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 --> 00:00:08.720 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:13.759 App KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:27.519 O JFI Radio. 5 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:29.079 This is Mission Control Houston. 6 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:31.039 Please call station for a voice check. 7 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:36.479 Station. 8 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:38.719 This is Amy King with kfi's wake up Call. 9 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:39.520 How do you hear me? 10 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:46.719 I can hear you loud and clear. And it's time 11 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:48.439 for your morning wake up call. 12 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:52.200 And his name is Amy k. 13 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:56.479 Here's Amy King. 14 00:00:58.600 --> 00:00:59.320 This is not. 15 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:03.079 God. 16 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:06.879 It is five oh one on your Thursday morning wake 17 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:07.319 up call. 18 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:09.120 Good morning, I'm Amy King. 19 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:12.680 Let's see what is the date today, February twentieth. 20 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:14.400 We're almost to March. 21 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:17.200 Can you believe it? It's going to be Christmas before 22 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:19.920 we know it. Here's what's ahead on wake up Call. 23 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:23.480 LA Fire has pushed back on claims made by Mayor 24 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:26.519 Bass that she wasn't warned in advance about the high 25 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.719 risk of wildfires before she left town for a trip 26 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:32.920 to Ghana. La Fire says it followed all standard preparation 27 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:36.000 procedures ahead of the Santa Ana wind events, including putting 28 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:40.120 out media advisories, notifying city officials, and doing several interviews 29 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:45.159 about the predicted extreme fire weather. Developer Rick Caruso's nonprofit 30 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:48.719 Fire Recovery Organization is partnering up with a construction company 31 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:52.439 to provide prefab homes to low income residents who lost 32 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:55.719 their homes in the wildfires. Steadfast La says the homes 33 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:59.040 will be beat built by Samara. It's not yet clear 34 00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:01.480 how many homes are going to be provided to the residents. 35 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:04.120 I went and checked out the website. Pretty cool looking 36 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:05.799 little homes. Pretty nice. 37 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:10.400 The IRS is preparing to lay off some six thousand 38 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:15.960 employees starting today. Most of them will be probationary workers 39 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:18.319 as part of the Trump administration's efforts to reduce the 40 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:22.840 federal workforce. The IRS increased its staff by thousands under 41 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:27.719 the Biden administration. Let's get started with some of the 42 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:30.000 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 43 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:34.159 La City Fire has refuted acclaim by Mayor Bass about 44 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:38.120 communications before the fire started around Pacific Palisades and Altadena. 45 00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:41.159 Bass said during an interview this week that fire Chief 46 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:44.879 Kristin Crowley didn't warn her in advance about the anticipated 47 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:48.120 high winds. Kfi's Mark Mayfield says the fire department put 48 00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:50.800 out a statement yesterday, saying they did follow procedure. 49 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:54.319 The statement says prior to the Palisades fire, the LAFD 50 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:58.719 emailed two separate media advisories, conducted multiple live and recorded 51 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:02.800 media interviews about the addicted extreme fire weather, and notified 52 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:05.520 city officials about the upcoming weather event. 53 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:08.879 Mayor Bass was in Ghana when the fire started. She 54 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:12.360 now says that trip was a mistake. And ocean water 55 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:15.680 advisory is in place from Las Floria State Beach to 56 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:19.280 Santa Monica State Beach because of impacts from the Palisades Fire. 57 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:22.520 The La County Health Department says it'll remain in effect 58 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:25.639 until further notice. People can hang out on the sand, 59 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:28.520 but are being advised to stay away from visible fire 60 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:31.000 debris and to stay out of the water during any 61 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:36.240 posted ocean advisory. The La City Council has approved Emotion 62 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:39.560 to start the process of designating some buildings on Terminal 63 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:43.199 Island in San Pedro as historic cultural landmarks. 64 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:45.719 So the last two buildings left on Tuna Street from 65 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:48.840 when Japanese American families thrived in the area before being 66 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:52.280 moved to internment camps. City Coultulman Timmock Oscar says it's 67 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:55.360 important to remember an unjust time in American history. 68 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:58.919 We can't go back in time and fix it, but 69 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:03.159 we can look to the grace and the dignity and 70 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:05.080 the perseverance. 71 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:08.879 Japanese families on Terminal Island were forcibly removed during World 72 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:11.520 War Two, and the area has since become an expansion 73 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:14.599 of the Port of La Michael Monks KFI News. 74 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:18.160 There are growing concerns that some cities near San Francisco 75 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:22.319 Bay are sinking's According to a recent NASA study, scientists 76 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:26.079 examined over one thousand miles of California's coast and found 77 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:30.160 that sanra Fel Court, Madera, Foster City, and Bay Farm 78 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:33.360 Island are sinking the fastest, at a rate of more 79 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:35.759 than point four inches a year. They say it may 80 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:39.399 seem small, but it can significantly raise the flood risk 81 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:42.800 in these areas. NASA is also predicting sea levels could 82 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:47.120 rise by more than seventeen inches by twenty fifty. That's 83 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:51.759 double previous estimates. Let's say good morning now to ABC's 84 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:56.040 Karen Travers. So, Karen, the close relationship between the US 85 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:58.800 and Ukraine appears to be quickly deteriorating. 86 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:03.879 It is and you know it all stems. At least. 87 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:07.240 This latest back and forth is coming from the President 88 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:12.120 recently falsely claiming that Ukraine started the war with Russia, 89 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:14.959 when of course it was Putin that invaded Ukraine three 90 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:19.040 years ago, Russian troops going across the eastern border into Ukraine. 91 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:22.560 It was notable yesterday to see Mike Pence, Trump's former 92 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:25.920 vice president, trying to set the record strate on social media. 93 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:29.800 He posted, mister President, Ukraine did not start this war. 94 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:33.240 Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion. The road to 95 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:36.839 peace must be built on the truth. And that sparked 96 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:40.639 a pushback from President Zelinski, who has said that the 97 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:45.160 president President Trump is engaging in Russian talking points, Kremlin 98 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:48.720 talking points, and that he lives in a disinformation space 99 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:51.879 when it comes to what is happening there no surprise 100 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:54.040 President Trump is not like that, and he has now 101 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:57.920 referred to Zelensky multiple times as a dictator and said 102 00:05:57.920 --> 00:05:58.879 that if he doesn't. 103 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:02.519 Move fast, he's not going to have country left. 104 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:07.399 Is Zelensky helping his case to keep money coming in 105 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:11.279 from the US by speaking out about against Trump this vocally? 106 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:14.519 I mean, I don't think that's for me to say 107 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:17.399 I think, you know, he's trying to do what he 108 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:20.800 thinks he needs to do for his country right now, 109 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:24.079 and you know they're not happy to not have a 110 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:27.319 seat at the table in conversations that the United States 111 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:30.120 is having with Russia, those conversations that took place in 112 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:32.759 Saudi Arabia earlier this week with Secretary of State Mark 113 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:36.319 or Rubio and other senior officials. The White House has 114 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:39.519 sent an envoy to Keith who is engaging with the Ukrainians. 115 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:41.600 But you know, these are separate tracks, and that is 116 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:44.759 something that has bothered the Ukrainians right now. Doesn't bother 117 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:47.439 the Europeans to not have a part of this conversation, 118 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:49.879 given what they say they have been doing over the 119 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:52.839 last three years on this. Notably, the President next week 120 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:56.000 is going to meet with the British Prime Minister Starmer, 121 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:58.360 and I'll also meet with French President Macrone at the 122 00:06:58.360 --> 00:07:02.360 White House. Separate conversation, separate meetings. But the White House 123 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:04.000 will say, look, we are engaging with. 124 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:04.920 The Europeans on this. 125 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:06.920 He's invited them to the White House next week, and 126 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:09.160 this is going to be a big topic on the agenda. 127 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:10.040 I would imagine. 128 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:14.199 So so Trump has been skeptical of the money going 129 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:16.040 to Ukraine and that kind of stuff. He's been vocal 130 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:20.560 about that, but not on this kind of attack, you know, 131 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:23.839 in un right, So it's a it's a weird kind 132 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:26.319 of change for him. 133 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:26.600 Yeah. 134 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:28.360 I mean, it's one thing to say, you know, we're 135 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:31.000 going to suspend AID, we're going to do things differently 136 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:32.120 than the Biden administration. 137 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:35.319 This was surprising to start personally. 138 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:38.399 Attacking Zelenski and also on the line of like calling 139 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:41.800 him a dictator and not saying anything similar about Vladimir 140 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:45.000 Putin when, of course, you know, Putin has targeted political 141 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:48.759 rivals and people who challenge him in his own country 142 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:53.399 and has overseen elections there that have been widely recognized 143 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:56.639 as not being free and fair. Ukraine has not had 144 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:59.480 elections since the war started. They are under martial law, 145 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:02.600 the constitution had said, can't have elections right now. And 146 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:05.079 also just from a practical standpoint, they say, you know, 147 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:08.079 people are displaced because of the war, because of the fighting, 148 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:10.720 and people are fighting the fight, you know, doing the 149 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:13.319 war effort right now, so it would be very difficult 150 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:14.839 for them to have an election at. 151 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:17.920 This point, Okay, And Putin says he's willing to meet 152 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:20.240 with President Trump. Do we have any idea of when 153 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:22.759 that might happen and where we don't? 154 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:25.279 I mean, the President had said maybe in the near 155 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:28.519 future in Saudi Arabia, but no details yet on when 156 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:31.000 that could be. The President had also said last week 157 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:34.039 he would likely mostly deal with him on the phone 158 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:36.919 to start. I asked the White House Tuesday when they're 159 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:39.320 going to have their next phone call. This was after 160 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:42.799 the Ruvio meetings with the Russian officials in Saudi Arabia. 161 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:44.639 The White House said they didn't have anything. 162 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:46.559 Scheduled just yet, but the President looked forward to having 163 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:47.399 another conversation. 164 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:51.840 All right, ABC's Karen Travers, our White House correspondent, We 165 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:52.679 appreciated a ton. 166 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:55.240 Have a great rest of your day, you two. 167 00:08:55.279 --> 00:08:55.679 Thanks. 168 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:57.600 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 169 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:00.240 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Two people been 170 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:03.440 killed in a mid air collision involving two small planes 171 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:07.559 in southern Arizona. Federal investigators say there were two people 172 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:10.840 on board each plane yesterday when they collided at Marana 173 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:15.519 Regional Airport outside Tucson. ABC's Andrew Dimbert says one of 174 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:17.360 the planes hit the ground and caught. 175 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:20.320 Fire, emergency crews reaching the scene in less than a minute. 176 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:23.639 Officials say one person was pronounced dead on arrival. Two 177 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:26.919 others were immediately taken to local hospitals, one of them 178 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:30.080 in critical condition. One passenger was trapped in the wreckage, 179 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:32.720 crews working for hours to free them. 180 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:35.720 The collision happened more than a week after a plane 181 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:38.240 crash in Scottsdale killed one of two pilots of a 182 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:41.799 private jet owned by Motley Crue singer Vince Neil. We're 183 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:44.559 going to be talking with ABC's Jim Ryan coming up 184 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:47.559 in just a few minutes about all these crashes and 185 00:09:47.679 --> 00:09:49.519 of what you can do if you're feeling a little 186 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:52.960 too freaked out to fly. Amas Is handed over the 187 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:56.519 bodies of four Israeli hostages to Israel. The group says 188 00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:58.879 they are the remains of a woman and her two 189 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:02.320 young children, and a man who was eighty three when 190 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:05.399 they were taken. The terrorist group claims all four were 191 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:09.440 killed in Israeli airstrikes. A federal judge in New York 192 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:12.799 has yet to decide whether corruption charges against Mayor Eric 193 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:16.120 Adams will be dropped. The Justice Department argued at a 194 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:17.840 hearing yesterday that they should be. 195 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:21.240 Federal Judge Delay Ho says he'll take everything that was 196 00:10:21.279 --> 00:10:24.879 said in Wednesday's hearing under careful consideration. Poe had ordered 197 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:27.639 Adams and Department of Justice officials to appear at the 198 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:30.639 hearing to discuss the reasoning behind the DOJ order to 199 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:32.120 dismiss the case for now. 200 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:35.279 Kfi As Kristin Marx says, it's not clear when a 201 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:40.360 decision will be made. Adams has denied any wrongdoing. Defense 202 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:43.759 Secretary Pete Hegseth has told the military to get ready 203 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:47.879 to make cuts. All military branches will be required to 204 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:50.200 create a plan to cut eight percent of their budgets 205 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:53.080 over the next five years. The only exception to the 206 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:56.759 budget cuts will be for border security. An appeals court 207 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:01.759 in San Francisco has ruled President Trump cannot end birthright citizenship, 208 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:02.720 at least for now. 209 00:11:02.840 --> 00:11:05.799 The US Constitution says anyone born in the United States 210 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:08.519 becomes a US citizen, an amendment Trump has been trying 211 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:11.279 to overthrow with an executive order. When a judge in 212 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:14.759 Seattle banned that order, the DOJ filed an emergency request 213 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:18.120 to lift the ban and end birthright citizenship. The Ninth 214 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:21.720 Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that birthright citizenship will 215 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:24.399 remain the law while the case moves forward, with arguments 216 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:27.360 scheduled for June. Andrew Caravella KFI News. 217 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:31.799 Some US senators are calling for better ethics enforcement at 218 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:36.159 the Federal Reserve. Republican Rick Scott and Democrat Elizabeth Warren 219 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:38.519 wrote a letter to FED Chair Jerome Powell saying they're 220 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:42.000 concerned about a culture of corruption at the FED. They 221 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:46.600 urged Powell to reform the Fed's ethics policy. They blame 222 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:49.600 him for an improper response to a twenty twenty four 223 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:53.480 report about inappropriate trading, investment and disclosure by the president 224 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:57.320 of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. A judge's ruled 225 00:11:57.399 --> 00:12:00.159 critical evidence will be allowed against the man qu's of 226 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:02.559 killing four college students at a home near the University 227 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:04.039 of Idaho in twenty twenty two. 228 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:06.879 Judge Stephen Hipler denied a motion that using DNA to 229 00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:10.759 identify Brian Coberger did not violate his Fourth Amendment rights. 230 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:14.360 Search warrants for cell phone location data were lowfully obtained. 231 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:17.759 Hippler also denied a request for a Frank's hearing to 232 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:23.679 determine if investigators line or omitted information to obtain warrants KFI. 233 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:27.399 As a brad Ford says, Coburger's trial is set for August. 234 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:34.159 Haven't heard that for. 235 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:34.840 A while, have you? 236 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:40.720 That's the theme from the Last of Us and prepared 237 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:44.240 to be zombiefied. HBO has announced the second season of 238 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:47.960 its hit series The Last of Us, drops April thirteenth. 239 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:50.159 I'm so putting this on my heck on my calendar. 240 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:53.840 The series, based on the video game, is HBO Max's 241 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:58.879 most watched show ever, averaging thirty million viewers per episode. 242 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:03.120 Season two spends five years after season one and follows 243 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:06.759 Joel and elliots they face more fungus infected clickers than 244 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:11.200 other creatures. Okay, we're going to be talking before the 245 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:13.960 top of the hour with the principal of a school 246 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:17.080 who has already successfully put a cell phone band in 247 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:21.879 place at his school in the Palmdale Unified School District, 248 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:26.480 And in honor of LAUSD's new cell phone band, we 249 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:29.759 turned to our buddy Eric Lesardo to write a song about. 250 00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:35.080 It and the classroom texting on the Prince the Bot 251 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:38.559 of Bogs learning the Tane emends. 252 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:39.960 The rules and Maroll change head. 253 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:42.799 At least it's not a bread the school district does 254 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:46.080 me the phone is class my head, the cellphones in 255 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:54.759 the classroom, the cellphone in the classroom. Eliwis is changing 256 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:55.720 all the rules. 257 00:13:56.279 --> 00:14:12.759 Everybody knows that sellpotane aloud in school. 258 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:09.960 And cell phones are not allowed at Sage Magnet Academy 259 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:13.279 in Palmdale either. Doctor Timothy How's going to join us 260 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:15.720 to tell us how it's going and how the kids 261 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:19.519 are handling it. Apparently they're taking it pretty well. Governor 262 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:21.919 Newsom has proposed a one hundred and twenty five million 263 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:24.799 dollar program to help people whose homes have been damaged 264 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:29.519 or destroyed by wildfires. The program would specifically help residents 265 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:32.200 in burn zone dating back to twenty twenty three who 266 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:36.279 are at risk of foreclosure. Victims of the Palisades, Eton 267 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:39.480 Park and Franklin fires could all be eligible for relief. 268 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:44.159 Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will be at Union Station in 269 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:47.879 downtown LA this morning to make an announcement about California's 270 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:51.320 high speed rail project. After years of delays, the first 271 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:53.759 track is being laid for the project that has been 272 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:56.840 in the work since twenty fifteen. The price of the 273 00:14:56.879 --> 00:15:00.080 project has ballooned to one hundred and thirty five billion do. 274 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:03.799 A mountain lion found wandering around a neighborhood in Camerio 275 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:07.440 has been sedated, caught, and return is being returned to 276 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:10.679 the mountains. The big cat was spotted on roofs and 277 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:13.519 walking through yards early yesterday morning near the one oh 278 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:16.639 one and North Lewis Road. The mountain lion will be 279 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:19.639 tagged before it's released at. 280 00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:21.000 Six oh five. It's handle on the news. 281 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:24.720 Millions of dead people may still be getting Social Security 282 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:29.919 checks right now. Let's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. Okay, So, Jim, 283 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:32.440 I'm getting on a plane tomorrow. Okay, I'd be lying 284 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:35.080 if I said I wasn't a little bit nervous. I mean, 285 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:37.759 there have been like five plane crashes in the last 286 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:40.120 three weeks if you include that one in Arizona just 287 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:41.799 earlier this week. 288 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:44.639 Yeah, and there's a video of just about all of them, 289 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:47.039 isn't there. So you're a great example. 290 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:47.480 Where are you. 291 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:51.080 Going going up to Oregon, Oregon, and you're going visit 292 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:54.440 family there? I had so instead of focusing on the 293 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:56.399 hour and a half he'll spend on the plane going 294 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:59.480 from LA to Oregon, think about your family, Think about 295 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:01.399 the fun things you're going to do up there about 296 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:05.600 you know, seeing the trees and the wonderful things that 297 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:08.799 you'll be doing there instead of focusing on the flight. 298 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:11.240 That may be the best advice that I heard yesterday 299 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:14.120 from a psychologist who deals with this kind of thing 300 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:19.559 and easing people's anxiety. It's not the destination, amy, it's 301 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:22.000 the it's the journey. Don't believe that it is the 302 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:23.519 destination in this case. 303 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:27.519 Focus on the destination. Yes, a journey, Okay. Are there 304 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:31.159 a lot of people like expressing concerns because of this. 305 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:36.519 There's a fascinating and objective way to measure that. You 306 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:40.000 can see what Google searches. What's going on with Google 307 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:43.320 searches right and right now the phrase is it's safe 308 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:48.519 to fly? That is jamming up Google. People searching that 309 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:50.519 phrase to see if it's safe to fly. The only 310 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:53.000 time that Americans were searching for it more for that 311 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:55.519 phrase was during the pandemic when they wanted to know 312 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:58.159 whether it was safe to fly during the pandemic. So 313 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:03.159 this sudden spike, and it has coincided with these high 314 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:05.480 profile crashes that we've seen in the last few. 315 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:08.599 Weeks, well and two of them, the one in Arizona, 316 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:14.640 and then also the one near Reagan National Airport. Those 317 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:17.039 are both mid air collisions. I mean, like you think 318 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:20.599 of what a bad plane crash, and midair collision seems 319 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:22.000 like the worst of the worst. 320 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:24.720 Yeah, I think you're right. I think that the one 321 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:28.000 in Arizona, these were two fairly small planes, I understand, 322 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:29.799 and one of them actually landed. The other one it 323 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:32.440 was one that went down and had fatalities on board. 324 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:37.160 But yeah, that's I think. And if you're flying along 325 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:39.880 and you know, back in see twenty one A, and 326 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:41.720 you're looking at the window and you see other planes 327 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:45.039 taking off and landing and flying parallel like we have here. 328 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:50.480 We have six runways here in Dallas Fort Worth, and 329 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:53.720 you see planes flying alongside you, it's almost like they're racing, 330 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:56.640 and that thought creeps into your mind. But you just 331 00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:59.480 and by the way, you know, if you know somebody 332 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:02.160 who has that, if you're flying, don't belittle them. Don't 333 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:05.240 tell them that they're crazy and start spouting statistics about 334 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:07.799 how much safer it is. Just try to be compassionate, 335 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:12.000 try to help them through this, ease them into the 336 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:15.000 thought of flying, and help them get through it. So 337 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:16.359 it's a real thing. 338 00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:19.440 It is a real thing, and I don't know. 339 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:23.680 I'm wondering though, Like we've had in the last few weeks, 340 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:26.400 all of these very high profile crashes like we've talked about, 341 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:30.240 but there were so many like close calls leading up 342 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:32.519 to it. It's almost like it was inevitable that something 343 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:34.359 was going to happen because we'd gone for such a 344 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:39.319 long time without anything happening, but so many close calls. 345 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:43.079 Right, Yeah, Well, the one in Washington that was the 346 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:47.240 first commercial airline crash or fatality in years, a decade 347 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:50.359 or so, maybe more, that just doesn't happen. But the 348 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:54.680 one at Arizona yesterday, the fatal crash there, that kind 349 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:56.319 of thing happens all the time. 350 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:56.960 It does. 351 00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:57.799 Sure. 352 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:01.720 Yeah, you have small planes being involved in incidents and 353 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:05.319 accidents and crashes every day of the year. We don't 354 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:07.279 hear so much about it because they are fairly small. 355 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:10.119 What's more, you know, as tragic as it is, two 356 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:13.000 people died in that crash in Arizona yesterday, the plane crash, 357 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:16.279 how many crashes, how many people died in car accidents 358 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:21.720 in Los Angeles yesterday? Yeah, you know it's that. Yeah, 359 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:23.640 So you're sitting back there and see twenty one eight. 360 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:25.720 You don't have any control of that flight at all. 361 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:29.319 There's no you don't have anything to do with this 362 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:32.279 safe operation of that flight. And it's that lack of 363 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:36.640 control that kind of drives people's imagination and anxiety. 364 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:39.680 I used to be a nervous fire. I'm much better now. 365 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:42.920 But I was on a flight one time with a woman, 366 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:45.680 or not with her, but she was sitting next to me, 367 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:47.359 and she could tell that I was really you know, 368 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:50.279 just you know, your white knuckling, your your armrests and 369 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:52.680 that kind of stuff. And she just said the same 370 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:55.559 thing that you alluded to, the control thing, and she said, 371 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:57.920 at some point you just need to let go and 372 00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:01.240 know that the people in the cockpit know what they're doing. 373 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:03.160 They've got it under controlled. 374 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:05.240 And then she kind of just kind of talked me 375 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:06.880 through it, and I was like, you know, she's right 376 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:09.119 because I'm kind of a control freak, so, you know, 377 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:12.039 letting go of that and once you just kind of say, 378 00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:14.240 you know what, there's somebody better qualified. They're going to 379 00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:15.960 take care of me. They want to get where we're 380 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:20.200 going to, so just chill. And it really helped me. 381 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:23.119 Yeah, anything to take your mind off of your concern, 382 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:25.480 your fear. If you think that being in the back 383 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:27.079 of the plane is safer than being in the front, 384 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:28.000 get a seat in the back. 385 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:28.720 Right. 386 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:32.359 There's no real statistical proof one way or the others, 387 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:34.359 but if it makes you feel better, do it. The 388 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:37.440 psychologist I spoke with yesterday said that the trick she 389 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:40.920 offers her patients pick a really big number and start 390 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:44.480 counting backward by three. Your mind will be occupied with 391 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:47.319 something else. But whatever you can do to self soothe, 392 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:50.079 even if it means stopping by the airport bar on 393 00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:52.839 the way and grabbing a drink or whatever, just whatever 394 00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:54.720 it takes to as long as you don't turn drunk 395 00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.200 and you know. 396 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:57.680 And belligerate. Yeah, freak out. 397 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.759 Well we're all going to die. 398 00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:01.720 Yeah, maybe just as xannex would be good. 399 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:03.720 Well, all right, all right. 400 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:06.319 ABC's Jim Ryan, thank you so much. Hopefully this will help. 401 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:09.599