WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.200 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:08.679 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:16.199 App KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:23.039 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. 5 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:33.600 Good morning. It's five o'clock on this Monday, November eleventh, 6 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:39.359 Veterans Day. Happy Veterans Day. Special thank you to my 7 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:43.159 brother Rob, my baby brother, my uncles Dave and Roger, 8 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:48.320 my best friend's husbands Monty and Travis, all proudly served 9 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:50.920 our country. If you know a veteran, be sure to 10 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:53.240 thank them today. And if you want to do something 11 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:57.399 more than say thank you, there are so many places 12 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:00.320 you can go today to honor the veterans. We're going 13 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:02.079 to be telling you about some of them coming up 14 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:04.359 at the bottom of the hour. Lots of ways to 15 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:07.760 say thank you for the brave men and women who 16 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:11.159 serve our country. Here's what's I head on this Monday 17 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:14.519 morning wake up call. The winds have died down. Firefighters 18 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:17.680 are gaining ground against the wildfire in Ventura County that 19 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:22.640 has destroyed more than two hundred destroyed or damaged more 20 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:26.359 than two hundred homes in Camarillo moor Park and Somas. 21 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:29.799 The fire hasn't grown over the weekend. Firefighters now have 22 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:33.840 the more than twenty thousand acre fire thirty one percent surrounded. 23 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:37.879 The California Air Resources Board has approved rule changes that 24 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:41.319 could spike gas prices in the state by up to 25 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:44.879 fifty cents a gallon. CARB says these changes are key 26 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:48.640 to a climate program aimed at reducing planet warming emissions 27 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:53.879 from transportation fuels. Three ballot processing centers in California have 28 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.719 received bomb threats. Election workers were evacuated from a ballot 29 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:01.359 center in Orange County on Tuesday. Another bomb threat prompted 30 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:03.799 evacuations and a bomb squad being called out to a 31 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:07.040 center in Riverside County. A third bomb threat was emailed 32 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:11.080 Saturday at the Norwalk headquarters in LA. The FBI is 33 00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:16.240 investigating similar threats across the country. There are several houses 34 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:19.400 house races that still haven't been decided a week out 35 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:21.840 of the election. We're going to check in with ABC 36 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:24.879 Stephen Portnoy at five point fifty to find out what's 37 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:28.400 still outstanding and what's at stake, and a couple of 38 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:32.680 those races are right here in California. We also have 39 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:35.680 this is a treat gets your dial in fingers ready, 40 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:38.000 We've got tickets to see the Beach Boys at the 41 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:41.680 Cerrito Center for the Performing Arts November twenty first. It's 42 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:45.039 coming up this hour during wake Up Call, Beach Boys. 43 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:47.840 Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 44 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:50.360 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The brush fire 45 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:55.199 that's burned more than twenty thousand acres and more destroyed 46 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:58.919 or damaged over two hundred homes in Ventura County is 47 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:02.199 now thirty one percent surrounded. Evacuation orders in some areas 48 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:06.159 have been downgraded to evacuation warnings, and a shelter set 49 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:08.759 up in came Rio has been shut down. During a 50 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:12.000 town hall meeting yesterday, Deputy fire Chief Chad Cook says 51 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:15.360 firefighters did one hundred and thirty six active rescues when 52 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:16.599 the fire started last week. 53 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:20.400 Those are not easy. I will tell you. I wish 54 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:22.280 I could play video for you. A lot of you 55 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:26.120 lived through it. Well, you're talking zero visibility, you're talking, 56 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:29.000 you're hampered by wind, you're talking hampered by embers. 57 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:33.400 Fire officials say the fire didn't grow much over the weekend, 58 00:03:33.479 --> 00:03:36.719 but it's still creeping and smoldering in steep rugged terrain 59 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:41.080 with dry vegetation. A landscaper has been arrested for looting 60 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:44.360 in an area under an evacuation order inventor A County. 61 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:47.520 The guy allegedly stole an electric bicycle from a man 62 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:50.639 whose property was damaged. The man told sheriff's deputies he 63 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:53.199 parked the bike in his driveway Friday, walked around his 64 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:56.319 front yard, then noticed his bike was gone. He also 65 00:03:56.400 --> 00:04:00.319 saw the neighbor's landscaping crew in the area. Sheriffs, She'll 66 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:04.120 say one of them admitted to taking the bicycle. A 67 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:07.639 race for Congress out of Santa Clarita in the Antelope 68 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:13.280 Valley has flipped. Democrat George Whitesides now leads the Congressman 69 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:17.279 Mike Garcia by more than forty seven hundred votes. Whitesides 70 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:21.240 was trailing by almost a thousand votes on Friday, but 71 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:25.160 then Saturday's count of unprocessed ballots put him ahead by 72 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:28.360 more than two thousand, and his lead has kept growing. 73 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:32.000 Both candidates have posted on social media that every vote 74 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:36.079 needs to be counted. In A congressional race out of 75 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:39.839 Orange County, State Senator Dave min has a slight lead 76 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:43.600 over former assembly Member Scott Baugh, who's a Republican man 77 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:47.199 leads by just under three thousand votes. Ball was head 78 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:50.480 early on Wednesday and maintained his small edge through Thursday night. 79 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:53.680 The registrar will release the next tally of votes at 80 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:57.439 five o'clock this afternoon. A judge in Manhattan is set 81 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:00.519 to decide whether to uphold the verdict in the hush 82 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:04.480 money case against President elect Trump or dismiss it on 83 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:08.639 presidential immunity grounds. Judge Jan Marshawn has said he will 84 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:12.560 rule tomorrow on Trump's request to toss the conviction because 85 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:16.639 of a Supreme Court ruling that presidents have broad protection 86 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:21.360 from prosecution. Okay, let's say good morning now to ABC's 87 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:26.120 Karen Travers. Karen, a week after the election, Trump's getting busy, huh. 88 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:29.959 You know, he has been busy filling out senior staff positions, 89 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:31.839 starting with his chief of staff last week. 90 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:32.639 Susie Wilds. 91 00:05:32.759 --> 00:05:35.680 This is kind of expected that his campaign manager would 92 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:37.480 be moving with him into the White House. 93 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:39.800 You know, she's credited as somebody who kind of. 94 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:43.399 Kept the trains running on time inside the campaign and 95 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:45.720 is somebody who's very loyal to Donald Trump, and that 96 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:48.720 was a big factor for him, and she was very 97 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:53.160 critical for his success in this White House bid. Once 98 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:55.639 you pick the chief of staff position, things sort of 99 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:58.079 flow from there. That's the one you have to start 100 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:00.360 with before you start doing any of the other one 101 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:03.360 in the White House or in the cabinet. But he 102 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:07.160 has interestingly announced over the weekend on social media who 103 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:09.639 is not joining him in the White House or in 104 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:13.399 his cabinet, saying that former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and 105 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:16.319 former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not be a 106 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:18.120 part of the second Trump administration. 107 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:21.040 Did he say anything, Karen, like, did he make nasty 108 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.000 remarks or did he just say they're not. 109 00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:24.519 Going to be there, just that they're not going to 110 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:24.879 be there. 111 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:28.319 You know, they had both endorsed him in his race 112 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:31.240 for the White House, but had been critical of him, 113 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:34.800 and of course Haley ran against him in the Republican primary. 114 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:36.480 And when you look back, you know. 115 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:40.040 There were allies of Trump, supporters of Trump who felt 116 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:42.639 like she stayed in the race too long and was 117 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:45.759 critical of him during that race. And the longer she 118 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:49.120 stayed in the more you had the negative headlines about 119 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:49.720 Donald Trump. 120 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:53.040 Now, which is funny because didn't when did she drop out? 121 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:55.600 I mean it was. It was quite a while ago, 122 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:58.160 like it was so early in the season. 123 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:00.639 Spring yees, of course, But he got a lot of 124 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:02.959 votes in battleground states, you know, just off the top 125 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:04.600 of my head, she got one hundred and sixty thousand 126 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:07.959 votes in Pennsylvania two months after she dropped out. So 127 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:11.399 I think that her presence still loomed large even after 128 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:13.920 she got out of the race, and that's still stung 129 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:16.920 for the Trump team, and they don't forget things easily. 130 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:18.839 So she is not going to be a part of this. 131 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:20.639 It's not even clear she wanted to be a part 132 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:22.959 of this, but he announced over the weekend that she 133 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:26.120 and Pompeo will not be joining him in the second term. 134 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:28.720 But Pompeo did say he was interested in it. 135 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:31.680 Yeah, I don't know off the top of my head, but. 136 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:34.759 Yeah, i'd seen where he'd said, Yeah, I'd be totally 137 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:37.680 in for it. But okay, so do we know who 138 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:39.639 else he's looking at at this point? 139 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:42.079 Well, we have confirmed. 140 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:45.720 This morning that he has selected Congresswoman elist Stephonic to 141 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:48.680 be his nominee to be the US ambassador to the UN. 142 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:52.240 He said he is honored to nominate her and called her. 143 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:55.959 An incredibly strong, tough and smart America first fighter. 144 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:57.560 This was not unexpected. 145 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:00.720 That's a position, of course that requires conformation, but that 146 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.079 was a big announcement this morning. 147 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:08.000 Okay, and with Stephanics she's in the house right, yes, 148 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:12.439 and with the House in the balance because we don't 149 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:15.040 know the outcome of you know, all of the races yet, 150 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:16.639 are they willing to give her up? 151 00:08:17.560 --> 00:08:19.519 Yeah, she's from a pretty safe district. 152 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:21.560 I don't think this would be anything that would swing 153 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:23.959 towards the Democrats, but you know, I think this is 154 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:27.199 of course something they consider in the sense of senators 155 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:30.279 and how that would work in different states, and whether 156 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:34.200 governors can appoint people they have calculation in the Senate, 157 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:38.000 and in terms of filling positions with cabinet you know, 158 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:40.639 if you're going to look to fill cabinet positions by 159 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:45.440 turning to senators, and how the succession rules are in 160 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:46.559 each individual state. 161 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:50.919 Okay, And do we know, Karen, like you said that 162 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:53.519 once the chief of staff is announced, the other ones 163 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:55.759 just sort of start falling into place. Is there a 164 00:08:55.799 --> 00:08:57.519 timeline or can he just kind of do it as 165 00:08:57.519 --> 00:08:58.200 he wants to do it? 166 00:08:58.240 --> 00:08:59.399 You know, he can do it as he wants to 167 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:01.759 do it, take it time, do it quickly. I mean, 168 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:05.200 you don't even have to have everything filled by January twentieth, obviously, 169 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:07.399 you know you have to start moving on things. 170 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:09.320 I think with what your. 171 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:12.080 White House team ready to go to hit the ground running, 172 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:14.879 but cabinet positions, you know that's going to take some 173 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:16.240 time still, Okay. 174 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:19.519 And then going back to the chief of staff pick 175 00:09:19.679 --> 00:09:23.639 Susie Wiles, do you are you familiar with her? Because 176 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:26.000 I think I was talking to Stephen last week and 177 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:28.279 I was saying I had never heard of her until 178 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:29.759 election night when he thanked her. 179 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:32.720 And I think that's kind of a big part of 180 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:35.399 her appeal right now. And you know the fact that 181 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:37.480 she is low key, the fact that she had stayed 182 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:41.120 out of the spotlight compared to previous campaign managers, previous 183 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:44.320 senior officials in the White House or on his campaigns, 184 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:47.279 who were very much in the spotlight. That's not what 185 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:49.440 she's known for. She's known for running a tight ship. 186 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:53.399 She's known for deferring the media attention. It's just not 187 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:55.759 her style. But that's been a big part of then 188 00:09:55.799 --> 00:10:00.440 her success in this campaign and in being able to 189 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:02.639 outlast others. You know, he went through a lot of 190 00:10:02.679 --> 00:10:05.200 campaign managers the first time around, he did not this 191 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:05.840 time around. 192 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:08.200 Okay, And a quick side question, since you're the ABC 193 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:11.440 White House correspondent, will we be talking to you going 194 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:13.159 forward in the new Trump administration? 195 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:15.919 That seems to be the plan of Okay. 196 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:18.039 All right, Karen Travis, Thank you so much. It's you know, 197 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:20.440 when we talked to Karen, I love this because there's 198 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:23.399 so many goings on in the government and I love 199 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:26.159 to like find out kind of the inner workings. So 200 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:28.399 we love the insight that we get. Thank you so much, Karen. 201 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:30.600 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 202 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:34.200 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The LA Unified 203 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:39.679 School District is investigating racist text messages sent to some 204 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:43.399 of its black students, including this one. I was immediately disturbed. 205 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:45.960 It made me feel scared afraid. 206 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:48.559 This woman's sixteen year old daughter received one of the 207 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:49.360 texts last week. 208 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:52.519 You've been identified as a slave and you're going to 209 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:55.159 be You're going to need to report on this date. 210 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:57.639 At this time, they knew her name, and. 211 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:01.440 The demographic was specifically targeting to black kids. 212 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:03.559 The texts are similar to those that have been sent 213 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:06.000 to people in more than a dozen states. The texts 214 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:10.120 mentioned slavery, forced labor, and picking cotton. We're going to 215 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:12.559 be finding out more about this with ABC's Jim Ryan. 216 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:15.600 That's coming up at five point twenty. An armed man 217 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:18.480 wearing a ski mask has stolen a corvette from a 218 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:21.399 driver at a gas station in Palmdale. Ellie Kenny Sheriff's 219 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:24.600 officials say the carjacking happened shortly after midnight yesterday at 220 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:27.879 the Mobile station on East Palmdale. One person has been 221 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:31.039 killed and sixteen others were heard in a shooting during 222 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:35.600 homecoming weekend at Tuskegee University in Alabama. The least say 223 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:38.039 A man was arrested leaving the scene of the shooting 224 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:41.320 early yesterday. They say he had a handgun with a 225 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:46.039 machine gun conversion device. Tuskegee has canceled classes for today. 226 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:50.399 A group of researchers says in the US says China 227 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:54.799 has built a land based prototype nuclear reactor to power 228 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:58.080 future aircraft carriers. They say they came to the conclusion 229 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:01.519 after pouring over satellite images and public documents from a 230 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:06.080 span of several recent years. Climate experts are talking money 231 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:10.679 as the United Nations Climate negotiations start in Azerbaijan. They 232 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:14.000 say curbing and coping with global warming is going to 233 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:18.039 cost one trillion dollars or more, but only about one 234 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:21.639 hundred billion in financial aid is now going to poor nations. 235 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:25.679 Santa has been spotted in a Riverside City fire truck. 236 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:28.320 The Riverside Fire Department has started its version of the 237 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:31.600 Spark of Love Toy Drive. From today through December thirteenth, 238 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:36.120 firehouses in the city will accept new unwrapped toys, sports equipment, blankets, 239 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:39.120 and gift cards for underserved kids in the city. The 240 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:41.559 Spark of Love Toy Drive has collected more than nine 241 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:44.639 million toys at fire stations across southern California over the 242 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:47.799 last twenty five years. Donations can also be made directly 243 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:51.759 to the Riverside City Firefighters Foundation. The campaign asks donors 244 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:54.600 not to leave toys outside the fire station when firefighters 245 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:57.679 are out on calls. Corbin Carson KFI News. 246 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:00.360 Okay, as I mentioned, it is Veteran's Day. Sure to 247 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:03.519 thank a veteran when you see them today. There are 248 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:06.879 several celebrations. If you want to go and join a community, 249 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:08.799 be part of a group and we'll be telling you 250 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:10.720 about a few of those here are just a couple 251 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:14.240 of them. A Veterans Day celebration is being held in 252 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:17.240 Lach crescent It's at eight o'clock this morning, so still 253 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:20.840 time to get there. It's at American Legion Post two 254 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:23.960 point eighty eight and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 255 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:28.440 sixteen fourteen will host the event. It's for all veterans 256 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:33.480 in active duty military. It includes a presentation of colors 257 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:36.919 by the Crescenta Valley High School, Air Force Junior Reserve 258 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:41.639 Officer Training Corps, and an Armed Forces medley performed by 259 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:45.159 the American Legion Color Guard. It's at two Strike Park 260 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:48.639 on Rosemont Avenue in Lach Crescente and that one gets 261 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:53.120 underway at eight o'clock. And then in Alhambra they're doing 262 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:58.559 a the event at It's also a Continental breakfast and 263 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:02.080 music that is at ten followed by a ceremony at 264 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:07.639 eleven am at Alhambra Park Veterans Memorial. And in Pasadena 265 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:11.960 at the Pasadena City Hall, they're doing a Veterans Day 266 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:17.639 event that includes Colonel Juan Mora, Chief of Staff, fortieth 267 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:22.720 Interstry Division in Infantry Division, and a Yellow ceremony, a 268 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:26.519 yellow ribbon ceremony to honor the two D Battalion, twenty 269 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:29.799 three D Marine Corps Regiment and a flyover by the 270 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:34.519 Condor Squadron. That's happening starting at ten am. That's the 271 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:39.519 Pasadena Salutes our veterans. Lots of celebrations, lots more will 272 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:41.080 be telling you about in case you want to attend 273 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:45.600 one this morning. Arizona is officially in the win column 274 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:49.039 for President elect Trump. NBC News has projected Trump will 275 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:52.080 win the swing state. Arizona was the last state to 276 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:56.120 finish counting presidential ballots, and the wind gives the less 277 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:59.320 swing state anyway, and the wind gives Trump eleven more 278 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:02.559 electoral votes. With the win in Arizona, Trump has swept 279 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:05.080 all of the swing states in the twenty twenty four election. 280 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:08.639 Cuba has been rocked by a pair of powerful earthquakes. 281 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:12.000 The US Geological Services A five point nine quake hit 282 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:15.399 at seven point fifty yesterday morning, followed an hour later 283 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:19.200 by a six point eight quake. Several more smaller quakes 284 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:22.360 have also rattled the island nation. The quakes were centered 285 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:25.080 about two hundred and fifty miles away from Guantanamo Bay. 286 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:28.480 No injuries were reported at the US Naval base Cuba 287 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:30.919 has been hit by two hurricanes in the last month. Man, 288 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:33.879 they just can't catch a break. Venom The Last Dance 289 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:36.759 has added another sixteen million dollars to its box office 290 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:41.000 tally and remains number one at theaters for the third week. 291 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:45.919 The horror film Heretic and the Best Christmas Pageant Ever 292 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:49.639 opened in second and third places. Talk about opposites. Right 293 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:52.320 at six oh five, it's handled on the news. President 294 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:56.480 Biden and President elect Trump have a sit down planned 295 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:59.000 at the White House. That is now the Bidens and 296 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:02.159 will soon be Trump again. Let's say good morning now 297 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:06.039 to ABC's Jim Ryan. So Jim, out of the blue. 298 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:09.279 Someone's been sending some just really awful text people in 299 00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:11.639 more than a dozen states, including here in California. 300 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:15.159 Oh yeah, yeah, I just saw a story on KBC 301 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:19.080 Channel seven about that, about family receiving some of these kids. 302 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:22.720 That's really one troubling aspect of this that, yes, the 303 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:26.399 text messages telling people to report to a plantation to 304 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:30.440 pick cotton art being received just by adults or seniors, 305 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:34.600 but by kids, preteens and teenagers who are going to 306 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:36.799 their parents, their grandparents saying what is this all about? 307 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:41.000 And yeah, So that's really troubling. The other really troubling 308 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:43.879 aspect is that many of these messages are being sent 309 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:50.000 to recipients by name, so you know, it's dear John Smith, greetings, etc. 310 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:53.120 And then goes on with this bizarre message there. Some 311 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:56.360 of the messages also might contain a threat, and that's 312 00:16:56.399 --> 00:17:00.240 what the FBI is looking into, and certainly FBI dot 313 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:02.679 gov is one place where you can report if you 314 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:05.119 receive one of these messages. Don't know if any more 315 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:09.000 have been received, but in fourteen states, including California, people 316 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:10.039 have received these. 317 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:13.799 How many people don't know how many. 318 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:16.880 No indication of how many people, but in fourteen states, 319 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:20.240 we know that people of color have received these messages. 320 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:23.200 Amy, okay, And what are they saying? Specifically? 321 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:30.079 The threat goes like there or the message says greetings 322 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:32.920 so and so by name in many cases greeting you know, 323 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:36.079 greetings John Smith. You're being ordered to report to a 324 00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:41.759 plantation or even a specific plantation to pick cotton. A 325 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:45.359 van will pick you up. There's something to that effect. 326 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:49.160 You are in plantation group W or plantation group, and 327 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:54.680 that plantation group thing seems to change from recipient to recipient. 328 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:58.759 So and again, some of the messages were told can 329 00:17:58.839 --> 00:18:01.759 play or contain a threat that says if you do 330 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:04.720 not do this, you will be killed. So you know, 331 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:07.720 it's really serious stuff. It's not just a First Amendment thing. 332 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:11.480 This isn't just somebody saying expressing some kind of idea. 333 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:13.440 This is people making actual threats. 334 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:16.440 Yeah, and I know that they're going to be looking 335 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:19.240 into The FBI's looking into it. LAUSD here is looking 336 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:22.079 into it. I think LAPD be involved. I mean, obviously 337 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:24.640 they want to find who this is. Are there any 338 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:28.240 indications of hints whether it might be from within the 339 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:31.680 US or since we know that Russia and Iran have 340 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:33.480 been trying to mess with our election, that maybe it's 341 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:35.079 coming from outside. 342 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:37.759 It may be coming from outside. The Attorney General in 343 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:41.839 Louisiana and several attorneys general have demanded action about this 344 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:44.680 and launched their own investigations within the states where these 345 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:48.359 messages have been sent and received, and she says the 346 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:51.799 Attorney General in Louisiana says that some of the messages 347 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:55.160 were sent using an email service that routes through Poland, 348 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:58.599 But does that mean the message is originated there? Not necessarily. 349 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:02.519 There's also a company in this in the United States 350 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:05.119 called text Now, which is a mobile provider that allows 351 00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:08.079 people to create phone numbers, and it has told ABC 352 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:11.839 that some of its users might have created some of 353 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:15.000 these messages, and those accounts now have been shut down 354 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:18.920 and the information turned over to the FBI. So, you know, 355 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:20.559 we may be getting to the bottom of this. The 356 00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:23.680 FBI and the FCC is working on this. You can 357 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:26.759 see the kind of it spider web that has been 358 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:30.759 created the IP addresses, phone numbers and other information that 359 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:32.640 might lead to the people responsible amy. 360 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:36.200 What do you think the likelihood is that they actually 361 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:38.440 catch somebody? 362 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:40.960 Boy, you know, it's hard enough for them to catch 363 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:44.799 people who are perpetrating crimes, financial crimes, you know, something 364 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:48.440 like this could be even more difficult. But and it 365 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:51.680 is troubling. I mean, you've got kids receiving messages directed 366 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:55.599 at them by name, making these really awful, awful statements, 367 00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:58.559 and you know, this is really nasty stuff. 368 00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:02.079 I would be interesting not to do it, of course, 369 00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:06.240 but like interested to see how they kind of figure 370 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:09.720 that out. Because you're saying that they're getting personalized messages. 371 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:13.200 So is it just computer algorithm algorithms that are spitting 372 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:15.599 it out? I mean, because so many people have been 373 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:16.920 afed affected. 374 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:20.920 Sure, yeah, and that may be it could be information 375 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:24.559 received on the dark web. You know, they're finding names 376 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:27.480 out there. It's easy enough if you do some social 377 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:29.880 engineering to look at people's Facebook pages. But this is 378 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:33.319 being done so quickly and in such apparently large numbers 379 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:37.119 that this isn't a person individually sitting down and doing 380 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:41.799 this without some AI help potentially or using algorithms, as 381 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:44.720 you say, and to put these things together and then 382 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:47.960 to send them out. Why, who knows. I mean, if 383 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:51.440 it's a foreign actor. We've heard about interference or attempts 384 00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:53.920 to interfere in the election, so this may be an 385 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:58.240 extension of that to try to create division or deepen divisions, 386 00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:00.119 political divisions, racial divisions. 387 00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:04.880 Like we don't already have enough, right people are. I 388 00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:08.039 think that's a nice place to put a pin in 389 00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:10.039 it right now. Jim Ryan, thank you so much for 390 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:12.720 the information. I hope this stops quickly. 391 00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.599 Thanks heby. 392 00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:15.279 All right, let's get back to some of the stories 393 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:17.960 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The 394 00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:21.839 California Air Resources Board has voted to make significant updates 395 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:25.640 to the state's low carbon fuel standard. That's expected to 396 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:29.400 cause higher gas prices. The changes, approved late on Friday, 397 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:33.400 will increase the state's emission reduction targets and fund charging 398 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:36.119 stations for zero emission vehicles, which, of course you know 399 00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:39.359 we need more of. They will also phase out incentives 400 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:43.400 for capturing methane emissions from dairy farms to turn into fuel. 401 00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:46.759