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 --> 00:00:08.679 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:15.320 App KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:22.120 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy Ki. 5 00:00:27.079 --> 00:00:29.879 Good morning, five o'clock. Straight up. 6 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:34.359 This is your wake up call for Tuesday, February eighteenth. 7 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:35.399 I'm Amy King. 8 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:39.439 We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Glad you're getting 9 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:41.520 your day started with us. I got good news to 10 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:46.600 start your day. It is Drink Wine Day. I'll be 11 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:50.200 celebrating that a little bit later, maybe not just now, 12 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:53.640 might be a little bit early, but later. Here's what's 13 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:56.679 ahead on wake up call. Phones are banned at LA 14 00:00:56.759 --> 00:01:00.520 schools starting today. The ban on cell phones was past 15 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:04.480 last June. It goes into effect today. Some classes are 16 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:07.519 going to enforce it on the honor system. Others will 17 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:10.280 actually take the phones away and lock them up during class. 18 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:12.799 Officials say it's being done to get kids to focus 19 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:17.159 on studies and to combat cyberbullying. A home that survived 20 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:21.359 the Palisades fire last month has now been covered in mud. 21 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:24.519 The seventy year old woman who owns the home says 22 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:27.680 mud came into her house from every direction. Last week 23 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:30.200 during heavy rains, she says she couldn't get out of 24 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:32.640 her house for two days, and added that other people's 25 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:36.120 trash cans and porta potties even washed onto her driveway. 26 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:39.519 A federal judge is expected to rule today on a 27 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:45.519 lawsuit filed by fourteen states against the Department of Government Efficiency, 28 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:48.519 or DOGE. The states are asking for a temporary restraining 29 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:52.200 order that would block DOGE from firing employees and gaining 30 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:57.599 access to sensitive records. Speaking of those sensitive records, DOGE 31 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:01.519 is trying to get access to IRS information, and we're 32 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:04.680 going to be talking more about that with kfi's White 33 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:06.079 House correspondent John Decker. 34 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:08.120 That's coming up in just a couple of minutes. 35 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:12.159 Also, we are going to take a trip over to 36 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:17.680 Saudi Arabia with ABC's Chris Baccia talk about what Marco 37 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:20.639 Rubio and others are going to be talking or have 38 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:25.919 been talking about with Russian officials. Today. Southwest Airlines is 39 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:28.400 making some cuts. We're going to be talking with Bloomberg's 40 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:31.520 Dan Schwartzman, and also How to Money with the host 41 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:37.199 of actually How to Money, with Joel Larsgard. He is 42 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:39.960 the host of how to Money here on KFI. He's 43 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:43.199 got lots of great information for us today on including 44 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:46.439 how a great attitude can actually help you save more money. 45 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:47.840 We'll check into that. 46 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:53.000 And we have tickets to see our EESPEC t a 47 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:56.840 celebration of the music of Aretha Franklin. It's coming to 48 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:00.639 the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts this Friday night. 49 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:03.599 We've got five pair of tickets to give away sometime 50 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:07.319 during wake up call, so keep your phones close. Let's 51 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:09.039 get started with some of the stories coming out of 52 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:12.479 the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Riverside County Sheriff Chad 53 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:15.400 Bianco has officially entered the twenty twenty six race for 54 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:19.919 governor in California. He says public safety is a top priority, 55 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:22.080 but it's not the only issue that needs to be 56 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:22.919 addressed in the state. 57 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:26.360 We have a failed school system, we have failed water policy, 58 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:32.520 we have failed agricultural policy that is simply just sailing Californians. 59 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:35.080 Bianco's a Republican. He says the passage of Prop. 60 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:37.360 Thirty six last year shows that a lot of voters 61 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:41.039 in California want to see change. At ballot measure toughened 62 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:44.240 penalties for some crimes in the state. The La City 63 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:47.240 Council is expected to make a final decision today on 64 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:51.960 a proposal to offer eviction protections to Nanni's gardeners and 65 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:56.000 others affected financially by the wildfires. Last week, the council 66 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:59.360 couldn't advance a list of recommendations that would have prohibited 67 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:03.000 eviction for non payment of rent and no fault evictions 68 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:06.479 for renters who could show proof of economic hardships as 69 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:10.039 a result of the fires. Protesters say they're making their 70 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:14.960 feelings known during demonstrations against the Trump administration. Hundreds of 71 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:17.759 people rallied in La and Long Beach yesterday as part 72 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:20.639 of protests held across the United States. This woman says 73 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:23.639 she's a nurse who works in child healthcare, and they're 74 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:26.240 already seeing signs of government cutbacks. 75 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:31.240 I've already started to affects them, and it's just going 76 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:33.879 to affect them more some more that we see what's happening, 77 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:36.600 and it's terrifying. 78 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:40.240 The not My President protests were organized by what's called 79 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:44.240 fifty to fifty one Movement, which planned demonstrations in all 80 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:45.120 fifty states. 81 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:46.560 Can you hear me now? 82 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:47.199 Well? 83 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:48.399 In the La School district. 84 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:50.600 The answer is no, as a new policy goes into 85 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:52.040 effects no cell phones. 86 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:55.160 The ban on mobile devices is for use in classrooms. 87 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:57.639 The district's board passed the ban last June in an 88 00:04:57.639 --> 00:04:59.800 effort to help kids focus on their studies and to 89 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:03.319 over the increase in cyber bullying. The policy allows for 90 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:06.879 some exceptions, including students who need phones for translation purposes 91 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:10.600 or learning disabilities. In September last year, Governor Gavin Newsom 92 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:14.079 signed AB thirty two sixteen, the Phone Free School Act, 93 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:17.160 which requires every school district to develop a policy limiting 94 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:20.079 the use of smartphones. By July one, twenty twenty six. 95 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:22.199 Andrew Caravella, KFI News. 96 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:25.680 Let's say good morning now to kfi's White House correspondent 97 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:29.959 John Decker. John, the Department of Government Efficiencies trying to 98 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:33.199 get access to personal taxpayer data from the IRS. 99 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:35.600 What are they looking for and is it going to happen? 100 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:41.879 Yeah, great questions, And I have not confirmed that's exactly 101 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:45.240 what's happening over at the Internal Revenue Service, but let's 102 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:49.279 assume it's happening. I don't know what they're looking for. Obviously, 103 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:52.279 their big task as it relates to all of the 104 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:55.399 efforts going into these various departments and agencies, is to 105 00:05:55.480 --> 00:06:01.160 find waste or fraud or abuse at these various government agencies. 106 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:03.879 You know, Amy, there was a really important hearing that 107 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:06.639 was held in a federal courtroom here in Washington yesterday, 108 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:09.519 an emergency hearing because of the fact that of course 109 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:13.079 it was President's Day, and Judge Tanya chuck In he 110 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:17.240 had this hearing based upon a lawsuit file by thirteen 111 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:20.720 state attorneys general. They are challenging the authority of the 112 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:25.439 Department of Government Efficiency, and in the hearing she seemed 113 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:29.839 really skeptical in terms of going along with what they want, 114 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:34.120 which is a temporary restraining order on DOGE. She will 115 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:38.560 likely issue her ruling today, and however she rules, it 116 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:42.319 will likely be appealed to the DC's Circuit Court of Appeals, 117 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:46.439 and ultimately may be decided by the US Supreme Court 118 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:49.360 in terms of the authority of DOGE to go into 119 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:53.160 these various departments and agencies and in some cases issued 120 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:56.480 pink slips to workers federal workers working at those departments 121 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:57.160 and agencies. 122 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:00.879 Okay, so you mentioned that the judge yesterday who's being 123 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:06.160 asked to make a ruling on the lawsuit asking for 124 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:10.199 a temporary restraining order that she seemed skeptical. Did she 125 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:14.360 say why she seemed skeptical of what DOJ's doing or 126 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:17.319 skeptical of the lawsuit filed by the states. 127 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:22.639 She seems very skeptical. She was not sympathetic to the 128 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:26.279 arguments being put forward by these Democratic state attorneys general. 129 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:30.399 She did not seem to agree with them that there 130 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:34.399 was any illegality that has been committed by the so 131 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:39.160 called Department of Government Efficiency. They are essentially a government consultant. 132 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:42.759 They make recommendations and it's up to those in power 133 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:45.879 as to whether or not they accept those recommendations. And 134 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:48.879 Judge Tanya chuck And does not see anything wrong with that, 135 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:52.040 at least based upon the questions that she was asking 136 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:56.720 lawyers representing both the government as well as lawyers representing 137 00:07:57.040 --> 00:08:00.560 those thirteen Democratic state attorney general. 138 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:05.399 Okay, and then the temporary restraining order that they're asking for. 139 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:09.759 There are they saying ultimately they want to shut it 140 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:12.720 down or that they just want it to be put 141 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:17.040 on pause so everybody can dig into what actually. 142 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:17.279 Is being done. 143 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:22.439 Well, I think it's the latter. But what they want 144 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.959 is a permanent injunction. Ultimately, that's what those. Yeah, I 145 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:29.560 mean it's it's temporary because you still have to hear 146 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:33.279 arguments based upon what it is that they're arguing, and 147 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:36.360 that would be the reason for issuing that tro And 148 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:40.200 then what is their ultimate goal, a permanent injunction to 149 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:45.080 prevent the Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk's team from 150 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:50.159 going into these various federal government departments and agencies issuing 151 00:08:50.200 --> 00:08:53.960 pink slips. And to me, in just base, it's one judge, 152 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:57.399 it's one judge in a long process. But this is 153 00:08:57.559 --> 00:09:01.799 remember the same judge that actually presided over for Donald 154 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:07.000 Trump's election interference case before it was dismissed by the 155 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:07.960 special counsel. 156 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:08.600 She. 157 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:10.519 You know, I don't think she can be painted with 158 00:09:10.559 --> 00:09:13.399 any broad brush in terms of being liberal or conservative, 159 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:17.279 but based upon the arguments being put forward yesterday by 160 00:09:17.320 --> 00:09:22.200 these thirteen Democratic state attorneys general, she was not sympathetic 161 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:26.120 to their arguments, which seems to me to indicate that 162 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:29.679 she is unlikely to issue a temporary restraining order when 163 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:30.960 she comes back with her ruling. 164 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:33.320 Okay, and we're expecting that today. Then, John, I had 165 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:35.039 another question for you. Of course, we're talking to White 166 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:39.639 House correspondent John Decker everyone's hair is kind of on fire. 167 00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:44.080 The DOZE is trying to get into the IRS, and 168 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:48.480 they're saying they could get DOGE could get personal information. 169 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:50.799 I mean, do people think that they're going to start 170 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:53.200 going line by line and look at what you made 171 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:56.320 and what this millionaire made and what I made? I mean, like, 172 00:09:56.840 --> 00:10:02.039 what's the concern with DOGE looking into the IRS and 173 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:03.960 whether they need to streamline things? 174 00:10:04.639 --> 00:10:08.519 Well, the only individuals that should be able to view 175 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:11.399 that information and tell me if you disagree with me, amy, 176 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:14.679 you know, are people that are authorized to do so 177 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:17.600 at the Internal Revenue Service. You don't open that up 178 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:20.679 to consultants. And I think that's the concern that people 179 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:25.399 have if indeed that's what DOGE is doing or trying 180 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:29.879 to do. You know, that information is private. In fact, 181 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:32.279 think about you know, just the fact of looking at 182 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:36.960 Donald Trump's tax returns. That is something that ultimately did 183 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:40.759 happen in the last Congress. But you know that was 184 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:43.679 because of a law that has been passed that allowed 185 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:47.440 the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the House 186 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:49.799 Ways and Means Committee to look at that information. But 187 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:53.000 in any case as it relates to individual taxpayers not 188 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:56.159 named Donald Trump. I think that there's just an overall 189 00:10:56.240 --> 00:11:00.919 concern about the privacy rights of taxpayers when they submit 190 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:04.320 that information. I don't think anybody is thinking someday that 191 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:08.279 some individual not connected to the government or as a 192 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:11.120 tenuous connection to the government as a consultant, should be 193 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:13.639 able to see their individual tax returns. 194 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:17.200 But is there indication that that's what they're trying to 195 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:19.080 do at this point, because aren't they going in to 196 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:23.159 look for waste? And waste isn't looking at individual tax returns. 197 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:25.279 Waste is looking for Well, that's right. 198 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:27.919 Think about what I said at the very beginning of 199 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:30.639 this part of the conversation, and that is I haven't 200 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.799 seen anything that confirms that's exactly what they're doing. So 201 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:36.679 we're just going down road assuming that's what they're doing. 202 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:40.000 And if they're going down if we want to go 203 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:42.960 down that road. Yeah, that's their ultimate task for every 204 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:47.799 department and agency that they're going into is to find waste, 205 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:51.679 to find fraud, to find abuse in terms of the 206 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:54.320 way those agencies and departments are run. 207 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:56.320 Yeah, And maybe that's part of the problem, John, is 208 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:58.840 that people don't seem to know what exactly they're doing 209 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:03.679 because they're moving at such lightning speed and basically instead 210 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:08.399 of making surgical cuts, they're taking a sledgehammer to departments. 211 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:12.480 And there's these huge recommendations for thousands and thousands of layoffs. 212 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:13.559 So interesting. 213 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:15.639 It's going to be interesting to see what all happens 214 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:16.519 with us, that's for sure. 215 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:20.519 Yeah, some of this will ultimately be decided by the 216 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:23.360 courts and ultimately, I think by the US Supreme Court 217 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:27.360 in terms of the authority that dog has and what 218 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:31.960 its function should be as a consultant to the federal government. 219 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:33.000 Yeah, okay. 220 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:35.960 Kfi's White House correspondent, thank you so much for the 221 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:37.200 information and insight. 222 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:38.759 We appreciate it. We'll talk to you soon. 223 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:39.919 Thank you, bye bye. 224 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:43.720 You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI 225 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:44.799 AM six forty. 226 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:49.639 I love Chautauqua Boulevard and I love it because Debra 227 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:52.480 mark and listen. I should never call anybody out for 228 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:54.639 mispronouncing anything because I do it all the time myself. 229 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:56.559 But she could not say shaittak would have saved her 230 00:12:56.559 --> 00:12:59.159 life the other day and it was so cute. 231 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:03.679 Wow, I know, we love Debra. 232 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:08.279 Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco says there are a lot 233 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:10.960 of things wrong with California, and that's why he's running 234 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:11.360 for governor. 235 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:14.720 He announced his candidacy yesterday. He says he's thought. 236 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:16.559 Long and hard about this and wants to fix the 237 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:18.679 problems that have been driving people out of the state, 238 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:21.080 like the high cost of living, high taxes, and crime. 239 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:24.720 A shelter for illegal immigrants in San Diego is closing. 240 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:27.120 One hundred and fifteen people worked at the shelter, but 241 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:30.720 Jewish Family Services says it hasn't received any migrants since 242 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:34.600 Inauguration Day and twenty two million dollars in FEMA funding 243 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:37.399 is being cut. The shelter says it has helped nearly 244 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:40.519 two hundred and fifty thousand people since twenty eighteen. It's 245 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:44.000 six so five tandele on the news. Cell phones banned 246 00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:48.080 at all LA schools starting today. Right now, let's say 247 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:53.639 good morning to ABC's Chris Baccia. So, Chris, things are 248 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:57.559 moving fast and furious on what to do, not only 249 00:13:57.600 --> 00:13:59.200 in the Middle East but also. 250 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:01.600 In Ukraine. 251 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:04.639 And what's the latest, because we've heard that talks were 252 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:06.480 held and talks have ended today. 253 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:11.360 Good morning, and they have almost just ended. They went 254 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:14.919 five hours in Saudi Arabia between the American side and 255 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:19.840 the Russian side having discussions over how the war in 256 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:23.960 Ukraine could potentially end. And I am just looking at 257 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:26.840 the readout from the American side on that meeting and 258 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:31.639 and some of the early signals that the delegation has 259 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:35.440 sent back to US and the press. And again they 260 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:38.679 met for five hours. This was sort of the talks 261 00:14:38.799 --> 00:14:42.480 about the talks, we could say, as both sides indicated 262 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:47.320 that they'd be picking potential people to continue to carry 263 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:49.759 the ball forward on these negotiations. But it certainly is 264 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:53.399 an opening to something here after President Trump and Vladimir 265 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:56.559 Putin spoke over the phone last week. And as you mentioned, 266 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:01.600 the pace of this is not what we're really familiar 267 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:03.960 with when we talk about diplomacy. 268 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:06.399 Right, and you mentioned you're just getting the readout. We 269 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:09.879 had planned on more to talk about what happened yesterday 270 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:12.480 with the Gaza strip, and we'll get to that, but yeah, 271 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:15.360 things are moving fast. And we just got word too 272 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:19.320 that the talks had ended and no meeting has been 273 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:23.120 set yet between Trump and Putin. But that's kind of 274 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:26.559 the ultimate goal to get. As you said, the ball gets. 275 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:33.240 Rolling, right, and that is a significant thing where that 276 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:38.320 is you know, the Saudi Arabians have hosted this first summit, 277 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:40.759 if you will, this first conversation we could call it. 278 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:44.720 So whether or not they would host a second round 279 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:50.559 between the heads of state is an open question. There's 280 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:53.840 a big question about whether or not Vladimir Putin will 281 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:56.559 meet with volodimeters Alenski, the president of Ukraine, who was 282 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:59.559 notably absent from this meeting. But of course these are 283 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:04.399 the two parties of the war, and Russia invaded Ukraine, 284 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:09.120 so there's not necessarily a scenario, according to Vladimir Zelenski, 285 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:13.039 where he does any deal without having that conversation directly 286 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:16.080 with the Russians, directly with his counterpart, which is which 287 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:19.759 is President Putin, and the Russians, through their spokesmen have 288 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:24.039 not necessarily said that that's off the table, something they're 289 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:27.519 open to, So all of these things are moving quickly. 290 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:30.679 The Europeans, for their part, were not at the table either, 291 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:34.320 and certainly some of them wish that they were. But 292 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:39.240 Emanuel Metkrone, the President of France, gathered some important European 293 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:43.720 leaders in Paris yesterday to have their concurrent conversation with 294 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:47.559 how the Europeans will respond to whatever the scenario in 295 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:49.919 Ukraine looks like in the coming months. 296 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:53.399 Okay, Well, so we're going to have to wait and 297 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:53.919 see on that. 298 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:59.799 And then Rubio was in Saudi Arabia yesterday to hold 299 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:02.919 me about what to do with the Gaza strip. 300 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:06.119 Did they make any headway on that? 301 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:12.200 Very little, if anything, that at least that we were told. 302 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:15.119 But we know that the Saudi Arabians play play a 303 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:18.960 really key role here. Normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia 304 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:22.200 was a slow moving process, but one that the first 305 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:25.480 Trump administration kicked off with its Abraham Accords, and they 306 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:29.200 were really looking towards that and they still are. But 307 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:31.400 the Saudi Arabians are very clear to say that they 308 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:36.880 won't recognize Israel diplomatically, they won't establish those ties unless 309 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:40.200 certain conditions are met, and the key one is that 310 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:45.359 Palestine gets a pathway to statehood, and certainly in the 311 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:48.960 event that Palestinians are evicted from Gaza, which we've heard 312 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:54.559 the President here in Washington established as a position of Washington, 313 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:57.559 that's a non starter for the Saudi Arabians when it 314 00:17:57.559 --> 00:18:01.559 comes to their diplomatic relations with Israel or those relations 315 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:05.640 that the Trump administration has worked toward establishing Yeah, and have. 316 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:07.400 They said they're going to meet again about this or 317 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:08.839 are no talks set. 318 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:13.559 Not just yet. We really don't know even what the 319 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:16.599 next twenty four hours hold at this point. They just 320 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:20.279 got done with those five hours of meetings. They worked 321 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:22.839 through lunch, and as far as what comes next, we 322 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:23.759 don't know just yet. 323 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:26.400 Okay, well, we'll be following it, and we appreciate your 324 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:31.319 insight and your input. Chris Bachia, ABC News correspondent, appreciate it. 325 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:32.000 Thanks so much. 326 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:35.680 Thanks Amy, you're listening to Wake Up Call on demand 327 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:37.079 from KFI AM. 328 00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:39.680 Six Forty hundreds of people gathered in downtown LA and 329 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:43.319 Long Beach against President Trump. The Not My President gatherings 330 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:45.960 held on President's Day were organized by the Fifty to 331 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:49.200 Fifty one Movement to protest with the group called the 332 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:52.519 anti democratic and i legal actions of the Trump administration 333 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:57.279 and its plutocratic allies. Eighty people have survived the crash 334 00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:59.839 of a Delta Airlines jet that flipped over and landed 335 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:03.680 on and it's roof while landing in Toronto. Eighteen were hurt. 336 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:06.680 Snow was blown by gusty wins when the flight from 337 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:10.200 Minneapolis attempted to land yesterday shortly after two. The tower 338 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:13.160 had warned the pilots of a possible airflow bump in 339 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:17.079 the glide path as the plane came into land at 340 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:19.440 six oh five. It's handle on the news. Another hostage 341 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:22.480 releases planned in Israel. This one will not have a 342 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:26.559 happy ending. Let's say good morning to ABC's tech Quhiz 343 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.559 Mike Debusky. 344 00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:29.720 Good morning, Mike, Good morning Amy. 345 00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:30.039 How are you. 346 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.960 I'm great. 347 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:34.839 So Elon musk Mania is in full swing and people 348 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:37.960 are mad about the Doge cuts he's recommending. 349 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.720 So what are they doing? 350 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:42.880 Uh? They are protesting outside of Tesla locations. One of 351 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:46.160 the protesters I was talking to said that Tesla stores 352 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:50.519 Tesla superchargers provide a good attack surface to sort of 353 00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:54.319 voice people's concerns about Elon Musk's recent actions at the 354 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:57.359 federal government. This is a protest movement that cropped up 355 00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:59.839 over the weekend. Some are calling it the Tesla take 356 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:03.519 some are calling it the Tesla take down. We think 357 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:07.000 that this affects about three dozen Tesla dealerships and Tesla 358 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:11.119 supercharger locations across the country. And the goal, according to 359 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:13.960 these demonstrators, is really to hey Elon Musk where it hurts. 360 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:18.000 Tesla is one of his most prominent and public facing businesses, 361 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:20.480 and it's where a lot of his revenue and money 362 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:24.000 comes from. If you go to the sort of organizer's website, 363 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:26.720 they say they have a couple goals here. They want 364 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:31.160 owners to sell Tesla's dump stock and join the picket lines, 365 00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:34.240 and they say that hurting Tesla is stopping Musk, and 366 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:38.960 stopping Musk will help save lives and democracy. Amy just 367 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:41.559 a quick snapshot of some of the signs. Some of 368 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:43.319 the chants that you might see at one of these 369 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:48.319 protests say no to MAGA, ditch your Tesla, boycott Tesla, 370 00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:52.440 defund Musk, and go steal data on Mars. 371 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:56.720 Okay, So, Mike, how many I mean you said there's 372 00:20:57.519 --> 00:21:01.000 three dozen locations that have been targeted at this point. 373 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:04.640 I mean, is it thousands of people? Is it dozens 374 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.799 of people who's showing up? 375 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:09.759 Yeah, it's important not to overstate how widespread this is. Again, 376 00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:13.440 three dozen locations, but there are hundreds of Tesla locations 377 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:17.200 across the country. There are some very well attended ones. 378 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:20.200 One in Berkeley, California, had about two hundred people there, 379 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:22.519 according to the BBC. I was talking to a protester 380 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:24.960 in Portland, Oregon. He said about one hundred people showed 381 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:29.559 up to this one particular location. Obviously, smaller locations, places 382 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:32.160 that are you know, in major cities, are going to 383 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:36.039 be more sparsely attended. There were some high profile figures 384 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:38.880 there though, Among them Alex Winter, who is a documentary 385 00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:42.079 filmmaker prominent critic of big tech, probably best known for 386 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:45.200 playing Bill in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. He was 387 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:48.160 at one of these protests. Cheryl Crowe was not at 388 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:50.720 a protest, but she did post a video with the 389 00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:54.799 hashtag kind of associated with this movement of her selling 390 00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:57.559 her Tesla, and she did say that she donated the 391 00:21:57.599 --> 00:22:02.200 money from that sale to NPR. NPR frequently criticized by 392 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:06.200 Elon musk as I said, there are hundreds of Tesla's 393 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:09.480 stores across the country, so this could, you know, not 394 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:12.559 really expected to know deeply affect sales at least this 395 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:15.400 particular weekend. But you talk to any of these organizers 396 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:17.440 and they say they expect their movement to grow in 397 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:20.839 the coming weeks, potentially something Tesla should be concerned about, 398 00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:24.799 given that they saw their first ever sales decline last year. 399 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:27.359 This would be interesting to watch because you know, there's 400 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:32.279 been other efforts to cancel companies with conservative goalsers. I 401 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:34.759