WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:04.200 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:08.759 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:14.320 App KFI and KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:21.519 How that good? 5 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:24.760 Go your Amy? 6 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:35.119 Okay, it's five o'clock, straight up, good morning. 7 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:39.240 This is your wake up call for Thursday, October tenth. 8 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:43.159 I'm Amy King. The voice you just heard was Tudl, 9 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:45.759 like the PA announcer at Dodger Stadium. We get to 10 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:49.240 hear him at least one more time. How about those 11 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:53.359 Dodgers winning eight to nothing last night, forcing a Game 12 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:58.000 five in the National League Division Series. I swear I 13 00:00:58.039 --> 00:01:00.520 was watching the game. You're just on pins and needles, 14 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:03.679 but it was. It was much more relaxing than the 15 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:09.079 game the night before, and nice when the Dodgers come 16 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:12.200 out and they get a lead, but then the padres 17 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:15.000 are so powerful and so explosive. I was like, just 18 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:18.000 pad that lead, pad that lead, and they did ate nothing. 19 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:21.560 Way to go, guys. Also, I took rich Dedmiro's advice. 20 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:24.280 He said to check around and do some hunting around 21 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:27.040 for Prime Day deals and use that camel Camel camel 22 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:29.920 thing because it'll tell you if the Amazon deals are 23 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:33.159 the best ones, and I found one that was just 24 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:36.280 as good at Costco. Bought a new computer yesterday. I 25 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:39.280 don't have it yet, but I bought it. So I 26 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:41.799 love the tech advice that rich Damiro gives us every week. 27 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:45.359 Here's what's ahead on wake up Call. Hurricane Milton has 28 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:48.840 slammed into the coast of Florida as a Category three storm, 29 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:52.840 bringing life threatening storm surge, heavy rains, and wind. The 30 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:55.879 storm has left more than three million customers without power. 31 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:58.599 Several people were killed in the Saint Luci area from 32 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:02.200 tornadoes spawned by the hurricane. The storm is expected to 33 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:05.079 head out into the Atlantic Ocean today as rescue and 34 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:08.439 recovery efforts get underway. ABC's Jim Ryan is in one 35 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:10.159 of the hard hit areas. We're going to be talking 36 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:13.199 with him in just a couple of minutes. There's been 37 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:16.840 another flash mob style robbery at a seven to eleven. 38 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:20.479 This one happened along Hollywood Boulevard. A group walked into 39 00:02:20.479 --> 00:02:23.319 the store Tuesday night. It's all on video, and started 40 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:26.800 grabbing stuff off shelves. One of the employees was attacked 41 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:29.680 when he tried to stop them. Everyone got away. The 42 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:32.479 worker was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Production 43 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:36.199 of scripted film and TVs taking a big hit Film 44 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:39.479 LA says production in twenty twenty three was down nearly 45 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:43.639 twenty percent from the year before, continuing several years of 46 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:48.400 decreases as more production moves to Ontario, New York, Georgia, 47 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:51.520 and even the UK. Before the top of the hour, 48 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:54.319 ABC's Steven Portnoy's going to join us and tell us 49 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:57.199 about how President Trump plants are former President Trump or 50 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:00.240 other plans to take the Big Apple and come up. 51 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:02.280 At the bottom of the hour, our boo preview takes 52 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:06.159 us to Big Bear for some chicken dancing. Let's get 53 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:07.599 started with some of the stories coming out of the 54 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:10.719 KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The Red Cross is pleading 55 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:14.719 for more volunteers from California to help victims of Hurricane Milton. 56 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:17.919 Dozens took off for Florida before the storm hit, joining 57 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:20.800 others already on the ground from Hurricane Helene. The main 58 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:24.560 focus is on staffing shelters. Volunteers can expect to stay 59 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:28.039 two weeks, but officials say they could be there for months. 60 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:31.360 Local crews from PG and E have also traveled to Florida. 61 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:34.520 They're assisting in getting the lights back on as more 62 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:37.319 than three million people are without power. A man who 63 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:40.159 lives in Seminole, Florida, says he decided to ride out 64 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:44.199 the storm at home after he saw Milton's track change. 65 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:47.039 I've uncomfortable just hearing a few things hit the house, 66 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:49.120 which we knew was gonna happen with all the projectiles 67 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:50.560 from pollens being left over. 68 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:53.800 Ran Carter says his home is about thirty seven feet up, 69 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:56.240 so he's confident it won't be flooded out again. We're 70 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:58.039 gonna be talking with ABC's Jim Ryan in just a 71 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:01.479 minute from Tampa. He was brought to you by Ruderhiro 72 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:05.080 dot Com. The State Attorney General's office says three Burbank 73 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:09.120 police officers have been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing over 74 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:11.280 the fatal shooting of a man in a home depot 75 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:14.159 parking lot in May of last year. Officers were sent 76 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:15.879 to the store after the man called nine to one 77 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.600 one and threatened to shoot everyone at the store. The 78 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:20.839 man also said he had a gun and that he 79 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:23.560 was being chased by people who had kidnapped his daughter. 80 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:26.680 Officers tried for hours to get the man to surrender, 81 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:28.680 but at one point he got out of his car, 82 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:32.800 took a shooting stance and aimed at officers. The man 83 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:35.759 was actually holding a small knife, but Stay investigators said 84 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:40.560 the officers were defending themselves and others. The CHP says 85 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:42.920 a woman has been killed in the Antelope Valley after 86 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:44.959 her car was hit by a rock on the Pear 87 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:45.839 Blossom Highway. 88 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:48.800 Officer Jordan Church says after the rock went through the windshield, 89 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:50.879 the woman lost control of the car and it crashed. 90 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:53.519 He says the woman was actually killed by the rock. 91 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:56.879 That happened Tuesday. On Sunday, a driver was injured after 92 00:04:56.920 --> 00:04:58.399 a rock went through their windshields. 93 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:01.160 Both reports that we have that have been confirmed as 94 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:03.079 parts of this investigation. 95 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:05.360 Both happened after eleven pm. 96 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:07.800 The cars were near the intersection of Antelope and Pair 97 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:10.720 Blossom Highways when the rocks were thrown. Church says there 98 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:12.920 was no overpass or high ground and they have no 99 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:15.680 idea where the rocks are being thrown from or who's 100 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:18.120 throwing them. Steve Gregory tay if I. 101 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:21.079 News, it's five oh seven on your Thursday morning wake 102 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:23.680 up call. It's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan, 103 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:28.279 who's in Tampa weathering the storm, so Jim, it's first light. 104 00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:30.920 The storm made landfall last night. What are you seeing? 105 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:34.079 Well, it's beautiful right now in terms of the weather. 106 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:38.480 It's practically calm. The rain is gone, the skies are clearing, 107 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:40.360 and now it's time to clean up all the debris 108 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:43.920 because it's all over the place, down trees, palm trees, 109 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:48.600 all over the place, palm fronds. I've seen some roof damage, 110 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:51.639 stuff blown around. Actually, I had to drive around a 111 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:55.040 king size mattress, soaked mattress that was sitting in the 112 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:57.480 middle of a downtown street here in Tampa this morning. 113 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:02.319 But now the job of recovery begins. Three something like 114 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:05.519 three million, three point two million power outages across the 115 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:10.000 state to deal with. So Tampa did not take a 116 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:12.480 direct hit. The Sarasota County down to the south of 117 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:15.120 here did and we haven't heard yet what kind of 118 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:16.600 damage might have been done down there. 119 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:20.000 Okay, so we don't know how much flooding we're seeing 120 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.079 because we were expecting a storm surge of like ten 121 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:23.360 to fifteen feet. 122 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:25.959 Yes, right, and that might in fact have been the case. 123 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:29.399 Tampa got very lucky. The nightmare scenario would have been, 124 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:32.879 you know, the Tampa is the most populated area here 125 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:35.959 in this region. The nightmare would have been a direct 126 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:39.160 hit on Tampa Bay, the storm surge, filling up the 127 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:42.120 bay and inundating the city and the spit of land 128 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:45.959 out there that protects it from the Gulf of Mexico. 129 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:48.279 That did not happen. The storm hit to the south 130 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:52.160 of here, and given the counterclockwise rotation of these storms, 131 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:54.959 it actually pulled some of the water out of Tampa Bay. 132 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:55.600 Oh wow. 133 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:58.279 Yeah, but we did have it. We had ninety three 134 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:01.959 mile an hour winds here in downtown Tampa. We had again, 135 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:04.120 you know, a lot of wind damage from stuff. Although 136 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:06.800 it's hard to tell the debris from Milton from the 137 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:12.120 debris left by Hurricane Helen two weeks ago, and remarkably amy, 138 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:15.920 the tornadoes associated with this may go down as the 139 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:20.120 deadliest part. Over Port Saint Lucie, one hundred and fifty 140 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:22.560 miles away from the point of landfall, and hours before 141 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:26.279 Milton came ashore, you had tornadoes, dozens of them spun 142 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:28.680 off and including one that killed four people. 143 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:34.439 Yeah, gosh, so and the Tampa Bay Rays Home took 144 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:35.240 a pretty hard hit. 145 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:39.199 It did. The roof was real tough. The Tropicana Field 146 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:41.720 is where the Tampa Bay Rays feel play. It was 147 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:44.639 being used as temporary housing. They had thousands of cots 148 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:49.160 set up inside the stadium for the first responders and 149 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:51.399 utility crews coming here from around the country. 150 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:53.160 So it was like a staging area for them. 151 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:55.879 Yeah, exactly. And at the height of the storm, the 152 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:59.399 fabric roof was torn off and nobody was heard. But 153 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:01.360 suddenly the place had no roof. 154 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:03.720 It's a fabric roof. 155 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:09.959 It's it's teflon coated fiberglass. But once the wind got 156 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:11.879 ahold of it just sort of shredded the stuff and 157 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:14.519 it was waving in the wind like a flag. The 158 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:17.480 steel structure that supports it. Apparently that okay, the building 159 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:21.120 is not physically or structurally damaged, but you know, the 160 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:21.879 roof has gone. 161 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:26.319 Okay, AND's where's Milton headed now? Is it out to 162 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:28.839 sea or is it still on floor off? 163 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:31.360 Yeah, it jumped off around Cape Canaveral. It's still a 164 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:34.799 Category one hurricane. But yeah, it's gone now, it's back 165 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:36.960 out in the Atlantic. It'll die off here the next 166 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:37.600 day or so. 167 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:40.840 All right, Well, sounds like you're safe, and that's that's 168 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:44.720 important to us. So We're glad and have fun driving 169 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:48.600 around mattresses. We'll talk to you soon. Jim Ryan see 170 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:51.679 me all right if he sees Jim Ryan in Tampa. 171 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:54.360 Let's get back to some of the stories coming out 172 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:57.840 of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Police and Anaheim 173 00:08:57.919 --> 00:09:02.080 have released photos from a flash moll that stole lottery tickets, cigarettes, 174 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:04.240 and a cash register from a seven to eleven. 175 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:07.559 I know it's a trend in other areas, but this 176 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:09.679 is not something we're going to tolerate here in Anaheim 177 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:10.399 or in the county. 178 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:13.879 Anaheim Police Sergeant Matt Sutter says dozens of people ransacked 179 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:16.120 the store and left the clerk with a bloody nose. 180 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:18.879 This is terrible for our small business owners. This guy's 181 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:20.919 just trying to make a living provide for his family, 182 00:09:21.399 --> 00:09:22.480 and he didn't deserve this. 183 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:25.200 Sutter says. The amount of money and merchandise taken in 184 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:27.960 such robberies is typically far less than what it will 185 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:30.600 cost a small business to recover. He says a street 186 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:33.879 takeover Sunday blocked several streets near the seven eleven, which 187 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:36.200 slowed the police response in Anaheim. 188 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:40.120 Corbin Carson k if I News, the city of La 189 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:44.000 is considering grant funding for small businesses to help them 190 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:49.840 increase security. City council Woman Monica Rodriguez says businesses need 191 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:52.919 extra protection as smash and grabs are on the rise. 192 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:56.440 There's efforts to. 193 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:57.240 Go cash lists. 194 00:09:57.240 --> 00:10:01.840 They're trying to really minimize the financial impacts that they're 195 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:06.120 enduring from all of these the crime that they've been 196 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:07.919 affected by in their local businesses. 197 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:12.000 Rodriguez's motion has been approved by the city Council's Public 198 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:15.919 Safety Committee. It directs the Economic Development Department to create 199 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:18.639 a grant program and to find funding for it, possibly 200 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:21.960 through state grants. A second lawsuit has been filed against 201 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:25.840 the Norwalk Lamarada School District alleging sexual assault. 202 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:29.279 Social sciences teacher Raymond Nieman has been accused of grooming 203 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:32.240 and then having sex with his student. Attorney Lawrence Seri 204 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:36.240 says the district has had three recent cases alleging sexual misconduct. 205 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:40.080 This lawsuit has been filed to hold the school district 206 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:46.039 accountable for failing to protect this student from being sexually abused. 207 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:49.279 The complaint, filed Tuesday, alleges Nieman started grooming the student 208 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:50.799 in the two thousand and eight two thousand and nine 209 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:52.919 school year and that the principal knew there was something 210 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:55.840 going on. Nieman is still listed on the school's website. 211 00:10:55.919 --> 00:10:57.960 Chris Adler KFI News. 212 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:01.879 The district has not responded for comment. Two ballot measures 213 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:04.799 in La would change the way districts are drawn for 214 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:08.759 the city council and Board of Education. LA County Redistricting 215 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:13.559 Commissioned Chairman Daniel may Maeta says the county has seen 216 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:16.919 success since making the same change in twenty twenty one. 217 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:22.039 The commissioners were united in our commitment to serve all 218 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:25.159 of the residents of La County, and we completed our 219 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:29.600 map drawing process on time, with dedication and competence. 220 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:34.320 If measures d D and LLL are adopted by voters 221 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:38.159 in November, independent redistricting commissions would be created to draw 222 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:41.759 new boundaries. Neither council members nor school members would be 223 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:45.200 involved in the process anymore. Prosecutors in La say they're 224 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:50.039 investigating new evidence of possible sex crimes by rocker Marilyn Manson. 225 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:54.240 DA George Gascone released a statement yesterday saying the new 226 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:57.120 evidence emerged within the last few weeks. The singer, whose 227 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.559 real name is Brian Warner, has been accused of sexual 228 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:02.960 harassment and assault. His lawyer says the allegations are false, 229 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:06.080 alleged to have taken place more than a decade ago, 230 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:09.440 and are part of a coordinated attack by former partners 231 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:13.240 and associates. The attorney says they have turned otherwise mundane 232 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:17.679 details of Warner's personal life and their consensual relationships into 233 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:22.240 fabricated horror stories. A new study from the University of California, 234 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:25.960 San Francisco shows the effects of too much screen time 235 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:30.960 and social media more negatively affect white children compared to 236 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:32.440 black and Asian children. 237 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:34.679 One of the reasons that we think this is that 238 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:38.960 for minority youth, screens and social media may help facilitate 239 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:44.759 connections with peers who share similar backgrounds and expand support networks. 240 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:51.039 Doctor Jason Nagata of UCSF BENOIF Children's Hospital says the 241 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:55.519 effects including anxiety, depression, and behavioral problems. The study followed 242 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:57.720 about ninety five hundred and nine and ten year olds. 243 00:12:57.759 --> 00:12:59.639 It also found that spending a lot of time in 244 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:03.600 front of screens led to slightly higher levels of inattention 245 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:07.879 and aggression and alleged DUI driver's been arrested for gross 246 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:11.000 vehicular manslaughter for killing a woman who was out for 247 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:14.120 a walk in Anaheim. Police Sergeant Matt Sutter says the 248 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:16.919 driver was speeding when he lost control of his Mercedes, 249 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:19.600 plowed through a green belt, and went into a river bed. 250 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:23.200 This was a terribly tragic event and there's no excuse 251 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:27.759 for this driving while intoxicated. It just totally destroyed this family. 252 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:32.039 Sutter says. Another man walked up during the investigation Tuesday 253 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:34.080 and told officers that his wife had gone for a 254 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:37.759 walk and hadn't returned. Sutter says a helicopter was called 255 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:40.639 in and the woman's body was found near the crash site. 256 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:44.399 Minnesota Governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walls says the 257 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:48.440 electoral college needs to go. He said during a campaign 258 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:51.159 fundraiser with California Governor Knews him this week that the 259 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:55.480 country needs a national popular vote. Walls apparently made similar 260 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:59.200 comments at an earlier fundraiser in Seattle. A Harris Walls 261 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:03.919 campaign spokes later clarified Governor Walls believes that every vote 262 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:06.679 matters in the electoral college and he is honored to 263 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:09.480 be traveling in the country and battleground states working to 264 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:14.759 earn support for the Harris Walls ticket. Okay. Scientists say 265 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:18.720 they now know what the head of the biggest bug 266 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:21.679 ever to crawl the earth looks like. They say. It 267 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:25.639 was a round bulb with two short bell shaped antenna, 268 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:29.159 two protruding eyes, kind of like a crab, and had 269 00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:32.159 a little tiny mouth that was used for grinding leaves 270 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:36.320 and bark. The extinct bug used to grow to nine 271 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:39.000 feet long. It weighed more than one hundred pounds. Oh 272 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:44.279 my god. It had features of modern day centipedes and millipedes. 273 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:46.840 If that's not stuff the nightmares are made of, I 274 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:51.120 don't know what is. Winds from Hurricane Milton have ripped 275 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:55.440 the roof off Saint Petersburg Tropicana Field, the home of 276 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:58.360 Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays, was being used as 277 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:02.240 a base camp and staging air for thousands of emergency workers. 278 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:07.039 I hate crime investigation is underway after several Dave min 279 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:11.799 campaign signs in Huntington Beach were vandalized with anti Asian slurs. 280 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:16.000 Min is of Korean heritage. He's a Democratic state senator 281 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:20.360 running against Republican Scott bah for Katie Porter's congressional seat. 282 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:24.600 The Irvine Police Department has unveiled its shiny new Tesla 283 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:28.120 cyber truck. The truck will be used to promote the 284 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:31.919 city's anti drug dare program. The cyber truck costs the 285 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:36.279 department over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Let's say 286 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:39.639 good morning now to educational program director for the Walton 287 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:44.440 Family Foundation, Romy Drucker. Good morning, Romy, good morning. 288 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:46.480 Thank you for having me on Mental Health Day. 289 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:49.480 Thank you so much for joining us now. It is 290 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:54.200 World Mental Health Awareness Day, October tenth, and Romy, we 291 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:57.799 have reason to worry about gen Z. In a new survey, 292 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:02.080 an overwhelming majority say they're not prepared to succeed in 293 00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:03.440 both college and career. 294 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:08.440 Why is that, Well, one thing we know from this 295 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:11.120 survey is that our young people need us now more 296 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:15.039 than ever before. Only twenty percent feel that their mental 297 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:17.399 health is excellent, and we think that one of the 298 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:20.120 reasons for that is that they don't feel prepared for 299 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:23.679 their future. A vast majority say that they don't feel 300 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:26.879 equipped to make decisions about what that future holds from 301 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:30.559 them in terms of relationships, in terms of career prospects. 302 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:35.080 Okay, so do we know why they don't feel prepared. 303 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:39.759 What kids are saying, and especially high school students, is 304 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:43.120 that school just doesn't feel relevant to them. It doesn't 305 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:48.679 feel like it's exposing them and giving them the experiences 306 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:52.000 to understand what that future can hold. So how do 307 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:55.200 we make high school in particular, a place that is 308 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:59.320 not boring but relevant relevant to future career? Is giving 309 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:02.559 them experiences that can help them unlock what they want 310 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:03.320 to do in life. 311 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:07.000 And does anybody have any idea on how to do that? 312 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:10.480 There's a lot of really great models out there, including 313 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:13.480 some in Los Angeles. I had a chance to recently 314 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:16.720 visit a school called Da Vinci Connect and one of 315 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:20.480 the principles and values of that school is agency giving 316 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:24.799 students a choice to pursue projects and experiences that really 317 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:28.480 help them explore their passions. And we think at the 318 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:32.160 Walton Family Foundation that all schools can be organized to 319 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:36.119 do that, to give students an opportunity to learn things 320 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:40.000 that matter in our foundational but also speak to their interests. 321 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:42.839 So what are you what kinds of projects and experiences? 322 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:45.880 I mean, are you talking about art projects or are 323 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:49.519 you talking about community projects? Or because they still need 324 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:53.200 the foundational learning even though they might not think it's relevant, 325 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:54.559 We've never thought it was relevant. 326 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:59.240 Absolutely, there are a lot of high schools out there 327 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:04.400 that are a able to marry academic requirements in history, math, 328 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:09.880 and ela but also give students the chance to explore 329 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:13.960 future careers. So, for example, there's a school in Alabama 330 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:18.559 that is focused on aerospace and aviation and preparing students 331 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:21.359 for careers in those industries. So when students are in 332 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:24.400 their math class, they're learning about math concepts in the 333 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:29.279 context of what those careers require. And then they're also 334 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:33.720 doing internships and apprenticeships with companies that work in that space, 335 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:36.960 and so they're able to, as you noted, meet their 336 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:39.960 academic requirements, but also see what's out there. 337 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:44.599 So basically you're still you're still advocating for teaching the basics, 338 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:47.839 but then also showing them how that might be relevant 339 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:49.599 in their life as they grew up. Because I remember, 340 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:51.799 we used to sit in math class all the time 341 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:53.759 say we're never going to use this, We're never going 342 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:57.599 to use this. We learned it anyway, Exactly how do 343 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:01.160 we make the basics moreing and relevant? 344 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:03.720 And students are saying that's what they want. When I 345 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:06.839 have spoken to students and in the seventeen thousand students 346 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:11.359 who have participated in this survey, a headline is help 347 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:14.200 us find what's interesting to us, help us feel a 348 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:17.720 sense of purpose in school. And so everyone needs to 349 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:21.039 learn math and history, and also we can do that 350 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:24.279 in a way that is project based and experiential. 351 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:28.839 Okay. In the survey that we were discussing, they talk 352 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:32.440 about good mental health, excellent mental health. How would you 353 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:34.400 define good mental health? 354 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:39.720 I think good mental health for this generation means feeling 355 00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:45.279 a sense of connectedness to an everyday experience. So, as 356 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:48.880 I noted, students want to feel like school is relevant. 357 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:51.720 They want to feel like it's preparing them for success. 358 00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:55.200 So that both means the foundational skills, but it also 359 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:58.799 means they're developing skills that help them feel confident, like 360 00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:03.680 public speaking skills and networking skills. And when students are 361 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:05.920 equipped with those skills, it helps them feel like they're 362 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:08.039 going somewhere, like they're moving forward. 363 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:12.599 Okay, well, and so what have we done wrong as 364 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:16.279 a society that all generation doesn't feel like they're ready 365 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:18.720 for the real real world? I mean, because again, if 366 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:23.039 you look at the generation before us, did that generation 367 00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:25.440 feel like they were ready? Is this a new thing 368 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:28.799 or is this something that is an ongoing problem? 369 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.000 Well. 370 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:33.799 One unique characteristic of gen z that has come through 371 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:36.400 in our survey results time and time again is that 372 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:40.000 they are hopeful. They are optimistic about their future, even 373 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:42.759 though they're also telling us they don't feel prepared. So 374 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:45.359 one thing we need to do is listen. We need 375 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:47.759 to listen to what they're saying about what they want 376 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:50.759 their school experience to look like and try to work 377 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:55.960 together as educators and families to make that happen. Employers 378 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:59.000 also play a role in that because they are hiring 379 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:02.079 students for jobs of the future, and so how do 380 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:05.240 we work together across sectors to shape and experience for 381 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:07.839 young people that's going to help them feel motivated and 382 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:09.599 get them into those careers. 383 00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:13.880 Okay, and it it will remain a problem most likely 384 00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:19.039 ROMI too, because I just I just read an article 385 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:23.160 about how gen zers are getting jobs, but then they're 386 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:28.279 not performing at them. It's a different mentality like when 387 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:31.160 when I started working, it was like, you know, pull 388 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:33.559 yourself up by the bootstraps, you learn as you go, 389 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:37.440 you fall, you get back up, and some of the 390 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:40.160 gen Zers will fall and then go I can't handle 391 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:42.480 this and they'll leave or get fired. 392 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:48.519 Resilience is really important, and the way to develop resilience 393 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:51.160 is to have the opportunity to try things out and 394 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:56.000 make mistakes. So the earlier in a child's educational journey 395 00:21:56.000 --> 00:22:01.119 that we can give them exposure to careers, to jobs, 396 00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:03.559 to what's out there for them and let them try 397 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:05.920 things out, I think the more successful they'll be in 398 00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.680 the long term. 399 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:09.240 Well. And I think that comes into play too, because, 400 00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:11.759 like again going back to when I was growing up 401 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:14.759