WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:03.960 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:08.240 with Me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:23.640 K f I and KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:41.840 You Amy, Okay. 5 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:37.840 It's five o'clock on your Tuesday morning wake up Call. 6 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:43.280 It's September seventeenth. I'm Amy King driving in. 7 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:47.399 I saw what's almost full? Did you see that moon? 8 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:52.960 And it's a super moon, a super harvest moon. It's 9 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:58.960 gonna peak tonight at seven point thirty our time, seven 10 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:02.320 thirty five, going to appear full for about three days 11 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:07.680 from Monday through Thursday, according to uh NASA says that, 12 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.000 and it's beautiful. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. 13 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:14.519 Firefighters are gaining more ground on the massive fires burning 14 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:17.599 in southern California. The largest is burning near Rightwood and 15 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:22.319 Mount Baldwy Baldy. It's nearly fifty five thousand acres twenty 16 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:25.079 five percent surrounded, up from eleven percent the day before. 17 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:27.959 Sixty six homes and other buildings have been destroyed. About 18 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:31.079 a dozen others have been damaged. A Christian pasture from 19 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:34.640 Garden Grove is back home after spending nearly two decades 20 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:39.159 in a prison in China. The US State Department confirmed 21 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:42.519 the release of David Lynn yesterday. It's not clear why 22 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:45.120 he was released. Lynn, who is now sixty eight, was 23 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:47.920 convicted of contract fraud in China in two thousand and 24 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:51.920 six and sentenced to life in prison. Secret Service agents 25 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:57.000 have found Soviet era rifle, backpack and video camera where 26 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:00.799 they say would be assassin Ryan Rouse staked out from 27 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:03.719 up to twelve hours along the Trump golf course in 28 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:05.439 West Palm Beach, Florida. 29 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:08.240 We're going to find more about the would be. 30 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:12.319 Assassin with ABC's Peter Harrow Lumbus coming up in less 31 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:14.159 than five minutes, and then at the bottom of the hour, 32 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:17.080 we're going to find out who this routh guy is 33 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:19.400 how close he came to taking a shot at the 34 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:20.240 former president. 35 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:22.840 ABC's Steve Portnoy has that for us. 36 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:26.879 Also coming up before the top of the hour, Joel 37 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:29.159 Larsgard is going to let us know how we may 38 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:31.280 be able to start saving some money at the grocery store, 39 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:34.400 wouldn't that be nice? And home equity loans and whether 40 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:37.240 one is right for you. Wake of Calso wants to 41 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:41.520 send you to the spookiest place on Earth. It's Halloween 42 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:44.080 time at Disneyland. We're going to be telling you more 43 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:46.800 about that. Let's get started with some of the stories 44 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:49.319 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A 45 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:53.000 wildfire that started in Tribuco Canyon in Orange County and 46 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:56.159 burned nearly two hundred homes and other buildings is now 47 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:58.759 thirty one percent surround it. The fires burned more than 48 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:01.800 twenty three thousand acres in Orange and Riverside County since 49 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:05.840 last week. It hasn't really grown since since last week, 50 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:09.520 so that's good news. Officials say their priorities were on 51 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:12.360 the east and the west sides the fire. Cooler temperatures 52 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:15.599 have helped firefighters make some progress, and helicopter water drops 53 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:18.159 on Santiago Park helped put some of the flames out there. 54 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:22.680 The surge in COVID cases across California is starting to wane. 55 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:25.159 Unlike the flu for the past several years, COVID has 56 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:29.120 seen rising cases in the winter and summer. USC virologist 57 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:31.879 doctor Paula Cannon told the La City Health Commission last 58 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:34.360 week that's because of our behavior in warmer weather. 59 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:36.840 We go indoors and we turn on the air conditioning, 60 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:40.039 we close our windows, and that reduces the amount of 61 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:43.479 pressure we get, and the virus is very happy when 62 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:44.000 we do that. 63 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:47.120 Another spike in cases could come this winter, but Cannon 64 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:49.879 says the new boosters on the market this fall should 65 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:52.520 fight off serious illness in downtown La. 66 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:55.319 Michael Monks KFI News. He is brought to you by 67 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:57.039 ruder hero dot com. 68 00:03:57.159 --> 00:03:59.599 La Kenny Sheriff's investigators say the deaths of two people 69 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:02.840 found it inside a home that burned in Glendora art suspicious. 70 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:05.719 One of those found dead yesterday was a seventy one 71 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:08.240 year old man. The Sheriff's department says he was found 72 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:10.919 inside a bedroom. A second person, believed to be the 73 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:14.400 man's wife, was also killed. Sheriff's Lieutenant Steve j Jong 74 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:17.680 says the couple was having marital issues and police had 75 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:19.399 been involved before. 76 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:21.399 They were here about a month earlier in regards to 77 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:22.680 a domestic violence incident. 78 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:25.000 No one was arrested in that incident. 79 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:29.680 Family members say the wife had recently filed for divorce. 80 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:33.680 Music mogul Sean Combs, known as Ditty, has been arrested 81 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:36.759 in New York following a string of sexual assault lawsuits. 82 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:40.240 ABC's Jason nathans And says Combs was arrested last night 83 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:40.839 in Manhattan. 84 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:42.560 We know that Combs has been hit with lawsuit after 85 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:45.000 lawsuit from women to alleged they were physically and sexually 86 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:47.920 abused by Combs and his colleagues, sex trafficked, and more. 87 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:50.399 Combs has denied all allegations against him. 88 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:53.480 The US Attorney's officers the arrest was based on a 89 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:57.399 sealed indictment, which they expect to unseal this morning. More 90 00:04:57.439 --> 00:04:59.920 people have tuned in to watch the Emmys this year. 91 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:02.959 Viewership for the awards show jumped fifty four percent to 92 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:06.160 six point nine million viewers, following a record low ceremony 93 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:10.319 in January. The show in early twenty twenty four aired 94 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:14.639 on Fox. Sunday nights broadcast aired on ABC. In the 95 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:17.439 key adults eighteen to forty nine ratings, The ratings were 96 00:05:17.480 --> 00:05:18.959 up seventeen percent. 97 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:19.519 AB says. 98 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:23.600 ABC says it also outperformed the last time ABC hosted 99 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:27.959 the event in twenty twenty. Earlier this year, ABC also 100 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:31.680 saw a boost in ratings for the Oscars. Let's say 101 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:34.560 good morning now to ABC's Peter Haralambuss. 102 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:35.720 Good morning, Peter. 103 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:37.680 Good morning, Thanks so much for having me. 104 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:40.680 Thanks for being on with us, Hey, we're learning more 105 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:43.560 about the guy arrested in connection with a second attempted 106 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:47.120 assassination on former President Trump in the last couple of months. 107 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:49.639 Tell us who this guy is that. 108 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:52.639 We know so far, so we're beginning to get a bigger, 109 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:55.600 better picture of fifty year old fifty eight year old 110 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:59.560 Ryan Ruth. He was a struggling roof contractor who has 111 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:03.680 connected in North Carolina and Hawaii, who seems to have 112 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:06.519 held erratic political views and set out on a far 113 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:10.360 flung mission to help Ukraine fight off Russia's invasion. The 114 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:13.160 exact motive for why he ended up doing this, why 115 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:16.040 he showed up on Trump's golf course on Sunday waited 116 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:20.720 out for twelve hours with a Soviet style rifle, remains unclear. 117 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:25.759 But this is certainly a figure whose social media history 118 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:28.560 investigators are combing through as they try to understand what 119 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:29.720 compelled him to do this. 120 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:35.079 And Peter, he you mentioned Hawaii and North Carolina ties. 121 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:38.319 Do we know where he's currently living or was before 122 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:39.000 he got arrested. 123 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:42.800 It appears he was spending some time in North Carolina. 124 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:45.839 His neighbors who we spoke to, said that they spotted 125 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:50.120 him back on his property there. Recently, it appears he moved, though, 126 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:53.160 from North Carolina in twenty eighteen to Hawaii. The neighbors 127 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:56.079 we've spoken to kind of described him as a weird 128 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:59.079 loaner type, although they've noted that they're still very much 129 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:01.920 surprised by the that he would ever do anything like this. 130 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:04.959 We've heard some interesting stories. One neighbor in North Carolina 131 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:08.160 who lived next to Ruth for three to four years, 132 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:10.600 noted that he often had guns around the house and 133 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:14.000 weirdly had a live horse inside his living room. She 134 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:17.079 noted that people didn't even believe her that this neighbor 135 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:20.120 of hers had a horse, and she took photos of it. 136 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:24.759 Another neighbor described Ruth as sketchy, that he kind of 137 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:27.839 weirdly paced around all the time and sent off weird vibes. 138 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:30.519 Though the neighbors in Hawaii offered a kind of a 139 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:33.279 kinder picture, noting that he seemed to just be a 140 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:36.160 normal guy who was reasonably friendly and that they were 141 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:39.279 overall very surprised by any of this conduct. 142 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:43.040 Okay, and we mentioned you mentioned that he had been 143 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:47.959 basically lying in wait for twelve hours outside the Trump 144 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:51.879 International Golf Club. Do we know how long he had 145 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:54.079 been in Florida, Like has he been there for a 146 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:56.160 week or did he drive down just for this. 147 00:07:57.160 --> 00:07:59.600 That's something we're still trying to figure out because it's 148 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:03.399 all very unclear. What's even more ambiguous and kind of 149 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:06.759 concerning is the fact that Trump's movement to this golf 150 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:09.800 course was unplanned. It's not like he's a sitting president 151 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:13.560 to us to declare his intention and his schedule to 152 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:15.480 go from one place to another. This was kind of 153 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:18.040 a surprise move on behalf of the former president. The 154 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.480 fact that he was waiting there in the early hours 155 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:23.000 of the morning on Sunday when this was, you know, 156 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:25.560 something that wasn't announced, That the former president hadn't even 157 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:29.079 theoretically made up his mind to go play golf is 158 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:31.680 kind of shocking, and law enforcement are probing that and 159 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:35.720 trying to figure out what exactly was going on there. 160 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:37.919 They've said that they don't have any evidence at this 161 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:40.200 point that he received any assistance, but they're still looking 162 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:42.960 into whether or not he had any kind of advanced 163 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:46.720 information or kind of any intel that allowed him to 164 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:49.679 make this move and be in position for Trump to 165 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:52.559 be playing just the three hundred to four hundred yards away. 166 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:55.159 Yeah, And then the other question I would have is 167 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:58.320 has he done this before, Like, if he didn't have 168 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:03.159 some sort of advanced notice or found out from somebody 169 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:05.759 that Trump was going to be playing, did he just 170 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:08.519 randomly go down and camp out there just in case 171 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:10.360 that we just never knew about. 172 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:14.360 It's hard to say, And I think it's also important 173 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:17.559 to note that Ruth himself has a lengthy rap sheet 174 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:20.679 going back all the way until nineteen ninety seven. For example, 175 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:22.919 there was a two thousand and two incident in which 176 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:26.600 he barricaded himself inside his business while armed with an 177 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:29.919 assault weapon guiltimately pleaded guilty to a felony count of 178 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:31.919 possessing a weapon of mass destruction. 179 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:34.360 He's pleaded guilty. 180 00:09:34.039 --> 00:09:37.879 To other crimes. He's been sued multiple times, So there 181 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:40.000 appears to have been some kind of history, including that 182 00:09:40.039 --> 00:09:44.240 two thousand and two incident with firearms, very erratic behavior 183 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:47.080 that concerned law enforcement. In fact, we know that there 184 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:50.279 was a tip to the FBI in twenty nineteen about 185 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:53.360 him possessing a firearm that wasn't acted upon because they 186 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:56.279 could not verify the complaintant's information. 187 00:09:56.600 --> 00:09:59.000 Okay, so we know that he's right now He's charged 188 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:04.240 on two charges, one felony in possession or a convict 189 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:08.159 or whatever convicted felon in possession of a weapon, and 190 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:12.679 also for scratching out the serial number on a weapon. 191 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:15.039 So that's two charges. But is he going to face 192 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:16.399 more In. 193 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:18.759 All likelihood, prosecutors are going to come back with more 194 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:20.799 charges at this point. For now, it seems like those 195 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:23.360 were the lowest hanging fruit. In a way, it seems 196 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:25.960 expected that we're going to see more charges about this 197 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:29.759 entire scheme over the coming weeks and months. For now, 198 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:32.720 he has an arragement technically scheduled at the end of 199 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:34.440 the month on September thirtieth. 200 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:39.039 And it'll be interesting, Peter, because he didn't actually do anything. 201 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:41.320 He didn't fire the weapon. 202 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:44.559 He was just there, So it'll be interesting to see 203 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:45.559 what charges they come up with. 204 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:48.399 Yeah, we'll have to see. And you're right, he didn't 205 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:50.679 fire a weapon. He still possessed one. He had a 206 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:53.000 criminal record due to conviction, which makes it a crime. 207 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:55.679 But we'll have to see what prosecutors draw up in 208 00:10:55.799 --> 00:10:58.240 terms of, you know, kind of offering context to what 209 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:00.399 this crime was and what exactly had happened to here. 210 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:02.679 Certainly a lot of unanswered questions. 211 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:05.360 Absolutely, but you did answer some of them for us 212 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:06.200 and we appreciate it. 213 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:08.200 Peter. We look forward to talking to you again soon. 214 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:10.799 Thanks much having me all right, let's get back. 215 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:12.000 To some of the stories coming out of the KFI 216 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:14.039 twenty four hour newsroom. A person has been shot by 217 00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:17.519 an off duty officer who stepped in during a road 218 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:21.879 rage confrontation in Murieta. The man shot multiple times yesterday 219 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:24.440 and a shopping center parking lot is in critical condition. 220 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:26.759 No one else was hit by the gunfire, and the 221 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:30.200 Hemmet police officer wasn't hurt. The officer is cooperating with 222 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:32.879 the investigation. Two people have been killed, including a man 223 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:35.759 who the LAPD says shot and killed someone in a 224 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:37.840 parking lot in a North Hollywood mall. 225 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:38.559 Parking lot. 226 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:41.639 Lease say they fired on a man in a parking 227 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:43.720 garage when he pointed a gun at them early yesterday 228 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:46.320 morning on Victory Boulevard. The other man was found shot 229 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:48.960 in the head in a car in the parking lot. 230 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:52.360 People who want forced labor out of prisons in California 231 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:55.000 have asked voters in LA for their support. 232 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:58.799 Proposition six would ban prisons from punishing inmates who refused 233 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:02.480 to work. Democratic Assemblyman Reggie Jones Sawyer says seven other 234 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:04.759 states have recently passed similar measures. 235 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:09.320 Seventy percent of the voters in Alabama, seventy nine percent 236 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:12.559 of the voters in Tennessee, and eighty one percent of 237 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:16.480 voters in Vermont voted to remove these provisions. 238 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:19.120 The measure would allow prisons to set up voluntary work 239 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:22.279 programs where inmates can work to reduce their sentences. The 240 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:25.919 measure got little pushback in the state legislature. Blake Trolly 241 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:28.240 k if I News, So I get to. 242 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:30.159 Do something kind of fun, but I need your help. 243 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:34.799 I'm going over the edge to help fight homelessness. We 244 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:39.559 are literally going over the edge of the Universal Hilton 245 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:42.639 on September twenty seventh. The event is actually the twenty 246 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:46.840 seventh and the twenty eighth, but I and Neil Savedra 247 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:50.639 are going to be repelling twenty five stories down the 248 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:53.600 side of a building to raise money for the Union 249 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:57.759 Rescue Mission. And we know because we've talked about it, 250 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:02.399 and we're so about homelessness and all of the money 251 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:04.879 being thrown at a problem that doesn't get fixed. But 252 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:09.120 the Union Rescue Mission is actually doing something to help 253 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:12.240 people get off the streets get into permanent housing. They're 254 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:15.919 feeding a ton of people in the process. But we're 255 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:19.440 asking for your donation because the Union Rescue Mission is 256 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:24.240 not government funded. It exists solely on private donations, and 257 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:26.639 that's where you come in. We would love if you 258 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:30.960 would donate to support the cause of Neil and I 259 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:34.399 going over the Edge, and you can donate at just 260 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:40.639 helpone dot org because, as mother Teresa said, basically, trying 261 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:43.519 to help everybody is impossible, but if you focus on 262 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:45.840 just one person, you can help. So if you've got 263 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:48.399 twenty bucks or fifty bucks or one hundred bucks, we 264 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:51.320 would love for you to join in our cause to 265 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:54.919 just help one for the Union Rescue Mission. And if 266 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:57.360 you want to raise one thousand dollars, either donate it 267 00:13:57.519 --> 00:14:00.519 or create a team and raise one thousand dollars could 268 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:03.120 repel over the side of the building. I'm scared to 269 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:05.600 death to do it, but I've heard that it's really 270 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:09.120 fun and so I'm looking forward to it but also 271 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:11.879 very apprehensive about it. But we're doing it next Friday, 272 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:15.240 September twenty seventh. We're going over the edge for the 273 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:17.200 Union Rescue Mission and would love for you to join 274 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:19.840 us again. If you can donate, please do any amount, 275 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:23.840 will take it all because it's actually helping people get 276 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:26.600 off the streets, get back into housing, and get their 277 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:29.600 lives back on tracks. So important to do that helping 278 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:31.559 the people who want help and that's what the Union 279 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:35.600 Rescue Mission does again. That's just help one dot org. 280 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:39.000 And then if you go to donate and then the teams, 281 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:42.000 you look for the team iHeartMedia. That's where you can 282 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:47.720 donate to mine and Neil's little expedition. We're going over 283 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:51.679 the edge. I'll thank you in advance for your support. 284 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:56.080 Cooler temperatures and higher humidity are helping firefighters diglines around 285 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:58.639 the fires burning in southern California. The fire in the 286 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:01.840 San Bernardino Mountains is now forty nine percent surrounded and 287 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:04.279 really hasn't grown since yesterday. The fire New right Wood 288 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:07.159 and Mount Baldy thirty five percent surrounded, and the one 289 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:09.879 that started in Tribute co Kenyon or Tribute Cookenyon just 290 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:12.399 over a week ago is thirty one percent surrounded. 291 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:13.919 None of the fires has grown much in the last 292 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:14.480 few days. 293 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:18.320 Homeowners, businesses, and local leaders have their opportunity to say 294 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:21.519 what they think of new plans to reform the insurance 295 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:24.679 market in the state. A virtual public hearing is being 296 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:27.639 held today at ten. The plans have been in the 297 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:31.919 works since several insurance providers stopped offering coverage in California. 298 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:35.320 Online comments can be submitted up until the meeting starts. 299 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:40.080 Most voters say Taylor Swift's endorsement for Vice President Harris 300 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:43.240 has no impact on how they will vote. In a 301 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:47.200 new ABC Episodes poll, six percent of respondents said they 302 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:50.159 were more likely to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee 303 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:54.559 after Swift's endorsement. Thirteen percent said they're less likely to 304 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:57.799 vote for Harris because of it. At six oh five, 305 00:15:57.960 --> 00:16:01.000 it's Handle on the news, Sean did he Combs is 306 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:04.080 going to find out what the charges are against him. 307 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:07.360 He was taken into custody last night in New York City. 308 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:11.000 Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. 309 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:13.480 So it's been talked about for months and months, Jim, 310 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:15.879 and now it appears the Fed may actually be poised 311 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:18.759 to lower interest rates when and how much? 312 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:24.039 Tomorrow and maybe half a percent? So yeah, the Fed 313 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:26.960 will open Market Committee opens its meeting today. Amy, it'll 314 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:29.799 wramp it up tomorrow, and at that time it's expected 315 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:33.200 to announce that interest rates will be cut. There's something 316 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:37.639 called a CME FED Watch, which estimates interest rate charges 317 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:40.879 and changes. It says there's a thirty seven percent chance 318 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:43.440 the Fed will cut rates by twenty five basis points 319 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:47.240 a quarter percent, a sixty three percent chance it would 320 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:50.559 go bigger than that at half a percent, and almost 321 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:53.639 a zero percent chance that nothing will be done at all. 322 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:56.840 So now bankers and others are watching this carefully and 323 00:16:56.919 --> 00:17:01.200 they do expect that interest rates will be coming down well, 324 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:01.639 and the. 325 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:04.200 Fed drum pal has been talking about it for months 326 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:06.839 and saying, okay, things are getting better, things are getting better. 327 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:10.160 Right, And he was criticized after the last meeting in 328 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:13.839 July when interest rates were not where they were held 329 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:16.200 right where they were, there was no decline. And then 330 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:18.559 within a day or two we had unemployment rates that 331 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:22.319 came in very high, much higher than anybody had anticipated. 332 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:25.160 That was probably though, because of Hurricane Barrel, and a 333 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:26.839 lot of people were put out of work from that. 334 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:31.599 So things stabilized somewhat, and today, finally two months later, 335 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:35.160 it is expected that the interest rates will be pulled 336 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:35.799 down somewhat. 337 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:37.759 So the question is is it going to do the trick. 338 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:42.799 Will you do the trick in terms of the whole economy, maybe, 339 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:47.319 maybe not, But will it do the trick for individual consumers? Probably? Yeah. 340 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:50.200 If you're planning on borrowing money, it will cost less 341 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:52.240 for you to do that. So if you're thinking about 342 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:54.960 taking out a loan for a car or a home, 343 00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:59.279 you should do better in terms of your interest rate. 344 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:02.559 But on the flip side, if you put money into 345 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:05.880 a high yield savings account you've been collecting about five 346 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:08.480 percent on that, that rate will fall back down because 347 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:12.000 essentially what you're doing is lending money to the bank, right, 348 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:15.480 and so the bank will see it's return improved somewhat. 349 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:18.200 That means your return on your CD or your high 350 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:20.480 yield savings account's going to drop just a bit. 351 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:23.440 Okay, So you mentioned that prices will go down on 352 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:27.039 credit cards and home loans that kind of stuff. Is 353 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:31.240 there going to be an immediate drop or does it 354 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.359 take a while to catch up. 355 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:34.480 It does take a while, and it'll take time to 356 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:37.920 soak out into the market, into the mortgage companies and 357 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:41.160 into the banks. And speaking of credit cards, you know 358 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:44.680 they adjust their rates fairly soon after the Fed changes 359 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:48.000 the federal funds. Right, so you can expect interest rates 360 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:50.759 on your Visa, your American Express, your Master or whatever 361 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:53.319 your card is to drop just a little bit. It's 362 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:56.119 not going to be a huge amount because credit cards 363 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:59.480 charge so much anyway, righty two twenty three percent? 364 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:01.160 How much they're charging. 365 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:04.599 No, No, it's horrible, and so even a little decline 366 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:07.480 it's not going to impact that so much. You know, 367 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:10.400 the best advice is just to avoid using them if 368 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:10.720 you can. 369 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:14.240 Okay, So then, Jim, here's my other question, because even 370 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:19.680 I'm curious as to what the car the companies can 371 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:22.759 charge them what they do charge because the interest rates 372 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.160 have been. 373 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:26.319 Up there, we haven't seen a drop in three or 374 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:26.759 four years. 375 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:31.119 Right, Yeah, so at one point the mortgage rates were 376 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:34.160 up over seven percent. Yes, well there hasn't been an 377 00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:37.680 interest rate drop, but the interest rates on thirty year 378 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:40.559 loans have dropped by more than a percent. They're down 379 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:42.799 at like six percent or just over six percent. Now, 380 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:44.400 I don't understand how that happens. 381 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:46.400 Well, right, I mean, the Fed is not setting the 382 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:49.960 interest rate for every mortgage company at every bank out there. 383 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:51.920 They can kind of work on their own. But the 384 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:55.799 key interest rate that the FED can control has an 385 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:59.119 influence on those other institutions. So it's not as though 386 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:01.359 the Feds it's done, says okay, Bank of America, you're 387 00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:04.960 going to charge you six and three quarter percents you 388 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:07.720 know on a mortgage or your mortgage company that much. 389 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:11.119 They don't do that. But the things that the FED does, 390 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:14.039 when it sets this prime or this this key interest rate, 391 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:17.680 it kind of takes the lead and so the others 392 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:23.079 will follow that almost, you know, individually and almost universally 393 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:24.000 for the next few months. 394 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:28.000 So could mortgage company could they drop rates down to 395 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:29.519 five percent right now if they wanted to? 396 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:31.880 You know, I think they could. Yeah, And if you 397 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:33.559 shop around, you're not going to find anything that low, 398 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:38.480 but you could find that things will get down there 399 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:40.119 at some point in the future. And you know, the 400 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:43.640 FED has been bringing rates down from what like zero 401 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:46.799