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 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:15.320 KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:22.160 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy Kig. 5 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:28.480 It's five o'clock, straight up, good morning. This is your 6 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:32.640 wake up call for Tuesday, November nineteenth. I'm Amy King. 7 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:37.079 We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Coming in this morning, 8 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:39.880 little Chili. I got to turn on the seat warmers 9 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:42.560 in my car again. I love it. I love the 10 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:45.119 chill in the air because it finally feels like it's 11 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:47.560 fall because you know, until like two weeks ago, it 12 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:51.759 was ninety degrees. Here, lots going on today, so let's 13 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:54.200 get right to it. We're locked and loaded. Owait can 14 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:58.479 we say that? Cono's like, eh, that might be a 15 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:02.280 little iffy, not quite politically correct. Here's what's ahead on 16 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:04.159 wake Up Call. The LA City Council is going to 17 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:08.359 consider adopting a sanctuary city ordinance to prohibit any city 18 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:12.640 resources or personnel from helping federal enforcement of immigration laws. 19 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:15.840 The move comes after President elect Trump said illegal immigrants 20 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:18.319 will be deported starting on day one of his presidency 21 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:20.200 at the bottom of the hour. Actually, we're going to 22 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:23.439 find out how President elect Trump plans to deport millions 23 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:26.519 of illegal immigrants and whether he can actually get it 24 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:29.799 done with kfi's White House correspondent John Decker, And that's 25 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:33.040 coming up at about five point thirty. Democratic challenger Derek 26 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:36.680 Tran has added sixty six votes to his razor thin 27 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:40.879 lead over Republican incumbent Representative Michelle Steele. The count released 28 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:44.040 yesterday moves Tran one hundred and two votes ahead in 29 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:47.560 the forty fifth congressional district race. It's not known how 30 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:50.799 many ballots are still left to be counted. President elect 31 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:53.239 Trump is expected to attend the sixth launch of the 32 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:57.840 SpaceX starship prototype in South Texas today. A planned launch 33 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:00.760 yesterday had to be delayed. Trump's expect to arrive just 34 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:05.640 before the launch window opens at five pm Eastern. People 35 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:10.080 are dumping X and seeing blue skies. But can can 36 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:12.960 that social platform really cross out X. We're gonna find 37 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:15.560 out with ABC's Mike Debuski in just a minute. That 38 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:19.000 nasty cough, is it just a cold or something more? 39 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:21.800 We're going to find out about that with ABC's Jim Ryan. 40 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:23.599 That's at five twenty and then at five point fifty. 41 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:27.039 Joel Larsgard has a warning for those of you getting 42 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:30.520 into online sports betting and also how you can save 43 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:34.080 a lot shopping online. I personally have been doing this 44 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:36.599 with an app that does all the searching for savings 45 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:39.039 for you. Let's get started with some of the stories 46 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:41.719 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Governor 47 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:44.439 Newsom says he will not be offering clemency to the 48 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:48.280 Menendez brothers, at least for now. Alex Stone says, instead, 49 00:02:48.360 --> 00:02:52.039 Newsom will defer to the newly elected La County DA. 50 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:55.520 DA elect Nathan Hawkman defeated current DA George Gascone, who 51 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:59.039 has been pushing for the Menendez brothers release. Governor Newsom saying, quote, 52 00:02:59.039 --> 00:03:01.960 the voters have been did dat Hawkman to carry out 53 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:03.080 this responsibility. 54 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.439 Hawkman says, once in office, Hill review all of the 55 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:10.120 evidence and confidential files before deciding how to move forward. 56 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:12.800 Twenty two people have had to be rescued from a 57 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:15.800 ride at Knott's Berry Farm. They got stuck on the 58 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:19.199 Soul Spin ride yesterday for more than two hours. The 59 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:24.199 park says technical difficulties caused the ride to Stopf's Tammy Tree. 60 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:27.319 Truehio says some people were stuck sideways on the ride 61 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:30.479 and they were stuck several stories up in the air. 62 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:33.879 Orange County firefighters and paramedics were on standby in case 63 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:36.719 they were needed, but the Theme parks employees finally were 64 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:39.439 able to manually lower the ride back to the ground. 65 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:42.159 Most of the riders were seen walking away from the 66 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:43.599 ride once it was on the ground. 67 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:46.520 A park spokesperson says two riders were taken to the 68 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.479 hospital to be evaluated out of an abundance of caution. 69 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:52.759 Have you ever been stuck on a ride like that? 70 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:56.039 I know, we got taken off the ride at Disneyland. 71 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:58.639 It was the Indiana Jones ride one time. But that 72 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:00.039 we just had to get out of the car and 73 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:03.240 walk out. Nothing's stuck in the air like that. That 74 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:07.319 freaks me out. Russia's Defense ministry says Ukraine has fired 75 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:12.319 six US made missiles at Russia's Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine. 76 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:14.960 The ministry says it's shot down five of them and 77 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:18.519 damaged one. The announcement comes shortly after the Biden administration 78 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:22.199 lifted restrictions on Ukraine using the US made missiles to 79 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:24.279 strike Russia. 80 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:27.959 The balistic missiles, known as attackerms, have a maximum range 81 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:31.319 of one hundred and ninety miles, but they've only been 82 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:33.600 authorized to be used in Russia's cursed. 83 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:34.160 Region for now. 84 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:37.560 ABCC and Panels says Russia has accused the US of 85 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:41.120 escalating tensions in Ukraine and throwing fuel on the fire 86 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:44.160 as the world marks one thousand days of war in Ukraine. 87 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:47.240 More than six and a half million Southern California residents 88 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:50.000 are expected to get out of town for the Thanksgiving holiday. 89 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:53.040 Triple A of Southern California says that's almost three percent 90 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:55.519 higher than last year, which was a record setting year 91 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:58.879 for travel. It's also higher than travel before the pandemic. 92 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:02.759 Five point million will travel by car, almost seven hundred 93 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:06.879 thousand will fly. Nationally, almost eighty million people are expected 94 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:09.879 to travel, which will make it the busiest Thanksgiving holiday 95 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:13.680 for travel. Ever, let's say good morning now to ABC's 96 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:15.480 Mike Debuski. 97 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:21.519 Blue Sky Smiling at Me. 98 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:27.680 Mike's social media's users are flocking to Blue Sky. 99 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:29.879 See I like it. They are. 100 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:33.720 I'm sorry, I'm so overwhelmed by the intro music. 101 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:36.160 Well, you know, we had to give you a good 102 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:36.639 lead in. 103 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:39.120 Thank you, I appreciate that. Yeah, no, you're absolutely right. 104 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:42.519 Though blue Sky is an alternative social media network is 105 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:45.000 a good way to think about it. It actually started as 106 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:48.399 an internal project at Twitter back when that company was. 107 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:50.759 Actually called Twitter. This is several years ago. 108 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:54.079 It's going to be this idea that Twitter could interoperate 109 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:57.839 with other social media networks so you could see tweets 110 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:00.800 on your Facebook feed and interact with them and like 111 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:03.600 them and that sort of thing. It never really went anywhere, 112 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:06.800 but after Elon Musk took over this platform in twenty 113 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:09.519 twenty two, blue Sky spun off and kind of became 114 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:13.920 its own independent thing, a small but bustling challenger to 115 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:16.439 the sort of main Twitter apparatus. 116 00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:21.040 But in the recent weeks, the a lot of people 117 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.079 have migrated over to blue Sky. Are the people who 118 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:25.639 are joining blue Sky dumping X or are they just 119 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:27.800 adding it to their social media list? 120 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:29.680 So the first thing to note here is that it's 121 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:32.560 hard to get firm data on why people decide to 122 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:35.240 sign up for one social media network or leave another. 123 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:38.000 It's kind of difficult to track, like one person going 124 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:42.399 from one platform to a different platform. However, like some 125 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:44.839 things are happening at the same time that we can 126 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:48.279 read the tea leaves of So blue Sky surpassed fifteen 127 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:51.399 million users last week. This morning, it is quickly closing 128 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:53.879 in on twenty million users. And to put that all 129 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:56.680 into context, Amy blue Sky had just under nine million 130 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:59.959 users this time last month, so this pretty much doubled 131 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.480 in size over the last month or so. It's again 132 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:07.279 hard to understand why someone would, you know, or if 133 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:10.480 rather a user is dropping X to sign up for 134 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:13.319 blue Sky, or whether they're just adding it to their repertoire. 135 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:19.120 But this has coincided with a rise in deactivations at X. 136 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:22.360 One hundred and fifteen thousand web visitors in the United 137 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:26.879 States on November seventh deactivated their X accounts. That's according 138 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:30.600 to similar Web That coincided with this spike in Blue 139 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:32.800 Sky sign ups. That has led some to believe that 140 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:35.480 people are leaving X in the days after the election 141 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:38.199 in order to sign up for an alternative like blue Sky. 142 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:41.399 Okay, for reference, you just said that blue Sky's approaching 143 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:43.279 twenty million. How many users does. 144 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:46.560 X have, Jenny, So again hard to know because they 145 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:48.759 are a private company and they don't actually share that 146 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:51.720 data with us. But the best guesses indicate that there's 147 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:55.240 about six hundred and eleven million users on X, so 148 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:58.399 that is, you know, a huge company as compared to 149 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:00.759 the twenty million that we're talking about on Blue Sky. 150 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:04.600 Another competitor out there from Meta called Threads, they have 151 00:08:04.600 --> 00:08:07.160 two hundred and seventy five million users, so they're kind 152 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:10.040 of right in the middle there. However, the other shade 153 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:12.519 to think about here is not just like users and 154 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:15.519 how many people have accounts on these platforms, but rather 155 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:16.560 what goes viral. 156 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:16.879 Right. 157 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:20.360 Twitter, back when it was called Twitter, was never huge, right, 158 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:24.160 It never really rivaled Facebook or even Instagram when it 159 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:27.720 came to usership. However, its influence on our culture and 160 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:31.000 our conversations and you know, what gets discussed on cable 161 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:34.159 news and what politicians are paying attention to. There, it 162 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:36.600 had a huge influence, right. It was a big driver 163 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:40.600 of news and conversation. Many are pointing to Blue Sky 164 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:42.759 as kind of the new place to do that as 165 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:46.919 X has rolled back content moderation guidelines, and some users 166 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:50.279 have complained that the quality of experience on that platform 167 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:51.559 has declined along with it. 168 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:53.279 Okay, well, we're gonna have to wait and see, because 169 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:55.320 twenty millions, kind of a drop in the buck. 170 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:56.919 Dropping the pan compare it comparatively. 171 00:08:56.960 --> 00:08:58.879 Yeah, I wanted to go back to Friday Night for 172 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:00.919 a minute, because, of course, there was the big fight 173 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:04.399 between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul on Netflix, and aside 174 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:07.320 from the fight itself, what went wrong. 175 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:11.080 Netflix really went wrong, it seems like. So this was 176 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:13.360 a live streamed event. Maybe not the first thing you 177 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:15.320 think about when you think about Netflix. They're kind of 178 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:18.080 stock in trade is pre recorded content, TV shows and 179 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:21.000 that sort of thing. But yeah, they've been dabbling with 180 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:24.120 live streamed content in the last year or so. The 181 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:27.639 Love Is Blind Dating Show they had a reunion episode 182 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:30.960 that was live streamed earlier this year. And John Mulaney, 183 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:35.159 the comedian, he held a late night show once for 184 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:38.279 the entirety of a week earlier this year as well, 185 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:41.399 that was also live streamed. This is kind of a 186 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:45.279 bigger echalon of popularity for a live stream Netflix event. 187 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:47.759 This is the Mike Tyson Jake Paul fight. 188 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:48.480 Yeah, it is. 189 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:50.759 Sixtenty five million viewers at some point. 190 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:52.519 Yeah, that's what Netflix was saying. 191 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:54.519 Jake Paul for his part, so there were one hundred 192 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:56.240 and twenty million viewers so I don't know what the 193 00:09:56.240 --> 00:10:00.440 disparity there is necessarily, but there were undoubted a lot 194 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:03.360 of eyeballs on this, and that's what you know, people 195 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:05.679 who kind of operate in this space, the live streamed 196 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:08.360 event space say was probably what went wrong right the 197 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:12.159 live stream went down, the picture quality was corrupted. Also, 198 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:14.519 some of the camera work just wasn't that good. A 199 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:16.720 cameraman got kicked in the head by a cheerleader in 200 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:21.120 this event, for examples. So that's part of this as well, 201 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:24.840 and that all has sort of contributed to this skepticism 202 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:29.000 of Netflix's live stream events going forward. Right on Christmas Day, 203 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:31.679 they're going to live stream a couple of NFL games. 204 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:34.320 This is a big moment for them. The Kansas City 205 00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:35.799 Chiefs are going to play a game that's going to 206 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:38.240 be live streamed on Netflix, and they won the Super Bowl, 207 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:40.879 so that is going to get a lot of attention. 208 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:44.879 With this live stream event that netted sixty five million 209 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:48.279 viewers going this way, it has caused some to question 210 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:50.519 whether that live stream is going to be robust enough 211 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:53.519 to handle the viewership that it will inevitably take in. 212 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:56.600 And in addition to that, amy next year, Netflix is 213 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:59.519 set to start streaming Monday Night Raw, which also draws 214 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:00.000 in a lot of eyes. 215 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:03.120 Well, hopefully they'll work out the bugs with some of 216 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:07.519 these lead ups to things like football on Christmas Day. 217 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:10.720 They can have pixel eighth and it can't have any 218 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:12.000 cameramen getting kicked by. 219 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:14.639 Right, you know, Well that just shrems to how complicated 220 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:15.039 these are. 221 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:18.120 Right, there's the technical issue of actually broadcasting this live 222 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:20.600 to the millions of viewers, but there's also the you 223 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:23.039 got to make sure your cameramen are okay and your 224 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:25.360 commentators are okay and all that sort of thing. It's 225 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:27.960 it's kind of a new territory for Netflix that they're 226 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:30.200 just not used to yet. It seems like we'll have 227 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:32.799 to see if that changes. In the next fure We'll. 228 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:35.840 Be watching ABC's Mike Debuski. Thank you so much, all ready, 229 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:37.360 take you talk to you soon. Let's get back to 230 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:39.240 some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 231 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:42.679 four hour News from parents at Richland Avenue Elementary and 232 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:45.960 West LA have called for security cameras to be installed 233 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:49.840 after racist graffiti was found on the school marquee, likely 234 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:51.360 over Veterans Day weekend. 235 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:53.960 So disgusting. Yeah, there's no place for that type of 236 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:56.240 inter racist garbage in our society. 237 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:58.799 The things that we've experienced in our country over the 238 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:02.159 last few years have just been terrifying, and to think 239 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:04.799 that hate is growing at a level where it's literally 240 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:07.399 in my backyard brings me into a state of panic. 241 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:12.080 The graffiti was removed by Monday. An online petition urging 242 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:15.480 the installation of cameras is gaining support. The La School 243 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:18.879 Police Department is investigating the graffiti as a hate crime, 244 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:22.720 and La County Sheriff's deputy who fatally shot a suicidal 245 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:25.000 man in East LA may be offered a plea deal. 246 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:30.120 Deputy Remen Paneda is accused of unjustly shooting David or 247 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:32.919 Daz Junior in March of twenty twenty one. The possible 248 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:35.720 plea deal would not include prison time or does. His 249 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:37.080 family has objected to that. 250 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:38.840 We're not saying a life for a life. 251 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:42.039 We're not saying give him one hundred years and why 252 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:45.240 in jail. We're saying give him what he deserves for 253 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:46.120 what he did. 254 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:50.000 The man's sister, Hilda Padroza, has called police, saying her 255 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:53.519 brother was suicide suicidal and had a knife. A court 256 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:57.559 hearing for Paneda is set for later this morning. A 257 00:12:57.559 --> 00:12:59.480 homeowner who shot and killed a barrett his home in 258 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:03.039 the Sanbourneandino Mountains will not be in any trouble for it. 259 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:05.840 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife says the homeowner 260 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:09.039 was justified in shooting the bear last week in Arrow 261 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:11.759 Bear Lake. The homeowner says the bear was getting into 262 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:14.600 his chicken coop. He had called the San Bernardino County 263 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:18.480 Sheriff's Department previously saying that same bear had charged at him. 264 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:21.960 Students from USC are reaching new heights. 265 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:24.960 A team from the university's Rocket Propulsion Lab launched a 266 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:27.519 rocket it had traveled more than eighty nine miles above 267 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:30.039 earth that set an amateur record that wasn't broken for 268 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:32.879 twenty years. The students launched what they call after Shock 269 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:35.519 two last month in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, but the 270 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:37.879 data from the launch had to be analyzed and confirmed. 271 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:40.240 The rocket reached the speed of three thousand, six hundred 272 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:44.000 two miles per hour. USC Department Chair of Astronautical Engineering 273 00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:46.840 Dan Irwin says that this project is a testament to 274 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:50.200 the excellence they seek to develop in emerging engineers who 275 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:52.840 go on to achieve top roles in the space industry. 276 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:55.320 Andrew Caravella KFI News. 277 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:59.519 Santa Anna is making moves to clear out homeless camps 278 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:02.600 in the city. The city is doing it following a 279 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:05.200 recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of cities that want 280 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:09.039 to enforce anti camping laws. The mayor says she plans 281 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:12.320 to propose a new ordinance that prohibits sleeping in public 282 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:15.279 areas or on benches. Critics say that kind of law 283 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:19.320 would criminalize homelessness. President elect Trump is confirmed he's planning 284 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:21.480 to kick illegal immigrants out of the US when he 285 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:24.600 takes office. A post on Trump's Truth Social said the 286 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:28.559 incoming administration is prepared to declare a national emergency and 287 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:33.120 use military assets for a mass deportation program. Trump responded 288 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:36.440 to the post with simply true. We're going to find 289 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:38.919 out how he plans to pull it off with kfi's 290 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:41.879 White House correspondent John Dekker. That's coming up at five thirty. 291 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:44.879 The coach who led the La Lakers to four NBA 292 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:48.840 championships in the eighties is getting a statue outside Crypto 293 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:51.559 dot com arena. Pat Riley, who's currently the president of 294 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:55.320 the Miami Heat, won a total of six NBA championships 295 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:58.720 with the Lakers. Others immortalized in the plaza outside the 296 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:02.360 Lakers' home arena include Elgin Baylor, Kobe Bryant, Chick Heern, 297 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:06.080 Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neil, Kareem abdul Jabbar, and Jerry West. 298 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:10.000 Riley's statue will be unveiled in twenty twenty six. Let's 299 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:15.000 say good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim that cough. 300 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:16.759 It might not just be a cold. 301 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:20.120 Huh, well, yeah, you're right, it might not be, and 302 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:23.559 certainly let's hope that it is, because whooping cough is 303 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:27.200 going on and it's making a major comeback. Amy. You know, 304 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:29.679 we've seen declines over the last several years, and a 305 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:31.799 lot of that had to do with the pandemic because people, 306 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:34.919 especially kids, were at home most of the time and 307 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:37.600 when they went out, they were protecting themselves with masks 308 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:39.519 and hand washing and all the rest. Well, now they're 309 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:42.919 being exposed again to protestas or whooping cough, and the 310 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:47.399 numbers are beginning to rise. It's not a cold, it's 311 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:49.879 not the flu. Let me play this little piece of 312 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:52.960 audio from the Center'sport Disease Control and Prevention. The website, 313 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:56.000 they actually post an audio clip of what whooping cough 314 00:15:56.200 --> 00:16:05.120 sounds like. It's that distinctive kind of sealed part. 315 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:08.480 Yeah, yeah, oh my gosh, it just breaks your heart time. 316 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:10.399 I know, it's a little tiny kid. 317 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:12.720 Little kids suffering. Then the younger the child, you know, 318 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:16.120 and the infants if they have wopping cough or protesters, 319 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:19.480 they don't cough, they just get apnea, they don't breathe. 320 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:22.279 That can lead to brain damage. They can end up 321 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:25.440 with pneumonia. So, you know, the younger the child, the 322 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:28.720 worst the condition can become. But it's something that anybody 323 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:29.360 can catch me. 324 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:33.320 Okay, but are kids more susceptible than adults or is 325 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:35.879 it just more noticeable because they are. 326 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:38.600 I mean, it's highly contagious. This is a bacterial infection. 327 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:42.360 It can be caused by coughing among kids. But no, 328 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:46.480 you know, anybody can get it. And the younger you are, 329 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:48.679 the greater the risk. The older you are. If you're 330 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:51.080 at the opposite end, you're at great risk as well, 331 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:54.039 especially if you haven't a compromised immune system. It's like 332 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:57.440 anything else. And yeah, the numbers have been rising. LA 333 00:16:57.559 --> 00:17:00.519 County has reported more than two hundred and six cases. 334 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:03.080 That was the end of October, so safe to assume 335 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:07.200 that these numbers have risen dramatically since then. That's that's 336 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:09.960 several times higher than it was last year. 337 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:12.440 Yeah, do you look at the numbers, two hundred and 338 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:15.319 sixty doesn't seem like a lot, but maybe in comparison 339 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:17.480 it is. How and how is it spread just by 340 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.680 contact like a cold? 341 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:22.920 Yeah, yeah, just by coughing, you know, by the spray. 342 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:25.599 The same sort of thing that we learned during COVID nineteen. 343 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:28.480 The things you should try to avoid, you know, wearing 344 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:30.119 a mask if you go out if you don't feel well, 345 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:32.240 even if you do feel wealthy around people who aren't 346 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:35.079 feeling well, if they're sick and they're not masking up, 347 00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:38.960 then go ahead and mask up, you know, holding your cough, 348 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:40.480 coughing into the crook of your arm, if you don't 349 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.240 feel well. The same sorts of things that we learned 350 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:43.720 during COVID nineteen. 351 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:45.440 Yeah, is there a vaccine for it? 352 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:49.799 There is the dift tet Remember that the dift tt back. 353 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:54.480 The vaccine covers DiPT theoria, tetanus, and protussis, which is 354 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:58.279 whooping cough. Then kids are supposed to get this. You know, 355 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:00.720 the law used to require it, but some parents now 356 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:02.480 can opt out if they don't want to get their 357 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:05.839 kids vaccinated, and that's catching fire around the country. If 358 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:07.960 you look at a national map of states where people 359 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.799 are opting out and deciding that their kids won't be 360 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:13.839 vaccinated for whatever reason. Maybe it's religious reasons, maybe it's 361 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:16.000 because they read something on the internet. Maybe they think 362 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:18.880 their kids going to get autism, they don't get their 363 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:22.759 kids vaccinated, and so that kind of sentiment is catching 364 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:27.519 fire here vaccine hesitancy or mistrust, and that may be 365 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:29.720 part of the reason that we're seeing this increase. 366 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:32.559 Because we're also seeing measles again, which is pretty much gone, 367 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:34.160 but all of a sudden it's back too. Well. 368 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:37.200 Even whooping cough was pretty much gone, and bubonic plague 369 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:40.839 and other things that polio illnesses that we thought had 370 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:43.519 been essentially wiped out, Well here they come again. 371 00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:47.680 Okay, And is protessis or whooping cough is that seasonal 372 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:49.440 or is it just kind of there all the time? 373 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:50.640 It is kind of seasonal. 374 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:52.079 It's like the flu. 375 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:55.519 You can get the vaccine anytime, but you know, this 376 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:57.559 is the time of year that we're going to start more, 377 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:01.960 and that's probably because people are inside, at least in 378 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:04.759 this part of the country, it's getting cooler, and kids 379 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:06.759 will be inside and the parents will be inside and 380 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:09.319 kind of cooped up and exposing each other to the 381 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:10.279 Germans they brought in. 382 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:13.480 Okay, you know, I would be interested to find out. 383 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:14.759 And I don't know this, and I don't know if 384 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:16.440 you know this, but you know, we were talking about 385 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:18.839 hand washing, and during COVID, everybody's like, wash your hands 386 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:22.200 for twenty seconds. I still wash my hands pretty obsessively, 387 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:24.160 but I don't know that I do it for twenty seconds. 388 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:26.880 I'm wondering how much that's fallen off and if that's 389 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.920 also contributing. 390 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:30.240 Well, could I think each of those little steps that 391 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:35.119 people take hand washing, you know, shielding their coughs, wearing masks, 392 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:37.519 those sorts of things, each one kind of adds up 393 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:41.160 to better protection. One hundred percent protection, No, and the 394 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:44.759 vaccine isn't even one hundred percent protection. But just try 395 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:47.400 to do what you can, including washing your hands, whether 396 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:50.720 it's for five, fifteen, twenty seconds or not. But each 397 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:52.599 of those little things is a building block to help 398 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:56.440 keep you safe and protected and healthy. There is treatment 399 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:58.440 for protessis. 400 00:19:58.400 --> 00:19:59.200 To ask you that next. 401 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:02.960