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 --> 00:00:08.240 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:21.600 Ok F I and kost HT two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:39.359 And Amy Kay. 5 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:42.719 Good morning. It's five o'clock. This is your wake up 6 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:47.479 call for Thursday, August twenty second. We're live everywhere on 7 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:53.000 the iHeartRadio app. Thank you for starting your day with us, 8 00:00:53.119 --> 00:00:56.240 whether you're listening in your car or and your home 9 00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:00.560 as you're getting the kids up and getting ready. Getting 10 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:03.119 up was a little tough today. And this is just 11 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:06.400 me whining because I know that we're all getting up early. 12 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.959 But this Democratic National Convention, which I've told you I'm 13 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:12.439 a junkie and I love watching all of this stuff, 14 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:16.519 it's killing me because it's going late. Although I will 15 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:18.760 say that Tim Walls did his speech last night and 16 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:22.480 it was like ten minutes. It was perfect. Bill Clinton, however, 17 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:24.840 rambled on and on, but that's a whole other thing. 18 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:26.640 But I'm glad it's almost over because I need to 19 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.239 get some sleep. But now it's time to wake up. 20 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:31.840 So here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. Vice President 21 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:36.200 Kamala Harris will officially accept the Democratic nomination for president 22 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:39.239 today on the final night of the DNC in Chicago. 23 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:42.640 Her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walls, accepted the nomination 24 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:45.599 for a vice president last night and called former President 25 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:50.959 Trump's agenda weird, wrong, and dangerous. Gary and Shannon are 26 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:53.159 at the DNC. We're going to be talking with Gary 27 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:55.200 before the top of the hour to get the latest 28 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:58.000 from Chicago. What's up today as Kamala gets ready to 29 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:02.560 accept the Democratic noweination that's coming up again at about 30 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:05.400 five point fifty Twenty eight people have been arrested for 31 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:10.120 allegedly stealing tractors from farms in Ventura County. Police say 32 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:12.560 the tractors were taken earlier this month from farms near 33 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:16.159 Camio and Oxnard. Most of the tractors recovered had been 34 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:20.360 gutted and are missing batteries and wiring and other electrical components. 35 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:23.439 Police they say they're still looking for more people who 36 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:26.719 were involved in the tractor thefts. Job growth in the 37 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:29.840 US has been revised from earlier numbers showing it was 38 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:33.159 much weaker than first reported. The Bureau of Labor Statistics 39 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:37.680 found there was an eight hundred and eighteen thousand less 40 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:41.879 jobs from April of last year to March of this year. 41 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:45.280 The revised findings come as the Federal Reserve ways a 42 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:49.240 rate cut next month. Wake up call going out and 43 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:52.520 about we're getting a little wild for some Friday night fun. 44 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:55.439 That's coming up at the bottom of the hour at 45 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:58.159 six oh five. It's handle on the news. The slipping 46 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:02.240 and sliding is worse than they thought in Rencho Palace 47 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:04.599 Verdies Bill's going to be telling you about that. Let's 48 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:06.919 get started with some of the stories coming out of 49 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:11.080 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Minnesota Governor Tim Walls 50 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:14.960 has accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for vice president. Walls 51 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:17.639 is a former high school football coach and used a 52 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:20.719 football analogy last night to tell the crowd at the 53 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:23.960 DNC what Democrats need to do to win the election 54 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:26.759 in November. Get in the trenches and do the blocking 55 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:27.919 and tackling. 56 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:34.000 One inch at a time, one yard at a time, 57 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:36.400 one phone call at a time. 58 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:40.120 Walls thanked Vice President Harris for choosing him as her 59 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:42.840 running mate, and he thanked President Biden for what he 60 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:46.759 said were four years of strong, historic leadership. Oprah Winfrey 61 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:49.520 was a guest speaker at the DNC. She reached out 62 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:51.879 to independent and undecided voters. 63 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:55.360 You know I'm telling you the truth that values and 64 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:58.360 character matter most of all. 65 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:01.680 She says, decency and respect are on the ballot. In 66 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:04.479 twenty twenty four, a fire that has burned at least 67 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:08.120 sixteen acres in the Angelus National Forest near Sunland is 68 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:12.680 fifty percent surrounded. The fire was reported late yesterday afternoon 69 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:16.959 along North Big Tahanga Canyon Road. Firefighters from LA City 70 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:19.399 and County have been assisting the Forest Service. The cause 71 00:04:19.439 --> 00:04:22.839 of the fires being investigated. Officials in La have some 72 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:26.800 questions about the feasibility of a convention center expansion plan. 73 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:29.560 The estimated one point four billion dollar project has a 74 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:32.240 short timeline. City leaders have said if they move forward now, 75 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:33.959 they need to know it'll be finished in time to 76 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:37.079 host Olympic events in twenty twenty eight. City Administrator Matt 77 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:39.759 Zaebo told the city Council's Tourism Committee this week, one 78 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:43.079 lingering question is how much money can be generated by signage. 79 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:46.680 Our position has been and will necessarily be, that we 80 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:49.360 need to maximize the revenue associated with signage. 81 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:51.680 The project would cost the city nearly thirty million dollars 82 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:54.639 a year for thirty years. Zabo says revenue from signage 83 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:58.279 and convention events should offset that. In downtown La Michael 84 00:04:58.319 --> 00:04:59.720 Monks kfi knew. 85 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:03.639 Let's say good morning to ABC's Stephen Portnoite. So Stephen 86 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:08.800 who a funk? Robert F. Kennedy Junior may endorse Donald Trump. 87 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:11.360 Yeah, it looks like it's going to happen. Our ABC 88 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:16.920 News reporting is that, according to multiple sources, that RFK 89 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:19.319 Junior is considering dropping out of the race and endorsing 90 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:22.839 Donald Trump as early as tomorrow. RFK Junior has said 91 00:05:22.839 --> 00:05:26.759 he's going to have a major address to the country tomorrow. 92 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:29.759 He is scheduled to be in Arizona. That's the same 93 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:33.720 state where Donald Trump is scheduled to be tomorrow, and 94 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:37.959 there has been increasing talk in recent days about RFK 95 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:41.480 Junior dropping out endorsing Trump. His own running mate, Nicole Shanahan, 96 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:45.279 has said that this is under consideration and would require, 97 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:48.759 in her words, a significant commitment by Trump to give 98 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:53.240 Bobby true authority to execute. Also this week, Donald Trump Junior, 99 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:56.600 the former president's son, said in an interview he loves 100 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:58.680 the idea of giving some sort of role in some 101 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:01.560 sort of major three letter entity or wherever it may be, 102 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:04.240 and let him blow it up. You could think of 103 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:07.600 maybe the FDA or some other government agency where Robert F. 104 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:10.680 Kennedy Junior may be interested in having some authority or role. 105 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:14.480 Just a few minutes ago, the former president was on 106 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:18.040 Fox News he still is as we speak, and they 107 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:20.720 asked him about this, and he wouldn't deny it. He 108 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:23.199 simply said it'd be a nice thing. He praised Robert F. 109 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:26.600 Kennedy Jr. As a something like a smart. 110 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:27.600 Person or a very good person. 111 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:32.839 It's interesting because recently, as Kennedy has had been doing 112 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:35.319 better in the polls, Trump has been trashing him, calling 113 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:37.439 him one of the most liberal lunatics ever to run 114 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:41.279 for office and a phony radical left fool. Well, let's 115 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:44.519 see what happens next. I should tell you that in 116 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:47.879 the recent weeks, Robert F. Kennedy Junior has seen his 117 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:52.240 support cratering since the race has changed since Joe Biden 118 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:54.920 is out and Kamala Harris is In our ABC News 119 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:57.680 Washington Post Eipsos poll a month ago had RFK with 120 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:00.959 ten percent support. Now it's down to five because it 121 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:03.160 seems to many people who had been supporting Robert F. 122 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:07.399 Kennedy Junior are now supporting Kamala Harris or perhaps Trump. 123 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:09.720 Maybe they saw him at the convention in Milwaukee and 124 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:12.040 decided they would rather vote for him. The bottom line 125 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:15.680 is RFK is seeing his support decline, he's running out 126 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:18.319 of money, he's seemingly getting out of the race. 127 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:24.720 And didn't he go to team Kamala first? I think 128 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:25.920 I heard rumblings of that. 129 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:29.160 Yep, we are reporting that there was an initial attempt 130 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:32.240 on RFK Junior's part to try to reach out to Harris. 131 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:37.240 Didn't get very far. So, I mean, it's a really 132 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:40.399 interesting thing, Stephen, because it's like, Okay, well, if you 133 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:42.839 won't support me, then I'll go over to Trump's team. 134 00:07:42.839 --> 00:07:45.879 It's like it's a just feels like a power grab. 135 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:49.839 But for what, Well, that's a very good observation and 136 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:53.839 a good question and what we'll have to see. I mean, ultimately, 137 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:57.000 the idea of sort of horse trading for a patronage 138 00:07:57.079 --> 00:07:59.879 job in exchange for an endorsement is not altogether unheard 139 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:05.120 of in American politics. It is unseemly, however, and especially 140 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:07.600 when it's on display as this seems to be. 141 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:11.399 Yeah, I mean it's such a it's so blatant. So 142 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:14.600 but like you said, it's happened before, but does it 143 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:18.079 happen kind of cross party like this. That's I think 144 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:19.839 what makes it a little more unusual. 145 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:22.839 Well, and especially given just you know, the unusual nature 146 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:26.319 of the Trump candidacy in the last eight plus years 147 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:31.240 and just the dynamic of American politics today, it could 148 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:36.159 have the appearance of crassness and you know, just selfish 149 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:38.039 kind of sort of indulgence in all this. But let's 150 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:40.159 let's see what comes of it. We don't yet know 151 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:42.279 exactly how it's going to play out. Although our sources 152 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:47.360 are telling us that RFK Junior is interested in pursuing this, 153 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:50.799 I should tell you I have to mention it. My 154 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:54.360 colleague Jonathan Carl actually spoke yesterday to Robert F. Kennedy JR. 155 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:58.120 RFK Junior would not confirm or deny our reporting. He 156 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:00.519 wouldn't talk about Trump, but he did have plenty to 157 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:03.000 say about Harris. He said he's disappointed by the way 158 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:06.720 his former Democratic party coalesced behind her. He said, that's 159 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:07.519 not democracy. 160 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:11.879 Okay, Steven Portnoy, we'll be watching probably talking to you 161 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:14.080 about this again very soon. Thank you so much. You 162 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:15.720 bet all right, let's get back to some of the 163 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:18.679 stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 164 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:22.399 LA County Sheriff's deputies have arrested two guys who allegedly 165 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:25.399 pointed a bb gun out the window of an suv 166 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:28.960 at Pepperdine University. The Student newspapers's the pair drove on 167 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:32.600 to campus around three yesterday afternoon. They were arrested about 168 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:37.159 a half hour later. California Senate Republicans have criticized legislation 169 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:41.360 that would change how teachers deal with unlawful student behavior. 170 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:44.919 The bill would make it optional, rather than mandatory, for 171 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:48.120 students to be reported to law enforcement for drug possession, 172 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:51.159 if they disturb a public school meeting, or if a 173 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:54.000 teacher or staff is assaulted or threatened. 174 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:56.799 But the bottom line is, the majority of Californians want 175 00:09:56.799 --> 00:09:59.559 to be safe. The majority of Californians are fed up 176 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:04.840 with criminal outlaw situation here in California, and they want reforms, 177 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:06.399 and this goes in the wrong direction. 178 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:11.960 Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones says it's a dangerous risk 179 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:15.399 for schools. Jones expects the bill will go before the 180 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:20.639 Senate floor again sometime next week. Lawmakers in California have 181 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:24.320 announced a deal with Google to fund local newsrooms. The 182 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:27.360 agreement will shelve a bill that would have required Google 183 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:31.320 to pay news outlets for distributing their content. Instead, at 184 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:34.639 least two hundred and forty million will be funding newsrooms 185 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:37.399 as well as AI programs for the next five years. 186 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:40.960 Governor Newsom says the deal supports hundreds of new journalists 187 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:45.039 and rebuilds the California Press Corps. Union journalists repped by 188 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:49.200 Media Guild of the West, reject the deal. The last 189 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:53.720 four trains for LAX's much delayed automated people mover have 190 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:57.360 arrived at the airport. The cars arrived from a manufacturer 191 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:00.960 in Pennsylvania. The plan is to have of the forty 192 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:03.879 four cars now at the airport start moving people around 193 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:07.000 by January of twenty twenty six, ahead of the twenty 194 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:14.799 twenty six World Cup and the twenty twenty eight Summer Olympics. 195 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:16.639 God. 196 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:23.720 Yep, California is a pretty fun place. A new wallet 197 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:28.799 hug study just released says California ranks the second most 198 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:31.720 fun state in America. Well, who the heck is going 199 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:36.279 to beat us? Huh? Apparently Florida did. Florida is the 200 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:39.320 most fun state. I don't know. I might buy that, 201 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:44.159 but California is ranked number one in the number of 202 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:47.360 restaurants per capita. We got some good food here. The 203 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:50.120 number of movie theaters per capita. We got some good 204 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:52.720 movie theaters too. I know that, like Nick and I 205 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:54.720 love to go to the ones where they serve you 206 00:11:54.799 --> 00:12:00.039 food and for me cocktails. Also, amusement parks were number one. 207 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:02.840 We have the most. We have the most performing arts 208 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:06.240 theaters and the most fitness centers, which I do not 209 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:09.679 partake in. But we were dragged down in the overall 210 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:13.000 rankings because we're eleventh for casinos per capita, which is 211 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:16.919 fine with me, and we also have we're fifteenth for 212 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:19.519 the number of golf courses and country clubs. I would 213 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:22.279 see where Florida might have a little more in the 214 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:25.039 way of golf courses, but we're number two. I'm okay 215 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:28.679 with that. Oh, in the least fun state is West Virginia. 216 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:33.320 Good to know. Former President Trump has held his first 217 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:37.679 outdoor rally since his attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania. He 218 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:41.320 was surrounded by bulletproof glass At the rally in Ashboro, 219 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:45.159 North Carolina. Trump went after Kamala Harris, saying she'll destroy 220 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:48.639 our country, just like she destroyed San Francisco. Traces of 221 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:51.639 lead have been found in the tap water flowing into 222 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:56.159 homes in Watts. Results of a study released yesterday show 223 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:58.759 that many of the water samples that tested positive for 224 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:02.200 lead were taken in public housing units where the pipes 225 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:05.799 haven't been replaced since nineteen eighty five. Health experts say 226 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:09.720 the lead poses the greatest risk to pregnant women and kids. 227 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:14.000 Chick fil A is launching its own streaming platform. It's 228 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:18.080 working with several production companies to create family friendly shows, 229 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:22.960 particularly reality series. Oh great, just what we need more 230 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:26.679 reality shows. At six o five, it's handled on the news. 231 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:28.759 You can bet he's going to have a little bit 232 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:32.120 of a take on the convention last night. Let's say 233 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:36.240 good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan, who is not 234 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:39.320 inside the convention center. He's outside, And I have to 235 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:41.039 tell you, Jim, I'm feeling a little bit like you've 236 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:41.679 cheated on me. 237 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:46.159 Yes, by the way, the Chick fil A channel interesting, I. 238 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:49.720 Know, right, yeah, So let's get back to this cheating thing. 239 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:51.879 Go ahead, Yes, sorry, So you were. 240 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:53.639 On with Gary and Shannon, huh. 241 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:57.320 I've been on with him every day for what all right, yeah, 242 00:13:57.399 --> 00:14:01.080 well they're the afternoon crew. All right, I only do 243 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:04.200 I do what I'm told to do. They can choose here. 244 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:07.720 Okay. So, as the DNC heads to its big closing night, 245 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:09.360 how are the protests going. 246 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:14.960 Well, Yes, there was another big demonstration yesterday, peaceful, over 247 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:17.320 a thousand people or so. I suspect. We're in Union 248 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:19.960 Park and they held a rally there and then marched 249 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:25.120 over to another small park near United Center, then marched 250 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:27.480 back to the previous park and broke up and went home. 251 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:28.759 So peaceful. 252 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:31.840 One guy was upon a railroad bridge, one of these 253 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:36.120 overhead l bridges, and waving a Palestinian flag. He came down, 254 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:38.720 police told him to and he did. That was it 255 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:41.840 as far as the big protests that happened. But it 256 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:45.279 was a small, essentially a one man protest later in 257 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:48.120 the evening at United Center that has attracted a lot 258 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:51.879 of attention. Naming, we're talking about the Michigan uncommitted delegate 259 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:57.840 boss Alawilla, who is demanding that a pro Palestinian speaker 260 00:14:57.960 --> 00:15:01.039 be given some time on the podium. Well, yesterday we 261 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:04.840 heard from the parents of an American who's being held 262 00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:10.000 hostage in Gaza by Hamas. So yesterday Boss began this 263 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:12.440 sit and he's still sitting on the steps outside the 264 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:13.960 United Center making that demand. 265 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:16.679 He's still there, yeah, okay, and. 266 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:18.879 His supporters, a few supporters are as well as well. 267 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:23.559 Okay. But so it's interesting because I had heard as 268 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:26.639 many as like one hundred or like one hundred and 269 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:29.519 fifty thousand people were going to show up to protest. 270 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:32.440 It hasn't materialized like that at all. 271 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:35.960 Well, it hasn't. And in fact, the crowd this twelve 272 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:39.960 or thirteen hundred who gathered yesterday in marched, many of 273 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:43.360 them are locals who stage that demonstration pretty much every weekend, 274 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:46.919 the same pro Palestinian message that they're trying to get out. 275 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:49.679 They do it every weekend, taking the same little march 276 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:54.120 rout et cetera. And so yeah, this talk of tens 277 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:56.639 and tens of thousands of protests. Of course, we have 278 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:59.159 one more day of the convention, and we have two 279 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:04.039 protests that are planned, simultaneous demonstrations that are planned. So 280 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:08.320 we'll see how this shakes out. But to this point, 281 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:13.039 I mean, the overwhelming numbers of Chicago police officers time 282 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:15.840 off has been canceled for now have been able to 283 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:17.559 control crowds pretty easily. 284 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:20.120 Well that's I mean, that's good because I think that 285 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:23.399 a lot of people were concerned that it was just 286 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:25.960 going to be crazy and out of control. So again, 287 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:28.159 did you're right to protest, do it all day long, 288 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:30.080 but keep it peaceful. Now, things did get a little 289 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:32.919 out of control. We didn't talk to you yesterday, but 290 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:36.639 at the Israel outside the Israeli Consulate on Tuesday night 291 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:37.559 it did. 292 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:41.399 Right there. You had maybe one hundred fifty And this 293 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:45.279 is a smaller, maybe more militant group, much harder edge 294 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:47.960 in its online presence, did not have a permit for 295 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:49.720 the protest that had staged there in front of the 296 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:54.399 Israeli Consulate. And yes, the police were there. Of course 297 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:58.000 they were in front of the consulate. It's a city building, 298 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:00.919 it's a skyscraper across the street from anther skyscrapers. So 299 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:03.799 the police were on either end of the block right 300 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:07.480 to keep this group from going on into traffic for 301 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:12.240 causing problems beyond this, But when this group physically began 302 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:14.880 pushing against the police to try to get through, that's 303 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:17.799 when it turned a little ugly. And this group then 304 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:20.640 moved through the streets. You know, they essentially made a 305 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:23.720 big circle around this one city block. The police said 306 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:27.720 that's it. They called it in a and you know, 307 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:31.680 a uncertified or un you know, a mass disturbance essentially, 308 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:34.440 and began mass arrests. There was something like seventy people 309 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:36.920 taking into custody on various charges. Two people were heard 310 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:40.240 minor injuries. Three reporters were among those folks who were 311 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:41.119 taken into custody. 312 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:43.839 Reporters were taken into custody. 313 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:47.079 Yeah, for you know, they kept telling everybody to get 314 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:50.759 on the sidewalk during this demonstration, and once it started moving, 315 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:54.559 I think these journalists got caught where they shouldn't have 316 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:56.759 been and were taken into custody along with some of 317 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:57.480 the demonstrators. 318 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:01.519 Okay, so you'll be watching in case there's any trouble today. 319 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:03.799 And then are you gonna cheat on me again today? 320 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:06.920 I have not seen my afternoon schedule, but I would 321 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:08.839 say probably so, yes. 322 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:12.400 All right, fine, I hope you're having fun. 323 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:17.480 I'm not having fun. Oh, this is hard work. It 324 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:20.400 goes from three in the morning untill eleven o'clock at night. 325 00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:21.880 I'll tell you, no, it's not fun. 326 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:23.799 Okay, Well, then you're like with me because I was 327 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:25.200 saying at the top of the show, is like, I 328 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:26.680 can't wait for this to be over because I'm a 329 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:29.400 junkie and I love watching the convention and I'm really 330 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:32.720 interested in it. But they go late and for somebody 331 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:34.599 who gets up at two thirty in the morning. 332 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:38.079 Yeah, well crimea river, I know, right. 333 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:41.640 Wheah, wheah, Thank you so much. I have a great day, Jim. 334 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:43.960 Say hi to Gary and Shannon for me. Okay, well, 335 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:46.240 all right, let's get back to some of the stories 336 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:48.559 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A 337 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:51.960 federal judge in LA has rejected an effort by lawyers 338 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:55.000 for Hunter Biden to have a tax case against him 339 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:57.720 tossed out. He's charged with failing to pay at least 340 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:00.759 one point four million dollars in taxes. For Biden claims 341 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:03.880 that federal prosecutors want to deliberately smear the character of 342 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:07.079 the president's son. Attorney said during a hearing yesterday that 343 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:11.240 jurors may hear possibly inflammatory details of Hunter Biden's personal 344 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:14.960 life during the trial. Jury's selections expected to begin September fifth. 345 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:18.359 A witness has helped police find a shoplifter at the 346 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:21.720 Irvine Spectrum Center who was hiding under a blanket in 347 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:25.440 the trunk of her Tesla. Irvine PDS Kyle Oldorp says 348 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:27.799 the woman tried to claim she was hiding last week 349 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:30.119 because people were chasing her and her vehicle. 350 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:32.680 Officers were able to recover six hundred dollars worth of 351 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:36.000 stolen Sappora items and about two hundred and fifty. 352 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:40.440 Dollars worth of stolen Lululemon merchandise. Oldorp says the woman 353 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:43.319 said she already had those items in her purse when 354 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:45.839 she went into the shopping center. She was booked for 355 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:50.160 resisting arrest, shoplifting, and using pliers as a tool for burglary. 356 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:53.000 Video has been released that shows the fatal shooting of 357 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:55.680 a dad in South La just weeks before the holidays. 358 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:58.279 Mark What Scott was returning from Christmas shopping when two 359 00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:59.799 people got out of a car in one of them 360 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:03.160 shot Scott. Scott's mother says there are four child car 361 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:05.519 seats in her son's car when he was killed. 362 00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:07.880 And he usually would take the children with them, but 363 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:11.640 he wanted to surprise them their gifts were in that car. 364 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:14.960 Investigators say Scott was mistaken for a gang member last year. 365 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:17.839 They say another man was injured in the shooting. A 366 00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:21.079 fifty thousand dollars reward has been offered for information leading 367 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:24.359 to the killer's arrests and convictions. In South La Blake 368 00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:25.400 Trolley KFI News. 369 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:28.720 The US government has approved four hundred million dollars in 370 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:32.079 upgrades for a sewage treatment plant near the border. The 371 00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:35.920 money will go toward expanding the South Bay Wastewater Treatment 372 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:39.759 Plant's ability to treat sewage flowing north from Mexico from 373 00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:44.720 twenty five to fifty million gallons a day. Dolly Parton 374 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:47.359 kind of like the energizer budding, right, she just keeps 375 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:51.799 going and keeps going. She's launching Dolly's Beauty makeup today. 376 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:57.000 She'll be introducing the Heaven's Kiss lipstick collection, which includes 377 00:20:57.079 --> 00:21:00.599 the shade Jolene red very appropriate. The rest of the 378 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:02.799 beauty line will be rolled out at a later date. 379 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:07.039 Tomorrow night, the Dodgers take on the Tampa bay Rays. 380 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:10.240 First pitch is going out at seven to ten. You 381 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:12.359 can listen to every play of every Dodgers game on 382 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:14.400 AM five to seventy LA Sports and stream all the 383 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:17.759 games in HD on the iHeartRadio app keyword AM five 384 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:20.599 to seventy LA Sports powered by LA Care for All 385 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:25.279 of LA. Vice President Kamala Harris will officially accept the 386 00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:28.720 Democratic nomination for president today on the final night of 387 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:32.799 the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Her running mate, Minnesota 388 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:36.160 Governor Tim Wallas, accepted the nomination for vice president last 389 00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:41.279 night and called former Trump's former President Trump's agenda weird, wrong, 390 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:44.400 and dangerous. More than fifty cats have been rescued from 391 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:47.799 a woman's home in Irvine, some of them malnourished and 392 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:51.000 in poor health. Willy say the woman was breeding and 393 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:53.200 selling the cats for up to one thousand dollars apiece. 394 00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:56.319 The cats have been taken to Irvine Animal Care Center, 395 00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:58.759 where they're going to be treated and then hopefully put 396 00:21:58.799 --> 00:22:01.759 up for adoption. Taylor Swift says she was devastated to 397 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:05.880 have to cancel her Vienna shows because of a terror plot. 398 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:10.119 In a lengthy Instagram post, she said the cancelations filled 399 00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:13.720 her with fear and guilt because she had to cancel 400 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:16.119 shows that so many people were planning to come to see. 401 00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:19.759