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 --> 00:00:08.199 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:13.679 --> 00:00:18.800 Don't let all this commercialism ruin my Christmas KOSTHD two 4 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:20.440 Los Angeles Sorange County. 5 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:21.399 I'll take this. 6 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:23.920 SLU tree home and decorated and I'll show them it 7 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.839 really will work in our plan. I never thought it 8 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:30.640 was such a bad little tree. 9 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:34.240 It's not bad at all. 10 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:37.119 Really, maybe it just needs. 11 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:37.520 A little love. 12 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:41.920 Johnnie Brown is a blockhead, but he did get a 13 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:42.560 nice tree. 14 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:45.159 It's time for your morning wake up. 15 00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:48.000 Call, Mary Christmas Brown. 16 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:49.799 Here's Amy King. 17 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:54.880 It's five o'clock, straight up. This is your wake up 18 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:59.159 call for Monday, December tewod. I'm Amy King. We're live 19 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:01.560 everywhere on the Iheat Radio App. Thanks so much for 20 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:04.400 getting your day started with us today. Hope you had 21 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:10.319 a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. So we're starting with with Charlie 22 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:14.640 Brown because Christmas is here where you know. It's fair game. 23 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:18.359 Now we've passed. There's no holidays left until the big one. 24 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:21.599 I didn't get nearly as much done as I had planned. 25 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:24.120 I had Friday off, and so I was like, I'm 26 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:25.400 going to get everything decorated. 27 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:27.120 I'm going to get my Christmas tree. 28 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:31.159 I got the decorations out, I got some of them up, 29 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:32.319 but I didn't get the tree. 30 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:35.319 But I'll do that this week. And also, if you are. 31 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:38.680 Doing your shopping, five fewer shopping days between Thanksgiving and 32 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:41.879 Christmas this year then last, not to put any pressure 33 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:45.120 on you. Here's what's ahead on wake up call. President 34 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:48.400 Biden has pardoned his son Hunter. He said in a 35 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:51.200 statement yesterday that no reasonable person who looked at the 36 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:54.079 facts in his cases can reach a conclusion that Hunter 37 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:57.560 wasn't singled out only because he is the President's son. 38 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:01.560 The pardon covers both his conviction on charges and federal 39 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:04.680 tax evasion charges. We're going to be talking more with 40 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:07.920 Karen Travers about that to find out what else it covers. 41 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:09.560 That's coming up at the bottom of the hour. 42 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:12.520 A man has been killed in an officer involved shooting 43 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:14.800 in Santa Anna. The man, in his early thirties was 44 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:17.360 shot by two officers last night. Police say the man 45 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:20.000 appeared to be holding a loaded rifle, but it turned 46 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:22.199 out to be a fake. It's not clear what led 47 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:25.719 to the shooting. People filled their plates and their shopping 48 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:29.400 carts over the Thanksgiving weekend Black Friday, online shopping has 49 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:32.680 set a new record high of ten point eight billion 50 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:36.520 dollars in sales. Adobe Analytics says that's more than double 51 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:40.879 what online consumers spent in twenty seventeen, and it 'tis 52 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:43.719 the season for holiday scammers. ABC's Jim Riyan's going to 53 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:46.520 let us know how to protect your money from Christmas grenches. 54 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:50.520 That's coming up at five twenty. How your money can 55 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:53.159 go five times further in taking care of dogs and 56 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:55.560 cats at Pasadena Humane as they get ready for their 57 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:58.879 forever homes. We'll be talking with Kevin McManus from Pasadena 58 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:03.080 Humane at five fifty. Also, I tried a new side 59 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:07.919 dish for Thanksgiving. It's up on Instagram at Amy K. 60 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:09.879 King if you want to take a look at it. 61 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:12.919 It looked good, but Cono will attest to the fact 62 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:14.560 that it didn't taste so great, right. 63 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:18.080 Kono you You tried very. 64 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:21.719 Hard because I'm always looking for new dishes for the 65 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:25.199 holidays and stuff. So we tried this one and it 66 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:29.120 didn't really turn out. But I'm not a quitter, so 67 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:31.960 I tweaked it and we're gonna try it again. That's 68 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:34.159 coming up in just a couple of minutes. Oh. Also, 69 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:36.960 I got to carve the Thanksgiving turkey this year. It 70 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.280 didn't go quite as planned. I'll tell you what happened. 71 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:41.319 But let's get started with some of the stories coming 72 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:43.599 out of the KFI twenty four hour news room. President 73 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:46.960 Biden has pardoned his son Hunter, who was convicted in 74 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:49.479 Maryland of federal gun charges and was due to be 75 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:52.800 sentenced this month. The younger Biden had also pleaded guilty 76 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:57.240 to tax evasion in California. ABC's Karen Travers's The pardon 77 00:03:57.280 --> 00:03:59.960 was announced last night, despite the White House having repeated 78 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:02.879 said the President had no intentions of doing it. 79 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:06.319 President Biden has not spoken about his son Hunter's legal issues, 80 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:08.479 but in his statement Sunday night, he says it was 81 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:12.439 quote clear that Hunter was treated differently by federal prosecutors. 82 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:14.800 In June, President Biden said he would abide by the 83 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:18.759 jury's decision in Hunter's felony gun trial. The LAPD says 84 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:21.360 a woman who hasn't been seen since she missed her 85 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:25.480 connecting flight at LAX November eighth, intentionally missed the flight. 86 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:29.439 Her family says her phone last pinged at LAX on 87 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:32.279 November eleventh. She was supposed to be headed back east. 88 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:35.800 Hanna Kobayashi's father was in town. He jumped off a 89 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:38.879 parking structure and died last week near the airport. 90 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:40.959 Hannah Kobias she is still missing. 91 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:43.800 A brush fire that burned nearly three hundred acres near 92 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:46.959 Fontana has been surrounded. The fire started Thursday afternoon and 93 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:50.160 was pushed into Riverside County by strong winds that led 94 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:53.720 to an evacuation warning for parts of Harrupa Valley. The 95 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:57.120 evacuation warning was lifted shortly after noon Friday. The fire 96 00:04:57.120 --> 00:04:59.680 department had the fire one hundred percent surrounded as of 97 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:04.199 la last night. Highway three point thirty into San Bernardino 98 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:08.000 into the Mountains has reopened. It was closed in September 99 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:10.839 because of damage from the wildfire that burned nearly forty 100 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:14.240 four thousand acres. The road offers a shorter route to 101 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:18.319 Running Springs and Big Bear. Cal Trans has nearly completed 102 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:20.959 phase one of a ten million dollar emergency project to 103 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:24.800 repair the roadway, with phase two to set set to 104 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:28.040 begin on Wednesday. Did you have a Turkey coma this year? 105 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:30.199 We were talking about whether that whole trip to Fan 106 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:34.560 thing is real, because you actually eat so little turkey. 107 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:37.399 But I think it was because I got home and 108 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:41.160 pretty much just passed out after Thanksgiving, So maybe it's real. 109 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:41.600 Who knows. 110 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:47.839 Okay, Oh, before we delve into the new cast role, 111 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:52.879 I gotta tell you about my turkey carving experience. So 112 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:55.279 we had a small gathering, there were like five of us, 113 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:58.720 and instead of cooking the turkey on our own this year, 114 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:00.279 we ordered out. 115 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:03.920 And this bird was beautiful. It came on a platter. 116 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:07.920 It was perfectly gold and brown, and its little legs 117 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:10.319 were sticking up in the air, and it had grapes 118 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:13.360 and it was you know, I mean, it looked beautiful. 119 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:14.279 And so. 120 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:18.319 We were trying to decide who was gonna carve it, 121 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:21.319 and I said, well, I'll carve it because I took 122 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:23.920 Martha Stewart one oh one and she I have this 123 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:27.800 magazine from like twenty years ago that has how to 124 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:30.279 carve the turkey, get it off the bird, and then 125 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:32.480 you serve it on this platter and it's all arranged 126 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:34.759 and it looks beautiful like everything that Martha Stewart does. 127 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:37.560 So we went to do that and I'm like, here, 128 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:38.360 I'll do it. 129 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:42.120 So we get the big knife out and everybody standing around, 130 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:45.040 and I start to try to carve the bird, and 131 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:47.480 I'm like, is this an organic turkey or something. 132 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:49.079 There's like no breast. 133 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:52.079 It was just like something was off and I couldn't 134 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:54.800 figure it out. So I'm trying to carve it and 135 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:57.879 I'm getting like little chunks of meat and the legs 136 00:06:57.879 --> 00:06:59.959 weren't coming out right, and I was like, what is 137 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:05.839 wrong with this bird? So after a few minutes, I went, 138 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:12.839 maybe maybe it's upside down. It was the breast was 139 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:15.160 on the bottom. So remember we were talking last week 140 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:17.920 and Neil Savader said, no, no, don't, don't could get 141 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:18.759 breastside down. 142 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:20.879 You don't really need to, but it was. 143 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:24.800 And so once we flipped it upright, then I was 144 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:27.680 able to carve it and it turned out beautiful and 145 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:30.639 it was delicious. And I will actually beg to differ 146 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:34.800 with Neil on this because it was very, very very moist. 147 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:38.399 It was delicious. So I started out looking kind of 148 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:40.360 stupid because I'm like, I could carve the diurky and 149 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:43.279 then I'm like, where's the breast? But it all worked 150 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:46.399 out great and it tastes good. Speaking of tasting good, 151 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:50.519 as you know, we tried the recipe that I found 152 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:58.439 on Instagram. It's a miracle whip, jello, apple sauce, cranberry surprise. 153 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:01.839 And we tried it on Thanksgiving morning to see if 154 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:04.279 maybe this was going to be a new tradition. And 155 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:08.519 ConA and I were the only ones here and uh, ConA, 156 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:13.160 what what was your reaction to what we what we made? E? 157 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:17.120 It was? Uh, it was tart. It was quite tart. Yeah, 158 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:21.319 and it had a was it the mirror had? I 159 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:24.360 love miracle whip. That's just why it's odd because I 160 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:27.079 thought it would be good and it was not. 161 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:30.000 It was not. It was not. It looked good. 162 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:32.519 It came out of its little mold and again it's 163 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:34.320 on Instagram at am Ka King if you want to 164 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:37.559 take a look at it. But it didn't taste good. 165 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:41.080 So then we said we gotta try again. I'm gonna 166 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:43.799 I'm not giving up on this recipe because there were 167 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:46.000 some good parts to it, like the apple sauce in 168 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:49.000 it actually was kind of tasty. The cranberries were kind 169 00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:51.440 of good. So here's what I did. I took out 170 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:55.159 the miracle whip and I put in cool whip, so 171 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:57.600 it's whipped cream. So time for a new taste test, 172 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:00.480 and we have Oscar in here this morning. He's gonna 173 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:02.240 taste it. I'm gonna taste it. 174 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:06.440 Yeah, I'm very nervous. 175 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:09.080 Don't be nervous. Okay, here we go. I cut it 176 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:11.120 up and it's actually holding its form better too. It's 177 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:12.799 not collapsing like it did on Thursday. 178 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:14.399 Dumb. 179 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:21.919 Now that I can do see, it's much better. Right, Okay, 180 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:22.840 it is way better. 181 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:27.159 So we'll put the recipe on it, we'll post it 182 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:31.720 on Instagram. Oscar, you're not trying yours. You did it, 183 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:36.159 you liked it. Okay, So the difference was again it's 184 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:43.720 strawberry jello, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, and whip cool whip 185 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:45.679 instead of miracle whip. 186 00:09:45.799 --> 00:09:48.559 Yeah, this one. This one's delicious. 187 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:50.519 Really, so like you would eat this at Thanksgiving? 188 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:53.120 Yes, and it's going in to see cons think the 189 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:58.240 apple and the jello or not overpowering, But I don't know. 190 00:09:58.279 --> 00:09:59.679 It's a very delicious treat right now. 191 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:03.000 It doesn't have that miracle whip funk. And I'm too. 192 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:05.519 I love miracle whip, but it was not good in 193 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:05.960 this thing. 194 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:08.360 Yeah. 195 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:10.080 Maybe they meant to say cool whip. 196 00:10:10.679 --> 00:10:12.919 No, because they kept showing the miracle Whip jars. Go 197 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.080 and get another can of miracle whip. 198 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:15.759 This things. 199 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:17.399 We did. 200 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:19.720 Okay, So if you're looking for a new side dish, 201 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:22.320 we'll put a picture of it on Instagram. 202 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:23.360 You can see it. 203 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:27.080 It actually tasted good. I'm so excited. Now when can 204 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:28.679 I make it? I'm gonna have to wait a whole year. 205 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:31.799 I guess I could make it at Christmas, because you know, 206 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:33.720 there's only twenty three days till Christmas. Not to freak 207 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:36.320 anybody out, let's get back to some of the stories 208 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:38.480 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The 209 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:42.000 unofficial start of the holiday shopping season is underway. Black 210 00:10:42.039 --> 00:10:45.320 Friday and Small Business Saturday are over, but Cyber Monday 211 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:48.480 is here. Retailers say Cyber Monday is the last chance 212 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:51.679 for shoppers to get those big deals. Some people say 213 00:10:51.679 --> 00:10:54.679 they prefer shopping from home because it's just like easier, 214 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:56.360 more convenient to order online. 215 00:10:56.440 --> 00:10:58.600 Usually, yeah, no one like waits onlines. 216 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:02.000 Amazon Death and if you get it and you don't 217 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:03.559 like it, you could just send it back. 218 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:07.799 Adobe Digital Analytics as Cyber Monday this year could be 219 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.720 the biggest online shopping day in US history estimating retailers 220 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:14.519 could break in thirteen point two billion dollars in sales. 221 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:17.159 A man has been shot and killed near some railroad 222 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:20.360 tracks in a commercial area in Vernon. Authority say the 223 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:23.960 man was found unresponsive shortly after one am yesterday near 224 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:26.279 the tracks on Charter Street, just south of the La River. 225 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:27.679 He died at the scene. 226 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:30.039 A man who has been shot and killed in Lancaster, 227 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:32.679 LA Kenny Sheriff's deputies found the man in a driveway 228 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:35.799 on Division Street east of Sierra Highway around one thirty 229 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:36.639 yesterday morning. 230 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:38.279 He died later at the hospital. 231 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:42.120 LA County's new District Attorney is set to be sworn 232 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:42.879 in tomorrow. 233 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:46.279 Nathan Hawkman coasted a victory on election day, ousting incumbent 234 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:50.320 DA George Gascone sixty to forty percent. Hawkman argued during 235 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:52.720 the campaign that Gascone was soft on crime and that 236 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:55.480 a new direction was needed at the DA's office. He's 237 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:58.840 promised to bring a quote hard middle approach to prosecution 238 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:02.600 what he calls sense of common sense and proportional. Hawkman 239 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:05.679 swearing in is scheduled for noon on Tuesday outside the 240 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:09.559 Hall of Justice in downtown LA. Michael Monks KFI News. 241 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:12.399 The White House has responded to a video that appears 242 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:14.399 to show an American hostage in Gaza. 243 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:16.840 They called the release of the video a cruel reminder 244 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:21.360 of Hamas's terror against citizens of multiple countries, including our own. 245 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:25.240 ABC's and As de laic Terra says Hamas released the 246 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:29.080 video showing American hostage Aiden Alexander speaking to the camera. 247 00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:33.320 Alexander was taken hostage during the October seventh attack while 248 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:36.799 serving in the IDF near Gaza. There has been broad 249 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:40.480 condemnation of the video by US lawmakers. House Speaker Mike 250 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:42.840 Johnson has mapped out the Republicans' plans for the first 251 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:46.639 one hundred days of the incoming administration. Republicans control the 252 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:49.480 House and the Senate, but ABC's Reclin says the numbers 253 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:52.200 are going to make things really difficult, especially in the House. 254 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:55.000 If the current results hold, then Republicans will have secured 255 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:57.279 a two hundred and twenty to two hundred and fifteen 256 00:12:57.600 --> 00:12:58.799 advantage in the next Congress. 257 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:02.279 That's actually two more Democrats than who serve right down. 258 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:06.679 Kleine says, that's the tightest governing majority in almost a century. 259 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:11.200 Stilantis CEO Carlos Taveres has stopped down our step down 260 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:13.799 rather after nearly four years in the top spot of 261 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:17.600 the jeep and ram maker, the world's fourth largest car maker, 262 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:19.639 has been struggling with flumping sales. 263 00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:21.000 It says the. 264 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:27.000 Board accepted Tavar's resignation yesterday as head of PSA Pougeot 265 00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:30.279 Tavares took over the Netherlands based company in January of 266 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:33.639 twenty one when it merged with Fiat Chrysler. It's North 267 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:37.240 American operations had been the company's main source of profits. 268 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:40.320 The owner of an Irish pub in Fountain Valley is 269 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:42.039 asking for his sign back. 270 00:13:42.159 --> 00:13:44.440 Bring the sign back, no questions asked. 271 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:48.759 Bill Madden, who owns Silky Sullivan's Restaurant and Irish pub, 272 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:52.080 tells KTLA somebody swiped the sign from behind the business 273 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:52.679 on Friday. 274 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:54.240 Doesn't make any sense to me, because what are they 275 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:54.840 going to do with it? 276 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:57.559 They say, Oh, I got Silkie sign in my backyard. 277 00:13:57.559 --> 00:14:00.600 If anyone sees it, they'll go there. They're looking for 278 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:02.039 that sign. They want that sign. 279 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:04.360 The sign was under a tarp while the pub moved 280 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:08.000 to a new place across the street. President Biden has 281 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:10.039 gone back on his pledge not to pardon his son, 282 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:13.080 announcing in a statement yesterday that he will pardon Hunter. 283 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:16.279 Biden said he believed Hunter was singled out because he's 284 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:19.320 the president's son, and that's wrong. The pardon will also 285 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:23.919 cover his conviction on gun charges and on federal tax 286 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:27.240 evasion charges. We're gonna talk more with Karen Travers about 287 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:31.279 this in about less than fifteen minutes. The World Central 288 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:35.000 Kitchen has paused its operations in Gaza following an Israeli 289 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:38.480 attack on one of its vehicles that killed several workers, 290 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:41.279 and Israeli official accused one of the workers in the 291 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:44.320 vehicle of being a terrorist connected to last year's October 292 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:50.159 seventh attack on Israel. Mowana has sailed into the first 293 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:53.000 spot at the box office with a Thanksgiving holiday weekend 294 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:57.200 record two hundred and twenty one million dollars in five days. 295 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:00.799 Wicked took in as much in its second weekend as 296 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:03.399 in its first, with over one hundred and seventeen million 297 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:07.320 dollars in ticket sales. Gladiator two was third at six 298 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:10.519 oh five. It's handle on the news Bible sales are surging. 299 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:13.240 Bill's going to tell you why, but right now, let's 300 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:16.639 check in with ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim, the holiday 301 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:20.720 shopping season has arrived. There was Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, 302 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:23.120 and as I just mentioned, today is Cyber Monday. And 303 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:26.480 this season you might not only find good deals, you 304 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:28.200 might find out you got scammed. 305 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:31.080 And that's where the Grinch comes in, right, Yeah, you 306 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:33.639 are a mean one, mister Grinch. And those stammers are 307 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:35.879 out there. They know that thirteen billion dollars will be 308 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:39.279 spent today. Thirteen billion dollars. 309 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:40.600 Just today, just today. 310 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:42.759 Guys, over the Monday, over the weekend, they were saying 311 00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:45.080 it was like ten point eight it's huge. 312 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:49.320 Adobe Analytics. Yeah, they're expecting consumers to spend about thirteen 313 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:53.159 point two billion today. That's six percent more than last year, 314 00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:56.679 which would be the season, the year's biggest shopping day 315 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:59.679 for e commerce. Not too surprising there, but yeah, those 316 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:03.080 scammers know that there are profits to be taken out there, 317 00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:07.000 and so they're willing to take consumers. So, and one 318 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:08.600 of the most pipelines right now, and you've probably goten 319 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:12.000 one of these amy This the text message that says, hey, 320 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:14.120 you've got a package that we need to deliver to you. 321 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:17.320 We're the Postal service. Please click on the link below 322 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:20.440 and give us your proper address and building information, et cetera. 323 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:25.159 And it's time just perfectly to coincide with this season 324 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:28.279 when so many people are ordering things online, expecting things 325 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:31.399 to be delivered by the Postal Service or by ups, 326 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:34.080 and so they get this text that says, oh man, 327 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:36.799 my package is sitting there and they can't deliver it 328 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:40.080 to me, and unfortunately people fall for it. You can 329 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:44.840 see how that would be fairly, you know, believable. It 330 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:47.120 stands the reason that you'd be expecting a package and 331 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:50.080 maybe get this note from the postal service. 332 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:51.440 Well, postal service. 333 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:53.759 Doesn't do that, doesn't send text messages out to say 334 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:58.120 that they need extra information to make their delivery. And 335 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:01.360 so not only is it victim I consumers, it's also 336 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:04.759 victimizing the post office because suddenly people don't want to 337 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:06.279 do business with the post office. 338 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:08.319 Well, and here's the other thing, is I do get 339 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:11.119 notifications when I'm getting a package. 340 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:14.799 Delivered, Yes, yeah, legitimate one saying yeah, or even a 341 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:17.000 picture of the package being delivered right, or the letter 342 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:17.759 or whatever. 343 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:19.920 The postal service offers that as a service. 344 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:22.759 But you just have to be very very careful and 345 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:27.440 not click links on anything that's called a smishing scam 346 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:30.599 because it's an SMS message as opposed to a phishing scam, 347 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:30.920 which is. 348 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:31.960 An email gotcha. 349 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:36.680 Okay, So when they do that, though, what are they doing? 350 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:40.400 Are they hacking into your system or are they trying 351 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:42.680 to get your personal information so they can steal it. 352 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:45.359 They're getting you to hand it over to them, right, 353 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:47.759 because this text comes to you and they need your 354 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:51.640 address and your billing information, your credit card information to 355 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:53.960 make this delivery happen. And so you provide it to them. 356 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:56.799 You hand it over and next thing you know, that 357 00:17:57.119 --> 00:18:00.880 information is your credit card being compromised. People are using it, 358 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:04.160 it's being sold on a dark web. It just have 359 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:05.839 to be extremely careful about that. 360 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:08.160 Okay, what are some of the other scams that are 361 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:10.960 out there? Because I've seen that USPS one several times. 362 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:14.839 Actually, that's ridiculous. The puppy scam, this is a good one. 363 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:16.480 Let's say you want to give your kids a puppy 364 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:20.359 for Christmas, and so you find something on Facebook, Marketplace 365 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:23.200 or on Craig's List or something. People still use Craigslist, 366 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:27.799 I guess they do, and you give money over and 367 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:30.880 there's no product, there's no puppy there that it's kind 368 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:33.079 of been used to refer to all sorts of scams 369 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:35.519 that do that, that offer a product, whether it's a 370 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:39.240 puppy or something else, a car, a lawn more, or 371 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:41.799 whatever it is that you're purchasing and then there is 372 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:44.279 no seller, there's no deal, but you have lost your money. 373 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:48.079 They call that overall kind of the puppy scam. 374 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:51.799 And do we have any guestimates on like how bad 375 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:54.839 it is like by the numbers? 376 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:57.920 Hard to say because people aren't willing to talk about. 377 00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:59.799 That, right if they're getting rich scam, you're like, uh, 378 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:01.160 I don't want to tell anybody. 379 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:03.359 Yeah, it's embarrassing and you're afraid you might get scammed 380 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:07.519 again somehow. But I mean specific scams like the non payment, 381 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:10.960 non delivery scams, the puppy scam. They cost consumers three 382 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:15.319 hundred nine million dollars last year. Credit card fraud accounted 383 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:17.680 for one hundred and seventy three million dollars in losses 384 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:20.799 according to the FBI's Internet Complaint Center. And they're the 385 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:22.759 ones that you can complain to if something like this 386 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:25.559 happens to you, make sure you contact your bank, contact 387 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:28.559 your credit card company, and yeah, you reach out to 388 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:30.839 the FBI's complaint center too. 389 00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:34.799 Okay, and what are some others like? Are there any 390 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:36.799 hard and fast rules to protect yourself? 391 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:40.720 Yes, before you even log on, check your antivirus software. 392 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:42.559 Make sure that that is up to date so your 393 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:45.960 computer is protected from people trying to hack in. Make 394 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:49.240 sure you're typing in the URLs correctly. Let's say you 395 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:51.839 want to go to Walmart dot com and do some 396 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:55.400 shopping there, and you leave out the the A for 397 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:59.119 example wl M A R T something, you miss it 398 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:02.119 by a letter. Well, the scammers have the mark on 399 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:05.160 all of those websites, the ones that are misspelled, right, 400 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:10.039 They probably have a wlmart dot com And if you 401 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:12.000