WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.160 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:08.439 with Me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:10.119 --> 00:00:15.880 KFI had KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:18.120 It's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:22.679 Here's Amy King. 6 00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:30.399 Well, good morning. This is your wake up call for Wednesday, 7 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:34.520 June eighteenth. It's five o'clock straight up. I'm Amy King. 8 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:38.719 Time to get up, get going. Lots of big stuff 9 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:42.880 planned again today. One of not remind you, but want 10 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:47.200 to let you know that we had Colonel Haig in yesterday. 11 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:50.759 NASA Astronaut Space Force guardian came and visit us at 12 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:54.079 the studio and then went to the Dodger game last night. 13 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:56.320 Throughout the first pitch, his son was a little nervous 14 00:00:56.359 --> 00:00:59.359 about it. It was perfect. It was, of course perfect, 15 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:02.399 he did. It's so good, I know, right, So I'm 16 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:04.560 going to probably post that on my Instagram at Amy 17 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:09.439 Kay King. We also have part of the interview from 18 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:12.599 our time with Colonel Haig yesterday, and you can also 19 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:14.760 listen to Bill Handle's interview with Colonel Haig because he 20 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:16.879 was on with Bill at seven o'clock. But such a 21 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:21.519 treat and he signed some pictures his official astronaut picture 22 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.799 for us, and so we're going to give you a 23 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:27.359 chance to win some So that's coming up this hour 24 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:29.840 as well. If you'd like an autographed picture of Colonel 25 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:33.480 Nick Haig, here's what's ahead on wake up Call. For 26 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:35.640 the first time this week, there was no overnight curfew 27 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:38.719 in downtown La Mayor Bass announced that the order was 28 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:41.840 being lifted yesterday afternoon. She said though if there is 29 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:46.200 more violence or looting, the curfew could be reinstated. Homeowners 30 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:49.280 have sued the state's largest insurance company, claiming that State 31 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:53.920 Farm under insured them. The lawsuit says State Farm used 32 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:57.959 faulty tools to estimate the cost of rebuilding, which allowed 33 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:02.920 the company to sell lower value policies that cost costs less, 34 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:05.640 but that misled them about their coverage, and homeowners say 35 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:07.920 they've been left with coverage limits that don't cover the 36 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:12.960 cost of rebuilding. Israeli warpay planes have pounded in Iran's 37 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:17.159 capital overnight and into Wednesday, as Iran launched a small 38 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:20.919 barrage of missiles at Israel, with no reports of any casualties. 39 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:22.960 We're going to find out the latest with ABC's Jordana 40 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:26.159 Miller in Jerusalem, who's hopefully not in a bomb shelter 41 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:28.400 right now, we're talking to her. In about three minutes. 42 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:32.120 Metta is going all in to get super smart and 43 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:35.680 a big, beautiful phone. What else could it be but 44 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:38.400 a Trump phone. ABC's Mike Dubuski joins us to tell 45 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:41.199 us more about Trump Mobile. Amy's on it. A new 46 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:45.039 Julianne Moore movie. This woman gets into it deep, the 47 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:47.879 links a mother will go to for her child and 48 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:51.120 the stupid things she will also do. Really interesting show 49 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:53.719 that's coming up at the bottom of the hour. And 50 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:57.039 then a group of kids has gathered together to help 51 00:02:57.639 --> 00:03:00.479 kids affected by the Eton fire rise from the ashes. 52 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:03.960 It's a really special concert. It's happening tonight. They're raising 53 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:07.080 money to buy new instruments for students who lost theirs 54 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:09.800 in the fire. And that's so cool. That's coming up 55 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:11.879 at five point fifty. We'll tell you all about that. 56 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:14.479 Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 57 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:16.960 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The la keunny 58 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:19.680 DA and the US Attorney have announced war arrests and 59 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:24.319 charges against people allegedly involved in the recent anti ice protests. 60 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:25.800 These weren't peaceful protesters. 61 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:30.719 They weren't holding up signs expressing a political message. 62 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:32.719 They were agitators. 63 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:34.560 People came to do violence. 64 00:03:35.560 --> 00:03:39.199 US Attorney for the Central District of California, Bill Assale, 65 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:42.159 says his office has charged dozens of people with felony 66 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:45.840 crimes since the protests began on June sixth. DA Hawkman's 67 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.960 office has filed state charges against thirty people. Some are 68 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:52.560 facing both state and federal charges. News brought to you 69 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:55.719 by Sit and Sleep. Businesses in downtown have started to 70 00:03:55.759 --> 00:03:57.719 reopen now they're just waiting on customers. 71 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:00.479 There's a restaurant here in Little Tokyo that has a 72 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:04.639 handwritten sign that says open, immigrant own, and that sign 73 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:07.599 is attached to the boards that are protecting the door. 74 00:04:07.639 --> 00:04:10.199 Without that sign, you might otherwise not know that it 75 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:12.599 is open. That you have a couple of other cheeky 76 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:17.879 signs saying please no destroy, support immigration, not enough insurance. 77 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:20.639 It's kind of the vibe down here. There are businesses 78 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:23.759 that are open, it's difficult to tell sometimes because of 79 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:26.639 the plywood that's been attached to the windows to protect them. 80 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:29.759 Reporting in downtown La Michael Monks KFI News. 81 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:33.839 The biggest lottery jackpot winner in history is keeping his 82 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:35.199 money close to home. 83 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:38.120 Edwin Castro's two dollars lottery ticket was the only winner 84 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:40.399 for the more than two billion dollar jackpot in twenty 85 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:42.759 twenty two. He ended up with about six hundred twenty 86 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:44.560 nine million dollars have to take in the lump sum 87 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:47.560 and taxes. With that, he's been buying real estate, including 88 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:49.879 a four million dollar home in his hometown, Alta Dina, 89 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:52.360 and a nearly four million dollar home in Malibu, which 90 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:55.360 was destroyed in the Pacific Palisades Fire in January. La 91 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:57.879 County property records shows since the fires, Castro has bought 92 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:00.480 at least a dozen homes in the Alta Dina area 93 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:03.040 at prices between five hundred and thirty thousand and nine 94 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:05.279 hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for a total of just 95 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:08.839 under nine million bucks. Michael Krozer KFI News. 96 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:11.480 Keeping it close. I like that, Okay, we're waiting to 97 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:16.319 connect with ABC's Jordona Miller. She'll be calling us from Jerusalem. 98 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:19.360 Of course, things are very dicey at times there, so 99 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:21.519 we don't know. She might have been into a bomb 100 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:25.800 shelter or something like that if Iran has launched more missiles. 101 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:28.360 But we'll wait for her, and in the meantime, let's 102 00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:30.000 get back to some of the stories coming out of 103 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:32.279 the CAFI twenty four hour newsroom. Oh, we have her, 104 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:36.360 so let's go right to her. ABC's jerdonnah Miller in Jerusalem, 105 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:41.879 Israel and Iran continue to exchange fire, with Israel continuing 106 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:45.160 its attacks on military nuclear development sites in Iran firing 107 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:48.800 in civilian areas. How are things going this morning. 108 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:55.279 Well, overnight, the Iranians fired two waves of ballistic ballistic 109 00:05:55.360 --> 00:06:01.639 missile strikes on Israel around twelve thirty local and one am. 110 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:08.360 Those about thirty missiles were fired, according to the Israeli Army, 111 00:06:08.920 --> 00:06:13.839 and thankfully no one was really hurt, a few running 112 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:21.040 to their bomb shelters, but no major injuries and no fatalities. Again, 113 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:25.000 most of those missiles were shot down, but a few 114 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:31.120 did crash down around the central Tel Aviv area and 115 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:37.600 from what we understand, around the complex near the complex 116 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:45.680 of some Israeli military defense and buildings. And that's not 117 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:51.480 the first time that that has happened. And on the 118 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:55.120 Israeli side, we heard from the spokesman of the Israeli 119 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:58.160 Army a short while ago that the Israelis have carried 120 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:02.120 out in ten strikes overnight on ten Iran, hitting not 121 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:06.360 only factories that make most of missiles, but also centrifuges, 122 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:12.199 and the IAEA appears to confirm that Israel has destroyed 123 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:18.000 some centrifuge factories in the Tehran area in their reporting 124 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:23.040 on the events. And of course, the big headline here 125 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:28.639 really and what has preoccupied israelis not only officials but 126 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:32.319 the public is the question of whether President Trump will 127 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:38.079 join Israel's war against Iran's nuclear ambitions or not. 128 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:43.560 Okay, And while we wait for that information, I mean, 129 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:46.160 Israel is just kind of keeping on its same tack 130 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:50.480 and knowing that the big thing, at least from what 131 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:52.279 I've been hearing, Jordana, and tell me if I'm wrong, 132 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:56.959 is that we can't or Israel can't get that main 133 00:07:57.560 --> 00:08:01.160 nuclear development site because it's down too deep. They need 134 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:05.720 like a bunker buster bomb and Israel doesn't have. 135 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:10.120 Them, right, Israel doesn't have them and they don't have 136 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:13.480 the aircraft to carry them. So the Israelis can do 137 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:16.959 some damage to for Dow. That's the nuclear facility that 138 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:21.480 Israel hasn't touched yet. It's buried deep inside mountain and 139 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:26.839 Quom and it was you know, it was built there 140 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:31.040 of course to protect it from aerial strikes. So the 141 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:35.440 Israelis can do some damage to that facility, but they 142 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:39.559 can't really deal a fatal blow to that facility without 143 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:42.639 the help of the United States. That is from everything 144 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:46.919 we know now. Do the Israelis potentially have something up 145 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:51.279 their sleeve that they are going to unleash on before 146 00:08:51.320 --> 00:08:55.720 Dow that we don't know about. It's entirely possible, but 147 00:08:56.559 --> 00:09:01.200 the conventional wisdom is that to really strike like that facility, 148 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:05.679 Israel would need the United States. And Israel has been 149 00:09:06.039 --> 00:09:11.159 at least in these opening days, quite successful in keeping 150 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:14.320 Iran in a state of kind of shock and awe 151 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:22.440 and establishing a degree of superiority from the skies, and 152 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:26.879 they're able to get in and out of Iran safely, right, 153 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:32.519 So this is a this is a major achievement, and 154 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:37.639 because they've been so successful, it appears that it has 155 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:41.480 now created this kind of ripe moment where if the 156 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:45.600 United States decides to join in, you know, it could 157 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:49.960 be a decisive blow to Iran's nuclear ambitions, which is 158 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:55.360 you know, the aim of this operation according to the Israelis, right, Yeah. 159 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:58.480 And of course, President Trump continues to say Iran cannot 160 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:00.320 have a nuclear weapons, so we're gonna have to wait 161 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:04.840 and see what happens if the US joins in or 162 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:07.919 Israel does it on their own. Jordana Miller in Jerusalem, 163 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:10.759 thank you so much for the information. As always, Stay safe, Okay, 164 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:14.720 thanks talk soon, all right, And we're just we're also 165 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:18.720 hearing word this morning that leader Komayne is saying that 166 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:21.320 if the US does join up with Israel, it's going 167 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:24.440 to cause irreparable harm. He said it could cause all 168 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:27.000 out war. So we don't know if that's saber rattling, 169 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:30.320 if Iran has something up at sleeve. So we're just 170 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:33.399 going to have to wait and see. And as I 171 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:35.480 was listening to Gary and Shannon yesterday, they were saying 172 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:37.960 that they think something's going to happen soon, and it 173 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:40.600 sounds like things are kind of heating up or moving 174 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:45.639 our assets into place in the Middle East, our military 175 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:47.559 and that kind of stuff in a defensive posture. So 176 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:51.039 we shall see. Let's get back to some of the 177 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:53.360 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 178 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:56.320 New figures show up to a million illegal immigrants have 179 00:10:56.440 --> 00:10:59.879 left the US since President Trump started his second term. 180 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:03.080 Census data shows they've been dropping out of the workforce 181 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:05.720 at a high rate. Art Arthur from the Center for 182 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:09.919 Immigration Studies tells kfi's John Cobalt it's about one hundred 183 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:11.399 ninety thousand people per month. 184 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:15.240 ICE admit that it's deported about just over two hundred 185 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:18.240 thousand people. Those other people had to gone somewhere, and 186 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:18.919 they went home. 187 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:21.639 He says, most illegal immigrants who come to the US 188 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:24.639 end up working blue collar jobs. At least one member 189 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:28.399 of Congress has canceled a scheduled town hall after learning 190 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:30.919 that their name was included on the hit list of 191 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:32.480 an accused killer in Minnesota. 192 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:35.120 Authority say fifty seven year old Vans volt Or had 193 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:37.759 a hit list of at least forty five state and 194 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:41.279 federal elected officials, most or all Democrats. 195 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:44.200 ABC's Faith Abu bass Hiss. Members of Congress want the 196 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:47.600 divisive political rhetoric on all sides to be toned down. 197 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:50.399 A Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband were shot and 198 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:52.679 killed over the weekend. A state senator and his wife 199 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:56.039 were also shot, but they survived. Americans have been warned 200 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:59.600 not to travel to Iran under any circumstances. The warning 201 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:02.360 comes mid reports at the White House is considering an 202 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:06.240 offensive strike against Iran. State Department spokesperson Tammy bursas the 203 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:08.879 department's working to help US citizens in the Middle East 204 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:14.039 stay informed as tensions escalate. Civil aviation officials in India 205 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:17.240 have met with Air India officials to go over the 206 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:20.519 airline's operations following a crash that killed more than two 207 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:21.519 hundred and forty people. 208 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:24.159 Following the inspections of the airline's Boeing seven to eighty 209 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:27.799 seven fleet, no major safety concerns were found. The aircraft 210 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:30.679 and associated maintenance systems were found to be compliant with 211 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:32.039 existing safety. 212 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:35.000 Standards ABC's and As Delacataire says it's still not known 213 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:38.519 what caused the crash last week. One man survived. The 214 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:41.919 Food and Drug Administration says it'll offer faster drug reviews 215 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:42.879 to some companies. 216 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:45.600 The FDA says the sped up process will go to 217 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:50.440 those companies that align with Trump administration priorities for Americans' health. 218 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:53.559 The new program aims to review select drugs in just 219 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:56.759 one to two months. The FDA already has a variety 220 00:12:56.759 --> 00:12:59.600 of programs designed to speed up drug reviews, but they 221 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:03.759 all have fairly strict medical criteria, debor Mark Kafi. 222 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:08.240 News celebrity chef Anne Burrell has died. TMC says she 223 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:11.639 was found unresponsive in her home yesterday in Brooklyn, New York, 224 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:16.279 and paramedics couldn't revive her. Burrell, with her signature bleached blonde, 225 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:19.279 spiky hair, was best known for her appearances on the 226 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:23.240 Food Network. She was fifty five years old. Tom Cruise 227 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:25.480 and Dolly Parton will be honored by the Academy of 228 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:29.279 Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year's Governor's Awards. Cruz 229 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:31.639 is going to get an Honorary Oscar for what the 230 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:35.639 Academy calls his incredible commitment to our filmmaking community, to 231 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:39.039 the theatrical experience, and to the stunts community. Of course, 232 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:41.840 he does its own stunts. Parton is getting the Gene 233 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:45.200 Herschalt Humanitarian Award. The board says the country music legend 234 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:48.919 exemplifies the spirit of the award with unwavering dedication to 235 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:52.720 charitable efforts. She does so much. The sixteenth annual Governor's 236 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:56.039 Awards will be held in November in LA. The Trump 237 00:13:56.080 --> 00:14:00.120 administration has activated another two thousand California National Guard troops 238 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:03.039 to send to LA as immigration enforcement efforts in the 239 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:06.919 area continue. The troops are stationed in northern California. Governor 240 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:11.120 Newsom's office criticized the announcement yesterday. The governor has requested 241 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:14.000 a six month delay in the implementation of a new law, 242 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:18.559 which requires large employer health plans to cover in vitro 243 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:21.840 fertilization and infertility treatments. If no change is made, the 244 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:24.799 law will start on July first. Carson's been declared a 245 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:28.039 fireworks free zone ahead of the fourth of July. Violators 246 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:31.279 face finds up to five thousand dollars. People who report 247 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:34.879 illegal fireworks can earn rewards up to five hundred dollars. 248 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:37.559 At six oh five tandle on the news, he's gonna 249 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:39.559 be taking a look at all the hot topics for 250 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:42.679 the day. Right now. Let's say good morning to ABC's 251 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:46.039 tech reporter. It's Mike Debusky. Morning, Mike, Good morning, Amy. 252 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:46.960 How are you good. 253 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:50.519 So Meta is making moves to make itself really really smart. 254 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:52.000 Yes, exactly. 255 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:52.120 So. 256 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:56.279 Meta is investing in what's called a super intelligence lab, 257 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:59.639 and they are making this major investment more than fourteen 258 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:03.279 billion dollars in this company called Scale AI in order 259 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:06.080 to do that So what Scale AI is is they 260 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:10.440 are a human verified AI research firm. Essentially, they're a 261 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:13.559 picks and shovels company. They're a company that gives the 262 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:17.679 larger large language models, right the Googles and the open 263 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:21.120 Ayes of the world, the material they need to train 264 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:25.720 their chatbots and AI systems. So they're kind of behind 265 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:28.679 the scenes, but they're really important in the AI space. 266 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:31.960 Meta is making a more than fourteen billion dollar investment 267 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:35.039 in this company. They are making a forty nine percent 268 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:38.759 acquisition stake in this company, and they're getting their CEO 269 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:41.799 in the process, a guy named Alexander Wang, to head 270 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:44.960 up this new super intelligence lab with the goal of 271 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:49.120 creating technology that they say will be smarter than the 272 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:52.240 human brain, that will go beyond the capabilities of what 273 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:54.480 we can do as humans and usher in this new 274 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:57.919 era of technology. Amy. I can already tell that your 275 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:01.679 eyebrow is raising, but there is reason to be skeptical here. 276 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:03.679 But that is what they say they are doing, and 277 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:06.399 Meta seems very committed to the idea because fourteen billion 278 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:07.840 dollars is nothing to sneeze at. 279 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:10.480 Okay, So, Mike, is is it to catch up to 280 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:14.240 like open AI or is it to go beyond. 281 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:17.440 Them both essentially. So Meta has found itself sort of 282 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:22.080 behind in the AI race right Their large latest large 283 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:24.799 language model, it's known as LAMA four, kind of you know, 284 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:27.759 failed to meet expectations. It doesn't do quite as well 285 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:30.080 on some of the tests that we subject these large 286 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:33.759 language models to. And Open AI and and some others 287 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:36.919 out there Anthropic Google are kind of at the head 288 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:39.039 of this, and Meta doesn't want to be left behind 289 00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:41.200 because they see this as again kind of the next 290 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:43.919 turn of the screw, the next evolution in the world 291 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:47.320 of technology, and they think that scale AI are the 292 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:51.200 kind of guys to help do this. So that is 293 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:54.159 part of this. There are again some reasons to be 294 00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:57.679 skeptical of this idea of a superintelligence that's gonna you know, 295 00:16:57.799 --> 00:16:59.679 change our lives and let us all go on vacation 296 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:03.919 and you know, computers handle things. For example, Apple recently 297 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:06.200 put out a reportant Apple itself is very much in 298 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:09.519 the AI race that found that the current cutting edge 299 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:12.559 of large language models, known as large reasoning models, have 300 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:16.640 quote fundamental limitations that they're not quite as smart as 301 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:19.440 we think they are, that they're not really reasoning in 302 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:22.559 the way that our human brains do. Reports from Arizona 303 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:25.839 State University and others sort of back that claim up. 304 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:29.119 Even still, this is a hot topic in Silicon Valley, 305 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:32.279 with Sam Altman, who's the CEO of Open Ai, telling 306 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:35.279 President Trump recently that they are going to achieve this 307 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:39.720 super intelligent computer that matches or surpasses the capabilities of 308 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:43.559 the human brain by the end of his term. Dario Amiday, 309 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:45.799 who's the head of Anthropics, said that we could see 310 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:48.240 major disruptions from this type of technology in the next 311 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:49.079 two to three years. 312 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:52.680 Okay, so it's exciting and scary al at the same time. Okay, 313 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:56.640 so cool job. Yeah, let's talk about this big, beautiful phone. 314 00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:57.559 Yes. 315 00:17:57.680 --> 00:18:00.480 So on Monday here in New York City, the Trump 316 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:03.200 Organization announced that they are making a major move into 317 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:06.960 the world of telecom. They are announcing Trump Mobile, which 318 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:08.839 is what's known as an mv and O, a mobile 319 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:12.759 virtual network operator, which is essentially a small cell phone 320 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:15.079 provider that kind of piggybacks off the networks of the 321 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:15.960 larger providers. 322 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:17.680 So it's like Mint Mobile, It's. 323 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:19.720 Exactly like Mick Mobile. These two companies are going to 324 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:22.440 compete with one another. Cricket Wireless is another one that 325 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:25.319 is in this space. And as part of this, despite 326 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:27.039 the fact that they say Trump Mobile will work with 327 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:30.519 pretty much any modern smartphone, they are launching their own 328 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:34.000 proprietary device. It's called the T one. Technically its full 329 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:37.359 name is the T one eight thousand and two Gold version, 330 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:40.160 and that name is not a missover. It is gold. 331 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:43.240 It is trimmed in gold leaf for or some sort 332 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:44.000 of gold. 333 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:46.400 Effect it has to be if it's tied to Trump, 334 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:47.200 oh of course. 335 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.559 And it has a big T on the bag an 336 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:52.279 American flag as you would expect, and it appears to 337 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:55.440 be a pretty standard Android device. They are saying that 338 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:58.000 this is going to go for about five hundred dollars 339 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:01.359 and that you know, runs Android fifteen. It has a 340 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:03.920 six point eight inch screen, one hundred and twenty hertz 341 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:06.279 for fresh rate, what you would kind of expect from 342 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:09.240 a phone at that price point in the Android ecosystem. 343 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:11.319 But once you dive a little deeper into the specs 344 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:13.079 that we have on the website, which is pretty much 345 00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:14.720 all we have on this phone, no one's really gotten 346 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:16.960 a chance to play around with it, it gets a 347 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:20.519 little confusing. Under the storage section, they say that it 348 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:23.240 has twelve gigabytes of RAM, and RAM and storage are 349 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:26.240 two different things. There's no information about a processor, and 350 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:28.960 a processor is pretty important to the world of smartphones 351 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:31.240 and up until recently, on the website, they claimed it 352 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:34.880 had a five thousand milliamp hour camera, but milliamp hours 353 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:37.319 are used to describe batteries, so there were some typos 354 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:40.119 on the website, it seems like. And the photo that 355 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:42.440 they have, again the only photo that we have of 356 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:46.000 this device, appears to be a rendering, a computer generated 357 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:48.599 image or some sort of photoshopped deal. Because it has 358 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:51.559 a three camera array. It looks sort of like an 359 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:54.160 iPhone trimmed in gold, but there's no flash on that 360 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:56.079 camera array, which is what you would expect to see 361 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:59.440 on something like that. So maybe reason for pause if 362 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:03.799 you're thinking about purchasing a t one, but you still 363 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:06.000 can put down one hundred dollars deposit if none of 364 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:07.079 that is enough to dissuade you. 365 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:09.519 Do we have any idea of a timeframe, like when 366 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:14.000 they're going to launch the service and start telling the phones. 367 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:16.200 So on the website it says coming soon. There's also 368 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:19.400 other reporting out there that says that it could be 369 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:22.599 as soon as the fall. But a real wrench in 370 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:25.240 all this, Amy, is that the Trump organization says they 371 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:28.160 plan to build this phone in the United States. There 372 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:30.880 is no major smartphone that is built in the United States. 373 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:33.440 We don't really have an infrastructure to do it. And 374 00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:35.759 that would mean that, you know, if they are serious 375 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:38.279 about this, they would have to spin up a factory, 376 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:40.000 they would have to hire workers, they would have to 377 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:42.839 train workers. We don't train workers to build smartphones here, 378 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:46.240 set up supply chains and suppliers and what have you. 379 00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:48.759 It would be really a monumental task that we have 380 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:52.160 not seen undertaken in the United States. And at five 381 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:54.960 hundred dollars, that is I think a big reason for 382 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:59.960 skepticism because, especially within that timeframe, that's that's kind of unrealistic. 383 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:02.440 So it is possible that they're going to import a 384 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:04.839 phone from elsewhere, but also that would run counter to 385 00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:06.920 the Trump organizations kind. 386 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.920 Of made in America thing. 387 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:10.759 Attempt to get yeah, manufacturing back to America. But we'll 388 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.519 just have to wait and see. 389 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:14.000 All Right, ABC's tech reporter Mike Debuski, thanks so much, 390 00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:17.000 of course, Amy too. All Right, Tucson and off duty 391 00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:19.359 LA Kenny Sheriff's deputy has been killed in a crash 392 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:21.440 on the one to one freeway in Studio City. Thirty 393 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:24.480 one year old Marcos Pana Junior was a passenger in 394 00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:26.759 a ride share car that was involved in a crash 395 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:30.279 near the one seventy and one thirty four interchange yesterday. 396 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:31.839 That was a crash that Will was telling you about 397 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:34.880 all morning. Another passenger in the car was also killed. 398 00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:37.480 A man in Santa Monica has been arrested for allegedly 399 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:40.039 trying to sexually assault an eighty four year old woman. 400 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:43.160 Police say she was grabbed June fifth and dragged into 401 00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:46.559