WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:04.120 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:08.480 with Me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:10.119 --> 00:00:14.160 KFI han KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:19.800 Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, go Day. 5 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:26.760 Ooh, it's time for your morning wake up call. 6 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:33.600 Halloween's boots outside my window, Halloweens boots Filogy. 7 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:36.039 Where's that? 8 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:40.880 It's five o'clock. This is your wake up call for Tuesday, 9 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:46.119 October twenty ninth, just two days from Halloween. I'm Amy King, 10 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:50.399 Good morning. Can you taste it? A World Series win? 11 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:54.880 Just one game away for the Dodgers? What a game 12 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:57.799 last night? Wasn't that fun? I mean not if you're 13 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:02.359 a Yankees fan, but if you're a Dodge that was 14 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.359 a fun game. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. 15 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:08.840 Attorney Mark Gergo says he's going to be seeking to 16 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:12.359 recall the Menendez brothers murder convictions if they are re 17 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:17.200 sentenced as recommended by La County DA George Gascon. Garrigo 18 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:21.359 says he would ask for the lesser charge of involuntary 19 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:24.640 manslaughter for Lyle and Eric Menendez, who murdered their parents 20 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:28.159 in their Beverly Hills mansion in nineteen eighty nine. Vice 21 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:31.719 President Kamala Harris will be speaking at the Ellipse in Washington, 22 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:34.280 d C. Today to deliver what her campaign calls her 23 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:38.519 closing arguments. She's speaking in the same spot we're former 24 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.680 President Trump's book on January sixth, just ahead of the 25 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:44.760 Capitol Riot and with the election a week away. We 26 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:48.280 were going to be talking with ABC's Josh Morgoldian about 27 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:50.560 why the Department of Homeland Security is putting out a 28 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:53.239 warning that's coming up a little bit later, I believe. 29 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:58.359 At five twenty Freddie Freeman on fire. The Dodgers first 30 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:00.840 baseman hit a two run shot in the first inning 31 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:03.400 of Game four last night, giving the Dodgers a lead 32 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:06.799 they never lost. Freeman has now homered in all three 33 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:10.719 World Series games this season. The Dodgers one last night, 34 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:13.080 four to two. They're leading the series three games to one. 35 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:17.400 Game four, nope, three games to none. Game four is 36 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:20.199 tonight in New York, coming up at the bottom of 37 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:23.080 the hour. We've always heard the way to a man's 38 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:25.000 heart is through his stomach, but maybe we should be 39 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:28.319 saying the way to a man's brain is through his stomach. 40 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:30.520 We're gonna be talking with the author of Heal Your 41 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:33.800 Gut and Save Your Brain. Really interesting stuff, and before 42 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:35.120 the end of the show, we're going to be checking 43 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:37.479 in with the host of How To Money on CAFI, 44 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:41.319 Joel Larsgard, about the cost of a college degree and 45 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:45.719 from a financial standpoint, whether everyone really needs one. Let's 46 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:47.280 get started with some of the stories coming out of 47 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:51.639 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts 48 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:54.879 credits the team's pitching rotation for the Dodgers three to 49 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:58.680 nothing lead in the World Series. LA beat the Yankees 50 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:01.919 four to two last night, Game three. The Yankees didn't 51 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:04.800 get any runs until the ninth inning. The Dodgers got 52 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:06.919 an early lead thanks to a two run homer from 53 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:10.919 Freddie Freeman, and pitcher Walker Buehler allowed just two hits 54 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:13.960 with two walks and five strikeouts in five innings. Robert 55 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:16.400 says the team needs to stay focused. 56 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:19.520 Now, stay urgent, and there's just got to be urgency. 57 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:21.599 I just don't want to let these guys up for air. 58 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:25.719 Game four of the series, of course, tonight in New York, 59 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:29.919 first pitch goes out at five eight. Dodgers fans in 60 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.439 East LA have again taken to the streets to celebrate 61 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:35.840 the team's win against New York. Crowds near Olympic and 62 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:39.919 Atlantic Boulevards were seen dancing on the sidewalks and crosswalks 63 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:43.800 last night, many waving Dodgers flags as well as brooms 64 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:46.840 and hopes of a four game sweep. Several cars were 65 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:50.240 also seen doing donuts in the intersection. La Keunty Sheriff's 66 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:53.599 deputies and CHP officers blocked several intersections in the area. 67 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:58.240 Nobody was hurt, and La County LA City Council committee 68 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:01.080 is set to consider Mayor Bass's nominee to be the 69 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:05.120 next LAPD chief. Bass announced her choice a former La 70 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:08.280 County sheriff to McDonald earlier this month to replace Michael Moore, 71 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:11.919 who retired in February. Council members will have the chance 72 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:14.960 to question McDonald this afternoon about how he plans to 73 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:19.560 lead the country's third largest police department. The California Air 74 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:21.839 Resources Board is set told a vote that could spike 75 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:24.560 gas prices despite some opposition. 76 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:26.240 The board is set to vote next month on changes 77 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:29.879 to a program meant to promote cleaner fuels. Republican Congressman 78 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:34.040 Kevin Kylie says Californians are already getting crushed by fuel prices. 79 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:35.240 We are about a dollar. 80 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:37.959 Fifty above the national average for the highest in the 81 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:40.879 country by along shot. We paid the highest gas tax 82 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:43.600 in the country almost sixty cents. Kylie Co signed a 83 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:46.600 letter with his Republican House colleagues from California last week 84 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:49.240 urging the board to delay the vote and study costs. 85 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:52.600 Officials for CARBS say they're legally required to make changes 86 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:54.800 to the program by the end of the year. Blake 87 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:56.160 Trolly k if I News. 88 00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:59.839 Last year, KARM estimated the changes could add up to 89 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:03.519 forty seven cents per gallon, but then walk that number 90 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:06.680 back after it decided to make changes to the proposal. 91 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:10.959 The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy estimates the impact could 92 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:14.600 mean an extra sixty five cents per gallon in twenty 93 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:18.399 twenty five. Great signs have been posted up and down 94 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:22.480 Hollywood Boulevard, the Sunset Strip, and other areas ahead of 95 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:26.240 Halloween celebrations warning of up to six months in jail 96 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:28.920 and a fine of up to one thousand dollars if 97 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:33.959 you use silly string on Al Hallow's Eve. Silly string 98 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:37.639 can cost thousands of dollars to cars, businesses, and even 99 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:40.720 starts on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. So it's banned. 100 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.519 It's five oh six on your Tuesday morning wake up call. 101 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:47.319 Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. 102 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:47.839 So Jim. 103 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:52.079 A couple weeks ago, we talked about Robert Roberson, whose 104 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:58.519 execution in Texan, Texas was paused. Yes, because shaken baby 105 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:02.160 syndrome has been disc credited as a cause of death, 106 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:04.399 at least that's part of it, and they wanted him 107 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:06.439 to testify about that. 108 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:10.160 Correct, Okay, testify before at Texas House committee, not a 109 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:13.879 judicial committee, not a court, but the Texas House Committee. 110 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:17.279 The Texas Supreme Court said, okay, we're going to go 111 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:20.439 ahead and let him testify before that that House committee. 112 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:24.399 He didn't testify at all because the Texas Attorney General 113 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:26.879 stepped in and said, no, no, no, don't. We don't want 114 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:29.199 him there in person. We don't want him at the 115 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:31.480 capitol in person, because it's too big a hasshole to 116 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:35.199 get him from death row to Austin and to the capital. 117 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:37.959 And so he ended up not testifying at all. 118 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:40.839 But because they wouldn't do it by a video or 119 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:41.480 anything like that. 120 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:45.240 Right, they felt that I mean he's autistic. Robert's autistic. 121 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:47.079 He spends twenty three and a half hours a day 122 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:49.800 by himself. Then he doesn't do well, you know, you're 123 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:52.600 trying to communicate with other people, especially into talking into 124 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:55.439 a camera and with a speaker there. So he didn't testify. 125 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:58.079 But the gold case is now in limbo. I mean, 126 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:01.920 it's just sitting there. No new execution date has been set. 127 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:04.879 That won't happen until January, if it happens at all. 128 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:09.040 But it's all led to kind of some infighting in 129 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:13.120 Robertson's own family, right. The little girl who died is 130 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:15.759 go back to two thousand and two. That's when little 131 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:18.040 Nikki Curtis, who was two years old at the time, 132 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:19.959 was taken to the hospital. Her father took her to 133 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:22.800 the hospital. He had sole custody. Ever, by the way, 134 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:25.560 I figured that out since then, but he had sole custody. 135 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:28.199 Custody had been taken away from the mother. Roberson was 136 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:30.759 caring for the child. She had been to the hospital 137 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:33.600 dozens of times, doctor and hospital dozens of times in 138 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:38.839 her short life. That last time she died in the hospital, doctors, nurses, 139 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:42.240 and eventually the police suspected it was shaking baby syndrome, 140 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:45.920 that Robertson had shaken the baby. He denied it, but 141 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:50.519 was convicted and put on death row, as you know, Amy. 142 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:53.959 Then in twenty thirteen, Texas passed something called the Junk 143 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.319 Science Law, which allowed people who had been convicted of 144 00:07:56.360 --> 00:08:01.240 things like shaking baby syndrome to peel. And many people 145 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:03.000 have been exonerated on that, not Robertson. 146 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:07.399 So here's a question for you, still going back to that. 147 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:11.879 If shaken baby syndrome is not an actual thing, right, 148 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:15.680 you said, it's been debunded as a legal basis. Okay, 149 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:17.839 what did the child die of? 150 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:23.279 Ah? These the supporters of Robert Robertson say that because 151 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:25.240 she'd been in the hospital so many times before this, 152 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:28.600 it could have been pneumonia, it could have been encephalitis. 153 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:32.639 There were some other things that may have caused her death, 154 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:37.320 might have you know, led her to die. The brother though, 155 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:40.039 of that kid, of that baby, now he's an adult, 156 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:42.919 all these years later. That was that was twenty two 157 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:48.879 years ago. The kid's brother, Nikki's aunt, the grandfather. They're saying, look, 158 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:51.480 there are other things that contributed to this death. That 159 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:55.039 and we think Robert Robertson was responsible. We still want 160 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:59.600 him to die for this crime. Robertson's own brother, yesterday 161 00:08:59.639 --> 00:09:03.080 to Robertson, came to his defense and issued an open 162 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:05.080 letter of his own saying, my brother didn't do this. 163 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:07.200 He couldn't have heard that child, his own daughter. And 164 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:12.159 you can tell this. I mean, it's it's all leading 165 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:16.039 to this infighting. The case is still has no resolution. 166 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:22.759 Okay, so but in reality what they're saying doesn't really 167 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:29.159 matter because he's been convicted, the execution is only paused. 168 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:35.360 Or could this lead to them reopening the case. 169 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:39.879 They could the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals could take 170 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:43.200 up the case again, and Robertson's attorneys are pushing for that. 171 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:47.000 They want that the appeals court to take it up. 172 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:52.360 But that could be affected by what happens next week 173 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:56.399 in the election. Here in Texas, justice and judges are elected. 174 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:59.000 It's a partisan election. I don't know about California, but 175 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:03.200 judges are up for election based on party. And so 176 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:06.279 three of the eight judges on the Court of Criminal 177 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:11.919 Appeals are up for reelection next week, and so depending 178 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:15.480 upon what happens with them, they're all three Republicans. Those 179 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:18.200 three had all voted to continue the execution to go 180 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:23.320 ahead with the executioner of Robertson, so that if those 181 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:27.879 seats change, if the if the court suddenly becomes more 182 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:31.399 conservative or more liberal, less conservative, I guess he'd say 183 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:35.519 here in Texas, that could affect how that court hears 184 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:40.240 Robertson's appeals. Right, So it could be that the election 185 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:44.639 next week helps to decide whether Robert Robertson lives or dies. 186 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:50.080 Wow, it's just everything is so complicated, you know, it's 187 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:52.399 just crazy, and we're thankful that we have you there 188 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:54.799 to help us take things out. 189 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:57.159 Yeah, I've filled up my brain with all that stuff. 190 00:10:57.279 --> 00:10:59.200 All right, Jim Ryan, thank you so much for the info. 191 00:10:59.279 --> 00:10:59.960 We'll talk to you soon. 192 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:00.919 THEA. 193 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:02.639 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 194 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:04.559 of the KFI twenty four hour news from two more 195 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:08.240 sexual assault allegations have been made against hip hop mogul 196 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:12.480 Sean Combs. ABC's Chuck Sievertson says. In one of the 197 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:16.480 lawsuits filed yesterday, Colmbs is accused of drugging and sexually 198 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:18.639 assaulting a ten year old boy in two thousand and 199 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:20.279 five at a hotel in New York City. 200 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:23.879 The second lawsuit accuses Combs of similarly assaulting a seventeen 201 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:26.919 year old would be contestant on the reality TV series 202 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:28.679 Making the Band in twenty oh eight. 203 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:33.080 Steverson says Combs's lawyers deny the claims, as they have 204 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:36.080 others in a wave of lawsuits alleging sexual assault at 205 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:39.440 parties and meetings over two decades. An actor who was 206 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:41.879 involved in the January sixth attack on the US Capitol 207 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:44.840 has been sentenced to a year in federal prison. Jay 208 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:47.720 Johnston pleaded guilty in July to a felony count of 209 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:51.720 civil disorder. He was fired from the animated Fox TV 210 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:56.200 series Bob's Burgers after his involvement in January sixth. Surface 211 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:59.960 A person has been killed in a suspected wrong way 212 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:02.679 crash on the four h five in Carson. Another person 213 00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:06.000 is in critical condition. The CHP was called last night 214 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:08.720 about four or five cars involved in a crash in 215 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:12.360 the southbound lanes near Avalon Boulevard. The person killed died 216 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:15.600 at the scene. The Pentagon says it now has evidence 217 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:19.000 that roughly ten thousand North Korean troops are training inside 218 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:22.000 Russia and likely headed to the border with Ukraine. 219 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:24.759 The US says if the North Koreans do enter the war, 220 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:27.200 they'll be considered fair gaming combats. 221 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:30.279 This could mark a dangerous escalation in this conflict. 222 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:34.600 ABCC in Panels's President Biden says, it's a very dangerous situation. 223 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:39.240 A protected bike bike path in North Hollywood has received 224 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:41.679 six hundred and fifty thousand dollars in federal funding. 225 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:44.200 The Chandler Boulevard bike path is now closer to completion 226 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:47.840 because of those federal funds. Congressman Toni Kardna says extending 227 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:50.879 the protected path to the longer twenty mile g Line path, 228 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:53.799 which travels to Chatsworth will open up opportunities for more 229 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:54.879 people to choose bikes. 230 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:57.159 We're going to be able to connect it end to end. 231 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:00.919 It'll be continuous, safe for the family, leaves for the children, 232 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.559 for people to go to work, or people to just recreate. 233 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:06.440 Gardner says the car culture of the San Fernando Valley 234 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:09.039 is changing and that projects like this help to ease 235 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:11.960 traffic and to protect the environment in North Hollywood. 236 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:15.759 Michael Monks KFI News. A rare dime that has been 237 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:17.919 kept in a bank vault for more than forty years 238 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:21.639 has sold at auction for five hundred and six thousand dollars. 239 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:26.519 The dime is just one of two known to exist 240 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:29.480 that were minted in San Francisco in nineteen seventy five 241 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:33.360 without the s mint mark on it. Three sisters from 242 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:36.759 Ohio inherited the dime after the death of their brother. 243 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:41.080 You might have heard about this the International Space Station. 244 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:46.320 There's some issues brewing up there where our friend Colonel 245 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:51.240 Nick Haig is currently residing. Astronauts have been told to 246 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:55.039 prepare for an urgent evacuation because of growing safety concerns. 247 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:58.559 Nasen it's Russian counterpart of it, tracking fifty so called 248 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:02.840 areas of concern related to a growing air leak aboard 249 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:05.799 the station. NASA says the leak is on the Russian 250 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:08.159 side of the space station and it is a top 251 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:12.080 safety risk. Officials also say they've been aware there's been 252 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:15.200 an issue since twenty nineteen, but the exact source of 253 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:18.399 the leak is still unknown. I'd asked a friend of 254 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:22.080 ours over at Space Force if they had any information 255 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:26.320 about that, and he sent me another article basically saying that, yes, 256 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:32.480 this has been going on. Yeah, they're probably pretty safe. 257 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:36.840 They have reduced the leak that had like the air 258 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:39.399 was leaking out a little bit faster, starting in I 259 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:44.080 think February. They they're making some efforts in reducing the leaks, 260 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:46.120 but there is still a little bit of air kind 261 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:50.480 of seeping out. And what it reminded me of is 262 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:53.519 the conversations that we've had with Colonel Haig. If you've 263 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:55.120 listened to like a wake up call, you may have 264 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:57.279 heard it when we were talking about how they're always 265 00:14:57.320 --> 00:15:01.240 planning for things to fail and they're so good at that, 266 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:03.559 like they go, Okay, this is what's going on, Okay, 267 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:05.600 how is that going to go wrong? And then they 268 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:10.240 plan for it and have contingencies for it. So again, 269 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:13.720 not that I'm an International Space Station expert, because I've 270 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:16.759 had a couple of conversations with an astronaut, but I 271 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:21.720 have a lot of confidence that the astronauts up on 272 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:26.519 the space station know what they're doing, know what they're 273 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:29.559 going to do if there is an emergency, and are 274 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:32.639 planning for it. So of course we continue to hope 275 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:34.960 and pray that they are safe and having a great time. 276 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:37.919 It sure looks like Colonel Haig was having a great 277 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:39.960 time when we got to talk to him on the 278 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:45.080 International Space Station. But they're taking care of it. They're 279 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:47.440 aware of it, and again this is it came out 280 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:50.639 in the Daily Mail and it was very alarming. But 281 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:53.759 I think that if you read longer and further in 282 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:58.120 and go beyond the headlines, it's not maybe as severe 283 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:02.399 as you're led to believe. If you just read the headlines. Again, 284 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:04.480 they know what's going on. It's been going on for 285 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:07.080 a while, and they're trying to figure it out. And 286 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:11.120 I think that they're highly qualified and really smart people 287 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.919 up there floating around in space. So we'll keep you 288 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:18.200 posted as more information more information comes out about this, 289 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:21.519 but for now, of course, Colonel Nickay, hope you're safe. 290 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:24.799 Of course you will be. Some people who live in 291 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:27.840 Rancho Palace Verdes are going to be offered a voluntary 292 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:31.159 buy out for their property, which has been shifting from 293 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:35.200 ongoing land movement. State and city leaders say the program's 294 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:38.279 going to offer fair market value to owners whose homes 295 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:41.600 are damaged or threatened. The forty two million dollars in 296 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:44.679 funding will come from FEMA and the California Governor's Office 297 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:48.639 of Emergency Services. Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon has been 298 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:52.360 released from prison. Bannon has served his four month prison 299 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:55.240 term on two counts of contempt of Congress for failing 300 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:58.320 to comply with his subpoena related to the January sixth 301 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:02.279 Capitol riot, and has already scheduled a press conference for 302 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:05.400 later today. The Washington Post has reportedly lost more than 303 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:08.960 two hundred thousand subscribers following a decision not to endorse 304 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:13.960 a candidate in the presidential race, specifically Vice President Kamala Harris. 305 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:16.880 The post, owned by Jeff Bezos, has more than two 306 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:20.160 and a half million subscribers. It's the third largest circulation 307 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:26.440 in the US. Let's say good morning to ABC's Josh Margolian, 308 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:31.440 who is a chief investigative reporter for ABC. So, Josh, 309 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:35.519 election Day is thankfully now just a week away, and 310 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:38.440 the Department of Homeland securities worried. What are they worried about? 311 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:44.319 Worried about political violence. They're worried that poll workers or 312 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:50.000 election officials or infrastructure locations like drop boxes or polling 313 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:53.839 places could be subjected to violence. And they have put 314 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:57.279 this They've been saying it privately to law enforcement for months, 315 00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:59.799 saying it privately to us, and they have finally just 316 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:04.079 tore and the vandaid off. They We obtained internal intelligence 317 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:07.440 documents yesterday saying that they are concerned about it. They're 318 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:10.680 concerned about quote unquote incitements that political leaders or other 319 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:14.960 public figures are pushing messages that could be leading people 320 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:17.640 that are following to take action into their own hands 321 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:21.440 and do something potentially dangerous. And we saw up in 322 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:25.920 Washington State and Oregon over the weekend that two ballot 323 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:31.039 dropboxes were firebombed and some ballots were actually lost. 324 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:34.480 Okay, I wanted to ask you about that. So it 325 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:36.759 was one was in Portland and one was across the 326 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:40.640 river in Vancouver, and right the one in Portland, like 327 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:44.039 three ballots burned, but in Vancouver it was like hundreds 328 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:44.920 of ballots, right. 329 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:48.200 I think the final total was four hundred and nine. Now, 330 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:52.279 fortunately it was just one day, right, So they they 331 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:57.039 announced they've put out the hours when the ballots were collected, 332 00:18:57.079 --> 00:18:59.240 so they're telling people like you and me, if you 333 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:02.359 were out there you had dropped your ballot off during 334 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:05.319 these hours on this day, please contact us. And we 335 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:08.759 know that mail in and drop off ballots have tracking 336 00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:13.279 devices on the outside envelope, not not the secret ballot part, 337 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:16.039 but the outside, so they have barcodes, they have signatures, 338 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:18.279 so you can call and say hey, I'm Josh I 339 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:22.039 live at this address. Was my ballot destroyed? Do you 340 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:23.720 still have it? And they might say, oh, we don't 341 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:25.039 have it. It must be one of them. We'll give you 342 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:26.960 a new ballot, or oh, we have your ballot. Don't 343 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:28.880 worry about it. It's all done. It's done to make 344 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:32.839 sure that there's not double voting. So they're doing that. 345 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:35.319 It's I think the total number was four hundred and nine. 346 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:36.599 It's it. 347 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:39.559 First of all, any ballot lost is bad and nobody 348 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:42.240 wants to see that. But the bigger issue for law 349 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:45.640 enforcement is what this portends about what's to come. 350 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:52.000 Okay, So, and did they give any specific warnings about 351 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:53.720 what may be portending. 352 00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:58.000 Yeah, absolutely, they they're saying that people need to be 353 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:00.279 be concerned about. So they are saying, for inst it's 354 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:02.920 with the ballot drop boxes. If you're in a jurisdiction 355 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:05.799 where you can vote by mail and do a drop off, 356 00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:07.519 and you want to drop it off, you should drop 357 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:11.400 off during daylight hours, during business hours. They are upping 358 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:15.920 their collections so that way, in case anything happens, there 359 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:18.279 are fewer ballots that might get damaged. They're going to 360 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:21.640 up their surveillance and security of these locations. You know 361 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:25.200 there already are security. Like a drop box in my 362 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:28.839 community is at town hall, so there's already security over there. 363 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:31.640 They're going to up camera coverage for things like that. 364 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:34.400 We already know that in the drop boxes that were damaged, 365 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:37.200 there were fire suppression systems. Obviously, the one in Portland 366 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:40.240 worked very very well. The one in Vancouver not so much. 367 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:42.640 But they're going to do that. They are taking measures, 368 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:45.559 But the biggest thing is they want the public now 369 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:48.759 to be aware that there's danger out there potentially, and 370 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:53.519 there's danger because people are being pushed and incited to 371 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:57.160 act out, and we have there are some small number 372 00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:59.559 of people in this country who want to act out 373 00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:02.200 and we'll commit violence irrespective of why. 374 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:08.480 And well, speaking of the why, are they saying what 375 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:12.200 is what? The why is like? Are they trying to 376 00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:19.559 interrupt the election process? Are they targeting certain one party 377 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.160 over the other? 378 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:24.400 I watch this stuff online all the time, and I 379 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:26.920 can tell you that there is a lot There are 380 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:29.200 a lot of people out there who say that they 381 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:33.000 are motivated because of the messaging that says the election 382 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:36.920 is rigged. But it's not exclusive to them, because there 383 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:38.799 are plenty people out there who are just anarchists who 384 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:42.240 want to just damage everything and everyone, And there are 385 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.960 a lot of people out there who just want to 386 00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:48.079 commit acts of violence. The FEDS are not recommending to 387 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:51.720 any one side, any one party to tamp down their rhetoric. 388 00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:56.079 They are saying that this environment has now created a 389 00:21:56.160 --> 00:22:00.319 situation where people who might want to commit violence are 390 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:03.359 now feeling, you know, that they have room to run, 391 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:03.960 so to speak. 392 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:10.319 Okay, interesting that they the people that they're warning against, 393 00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:13.640 the people who are weren't worried about a rigged election, 394 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:16.880 because you would think that those people would want people 395 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:21.640 to be able to actually vote. But whatever, I know 396 00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.559 that in La. 397 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:26.079 There's a lot of strange logic out there. Yeah, in 398 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:28.559 the corners of social media. I wouldn't recommend it to anybody. 399 00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:32.359 I just stay away. I know that in La County 400 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:36.200 we do have a track my Ballot feature that you 401 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:38.279