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 --> 00:00:08.199 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:15.519 Copy Thanksgiving KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:18.640 Good grief. 5 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:20.120 It's five o'clock. 6 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:26.039 We're supposed to be a grandmother's house for Thanksgiving. I 7 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:34.479 better talk to her and explain my dilemma. Hello, Grandma, 8 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:38.880 this is Chuck, I mean Charlie Brown. We're gonna be 9 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:46.320 a little late. What you mean it? 10 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:48.439 Hey, great news. 11 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:52.000 We're all invited to Charlie Brown's grandmother's for Thanksgiving dinner. 12 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:00.479 It's time for your morning up call. 13 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:10.000 It's I Jumped the good Jump the gun. It's five 14 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:14.359 oh one. This is your wake up call for Thursday, 15 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:18.920 November twenty eighth. I'm Amy King. Happy Thanksgiving. We're live 16 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:23.359 everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Don't you love the Peanuts? 17 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:25.920 Charlie Brown Thanksgiving? Absolutely love it? And do you know 18 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:29.000 it's not on Network TV this year? But Rich Demiro 19 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:32.719 says you can watch it on Apple TV Plus and 20 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:34.719 if you don't have a subscription, you can get like 21 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:37.120 a free trial period if you really just want to 22 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:42.040 watch You're Charlie Brown Thanksgiving We've got lots of head 23 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:43.640 for you today. We're going to get you up to 24 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:45.519 date on everything that happened while you were sleeping, and 25 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:47.799 then we're also going to have some fun. So hope 26 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:50.400 you're getting up and getting the turkey in the oven 27 00:01:50.439 --> 00:01:53.879 and getting the stuffing prepared. Here's what's ahead on wake 28 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:58.400 up Call. California Congresswoman Michelle Steele has conceded her forty 29 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:02.599 fifth district seat to Democratic challenger Derek Tran. Steele is 30 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:05.480 behind Tran by five hundred and ninety six votes at 31 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:08.879 last count but that margin has been steadily increasing. The 32 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:12.520 forty fifth district includes parts of northern Orange County and 33 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:17.360 southern La County. LA Mayor Bass and Metropolitan Transportation Authority 34 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:19.919 board members have sent a letter to President elect Trump 35 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:23.120 asking him for three point two billion dollars to fund 36 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:26.879 transportation product projects for the twenty twenty eight Summer Olympic 37 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:31.000 Games in LA. Previous requests to the Biden administration have 38 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:34.000 been denied. Governor Newsom has pardoned more than two dozen 39 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:36.919 people on the day before Thanksgiving. The list included Lachelle 40 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:39.759 Florne Sikes from San Diego County, who was convicted of 41 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:42.719 drug possession back in nineteen eighty eight when she was nineteen. 42 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:46.879 The governor has given her an unconditional pardon. Okay, if 43 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:49.879 you just can't do it, you can't make that Thanksgiving dinner. 44 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:52.960 Our friends at Tallyrand have got your back. In fact, 45 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:56.039 we're having tally Rand here at the station today. We're 46 00:02:56.039 --> 00:02:57.919 going to check in with tlly Rand's Karen Ross in 47 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:00.520 just a little bit, find out what's cook in there 48 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:04.080 for Thanksgiving. Some very special guests on Wakeup Call, including 49 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:07.360 our friend Colonel Nick Haig and his journey to get 50 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:10.719 to the International Space Station. Loved talking to him. And 51 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:14.479 I told you yesterday that I found a recipe on 52 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:17.879 the internet. Actually I found it on Instagram and it's 53 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:22.280 from like forty fifty years ago. It's some sort of 54 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:28.120 a Cranberry miracle whip Jello surprise. I made it. We're 55 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:30.960 going to try it, well, Kono's going to try it. 56 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:34.680 That's coming up on wake up Call. And if you 57 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:36.680 want to get a look at what it looks like, 58 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:39.080 it's already up on Instagram. You can go to my 59 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:43.280 Instagram at Amy k King, or you can also check 60 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:46.759 it out on the KFI Instagram at Kfi am six 61 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:49.919 at six oh five is Handle on the news, but Handle, 62 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:52.479 of course not here today, so we get Neil Savedra, 63 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:54.919 our fork reporter. He's going to do his best to 64 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:56.680 help you get through your Thanksgiving holiday, and if you 65 00:03:56.719 --> 00:03:59.840 have any questions, he's got answers. Let's get started with 66 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:01.479 some of the story's coming out of the KFI twenty 67 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:03.479 four hour newsroom. People in New York are getting ready 68 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:06.680 for the ninety eighth annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. 69 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:08.039 We have incredible new balloons. 70 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:09.800 We have Mini Mouse who's going to kick off the 71 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:13.919 roots on the loon front and including a new Spider Man. 72 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:17.040 We have great new floats pasta night from REO's. 73 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:22.839 Macy's Parade spokesperson Orlando Veras says the giant character balloons 74 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:25.680 are flying this morning despite the rain and windy conditions. 75 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:29.959 Part of the Bluey character balloon popped during inflation yesterday, 76 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:32.560 but it's been repaired and is ready to go. Mayor 77 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:35.240 Adams says there's tight security in place for the parade 78 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:38.800 and the NYPD will not tolerate any potential protesters trying 79 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:41.800 to disrupt it. La County has approved a new task 80 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:44.079 force to monitor federal immigration enforcement. 81 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:47.519 The vote was motivated by President elect Trump's policy proposal 82 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:50.920 to create the largest mass deportation effort in American history. 83 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:54.639 Supervisor Hilda Sali says it could be detrimental to this area. 84 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:58.399 Immigrants, as we all know, are the backbone of La County. 85 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:03.759 On every core you see the contributions of immigrants from 86 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:04.639 around the world. 87 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:07.959 The county also reaffirmed its prohibition of working with federal 88 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:11.040 immigration enforcement unless a warrant requires it. 89 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:13.000 Michael Monks KFI News. 90 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:16.560 Three people in northern California who recently graduated from Piedmont 91 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:19.879 High School have been killed in a fiery crash involving 92 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:21.360 a Tesla's cyber truck. 93 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:23.240 It's safe to say that speed. 94 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:26.319 Was a factor. 95 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:29.399 Piedmont Police Chief Jeremy Bowers's four people were in the 96 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:32.120 truck early yesterday morning when it crashed into a tree 97 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:34.680 and burst into flames. He says nine to one one 98 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:37.079 was alerted by an iPhone inside the vehicle. 99 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:41.160 Officers arrived on scene to find a single vehicle collision 100 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:46.800 fully engulfed in flames. Responding officers also observed an uninvolved 101 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:48.680 party pulling one of the occupants from. 102 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:52.079 The vehicle that person is in critical condition. The chief says. 103 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:55.600 Officers grabbed their fire extinguishers, but the flames were just 104 00:05:55.759 --> 00:06:00.439 too intense. Firefighters arrived and put out the fire five 105 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:05.319 seven on your Thanksgiving morning wake up call, Happy Thanksgiving. 106 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:07.759 So you may remember that Neil Savader and I went 107 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:10.079 over the edge for the Union Rescue Mission to raise 108 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:14.160 money to fight homelessness in LA And the Union Rescue 109 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:17.399 Mission just doesn't throw money at the problem. They actually 110 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:20.560 bring people in and help them heal, get them back 111 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:22.959 into housing, back into society. And we got a chance 112 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:25.759 to talk to one of these people who went through 113 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:28.439 their program, Jody Cobb, and I thought that this Thanksgiving 114 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:31.240 was a great time to share her story because she's 115 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:33.920 got a lot to be thankful for thanks to the 116 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:37.879 Union Rescue Mission. Good morning, Jody, Oh are you doing great? 117 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:41.120 Thanks so much for getting up early with us this morning. So, Jody, 118 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:43.120 what we wanted to do was we wanted to share 119 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:47.079 your story because you're one of the people who Union 120 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:49.439 Rescue Mission helped so and I know it's hard to 121 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:52.279 break down and cut your whole life down into just 122 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:56.240 a couple of minutes, but please tell us, first of all, 123 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:59.319 how you became homeless, what led to it, and then 124 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:00.920 we'll talk about the success story part. 125 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:06.120 You know, I was I was in Los Angeles and 126 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:11.639 I was working at the LAX and due to a 127 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:20.360 domestic violence situation, I ended up at the u r M. Devastated, 128 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:23.439 didn't know what to do, and that's where, you know, 129 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:25.879 God led me was to the u r M and 130 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:31.240 I just went there and received the help that they 131 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:35.079 were there to offer me. As COVID came, it took 132 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:40.120 away my job and I uh started volunteering at the 133 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:43.600 u r M, which led me to become apprentice there 134 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:48.040 and I even did their Damascus Recovery program from the 135 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:53.319 years of drug abuse and alcoholism. I did everything for 136 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:55.160 a program that I was supposed to do to get 137 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:58.399 healed from the drugs and alcohol, but I never really 138 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:01.600 took the time to get my inside healed, which was 139 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:07.240 my heart. So I let their Damascus Recovery program do 140 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:09.360 that for me. With the people there and the support 141 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:12.560 that they have, they healed. They helped me get healed 142 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:15.720 from the trauma and abuse that I was through and 143 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:20.040 then it eventually actually got me to a position now 144 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:22.319 where I work at the u RM as a staff member. 145 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:25.879 I love that and Jody, you had a pretty long 146 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:31.160 road down. Like you mentioned abuse and you mentioned drugs, 147 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:34.639 and like I said, it's so hard to reduce your 148 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:36.960 experience down to just a couple of minutes. But this 149 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:41.320 was something that was took years. Like you were you mentioned, 150 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:45.360 I watched a beautiful video and heartbreaking video that you 151 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:48.799 did about you know that you had abuse in your 152 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:51.600 married life, You had abuse when you were younger, and 153 00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:54.840 that led to drugs and doing drugs in front of 154 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.240 your children, and you just had to have hit this 155 00:08:57.399 --> 00:09:00.559 low point. What was what was the spark? Was there 156 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:03.759 a moment that you said enough I want him? 157 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:05.279 Yeah? 158 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:09.279 Yes, that was actually was going on almost twelve years ago. 159 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:12.320 I'll never forget the day. It was June to twenty ninth, 160 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:16.639 two thoy and thirteen. I hit the rock bottom. And 161 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:21.320 what did it for me is continuous. I came from 162 00:09:21.399 --> 00:09:25.399 South Carolina, so from that state, they have a really 163 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:29.679 strict policy when you're in drugs and alcohol, they put 164 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:33.919 you in treatment centers, whether it's court ordered, doctor ordered. 165 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:36.919 For me, it was jail too. I was starting to 166 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:39.360 see a lot of jail time. My jail time was 167 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:42.799 going up from three days, six days, nine days, twelve days, 168 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:46.159 and I just I just couldn't survive in jail. That 169 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:49.080 wasn't something that I knew I was supposed to be doing, 170 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:52.399 is going to jail, living my life in jail. And 171 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:57.360 one day I just couldn't do it anymore. I heard 172 00:09:57.679 --> 00:09:59.360 the Lord talk to me and say, you know what 173 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:02.600 you need to f and this is where I'm going 174 00:10:02.679 --> 00:10:04.039 to lead you. All you got to do is the 175 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:06.399 answer to call. And I did that, and I got 176 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:08.360 on a train and I went to New York and 177 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:11.320 eventually New York it led me to California to where 178 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:15.759 I was starting to get my help. And it was 179 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:18.240 it was basically jail that did it for me. I 180 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:20.080 just couldn't live like that no more. 181 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:22.720 Yeah, And so the Union Rescue Mission helped you. Not 182 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:24.879 like you said, you not only heal your body, but 183 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:27.799 also heal your heart. And how do you feel now? 184 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:33.440 I feel amazing? And I actually call you r M. 185 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:36.840 They're actually my family. They're they're they're the family that 186 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:42.200 I've never had. They're just awesome in support. I see 187 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:45.559 people now coming in. I'm actually the person that gets 188 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:49.720 to give back, you know. And and that's the blessing 189 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:52.320 that I get to reap out of this is one 190 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:55.240 Once upon a time that was me and now I'm 191 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:57.440 on the other side and giving back to the people 192 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:00.799 that are coming in actually a program. I'm assistant at 193 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:05.039 the URM with the Damascus Recovery Ladies, so I do 194 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:10.240 the intakes, whether they're coming in from drugs, alcohol, mental, homelessness, broken. 195 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:13.840 I get to be that frontliner now on that part 196 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:16.919 and getting to help the ladies come into the shelter 197 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:21.080 and make sure that they understand that when you enter 198 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:23.720 in the doors at the URM, not nobody's brought there 199 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:26.440 by a mistake or an accident. Everybody has a purpose. 200 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:30.000 And if they just come in and just let us 201 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:32.519 love on them and give them the support that they need, 202 00:11:33.080 --> 00:11:37.879 there's a success story. And everyone that comes there and 203 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:40.919 so grateful for the donors and what they do and 204 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.440 feed into this because if they didn't, we couldn't do 205 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:46.600 what we do. We don't run on grants, we run 206 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:51.240 on donations only, So that's the beauty of that. Because 207 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:54.440 we're a sober, free living shelter, we're indifferent than all 208 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:57.159 the other places when they come in if they have 209 00:11:57.200 --> 00:12:00.200 addiction problems. We don't turn anybody away. We're there to 210 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:01.919 help and accept each and every one of them as 211 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:02.840 they come through the door. 212 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:07.559 Well, Jody, thank you so much for sharing your story 213 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:10.960 because I think it helps personalize how people can actually 214 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:13.639 help the Union Rescue Mission so we can help people 215 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:16.720 like Jody get their lives back on track. And then, 216 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:18.720 as Jody said, pay it forward, which is the most 217 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:21.679 beautiful thing. Jody Cobb, thank you so much for coming 218 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:24.399 on this morning. We appreciate it. If you'd like to 219 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:26.960 help people like Jody get a new shot at a 220 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:30.720 good life. Union Rescue Mission is actually helping homeless people. 221 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:33.519 As we were talking about. They get no federal funding 222 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:36.600 because they don't allow drugs or alcohol in their shelters 223 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:39.919 or traditional house or transitional housing programs. And if you 224 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:43.000 want to help, we have an address for you. You arem 225 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:46.600 dot org. And any gift you give now between now 226 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:48.720 and New Year's Eve is going to be doubled because 227 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:51.679 they have a matching grant. Awesome. And then I was 228 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:53.879 just looking on their website. They've got a twelve Days 229 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:57.879 of Christmas online auction to celebrate Giving Tuesday. So there's 230 00:12:57.960 --> 00:13:00.919 this a sailing and wine Tasting it venture. There's an 231 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:05.759 African Safari for four. There's Lakers tickets, there's an auction 232 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:08.240 item where you can attend a taping of Wheel of Fortune. 233 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:11.759 All kinds of good stuff. Again, it's RM dot Org. 234 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:15.440 Very thankful for the Union rescue mission. Let's get back 235 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:16.840 to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 236 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:18.720 twenty four hour newsroom. An older man, believed to be 237 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:21.279 a member of the wealthy Rothschild banking family has been 238 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:23.720 killed in a fire in a two story house in 239 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:26.399 the Hollywood Hills. LA Fire says the fire broke out 240 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:29.559 yesterday afternoon around four thirty on Lookout Mountain Avenue. It 241 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:31.840 took about forty five minutes to get the fire out. 242 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:33.799 The person died at the scene. The cause of the 243 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:37.799 fires being investigated. News brought to you by one eight hundred. 244 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:41.720 Got junk rap mogul. Sean Combs is staying in jail 245 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:46.120 in New York. Andrea ABC's Andrea FUJII says a judge 246 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:48.120 has again denied bail for Combs. 247 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:51.039 The judge saying it's too risky to release Combs, citing, 248 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:54.720 among other things, video obtained by CNN showing him attacking 249 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:58.200 his then girlfriend, Cassie Ventura in a Hotel Hallway. The 250 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:00.200 defense claims the video was doctor. 251 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:03.519 The judge ruled even the version submitted by Comb's team 252 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:09.639 shows undeniable violence. Combs is facing charges of racketeering, sex trafficking, 253 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:15.720 and prostitution. California's Attorney General has issued warnings for shoppers, retailers, 254 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:16.600 and criminals. 255 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:19.399 Gift cards are easy to buy, but they're also easy 256 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:23.120 prey for thieves. It's called gift card draining. This happens 257 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:25.200 when a crook has already opened that gift card at 258 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:27.720 the store, recorded the pin numbers. You buy that card, 259 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:30.360 the money's loaded, and the thief takes it in an 260 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:33.600 instant only. Buy and pass on gift cards that are 261 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:37.240 sealed and keep the receipts. Then on your receipts, watch 262 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:41.080 for hidden fees. In California, all mandatory charges must be 263 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:44.120 included in listed prices, and the age also wants you 264 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:47.200 to watch for gender based pricing. It's against the law 265 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:51.000 report any price differences for similar products based on gender. 266 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:55.840 I'm Lucindy Kay. Amazon employees in the US in more 267 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:58.799 than twenty countries planned to protest or go on strike 268 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:02.559 from Black Friday through Cyber Monday. Organizers are calling it 269 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:05.399 make Amazon pay. They say they want to hold the 270 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:10.240 retail giant accountable for labor abuses, environmental degradation, and threats 271 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:13.399 to democracy. Police are asking for your help in finding 272 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:16.320 a hit and run driver who killed a pedestrian near Koreatown. 273 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:19.240 The LAPED says the person killed was in a crosswalk 274 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:21.639 on Western Avenue early yesterday morning when they were hit 275 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:25.039 by a light gray or blue older model Acura MDX. 276 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:27.919 Police say the suv likely has damage on the front 277 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:31.519 passenger side. Thousands of people in Lebanon who had to 278 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:35.679 leave their homes as Israel pounded Hesboala targets are returning 279 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:38.759 as a ceasefire takes hold. While the fighting has stopped 280 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:41.480 in Lebanon, the war rages on in Gaza, where Israeli 281 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:44.240 strikes overnight on two schools that were turned into shelters 282 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:48.399 killed eleven people, including four children at six Zho five. 283 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:51.559 Neil Sevadra is in for his annual Turkey talk. So 284 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:55.399 if you've got questions about your Thanksgiving, Meil Neil our 285 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:58.519 fok reporter, going to help you get through it. Okay. So, 286 00:15:58.559 --> 00:16:01.080 one of the things that I'm so thankful for has 287 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:04.399 been the opportunity to talk with and share with you 288 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:08.480 our conversation with Space Force guardian and NASA astronaut Colonel 289 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:11.720 Nick Haig, which culminated with us talking to Colonel Haig 290 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:14.679 live on the International Space Station. So we wanted to 291 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:17.279 share with you some of our talks with Colonel Haig 292 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:19.879 as he prepared for the mission. This is the first 293 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:22.720 time we got to talk to Colonel Nick Haig. Good morning, 294 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.519 Colonel Haig. 295 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:25.360 Good morning, Amy, how are you. 296 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:28.159 I am wonderful, Thanks so much for getting up. We 297 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:30.960 are so excited to talk to you because well, one, 298 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:33.399 I don't think I've ever talked to an astronaut, So 299 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:35.919 this is a super big treat. 300 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:39.879 We'll launch for roughly a six month mission to the 301 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:43.480 International Space Station. That's what pretty much every crew does. 302 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:46.919 And we've been cycling crews through the International Space Station 303 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:51.000 and there's been someone working and living off the planet 304 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:53.399 for over two decades now, oh. 305 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:55.440 Because you have to keep somebody on board. And that's 306 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:57.399 been going on for more than twenty years. 307 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:01.000 Yeah, more than twenty years, and we're continuing on till 308 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:04.640 twenty thirty. And so it's a long track record of 309 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:10.200 you know, a pretty exciting successful scientific discovery and collaboration 310 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:13.960 and cooperation off the planet. It's a great, great story and. 311 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:18.119 After that to infinity and beyond. Okay, so, Colonel Hag, 312 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:22.200 you are going to be the first Space Force guardian 313 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:27.160 heading to the Space station. And when we were discussing this, 314 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.799 I was like, what is a Space Force guardian? It's 315 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:32.319 a term I've never heard before. 316 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.559 Yeah. 317 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:37.000 So Space Force is just like one of the other 318 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:42.160 services Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines. Now there's the Space Force. 319 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:44.640 And it started about five years ago, right yeap. 320 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:46.880 So this year we're coming up on our fifth birthday. 321 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:51.720 And so guardians are what you call service members in 322 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:55.640 the Space Force, just like airmen or soldiers or sailors. 323 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:59.640 And there's you know, a little fewer than ten thousand 324 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.480 Guardians that are serving in the Space Force in uniform, 325 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:05.839 and so it you know, there's not a lot of us, 326 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:08.880 but we're really effective and and some of the things 327 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:13.759 that we do underpin everything that you know, we kind 328 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:16.440 of rely on. So everybody's listening to this. They're driving 329 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:19.799 to work, they're using they're using you know, Ways or 330 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.720 Google or Apple Maps, and they're they're trying to dodge traffic. Well, 331 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:27.640 the Global Positioning System GPS is what makes that possible 332 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:31.319 in Space Force guardians or what make GPS possible? 333 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:34.519 Okay, and so what my understanding of Space Force is 334 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:38.160 that one of the missions of Space Force is to 335 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:41.279 ensure safe access to space. 336 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:45.240 Right, Yeah, so Space Force. You know, I'm a guardian 337 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.559 launching to space. You know, I'm a NASA astronaut, so 338 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:51.599 my job is with NASA, and so I'm in support 339 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:53.880 of that. But there are going to be guardians that 340 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:56.039 are working on the launch range on the East Coast 341 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:57.799 that are going to help me get to the space 342 00:18:57.839 --> 00:19:01.319 station safely. They're going to watch make sure that, you know, 343 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:04.200 there if there's any debris out there, that we don't 344 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:06.880 run into that debris, so we do deconfliction. They also 345 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:08.559 track us as we go to make sure that we're 346 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:12.400 safe and in the event that something doesn't go right, 347 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:14.680 they're there to help make sure that we get home safe. 348 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:18.119 Okay. Now, so just the nuts and bolts of it. 349 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:21.599 You are with Space Force? Now, were you Air Force before? 350 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:25.720 Yeah? Because the Space Force just stood up, you know 351 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:29.640 a little under five years ago. A lot of the 352 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:32.480 people that transferred into the Space Force initially came from 353 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:35.680 the Air Force doing those same missions. The creation of 354 00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:38.680 the Space Force allowed us to put focus and priority 355 00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:42.279 on those missions. So inside the Space Force, you know, 356 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:44.680 I graduated from the Air Force Academy back in nineteen 357 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:48.279 ninety eight and served in the Air Force the entire time, 358 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:52.640 doing primarily space related activities, and so it was a 359 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:55.640 natural transition for me to move over to the Space 360 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:57.000 Force once it was established. 361 00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:58.720 So when they said, you know what, we're setting up 362 00:19:58.720 --> 00:20:00.680 a Space Force, and you're like, hey me, pick me. 363 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:04.160 Yeah, I mean, it's an exciting time. There's there's so 364 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:07.599 much energy in what's going on in space, and you 365 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:10.279 don't just see it with the creation of the Space Force, 366 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:12.079 but you also see it in civil space as well, 367 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:15.519 in commercial space. You've got the Space Station activities, You've 368 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:18.559 got Artemis and our missions that are taking us back 369 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:21.519 to the surface of the Moon. You've got commercial entities 370 00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:24.920 that are getting involved more than ever before. So there's 371 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:27.160 just a lot of energy. And so getting involved with 372 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:29.680 the Space Force, transitioning over and being part of standing 373 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:32.640 up a new service was a huge thrill. 374 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:35.440 Okay, so this is not your first time going to 375 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:38.000 space either, is it, Colonel no. 376 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:41.359 I was able to call the Space Station home just 377 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:43.799 about five years ago. I was up there for a 378 00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:49.160 six month mission doing research and keeping the National Lab working. 379 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:54.519 There is risk in becoming an assa astronaut. Colonel Haig 380 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:58.759 found that out firsthand when they had to literally abort 381 00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:02.160 their mission after they launched. Colonel Haig's going to tell 382 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:04.279 you about that. That's coming up in just a minute. 383 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.880 Right now, let's get back to some of the stories 384 00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:08.039 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsrooms. Some 385 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:10.279 neighborhoods in LA have had to scramble to keep their 386 00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:12.000 Christmas tree lighting events going. 387 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:14.519 The defeat of city Councilman Kevin dale On in his 388 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:16.880 re election bid earlier this month has led to a 389 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:20.200 challenge in parts of his Northeast LA district. He says, 390 00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:22.759 because his city hall account won't be able to pay 391 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:25.599 contractors after the end of this month, there's no way 392 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:28.079 for him to pay for the tree lighting vendors. That's 393 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:31.480 led communities like Lincoln Heights, Eagle Rock and Highland Park 394 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:34.279 to turn to neighborhood groups. They're chambers of commerce and 395 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:37.839 councilwomen elect Isabelle Herado to work on alternatives so the 396 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:39.279 holiday spirit can live on. 397 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:41.480 Michael Monks KFI News. 398 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:45.160 Orange County Congresswoman Katie Porter has been granted a temporary 399 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:49.079 restraining order against an ex boyfriend who's allegedly been harassing 400 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:52.079 her since they broke up. Porter says Julian Willis has 401 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:55.160