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 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:14.839 K Fly and KOST HD two Los Angeles. 4 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:21.879 Orange County. 5 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:26.120 And your host, Amy Kay. 6 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:32.079 It's five o'clock, straight up, good morning. This is your 7 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:34.200 wake up call for Thursday. 8 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:39.600 April third. I'm Amy King. Welcome to the show. This 9 00:00:39.679 --> 00:00:41.640 is we're on a baseball theme. Big night for the 10 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:45.479 Dodgers last night, sixty five win thanks to a walk 11 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:49.960 off home run by show Hey Otani on Show Hey Otani, 12 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:52.039 bobblehead night, very appropo. 13 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:54.880 I'm sure the fans are excited. They're off to an 14 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:55.679 eight and no start. 15 00:00:55.719 --> 00:01:00.320 That's the best start ever for a defending world chamampion 16 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:04.879 team in MLB history. Wow, I'm saying one's sixty two 17 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:07.599 and oh baby, can. 18 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:10.599 It be done? That'd be fun. That's funny. 19 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:16.719 Our Eagles have names. They were announced yesterday Sonny and Gizmo. 20 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:21.200 So the bigger eaglet is Sonny, the little guy is Gizmo. 21 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:24.799 Of course, we named him Rocky here on wake Up 22 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:28.959 Call because we think he's a fighter and he's doing 23 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:31.359 so good, so I might still call him Rocky. 24 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:34.200 But elementary school kids named him. They had the final choice. 25 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:36.159 I hear they even named the one that didn't make it, 26 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:38.079 that was done before. 27 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:41.760 Yeah, they named that one Misty in honor of somebody 28 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:43.959 who used to be affiliated with friends of Big Bear 29 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:47.359 Valley who passed away. So that was Misty. But the 30 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:50.760 two remaining who are doing very well and covered up 31 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:53.439 by Mom right now as much as she can. Sonny 32 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:56.280 and Gizmo, here's what's ahead on wake up Call. Almost 33 00:01:56.280 --> 00:02:00.120 three months after the massive and destructive wildfires towards through 34 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:03.599 Alta Dina, the La County Medical Examiner's offices, human remains 35 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:06.879 have been found. They were discovered yesterday afternoon in the 36 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:10.400 nine hundred block of Boston Street. FEMA has extended the 37 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:14.639 deadline until April fifteenth for homeowners in Pacific Palisades and 38 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:17.319 Alta Dina to sign up to have their property cleaned 39 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:19.599 up by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The service 40 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:22.319 is offered it no charge to homeowners, but if they 41 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:24.000 opt out, they're going to have to pay their own 42 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:26.280 contractors to do the work. You can get the form 43 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:31.400 at Recovery dot La County dot gov. Stock market futures 44 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:34.719 have dropped like a rock following President Trump's tariff announcement, 45 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:38.520 with investors fearing a global trade war, futures were down 46 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:42.000 almost twelve hundred actually now it's over twelve hundred feet 47 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:44.960 points ahead of the opening bell. We're going to dig 48 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:46.520 a little deeper into that when we get in your 49 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:49.479 Business with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho at five point forty and 50 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:52.039 in about three minutes, ABC's Karen travers, it's going to 51 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:54.000 help us break down the tariffs and when we might 52 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:58.560 start feeling the pinch. High profile break ins at athletes' 53 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:01.159 homes are escalating with been hearing about him a lot. 54 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:04.560 ABC's Crime and Terrorism analyst Brad Garrett is going to 55 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:07.400 tell us more about that. The Wiggle Waggle Walks just 56 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:09.400 four days away, we're going to be talking to Pasadena 57 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:13.520 humans Kevin McManus about what the money you donate does 58 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:16.240 to help save the lives of thousands of animals. They 59 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:19.199 do such great work. And Amy's on it. We're doing 60 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:22.599 a special Thursday edition. I'm taking up residence with a 61 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:25.919 new show on Netflix. Let's get started with some of 62 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:28.240 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 63 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:31.280 Nearly a dozen people in LA's Westlake neighborhood had to 64 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:33.199 leave their homes in the middle of the night because 65 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:36.479 of a fire that destroyed a three story apartment building 66 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:39.800 that was under construction. The fire late last night spread 67 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:42.599 to a vacant home and some sheds. This guy lives nearby, 68 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:44.080 says he woke up because of the fire. 69 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:46.280 I opened the door and all I saw were embers 70 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:46.800 in the sky. 71 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:50.719 So I jumped up and I came out here, and 72 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:54.479 by the time I saw, the flames were like already high. 73 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:54.960 He says. 74 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:57.280 He helped knock on some doors to let other neighbors 75 00:03:57.319 --> 00:03:59.039 know about the fire. It took more than one hundred 76 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:02.240 firefighters almost an hour to put the flames out. One 77 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:06.159 man was treated for a medical complaint. The Lacity councils 78 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:09.840 decided to hold on to some funding requested by Mayor Bass. 79 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:13.280 The mayor's signature homeless program Inside Safe, is now required 80 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:15.919 to ask for its funding every quarter, and its forty 81 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:18.800 six point one million dollar request this week was partially 82 00:04:18.839 --> 00:04:22.079 shot down. Councilman Bob Blumenfield says council members are in 83 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:24.480 need of more data and oversight for the program. 84 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:27.000 We need to make sure that service providers are focused 85 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:30.759 on throughput and the city verifies services that are being rendered. 86 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:32.720 The council agreed to pay out twenty nine point one 87 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:35.680 million dollars to ensure homeless service providers are paid and 88 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:37.959 other costs are covered, but decided not to pay the 89 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:41.079 full amount yet. Michael Monks KFI News. 90 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:43.560 Officials in California have missed a deadline to secure funding 91 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:47.000 for higher payments to doctors who are treating low income 92 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:50.959 patients that will leave millions of dollars unclaimed. The funds 93 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:54.000 were part of Prop thirty five, approved by voters, which 94 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:57.199 relied on submitting paperwork to the federal government by March 95 00:04:57.399 --> 00:05:01.639 thirty first. As a result, doctors won't receive promised increases 96 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:04.160 and the state's going to lose millions in federal matching 97 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:08.079 dollars to support the medical program. Taking a chance on 98 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:10.839 winning millions is about to take more money. The price 99 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:13.279 of a Mega Million's lottery tickets going up from two 100 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:16.720 to five dollars starting with tomorrow. Night's drawing officials say 101 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:19.240 the price increase will lead to faster growing jackpots in 102 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:22.079 better odds, maybe because less people are playing. 103 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:22.560 Not sure. 104 00:05:22.839 --> 00:05:26.680 The jackpot Friday is forty three million dollars. Now, let's 105 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:30.199 say good morning to ABC's Karen Travers. So, Karen, President 106 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:34.759 Trump went ahead and announced those tariffs against well, almost everybody. 107 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:36.800 So let's break it down a little bit and tell 108 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:37.800 us what happened yesterday. 109 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:42.360 Yeah, it's two different rounds. The first round starts April fifth, Saturday, 110 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:45.720 at midnight, at ten percent tariff on nearly all foreign imports. 111 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:48.439 It's a baseline tariff is basically applied to all countries. 112 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:52.199 And then on Wednesday, April ninth, there are sixty countries 113 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:55.800 who face even steeper tariffs. This is targeting what the 114 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:58.199 White House had called the worst offenders, you know, the 115 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:00.439 ones that the United States has trade death it's with. 116 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:04.360 And this is where the economists and experts now are saying, 117 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:07.879 you know, rose is much cheaper than anticipated. China thirty 118 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:12.360 four percent tariffs, the European Union twenty percent, Vietnam forty six, 119 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:16.720 Japan twenty four, India twenty six, and South Korea twenty five. 120 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:19.439 We bring in a lot of products from all of 121 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:22.560 those places I just mentioned, and all of the experts 122 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:24.759 we're talking to say, you know, this is going to 123 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:28.000 be a significant impact, and it's likely to be quick 124 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:32.040 you know, when these importers are bringing in products goods 125 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:34.600 from these countries and have to pay the higher costs, 126 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:39.519 they will pass it down. We're talking groceries, clothing, electronics, 127 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:41.839 and the auto tariffs of course go into effect this 128 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:44.439 week as well. That was something the President has had 129 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:47.399 announced last week. Some analysts say that, you know, worst 130 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:50.199 case scenario, this could cost a family of four potentially 131 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:52.360 about seven thousand dollars extra a year. 132 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:53.079 Yikes. 133 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:56.360 Okay, So and you mentioned that they were higher than anticipated. 134 00:06:56.920 --> 00:07:00.560 The Trump administration was saying that this was a kinder 135 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:04.360 and gentler but it doesn't sound like that's the case. Yeah. 136 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:07.360 I mean, there's a lot of funny math here that 137 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:09.839 I am not going to get into because I think 138 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:14.000 your listeners would probably turn down there as a volume 139 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:16.439 a little bit because it's very, very wonky. But I 140 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:18.879 do direct you to social media for all of the 141 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:22.079 economist takes on this. But you know, remember I will 142 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:23.839 kind of frame it like this. The White House had 143 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:25.680 been saying in the lead up to this that these 144 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:28.639 were going to be reciprocal tariffs. You charge us this, 145 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:31.920 we charge you back. That that's not what this is 146 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:34.240 looking like here. The White House had said that these 147 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:38.600 actually would be at a half calculated rate of what 148 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:41.279 some countries are charging the United States in terms of 149 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:44.399 terriffs because they say the President is lenient. But even 150 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:46.279 those numbers I just cited to you, you know, the 151 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:49.399 EU at twenty percent, of Japan at twenty four percent, 152 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:53.279 the corresponding number that the President had on charts yesterday 153 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:57.680 of roughly forty percent and forty eight percent for those countries, 154 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:01.879 it's not exactly as simple as that. You know, they're 155 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:05.240 taking into account a lot of other factors in terms 156 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:10.480 of that tax, local currencies and local taxes, things like that. 157 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:14.639 So it's quite complicated, and there's a lot of questioning 158 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:16.639 this morning of how the White House is doing the 159 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:17.279 mass on this. 160 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:20.920 Okay, and have any countries officially responded. 161 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:24.720 Yeah, So there's a lot of threats right now, like 162 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:26.800 just to say, the British Prime Minister said that he 163 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:30.199 is going to act in Britain's interest, and the European 164 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:32.879 Commission has said that this is a major blow to 165 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:36.200 businesses and consumers and that Europe is prepared to respond. 166 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:40.120 The German Economic Minister also saying you know, they're ready 167 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:43.399 to respond to this, is going to have some blowback 168 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:45.639 in the White House had said yesterday this is not 169 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:50.120 a negotiation. This is a national emergency. Countries can't negotiate. 170 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:50.399 Their way out of this. 171 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:53.639 The White House also told countries not to retaliate. That 172 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:56.360 warning is not going to be heated by countries all 173 00:08:56.360 --> 00:08:57.000 around the world. 174 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:00.360 Yeah, okay, and then even here there are it's to 175 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:03.600 block the tariffs in terms. 176 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:06.720 Of like up on Capitol Hill. Yeah yeah, I mean, 177 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:08.919 but this isn't you know, he's taking this through executive action. 178 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:10.720 They can try to do that, and there were some 179 00:09:10.799 --> 00:09:14.000 concerns among Republicans, but mostly you know, you heard Republicans 180 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:16.200 going along with this, and you know, seing the President 181 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:19.200 do this already with other realms. I'm not sure what 182 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:21.200 they would do to try to stop this onm. 183 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:24.399 Okay, well, brace yourselves. We're in for a wild ride. 184 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:26.519 Karen Travers, ABC News, thank you so much. 185 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:28.279 Thanks, have a great day. 186 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:30.039 All right, you two, Let's get back to some of 187 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:32.759 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 188 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:37.039 Democratic officials are suing to try to stop eleven billion 189 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:41.720 dollars in public health funding cuts. Twenty three states and Washington, 190 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:43.879 d C. Filed the lawsuit against the Department of Health 191 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:47.919 and Human Services asking for the cuts to be temporarily paused. 192 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:52.000 They argue that Trump administration made the cuts unlawfully without 193 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:55.799 analyzing the benefits of the funding or possible consequences of 194 00:09:55.840 --> 00:09:58.960 removing it. A judge will hear the case later today. 195 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:03.279 Bill Sale has been sworn in as US Attorney for 196 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:06.679 the Central District of California, following his appointment by Attorney 197 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:10.519 General Pam Bondi. Sale, who has represented his district in 198 00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:14.080 Riverside County since twenty twenty two, resigned his seat in 199 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:17.840 the Assembly immediately after he was appointed Tuesday. Speaking only 200 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:20.559 to KFI as, Sale tells John Cobalt, He's honored to 201 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:21.519 be selected for the. 202 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:24.200 Role, and as you can imagine, we have our work 203 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:25.200 cut out for us. 204 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:27.759 We will be restoring law and order in the Central District. 205 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:32.159 The Central District California is the nation's most populous district, 206 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:37.240 serving nearly twenty million people across seven counties, including Santa Barbara, Ventura, 207 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:42.000 and la Two guys in Newbury, England, have been fined 208 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:45.360 and sentenced to community service for vandalizing a statue of 209 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:48.600 Paddington Bear after a night of drinking. The judge told 210 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:53.039 them they are the antithesis of everything the bear stands for. 211 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:57.480 Security video shows two British Royal Air Force engineers kicking 212 00:10:57.519 --> 00:10:59.840 the statue, breaking it apart, and then getting away with 213 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:03.279 half the bear in a taxi. Last month, po Least 214 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:05.480 track them to the Air Force barracks and arrested them 215 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:09.120 later that day. Newbury is the birthplace of Michael Bond, 216 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:13.080 who created the Paddington Bear book series. A dating app 217 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:16.559 is using artificial intelligence to teach people how to flirt. 218 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:19.080 Tinder has released a feature called the Game Game on 219 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:21.600 its app, which allows you to practice your pickup lines, 220 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:24.120 then get scores and suggestions on how to improve your 221 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:27.519 dating skills. You play us get a virtual deck of cards, 222 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:30.799 each with a different AI persona and scenario like accidentally 223 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:33.559 grabbing someone else's luggage at the airport. You use your 224 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:35.440 voice to respond and try to get a date with 225 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:38.039 the bot within a time limit. Tinder says it's not 226 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:41.000 designed to replace conversations, but encourage them with real people 227 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:44.240 in real life. The game game is powered by Open AI. 228 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:46.240 Michael Krozier KFI News. 229 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:53.600 That sounds very strange to me, Well, this is going 230 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:57.200 to sound good if you're a Simpsons fan, Box says, 231 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:59.200 keeping the Simpsons around until. 232 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:00.519 At least the end of this decade. 233 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:03.440 The network announced yesterday it has ordered four more seasons 234 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:06.399 of the long running animated series that'll take it through 235 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:09.320 the twenty eight to twenty nine season, which will be 236 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:12.399 the show's fortieth Can you believe that the Simpsons. 237 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:12.879 Have been around that long? 238 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:16.600 The Simpsons first hit the airwaves in nineteen eighty nine. 239 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:20.639 Fox also gave four season renewals to Family Guy, Bob's 240 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:24.679 Burger's and American Dad And I've never watched an episode 241 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:28.320 of any of them Simpsons, Yes, the other three. No. Tomorrow, 242 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:31.919 the Dodgers are taking on the Phillies in Philadelphia. 243 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:34.080 First pitch goes out at three forty five. 244 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:37.320 Listen to every Dodgers game on AM five to seventy 245 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:40.159 LA Sports Live from the Galpin Motors Broadcast booth, and 246 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:42.720 you can stream all the games in HD on the 247 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:47.240 iHeartRadio app the keyword AM five seventy LA Sports. The 248 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:50.000 La City Council is making moves to update the city's 249 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:53.279 building code that would allow for apartment buildings to have 250 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:57.320 just one stairwell instead of the two now mandated by 251 00:12:57.360 --> 00:13:00.320 fire standards. The council says those standards are out of 252 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:04.559 date and that single stairwelled buildings will encourage more affordable, 253 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:07.879 family sized apartments. A bill has been introduced to limit 254 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:11.799 ice agents access to school campuses in the state California. 255 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:15.039 State Superintendent Tony Thurman says Senate Bill forty eight would 256 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:18.759 address safety concerns for immigrant families and protect school funding. 257 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:21.519 The bill is in response to President Trump's executive order 258 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:24.360 that allows ice to go into schools and churches. For 259 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:26.679 the second time in a week, Starbucks is getting sued 260 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:29.639 by a customer, this one in Norwalk, who says he 261 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:32.159 was injured after a hot drink spilled on his lap 262 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:35.559 because the lid wasn't secured to the top. The lawsuits 263 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:38.720 were filed after a jury awarded fifty million dollars to 264 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:40.600 a man who said he got third degree burns from 265 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:42.919 a hot drink that'spilled on him at a Starbucks drive 266 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:44.919 through in South la. 267 00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:45.720 At six oh five. 268 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:48.639 It's handled on the news. Four Republicans have broken with 269 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:53.600 President Trump. They're trying to block tariffs against Canada. Let's 270 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:58.240 say good morning now to ABC's crime and Terrorism analyst 271 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.799 Brad Garrett. So we know we've been hearing about the 272 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:05.200 rash of very high profile break ins at athletes homes, 273 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:08.480 and then, as crimes do tend to do, there's been 274 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:12.080 an escalation. So let's talk about what's happening and how 275 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:14.159 the most recent break in in Washington is different. 276 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:19.000 Okay, So you have Richard Sherman, a former NFL player 277 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:24.480 I think for the Seattle Seahawks houses broken into. He's 278 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:27.840 not home, but his family and children are. Now these 279 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:30.879 guys and he come through the window. It looks like 280 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:35.799 I'm going to guess through a screen, have guns drawn, 281 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:41.480 have their faces covered clearly in my view, believing that 282 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:45.840 there's somebody to confront on the other side of the window. Now, 283 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:49.120 that's somewhat different based on what we know about a 284 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:53.600 number of the burglaries, both in or around Los Angeles 285 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:57.960 as well as other cities where these folks tend to 286 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:01.039 go in when no one's home because burglars, by and 287 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:05.399 large don't want to be confrontational. So we'll have to 288 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:10.080 see if this whole thing of South American theft groups 289 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:16.919 coming from places like Peru, Chile, Ecuador, etc. Are coming 290 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:21.360 up here expressly to burglarized homes in various places across 291 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:26.679 the country. And so you know, the question is, how 292 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:29.039 do you what do you do about this? 293 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:29.639 Now? 294 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:33.480 The FBI now is actively working these burglary groups and 295 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:37.279 have charged a number of them in federal court. You 296 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:40.559 had a case in the Los Angeles area recently of 297 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:44.399 a group that's connected to South America that it hit 298 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:48.159 over thirty houses before they got caught. They tend to 299 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:51.440 have the fences already lined up. The folks who get 300 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:54.679 rid of the stolen property, they obviously hit these houses. 301 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:58.519 In particular athletes, because it's easy. Their schedules are published. 302 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:00.600 When they're playing either at a home game where they're 303 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:03.840 obviously not in the house, or they're away in another city, 304 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:09.480 they hit the house. They grab jewelry, designer purses, stuff 305 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:12.039 they can quickly get out of the house, take it 306 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:14.799 to a fence, turn it into cash, go to a bank, 307 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:17.960 use a fake passport to open a bank account, and 308 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:20.679 then send the money back to their home country and 309 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:23.759 then leave. And then they either get caught after a 310 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:26.320 number of days or they don't, and they go back 311 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:28.960 home and another group of people come. So it's a 312 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:29.679 big problem. 313 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:35.039 Yeah, and generally so they fly in, burglarize a few homes, 314 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:37.159 and then they leave, they don't stick around, or do 315 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:40.440 they stay kind of for a while, or do we 316 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.039 know yet. 317 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:47.039 What well some have done gone into overstay. You know, 318 00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:48.960 they're allowed to come and I'm making this up for 319 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:52.879 thirty days and then they overstay and then they're not 320 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:56.000 here illegally anymore. The other problem to me is that 321 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:58.440 some of these South American countries, and this may have 322 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:03.039 changed in recent times, have what the State Department calls 323 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:06.519 a visa waiver program that you can come into the 324 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:09.960 US and you don't need a visa, which unfortunately can 325 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:12.480 make it super easy for people who are coming here 326 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:17.319 to do illegal things. And as I said, I believe 327 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:19.240 some of that has tightened up. But the problem is 328 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:22.279 some of these you know, very poor third world countries 329 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:26.279 in South America really don't have the mechanism, manpower, or 330 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:32.240 the expertise to screen anybody that's coming up here. So 331 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:36.400 some of that's got to change. But the FBI, working 332 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:39.200 with city, county and state law enforcement in particularly with LAPD, 333 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:44.279 have gotten the handle on a lot of these a 334 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:46.599 lot of these folks that have arrested a number of them. 335 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:49.640 So that's that's the positive news. Who's behind them? Are 336 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.920 the cartels behind all this? 337 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:54.759 Or is it just it's really it's really hard to say. 338 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:58.119 I mean, I guess I'd be surprised if it's the 339 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:02.240 cartels only because there's not that much money. I mean, 340 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:06.640 you can make right, right, I mean, if you can 341 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:10.480 flood la with filling the blank illegal drug and make 342 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:14.000 literally billions of dollars, are you going to mess around 343 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:18.720 with jewelry and you know, watches And the reality is 344 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:21.799 that eventually these folks get caught. 345 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:27.960 So my guess is no, okay, and is there I mean, like, 346 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:31.559 what can law enforcement do because, like you said, they're 347 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:34.680 breaking into people's houses generally, although this last one was 348 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:38.200 obviously different, but they're breaking in when they know they're 349 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:40.640 going to be out of town and there's probably no 350 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.160 one home. 351 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:43.640 Correct. 352 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:48.119 So the real key obviously is immediately looking for links 353 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:51.680 between cases, which you know, the FBI can be particularly helpful. 354 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:55.920 Let's say the LAPD. If you're talking about like someone's 355 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:59.359 house is you know, getting burglarized in another state, that 356 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:01.119 they can look at the link and see if they're 357 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:04.359 potentially the same group. Once you do that, you can 358 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:07.400 then potentially start looking at cell phone usage in or 359 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:11.000 around the burglarized locations and see if they match up. 360 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:14.480 You know, the problem is if people come in here 361 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:19.039 temporarily and they're not even here with using their real name, 362 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:23.640 unless you can really get onto them and start to 363 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:27.000 link them quickly, they can stay here for a while 364 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:30.319 and you don't really know who they are. So it's 365 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:32.680 a real challenge for law enforcement because they've you know, 366 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:36.000 they've got customs and Border Protection, the ICE agents all 367 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:38.799 I think also working with them to look at this 368 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:43.839 factor of coming into the country. But as I mentioned earlier, 369 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:47.599 it's an ongoing problem that you know, if you were 370 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:52.279 someone in one of these poor countries, why wouldn't you 371 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:55.160 come and try this. If you're inclined to break the law. 372 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:57.480 That gu's worth the risk to you. So, Brad, then 373 00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:58.599 here's a question. 374 00:19:58.680 --> 00:20:01.000 I know that we've been focus sing on, you know, 375 00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:06.200 like the superstars and the athletes that aren't being broken into. 376 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:10.240 But the reality is it's happening to people who aren't famous, 377 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:13.400 like people who go on vacation if they if people 378 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:15.680 know that you're going to be gone, or the people 379 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:18.319 who are setting up cameras in neighborhoods to watch when 380 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:20.640 people are coming and going. I mean, is there anything 381 00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:25.319 you can do to protect yourself aside from an alarm system. 382 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:31.160 Well, it's a combination, yes, an alarm system, which you know, 383 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:35.319 you want to let your trusted neighbors around you know 384 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:38.599 that you're gone, make sure it doesn't look like anything 385 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:40.319 has changed. You have lights that come on at a 386 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:45.599 certain hour, no mail or newspapers building up in the front. 387 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:50.880 And you know, if you're somebody particularly of means and 388 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:54.279 have the money to add, like even a physical patrol 389 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:57.359 to your house where they could check it regularly while 390 00:20:57.359 --> 00:21:02.160 you're gone, is just to make it that much more 391 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:06.640 difficult to get into your house and to have people 392 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:10.599 potentially watch it. And that's the roo key. 393 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:15.680 All right, ABC's Crime and Terrorism analyst Brad Garrett, thank 394 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.440 you so much. 395 00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.799 We'll talk to you again soon. 396 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:20.119 Sounds great. Thank you, Amy. 397 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:20.480 Take care. 398 00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:23.839 A man from seem Valley is expected to plead guilty 399 00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:27.200 to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kevanaugh. 400 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:30.200 Nicholas Rosk of seem Valley was arrested near Kavanaugh's home 401 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:32.480