WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:03.879 You're listening to kf I AM six forty wake Up 2 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:07.799 Call with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio 3 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:09.919 app k f I. 4 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:20.960 At kost HD two Los Angeles and Orange County. 5 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:23.039 And you. 6 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:32.640 Amy, Okay, this. 7 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:37.840 Is your wake up call for Friday, August second. It's 8 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:42.000 five o'clock straight up. Good morning. I'm Amy King. What 9 00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:43.920 a great latest start today. It's going to be a 10 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:47.000 great day. We got some We got great news yesterday 11 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:51.479 with not hostages, but the prisoners being released from Russia. 12 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:56.719 They're now back on US soil. And of course Team 13 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:02.200 USA does not disappoint some oan files. Are you kidding me? 14 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:05.239 That was amazing. We're gonna be talking more about that 15 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:07.719 with nez De la Kata in just a little bit. 16 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:10.439 And you know what, yesterday I went and was running 17 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:13.000 some errands and I walked out of my house and 18 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:15.519 I was like, either somebody spit on me or it's raining. 19 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:18.040 I thought it was more likely that somebody spit on 20 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:19.519 me because we haven't seen rain for a while. But 21 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:21.719 it was actually raining and it lasted for like a minute, 22 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:24.319 but it was really nice. We might get some thunderstorms 23 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:27.920 for inland areas this afternoon, and the Okay, then I 24 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:29.079 have to tell you this one thing and then we'll 25 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:34.799 get going. Yurriget flies in your house every once in a. 26 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:35.920 While, right, yeah, of course. 27 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:40.480 Okay. So I had some flies in the house earlier 28 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:42.079 this week. It was like one or two, and I 29 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:45.439 was like, oh god, I just they just they're so gross. 30 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:52.959 And then yesterday there were like more than ten, and 31 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:55.239 they were all buzzing around and I was just like, 32 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:58.560 what is going on? Oh my god, and I'm freaking out. 33 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:01.120 So I got out the fly swater like Amityville horror, 34 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:03.959 and then I just went on a murderous rampage and 35 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:05.879 killed them all. Took a while. 36 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:08.680 Did you find out why? No, something dead. 37 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:12.000 I don't know. I don't think so. I don't know 38 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:14.840 what it was. But I don't know. Maybe I need 39 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:16.800 to do a deep clean or something like that. Maybe 40 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:20.319 something's wrong. We did invest in an electric fly swatter 41 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:22.960 just it's really fun. Oh it's fun. You should the 42 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:25.199 one that looks like a tennis racket looks like a 43 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:28.240 tennis racket and it zaps. Oh it's awesome. Okay, I 44 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:30.479 might have to invest in one of those. It's normally 45 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:32.280 not a problem. It kind of freaked me out. Anyway, 46 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:35.599 Here's what's ahead on wake up call this Friday morning. 47 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:39.360 A plane with freed American prisoners Evan Gerskevich, Paul Waylan, 48 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:43.960 and a'll Sue Kermasheva has arrived at Joint Base Andrews 49 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:46.800 in Maryland. At touchdown last night, President Biden and Vice 50 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:49.840 President Harris greeted them as they got off the plane. 51 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:53.199 Red flag warnings for high fire danger remain in effect 52 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:56.360 until eight tonight for thunderstorms over the mountains and deserts 53 00:02:56.400 --> 00:02:59.240 of La Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties and the Santa 54 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:02.599 Clarita Valley. The warning includes coastal areas. Soo so we 55 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:06.639 might get some more rain. Simone Biles commanding floor routine, 56 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:09.719 secured the gold in the women's all around individual competition 57 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:13.840 at the Paris Olympics. It was spectacular. Brazil took silver 58 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:18.280 and biles teammate Sunny Lee took the bronze. This is 59 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:21.319 the sixth straight Olympics that Team USA has won gold 60 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:25.439 in the women's gymnastics individual all around competition. Sunny Lee 61 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:28.599 won gold in Tokyo in twenty twenty one. Simone Biles 62 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:31.719 took the gold in the twenty sixteen Rio Games at 63 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:33.879 six oh five its handle on the news. The bomb 64 00:03:33.879 --> 00:03:36.319 that took out a Hamas leader in Tehran this week 65 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:40.840 had been planted months before the explosion. Let's get started 66 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:42.319 with some of the stories coming out of the KFI 67 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:45.759 twenty four hour newsroom and La City Council committee has 68 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:49.240 approved further restrictions on homeless RV camps. 69 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:52.439 The Transportation Committee is voted to ban overnight RV parking 70 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:54.439 in four more parts of the city, in addition to 71 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:57.960 ensuring RV's parked and peak traffic lanes are towed, something 72 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:01.039 that city stopped doing during the pandemic. Councilman Tracy Park 73 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:04.800 says the camps are dangerous and disgusting, sidewalks. 74 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:08.080 And storm dreams serving as de facto RV septic tanks, 75 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:12.240 children having to walk around dangerous vehicles just to get 76 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:12.800 to school. 77 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:15.599 The committee also voted to explore a city wide policy 78 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:18.920 on prohibiting r V camps in residential and commercial corridors 79 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:20.199 in downtown La. 80 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:22.040 Michael Monks KFI News. 81 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:24.879 More than twenty five hundred video game performers in Hollywood 82 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:28.680 are on strike, protesting major gaming companies over the use 83 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:33.319 of AI SAG after negotiating member Lindsay Russo says AI 84 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:37.319 could never replace the artistry gaming performers bring to video games, 85 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:37.759 and to. 86 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:40.439 Have someone stand there and tell you that what you're 87 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:43.600 doing is not performance and shouldn't be covered is unacceptable 88 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:47.639 to us, and they just don't seem to agree. So 89 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:49.079 that's where we have our impasse. 90 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:52.560 More than three hundred performers picketed outside Warner Brothers studios 91 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:56.319 in Burbank yesterday, demanding a fair contract that also includes 92 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:58.920 higher pay. The union says it has been bargaining with 93 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:02.560 the companies for over eighteen months. Katie Ladeki has made 94 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:06.560 a splash, becoming the most decorated female in swimming and 95 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:07.920 US Olympics history. 96 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:10.480 I don't feel like I'm close to being finished in 97 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:11.199 the sport yet. 98 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:15.480 Ladeki earned silver yesterday, marking her thirteenth medal. 99 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:19.480 It's not easy to win, so I'm just trying to 100 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:20.199 appreciate it. 101 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:23.639 The swimmer now has eight gold for silver and one 102 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:27.759 bronze medal over four Olympic Games. Only Michael Phelps has more, 103 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:31.000 with twenty eight. Ladeki still has one more race tomorrow. 104 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:34.800 It's the eight hundred meter freestyle USA swimming, called Ladeki 105 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:36.759 the best to ever do it. We're gonna get the 106 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:40.279 latest from Paris on Ladeki's win and Simone biles big 107 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:43.839 win in gymnastics, and what's coming up this weekend that's happening. 108 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:45.360 At five point twenty, we're going to be talking with 109 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:47.959 Anez de la Katerra, and let's say good morning to 110 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:52.199 ABC's Karen Travers. Karen. President Biden said it was a 111 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:55.360 very good day and I would have to agree Americans 112 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:57.800 were released as part of that massive prisoner swap. 113 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:00.800 Yeah, this was a huge afternoon for the White House. 114 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:03.439 They were thrilled with this. The President, of course, was 115 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:06.040 saying it was an emotional day for these families, called 116 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:08.839 it a very good afternoon. But you know, he was 117 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:12.240 also talking about the significance of the diplomacy here. He 118 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:16.560 said it was a complex, difficult negotiation that took place, 119 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:19.639 but it was a feat of diplomacy and friendship. He 120 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:23.000 said friendships with multiple countries helped get this done. And 121 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:26.519 he said anybody who questions whether allies matter, they do 122 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:30.240 they matter? I mean this was six countries involved in 123 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:33.600 the deal for twenty four prisoners. Turkey was also involved 124 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:36.399 for the logistics of this as the plane landed there 125 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:39.160 before coming back to the United States late last night. 126 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:42.839 Just an incredible story and so much that went into 127 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:46.480 this over the last several months. The White House said yesterday, 128 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:49.600 you know, they learned something every time they do one 129 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:53.600 of these with Russia, previous releases where certain people were 130 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:56.839 not included, why they were or were not, They say 131 00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:59.639 they learned what Russia will do, won't do, what they want, 132 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:02.360 what they don't want, and that helps inform them for 133 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:05.240 the next round to try and get more Americans home. 134 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:08.759 Okay, and Karen, how long has this been in the works, 135 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:11.279 Because I was listening to they were talking about the 136 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:14.920 Wall Street Journal was they've already kind of gotten a 137 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:17.759 play by play of how it all came together, and 138 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:19.959 it sounds like it's been going for months, and there's 139 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:22.279 been rumblings for a couple of weeks, but we hadn't 140 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:23.120 heard anything about it. 141 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:25.560 I mean in case of Paul Wheeland, he of course 142 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:28.000 has been in custody for five and a half years, 143 00:07:28.040 --> 00:07:30.600 so you know, the White House officials will say from 144 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:33.639 day one from the president taking office that they were 145 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:35.839 working on this and that he has been part of 146 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:41.959 every conversation of previous releases of prisoners Trevor Reed, Britney Griner, 147 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:46.959 and Paul Whelan was not part of those exchanges, much 148 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:50.399 to the administration's dismay. But he is a part of 149 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:52.879 this one. And you know, this is something that they 150 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:54.800 say they have been working on since then. But this 151 00:07:54.920 --> 00:08:00.439 particular multi country deal was months in the making, very 152 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:03.959 long time, a lot of complex conversations that the President 153 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:08.120 was involved directly in. He was speaking with German Chancellor Schulz. 154 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:11.079 The Vice President also had met with him to talk 155 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:13.600 about how they could get Germany on board with this, 156 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:17.279 because they realized that Russia was not going to agree 157 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:21.800 to the release without an exchange that included Vadim Krazikhoff. 158 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:25.879 He is a convicted hit man who was in German custody. 159 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:28.439 He was serving a life sentence for gunning down an 160 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:32.200 opponent of the Kremlin in Berlin, and he was somebody 161 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:34.799 that was seen as critical to this all coming together. 162 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:38.559 But that involved big negotiations with the Germans to get 163 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:42.200 them to agree to release him because obviously they consider 164 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:45.399 him to be a significant bad guy and the Russians 165 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:48.960 consider him to be a very significant, high value individual. 166 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:53.840 Yeah, It's interesting because you know, the charges against Gerskevich 167 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:58.200 trumped up and the even Paul Waalen and then so 168 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:00.639 we got them back and that's amazing. But we had 169 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:05.120 to give up a really bad, bad person in Exhange. 170 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:08.879 Well the Germans did, yeah, so I mean, but it's 171 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:12.080 it's not a false equivalency, but it just it's such 172 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:15.399 a weird, weird process that goes on. How many were 173 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:16.240 released in total? 174 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:20.360 It was twenty four prisoner Twenty four people were part 175 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:24.320 of this exchange. Sixteen individuals in Russia were freed, and 176 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:28.279 eight individuals that were held by the US, Germany, Norway, 177 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:30.879 Slovenia and Poland were returned to Russia. 178 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:32.559 Love it. It was a good day. It was a 179 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:35.120 good day. Thank you, Karen Travers. All right, let's get 180 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:36.440 back to some of the stories coming out of the 181 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:40.120 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Bodycam video has been released 182 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:43.120 from an LAPD officer who punched a man during a 183 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:45.159 recent arrest in South la. 184 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:48.799 Hey, bind The video shows the officer walk up to 185 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:51.480 a car with heavily tinted windows, the cars facing the 186 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:53.200 wrong way on the wrong side of the street. 187 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:57.320 What was going on? As an idea for you your 188 00:09:57.320 --> 00:09:58.960 double part, but what does that mean? 189 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:02.679 Though there's a cut your double part in the street. 190 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:06.519 The man refuses to hand the officer his license and registration. Finally, 191 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:15.759 the officer tells him to get out of the car. 192 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:18.799 The tents back and forth goes on for a few minutes. 193 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:21.399 Then the officer tries to arrest the man, but the 194 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:22.960 man refuses to cooperate. 195 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:25.320 Put the hands. 196 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:31.519 Officers were able to cuff the man's left hand, but 197 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:33.159 they had to use a second pair of cuffs to 198 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:35.639 extend the length. Then they tried to cuff the man's 199 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:38.080 right hand. At this point, the officer hits the man 200 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:40.559 in the chin and move laped. Sources tell me is 201 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:43.480 a distraction strike and something officers are trained to do 202 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:46.399 with a combative suspect. The man was taken to a hospital, 203 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:51.120 then booked for a resisting arrest. Steve Gregory Tafin Knows, a. 204 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:53.480 Man from Oklahoma who grew up in la has been 205 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:56.679 sentenced to a year in federal prison for making bomb 206 00:10:56.720 --> 00:11:00.200 threats to five schools in the city, including two elementary schools. 207 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:04.000 Prosecutor say Marcus Buchanan also threatened to shoot kids in 208 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:06.440 twenty twenty two, as they left one of the schools. 209 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:09.200 They say during one of the calls, Buchanan told the 210 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:12.200 school that's what they get for not accepting him in 211 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:15.840 nineteen eighty six. You can inpleaded guilty in downtown LA. 212 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:19.080 Earlier this year, crews have begun removing the last of 213 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:22.759 four dams along the Klamath River in northern California. Governor 214 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:25.320 Newsom says the river once supported one of the largest 215 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:28.679 runs of salmon in the Western US, but for decades 216 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:31.080 the fish have been blocked from migrating and that has 217 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:34.799 damaged the ecosystem. He says the river restoration project will 218 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:38.960 support fishing jobs and honor California's commitments to tribal nations. 219 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:41.399 The dams will be gone by winter. 220 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:44.360 I think they should expect uncertainty. 221 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:47.480 Some investors are looking for a better day on Wall Street. 222 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:50.480 A day after the Dow dropped nearly five hundred points, 223 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:53.840 the SNP sank and the Nasdaq took a dip. Financial 224 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:57.440 advisor Alec Tuckman with Wealth Management Partners of LA says 225 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:59.960 investors are worried about a possible recession. 226 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:04.440 People are having trouble affording their mortgage, people are completing 227 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:06.360 they're tired of having to go to the store and 228 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:09.440 seeing these huge grocery bills. They can't afford to eat out, 229 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:12.519 and they're struggling to support their families. 230 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:15.759 Stocks fell yesterday as the FED announced it was keeping 231 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:20.279 interest rates unchanged for now. Justin Timberlake will be in 232 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:23.960 court virtually on Long Island to be rearraigned on drunk 233 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:27.200 driving charges. The pop singer, who's currently on tour in Europe, 234 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:31.200 is to be re arraigned after police submitted corrected paperwork 235 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:34.200 in the case. Timberlake's lawyer said his client was not 236 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:36.559 drunk when he was pulled over in sag Harbor on 237 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:48.240 June eighteenth. He's seeking to have the charges dismissed. You 238 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:52.840 want more Britney Spears. Universal Pictures has claimed the rights 239 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:55.799 to Britney Spears The Woman in Me. The book was 240 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:59.120 published in October and will be adapted into a biopic 241 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:01.120 after selling more more than two and a half million 242 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:04.639 copies in the US. Wicked director John Chu is on 243 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:08.039 board to direct. Chou also worked on the concert film 244 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:13.399 Justin Bieber Never Say Never and Step Up two and Wicked. 245 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:15.799 I can't wait that comes out. I think at Thanksgiving 246 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:17.960 we saw we were at the movies the other day 247 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:21.600 and saw a trailer for it Can't Wait. I've seen 248 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:25.080 it at the Pantagious So I saw the stage show 249 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:28.000 and like, that was more than ten years ago, and 250 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:30.399 I remember saying that would be such a great movie. 251 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:33.480 I love it when Hollywood does what I want them to. 252 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:37.000 The so called hugging robber has struck again. Police say 253 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:39.519 a woman was approached by a stranger earlier this week 254 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:42.600 in Monrovia. The guy hugged her, then walked away, and 255 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:44.759 during the hug, the woman says the guy stole or watch. 256 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:49.440 Other hugging robberies have been reported in Orange County. Police 257 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:52.279 are telling people to think twice about letting someone hug 258 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:55.720 you if you don't know them. Vice President Harris's presidential 259 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:59.080 campaign has vetted six potential running mates. Her team has 260 00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:03.279 met with Minnesota Governor Tim Walls, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, 261 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:08.200 Illinois Governor JB. Pritzker, and Kentucky Governor Andy Basher. Arizona 262 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:12.559 Senator Mark Kelly and Transportation Secretary Pete Budajede are also 263 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:14.600 apparently in the running. She's expected to hold her first 264 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:18.720 rally with her VP pick on Tuesday, LA officials have 265 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:21.440 broken ground on the first self sustaining park in the 266 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:25.679 San Fernando Valley. The one and a half acre Cabalero 267 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:29.000 Creek Park in Tarzana, which is just south of Victory 268 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:32.360 Boulevard on Lindley, will get its water from a nearby 269 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:36.159 creek and it'll use solar power to power the irrigation 270 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:39.240 system for the future green space, which is adjacent to 271 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:41.799 the La River. That's kind of cool at six so 272 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:44.080 five a handle on the news, the US says it 273 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:49.360 wasn't Nicholas Maduro but the opposition candidate that actually won 274 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:56.639 Venezuela's presidential election. Let's say good morning now to ABC's 275 00:14:56.840 --> 00:15:02.519 nnez Dila Catera in Paris Bonjeur, and is well sure, 276 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:06.480 So let's talk about making history at the Olympics. First 277 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:08.440 the Golden Girls, Simone Biles, and then we're going to 278 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:09.279 head over to the pool. 279 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:14.480 Yeah, I mean Simone Viles. So winning her ninth medal, 280 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:18.279 the goal that the individual all around finals, she was 281 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:20.559 offto a rocky start. I think early on she had 282 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:24.320 a little bit of a shocker there on the uneven bar. 283 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:27.159 She messed up a bit and that set her back initially, 284 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:29.440 so we should point out that is her worst rotation 285 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:33.559 and that allowed for the Brazilian superstar Rebecca on Draj 286 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:36.360 to pull ahead in terms of the scoring. So at 287 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:39.639 one point Ondreje was leading. They then went on to 288 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:42.279 being they did well there and it all came down 289 00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:45.960 to the floor routine. Simone went last, so that added 290 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:48.080 to the drama and we were all on the edge 291 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:51.039 of our seats watching that full routine, and I mean 292 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:53.639 even for her, she out did herself. It was a 293 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:56.960 spectacular routine. This moves that only she can do. I 294 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:59.960 think the competition with Rebecca and Drage was really fun 295 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:02.440 to watch, Androgia was really the only one who's put 296 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:04.960 a chance of challenging Simone for the gold. And some 297 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:07.360 are saying this morning that maybe it was that competition, 298 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:09.120 the kind of back and forth there, the fact that 299 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:12.000 the competition was so close for the gold, that that's 300 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:14.720 what gave Simone a little something extra last night because 301 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:17.600 she really was incredible. So she won the gold, study 302 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:20.320 me won the Bronx, so two medals through ten USA 303 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:23.080 and gymnastics. Yeah, and it was a beautiful moment when 304 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:24.720 the two of them came out, you know, in the 305 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:28.559 final scores were announced, both of them running out onto 306 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:31.159 the mat with the American flag. It was a really 307 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:32.759 beautiful image. 308 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:35.519 Yeah, and I think you're right about Simone, like there 309 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:38.360 was that little something umph because I've seen her. She's, 310 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:41.480 like you said, she does moves that nobody else can do. 311 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:44.960 But she also tends to make mistakes because the moves 312 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:48.000 are they score so high that even if you make mistakes, 313 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:50.799 it doesn't, you know, knock you out of contention. She 314 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:53.279 did not make one mistake on that floor yesterday. 315 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:58.039 Yeah, that's right. So I mean, yeah, it was incredible. 316 00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:00.240 It was incredible. It could also be her and the 317 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:01.919 fact that this was you know, we've talked about this 318 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:05.240 being her redemption for she withdrew from Tokyo. This was 319 00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:07.400 her big comeback, so maybe that was it too. She 320 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:10.039 had that, you know, she had her site sets on 321 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:14.559 a set on gold and she really wanted to prove herself. 322 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:16.599 It could be that it could be the competition with 323 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:19.319 onra J, But either way, it was really really fun 324 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:19.680 to watch. 325 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:21.599 And were you able to sneak over there? 326 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:27.839 I was not. Oh god, I'm so sad. I had 327 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:29.880 to work. I was stuck with So the way it 328 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:31.640 works I do. I do you guys in the morning. 329 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:33.799 I do radio in the morning, and in the afternoons 330 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:36.799 and evenings I do TV. So I was I had 331 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:39.200 too many live shots, so I couldn't very sad. 332 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:42.359 Yeah, I had. A friend was texting me yesterday after 333 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:45.680 the gymnastics and she's like, are should we get tickets 334 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:47.720 to the next Olympics. And I'm like, I'm hoping I'll 335 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:50.119 be working it, but maybe we should because I want 336 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:53.240 to see the competitions. So who knows, that's. 337 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:55.359 Right, I like twenty twenty eight, I know. 338 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:58.240 Right, Okay, so let's go over to the pool because 339 00:17:58.279 --> 00:18:02.240 we have a Katie Ledecki who had an nice little day. 340 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:05.359 Yeah, she has been racking up those medals. She now 341 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:09.079 has thirteen Olympic medals, so she has eight gold, four silvers, 342 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:12.440 and one bronze. This is over four Olympics. But last 343 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:14.519 night she won the silver in the four by two 344 00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:18.000 hundred meter freestyle relay and that made her the most 345 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:21.440 decorated female Olympian of all times, so that is an 346 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:24.519 incredible feat. She still has one race to go, so 347 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:27.440 she comes again tomorrow in the eight hundred meter. 348 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:29.720 Freestyle, so she's going to pad her record tomorrow. 349 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:33.559 Hopefully that's right, Yeah, hopefully hopefully. 350 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:35.799 So what else is the head for the weekend? 351 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:42.440 So this weekend we had swimming winding down and athletics starting. 352 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:45.359 So it actually kicked off yesterday with the twenty kilometer 353 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:47.480 race walk, which if people don't know what that is, 354 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:49.160 I highly recommend you go check it out. It's a 355 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:50.279 really fun one to watch. 356 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:56.400 It's a little weird though, right we were watching that 357 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:58.680 and somebody said they've got to throw their hips out 358 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:02.480 because there's just so much but it is fun and 359 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.200 they go fast. 360 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:06.759 They go fast. They are real athletes, but it's a 361 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:09.519 lot of fun. So that was yesterday and today we 362 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:13.839 have track and field kicking off, so we have Shikari Richardson, 363 00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:17.240 a big tm USA star, all eyes on her. She 364 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:21.200 made her long awaited Olympic debut. We saw her just 365 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:22.880 a few moments to go in round one of the 366 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:26.720 women's one hundred meter She favored to win that and 367 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:29.559 I will say her race at the US Trials this 368 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:32.359 year in June made her the fastest woman in the 369 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:35.079 world this year, so that is very exciting. And then 370 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:37.599 in terms of soccer, later today, the US men's soccer 371 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:40.759 team playing against Morocco in the quarterfinal. That is the 372 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:43.200 first time in twenty four years that the men's soccer 373 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:45.720 team has made it to the quarterfinals in the Olympics. 374 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:46.160 Cool. 375 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:48.119 So lots of reasons for me to stay on my 376 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:51.440 couch this weekend. And since we have to live vicariously 377 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:54.759 through you and as what would you say are your 378 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:59.599 top two favorite moments so far of the Olympics. O. 379 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:02.720 It doesn't have to be that competition. It can be 380 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:04.400 around Paris too, it can be whatever. 381 00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:08.400 Yeah, I mean, I think so the opening ceremony stands 382 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:10.200 out as a big moment for me. You know, I 383 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:13.119 live in Paris and so to see just how they 384 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:15.720 pulled it off, and you know, it was quite miserable, 385 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:17.960 I will say, like standing in the range, but it 386 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:21.119 was so cool to see the energy and you know 387 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:24.480 the fact that you had all these athletes sailing down 388 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:26.880 with sin and passed all these iconic landmarks and then 389 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:30.160 the Celeine beyond finisher was beautiful. I think that's something 390 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:33.880 I'll always remember. And then gymnastics, I think being in there, 391 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:35.759 I got to go, So, you know, it's rare for 392 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:37.359 me to actually be able to go to these events 393 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:39.160 because I'm something with worked, so I have to watch 394 00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:41.400 a lot of them on TV. But I did get 395 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:45.079 to go to the team all around final for gymnastics, 396 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:46.480 so that was really cool. 397 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:47.440 Yeah. 398 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:49.440 I think those are two kinds of standout moments for me. 399 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:49.960 Cool. 400 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:51.960 And we've got more moments to share because we had 401 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:53.920