WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.160 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:08.679 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:14.759 App k f I and kost HT two Los Angeles, 4 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:15.519 Orange County. 5 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:32.600 I got really good as Amy Kay. 6 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:36.640 Good morning. It's five o'clock, straight up. This is your 7 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:40.600 wake up call for Thursday, April seventeenth. I'm Amy King. 8 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:43.960 We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Wherever you're tuning 9 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:48.799 in this morning, we appreciate it. Have you been watching 10 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:50.840 the Eglitz? I know that we haven't talked about them much, 11 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:53.600 but they're still there. And I check and there's still 12 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:58.280 tens of thousands of people watching our little eagles. Sonny 13 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:02.920 and Gizmo called the little one Rocky. And I was 14 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:05.640 watching comments yesterday because they have during the live stream, 15 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:08.200 they take comments sometimes and this one lady goes, oh 16 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:12.439 my god, Sunny's bigger than my Pomeranian. They're getting really big, 17 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:14.359 and right now you can't see him because they're in 18 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:16.959 for a camera's broke. But if you get a chance, 19 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:19.280 not a nice it's not a bad way to kind 20 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:21.519 of spend the afternoon. I had my brother over for 21 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:24.680 dinner over the weekend, and so I just turned it 22 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:26.400 on on my TV. So I was watching it and 23 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:28.400 I was like, this is actually the size that they 24 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:30.879 almost are. In fact, it they're still probably bigger, but 25 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:33.319 watching them just sitting there on the big screen was 26 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:35.959 kind of cool. Okay, medium string. I don't have a 27 00:01:35.959 --> 00:01:38.920 big screen. I have a medium screen TV. Also, I 28 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:42.799 want to let you know I'm walking wounded today. I 29 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:45.760 think I broke my finger. I'm not sure. I know 30 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:48.519 cono well, I don't know that it's broken. It is swollen, 31 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:50.319 but it's not black and blue yet, and I can 32 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:54.000 move it. So but I tripped last night going up 33 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.560 some stairs and just jam the crap out of it. 34 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:00.799 So it's really hard to type the morning. I'm telling 35 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:03.439 you it's a new experience in pain. But we'll get 36 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:06.400 through it together. Right, Okay, let's get going. We got 37 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:09.159 a lot going on. Here's what's ahead on wake up call. 38 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:12.479 Eric and lyleman Endez are expected to appear virtually for 39 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:15.039 a two day hearing that gets underway this morning in 40 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:18.599 Van Eys. The judge gonna hear arguments for and against 41 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:22.000 the brother's request to be re sentenced for the murder 42 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:26.639 of their parents in nineteen eighty nine. Da Nathan Hoffman 43 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:29.039 has requested a delay, so we're going to have to 44 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:32.000 wait and see if the judge grants that. Kfi's Michael 45 00:02:32.039 --> 00:02:34.120 Monks is there. He's going to be bringing us the 46 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:37.400 latest throughout the day. About seventy students in Orange County 47 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:40.719 have had their student visas revoked by the Trump administration. 48 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:45.280 Attorney General Rob Bonta and nineteen other states attorney general 49 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:51.080 are challenging the administration over student visa revocations. Look Up 50 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:54.680 in the sky, the Lerid meteor shower is underway. The 51 00:02:54.680 --> 00:02:59.039 annual celestial display started last night. It'll go through April 52 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:03.240 twenty fifth, says the media. Showers expected to peak next 53 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:05.560 week on April twenty first and twenty second. And all 54 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:07.199 you need to see it is clear weather in a 55 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:13.560 dark sky. So is AI making us dumber? ABC's Jim 56 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:15.680 Ryan's going to join us in about two minutes to 57 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:18.240 tell us. We've been talking about how tariffs are going 58 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:20.680 to affect car sales and lumber and steal, but what 59 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:22.879 about the little guy. We're going to talk to the 60 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:26.159 CEO of Women Business Collaborative at five point twenty to 61 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:29.479 talk about how small businesses could get hit really hard. 62 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:32.919 I've got an Amy's on it out and about mashup 63 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:34.840 for you today at the bottom of the hour, we're 64 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:38.840 headed to the studio at five point fifty. Griffith Park 65 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:41.280 is going high tech for hiking, and we're going to 66 00:03:41.319 --> 00:03:43.360 tell you how you can help make our little urban 67 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:47.120 sanctuary even better. As we head towards Earth Day, we're 68 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:50.360 going to be talking with Brenda Reese with friends of 69 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:53.599 Griffith Park. Let's get started with some of the stories 70 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:55.639 coming out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. A 71 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:58.680 hearing on the re sentencing of the Menendez brothers is 72 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:02.879 set to start this morning. Legal analyst Alison Treesil tells 73 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:05.560 KTLA both sides been going over their arguments for a 74 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:06.039 while now. 75 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:10.520 Either Eric and Lyle should be re sentenced or, as 76 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:14.800 the prosecution will surely argue, these two still pose a 77 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:17.199 danger to public safety. 78 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:20.120 As I mentioned, kfi's Michael Monks is going to be 79 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:24.000 at the Van Nights Courthouse with complete coverage for US 80 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:28.319 all morning and all afternoon. A man has died after 81 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:31.120 an officer involved shooting at the end of a wild 82 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:34.240 high speed chase in Orange County. This woman lives near 83 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:35.439 where it happened in Anaheim. 84 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:36.959 Well, well, so you just here. 85 00:04:37.319 --> 00:04:39.399 Like what it sounds like gunshots. 86 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:41.279 First of we thought it was a car, but then 87 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:43.399 everyone started running off. Soon it was gunshots. 88 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:46.279 Police shot the driver last night after disabling his pickup 89 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:49.040 truck with a pit maneuver on a bridge above the 90 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:52.240 Santa Ana River. The Ventura County Sheriff's Office says two 91 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:53.600 of its deputies have been arrested. 92 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:57.399 News release issued Wednesday says deputies Anthony Melagon and Dylan 93 00:04:57.480 --> 00:05:00.399 Davis were arrested while off duty on March thirtieth. They 94 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:03.279 were allegedly involved in what's being called a domestic incident 95 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:04.720 at a restaurants in Camill. 96 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:08.680 Kfi's Daniel Martindale says a security guard who intervened got 97 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:10.920 hurt and had to be taken to the hospital. The 98 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:13.399 Port of La has been ordered to clean up its act. 99 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:15.879 A tentative settlement has been reached against the City of 100 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:19.319 La for alleged violations of the Federal Clean Water Act. 101 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:20.399 The Port of La. 102 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:23.519 Has to improve its management of storm water and groundwater 103 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:26.399 to make sure toxic pollutants stay out of the harbor. 104 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:30.199 The lawsuit brought by La based Environment California last year 105 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:33.199 alleged that there have been more than two thousand illegal 106 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:36.839 discharges of pollution in the previous five years at the port. 107 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:41.480 Deborah mark Koffi News a gray whale. 108 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:44.680 Has been freed after its tail became entangled in gill 109 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:48.040 metting in the waters off Rancho Palace Verties. Noah Fisheries 110 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:51.639 officials say the twenty five foot whale got tangled and 111 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:55.720 tethered to a rock crab trap. It had been dragging 112 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:58.639 it along the seafloor from Newport Beach to Rancho Palace 113 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:00.879 Verties for about a week and a half. Half A 114 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:04.720 crew was able to untangle and release the whale that 115 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:10.639 quickly swam away. Let's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim, 116 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:15.079 artificial intelligence is here, but do we even know what 117 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:17.839 it can do? And are we using it? 118 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:18.399 Yes? 119 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:20.240 Are we afraid of it? 120 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:20.600 Yes? 121 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:22.160 Yes? Yes, I still am. 122 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:25.279 You've heard of Quinnipiac University, right, that's that Connecticut school 123 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:27.839 and they do surveys on things all year long about 124 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:30.439 different things. Now they've gone out and they've asked over 125 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:32.480 a thousand people around the country. So what do you 126 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:37.079 know about AI and how do you feel about artificial intelligence? Well, 127 00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:40.439 betting upon your age. You either accept it, you're okay 128 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:42.439 with it, or you're terrified that it's going to take 129 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:45.160 over the world. The older you are, the more you 130 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:48.439 fall into that latter group. Right, But it also depends 131 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:51.199 not just on your age, but on the task that 132 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:54.800 you're asking AI to do. When it comes to, for example, 133 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:58.560 medical advances, fifty nine percent of Americans think AI will 134 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:02.600 do more good than harm. But if you ask it 135 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:06.480 to screen health insurance claims or screen loan applications or 136 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:09.759 job applications, people are more queasy about it, and they 137 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:13.360 can't support artificial intelligence doing that. They would rather have 138 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:15.560 a person sitting across the desk. 139 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:19.600 I would agree with that, like, because I think when 140 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:23.040 you take the human factor out, like you mentioned a resume, 141 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:28.240 someone might look great on a resume, but in person, 142 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:31.519 they're just they're not dynamic, engaging, they can't think on 143 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:33.839 their feet, that kind of stuff. I mean, So it's 144 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:36.759 taking a huge part of the equation out. 145 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:40.879 Sure well, or the opposite. You know, somebody isn't that 146 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:44.079 dynamic or is a real go getter, but it doesn't 147 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:47.839 show on paper. Yeah, and AI might kick that person 148 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:50.600 out of the process. Maybe that could be a problem. 149 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:54.079 So yeah, it largely depends upon the job you're asking 150 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:56.240 it to do. More than eight and ten Americans, though, 151 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:59.839 are either very concerned or a little concerned that a 152 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:02.680 I will diminish the ability of people in the youngest 153 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:05.560 generation to think for themselves. In other words, that that 154 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:08.439 were dumbing down the youngest generation, because AI will be 155 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:09.839 doing all the thinking for us. 156 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:13.240 Well, you know, and that I mean, when you think 157 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:17.439 about it, it's already underway. If you think about like smartphones, 158 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:20.600 we don't remember phone numbers anymore. I know, like three 159 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:22.800 phone numbers. I know my phone number from when I 160 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:24.560 was five years old, but I you know, I don't 161 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:28.160 know my next door neighbor's phone number anymore. And like, 162 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:31.040 think about it, appointments, You put an appointment in your 163 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:32.600 phone and then you forget about it and then it 164 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:36.480 reminds you. Or even driving directions. 165 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:37.559 Right, that's a big one too. 166 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:40.000 And you know I used to get around with a 167 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:41.840 map skill, you know, the remember the map books in 168 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:43.080 the back of the car and. 169 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:43.960 The Thomas guides. Yeah. 170 00:08:44.120 --> 00:08:44.519 Sure. 171 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:47.559 But at the same time, somebody suggested earlier today to 172 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:50.159 me that you know, every piece of technology that comes 173 00:08:50.200 --> 00:08:53.720 along is going to destroy civilization. AI included, right, but 174 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:57.679 think back to the Abbacus thousands of years ago. Suddenly 175 00:08:57.679 --> 00:08:59.960 people were freaking out. You don't have to learn math 176 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:03.799 anymore because you've got this this row of this column 177 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:06.039 of bars with beads on it. You're going to use 178 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:09.480 this instead of thinking, come on and. 179 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:14.080 Look at us thinking, well, you know, now we've got 180 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:15.360 our I. 181 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:15.759 Take it back. 182 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:18.320 We did ruin us with ourselves, with the advocates. 183 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:21.080 So here's the thought though, if we if we use 184 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:26.080 a I, will we get worse? Or could we use 185 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:27.720 AI to help make us smarter? 186 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:29.120 Right? 187 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:32.080 And I think that's that's one possibility, and where you 188 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:35.320 can learn it as use it as a learning tool. Absolutely, 189 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:38.759 So while AI is teaching itself and learning, it can 190 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:41.399 also be teaching you whatever it is you want to 191 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:43.840 know and doing so kind of a personal way. 192 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:46.559 Yeah, but I think you're right. I mean, like I'm 193 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:49.000 so worried about it, and I know that I use 194 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:51.639 it because like when I Google something now and it'll 195 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:54.200 say AI generated response. But you got to be careful 196 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:55.399 because a lot of times it's wrong. 197 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:57.039 That's right, that's right. 198 00:09:57.240 --> 00:09:58.320 So found out yesterday. 199 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:01.279 I still needs us, We're still necessary. 200 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:02.279 Jim, Thank Evid. 201 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:05.600 All right. ABC's Jim Ryan always necessary on wake up call. 202 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:07.559 Thanks for joining us today. Thanks Bhabe, all right, We'll 203 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:09.679 talk to you soon. Let's get back to some of 204 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:12.279 the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 205 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:17.120 The Trump administration is facing possible contempt charges over two 206 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:21.960 deportation flights to El Salvador. ABC's Nicole Antonio says the 207 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:26.240 flights continued after a federal judge ordered they be turned around. 208 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:31.039 Judge James Sposburg saying the administration displayed a wilful disregard 209 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:35.200 for his order. His investigation could eventually include officials testifying 210 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:35.799 under oath. 211 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:40.600 She says. The judge could also appoint an independent lawyer 212 00:10:40.679 --> 00:10:45.480 to prosecute the administration. The New York Attorney General, who 213 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:48.720 led and won a civil fraud trial against President Trump 214 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:51.320 Remember That for inflating the value of Israel estate, has 215 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:55.440 now been accused of committing mortgage fraud. Letitia James hasn't 216 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:57.440 been charged, but the case is being referred to the 217 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:01.679 Department of Justice. The complaint says James's falsified records to 218 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:04.480 get sweetheart home loans for a home that she apparently 219 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:07.639 didn't live in the Supreme Court in the UK has 220 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:10.879 ruled the legal definition of a woman is someone born 221 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:15.559 a biological female. ABC's James Longman says the ruling clarifies 222 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:20.159 whether transgender women are protected from discrimination under Britain's equality law. 223 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:20.600 JK. 224 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:23.960 Rowling and other women like her say we fought for 225 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:26.799 decades for women's rights. 226 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:32.200 For feminism, The ruling goes on to say transgender people 227 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:37.360 are still protected against discrimination and harassment. Ford dealers are 228 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:41.159 being told unless the Trump administration changes its tariff's policy, 229 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:44.279 they can expect the price of vehicles to go up. 230 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:47.480 ABC's Dave Packer says Ford has sent a memo out 231 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:48.279 to its dealerships. 232 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:51.639 The automaker offered deep discounts across this lineup starting earlier 233 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:54.120 this month through the beginning of June, but the memo 234 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.480 making clear that any vehicle that's produced from May on 235 00:11:56.960 --> 00:11:59.360 will see a price increase if nothing changes with the. 236 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:03.039 Tariffsmo says any Ford cars or trucks ordered now will 237 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:06.519 have a guaranteed price, even if the vehicle isn't produced 238 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:10.159 or delivered until after May. The CEO of a large 239 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:14.080 e commerce company has said AI could maybe do certain 240 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:15.320 jobs better than people. 241 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:18.399 The CEO at Shopify has told his managers no new 242 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:20.639 hires unless it can be proven they'll be better than 243 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:25.440 artificial intelligence. Sacramento based CEO of My out Desk, Daniel Ramsey, 244 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:26.679 says that's not the right approach. 245 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:30.600 Fear is always the lack of knowledge, so educating people 246 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.120 about how it works and how they could use it, 247 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:34.720 and then being encouraging. 248 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:38.159 Ramsey's company helps connect businesses to virtual staffing and says 249 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:40.840 AI should be viewed as a tool that existing employees 250 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:44.639 should be introduced to and encouraged to use, not replaced. 251 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:47.440 By Michael Monks, KFI News. 252 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:49.480 All about AI this morning. In what could be a 253 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:53.679 major discovery in the search for life beyond Earth, scientists 254 00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:57.720 say they've detected unusual gases in the atmosphere of a 255 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:03.279 faraway planet, but University of Cambridge professor Niku Madhasuden says 256 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:04.679 more study is needed. 257 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:10.240 We have found signs of biosignature molecules either dms or 258 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:14.799 dmds or both, both of which are produced uniquely by 259 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:16.279 life here on Earth. 260 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:20.919 The discovery was made using the James Webb telescope, fresh 261 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:23.360 off in eight to seven win over the Rockies the 262 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:26.799 Dodgers head to the Lone Star State. The Dodgers are 263 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:30.120 taking on the Rangers in Texas tomorrow night. First pitch 264 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:33.159 goes off at goes out at five o'clock. You can 265 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:36.840 listen to every play on AM five seventy LA Sports 266 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:39.600 Live from the Galpin Motors Broadcast booth. You can also 267 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:42.200 stream all the games in HD on the iHeartRadio app 268 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:46.039 Keyword AM five seventy LA Sports La County DA Nathan 269 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:50.399 Hawkman has asked for a delay for today's scheduled resentencing 270 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:54.279 hearing for Eric and Lylemanendez. He says they need time 271 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:56.919 to review a new parole board assessment. The hearing is 272 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:59.279 scheduled to start and Van Nis at nine thirty are 273 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:01.720 Michael Munks to be there covering it all day for US. 274 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:04.720 Three people have been arrested in connection with more than 275 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:08.679 two dozen break ins in North Hollywood between January and March. 276 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:13.120 The LAPD says the three homeless men hit both homes 277 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:15.799 and businesses and apparently told police they did it to 278 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:19.120 pay for their drug habits. Stocks have dropped again following 279 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:22.759 the Federal Reserve chairman saying he expects inflation to rise 280 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:28.840 and economic growth to slow because of tariffs. Speaking of tariffs, 281 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:31.720 let's say good morning to the chief executive officer of 282 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:35.399 the Women Business Collaborative. It's Gwen Rece. Good morning, Gwen 283 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:36.919 A So I'm sorry, it's Gwen. 284 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:39.919 Young morning Amy when y no problem, Good morning. 285 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:43.480 I'm good. We're talking to Brenda Reese a little bit later, 286 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:47.559 so I just mixed you guys up. So, Gwen, before 287 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:50.440 we get started and jump in and talk about these 288 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:53.840 the tariffs, tell us a little bit about what your organization, 289 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:56.879 Women Business Collaborative does. So we have a frame of reference. 290 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:01.240 Absolutely, So we are a co collaborative, which means we 291 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:05.039 have eighty seven organization, sixty seven sponsors, and three hundred 292 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:08.600 individuals that are committed to growing women in business. And 293 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:13.159 related to this conversation, about forty percent of our collaborative 294 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:15.399 is women owned businesses. So we are there to support 295 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:18.440 and grow these businesses and help continue to grow the economy. 296 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:21.679 Okay, awesome, So let's talk about tariffs. A lot of 297 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:24.480 focus has been on the car makers and things like 298 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:27.679 lumber and steal. We just had a story about Fords 299 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:29.720 and on a memo to its dealership saying, hey, if 300 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:31.679 the tariffs take hold, prices are going to go up, 301 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:35.240 but as the tariffs take hold. If they do, they 302 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:38.840 could have a huge effect on small businesses. So what 303 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:41.679 kind of things are the small businesses experiencing? 304 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.720 Well, i'm the small businesses which are about either you know, 305 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:49.919 forty four percent of economic activity and actually have small 306 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:53.960 businesses and all businesses women are about forty percent. You know, 307 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:58.120 what we're seeing is these are math market goods, these 308 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:01.240 are necessities, These are consumers good these are toys, these 309 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:05.320 are clothing, apparel, makeup, and so forth. So it's a 310 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:09.120 really interesting, you know, group of businesses. And these are 311 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:12.720 businesses and have smaller profit margins, right, which means that 312 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:16.120 any disruption in their supplies if they put into their 313 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:18.879 business or their outputs, you know, they just don't have 314 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:22.360 that ability to weather a shock, right, So that means 315 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:25.000 can they pass it on to the consumer? Do they 316 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:27.559 have to shutter? Do they have access to financing? And 317 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:31.000 unlike those those bigger companies, they have less access to 318 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:34.879 financing an opportunity, So they're really being impacted by you know, 319 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:36.600 what may or may not happen in the shifts in 320 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:38.600 what the tariffs are going to be. 321 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:42.639 And have they already started to feel the effects. Are 322 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:45.480 we still sort of in a holding pattern since almost 323 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:49.159 everything's been passed, well not China though, but pretty much 324 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:51.519 everything else has been paused for ninety days. But those 325 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:54.879 tariffs are still in place for China. So are people 326 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:57.240 feeling the pinch already? 327 00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:59.919 They are feeling the pinch already, and they're already starting 328 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:03.600 to you know, advocate, you know, describe what that what 329 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:06.519 that effect looks like. If you're a business that regards 330 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:09.599 on a supply that you would, you know, bring from China. 331 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.559 Clothing is one of the biggest thing where the world's 332 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:14.519 biggest importer of clothing, so they're starting to fill at effect. 333 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:16.359 Prices are going up and I need to think it 334 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:18.559 was last week we saw an article that said you 335 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:20.920 can expect prices to raise by ten to twenty five 336 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:24.039 percent right now, and things like toys by about twenty 337 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:27.839 three percent. So the impacts are immediate and it's impacting also, 338 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:30.440 you know, local businesses are people that we're going to 339 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:32.839 start a business because where are you going to get 340 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:34.960 those supplies? Where are you going to find that financing? 341 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:38.880 Yeah, and then even if they can whether the storm, 342 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:41.039 like you said, they've got a lot of decisions to make. 343 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:44.559 I mean like, do they cut hours for their workers, 344 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:47.960 do they increase prices? Do they offer fewer items? So 345 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:50.160 there's a lot of decisions that are going to have 346 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:50.480 to be. 347 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:54.799 Made, absolutely, And part of it too is you know, 348 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:58.519 like I said earlier, you know, we get packaging things 349 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:01.440 for packaging manufactured out side of the United States. So 350 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:04.079 if you don't have somewhere to buy that that changes 351 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:08.200 your financials, It changes your investment and money that you need. 352 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:12.640 And women still access only two percent of all available capital. 353 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:16.119 So you're making immediate decisions about what you can do 354 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:17.160 and how you can operate. 355 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:19.680 Yeah, and so you mentioned women and I know you 356 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:23.759 work with a women business collaborative. What extra challenges do 357 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:25.799 women owned businesses have? 358 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:29.880 Well, I think they say, you know, they say sort 359 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:32.920 of two extra challenges right women owned businesses is one 360 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:35.799 is they don't have the same networks and they are 361 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:38.559 not represented in some of these larger industries at the 362 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:40.640 same rate as men are, which means what they don't 363 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:42.799 have the type of partnerships, they don't have access to 364 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:45.440 capital and finance, and then definitely probably don't have that 365 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:48.880 sort of advocacy power or that flexibility to figure out 366 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:52.039 where to absorb those prices or how they can raise 367 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:55.599 the prices. Plus many are manufacturing, you know, many of 368 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:58.119 our consumer goods and the goods that we use every day, 369 00:18:58.519 --> 00:19:00.920 so you know, passing a price long to the consumer 370 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:03.279 really is going to impact their business and what they're 371 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:04.720 going to be able to sell. So they really do 372 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.880 facing new challenges. 373 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:09.119 Okay, Gwen, is there anything that we wake up call 374 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:11.839 listeners can do to help out the small businesses? 375 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:15.039 Well, I think a couple of things. I mean we 376 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:17.200 always say, you know, by local, you know, and that 377 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:19.119 sort of thing, and try to do what we can do. 378 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:21.119 But you know, the advocacy right now is let's get 379 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:23.960 some exemptions for those small businesses. Let's look at the 380 00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:27.599 impact on the small businesses, and let's find where big 381 00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:30.559 companies you know and local, national, and federal government can 382 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:33.440 support those small businesses. So if we can continue to 383 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:36.680 make that drum week drum beat call for that action 384 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:39.000 and support those small businesses, that's what we can do 385 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.880 to help them stay alive. 386 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:43.279 Local and small is always good. Gwen Young, the CEO 387 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:46.400 of Women Business Collaborative, Thanks so much for helping kind 388 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:50.720 of sort through this with us today. 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