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 --> 00:00:08.199 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app 3 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:15.679 KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:17.879 It's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:22.519 Here's Amy King. 6 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:28.280 Are we sure? Are we sure it's time to get up? 7 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:29.879 Yes? 8 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:33.960 Yes it is. It's five o'clock. This is your wake 9 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:38.320 up call for Wednesday, April twenty third. I'm Amy King. 10 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:41.359 We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. I keep thinking 11 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:44.960 it's Thursday. Like normally, I don't know about you, but 12 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:48.039 weeks have been just flying by. I don't know if 13 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:50.880 it's because we're having fun or what's going on, but 14 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:53.119 weeks are just flying by. And then this week I 15 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:57.479 keep thinking it's Thursday. I'm like, no, cool, your you know, cool, 16 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:00.159 your jets same, it's only Wednesday. But that's okay. It 17 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:03.960 means we're halfway home. Halfway home. Here's what's ahead on 18 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:07.000 wake up Call. The LAPED is urging residents to be 19 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:11.560 careful following a series of so called distraction robberies. Police 20 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:14.480 say a man and a woman have been approaching people, 21 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:18.640 engaging them and complimenting their jewelry, and then police say 22 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:21.959 they offer to swap their jewelry for better jewelry and 23 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:24.560 somehow get the victims to let them put on fake 24 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:28.959 jewelry and steal the real pieces. A man in Long Beach, 25 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:33.319 seen on video lifting his dog by its leash, slamming 26 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:35.799 it onto the ground several times and kicking it, has 27 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:38.879 been arrested. Long Beach Police picked the guy up last night. 28 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:41.840 Police say the dog has been rescued. It's in the 29 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:45.799 care of Long Beach Animal Care Services. That video breaks 30 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:49.760 my heart. It's just gone viral. It's everywhere, and if 31 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:51.760 you haven't seen it and you don't like to see 32 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:57.599 dog abuse, don't watch it. It's just so infuriating. The 33 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.760 body of Pope Francis is lying in Steae at Saint 34 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:04.239 Peter's Basilica. The faithful will pass by for the next 35 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:07.159 couple of days to pay their last respects. The Pope's 36 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:11.199 funeral happens Saturday, starts at one am hour time. This 37 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:13.840 body will then be taken to the Basilica of Saint 38 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:17.639 Mary Major in Rome to be in tune. Okay, the 39 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:20.680 wildfires in Pasadena, more than ae hundred days out and 40 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:25.319 also Altadena are literally affecting the brains of people who 41 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:27.280 live in burn zones. We're gonna be talking to UC 42 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:30.960 San Diego professor Yo T. Mishra about a new study 43 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:35.919 about how the fires are making people think differently, really 44 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:38.120 interesting stuff. At five point twenty, we're going to be 45 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:41.919 talking tough times for TESLA, and ABC's Mike Tubuski says 46 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:44.879 something that has become a staple for video viewing is 47 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:48.560 turning twenty. At the bottom of the hour, Amy's on 48 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:50.879 it speaking of things that are more than twenty years old. 49 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:54.360 A throwback feel good movie I think you're gonna want 50 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:57.000 to watch. Let's get started with some of the stories 51 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.800 coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The 52 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:02.960 LAPD has arrested a man accused of using a chainsaw 53 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:05.960 to cut down a bunch of trees in downtown LA. 54 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:09.080 Police released security video yesterday of a man on a 55 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:12.080 bicycle believed to have been responsible for the hackings. His 56 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:15.360 arrest was announced hours later. Investigator say he also cut 57 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:19.199 down trees in LA's Westlake District and in glasel Park, 58 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:24.199 Orange County Superior Court judge charged with killing his wife 59 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:28.199 in Anaheim Hills has been found guilty of second degree 60 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:32.159 murder seventy four year old Jeffrey Ferguson was convicted yesterday 61 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:35.919 in his retrial. Orange County DA Todd Spitzer tells cafe's 62 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:38.479 Tim Conway Junior that Ferguson could get forty years to 63 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:42.080 life in prison, possibly with the possibility of parole. 64 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:46.000 I just want to caveat the public's expectation when you're 65 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:49.280 over fifty five, who end up being eligible in California 66 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:50.199 for elder parole. 67 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:53.719 The jury in Ferguson's first trial deadlocked at eleven and one, 68 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:56.919 which forced the retrial. Ferguson is due to be sentenced 69 00:03:56.919 --> 00:04:00.840 in June. A controversy over porn sign is getting heated 70 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:01.680 in Huntington Beach. 71 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:05.240 Shines reading protect our Kids from Porn no On A 72 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:08.319 and B have appeared outside local elementary schools. The signs 73 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:10.879 were placed ahead of a June tenth special election on 74 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:14.599 two library related measures. Councilman Chad Williams, who leads the 75 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:18.000 pack behind the signs, defends them, saying explicit content is 76 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:21.399 accessible to miners in public libraries. Critics argue the claims 77 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:24.319 are exaggerated and have called for a formal investigation. Parents 78 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:27.000 are voicing concern about exposing young children to the term 79 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:31.360 porn without context. Hearings and debates over the measures are ongoing. 80 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:33.519 Heatherbrooker KFI News. 81 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:37.000 DMV offices are packed as Californians rush to get their 82 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:37.600 real ID. 83 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:39.800 To manage the number of people trying to get the 84 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:42.639 real ID before federal enforcement begins in a couple weeks, 85 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:47.079 state DMV offices have extended hours. DMV spokesman Himy Garza says, 86 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:48.600 if you don't have to get on a plane or 87 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:50.360 go to a federal building, it may be best to 88 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:52.639 chill out for now. Then we encourage you to use 89 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:55.439 those documents and wait to upgrade to a real ID 90 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:59.199 when you're driving. For renewal on May seventh, the federal 91 00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:02.680 government building a real ID for flying and access to 92 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:06.000 federal property. Garza says that's not a deadline to get 93 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:08.639 a real ID. They will still be available after that date. 94 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:10.680 Michael Monks KFI News. 95 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:12.480 Oh, thank you, Michael, Michael. I think that might have 96 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:17.480 been Jordana interrupting us. Let's say good morning now to 97 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:22.759 ABC's Giordana Millard. Jordana, we had two big leaders having 98 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:29.199 another conversation yesterday. Natanyahu and Trump spoke my phone. 99 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:34.399 That's right, and we really didn't hear many details of 100 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:35.519 that conversation. 101 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:36.639 He is reelly. 102 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:39.839 Prime Minister's office didn't even put out a statement to 103 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:44.959 read out. Just Natano turned to Twitter and put on 104 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:49.839 this account, thank you very much, President Trump. Trump of 105 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:52.959 course put on his social media account that you know, 106 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:56.160 they had a good meeting. It was very positive there. 107 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:58.680 You know, they see eye to eye on all the 108 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:04.519 issues wrong, and they also talked about tariffs. There wasn't 109 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:08.839 in there a mention of the Gaza war or the hostages. 110 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:13.759 There really has been no movement on a ceasefire deal 111 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:20.319 over the Passover holiday. Hamas rejecting the latest partial agreement 112 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:23.920 that was put on the table by some of the 113 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:27.839 mediators and supported by Israel in the United States. Hamas said, no, 114 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:32.480 we're only interested in a full swap of all the 115 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:35.600 fifty nine hostages in return for an end of the 116 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:39.079 war and a full Israeli withdrawal. For many reasons, the 117 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:43.120 Israelis cannot do that, so we're kind of back to 118 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:48.040 square one. And in this conversation, you know, it's likely 119 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:51.360 that the President did mention, of course, the Gaza war. 120 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:55.680 He wants the hostages to come out and the President 121 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:59.160 that the Israeli Prime Minister has been threatening to really 122 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:03.680 intensify the military operation, even some in his cabinet openly 123 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:07.920 calling for a military takeover of the entire Gaza strip. 124 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:13.040 But that is likely not what the President wants. And 125 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:15.839 we are hearing that the Israeli Prime Minister is going 126 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:22.079 to wait and give another chance for negotiations, wait several, 127 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:24.079 you know, a couple at least a couple more weeks 128 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:26.560 and see what happens. And also wait and see what 129 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:31.160 happens between you know, the United States in Iran with 130 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:37.399 these new negotiations over Ron's nuclear program. Right, the Prime 131 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:40.800 Minister has certainly put in his two cents with the 132 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:45.600 President about some of Israel's concerns with the deal. And 133 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:48.199 you know, I think the Prime Minister is showing that 134 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:50.920 he's going to be patient and wait and see what 135 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:52.240 happens with those talks. 136 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:56.240 And of course we'd be purely speculating if we throw 137 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:59.360 any conclusions. But to me, it sounds like if they 138 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:01.240 both said, hey, he had a good talk, but there 139 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:03.680 were no announcements in the White House didn't say anything, 140 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:07.120 and Natnahu's people didn't really say anything. It sounds like 141 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:09.399 they didn't really make any progress. 142 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:11.839 Right. 143 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:14.360 I'm not sure there was any progress made, but I 144 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:17.759 do think it's probably too early to talk about any 145 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:22.079 kind of really crisis between the leaders or major tensions. 146 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:25.199 I think President Trump has made it clear that he 147 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:29.199 wants Natamielle to do his best to get a hostage 148 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:35.919 deal before launching another massive military assault on Gaza. Remember, 149 00:08:36.679 --> 00:08:39.840 right now, there are thousands of Israeli troops in the 150 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:45.759 Gaza Strip. They're mostly in the carved out and expanding 151 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:50.759 buffer zone all along the periphery of the Gaza Strip. Right, 152 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:56.399 they're pushing inwards, but there isn't massive ground combat right 153 00:08:56.440 --> 00:09:01.240 now that and there, but there are deadly air strikes. 154 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:01.600 Right. 155 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:04.720 We're seeing an average of thirty to fifty people killed 156 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:08.600 a day, which is not a small number, but it's 157 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:12.519 not at the levels of major combat and war that 158 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:15.840 we saw, you know, through most of the war, the 159 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:18.200 first phase of the war, where up to two hundred 160 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:19.200 people were killed to day. 161 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:19.559 Right. 162 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:24.279 So the President I think is likely telling Natanyao hold back, 163 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:27.519 wait right now, you know, let's try to get a 164 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:31.960 deal and you know, keep your you know, far right 165 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:35.720 ministers who are pushing for war, you know, keep them, 166 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:40.360 you know, keep them in line. And you know I want, 167 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:43.799 you know, I want to see a deal only after, 168 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:45.960 you know, after everything's been exhausted. 169 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:50.200 And I think the tragic thing about this Chartana is 170 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:52.440 as the two sides talk and then like you said, 171 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:55.240 Hamas rejected the last thing, I mean, it's and you said, 172 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:58.480 we're back to square one. It still sounds like both 173 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:02.519 sides are still stuck on what they were stuck on, 174 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:05.559 you know, a year ago when this started, and then 175 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:08.200 Palestinians continue to pay the price. 176 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:12.480 Right well, I think the saddest part of this war really, 177 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:14.600 I mean, there's a lot of sad parts. I don't 178 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:18.159 want to put any group's pain above another's, because the 179 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:22.240 Israeli hostages have suffered tremendously. There are fifty nine that 180 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:26.120 are still there, their families are suffering. It has really 181 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:28.399 it is a festering wound in Israel, and it is 182 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:33.320 torn part of this country apart. But certainly the Palestinians 183 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:37.240 are also paying a very heavy price because they're dying 184 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:40.960 every day in this war now. And it's true that 185 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:45.759 among those killed, you know, very bad guys are killed. 186 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:49.840 Right there are Hamas militants and leaders killed, There are 187 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:55.879 Palestinian Islamic jihadis killed, there are weapons destroyed. But the price, 188 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:59.440 you know, there's usually at least for every one bad guy, 189 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:05.679 at least two to three innocent gossins that are killed, right, women, children, 190 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:10.919 the elderly. And this is you know, this is a terrible, 191 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:16.000 terrible price to pay, and they are you know, they 192 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:18.919 are paying it, and it you know, it has, it 193 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:23.000 has slowly been. The death toll each day again is 194 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:27.480 somewhere between thirty and fifty. And remember a lot of 195 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:30.639 gossins are living in tense cities. And as we saw, 196 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:36.519 for example, overnight, the Israelis hit a school that in 197 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:39.360 Gaza that you know, we're waiting for a statement from 198 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:42.240 the Israli Army to lay out who the target was. 199 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:46.240 But you know, in the end, that strike, you know, 200 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:51.840 it ignites tens where civilians are living, and then it 201 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:55.720 becomes you know, almost a kind of brush fire right 202 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:59.480 through the camps where people are living, and it's people 203 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:02.960 are porched and get killed. It's you know, it is 204 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:05.080 you know, horrifying. 205 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:07.919 Yeah, all right, and I hate to leave it on 206 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:10.279 that note, but that's where we're going to leave it today. 207 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:13.279 Jordanna Miller, ABC, thank you so much for your information. 208 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:16.679 As always, talk soon, all right, let's get back to 209 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:18.679 some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty 210 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:24.039 four hour newsroom. A belle ceremony has been held in 211 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:27.039 Rome as the coffin carrying the body of Pope Francis 212 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:30.720 has moved into Saint Peter's Basilica, where it will lie 213 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:33.080 in state for three days. The public will have the 214 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:35.879 chance to pass by and pay their respects before the 215 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:40.440 Pope's funeral on Saturday. Francis died early Monday. The conclave, 216 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:43.200 which is the process of choosing a new pope, has 217 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:47.360 to begin between May fifth and tenth. Russian President Vladimir 218 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:50.919 Putin has apparently offered to stop its invasion of Ukraine 219 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:54.720 along what is now the front line so different borders. 220 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:57.679 The Financial Time says it's part of efforts to reach 221 00:12:57.720 --> 00:13:01.399 a peach deal, a peace deal. You and European officials 222 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:05.080 meet with Ukrainian officials today in London. Trump said on 223 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:08.399 True Social he hopes Russia and Ukraine will make a 224 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:12.080 deal this week. The government has submitted its status update 225 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:14.720 on the man who was living in Maryland and deported 226 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:18.120 to El Salvador. It follows President Trump's criticism of judges 227 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:22.240 who've ruled against his administration's effort to deport alleged Venezuelan 228 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:26.159 gang members under the Alien Enemies Act of seventeen ninety eight. 229 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:29.799 We're getting him out, and a judge can't say no, 230 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:31.000 you have to have a trial. 231 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:33.720 That let's the trial is going to take two years. 232 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:37.840 He says. Thousands of people are all ready to be deported, 233 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:40.480 and you can't have a separate trial for each of them. 234 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:44.759 Security has been increased across Indian controlled Kashmir a day 235 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:48.000 after men with guns killed at least twenty six people, 236 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:51.320 most of them tourists. Indian forces have been searching for 237 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:54.279 the killers. Police called it a terror attack. A group 238 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:58.600 known as the Kashmir Resistance claimed responsibility in a social 239 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:02.200 media message. They claimed the people targeted were not ordinary tourists, 240 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:06.320 but were linked to and affiliated with Indian security agencies. 241 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:10.360 You may be able to order a red rum at 242 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:11.120 this hotel's bar. 243 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:13.840 The hotel that inspired the horror classic The Shining is 244 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:16.639 making major upgrades. The new owners of the Stanley Hotel 245 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:19.559 in Colorado are tapping into municipal bonds to use nearly 246 00:14:19.559 --> 00:14:22.200 three hundred million dollars to add more rooms and events 247 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:25.440 center and a horror museum curated by Blumhouse that's the 248 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:29.919 production studio behind numerous horror movies, including Halloween and Paranormal Activity. 249 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:33.039 No word on any special amenities in Room two thirty seven. 250 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:35.600 The goal is to take advantage of the Sundance Film 251 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:39.200 Festival relocating to nearby Boulder in twenty twenty seven. Mark 252 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:40.600 Ronner KFI News. 253 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:44.000 I never saw the shining ooh, I know red rum, 254 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:48.639 I know those little things and he and Jack's back 255 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:51.840 and that kind of stuff. But no, no, nope, nope. 256 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:52.519 All work and no play. 257 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:56.200 Eh uh huh, all right. ICE agents have rounded up 258 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:59.000 and detained more than a dozen day laborers in Pomona, 259 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:02.639 sparking a protest from immigrant rights groups. ICE agents in 260 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:05.679 marked and unmarked cars took fifteen to twenty of the 261 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:09.919 laborers into custody yesterday morning. Outside the home depot, protesters 262 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:13.080 rallied yesterday afternoon to condemn the raid and remind illegal 263 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:16.440 immigrants they have rights if they're detained. One of the 264 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:19.759 most massive wildfires in the history of Ocean County, New Jersey, 265 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:23.799 is burned through more than eighty five hundred acres and 266 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:27.480 forced evacuations of thousands of residents. It's also burning close 267 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:31.600 to a closed nuclear power plant. Winds have died down overnight, 268 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.480 allowing fire crews to get lines around about ten percent 269 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:37.440 of the fire. Two Asian elephants at the La Zoo 270 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:39.720 are going to be moved to a new home. Animal 271 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:42.919 rights advocates have been fighting for years to let the 272 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:45.480 forty and fifty eight year old elephants live out their 273 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:49.120 lives in a wildlife sanctuary. Zoo officials say they will 274 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:53.279 relocate Billy and Tina to a newly expanded preserve at 275 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:55.360 the Tulsa Zoo in Oklahoma. A date for the move 276 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:57.879 has not been set. At six oh five to ten 277 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:00.159 Alon the News, the President says he has no intention 278 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:04.039 of firing FED chairman Jerome Powell. What's that going to 279 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:07.480 do to the markets? We will see. Let's say good 280 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:12.679 morning right now to ABC's technology reporter Mike Debuski. Morning, Mike, 281 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:13.559 good morning. 282 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.759 How are you good? 283 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:21.159 So yesterday first quarter earnings report for Tesla was released 284 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:24.440 and it was not a great one. 285 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:27.879 It was not Yeah, revenues for this company. Automotive revenues 286 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:31.080 were down twenty percent. Total revenues for the company were 287 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:36.399 down nine percent and overall profits down seventy one percent. 288 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:40.120 Amy So this is not great for Tesla, obviously, a 289 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:44.039 hugely prominent electric vehicle manufacturer used to be the biggest 290 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:47.159 electric vehicle manufacturer in the world that has since been 291 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:50.919 surpassed by a Chinese company. Obviously, the CEO of that company, 292 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:54.000 Elon Musk, has been generating some controversy for his actions 293 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:56.879 at the Department of Government Efficiency, and this was our 294 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:01.200 first real indicator as to what effect Elon Musk is 295 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:05.480 having on Tesla sales. Obviously, we've seen major protest movements 296 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:09.279 crop up across the country at Tesla dealerships, Tesla charging stations. 297 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:13.079 This protest movement calls itself the Tesla takedown, and these 298 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:15.759 are people who are dissatisfied with Elon Musk's moves at 299 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:18.759 the federal government, his efforts to trim the federal workforce. 300 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:21.519 I've spoken to these protesters. They say Elon Musk is 301 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:24.960 an unelected billionaire wreaking havoc on our federal government and 302 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:28.400 on people's lives. And clearly that seems to be showing 303 00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:33.720 up at Tesla's dealerships. For Tesla deliveries and sales, you know, 304 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:35.839 and you know, to say nothing of the stock price 305 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:39.119 of Tesla, which was down pretty dramatically yesterday though is 306 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:42.640 trading slightly up in pre market trading today, So wally 307 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.279 interesting to. 308 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:47.160 See what happens with that as he exits his role 309 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:49.319 at doche because he had said one hundred days and 310 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:51.279 he's done, so that's like the end of April. 311 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:54.839 Yeah, and he made sort of more you know, mention 312 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:58.799 of that yesterday after the earnings report was released. During 313 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:01.599 an earnings call, Lon Musk said that his work at 314 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:04.200 DOGE is pretty much done and that he plans to 315 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:07.759 step back. He was always a temporary federal worker, right 316 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:10.480 His status at DOGE was always had sort of this 317 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:13.240 time limit on it, and that time limit comes due 318 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:15.720 next month, so it seems like he's not going to renew. 319 00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:18.480 He says his work is pretty much done, as I mentioned, 320 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:20.359 so yeah, it seems like he's going to take a 321 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:22.359 step back to focus a little bit more on Tesla, 322 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:25.880 which is facing a number of challenges right now. Aside 323 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:29.079 from sort of the controversies that its CEO connotes on 324 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:32.839 the brand, they're also facing increased competition from a sort 325 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:37.480 of resurgent establishment automakers both from here and abroad. The 326 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:40.559 sales are down in Europe, sales are down in China, 327 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:44.119 and he has mentioned that the tariffs that the Trump 328 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:47.920 administration has imposed on the automotive sector will have an 329 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:50.720 effect on the company, despite the fact that Tesla builds 330 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:53.759 all of its domestic market Tesla's here in Texas and 331 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:58.880 in California. They do say that the tariffs on components automotive, 332 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:01.720 you know, part are going to have an impact on 333 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:05.160 Tesla prices and therefore Tesla sales. So a lot of 334 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:06.599 challenges that this company's facing. 335 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:09.200 Okay, so I want to move on because we have 336 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:10.920 a very important happy birthday. 337 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:14.799 Yeah, that's absolutely right. Twenty years ago today was the 338 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:18.480 first YouTube video. It's hard to believe that this company, 339 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:22.079 this platform is now twenty years old, but yes, on 340 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:26.240 April twenty third of two thousand and five, this video 341 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:29.000 is called Me at the Zoo was uploaded to the platform. 342 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.960 Here's what it sounded like. 343 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:32.279 All right, so here we are one of the elephants 344 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:32.920 in the neighbor. 345 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:38.279 Cool things about these guys to think said, they have really, really, 346 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.559 really long. 347 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:41.839 From thanks. 348 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:45.279 So a pretty innocuous video. I think it's fair to say, 349 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:47.640 but that was Jawad Kareem. He was one of three 350 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:51.559 founders of YouTube uploading this video to the platform. Interestingly enough, 351 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:55.519 these are three ex PayPal employees who started a video 352 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:59.759 dating service. Essentially, this was their attempt to connect people 353 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:03.519 on the relatively early Internet, but they found that people 354 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:06.039 were using the video component of that dating service for 355 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:07.960 all kinds of things, so they decided to spin it 356 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:12.440 off into its own standalone video streaming platform called YouTube. 357 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:16.200 It quickly became very popular. By March of two thousand 358 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:19.599 and six, just a few months after that video was uploaded, 359 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:24.240 YouTube was hosting twenty five million videos. About twenty thousand 360 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:27.000 new videos were being uploaded to the platform every day, 361 00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:30.119 and amy that required a lot of computing power. They 362 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:34.000 were also dealing with copyright claims from music studios and 363 00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:37.559 movie studios mad that people were uploading copyrighted material to 364 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:40.720 the platform, so Google stepped in in two thousand and 365 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:43.640 six to acquire the company for one point sixty five 366 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:48.039 billion dollars. Now, according to Nielsen, Americans watch about a 367 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:50.599 billion hours of YouTube content every day. 368 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:52.599 Well, Mike, I can tell you that I've already been 369 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:54.440 watching it because I had to pull a clip from 370 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.839 a segment that I'm going to do next. I had 371 00:20:57.880 --> 00:21:00.960 to pull a clip from the show which I have 372 00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:03.599 not seen and refused to watch. And also it's crazy. 373 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.480 That's a great movie. 374 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:07.720 It's so good a right, And then of course I've 375 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:10.359 got the big bear Egle Cam on YouTube and it's 376 00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:13.559 live all the time in the thing because our little Eglitz, 377 00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:17.640 Sonny and Gizmo are growing bigger every day. ABC's Mike Dubuski, 378 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:20.319 thanks so much, of course, Amy, take care right. LA's 379 00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:23.799 taking steps to better track the money spent on the homeless. 380 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:26.319 The city Council voted unanimously to have a report in 381 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:29.519 two months and then every quarter after. It would require 382 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:32.559 full details on homeless dollars spent by the LA Homeless 383 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:36.880 Services Authority, Mayor bass Is Inside Safe program and other initiatives. 384 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:39.799 A recent audit ordered by a federal judge found the 385 00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:42.480 city had little to know oversight of how and where 386 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:45.119 it's homeless dollars are being used. The city has spent 387 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:48.039 billions in recent years, only to see the official number 388 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:52.000 of homeless people barely drop. Michael Monks KFI News. 389 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:56.440 Hollywood workers are rallying behind a major push to expand 390 00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:59.039 California's film and TV tax credit program. 391 00:21:59.119 --> 00:22:01.119 Over one hundred thousand letters have been sent to state 392 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:04.200 lawmakers urging support for SB six thirty and AB one 393 00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:06.400 one three eight. These are bills that would boost tax 394 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:08.960 incentives to seven hundred and fifty million dollars a year 395 00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:12.640 and widen eligibility for productions. The Entertainment Union Coalition says 396 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:15.200 the move is critical to keeping jobs in California as 397 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:18.240 productions flee to other states. Hearings on the bill began 398 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:21.319 on Tuesday and will continue this week. Opponents are skeptical 399 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:23.720 over whether more than doubling the incentive cap is the 400 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:26.200 most productive use of those funds. If approved, the new 401 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:30.200