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 --> 00:00:13.240 App k f I and kost HD two Los Angeles, 4 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:14.000 Orange County. 5 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:21.039 That improved a. 6 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:37.520 Good call yours, Amy Kay. 7 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:32.159 Good morning. 8 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:36.600 It is five o'clock straight up Thursday morning. 9 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:38.399 This is your wake up call. 10 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:43.560 For May first, May Day, May Day. 11 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:45.520 First of May. I'm Amy King. 12 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:49.000 Thanks for getting your day started with us. Got a 13 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:51.280 busy one as always. I know I say that a lot, 14 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:54.280 but I mean it. Here's what's ahead on wake up Call. 15 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:57.479 Police have broken up a group of pro Palestinian protesters 16 00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:01.359 at UCLA and have set up barriers around Royce Hall 17 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:04.519 that are going to be in place today for anticipated 18 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:07.480 May Day demonstrations. About one hundred and fifty to two 19 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:10.519 hundred demonstrators gathered on campus last night, three of them 20 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:13.760 and ended up getting arrested, one for slapping a security guard. 21 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:16.439 A judge has ordered a twenty two year old from 22 00:01:16.439 --> 00:01:19.519 Malibu to stand trial for murder and vehicular manslaughter in 23 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:23.280 the deaths of four Pepperdine University students. Following hearings, the 24 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:28.719 judge set a July first arraignment. Prosecutor say, Fraser Boehm 25 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:31.719 was speeding over one hundred miles an hour at times 26 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:34.239 when he crashed into three parked cars, which then hit 27 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:37.040 and killed the four women women. He was in a 28 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:40.480 forty five mile per hour zone. President Trump has acknowledged 29 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:44.439 his tariffs could result in fewer and costlier products in 30 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:47.280 the US, but he also told his cabinet yesterday that 31 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:50.640 China will suffer more in a trade war and said 32 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:54.640 the US didn't really need imports from the world's dominant manufacturer. 33 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:57.920 ABC's Karen Travers is at the White House with President 34 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:01.879 Trump's response to the economy shrinking for the first quarter 35 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.640 of twenty twenty five. We'll be checking in with Karen 36 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:08.319 in just a couple of minutes. Let's go fishing. ABC's 37 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:10.560 Jim Ryan joins us at five point twenty to tell 38 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:12.639 us about how bad guys are trying to get your 39 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:17.960 money by using celebrities or what you think are celebrities. 40 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:19.879 And KASA, or. 41 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:23.599 Court Appointed Special Advocates, is throwing a huge party on 42 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:26.159 Friday night to raise money for their efforts to help 43 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:29.639 some of the most vulnerable kids in southern California. 44 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:31.159 It's a fun time, it's a good cause. 45 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:34.719 We tried to hook up with the representative from KASA yesterday, 46 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:38.039 had some technical difficulties, so we're hoping that we get 47 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:39.759 to talk to her today and that. 48 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:41.560 Is happening at about five point fifty. 49 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:44.319 Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 50 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:48.120 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Rallies are expected 51 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:51.759 across LA to mark International Workers Day, also known as 52 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:56.159 May Day. Thousands of union members, immigrant rights supporters, and 53 00:02:56.240 --> 00:02:58.719 others are expected to flood the streets of downtown LA 54 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:03.680 and Boil Heights. The Service Employees International Union says in 55 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.599 March this morning will be a show of solidarity with 56 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:10.879 immigrant communities. While condemning the Trump administrations ongoing attacks on 57 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:16.039 immigrants and working people. They're also demanding living wages, safer workplaces, 58 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:19.719 and a future with dignity, as they say for all workers. 59 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:23.759 Arraignment for a youth soccer coach accused of murdering a 60 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:26.479 thirteen year old boy from Sun Valley's been postponed again. 61 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:30.039 Forty three year old Mario Garcia Aquino is now doing 62 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:32.919 court to enter a plea on June eighteenth. His arraignment 63 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:36.520 had also been postponed back on April eighth, a man 64 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:37.479 like that is. 65 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:39.000 A danger to the community. 66 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:42.080 He should be locked up forever, in my opinion. 67 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:45.719 Luis Carreo is the attorney for the victim's family. Oscar 68 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:49.479 Hernandez was found dead in a ditch along a roadway 69 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:52.039 in Oxnard, five days after he left home on March 70 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:54.639 twenty eighth to go visit the coach in the Lancaster 71 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:58.879 Palmdale area. Rick Caruso, who ran for mayor of LA's 72 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:02.120 getting a say on how the city's budget deficit is 73 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:05.199 being dealt with. He says the key is to cut 74 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:08.599 out waste and stop wasting money on things that don't 75 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:12.319 make people's lives better. Caruso spoke with kfi's Tim Conway 76 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:14.520 Junior and took a job at the current administration. 77 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:18.879 It's really not rocket science. It takes some political courage 78 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:22.439 and backbond. But if you don't have the political courage backloine, 79 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:23.839 you shouldn't be in office anyway. 80 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:27.720 Mayor Bass released her proposed budget last week. It includes 81 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:32.959 laying off over sixteen hundred employees and slashing several city programs. 82 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:37.839 Let's say good morning to ABC's Karen Travers. So, Karen, 83 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:41.399 the US got a not great economic report yesterday showing 84 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:44.000 the economy shrunk zero point three percent for the first 85 00:04:44.040 --> 00:04:45.560 quarter of twenty twenty five. 86 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:47.600 What was President Trump's response to that? 87 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:52.800 He said, it's the Biden economy. Excuse me, Biden economy. 88 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:55.439 He said it was the Biden stock market. It's not his. 89 00:04:55.920 --> 00:04:56.439 He urged the. 90 00:04:56.399 --> 00:04:59.759 Americans to be patients and said that there would be 91 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:04.079 short term pain, essentially from his policies. We've heard the 92 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:06.519 President say that there would be short term disturbances and 93 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:09.519 transition costs from the trade and terrorft policies he's putting 94 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:12.079 in effect. But yesterday he acknowledged for the first time 95 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:16.160 that prices could go up and some Americans might have 96 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:19.120 to go with less because of this standoff right now 97 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:21.720 with China one hundred and forty five percent tariffs on 98 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:24.279 Chinese goods, they're still in effect. There's no sign of 99 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:28.079 any negotiations with China. And the President said yesterday, maybe 100 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:31.240 the children will have two dollars instead of thirty dollars. 101 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:33.920 Maybe the two dollars will cost a couple of bucks 102 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:35.600 more than they normally would. 103 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:40.519 Okay, and Karen, you've been following the White House for 104 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:44.879 quite a while. All presidents blame their predecessor, but in 105 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:47.879 your experience, like, how long can they get away with 106 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:50.199 doing that before people say now it's yours? 107 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:50.519 Now? 108 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:54.120 Yeah, I mean, and it's an important question because I 109 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:56.639 think people are already starting to blame this president. We 110 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:59.000 saw that in polls over the weekend that came out 111 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:01.800 ahead of the one hundred daymark. Our poll found that 112 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:04.519 the president had a thirty nine percent approval rating, fifty 113 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:08.240 five percent disapproval. Seventy two percent say they're concerned and 114 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:11.439 they feel that his policies will cause a recession. This 115 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:14.839 is significant, you know, this is not like outside forces 116 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:18.759 are giving people concern and fears about what could come next. 117 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:21.399 They're saying it's because of what the president is trying 118 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:25.079 to do with trade and tariffs. They're directly tying it 119 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:28.680 to his policies, so he can say it's the Biden 120 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:31.560 economy and it's because of what Biden had done. But 121 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:35.040 Americans in poll after poll over the last week, are 122 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:37.360 saying it's because of what he is trying to put 123 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:39.920 in place. And I think it's also important to note 124 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:43.160 that before this report, there had been thirty three straight 125 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:47.480 months of growth. Now, whether or not Americans still feel 126 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:48.879 that way in a couple of months, you have to 127 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:51.639 see and the President has said be patient, things will 128 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:55.079 turn around. But you know, the only thing you're hearing 129 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:58.160 from economists right now is that given where this stands 130 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:01.959 with China, is there's no positive outlook that this is. 131 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:05.160 Companies right now are scrambling to get ahead of tariffs. 132 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:09.319 They are concerned about what the Christmas supply could look 133 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:13.319 like because of the timeline of importing goods. This is 134 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:15.839 the time when companies start doing that and the prices 135 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:18.160 of things are going to be significantly higher. 136 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:21.360 Right and then, and you mentioned the prices are going up. 137 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:24.879 Are we seeing those price increases now or are they? 138 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:26.519 Are they about to hit? 139 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:30.040 It's about to hit. I mean the other thing too, 140 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.839 is that like there's essentially little trade being done right 141 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:37.360 now with China because companies have stopped importing. The Treasury 142 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:40.360 Secretary has acknowledged this. There's like almost a trade embargo 143 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:43.480 because companies have to figure out another way to bring 144 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:46.279 in goods. Of all of a sudden, you are importing 145 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:49.079 product X, and now there's one hundred and forty five 146 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:52.839 percent additional cost to that. You're going to figure out 147 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:55.560 a different way if you can some small businesses can't. 148 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:58.639 That's how they rely on China for their goods, and 149 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:01.319 this is going to be very challenged for those small businesses. 150 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:03.920 Okay, and before we let you go any other revelations 151 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:08.079 from the cabinet meeting yesterday, you. 152 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:09.879 Know, I think the big thing was the President talking 153 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:14.120 about the economy. I also asked him about whether he 154 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:19.120 expected that President Bukel about Salvador would if he were 155 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:23.279 to request the return of Kilmar Abragio Garcia, would he 156 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:26.680 expect Bukela to go along with that? And the President 157 00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:29.480 again deferred to lawyers on that, but said that they 158 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:32.840 have a good relationship. So to stay tuned on that. 159 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:36.600 Wee anticipating some news potentially on that great we. 160 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:37.440 Will be paying attention. 161 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:43.279 Karen Travers, ABC's White House correspondent, Thanks so much. Let's 162 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:45.279 get back now to some of the stories coming out 163 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:48.120 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Ukraine and the 164 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:52.039 US have signed in agreement allowing America to access the 165 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:57.440 European nation's rare earth minerals. Treasury Secretary Scott Beiscent announced 166 00:08:57.480 --> 00:09:01.799 the deal yesterday, saying it establishes an economic partnership. 167 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:05.399 I am glad to announce the signing of today's historic 168 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:10.799 economic Partnership agreement between the United States and Ukraine, establishing 169 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:14.559 the United States Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund. 170 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:18.360 The Trump administration says the deal also addresses the one 171 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:21.440 hundred and seventy five billion dollars in aid the US 172 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:24.519 has given Ukraine since the start of its war with Russia. 173 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:27.159 Bessince says the deal is a message to Russia that 174 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:29.759 the White House is committed to a peace process centered 175 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:33.799 on a free and prosperous Ukraine. The British militaries joined 176 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:37.519 the US in launching air strikes targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen. 177 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:40.120 It's the first time the UK has fired on the 178 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:44.159 Iran backed group during the current US campaign. The Columbia 179 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:48.320 University student, ordered released from federal immigration custody, says he 180 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:53.399 never advocated for violence. Motion Madawi was arrested by Department 181 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:57.159 of Homeland Security agents last month during his naturalization interview. 182 00:09:57.559 --> 00:09:59.559 A judge in Vermont ordered him freed. 183 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:03.120 Yes, for anybody who's doubting justice, this is a life 184 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:05.519 of hope and faith in. 185 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:08.840 The justice system in America. 186 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:08.960 Federal officials say. 187 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:11.600 Mdowi has admitted in the past to his involvement in 188 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:16.200 anti Semitic acts of violence. President Trump says, historically, black 189 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:20.440 colleges and universities don't have to worry about federal spending cuts. 190 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:23.399 During a town hall event with News Nation, Trump said 191 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:26.559 he took care of the black colleges and HBCUs and 192 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:29.039 that he got them more money than they ever dreamt possible. 193 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:30.639 They were going out of business. 194 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:34.039 They came to me about fifty people that headed up, 195 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:36.639 and they came to me the first year, and I 196 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:37.480 took care of them. 197 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:40.039 Last week, Trump signed an executive order that will ensure 198 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:44.159 HBCUs get the maximum funding they're entitled to. Tammy Trio 199 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:45.720 KFI News. 200 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:49.559 A man in North Carolina has been charged with driving 201 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:53.200 a city dump truck into utility crew working on a 202 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:56.200 power line. The State Highway Patrol says the drivers facing 203 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:59.679 four counts of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle. He allegedly 204 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:02.519 ran stop sign last month when he plowed into the workers. 205 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:08.399 VISA wants to give artificial intelligence agents your credit card. 206 00:11:08.679 --> 00:11:12.360 The agent can fined and buy close groceries, airplane tickets, 207 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:14.600 and other things on your behalf. All you'd have to 208 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:17.240 do is set a budget and some preferences, and the 209 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:20.639 AI assistant can make the purchases. Visa announced its new 210 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:23.919 AI credit card plan yesterday after months of working behind 211 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:28.440 the scenes with leading AI chatbot developers. Pilot projects are underway, 212 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:31.120 but it could take some time before average credit card 213 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:34.360 users can ask an AI assistant to order their weekly 214 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:37.399 grocery lists. Deborah Mark KFI News. 215 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:40.639 The Joint Resolution fails. 216 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:45.440 Passage I, measuring the Senate to undo President Trump's tariffs, 217 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:48.639 has failed. The vote yesterday ended in a forty nine 218 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:51.919 forty nine tie, with three Republicans joining Democrats in support 219 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:56.039 of the resolution. Vice President Vance broke the tie. 220 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:58.879 The Ya's are forty nine, the nays are forty nine. 221 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:02.519 The Senate being evil divided, the Vice President votes in 222 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:03.240 the affirmative. 223 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:05.120 The motion to table is agreed to. 224 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:09.360 The measure needed a simple majority to pass. Former Vice 225 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:13.080 President Harris has criticized President Trump in her first major 226 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:14.480 speech since leaving the White House. 227 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:20.679 The American people deserve leaders who make their lives better 228 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:27.960 and make our country stronger. But sadly, we have seen 229 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:32.279 quite the opposite. 230 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:34.399 Harris spoke in San Francisco yesterday. To emerge America, it 231 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:37.200 recruits the Democratic women to run for office. She says 232 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:42.480 Trump's tariffs aren't clearly inviting a recession. Thousands of union members, 233 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:45.799 immigrant rights supporters and others are expected to take to 234 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:48.919 the streets of downtown LA and Boyle Heights today to 235 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:51.960 mark International Workers' Day, also known as May Day. The 236 00:12:51.960 --> 00:12:55.639 first rally starts at nine at Olympic Boulevard and Figaroa 237 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:59.879 in downtown. Customs and Border Patrol agents have found more 238 00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:05.120 than seventeen pounds of liquid methamphetamine hidden in dog shampoo 239 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:08.480 bottles at Lax. In a press release, CBP officials say 240 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:11.960 the shipment, on its way to Australia, was intercepted back 241 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:14.720 on April first. It had an estimated street value of 242 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:17.639 one point eight million dollars. A man's been arrested at 243 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:20.039 the O Tai Mesa port of entry for allegedly trying 244 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:24.039 to smuggle parakeets stuffed inside his boots and inside the 245 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:26.879 seat of his car. Border agents say three of the 246 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:31.279 parakeet parakeets were found wrapped in pantyhose tucked into his 247 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:34.360 boots on Tuesday, and then others could be heard crying 248 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:37.639 inside his jeep the next day, so they went and 249 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:41.799 dug them out. Let's say good morning now to ABC's 250 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:45.600 Jim Ryan. So, Jim, the bad guys strike again, and 251 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:48.720 this time they're appealing to our love of celebrity. 252 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:54.200 Yeah, celebrities and specifically sports fans. Okay, So let's say 253 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:59.120 you're a Steph Curry fan and you're constantly posting online 254 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:03.720 at Facebook and X and Instagram your love of you know, 255 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:06.000 of of Steph Curry and and all the rest, and 256 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:10.200 so suddenly Steph Curry reaches out to you on Facebook. 257 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:13.279 You get a message, Hey, thanks for supporting us. We're 258 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:16.159 really doing our best here. We love your your fandom. 259 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:19.200 By the way, do you do you have a Steph 260 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:24.240 Curry Fan Club membership card? And you say, I don't, Steph, 261 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:27.039 but it's great to meet you. Okay, it's only one 262 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:30.159 thousand dollars, and with that you'll get you know, uh 263 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:34.200 signing opportunities, you'll get autographed material, you get you know, 264 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:37.759 one on one and then even even a cruise with 265 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:40.360 me Steph Curry. Well it's not Steph Curry, but people 266 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:42.960 are falling for it, unfortunately, and it seems that the 267 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:45.679 bigger a team gets and the farther they get into 268 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:47.879 the playoffs. For example, I'm seeing it happen right now 269 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:52.039 in Oklahoma City. Right The Oklahoma City Thunder are in 270 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:54.879 Round two of the NBA playoffs now, and some of 271 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:58.120 the the fans of that team are getting spooked by 272 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:01.399 like the likes of Chet Holmgren, who's reaching out to 273 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:04.279 them and urging them to join his fan club and 274 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:07.039 get his membership card and pay him for stuff. So 275 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:10.720 it's just the latest way, the latest scam that people 276 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:14.799 are using to spoof others and to trick fans or 277 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:15.799 normal people. 278 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:18.879 Well, the good news in all of this, Jim, is 279 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:22.039 that nobody can be or is probably going to be 280 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:24.799 scammed by someone appearing to be a Laker fan because 281 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:26.080 the Lakers are out of the playoffs. 282 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:26.840 There you go. 283 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:30.679 I bet there are some diehard fans of course, yes, yeah, 284 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:33.120 who you know, they're super fans, and they might still 285 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:36.000 get targeted. And in fact, kind of it's it probably 286 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:37.639 wouldn't be a Steph Curry type it. It might be 287 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:41.320 a lower level player like a Chet holmgrum of the 288 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:44.600 Oklahoma City Thunder, because that's almost believable. I think even 289 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:48.480 the die ist of die hard fans of Steph Curry 290 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:51.840 would be shocked to get a text message from from 291 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:56.080 Steph Curry or an Instagram message, but somebody like Holgrum 292 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:59.960 Holmgren rather, you know, they may they might believe that 293 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:03.000 it's like it's not super duper star, he's a big 294 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:05.600 star on the on the thunder, but you know, and 295 00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:07.600 that may be one tip off. 296 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:09.600 But just kind of watch out tips off. 297 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:10.360 Right. 298 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:12.840 And by the way, even even that the blue check 299 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:15.399 mark on X doesn't mean much anymore because you can 300 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:19.480 buy that, right, it doesn't really mean that you're verified anymore, unfortunately. 301 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:22.879 Okay, so Jim, you you mentioned like text messages and stuff, 302 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:24.399 and then you mentioned X. 303 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:25.759 So are is it. 304 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:29.039 All like just words or are people are they using 305 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:30.960 AI images of these people? 306 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:35.399 Yeah, they're using pictures wrote about celebrities, you know, being 307 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:40.480 spoofed in the past, that AI generated images of celebrities, 308 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:44.840 and they're being posted to somebody's Facebook pages, and you know, 309 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:48.960 these really unlikely relationships are built between celebrities and their fans, 310 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:51.919 and then eventually at some point the celebrity says, you know, 311 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:54.200 I'm really strapped for cash right now, can you help 312 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:57.360 me out? I mean we're friends now, so but obviously 313 00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:59.559 you've never spoken to that person you've never dealt with 314 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:02.120 them one on ones, You've never seen them, You've only 315 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:06.279 seen images on Facebook. And unfortunately, I mean now with 316 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:11.319 AI you can generate videos, and so I could you 317 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:14.519 can generate a video. Here's Brad Pitt talking directly to me, 318 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:16.960 and you see his mouth moving in his eyes and 319 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:19.440 his face. But you know that's not Brad Pitt. That's 320 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:21.319 that's that's AI Brad Pitt. 321 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:25.079 Yeah, and a lot of times you can tell, although, 322 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:26.279 like you said that the. 323 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:27.559 AI is getting so good. 324 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:29.720 Yeah, but a lot of times you can tell because 325 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:32.000 like you see their mouths moving, but it doesn't quite 326 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:33.480 match up, and that kind of thing. 327 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:37.720 It's tough to spot. And I've seen, you know, an 328 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:43.880 online ad the Sylvester Stallone sitting there talking about male 329 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:47.720 enhancement drugs. I guess it is then, which isn't far. 330 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:50.839 Fast because they I mean, like, there are celebrities who 331 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:53.039 actually endorse those products. 332 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:55.640 Right, but this one and if you look at it carefully, 333 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:57.880 you can tell that's not really him talking that it 334 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:01.119 is AI generated And you know, why would he be 335 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:03.160 doing that. It doesn't do him any good, It doesn't 336 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:07.720 do him any any favors. And so yeah, it's just 337 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:10.240 got to be very careful, and it's almost impossible anymore 338 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:12.160 to believe what you see. I think. 339 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:14.920 Okay, So Jim, one last question. Do law enforcement people 340 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:17.200 ever catch these guys or are they just out there? 341 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:20.160 They're pretty much out there. You know, they're staying one 342 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:23.599 step ahead, I suppose. And the FBI has been working 343 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:26.200 on this for a long time. They put out warnings 344 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:31.079 all the time that they just warning on spoofing about scams, 345 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:36.480 and you know, it's just they managed to stay step 346 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:37.599 one step ahead of law. 347 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:42.160 All right, ABC's Jim Ryan, let the buyer beware exactly. 348 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:44.039 I think we say that when we talk a lot 349 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:45.440 right now. 350 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:48.799 All right, thanks Jim, see Amy. 351 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:50.279 All right, let's get back to some of the stories 352 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:52.559 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LAPD 353 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:55.960 chief Jim McDonald has pushed back on LA Mayor Bass's 354 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:58.559 proposal to cut more than four hundred workers. 355 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:02.119 McDonald says the civilian workers play critical roles in investigations 356 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:04.880 and bringing justice to victims of crime. He says the 357 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:07.000 proposed cuts would put the public at risk. 358 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:10.799 These professionals undergo years of specialized training and their expertise 359 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.720 is irreplaceable. 360 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:15.000 McDonald says further proposed cuts to police overtime would hurt 361 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.839 patrols at places like Venice Beach and MacArthur Park, and 362 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:21.039 some facilities may have to close. The City's estimated one 363 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:24.960 billion dollar budget shortfall prompted the mayor's proposal. Michael Monks 364 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.920 KFI News. 365 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:28.759 President Trump has reportedly been looking at putting a new 366 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:33.240 immigration detention center at Travis Air Force Base in northern California. 367 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:36.880 Congressman John Gyrimendy says he's against that idea. 368 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:38.519 No way know how. 369 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:41.440 Should the ICE folks be able to build a detention 370 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:46.480 center at Travis, it will seriously disrupt operation and become 371 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:49.200 a major problem for our national security. 372 00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:53.519 Garamendy says an ICE facility would inhibit the military's ability 373 00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:56.400 to be ready for action. I says only confirmed that 374 00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:59.279 it is looking at all options in California to meet 375 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:02.839 detention needs. A man has been arrested on suspicion of 376 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:06.920 animal cruelty after police found five dead kittens in a 377 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:10.680 trash bag outside of home in Cathedral City. Orgy Ramirez 378 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:14.559 was allegedly seen on security video tossing the trash bag 379 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:17.880 over a Homespence on Friday. The police recalled when the 380 00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:20.640 bag was found Tuesday afternoon. Police a Ramirez admitted to 381 00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:24.079 putting live kittens in the bag before throwing it in 382 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:27.359 the yard. I have an idea or two of what 383 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:29.240 we could do with that guy, I bet you do. 384 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:33.240 Students at UCLA who were arrested during on campus protests 385 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:36.319 are finally getting their phones back. Authorities have had them 386 00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:40.319 since the forty students were arrested during pro Palestinian protests 387 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:45.240 last spring. Acting Chief Scott Schleffer. Scheffler tells the La 388 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:47.599 Times that the phones are no longer evidence because the 389 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:51.720 La City Attorney has decided not to press charges against 390 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:53.839 most of the students arrested. 391 00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:57.720 Pray Pray, and. 392 00:20:58.720 --> 00:21:00.880 A rally has been held in West Hollillywood and support 393 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:05.000 of a Venezuelan makeup artist deported to a maximum security 394 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:08.640 prison in El Salvador. Community activists and local leaders in 395 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:12.119 West Hollywood say Andre Romero had no criminal history and 396 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:14.720 was escaping persecution when he came to the US and 397 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:16.119 asked for asylum. 398 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:20.440 Believing in the promise of safety and dignity. Instead, he 399 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:25.240 was met with detention to humanization and ultimately. 400 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:28.519 Deportation supporters are urging federal officials to step in and 401 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:32.799