879 student or employee to behave and be responsible for their actions. 234 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:37.960 The phrase, according to the AP, seemed aimed at Rubio's 235 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:41.279 vocal criticism of China and its human rights record when 236 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:44.399 he was a US senator, which prompted the Chinese government 237 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:48.759 to put sanctions on him two times back in twenty twenty. 238 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:52.320 We are going to talk about egg prices. Do we 239 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:54.279 have our guest Robin? All right? 240 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:54.600 We do. 241 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:57.639 Indeed, a dozen eggs at Ralph's in downtown La put 242 00:13:57.720 --> 00:14:01.600 me back nine bucks yesterday. The presidential election saw the 243 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:04.799 price of eggs and other groceries play an outsize role 244 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:08.840 in shaping the debate around politics. But the guy who 245 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:11.399 says he'd bring down grocery prices has won that election 246 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:13.720 and returned to the White House for just one weekend, 247 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:17.320 and it already seems like this may be a tall 248 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:20.240 task for President Trump. The average price of a cart 249 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.600 and of a dozen eggs has risen to four dollars 250 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:26.720 and fifteen cents nationally. That's up fifty cents from November 251 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:29.720 to December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and 252 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:33.720 the forecast for egg prices is looking bleak. Our Rory 253 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:37.840 O'Neill joins US Now Live to talk about eggs. Good 254 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:39.240 Monday morning to you, Rory. 255 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:42.360 Yeah, good morning, and stop bragging about your egg purchases, 256 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:43.279 all right, rest of. 257 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:48.960 Look, I'm my guy who likes breakfast, and yeah, I 258 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:51.279 mean it looks like we're high above the national average 259 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:54.159 here in the downtown Los Angeles. But like, what's going on? 260 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:56.759 Why are the prices so high right now? Well, it's 261 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:57.480 the bird flu. 262 00:14:57.600 --> 00:15:00.799 And look, as much as President Trump wants to bring prices, 263 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:03.559 it's going to be tough to battle this bird flu. 264 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:09.519 Just since October, about twenty six million egg laying hens 265 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:12.200 have had to be destroyed in an effort to stop 266 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:15.399 the spread of this avian flu. And of course it's 267 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:17.840 just the old rule of supply and demand. If you 268 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:21.639 could even find eggs with the demand that's out there, 269 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:24.519 the supply is just coming up short and that's why 270 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:28.399 prices are spiking. Yes, California paying the highest, as they 271 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:32.759 usually do, but the national average around four fifteen. It 272 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:36.600 was two fifty one for a dozen Grade A large 273 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:40.279 eggs a year before. And the estimates are the prices 274 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:42.720 are going to keep on climbing. We might finally get 275 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:45.200 some relief, not surprisingly after. 276 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:50.720 Easter after easter, how coincidental. But I'm noticing that the 277 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:55.000 predictions about the state of egg prices they're kind of gloomy. 278 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:57.320 I mean they're saying, look, we might be paying higher 279 00:15:57.320 --> 00:16:01.679 prices for the entire year. I mean, what's fueling those predictions. 280 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:05.200 Well, it's really been an inability to get on top 281 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:08.120 of this avian flu. We had a really bad outbreak 282 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:11.200 of this back in twenty fifteen, but that lasted just 283 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:14.799 one year. Here we are now, this is year three 284 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:18.879 of this avian flu outbreak. This variant of the virus 285 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:22.240 seems to be much more easily transmitted. You know, we've 286 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:27.000 had stories of some egg farms losing their whole flocks repeatedly, 287 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:30.159 and they get bailed out by the government, thankfully, but 288 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:34.240 it takes a time in order for these hens to 289 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:37.080 be replaced and get old enough to be laying eggs again. 290 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:40.879 So it's a difficult cycle to work through, and it's 291 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:42.799 turning out to be expensive for the rest of us 292 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:45.840 either who would like to have eggs for breakfast or 293 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:48.679 use eggs in so many other dishes. 294 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:52.519 That's sort of my next question because obviously it hits 295 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:55.600 us hard as individuals if you're paying twice as much 296 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:58.480 as you typically do for eggs, and you're buying eggs 297 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:01.200 every week. It's a staple of our it. But what's 298 00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:05.720 the additional economic impact that we might see. Is there 299 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:08.359 such a thing? I mean, is the price of eggs 300 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:12.039 impacting the economy outside of individual's purchasing power? O. 301 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:16.000 Sure, now this goes into restaurants, grocery stores. How about 302 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:19.839 this X factor, school lunch programs, something else that may 303 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:22.519 not have factored in the price of eggs and the 304 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:25.480 different ways it can impact the economy because it's one 305 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:29.359 of those baseline ingredients in so many other products, and 306 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:32.400 what we pay at retail typically, you know, like you said, 307 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:35.920 you went into Ralphs to buy eggs, Oftentimes they actually 308 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:39.599 lose money if you're just buying the dozen eggs. They 309 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:42.559 depend on you buying the bread for your toast, the 310 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:45.200 orange juice, the butter, the bacon that goes along with it. 311 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:47.960 So they'll lose a buck on the eggs, but maybe 312 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:51.200 they'll earn four dollars on the other stuff you buy. 313 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:55.200 So that's why wholesale egg prices when we see them 314 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:59.680 so high. A dozen large Midwest eggs seven dollars twenty 315 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:04.519 seven sense again a dozen wholesale, and that's a significant 316 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:06.799 cost for the restaurant and baking industries. 317 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:08.720 Well, let me ask you this before we let you 318 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:11.799 run and get on with your Monday. What's the plan? 319 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:14.119 I mean, Donald Trump is somebody who does like to 320 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:17.640 speak about ideas, whether they've been vetted or not. Does 321 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:19.960 he have any ideas on what to do about the 322 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:20.799 price of eggs? 323 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:24.400 Well, his main focus to try to bring down inflation 324 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:29.400 has been to increase boost our energy production. The President's 325 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:32.480 thought is, if we can bring down energy costs as 326 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:35.480 a baseline, then that will lower the cost of everything else, 327 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:38.279 So that if the cost of delivering those eggs comes down, 328 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:41.400 then the overall cost will come down or the cost 329 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:43.960 of the fertilizer, for the feed, all those things. He 330 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:47.559 thinks that the higher energy prices have been really responsible 331 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:49.960 for all this inflation of the past three or four years. 332 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:53.880 So that's his objective. But this bird flu is going 333 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:54.839 to be tough to tackle. 334 00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:58.279 That's our Rory O'Neill, thank you so much for chatting 335 00:18:58.359 --> 00:19:00.759 about eggs. Looking forward to talk to you again. Have 336 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:02.759 a great day, Roy. Thanks Michael, you too. 337 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:06.319 You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI 338 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.680 am six forty. 339 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:10.119 On Michael Monks filling in for Amy King this morning. 340 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:12.920 Thank you for being with us. Hope you're driving safely 341 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:15.119 if you haven't left the house yet, though be aware 342 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:18.039 can be a little treacherous in some parts out there 343 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:21.079 are Will Cole Schreiber will have a full report on 344 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:23.599 where to go where not to go around the LA 345 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:27.559 region coming up just ahead. But we're a week into 346 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:31.200 this new presidential administration, President Trump back in office now 347 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:34.440 seven days. We've already gotten close to a trade war 348 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:37.079 with an ally and it's not the country that you 349 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:41.680 would expect, Canada, Mexico. Instead, it's Columbia, a country most 350 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:45.079 of us probably don't realize plays a pretty big part 351 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:49.160 in America's international economy. So here to talk about what's 352 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:52.960 going on, what's not going on, Why it went down? 353 00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:57.519 ABC News White House Correspondent Karen Travers, Good Monday morning, 354 00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:58.400 to you, Karen. 355 00:19:58.839 --> 00:19:59.319 To you too. 356 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:03.519 So this was something that transpired rather quickly, and it 357 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:07.359 looked like it happened on social media more than anywhere else. 358 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:10.599 I don't know what type of high level diplomatic cables 359 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:13.359 were being passed around, but this all played out very publicly. 360 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:18.640 What happened, Yeah, there was a conversation going back and forth, 361 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:20.799 but you know, you're right, it did play out a 362 00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:23.599 bit on social media over the weekend, and it was 363 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:28.400 one of those diplomatic stats that played out very quickly, 364 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:31.920 seemed to come out of nowhere, and then appears to 365 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:34.960 be resolved lease based on statements from the White House 366 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:38.440 last night and from the Colombian side. And what happened 367 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:41.200 was yesterday the Colombian president said he was not going 368 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:45.720 to accept two military deportation flights that were already in 369 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:49.640 routs to Colombia. Colombia, as you noted, is a strong 370 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:53.079 ally of the United States, has a good relationship. It's 371 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:55.039 been a very big ally of the United States in 372 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:58.519 the region. They've done these flights before on the regular basis, 373 00:20:58.720 --> 00:21:00.920 but this time the Colombia and president said he was 374 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:03.160 drawing a line because they were coming in on military 375 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:06.079 aircraft and he was concerned that people weren't being treated 376 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:09.160 with dignity and respect, as he put it, pointing to 377 00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:11.799 a flight that went to Brazil where authority say people 378 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:15.359 were denied access to water and bathrooms, and so the 379 00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:17.759 Colombian said, you know, we are not going to do 380 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:21.079 it under these circumstances. President Trump fired back and said 381 00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:24.960 that this is jeopardizing America's national security and economic security, 382 00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:29.519 and then threatened twenty five percent tariffs on all goods 383 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:33.039 coming in from Colombia into the United States. It's a 384 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:38.720 big deal because we import things like crude oil, coffee, bananas, flowers. 385 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:41.480 Valentine's Day is coming up, so that's a big one. 386 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:44.680 And for the Colombians, we're their biggest trade partner thorty 387 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:48.000 four percent of all trades Colombia, which Columbia is with 388 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:50.319 the United States. So this wasn't just an idle threat 389 00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:53.400 to them. They really took this seriously. But by late 390 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:55.000 last night, the White House said that there was an 391 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:57.599 agreement reached the Colombians were going to take these flights 392 00:21:57.640 --> 00:22:00.720 coming in and that this sent a message that countries 393 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:02.519 around the world need to understand that they have to 394 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:05.440 fully cooperate with the United States on this. And you know, 395 00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:08.599 all the things we're hearing from the administration is this 396 00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:10.559 is how they're doing business and this is how it's 397 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.000 going to be. 398 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:14.599 Now, the president of Columbia kind of stood his ground. 399 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:17.720 At first he threatened to put tariffs on the US 400 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:21.039 as well, but then it looks like that kind of 401 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:21.920