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 --> 00:00:08.439 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:11.119 --> 00:00:29.239 KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County KFI Radio. 4 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:30.800 This is Mission Control, Houston. 5 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:32.759 Please call station for a voice check. 6 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:38.159 Station. 7 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:40.679 This is Amy King with kfi's wake up Call. How 8 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:41.240 do you hear me? 9 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:46.000 I can hear you loud and clear. 10 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:50.159 It's time for your morning wake up call. 11 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:54.079 I've landed and his name is Amy. 12 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:58.359 K Here's Amy King. 13 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:08.400 Business. It's five oh won this Tuesday morning, March eleventh. 14 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:11.040 Good morning, I'm Amy King. We're live everywhere on the 15 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:16.319 iHeartRadio app. Speaking of eagles, we're watching the eagles in 16 00:01:16.439 --> 00:01:20.200 the nest and if if you heard, we were talking 17 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:23.920 about the newest eagle that arrived over the weekend and 18 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:26.760 he's like smaller than everybody else and still fighting to 19 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.280 get his food. So we named him Rocky temporarily. They're 20 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:33.120 going to do an official naming later. You could put 21 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:35.760 that in there, right, But he's a fighter, so that's Rocky. 22 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:39.239 And then Anne was telling us that one of the 23 00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:42.079 eaglets over the weekend kind of got up out of 24 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:45.439 the little bowl, got away from the group, and so 25 00:01:45.599 --> 00:01:48.359 Mom had to like basically nudge him back and he 26 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:50.959 tumbled back down and we were like, oh, he's he's 27 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:53.879 an escape artist, troublemaker. Yeah. Well, there was one of 28 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:56.359 them this morning when when she got up, one of 29 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:58.799 them was like outside because she kind of keeps them 30 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:01.480 all huddled underneath it to keep them warm, especially at night. 31 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:03.519 And one of them was like right at the edge 32 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:05.680 of the bowl and she was like nudging him and 33 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:08.520 nudging him, like dude, get back under and we're like, 34 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:11.759 he's an explorer or she's an explorer. So we're gonna 35 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:14.360 name that one Dora the Explorer. Okay, Okay, so we 36 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:17.680 got Dora and Rocky. We'll name the third one too. Oh, 37 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:20.719 we've got Chicago tickets to give away. The Crito Center 38 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:26.439 for the Performing Arts has the musical Chicago this weekend 39 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:29.840 at the Cerrito Center for the Performing Arts, and we 40 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:32.199 have tickets for Saturday night show. In fact, we have 41 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:35.360 five pair of tickets for Saturday night show going to 42 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:38.879 be fabulous Roxy Heart and her cohorts. If you haven't 43 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:40.879 seen Chicago, or if you have seen Chicago you probably 44 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:42.560 want to go see it again, We're gonna give those away. 45 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:46.240 This hour. Keep your phones handy. We've got five pairs 46 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:48.560 that's coming up. Here's what's ahead on wake up. Called 47 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:51.280 light rain is in the forecast today, with a stronger 48 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:55.120 storm expected to move through tomorrow and Thursday. Forecasters say 49 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:58.599 it could be an atmospheric river that means heavy rainfall. 50 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:01.919 The heavy rain could fall at a half to an 51 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:04.800 inch of rain an hour. At times, one to two 52 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:07.599 feet of snows possible in the mountains and passes including 53 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:11.479 the Grapevine usc Santa Monica College and Pomona College in 54 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:15.000 La County, and Chapman University in Orange County are among 55 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:18.840 sixty colleges warned by the US Department of Education's Office 56 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:22.560 for Civil Rights of potential enforcement actions if they do 57 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:26.639 not protect Jewish students on campus. After the jury deliberated 58 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:28.960 for a week and a half without reaching a verdict, 59 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:31.240 a judge is declared a mistrial. In the case of 60 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:33.879 an Orange County judge accused of killing his wife, Judge 61 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:36.599 Jeffrey Ferguson admits he shot his wife at their home 62 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:39.199 in Anaheim Hills in twenty twenty three, but he says 63 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:42.000 it was an accident. Prosecutors say they're going to retry 64 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:44.759 the case. Let's get started with some of the stories 65 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:47.680 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. La 66 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:51.080 Mayor Bass says she did not deliberately delete any text 67 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:55.280 messages while overseas in early January when the wildfires started. 68 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:58.199 Bass has been criticized for being out of the country 69 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:00.240 at the time and for not having any wreck heard 70 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:01.960 of her communications while she was away. 71 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:05.639 Let me just say that my phone did automatic delete 72 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:09.520 after thirty days. We've been swamped with CPRA and so 73 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:12.479 it took a while, but we're also looking to see 74 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:14.639 if there's some other way to retrieve the messages. 75 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:18.040 Bess was part of a US diplomatic delegation that was 76 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:21.040 in Africa in January to attend the swearing in ceremony 77 00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:24.480 for the new President of Ghana. The La County DA 78 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:27.839 has come out against re sentencing for the Menendez brothers. 79 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:30.680 He A Nathan Hawkman says next week's resentencing hearing was 80 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:33.480 called by the court and that he'll rescind his predecessor's 81 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:36.360 motion calling for the convicted killers to be resentenced. He 82 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:38.800 says the brothers haven't fully accepted what they did when 83 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:41.680 they murdered their parents in Beverly Hills in nineteen eighty nine. 84 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:43.639 Without exhibiting those insights. 85 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:45.600 Our position is that they do not. 86 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:50.480 They continue to pose an unreasonable risk of danger the community. 87 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:53.600 Hawkman has also opposed a new trial for the Menindez brothers. 88 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:55.600 Michael Monks KFI News. 89 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:00.360 The LAPD says MacArthur Park has seen a big in 90 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:04.560 crime recently. Chief Jim McDonald says there are more officers 91 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:06.920 in the area to fight retail and drug crimes. 92 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:10.600 Over the past few months, the LAPDS increased its enforcement efforts, 93 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:15.000 expanded outreach initiatives and work closely with our community partners 94 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:17.759 to make the park and the area surrounding it safer. 95 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:21.759 The city has also made investments in outreach teams to 96 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:23.759 work with drug users in the park. The area has 97 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:27.639 been plagued by criminal and drug activities for years. Let's 98 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:32.519 say good morning now to kfi's White House correspondent John Decker. John, 99 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:36.360 President Trump is moving fast and furious with tariffs, but 100 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:39.319 then they go on and then they go off any 101 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:39.720 new ones. 102 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:44.519 Yesterday there were new ones that were placed on American 103 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:48.839 products that was retaliatory tariffs coming from China, agriculture products 104 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:53.639 in particular. But as for the US tariffs on foreign 105 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:56.680 goods coming into our country. They are set to take 106 00:05:56.720 --> 00:05:59.000 effect on April the second, so we're less than a 107 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:02.240 month away from that, but Wall Street already preparing for that. 108 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:05.240 And you saw how the Dow dropped nearly nine hundred 109 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:09.360 points yesterday. It's been a steady decline for all of 110 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:12.399 the financial markets over the course of the past two weeks, 111 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:16.120 not only because of this thread of tariffs being implemented 112 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:19.279 on April the second, but also you have what the 113 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:22.839 President said over the weekend in an interview with Fox 114 00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:25.680 News in which he did not rule out the possibility 115 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:29.560 of a recession. That has really scared Wall Street, and 116 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:32.879 that's the reason for that huge decline that we saw yesterday. 117 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:36.240 And I would imagine John, that this is putting some 118 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:41.920 of Trump loyalists. They kind of have to walk a 119 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:45.759 delegate line, a delicate line, because they're supporting the president, 120 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:48.199 but then there's things that are going on that might 121 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:51.279 not be great for their constituents. What's the challenge for 122 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:53.959 Republican lawmakers. 123 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:56.519 Well, you just spelled it out, Amy, It's a huge challenge. 124 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.639 You know, you have Republican lawmakers who want to remain 125 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:03.480 low oil to the president. At the same time, as 126 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:06.720 you point out, it's constituents that are concerned about rising 127 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:10.000 prices number one and then number two, they're looking at 128 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:14.480 this decline in the stock market. It's impacting their retirement accounts. 129 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:17.279 They're four to one case. So lawmakers are hearing a 130 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:19.160 lot from their constituents right now. 131 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:26.079 Now. Stock people always say, investors always say, don't freak 132 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:28.639 out when the stock market takes a dive like this, 133 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:30.920 because it can rebound. You know, you're in this for 134 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:34.079 the long haul. Sure, So is there concern that you 135 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:35.480 know there's going to be a sort of knee jerk 136 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:37.399 reaction on lawmakers' parts. 137 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:41.720 Too, well, you know that is true. You know, to 138 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:45.439 play the long game as it relates to the financial markets, 139 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:49.680 very true. That being said, you know, the impact of 140 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:52.600 tariffs would be something that would be felt not only 141 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:55.839 in the US economy, but also the global economy for 142 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:59.680 a significant period of time. You know, the financial markets 143 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:01.800 have ups and downs day in and day out. But 144 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:04.680 what we've seen amy over the course of the past 145 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:08.360 two weeks as a steady decline in the financial markets. 146 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:12.879 All of the games that we saw since President Trump's 147 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:16.160 selection in November have now been wiped away because of 148 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:18.040 these declines in the financial markets. 149 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:21.319 Yeah, that's and for investors, I'm sure that makes everybody 150 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:24.519 very very nervous. So here's a question for you, John, 151 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:27.199 because you're you're there in the White House and following 152 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:29.879 the president. Do you think people are going to be 153 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:33.679 able to keep up with this rapid page pace? Like 154 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:37.480 everything is happening so fast, it's like somebody opened up 155 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:40.360 fire hose when he got into office. Things are just 156 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:44.080 going so fast and furious. Or are we just in 157 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:46.600 for chaos like this for four years? 158 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:47.480 Well? 159 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:51.840 Look, I covered President Trump's first term as well, Amy, 160 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:56.039 and the pace that we're seeing right now is reminiscent 161 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:59.320 of what I saw in his first term. It was 162 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:03.440 a very busy time period for me, you know, eight 163 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:06.480 years ago, during that whole court period of time, and 164 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:09.000 I anticipate or repeat of that. I do not see 165 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:13.200 a slowdown. I mean the president signing executive actions almost 166 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:17.879 every day and taking actions which have very real effects 167 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:22.120 on the economy every week, and so I don't see 168 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:25.240 a slowdown in that. And you know, look, the midterm 169 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:27.799 elections will be here before you know it. We'll see 170 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:30.840 whether all of these they will be and we'll see 171 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:34.039 whether all of these actions taken by the President Trump 172 00:09:34.039 --> 00:09:37.519 and his administration have a positive or negative effect on 173 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:40.720 the economy and what lawmakers will have to run on 174 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:43.879 as far as the record two years from now when 175 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:44.919 the midterms take place. 176 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:47.639 Jfi's White House correspondent, John Decker, thanks so much for 177 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:48.320 the information. 178 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:50.039 Thanks Amy. 179 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:52.320 All Right, buckle up, it's going to be a wild ride. 180 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:54.320 I know Handel was talking about it and he's like, 181 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:57.279 I'm so excited because it's just there's never going to 182 00:09:57.320 --> 00:10:01.519 be a dull news day because things happen and developed 183 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:03.600 so quickly, and we'll be here to watch it for you. 184 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:05.879 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 185 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:08.279 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A judge in 186 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:11.799 New York has temporarily blocked the deportation of a Palestinian 187 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:16.440 activist who helped lead anti Israel protests at Columbia University. 188 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:19.919 Hundreds of people demonstrated in Manhattan yesterday to protect the 189 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:23.879 grad students or to protest the grad student's arrest. Professor 190 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:27.720 Enon Cohen with Columbia's Center for Jewish and Israel Studies 191 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:32.200 compares the arrest to tactics used to detain Palestinians in Gaza, 192 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:37.080 then Israeli America. I'm extremely troubled that such practices have 193 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:41.279 been important to the United States and manifest themselves on 194 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:43.840 our campus. The Department of Homeland Security says the arrest 195 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:47.759 was in response to Trump's executive orders prohibiting anti Semitism. 196 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:50.279 President Trump has said the man's arrest would be the 197 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:54.440 first of many. Israeli negotiators are in Qatar to restart 198 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:58.000 talks with Hamas on what phase two of a ceasefire 199 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:00.879 agreement's going to look like. The talk come as Israel 200 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:04.159 has cut off electricity to Gaza. Addi Alexander says his 201 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:07.000 son Eden is still being held in Gaza and he 202 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:10.399 hopes the negotiators will come to a consensus soon. We 203 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:14.559 heard some testimonies from the recently released hostages that they 204 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:17.679 saw him in the tunnels. He was strong, he tried 205 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:21.200 to help other civilians. He says. Both sides need to 206 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:24.000 keep talking to get everybody out as soon as possible. 207 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:26.799 Talks between the US and Ukraine on how to end 208 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:30.480 the war with Russia have begun in Saudi Arabia. ABC's 209 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:33.919 James Longman says The meeting follows an apology from Ukrainian 210 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:37.279 President Zelenski to President Trump for that explosive meeting in 211 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:37.759 the Oval. 212 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:40.519 Vilenski himself won't be involved, but his team will meet 213 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:44.200 with the US delegation led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 214 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:48.639 Rubio says the delegation will not be proposing any specific 215 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:51.200 measures to end the three year war, but wants to 216 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:53.840 hear from Ukraine about what it would be willing to consider. 217 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:57.440 The meeting opened hours after Russian air defenses shot down 218 00:11:57.480 --> 00:12:01.440 three hundred and thirty seven Ukrainian drones for Russia. Former 219 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:06.720 Philippines President Rodrigo d Duterte has been arrested in connection 220 00:12:06.799 --> 00:12:10.879 with an international criminal court case that alleged crime against 221 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:15.480 humanity during his anti drug crackdowns. Dutarte was arrested today 222 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:18.600 at the Manila Airport, not clear where he was taken. 223 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:21.679 The government said the seventy nine year old former leader 224 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:29.559 was in good health and was in authorities custody. Workers 225 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:32.600 in DC have begun to dismantle the area known as 226 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:36.120 Black Lives Matter Plaza. They started removing some of the 227 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:40.120 murals and street markers yesterday. Lawmakers threatened last week to 228 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:43.240 withhold funding from the city if the plaza was not removed. 229 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:45.840 A bill also demanded a name change for the two 230 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:49.080 block area. The works expected to take six to eight weeks. 231 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:52.000 DC Mayor Muriel Bowser says the space will be used 232 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:55.519 to create art celebrating the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary 233 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:58.120 of the US next year, and a new kind of 234 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:02.320 yarn will mean your cloth could soon charge your phone. 235 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:06.840 Researchers in Sweden are working on a new textile technology 236 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:12.639 that converts body heat into electricity through thermoelectric effects. They 237 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:16.840 say the newly developed polymers are bendable, lightweight, and non toxic, 238 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:20.440 and will serve as a coating for ordinary silk yarn. 239 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:23.519 The researchers say the polymers will have the ability to 240 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:27.799 conduct electricity. Right, Okay, I don't know. 241 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:30.840 That's down on a hill during a lightning storm. 242 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:34.159 That's all I can say. Yeah, no kidding, right, Hey, iheartradios. 243 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:37.440 Wango Tango's returning to southern California and it's headed to 244 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:41.320 the beach Saturday, May tenth at Huntington City Beach. Wango 245 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:45.519 Tango's all star lineup will feature performances by Doja, Cat, 246 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:49.039 Megan Trainer and a whole lot more, plus performing right 247 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:52.720 at Sunset Orange County Zone. Gwen Stefani. Tickets go on 248 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:55.879 sale this Friday, March fourteenth, at ten am. You can 249 00:13:55.919 --> 00:14:00.159 get them at AXS dot com. It's Wango Tango. The 250 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:03.279 DWP board is expected to vote today on her request 251 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:06.960 to provide private security for the head of DWP because 252 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:10.720 of threats she has received in regards to the Palisades 253 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:13.960 Fire and how the department handled it. The cost of 254 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:18.480 the security detail for a year is seven hundred thousand dollars. 255 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:22.320 The Trump administration is looking to shorten the enrollment period 256 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:25.080 for the Affordable Care Act. It says it should be 257 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:28.720 November first through December fifteenth, which it says would bring 258 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:32.279 the enrollment period more in line with employer based health 259 00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:35.840 plans and would reduce confusion. The proposal also calls for 260 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:40.799 ending coverage for migrants brought to the US illegally as children, 261 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:45.559 known as Dreamers. A federal jury in LA has rejected 262 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:49.159 a writer animator's claim that Disney lifted portions of his 263 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:53.120 draft for a Polynesian themed surfer story and used it 264 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:58.200 for the twenty sixteen animated blockbuster Mowana. Buckwoodall alleged a 265 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:01.679 development director gave Dizzy a project that he had produced 266 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:04.840 two decades ago and then used it as the basis 267 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:08.039 for Mwana without permission. At six oh five, it's handle 268 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:10.480 on the news the Menendez brothers' efforts to get out 269 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:13.919 of prison have hit a roadblock named Nathan Hakman. Let's 270 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:18.080 say good morning now to ABC's Stephen portnoy So. Stephen, 271 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:20.720 I feel like we've had this conversation again, just a 272 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:24.559 few days away from a partial government shutdown. If lawmakers 273 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:26.399 can't pass a bill, where do we stand? 274 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:28.720 We stand on the cusp of a vote in the 275 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:32.840 House of Representatives later today, by mid afternoon, late early afternoon, 276 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:35.960 i'd say your time. We would expect the Speaker of 277 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:39.200 the House to call the role on the measure that 278 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:42.559 would extend government funding through the end of September. Democrats 279 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:44.919 are going to withhold their support. They say they want 280 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:47.559 no part of this. They are wary of DOGE. They're 281 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:49.960 concerned that there's nothing in this bill that prevents future 282 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:52.519 DOGE related cuts. They say that it amounts to a 283 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:54.759 cut because it keeps spending levels where they are for 284 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:56.679 the rest of the fiscal years. Supposed to increasing them 285 00:15:56.720 --> 00:16:00.399 as you'd expect from year to year, and they are 286 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:03.919 saying to the Republican majority, this is your house. You 287 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:05.960 pass the bill on a party line basis, if you 288 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:09.360 can do it now. The challenge for Speaker Johnson, whose 289 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:12.240 confident it will pass, is that he already has one defector. 290 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:16.360 That's Congressman Thomas Massey of Kentucky. Massy's always a no 291 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:19.240 vote on CRS. He's a no vote this time. President 292 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:22.159 Trump overnight called him a grand standard who should be primaried. 293 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:25.600 But Massi's a no. If there's another no vote on 294 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:28.080 the Republican side and all Democrats withhold their support, well 295 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:31.320 then this bill does not pass. And nobody knows what 296 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:32.720 the Plan B would. 297 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:36.080 Be, Okay, so it doesn't need the sixty vote majority, 298 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:37.559 just needs the simple majority. 299 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:41.399 In the House of Representatives, they operate on a majority basis, 300 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:45.360 with the exception of a suspension of the rules, which 301 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:47.639 is a two thirds vote. But never mind that now. 302 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:50.559 That may be operative later in the week if this 303 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:53.440 doesn't pass. But never mind that now. The point is 304 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:56.240 it's a majority vote today, and if it passes in 305 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:57.799 the House and the ball gets in to the Senate 306 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:01.639 and it's in the Democrats court. Well, that is to say, 307 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:03.720 they have to decide whether they're going to withhold their 308 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:07.400 support and prevent the sixty votes in the Senate. And 309 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:09.119 that's where you get into this question of, you know, 310 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:13.279 Democrats having leverage here because remember, Republicans control both houses. 311 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:15.680 What can the Democrats do in the House. Not a lot, 312 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:18.279 in fact, not much at all. In the Senate, they 313 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:21.160 have real power. They can withhold their support and prevent 314 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:22.680 a bill from being enacted. 315 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:27.880 Okay, so this is not a done deal by any stretch. 316 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:31.920 No, it is not a done deal. And look, you 317 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:35.119 have Vice President Vance going up to Capitol Hill today 318 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:37.400 to rally Republicans, keep them in line. 319 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:42.200 Okay, and then you mentioned that there's nothing really new 320 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:44.920 in the bill, so it's a continuing resolution. It's basically 321 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:47.480 kicking that can down the road again. 322 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:50.200 Right, yeah, I mean, look, Democrats would tell you that 323 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:52.880 it amounts to a cut, that they are concerned that 324 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:57.640 it'll affect essential services that Americans rely on, potentially nutrition assistance, 325 00:17:57.720 --> 00:18:00.680 veterans' care, a whole bunch of things. Here in Washington, 326 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:02.599 d C. There's a concern that the bill does not 327 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:05.599 include a standard provision in crs that would allow the 328 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:08.880 DC government to spend its own locally raised funds. May 329 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:10.720 be an oversight, that's the way the mayor of the 330 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:14.000 city is describing it. But if it does not get 331 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:16.400 added to the bill, the mayor and her aids say 332 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:18.200 that they're gonna have to cut a billion dollars from 333 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:20.440 the budget here in the city within the next six months, 334 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:22.960 which could result in police fire and teach your layoffs. 335 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:26.920 Okay, Stephen, you've been following this for a long time. 336 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:29.559 Do they ever pass more than it can? When was 337 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:31.720 the last time they passed like a real budget, not 338 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:33.519 just a continuing resolution? 339 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:36.319 So it most often happens when there is unified government, 340 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:39.000 where you have you know, one party control these days, 341 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:42.839 and in the you know, the idea is that you 342 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:47.279 would see the passage of a full year either omnibus 343 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:50.519 bill or you know, the idea of passing twelve individual 344 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:53.279 spending bills. These days, it's just you know, so far afield. 345 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:55.400 It's hard to I could look up when the last 346 00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:56.960 time it happened, but it's not in my memory, so 347 00:18:57.000 --> 00:19:00.400 you'd have to go back a number of years. Instead, 348 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:02.559 what you have is either you know, what they call 349 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:05.960 an omnibus or a cromnibus what John Bayner used to 350 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:09.440 call a crap sandwich. Right, This idea that you know, 351 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:12.519 it's just a whole bunch of stuff piled together, amalgamated, 352 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:16.160 and you know it's subject to criticism because you know, 353 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:19.279 Republicans conservatives would say, you know, you're talking about spending 354 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:22.039 a trillion dollars in a single piece of legislation. There's 355 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:25.640 no opportunity to dig in, and that's fueling the Doge effort. 356 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:29.160 This idea that there's waste endemic in the federal government. 357 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:30.640 The only way to find it is to dig deep 358 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:33.279 for it, and Doe just pointing out, you know, some 359 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:34.680 of the most what they considered that some of the 360 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:37.319 most outrageous examples. There's some doubt about whether all of 361 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:41.759 it's true, frankly, but nevertheless, you know, you get to 362 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:46.400 find waste in any large endeavor, and particularly in one 363 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:47.640 as large as the federal government. 364 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:50.519 All right, ABC, Stephen Portony, thanks for the information. I'm 365 00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:52.799 sure we're going to be talking again soon because we 366 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:54.160 don't know if those lights are going to stay on 367 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:54.440 or not. 368 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.279 How you bet? 369 00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:55.799 All right? 370 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.119 Thanks? 371 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:59.960 La County Supervisor Catherine Barger has asked for an update 372 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:03.599 from USC Health on a possible cancer risk and other 373 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:08.240 effects from the Chiquita Canyon landfill. Barger, who represents the 374 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:11.119 Analoge Valley including the Castaic area where the landfill is, 375 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:15.000 wants officials with the US Cancer Surveillance Program to do 376 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:18.880 an analysis of potential cancer clusters in the communities around 377 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:22.079 the landfill. A man from Oxnard's been arrested for allegedly 378 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:25.559 sexually assaulting a woman on a transit bus. The Ventura 379 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:28.000 County Sheriff's office says the woman was on the bus 380 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:30.799 from Cameriot to Venture Friday when she was attacked. The 381 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:33.359 forty nine year old man, who the woman says assaulted her, 382 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:36.240 was spotted by deputies on another bus on Sunday and 383 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:39.759 was arrested. Investigators say the guy may have sexually assaulted 384 00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:43.480 other women on the bus or in or around bus stops. 385 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:46.839 A year's long murder case against an Orange County judge 386 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:48.559 has ended with a mistrial. 387 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:51.279 The jury was deadlocked eleven to one after eight days 388 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:54.240 of deliberation in the case against OC Superior Court judge 389 00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:57.039 Jeffrey Ferguson. He was on trial for the second degree 390 00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:59.839 murder of his wife Cheryl in August of twenty twenty three. 391 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:02.720 As attorneys say the deadlock is a victory. 392 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:06.519 Pung jury is part of the process, and it's also 393 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.839 a success in its own way. 394 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:10.039 The prosecution says they plan to retry the. 395 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:12.680 Case, and we are ready and willing to answer, ready 396 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:15.599 anytime the court tells us that the court is ready. 397 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:19.440 Heather Brooker KFI News USC is among several colleges in 398 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:21.839 southern California to get a warning from the Department of 399 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:24.000 Education's Office for Civil Rights. 400 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:27.599 The warning, issued Monday, says colleges will face potential enforcement 401 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:31.039