WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.160 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:08.720 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:15.000 App KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:27.879 --> 00:00:30.320 KFI Radio. This is Mission Control Houston. 5 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:32.280 Please call station for our voice check. 6 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:39.960 Station. This is Amy King with kfi's wake up call. 7 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:40.759 How do you hear me? 8 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:45.520 I can hear you loud and clear. 9 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:49.679 And it's time for your morning wake up call. 10 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:53.679 And his name is Amy King. 11 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:57.759 Here's Amy King. 12 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:07.519 This is not eight is five oh one. This is 13 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:11.719 your wake up call for Friday, February fourteenth. I'm Amy King. 14 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:14.920 I might just be the first one to wish you 15 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:17.840 a happy Valentine's Day. I want to say thanks to 16 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:20.799 producer Michelle. We came in and there was a little 17 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:28.200 cutie sweetheart was yep and kisses and a little unicorn sticker. 18 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:28.840 What are you. 19 00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:30.680 Supposed to do with this? It's a gel thing. You 20 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:32.519 can stick it on your window, like put it on 21 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:35.480 the window of your car. It'll just stick there. Oh okay, 22 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:38.200 I'm all about the unicorns. Thank you, Michelle. Happy Valentine, 23 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:45.359 Thank you, Michelle Man. How about that rain we were 24 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:47.480 talking about it yesterday, you know in the morning because 25 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:49.519 they were like, Okay, it's going to be two o'clock 26 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:53.719 till two am, and then they shortened that window from 27 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:56.319 two to ten, and then they shortened it from four 28 00:01:56.560 --> 00:02:00.760 till nine. Is the most severe storm time, And I 29 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:03.879 tell you about four four point thirty at my house. 30 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:05.840 I know that it was moving across, but at my 31 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:09.680 house that's when it hit and it was coming down 32 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:13.120 in buckets, like I haven't seen in the longest time. Yeah, 33 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:16.840 and like and it was blowing. So my balcony, which 34 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:18.719 is covered, got all wet. And then I looked out 35 00:02:18.759 --> 00:02:20.960 and I was like, boy, it sure is loud out 36 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:24.800 front on my front porch with the rain, and it 37 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:28.199 almost came into the house. It was pouring down the 38 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:32.360 walkway like a little river. And then so I got 39 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:35.439 out this squeegee and to get it so it wouldn't 40 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:38.400 get into the front door because it was just it's 41 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:40.599 on a little bit of a it's not on a slope. 42 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:43.199 Normally it drains fine. But so I was out there 43 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:45.560 with my squeegee and got it all out and then 44 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:48.759 I'll just do this for the next four or five hours. 45 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:51.360 But luckily it only lasted for about a I don't know, 46 00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:53.719 less than an hour, so it was fine. And then I, 47 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:56.199 you know, and I was like, going, boy er, you 48 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:58.919 a woos because I'm dealing with a little bit of 49 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:00.719 water keeping it out on my front door, and they've 50 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:03.240 got mud slides all over the area. So aren't you 51 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:06.960 from Oregon? I am, And it rains a lot in Oregon, 52 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:09.759 but it's not that the day luge like we got 53 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:12.919 the atmospheric river de luge. It doesn't always fall that way. 54 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:16.840 So anyway, I hope you made it through safely. Overall, 55 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:20.000 we've got some damage, but nobody's been hurt, and so 56 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:23.000 that is great news. Let's get right into what's ahead 57 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:25.639 on wakeup. Called heavy rain, of course, pounding the Southland. 58 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:29.599 It caused flooding and mud flows, especially in the Pacific Palisades, 59 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:33.120 Altadena and Pasadena. More than an inch of rain per 60 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:37.360 hour fell yesterday afternoon. Several roadways were covered in mud 61 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:40.240 and debris. They still are No injuries reported. Five and 62 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:43.520 a half inches of rain fell in the San Gabriel 63 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:47.400 Dam area from the storm. Just under three inches fell 64 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:51.039 in downtown La Burbank and Santa Monica got just under 65 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:53.840 two inches of rain from the atmospheric river. The worst 66 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:55.960 of it's moved out, there's still a fifty percent chance 67 00:03:55.960 --> 00:03:59.879 of showers this morning. President Trump has ordered reciprocal tear 68 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:04.919 saying they will simply charge countries what they charged the US. 69 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:08.479 ABC's Karen Travers joins us in just a couple minutes 70 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:10.520 to talk about those tariffs and what they'll mean for 71 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:13.680 you and me. US attorney has up and quit after 72 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:16.399 refusing to drop the charges against New York City Mayor 73 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:18.839 Eric Adams. So Stephen Portnoy with ABC is going to 74 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:21.600 dig into that one for us. The host of Home 75 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:24.839 on KFI, Dean Sharp, joins us to tell us that 76 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:26.800 if you've got an idea about a project to do 77 00:04:26.839 --> 00:04:29.120 on your house, that's a good thing, but what you 78 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:31.920 do about it is what could be bad. That's coming 79 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:34.240 up at five point thirty, and it could be a 80 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:37.439 bear of a weekend at movie theaters. ABC's Willgans is 81 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:39.040 going to join us to tell us about that and 82 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:41.879 what's new on the stream that's at five fifty. Let's 83 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:43.399 get started with some of the stories coming out of 84 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:45.759 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The heavy rain has 85 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:49.800 caused some muddy messes around La Mud and debris overwhelmed 86 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:52.920 a catch basin in the Palisades area and cascaded onto 87 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:56.360 a street. One debris flow in Malibu swept in La 88 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:59.439 City Fire Department vehicle off pch and into the ocean. 89 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:02.399 The firefighter who was inside was able to jump out 90 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:04.560 of the suv as the vehicle was pushed through a 91 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:07.199 k rail and a fence before it eventually plunged off 92 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:07.639 a cliff. 93 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:08.680 Are you okay? 94 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:12.480 He was able to walk back to the road and 95 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:15.560 was taken to the hospital as precaution. The rain has 96 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:18.240 caused a large debris flow on Mulholland Drive in the 97 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:21.639 Hollywood Hills. The fire department said there was about eight 98 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:24.759 inches of mud on the roadway yesterday, blocking the street. 99 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:28.639 Officials say homes above the debris flow had been determined 100 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:33.000 to be stable. A possible tornado has torn roofs off 101 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:36.040 homes at a mobile home park in Oxnard. The National 102 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:39.399 Weather Services the Ocean Air Mobile Home Estates area was 103 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:41.720 hit by sixty mile per hour wind gush shortly after 104 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:44.800 three thirty yesterday afternoon. About a dozen properties were damaged 105 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:48.319 and power was knocked out. No injuries were reported. Meteorologists 106 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:53.279 called the extreme wind event a possible week tornado. Jackie 107 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:55.519 the bald eagle is weathering the storm in a nest 108 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:58.439 high above the Big Bear Lake. She has endured the 109 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:01.839 heavy rain and pounding winds as she protects her three eggs, 110 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:03.800 and now she's dealing with the snow. She's pretty much 111 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:06.040 buried in it right now. Shadow came by the nest 112 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:08.759 to offer to take over yesterday, but Jackie stay and 113 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:11.560 put protecting those eggs. The EGLTZ could begin hatching by 114 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:14.519 the end of February. Let's say good morning now to 115 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:18.480 ABC's Karen Travers. So, Karen, President Trump has said more 116 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:22.560 tariffs were coming, and indeed they have. He announced him yesterday. 117 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:26.639 What's going on, Well, he didn't actually announce new terriffs yesterday, 118 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:29.439 like he didn't put anything in place. He's threatening more terriffs. 119 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:34.439 He's having his administration look into relationships that the United 120 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:38.160 States has with other countries trade deficits and figure out 121 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:42.120 whether they can be evened out. So it's another threat 122 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:44.680 of tariffs. And you know this follows threatened tariffs on 123 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:47.600 Mexico and Canada. He did put new tariffs in China. 124 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:50.480 He has expanded tariffs on steel and aluminum. But now 125 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:53.680 this is essentially putting the world on notice anybody that 126 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:56.720 the United States does trade with. The President says it's 127 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:59.720 a matter of fairness that whatever countries are charging the 128 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:03.199 US in terms of tariffs, that we will charge them. 129 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:06.439 He said, no more, no less. But you know, we 130 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:10.120 can't underline this enough that economists and experts warned that 131 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:13.439 higher tariffs on imports coming into this country that are 132 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:17.040 then paid by American companies are passed on to American 133 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:19.759 consumers in the form of higher prices. And you know, 134 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:22.959 there are concerns then about what a big trade war, 135 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:25.600 you know, doing higher tariffs on countries all over the 136 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:28.680 world could mean for inflation here at home. And this 137 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:31.600 announcement yesterday by the President comes just twenty four hours 138 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:34.879 after a new report showed inflation is on the rise. 139 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:36.240 It's now up three percent. 140 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:39.759 Okay, So going back to the tariffs that he says 141 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:46.959 that that he is looking at reciprocal tariffs and basically saying, well, 142 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:48.920 if they're going to charge us, we're going to charge them. 143 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:53.639 And then he gave an example like for exports of cars, 144 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:58.560 there's a ten percent tariff on US companies exporting cars, 145 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:03.040 but for the cars coming in I think it's Mercedes 146 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:04.680 was the example they used. It's a two and a 147 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:08.480 half percent, So he's saying he just wants to equal 148 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:10.439 it out, like if you're going to charge us something, 149 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:13.759 we're going to charge you that. And what's the endgame 150 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:15.639 of that is that to say then let's just get 151 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:16.480 rid of tariffs. 152 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.480 It's not clear, I mean, And that's the thing, Like 153 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:23.399 there was nothing announced yesterday in terms of like the 154 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:25.920 numbers this yesterday. What he said is like, we're going 155 00:08:25.959 --> 00:08:28.680 to look into all of this and see, you know, 156 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:32.480 where we have those deficits, what countries we have the 157 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:36.240 biggest one where we think we could start making moves. 158 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:40.480 You know. It was largely symbolic yesterday and more to come, 159 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:43.840 essentially after the president's team does a review. Even his 160 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:47.000 own economic top economic advisor the day before when he 161 00:08:47.039 --> 00:08:49.080 was asked about this, he said it was a work 162 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:53.080 in progress. But the president yesterday announcing this signing a thing, 163 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:56.759 just directing his team to start moving forward to look 164 00:08:56.759 --> 00:08:57.200 into this. 165 00:08:57.480 --> 00:08:59.679 It sounds kind of like it's the start of a negotiation. 166 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:02.960 He'll cut like what he did with Mexico and Kennada 167 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:05.559 and said we're going to do this and then they 168 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:09.480 came back with their response to it. And right now 169 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:10.759 those tariffs are on hold. 170 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:14.519 Right, yes, very much still on the table based on 171 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:17.039 what the President has said recently, but on pause at 172 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:19.399 this moment. But we'll see what happens at the end 173 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:21.879 of that month and whether he puts them in place 174 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:22.879 as he has threatened. 175 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:25.440 Okay, and then he also said that because of all 176 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:28.559 the tariffs and what that's going to do, America is 177 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:31.919 going to be flooded with jobs. How does that work 178 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:32.759 out in his eyes? 179 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:36.200 He has not said that either. I think the sense 180 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:39.519 is that people would be you know, the companies here 181 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:42.799 would be doing better, and that could lead to job creation. 182 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:45.759 But again it was just a comment the President made yesterday. 183 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:46.159 I think. 184 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:48.639 Another important thing to notice he also said that there 185 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:52.080 could be some short term disturbance when he was acknowledging 186 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:54.519 prices could go up. He was pushed on that by 187 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:57.200 a reporter saying, or should Americans prepare for some short 188 00:09:57.279 --> 00:10:00.480 term pain? He said, I didn't say that. Well, you know, 189 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:02.519 if the prices go up, he said, well, let's see 190 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:03.159 what happens. 191 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:06.120 Well, and we will see what happened and see if 192 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:08.960 this just is a first step in negotiations. Karen Travers, 193 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:10.879 thank you so much. Have a wonderful weekend. 194 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:12.440 Thank you, thank you. 195 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:14.600 All right, let's get back to some of the stories 196 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:16.519 coming out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. The 197 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:20.440 city of Calabasas is not happy about the EPA choosing 198 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:24.120 the city's landfill to dispose of waste from the Palisades fire. 199 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:28.200 It's been very difficult finding information on the fire cleanup 200 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:31.000 and the debris removal, and we've been actively working to 201 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:33.840 get in that information for several weeks now and we're 202 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:35.200 not finding that information. 203 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:40.320 Calabasis Mayor Peter Kraut says he's concerned about toxic materials 204 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:43.200 like arsenic and lead, but has been assured that no 205 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:47.240 toxic materials like lithium ion batteries will be disposed of 206 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:48.559 at the land fill. 207 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:53.600 Unfortunately, hazardous waste includes more than just household hazardous waste, 208 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:56.519 and certainly could include toxin things that are bad for 209 00:10:56.559 --> 00:11:00.360 the environment, bad for living beings, bad for our waterway. 210 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:04.799 The city attorney is exploring options to try to delay 211 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:07.720 the operation or get the EPA to choose another site. 212 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:11.399 President Trump says the US will increase military sales to 213 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:14.919 India by many billions of dollars, as he put it, 214 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:19.519 after meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi at the 215 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:22.320 White House, Trump also said he was paving the way 216 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:26.159 to give India F thirty five stealth fighter planes. The 217 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:30.279 Prime minister's visit follows a controversial US deportation flight earlier 218 00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:33.320 this month that saw over one hundred Indian migrants return 219 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:36.879 to their home country. Elon Musk says the US should 220 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:41.279 delete entire agencies in order to cut waste and reduce bureaucracy. 221 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:43.519 He said it during a video call to the World 222 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:45.240 Government Summit in Dubai. 223 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:47.519 It's kind of like leaving a week. 224 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:50.720 If you remove the roots of the weed, then it's 225 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:52.279 easy for the week to go back. But if you 226 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:54.799 remove the rich roots of the weed, it doesn't stop 227 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:55.799 weeds from every going. 228 00:11:55.639 --> 00:11:56.840 Back that it makes it harder. 229 00:11:56.960 --> 00:11:59.559 He says reducing the size of government will end the 230 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:02.840 rule of bureaucracy and restore the rule of the people. 231 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:04.879 He also said the US should stay out of the 232 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:08.200 affairs of other countries and, as he put it, mind 233 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:11.759 its own business. A teenage girl in Indiana's been arrested 234 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:15.159 for allegedly plotting a mass shooting at her school on 235 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:19.120 Valentine's Day. Court filing show a tipster reported their friend 236 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:22.840 was planning the attack, had access to an AR fifteen rifle, 237 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:26.519 and had just ordered a bulletproof vest. Eighteen year old 238 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:29.840 Trinity Shockley is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and 239 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:33.720 two terrorism related crimes. Police say she was inspired by 240 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:38.080 the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in twenty eighteen. Mexico 241 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:41.799 has threatened legal action against Google for changing the name 242 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:44.360 of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America 243 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:48.200 on Google Maps. Kfi's Tammy Truchio says the change was 244 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:50.679 made because of an executive order from President Trump. 245 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:54.120 On Thursday, Mexican President Claudia Shinbaum said Google was wrong 246 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:56.240 to change the name of the entire body of water 247 00:12:56.559 --> 00:13:00.759 because Trump's executive order only applies to the US Continental shellf. 248 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:03.759 Mexico says its government could file a civil suit against 249 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:08.960 Google if it doesn't fix the what it calls an error. Streets, neighborhoods, 250 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:11.919 freeways have been flooded by the huge storm that moves 251 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:14.159 through southern California. Rain was falling at a rate of 252 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:16.679 more than an inch per hour at one point yesterday, 253 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:19.679 triggering mud and debris flows and blocking roadways in the 254 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:23.759 Hollywood Hills, pch Malibu, and in the Pacific Palisades and 255 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:29.120 Altadena Burn areas. California's water supply has improved significantly because 256 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:33.000 of the heavy rainfall in the state this month. The 257 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:36.919 state's largest reservoir, which is Shasta Lake near Redding, rose 258 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:39.679 by twenty two feet. Lake Oroville and Butte County the 259 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:42.519 second largest, so its water level increased by twenty three 260 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:45.559 feet after getting twenty four inches of rain in two weeks. 261 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:48.480 That's five times the usual amount. The crew of a 262 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:51.799 Northern California based US Coast guardship has offloaded more than 263 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:55.639 eighteen tons of cocaine in San Diego, seized from drug 264 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:58.399 traffickers off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South 265 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:01.039 America in the past few months. Scart says the more 266 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:03.720 than thirty seven thousand pounds of coke has a street 267 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:06.799 value of about two hundred and seventy five million dollars. 268 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:12.840 Let's say good morning to ABC's Stephen Portnite Portnite. Okay, 269 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:16.440 So Stephen, The DOJ says it stepping in wants to 270 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:19.639 dismiss the federal bribery case against New York City Mayor 271 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:25.279 Eric Adams, but the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan didn't 272 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:26.080 want anything to do. 273 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:30.200 With that, and she quit. Danielle Sassoon is her name, 274 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:34.240 No relation to v dal anyway. 275 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:36.200 Are they still in business. I haven't seen anything from 276 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:37.120 Videlsas Snerl. 277 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:40.159 I don't know, but that was that was a digression, Okay. 278 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:44.039 So here's what happened. In the last several weeks. There's 279 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:48.320 been apparently a tremendous amount of tension in the ranks 280 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:53.120 of the Justice Department over this decision by Washington by 281 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:57.440 Emil Bovey, who is the acting Deputy Attorney General, to 282 00:14:57.679 --> 00:15:02.039 order the dismissal of the against Eric Adams, the bribery 283 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:06.080 case involving allegations that he took gifts from Turkish officials 284 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:09.279 in exchange for applying pressure on his own city government 285 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:14.679 to facilitate the certificates of occupancy for the Turkish consulate 286 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:20.519 in New York. The case is pending, and the prosecutors 287 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:24.000 who have brought it insist that this man committed these 288 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:27.159 crimes and should be held to account. The decision, however, 289 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:30.120 here in Washington is that it was a politically motivated 290 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:35.320 prosecution brought by prosecutors who were taking vengeance against Eric 291 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:41.000 Adams for his criticism of Biden era administration policies immigration policies. 292 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:48.799 And the current situation is that the acting US Attorney 293 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:52.679 for Manhattan has quit and we have seen fierce letters 294 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:57.159 written by both Danielle Sassoon and Emiel Beauvet which get 295 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:59.840 into this idea of the tension between the two sides. 296 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:04.480 And you have now half a dozen people in the 297 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:07.840 Justice Department who have left their posts rather than carrying 298 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:11.600 out the order to dismiss the charges against Adams. Six 299 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:14.240 prosecutors in the Justice Department who are willing to walk 300 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:17.840 away from their jobs rather than carrying out the order 301 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:20.279 to dismiss charges against a man who they believed to 302 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:21.399 be guilty of these crimes. 303 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:26.399 And then wasn't there some conversation that people who are 304 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:29.399 still there who worked on the case could end up 305 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:30.399 getting disciplined or. 306 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:36.080 Fired because he has felt that the people who serve 307 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:38.960 under him have been insubordinate and this is a meal. 308 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:43.960 Emil Bouvet says that he will put the line prosecutors 309 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:49.399 who targeted Atoms on administrative leave and see about possibly 310 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:52.799 dismissing them. 311 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:54.919 Aren't they just following orders? 312 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:57.120 Well, that's what they would tell you, and not only that, 313 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:01.480 but following the law that they found substantial evidence. And 314 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:05.039 what was also really surprising and eye opening yesterday was 315 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:10.240 in the detail in Danielle Sassoon's letter to the Justice 316 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:14.880 Department that her team had been preparing to add additional 317 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:20.160 counts in a superseding indictment charging Eric Adams with destroying 318 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:24.720 evidence and asking others to lie to the FBI. So 319 00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:27.880 what remains unclear this morning is how this is going 320 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:30.559 to be resolved. One question would be, well, couldn't Trump 321 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:33.599 just pardon Eric Adams? The answer, of course is yes, 322 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:39.119 But why hasn't he Well, the arrangement, as it's understood, 323 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:41.920 and this director from the Justice Department, is to withdraw 324 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:45.960 the charges without precedent, threatening that they could be brought back. 325 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:49.519 Why would you want to do that for leverage over Adams? 326 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:52.160 Why do you want leverage over Adams? Because the President 327 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:57.119 wants to see New York City submit to federal immigration enforcement. 328 00:17:57.880 --> 00:18:01.519 And the suggestions been made by the former US Attorney 329 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:05.119 acting US Attorney Manhattan, Danielle Sassoon that a quid pro 330 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:08.839 quo was in play, that Eric Adams and his attorneys 331 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:12.480 agreed that he would submit his city to federal immigration 332 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:17.680 enforcement in exchange for dropping the charges. The Justice Department 333 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:20.960 says that's not the case, and Eric Adams's attorney say 334 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:23.599 it's not the case, but it is the allegation of 335 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:26.640 the now former acting US Attorney for Manhattan. 336 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:31.720 Well, on both sides, things smell a little suspicious. 337 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:35.519 To me, not just you. And the question is what 338 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:40.279 does it say about corruption and the application of even 339 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:44.440 handed justice in America? If the Justice Department is willing 340 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:48.880 to look the other way past corruption allegations, if you 341 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:52.359 happen to sign on to the president and his policies, 342 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:55.400 how does that comport with the idea of equal justice 343 00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:57.200 under law? It can't. 344 00:18:57.880 --> 00:18:58.039 Now. 345 00:18:58.039 --> 00:19:00.920 It's true the pardon power's absolute, but we're not talking 346 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:02.759 about that here, and even if we were, that would 347 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:05.920 also raise questions about even handed justice in America. This 348 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:08.920 is how the Justice Department is going to pursue varying targets, 349 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:11.480 and that may wind up coming up before a judge 350 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:14.279 to decide whether to move forward with a dismissal. You know, 351 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:16.720 the court has to be asked to dismiss the charges 352 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.559 once they've been entered. 353 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:20.960 Okay, we'll be watching ABC. Stephen Portnoy as always, thanks 354 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:23.640 so much for helping to explain this, because it looks 355 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:26.599 easy on the surface, it never is. Oh not this one, 356 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:27.680 all right, thanks so much. 357 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.359 You bet. 358 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:31.039 The roof of a Smart and Final store in Azusa 359 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:34.039 has collapsed during the heavy rain. This man says he 360 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:36.039 was eating at a restaurant nearby last night when he 361 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:38.279 heard the commotion, but like a boom and then like 362 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:42.000 things just breaking. He says the crash was scary loud. 363 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:44.000 I could see people running out, and I could just 364 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:47.000 see everything destroyed in the produce section, and I was like, 365 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:49.160 oh my god, Like I was scared out of my mind. 366 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.440 It was. 367 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:50.200 It was insane. 368 00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:53.680 The store is temporarily closed. La County Sheriff Robert Luna 369 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:57.240 says his department will not assist with federal immigration rates. 370 00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:59.839 Kfi's Mark Mayfield says the sheriff said during an interview 371 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:03.799 that his department's policies on enforcement and assistance have not 372 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:06.359 changed and it won't be part of any sweeps. Luna 373 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:10.400 says immigration enforcement is out of the lasd's jurisdiction, adding 374 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:12.960 that it does not have the resources to help immigration 375 00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:16.759 and Customs enforcement agents. The sheriff says immigration is a 376 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:20.319 federal law enforcement issue. The city of Fremont has passed 377 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:23.559 some of the strictest homeless camping laws in the state. 378 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:25.960 The city council voted six to one to make it 379 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:29.000 illegal for homeless people to set up tents on public property. 380 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.960 Those who break the law could face a fine of 381 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:33.039 up to one thousand dollars and six months in jail. 382 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:36.279 The Fremont City attorney says the law does not permit 383 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:40.519 arrests for people who provide supplies to the homeless unless 384 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:43.680 those supplies create a shelter for camping on public land. 385 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:48.160 Federal judge has blocked parts of two executive orders by 386 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:51.359 President Trump that aimed to restrict gender affirming care. 387 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:54.880 On Thursday, a US district judge ruled in favor of 388 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:59.720 a group of LGBTQ organizations and transgender teams who sued 389 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.680 for the orders. 390 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:03.480 Okay if i's Brian Shuk says the groups argued the 391 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:08.359 orders were discriminatory and lacked authority. The ruling applies nationwide 392 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:11.079 and is the latest in a series of court orders 393 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:15.680 restricting the Trump Administration's recent actions. Igloo is recalling over 394 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:19.640 a million ninety court flip and toe rolling coolers because 395 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:22.519 of a safety hazard. The toe handle can pinch a 396 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:28.079 person's fingertips, possibly causing cuts, fractures, or amputations. The Consumer 397 00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:31.279 Product Safety Commission says twelve injuries have been reported so far. 398 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:33.680 People who have the coolers are urged to stop using 399 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:38.599 them and contact Igloo for a free replacement handle. I've 400 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:41.640 just got to ask this question, how many of those 401 00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:47.440