WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.160 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:08.439 with Me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:15.359 KFI had KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:20.559 They do something I hate most of all. Every who 5 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:25.120 down and who will live tall and the small stand 6 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:34.039 close togain with Chrispells. They stand hand in hand those 7 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:37.159 who will stop. Y. 8 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:48.640 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. 9 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:57.719 It's five o'clock on your wake up call. Good morning, 10 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:02.880 It's Tuesday, December seventeenth. I'm Amy King. Feel glad you're 11 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:07.480 getting your day started with us today. Eight sleeps until Christmas, 12 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:11.799 and quit giving me that look. She's not ready. She's 13 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:13.920 stressed out, and she says I trigger her every time 14 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:16.200 I say that. Hey, how about three quarters of a 15 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:20.359 billion dollars for Christmas? There's a Mega Millions drawing tonight. 16 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:25.680 It's worth seven hundred and forty million dollars. It's the 17 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:29.159 largest Mega Million's jackpot ever up for grabs in the 18 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:32.400 month of December. And if you don't want all of 19 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:34.200 that money, you could have about half of it. If 20 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:37.439 you take the cash. It's a three hundred and forty 21 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:39.040 three million dollars if you take it in a lump 22 00:01:39.079 --> 00:01:41.120 sum I gotta go buy my ticket, just one. It 23 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:44.079 only takes one. But instead of a Starbucks, I'm buying 24 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:47.879 lottery today. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. A student, 25 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:50.640 a teacher, and the fifteen year old shooter have been 26 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:53.400 killed in a shooting at a K through twelve Christian 27 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:57.760 school in Madison, Wisconsin. At least six others were hurt 28 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:00.719 in the shooting yesterday before noon. At the private Christian school. 29 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:03.680 Two students are in critical condition. Police say the shooter, 30 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:06.760 a student, shot and kill herself. We're going to find 31 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:09.159 out the latest on this with ABC's Jim Ryan. In 32 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:13.120 less than five minutes. President elect Trump says Mexico and 33 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:16.319 Canada are on notice over the border crisis. In his 34 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:20.120 first press conference since the election, Trump criticized the Biden 35 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:23.840 administration over reports that it is auctioning off pieces of 36 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:27.439 the border wall. ABC's Stephen Portnoy's going to join Wakeup 37 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:29.919 Call to tell us about everything the President elect got 38 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:32.360 into during that press conference yesterday at mar A Lago. 39 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:36.280 That's coming up at five twenty. A new red flag 40 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:38.960 warning's been issued for much of Ventura County and most 41 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:42.120 of western La County. Forty to sixty mile per hour 42 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:45.400 guests are expected from this afternoon through tomorrow evening at six. 43 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:49.039 The high winds and low humidity levels will increase fire danger, 44 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:52.560 creating conditions much like last week when the Malibu fire started. 45 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:55.520 Coming up at the bottom of the hour, a Christmas 46 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:58.479 miracle of sorts, the story of Susie the Stray Dog. 47 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:01.199 It's a great story and it's a great idea for 48 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:03.599 a Christmas present for your kids and grandkids. Again, that's 49 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:05.199 coming up at the bottom of the hour. And then 50 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:07.319 at five fifty Joel large Guard's going to tell us 51 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:09.319 whether you should run out and buy a car, not 52 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:13.599 because of Christmas, but because of what could happen after Christmas. 53 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:16.120 Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 54 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:18.680 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The La County 55 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:21.759 Department of Public Health has announced a new program to 56 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:25.280 help people with medical debt. The Undue Medical Debt Pilot 57 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:29.400 program is aimed at tackling the county's growing medical debt crisis. 58 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:33.199 Supervisor Janis Hans says one in ten people are burdened 59 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:35.719 by medical debt, and many of them are low income. 60 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:38.840 No one, she'd have to go into poverty to get 61 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:42.719 the health care they need, and yet that's exactly what's happening. 62 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:46.759 Medical debt is crushing families across our communities. 63 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:50.199 Hans says. Long standing medical debt is often sold on 64 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:53.080 the secondary market for cents on the dollar to collection 65 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:55.719 companies that do what they can to get people to pay. 66 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:58.439 She says La County is going to buy much of 67 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:01.879 that debt. The life of a doctor murdered in Woodland 68 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:03.599 Hills has been charged in his murder. 69 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:06.400 A hong Mereshoj allegedly planned the murder and hired a 70 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:09.599 hitman to carry it out. LA County DA Nathan Hawkman 71 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.800 says the killing of doctor Hamid Mershoj outside his office 72 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:14.400 in August was a betrayal. 73 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:17.639 The depth of this deceit and violence involved in this 74 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:21.759 case is chilling, and we will not rest until justice 75 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:22.319 is served. 76 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:24.839 A hong Mere show J and two men face murder 77 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:27.319 charges in the case, while a fourth woman has been 78 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:30.879 charged as an accessory for driving the alleged hitman. Michael 79 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:32.199 Monks KFI News. 80 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:36.120 The Chikita Canyon landfill in Castaic has been sued by 81 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:40.439 La County. The lawsuit claims the noxious odors and underground 82 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:45.079 smoldering reaction have negatively impacted nearby residents for too long. 83 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.279 County officials have said they want the court to grant 84 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:51.879 an injunction forcing the landfill to clean up, to relocate 85 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:56.120 neighbors until work is to complete, and to pay civil penalties. 86 00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:59.600 SpaceX is about to send some spy satellites into space 87 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:02.720 from off the coast of Santa Barbara County. Kfi's Daniel 88 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:04.759 Martin Dale says the launch is supposed to happen around 89 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:06.079 five twenty this morning. 90 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:08.759 The Falcon nine rocket will be carrying multiple satellites on 91 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:12.040 behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office. Because the government is 92 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:14.879 its client for this launch, SpaceX has not released any 93 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:16.439 other information about the payload. 94 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:20.439 SpaceX did say that following the stage separation, the first 95 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:24.800 stage will land on a platform in the Pacific Ocean. 96 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:28.879 Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. Now, Jim, 97 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:30.680 normally I love talking with you, but I hate that 98 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:34.600 we have to talk about this today. Nine days before Christmas, 99 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:36.680 a high school student walks into a school in Madison, 100 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:38.759 Wisconsin and open fires. 101 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:41.360 What do we know, Well, the abundant like Christian school 102 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:43.720 is where this happened to a school that has fewer 103 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:48.399 than four hundred students in Madison, Wisconsin. And yes, yesterday morning, 104 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:52.000 just before eleven o'clock, a student of fifteen year old student, 105 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:56.480 a girl, walked into class with a handgun. She opened 106 00:05:56.480 --> 00:06:00.360 fire in a class study in a study hall situation 107 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:03.519 with different grade levels there, shot a teacher to death, 108 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:06.920 wounded another teacher, shot a fellow student to death, wounded 109 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:13.120 critically wounded two other students before turning the gun on herself. So, yes, 110 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:15.759 the shooter is dead. The police were on the scene 111 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:19.079 within four minutes. This is a private Christian school and 112 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:22.879 so you don't have metal detectors or school resource officers 113 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:25.399 or the same sort of security that you would have 114 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:28.480 in a public school in Madison, Wisconsin. But police were 115 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:32.240 there very quickly. They found that the shooter was already down, 116 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:33.439 having shot herself. 117 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:38.759 Okay, we hear that her family has been talking with 118 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:42.279 and cooperating with police. Have they provided any kind of 119 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:43.199 insight that we know. 120 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:47.680 Of, not publicly, but you're right, I mean the family, 121 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:50.879 the parents were there at the home. The police showed 122 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:52.879 up within just a couple of hours of the shooting. 123 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:56.600 Began questioning them, and they are cooperating with the investigation. 124 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.079 A big question, of course, is why did this happen? 125 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:02.000 What was going through the child's mind when she carried 126 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:05.040 that gun into her own school. It's just done clear 127 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:09.079 at this point. The school is closed now and parents 128 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:13.560 are being offered counseling kids and staff members elsewhere. Last 129 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:16.240 night that there was a vigil there in Madison, Wisconsin 130 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:20.319 to bring people together to begin some kind of healing. 131 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:23.560 And I would imagine in the days and weeks to come, 132 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:26.439 we're going to start hearing more about this fifteen year 133 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:29.720 old girl. Fifteen years old and a girl. The only 134 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:32.519 other school shooting that I can recall where a girl 135 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:35.800 was involved was the one in Nashville that they were 136 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:38.079 very hush hush about it. We never really kind of 137 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:40.439 got a lot of information, even though we heard she 138 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:44.240 wrote some sort of a manifesto on this one. Do 139 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:47.319 we were there indications or is it just too soon 140 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:50.680 to tell whether there were posts on social media or 141 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:53.399 any kind of warning signs like we've seen with other shooters. 142 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:56.120 Well, yeah, there were some postings that have been attributed 143 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:59.639 to her by family, by other people, but not by investigators. Themselves. 144 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:01.959 Then you're right, A fifteen year old girl in twenty 145 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:05.000 twenty four has a pretty wide social media footprint, and 146 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:08.399 so there's a lot for investigators to go through. The 147 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:11.160 shooting last year in Nashville. I was out there covering. 148 00:08:10.959 --> 00:08:11.319 That, and. 149 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:17.639 The shooter was born female. The shooter had transitioned to male, 150 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:20.720 So in the record books that still goes down as 151 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:25.160 a male shooter inside that school. In forty years of 152 00:08:25.199 --> 00:08:28.879 covering school shootings, I don't recall ever being at the 153 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:31.920 scene where the shooter was female. 154 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:37.240 Yeah, And so it just again there's so many questions 155 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:41.360 on why she would do this, and was she targeting 156 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:44.480 somebody or a lot of people. 157 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:46.759 That's a great question. And it isn't clear whether the 158 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:50.679 teacher she shot or the classmate, if they were targets 159 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:52.799 of her shooting, or if it was just sort of 160 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:57.399 a random, you know, out pouring of violence against these people. 161 00:08:57.440 --> 00:09:01.399 And I mean, had the rights the social media writings 162 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:03.759 are to be believed, and if they are her writings, 163 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:06.519 then it appears she just went into that school knowing 164 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:09.759 it was her own school, and opened fire randomly. 165 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:12.919 And open fire randomly because if and this is I 166 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:14.639 don't know if you call it sexist or what you 167 00:09:14.679 --> 00:09:16.720 call it. But when I hear that it's a girl, 168 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:21.399 I think of like a romantic tie, whereas if it's 169 00:09:21.399 --> 00:09:23.639 a boy, I don't. I don't know why, you know, 170 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:27.320 my brain just kind of goes there. Doesn't appear that 171 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:29.360 that's it. But we will find out more in the 172 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:32.039 days and weeks to come. Jim Ryan, again, I hate 173 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:34.600 to have to talk to you about this. I hope 174 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:38.440 we can be talking about more maryon happy Christmasy stuff 175 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:42.360 sure later, but appreciate the information as always appreciate it. 176 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:44.240 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 177 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:46.679 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The fire that 178 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:49.200 has burned more than four thousand acres in Malibu is 179 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:53.840 now fifty six percent surrounded. Officials say fire activity remained 180 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:57.679 minimal yesterday, with smoldering and creeping and isolated areas within 181 00:09:57.759 --> 00:09:59.879 the perimeter of the fire, but they are keeping an 182 00:09:59.879 --> 00:10:02.480 ey I on the weather because Santa Ana wins are 183 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:06.000 coming back. CalFire says crews will continue to build and 184 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:09.720 strengthen their lines around the fire. A local assistant center 185 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:13.480 will open today at Malibu City Hall. A Border Patrol 186 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:16.080 agent has been killed in a helicopter crash near the 187 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:20.440 US Mexico border. The helicopter went down near Potrero yesterday morning. 188 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:22.960 CalFire says the pilot killed in the crash was the 189 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:26.360 only one on board. Communities in the Northeast are still 190 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:29.919 on edge because of apparent drone sightings. The Department of 191 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:32.600 Homeland Securities told New Jersey state officials that there's no 192 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:36.799 evidence to suggest any threat to national security or foreign involvement, 193 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:40.679 but also they don't know who's operating the drones. New 194 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:44.480 Jersey State Assemblyman Craig Kaflan says they need better answers. 195 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:47.360 That's another reason to make sure people have clear answers 196 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:51.159 so that there aren't wild theories being circulated on Internet 197 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:52.399 and other places. 198 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:56.559 He says there's nothing to worry about, and then saying 199 00:10:56.559 --> 00:11:00.440 they don't know who's flying the drones is inconsistent. The 200 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:04.080 State Department says negotiations to reach a ceasefire and hostage 201 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:07.399 release agreement between Israel and Hamas has been productive in 202 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:11.279 the last few days. Department spokesman Matthew Miller says both 203 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:14.639 sides agree on most points and it's up to Hamas 204 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:16.480 and Israel to close the deal. 205 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:21.240 We believe we can get to a deal, but again, 206 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:25.679 it remains incumbent on Hamas and Israel agreeing to those 207 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:27.519 final terms and getting it over the line. 208 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:30.919 He says, they've been down this road many times before, 209 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:32.879 so it's hard to be optimistic about it. 210 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:34.080 Robert F. 211 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:37.159 Kennedy, Junior has met with Republican senators who will be 212 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:40.200 key to his confirmation to lead the Department of Health 213 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:43.960 and Human Services. ABC's Mary Bruce says there are concerns 214 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:46.039 about some of Kennedy's views on health. 215 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:46.679 Robert F. 216 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:50.399 Kennedy basing fresh scrutiny amid reports his personal attorney, who 217 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:53.200 has been helping to interview candidates for top health jobs 218 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:58.000 in the Trump administration, petitioned the FDA to revoke multiple vaccines, 219 00:11:58.240 --> 00:11:59.799 including one for polio. 220 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:05.639 Republican leader Mitch McConnell, apolio survivor, says undermining public confidence 221 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:11.240 in proven cures is not just uninformed, it's dangerous. Popeye, 222 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:14.759 some Mickey Mouse cartoons and others are about to enter 223 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:15.720 the public domain. 224 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:19.039 The copyrights to intellectual properties from nineteen twenty nine expired 225 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:22.320 January first. They include Popeye's debut in The Thimble Theater 226 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:25.080 comic strip, and only that version, not the cartoons or 227 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:28.120 references to Spinach making him strong. A dozen Mickey Mouse 228 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:30.960 cartoons become PD, including the Carnival Kid, the first with 229 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:34.120 him speaking. Also the songs Ain't Misbehaving, Singing in the Rain, 230 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:36.480 and Tiptoe through the Tulips, but just the songs, not 231 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:39.600 the recordings, and the first Marx Brothers movie, The Coconuts. 232 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:42.600 Forget about money, don't think of it. Just forget about it, 233 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:45.679 because you will get it anyway. Mark Ronner, KFI. 234 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:49.120 News, Tiptoe through the Tulips. I love it. It is 235 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:53.120 five fourteen. Okay, you may have remembered that earlier we 236 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:56.519 had told you that a license plate had been issued 237 00:12:56.600 --> 00:13:01.200 in California that appeared to be making fun of the 238 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:05.519 October seventh attack in Israel by Hamas, And so the 239 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:11.279 DMV quickly pulled that license plate, apologized, and the license 240 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:18.879 plate said lol oct seven. So lol October seventh. Right, 241 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:24.679 So now there's a new twist in this one. The 242 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:28.360 license plate was on a Tesla cyber truck in Culver City. 243 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:32.559 That's where I was spotted. DMV officials meant it, you know, 244 00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:35.360 thought it meant laugh out loud and then October seventh, 245 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:40.240 But now the son of the cyber truck's owner says 246 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:45.120 the license plate is being misread and misinterpreted. He says 247 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:54.720 that lolo Lolo means grandfather in Tagalog, and that CT 248 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:59.720 is short for cyber truck, so grandfather's cyber truck, and 249 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:04.840 the represents the owner's seven grandchildren. 250 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:06.320 Soon. 251 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:10.120 That's sweet, right, So we'll see if the DMV lets 252 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:12.840 that one come back out or it sounds like, you know, 253 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:16.440 it could be easily misread, so maybe they won't let 254 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:21.399 it be reissued, but we shall see Grandpa's cyber truck. 255 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:25.840 The woman from Hawaii who was reported missing after she 256 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:29.519 missed a connecting flight at LAX last month has released 257 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:33.960 a statement. Hannah Kobayashi says she's okay and she's back 258 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:36.919 in the United States. She said she had no idea 259 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:39.399 of the massive search for her while she was in Mexico. 260 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:43.559 The LAPD closed its missing person case yesterday. The La 261 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:46.679 County Board of Supervisors is expected to declare a local 262 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:50.559 emergency today over the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey. 263 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:54.000 State regulators ordered the facility to close last week, but 264 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:56.480 it's still operating because there's nowhere else to house the 265 00:14:56.519 --> 00:15:00.519 two hundred and fifty juveniles. The Superior Court has formerly 266 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:04.960 dismissed California's lawsuit against Huntington Beach that challenged the city's 267 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:09.360 voter ID law. The voters approved the law. It requires 268 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:13.200 voters to show ID to vote in city elections. The 269 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:15.799 state challenged the law, but a judge ruled to dismiss 270 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:19.399 it last month, and it was formally dismissed yesterday at 271 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:21.679 six o five. Its handle on the news. A judge 272 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:25.320 has rejected President elect Trump's argument that his hush money 273 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:29.120 case should be thrown out. Right now, let's say good 274 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:33.279 morning to ABC's Stephen Portnoy. Speaking of President elect Trump, 275 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:37.279 he held his first news conference since being elected. Let's review. 276 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:42.039 Let's so, what was the main topic of it the. 277 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:43.919 Yeah, it was a wide ranging news conference. I think 278 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:47.399 the key takeaway, the headline for a lot of observers 279 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:49.480 was what he said about vaccines. 280 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:51.639 Of course, this is as Robert F. 281 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:54.679 Kennedy Junior is working the halls of Congress trying to 282 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.559 earn support from senators, and you know, yesterday RFK Junior 283 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:00.480 was hounded by reporters asking what he thinks about the 284 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:03.159 polio vaccine. The reason why is because of the report 285 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:06.399 late last week, and I warn all iPhone users that 286 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:09.200 I might alert your phone when I say that. There's 287 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:12.639 a fellow named Aaron Siri who is a senior advisor 288 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:17.240 to RFK Junior and has been an attorney on the 289 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:22.240 RFK Junior campaign. Back in twenty twenty two, this man, Siri, 290 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:26.399 asked the FDA to pull back its approval of the 291 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:30.519 polio vaccine from nineteen ninety, arguing that the proper tests 292 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:31.600 weren't done back then. 293 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:34.399 Well fast forward. 294 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:36.960 Three and a half decades and you have the Republican 295 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:40.159 Minority Leader of the US Senate, Mitchell occonnell, even if 296 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:43.519 he's stepping down from leadership, a highly influential man in 297 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:46.159 the Senate, saying that any person who hopes to achieve 298 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:50.159 confirmation by the Senate should distance him or herself from 299 00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:53.320 this notion that the polio vaccine is anything but safe 300 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:56.279 and effective and should be given to every child. 301 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:56.679 In the country. 302 00:16:57.559 --> 00:17:01.120 The President elect himself is old enough to remember that 303 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:03.679 before the polio vaccine, you had children living in iron 304 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:09.240 lungs and the and McConnell himself is a polio survivor, 305 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:11.680 so this whole controversy is a function of the fact 306 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:15.160 that Robert F. Kennedy Junior has said things about vaccines, 307 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:19.480 doubting their safety. The medical community insists that there is 308 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:22.319 no link between vaccines and autism, for example, but Trump 309 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:24.960 said that Rfkgnior is going to look into that and 310 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:27.400 then report back. He said, quote, We're going to find 311 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:29.599 out a lot. So that was a key takeaway from 312 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:32.240 yesterday's news conference, Trump saying that he's a big believer 313 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:34.640 in the polio vaccine and doesn't want it, doesn't want 314 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:37.079 anyone to fear that that's going away, but there's going 315 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:40.200 to be a look at other vaccines. In addition to that, 316 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:43.599 Trump was asked about drones and he alleged the government 317 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:45.799 knows more than it's saying, and quote, for some reason, 318 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:47.200 they want to keep people in suspense. 319 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:49.400 He suggested it's not. 320 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:52.160 They're not enemy drones that are flying over various parts 321 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:54.119 of the New Northeast, because he believes that the government 322 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:55.720 would have had them taken down. 323 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:58.279 But he says that there's more to the story. They 324 00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.160 know more than they're saying. 325 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:02.759 He also lamented that the alleged killer of the United 326 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:05.480 Healthcare CEO now has a following online. How people can 327 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:09.440 like this guy is a sickness, Trump said. He also 328 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:12.119 said he has a soft spot for TikTok. We learned 329 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:14.240 after the news conference that he met yesterday at mar 330 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:14.839 A Lago with. 331 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:15.880 The CEO of TikTok. 332 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:20.200 Of course, the app faces a deadline in a month 333 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:23.079 for a ban in this country if it's not sold 334 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:26.839 by the Chinese owner Bike Dance. TikTok yesterday asked the 335 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:30.400 Supreme Court to step in. Trump was also asked about 336 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:33.759 pardoning New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who's been indicted 337 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:36.559 on federal bribery charges, and Trump said, yeah, he would 338 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.359 certainly look at that. 339 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:40.799 He did cover a lot of ground, broh, and. 340 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:44.359 I haven't even mentioned Ukraine, Oh, another major headline. Well. 341 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:46.359 Trump was asked if Ukraine should be prepared to seed 342 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:49.680 territory to Russia, and Trump responded to Vladimir's Aelenski, the 343 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:52.519 president of Ukraine should quote be prepared to make a deal. 344 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:55.160 Got to be a deal, Trump says, too many people 345 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:55.759 being killed. 346 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:56.680 Well. 347 00:18:56.720 --> 00:19:00.480 In recent weeks, Zelensky has suggested that he might be 348 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:04.079 willing to give up the parts of his country that 349 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:07.519 are now occupied by Russian forces if the West degrees 350 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:11.079 to grant his country membership in NATO, Well, how would 351 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:12.440 Vladimir Putin feel about that? 352 00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:16.480 Because that was isn't that one of the pushes behind 353 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:18.839 going in there in the first place, is he really 354 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:21.960 doesn't want NATO to encroach any closer. 355 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:25.200 Right, Well, that was Putin's argument, wasn't it. And so 356 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:27.000 let's see how it all plays out. 357 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:31.480 Okay, And then, but the actual reason for the press 358 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:34.480 conference was the one hundred million or one hundred billion 359 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:38.240 dollars investment in infrastructure and stuff. 360 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:43.759 Right, So, this Japanese investment firm, soft Bank, has pledged 361 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:46.920 to invest becaus cross a variety of industries and sectors, 362 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:50.680 not clear which one hundred billion dollars, and Trump tried 363 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:54.000 to get the CEO of SoftBank to double that to 364 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:58.000 two hundred billion and then laughs all around. Exactly where 365 00:19:58.039 --> 00:20:01.039 that money would go is again not known at this time, 366 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:03.799 but the CEO of SoftBank says it will result in 367 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:07.279 one hundred thousand American jobs. Of course, lots of questions 368 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:08.920 about exactly what the plan is. 369 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:11.599 And we will find out in the coming months. I'm 370 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:16.440 sure generally I wanted to go back to the New 371 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:19.880 York City Mayor Adams and Trump being asked whether he 372 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:22.519 might pardon him, and he said, I'll think about it 373 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:26.160 or whatever. Generally, presidents issue pardons when they get close 374 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:28.720 to leaving office, but Stephen, can they do at any 375 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:30.440 time if they want to, of course. 376 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:32.039 I mean, the pardon power is what they call a 377 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:36.119 plenary power in the Constitution. It's a power that's solely. 378 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:37.319 Vested in the office. 379 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:41.359 And there's no you know, despite the fact that over 380 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:45.079 the decades there has been an apparatus built around pardons. 381 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:47.400 There's a pardoner attorney at the Justice Department. They review 382 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:51.400 petitions for clemency and there's sort of a structure that 383 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:56.119 is meant to facilitate pardons to deserving individuals who might 384 00:20:56.160 --> 00:21:01.079 not get the president's attention. Nevertheless, president wants to grant 385 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:03.319 a pardon, he can do it. And that's how Joe 386 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:07.400 Biden pardoned his son Hunter absent any review by the. 387 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:12.160 Justice Department and pardon or granted clemency to fifteen hundred. 388 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:14.599 Well, that was part of a more thorough review, but 389 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:18.480 it also swept up some people who perhaps others feel 390 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:22.279 are not deserving and people who committed some crimes that 391 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:27.240 you know, perhaps we're so notorious that they shouldn't they 392 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:29.160 feel they shouldn't have been granted clemency. 393 00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:32.599 But again, it being a plenary power, it is beyond. 394 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:34.039 Question, right, So it's a done deal. 395 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:35.480 It is a done deal. 396 00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:38.759 Okay, all right, Stephen portinoy As always, thank you for 397 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:41.039 the information. We appreciate it. We'll talk to you again soon. 398 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:41.920 You're back, all right. 399 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:45.759 The National Weather Service is forecasting more strong Santa Ana 400 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:50.400 wins for southern California. Forecasters say starting today, northeasterly winds 401 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:53.160