WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.919 You're listening to wake Up Call on demand from KFI 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:10.240 A M six forty KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, 3 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:11.320 Orange County. 4 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:25.079 KFI Radio. 5 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:26.719 This is Mission Control Houston. 6 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:28.679 Please call station for a voice check. 7 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:34.079 Station. 8 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:36.600 This is Amy King with kfi's wake Up Call. How 9 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:37.159 do you hear me? 10 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:41.880 I can hear you loud and clear. 11 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:46.200 And it's time for your morning wake up call. 12 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:49.880 Landed and its name is Amy k. 13 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:54.119 Here's Amy King. 14 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:56.679 This is. 15 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:00.640 Yah. 16 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:05.359 It is five oh one. So if you set your 17 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:08.439 alarm for five o'clock, get up. You're late. This is 18 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:13.040 your wake up call for Tuesday, February eleventh. Good morning, 19 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:16.439 I'm Amy King. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 20 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:18.560 Got so much going on today. I know I say 21 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:21.079 that a lot, but it's always true. Here's what's ahead 22 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:23.680 on wake Up Call. Well, here comes the rain again, 23 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:26.560 and a lot of it. The National Weather Services issued 24 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.680 a flash flood watch for most of the Southland. Now 25 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:32.239 it doesn't start till Thursday. One and a half to 26 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:35.359 three inches of rains expected in the valleys and coastal areas. 27 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:37.560 Three to six inches of rain could fall in the 28 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:42.439 foothills and mountains. The heaviest rain expected on Thursday, and 29 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:45.599 the thread of debris and mudflows, especially concerning in the 30 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:49.719 recent wildfire burn areas. FEMA and the US Army Corps 31 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:53.519 of Engineers will begin removing fire debris from homes destroyed 32 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:57.480 in last month's wildfires. That work begins today. Residents who 33 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:00.640 want free debris removal have to submit a write of 34 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:04.319 entry form by March thirty. First. Forms are available online 35 00:02:04.680 --> 00:02:08.719 and at any FEMA Disaster Recovery center. President Trump says 36 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:11.280 all hell will break out and he'll call for the 37 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:15.080 end of the Israel Hamas ceasefire if every Israeli hostage 38 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:19.120 isn't released from Gaza by Saturday. AMASS announced yesterday it 39 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:22.599 was delaying the next group of hostages to be released 40 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:25.080 that was supposed to happen that's Saturday. We're gonna be 41 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:28.199 talking with kfi's White House correspondent John Decker about that 42 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:31.400 and also who the President is welcoming to the White 43 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:37.960 House today. Mike Dubuski's joining us at five thirty. People 44 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:40.560 apparently are swiping less. We're going to dig into that 45 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:43.400 a little bit. What fees are fair when it comes 46 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:46.759 to your investments. We'll find out from our host of 47 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:50.400 How to Money on KFI, Joel Larsgard. That's at five 48 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:54.759 point fifty. More people answering Uncle Sam's call. We'll find 49 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:56.960 out what that's all about with ABC's Jim Ryan at 50 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:01.400 five twenty and also sometime this hour, we have tickets 51 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:05.520 to see Dear Evan Hanson. It's coming to the Cbritos 52 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:09.280 Center for the Performing Arts this weekend, and we're going 53 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:11.960 to be giving those tickets away this hour, so keep 54 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:16.080 your phones close. It is a Tony Award winning show 55 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:19.800 from Broadway, and they also made a movie about it, 56 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:22.960 which I just watched yesterday. It's such a great, great show. 57 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:25.639 Love it so again, Dear Evan Hanson. Tickets coming up 58 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:28.840 this hour, so stick with us. But let's get started 59 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:31.080 with some of the stories coming out of the KFI 60 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:34.439 twenty four hour newsroom. A convicted felon who joined an 61 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:37.080 immigration protest near the one on one freeway in downtown 62 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:41.840 La is facing criminal charges. LA County DA Nathan Hoffman 63 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:45.360 says the guy allegedly committed various crimes over the weekend, 64 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:49.240 including throwing books and other objects at cars on the freeway. 65 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:52.319 One of them actually making contact with a vehicle while 66 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:55.120 he was up there, and he also engaged in felony 67 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:58.000 vandalism the Los Angeles street sign. 68 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:03.240 Itself, and says people are allowed to protest if. 69 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:06.000 You want to do it lawfully and you want to 70 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:09.639 comply with the various laws and ordinances that are applicable 71 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:13.599 to such protests. We will not only allow that to happen, 72 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:15.759 we will protect your right to do it. 73 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:19.360 But he adds once a protester crosses the line into 74 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:23.839 criminal activity, they will be arrested and face possible felony charges. 75 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:27.600 A resentencing hearing for the Menendez brothers has been scheduled 76 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:28.480 for late March. 77 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:31.199 Seric and Lyele Menndez could appear in person at the 78 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:34.439 Vanni's courthouse, but whether they appear in person or virtually 79 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:36.959 has not yet been determined. It would be their first 80 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:39.560 in person court appearance in close to three decades. 81 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:43.800 Kfi's Daniel Martindale says the hearing was supposed to happen 82 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.879 last month, but was put off because of the wildfires. 83 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:51.079 Former DA George Gascon recommended in October that Eric and 84 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:55.160 Lyle Menendez be re sentenced. They're serving sentences of life 85 00:04:55.199 --> 00:04:58.040 in prison for murdering their parents in nineteen eighty nine 86 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:02.199 at their home in Beverly Hills. Some Danes are making 87 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:05.800 a play for California in response to President Trump's comments 88 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:07.279 that he wants to acquire Greenland. 89 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:09.959 Hundreds of thousands have signed on to a petition, even 90 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:12.519 if it is tongue in cheek, calling for Denmark to 91 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:15.879 make a purchase of its own California. 92 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:17.360 Come right back. 93 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:20.279 The organizers say they need to raise eight trillion dollars 94 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:23.839 to purchase California from the US. The mischievous Danes say, 95 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:27.279 the weather is better, there's Disneyland, good food, and our 96 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.600 city is apparently just perfect to be called Los Angeles 97 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:34.279 in a new state called New Denmark. So what do 98 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:34.759 you think? 99 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:36.600 Yay or nay? 100 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:38.560 Michael monks KFI News. 101 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:42.519 They also say the avocado toast is spectacular. Right now, 102 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:48.800 let's say good morning to kfi's White House correspondent John Decker. So, John, well, 103 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:50.240 we've got a lot to talk about when it comes 104 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:52.560 to the president. But first, he's meeting with another world 105 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:54.279 leader today who's visiting. 106 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:59.720 Visiting today, as you point out, amy another world leader. 107 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:03.040 This is Jordan's King of Dullah. This comes a week 108 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:06.279 after the President made those remarks during a joint press 109 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:09.680 conference with Israeli Prime Minister of Benjamin Nett Yahoo. The 110 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:13.560 idea of the US taking over Gaza and Jordan would 111 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:16.639 figure into that plan in the sense that the President 112 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:22.000 is asking neighboring Arab countries Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia to 113 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:25.959 take in two million Palestinians that would be moved out 114 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:31.399 of Gaza to make way for essentially redeveloping Gaza, which 115 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:35.240 would be a ten to fifteen year effort. So that 116 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:38.519 will likely be number one item on their agenda when 117 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:39.800 they meet later today. 118 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:45.560 So far, Jordan hasn't really received that idea very well. 119 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:49.759 No, they have it, nor have the other countries that 120 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:54.560 I've mentioned, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister putting 121 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:57.759 out a statement saying this is a non starter, this 122 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:01.439 idea the President has for Gaza. They say that they 123 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:06.519 insist on a two state solution, a state for the 124 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:12.000 Palestinian people alongside the state of Israel, before Saudi Arabia 125 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:15.800 will even entertain the idea of normalizing relations with Israel. 126 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:18.319 And do most people in the region seem to want 127 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:19.240 that two state solution. 128 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:25.879 Yes, every Arab country insists upon a two state solution. 129 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:30.199 It's been the position of the international community as well, 130 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:33.519 and so the president really doesn't have that. I've seen 131 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:37.079 any other world leader backing him up in terms of 132 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:40.240 his vision for the Middle East and his vision specifically 133 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:44.639 for Gaza. So the President says there's a lot of support, 134 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:48.519 I haven't seen it other than from some congressional Republicans, 135 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:51.240 and they really don't count in the equation, just because 136 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:55.839 it's the Arab countries that likely would be so critical 137 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:59.600 in terms of making the President's plan, his vision for 138 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:01.600 God's come to fruition. 139 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:05.040 Right, like you mentioned, you have to find homes if 140 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:07.720 they even wanted to try to attempt this, So you'd 141 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:11.360 have to find homes, permanent homes for two million people. 142 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:14.720 Because Trump also said that part of the US taking 143 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:18.600 over Gaza, if it did, would not include having Palestinians 144 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:19.079 come back. 145 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:25.360 Well, that's right. He has given several different statements, different 146 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:29.199 positions on that particular issue. The most recent statement is 147 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:31.120 the one that you just mentioned, Amy, and that is 148 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:35.159 those Palestinians, once they, according to the President, are moved 149 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:38.879 out of Gaza into Saudi Arabia and Jordan and Egypt, 150 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:41.720 they aren't coming back. That's not what he said during 151 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:45.679 that joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin net 152 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:48.120 and Yahoo. But that was a week ago. A week later, 153 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:51.120 his position appears to have changed in terms of whether 154 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:54.919 those Palestinians who would be displaced would be coming back 155 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:55.639 to Gaza. 156 00:08:55.720 --> 00:09:00.960 Okay, And from a legal standpoint, since you are awyer, I, 157 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:06.159 could the US take that territory? Would they be allowed 158 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:08.679 to who would give them the authority to do that? 159 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:09.960 Or would that be an act of war? 160 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:15.120 Well, it's sovereign territory, and it would violate international law, 161 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:19.480 and it would certainly amy give a green light to 162 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:24.639 a country like China, which has in its long term 163 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:29.600 game plan putting Taiwan in its territory. What's to stop 164 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:32.759 from China from saying, well, if the US can essentially 165 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:37.159 take over Gaza, why can't we just take over Taiwan? 166 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:41.120 And so that to me is one of those problematic 167 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:44.080 parts of the President's vision for the Middle East. 168 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:46.399 Yeah, I think it's really interesting when this all came forward. 169 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:49.279 Everybody's like, oh, he doesn't really mean that, But the 170 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:53.360 President seems to really believe that this is an option 171 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:55.600 on the table to take over Gaza. We'll see how 172 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:56.279 it plays out. 173 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:00.200 Yeah, he hasn't walked it back Amy at all. And 174 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:02.879 as far as the meeting with King of Dolla today, 175 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:06.759 it's closed press unlike what we saw last week with 176 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:10.440 Israeli Prime Minister Benjaminett Yaho. There will not be a 177 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:14.159 joint press conference. We won't have an opportunity to ask questions, 178 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:17.399 for instance, to Jordan's King about how he feels about 179 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:21.799 the President's vision, just simply because the meeting itself the 180 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:25.120 idea of a joint press conference. That's not happening with 181 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:26.159 King of Dolla today. 182 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:29.360 All Right. Kfi's White House correspondent John Decker, thanks for 183 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:32.399 the information, Thanks Amy. All Right, let's get back to 184 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:34.159 some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 185 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:36.799 four hour newsroom. One person has been killed at an 186 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:40.200 airport in Arizona when a private jet owned by Motley 187 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:43.720 Crusinger Vince Neil collided with another jet that was parked. 188 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:48.039 Scottsdale Fire Captain Dave Folio says Neil's plane veered off 189 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:51.279 a runway yesterday while arriving in Scottsdale and crashed into 190 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:52.240 a Gulf Stream jet. 191 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:58.440 We you have five souls, one doa two immediates that 192 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:02.240 have been transported to local trial centers, one delayed stable 193 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:04.039 to a local hospital. 194 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:07.000 And aviation planning and outreach coordinator at the airport says 195 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:10.080 it appeared the left main landing gear of the arriving 196 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:13.759 jet failed. At least fifty three people have been killed 197 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:17.399 in Guatemala when a bus crossing a bridge collided with 198 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:19.720 other vehicles and plunged into a ravine. 199 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:23.960 This bus plummeted about sixty five feet down into that 200 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:27.759 ravine driving off the Belize Bridge in Guatemala, and this 201 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:30.440 is a very busy bus route. The president has declared 202 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:33.200 several days of national mourning and has called on the 203 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:34.919 military to assist. 204 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:38.480 ABC's Marcus Moore says the bus landed upside down yesterday 205 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:42.639 and was half submerged in a sewage polluted stream. Emergency 206 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:44.919 teams had to work in the dark with headlamps and 207 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:48.919 flashlights to rescue people. Looks like New York City Mayor 208 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:51.519 Eric Adams is off the hook. The Department of Justice 209 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:55.000 has announced that it's dropping the federal corruption case against 210 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:58.480 the mayor. CNN got its hands on a MENEMO, confirming 211 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:00.840 it charges were brought against that last year in what 212 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:03.879 was the first prosecution of a sitting mayor in New 213 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:07.519 York City history. Defense Secretary Pete HeiG Seth has ordered 214 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:10.360 a pause on recruiting people with a history of gender 215 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:14.840 dysphoria kafies. Lisa Taylor says it follows President Trump's executive 216 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:18.240 order that restricts transgender military service. Meg Seth wrote in 217 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:21.879 a memorandum for senior Pentagon leadership, efforts to split our 218 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:24.919 troops along the lines of identity weaken our force and 219 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:28.960 make us vulnerable. Heg Seth also ordered a suspension of 220 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:33.840 medical procedures associated with affirming or facilitating a gender transition 221 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:38.840 for current service members with gender dysphoria. Marriages in China 222 00:12:38.919 --> 00:12:43.120 have dropped to their lowest level ever. Official Chinese stats 223 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:46.279 show the number of marriage registrations has fallen to six 224 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:49.720 million after a post pandemic rise to nearly eight million 225 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:53.159 that was in twenty twenty three. The Chinese Communist Party, 226 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:55.679 which runs the government, says it wants people to get 227 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:58.720 married to help stop a drop in the country's birth rate. 228 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:03.799 The Mister Kennel Club dog Show is underway in New 229 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:07.720 York City. About twenty five hundred dogs representing more than 230 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:10.399 two hundred breeds are taking part in the annual event 231 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:14.000 at the Javits Convention Center and at Madison Square Garden. 232 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:18.200 It culminates in the coveted Best In Show later tonight, 233 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:21.360 which reminds me of the movie Best In Show, which 234 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:24.600 is hysterical. All of that movie if you haven't seen it, 235 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:27.799 the mockumentary with Christopher Guests and Eugene Levy and Oh 236 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:32.279 my gosh, so so funny. Don't want to forget that 237 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:35.200 coming up this hour speaking of a great show, Tony 238 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:38.799 and Grammy winning musical Dear Evan Hanson is coming to 239 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:43.120 the Soritos Center for the Performing Arts this weekend February 240 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:48.279 fourteenth and February fifteenth, also February sixteenth, and we have 241 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:52.519 tickets for you to the show on Saturday night. In fact, 242 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:55.159 we have five pairs of tickets, so keep your phones handy. 243 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:57.759 We're given those away in just the next few minutes. 244 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:02.440 A man is facing felony charges allegedly throwing objects on 245 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:04.200 to the one to one freeway during one of the 246 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:08.639 protests against President Trump's immigration policies. Martin Torres is charged 247 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:11.559 with throwing things off the Spring Street overpass and vandalizing 248 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:14.279 a freeway sign on February third. He could get more 249 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:17.039 than seven years in prison if convicted. A pause on 250 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:21.440 President Trump's buyout offer to federal employees has been extended again. 251 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:26.279 Federal judge in Boston extended the temporary restraining order yesterday. 252 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:29.600 It affects as many as two million federal employees. More 253 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:33.519 than sixty thousand workers have reportedly accepted the offer so far. 254 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:37.039 New Laker superstar Luka Doncic has made a splash in 255 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:40.240 his new city, announcing his foundation is donating a half 256 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:43.320 million dollars to fire recovery efforts. The money will go 257 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:46.559 to rebuilding properties destroyed by the palisades and eaten fires, 258 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:50.159 with a focus on playgrounds, sports courts, and fields. So 259 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:53.039 as his message message said, kids have a safe place 260 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:57.240 to play, the announcement was signed, your new neighbor. That's 261 00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:59.720 a good neighbor to have. Let's say good morning to 262 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:02.000 a he sees Jim Ryan. 263 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:04.120 So Jim, I hate that he left town here. 264 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:07.320 Oh that's right. Well Luka Doncic, Well, I think we're 265 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:11.200 going to love him too. He scored fifteen points last night. Yeah, okay, 266 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:15.080 well let's move on now. We haven't depressed. Jim Ryan, 267 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:18.240 Jim Moore. High school grads are often not to go 268 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:21.159 to college or trade school or directly into the workforce, 269 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:22.559 So what's their other option? 270 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:26.440 Uniform? They're signing up there and listing for the military 271 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:28.440 one of the what do we have six branches now? 272 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:32.559 I guess Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard, and 273 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:35.679 Space Force six of them. And the Army secretary, I 274 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:39.000 mean there's the former Army secretary said that that branch 275 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:41.039 the Army is on track to meet its twenty twenty 276 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:44.120 five and listman goals easily, and they're expecting eighty one 277 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:47.799 thousand new recruits at the Army, and the same holds 278 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:51.639 true across the branches here the Air Force ten thousand 279 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:55.080 more recruits in eighteen months. That a lot of this, 280 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:56.519 I mean, there are a lot of reasons behind this. 281 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:58.960 Pete Hagsath, the new Defense Secretary, says that it's a 282 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:03.519 new spirit of patriotism related to the election of President Trump. 283 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:07.200 But the trend really began early last year, so before 284 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:09.960 the election, you were seeing these numbers rise. So we'll 285 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:11.799 see if this is a trend or just a spike. 286 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:15.759 Amy, Okay, because I think in your notes. You said 287 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:18.120 the December numbers kind of shot up. 288 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:19.159 It did. 289 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:22.320 Yeah, they were dramatically higher than they had been the 290 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:26.120 you know, the previous December. But even the December number 291 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:29.320 at fifty eight hundred and seventy seven new recruits in 292 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:33.120 the army was lower than you saw in August. So 293 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:35.799 three months before that you saw this spike. That's why, 294 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:38.000 you know, you've got to give it to some time, 295 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:40.720 give the averages a chance to even out so that 296 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:43.960 we can see if it is an actual trend, a 297 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:47.320 rising number over time. Because we saw the numbers drop 298 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:51.519 off dramatically during the pandemic. Military recruiters couldn't set up 299 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:54.559 their folding tables at junior colleges or high schools and 300 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:57.600 try to recruit new people that way, and that was 301 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:00.559 a major way that they had people signing up. And 302 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:03.159 so we you know, lost a lot of folks from 303 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:06.759 attrition because of lack of recruiting them. Those numbers now 304 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:09.720 than there were. Enlist of recruiters has gone up as 305 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.559 well for the Army. 306 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:13.319 Okay, And is it across the board? Is it the 307 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:16.359 other branches as well, or is it really focusing on Army. No, 308 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:17.000 they're all. 309 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:21.000 Seeing this increase, and critics say that part of it 310 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:25.160 may be that some of the standards for enlisting, for 311 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:28.839 signing up, for getting in have been lowered. You know, 312 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:33.079 at the Air Force, for example, ten thousand more recruits 313 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:37.440 across eighteen months than some critics, even in trade magazines 314 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:40.680 Air and Space Forces Magazine, they say it's because these 315 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:43.039 standards were dropped a bit. But the Air Force insists 316 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:47.279 that it's not dropping standards for training, so well, it 317 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:50.759 may be a little bit easier to get into the 318 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:55.559 Air Force, the Army, the Navy, that the training once 319 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:58.519 you're inside is as rigorous as it has been before. 320 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:00.559 Oh okay, because I was going to say, well, heg 321 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:04.759 Seth has been saying, hey, we are going to increase 322 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:08.319 the lethality and not decrease standards. But it sounds like 323 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:12.799 once you're in it's going to be the same. But 324 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:14.799 getting in is a little bit easier. 325 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:16.920 Right on one thing they're doing once you if you 326 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:20.279 score in the bottom thirty percent, for example, at the Army, 327 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:24.160 some of those folks are being offered remedial courses or 328 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:28.039 opportunities to retake the test or to study up and 329 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:31.559 then improve their score, so well, they may not be 330 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:34.480 allowed in with a lower score. They're being allowed a 331 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:37.759 chance to bone up on the material, to take the 332 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:39.319 test again and then to get in that. 333 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:41.000 Way to enlist. 334 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:43.400 Okay, and do we know or have you heard if 335 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:47.240 there are more people applying for military academies too, like 336 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:49.559 West Point and Air Force Academy or is that still 337 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:50.400 too soon to tell? 338 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:53.640 Yeah, they're always they're always brimming, you know. And of 339 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:56.559 course with those you have to have recommendations from members 340 00:18:56.599 --> 00:19:00.720 of Congress and others and letters sent off, and so 341 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:05.759 that's always a major way that recruiting is done. I 342 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:08.880 was interested to see interested in this amy. So sure, 343 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:11.079 we've got the six branches of the military. You know 344 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:14.440 who else is recruiting heavily right now? The Secret Service? 345 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:15.119 I know. 346 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:16.480 Did you see their Super Bowl ad? 347 00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:19.279 It was Prettyeah, there was an ad that aired. I 348 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:21.440 don't know if it was streamed or ran on TV. 349 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:24.000 I don't think it did. But it was inside the Superdome, 350 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:27.759 this ad that was put on the jumbo trons recruiting 351 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:29.279 people for the Secret Service. 352 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:30.920 Yeah, it was a great ad too. 353 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:32.759 Did you see it? Where did you see the ad? 354 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:33.519 Well? 355 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:36.079 I thought I saw it during the Super Bowl. 356 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:38.720 Well, maybe maybe it did air. I was told that 357 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:43.319 it only showed inside the Superdome, but I don't know. 358 00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:46.119 Well, I have to tell you, I was at a 359 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:48.240 Super Bowl party and it wasn't paying that close of attention, 360 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:51.119 so I was watching the ads after. So maybe that 361 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:54.440 was one of the ads and didn't specify. But it's 362 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:57.839 pretty cool. Yeah, very patriotic. We like all that stuff. 363 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:03.640 Jim Ryan, We're sorry about Luca, but Lucah. Yeah, sorry, Luca. 364 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.720 We hardly knew ye. 365 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:09.559 We'll talk to you soon, tell you all right. People 366 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:12.319 in the Burn areas in La County are getting ready 367 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:16.160 for more rain. It's expected to start sometime tomorrow late 368 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:20.200 and could trigger flash flooding and debris flows. The National 369 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:22.519 Weather Services issued a flash flood watch. It'll be in 370 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:25.359 effect from Thursday afternoon through late Thursday night for most 371 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:30.079 of the LA area. Forecasters say rain rates near one 372 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:33.039 inch per hour will be possible after midnight. There's also 373 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:36.400 a ten percent chance of thunderstorms. The Governor of Virginia 374 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:38.680 has declared a state of emergency ahead of a storm 375 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:41.160 moving that way. The National Weather Service's travel is going 376 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:44.400 to become treacherous today and tomorrow in much of Virginia 377 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:48.680 and West Virginia. Winter storm warnings extend from Kentucky all 378 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:51.000 the way to southern New Jersey. A separate storm system 379 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:53.519 is set to drop heavy snow tomorrow from Kansas and 380 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:58.000 Missouri to the Great Lakes. Sounds like winter. Huntington Beach 381 00:20:58.160 --> 00:21:00.839 City Attorney Michael Gates, who has but heads with state 382 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:04.160 officials on numerous issues over the past several years, has 383 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:06.960 announced he's going to be joining the Trump administration as 384 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:11.119 a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department's Civil 385 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:14.880 Rights Division. Teachers at El Camino Reel High School and 386 00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:18.720 Woodland Hills have gone on strike over failed contract negotiations. 387 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:22.720 United Teachers LA says educators have been working without a 388 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:26.400 contract since July. This teacher tells KTLA they deserve to 389 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:27.759 be paid a fair way. 390 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:30.640 Especially here in California where cost of living is storrying 391 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:32.920 to skyrocket food prices right in a skyrocket, So it's 392 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:34.720 really important that we stay in fight and make sure 393 00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:37.839 that we have on schedule salary increases. 394 00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:40.720 The teachers say they'll stay on strike until all of 395 00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:44.119 their demands are met. Now that Super Bowl fifty nine 396 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:47.880 is over, San Francisco is getting ready for Super Bowl 397 00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:51.079 sixty San Francisco. Forty nine Ers owner Jed York was 398 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:53.680 in New Orleans to accept the hosting duties. 399 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:56.000 We had a great Super Bowl and Super Bowl fifty. 400 00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:57.559 This is going to blow the doors off. 401 00:21:58.279 --> 00:22:00.079