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 --> 00:00:08.720 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:15.199 App KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:17.440 It's time for your morning wake up call. 5 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:22.039 Here's Amy King. 6 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:30.239 It is five o'clock, straight up, good morning. This is 7 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:35.880 your wake up call for Monday, February seventeenth, President's Day. 8 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:40.119 I'm Amy King. Good morning. We're live everywhere on the 9 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:44.479 iHeartRadio app. Well, Col Schreiber came in. He's getting ready 10 00:00:44.479 --> 00:00:47.280 to give us our first traffic report, and he's like, 11 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:49.679 I didn't even know it was a holiday, dude, you're 12 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:52.359 the traffic guy. Well it was light on the roads. 13 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:54.960 Well it's yeah, I forgot four point thirty in the morning. 14 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:58.920 Why not really busy, but kids are out of school today. 15 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:03.759 Federal offices close, no stock market, I would guess, no mail, 16 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:05.760 although who really gets much mail anymore. 17 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:06.719 I get junk mail. 18 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:09.280 Yeah, I get junk mail, and every once in a 19 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:11.359 while I get a check and I go, oh, thank god. 20 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:14.200 But not a whole lot. Although for birthdays it was 21 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:17.640 nice because I actually had mail in my mailbox. Yeah, 22 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:21.079 here's what's ahead on wake up call. The fire delayed 23 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:24.879 fortieth Kingdom Day Parade steps off this morning in South la. 24 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:29.519 The parade was supposed to happen on January eighteenth. Organizers 25 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:32.239 say it was postponed to keep fire and law enforcement 26 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:36.000 personnel available for the fires in Pacific Palisades in Altadena. 27 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:39.159 The theme of this year's parade is peace and Unity. 28 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:43.400 Let it start with Us. Last week's heavy rains have 29 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:46.560 caused a balcony to collapse in Silver Like. Four people 30 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:48.400 and a dog were standing on the balcony when it 31 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:51.640 collapsed onto a balcony below Saturday night on Robinson Street. 32 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:54.760 One person had some minor injuries. The Department of Building 33 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:58.359 and Safety said heavy rains led to a structural compromise 34 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:01.879 of the balcony. That's one of my big fears, because 35 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:03.760 I go over to my friend's house and she's got 36 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:05.920 one of those little balconies that sticks out and there's 37 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:09.000 like no brace, you know. And I know it's concrete 38 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:12.000 and solid and all that, but it always makes me 39 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:17.240 just just a schmidge nervous. Europeinion leaders are gathering in 40 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:20.680 Paris for an emergency summit about Russia's war against Ukraine. 41 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:24.360 The meetian was called after President Trump spoke with Russian 42 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:28.039 President Putin about negotiating an end to the war. We're 43 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:29.919 going to get the latest on that meeting. What they're 44 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.400 going to be talking about with kfi's White House correspondent 45 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:35.319 John Decker. That's coming up at five twenty. Test scores 46 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:38.199 and graduation rates are down all over the place except 47 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:41.719 in Compton. We're going to find out why Compton is 48 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:44.400 rocketed when it comes to success in education. Love this. 49 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:47.719 We've had fires, we've had some floods. Maybe a big 50 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:50.840 earthquake is next and now is the time to prepare 51 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:53.240 your home for it. So we're going to bolt up. 52 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:55.879 And that has nothing to do with the Chargers. We're 53 00:02:55.879 --> 00:02:58.560 going to be talking with the California Earthquake Authority about 54 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:00.960 a new grant program that can help you pay for it. 55 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:03.719 And flu is really bad this year. We're going to 56 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.280 find out why, what to look for, and what you 57 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:08.800 can do to try to stay healthy through this flu season. 58 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:10.840 Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 59 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:13.719 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. La Mayor bass 60 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:16.759 Now says it was a mistake for her to have 61 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:19.719 been out of town last month when the deadly wildfires 62 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:23.439 in past Pacific Place Essades and Alta Dina broke out. 63 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:25.919 Bass was in Ghan as part of a US delegation 64 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:29.199 attending the inauguration of that country's president when the fires 65 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:32.639 broke out on January seventh. She returned early the next day. 66 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:36.080 Forecasters had warned of dangerous fire conditions with wins ab 67 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:38.560 up to one hundred miles an hour in low humidity. 68 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:41.439 Baos says she's now working to regain the public's confidence 69 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:44.080 by speeding up the cleanup in the fire area so 70 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:45.560 the rebuilding process can begin. 71 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.240 KF It's Tammy Truehio says. The mayor's also touting the 72 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:52.560 Disastery Recover Center. Disaster Recovery Center is easy for me 73 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:56.879 to say at UCLA Research Park West and the Altadena 74 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:01.199 Disaster Recovery Center on Woodbury Street that are open daily. 75 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:04.639 They'll help you get documents, permits, and other things needed 76 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:08.960 to begin the rebuilding process. Researchers in la are trying 77 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:12.639 to understand how the recent fires may have affected the ocean. 78 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:17.319 The fires burned thousands of homes, businesses, cars, and electronics 79 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:24.240 that has turned everyday items into hazardous ash made of pesticides, asbestos, plastics, lead, 80 00:04:24.279 --> 00:04:26.639 and heavy metals. Much of it could end up in 81 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:29.399 the Pacific. Researchers say they want to know how that 82 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:34.040 could affect life underwater. News brought to you by Premier 83 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:37.720 America Credit Union. A man wanted for murder in Santa 84 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:38.879 Monica has been arrested. 85 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:41.120 The fatal shooting happened early in the morning hours of 86 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:44.360 January fifteenth near Second and Broadway. Police have arrested twenty 87 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:46.959 seven year old Fabian Mendez of Englewood in connection with 88 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:49.759 the crime. Police say just before the shooting, the victim, 89 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:51.839 described only as a man in his thirties who is 90 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:55.199 believed to be homeless, was seen arguing with an unidentified woman. 91 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:57.920 Bendez allegedly approached the victim and chased him into the 92 00:04:57.959 --> 00:04:59.720 middle of the street before shooting him in the back. 93 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:02.040 Officers found the victim lying on the ground, where he 94 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:05.480 was pronounced dead, and Mendez fled the scene. Mendes was 95 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:07.879 charged with homicide and has a bail set of three 96 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:10.560 million dollars. How the brooker can't find news. 97 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:13.199 Right now, we got to tell you about something very 98 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:16.720 special that's happening in Compton. So let's say good morning 99 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:21.560 to Compton District Superintendent doctor Darren BRAWLEI, thanks for joining us, 100 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:22.240 Doctor Browley. 101 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:24.399 Good morning. 102 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:30.240 So Compton, Compton is bucking the trend of declining student performance. 103 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.439 We're seeing it all over the place as students try 104 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:34.959 to get back up to speed after the pandemic. Math 105 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:37.240 and reading test scores are down all over in LA 106 00:05:37.319 --> 00:05:40.560 but not in Compton, which is now boasting a ninety 107 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:44.399 three percent graduation rate. So doctor BROWLEI tell us, what 108 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:48.920 are you doing different that is so successful in setting 109 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:50.000 these kids up for success. 110 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:55.560 Well, we really have a different system and placed in Compton. 111 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:00.920 We focus on Malcolm Baldrich Performance excellent standards incorporated into 112 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:04.639 everything that we do and doing so, we benchmark our 113 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:08.600 performance against our surrounding school districts that I like to 114 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:12.439 call our surrounding competitors. And we've been doing that for 115 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:15.319 quite some time. And when we first started that process, 116 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:19.920 we were significantly behind all of the surrounding school districts. 117 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:26.439 When I got there thirteen years ago, our graduation rates 118 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:29.240 were fifty eight percent. They're now ninety three percent. They're 119 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:33.439 number one in Los Angeles County for some olar school 120 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:36.839 districts and number one in the state for similar school 121 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:41.000 districts with more than ninety percent, I'm duplicated people count 122 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:43.399 and higher than ten thousand students. 123 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:44.279 And so. 124 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:50.439 That benchmarking performance. We incorporate that into everything that we 125 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:53.720 do against all the state dashboard indicators. 126 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:56.000 Okay, so talk to us a little bit more about 127 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:59.199 specifically what are you doing. So you not only say 128 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:01.959 here's what we're doing, here's what they're doing, let's beat them, 129 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:03.519 but you've got to put some You've got to have 130 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:07.680 some systems in place to help the kids. 131 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:12.959 Right there, right So based upon that, then we create 132 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:18.839 smart goals, specific measurable, attainable results over time, and we 133 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:22.959 also have superintendent data chats probably about every six weeks 134 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:25.560 where we're looking at all those metrics, whether it's a 135 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:30.480 ELA performance. As you saw, our performance over the last 136 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:34.360 two years has been remarkable with m Compton. It's led 137 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:37.360 to state two years in a row, as well as 138 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:40.800 our math performance the same thing. We've led to stay 139 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:44.879 two years in a row for some early situated school districts. 140 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:49.839 So based upon that, our our site principles are responsible 141 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:53.600 for creating action plans around those smart goals and then 142 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:57.319 creating interventions for the students that are served. And in 143 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:01.959 doing so, we have brought in quite a bit of tutors. 144 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:05.040 More than tenhundred and fifty tutors have been brought into 145 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:09.160 the system during the instructional day because we know that 146 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:12.160 that's where we can have the most impact. And then 147 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:15.600 those tutors are working with the students that are identified 148 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:17.879 for interventions. 149 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:20.560 Okay. And when you say they're identified for interventions, so 150 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:23.079 you're looking for someone who might be struggling a little 151 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:25.040 bit or they just need more personal attention. 152 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:29.680 Yeah, So we have lots of systems in place. 153 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:32.000 So okay, So if I'm understanding correctly, it sounds like 154 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:34.919 you're checking up on everybody pretty constantly. There's like a 155 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:38.080 you're always watching and then there's some that are doing 156 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:40.720 good and you just keep encouraging them, and the ones 157 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:42.840 that might be falling behind a little bit, then they 158 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:45.519 get the tutors and they get the extra attention to 159 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:46.919 get them back up to speed. 160 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:49.559 That is correct, okay. 161 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:51.360 And how do you get the students to buy in 162 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:53.440 on it? I mean, like, are the students excited about 163 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:56.519 it that there's competition or how are they reacting? 164 00:08:59.080 --> 00:08:59.600 Students? 165 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:04.600 Students loved the additional attention that they get because you know, 166 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:08.679 something that was you know, pretty abstract to them all 167 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:12.960 of a sudden becomes attainable with the additional support. So 168 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:18.080 students have brought I have bought into the concept. And 169 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:22.360 we've also created a competition this year where you know, 170 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:26.480 specific school wants to be another school. So now we've 171 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:31.519 created this competition where one school wants to be a 172 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:34.600 neighboring school that is doing better than them. And so 173 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:38.320 we've we've rallied teachers as well as students behind that. 174 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:41.039 And there's one one a different thing that we focus on, 175 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:44.879 and that is the academic language of the assessment. 176 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:46.799 So what does that mean? 177 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:52.919 So the curriculum that we adopt uses language that is 178 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:56.080 not necessarily the same as the academic language that students 179 00:09:56.080 --> 00:10:00.559 will actually take when they take the test. And so 180 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:04.000 we have a high EL population thirty two percent within 181 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:08.559 our organization, and so we focus on teaching students that 182 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:11.720 explicit language so that when they see it, they know 183 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:15.159 what the words mean. Gotcha, So you can know how 184 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:17.200 to do it. But if you see words that you've 185 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:20.279 never seen before, then you might freeze up and think 186 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:22.440 that you do not know how to do it. And 187 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:26.559 so we take a lot of time in ELA and 188 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:31.960 math teaching the explicit vocabulary that they're likely to account. 189 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:38.600 Got it. Doctor Darren Browley at Compton Unified, congratulations on 190 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:41.000 the great work that you're doing with kids, and we 191 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:44.600 expect great things from those kids one day. 192 00:10:44.679 --> 00:10:46.399 All right, thank you, all right, take care. 193 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:49.720 Isn't that fun? I'd love to hear success stories because 194 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:53.639 you think about why are test scores declining and why 195 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:57.480 aren't students about bouncing back? And it just sounds like 196 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:03.720 Compton's figured it out and really focusing on the kid's benchmark, 197 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:07.279 watching them closely and saying, hey, if that one isn't 198 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:10.960 quite up to you know, isn't quite at the right level, 199 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:13.720 We're going to work specifically that with that person and 200 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:15.440 have tutors come in. I know that. I don't know 201 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:18.360 if you guys ever had tutors, but I remember specifically. 202 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:22.080 I was in pre algebra and it was like in 203 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:24.480 eighth grade or something, or maybe it was in no, 204 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:28.080 maybe it was it was a higher level, and there 205 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:30.960 was something that I wasn't catching, and we went and 206 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:33.279 got a tutor. There were several of us, and like 207 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:36.159 when the light bulb goes on, you go, oh, I 208 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:37.840 get it. But I wouldn't have gotten it. If I 209 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:43.039 hadn't had that personal attention, who like made it make 210 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:46.200 sense to me? So I think tutors are so cool. Anyway, 211 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:48.720 wait to go, Compton. Let's get back to some of 212 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:51.200 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 213 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:54.000 At least ten people have been killed in winter storms 214 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:56.720 on the East Coast. Nine were in Kentucky, where Governor 215 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:59.559 Andy Busheer says more flooding is on the way. He's 216 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:04.320 also warning about snow for tomorrow and Wednesday, and that 217 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:06.120 could complicate recovery efforts. 218 00:12:06.200 --> 00:12:09.360 While we have dealt with parts of the flash flooding, 219 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:12.080 we are now going to see riverbank flooding that's going 220 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:16.200 to hit a number of our communities and hit them significantly. 221 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:19.600 This char's calling this one of Kentucky's most serious weather 222 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:23.000 events in at least a decade. It's been five hundred 223 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:25.200 days since the start of the war in Gaza between 224 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:28.840 Israel and Hamas. Gaiffi's Michael Kassner says Hamas crossed the 225 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:32.919 border into Israel October seventh, twenty twenty three, killing more 226 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:35.840 than a thousand people and taking hundreds more hostage. 227 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:38.399 The resulting war on leash by Israel on the Gaza 228 00:12:38.440 --> 00:12:41.440 Strip has since killed nearly fifty thousand and left the 229 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:45.480 region devastated. As of Saturday, some seventy of the original 230 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:49.440 two hundred and fifty one hostages remain in Hamas custody. 231 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:52.440 He says Jimas also has the bodies of dozens of 232 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:55.440 Israelis who've been killed by the terror group. Israeli Prime 233 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:58.399 Minister Benjamin Natanya, who says Israel and the US share 234 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:02.120 a common strategy on the future of Gaza. President Trump 235 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:06.320 has proposed moving Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip. A 236 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:09.320 court in Russia has ordered a US citizen held in 237 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:14.039 pre trial detention for thirty days for alleged drug smuggling. 238 00:13:14.159 --> 00:13:18.480 Russian police a twenty eight year old Colobe Buyers tried 239 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:21.879 to smuggle a significant amount of drugs into the country 240 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:25.519 ten days ago. A statement says Buyers was detained after 241 00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:30.000 customs officials at an airport found cannabis laced marmalade in 242 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:33.320 his luggage. Buyers had arrived on a flight from Istanbul. 243 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:37.000 President Trump says he thinks Russian President Putin wants to 244 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:38.360 stop the fighting in Ukraine. 245 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:43.399 I see that we spoke long and hard see whitcoffers 246 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:46.039 with him for a very extended period, like about three hours. 247 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:48.600 Wikoff is Special Envoy to the Middle East. Trump and 248 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:51.080 Putin spoke last week, agreeing during the call to work 249 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:54.960 together to start negotiations. Ukrainian President Zelenski says he wants 250 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:59.440 security guarantees before any talks, and President Trump's been part 251 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:02.200 of his weekend and with race fans in Florida. ABC's 252 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:06.440 Nicole D'Antonio says Trump was at the Daytona five hundred yesterday. 253 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:08.919 One week after becoming the first citing US president to 254 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:14.279 attend the Super Bowl. With fighter jets flying overhead, Trump 255 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:17.799 took a spin around the track in his presidential limousine. 256 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:20.159 Trump and some of his family members also walked down 257 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:23.879 into the pit and greeted drivers, team owners, crew members, 258 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:27.879 and some fans. Two LAPD officers and a sergeant and 259 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:30.120 lieutenant have been told to work from home and have 260 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:35.600 had responsibilities taken away as the LAPD investigates sexist and 261 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:39.120 racist remarks they allegedly made. Bli Times says a source, 262 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:42.039 calls the comments shucking and crude. The fore work in 263 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:47.360 the LAPD's recruiting employment division Santa Monica police are investigating 264 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:50.279 a stabbing outside a popular bar that left one man 265 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:54.279 dead and another injured. Plase say the stabbing happened shortly before 266 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:59.919 two am Saturday outside the Bungalow on Wiltshire Boulevard that's 267 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:05.240 within the Fairmount Miramar Hotel. Starbucks is rolling out new 268 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:09.759 compostable cups in California and several other states. They are 269 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:15.279 fiber based, with a bioplastic lining and having a opaque appearance. 270 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:18.639 They'll be used for cold drinks. Starbucks says it has 271 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:22.759 a goal to make its packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable 272 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:26.120 by twenty thirty. At six oh five, Handle on the 273 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:28.840 news Prime Minister Netanya, who says he wants to finish 274 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:33.360 the job with Iran. Let's say good morning now to 275 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:38.000 kfi's White House correspondent John Decker. John, the job is 276 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:42.000 just getting started. For EU leaders who called an emergency summit. 277 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:45.919 Well, that's right, Amy, And the reason they've done that 278 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:49.879 is because they are concerned that maybe left out of 279 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:54.080 the whole process, the peace process in regards to the 280 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:57.399 war in Ukraine that was started by Russia more than 281 00:15:57.440 --> 00:16:00.440 three years ago. In fact, the first meeting that will 282 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:05.679 take place will not involve any EU leaders, any NATO leaders, 283 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:10.840 any European folks at the table. It's just Russian officials, 284 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:14.600 high level Russian officials, high level US officials. That meeting 285 00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:18.240 taking place in Saudi Arabia, the US delegation being led 286 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:22.320 by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. So what Emmanuel Macron, 287 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:26.279 the President of France, has decided is let's have our 288 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:29.120 own meeting because when and if there is an end 289 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:32.279 of the war, Europe certainly should have a say in 290 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:35.279 terms of what the future of Ukraine looks like, what 291 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:38.480 its security looks like. And that's the reason for that 292 00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:40.399 meeting taking place in Paris today. 293 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:43.440 So who all is participating in that. 294 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:49.200 Well, it's every Western European leader, as well as any 295 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:51.639 country that has been a part of what's known as 296 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:56.000 the Contact Group, that's all together fifty countries around the world. 297 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:59.799 Will they all be represented, No, it's primarily European leaders 298 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:02.879 that will be at this meeting in Paris that is 299 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:06.359 taking place today. In the meantime, what President Trump has 300 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:09.920 said is that Europe will have a seat at the table, 301 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:12.440 Ukraine will have a seat at the table. It's just 302 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:15.279 that this very first meeting that's taking place in Saudi 303 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:19.680 Arabia is just going to involve US senior officials, Russian 304 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:24.559 senior officials. I would imagine Mark Rubio's counterpart, Russian Foreign 305 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:28.039 Minister Sergei Lavrov, would be there in Saudi Arabia as well. 306 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:32.480 But the President has assured President Zelensky that he indeed 307 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:35.759 will have a seat at the table and Ukraine will 308 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:39.160 have a say in what Ukraine's future actually looks like. 309 00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:42.200 But Ukraine is not part of those talks in Saudi Arabia. 310 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:46.640 Correct, they are not, No, and that is a concerning 311 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:51.319 obviously to President Zelensky. He was concerned by what we 312 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:56.119 heard from Defense Secretary Pete Haigsith last week, who walked 313 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:59.319 back comments that he made to defense ministers in Brussels 314 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:02.200 last week in which he seemed to be giving away 315 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:06.599 the store essentially to Vladimir Putin. Now it is the 316 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:10.559 Vice President jd Vance who's speaking on these topics as 317 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:13.720 it relates to what the end of the war in 318 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:16.720 Ukraine looks like and what the future of Ukraine looks like. 319 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:19.279 I don't think we're going to see Pete Hegseth going 320 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:23.519 forward talking about the war in Ukraine to the extent 321 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:25.799 that he was in Brussels just last week. 322 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:28.440 And that's because he may have oversighted. 323 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:32.440 That's because he just, yeah, he made some missteps and 324 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:35.799 in terms of what he said which angered our European allies, 325 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:41.119 angered Presidents Olinsky, and also angered some Republicans here at home. 326 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:46.319 Republican senators who are big allies of Ukraine want to 327 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:50.480 see Ukraine represented well in terms of bringing an end 328 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:54.319 to the war, and they were angered that essentially the 329 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:58.200 negotiating was being done by Pete Hegseth in such a 330 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:02.920 way that you were taking negotiating tactics off the table 331 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:06.960 as it relates to those conversations that will be happening 332 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:09.200 with Russia in the very near future. 333 00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:13.240 Okay, and are there any indications John you mentioned giving 334 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:16.759 away the store, Are there any indications of what Ukraine 335 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:19.119 is going to have to concede and what Russia is 336 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:21.559 going to have to concede to get to, you. 337 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:24.480 Know, Amy, to know that answer, I think we have 338 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:28.559 to know, you know, how close how close Russian officials 339 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:31.920 are and Ukraine officials are in terms of just getting 340 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:35.279 to the point where you could have a temporary ceasefire 341 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:37.839 and we're not there yet I don't know how close 342 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:41.079 that is. I don't know if it's days, weeks, months away. 343 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:45.880 I think that that's part of the conversations that Secretary 344 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:49.400 Rubio will be having with his Russian counterparts to figure 345 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:53.079 out is there some sort of meeting of the minds 346 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:55.960 to get to the point where you initially have what 347 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:58.519 we have right now, at least on paper. Is this 348 00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:03.920 ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. That's what President Trump would 349 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:07.400 like to have, a temporary ceasefire to begin with between 350 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:08.599 Russia and Ukraine. 351 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:11.119 Okay, and we'll be watching and hoping that they can 352 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:13.720 figure that out. Thank you so much. Kfi's White House 353 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:15.519 correspondent John Decker. We'll talk to you soon. 354 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.119 Thank you. 355 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:17.519 All right. 356 00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:20.559 Four people have been hurt in Silver Lake when the 357 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:23.599 balcony they were standing on collapsed. One of those hurt 358 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:26.119 late Saturday was taken to the hospital. This man tells 359 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:28.799 KTLA he had just gone to bed when he heard 360 00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:30.559 a loud boom from upstairs. 361 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:34.079 Portunate for them, the balcony below had broken its fall, 362 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:36.759 and so they were just literally trapped in the corner 363 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:39.400 with all the furniture on top of them, walking into 364 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:42.039 carnage and adam our neighbor is just getting up off 365 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:45.799 the balcony that had collapsed and says call nine one one. 366 00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:48.319 People in the building were reportedly told by the Department 367 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:51.279 of Building and Safety that the recent rain had led 368 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:56.400 to a structural compromise. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Byancos expected 369 00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:59.279 to announce today whether he plans to run for governor 370 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:03.000 of California. Bianco is a Republican and has been a 371 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:08.000 vocal supporter of President Trump and a critical opponent of 372 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:11.920 Governor Newsom and Democratic Party policies. He is expected to 373 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:15.039 make the announcement at eleven am. A voter and a 374 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:18.000 dog are recovering after being rescued from a dinghy eighteen 375 00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:21.599 miles east of Catalina. A friend put in a distress 376 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:24.359 call on Saturday night. The Coastguard was sent out. They 377 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:26.519 found the person and the dog in the dinghy and 378 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:29.640 brought them back to shore. The voter has mild hypothermia 379 00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:35.160 but is otherwise okay. Attention LA drivers. New cameras on 380 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:38.440 buses could mean a ticket in your mailbox. 381 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:41.519 Starting today, Metro and La Dot will start issuing two 382 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:44.440 hundred and ninety three dollars tickets for illegally parking in 383 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:47.279 bus only lanes on Wilsher and Librea. To crack down, 384 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:49.960 fifty cameras have been installed on buses along these seven 385 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:52.279 to twenty and two point two bus routes. The cameras 386 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:55.599 will spot violators, record license plates, and send footage to 387 00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:59.160 LA DOT officers to issue fines. Metro says one parked 388 00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:02.240 car can delay hundreds of writers and heads up. Even 389 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:04.920 more enforcement is on the way. Cameras will also roll 390 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:07.839 out on lines nine, ten, nine fifty, and seventy with 391 00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:10.960 a sixty day warning period starting March third. So ellie 392 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:13.119 drivers stay out of those bus lanes unless you want 393 00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:16.559 a pricey reminder in the mail. Brigida Degostino KFI News. 394 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:19.480 Even the Department of Homeland Securities feeling the effects of 395 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:22.400 President Trump's efforts to streamline the federal government. About four 396 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:25.200 hundred people at DHS have been laid off, many of 397 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:29.720 them at FEMA. Workers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 398 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:35.960 Agency and at US Citizenship and Immigration Services also lost jobs. 399 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:40.359 Saturday Night Live has celebrated fifty years with lots of 400 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:44.480 famous friends. Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter opened the SNL 401 00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:48.640