WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.439 --> 00:00:06.639 KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 2 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:13.839 It's time for your morning wake up call. Hey, it's Heatherbrooker. 3 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:16.480 Good morning. It is five eighteen on your wake up call. 4 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:19.199 We've had a little bit of a shuffle this morning, 5 00:00:19.239 --> 00:00:25.000 a truffle shuffle because I overslept a little bit. You know, 6 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:28.600 we've had some people outstick this week here at KFI. 7 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:31.000 That's why I'm here at filling in for miss Amy King, 8 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:34.359 who is still under the weather, not feeling well, and 9 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:37.640 in my attempt to kind of help myself feel better 10 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:40.560 and make sure I didn't get sick, I might have 11 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:42.840 had a little too much cough ser up last night, 12 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:47.159 a little bit too much of the testing, but so 13 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:50.200 I overslept a little bit. So that's why things are 14 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:52.840 feeling just a little bit off this morning. But don't worry. 15 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:54.880 We are going to get you back on track. We're 16 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:58.159 here now, we have got all the news of the day, 17 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:00.920 and I'm going to lay off the tussin for a 18 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:04.079 little while, but we are going to go ahead right 19 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:07.079 now and talk live with Rich jamiro Good. 20 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:10.959 Morning, Rich, Hey, good morning to you, Heather. No worries, 21 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:11.920 it happens. 22 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:14.640 I know that You've worked a long time in morning 23 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:17.000 television as well. You and I were together years ago 24 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:20.120 in morning TV at KTLA. So but this is the 25 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:23.319 first time I've ever actually been late, and like I'm 26 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:25.560 I'm sort of mortified. So please forgive me. 27 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:30.040 No worries. I only set one alarm because you know what, 28 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:33.120 we are humans. I wake up every day very very early, 29 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:35.560 and on the off chance I don't wake up or 30 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:39.040 something happens, you know what, that's life. So we all 31 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:39.599 roll with it. 32 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:42.040 We just roll with it. That's right. Well, let's talk 33 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:44.040 about what you're rolling with right now. I want to 34 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:47.480 hear about the latest from Google Io. What's happening over there. 35 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:51.280 Yeah, so Google Io is happening right now in Mountain 36 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:54.239 View where I am. And this is Google's kind of 37 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:56.680 big conference where they show off all the cool things 38 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:59.319 they're working on. In years past, it's been a lot 39 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:02.040 on Android and of course search, but this year it's 40 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:05.000 all about AI. So two new things that you can 41 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:09.240 try out right now. Number one, AI mode. This is 42 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:12.840 the coolest new way to search Google. Look for it. 43 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:15.520 When you go on that search page, it'll say AI 44 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:18.960 mode or you might see a button, But basically Google 45 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:21.680 is now doing the search for you, So instead of 46 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:24.960 returning a bunch of blue links, it will search the web, 47 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:28.400 scour through millions of websites, and then return what I 48 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:32.280 call a book report with just the information you need. 49 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:35.199 And you can get really specific with your request. You 50 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:37.840 can say something that's never been asked before, like, hey, 51 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:41.360 can you compare bikes for kids ages ten and thirteen? 52 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:45.400 And I want one of them to have pink wheels, whatever, 53 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:48.120 and it will figure that out for you. The second 54 00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:51.599 thing Heather is called Gemini Live, and this allows you 55 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:55.360 to point your phone, your phone's camera at something and 56 00:02:55.479 --> 00:02:58.919 talk with AI about it. So it's pretty much like 57 00:02:59.039 --> 00:03:02.520 having the smartest person you've ever interacted with in your 58 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:05.560 entire life in your pocket. And that is now available 59 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:10.120 across Android and iOS. Previously this was just for Android folks. 60 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:13.199 So now with iOS you can download the Gemini app 61 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:16.159 from Google, point your camera at something and literally have 62 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:18.120 a conversation. It is quite incredible. 63 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:21.560 That is so cool. You know, I heard you mentioning 64 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:23.800 the other day when you're something about when you're getting 65 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:27.840 returns on Google searches, sometimes it kind of gives you 66 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:32.080 just the highlights and like from articles or you know 67 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:34.360 things that it might have grabbed from searches, and it's 68 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:37.759 not always accurate. Is that what Gemini Live is or 69 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:38.719 is that something different? 70 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:42.560 Yeah? I mean, well it's all AI, so I mean 71 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:45.759 basically everything that's evolving at AI. But you have to 72 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.840 just be careful because no matter what, if AI is 73 00:03:48.919 --> 00:03:51.479 giving you a response, it's not guaranteed to be right. 74 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:54.919 And so the two things I just mentioned. The AI mode, 75 00:03:55.199 --> 00:03:58.240 what they do is they put links to almost everything 76 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:00.800 that you that it returns to you, so that you 77 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:02.800 can go and double check that link if you're like, 78 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:05.599 wait a second, they said, you know, five million people 79 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:08.039 live in this city and I think it's more like ten. 80 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:10.280 Let me check that link and see where they got 81 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:13.159 that from. And then with Gemini, same thing. I mean, 82 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:16.920 it's an AI creation, So this thing is sort of 83 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:21.160 an embodied AI voice, and the information behind it is 84 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:23.560 just as good as AI can be. So you just 85 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:26.160 have to keep in mind that just because AI is 86 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:28.680 telling you something doesn't mean it's one hundred percent accurate. 87 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:31.720 And let's talk about something that I think a lot 88 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:34.879 of maybe teens and preteens might be excited about about 89 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:37.439 Fortnite finally making its way back to the iPhone. 90 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:41.439 Oh my gosh, what a long saga this has been. 91 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:46.399 It's been nearly five years, but Fortnite is officially back 92 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:49.319 on the iPhone and iPad. I expect productivity in the 93 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:53.839 United States to take a nosedive today as everyone redownloads 94 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:56.480 this to their phone. But this was all about the 95 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:59.920 way you could make purchases on the iPhone. This game 96 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:03.639 got fed up with the fact that Apple would take 97 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:06.480 a thirty percent cut on pretty much anything you purchased 98 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:09.040 for this game. Apple saying, you know what, we created 99 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:11.399 the iPhone, we created the app store, we get a 100 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:13.920 cut of everything. And this developer said, you know what, 101 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:15.680 We're actually going to fight you on that, and it 102 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:20.399 took them five years to win. But now every app 103 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:23.399 on the iPhone has the ability to give you other 104 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:25.920 options for payments, so you don't have to pay through 105 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:28.319 the app store. You might be able to pay through PayPal, 106 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:30.560 you might be able to pay through a website through 107 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:32.959 a third party payment method. And what that means is 108 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:35.839 that developers have to pay or can pay less to 109 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:39.800 Apple as a commission, which means prices could I say, 110 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:42.279 could could be lower for us in the end. 111 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:47.000 Okay, and then Amazon has a new assistant that's going 112 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:49.120 to give shoppers a little cash back. What is that about. 113 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:52.480 Yeah, this is really cool. I've never seen anything like 114 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:55.720 this before with Amazon. So this is a new shopping 115 00:05:55.920 --> 00:06:01.199 extension called shop Back. This is popular in Australia. It 116 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:03.519 just came to the United States. They're hoping to make 117 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:07.759 a big splash and so on pretty much every Amazon 118 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:11.120 order you can now get a dollar back. They also 119 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:15.519 support popular retailers like Walmart, best By, Macy's, Expedia, and 120 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:17.800 they just give you cash back if you have this 121 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:21.399 installed on your phone or your browser. And the whole 122 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:24.480 point here, Heather is this company makes money, you know, 123 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:28.199 partnering with these sites and getting you ultimately to shop 124 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:30.639 more and spend more money. So they also do these 125 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:34.360 things called quests, which are like, you know, little things 126 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:36.560 you do to make extra money on your shopping. So 127 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:38.639 right now they're offering like ten dollars back if you 128 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:41.759 spend two hundred dollars, five dollars back if you use 129 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:44.560 this for the first time, you can cash out to PayPal. 130 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:46.959 And I got to say, I'm quite impressed. I have 131 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:49.199 it installed on my browser and I've got the link 132 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:51.439 on my website, Rich on tech dot TV if you 133 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:52.120 want to try it out. 134 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:55.560 That's so cool. Well, it sounds like you're learning a 135 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:56.879 lot and having a lot of it. I know you're 136 00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:59.360 in heaven with with you know, events like this and 137 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:01.639 things like this. I'm sure you're having a really good time. 138 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:04.160 Oh my god. I get to hang out with all 139 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:07.160 the coolest nerds in the world and talk technology. It 140 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:09.120 is I mean literally to get to talk to the 141 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:11.879 people at Google that actually create the stuff we use 142 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:14.800 on a daily basis to me is like the coolest 143 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:16.720 thing ever. So I'm like, hey, I have a suggestion 144 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:18.839 for you, and they're like, I think time's up. 145 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:19.120 Rich. 146 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:23.120 They're like, we got it, we got it. Oh that's 147 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:24.759 so fun. Well, thank you so much for your time 148 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:26.480 so morning, and thank you for your patience and helping 149 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:29.120 me roll with it. Hopefully we'll get everything back on. 150 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:32.199 Track now, no worries. Have a great day. 151 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:34.399 Thanks Rich. All right, we'll talk soon. All right, our 152 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:38.360 talk back this morning on the iHeartRadio app. Give me 153 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:40.319 a call, let me know, or give us a little 154 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:42.639 drop us a note if you will, and let us 155 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:46.079 know a time where you've been late to work. We'd 156 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:48.000 love to hear your stories, and we'll try to get 157 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:51.120 those in at the bottom of the show today. All right, 158 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:52.879 let's get back to some of the stories coming out 159 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:56.120 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The US military 160 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:59.639 has completed a successful test launch of an unarmed nuclear 161 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:02.120 missile from northern Santa Barbara County. 162 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:05.199 The launch from Vandenburg Space Force Space took place just 163 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:08.000 after midnight. The weapon that was tested as a minute 164 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:12.439 Man three intercontinental ballistic missile, the icbm's re entry vehicle, 165 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:15.680 traveled about forty two hundred miles to another test site 166 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:19.160 within the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Military officials say 167 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:22.160 the launch was routine and was scheduled years in advance. 168 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:25.199 Daniel Martindale, CAFI News Huntington Beach. 169 00:08:25.199 --> 00:08:29.240 Republican Senator Tony Strickland says California's high speed rail project 170 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:32.799 is hemorrhaging from self inflicted wounds. He tells kfi's John 171 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:36.080 Cobalt his colleagues in the Senate need to discuss whether 172 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:38.080 the high speed project should be axed. 173 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:41.120 I'm welcoming Dojin and the Solo government coming in an 174 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:44.240 audit this whole high speed rail because there's no way 175 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:46.720 there spending these billions of dollars, and we haven't laid 176 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:47.399 down one track. 177 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:51.960 He says. The public's trust in the project is already 178 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:56.159 low because the cost has swelled up beyond the original proposal. 179 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:01.399 After weeks of tense negotiations, those Republicans appear ready to 180 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:05.159 take their massive reconciliation bill, nicknamed the One Big Beautiful Bill, 181 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:08.519 to the next step. Right now, we're going to talk 182 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:12.240 to ABC Stephen Portnoy. He has the overnight developments from 183 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:16.879 Capitol Hill. Good morning, Stephen, Hey, good morning to you. Uh. 184 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:21.559 We're waiting waiting for the Rules Committee to receive the 185 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:25.240 manager's amendment from the Speaker that would reflect any changes 186 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:27.159 that he's prepared to make to get the holdouts on board. 187 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:28.360 I know a lot of you know, oh, the Rules 188 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:31.120 Committee is meeting. Yes, that's true, but that's a placeholder. 189 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:34.919 It's perfunctory. All the overnight back and forth is performative. 190 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:37.440 What really matters is what's going on behind closed doors, 191 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:41.720 not on camera, not in the committee room, but it 192 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:44.399 is sort of in the backstage place where this is 193 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:47.919 all dressed up and we don't yet know exactly what 194 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:51.159 kind of concession Speaker Johnson's prepared to make to get 195 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:54.399 the holdouts on board. There are conservative holdouts who say 196 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:56.879 that this bill doesn't cut enough, and there are moderate 197 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:59.480 holdouts who demand a greater increase in the deduction for 198 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:02.879 stint in lowe taxes, and they hail from places such 199 00:10:02.879 --> 00:10:06.120 as California, New York, and New Jersey. And yesterday they 200 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:09.039 issued a joint statement saying that they expect meaningful changes 201 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:13.360 to get themselves on board. And according to Andy Harris, 202 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:16.639 who's a conservative from Maryland who chairs the House Freedom Caucus, 203 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:18.759 he said in an interview this morning that the bill 204 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:22.080 actually got worse overnight, not a good sign for Speaker Johnson, 205 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:23.679 who hopes to have this bill on the floor of 206 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:25.000 the House today. 207 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:29.440 So how much influence does President Trump have over these negotiations, 208 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:31.080 especially when it comes to moderates. 209 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:37.480 Not a lot, because if he had more leverage and 210 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:42.879 more power, he would have achieved yesterday the unanimity that 211 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:44.639 he sought to when he went up to Capitol Hill. 212 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:49.519 But after he spoke to the congressman, the takeaway was 213 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:51.639 that there was still a number of holdouts enough to 214 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:54.919 kill it. So let's see what more needle threading the 215 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:56.600 Speaker can accomplish. 216 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:59.720 So if the House Rules Committee clears the bills in 217 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:02.120 what does the next expected timeline? Does it go right 218 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:03.000 to the floor. 219 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:04.799 That's right. 220 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:11.039 If the Rules Committee receives the manager's amendment again, the 221 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:13.360 Speaker of the House holds this bill in his hands, 222 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:16.279 he's got to make the tweaks. If he delivers that 223 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:19.879 those tweaks to the Rules Committee, you'd expect the Rules 224 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:22.200 Committee would pass it and then it would wind up 225 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:24.919 on the floor for passage. He wants that to happen today. 226 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:28.320 All right, well, we will keep an eye out and 227 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:31.159 see if it happens. Thank you so much, Steven, have 228 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:34.440 a wonderful rest of your day. You bet all right 229 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:37.000 it it's time now to get in your business. With 230 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:41.080 Bloomberg's Courtney Donahoe up in your business. I know, I know, 231 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:43.679 I was like, should I keep it? I'm gonna keep 232 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:45.200 doing it. I don't want to Amy to be like, 233 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:47.639 what have you done to my beautiful Bloomberg segment. 234 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:49.600 It was actually funny, I was. 235 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:52.759 I was saying off Mike earlier, how much I am, 236 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:54.279 how much I love getting up in my. 237 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:55.879 Business, everyday business. 238 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:58.159 You know, I'm in New Yorker, I'm looking for a 239 00:11:58.200 --> 00:11:59.080 fight in the morning. 240 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:03.399 I love that. All right. Well, let's talk about what 241 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:05.759 Toyota is doing doubling down on those hybrids. 242 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:09.679 Huh yes, so demand for hybrid cars, it's definitely skyrocketed 243 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:12.519 in recent years, and Toyota has emerged as a market 244 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:14.840 leader here in the US. And this report is sponsored 245 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:18.879 by Fidelity Wealth Management. Now, the car maker is discontinuing 246 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:22.200 the gas only version of the best selling RAP four, 247 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:26.039 instead offering standard and plug in hybrids later this year. 248 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:28.639 The current RAP for that debuted seven. 249 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.240 Years ago, but it's begun to show the signs of age, 250 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:34.320 as we all do. But it's still the top selling 251 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:37.840 vehicle in the US outside of pickups. But Toyota is 252 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:41.519 also thinking about tiny trucks. The automakers looking into offering 253 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:44.720 a compact pickup in the US, potentially joining Ford and 254 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:47.720 Hyundai in competing in this specific market. 255 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:49.720 I don't know that I would want a tiny truck. 256 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:51.919 I used to have a big F one fifty, and 257 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:53.720 I like I like a bigger truck. But you know, 258 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:55.840 maybe it's where some people might be into it. 259 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:00.080 But apparently Toyota management has been saying that they have 260 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:02.720 been getting requests from the dealers that they want a 261 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:05.600 truck smaller than the Tundra, which is the mid size 262 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:09.399 version and the full sized Coma, but there is still 263 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:12.159 no timeline on if a small truck will be launched, 264 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:13.759 so you don't have to worry about going violince. 265 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:16.200 Okay, good, okay, good good. All right, So let's talk 266 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:20.639 about Target. They're seeing shoppers continue to hold on to 267 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:22.039 their wallets and not head out there. 268 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:22.320 Huh. 269 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:22.799 Yeah. 270 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:26.480 Targe has been facing a lot of challenges, So the 271 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:29.679 retailer has been struggling with consumers who are spending less 272 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:30.960 on clothes, home. 273 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:33.519 Goods, other non necessities in the past two years. 274 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:36.200 That's a bulk of what they sell and it looks 275 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:39.759 like it's not changing anytime soon. Target sees continued weakness 276 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:43.559 and spending. Also, you can't forget about the uncertainty over tariffs, 277 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:46.519 so a forecast a decline in sales this year. But 278 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:50.200 executives say that they're also adjusting prices in response to 279 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:50.840 the environment. 280 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:53.080 That's a fancy way of price hikes are on the way. 281 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:56.600 But one thing that was interesting is they didn't directly 282 00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:58.399 link the changes to tariffs. 283 00:13:58.639 --> 00:13:59.960 They are saying environment. 284 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:02.720 Walmart said last week that price hikes were on the way, 285 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:07.120 and that definitely got Donald Trump quite mad. So you 286 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:09.840 see here that they were very careful with the language 287 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:12.519 on saying that there are price hikes on the way. 288 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:14.559 But people are still spending on their homes. 289 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:16.600 Oh yeah, no doubt about it. 290 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:18.440 It's a very different story this week from the home 291 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:19.679 improvement retailers. 292 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:22.120 People are still doing small fixes. 293 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:24.960 Many continue to put off the big projects due to 294 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:28.200 high interest rates, but they're pursuing the smaller ones and 295 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:31.879 that's helping loads which report a quarterly sales at top expectations, 296 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:35.080 saying yesterday Home Depot said sales ticked up in the US, 297 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:38.080 boosted by small projects. But the company also said it 298 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:41.080 expects to keep their current level of pricing, so not 299 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:43.159 many price hikes on the way, because they said the 300 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:47.039 defer their supply chain is quite diversified. 301 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:50.960 Okay, always a good time talking with you. I have 302 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:53.080 no idea what's going to happen tomorrow. I may not 303 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:55.360 be here, I may be here. Who knows. We're going 304 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:57.159 to roll with it and we're going to be well. 305 00:14:57.200 --> 00:14:59.519 We're always getting up in our business no matter what. 306 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:01.840 Next time I talk to you, what will be getting 307 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:04.559 up in your business Courtney. Thank you so much. Have 308 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:07.399 a great day you too, See you later. All right, 309 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:10.039 you guys, Once again, we are taking your talkbacks here 310 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:12.159 at wake Up Call. Just press that talkback button on 311 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:15.039 the iHeartRadio app. A few stories are already coming in. 312 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:17.960 Share your story with me of the time you were 313 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:20.559 late to work. What happened? Did you get fired, did 314 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:24.240 you get high fived? Did you just roll the entire shift? 315 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:27.799 What happened? Just hit that talkback button and we'll try 316 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:29.240 to share some of the stories before the end of 317 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:31.440 the show today. If you haven't heard so far this morning, 318 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:33.480 we are taking your talkbacks here on wake Up Call. 319 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:36.480 Hit that talkback button on the iHeart Radio app. Tell 320 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:39.679 me about a time that you overslept and what happened. 321 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:41.799 I want to hear your story this morning. But right 322 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:44.000 now we are going to talk about sleep and hitting 323 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:47.720 that snooze button with ABC's Jim Ryan. Good morning, Jim morning. 324 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:50.639 I think my worst experience was sleep. Falling asleep in 325 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:53.759 an airport terminal and missing my flight. No waking up, 326 00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:55.960 look around and everybody's gone like, oh. 327 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:58.440 Great, oh no, were you able to catch another flight? 328 00:15:58.559 --> 00:16:02.240 I'm assuming all right, So let's talk about this study, 329 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:04.240 why are we hitting the snooze button. 330 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:07.039 Because we're not getting enough sleep at night. That's the 331 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:09.879 long and short of it. Researchers that took a look 332 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:13.320 at this to see exactly what's going on there and 333 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:16.039 found that, in fact, more than half of the world 334 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:21.679 is hitting the snooze button. Mass General Brigham did this study. 335 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:25.480 They looked at watch data or fitness data from twenty 336 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:28.399 one thousand people around the world, which is pretty representative 337 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:30.960 to see how much sleep people are getting at night 338 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:34.279 and whether they're hitting the snooze button and the quality 339 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:36.879 of sleep they get between the initial alarm and the 340 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:39.440 snooze button. And I'll tell you, at least according to 341 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:42.399 the researcher I talked with yesterday, it's not very good 342 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:46.960 quality sleep. It's fragmented, it's not restorative, it's not RESTful. 343 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:49.399 You just kind of dry yourself out of bed after 344 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:51.960 hitting the snooze alarm a couple of times, and it's 345 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:53.360 not really doing you much good. 346 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:58.679 Well, I am not a snooze person, but I certainly 347 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:01.720 just wants the alarm. We'll just close my eyes maybe 348 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:04.559 for a few more minutes. This morning, I didn't hear 349 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:09.200 the alarm at all. So that's also another problem. Why 350 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:11.200 what is this, Why are we doing this? Why are 351 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:15.319 researchers saying that our brains and bodies you know, want 352 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:18.400 to hit that's snooze button, and why isn't it helpful 353 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:20.200 that we can get an extra ten minutes. 354 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:23.759 Well, you know, it's a symptom as much as anything else. 355 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:25.720 It means that you're not getting enough sleep at night. 356 00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:29.079 So the advice from these researchers and others is that 357 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:32.440 you need to try to get to bed earlier, try 358 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:35.319 to figure out what your optimally is, what a sweet 359 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:37.640 spot is for your sleep schedule, and it's different for 360 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:40.759 different people. Some folks, Conano gets along with three hours 361 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:43.079 sleep at night, some folks need ten hours sleep at night, 362 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:46.200 and then most of us are somewhere in between. Right, 363 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:50.200 So you find that that sweet spot, then back time 364 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:52.799 it so that you're getting to bed at the proper 365 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:56.079 time and instead of you know, hitting the sleep you know, 366 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:58.720 thinking all right, I'm gonna set my alarm for six 367 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:01.039 thirty and if I can't get up, I'll hit the 368 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:03.400 snooze get up at six thirty five. Just set the 369 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:05.880 initial alarm for six thirty five and get out of bed. 370 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:06.160 Come on. 371 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:10.200 Oooh, all right, maybe sees Jim Ryan telling us how 372 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:13.599 to get it going. I'm going to I need that 373 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:16.440 is good advice for me, especially this morning. So Jim, 374 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:18.960 thank you so much. It is definitely I think we 375 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:22.799 all as a country need more sleep. Right, Yeah, we'll 376 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:25.160 work finally. Thank you, Jim. Have a wonderful rest of 377 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:25.480 your day. 378 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:27.240 By the way, I asked that researcher yesterday, do you 379 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:28.680 ever hit the sleep this news alarm? 380 00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:29.200 She said? 381 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:32.640 She pucially she said yes sometimes. 382 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:35.119 Yeah, I mean everybody's done it. Everybody's done it. Well, 383 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:38.240 hopefully we can all maybe squeeze in a nap at 384 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:40.920 some point with me today too. I'm going to for 385 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:43.720 sure good for you. All right, Thanks Jim, We'll talk soon. 386 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:44.400 See ya. 387 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:46.880 All right, let's get back to some of the stories 388 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:49.079 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The 389 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:52.279 Mayor of Saint Louis has signed in order to clarify 390 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:55.599 the sounding of tornado sirens. It comes just days after 391 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:57.960 the city was hit by a tornado, but the sirens 392 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:01.519 didn't activate properly. Mayor Garas Spencer says the fire Department 393 00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:05.440 will now be the designated direct National Weather service Alert recipient. 394 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:08.200 We are in the process of automating that system. 395 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:11.680 Within a year, there will not be a need to 396 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:13.400 have a human being press the button. 397 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:16.559 She says. The old protocol was in place in twenty 398 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:19.400 twenty one and it wasn't clear who was responsible for 399 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:24.240 pushing the button to activate the sirens. A retired social 400 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:26.839 worker is keeping an ear on his old gig. 401 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:30.039