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 --> 00:00:15.000 App KFI and KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:17.239 It's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:21.800 Here's Amy King. 6 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:31.120 It is five o'clock, straight up. This is your wake 7 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:35.200 up call for Wednesday, January twenty ninth. Good morning, I'm 8 00:00:35.240 --> 00:00:40.439 Amy King. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. I 9 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:43.119 want to say thanks to Michael Monks, who filled in 10 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:45.000 for me for the last couple of days so I 11 00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:52.600 could go and celebrate Amuary and do what Andrew quine 12 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:55.399 so pictures. There was a little of that. We went 13 00:00:55.479 --> 00:01:00.880 up and we did a girls' weekend extravaganza. Watch out 14 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:04.599 fossil robles and pots of robels and or roblists. There's 15 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:07.120 an ongoing fight on how you pronounce it. But what 16 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:12.760 a fun weekend. So Amuary continues. I got two more days. 17 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:16.560 I thought it was Willowary. Well you can have Willowery too. 18 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:19.879 I have Amuary. I celebrate my birthday the whole month 19 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:23.319 and other good news. Today Jackie laid another egg one 20 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:27.439 of the Big Bear Eagles three email are yep, Oh 21 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:30.359 my god, they got busy this season. WHOA, they've got 22 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:34.640 three again, So I'm very excited about that. Here's what's 23 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.439 ahead on wake up Call, Governor Newsom says the state 24 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:39.640 and FEMA have sent a letter to the EPA calling 25 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:42.879 for the hazardous materials removal work to be completed in 26 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:46.760 the fire zones within thirty days, not the original sixty 27 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:50.480 days that was estimated. Newsom added the Phase two debris 28 00:01:50.519 --> 00:01:53.280 removal will not have to wait until the EPA's work 29 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:56.319 is completely done. The LA Department of Water and Power 30 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:59.719 has plans to hire an independent engineer to determine whether 31 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:02.879 the empty Santa Inez Reservoir led to the failure of 32 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:06.480 its water system during the deadly Palisades Fire. The one 33 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:09.039 hundred and seventeen million gallon reservoir has been empty four 34 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:11.479 about a year. The White House has held its first 35 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:15.639 press briefing of the new Trump administration. Press Secretary Caroline 36 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:18.120 Levitt read out a list of some of the illegal 37 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:21.919 immigrants who've been detained in raids, said the mysterious drones 38 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:25.000 where FAA approved, and said a temporary freeze on federal 39 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:27.680 aid is being done because it's the responsibility of the 40 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:31.479 administration to be stewards of Americans tax dollars. Kfi's White 41 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:34.639 House correspondent John Decker was in the room and it 42 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:37.080 was packed. We're going to talk to him in about 43 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:41.560 three minutes. Ktlized tech guy Rich DeMuro, what the heck 44 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:44.199 is Deep Seek and do we want it? That's coming 45 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:46.840 up at five point twenty. Also, Tax season is here 46 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:50.400 with it. ABC's Jim Ryan says he's got another warning 47 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:52.599 for us because people are trying to scam us. That's 48 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:55.120 at five point fifty. Oh, and Amy's on it with 49 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:58.759 Awards season here. I'll be checking out a really dark 50 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:03.960 torch show that just might ruffle your feathers. Let's get 51 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:05.319 started with some of the stories coming out of the 52 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:08.199 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The LA Department of Water 53 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:11.400 and Power investigating whether an empty reservoir led to the 54 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:14.639 failure of its water system during the fire and Pacific Palisades. 55 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:19.080 That reservoir was trained by the department about a year ago. 56 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:21.639 That man lost his home in the fire. He addressed 57 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.240 the Board of Water and Power commissioners yesterday, what. 58 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:25.319 Is the explanation for this? 59 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:28.280 There's been no explanation offered to the people of Palisades, 60 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:29.879 whose house is burned out. 61 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:32.879 The one hundred and seventeen million gallon reservoir near the 62 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:36.719 Palisades Highlands neighborhood was drained after a tear was found 63 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:39.960 in its protective cover. The DWP says it's planning to 64 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:42.960 hire an independent engineer to look at how much the 65 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:46.360 reservoir being empty contributed to the loss of water pressure 66 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:49.879 and water in hydrants. The City of La is offering 67 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:55.639 online workshops to help fire survivors access job opportunity, unemployment benefits, 68 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:58.439 and healthcare. La Mayor Bath says the workshops are going 69 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:01.080 to happen Monday through Saturday. You can sign up for 70 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:04.840 them on the La city website. Governor Newsom is working 71 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:08.039 with Magic Johnson to help people rebuild from the fires 72 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:10.960 in La County. The Lakers, Legend and the Dodgers are 73 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:13.960 behind an effort called La Rises to raise money for 74 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:15.479 wild fire recovery. 75 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:20.160 Mark Waters, the lead owner of the Dodgers, as well 76 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:24.879 as the La Dodger Foundation, has now put up and 77 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:27.839 donated up to one hundred million dollars. 78 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:31.879 LA twenty eight Olympics chairperson Casey Wasserman is also pledging 79 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:34.920 to help. Johnson says he's involved because he doesn't want 80 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:38.360 the city of Altadena to be forgotten, and neither do we. 81 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:42.639 Let's say good morning now to kfi's White House correspondent 82 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:45.319 John Decker. John, we've been waiting to see what's going 83 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:50.079 to happen when the Trump administration press briefings continued, and 84 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:51.360 they didn't disappoint. 85 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:56.680 Huh Yeah, forty seven minute long briefing conducted yesterday by 86 00:04:56.800 --> 00:05:00.319 Caroline Levitt. That's the new White House Press secretary, just 87 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:04.920 twenty seven years old, the youngest press secretary in American history, 88 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:09.120 and she has served before in the first Trump administration 89 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:12.120 in a junior level capacity in the Press Office, but 90 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:16.800 yesterday was her first White House press briefing, packed house, 91 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:21.079 standing room only, no surprise. I've seen that before with 92 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:24.759 new administrations, but I think that's going to continue for 93 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:27.079 the foreseeable future. And where you where you have these 94 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:30.040 packed rooms. I was one of the journalists that she 95 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:32.800 called upon yesterday during the White House Press briefing. But 96 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:37.360 a number of journalists representing some well known news organizations 97 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:39.920 did not get called upon. The Wall Street Journal, the 98 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:43.680 Washington Post didn't get called upon, PBS didn't get called upon, 99 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:48.000 the USA Today, the La Times did not get called upon. 100 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:51.560 Time Magazine did not get called upon. So a different 101 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:55.279 era with Caroline Levitt in charge of the White House 102 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:56.160 press briefings. 103 00:05:56.240 --> 00:06:02.720 Okay, yeah, you mentioned some of the traditional outlets didn't 104 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:05.800 get called on. But she made an announcement saying we're 105 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:08.240 going to open the press room back up to others. 106 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:09.439 What was the message. 107 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:15.040 There, Well, the message is that the Trump administration believes 108 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:19.759 that you know, this legacy media has really dominated questions 109 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:22.079 in the White House press briefing over the course of 110 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:25.959 the past four years during the Biden administration, and what 111 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:28.600 the Trump administration would like to do and what they're 112 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:32.279 going to do is to open things up and we'll 113 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:34.879 see how that goes. And you know what I always 114 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:39.040 say is the rules are dictated by the president the 115 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:41.800 people that won the White House, and Donald Trump won 116 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:44.040 the White House, and if that's what they want to do, 117 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:47.000 that is their right. They've won the White House, they've 118 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:48.519 won the keys to the White House, and they can 119 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:51.759 establish the rules going forward for the White House Press 120 00:06:51.759 --> 00:06:53.160 briefing room, can they. 121 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:57.240 I know that Caroline mentioned that they were going to 122 00:06:57.279 --> 00:07:01.279 look at reinstating like four hundred press criefs credentials is 123 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:06.439 it pretty normal for people to get basically not to 124 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:09.680 not get the president the credentials or get them denied 125 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:11.879 after they already have them. 126 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:17.319 You know, it's interesting. You know, people are obviously not 127 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:20.319 aware of all the rules that take place. But literally, 128 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:25.279 if you work for your high school newspaper, you could 129 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:28.279 get a daily press pass to into the White House. 130 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:31.319 That is the case for the Biden administration. It will 131 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:33.800 be the case for the Trump administration. Now getting a 132 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:36.959 hard pass is completely different. But if you wanted to, 133 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:40.079 you know, attend a press briefing, literally and you work 134 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:43.240 for your high school newspaper, go ahead and apply and 135 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:46.720 you can attend a White House press briefing. So it's 136 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:50.759 not the exclusive club that certain people make it out 137 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:51.000 to be. 138 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:55.879 And lots of pressure on Caroline Levett, as you mentioned, 139 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:59.680 very the youngest press secretary, Like around the room, what 140 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:01.079 was the how did she do? 141 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:04.759 I thought she did a commendable job. You know, she 142 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:09.240 is the seventeenth White House press secretary that I will 143 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:11.959 work with amy and I thought she did a great 144 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:13.879 job right out of the box and not a surprise. 145 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:15.920 She did a good job. As it relates to being 146 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:20.279 the campaign spokesman, during the campaign, and she's had some 147 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:22.959 experience in politics, served in the first Trump White House, 148 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:27.000 a former congressional candidate back in twenty twenty two. I 149 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:30.199 think she's very poised in handling the questions. And you 150 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:33.639 may have noticed amy she doesn't rely on a briefing book, 151 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:38.240 unlike Karine Jean Pierre, unlike Jen Saki, unlike Kaylee mckinenni 152 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:42.679 the final press secretary for Donald Trump in his first administration. 153 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:46.080 I did notice that I was like she was addressing 154 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:48.279 the reporters and not looking down. There was a couple 155 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:52.840 of times where she looked down, but otherwise she she 156 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:54.679 had it all up in her inner nouggin. 157 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:59.200 Yeah, aside from the opening statement that she wished to deliver, 158 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:02.320 which you can underst and opening statement relying on your 159 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:06.799 notes or relying on the text the questions themselves, she 160 00:09:06.879 --> 00:09:09.600 did not rely on any notes in terms of providing 161 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:13.600 answers to those questions. I asked two questions yesterday at 162 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:16.159 the White House Press briefing, went on domestic policy, one 163 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:21.120 on foreign policy, including a question on birthright citizenship and 164 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:24.759 what the administration's point of view is on that, given 165 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:28.720 that many legal scholars believe that right is enshrined in 166 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:31.759 the fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. And I also asked 167 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:35.559 about Donald Trump's view of the NATO Defense Alliance if 168 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:38.679 it's the same view in terms of its importance that 169 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:42.799 the prior administration had. So hopefully, you know, I get 170 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:47.879 called upon continuously by Caroline Leavitt as the briefings happen. 171 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:50.559 They may not happen every day, she indicated, but they 172 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:54.440 will happen, certainly, you know, on a fairly regular basis. 173 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:56.960 I was wondering which questions you got to ask because 174 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:59.679 I was watching it, and she mentioned the drones. That 175 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:01.600 was kind of out of the blueset. Oh, by the way, 176 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:03.480 we checked on the drones. Here's what happened. 177 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:08.000 Yeah, well, you know what, interestingly enough, it's pretty she 178 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:11.120 said it in her own way, but interestingly enough, it's 179 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:14.600 essentially the same message that was delivered by the Biden 180 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:18.840 administration in terms of those drones that have popped up 181 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:21.360 in many parts of New Jersey in particular over the 182 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:22.440 last few months. 183 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:26.120 Okay, well, we'll look forward to more press briefings, and 184 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:28.960 we love that you're in the room there, and we'll 185 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:31.960 be looking for your insights as we move through this presidency. 186 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:35.440 Thank you so much. Kfi's White House correspondent John Dekker 187 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:38.919 appreciate it. Let's get back to some of the stories 188 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:40.840 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A 189 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:44.480 medical lab owner in La County has been sentenced to 190 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:47.240 nine years for her role in a three hundred and 191 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:50.320 sixty nine million dollar fraud scheme that exploited the COVID 192 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:54.360 nineteen pandemic and resulted in false billings and theft from 193 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:59.519 federal programs. Lord Is Navarro from Glendale plead guilty two 194 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:02.200 years ago to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and 195 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:05.360 wire fraud for doing tests in nursing homes, elder facilities, 196 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:10.159 and schools that weren't needed. California Attorney General Rob Bontas 197 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:13.320 as he agrees with a federal judge who has temporarily 198 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:17.480 blocked President Trump's executive order to pause federal funding for review. 199 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:20.120 The judge blocked the order just minutes before was due 200 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:23.759 to take effect yesterday afternoon. Bontas's California could have lost 201 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:26.440 billions in federal aid. If the order had been left 202 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:27.240 in place. 203 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:30.279 We would have stood lose one hundred and thirty billion 204 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:34.399 plus dollars over the course of this year alone. If 205 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:37.960 the funding that the order contemplated was actually halted. 206 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:41.320 He says, healthcare for the poor, subsidized housing assistants, and 207 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:45.080 food assistants were all on the chopping block. The administration 208 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:48.320 said the order was temporary to ensure spending complies with 209 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:52.159 Trump's executive orders. The White Houses offered buyouts with about 210 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:55.720 eight months salary to federal employees who choose to leave 211 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:58.840 their jobs by February sixth. It's part of an administration 212 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:02.440 effort to reduce the cost of the federal workforce. ABC's 213 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:07.000 Andrew Dimbert says those interested just have to reply with resign. 214 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:10.840 Elon Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency, reposting 215 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:13.840 a report saying they expect five to ten percent of 216 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:17.240 the federal workforce to take the buyout offer, saving about 217 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:18.720 one hundred billion dollars. 218 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:21.960 A memo tells employees that if they resign under the program, 219 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:24.879 they will retain all pay and benefits and will be 220 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:29.320 exempted from all in person work requirements until September thirtieth. 221 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:32.759 Former New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez is set to 222 00:12:32.799 --> 00:12:35.799 be sentenced for accepting cash and gold bars and acting 223 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:39.720 as a foreign agent for Egypt. Prosecutors have recommended a 224 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:43.159 fifteen year sentence when Menendez goes before a judge today. 225 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:46.799 Two businessmen were also convicted in the case, and Menendez's 226 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:50.279 wife is awaiting trial. Her bribery trial has been postponed 227 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:53.320 because she's being treated for breast cancer. That trial is 228 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:56.840 scheduled to begin in New York in March. Nearly twenty 229 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:00.360 thousand cases of Horizon Organic milk or being recod called 230 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:05.919 because of spoilage concerns. The impacted milk was distributed in California, Arizona, 231 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:09.519 and Nevada. The milk apparently is spoiling early because of 232 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:13.840 heat damage during the milk's processing. A plane has caught 233 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.320 fire on the tarmac at an airport in South Korea 234 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:19.080 ABCZ and panels as The airbus was operated by low 235 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:22.120 cost South Korean air carrier air Boosam. 236 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:26.080 Security footage showing smoke rising. Fire crewis desperately trying to 237 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:29.399 douse the flames. One hundred and sixty nine passengers and 238 00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:33.120 seven crew evacuated just as smoke starts to fill the cabin. 239 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:35.919 Yeah, that's scary. Officials say they believe the fire began 240 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:38.840 in the tail section of the plane. Three people have 241 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:43.320 minor injuries. A prototype passenger jet has broken the sound 242 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:45.960 barrier during a test flight from the Mojave Air and 243 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:50.320 Spaceport in California. Kfi's Tammy Truehillo says the XB one 244 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:52.960 jet hit speeds above Makwe yesterday. 245 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:55.279 It was the first civilian aircraft to reach speeds of 246 00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:57.960 over eight hundred and fifty miles per hour since the 247 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:00.440 Concord Airliner did it over twenty years years ago. 248 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:03.559 The CEO of Boom's Supersonic praised his team for the 249 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:09.200 accomplishment and said he hopes to bring supersonic flights to everyone. 250 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.200 Rent prices have spiked during the wildfires. A study from 251 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:16.399 a tenant advocacy group says there are more than thirteen 252 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:20.320 hundred cases of price gouging. The study found new listings 253 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:24.240 in West Hollywood, Hollywood, Venice, and Malibu, where among the 254 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:27.879 worst areas affected. Tenant advocates are calling on law enforcement 255 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:31.799 agencies to take immediate action and hold violators accountable. Public 256 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:33.879 health officials are warning residents to stay out of the 257 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:37.120 water from Malibu to Santa Monica because of potentially toxic 258 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:40.759 storm runoff. And debris from the Palisades fire. Signs are 259 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:43.639 being posted on affected beaches. The waters will be closed 260 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:48.080 to swimmers and surfers indefinitely. The California State Senate has 261 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:52.200 approved millions in funding to trump proof the state against 262 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:56.320 President Trump's policies. The proposals include twenty five million dollars 263 00:14:56.320 --> 00:15:00.000 for the California DOJ lawsuits and another twenty five million 264 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:04.240 for nonprofits assisting illegal immigrants. Govin or Newsom could sign 265 00:15:04.320 --> 00:15:07.799 the bills this week if the Assembly proves them approves them. 266 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:10.279 Right now, let's say good morning to the host of 267 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:13.200 Rich on Tech right here on KFI KTLA's tech guy, 268 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:17.519 Rich DeMuro. Good morning, Rich, Hey, good morning. Okay, there's 269 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:21.360 a lot of buzz about Deep Seek, a new AI. 270 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:23.080 What is it and do we want it? 271 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:27.120 Well, this is a new AI out of China and 272 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:30.639 it kind of surprised a lot of people overnight because 273 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:35.879 they're doing what CHATYBT and Google and Meta are doing 274 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:38.279 at a fraction of the price, or so they say, 275 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:41.240 And so this has kind of upended everything we know 276 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:45.159 about AI, like how much it costs to produce these models, 277 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:47.840 how much it costs to run them, The chips that 278 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:49.879 we need for these things. And of course it sent 279 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:53.759 Silicon Valley into a tizzy because it seems like everything 280 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:55.799 we knew over the past year or two has been 281 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:58.440 thrown up and everything is up for grabs again. 282 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:02.000 But it sounds like they kept this secret because I 283 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:04.120 had not even heard that name until all of a 284 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:07.559 sudden it was there, and stocks for Nvidi and other 285 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:09.480 ani's were tanking. 286 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:13.679 Yeah, and now you can't hear enough about it. So again, 287 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:18.159 this is a website just like chat GPT, and also 288 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:20.759 an app. The app has sprung to the top of 289 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:23.720 the App Store also on Google Play, so people are 290 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:26.240 trying this. They're very curious about it. If you look 291 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:29.600 at this deep cki, you know, you can ask it questions, 292 00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:32.360 you can have a brainstorm. I told it my favorite 293 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:36.519 movies yesterday and asked for some similar recommendations. So it's 294 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:40.480 everything that you need in this AI. But again, it's 295 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:43.000 just being done at a fraction of the price, and 296 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:45.200 so of course it's putting a lot of pressure on 297 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:47.799 American companies to say, hold on, do we need to 298 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:51.159 rethink how we're doing this now. Time will tell just 299 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:54.919 how good this AI is over time. If this is 300 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:56.840 just a blip on the radar, or if we have 301 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:59.360 seen a sizeable shift in the entire industry. 302 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:02.840 Okay, and then you mentioned that it's out of China, 303 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:07.119 and there's already concerns over TikTok having our information and 304 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:11.279 possibly using it for nefarious purposes. I would imagine that 305 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:15.039 there would be even more concern over an AI out 306 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.440 of China. 307 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:20.079 Yeah, I'd be curious. I would think the exact same thing, 308 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:23.839 especially because people are going to start dumping very sensitive 309 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:26.960 information into this chat window, right if they want to 310 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:31.240 have their medical records analyzed, or their personal information or whatever. 311 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:35.039 People use AI in really personal ways. So the fact 312 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:38.119 that this is out of China obviously does have some 313 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:41.480 of the same implications as TikTok, if not more, because 314 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:45.000 people are using it for very personal information. So far 315 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:47.519 we don't know is not owned by the government, but 316 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:49.079 you know, things are a little bit different over there 317 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:51.960 in China. So that is the concern, and I guess 318 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:53.920 we'll hear more about that in the future. 319 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:56.759 Okay, So for now, I mean, do you think it's 320 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:59.200 worth a download or worth a It's I guess it's 321 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:00.960 just on a website. It's not an app. 322 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:04.480 It is a is the top Yeah, it's a top 323 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:07.119 app right now on the iPhone and Android. Do I 324 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:09.279 think you should switch to it? No, I think that 325 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:13.119 unless you are an AI researcher or someone who's really 326 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:15.759 interested in this stuff for building an app, I would 327 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:18.640 stick to what we have here. But if you're curious, 328 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:20.759 you know, there's no harm in checking out. You do 329 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:22.759 have to sign in with your with your Google account, 330 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.920 just FYI. 331 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:28.599 Okay, And then we have some iPhone and some Android news. 332 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:31.880 You've got the Samsung S twenty five Ultra. Tell us 333 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:32.400 about that one. 334 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:34.680 Yeah, I've been been playing with this. They had the 335 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:38.720 event last week up in San Jose. I don't think 336 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:40.799 we got to talk because of that, but it was. 337 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:44.279 It's a great phone so far. I'm very impressed. It's 338 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:48.640 all about AI. Of course, the camera's slight upgrade, so 339 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:50.960 the cameras are really good. I will just say I'll 340 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:52.640 cut to the chase here on this phone. If you're 341 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:55.480 thinking of upgrading your Samsung or your Android, or even 342 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:58.279 switching to Android, this is the year to do it, 343 00:18:58.359 --> 00:19:01.240 because Samsung finally came out with the phone. That is, 344 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:04.599 there's no flaw on this that I can discern, so 345 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:08.839 it's really really nice. And it also, by the way, 346 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:11.160 they got the size of it perfect, so it fits 347 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:13.200 in your hand really nicely. Even though they made the 348 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:15.960 screen bigger, somehow they made it fit in your hand 349 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:18.440 better than last year, which is pretty amazing. 350 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:20.440 Okay, And what kind of cost are we looking at? 351 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:23.880 Well, you're looking at about thirteen hundred dollars for the 352 00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:26.319 top of the line, eight hundred dollars for the standard. 353 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:30.160 But nobody pays the full Samsung prices. There is always 354 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:33.920 a discount. They've got discount for military teachers, students. If 355 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:36.440 you're employed by a company, you know, you can get 356 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:39.079 up to thirty percent off plus trade in. Someone emailed 357 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:40.799 me after they heard me talk about it my radio, 358 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:42.839 so they paid three hundred and ninety nine dollars to 359 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:44.680 the top of the line device after trade in. 360 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:47.039 Okay, so big thumbs up from Rich for that one. 361 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:52.240 And there's an awesome new feature in the latest iOS update. 362 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.799 What is it? 363 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:55.960 Oh my gosh, this is so handy. So iOS eighteen 364 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:58.000 point three if you haven't downloaded it a bunch of 365 00:19:58.359 --> 00:20:01.400 you know, a little polish for the the latest operating system. 366 00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:04.960 But the coolest feature if you have one of these 367 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:09.000 newer iPhones, with the camera control button, you can aim 368 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:12.079 your phone at a poster or anything, or a flyer, 369 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:14.519 whatever you have that has like a calendar event on it, 370 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:17.039 Press and hold the button and it will recognize that 371 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:20.160 calendar event and add it to your calendar. So for me, 372 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:22.599 my kid came home yesterday with an event at school 373 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:24.599 they have to go to, and it was a printed 374 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:26.400 flyer that would take me a while to type it 375 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:28.880 into my phone. I literally just scanned it with this 376 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:31.359 new feature, and in seconds it added all the information 377 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:34.079 to my calendar. That to me is worth the upgrade. 378 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:40.319 It's almost like the job search websites that you go 379 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:44.240 to where it like auto fills your resume. Sounds like 380 00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:46.200 the same kind of thing where it's reading your stuff 381 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:47.559 and then inputting it. 382 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:50.480 Yeah, like that that was my dream forever. It's like, 383 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:53.079 here's my resume, you tell me which jobs i'd be 384 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:55.240 good for, right, Like, don't why do I have to search? 385 00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:57.160 So I think we're seeing more of that. 386 00:20:58.319 --> 00:21:01.039 Okay, So that's cool. You just point your camera at 387 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:02.400 it and automatically does it. 388 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:06.119 Yeah. I've been using it like all afternoon. I showed 389 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:07.799 my wife. She's like, okay, that's amazing. 390 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:09.680 Okay, I'm gonna have to try that one. And that's 391 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:12.279 on the new or the updated iOS, So if you 392 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:14.599 haven't updated, maybe now's the time to do that. 393 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:18.680 Yes, I was eighteen point three. Yeah, remember that's on 394 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:21.759 the iPhone sixteen. I'm not sure if that's available on 395 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:24.240 the older models because they don't have that camera control button. 396 00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:27.079 You know, Apple's trying to give you an excuse to 397 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:30.039 upgrade by adding all these new features exclusive for the 398 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:30.559 new phone. 399 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.599 They're sneaky that way. 400 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.279 Yes, all right. 401 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:36.079