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 --> 00:00:08.679 with Me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:16.320 App KFI and KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:18.559 It's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:23.160 Here's Amy King. 6 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:29.280 It is five o'clock, straight up. This is your wake 7 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:33.479 up call for Monday, March tenth. Good morning, I'm Amy King. 8 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:37.920 We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. If you're hearing 9 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:40.920 my voice right now, it means that your clock automatically 10 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:42.520 changed and you did. 11 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:49.200 Get up this daylight saving time fairly, fairly. 12 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:52.560 I woke up yesterday, and, like we were talking about 13 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:56.479 last week, most of the clocks adjust themselves. My Apple 14 00:00:56.600 --> 00:01:00.000 watch does it, my phone does it. Even my little 15 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:03.159 alarm clock automatically adjust itself. So I'm sitting there on 16 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:06.239 the couch yesterday and I'm watching my news shows because 17 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:08.159 I'm obsessive and I watch all the news shows on 18 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:12.840 Sunday morning, and I was like, Wow, it's only eight thirty. 19 00:01:13.159 --> 00:01:16.000 Oh wait that clock. I have to change myself. Shoot, 20 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:19.599 I'm behind an hour already. Hey, we got another eagle. 21 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:24.519 The third eaglet has hatched. We knew that it was 22 00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:27.000 pipping on Friday, but he broke out over the weekend, 23 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:28.120 and oh my. 24 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:29.000 Gosh, the little guy. 25 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:31.439 He's like so much smaller than the other ones, and 26 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:35.359 you can tell he's weaker. And I'm just like, it's 27 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:38.359 like breaking my heart when I'm like, Jackie, feed the 28 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:41.920 little one, Jackie, feed the little one. But we you know, 29 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:44.560 we know that it's it's a tough rope and they've 30 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:46.599 got a fight to survive. And so we were talking 31 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:50.280 over the weekend with editor Carla and I said, he's 32 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:52.000 gonna have to fight hard, and she goes, I'm going 33 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:54.760 to call him Rocky. Yeah, So that's what we're going 34 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:57.400 to call the little one. Yep. Okay, here's what's ahead 35 00:01:57.480 --> 00:01:59.599 on wake up Call. A bit of a shaky start 36 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.840 to the more, A three point three quake rumbled under Malibu. 37 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:07.560 The US Geological surveyces the quake happened at two twenty three. 38 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:11.639 It's near where a four point one quake rattled Malibu yesterday. 39 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:16.520 Yesterday afternoon's quake was followed by several smaller aftershocks. Flames 40 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:19.080 shot through the roof of a graffiti covered building in 41 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:21.400 downtown la this morning. LA Fire says a fire and 42 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:23.919 a commercial building spread to other units and a nearby 43 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:26.919 building before firefighters put it out. By about three twenty, 44 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:31.199 Israel has cut off electricity supply to Gaza. Offici'll say 45 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:35.080 it's going to interrupt operations at a desalination plant that 46 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:38.599 provides drinking water for part of the Strip. A Moss 47 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.800 called it part of Israel's starvation policy. We're gonna find 48 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:44.520 out what's going on with this uh with ABC Stredonna 49 00:02:44.599 --> 00:02:47.080 Miller in Jerusalem that's coming up in just a couple 50 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:48.520 of minutes at. 51 00:02:48.360 --> 00:02:49.120 Five point twenty. 52 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:53.120 Is the high price of eggs really because of bird 53 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:56.400 flu or could there be something else going on. ABC's 54 00:02:56.400 --> 00:02:59.240 Peter Haralumbus is going to tell us and speaking of 55 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:03.159 bird flu and the flu and the measles, ABC's Jim 56 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:05.479 Ryan says he finally has some good news for us 57 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:06.159 on those fronts. 58 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:07.560 That's coming up at the bottom of the hour. 59 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:12.159 And EV's electric vehicles should they be mandated, they are 60 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:15.520 going to be in California. A group says evs are great, 61 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:19.120 but making people buy them is not the way to go. 62 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:21.680 We're going to talk with the senior VP at SEMA 63 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:23.879 coming up at five point fifty to find out what's 64 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:26.080 up with that. Let's get started with some of the 65 00:03:26.120 --> 00:03:29.120 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 66 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:32.280 Eight people have been hurt by a guy who drove 67 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:37.680 into the showroom at a CarMax dealership in Inglewood. Investigators 68 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:40.000 say the driver had taken his car to the dealer 69 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:43.639 for an estimate, but apparently didn't estimate, but apparently didn't 70 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:46.639 like the quote that he got. He drove away after 71 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:49.280 he crashed into the building, but then later drove to 72 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:54.280 an LAPD station and turned himself in. An apparent trespasser 73 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:58.599 is in critical condition after nearly being electrocuted at a 74 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:01.680 hospital in North rich which the Fire Department says the 75 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:04.280 man was hurt yesterday when he made contact with an 76 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:08.360 electrical vault at Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center. He 77 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:12.080 has significant burn injuries to more than half his body. 78 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:13.639 La Keunty Da. 79 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:16.079 Nathan Hawkman is expected to announce an update on the 80 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:19.759 Menendez brother's case. Hawkman said last month his office would 81 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:22.959 oppose the brother's request for a new trial. The brothers 82 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:26.000 have also asked to be re sentenced, and they've asked 83 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:28.600 Governor Knwsoim for clemency. In an effort to be released 84 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:32.199 from prison. They're serving life sentences for murdering their parents. 85 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:35.839 In nineteen eighty nine. More people are taking legal action 86 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:37.360 over the wildfires in LA. 87 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:40.639 Twenty five more Pacific Palisades residents have joined the lawsuit 88 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:43.120 filed against the City of Los Angeles and the Department 89 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:46.279 of Water and Power after the January wildfires. This brings 90 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:49.199 the total plaintiffs to forty eight. The lawsuit alleges the 91 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:52.199 city designed a water supply system that wouldn't have enough 92 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:54.639 water pressure to fight the fires. It also says the 93 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:57.920 reservoir located near the Pacific Palisades had been empty since 94 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:00.800 February of last year, which made it more difficult for 95 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:04.079 fire crews to access water. Brigida Degastino, Okay if I new. 96 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:06.720 A new study shows California is ranked fifth among the 97 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:10.439 most expensive states for childcare in the US oh great. 98 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:12.720 The study by Birth. 99 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:18.600 Injury Lawyer dot com analyzed data from Childcare Aware of 100 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:21.560 America and used the average cost of a center based 101 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:22.759 in family childcare. 102 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:23.639 It found in. 103 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:27.839 California, center based childcare costs eighteen two hundred dollars a 104 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:30.560 year that takes up fifteen percent of a married couple's 105 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:35.199 income and forty eight percent of single parents. Let's say 106 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:39.240 good morning now to ABC's Jordana Miller. She's in Jerusalem. 107 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:42.600 Soa Gaza just can't catch a break. Israel's now cutting 108 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:43.560 off electricity. 109 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:46.079 That's right. 110 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:49.079 The Israeli government announced on Sunday that they would be 111 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:53.759 cutting off electricity to Gaza. But we have to remember 112 00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:57.680 that Israel cut off almost all of its electricity supplies 113 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:00.480 to the strip more than a year ago when the 114 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:03.839 war first broke out, right back in the in the 115 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:08.319 winter of twenty twenty three. So this is not a 116 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:12.079 good sign. And it will affect about six hundred thousand 117 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:16.040 Palestinians in central Gaza because it will essentially shut down 118 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:21.879 a desalinization plant and that helps with you know, water 119 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:26.879 supplies creating powdable water. So that is a problem, and 120 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:30.680 it's going to affect the sewage systems there, but it's 121 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:34.040 not going to have a dramatic impact the way for example, 122 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:38.959 cutting off humanitarian aid has for the last two weeks. Right, 123 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:42.959 It's another step that's you know, going to be uncomfortable 124 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:46.439 for gossms. But remember they're now used to living either 125 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:52.079 with fuel run generators or solar panels, and they're not 126 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:55.279 as dependent on Israeli electricity anymore. 127 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:59.480 Okay, So all of the awfulness has made them better prepared. 128 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:03.879 Is the desalination plant has power to that been cut 129 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:06.879 off before or is this a new development with that plant? 130 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:13.120 The plant wasn't working for several months again at the 131 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:15.839 start of the war, and then we'll put it back 132 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:21.639 online during the first ceasefire deal in November December. That 133 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:27.319 was one of the agreements right in the original the 134 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:31.240 first seafire where we saw over one hundred hostages come out. 135 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:35.240 So it had been functioning since November. There were recently 136 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:38.519 some power outages with this plant, but they were fixed. 137 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:43.839 Now it will not be working because the Israeli electric 138 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:47.360 Company will no longer be supplying the electricity there to 139 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:48.439 keep it going, okay. 140 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:54.000 And now Jordana Hamas has called this the latest starvation 141 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:57.439 policy by Israel, which is sort of hard to argue. 142 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:01.319 But and Israel maybe trying to force Amas's hand to 143 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:04.879 maybe get back and come up with a piece deal 144 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.519 or to move forward with that phase too. But Hamas 145 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:09.759 has already said, hey, we're willing to lose hundreds of 146 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:13.240 thousands of people, So does it really force Amasa's hand. 147 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:17.199 Right, I don't think it's really going to work as 148 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:20.560 a pressure tactic. The issue of humanitarian aid will, but 149 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:22.439 I don't think the electricity is going to make a 150 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:25.920 difference at this point. And I think it's important to 151 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:30.839 point out there's not starvation right now in the Gaza Strip. Remember, 152 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:35.840 for forty two days over, on average, about seven hundred 153 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:39.440 trucks of aid came in each and every day. Oh okay, 154 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:43.440 so a Gaza strip. So yeah, they're not hungry right now, 155 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:47.039 but of course those supplies will run out, you know, 156 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:48.639 in several months. 157 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:50.879 Yeah, and didn't you say what I think in one 158 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:53.639 of our conversations, you were saying that they needed an 159 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:56.000 average of like three hundred a day, so then when 160 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.360 they were getting six hundred, they were kind of stocking up. 161 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:06.320 Well, you know, before the war, Gaza received about four 162 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:09.720 to five hundred trucks of aid, but not all of 163 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:12.759 it was food. And the difference is that there were 164 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:17.960 a lot of local you know, fields, bakeries, you know, 165 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:22.000 they had their own way of you know, generating food 166 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:26.600 in the Gaza Strip. Now, with all the destruction, you know, 167 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:30.440 Gaza is ever more dependent on aid coming in and 168 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:35.000 I think that's the major difference. I mean, there's not Israel. 169 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:40.279 Gaza's own production of food is not now at what 170 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:45.120 it was before the war, right, Okay, so yes, so 171 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:49.600 we have to be careful with comparisons. Nonetheless, I think 172 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:53.240 the aid issue is something that could put pressure on Hamas. 173 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:55.440 I think, Amy, we have to point out today for 174 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:59.360 the first time since January, Israel Hamas, the United States 175 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:03.120 and the Mediate are engaging in talks in Doha, in 176 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:07.360 cutter And this is the first round of real indirect talks. 177 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:11.840 And we're hoping and praying that this leads to a 178 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:15.039 breakthrough where we see some more hostages come out and 179 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:16.799 an extension of this ceasefire. 180 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:20.679 Okay, well, we will hope that that moves forward. ABC 181 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:23.480 Stdana Miller in Jerusalem. Thank you so much for the information. 182 00:10:23.519 --> 00:10:26.159 As always, Thanks Tuckson. 183 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:27.600 All right, let's get back to some of the stories 184 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:30.600 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. North 185 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:34.320 Korea has fired several ballistic missiles into the sea. The 186 00:10:34.440 --> 00:10:38.720 launches happened several hours after the South Korean and US 187 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:43.240 militaries began their annual Freedom Shield combined military drills. The 188 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:46.360 US is the drills are routine. North Korea calls them 189 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:49.879 an aggressive move and that they pose a threat. The 190 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:53.919 US is expected to impose more tariffs on Canada. ABC's 191 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:56.559 Selina Wang says it could happen as soon as today. 192 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:59.720 The President is threatening to impose steep terrace on Canadian 193 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:02.840 loveber in dairy products, he says, in response to the 194 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:06.120 high tax that Canada puts on American lumber and dairy 195 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:07.720 to protect its own industries. 196 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.159 President Trump imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico last week, 197 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:14.080 only to pause most of them soon after that. He 198 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:17.559 said the US will impose reciprocal tariffs on a whole 199 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:21.879 range of countries starting April second. Secret Service agents have 200 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:23.279 shot a man near the White House. 201 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:27.080 An agency spokesperson says agents confronted the arm suspect, who 202 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:29.840 allegedly pulled out a gun before being shot and was 203 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:33.320 taken to the hospital in unknown condition. The Secret Service 204 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:37.480 had reportedly been notified about a potentially suicidal individual traveling 205 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:38.919 from Indiana to Washington. 206 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:42.039 D c kfi's Michaelkastners's President Trump was not at the 207 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:44.600 White House at the time. He spent the weekend at 208 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:48.879 his resort in Florida. Fighter jets from Norad intercepted a 209 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:53.519 civilian aircraft there yesterday afternoon when it entered restricted airspace. 210 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:57.720 A small plane has crashed in Pennsylvania. Mannheim Township fire 211 00:11:57.799 --> 00:12:00.080 chief Scott Little says the plane ended up in a 212 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:03.720 parking lot of a retirement community. Five passengers were on board. 213 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:07.840 All five passengers were transported by. 214 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:12.000 Local MS agencies to local hospitals for treatment. The plane 215 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:15.600 burst into flames when it crashed yesterday, damaging several vehicles. 216 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:17.559 Officials say no one in the parking lot was hurt. 217 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:23.039 Former Central Bank Central banker Mark Carney is going to 218 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:26.879 be Canada's next prime minister. The governing Liberal Party elected 219 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:29.799 him as its leader yesterday. Carney has vowed to stand 220 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:31.559 up to President Trump's tariffs. 221 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:37.279 He's attacking Canadian families, workers and businesses and we cannot 222 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:41.120 let him succeed, and we will. 223 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:45.279 Carney will replace Justin Trudeau, who made the decision last 224 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:48.600 month to step down as Prime minister following ongoing criticism 225 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:50.759 of his leadership by the public and from within his 226 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:54.679 own party. He's expected to remain Prime minister during the transition. 227 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:57.879 The Southland has been rattled by another earthquake. The three 228 00:12:57.879 --> 00:13:00.919 point three quake hit near Malibu at two twenty three 229 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:04.480 this morning. A four point one quake rattled Malibu just 230 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:09.399 after one yesterday afternoon. US Geological SURVEYSS. Three smaller quakes 231 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:13.399 rumbled under Malibu a short time later. Republicans have unveiled 232 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.120 a spending bill to keep the government funded through September. 233 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:20.000 The bill cuts non defense spending and boosts defense spending. 234 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:22.120 The bill has to be passed by Friday to prevent 235 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:25.799 a partial government shutdown. President Trump posted on social media 236 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:29.399 urging all Republicans to vote yes, saying we must remain united. 237 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:33.399 The third egg for bald eagles Jackie and Shadow has hatched. 238 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:36.039 All three egglets are now being fed and protected by 239 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:38.080 the eagles in their nest hi above Big Bear Lake. 240 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:42.039 The newest eglet has been struggling to get fed, as 241 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:44.360 the other two that had hatched almost a week earlier 242 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:45.679 are now much stronger. 243 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:47.759 But we're going to help. 244 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:50.440 He's a fighter, and like I said, Carla and I 245 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:52.960 have agreed that his name should be Rocky because he's 246 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:55.159 going to be a fighter. At six oh five, it's 247 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:58.000 handle on the news. China is targeting the US with 248 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.320 tariffs of its own let's say good morning now to 249 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:04.360 ABC's Peter Harlambuos. 250 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:07.440 Good morning Peter, Good morning Amy, Thanks so much for 251 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:07.840 having me. 252 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:10.360 Okay, so before we get started, I want to I 253 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:13.080 want to settle this once and for all, because when 254 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:16.519 we get a request for you or an availability for you, 255 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:20.679 they phonetically spell out your name because it's spelled different 256 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:23.759 than it looks and sounds. And then I heard you 257 00:14:23.799 --> 00:14:26.080 do like a lockout, which is when you say, hey, 258 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:27.600 it's Amy King for k if I News. 259 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:28.200 That's your lockout. 260 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:31.679 I heard you say it differently than it's pronounced here. 261 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:34.679 How do you say your name so you actually have 262 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:35.080 it right? 263 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:38.840 For the record, it's horror lamboos. It's that's how my 264 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:41.399 parents have pronounced that. When I was a kid, it 265 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:44.279 was just pronounced phanatically with the ch, So it's kind 266 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:46.759 of a habit that's stuck in my head from elementary 267 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:49.639 and middle of high school. Or sometimes I slip into 268 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:53.960 say charlamboos, but the proper pronunciation, according to my parents 269 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.679 and their parents is horror lamboosh. 270 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:58.080 Okay, all right, I feel better now because I heard 271 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:02.720 you say it the other like You've got right. Okay, 272 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:05.320 let's get down to business Peter Haralambus. 273 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:07.080 So, we know. 274 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:10.200 The elimination of millions of chickens because of bird flu 275 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:14.039 is causing egg prices to go up, But is there 276 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:17.519 something else, maybe something a little more underhanded going on 277 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:20.080 that's leading to price increases for our eggs. 278 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:24.559 Yeah, that's exactly right, Amy. At this point, the DOJ 279 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:28.080 is looking into just that possibility. We understand the Department 280 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:30.919 of Justice is Civil Division is in the very early 281 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:34.120 stages of an investigation into some of the country's largest 282 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:37.279 egg distributors. They're looking into the possibility that it's high 283 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:40.320 price and eggs isn't just caused by this massive culling 284 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:43.120 of chickens because of the bird flu, but potentially because 285 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:47.080 of coordination among these companies. Again, very early stages, but 286 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:49.960 they're looking into that possibility that this is something this 287 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:53.399 high cost of eggs four ninety five for a dozen 288 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:59.679 eggs on average by something more than just the bird flu. Again, 289 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:02.279 we've seen some of the profits for these huge egg 290 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:06.639 companies actually skyrocket. For example, the country's largest egg distributor, 291 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:11.440 their profits are up about thirty excuse me, three hundred percent, 292 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:14.200 And there was actually a similar kind of spike in 293 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:16.320 profits the last time the bird flow came around. 294 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:20.799 Okay, so here's the question then, is their profits are up. 295 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:23.440 I was just thinking, well, of course they're making more 296 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:26.120 because they're charging more, but the supply is down. But 297 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:29.120 you're saying, even though the supply is down, they're still 298 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:31.720 making more money than before the bird flu. 299 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:36.840 That's correct. So if you look at their profits, they're up. 300 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:38.840 I mean, if you look back, for example, in twenty 301 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:41.159 twenty three, the last time the bird flu got really 302 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:45.000 quite bad, they saw their profits. They made more than 303 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:47.519 one point two billion dollars. That's triple what they made 304 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:50.799 the year prior. And you know, there's nothing illegal about that. 305 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:53.080 There's nothing wrong in the United States with making more 306 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:55.840 money when their supply for something goes down and the 307 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:59.360 demand states high. That's something that's inherent eggs. People continue 308 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:02.000 to buy them. But what the concern is from the 309 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:04.640 Department of Justice, according to a source with direct knowledge 310 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:06.720 of this, is that there might be some kind of 311 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:10.720 coordination among these companies to keep these prices high for longer, 312 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:14.119 to basically continue making money despite the fact that the 313 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:16.960 natural market conditions would have brought those prices down. 314 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.119 We'll have to. 315 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:20.960 See again, we're in the middle of this, so you know, 316 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:23.119 in a way that DJ is looking to something as 317 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:25.880 it's happening to see if that's going on. But if 318 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:28.319 that's the case, it's really that would be very concerned 319 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:31.400 and corporate behavior for something that Americans buy and rely 320 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:33.000 on a daily basis. 321 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:35.119 Yeah, okay, And you said that they're in the early 322 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:39.200 stages of this investigation, So can we expect to find 323 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:43.119 anything out anytime soon or does this take months and 324 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:44.200 months to play out? 325 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:47.880 I think we're talking about months and months, I understand 326 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:50.480 in terms of where we are when th're reporting. Is 327 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:53.680 there at the basically the subpoena stage, the civil subpoena 328 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:57.079 is being sent by DOJ's Anti trust divisions and begins 329 00:17:57.079 --> 00:18:00.359 figuring out more information about this in order to get 330 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:04.599 from that to a finding or a criminal finding of 331 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:08.279 a civil finding of liability. That's months, if not years. 332 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:10.640 But in a way, it is exerting some pressure on 333 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:13.240 these egg companies to basically, you know, if there is 334 00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:16.839 something happening that's below board, fix it now that they 335 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:19.519 know there's a spotlight being shined on them again, the 336 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:22.839 country's egg distributors are pushing back strongly on this claim. 337 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:25.400 That there might be price fixing. They're saying that American 338 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:28.559 farmers are hurting, distributors are hurting, and the idea that 339 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:31.480 these prices are they you know, are driven by something 340 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:34.680 other than just the bird flu is completely wrong and misguided. 341 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:37.599 And I guess the numbers will show us if they 342 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:41.599 really are getting record profits. That you know, paints a 343 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:43.119 little different picture than what they're saying. 344 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:46.240 It's written for what it's worth. Counting foods in the 345 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:51.160 country's largest distributor and distributor and producer of eggs. I 346 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:54.079 believe their profits so this quarter are three hundred forty 347 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:57.160 two percent compared to last year. That's in their SEC filings. 348 00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:59.240 They've disclosed that, but not hiding that fact. 349 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:02.839 ABC's Peter Haralambus, thank you so much. 350 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:04.079 We'll talk to you again soon. 351 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:06.240 Thanks so much, Avery thinking. 352 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:08.400 Do you know how long it took me to learn 353 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:09.240 how to say his name? 354 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:12.400 About as long as col Shriver. If you've been listening 355 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.480 to Wake Up Call, you know. 356 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:16.880 Okay, let's get back to some of the stories coming 357 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:18.599 out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 358 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:20.759 More rain is in the forecast this week. 359 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:23.519 The National Weather Services two systems are going to be 360 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:27.559 moving through southern California. Meteorologist Mike Wafford tells KFI the 361 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:29.720 first system could bring some light rain tomorrow. 362 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:32.000 The strongest period for US is going to be Wednesday 363 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:34.680 night and the Thursday morning. That's when we'll see the 364 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:38.920 heaviest rain and potentially some rain rates that could be 365 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:41.039 a problematic for some of the burn areas. 366 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:43.920 Colder temperatures are also in the forecast this week. The 367 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:46.359 head of the LA Department of Water and Powers asking 368 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:49.359 for seven hundred thousand dollars for security. 369 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:53.119 The Chief Meditan, the chief Engineer, cited threats made against 370 00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:56.279 her since the Palisades fire earlier this year. Her department's 371 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:58.799 been criticized over the state of water infrastructure in the 372 00:19:58.839 --> 00:20:01.119 city at the time of the fire and the manner 373 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:02.680 in which it responded to the crisis. 374 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:05.160 K if Ice Tammy Trujillo says the utility board is 375 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:08.839 set to vote tomorrow on a security contract for general manager. 376 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:13.920 General Manager Jennie Kinyonis. A fourteen year old boy has 377 00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:17.759 been stabbed in a parking lot during a carnival in Anaheim. 378 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:19.519 Police are trying to figure out what led to the 379 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:22.519 attack last night. They say the teen's injuries are not 380 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:25.960 believed to be life threatening. He was taken to the hospital. 381 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:29.839 One person was detained. A Hindu temple in Chino Hills 382 00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:33.279 has been vandalized. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department says 383 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:37.319 the graffiti was discovered on Saturday. The messages, disparaging the 384 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:41.119 Prime Minister of India, among other things, were political in nature. 385 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:44.240 The at taggers spray painted a marble sign, a brick 386 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:47.319 wall and the sidewalk. The graffiti had been removed by 387 00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:51.279 Sunday morning. Ukrainian President Zelenski's arrived in Saudi Arabia for 388 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:55.039 talks on ending the war with Russia. Ross Cullen reports 389 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:59.559 Zelensky is meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salmon. 390 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:02.079 And that attention will turn to the crucial face to 391 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:05.519 face meetings scheduled for Tuesday between the United States and 392 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:09.079 Ukraine looking at a possible framework for a truce, ceasefire, 393 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:12.240 and potential future peace negotiations with Russia. 394 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:14.559 Secretary of State Marco Rubio is going to lead the 395 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:16.960 US team. President Trump says he expects a lot of 396 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:19.440 progress to be made this week. Many states in the 397 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:21.599 US are in a race to get new power plants 398 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:25.279 built as a way of keeping electricity prices down. Some 399 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:29.720 of them dangling financial incentives. Others are loosening up regulations 400 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:33.680 to attract power companies. The Electric Power Supply Association, which 401 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:36.960