WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:04.040 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:08.080 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app 3 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:14.839 KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:17.160 It's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:21.960 Here's Amy King. 6 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:31.160 It's five o'clock. This is your wake up call for Monday, 7 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:35.600 August fifth. Good morning, I'm Amy King. Okay, at a 8 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:41.359 great weekend, IM I told you. I telegraphed what I 9 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:42.920 was going to do, and I think that if there 10 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:45.520 was a gold medal handed out for couch potatoes, I 11 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:50.280 would get it. Had fun watching a lot of weird Olympics. 12 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:53.200 I'm like, what is this target practice? 13 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:53.920 What is this? 14 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:54.119 You know? 15 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:56.799 What I didn't see is break dancing. I know that 16 00:00:56.880 --> 00:01:01.159 was a new event this year. Didn't get to see that. Also, 17 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:04.959 if you're heading out and planning your wardrobe for this morning, 18 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:11.879 don't dress form. It's hot. There's like seventy degrees when 19 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:14.680 I left my apartment and that was like, you know, 20 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:18.239 two hours ago. But that's okay. We'll cool down a 21 00:01:18.239 --> 00:01:21.120 little later this week. Here's what's ahead on wake up called. 22 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:23.400 We got a lot coming up for you today and 23 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:25.640 tomorrow's I just mentioned or expected to be the hottest 24 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:28.760 days of a heat wave lingering over southern California, and 25 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:32.200 excessive heat warning is in effect until eight tomorrow night 26 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:36.079 in the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, and Annelote Valleys and 27 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:39.439 the I five Corridor. A heat advisory is also up 28 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:42.680 until eleven tomorrow night in the Santa Ana Mountains and 29 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:46.400 foothills in Orange County. The wild ride on Wall Street's 30 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:50.640 expected to continue today. Stock futures are way down ahead 31 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:52.920 of the opening bell. Dow futures at last check had 32 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:55.879 tumbled more than seven hundred and ninety points. Nasdaq was 33 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:58.640 even worse, down more than eight hundred points. In pre 34 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:01.560 market trading in P five hundred is seeing a drop 35 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:04.079 of roughly one hundred and fifty points. We'll keep you 36 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:07.480 updated on the stock market numbers once they start trading 37 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:10.439 this morning. The fastest man in the world is Team 38 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:14.319 usays Noah Lyles. He won the gold in the one 39 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:18.800 hundred meters with a time of nine point seven nine seconds, 40 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:23.039 just five one thousandth of a second ahead of Jamaica's 41 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:26.719 Cashane Thomas or Thompson. Rather, it's the first win for 42 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:30.319 Team USA and the one hundred meters in twenty years. 43 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:32.599 We're going to be getting the latest on what's up 44 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:35.120 at the Olympics, what happened over the weekend, and what's 45 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:39.000 in store for today with ABC's nez De La Katera. 46 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:42.759 That's coming up in about fifteen minutes. And in just 47 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:44.439 a couple of minutes, we're going to be talking with 48 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:47.879 ABC's and Flaherty as things continue to heat up in 49 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:51.479 the Middle East. At six oh five, it's Handle on 50 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:55.560 the news. The veepsteaks are on, with a decision expected 51 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:58.759 by tomorrow. Let's get started with some of the stories 52 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:00.800 coming out of the KFI twenty five four hour newsroom. 53 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:04.240 A police chase that involved two cars, speeds over one 54 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:06.400 hundred miles per hour on the freeway and a head 55 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:09.360 on crash in South LA has ended in North Long Beach. 56 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:13.039 The pursuit last night lasted about two hours. Police for 57 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:16.240 chasing a black car that had the wrong plate. The 58 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:18.719 driver eventually got out and got into the back of 59 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:21.240 a white Lexus that's the car that crashed, and one 60 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:24.280 person was seen running away. The driver kept going and 61 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:28.039 was later arrested in Long Beach. That explains why I 62 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:30.039 got a text from Tim Conway June. Your last night. 63 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:34.560 He's like crash on Channel nine. He loves his police chases. 64 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:38.159 The La Keady Sheriff's Homicide Bureau has had a very 65 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:38.719 busy weekend. 66 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:40.759 Investigator say there were at least four murders and one 67 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:43.439 deputy involved shooting. On Saturday night, a man in Carson 68 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:45.520 was found shot to death following a drive by shooting. 69 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:48.599 Witnesses said they heard multiple gunshots. Also Saturday night, a 70 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:50.919 man was found shot to death following a car collision 71 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:53.520 at the intersection of Bentley and Greenleaf and Compton. Four 72 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:56.280 other guys in the car were injured. Early Sunday morning, 73 00:03:56.280 --> 00:03:58.520 a man was found shot to death laying between two 74 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:02.080 parked cars on Rowan Street. And also early yesterday morning, 75 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:04.000 investigators say a woman was shot to death by her 76 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:07.199 boyfriend in Lancaster. He then tried to shoot himself. He's 77 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:10.680 in critical condition. Steve Gregor, King of Fine News, the. 78 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:13.759 US, UK and other governments have urged their citizens to 79 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:17.160 leave Lebanon because of a possible war between Israel and Hezbola. 80 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:20.800 A Hesbolah commander was killed in an Israeli strike in 81 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:25.040 be Route last week. Israel or Iran rather blames Israel 82 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:28.920 for the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran. Iran 83 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:33.000 has vowed severe retaliation. The US and other Western countries 84 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:35.879 have been trying to de escalate tensions across the region. 85 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:36.240 Again. 86 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:38.120 We're going to be talking with ABC's and Flirty in 87 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:40.560 just a minute. As the heat increases in the Middle East, 88 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:44.399 Hurricane Debbie has made landfall. ABC's Andrew Dimbert says the 89 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:46.879 storm has already caused some flooding and power outages in 90 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:47.720 the Tampa area. 91 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:50.480 Grain totals could reach a foot or more along Florida's 92 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:53.160 Gulf Coast, where Debbie could produce six to ten feet 93 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:54.959 of storm surge. 94 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:59.560 He says. Forecasters are predicting Debbie will make landfall around 95 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:01.920 midday today, but it got in a little bit early 96 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:05.800 and actually made landfall this morning. Georgia and South Carolina 97 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:08.480 could also see flooding from the storm. Up to thirty 98 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:11.639 inches of rain is possible in some areas. Let's say 99 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:15.680 good morning now to ABC's and Flaherty, our Pentagon specialist. 100 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:20.279 And Iran has threatened revenge for the assassination of a 101 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:23.680 tap Helamas leader in Tehran last week. What is the 102 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:27.240 US doing to help get ready for whatever is coming. 103 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:31.800 What we heard from the Deputy National Security Advisor yesterday, 104 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:35.519 John Seiner, saying, we're preparing for every possibility. We're not 105 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:38.600 going to give too many details because it wouldn't be 106 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:40.680 in our best interests. But of course you have to 107 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:43.600 imagine what they're doing behind the scenes is scrambling to 108 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:47.639 create that diplomatic coalition. We saw last April when Iran 109 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:50.959 launched about three hundred and fifty attack drones and missiles 110 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:54.639 at Israel. It was the US, UK other allies that 111 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:57.839 helped to intercept them. And we know that the US 112 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:01.879 is delivering the message the region that look, it's not 113 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:05.519 in anyone's interest to have a wider regional war. So 114 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:08.639 you know, we saw people like Jordan's foreign minister flew 115 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.680 to Tehran. This is the first official visit to Iran 116 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:14.680 in some twenty years to the Islamic Republic. So really 117 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:18.040 an unprecedented situation, and you're seeing, you know, Tony Blinkin 118 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:21.279 talking to G seven partners saying this is a very 119 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:22.399 urgent situation. 120 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:27.360 Well, and we were discussing last week that it's like 121 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:31.759 how do you de escalate because Iran feels like it 122 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:35.879 was attacked, Israel feels like it was attacked and they 123 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:38.920 tend to strike back and forth as like it's sort 124 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:42.680 of an eye for an eye thing. So who who says, Okay, 125 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:44.959 I'm not going to strike back. You know, how do 126 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:46.839 you yeah, negotiate that. 127 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:51.120 What's interesting is there were actually two assassinations in a 128 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:54.959 matter of hours last week, which it was unprecedented. I'd 129 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:56.879 never seen this before. But you had to hitpule a 130 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.800 senior commander in the root. And if we acknowledged that, 131 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:03.240 they said that they fired that missile in direct retaliation 132 00:07:03.439 --> 00:07:06.360 for Hasbulat killing twelve children playing football and the goal 133 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:09.680 in hypes. Now the senior Hamas leader, this was a 134 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:12.600 bomb that appeared to be smuggled into Tehran into his 135 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:16.519 guest house in Tehran. He was one of the Hamas 136 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:21.680 leaders negotiating the hostages that release and the ceasefire, and 137 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:24.279 that we don't know when that bomb may have been 138 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:28.720 smuggled into that guest house. Israel hasn't confirmed or denied it. 139 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:33.439 That could give a roun some mobility to scale back 140 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:37.240 their attack and say, you know, we just don't know 141 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:39.839 how they're going to respond to that. So you know, 142 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:42.040 the US, of course, they they're not they weren't aware 143 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:46.480 of this attack. They Biden spoke with net Now afterwards, 144 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:50.000 saying that he needs to move towards the ceasefire, obviously 145 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:53.759 complicated by the killing of this Hamas leader. But you know, 146 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:56.199 of course, the US just delivering that message over and 147 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:59.279 over again. It's not in your best interest to keep retaliating. 148 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:05.920 Yeah, and then because Israel hasn't claimed responsibility, like you said, 149 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:09.839 it might be kind of an out or an option 150 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:13.600 not to directly retaliate, but they but Iran is saying, yeah, 151 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:16.920 we're retaliating, and it's going to be pretty bad because 152 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:22.240 we went or not we because Israel went and directly 153 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:26.720 attacked somebody in Iran, which they really haven't done before. 154 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:29.639 Does that open the door for then Iran to go 155 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:30.959 after Israeli cities. 156 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:35.440 Yeah, we have heard that the Iranian government has directly 157 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:38.679 blamed Israel but also the United States for that attack, 158 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:41.840 and they say that they've called this state of national 159 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:46.159 mourning for three days that ends today. And you know, 160 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:48.840 of course everybody is nervous that Iran is going to 161 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:53.759 directly attack Israel. We're also nervous that Iran will directly 162 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:55.679 attack US forces in the region. There are tons of 163 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:58.759 thousands of forces in the region. So we know that 164 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:02.320 the Pentagon has sent additional navy cruisers and destroyers which 165 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:04.559 can shoot down these fallistic missiles in the Middle East, 166 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:07.279 and has also sent them to Europe. It's been sending 167 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:10.039 an additional squadron of fighter jets to the Middle East 168 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:14.440 preparing for that possibility that US troops could be under attack. 169 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:17.919 So really, we know that President Biden is going to 170 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:20.559 huddle with his national security team in the situation room 171 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:23.519 today about two pm. This will follow a phone call 172 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:27.159 he's going to have with King Abdullah of Jordan around 173 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:31.440 eleven am Eastern times. So we know that there is 174 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:34.399 a lot of movement, a lot of concern, and it's 175 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:36.960 what happens next, is anyone's guests? 176 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:39.799 Yeah, all right, and we'll be watching it. ABC's and 177 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:42.200 Flaherty thank you so much for the information this morning. 178 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:42.960 We appreciate it. 179 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:44.559 Thank you. 180 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:46.720 All right, let's get back to some of the stories 181 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:49.279 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Cooling 182 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:52.600 centers have been opened in La as temperatures across southern 183 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:55.720 California hit the upper nineties and triple digits. Extreme heat 184 00:09:55.840 --> 00:09:58.519 is expected for the LA area through at least tomorrow, 185 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:01.279 with some areas getting up to one five, maybe even 186 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:04.600 one ten. Temperatures in part of Riverside County have already 187 00:10:04.639 --> 00:10:08.000 topped one ten. Palm Springs is expected to hit one 188 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:11.679 sixteen today in excessive heat warning US up until at 189 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:15.919 least eleven pm tomorrow. Ellie Kenny Sheriff's deputies have fatally 190 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:19.519 shot a man in Paramount. The deputies had responded to 191 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:23.000 a family dispute last night on Quimby Street near Downey Avenue. 192 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:25.840 Deputies spoke with a family, but it's not clear what 193 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:29.960 led to the shooting. Two LAPD officers have sued the 194 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:32.919 city of La claiming they were taken off an elite 195 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:38.240 federal task force in retaliation for complaining that then Chief 196 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:41.879 Michael Moore was working to put black officers on new 197 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:46.159 Mayor Karen Bass's detail and not only recruiting the best 198 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:48.960 officers for the job. One of the officers who filed 199 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:52.120 the lawsuit is black. The suit claims that Chief Moore 200 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:56.000 was just pandering to the new mayor. The suit says 201 00:10:56.039 --> 00:11:00.600 that Mayor Bass was not aware of this activity. A 202 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:03.799 judge in Washington, d c. Has denied former President Trump's 203 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:07.600 motion to dismiss the federal election interference case brought by 204 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:11.799 Special Council Jack Smith. Trump's lawyers filed the motion last 205 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:14.399 month after the Supreme Court ruled that presidents are immune 206 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:18.039 from prosecution while carrying out official acts. The judge will 207 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:20.679 now have to decide if Trump can be prosecuted for 208 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:23.480 his alleged efforts to overturn the outcome of the twenty 209 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:32.919 twenty election. Another hearing is set for August sixteenth. UK 210 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:36.679 Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned an attack on a 211 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:40.840 hotel housing asylum seekers in the north of England following 212 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:45.200 a stabbing attack that killed three children. This is not protest. 213 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:50.960 It is organized, violent thuggery and it has no place 214 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:56.480 on our streets or online. Fully struggled to hold back 215 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:59.200 a mob of far right rioters over the weekend who 216 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:02.679 tried to break into the hotel. They smashed windows and 217 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:06.200 tried to set a fire inside. Protesters also through chairs 218 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:09.759 and other objects that officers injuring at least ten of them. 219 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:13.200 Nearly one hundred and fifty people were arrested over the weekend. 220 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:16.200 Somebody at the Orange County Fair has won a million 221 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:19.720 dollars with a lottery scratch off ticket. Lotto officials announced 222 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:21.480 it on Friday. The person who bought the ticket at 223 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:24.840 the California Lottery Live booth apparently went back to the 224 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:28.039 window to see if they had really won. The winner 225 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:30.159 can claim the prize by going to one of nine 226 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:34.639 lottery offices in the state or by mail. Maybe you 227 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:36.159 need to win the lottery if you're going to throw 228 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:38.840 your kid a birthday party. I was reading this story 229 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:44.120 that the cost of a child's birthday party is now 230 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:49.519 averaging three hundred fourteen dollars three hundred and fourteen dollars. 231 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:54.639 A factor driving the pricey parties is a party theme 232 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:58.480 based on a child's latest obsession, whether it's bluey or 233 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:00.919 paw Patrol or something else. But apparently that can rack 234 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:05.559 up the prices. And USA Today had in a statement 235 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:09.360 that they've noticed a clear trend toward birthday parties or 236 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:14.360 children becoming bigger and more elaborate. The younger the kid, 237 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:17.559 the less expensive the celebration. I say, you know what, 238 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:19.320 when they're one or two, and I'm not a parent, 239 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:22.039 I understand you want to celebrate, but when they're like 240 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:25.320 one years old, they're not going to remember it. Nobody's 241 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:27.879 going to know this. Get them a cake, they'll be fine. 242 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:31.519 Although in southern California, I bet this trend is I 243 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:33.639 bet if they just did this in California, it'd be 244 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:36.879 a lot, a lot higher because you've seen this stuff 245 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:40.240 in Beverly Hills where they bring in snow and they've 246 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:43.759 got bounce houses and they have everything catered. So three 247 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:47.879 hundred and fourteen dollars on average for your kid's birthday party, 248 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:51.639 if you just make a cake, it's less than five dollars. 249 00:13:51.679 --> 00:13:55.000 I'm just saying. The largest fire in the US has 250 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:57.720 burned through more than four hundred and one thousand acres. 251 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:00.919 His fire crews battle the flames in extreme only hot, 252 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:04.879 dry conditions in northern California. The fire that has destroyed 253 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:08.000 more than five hundred and sixty homes and buildings, is 254 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:12.840 thirty one percent surrounded. A second San Diego based aircraft 255 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:15.360 carrier is headed to the Middle East as tensions increase 256 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:19.559 between Israel and Iran. The Pentagon says the USS Abraham 257 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:21.600 Lincoln is making its way to the Middle East with 258 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:26.440 F thirty five C stealth jets on board. San Diego 259 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:30.440 based USS. Theodore Roosevelt has been deployed to the Gulf 260 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:34.000 of Oman since January. The Wildlife crossing over the one 261 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:35.799 on one Freeway and a Gore Hills is one step 262 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:39.039 closer to completion. The deck has now been fully laid 263 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:40.840 down and crews are going to start work on the 264 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:45.120 side walls. The wildlife crossing spans ten lanes of the freeway, 265 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:47.679 making it one of the largest of its kind in 266 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:50.200 the world. It's expected to be complete by late next 267 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:53.039 year or early twenty twenty six. At six oh five, 268 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:55.039 it's handle on the news. Stock markets took a tumble 269 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:58.519 on Friday and things are not looking much better for today. 270 00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:02.519 Let's say good good morning now to ABC's Inez de 271 00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:06.799 Laktera in Paris, bonjorinz Bohoo. 272 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:10.440 You are, says intro. 273 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:15.480 I love it, I love your enthusiasm. So let's talk 274 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:18.679 about it was a heck of a weekend for Team USA. 275 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:20.879 They're just racking up the medals. 276 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:23.879 It was a crazy weekend. I think it was some 277 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:27.440 of the the i mean, most intense competitions we've seen 278 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:30.279 to date in these Paris twenty twenty four games. So 279 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:33.559 we had we had some swimming, we had Katie Ledecki 280 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:37.120 competing in her last race of these Games, the eight 281 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:39.440 hundred meter freestyle. I got to go to that. That 282 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:41.840 was incredible. She of course won the gold, so adding 283 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:45.200 to her collection with fourteen medals. Now we had a 284 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:48.080 bunch more swimming events that we had Bobby Fink last 285 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:50.639 night winning the gold in the fifteen hundred meter freestyle. 286 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:53.200 He set the new world record. You had the women 287 00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:56.480 in the four by one hundred medley relay. They also 288 00:15:57.159 --> 00:16:00.759 smashed the world record and beat the competition by five seconds. 289 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:01.679 It wasn't even close. 290 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:04.440 Just so many different events. Track and field is another 291 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:07.399 big one. As swimming wraps up, you've got athletics getting underway, 292 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:09.799 and so track and field is a big part of that. 293 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:12.919 And you had to Carrie Richardson winning the silver in 294 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:15.559 the one hundred meter dash. She was kind of stunned 295 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:19.159 there by the athlete from Saint Lucia. And Noah Lyle's 296 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:22.120 another big name on Team USA, also winning his first 297 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:24.000 gold medal in the same event on the men's side, 298 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:26.799 So the men's one hundred meter final, he becomes the 299 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.039 fastest man in the world and it is the first 300 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:32.759 time in twenty years that an American has won that event. 301 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:36.399 I love that I was watching the one with Shakiri 302 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:41.480 and was expecting her to take gold. The man, that 303 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:46.000 Saint Lucia woman, she just went exploded. 304 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:47.840 It was crazy. 305 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:50.080 Yeah, And I mean to Carrie, you know, I mean, 306 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:52.639 the silver is still incredible. There was certainly she was 307 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:55.559 favored to win the gold. But it's her, you know, 308 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:57.519 I'll say, at their first Olympic. So she's just getting 309 00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:00.039 started and we are seeing her again on Thursday. He 310 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:02.200 still has a good chance of winning that event. 311 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:04.079 The other one I thought was really fun that I 312 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:06.359 hadn't I don't think I've seen before, was I don't 313 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:09.319 know what it's even called the four by relay, but 314 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:12.039 it's like the mixed one where it's got two men 315 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:15.640 and two women on the team, and. 316 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:19.000 I just that's right. Yeah, that's another interesting one. Yeah, yeah, 317 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:20.319 the medley relay. 318 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:23.519 The medley relay. Yeah. So I've really enjoyed the track. 319 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:26.279 I tend to like the swimming and the gymnastics better, 320 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:29.200 but have really enjoyed the track. I just think there's 321 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:32.400 this kind of cool energy about it. And then also 322 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:36.200 on track, we have a gold in the shot put. 323 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:38.720 That guy from is from Boring, Oregon, which is my 324 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:41.559 home State. Is that four in a row for him? 325 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:47.319 That's right, Yeah, he's incredible. So you know, Ryan Krauser 326 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:50.599 is his name, and yeah it's unpresident and his a 327 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:55.119 third a third straight shot put gold medal. So yeah, 328 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:57.599 I mean, we have so many challeented athletes us me 329 00:17:57.680 --> 00:18:00.119 to say, I think, especially on the athletic side, and 330 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.960 it's moving so fast. There's so many different events, and 331 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:04.799 that's gonna be what we're watching really all week. It's 332 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:08.920 going to be more athletics, more races, Swimming wrapping up, 333 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:11.039 gymnastics wrapping up today. I know you're a big fan 334 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:15.200 of that. Some disappointing news on the gymnastics side buriler alert. 335 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:19.440 Yeah, so I don't know if you had an chance 336 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:21.799 to see it, but yeah, so Simone Bios and Sunny 337 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:26.200 Lee were performing in the it was the beam final today. 338 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:28.559 They've got the floor final later on and they both 339 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:30.680 fell off the beam, so a bit of a bloomer 340 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:32.400 and neither one made the podium. 341 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:36.359 Yeah, yeah, they're probably tired. They've been racking up the medal. 342 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:38.759 Simon has three gold medals. Soon you want to bronze 343 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:42.000 over the weekend. Abroads in the individual all around, so 344 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:44.680 they might just be a little tired, so they're fine. 345 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:47.759 They'll be taking themselves on floor later later this afternoon. 346 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:50.720 Yeah, I think they get a pass. They've been spectacular. 347 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:53.200 Any huge surprises. 348 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:55.960 I think. 349 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:57.880 I think the gymnastics this morning was a bit of 350 00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:59.599 a surprise, but at the same time I feel bad 351 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:01.799 thing that we put so much pressure on these on 352 00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:05.519 these women and they're absolutely killing it. Beyond that note, 353 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:07.880 I mean, I think you know, there was there was 354 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:11.279 the Shikiri coming in second was a bit of a surprise, 355 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:13.920 but again high hopes for her for later in the week. 356 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:16.640 And something else that we were watching was the everything 357 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:18.640 going on with the Sen river. So they did have 358 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:23.720 the uh the triathlon relay, the mixed triathlon relay this morning, 359 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:25.920 even though there have been concerns about the water quality. 360 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:28.400 There were two athletes that had to withdraw from the 361 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:33.920 race citing illnesses, so the Belgian athlete unclear with what 362 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:36.799 they had, and then the with athlete who says he 363 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:39.240 had a stomach confection, and both of them competed in 364 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:42.240 the individual triathlon. So it's unclear if those things they're linked. 365 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:45.200 But they did swim in the sen earlier, you know, 366 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:48.480 last week and so, yeah, concerns for some of the athletes. 367 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:48.720 Help. 368 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:51.240 I understand them wanting to do that because it's the 369 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:54.599 Sene River and isn't it historic to swim in it. 370 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:57.920 But if it's that dirty, why didn't they just just 371 00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:59.759 like say, here, let's just look at the sin and 372 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:01.039 go swim somewhere else. 373 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:02.880 Yeah. 374 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:06.000 No, absolutely, And we even had so you know, they 375 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:09.079 did go ahead with a mixed treason relay this morning 376 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:11.559 and tis they did well. We did win a silver 377 00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:14.480 in that, so Morgan Pearson won one a silver in that. 378 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:17.559 But he spoke out this morning and he was saying 379 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:21.880 just the currents were crazy. It's not just water quality, 380 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:24.960 just the river itself has very strong currents and that 381 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:26.640 that made it especially challenging. 382 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:28.480 But they're not used to that either, So that's another 383 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:28.920 part of this. 384 00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:32.240 Yeah, okay, and then before we let you go, what's 385 00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:33.039 the metal count? 386 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:37.000 Yeah, so we interesting the metal count. We were doing 387 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:39.119 so well. I mean, we're still doing incredibly well. There 388 00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:41.119 was a point yesterday where we were in the league, 389 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:44.559 we were tying China for nineteen gold medals with we 390 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:46.559 had seventy one last night, so leaving in the total 391 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:51.680 metal count, we did so China won two more medals 392 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:54.400 this morning, so they're ahead in the in the gold 393 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:56.480 medal tally now, but we are still leading in the 394 00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:59.480 total metal count. We have seventy two as of this morning. 395 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:02.640 Totally count well and lots more games to go. Thank 396 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:04.559 you so much and as we'll talk to you tomorrow. 397 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.000 Can't wait. 398 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.240 Thank you all right. 399 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:13.240 I can't believe that spoiler alert about Simone, but you 400 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:17.720 know what, Wow, she's just wow. And like I said, 401 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:21.640