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 --> 00:00:08.439 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:16.079 KFI and KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:18.320 It's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:23.120 Here's Amy King. 6 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:31.600 Already really time to get up? Are you kidding me? Yes? 7 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:37.119 It is time. This is your wake up call for Wednesday, 8 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:41.159 March twenty sixth. Good morning, I'm Amy King, very excited 9 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:45.960 one day away from Dodgers Opening Day. I'll be at 10 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:51.039 the game, so I'm extra extra excited. My best friend 11 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:55.479 is taking a train down from Pasa Robles, coming down. 12 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:57.679 She's gonna hang out. It's gonna be a good time. 13 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:00.640 Looking forward to it, and I'm going to be telling 14 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:02.200 me about this during wake up call. But did you 15 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:04.879 know that the Dodgers of the odds on favorite to 16 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:07.480 win the World Series again? What he paid the most 17 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:11.200 money for it? Bitter much? 18 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:11.840 Maybe? 19 00:01:13.879 --> 00:01:17.079 Morning cono, Good morning, here's what's the head on wake 20 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:19.719 up call. The LA City Council's voted to explore whether 21 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:23.640 the city can contract directly with homeless service providers rather 22 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:27.239 than go through the LA Homeless Services Authority. The joint 23 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:31.879 City County agency has been accused of misusing billions of 24 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:36.719 dollars in funding. The Pasadena School District has sued Southern 25 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:40.200 California Edison, asking it to pay for school buildings burned 26 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:43.640 in the Eton fire. An attorney representing the district says 27 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:47.599 the lawsuit seeks fair compensation to recover the taxpayer resources 28 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:51.799 and property lost in the wildfire. In January, National Security 29 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:54.760 Advisor Mike Walts has taken responsibility for the editor in 30 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:58.000 chief of The Atlantic getting access to a group chat 31 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:01.560 with defense and other top and administration officials about US 32 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:05.200 air strikes in Yemen. During an interview, Waltz implied, though 33 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:08.960 Jeffrey Goldberg somehow deliberately appeared in the group, called the 34 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:15.080 journalist a loser. The acting former Acting Undersecretary for Intelligence 35 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:18.479 and counter Terrorism Coordinator at the US Department of Homeland 36 00:02:18.479 --> 00:02:22.879 Security is going to tell us why the signal app 37 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:26.120 incident is really a big deal. ABC's John Cohen's going 38 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:28.840 to join us in just a couple of minutes. Now's 39 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:31.599 the time to get deals on Amazon. Who knew? And 40 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:36.039 it's not even Cyber Monday, and our tiktok'd days really numbered. 41 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:38.319 We're going to find out with the host of rich 42 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:40.840 on Tech right here on KFI. It's rich Demro that's 43 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:43.879 coming up at five point twenty and wake Up Call 44 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:46.240 went out and about to take a look at some 45 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:50.400 pieces of Hollywood history and guess what they could be yours. 46 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:52.520 That's coming up at the bottom of the hour. And 47 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:56.080 I hope you'll stick around for that because I was 48 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:59.719 so geeking out seeing all these really cool things that 49 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:01.639 are going to be auctioned off. I got to see 50 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:04.199 props from some of my favorite movies. We're going to 51 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:07.360 tell you all about it, including Ghostbusters and Superman and 52 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:10.639 Back to the Future and Star Wars. Really cool stuff 53 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:13.960 that it's going up for auction. Not auction starts today. 54 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:16.199 Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 55 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:18.960 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LA has taken 56 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:23.000 a step toward keeping its homeless program spending exclusively at 57 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:23.599 City Hall. 58 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:26.639 The city Council's unanimous vote ask city staff to figure 59 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:29.680 out how city Hall can bypass the LA Homeless Services 60 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:34.000 Authority and contract with homeless service providers directly. City Councilwoman 61 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:37.639 Monica Rodriguez says LASA hasn't handled its billions of dollars 62 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:39.120 in funding properly. 63 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:41.479 And there's a point where we just have to call 64 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:43.840 an end to funding the failure. 65 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:47.560 Recent audits have blasted LASA over its accounting practices and 66 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:51.800 its contract policies, which often lack detailed expectations and metrics. 67 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:53.759 Michael Monks KFI News. 68 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:58.479 Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes is told county supervisors that 69 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:01.639 state law is stopping ICE from being told about people 70 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:04.479 being released from prison. Barnes says there were more than 71 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:08.199 seven hundred ICE detainees requests last year, and some of 72 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:11.560 the inmates ended up back on the streets committing crimes 73 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:12.280 because of the law. 74 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:14.240 The man from Mexico was arrested in the San La 75 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:17.040 campastronic and possession of Meathan fata mean presenting a false 76 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:19.240 idea to police on August twenty seven. He was re 77 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:22.920 arrested again in San Ua Campistroana October twenty eighth for 78 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:24.199 assault with a deadly weapon. 79 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:29.000 Barnes said during his annual report on immigration enforcement that 80 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.439 his department will not impede federal law enforcement officials from 81 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:36.800 carrying out their responsibilities. Immigrant advocates have criticized the OC 82 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:39.639 Sheriff's department for coordinating with ice at a higher rate 83 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:43.519 than other counties. A Republican assemblyman from the Inland Empire 84 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:46.759 says his bill to ban transgender athletes from competing in 85 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:49.920 girls and women's sports is about putting things back to 86 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:50.800 the way they used to be. 87 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:55.120 Corona assembly Member Bill A. Saley's proposed legislation is due 88 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:57.519 to be heard in the state Assembly on April first. 89 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:01.279 He told kfi's John Cobel. Yes, before the law was 90 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:04.959 changed ten years ago, boys and men did not compete 91 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:06.360 against girls and women. 92 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:09.040 There's an opportunity to have a real conversation here whether 93 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:10.399 we have a co ed team, or we have a 94 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:13.519 third category, or you know, give them some private facilities 95 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:14.920 that they can use to change out in. 96 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:17.480 The hearing will mark the first public debate on the 97 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:21.519 issue since Governor Newsom said having trans athletes and girls' 98 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:22.839 sports is unfair. 99 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:27.240 Deborah Mark Ki five News. Let's say good morning now 100 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:33.079 to ABC's John Cohen. John, the Trump administration has admitted 101 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:35.839 that the editor in chief of the Atlantic was included 102 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:38.920 on a group chat about upcoming attacks on the Hoothy Rebels. 103 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:42.480 They are downplaying it, but you're saying this is this 104 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:43.519 really is a big deal. 105 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:47.920 Yeah, I mean it's a very big deal, and particularly 106 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:52.079 it's a big deal for the families of the sailors 107 00:05:52.199 --> 00:05:55.399 and pilots that were involved in this operation. Look, military 108 00:05:55.399 --> 00:06:00.360 operations and intelligence operations are dangerous, and the person who 109 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:03.920 are involved in the conduct of these operations put themselves 110 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:08.839 at risk into in service to this country, and we 111 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:12.279 owe it to the families and spouses to safeguard the 112 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:16.680 information that can provide advanced warning of this operation. So, 113 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:24.480 in this case, sensitive information regarding these planning efforts or 114 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:29.720 was communicated amongst Cabinet officials on a commercial application, a 115 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:33.079 commercial application that has been targeted for compromise by foreign 116 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:36.600 intelligence services, and a commercial application that works on a 117 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:40.319 cell phone, which quite frankly are easily compromised by foreign 118 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:46.399 intelligence services. So we owe it to these personnel not 119 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:49.519 to or to safeguard this information. So that means you 120 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:52.839 don't discuss details of these observations in a bar, a restaurant, 121 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:55.720 in front of your Alexa, on your cell phone, by 122 00:06:55.839 --> 00:06:58.839 text or via commercial apps. You do it over secured 123 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:01.560 communication channels which the government maintains. 124 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:07.360 So the question I have for you, John, is about 125 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:10.439 those secured communications. So what other options do they have 126 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:16.040 because we've heard that this signal app is used and 127 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:18.959 was approved to be used, and was used by the 128 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:21.160 previous administration too, to communicate. 129 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:25.839 That's yeah, I heard that as well, and it's a 130 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:30.120 little bit misleading. The use of commercial applications like Signal 131 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:34.160 are allowed by some agencies under certain situations. Signal is 132 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:36.600 an encrypted application, which is good for you or me, 133 00:07:36.920 --> 00:07:40.160 or the members of the public, journalists, private sector companies 134 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:45.160 to use because they don't, unlike the government, maintain a 135 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:49.759 massive communications infrastructure that provides for secured communications. You know, 136 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:52.120 I used to be the under Secretary of Intelligence for 137 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:55.240 the Department of Homeland Security. When I traveled on official 138 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:58.160 travel or on vacation, I was you know, I carried 139 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:02.439 with me secured communications device. If there was a very 140 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:05.120 sensitive issue, like the planning of a counter terrorism operation, 141 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:07.879 I would leave vacation and go to a secure facility. 142 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:10.759 Their secure facilities all around the country, all over the 143 00:08:10.759 --> 00:08:15.120 world that government officials can go to. So while signal 144 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:20.040 may be appropriate for some limited usage by government personnel, 145 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:24.160 it certainly is not appropriate to be used to discuss 146 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:28.680 sensitive operational information, which is why the Department of Defense 147 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:32.360 in twenty twenty three, the Chief Information Officers forbid the 148 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:38.519 utilization on government on phones and computers of signal in 149 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:43.639 order to be used to convey sensitive, unclassified and classified information. 150 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:49.759 So there are communication capabilities that are maintained by the government, 151 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:54.519 that are secured, that are especially established to safeguard this 152 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:58.279 type of information. And that's the only those are the 153 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:00.440 only capabilities that should be used to convey this type 154 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:01.039 of information. 155 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:04.519 Okay, and then just another question, So I don't think 156 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:06.879 this isn't the first time this kind of thing has 157 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:11.120 probably happened. Why do they why do they use it 158 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:13.159 if they really shouldn't. 159 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:17.000 Be Well, that's a really good question. And I think 160 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:23.000 as members of Congress and others are asking questions, that'll 161 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:25.399 be one of the questions they ask. There are several 162 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:32.240 theories that folks have promoted ease of use, distrust of 163 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:36.679 the government bureaucracy, you know, the concerns that their private 164 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:43.000 conversations would be would be listened to by other government 165 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:48.279 personnel and leak to the media, or it provides an 166 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:55.360 opportunity to bypath data retention policies that control how government 167 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:59.639 records are maintained. So that'll be one of the questions 168 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:01.480 The other big question that's going to be asked is, 169 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:05.559 you know, putting aside a moment the appropriateness of using 170 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:09.000 a commercial application. The other question that's going to be 171 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:13.679 asked is how the heck did a journalist get added 172 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:16.360 to a signal group. Those people who know who you 173 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:21.679 signal know that that requires a very deliberate process. You 174 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:24.759 can't sneak into a signal group. You have to you know, 175 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:27.559 people that are participating on it have to specifically be 176 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:31.480 added by the administrator of the group. So someone added 177 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:36.440 and provided access to these highly sensitive communications to a 178 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:42.159 journalist who quite frankly exercised good restraint by limiting the 179 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:44.519 information that he had access to because he was on 180 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:47.799 this group and he didn't publish all of it. 181 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:50.840 And in this case, it's sort of like they leaked 182 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:53.000 at themselves, whether they meant to or not. 183 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:55.840 But yeah, okay, right, you know, we always talk about 184 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:59.799 we always talk about the concern about, you know, something 185 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:02.879 practice could lead to an unauthorized disclosure. We don't have. 186 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:04.080 This isn't hypothetical. 187 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:04.960 This happened. 188 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:07.440 Yeah, they use this commercial channel, they use it in 189 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:10.080 a way that they provided access to a member of 190 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:12.799 the media. The member of the media was able to 191 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:17.320 publish portions of what he saw, so the information was 192 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:18.519 in fact compromised. 193 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:22.200 Yeah, okay. ABC's John Cohen, thank you so much for 194 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:24.639 your information and insight. We certainly appreciate it. 195 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:26.919 Good talking to you, all right, take care. 196 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:28.720 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 197 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:31.120 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Amtrak is warning 198 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:35.080 customers about a confirmed case of measles on a passenger 199 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:38.600 train from New York City to Washington, d C. 200 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:41.759 The person with measles was on the Amtrak Northeast Regional 201 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:45.799 train southbound last Wednesday. Amtrak says it is reaching out 202 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:48.639 to all passengers on that impacted train to alert them 203 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:50.080 of their possible exposure. 204 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:51.480 Yeay if I. 205 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:55.360 Scott Pringles's doctors are urging people to keep their vaccinations 206 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:59.159 up to date. Boeing is about to change it's plea 207 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:02.279 entered last year ye over problems with its seven thirty 208 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:06.600 seven Max jets, including two deadly crashes. ABC's Alex Stone 209 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:09.320 says Boeing wants to withdraw the guilty plea agreement with 210 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:10.320 the Department of Justice. 211 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:13.600 The agreement blamed Boeing for misleading the FAA before the 212 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:16.960 crashes killed three hundred and fifty six people, but Boeing 213 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:20.759 is now seeking more lenient treatment from President Trump's administration. 214 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:24.399 Those two crashes happened in Indonesia in twenty eighteen and 215 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:28.320 Ethiopia in twenty nineteen. Vice President Van says he'll be 216 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:31.360 going with Second Lady Usha Vance when she travels to 217 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:35.120 Greenland on Friday. The Vice President posted a video on 218 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:36.600 x yesterday about his plans. 219 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:40.679 Speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate the security 220 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:43.399 of the people of Greenland because we think it's important 221 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:46.080 to protecting the security of the entire world. 222 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:49.399 Is Commons followed President Trump's repeated statements that the US 223 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:54.200 should own and control the semi autonomous Danish territory. Officials 224 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:59.519 in Greenland and Denmark have denounced the visit. An executive 225 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:01.879 order from as and Trump would stop the federal government 226 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:03.440 from using paper checks. 227 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:06.600 The order, assigned Tuesday would block the Treasury Department from 228 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:10.879 issuing checks for benefits, tax refunds, vendor payments, and intragovernmental 229 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:14.600 payments effective September thirtieth. At that time, the federal government 230 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:17.919 would be required to switch to electronic transfer methods like 231 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:20.159 direct deposit and prepaid card accounts. 232 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:25.159 Kfi's Tammy Truchio says, according to the order, paper checks 233 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:31.120 impose unnecessary costs, delays, risks of fraud, theft, and inefficiencies. 234 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:35.720 It is time for world champion Dodger Baseball where just 235 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:39.480 one day away from the home opener this season. Tomorrow, 236 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:42.399 the Dodgers take on the Detroit Tigers. Opening Day action 237 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:45.559 is happening at Dodger Stadium. First pitch goes out at 238 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:47.679 four to ten. You can listen to every game on 239 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:50.960 the iHeartRadio app Keyword AM five seventy LA Sports brought 240 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:54.320 to you in part by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. 241 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:59.320 Now at the Hollywood Pantagious Theater. You can visit Broadway Inhollywood, 242 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:03.399 dot com and go blue. USC officials have called for 243 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:06.679 budget cutbats and a hiring freeze over what it calls 244 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:11.039 federal funding uncertainty. USC is facing an already one hundred 245 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:14.240 and fifty eight million dollar budget deficit and could also 246 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:18.200 lose federal funding for not complying with some Trump administration mandates. 247 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:22.840 Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem will tour the prison in 248 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:27.200 El Salvador that took in hundreds of US deportees believed 249 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:30.960 to be Trendea Ragua and MS thirteen gang members. El 250 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:33.600 Salvador is the first stop of Noam's trip that also 251 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:37.600 includes stops in Columbia and Mexico. The Dodgers will be 252 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:40.559 visiting President Trump at the White House. They'll be honored 253 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:43.879 for their twenty twenty four World Series win. The visits 254 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:46.519 scheduled for April seventh, when the Dodgers will be in 255 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:50.399 town to play the Washington Nationals. At six oh five, 256 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:53.440 it's Handle on the News with our friend Chris Merril 257 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:57.519 filling in today. Mike Walls has claimed responsibility for that 258 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:02.519 Signal check group lead to a journalist. We'll find out 259 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:05.200 more about that, but right now, let's say good morning 260 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:09.399 to our host of Rich on Tech KTLA's tech reporter 261 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:10.039 Rich Demiro. 262 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:12.679 Morning, Rich, Hey, good morning to you. 263 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:12.960 Amy. 264 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:15.039 We're not going to dive into what happened with Signal 265 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:17.399 because you're our tech guy, because we heard you talking 266 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:20.600 with it about Chris with Chris Merril yesterday about how 267 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:25.240 we've all added the wrong people onto chats, so it 268 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:27.840 can happen, but it's also a pretty serious thing. 269 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:31.519 Well yeah, I mean I'm not a government official, so 270 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:34.600 my chat is like, yeah, I'll see you in ten minutes, 271 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:37.399 not hey, we're bombing this place in ten minutes. 272 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.320 But we've all sent that one that like you sent 273 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:42.960 it like would you just leave me alone? I'm like, 274 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:44.879 oh my god, that went to the wrong person. 275 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:48.200 Oh always, and I get it and look and Signal 276 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:50.399 is a very secure app. I understand a lot of 277 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:53.039 people use it, a lot of executives use it anyone 278 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:55.519 that wants to remain private because it is very much 279 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:58.240 encrypted and it doesn't collect a lot of information. So 280 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:01.240 I understand all that part, but also, yeah, this is 281 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:04.279 a human mistake and there's some things to unpack here 282 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:04.720 as well. 283 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:07.559 Yeah, interesting as we dive into this, well, I'm going 284 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:10.000 to share something that we just found out from John 285 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:12.960 going with ABC that he was saying, you need to 286 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:15.519 get to secure places, and he goes, there's secure places, 287 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:19.480 like secure facilities all over the country. It's not as 288 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:22.200 it's not as easy to get to as your phone. 289 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:24.840 But I'm like, you knew there were locations all over 290 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:25.240 the place. 291 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:28.480 Oh, I'm sure there are there's you know, I mean, 292 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:30.759 but look, at the end of the day, again, we're 293 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:33.519 all human and we take you know, these paths of 294 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:36.279 least resistance and we and we're so used to texting 295 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:39.159 and these are all new people and you know, new positions, 296 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:41.840 and I'm not defending them, but it's like, you know, 297 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:44.519 they've got to follow the rules that that are established 298 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:46.440 and if that's not using signal, then they got to 299 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.080 figure that out. 300 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:50.720 Okay, Now, speaking of following rules, the rule for TikTok 301 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:52.720 is you got to sell or you're going to be banned. 302 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:55.799 That was pushed back. But is that back on the 303 00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:58.840 table or the deadlines approaching? What's going on with TikTok? 304 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:03.320 Yeah, I've forgot about this. April fifth is that deadline? 305 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:06.200 It's already here, already. I can't believe it. It's like 306 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:08.920 we've been talking about this for I'm not kidding over 307 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:11.599 four years now, how many years it's been, It's been 308 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:15.920 many years. And so TikTok has faced an uncertain future 309 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:18.720 here in the US. The current thing is that it 310 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:21.680 needs to be sold to a non Chinese owner or 311 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:25.119 risk being banned. Is that happening? Has there been any 312 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:26.079 progress whatsoever? 313 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:26.839 Not? Really. 314 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:29.960 We've seen a couple of companies like Oracle have some interest. 315 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:32.240 We've seen a couple of investor groups pop up here 316 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:36.240 and there, but nothing solid. So with that in mind, 317 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:39.559 TikTok has been ramping up a massive ad campaign. I 318 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:41.319 was watching TV the other day and I was like, wait, 319 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:42.880 what is this an ad for TikTok? 320 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.039 What? 321 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:46.559 And it was so you know, it was so heartfelt 322 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:48.680 and warm and it made me want to scroll all 323 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:52.039 day long until my eyes fall out. But they're saying, 324 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:55.680 look where a kind, gentle social media service, and you 325 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:57.000 should keep us here in the US. 326 00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:57.319 Yeah. 327 00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:59.960 I've seen those ads too, And TikTok is not really 328 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.000 interested in selling either, is it. 329 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:03.359 No. 330 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:05.319 I mean, the Chinese company that owns it does not 331 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:07.119 want to sell it because A it's a cash cow 332 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:09.279 and B there's a lot of secret sauce in that 333 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:11.160 algorithm and they don't want to give that up. 334 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:15.000 Yeah. Okay, well we'll be watching and it'll be interesting 335 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:17.119 to see because it was supposed to go into effect 336 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:19.039 earlier and then Trump pushed it back. 337 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:23.599 Right, And this doesn't seem like it's the most pressing 338 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:25.839 issue in America right now, But hey, what do I 339 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:27.480 know exactly? 340 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:30.119 Well, you do know that we can get some stuff 341 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:31.559 on sale on Amazon right now? 342 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:34.400 Well, I didn't actually know this. I didn't even know 343 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:36.240 there was a spring sale until I was doing some 344 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:38.119 research yesterday and I was like, wait, why are these 345 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:40.039 people posting? Why am I getting so many emails about 346 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:44.559 Amazon discounts? And sure enough, this is Amazon Amazon's big 347 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:47.720 Spring sale. It's running through March thirty first, kind of 348 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:49.920 a mini Prime day, so they're not calling this a 349 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:52.480 Prime day. You know you typically they do two of 350 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:54.839 those a year, but I think these sales must do 351 00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:57.720 pretty well for Amazon. So what happens is all these 352 00:18:57.720 --> 00:19:01.319 manufacturers discount stuff. Why I started getting the email. So 353 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:03.839 if you're looking for something, if there's something in your 354 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:07.119 shopping car, maybe your wish list, maybe you're saved for later, 355 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:10.279 now is the time to check for discounts. A couple 356 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:13.640 of notables AirPods pro down to one hundred and seventy bucks, 357 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:17.039 Apple Watch the latest model down to two ninety nine, 358 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:22.440 the latest Google Pixel smartphone seven forty nine, the Ring 359 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:26.279 indoor cam forty bucks, and the crowd favorite, the Brother 360 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:29.160 laser printer, which I personally had for about ten years 361 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.880 ninety nine bucks. 362 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:33.799 Oh so some good deals when they do these sales, 363 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:37.039 do I mean do they They don't take usually a 364 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:39.279 ton off, but there are some like I don't know 365 00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:41.519 if they're lost leaders, but they usually pick a few. 366 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:45.559 Well, it's every company. So basically, you know, like the 367 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:49.680 the companies sort of go through and say like hey, 368 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:53.160 you know, like we'll discount this stuff. And so Amazon 369 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:55.119 just says, hey, we're having this big day, and then 370 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:57.200 it's up to the companies to sort of like discount 371 00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:59.200 their products because most of the stuffs sold on Amazon 372 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:01.279 now is like third part. But I went through my 373 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:04.319 saved stuff and sure enough, there's a lot of stuff 374 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:06.240 on there on sales. So definitely take a look at 375 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:08.680 your cart or your wish list or you know, if 376 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:12.279 you need something like a battery, portable battery or something, 377 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:13.720 you know, this is the time to get it. 378 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:15.880 Yeah. What's interesting to me on this rich is that 379 00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:19.759 there aren't like traditional ads saying hey, we're doing a sale. 380 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:22.559 It's all, but you're finding out about it because of 381 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:24.839 social media, like because everybody's talking about it. 382 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:29.880 Well that's because of affiliate marketing. So basically Amazon's not 383 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:33.079 you know, they're advertising in certain ways, probably online, but 384 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:36.119 you know, the real benefit here is to affiliates who 385 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:39.599 basically share a link to Amazon stuff and they get 386 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.279 a little cut. 387 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:41.720 So that's why you see. 388 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:45.319 So many of those articles from every publication out there 389 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:48.039 that says ten items I can't live without on Amazon 390 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:51.039 because they are doing affiliate sales and they make a 391 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:54.079 small cut, okay for absolutely brilliant. 392 00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:57.319 Yeah really, no kidding. For more great tech information, you 393 00:20:57.319 --> 00:21:01.119 can listen to rich Demiro right here from eleven to 394 00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:05.480 two on Saturday on KFI. You can also see him 395 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:08.720 on KTLA, follow him on Instagram, rich on Tech his 396 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:11.400 website rich on Tech dot tv. He posts all the 397 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:13.599 stuff that he talks about there so you can get 398 00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:16.440 the latest information there too. Rich Demiro, thanks so much. 399 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:18.119 Thanks for having me. 400 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:22.000 Amy, all right, take care. Jury in Riverside Counties recommended 401 00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:24.880