WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.200 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 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:14.839 KFI had KOSTNHD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:22.000 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's any King. 5 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:30.480 It's five o'clock, straight up. Yep, it's that time. 6 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:35.640 If you're still in bed, time to get up. If 7 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:37.920 you're like me, you've got your oatmeal, you're ready to go. 8 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:43.159 You got your coffee settling in. Got lots going on today. 9 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:45.679 I know I say that a lot, but it's always true. 10 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:46.759 Hey, did you watch. 11 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:49.119 The Democratic National Convention last night? 12 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:50.280 Here's my takeaway. 13 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:52.719 Hopefully we're gonna be talking with Shannon Farron about this 14 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:56.079 later this hour. She's supposed to call us before the 15 00:00:56.119 --> 00:01:01.920 top of the hour. They should have run Michelle Obama. 16 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:06.120 I don't care what your politics are. That woman electrified 17 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:10.079 that crowd. I think more than former President Obama. I mean, 18 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:14.719 obviously he had got an amazing reception, but they lost 19 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:17.840 their minds when she hit the stage last night. 20 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:21.719 She's a great speaker. Producer. Anna and I were talking 21 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:22.079 about it. 22 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:26.400 There are some people who just hold a room, as 23 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:30.239 she said, and boy did the Obamas ever do that. 24 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:32.319 Here's what's ahead on wake up Call. 25 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:35.640 Governor Newsom has delivered California's four hundred and eighty two 26 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:39.640 delegates to Vice President Kamala Harris at the DNC. Newsom 27 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:43.680 calls Harris a star who he has seen fight for criminal, racial, economic, 28 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:45.560 and social justice for more than twenty years. 29 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:46.920 Geologists say the. 30 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:52.040 Ground shifting under Holmes in Rancho Palace Verdes is shifting 31 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:55.959 faster and covers a larger area than first thought. The 32 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:58.560 geologists who spoke at a city council meeting last night 33 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:01.920 said a landslide by heavy rains earlier this year has 34 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:06.239 the potential to threaten hundreds more homes. O. J. Simpson's 35 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:11.800 estate executor says he needs to liquidate assets long time since. The attorney, 36 00:02:11.919 --> 00:02:15.360 Malcolm Laverne, says he needs to raise about two hundred 37 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:17.960 and seventy thousand dollars to pay off some of Simpson's 38 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:21.240 mounting debt. About one hundred and ten million dollars is 39 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:23.879 still owed to the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and 40 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:27.240 Ron Goldman. Simpson died on April tenth of this year 41 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:31.520 at six oh five. It's handle on the news Disney 42 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:34.280 is backing down. It says it's no longer going to 43 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:37.039 try to block a lawsuit filed by the husband of 44 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:40.000 a woman who died after having an allergic reaction at 45 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:40.360 the park. 46 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:41.560 We'll tell you all about that. 47 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:43.240 Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 48 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:46.520 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Former President Obama 49 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:50.520 has given Vice President Harris a rousing endorsement for president. 50 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:53.800 During his speech at the DNC, he said there's a 51 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:57.400 difficult fight ahead until the elections in November, but Harris 52 00:02:57.560 --> 00:02:58.360 is worth backing. 53 00:02:58.560 --> 00:02:59.280 As president. 54 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:03.800 She won't just cater to her own supporters and punish 55 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:05.879 those who refuse to kiss the ring. 56 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:09.120 Or bend the knee. Show work on behalf of every American. 57 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:10.759 That's who Kamala is. 58 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:13.960 Obama also took a swipe at former President Trump, saying 59 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:16.639 he is a seventy eight year old billionaire who hasn't 60 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:19.280 stopped whining about his problems since he wrote down his 61 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:23.360 Golden Escalator nine years ago. The LAPD says it has 62 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:26.960 found evidence of retail theft while investigating the murder of 63 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:28.280 actor Johnny Wackter. 64 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:30.319 As the executed sir to warrants and the Whacker case 65 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:33.800 LAPD homicide detectives were joined by the department's Organized Retail 66 00:03:33.879 --> 00:03:37.280 Theft Task Force. Chief Dominic Choice says investigators believe they've 67 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:39.960 uncovered evidence of thefts in LA and elsewhere. 68 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:43.560 The same suspects have also been identified as engaging crime 69 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:47.360 in the city of Lenox, Beverly Hills, Rialto and Ontario. 70 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:49.960 Choi says the department is working to identify the suspects 71 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:53.240 and these widespread retail burglaries. Four men have been charged 72 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:57.240 in Wacktor's murder in downtown LA. Michael Monks KFI News. 73 00:03:57.360 --> 00:03:59.960 A pre trial hearing in the federal tax case against 74 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:03.080 Hunter Biden is scheduled to be held in LA this morning. 75 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:05.680 The president's son is accused of failing to pay more 76 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:09.120 than one point four million in taxes. The indictment alleges 77 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:13.039 Biden spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather 78 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:16.240 than paying his taxes. He's expected to go on trial 79 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:19.759 next month on nine tax related counts, including three felonies. 80 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:23.879 New vaccines targeting the latest COVID variants are due out 81 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:26.800 this fall, but they may not be covered by your insurance. 82 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:29.199 Coronavirus cases have been on the rise this summer, but 83 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:32.600 the vaccines free since the start of the pandemic will 84 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:36.040 no longer be reimbursed or covered by the government. The 85 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:39.439 president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Richard Besser, says 86 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:42.759 that leaves a gap before the updated COVID vaccines are expected. 87 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:45.560 If you have health insurance, I would recommend that you 88 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:48.399 wait until the new vaccines are out. It should be 89 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:51.079 a matter of weeks before those are widely available, and 90 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:52.399 they should be more effective. 91 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:53.319 He says. 92 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:55.439 People who don't have health insurance can check to see 93 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:59.160 if they qualify for health insurance in their state. Let's 94 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:02.040 take a first look at your morning commute. Nick's got 95 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:04.680 some slowing in Riverside on the ninety one morning Nick, 96 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:06.879 Morning to Amy is the usual. 97 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:08.720 Drill for folks that are making their way westbound right now, 98 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:10.839 seeing those delays from Tiler and you make it way 99 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:11.439 toward the fifteen. 100 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:13.279 Actually looks pretty good through Corona right now. 101 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:15.720 Maybe seeing issues right around on Main Street just past 102 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:17.480 the fifteen. Looks like it may be a two car 103 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:19.160 smash of in the two left lanes, But not too 104 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:20.639 bad of a drive for you here, Just a little 105 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:22.839 slow going from the fifteen over to Main Street and 106 00:05:22.839 --> 00:05:25.160 then delays for the westbound four years. You continue at 107 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:28.000 through the Santana Canyon leaving Green River over toward the 108 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:29.480 two forty one toll Road. You got an update on 109 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:31.279 the issue on the ninety one or anything else slowing 110 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:33.920 you down pound to fifteen yourself on keyword? Is KFI 111 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:37.680 traffic northbound side out of the fifteen past Magnolia before 112 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:40.800 the ninety one gonna be a crash involving a motorcycle. 113 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:42.759 Looks like the two right lanes are taken away and 114 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:44.959 that'll be busy for you to come away from Ontario Avenue. 115 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:46.079 Checking in on your driving. 116 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:48.360 Orange County looks like the vast majority of overnight count 117 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:50.560 trans projects have wrapped up shop and not see anything 118 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:52.600 major going down for you there, and pretty much the same 119 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:55.720 story for the La County area as well well southern California. 120 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:58.160 It's only airborne traffic reports. I'm Nick pouliyo'keaney. 121 00:05:58.680 --> 00:05:59.240 Thank you, Nick. 122 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:02.879 It's fy O seven on your Wednesday morning wake up call. 123 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:07.560 Let's say good morning to ABC's Geordana Miller. So, Jordana, 124 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:10.439 we're hearing that the Israel Tamas cease fire deal that 125 00:06:10.800 --> 00:06:14.879 we thought was getting closer to getting agreed upon. 126 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:16.480 Is on the verge of collapse. 127 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:20.240 Well, let's hope not. 128 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:25.759 I think there's still a lot of fevers soslomacy to 129 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:29.720 make sure that that second summit in Cairo happened. 130 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:30.639 In a few days. 131 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:35.360 But it's clear that Prince yerd Anton's Lincoln maybe didn't 132 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:38.360 link the headway he was hoping to on his ninth 133 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:42.399 visit here to the region of the war broke out. 134 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:44.959 He didn't have a day meeting with his early yds, 135 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:49.000 and we heard from him that the companistters supported the 136 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:51.319 US bridging proposal for the seat fire. 137 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:55.199 And then the next day Natamielle. 138 00:06:54.759 --> 00:07:01.399 Reportedly told some believed families behind closed doors that Israel 139 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:05.199 will not leave two key areas in the gout strips, 140 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:08.439 that he wants to keep the IVF in these areas. 141 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:11.959 One is along the Egyptian border, and that, of course, 142 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:17.279 you know, contradicts the US proposal. And then Lincoln went 143 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:21.160 onto Egypty's cutter. It's unclear for me any headway there 144 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:22.839 getting him off back to the table. 145 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:26.839 While hasn't really uh endorsed. 146 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:29.639 The US Prijing proposal, they criticized it. They stopped sort 147 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:32.879 of objecting it, but it's kind of unclear where they stand, 148 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:35.839 and it's believe in attending of the round of talk. 149 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:39.399 So I think there's a question mark here, you know, 150 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:41.600 going forward, you know what's next. 151 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:46.680 Yeah, and Jordan, I think it's interesting that the US 152 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:49.120 keeps saying, Oh, we've got to make a deal, we've 153 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:51.199 got to get it done, and we're really really close, 154 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:53.959 and we've got a lot of hope, and they keep 155 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:58.480 saying that, But then we keep hearing from Israel, no, 156 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:00.959 we're not moving off of that, like you just said, 157 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:04.720 and we hear from Hamas, no, we're not backing down either. 158 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:07.920 So I mean, is the US just blowing smoke? 159 00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:14.160 Well, I think there's a genuine intention to trying to 160 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:18.399 buy an administration and the sectary of state to get 161 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:21.839 a deal that will end the war, bring the hostages 162 00:08:21.879 --> 00:08:25.879 out and begin the process of rebuilding Daza and shifting 163 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:29.680 the leadership of Daza, you know, away from Hamas to 164 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:34.919 a new Palestinian governing authority. I think the intention is pure, 165 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:40.799 but the problem is that there are really political considerations 166 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:44.000 on both sides that are preventing their coming out. And 167 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:47.000 the head of Hamak yet because you are from cutting 168 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:49.559 a deal, right, yes, or doesn't want to give up 169 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:52.279 control of the Gaza stress to survive. He wants to 170 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:56.440 stay in charge and this deal ultimately pass him out, right, 171 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:00.279 he doesn't want that. You know, he has a little 172 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:04.080 bit more pressure because there's two million people that are suffering, 173 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:08.159 and largely because of his decision to start a war 174 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:11.879 that uh, you know, most people there don't want. On 175 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:15.080 the other side, the TEU, you know, to sign a deal, 176 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:19.120 it's gonna really rock his coalition, likely bring it down 177 00:09:19.960 --> 00:09:22.799 and push the Tonneau out of power. Even if he 178 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:25.360 finds a solution to get the deal going. 179 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:27.080 After that, he brings in. 180 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:30.399 The opposition the little also you know, holding no confidence 181 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:32.240 vote and he'll be on his way out the door. 182 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:38.159 So fortunately, you know, those considerations are trumping, if you will, 183 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:43.600 the other really urgent reasons to you know, end this war. 184 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:46.159 Yeah, so what's next? 185 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:49.639 They keep they hopefully keep talking in a couple of days. 186 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:52.960 Well, we're waiting to hear about. 187 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:56.639 The next uh, the next round of talks. He heard 188 00:09:57.000 --> 00:10:00.519 from an Egyptian Officially, Gasters say they believe three is 189 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:04.759 going to be another round of talks Friday Saturday this 190 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:07.279 weekend and that's supposed to be led by the CIA. 191 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:12.519 T still burns, you know, and the head of Raily 192 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:18.000 Fire Agency, the MAZA, so lets that they're still room 193 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:20.480 for those negotiations to happen. 194 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:24.159 Yeah, all right, we will be watching. Thank you for 195 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:26.080 the update, Jardana. We appreciate it a ton. 196 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:27.960 Thanks may talk. 197 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:30.240 All right, let's get back to some of the stories 198 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:32.240 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. And 199 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:35.039 early morning fire in North Hollywood is left two people 200 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:38.279 fighting for their lives. LA Fire says the fire started 201 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:41.399 around two thirty this morning on West Sarah Street. Two 202 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:44.080 people were able to get out. A sixty year old 203 00:10:44.159 --> 00:10:46.919 and a forty year old woman apparently were trapped inside 204 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:50.000 the two story home. Three cats died in the fire. 205 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:53.759 Firefighters were able to resuscitate and save a pet dog. 206 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:57.399 Three other people were also taken to the hospital. A 207 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:00.840 new online tool from a company in Redlands shows a 208 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:05.399 homeless proximity to a wildfire ignition point and whether embers 209 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:06.440 can reach the property. 210 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:09.360 I just didn't realize that the fire was going to 211 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:10.039 move that fast. 212 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:11.960 I thought I had more time. Jeeth. 213 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:14.120 Brian Phantasy says it's tough for him to hear such 214 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:17.039 comments from homeowners who thought defensible space was enough. 215 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:20.000 But absolute the hardening in some of these existing non 216 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:23.440 conforming buildings, you're going to have loss. 217 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:26.639 Ass Ryan Lanklass says homeowners can just enter an address 218 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:29.759 into their Free Wildland Urban Interface tool to prepare. 219 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:31.840 This is the first time I would say that families 220 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:34.159 can really start to explore their home type in their 221 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:36.000 address understand their exposure. 222 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:39.480 In Orange County, Corbin Carson kf I News. 223 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:43.120 A former Long Beach school safety officers pleaded no contest 224 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:46.559 to voluntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of an eighteen 225 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:49.080 year old woman killed in twenty twenty one near Milliken 226 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:53.320 High School. The former officer, Eddie Gonzalez, fired into the 227 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:56.720 car Mona Rodriguez was riding in following a fight outside 228 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:59.799 the school. A jury trial earlier this year ended with 229 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:04.759 a hungury. Gonzales ended entered a no contest plea yesterday 230 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:07.200 as part of a deal with prosecutors. He could get 231 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:09.720 up to six years in prison when he sentenced in October. 232 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:13.960 Russia says it has destroyed dozens of Ukrainian drones aimed 233 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:18.639 at Moscow overnight. Ukraine has targeted oil refineries and airfields 234 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:21.919 that passed couple of weeks. In an attempt to weaken 235 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:26.639 Russia's fighting potential, Russia's defense ministry has formed three military 236 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:30.000 groups to defend its border regions. ABC's Ian panel says 237 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:32.799 Ukraine appears close to cutting off a large number of 238 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:35.360 Russian troops trapped close to the Siam River. 239 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:38.240 One Ukrainian source telling AGENCYDS there were more than a 240 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:42.240 thousand Russian soldiers in the area, largely stranded after three 241 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:43.679 key bridges were destroyed. 242 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:47.159 Russian President Putin has promised to punish those he calls 243 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:54.399 the criminals responsible. Putin accused Ukraine of trying to destabilize Russia. 244 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:58.279 Gilma has become the second hurricane of the Eastern Pacific seas, 245 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:02.080 and forecasters say the dorm is expected to stay away 246 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:02.600 from land. 247 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:03.960 Well, that's good news. 248 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:07.399 Search and rescue divers are still looking for survivors of 249 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:10.240 a luxury yacht that sank over the weekend and waters 250 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:12.720 off the coast of Sicily. ABC's James Longman says one 251 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:15.759 body's been recovered so far. Six people are missing, including 252 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:16.799 two American New York. 253 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:20.679 Lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Nedda Jonathan Bloomer, chairman 254 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:23.840 at Morgan Stowley International, and his wife and the owner 255 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:26.720 of the yacht, British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 256 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:27.639 teenage daughter. 257 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:31.320 Fifteen people were pulled to safety by a nearby boat. 258 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:35.080 Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck after 259 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:38.279 two years of marriage. Lopez filed the papers in La yesterday, 260 00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:41.960 didn't use an attorney. The couple, known as Benefer, started 261 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:44.120 dating and got engaged the first time back in the 262 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:47.960 early two thousands. The couple split up, then reunited almost 263 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:51.120 twenty years later and got married in several ceremonies in 264 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:53.919 twenty twenty two. TMZ says Lopez listed the date of 265 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:57.559 separation as April twenty six. There was no mention of 266 00:13:57.600 --> 00:14:01.919 a prenup. Always sad to see a couple breakup. Dozens 267 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:05.480 of pro Palestinian protesters have charged a line of police 268 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:09.279 in a standoff with hundreds of officers outside the Israeli 269 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:12.519 Consulate on the second night of the Democratic National Convention 270 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:17.320 in Chicago. Protesters chanted let them go as police officers 271 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:19.879 handcuffed at least four people and led them away from 272 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:23.799 the demonstration. Republican lawmakers in California have called on Governor 273 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:27.519 Newsom to put an electric vehicle mandate on hold. A 274 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:31.039 day after an electric semi truck caught fire. The Teslas 275 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:34.399 Semi crashed into some trees and caused the closure of 276 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:37.840 Interstate eighty. As firefighters work to put out the super hot, 277 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:41.399 toxic fire. Newsom is mandated all big rig trucks be 278 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:44.360 electric by twenty forty five. The City of Los Angeles 279 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:46.759 has agreed to pay nearly twenty one million dollars to 280 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:50.440 fix issues at the Hyperion water Reclamation plant and complete 281 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:53.440 projects that are linked to the discharge of millions of 282 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:56.120 gallons of wastewater into Santa Monica Bay back in twenty 283 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:58.399 twenty one. At six oh five, it is handled. On 284 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:01.240 the news, Ukraine continues to put the bear unleashing a 285 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:04.519 drone attack on Moscow. Let's say good morning now to 286 00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:08.480 ABC's Mike Dubuski. So, Mike, this doesn't happen every day. 287 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:12.279 Google has issued an apology to whom and why. 288 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:16.440 To influencers and because of an email that was sent 289 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:21.000 out to those influencers last week after the launch of 290 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:24.799 the new Pixel nine smartphone. So normally, what happens in 291 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:28.639 a scenario like this is before the phones go on sale, 292 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:32.600 phone manufacturer will send out some like early units to 293 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:36.320 reviewers and to influencers, basically so those guys can get 294 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:39.279 their content in order, their reviews, their videos, what have 295 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:42.519 you to have ready to go out ahead of the 296 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:45.720 on sale date so that buyers can make presumably an 297 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:49.120 informed purchase if they're looking for a new smartphone. This 298 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:51.639 is how the industry works. It's how it's always worked. 299 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:56.799 Everybody does this. However, with regard to this most recent 300 00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:59.039 email that was sent out again to a team of 301 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:03.559 influencers they go by Team Pixel, this has caused some 302 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:07.120 consternation based specifically on the language of this email. So 303 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:09.320 the email was obtained by the Verge and what we 304 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:13.440 found was that Google threatened to cease the relationship between 305 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:16.480 the brand and the creator if that creator was found 306 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:19.840 to be preferring another phone over Google. So essentially what 307 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:21.720 Google was saying was, if you guys are going to 308 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:25.200 do a comparison test here, the pixel better win. Otherwise 309 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:27.639 we're not going to give you any more pixels ahead 310 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:30.879 of time. This obviously created a lot of backlash in 311 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:34.240 the group with some high profile influencers, with millions of 312 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:38.000 followers leaving the Team Pixel program, and as you mentioned, 313 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:41.320 it did prompt Google to apologize, saying that the language 314 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:45.440 missed the mark. They also said that they don't specifically 315 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:48.480 run Team Pixel. It's a third party PR agency that 316 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:51.399 they have a relationship with that does that. But even still, 317 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:54.399 amy it's brought up all these questions about what an 318 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:58.000 influencer's role is. Are they a journalist who you know, 319 00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:00.879 adheres to a set of standards, or are they something 320 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:03.720 more akin to a paid advertiser. It seems like they've 321 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:06.400 really found themselves in the middle, and that is kind 322 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:08.119 of what why this blew up. 323 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:09.279 Okay, so I have a question. 324 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:11.799 So the influencers you said, they get phones and that 325 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:13.720 kind of stuff, and we know that that all goes 326 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:16.119 on that. Then you want to get enough followers so 327 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:19.000 that people will start sending you products and you can 328 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:22.640 endorse them or test them whatever. But other than that, 329 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:24.759 the influencers are not getting paid. 330 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:25.440 Is that correct? 331 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:29.480 No, that that's correct. So this particular group of influencers, 332 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:32.440 you know again they are are part of this Team 333 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:35.640 Pixel team, which means that a lot of their content 334 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:38.160 has the hashtag team pixel on it. So that kind 335 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:42.319 of is a point in the paid advertiser you know category, 336 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:44.839 But are they specifically getting a paycheck from Google? No, 337 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:48.039 it does not appear. So so that's that's, you know, 338 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:50.920 another piece of this, and I think this is important 339 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:54.279 for consumers to be aware of because again, if you're 340 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:56.680 you know, spending a couple hundred dollars, if not more 341 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:59.000 than one thousand dollars on a new smartphone, which is 342 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:01.720 what these new pixels can go for, then you know, 343 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:04.319 you want to make sure that you're making the right decision. 344 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:05.799 And how do you do that while you go to 345 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:09.160 trusted experts and these influencers. You know, some of them 346 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:11.759 are really great, right, Some of them are informed about 347 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:14.000 this and knowledgeable about the space and can give you 348 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:17.720 some good advice. Others might be tempted away by just 349 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:20.920 the access to this interesting new technology. And I think 350 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:24.920 that's an increasingly hazy line that is out there, that 351 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:27.640 that is just you know, another challenge for consumers in 352 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.039 the space. 353 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:30.000 Well, I'm always worried about it because you see, you 354 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:32.559 see the influencers doing stuff all the time. Every time 355 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:35.279 you open up your social media and they're like, oh 356 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:36.279 I love this, I love this. 357 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:38.720 I'm like, do you really do you really? And I 358 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.680 can't you know, you. 359 00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:43.319 Don't really know because it's no consumer reports, you. 360 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:46.599 Know, exactly right. But then again, I mean you see 361 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:49.519 that you know, some of these influencers you know, have 362 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:53.240 millions of followers, a lot more prominent than Consumer reports. Right, 363 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:56.440 what is the easier piece of content, piece of information 364 00:18:56.480 --> 00:19:00.640 to access? Is it, you know, a video on TikTok 365 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:03.279 or is it you know, the hard copy of consumer reports? 366 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:04.680 So all chances are a lot of people are going 367 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:07.640 to go to TikTok first, So that that that's a 368 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:10.400 part of this as well. I think also from the 369 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:13.839 influencer's perspective, it's a challenge because you know, if you're 370 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:16.599 trying to garner a following, if you're trying to build 371 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:20.599 your your base of supporters, well, it pays to have 372 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:24.039 access to this technology early and to make content about it. 373 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:26.160 This is an easy way to get in there, right, 374 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:29.200 team pixel where you're kind of expected to post, you know, 375 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:33.680 somewhat positively about the brand or about the company. You know, 376 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:36.200 that gets you in the door, right, It gets a 377 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:39.279 foot in the door. But after a certain point, you know, 378 00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:42.680 where does it become just your your shilling for one 379 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:46.319 specific company over another as opposed to, you know, actually 380 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:48.759 doing some objective journalism, which again I want to emphasize, 381 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:50.400 like some of these guys are really good at this. 382 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:53.839 You know, Marquez Brownlee is a YouTuber, very prominent, one 383 00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:57.160 of the most followed YouTubers out there, you know, is 384 00:19:57.400 --> 00:20:00.440 very respected in the technology world. And you know, for 385 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:02.200 his part, not a part of Team Pixel, not a 386 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:04.880 part of this at all. But you know, he's can 387 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:08.440 be described as an influencer. He's not doesn't align himself 388 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:10.240 with n Gadget or The Verge or any of the 389 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:13.400 other outlets that are out there, but many people follow 390 00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:16.160 his technology advice because he is a you know, smart 391 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:17.759 guy with regards to that type of thing. 392 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:19.799 So so Google back off. 393 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:23.440 It's it's a tough scenario, right yeah. I Ultimately, Google 394 00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:25.200 back off seems to be the message that a lot 395 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:27.880 of these influencers are sending to Google, and of course 396 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:29.839 it's a mark against them in the lead up to 397 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:33.000 this very prominent product, right this is kind of a 398 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:35.400 you know, major piece of hardware for Google. The Pixel 399 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:39.319 line really centers around the smartphone, despite the fact that 400 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:41.960 they make earbuds and watches and all this type of thing. 401 00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:45.519