January 8, 2026 • 35 mins
Palisades Fire victim enters LA Mayor’s race; Nick Reiner’s high-profile defense attorney has left his client, leaving the 32-year old with a public defender on the case in which he’s accused of murdering his father, Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his mother; Civil rights activists call for a demonstration in LA after an ICE agent is involved in a deadly shooting in Minneapolis; Warner Brothers Discovery once again rejects Paramount’s bid to buy it.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
This is well, I don't know what this is. It's
nine o'clock. I'm Michael Monks from KFI News with you.
We are now live. I do hope that you enjoyed
our two hour fire special that preceded this hour. If
you missed any part of it, you can find it
at KFIAM six forty dot com or on the iHeartRadio
app Soon do share. It will also re air on
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Saturday night from six to eight pm. That will be
in lieu of my regular Saturday night show, Michael Monks reports.
So it has been one year since those devastating wildfires
tour through Los Angeles County, basically erasing Pacific Palisades and
Alta Dina as we knew it, and one year later,
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not a whole lot to show for it in the
form of recovery. And if you know anything about Los Angeles,
it's very difficult to build anything here anyway. But when
you think about the massive losses incurred all at the
same time, and the rush and the need to rebuild
so much at the same time, it's going to take
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a very very long time to get this city. These
areas back to any semblance of normal. The processes here
are already bogged down annoyingly long, and this fire has
only exposed that further. There will be so much more
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to talk about this year, as year two of the
recovery gets underway. But for now, we recognize the one
year anniversary of the Palisades Fire, the Eaten Fires, the
other fires that tour through southern California on that January
day one year ago.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Today, exactly one year ago, unstoppable wildfires consuming entire neighborhoods.
When the smoke cleared, the Palace and Altadena fires had
destroyed more than thirteen thousand structures and killed thirty one people. Today,
a community led demonstration called they Let Us Burn, angry
at the city's response to the fires, and much of
the anger aimed at the mayor of Los Angeles, who
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was out of the country at the time.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I still haven't been home. My family hasn't been home.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
Although our house is standing, we got left contamination, so
we don't feel safe going back.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
I ran out of unemployment money, and you know, it's
kind of hard trying to just stay afloat. I'm back
at work, but it's nowhere near the capacity that I
was before the fire. I never thought that I'd be
standing here saying that my house is no longer standing.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I've lived it out to all of my life.
Speaker 6 (02:46):
The numbers are staggering here. Nearly twenty four thousand acres
burned here in the Palisades fire alone, nearly seven thousand structures,
most of them homes. We're back here on Hartzell Street
where we were standing just one year ago, and you
can home after home wiped from the earth. For the
families who live here along this street, the last year
has been a struggle deciding how to rebuild here.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
One year later, fewer than a dozen homes have been
rebuilt here in Altadena, dozens of empty lots lined the neighborhood.
Speaker 7 (03:17):
Oh, we have been paying this entire time the mortgage.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
The Lombardi family say their property tested for high level
toxins like lead. As they go back and forth with
their insurance company, their homes still looking exactly as they
left it.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
We're just asking our insurance companies for what's right and
due to.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Us struggling to find permanent housing.
Speaker 8 (03:36):
One year after they eat and fire devastated Altadena. Rebuilding
is beginning, but many lots remain bare. Victims who lost
their homes have had to decide sell their land and leave,
or stay and fight to rebuild. Kim Jones family made
the tough decision to sell. An LLC bought their land.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
It's perfect timing for people to come over and so bad.
Speaker 8 (03:57):
Some victims claim a gold rush is underway by developer
jen u Is staying and rebuilding.
Speaker 9 (04:02):
Everybody lives on the street have some type of feeling
towards the special.
Speaker 8 (04:07):
Home Alex Stone, ABC News, Alta, Dina, California.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
And those are just some of the questions that remain.
Will outsiders come in and buy up these lots? Will
they sit on them for a while because they're well capitalized,
slowing the progress and putting that neighborhood back together? Many,
many questions remain. One question that does not remain after
an event today is will there be another candidate in
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the race for Los Angeles mayor. There was a rally
in Pacific Palisades today that did not take any type
of somber tone. Really, there were commemorative events that were quieter,
but there was also one in the Palisades called they
let us burn Folks who are livid angry with the
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work done by the City of Los Angeles leading up
to the fires, the work done during the fires, and
the work done after the fires. And no one has
been louder about this than former reality television star Spencer Pratt.
He's grown quite a profile on social media since the
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Palisades fire claimed his home, and he's been platformed by
a lot of conservative activists and politicians Online. He's gotten
a lot of traction. Today, he announced that he is
going to seek the city's highest office. Here are some
of his remarks at the They Let Us Burn rally
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in Pacific Palisades today.
Speaker 7 (05:42):
Oh my gosh, I got more water coming out of
my eyes in LADWP out in both our reservoirs. I'm
here today to come commemorate the one year anniversary of
the worst day of my life. On January seventh, twenty
twenty five, Heidi and I lost our home. We lost
every material possession we owned. My parents lost their home too,
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and with it decades of memories made inside those walls.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
I grew up in the Palisades.
Speaker 7 (06:09):
I moved through these streets thinking my two boys would
grow up here just like I did, with that same
hometown feeling then right before my eyes, the future I
envisioned from my family burned to the ground. Standing here
one year later, I have to tell you the most
heartbreaking part of the past year wasn't being displaced or
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losing everything I own. It was the realization that all
of this was preventable. We are standing here amongst the
ashes of our once beautiful town because the state and
local leaders let us burn. Gavin Newsom and the State
of California let brush grow wild into Penga State Park
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for fifty years with no prescribed burns and no wildfire maintenance.
Gavin Newsom and the State of California created an ensuranurance
markets so hostile that every major carrier stopped writing policies
and dropped our families and our neighbors just before the
sparks flew here in the Palisades, NGOs, nonprofits and unions
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are running this town. Why do you think one hundred
million in fire aid money is missing? The system in
Los Angeles isn't struggling, It's fundamentally broken. It is a
machine designed to protect the people at the top and
the friends they exchanged favors with, while the rest of
us drown in toxic smoke and ash. Business as usual
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is a death sentence for Los Angeles and I'm done
waiting for someone to take real action. That's why I
am running for mayor and let and let me be clear,
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this just isn't a campaign.
Speaker 10 (08:10):
This is a mission, and we are going to expose
the system. We are going into every dark corner of
LA politics and disinfecting this city with our light. And
when we are done, La is going to be camera
ready again.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
That was reality TV star Spencer Pratt speaking at the
They Let Us Burn rally in Pacific Palisades. He lost
his home in the Palisades fire, has been a vocal
critic of the state and local government since then, and
has now announced his candidacy for mayor of Los Angeles.
He's serious about it. He posted a photo on Instagram
after this announcement showing that he has formally signed the
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papers to enter the race. Elliemhor Karen Bass is running
for reelection. She so far faces a challenge from former
LAUSD superintendent Austin Buner, who seems to be running a
pretty professional campaign, but there are other challengers. Ray Huang,
a Democratic Socialist housing advocacy executive. There's also a Porter
Ranch neighborhood counselor assad Al Najar who ran for city
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council in the twelfth district in twenty twenty, and Vincent Wally,
who's a musician here in town. Spencer Pratt now joining
that field for the June primary. We're still waiting to
see if developer Rick Caruso enters this race as well.
Possibly e La County Supervisor Lindsay Horvath also speculated as
someone to watch as a potential candidate. Up next. Nick Reiner,
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accused of killing his parents, actor director Rob Reiner and
his own mother inside their home in Brentwood. He was
in court today and now he has a public defender,
as his high profile attorney says he's off the case.
That's next.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Nick Reiner, the thirty two year old man accused of
killing his parents inside their home home in Brentwood, was
in court today. His parents, of course, actor director Rob
Reiner and his wife Michelle, murdered before Christmas. Nick Reiner
was to be arraigned today, but something significant happened. After
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his arrest. He appeared with high profile defense attorney Alan Jackson,
who said to the media and the public, give this
some time, let all of the facts come out. There
is much to this story. But now Alan Jackson is
not Nick Reiner's attorney anymore.
Speaker 8 (10:40):
Alan Jackson withdrawing from the case. Now under a protective order.
He can't speak about it. We don't know the reasoning
behind it. That is all sealed. But he is no
longer Nick Reiner's attorney. Everything has been put on hold
until February twenty third. At this point, no plea was
entered today. Everything is now on hold. When they came
back out, there was a new woman, a public defender.
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She's known as Miss Green is her name, and that
is now his attorney. And the reasoning for Alan Jackson
withdrawing from the case now under a protective order. He
can't speak about it. We don't know the reasoning behind it.
That is all sealed.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
That's ABC's Alex Stone reporting today from the court room.
Now Nick Reiner's previous attorney, Alan Jackson, told the judge
he needed to withdraw from this case, saying, we feel
we have no choice at this juncture. You'll hear from
Alan Jackson in just a moment. This announcement came shortly after,
Kimberly Green, the public defender appointed to defend Nick Reiners,
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you heard reported by Alex Stone there, spoke briefly in
the courtroom with Nick Reiner before this hearing began, and
the public defender Green asked for this arraignment to be
delayed one last time. It was previous delayed because Alan
Jackson requested a delay. Say, we need some time to
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listen to the evidence and talk to the client and
figure some things out. Now, Alan did speak, Excuse me,
Alan Jackson did speak with reporters. We didn't learn a
whole lot, but here's what he said. We're not just convinced.
Speaker 11 (12:16):
We know that the legal process will reveal the true
facts of the circumstances surrounding this case. Next case, we
expect the public defender to step in. They've already been
appointed and very capably protect Nick Reiner's interests. But be clear,
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be very very clear about this. My team and I
remain deeply, deeply committed to Nick Reiner and to his
best interests. And you can take this to the bank.
Is that pursue it to the laws of this state.
Pursue it to the law in California. Nick Reiner is
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not guilty of murder. Print that print that circumstances beyond
our control, but more importantly, circumstances beyond Nick's control have
dictated that. Sadly, it's made it impossible for us to
continue our representation of Nick.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
That's defense attorney Alan Jackson, saying that he will no
longer be representing Nick Reiner, but obviously giving a passionate
defense for him anyway, at least as it relates to
the specific charge of murder. He says that the evidence
will show Nick Reiner is not guilty of murder. He
was charged for the December sixteenth killing of his seventy
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eight year old father and his seventy year old mother,
who were found dead excuse me on December fourteenth, that
was a Sunday and Ellie County DA Nathan Hoffman disagrees
with Alan Jackson's characterization of whether or not the evidence
will prove Nick Reiner is guilty of murder. He says
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that he's quite confident that a jury will convict Nick
Reiner of those charges. But why would a high profile
defense attorney like Alan Jackson speak so passionately last month
on behalf of his client and speak so passionately today
on behalf of his now former client while leaving the
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case behind. I'm not a legal expert, but ABC Legal
contributor Royal Oakes is, and here is his explanation.
Speaker 12 (14:38):
Most attorney withdrawls boil down to one of two things.
The client can't or won't pay the fee, or the
lawyer and client fundamentally disagree on strategy. In a case
involving mental health issues, that disagreement can be especially sharp.
It's hard to read too much into this, but it
doesn't change the big picture. The most likely defense strategies
remain either claim incompetency to stand trial or insanity at
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the time of the offense, or mental illness supporting manslaughter
rather than murder. Between now and the next court date,
there may be signs about a mental health strategy that
could include requests for a competency evaluation, filings about psychiatric history,
or even statements made publicly to frame how the defense
wants the case viewed. A high profile defendant suddenly losing
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a high profile lawyer doesn't happen lightly. It usually points
to either a serious money dispute or a fundamental disagreement
over how the case should be defended.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
The stakes are high in this case. Nick Reiner is
charged with murder and the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders,
which opens him to a possible death sentence. Now, when
La County DA Nathan Hoffman announced the charges last month,
he said he had not yet decided whether they would
pursue that that will be up to prosecutors. So we
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will have to continue to monitor this case and see
what type of conversation Nick Reiner appears to have with
his new public defend or attorney now that Alan Jackson
has stepped away from the case. Will there be a plea?
That's what we'll wait to find out. Gotta let you know,
just like there was a year ago, today, there's some
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seriously windy conditions coming through southern California. It's not the
type of Santa Ana wins that we were dealing with
a year ago, in those dry conditions that ultimately led
to those deadly and destructive wildfires. But following all of
that rain that we've been dealing with for the past
I don't know year, at least since before Christmas, gusty
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winds are expected to blow in starting tonight continuing into
the weeknd high wind warnings have been issued by the
National Weather Service, started at eight o'clock tonight. They'll be
in effect until eight o'clock tomorrow night in the western
Antelope Valley Foothills, the Antelope Valley, San Gabriel Mountains, and
the Golden State five Freeway Corridor. Forecasters say winds of
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twenty five to forty miles per hour are possible in
most of those affected areas. There could be some gusts
up to sixty five miles per hour possible. A separate
high wind warning will take effect at six o'clock tomorrow
morning and continue till one o'clock Saturday afternoon. For the
San Gabriel Mountains and the Antelope Valley fourteen Freeway Corridor,
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Gusts as high as seventy miles per hour are possible there.
There was a deadly shooting in Minneapolis today involving an
ice agent. Now there's a call for a demonstration in
Los Angeles tomorrow morning.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News. I'll be with you
till ten o'clock tonight.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Again.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
If you missed our fire special La Fires one year later.
It aired tonight from seven to nine, but it'll be
online KFIAM six forty dot com or on the iHeartRadio app.
There is a manhunt on the way in Salt Lake
City following a shooting in the park parking lot of
a church of Latter Day Saints has happened while a
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funeral was reportedly underway in the chapel of that church.
Speaker 9 (18:08):
Well by the Maverick and the McDonald's here. There is
a heavy police presence still on scene here.
Speaker 8 (18:13):
Caution tape still up here.
Speaker 9 (18:15):
A funeral was taking place here at the time when
a shooting happened. There was an altercation that broke out,
leading to shots fired. Eight victims, three in critical condition.
Speaker 8 (18:27):
Police say it was just after seven thirty in the
evening when calls came in of multiple victims down a
shooting in a parking lot at an LDS church in
Salt Lake City. Police say when they arrived on scene,
some victims had already been rushed to hospitals in private vehicles.
The shooter or shooters were gone. Investigators are working to
figure out if the shooting was gang related. The crime
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scene is confined to a church parking lot. A cousin
of the victims is a family funeral was underway, but
there was an argument among family members in the LDS
church parking lot when shots were fired and victims were We
were a hit, Glenn Mills with Salt Lake City Pelay.
Speaker 6 (19:03):
Some of the victims were taken by a private vehicle
to a local hospital and dropped off before we were
able to arrive.
Speaker 8 (19:10):
When police arrived on seeing the shooter or shooters were
gone and a manhunt was initiated. PELA say the crime
scene is confined to the church parking lot at like
Stone eb citys And.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
That story just came across our wires at about five
till eight o'clock tonight, So still very fresh and we'll
continue to monitor that situation. But reports of eight people shot.
We do have some reports as becuggest two people have
died from that shooting at a church of Latter Day
Saints in Salt Lake City. Meanwhile, a very challenging day
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in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a day of much unrest and Immigration
and Customs Enforcement officer has shot and killed a woman
there who was driving during the Trump administration's latest immigration
crackdown on that city. Federal officials say this thirty seven
year old woman's killing on Wednesday was an act of
self defense. Here are some news reports on that situation.
Speaker 13 (20:03):
Obviously, you have a situation where the administration has been
surging in enforcement operation immigration enforcement operations within the city,
and now this encounter.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Tensions had been rising.
Speaker 13 (20:16):
Now we have a death.
Speaker 14 (20:18):
It happened on a residential street south of Minneapolis's downtown.
A thirty seven year old woman positioned her red Honda
Pilot in the middle of the road. Videos show massed
agents closing in on foot, demanding that she exit the vehicle.
The suv went into reverse and then accelerated. One of
the agents fired three times. Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nolmes
says the officer acted in self defense. It was an
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active domestic terrorism.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frye.
Speaker 15 (20:42):
Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell
everybody directly that is.
Speaker 14 (20:46):
Bo Stephen Portnoy, ABC News Washington.
Speaker 16 (20:50):
The President defending the officers, saying we need to stand
by and protect our law enforcement officers from this radical
left movement of violence and hate. So that's the President
Vin's post on social media.
Speaker 17 (21:01):
The incident unfolding around ten o'clock this morning. The disturbing
video posted on x shows the vehicle back up as
an officer grabs a door, then multiple shots, including through
the windshield. The car accelerating and crashing was horrible.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
I mean, she crashed her car into a park car
in front of me. A neighbor ran across the street
and opened her car door.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
To see if she could provide any assistance.
Speaker 17 (21:26):
The angry crowd forced back, throwing snowballs, agents responding with
pepper spray and tear gas.
Speaker 13 (21:32):
There's an effort underway to get all the video involved,
including any worn by law enforcement officials in terms of
body camera footage, also any footage from local passers by
people in the neighborhood.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
And that was reports from Minneapolis and some of the
national correspondents getting reaction from Washington after an ICE agent
killed a woman in Minneapolis today, disputes over whether she
was attacking this person with her vehicle. Mayor Jacob fry
what they are doing is causing Mayor Jacob Frye of
Minneapolis very very upset about what transpired. You heard a
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little bit in Steven Portnoy's report there from ABC. Here
is more what they are.
Speaker 15 (22:16):
Doing is causing chaos and distrust. They're ripping families apart,
They're sowing chaos on our streets and in this case,
quite literally killing people. This was an agent recklessly using
power that resulted in somebody dying getting killed. We do
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not want you here. Your stated reason for being in
this city is to create some kind of safety, and
you are doing exactly the opposite. People are being hurt,
families are being ripped apart. Long term Minneapolis residents that
have contributed so greatly to our city, to our culture,
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to our economy are being terrorized, and now somebody is dead.
What this federal administration is doing right now is not
about creating safety. Do not let them tell you that
what they are doing is about creating safety. It is
not just having the opposite impact. There were dozens, if
not hundreds, of ice and federal officers that were there.
Speaker 17 (23:21):
At the time.
Speaker 15 (23:25):
Having them there was only causing more chaos. Having them
there was only making a difficult situation even more problematic,
and one that yes, they created themselves. They are already
trying to spin this as an action of self defense.
Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell
everybody directly that is.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
You can surmise what the mayor said there. That's the
mayor of Minneapolis. Governor Tim Walls also tried to speak
a little bit differently than the mayor did, try to
calm the waters a little bit and asked for peaceful
protest here in Los Angeles, demonstrators may take to downtown
tomorrow to speak out against that killing in Minneapolis. One
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of the people who organizes as Nausea Lee has also
spoken out. Just last week, after a man in Northridge
was shot and killed by an off duty Ice agent.
The LAPD says it's investigating this New Year's Eve shooting
of this man. They went to a residence just before
midnight last Wednesday to reports of a man firing shots
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in the air at an apartment complex on Roscoe Boulevard
and Amastoy Avenue about an hour before the initial call,
and the ice officer has not yet been identified, responded
to this shooting and exchanged gunfire with the shooter, according
to his statement from the Department of Homeland Security. Their
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statement says, on December thirty, first and off duty ICE
officer bravely responded to an active shooter situation at his
apartment complex in order to protect his life and that
of others, He was forced to defensively use his weapon
and exchanged gunfire with the shooter. Fortunately, our brave officer
was not injured while protecting his community. One resident told
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Fox eleven, it was like a lot of shots. It
was more than ten shots. It was a lot of shots,
and we got scared. But I thought it was something
like fireworks. Naji Ali of Project Islamic Hope said the
man who was killed was a guy named Keith Porter Junior,
who died there at the scene. The off duty officer
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called the LAPD immediately to report the shooting. According to
the DHS, the LAPD was investigating that shooting, but did
not identify Keith Porter Junior by name. Ali says he
believes Porter was unjustly shot and killed by an over
zealous off duty Ice agent. He has called a sighted
witnesses who say Porter was just firing a rifle into
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the air to celebrate the New year, which is illegal.
So Naje Ellie says that civil rights activists may hold
a demonstration in downtown Los Angeles tomorrow morning in protest
of this latest killing in Minneapolis at the hands of
an ICE agent. Michael, if you don't mind my budding anything,
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why don't you scare me? I'm sitting here, and then
suddenly the Lord is speaking in my day.
Speaker 18 (26:26):
Yes, the Lord would like to inform you that the
protests you're spreading. What I'm seeing now is that there
are protests about this Minnesota ice killing in Seattle and
New York and possibly other places.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Well, you can always count on LA to participate. When
there's any opportunity to protest. People do they show up here?
They just do. Oh, there's no doubt. I would be
shocked if there wasn't a protest here tomorrow. And what
you're seeing is other cities experiencing that turmoil of the
arrival of these federal agents, something that LA got first.
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This was really the first city that the immigration enforcement
efforts really ramps up in. And you did hear local
officials saying, we're the test kitchen. We are the place
that this activity is going to be starting, and then
it's going elsewhere. It's kind of slower here lately, but
it's a new year, and you can expect that any
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call for some of these protesters in Los Angeles will
show up for this. But a very dangerous situation a
disputed one. Let's be clear, there are obviously two sides
to both of these accounts, the thing that happened in
Northridge and the thing that happened in Minneapolis. And what
we should hope for is a fair investigation of the
facts so that we can learn what really went down
and what the consequences, if any, should be up next.
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Big big, big changes possibly on the horizon here in Hollywood.
But one thing stays the same. Warner Brothers doesn't want
Paramount to be It's daddy, and it's said so again.
Even if you don't care about Hollywood business, to pay
attention to this big, big thing because it could change
the entire landscape of Los Angeles' signature industry. We'll get
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into that next.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News wrapping things up with
you on this Wednesday night in southern California and coming
up next coast to coast with George Norri who joins
us now Live. Good evening to you. George, Hello, Michael,
how are you? I am well. I think today is
the last day where we can officially say Happy New Year.
Without being you know, complete duphasis. So happy New Year
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to you.
Speaker 12 (28:41):
We'll be saying happy twenty seven pretty soon.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
It goes by too fast and does Indeed, Hey, what's
on the show tonight?
Speaker 14 (28:49):
Tonight we're going to talk about protecting our power grid.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
Then later on we're going to go into this strange
and unusual on coast to coast. Can't wait for that. George,
always great to talk to. You, have a good one.
Speaker 14 (29:00):
Thank you, Michael.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
Warner Brothers. Discovery's board of directors for the second time
has voted unanimously to reject Paramount's latest offer to buy them,
and the company reiterated its recommendation and supported the Netflix
offer of eighty two point seven billion dollars.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
Now.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
Warner Brothers rejected this thing previously. And the reason you
need to pay attention to this is this could completely
reshape Hollywood. And these aren't just companies that put out
big movies or television shows. They own news operations as well,
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and so as you consolidate, you are combining more editorial
interest into one entity, and there is less diversity of
viewpoint and news gathering and all of that can be
really dangerous, but specifically to Los Angeles. This could cost jobs,
This could change the way content is created. We're already
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struggling here as a Hollywood industry in terms of production numbers.
This is one to watch now. Federal regulators will have
to approve Netflix's overtures to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery. But
Paramount doesn't seem ready to walk away from this yet.
(30:29):
So they've come back with this sweeter deal. Want to
see if they come back with I don't know, an
even sweeter deal. The business side of it is difficult
to understand. They're offering this much for shares and this
many billions for the company overall. They want the streaming,
they don't want the all. That's very difficult. But it's
important to pay attention to if you are a consumer
of content, if you watch movies, if you watch television shows,
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if you watch or read the news. That's the really
important part, and specifically for those of us in southern California,
this could impact your neighbors and the job market and
all of the many many jobs that are supported by
the Hollywood industry. Pay attention to that one. AVC Entertainment
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News we heard tale of a party.
Speaker 4 (31:15):
The nominations for the Actor Awards are now out. The
casts of one Battle after another and Sinners saw nominations
in multiple film categories.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
A record great studio.
Speaker 4 (31:25):
Well the TV side was all about the seth Rogan
comedy The Studio Harrison Ford, meanwhile, is set to receive
the SAG After a Life Achievement Award. The ceremony airs
live on Netflix on March first. Sus low Down has
been renewed for season two on FX. Production on the
Ethan Hawk series starts up again this spring, and the
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Fee Fighters will be down a member for a few
upcoming shows. Guitarist Pat Smear, according to an Instagram post
from the band, suffered a bizarre gardening accident. An apparent
reference to this is final Tap. Jason Faulkner, who's played
for Beck and Saint Vincent, will fill in this month
for three shows in Mexico, Los Angeles, and Texas.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
Mike Debuski, ABC News. You heard Mike Debuski there reference
the Actor Awards. The nominations are out previously known as
these SAG Awards, and we as broadcasters are part of
this union. We are of course the after of SAG
After at the American Federation of Television and radio artist,
and I think Mark Runner, we get to vote in this,
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don't we?
Speaker 18 (32:30):
We do when we certainly pay plenty of dues. Oh
my god, titleist to vote no kidding and get the screeners.
Have you ever voted no comment? But I have enjoyed
the screeners?
Speaker 2 (32:40):
Okay, I the past couple of times I've been a member,
and I get they don't send screeners anymore, by the way, right,
they don't send hard they.
Speaker 18 (32:49):
Do, but they also have an app now that you
can watch on whatever streaming device you use, which that's
what I've seen, very inconvenient. And I don't like to
vote on anything unless i've seen absolute everything, and it's
hard to find time to do that.
Speaker 2 (33:02):
Yeah, you are a movie guy, and I'm looking at
this listen. I'm completely out of touch with things that
are happening in the world.
Speaker 18 (33:08):
But I feel so left out, Like I'm you guys
are like at the cool table.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
I wouldn't call it that. We don't get out much.
Do you want to be brought in fush?
Speaker 18 (33:18):
I mean I want to get screeners. Oh, you gotta
get in the union. Well, I don't think you're in
sag after are you?
Speaker 2 (33:24):
Fish?
Speaker 18 (33:24):
You don't have to do that because you're a technical
director board op yea. But the people who are on
the air have to. It's it's the price we pay
for the honor and privilege of working.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
It's true. But but and fush, we can't even give
you the screeners like literally, they will arrest us.
Speaker 18 (33:42):
We don't want to get busted by this screener police.
I feel like I'm I'm like you guys are like
the cool table. Now you might be able to come
over and watch watch it, but I don't even know
if that's allowed. W I think the law prevents us
from being friends.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
Stuff.
Speaker 18 (33:55):
Yeah, Fushi can't come over. I'm sorry, damn it, stay away.
I'm sorry, buddy. I know we're running out of time.
But Mark, you are a movie guy. I've heard you write,
I read your writing on the air. You always have
great observations of what's happening in the cinemas, one battle
after another.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
I've loved Leonardo DiCaprio since The Beach in the nineties.
Is this as good as everyone's saying? Is this?
Speaker 18 (34:19):
Well? It's a little bit polarizing, but I really liked it.
And if you like movies, you have to at least
see it. Well, what about tim O Tay and Marty Supreme?
Have you seen that one?
Speaker 2 (34:28):
I haven't gotten to that one yet. I Ping Pong Films.
Speaker 18 (34:32):
I may not be my Bailey genre, but the word
on it is really good and it sounds like another
one of these that you just have to see one
way or the other. Well, downt Nabbey three was snubbed, robbed, completely,
rob robbed by anti Anglo files. My goodness, hey, great
to spend a little bit of time with you two fellas,
My union brother and the misfit there at the board
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still find to do.
Speaker 2 (34:56):
I'd love to do it again sometime and again. If
you missed our fire special that we deduced here at
KFI News, it ran seven to nine to nine. It's
online at KFIAM six forty dot com and you can
also look for it on the iHeartRadio app. Is Remember
the Year since the January twenty twenty five wildfires here
in La County And Michael Monks from KFI News hope
to talk to you again soon right here on kf
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I AM six
Speaker 1 (35:18):
Forty, KFI AM six forty on demand
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
This is well, I don't know what this is. It's
nine o'clock. I'm Michael Monks from KFI News with you.
We are now live. I do hope that you enjoyed
our two hour fire special that preceded this hour. If
you missed any part of it, you can find it
at KFIAM six forty dot com or on the iHeartRadio
app Soon do share. It will also re air on
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Saturday night from six to eight pm. That will be
in lieu of my regular Saturday night show, Michael Monks reports.
So it has been one year since those devastating wildfires
tour through Los Angeles County, basically erasing Pacific Palisades and
Alta Dina as we knew it, and one year later,
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not a whole lot to show for it in the
form of recovery. And if you know anything about Los Angeles,
it's very difficult to build anything here anyway. But when
you think about the massive losses incurred all at the
same time, and the rush and the need to rebuild
so much at the same time, it's going to take
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a very very long time to get this city. These
areas back to any semblance of normal. The processes here
are already bogged down annoyingly long, and this fire has
only exposed that further. There will be so much more
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to talk about this year, as year two of the
recovery gets underway. But for now, we recognize the one
year anniversary of the Palisades Fire, the Eaten Fires, the
other fires that tour through southern California on that January
day one year ago.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Today, exactly one year ago, unstoppable wildfires consuming entire neighborhoods.
When the smoke cleared, the Palace and Altadena fires had
destroyed more than thirteen thousand structures and killed thirty one people. Today,
a community led demonstration called they Let Us Burn, angry
at the city's response to the fires, and much of
the anger aimed at the mayor of Los Angeles, who
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was out of the country at the time.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I still haven't been home. My family hasn't been home.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
Although our house is standing, we got left contamination, so
we don't feel safe going back.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
I ran out of unemployment money, and you know, it's
kind of hard trying to just stay afloat. I'm back
at work, but it's nowhere near the capacity that I
was before the fire. I never thought that I'd be
standing here saying that my house is no longer standing.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I've lived it out to all of my life.
Speaker 6 (02:46):
The numbers are staggering here. Nearly twenty four thousand acres
burned here in the Palisades fire alone, nearly seven thousand structures,
most of them homes. We're back here on Hartzell Street
where we were standing just one year ago, and you
can home after home wiped from the earth. For the
families who live here along this street, the last year
has been a struggle deciding how to rebuild here.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
One year later, fewer than a dozen homes have been
rebuilt here in Altadena, dozens of empty lots lined the neighborhood.
Speaker 7 (03:17):
Oh, we have been paying this entire time the mortgage.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
The Lombardi family say their property tested for high level
toxins like lead. As they go back and forth with
their insurance company, their homes still looking exactly as they
left it.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
We're just asking our insurance companies for what's right and
due to.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Us struggling to find permanent housing.
Speaker 8 (03:36):
One year after they eat and fire devastated Altadena. Rebuilding
is beginning, but many lots remain bare. Victims who lost
their homes have had to decide sell their land and leave,
or stay and fight to rebuild. Kim Jones family made
the tough decision to sell. An LLC bought their land.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
It's perfect timing for people to come over and so bad.
Speaker 8 (03:57):
Some victims claim a gold rush is underway by developer
jen u Is staying and rebuilding.
Speaker 9 (04:02):
Everybody lives on the street have some type of feeling
towards the special.
Speaker 8 (04:07):
Home Alex Stone, ABC News, Alta, Dina, California.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
And those are just some of the questions that remain.
Will outsiders come in and buy up these lots? Will
they sit on them for a while because they're well capitalized,
slowing the progress and putting that neighborhood back together? Many,
many questions remain. One question that does not remain after
an event today is will there be another candidate in
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the race for Los Angeles mayor. There was a rally
in Pacific Palisades today that did not take any type
of somber tone. Really, there were commemorative events that were quieter,
but there was also one in the Palisades called they
let us burn Folks who are livid angry with the
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work done by the City of Los Angeles leading up
to the fires, the work done during the fires, and
the work done after the fires. And no one has
been louder about this than former reality television star Spencer Pratt.
He's grown quite a profile on social media since the
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Palisades fire claimed his home, and he's been platformed by
a lot of conservative activists and politicians Online. He's gotten
a lot of traction. Today, he announced that he is
going to seek the city's highest office. Here are some
of his remarks at the They Let Us Burn rally
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in Pacific Palisades today.
Speaker 7 (05:42):
Oh my gosh, I got more water coming out of
my eyes in LADWP out in both our reservoirs. I'm
here today to come commemorate the one year anniversary of
the worst day of my life. On January seventh, twenty
twenty five, Heidi and I lost our home. We lost
every material possession we owned. My parents lost their home too,
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and with it decades of memories made inside those walls.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
I grew up in the Palisades.
Speaker 7 (06:09):
I moved through these streets thinking my two boys would
grow up here just like I did, with that same
hometown feeling then right before my eyes, the future I
envisioned from my family burned to the ground. Standing here
one year later, I have to tell you the most
heartbreaking part of the past year wasn't being displaced or
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losing everything I own. It was the realization that all
of this was preventable. We are standing here amongst the
ashes of our once beautiful town because the state and
local leaders let us burn. Gavin Newsom and the State
of California let brush grow wild into Penga State Park
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for fifty years with no prescribed burns and no wildfire maintenance.
Gavin Newsom and the State of California created an ensuranurance
markets so hostile that every major carrier stopped writing policies
and dropped our families and our neighbors just before the
sparks flew here in the Palisades, NGOs, nonprofits and unions
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are running this town. Why do you think one hundred
million in fire aid money is missing? The system in
Los Angeles isn't struggling, It's fundamentally broken. It is a
machine designed to protect the people at the top and
the friends they exchanged favors with, while the rest of
us drown in toxic smoke and ash. Business as usual
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is a death sentence for Los Angeles and I'm done
waiting for someone to take real action. That's why I
am running for mayor and let and let me be clear,
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this just isn't a campaign.
Speaker 10 (08:10):
This is a mission, and we are going to expose
the system. We are going into every dark corner of
LA politics and disinfecting this city with our light. And
when we are done, La is going to be camera
ready again.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
That was reality TV star Spencer Pratt speaking at the
They Let Us Burn rally in Pacific Palisades. He lost
his home in the Palisades fire, has been a vocal
critic of the state and local government since then, and
has now announced his candidacy for mayor of Los Angeles.
He's serious about it. He posted a photo on Instagram
after this announcement showing that he has formally signed the
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papers to enter the race. Elliemhor Karen Bass is running
for reelection. She so far faces a challenge from former
LAUSD superintendent Austin Buner, who seems to be running a
pretty professional campaign, but there are other challengers. Ray Huang,
a Democratic Socialist housing advocacy executive. There's also a Porter
Ranch neighborhood counselor assad Al Najar who ran for city
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council in the twelfth district in twenty twenty, and Vincent Wally,
who's a musician here in town. Spencer Pratt now joining
that field for the June primary. We're still waiting to
see if developer Rick Caruso enters this race as well.
Possibly e La County Supervisor Lindsay Horvath also speculated as
someone to watch as a potential candidate. Up next. Nick Reiner,
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accused of killing his parents, actor director Rob Reiner and
his own mother inside their home in Brentwood. He was
in court today and now he has a public defender,
as his high profile attorney says he's off the case.
That's next.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Nick Reiner, the thirty two year old man accused of
killing his parents inside their home home in Brentwood, was
in court today. His parents, of course, actor director Rob
Reiner and his wife Michelle, murdered before Christmas. Nick Reiner
was to be arraigned today, but something significant happened. After
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his arrest. He appeared with high profile defense attorney Alan Jackson,
who said to the media and the public, give this
some time, let all of the facts come out. There
is much to this story. But now Alan Jackson is
not Nick Reiner's attorney anymore.
Speaker 8 (10:40):
Alan Jackson withdrawing from the case. Now under a protective order.
He can't speak about it. We don't know the reasoning
behind it. That is all sealed. But he is no
longer Nick Reiner's attorney. Everything has been put on hold
until February twenty third. At this point, no plea was
entered today. Everything is now on hold. When they came
back out, there was a new woman, a public defender.
(11:02):
She's known as Miss Green is her name, and that
is now his attorney. And the reasoning for Alan Jackson
withdrawing from the case now under a protective order. He
can't speak about it. We don't know the reasoning behind it.
That is all sealed.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
That's ABC's Alex Stone reporting today from the court room.
Now Nick Reiner's previous attorney, Alan Jackson, told the judge
he needed to withdraw from this case, saying, we feel
we have no choice at this juncture. You'll hear from
Alan Jackson in just a moment. This announcement came shortly after,
Kimberly Green, the public defender appointed to defend Nick Reiners,
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you heard reported by Alex Stone there, spoke briefly in
the courtroom with Nick Reiner before this hearing began, and
the public defender Green asked for this arraignment to be
delayed one last time. It was previous delayed because Alan
Jackson requested a delay. Say, we need some time to
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listen to the evidence and talk to the client and
figure some things out. Now, Alan did speak, Excuse me,
Alan Jackson did speak with reporters. We didn't learn a
whole lot, but here's what he said. We're not just convinced.
Speaker 11 (12:16):
We know that the legal process will reveal the true
facts of the circumstances surrounding this case. Next case, we
expect the public defender to step in. They've already been
appointed and very capably protect Nick Reiner's interests. But be clear,
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be very very clear about this. My team and I
remain deeply, deeply committed to Nick Reiner and to his
best interests. And you can take this to the bank.
Is that pursue it to the laws of this state.
Pursue it to the law in California. Nick Reiner is
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not guilty of murder. Print that print that circumstances beyond
our control, but more importantly, circumstances beyond Nick's control have
dictated that. Sadly, it's made it impossible for us to
continue our representation of Nick.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
That's defense attorney Alan Jackson, saying that he will no
longer be representing Nick Reiner, but obviously giving a passionate
defense for him anyway, at least as it relates to
the specific charge of murder. He says that the evidence
will show Nick Reiner is not guilty of murder. He
was charged for the December sixteenth killing of his seventy
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eight year old father and his seventy year old mother,
who were found dead excuse me on December fourteenth, that
was a Sunday and Ellie County DA Nathan Hoffman disagrees
with Alan Jackson's characterization of whether or not the evidence
will prove Nick Reiner is guilty of murder. He says
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that he's quite confident that a jury will convict Nick
Reiner of those charges. But why would a high profile
defense attorney like Alan Jackson speak so passionately last month
on behalf of his client and speak so passionately today
on behalf of his now former client while leaving the
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case behind. I'm not a legal expert, but ABC Legal
contributor Royal Oakes is, and here is his explanation.
Speaker 12 (14:38):
Most attorney withdrawls boil down to one of two things.
The client can't or won't pay the fee, or the
lawyer and client fundamentally disagree on strategy. In a case
involving mental health issues, that disagreement can be especially sharp.
It's hard to read too much into this, but it
doesn't change the big picture. The most likely defense strategies
remain either claim incompetency to stand trial or insanity at
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the time of the offense, or mental illness supporting manslaughter
rather than murder. Between now and the next court date,
there may be signs about a mental health strategy that
could include requests for a competency evaluation, filings about psychiatric history,
or even statements made publicly to frame how the defense
wants the case viewed. A high profile defendant suddenly losing
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a high profile lawyer doesn't happen lightly. It usually points
to either a serious money dispute or a fundamental disagreement
over how the case should be defended.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
The stakes are high in this case. Nick Reiner is
charged with murder and the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders,
which opens him to a possible death sentence. Now, when
La County DA Nathan Hoffman announced the charges last month,
he said he had not yet decided whether they would
pursue that that will be up to prosecutors. So we
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will have to continue to monitor this case and see
what type of conversation Nick Reiner appears to have with
his new public defend or attorney now that Alan Jackson
has stepped away from the case. Will there be a plea?
That's what we'll wait to find out. Gotta let you know,
just like there was a year ago, today, there's some
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seriously windy conditions coming through southern California. It's not the
type of Santa Ana wins that we were dealing with
a year ago, in those dry conditions that ultimately led
to those deadly and destructive wildfires. But following all of
that rain that we've been dealing with for the past
I don't know year, at least since before Christmas, gusty
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winds are expected to blow in starting tonight continuing into
the weeknd high wind warnings have been issued by the
National Weather Service, started at eight o'clock tonight. They'll be
in effect until eight o'clock tomorrow night in the western
Antelope Valley Foothills, the Antelope Valley, San Gabriel Mountains, and
the Golden State five Freeway Corridor. Forecasters say winds of
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twenty five to forty miles per hour are possible in
most of those affected areas. There could be some gusts
up to sixty five miles per hour possible. A separate
high wind warning will take effect at six o'clock tomorrow
morning and continue till one o'clock Saturday afternoon. For the
San Gabriel Mountains and the Antelope Valley fourteen Freeway Corridor,
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Gusts as high as seventy miles per hour are possible there.
There was a deadly shooting in Minneapolis today involving an
ice agent. Now there's a call for a demonstration in
Los Angeles tomorrow morning.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News. I'll be with you
till ten o'clock tonight.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Again.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
If you missed our fire special La Fires one year later.
It aired tonight from seven to nine, but it'll be
online KFIAM six forty dot com or on the iHeartRadio app.
There is a manhunt on the way in Salt Lake
City following a shooting in the park parking lot of
a church of Latter Day Saints has happened while a
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funeral was reportedly underway in the chapel of that church.
Speaker 9 (18:08):
Well by the Maverick and the McDonald's here. There is
a heavy police presence still on scene here.
Speaker 8 (18:13):
Caution tape still up here.
Speaker 9 (18:15):
A funeral was taking place here at the time when
a shooting happened. There was an altercation that broke out,
leading to shots fired. Eight victims, three in critical condition.
Speaker 8 (18:27):
Police say it was just after seven thirty in the
evening when calls came in of multiple victims down a
shooting in a parking lot at an LDS church in
Salt Lake City. Police say when they arrived on scene,
some victims had already been rushed to hospitals in private vehicles.
The shooter or shooters were gone. Investigators are working to
figure out if the shooting was gang related. The crime
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scene is confined to a church parking lot. A cousin
of the victims is a family funeral was underway, but
there was an argument among family members in the LDS
church parking lot when shots were fired and victims were We
were a hit, Glenn Mills with Salt Lake City Pelay.
Speaker 6 (19:03):
Some of the victims were taken by a private vehicle
to a local hospital and dropped off before we were
able to arrive.
Speaker 8 (19:10):
When police arrived on seeing the shooter or shooters were
gone and a manhunt was initiated. PELA say the crime
scene is confined to the church parking lot at like
Stone eb citys And.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
That story just came across our wires at about five
till eight o'clock tonight, So still very fresh and we'll
continue to monitor that situation. But reports of eight people shot.
We do have some reports as becuggest two people have
died from that shooting at a church of Latter Day
Saints in Salt Lake City. Meanwhile, a very challenging day
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in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a day of much unrest and Immigration
and Customs Enforcement officer has shot and killed a woman
there who was driving during the Trump administration's latest immigration
crackdown on that city. Federal officials say this thirty seven
year old woman's killing on Wednesday was an act of
self defense. Here are some news reports on that situation.
Speaker 13 (20:03):
Obviously, you have a situation where the administration has been
surging in enforcement operation immigration enforcement operations within the city,
and now this encounter.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Tensions had been rising.
Speaker 13 (20:16):
Now we have a death.
Speaker 14 (20:18):
It happened on a residential street south of Minneapolis's downtown.
A thirty seven year old woman positioned her red Honda
Pilot in the middle of the road. Videos show massed
agents closing in on foot, demanding that she exit the vehicle.
The suv went into reverse and then accelerated. One of
the agents fired three times. Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nolmes
says the officer acted in self defense. It was an
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active domestic terrorism.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frye.
Speaker 15 (20:42):
Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell
everybody directly that is.
Speaker 14 (20:46):
Bo Stephen Portnoy, ABC News Washington.
Speaker 16 (20:50):
The President defending the officers, saying we need to stand
by and protect our law enforcement officers from this radical
left movement of violence and hate. So that's the President
Vin's post on social media.
Speaker 17 (21:01):
The incident unfolding around ten o'clock this morning. The disturbing
video posted on x shows the vehicle back up as
an officer grabs a door, then multiple shots, including through
the windshield. The car accelerating and crashing was horrible.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
I mean, she crashed her car into a park car
in front of me. A neighbor ran across the street
and opened her car door.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
To see if she could provide any assistance.
Speaker 17 (21:26):
The angry crowd forced back, throwing snowballs, agents responding with
pepper spray and tear gas.
Speaker 13 (21:32):
There's an effort underway to get all the video involved,
including any worn by law enforcement officials in terms of
body camera footage, also any footage from local passers by
people in the neighborhood.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
And that was reports from Minneapolis and some of the
national correspondents getting reaction from Washington after an ICE agent
killed a woman in Minneapolis today, disputes over whether she
was attacking this person with her vehicle. Mayor Jacob fry
what they are doing is causing Mayor Jacob Frye of
Minneapolis very very upset about what transpired. You heard a
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little bit in Steven Portnoy's report there from ABC. Here
is more what they are.
Speaker 15 (22:16):
Doing is causing chaos and distrust. They're ripping families apart,
They're sowing chaos on our streets and in this case,
quite literally killing people. This was an agent recklessly using
power that resulted in somebody dying getting killed. We do
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not want you here. Your stated reason for being in
this city is to create some kind of safety, and
you are doing exactly the opposite. People are being hurt,
families are being ripped apart. Long term Minneapolis residents that
have contributed so greatly to our city, to our culture,
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to our economy are being terrorized, and now somebody is dead.
What this federal administration is doing right now is not
about creating safety. Do not let them tell you that
what they are doing is about creating safety. It is
not just having the opposite impact. There were dozens, if
not hundreds, of ice and federal officers that were there.
Speaker 17 (23:21):
At the time.
Speaker 15 (23:25):
Having them there was only causing more chaos. Having them
there was only making a difficult situation even more problematic,
and one that yes, they created themselves. They are already
trying to spin this as an action of self defense.
Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell
everybody directly that is.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
You can surmise what the mayor said there. That's the
mayor of Minneapolis. Governor Tim Walls also tried to speak
a little bit differently than the mayor did, try to
calm the waters a little bit and asked for peaceful
protest here in Los Angeles, demonstrators may take to downtown
tomorrow to speak out against that killing in Minneapolis. One
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of the people who organizes as Nausea Lee has also
spoken out. Just last week, after a man in Northridge
was shot and killed by an off duty Ice agent.
The LAPD says it's investigating this New Year's Eve shooting
of this man. They went to a residence just before
midnight last Wednesday to reports of a man firing shots
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in the air at an apartment complex on Roscoe Boulevard
and Amastoy Avenue about an hour before the initial call,
and the ice officer has not yet been identified, responded
to this shooting and exchanged gunfire with the shooter, according
to his statement from the Department of Homeland Security. Their
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statement says, on December thirty, first and off duty ICE
officer bravely responded to an active shooter situation at his
apartment complex in order to protect his life and that
of others, He was forced to defensively use his weapon
and exchanged gunfire with the shooter. Fortunately, our brave officer
was not injured while protecting his community. One resident told
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Fox eleven, it was like a lot of shots. It
was more than ten shots. It was a lot of shots,
and we got scared. But I thought it was something
like fireworks. Naji Ali of Project Islamic Hope said the
man who was killed was a guy named Keith Porter Junior,
who died there at the scene. The off duty officer
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called the LAPD immediately to report the shooting. According to
the DHS, the LAPD was investigating that shooting, but did
not identify Keith Porter Junior by name. Ali says he
believes Porter was unjustly shot and killed by an over
zealous off duty Ice agent. He has called a sighted
witnesses who say Porter was just firing a rifle into
(25:59):
the air to celebrate the New year, which is illegal.
So Naje Ellie says that civil rights activists may hold
a demonstration in downtown Los Angeles tomorrow morning in protest
of this latest killing in Minneapolis at the hands of
an ICE agent. Michael, if you don't mind my budding anything,
(26:21):
why don't you scare me? I'm sitting here, and then
suddenly the Lord is speaking in my day.
Speaker 18 (26:26):
Yes, the Lord would like to inform you that the
protests you're spreading. What I'm seeing now is that there
are protests about this Minnesota ice killing in Seattle and
New York and possibly other places.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Well, you can always count on LA to participate. When
there's any opportunity to protest. People do they show up here?
They just do. Oh, there's no doubt. I would be
shocked if there wasn't a protest here tomorrow. And what
you're seeing is other cities experiencing that turmoil of the
arrival of these federal agents, something that LA got first.
(26:58):
This was really the first city that the immigration enforcement
efforts really ramps up in. And you did hear local
officials saying, we're the test kitchen. We are the place
that this activity is going to be starting, and then
it's going elsewhere. It's kind of slower here lately, but
it's a new year, and you can expect that any
(27:21):
call for some of these protesters in Los Angeles will
show up for this. But a very dangerous situation a
disputed one. Let's be clear, there are obviously two sides
to both of these accounts, the thing that happened in
Northridge and the thing that happened in Minneapolis. And what
we should hope for is a fair investigation of the
facts so that we can learn what really went down
and what the consequences, if any, should be up next.
(27:44):
Big big, big changes possibly on the horizon here in Hollywood.
But one thing stays the same. Warner Brothers doesn't want
Paramount to be It's daddy, and it's said so again.
Even if you don't care about Hollywood business, to pay
attention to this big, big thing because it could change
the entire landscape of Los Angeles' signature industry. We'll get
(28:08):
into that next.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News wrapping things up with
you on this Wednesday night in southern California and coming
up next coast to coast with George Norri who joins
us now Live. Good evening to you. George, Hello, Michael,
how are you? I am well. I think today is
the last day where we can officially say Happy New Year.
Without being you know, complete duphasis. So happy New Year
(28:40):
to you.
Speaker 12 (28:41):
We'll be saying happy twenty seven pretty soon.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
It goes by too fast and does Indeed, Hey, what's
on the show tonight?
Speaker 14 (28:49):
Tonight we're going to talk about protecting our power grid.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
Then later on we're going to go into this strange
and unusual on coast to coast. Can't wait for that. George,
always great to talk to. You, have a good one.
Speaker 14 (29:00):
Thank you, Michael.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
Warner Brothers. Discovery's board of directors for the second time
has voted unanimously to reject Paramount's latest offer to buy them,
and the company reiterated its recommendation and supported the Netflix
offer of eighty two point seven billion dollars.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
Now.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
Warner Brothers rejected this thing previously. And the reason you
need to pay attention to this is this could completely
reshape Hollywood. And these aren't just companies that put out
big movies or television shows. They own news operations as well,
(29:43):
and so as you consolidate, you are combining more editorial
interest into one entity, and there is less diversity of
viewpoint and news gathering and all of that can be
really dangerous, but specifically to Los Angeles. This could cost jobs,
This could change the way content is created. We're already
(30:06):
struggling here as a Hollywood industry in terms of production numbers.
This is one to watch now. Federal regulators will have
to approve Netflix's overtures to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery. But
Paramount doesn't seem ready to walk away from this yet.
(30:29):
So they've come back with this sweeter deal. Want to
see if they come back with I don't know, an
even sweeter deal. The business side of it is difficult
to understand. They're offering this much for shares and this
many billions for the company overall. They want the streaming,
they don't want the all. That's very difficult. But it's
important to pay attention to if you are a consumer
of content, if you watch movies, if you watch television shows,
(30:52):
if you watch or read the news. That's the really
important part, and specifically for those of us in southern California,
this could impact your neighbors and the job market and
all of the many many jobs that are supported by
the Hollywood industry. Pay attention to that one. AVC Entertainment
(31:13):
News we heard tale of a party.
Speaker 4 (31:15):
The nominations for the Actor Awards are now out. The
casts of one Battle after another and Sinners saw nominations
in multiple film categories.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
A record great studio.
Speaker 4 (31:25):
Well the TV side was all about the seth Rogan
comedy The Studio Harrison Ford, meanwhile, is set to receive
the SAG After a Life Achievement Award. The ceremony airs
live on Netflix on March first. Sus low Down has
been renewed for season two on FX. Production on the
Ethan Hawk series starts up again this spring, and the
(31:47):
Fee Fighters will be down a member for a few
upcoming shows. Guitarist Pat Smear, according to an Instagram post
from the band, suffered a bizarre gardening accident. An apparent
reference to this is final Tap. Jason Faulkner, who's played
for Beck and Saint Vincent, will fill in this month
for three shows in Mexico, Los Angeles, and Texas.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
Mike Debuski, ABC News. You heard Mike Debuski there reference
the Actor Awards. The nominations are out previously known as
these SAG Awards, and we as broadcasters are part of
this union. We are of course the after of SAG
After at the American Federation of Television and radio artist,
and I think Mark Runner, we get to vote in this,
(32:29):
don't we?
Speaker 18 (32:30):
We do when we certainly pay plenty of dues. Oh
my god, titleist to vote no kidding and get the screeners.
Have you ever voted no comment? But I have enjoyed
the screeners?
Speaker 2 (32:40):
Okay, I the past couple of times I've been a member,
and I get they don't send screeners anymore, by the way, right,
they don't send hard they.
Speaker 18 (32:49):
Do, but they also have an app now that you
can watch on whatever streaming device you use, which that's
what I've seen, very inconvenient. And I don't like to
vote on anything unless i've seen absolute everything, and it's
hard to find time to do that.
Speaker 2 (33:02):
Yeah, you are a movie guy, and I'm looking at
this listen. I'm completely out of touch with things that
are happening in the world.
Speaker 18 (33:08):
But I feel so left out, Like I'm you guys
are like at the cool table.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
I wouldn't call it that. We don't get out much.
Do you want to be brought in fush?
Speaker 18 (33:18):
I mean I want to get screeners. Oh, you gotta
get in the union. Well, I don't think you're in
sag after are you?
Speaker 2 (33:24):
Fish?
Speaker 18 (33:24):
You don't have to do that because you're a technical
director board op yea. But the people who are on
the air have to. It's it's the price we pay
for the honor and privilege of working.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
It's true. But but and fush, we can't even give
you the screeners like literally, they will arrest us.
Speaker 18 (33:42):
We don't want to get busted by this screener police.
I feel like I'm I'm like you guys are like
the cool table. Now you might be able to come
over and watch watch it, but I don't even know
if that's allowed. W I think the law prevents us
from being friends.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
Stuff.
Speaker 18 (33:55):
Yeah, Fushi can't come over. I'm sorry, damn it, stay away.
I'm sorry, buddy. I know we're running out of time.
But Mark, you are a movie guy. I've heard you write,
I read your writing on the air. You always have
great observations of what's happening in the cinemas, one battle
after another.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
I've loved Leonardo DiCaprio since The Beach in the nineties.
Is this as good as everyone's saying? Is this?
Speaker 18 (34:19):
Well? It's a little bit polarizing, but I really liked it.
And if you like movies, you have to at least
see it. Well, what about tim O Tay and Marty Supreme?
Have you seen that one?
Speaker 2 (34:28):
I haven't gotten to that one yet. I Ping Pong Films.
Speaker 18 (34:32):
I may not be my Bailey genre, but the word
on it is really good and it sounds like another
one of these that you just have to see one
way or the other. Well, downt Nabbey three was snubbed, robbed, completely,
rob robbed by anti Anglo files. My goodness, hey, great
to spend a little bit of time with you two fellas,
My union brother and the misfit there at the board
(34:53):
still find to do.
Speaker 2 (34:56):
I'd love to do it again sometime and again. If
you missed our fire special that we deduced here at
KFI News, it ran seven to nine to nine. It's
online at KFIAM six forty dot com and you can
also look for it on the iHeartRadio app. Is Remember
the Year since the January twenty twenty five wildfires here
in La County And Michael Monks from KFI News hope
to talk to you again soon right here on kf
(35:17):
I AM six
Speaker 1 (35:18):
Forty, KFI AM six forty on demand
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