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 --> 00:00:08.720 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:39.960 App KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:29.440 O JFI Radio. This is Mission Control Houston. 5 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:36.840 Please call station for a voice check station. 6 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:39.359 This is Amy King with kfi's wake up call. How 7 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:39.920 do you hear me? 8 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:44.640 I can hear you loud and clear. 9 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:48.799 It's time for your morning wake up call. 10 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:52.640 And his name is Amy k. 11 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:56.880 Here's Amy King. 12 00:00:58.960 --> 00:00:59.520 This is. 13 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:09.799 It is five oh one. This is your wake up 14 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:14.000 call for Friday, November eighth. Good morning, I'm Amy King. 15 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:16.599 We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 16 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:17.719 Helps. 17 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:20.439 I thought it was going to be a good day, 18 00:01:20.439 --> 00:01:22.120 and all of a sudden, I start pushing buttons and 19 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:26.359 things start happening. It's Friday. We made it through. Boy, 20 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:30.000 does this week just feel like it has been absolutely crazy? 21 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:32.599 I think I'm going a hunker down on the couch 22 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:36.159 for the weekend and just kind of shut down. But 23 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:40.640 we're all moving on. The winds are dying down and 24 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:43.680 life goes on. So here's what's a head on wake 25 00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:45.599 up call. Busy day for us more than one hundred 26 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:47.799 and thirty homes have burned to the ground in the 27 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:51.200 wind whipped fire that's burning in Ventura County. Thousands of 28 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:53.079 people have been forced out of their homes because of 29 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:56.280 the fast moving fire that's burned more than twenty thousand acres. 30 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.239 The winds fanning the flames are expected to die down 31 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:02.920 by this afternoon. The California Air Resources Board is scheduled 32 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:04.760 to vote today on a plan to speed up a 33 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:07.719 timeline to reach the state's goal of reducing carbon production 34 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:11.560 by twenty thirty now. If passed, it could spike gas 35 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:14.520 prices by about fifty cents a gallon by next year. 36 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:16.960 Triple A says the average price for a gallon of 37 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:19.479 gas in California right now four fifty three a gallon, 38 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:24.280 the second highest in the country. President elect Trump has 39 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:27.639 tapped his campaign manager, Susie Wiles to be his chief 40 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:31.240 of staff. Wiles was Trump's campaign senior advisor and ran 41 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:34.840 his campaigns in Florida in built twenty sixteen and twenty twenty. 42 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:39.639 Trump says Wiles is tough, smart, innovative, and universally admired 43 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:43.599 and respected. We'll be talking with ABC's Stephen Portnoy about 44 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:46.560 the Trump team and putting that all together before he 45 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:48.800 takes office. That's coming up in just a couple of 46 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:52.400 minutes at five point twenty. And now that Halloween is over, 47 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:55.479 we're moving on. ABC's Jim Ryan's going to be talking 48 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:58.360 shopping for the holidays. A Dean Sharp is going to 49 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:00.719 give us some tips that could say your house from 50 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:03.800 burning down if a wildfire like the one Ventura County 51 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:07.120 heads towards your neighborhood. That's at the bottom of the hour. 52 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:09.400 And then before the end of wake Up Call it 53 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:12.960 about five point fifty, ABC's Will Gans is gonna tell 54 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:16.639 us about the stripper movie that's already getting Oscar buzzs. 55 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:19.039 I can't wait to hear about that. A stripper movie 56 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:21.719 getting Oscar bus okay, and then after wake Up Call 57 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:24.400 it's handled on the news, so stick around for that too. 58 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:26.439 Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 59 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:29.159 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Fire officials in 60 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:32.199 Ventura County have been able to get into areas affected 61 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:34.800 by the twenty thousand acre brush fire that started in 62 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:38.280 More Park to assess the damage. Ventura County Fires and 63 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:42.080 the Van Skiver says they've inspected two hundred and ninety 64 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:42.919 eight properties. 65 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:47.080 Of this, the teams discovered eighty eight were damaged and 66 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:49.520 one hundred and thirty two were destroyed. 67 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:54.120 Officials say the fire didn't grow much yesterday and crews 68 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:56.599 were able to surround five percent of it. The fire 69 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:59.800 started Wednesday was pushed by strong Santa Ana wins toward 70 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:03.840 Camio and Somas. Thousands of people are under evacuation orders. 71 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:06.879 Ten have been treated for smoke inhalation or other non 72 00:04:06.919 --> 00:04:10.240 life threatening injuries. The National Weather Services More Santa Ana 73 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:14.400 wins are expected next week. La City Councilman Kevin d. 74 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:17.639 Lyon appears to be losing his job. Election results so 75 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:21.519 far show him trailing his challenger, Isabelle Herado, who has 76 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:24.160 nearly fifty six percent of the vote to de Leon's 77 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:28.560 forty four percent. DeLeon's been criticized since twenty twenty two, 78 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:30.439 when a recording was leaked in which he and other 79 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:34.160 officials made racist comments. He refused calls to step down. 80 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:38.279 Horado has claimed victory. De Leon has not conceded yet. 81 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:41.560 President Elect Trump's return to the White House is rattled 82 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:43.000 some local immigration groups. 83 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:45.800 At a rally outside La City Hall, immigration activists called 84 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:48.399 on the city to become a sanctuary as Trump plans 85 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:52.240 for mass deportation. Marta Aravallo of the Central American Resource 86 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:55.160 Center says action by the city Council is needed right away. 87 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:58.920 The time to do that is now. We must send 88 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:01.720 the message loqually and nationally. 89 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:04.560 A proposal to make La a sanctuary for illegal immigrants 90 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:07.079 has been floating around city Hall, but no final ordinance 91 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:09.920 has been presented. Another rally has planned for tomorrow at 92 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:14.319 Pershing Square downtown in downtown La. Michael Monks KFI News. 93 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:17.680 The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by a quarter point. 94 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:21.079 It lowers the fed's benchmark rate to about four point 95 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:23.879 six percent, down from a four decade high of five 96 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:27.720 point three percent before September's meeting. The Fed says unemployment 97 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:30.839 has moved up but remains low, while inflation has fallen 98 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:34.439 closer to the Central Banks two percent target. The next 99 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:37.839 Fed rate decision will be announced on December eighteenth, and 100 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:40.120 I think yesterday when they were talking, they are expecting 101 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:43.759 another interest rate cut in December. We shall see. Pink's 102 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:47.959 hot Dogs is celebrating eighty five years with celebrity appearances 103 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:51.560 and discounted hot dogs. Mayor Bass will join in the fun. 104 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:56.560 Tonight with George Lopez. Comedian Gabriel Iglesias will make an 105 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:59.800 appearance on Sunday, and Henry Winkler will be chowing down 106 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:03.040 on Monday for the Chili Dogs for Charity event. The 107 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:06.480 dogs are eighty five cents for eighty five minutes, starting 108 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:11.480 at eight h five pm nightly until the twelfth. And 109 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:14.000 we know that those lines that pinks get long. I 110 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:17.720 would anticipate they'll be extra long for that pink celebration. 111 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:22.240 Let's say good morning to ABC's Stephen Portnoy. So, Steve, 112 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:25.279 and Trump is starting to put his team together. But 113 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:28.720 can he just say you're hired and you're hired or 114 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:30.399 does he have to go through some sort of process 115 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:31.519 and if so, what is it? 116 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:36.079 Well, he has four thousand appointments he can make across 117 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:39.160 the executive branch, thirteen hundred of them require Senate confirmation. 118 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:42.160 But you know, when it comes to his key advisors 119 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:44.879 in the White House, those roles do not require Senate confirmation. 120 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:48.920 And so he has announced his first choice for the 121 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:51.319 all important role of White House Chief of Staff. That 122 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:53.600 corner office in the West Wing will for the first 123 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:57.279 time be occupied by a woman, Susie Wilds the campaign 124 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:00.879 co chair and campaign manager, has been tacked by Donald 125 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:03.240 Trump to be his senior aide in the White House, 126 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:06.079 one of the most important positions in the entire American government. 127 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:10.399 And she is a longtime political operative who once served 128 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:12.920 under Florida Governor Ron de Santis before they had a 129 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:16.480 big falling out and she wound up going to run 130 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:20.759 the Trump campaign successfully, and she's known as sort of 131 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:25.079 a very effective manager of a team, but a backstage operator, 132 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:28.439 someone who doesn't seek the spotlight. Trump likes that, and 133 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:32.800 so he's chosen her to be chief of staff, and 134 00:07:32.959 --> 00:07:35.079 it is a historic choice. 135 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:38.879 You know, I was surprised at this because until he 136 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:44.120 did his acceptance speech or yeah, on Tuesday night or 137 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:47.000 early Wednesday morning, whenever that actually happened, I had never 138 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:49.879 heard her name, and I kind of follow politics. But 139 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:53.600 you said she stays in the background, and she really does, or. 140 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:56.879 Did, right, Yeah, So you won't find an example of her, 141 00:07:57.160 --> 00:07:59.879 you know, sitting for a television interview. She's not that type, 142 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:03.959 at least not at the national level. But she is 143 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:07.439 known to those of us who even more closely follow 144 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:11.120 politics as someone who has been a major mover and 145 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:14.199 shaker in the Republican Party, particularly in the state of Florida. 146 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:17.040 And Trump clearly recognizes her. She's also the daughter of 147 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:22.800 Pat Summerle, the late broadcasting legend. Yeah, and so Trump 148 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:24.360 loves that too, Okay. 149 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:28.680 And who was his first chief of staff? Was it 150 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:29.560 Brien's previous? 151 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:30.480 No? 152 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:33.240 Well, right, so back to twenty seventeen. Ryan's previous who 153 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:36.639 was the RNC chair, was recommended to Trump to be 154 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:40.759 a manager of the White House staff because he knew 155 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:44.200 things about how Washington worked. Well, that didn't last very long. 156 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:47.000 Donald Trump made it through I think three and a 157 00:08:47.039 --> 00:08:50.320 half or four depending on how you count it, chiefs 158 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:52.480 of staff. One of them he never even gave the 159 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:55.679 dignity of the formal title. He kept sort of Nick 160 00:08:55.759 --> 00:08:58.519 Mulvaney held in a band, says, acting chief of Staff. 161 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:03.559 But while he has really tremendous confidence, and why shouldn't he, 162 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:06.080 she just got him elected exactly. 163 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:08.960 Okay, Well, it'll be interesting to see if she has 164 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:12.519 staying power because we know that he does burn through people, 165 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:17.360 so how he has to. He doesn't directly hire those 166 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:20.399 four thousand people. But that's a lot of people to 167 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:20.960 put into place. 168 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:23.360 Well, that's right, which is why, right? And I'll very 169 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:26.559 briefly get into some very inside Washington want them. There's 170 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:30.799 an arrangement for the incoming president's team to have access 171 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:35.039 to General Services Administration GSA workspace here in Washington. Donald 172 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:37.360 Trump has not yet signed the paperwork to allow his 173 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:39.879 team to take over that space. And there's a couple 174 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:43.679 of reasons that are suspected behind it. One is that 175 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:48.279 there's a cap on contributions that would perhaps limit the 176 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:52.000 Transition organization's effort to raise money. That comes along as 177 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:54.519 sort of a string attached. And then there's a suspicion 178 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:57.559 because in twenty sixteen, Trump did take advantage of the 179 00:09:57.559 --> 00:10:00.279 GSA workspace and some of those records returned over to 180 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:03.159 the Mueller investigation without the White House being aware of it. 181 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:06.240 And so maybe that's another reason why they don't want 182 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:07.879 to take advantage of that workspace. 183 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:09.799 Okay, I have a question for you. Then, you said 184 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:13.279 it limits their ability to raise money. Why do they 185 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:14.799 need to raise money the campaign's over. 186 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:20.039 Yeah, so it's a great question. Look, Washington works in 187 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:24.039 really mysterious ways, and you know, transition effort is just 188 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:28.320 a way to collect cash. There really are not any 189 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:30.840 costs that I can think of but it's a way 190 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:34.000 for donors to curry favor with an incoming administration and 191 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:37.120 a way for an administration to assess who it's best 192 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.840 friends are. I don't know exactly what's done with the money, 193 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:41.320 but it's really interesting. 194 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:44.039 Okay, well, I think I've heard a new favorite term, 195 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:47.080 the Woncdom of Washington. Stephen Portnoy, thank you so much. 196 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:48.639 How you bet? 197 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:50.879 All right? I think that's so true. I mean, there's 198 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:53.919 just so many weird little ins and outs to how 199 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:57.000 things operate and work and rules, and again, that's why 200 00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:59.039 we have people like Steven Portnoy to help us kind 201 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:00.960 of sort it all out. Let's get back to some 202 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:03.240 of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four 203 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:06.279 hour newsroom. Three people in Argentina have been charged in 204 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:09.240 connection with the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne. 205 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:13.799 Argentina's public prosecutor says one person who was with Pain 206 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:16.639 every day while he was in Buenos Aires, is charged 207 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:20.440 with abandoning the singer after his death. A hotel employee 208 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:23.000 and another person are charged with giving the singer cocaine 209 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:26.240 during his hotel stay. In October, Pain fell from the 210 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:29.799 balcony of his third floor hotel room. A toxicology report 211 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:33.080 shows he had alcohol, cocaine, and other drugs in his system. 212 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:36.799 The head of the California State Sheriff's Association says the 213 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:39.519 passage of Prop thirty six this week will not lead 214 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:41.720 to mass incarp incarcerations. 215 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:45.240 This is about controlling crime, not creating victims, and forcing 216 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:48.919 people back in the programs that worked over a decade ago. 217 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:52.399 Sheriff Don Barnes says most people committing petty crimes are 218 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:55.120 doing it to feed their addictions. The only time that 219 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:58.279 many get help is after they've been arrested. Prop thirty 220 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:01.679 six creates a new categy sglory of crime called treatment 221 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:05.200 mandated felony. It allows a person to have their drug 222 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:09.159 conviction set aside if they complete rehab. California voters have 223 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:12.440 approved Proposition four. That's a measure that will allow the 224 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:15.799 state to borrow ten billion dollars for projects that protect 225 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:20.120 against wildfires and floods and improve responses to climate change. 226 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:23.320 Most of the funds will improve water systems, with additional 227 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:27.759 support for wildfire safety and rising sea levels. Irvine has 228 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:31.519 forfeited a one million dollar deposit by abruptly nixing a 229 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:34.279 twenty million dollar deal to buy property for a homeless shelter. 230 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:36.759 The deal was for two buildings to be converted into 231 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:39.639 the city's first homeless shelter. Councilman Mike Carroll says he 232 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:42.039 was the only one to originally vote against the deal 233 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:45.360 because it lacked transparency and wasn't vetted by city commission. 234 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:47.679 There was no public input. I know that because the 235 00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:50.200 public that lives right near these buildings are sitting. 236 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:51.679 There in front of me, and I have a petition 237 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:53.120 over here with over one hundred names. 238 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:54.720 I think basically against this. 239 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:57.320 Carrol said this week the city needs homeless services, but 240 00:12:57.399 --> 00:13:00.279 city staff also didn't reveal that one group would the 241 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:02.879 property and then instantly flip it to the city for 242 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:07.000 four million dollars more. In Orange County, Corbin Carson caf I. 243 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:10.240 News, Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has gone 244 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:12.879 back to court after refusing to turn over assets as 245 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:15.200 part of a one hundred and forty eight million dollar 246 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:19.679 defamation judgment. ABC's Aaron Katursky says Giuliani was ordered to 247 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:24.360 give valuable sports memorabilia, his Mercedes, and other items to 248 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:27.039 two Georgia poll workers. He accused of fraud in the 249 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:27.919 twenty twenty election. 250 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:31.039 Giuliani's attorney says, well, some of it's in the storage unit. 251 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:33.879 Some of it they don't have any control over. I've 252 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:36.919 overheard Giuliani whispering that he doesn't know where some of 253 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:38.480 the sports memorabilia is. 254 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:42.279 Giuliani says the poll workers are not entitled to his assets. 255 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:45.440 The judge yesterday said Giuliani may be held in contempt 256 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:47.799 if he doesn't hand them over in the next two weeks. 257 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:51.480 A police chief in South Carolina says there's no serious 258 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:55.919 danger from forty three monkeys that escape from a research facility. 259 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:59.399 He says the small monkeys are not infected with any disease, 260 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:03.279 They're harmless and our little skittish. ABC's Sherry Preston says 261 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:04.600 the monkeys got out on Wednesday. 262 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:06.840 The employee at the facility is getting the blame for 263 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:08.320 not closing their cage door. 264 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:11.679 All the way. Law enforcement officials are using thermal imaging 265 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:15.679 to try to find and retrap the primates poor little monkeys. 266 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:18.440 There are a group of young females that have not 267 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:23.480 yet been used for testing. This year's Rockeveller Center Christmas 268 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:27.879 tree has been cut down in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The 269 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:31.840 center chief gardener says it's a perfectly shaped, seventy four 270 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:35.600 foot tall Norway spruce. It weighs eleven tons. It'll be 271 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:38.360 decorated with fifty thousand lights and an eight hundred pounds 272 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:43.200 Swarowski crystal tree topper. The tree lighting ceremony will be 273 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:46.240 held on December fourth. It's the first tree to come 274 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:50.919 from Massachusetts since nineteen fifty nine. Governor Newsom has toured 275 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:53.759 the devastation from the more than twenty thousand acre fire 276 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:55.679 that's destroyed more than one hundred and thirty homes and 277 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:58.799 Camerio Moore Park and Somus. The governor declared a state 278 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.000 of emergency to free a priest sources to help fight 279 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:04.039 the fire that's just five percent surrounded. About ten thousand 280 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:07.399 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. A federal judge has 281 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:11.519 struck down a Biden administration program that allowed illegal immigrants 282 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:15.440 married to American citizens for ten years to remain and 283 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:18.440 work in the US while they seek US citizenship. The 284 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:21.720 program that started in August effects about five hundred thousand people. 285 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:24.799 Buying a home in La County is out of reach 286 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:28.200 for most people. The California Association of Realtors says just 287 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:31.039 eleven percent of people can actually afford to buy a 288 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:33.679 median priced home, which is at nearly nine hundred and 289 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:36.679 fifty thousand dollars. In Orange County, the median price for 290 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:40.080 a home is one point four million dollars, and just 291 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:43.320 twelve percent of OC residents can afford that. At six 292 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:46.759 oh five, it's handle awm theanews. Governor Newsom is calling 293 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:50.799 a special session of the legislature to trump proof California. 294 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:55.559 Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. Okay, Jim, 295 00:15:55.960 --> 00:16:00.120 Halloween is over, holiday shopping is about to hit fever pitch, 296 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:02.799 and in spite of higher prices on everything, people are 297 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:04.120 expected to spend more this year. 298 00:16:05.039 --> 00:16:07.360 Well, they are about nine hundred and two dollars per 299 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:11.080 person for the holidays. That's gifts and decorations and food 300 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:12.320 and all that. I'm sure you know a lot of 301 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:14.360 folks considering the year, are having to pay them one 302 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:17.320 point two million for a house. Led shoppers are going 303 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:18.799 to spend a lot more than that, but the average 304 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:21.919 nationwide is about nine hundred and two dollars at six 305 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:24.559 hundred and forty one on gifts, and the rest of 306 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:26.720 it on decorations and food and all the rest. So 307 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:29.480 that's more than last year and more than the record 308 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:33.039 year of twenty nineteen. So we're likely to see records 309 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:36.679 spending according to the National Retail Federation on the holidays 310 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:37.039 this year. 311 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:41.639 Okay, but because prices are higher, we're probably not actually 312 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:43.679 getting anything more, we're just spending more. 313 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:48.759 Well, this is waited for inflation, so yeah, because everything 314 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:50.759 costs more. Yeah, you'd expect to spend more, that's true, 315 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:53.799 but they have waited this out for inflation. So these 316 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:56.679 are hard numbers related to the hard dollars we're going 317 00:16:56.759 --> 00:17:02.240 to spend. Okay, but you're right, I mean, it's against this. 318 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:06.359 Inflation is psychological too, so you would think that people 319 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:08.160 who feel like, you know what, my dollar just didn't 320 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:11.200 go very far, job security is not what it was, 321 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:13.079 et cetera, et cetera. So I'm not going to spend 322 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:15.079 as much this year, and yet people are still overcoming 323 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:19.039 that and actually spending more per capita than they did 324 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:20.240 in twenty twenty three. 325 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:23.640 I know, and you know we've talked to our money 326 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:26.000 guide Joel Larsgart about this several times, Like you should 327 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:27.920 make a budget and not go above it. But then 328 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:30.799 you see something and you go, oh, but my friend 329 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.880 Debbie really needs that. 330 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:36.960 Well, and you're right. Chances are when you see that, 331 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:40.839 you're looking at it in person, right instead of it online. 332 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:44.160 Twenty six percent of shoppers this year planned to do 333 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:47.359 more in person shopping than they did last year. Now, granted, 334 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:50.440 they're probably going to do more their shopping online, but 335 00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:53.440 more people are actually going out and doing at least 336 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:56.319 some of their holiday shopping in the brick and mortars 337 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:58.960 at the shopping mall or in the department store wherever 338 00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.240 they go. 339 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:02.400 And do we know why that trend is happening. Is 340 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:05.519 it like people are finally kind of saying, Okay, the 341 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:07.440 pandemic is over, I can go back to the mall. 342 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:09.240 Or is it just people are tired of being on 343 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:09.799 their couches. 344 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:13.160 Well, I think a little of that and the little 345 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:16.039 of this. Sixty four percent of them say they want 346 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:19.839 to physically see and touch the product. Thirty two percent 347 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:23.400 enjoy the festive atmosphere or the lights and the decorations 348 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:25.039 and Santa Claus in the middle of the mall and 349 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:27.839 that sort of thing. But another third or so say 350 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:30.720 they like being able to easily return items if they 351 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:33.319 don't fit, or they don't work, or they're ugly. 352 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:37.079 Right, So if they're going to return items that don't fit, 353 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:42.519 it means they're actually shopping for themselves this holiday season well. 354 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:47.920 Or need something an ugly item from somebody else, and 355 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:50.440 they also slipped in the gift receipts so you could 356 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.519 take it back, gotcha. 357 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:55.160 Okay, So do we know, Jim, if we're going to 358 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:58.720 see like great sales at the malls to get people 359 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:01.759 to actually go to the mall instead of ordering online 360 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:03.079 or is it going to be kind. 361 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:07.839 Of that's kind of the competition. The competition, of course, 362 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:11.279 it's not just between the brick and mortar stores and 363 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:16.759 the online retailers. It's between retailers online and other retailers online. 364 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:20.880 So it's sort of the Prime Day pitted against the 365 00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:24.440 Walmart sales, pitted against the Kam the Target sales, stuff 366 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:27.599 like that. The other thing that the physical stores have 367 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:32.640 to overcome is the flood of videos on YouTube and 368 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:36.799 elsewhere of people rushing in and stealing armloads of merchandise 369 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:39.680 or you know, taking over stores and robbing customers and 370 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:43.279 robbing the stores. It's that sense of security about seventy 371 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:46.079 eight percent of shoppers say they fear for their safety 372 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:50.200 and security while they're shopping in person. The other part 373 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:52.920 is that that stores sometimes don't have enough personnel on 374 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:55.519 hand just to help them clerks. So those are some 375 00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:58.400 of the challenges that the brick and mortars are facing. 376 00:19:58.480 --> 00:20:01.319 Now that they all line retailers don't have to worry 377 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:01.720 about it at. 378 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:03.680 All, that's true. But I would imagine that the brick 379 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:07.240 and mortars, the Macy's and the Nordstroms and Targets and 380 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:09.559 stuff have got to be excited to see those numbers 381 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:12.240 that they're expecting more people to actually go out and 382 00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:13.160 shop this year. 383 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:16.519 Because absolutely, and if they can meet those challenges, the 384 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:22.079 security challenges, the staffing challenges, then yeah, absolutely, then they 385 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:24.640 can expect more of that. Maybe brick and mortar isn't 386 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:27.119 debt and these numbers seem to show that that's the case. 387 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:29.079 Okay, so here's the next question, Jim. Do we need 388 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:31.480 to wait until Black Friday or are they starting sales 389 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:34.599 now because Halloween's over and it's again it's open season 390 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:35.240 on Christmas. 391 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.319 Oh? 392 00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:38.839 Absolutely, And I think that's where we get this competition 393 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:43.000 going that the on rentline retailers, and I've seen lots 394 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:45.680 of ads for stores, you know, physical stores that are 395 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:49.359 already starting some of their sales, especially the electronics stores. 396 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:51.920 You know, they know that that's really the hot item 397 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:55.200 every year. And if they can drop their prices down now, 398 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.599 even if it's a lost leader and they take a 399 00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:59.160 little bit of a hit on it, if they can 400 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:02.640 make it up on there you go. What is so this? 401 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:06.000