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 --> 00:00:08.519 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:09.839 --> 00:00:14.960 KFI nd KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:17.839 It's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:22.440 Here's Amy King. 6 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:28.480 Good morning. This is your wake up call for Thursday, 7 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:32.520 March twentieth. I'm Amy King. We're live everywhere on the 8 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:39.119 iHeartRadio app. Welcome to Spring. Spring arrived at two one 9 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:43.679 am today and it's going to feel very spring. Nice, 10 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:47.640 nice day, gorgeous sunshine. You know, I was driving home 11 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:51.399 yesterday and I'm always amazed at things you see in 12 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:53.520 a big city. So I'm driving down the five so 13 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:56.799 it's like, you know, ten lanes of freeway and there's 14 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:02.039 this gorgeous, big old blue herong sort of floating across 15 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:06.519 the freeway. There's blue herons in Griffith Park. There's a 16 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:09.400 couple I think, nesting around silver like two, and you 17 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:11.840 just go, well, you just don't expect that in a 18 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:14.920 city of ten million people. It's very cool to see. 19 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:18.120 And speaking of big birds, you know you're doing something 20 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:20.159 too much when you start dreaming about it. I dreamt 21 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:23.400 about the Egletz last night. Okay, So you know, were 22 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:26.480 watching the eglitz. There's still two up in the eagle 23 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:30.640 nest high above Big Bear Lake, and they're so fun 24 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:33.879 to watch. They were like kind of biting each other yesterday, 25 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:37.239 which is called bonking. It's all very normal. And then 26 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:39.760 one of the bigger one like sits on the little one. 27 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:42.239 I'm like, what is the deal with that? But they're 28 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:45.840 they're getting fed, they're doing well and thrilled about that. 29 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:49.560 So I'm dreaming and I had taken the eglets out 30 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:52.840 of the nest and they were in my room and 31 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:54.640 I was going to put one of them on my bed, 32 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:56.040 and I went, oh, it's going to do one of 33 00:01:56.079 --> 00:01:59.200 those they call it poop shoots, and they have to 34 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:02.000 go to the bathroom and they out the nest. And 35 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:05.359 then I turned around and Jackie was sitting there, and 36 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:07.400 you know, the eagles are like almost three feet tall, 37 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:11.039 and I was like, oh, And then I woke up weird, Right, 38 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:15.960 Maybe I shouldn't watch quite so much. Here's what's ahead 39 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:18.479 on wake Up Call. La County's nine to one one 40 00:02:18.520 --> 00:02:21.120 system has gone down again. The Sheriff's Department says the 41 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:24.039 system was out for about twenty minutes yesterday because of 42 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:27.439 what it says was a drop in electricity voltage from 43 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:31.360 a utility company. The Sheriff's Department's dispatch system went out 44 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:33.639 on New Year's Eve. That outage lasted about two days. 45 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:36.719 Thousands of people could lose their jobs and services could 46 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:38.680 be cut in the city of la The city is 47 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:43.159 facing a projected one billion dollar budget shortfall for the 48 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:46.479 next fiscal year. Governor Newsom has sent cell phones to 49 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:51.280 CEOs of the top one hundred California based companies Newsom's offices. 50 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:55.240 The Governor's been mailing the phones out since November. His 51 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:58.599 number is programmed into the contacts, he says it so 52 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:01.520 he can connect more directly with business leaders in the state. 53 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:04.840 Israel has boots on the ground again in Gaza, and 54 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:07.639 ABC's Jordana Miller is going to join us in just 55 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:10.120 a couple of minutes. Apparently air raid sirens have been 56 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:14.000 going off as Israel faces attacks for multiple fronts. It's 57 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:17.520 been more than sixty years since President Kennedy was assassinated, 58 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:21.159 there's still huge interest in what really happened, and Brad 59 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:23.719 Garrett is going to join us. Tell us whether we're 60 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:26.759 getting any answers from the release of those JFK files 61 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:29.560 Also Disneyland touted is the happiest place on Earth, but 62 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:32.840 ABC's Jim Ryan says the happiest place is actually a 63 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:36.159 few hundred miles north of us. We'll tell you about that. 64 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:38.240 That's coming up before the top of the hour. Let's 65 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:39.800 get started with some of the stories coming out of 66 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:43.759 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LA's financial problems could 67 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:45.599 lead to thousands losing. 68 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:48.680 Jobsdy administrator Matt Zabel hasn't painted a pretty picture for 69 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:52.280 LA's cash position. He says the city's depleted tax revenue 70 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:54.199 and rising costs have gotten worse. 71 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:58.960 The economic conditions contributing to this revenue loss are persisting 72 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:03.039 and in most cases are weakening further. 73 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:05.280 It's all added up to a potential budget deficit for 74 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:08.479 the next fiscal year of one billion dollars. He says 75 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:11.360 thousands of layoffs could be necessary without a course correction. 76 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:13.560 Michael Monks KFI News. 77 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:16.600 Some power lines owned by so Cal Edison near the 78 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:19.720 start of the Eton fire in January have been flagged 79 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:23.480 as fire hazards and were overdue for maintenance. Daily Times 80 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:26.600 reports ninety four work orders for the lines were filed 81 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:28.639 with the utility by the end of last year, so 82 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:32.319 Cal Edison has been the target of several lawsuits alleging 83 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:36.000 its power lines started the fire that burned in Altadena, Pasadena, 84 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:39.160 and Sierra Madre. The man accused of leading San Bernardino 85 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:41.319 County Sheriff's deputies on a chase that led to the 86 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:44.439 death of a deputy has been charged with murder. Ryan 87 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:48.360 Turner also faces charges of evading police and vehicle theft. 88 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:52.879 Sheriff Shannondikas says Deputy Hector Khavas died when his cruiser 89 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:55.439 smashed into a car that was not involved in the chase. 90 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:58.480 Although these charges that are filed against Turner will not 91 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:01.720 bring Hector back, I open some way that helps the 92 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:02.560 family through. 93 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:05.800 Their loss, prosecutor say. Turner has faced car theft charges 94 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:09.519 three different times. A state assemblyman from the San Fernando 95 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:13.000 Valley has introduced a bill to eliminate ultra processed foods 96 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:13.519 at schools. 97 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.399 Ultra processed foods have been linked to serious health harms, 98 00:05:16.519 --> 00:05:22.920 including cancer, cardiovascular disease, type two diabetes, metabolic disorders, reproductive harm, 99 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:25.160 and neurobehavioral issues in children. 100 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:28.439 Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel says seventy three percent of adults in 101 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:31.600 the US are obese, and thirty eight percent of kids 102 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:35.800 are pre diabetic. His bill would task scientists with identifying 103 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:42.120 particularly harmful upfs that's ultra processed foods based on scientific research. 104 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:44.839 The measure looks to phase out ultra processed foods in 105 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:49.839 California schools by twenty twenty three, twenty thirty two, that's 106 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:51.439 seven years from now. Maybe they could do it a 107 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:56.079 little faster. Let's say good morning to ABC's Giordana Miller. Jordana, 108 00:05:56.120 --> 00:05:59.680 we're just getting word that the Israeli military says air 109 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:05.720 raids sirens have been sounding in central Israel, possibly from 110 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:07.600 the Gaza Strip. What's going on? 111 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:12.639 That's right, For the first time since Israel broke the 112 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:17.920 seas fire on Tuesday, Hamas responding firing three rockets on 113 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:22.639 central Israel. Hamas claimed the strikes. The Israelis say they 114 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:26.040 shot down one of these rockets, the other two fell 115 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:30.920 in open areas and no one has been injured. Clearly 116 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:35.879 an escalation here now with Hamas responding to what looks 117 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:41.519 like an expanding military operation once again in the Gaza Strip. 118 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:44.279 We have now been told by the Israeli army that 119 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:48.319 ground troops are operating not just in central and southern Israel, 120 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:51.639 which was what we were told several hours ago, but 121 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:56.959 now as well in northern Gaza. The Israeli Army also 122 00:06:57.279 --> 00:07:04.439 taking back part of that very critical corridor, the Nizarim Corridor, 123 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:08.560 which cuts the Gaza Strip in half, separating its northern 124 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:12.439 from its southern area. This is a really important strategic 125 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:16.800 pathway and Israel. The army had withdrawn from this corridor 126 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:20.000 during the seasfire, and now we're being told that the 127 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:23.360 Israelian Army has taken at least half of that eight 128 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:27.199 mile corridor back. Likely they will take the whole thing. 129 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:30.759 Okay, And you mentioned that you're also getting worried that 130 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:33.759 there are troops on the ground in northern Israel, which 131 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:38.519 reminds me that when the ceasefire went into effect, we 132 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:43.800 saw tons of Palestinians, you know, marching, not marching, but 133 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:46.120 making their way back north. That was one of the 134 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:49.920 first areas that really came under attack when the war started. 135 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:54.240 Where are they going and have they been told to evacuate? 136 00:07:56.319 --> 00:08:01.120 The Israeli Army has issued evacuation orders in northern Gaza, 137 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:04.480 really all over the strip, in central and southern Gaza, 138 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:08.759 and we are seeing once again Palestinians on the move, 139 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:15.319 fleeing from northern Gaza down to the center and the south. Right, 140 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:19.160 it seems clear that the Israelis are trying to move 141 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:24.680 most of the population once again to the Mawassie. On 142 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:29.800 Mawassie the declared zone safe zone, i'd put it. I'd 143 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:32.639 say that in quotation marks because it was never ever 144 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:35.600 fully safe, even during the war. But it looks like 145 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:41.759 Israel's trying to move the Gazan population again down south, 146 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:45.600 move them south. And this is you know, this could 147 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:48.480 be a sign that the Israelis are going to take 148 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:52.879 part of northern Gaza, come in and control it, lay 149 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:57.159 siege or you know, control it inasmuch as they can 150 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:01.399 try to use it in the negotiations against Remember the 151 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:06.519 Israeli Prime Minister says that he started restarted the attacks 152 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:11.600 on Hamas because he wanted them to release hostages, in 153 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:15.840 other words, to come back and negotiate for another seafire. 154 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:18.720 It doesn't look like that kind of pressure is working, 155 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:21.799 at least not now. We do know that behind the scenes, 156 00:09:21.879 --> 00:09:25.159 cutter in Egypt and the United States are working to 157 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:28.600 get the seafire back on track. But it's unclear if 158 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:31.440 Hamas is going to be part of that, right, and 159 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:35.919 they are, you know, they will determine what comes next, Okay. 160 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:39.720 And Israel says this is just the beginning, so things 161 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:42.360 could continue to escalate. 162 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:47.080 Unfortunately, unfortunately, Amy, and the depth poll now is over 163 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:51.200 five hundred, right, and that includes more than one hundred children. 164 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:56.559 Once again, the civilians in the Gaza strip paying the 165 00:09:56.600 --> 00:10:01.279 heaviest and really most tragic price for this war. Because 166 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:04.840 it should be abundantly clear now that Hamas doesn't care 167 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:09.399 about keeping its civilians safe. Right, they don't care. 168 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:12.279 Okay, ABC, stre Dona Miller, thank you so much for 169 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:15.879 the information. We will keep an eye on this and 170 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:20.240 talk to you soon. Let's get back to some of 171 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:22.799 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 172 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:25.320 It's so disappointing. We were hoping that that was going 173 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:30.080 to take hold and the fighting wouldn't restart. Governor Newsom 174 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:32.799 says the state is going to keep providing healthcare to 175 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:36.960 illegal immigrants despite facing a budget shortfall for health care costs. 176 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:41.440 Newsom does say that healthcare for the undocumented population is 177 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:45.320 contributing to rising expenses for the state's medicaid program. 178 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:48.240 This was something we previewed in the January budget. It's 179 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:52.120 something when I previewed and suffer conversations. 180 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:52.159 With other governors. 181 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:56.279 It was highlighted actually in December the Democratic Governors Association 182 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:58.879 as an issue that we're seeing all across the country. 183 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:01.480 The governor has asked for a nearly three billion dollar 184 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:04.440 loan to cover the program. He had already received a 185 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:06.120 loan from the general Fund for about three and a 186 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:10.759 half billion last week. Republican Assemblyman Carl Demayo suspending all 187 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:13.639 this money on illegal immigrants puts coverage at risk for 188 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:18.879 the elderly, disabled, children, and other low income citizens. Ukraine's 189 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:23.200 President Zelenski has agreed to a partial cease fire following 190 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:26.320 a phone call yesterday with President Trump. Trump says the 191 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:29.480 call that lasted about an hour, was focused on aligning 192 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:31.840 both Ukraine and Russia in terms of what each is 193 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:35.320 asking for to move forward with a ceasefire. Putin and 194 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:38.159 Trump had agreed to a limited ceasefire to halt attacks 195 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:42.080 on infrastructure during a call on Tuesday. The Pentagon has 196 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:46.440 restored some content to its website that got Stubb scrubbed 197 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:50.360 as part of a sweep of information that promoted diversity, equity, 198 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:56.200 and inclusion. Kfi's Tammy Truchio says a deleted article about 199 00:11:56.279 --> 00:11:59.720 Jackie Robinson's military service is now back on the Defense 200 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:00.799 Departartment's website. 201 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:04.279 Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in nineteen forty seven, and 202 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:06.799 before that served in the US Army during World War II. 203 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:09.840 He reached the rank of second lieutenant in a tank battalion, 204 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:11.200 but never served overseas. 205 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:14.840 The Pentagon also restored some web pages yesterday highlighting the 206 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:20.279 wartime contributions of Navajo code talkers and other Native American veterans. 207 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:24.360 Defense Department officials said the Navajo code talker material was 208 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:29.000 erroneously erased. President Trump is expected to sign an executive 209 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:31.960 order calling for the shutdown of the US Department of Education. 210 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:36.679 ABC's Andrea FUJII says the administration has already laid off 211 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:38.039 half of the department's staff. 212 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:41.159 Sources say the Education Secretary will now be directed to 213 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:45.039 dissolve the agency while keeping critical services and programs in 214 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:48.559 place elsewhere. The order comes after Trump vowed to return 215 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:50.360 education authority to the States. 216 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:54.039 Trump has complained the agency is wasteful and polluted by 217 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:58.440 liberal ideology, but finalizing the closure of the Education Department 218 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:02.960 is impossible without an Act of Congress. The Federal Reserve 219 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:06.039 Vote Board has voted to keep interest rates right where 220 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:08.360 they are, citing the possibility of a short term rise 221 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:11.799 in prices later this year. FED chair Jerom Palell says 222 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:14.240 there is uncertainty in the US economy. 223 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:17.879 Recent indications, however, point to a moderation in consumer spending 224 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:20.600 following the rapid growth seen over the second half of 225 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:24.200 twenty twenty four. Surveys of households and businesses point to 226 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.639 heightened uncertainty about the economic outlook. 227 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:30.200 Bell says economic activity continued to expand at a pretty 228 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:32.720 solid pace. In the fourth quarter of last year. The 229 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:36.600 GDP rose two point three percent. He says the consumer 230 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:40.960 uncertainty is related to President Trump's trade and tariff policies. 231 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:45.200 A man accused of stabbing an Orange County Sheriff's deputy 232 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:48.879 in San Clementy has been arrested. State park rangers found 233 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:51.159 the thirty five year old homeless man at Santa Nofre 234 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:54.720 State Beach yesterday. The deputy was attacked as she conducted 235 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:58.679 what officials say was routine homeless outreach This week she's 236 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:02.320 expected to fully recover from her wounds. California law enforcement 237 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:05.840 officials are again issuing a warning about people impersonating ICE 238 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:10.240 officers and other immigration scams. California Attorney General Rob Bontes 239 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:13.759 as scammers and other bad actors may try to capitalize 240 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:17.919 on fear and uncertainty over the Trump administration's immigration policies. 241 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:20.080 If you want to fly through the best airport in 242 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:23.519 the US, New York's LaGuardia is the place to go. 243 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:27.200 Forbes Travel named LaGuardia Airport as the best in the 244 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:30.159 US based on a survey of five thousand hospitality and 245 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:33.879 travel experts. LaGuardia was once known as the nation's worst 246 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:38.080 airport and underwent an eight billion dollar transformation. At six 247 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:40.720 oh Five's handle on the news with mo Kelly, What 248 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:43.159 if you called nine to one one and no one answered. 249 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:45.960 It happened for about twenty minutes in La County yesterday. 250 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:49.639 Let's say good morning now to ABC's crime and terrorism 251 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:53.840 analyst Brad Garrett. Brad, it's been more than sixty years 252 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:57.399 since JFK was assassinated, and there's still this fascination in 253 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:01.960 what really happened. So one let's ask, well, to talk 254 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:05.320 about whether the JFK files are shining any light on 255 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:08.960 that and maybe go back and explain some of the theories. 256 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:14.120 Okay, so I don't think amy that there is any 257 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:17.720 huge smoking gun in these documents. Now keep in mind, 258 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:23.440 probably nobody has yet thoroughly read eighty thousand pages, if 259 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:25.799 you can imagine even trying to clear this stuff to 260 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:29.159 get it out, because none of it probably was computerized. 261 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.919 But be that what it may. 262 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:35.480 The indicators by the people who really know this assassination 263 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:39.159 seem to be, Yes, there is some interesting pieces of 264 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:44.360 information in the documents, but nothing that sort of goes oh, 265 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:49.120 so that's what happened kind of thinking, right, And if 266 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:53.159 it does anything, and this is my perspective, it probably 267 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:57.639 fuels some of the conspiracy theories about what actually happened. 268 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:03.120 I think there's not much argument that Lee Harvey Oswald 269 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:06.159 is the shooter. There's some argument that there might have 270 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:09.120 been a second shooter on the quote unquote Girassy Noll. 271 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:15.320 I think most ballistics experts and medical examiners have more 272 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:19.279 or less ruled that out, but that's still out there. 273 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:22.320 But because we don't have much time, I think the 274 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:29.279 more intriguing piece of information. Is the whole CIA connection 275 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:34.919 or interest maybe is a better word in Lee Harvey Oswald. Now, 276 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:39.600 Oswald was troubled guy. He had problems in school, he 277 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:43.720 had problems in the Marine Corps. He leaves the Marine 278 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:47.240 Corps in nineteen fifty nine and moves to Russia and 279 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:54.000 Mary's or Russian gets I assumed disillusioned with communism. And 280 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:57.679 sixty two he moves back to the United States and 281 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:04.119 moves to Dallas. And you know, we already knew this, 282 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:08.759 but it seems to be there's some additional clarification without specificity, 283 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:14.160 that the CIA had been tracking Olswald from fifty nine 284 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:20.480 to sixty three. They apparently were monitoring his movements, his communications. Now, 285 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:24.160 one could argue a me that was because let's go 286 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:28.359 to historical context here. It's during the Cold War and 287 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:32.119 you have an American moved to Russia. That probably raised 288 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:35.000 a lot of eyebrows. So maybe they were keeping track 289 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:39.000 of him, what's his motive, what's he doing in Russia, etc. 290 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:45.440 And then clearly they were, by their own documents, keeping 291 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:48.559 track of him even up to the time of the assassination. 292 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:53.119 But they were just were obsessed with nobody knowing that 293 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:56.279 they were keeping track of him. Now, could that be 294 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:59.319 simply because of embarrassment they didn't know what he was 295 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:02.359 about to do then he did it, or there is 296 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:05.000 there something else? In other words, is there some sort 297 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:08.519 of connection or relationship. Again, I'm not suggesting there was 298 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:13.079 between Oswald and the CIA, So that's gonna so that 299 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:18.240 conspiracy theory, of course, will run wildfire, right, And if 300 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:22.440 you add to the Gazilion other conspiracy theories, you know, 301 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:25.240 the Russians had something to do with it, ie the KGB. 302 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:31.359 There's this intriguing travel by Oswald a few weeks before 303 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:36.640 the assassination where he flies to Mexico City. He goes 304 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:40.759 to the Russian embassy and the Cuban consulate. Now the 305 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:44.960 CI apparently are keeping track of that. But you know, 306 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:47.200 why would he do that? What is that all about? 307 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:49.640 Now he's a pretty nutty guy, so it's hard to 308 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:53.319 say rationally why he was doing that. But then he 309 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:56.680 goes back to the US. He buys the weapons through 310 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:58.680 an alias that they were that was found back in 311 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:02.640 the day. Weapons were sent to him, a handgun in 312 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:06.440 the rifle that he used to shoot President Kennedy. And 313 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:11.000 so do you walk away from at least preliminarily from 314 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:15.720 these documents, that was Oswald shooter. Yes, but then you 315 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:18.799 can take all these tentacles off of that. It's the yes, 316 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:24.880 but yes, but somebody sent him that, you know, was 317 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:29.000 this a bigger conspiracy to to kill the president? Totally 318 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.880 remains to be seen. 319 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:32.000 What I think is also interesting is like you talk 320 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:34.519 about that the CIA has been had been watching him, 321 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:39.519 and that he moved to Russia, married to Russia, comes back, 322 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:43.000 moves to Dallas. So what are the chances that he 323 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:45.839 moves back from Russia to Dallas and that's just where 324 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:48.480 the president happens to be in the CIA is watching him, 325 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:51.160 and then he goes to the consular. I mean you, 326 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:53.400 like you said, those tentacles, it's just like there's all 327 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:57.200 these like well that sounds more than coincidental. Well, that 328 00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:59.599 sounds more than coincidental. But are we I mean, are 329 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:00.559 we ever going to know? 330 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:02.240 Well? 331 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:02.799 I don't know. 332 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:06.200 If you ask me to guess the documents that would 333 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:12.640 answer at least the CIA questions probably don't exist anymore. 334 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:16.559 I suspect they got flushed a long time ago. So 335 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:21.599 and the other aspect quickly is that I don't think 336 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:24.559 that based on only what I've read that the Warren 337 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:29.920 Commission that investigated the assassination make no mention of this, 338 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:33.680 and the belief is they didn't know about the CIA's 339 00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:37.400 connection relationship, whatever the right word is. So we'll see 340 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:38.759 how that flushes out too. 341 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:41.480 Yeah. I think it makes me want to go watch JFK, 342 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:44.400 you know, with the old movie with Kevin Costner, because 343 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:46.279 in that movie, by the end of it, you went, Okay, 344 00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:47.440 everybody was in on it. 345 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:49.119 Yeah. 346 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:51.759 Yeah, Well that's good for the movies though, right, good 347 00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:54.680 for them. Just got alone, guy, it's it's boring, yes. 348 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:58.319 Right, all right, ABC's Crime and Terrorism analyst Brad Garrett. 349 00:20:58.359 --> 00:21:00.680 Thanks so much for the information and insight. We always 350 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.319 appreciate it. 351 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:04.119 Hey, welcome. Take care, Amy, take care. 352 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:07.119 It's amazing how we're still so fascinated by that. Family 353 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:09.759 members and supporters of the effort to release Eric and 354 00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:12.599 Lyle Menendez from prison are holding a rally in LA 355 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:16.160 today to call out what they say is das the 356 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:21.039 DA's relentless fixation on the past. District Attorney Hawkman has 357 00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:24.319 opposed resentencing for the brothers, which could lead to their release. 358 00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:29.039 He recently told NBCLA that brothers have not taken responsibility 359 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:29.640 for their crime. 360 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:32.519 If the menendez Is themselves want to go ahead and 361 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:37.759 make a sincere and unequivocal statement accepting full responsibility for 362 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:40.359 the breath of all the lies that they have told 363 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:43.799 over the past thirty years, we will certainly consider that statement. 364 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:48.640 The brothers are serving life sentences for murdering their parents 365 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:51.960 in nineteen eighty nine. The resentencing hearing that was supposed 366 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:55.000 to start today has been pushed back to next next month. 367 00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:59.000 And entertainment entrepreneur in La charged with a series of 368 00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:01.759 federal crimes, including murder, has turned himself in. 369 00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:05.000 Eugene Henley has presented himself as a creative, civic and 370 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:08.880 community leader. Acting US Attorney Joseph McNally says the charges 371 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:10.640 against him paint a different picture. 372 00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:13.400 It is one of a murderer, a thief, a liar, 373 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:17.119 and a cheat and the criminals that enabled him. 374 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:19.920 Henley, who's also known as Big U, has been accused 375 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:23.640 of working with gangs and racketeering and trafficking and killing 376 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:25.599 an aspiring rapper in Las Vegas. 377 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:29.839 Michael Monks KFI News Henley has surrendered and says he's 378 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:33.279 done nothing wrong. The drummer for Guns n' Roses has 379 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:36.240 left the band. I didn't even know Guns n' Roses 380 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:41.359 was still together Frank Farrer. Farrar has been with Guns 381 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:44.599 n' Roses for nearly twenty years. In a statement, the 382 00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:47.519 band said the split was amicable and they thanked him 383 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:50.599 for his friendship, creativity, and sturdy presence. He was the 384 00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:53.680 longest serving drummer in Guns n' Roses history, a reason 385 00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:57.759 that he's left. Not given orange. You're glad you weren't 386 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:59.599 down the one oh one in Tabluca Lake during the 387 00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:02.039 afternoon and commute h I get it. A load of 388 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:04.920 oranges spilled out onto the freeway, blocking several lanes of 389 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:07.720 the one on one late yesterday afternoon headed into Sherman Oaks. 390 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:12.960 The oranges orange blocked. Whatever the orange block caused a 391 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:15.480 big traffic pile up as the oranges had to be 392 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:18.200 cleared off the runway. Did they just get brooms and 393 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:20.480 just sort of roll them off? Really put a squeeze 394 00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:24.680 on the PM? Yeah? Okay. La Mayor Bass says it's 395 00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:27.799 time to stop repeating past mistakes and find ways to 396 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:32.359 maximate maximize taxpayer dollars or comments come as the city's 397 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:36.759 administrative officers. Is LA's facing a about a billion dollar 398 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:40.839 budget shortfall next fiscal year. Bass is directing city officials 399 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:44.319 to find up to nine hundred million dollars in savings 400 00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:48.640 while working to protect essential services. President Trump expected to 401 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:51.640