May 18, 2023 • 40 mins
Jason Middleton sits in for Jennifer Jones Lee for your Thursday morning Wake Up Call. The global economy looms large when it comes to the government default as President Biden remains determined to reach an agreemenf with House Speaker McCarthy; ABC's Karen Travers has more. Then, ABC's Law Enforcement Reporter Luke Barr highlights a report about 'egrigious' violations of the Department of Justice's policy by a former U.S. attorney. More from ABC - Tech Reporter Mike Dobuski talks about AM radio potentially leaving cars as EV's exclude it from its capabilities and how Montana has banned TikTok. And if you haven't had enough of ABC reporters, Jim Ryan warns of facial recognition software making headway around the world.
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You're listening to Wake Up Call withJennifer Jones Lee on demand from KFI A
M. Six forty. Good morningeverybody, it is five o'clock. This
is your wake up call, Sowake up if we have to, you
have to. Oh. Usually righthere at the top, I try to
think it's something that we can talkabout real quick before we get into the
news of the day. We dohave a pretty good show stacked up for
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you today. A lot of stuffgoing on all over the country. So
I looked up famous birthdays, andI thought that was kind of lame.
But here's today's number instead, seventeenpoint seven million. That's how many people
around the world have a birthday today. I thought that would be kind of
macro take on that. But thenI did the Google search on birthday today.
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Right then, the third question thatcomes up at the bottom that it
wants me or thinks I'm going toask next, is who is the famous
person in this world? I didn'ttype that Google thought I would might type
that next. I know it's early, but I still use proper grammar.
Dwayne Johnson, by the way,is the answer the most famous? Who
is the famous person in this world? Other worlds? We still are not
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clear on. Not even Google canhelp us with that, not even AI
can help us with that. Let'sget a few quick headlines then we'll get
going into today's show. President Bidenis in Japan for a summit of the
world's seven largest democratic economies, theUS, Japan, Canada, the UK,
France, Germany, and Italy.Will focus much of their talk on
pretty much one subject, and that'sthe approach to China, Russia and Ukraine.
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Of course, will come up andappeals court seems likely to restrict access
to the mifipristone abortion pill. TheJustice Department argued in front of a New
Orleans federal court yesterday to allow greateraccess to the pill after a Texas judge
restricted its access earlier this year.The restrictions were based on alleged flaws with
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the FDA approval process from a coupleof decades ago. Montana is not short
vid friendly. Apparently, the TreasureState is the first state to ban TikTok.
A new law bands TikTok from operatingin Montana and prohibits app stores from
offering TikTok to Montana users. Now, users will not be fined or penalized
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in any way, but anybody whoprovides the app to Montana users could be
fined ten thousand dollars a day,and that means Apple, Google, other
app stores as well. This one'sgoing to go to court because it has
some rolling implications into other social mediaplatforms, as you can imagine Instagram,
Meta and whatever's coming next. Injust a few minutes, we'll talk about
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we'll talk with ABC White House correspondentCarry Travers. Biden maybe in Japan,
but his team and GOP negotiators arestill in Washington, continuing to hammer out
that deal on the debt ceiling andhopefully avoiding an economic default and of course
the subsequent financial crisis that would comewith it. Let's start with some of
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the stories coming out of the KFItwenty four hour newsroom. As always,
we do lead local. LA MayorBass has traveled to Sacramento with other mayors
to ask for money to fight homelessness. Governor Newsom's latest three hundred and six
billion dollars budget proposal allocates three pointseven billion dollars for homelessness. Newsom's revised
budget accounts for an expected thirty twobillion dollars shortfall Mayor bass has despite the
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shortfall, the need for housing andservices must remain a top priority. We
need to ensure additional funding in thisbudget to make an even bigger impact.
The Mayor's yesterday asked for an additionaltwo billion dollars every year through twenty twenty
six and a type of grant fundingand one point five billion dollars for Project
Home Key Blake Trolley k if INews strippers in North Hollywood may become the
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only exotic dancers in the nation witha union contract. The dancers say they
picketed for fifteen months to demand todemand safer working conditions. One stripper named
Lilith says strippers should feel safe whileperforming. We think that having a union
is really important so that dancers canhave a voice in the way that there
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were places run. Lilis says.Patrons sometimes grope or lick them and even
sexually assault the dancers. The workersstay balanced to vote for the union opened
yesterday. The dance club says itis willing to negotiate with the strippers.
Smash and grab robbers in Tustin havestolen about two hundred and eighteen thousand dollars
in jewelry before leading police on ahigh speed chase. This guy's crashed into
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a fire hydrant in Westminster. PoliceLieutenant Ryan co says investigators are working to
determine if the one adult and twoteams are part of a larger crime syndicate.
And they brought trash cans in withthem and immediately began smashing the jewelry
cases, throwing the hydra into thetrash cans. Believe they're in and out
within minutes Cosas law enforcement Tuesday quicklyresponded and spotted the fleeing group on the
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four oh five. He says.After the crash, the crew took off
on foot, but were caught duringa house to house search. All of
the jewelry was returned in Tustin.Corbin Carson k if I need on the
liveline right now at k if Iis ABC White House correspondent Karen Travers.
Good morning, Karen, Good morning. Okay, so yesterday's White House meeting
come and gone, Biden out oftown. How are things as we start
today for these debt feeling negotiations.Yeah, so they're progressing by having conversations
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while the President is overseas at theg seventh summit in Japan yesterday before he
last he expressed optimism that things weremoving in the right direction. He said
he was confident that there will bean agreement on the budget and that the
country the government would not default.We had a briefing yesterday on Air Force
one from his press secretary as theplane was heading towards Japan, but Korean
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Jumpierre didn't have much new to addbeyond what the President had said, but
when she was defending the decision tocut the trip short by not making those
stops in Papa, New Guinea andAustralia as he was scheduled to do,
and also defending the decision to geton the plane in the first place and
still continue going to Japan for theG seven leaders summit, saying the President
can be the president wherever he isand that he has passed seeing your staff
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with continuing the negotiations with Kevin McCarthy'steams while he is gone. We expect
that the President will be in closecontact with those senior staff while he is
overseas, and as he put it, when he gets back Sunday night and
then is ready for meetings on Monday, he anticipates it will be time for
final negotiations. He said that acouple times in the last two days final
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negotiations, which certainly seemed to usto be optimistic. Yeah. Absolutely.
I think the markets reacted that wayas well when they heard it yesterday.
So he is in Japan G seven. That's not exactly an easy room this
time around, either because of theChina approach and of course the rush of
Ukraine War. But back here,any public breaking of the ranks on either
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side of the default debate or aretheir hardening of sides, You know,
there's not a lot, like Ishould say, in terms of some of
the things we've heard from the Presidenton potential concessions on work requirements that would
be making things tougher for people whoare receiving food aid or assistance for families
with young children and medicaid. ThePresident and had said that, you know,
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if he wouldn't accept any work requirementsfor those federal aid programs, that
would impact any medical needs for anyAmerican. Nothing that it impacts medical coverage.
But there have been some grumblings fromprogressives in the Democratic Party that the
President should not give any concessions atall on this. So that's something that
we're keeping an eye on if there'sany moving in the needle on that issue.
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Kevin McCarthy, the House Speaker,had said that that is a must
include for him on the budget cutside of this. So we'll see what
Dot goes in these conversations over thenext couple of days. I know we
have to break it about thirty seconds, but real quick, you've been covering
this for a while. Cutting shortthe trip itself seems like a negotiation.
He had to go to the Gseven and cut short the rest of the
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trip. Is that playing out likethat? Is it playing or are they
really pushing down that he should nothave got on the plane at all.
No, I think that's exactly that'sthe way the White House is certainly braming
this. You know, the Gseven is very critical. They're talking about
Ukraine, China, Russia, theglobal economy. It was very important for
the President to go to the Gseven. Senior officials have continued to say
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the Australia portion of the trip,he can do those meetings while in Japan.
All those leaders he would have beenseeing in Australia he can do in
Japan. So it's something where theycould just condense the schedule and they feel
not lose out too much. Nowthey're Australians. They're a little upset that
he's not going to make it disappointed, but the White House is saying it's
not canceled, is postponed and they'regoing to try to make it up to
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them. Karen, thank you somuch for your time. Always a pleasure.
I have a great day. That'sABC White House Correspondent Karen Travers.
Let's get back to some of thestories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. Firefighters and animal controlofficers have rescued a dog trapped in a
sinkhole in San Bernardino. Fire officialssay witnesses heard barking near a building and
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called for help. They found thehusky in a sinkhole next to an old
oil well, roughly fifteen feet belowa parking lot. Crews were able to
slip a rope around the dog hoistedout and if I know huskies, that
thing was taught. The investigators saythey hope a thirty thousand dollar reward will
help them find the person who killeda father of three in Hawaiian Gardens.
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Detectives say the man and a youngrelative. We're driving northbound on Norwalk Boulevard
when someone opened fire. Los AngelesCounty Fire Department arrived on scene and pronounced
mister Carlos Albrez Diaz deceased. Afourteen year old was also strug by gunfire,
but survived. Accounty Sheriffs Lieutenant PatriciaThomas says it happened last October eighth,
just after one am, and adark colored car filled with guys was
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seen nearby. Alvarus's brother, Adriansays his brother was not in a game.
My brother was just a family man. He lives behind two girls and
a baby boy who he never gotto meet. At Homicide Bureau and Monterey
Park, Steve Gregory king, ifI knows we talked about TikTok at the
top. Here's another one. Apopular plastic surgeon in Ohio accused of streaming
her surgeries on TikTok will learn ifshe can keep her medical license. The
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doc, known as doctor Roxy toher eight hundred thousand followers, is also
accused of botching surgeries and violating patient'sprivacy. A hearing is scheduled to wrap
up to tomorrow the State Medical Boardof Ohio voted back in November to suspend
her license. Officials say a hearingexaminer will make a recommendation to the Medical
Board and a final decision will likelybe made at the board's July twelfth meeting.
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Now a quick reminder here today isMay eighteenth. A freeze warning in
New Hampshire has put farmers on alertto protect their crops. At Sunnycrest Farm,
Danny Hicks says he planned an allnighter last night to prevent his apple
and strawberry crops from freezing. Wehave everything that we need. We've done
this for a very long time andwe're still expecting. There's plenty of bloom
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out there, plenty of apples,so it's still going to be a lovely
season. Hicks says the cold airwill take the blooms right out, which
is why he uses an old windmachine. He says the machine circulates the
air and hopes of preventing the bloomsfrom freezing and dying. The Orange County
DA says in the last year he'scharged more than one hundred and forty people
with home invasions, burglaries and smashand grab robberies. We're not going to
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let our residents live in OCDA ToddSpitzer says, soft on crime, state
laws, judges, and DA's innearby county. These are giving criminals a
revolving door they're coming into a county. OC assistant chaff John McCullough says this
is more than a property crime.It's a loss of safety people can feel
for a lifetime. These are peopleand families who are victimized in their own
homes, a place that is supposedto be their safe havens. Spitzer says
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a couple dozen people from five differentrobbery crews were charged just in the last
two weeks in Orange County. CorbinCarson k i I News Florida Governor Ron
Destantis reportedly will formally enter the twentytwenty four presidential race next week. The
Washington Post reports that two people familiarwith the Republican governor's plans say de Stantis
will kick off his campaign in Miamiwith top fundraisers. The man who ran
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over and killed eight people on aNew York City bike path is suggesting that
his actions were justified. Say FuloSipov was given eight consecutive life sentences yesterday
for the twenty seventeen mass murder.Before sentencing, he spoke for nearly an
hour to fend those actions. Afterhis speech, the judge called him unrepentant
and cowardly. The Miami Heat litup the Boston Celtics last night to take
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a one zero lead in the NBAEastern Conference Finals. The Lakers and Nuggets
get back at it tonight in Denver. In the next segment, ABC Tech
reporter Mike Dubuski will join Wake UpCall to talk about electric vehicles, actually
all vehicles, and whether new carsand trucks will continue to have AM radios
built into them. Right now,though, let's welcome Luke Barr. Luke
is ABC News's law enforcement reporter.It's been a week for the US Attorney's
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Massachusetts office. Rachel Rawlins was theUS attorney there until she resigned on Tuesday,
and then yesterday a report dropped.Good morning, Luke, Hey,
good morning. How are you.I'm good, thank you, and thank
you for joining us. The USattorney from Massachusetts went to work on Tuesday,
resigned, no longer a federal prosecutor. So what's going on with Rachel
Rollins. Yeah, so this iskind of crazy. The one more US
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attorney now, as you mentioned,leak information about a federal investing Asian in
order to help her preferred candidate amongquote gregious other violates the DFJ policy,
according to two government watchdogs. Theyannounced this in a studding report issued yesterday.
Rollins was the first African American USattorney from Massachusetts resigned, as you
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mentioned, after being informed of thedetails that we'd be that would be included
in the Justice Department Inspector General report. Investigation began amid reports she violated the
Hatch Act by attending a political fundraiserwith the First Lady in July of last
year. He didn't act VI toHatch Act. The Inspector General found that
just merely scratches the surface of Ron'salleged abuse of her position. Well,
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Luke, is this a sudden resignationor was there smoke on the horizon?
Was this a building case? Thiswas a building case. I mean,
you know, we get indications whenwhen she resigned, that there would be
something coming that that would not bea flattering for Rons. But you know,
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if you look at a timeline ofthis investigation, this happened last year.
Djuh So, the Office Special Counselin the Inspector General's Office recommended prosecution
in December of twenty twenty two,and DJ declined that prosecution because some of
the intricacies of the report found thatRollins broke the law by misleading investigators.
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DJ declined to prosecute her um inJanuary, and obviously the report came out
in May. Okay, Luke,Okay, Let's put this in context for
a second, if we can.There were several findings of improper behavior and
abusive office in that report, butcampaign contributions seemed to be something a kind
of particular note. How do defenselook at such behavior? Yeah, So,
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basically, what what Rollins did isshe used her position as the US
Attorney, which is the highest levelprosecute, her highest film federal prosecutor in
the district or sometimes even in thestate in this case, to influence an
article being written by a local mediamembers that there was an investigation into the
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preferred candidates opponent that Ronds was washoping for. Sir Ronds was the Suffolk
County District Attorney, which is thehighest state attorney in Massachusetts. She resigned
to become US attorney. She wantedsomebody to replace her. That person wasn't
the one who the governor picked,the guy who she wanted to replace he
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ran against the governor's picked and thenshe started leaking information, damaging information,
the IG says about the opponent ofher preferred candidate. Hey, look,
did she have any kind of scandalor note or whiff of scandal when she
was at Suffolk County level. No, she wasn't, as she was a
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very progressive prosecutor, and that ledto some criticism when she was going up
for her nomination for US Attorney byby Republicans Senator Senator Tom Cotton called a
very progressive, radical prosecutor. Butyou know, other than that, you
know, there was no whiff ofany scandal, uh, you know,
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at least major scandal like this whenshe was a Subfracarnity DA. We're speaking
with ABC News law enforcement reporter LukeBarr. Luke, I have one last
question for you. What's next?Does her chief assistant move up into the
seat? Is there an appointment process? What's what's happening in the next phase.
Yeah, so in the next coupleof days, her first assistant will
resume duties this acting US Attorney tothe District of Massachusetts and then of course
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up to the President to select andnominate her replacement, whoever that is.
We don't have an indication, butMassachusetts is a is a highly coveted position.
It's one of the biggest offices inthe department, so it will be
definitely scrutinized, especially given this report. Thank you for your time this morning,
Luke. This is a fascinating story. A quick fall. It seems
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like, well it was building,I guess, but boy, she resigned
on Tuesday. The report drops onWednesday, and we're talking about it on
Thursday. Quick movement. Yeah,absolutely, thanks for having Absolutely. That
was Luke Barr. He's ABC Newsis Law Enforcement reporter. Let's get back
to some of the stories coming outof the KFI twenty four hour newsroom this
morning. On your wake up calltwenty five minutes after five o'clock, the
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FED stay several people with alleged tiesto gangs in the Harbor area have been
arrested for drug and firearms trafficking.The FBI says an investigation in twenty twenty
that targeted dangerous gang members linked thosegangs to the Mexican Mafia. The US
Attorneys Tom Morosick says a dozen peoplewere arrested and three remain fugitives. If
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they are convicted, these defendants willface significant time in federal prison, with
most of them facing potential life sentences. The FBI says since the investigation started,
it has seized twenty three guns andover twenty three thousand fentinel pills.
Chris Adler KFI News. A settlementhas been reached with a woman who sued
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the LA School District. The womanclaims she was hurt during a flag football
game in twenty sixteen. She saysthe teacher did not protect her. The
woman was sixteen at the time andalleges that she had to play football or
frisbee to pass her PE final atFairfax High School. The woman says she
got a concussion that left her withheadaches, confusion, fatigue, and vertigo.
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The district says the teacher properly oversawthe game. Sag AFTRA says it
will hold a strike authorization vote aheadof its negotiations with the major studios.
The vote does not mean the unionrepresenting talent will join the w GA strike,
but on June seventh, the unionwill talk about its contract that expires
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June thirtieth. The union announced yesterdayits negotiating committee decided a strike authorization would
provide maximum bargaining leverage, and anyonein the union got an email last evening
about that the Agriculture Department could bemoving to ban flavored milk from school cafeterias.
The USDA just closed the public commentperiod on changes in long term school
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nutrition standards in order to cut downon added sugars in school programs for lunch
and breakfast. The agency says theaim is to reduce exposure to added sugars
and promote more nutrient dense, unflavoredmilk and quote. The USDA suggests limiting
the amount of chocolate and strawberry milk, which is delicious in high schools,
and banning it completely in elementary andmiddle schools. Florida Man, not the
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Netflix show A Florida Man, isaccused of killing a dune buggy driver in
a fight over a beer can.Court records in Lake County say the fight
started when fifty nine year old WallaceKirkland allegedly threw a beer can over a
dunebuggy as it drove past him lastFriday night. The records say the dunebuggy
driver approa Kirkland and allegedly threatened tokill him, and then witnesses heard a
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gunshot and the driver quickly sped off. THEPDS reportedly found the man passed out
in the dune buggy a short distanceaway with a gunshot to the torso.
He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Kirkland was arrested on a man slaughter
charges. Right now, on wakeUp Call, we're going to talk about
a slightly older technology, AM Radio. ABC's tech reporter Mike Dubuski is with
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as Good morning, Mike, Goodmorning. Yeah, definitely an issue that
is close to a lot of ourhearts. But yeah, go ahead.
No, I'm going to say Ihave it written in my m my intro
like, welcome to k if IAM radio. Yeah, AM six forty
as I understand it live everywhere,Yeah, do I get it. But
you know, it is interesting thatwe're talking about AM radio because a lot
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of electric carmakers and automakers that haveintroduced electric cars in recent years have been
getting rid of the AM band intheir vehicles. And they say that's because
the electric motors can emit a signalthat will interfere with this style of radio.
AM radio not to get to radionerdy on you here, Jason does
stand for amplitude modulation, which meansthat your wavelengths get a little taller and
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shorter depending on, you know,different factors. And they say that format
is susceptible to this type of thing. But the flip side of that is
that AM radio can go further thanFM streams, and it can go through
solid buildings and things like that.And that's why a lot of emergency management
systems actually rely on this service aswell. So it's not just you and
me talking. As fun as thisis, it's also a public service from
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the federal government in the case ofemergencies. Often when people get texts about
breaking news or emergency situations, thatnews is coming from AM radio newsrooms or
AM radio broadcasts as well. Sothat I just kind of wanted to pull
that out. We've been we've beendoing it because well, let's let's go
right into the bipartisanship. It seemslike AM radio is helping heal the nation
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politically. Yes, that's right.So yesterday there is this bipartisan coalition of
lawmakers led by Ted Cruz and EdMarkey, not often to senators who are
aligned on much in our politics,but on this they are. And they
introduced the AM for Every Vehicle Act, which is essentially a package of legislation
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that would instruct NITZA, the NationalHighway Traffic Safety Administration, to start instituting
new rules requiring AM to be innew vehicles without payment or surcharge, so
basically just to keep it in theirvehicles. And to sort of underline exactly
how many automakers have have eschewed theAM band in recent years, BMW,
most Pollstar, Volkswagen, Volvo,and Ford have all introduced cars that don't
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have the AM stream in them.And in Ford's case, they just put
out a new Ford Mustang this year, and that's not an electric vehicle,
that's a gas powered car and itdoes not have an AM stream. So
it's it's sort of an interesting coupleof different factors here to consider. But
yeah, that's that's kind of wherewe stand legislatively. And Tesla you mentioned
at the top, but they haven'thad a radio AM radio since twenty eighteen,
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that's right, Yeah, yeah,no, Tesla hasn't. They got
rid of it in twenty eighteen.UM, And you know, it's it's
also interesting just to see you knowthat, you know, automakers are moving
over to evs, not in somecases because they want to, but in
a lot of cases because they haveto. In California, in fact,
all new gas cars by twenty thirtyfive, excuse me, all new cars
by twenty thirty five have to bepowered by something that is not gas.
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And it seems like electricity is thething, and so California goes, so
goes the rest of the country.Europe has similar legislation. So it's it's
coming, and I think it's importantthat you know, lawmakers in this country
are kind of focused on this atthis moment before we get to like twenty
thirty five and we all have todrive, you know, electric cars kind
of going forward. You and Ican tend to nerd out sometimes on this,
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but I did, I did.I did looked up the definition of
electromagnetic interference EMI. Right, Itjust says unwanted noise, which is why
they have dials. If I don't, I mean, come on, well,
It's also part of this too,is that you know, the automakers
will say, well, you canlisten to AM radio, you can just
do it. Through a streaming appwhere you can do it through you know,
an internet service. A lot ofthese cars are connected to the internet
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now, m But you know,I know in California is a lot of
canyons and and things like that.You know, what if you're driving in
a place that does not have goodInternet connection and that that could also interfere,
right kind of It's almost the oppositeof what we were talking about.
With the strength of the AM signal. Um. You know, the Internet
is a lot more susceptible to sortof just differences and you know, location
and that sort of thing. Soyeah, I know, I have to
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let you go fifteen seconds. Um, does AM represent a cultural artifact for
branding of evs? Um? Youknow that that's a good question. I
will say. It is a verypopular service still, even though you know,
the popular conception might be, well, we can listen to the internet,
or we can listen to the radioon the internet and all those sorts
of things. Fifty million people listento AM radio according to Nielsen. And
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as we mentioned, you know,FEMA uses it for for integrated public alert
and warning systems and in emergency systemsand that sort of thing. Um.
So so yeah, I I don'tknow if it represents a cultural artifact.
I think it's still pretty popular fora lot of people, even outside of
the emergency side of things. It'sstill a lot of people just listen to
it just because they like listening toit. Mike, always a pleasure.
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Thank you for joining us this morning, of course, Jason, take care.
ABC's tech reporter Mike Dubuskie right there. And if you want to join
the bipartisan effort on this, bythe way, you can text the letters
AM two five two eight eight sixthat tells Congress to keep AM radio and
all the cars and trucks that aregoing to come off the line. Remember,
data rates may apply depending on whoyou use to send text messages,
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So when you send the letters AMtwo five two eight eighty six, some
data rates could apply depending on yourcar carrier. Get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFItwenty four hour news room at SUV has
fallen off the one oh one freewayin downtown LA. The Ford Expedition hit
a wall on figure Row of Boulevardwhen it landed last night. A man
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and a woman inside were taken tothe hospital. LA police have arrested a
man who allegedly shot at officers onthe one ten Freeway in South l No
one was hit yesterday and the officersdid not return fire. Southbound lanes were
closed for a while as they investigated. Prosecutors in Boston say the Massachusetts Air
National guardsmen charged with leaking highly classifiedmilitary documents had been warned multiple times about
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his handling of classified information. TheDOJ says Tsharah was reported as recently as
February by a superior for looking atclassified materials beyond his primary duties. ABC's
Justin Finch says Jack Tishara had highlevel top secret clearance. Justice Department lawyers
want a judge to keep the twentyone year old guardsman in jail while he
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awaits trial. Federal prosecutors say heposted messages on the online chat forum Discord,
including one that said he had infoon Ukraine, Israel, Palestine,
Syria, Iran, China and others. An eight year old girl has died
in border patrol custody in Texas.Customs and Border Protection says the child and
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her family were being held at astation in the Rio Grand Valley, which
is one of the busiest corridors forillegal crossings. The agency says the girl
experienced a medical emergency and was takento the hospital where she died. Jurors
in La are expected to pick updeliberations where they left off in the retrial
of actor Danny Masterson. He's chargedwith raping three women at his home in
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Hollywood Hills between two thousand and oneand two thousand and three. Deliberations started
yesterday. Prosecutors say Masterson needs tobe held accountable. His attorney questioned the
credibility of the women. This isthe second trial from Masterson. The first
one resulted in a mistrial because ofa hung jury. High tides have caused
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some minor flooding and seal beach TheNational Weather Service had warned of waves in
southern California yesterday, expected to befour to seven feet and up to eight
feet at some beaches. A beachhazard statement was extended to Orange County beaches
until tonight. The surf is expectedto be highest this evening, with high
tide around six feet at about ninepm. For La County beaches, high
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tides are expected between eight and tenpm. Aquaman has a thing for sharks,
and it shows the King of Atlantishas been chosen to host Discovery Channels
thirty fifth Shark Week. Jason Mamoasays Shark Week is a chance for him
to learn and share his connection tothe great white underwater predators during the week
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of programming. He says his lovefor sharks started long before he became Aquaman.
Shark Week is set to air inlate July. Mamoa's new DC flick,
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, willbe in theaters in December. Amy
King KFI News. President Biden isin Japan for where summit of the world's
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seven largest democracies. Here we gothe US, Japan, Canada, the
UK, France, Germany and Italy. There's no quiz, but they're all
going to focus much of their talkon the approach to China and the war
in Ukraine. President Biden is expectedback the United States for what he calls
final negotiations on the debt stealing OnSunday, an appeals court seems likely to
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restrict access to the myth of pristoneabortion pill. The Justice Department argued in
front of a New Orleans federal courtyesterday to allow greater access to the pill
after a Texas judge restricted its accessearlier this year. The restrictions were based
on alleged flaws with the FDA approvalprocess, and Montana is not short vid
friendly. The Treasure State is thefirst state to ban TikTok. Users will
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not be fined or pursued. Itwill be the providers of the app,
meaning Apple and Google. It isfive fifty on your wake up call.
ABC Senior reporter Jim Ryan is withus. I'm told let's tee up our
discussion. Good morning. The TSAis assessing facial recognition technology at a growing
number of US airports. This isan old problem that's coming back to us.
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Well, it is, and it'sgrowing, actually, the growing number
of airports at sixteen now. Obviouslyit includes Los Angeles and a lot of
other big airports, but some smallones as well, including the Gulfport Bulloxi,
Mississippi Airport, where they're giving thisa try. It's all kind of
touching and feeling and seeing where thisgoes for now. But the old process
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was this, I mean just theprocess a year ago. That's how quickly
this is all changing. Jason.You walk up to the TSA agent and
your driver's license or your passport,your boarding pass, either the paper one
or the one on your phone.Scan the thing and you're done in about
ten or twelve seconds. It's muchfaster now with this system. Walk up
to a kiosk in search your driver'slicense or passport into a slot, look
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up at the camera. The computer, the artificial intelligence and facial recognition makes
all the comparisons and waves you onthrough after five or six seconds tops.
So it is getting faster, it'sgetting more efficient, it's spreading across more
airports, and with it a lotof concern among privacy advocates. It doesn't
seem like they're collecting any new data, though, so what's the concern?
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That's right, yeah, right,And and the TSA says that it's not
holding onto that data at all.Those photos, it says, are destroyed
eventually, they're deleted out of thesystem. But there are those who say
that, you know, if you'reholding on to it, Let's say the
TSA decides not to get rid ofthese pictures. They've got a giant clearinghouse
of photos, a huge database ofdata on you and me and everybody else
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who flies. So yeah, thereare concerns about it that that may change,
that policies could change in the future. Most of us don't look great
when we're going through the airport anyway, don't really want those photos hanging around.
But I mean, we all havephotos on our driver's licenses already.
Anyway, I won't, I won'tbelabor the point in the thirty thousand foot
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kind of view. Look, Googlemakes the trade. We'll give you a
bunch of functional stuff that helps youwith your daily life as long as you
let us track you so we cantell you some ads. So what why
is this? Why would this beany different than like if you're trading quickness
through the airport and getting onto yourplane as opposed to standing in line right
and ostensibly you're also getting out ofthis more security too. The difference is
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this Google, It is a privatecompany. You're talking here about the United
States government that's holding onto these things, and that's always a touchy subject for
privacy advocates that you know, I'mwillingly giving up my privacy and a bit
of my data to this private companybecause I want to be able to jump
onto my phone and start shopping onAmazon. More, when you start talking
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about a government agency that's collecting thissort of data even in the short term.
That's where you get into some issues. Five members of the Congress have
Congress have said, look, Iwant we want you to quit using this
until we get a better feel forwhat the technology can do. So let's
circle back on the TSA. Sowe talked about how the old problem is
(32:52):
new again. Have we learned anythingas the TSA being preemptive or proactive when
it comes to reintroducing some of thisdigital surveillance. I guess what I'm saying
is, did they do they haveany battle scars from the last time we
went through this with identification at theairports? Well? Sure, and I
think that it was a matter ofrefining the technology somewhat. There is still
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some concern Jason, that the technology, that the facial recognition is not as
good at identifying or or or matchingidentities of people of color. That's a
problem. And some say that look, if there if anybody is being if
it's causing up trouble problems for anybody, then it shouldn't be used until everyone
can be assured that it's the attaccurate. So yeah, and so they've tried
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to refine it, and I suspectthat in the last couple of years it's
gotten better. Is it perfect?No? Okay, well, I personally
would I would trade it. Ifeel like I've given away enough of my
personal data and digitally speaking and otherwisethat I would rather get to my gait
faster I think. But I mightbe alone in this, and there might
be an age screpacy, and definitelyif there is racial discrepancies involved, those
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need to be addressed to sweet Sure, Yeah, I think you're right.
I think probably most people feel thatway. I mean, if you yeah,
and you your mind might be changed. When you walk into the airport,
you look at the security line andto go all the way out the
front door, You're like, maybeI will go over and just give that
a shot, give this new technologya shot. In some places though,
where it's being used, you don'topt in. You have to opt out.
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That's another issue altogether, Jesus,I see. Okay, Well,
thanks for raising that one too,Jim Ryan. Always a pleasure to speak
with you. Thank you for yourexpertise and context on this. Thanks Jason
maybe Se Senior reporter Jim Ryan.Right there, I still would do it.
I mean, even fly out ofOntario sometimes Ontario had the most international
travelers that has ever had last monthor that last quarter, so it's the
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lines are getting longer. A lotof revenge travel is happening after COVID,
so I think that if there areappropriate guardrails, why not try to get
to the gate a little bit quicker. Let's get back to some of the
stories coming out of the KFI twentyfour hour news room. The Casa Romantic
Cultural Center and Gardens in San Clementihas set a reopening date. It was
forced to close due to the landslidelast month. It will partially reopen May
(35:07):
twenty fifth. The center's executive directorsays city officials have deemed certain areas safe
that pose no danger to staff orpublic. The center says opening its doors
even partially brings it one step closerto rejuvenating the spirit of Casa Romantica.
South Carolina's House has approved a banon abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy.
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The state joined others yesterday, movingtoward a near total abortion ban.
North Carolina also tightened its abortion laws, set to take effect July first.
Abortion is already banned or severely restrictedin ten states in the South. The
critics restrictions limit access and hurt awoman's right to choose. President. Biden
is in Japan for the G sevensummit. He met with Japan's Prime minister
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shortly after arriving in Hiroshima. Bottomline, mister Prime Minister, is that
on our country's and together, westand stronger, and I believe the whole
world is safer when we do.Leaders of the world's wealthy democracies are expected
to discuss various issues at the summit, including the war in Ukraine. They
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are also expected to discuss China's growingassertiveness and military build up, as concerns
rise that it could try to seizeTaiwan by force. I've also read that
artificial intelligence will be coming up,and specifically how China is applying artificial intelligence
to its military. Okay, thatvoice you hear may not be the person
(36:34):
you're hearing. A new feature comingsoon from Apple will let you create a
digital version of your voice. PersonalVoice is an accessibility feature meant for people
with conditions like als, which cantake away the ability to speak. Apple
says fifteen minutes of reading text promptsinto your iPhone or iPad, and your
digital voice is ready. To go. Another new feature coming, Live Speech
will read the messages you type.Apple says the personal voice feature will be
(36:57):
on device machine learning to ensure youuse her privacy, meaning her digital voice
will not be hanging in the cloudfor hackers to get. Michael Krozer KFI
News Moscow is threatening to strike backas the CIA works to recruit frustrated Russian
civilians who become spies. The agencyhas launched an official channel on Telegram,
the encrypted messaging app that's favored byRussians. It has a dramatized Russian language
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video along with it. The videoencourages Russians to engage with the CIA on
Telegram and share information it says couldbe critical to US intelligence efforts. A
Kremlin Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday thatsuch malicious activity, including the distribution of
inflammatory materials, will not remain withouta proper, effective response from Russia.
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin isappealing his conviction in George Floyd's murder.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld thesecond degree murder conviction in April. The
case could now move to the MinnesotaSupreme Court if they side to hear the
appeal. Floyd died on May twentyfifth, twenty twenty, after Chauvin kneeled
on his neck for nearly ten minutes. Chauvin is serving a twenty two and
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a half year sentence for his murderand a separate twenty one year sentence for
violating civil rights. The Dodgers havewithdrawn and invitation for some queer or trans
nuns known as the Sisters of PerpetualIndulgence to participate in the team's annual LGBTQ
plus Pride Night. This came upon Handle on the News yesterday. The
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group had been criticized for mocking Christians. The nuns had been set to receive
a Community Hero Award at Pride Nightnext month. That upset various Catholic groups
and Florida Senator Marco Rubio Kraft.Heinz is developing away for fans of its
dippin sauces to mix their own flavorsat restaurants and stadiums. The companies unveiled
(38:50):
a prototype of what it's calling theHinz Remix Dispenser. You don't get music
out of it, you get viscusfluids. The machine lets who pick a
bass sauce like Ketchup Ranch fifty sevensaucer barbecue and mix it with one or
more flavor enhancers like jalapeno, buffalo, and mango. It's similar to Coca
Cola's freestyle machines that let you mixsoda flavors. Because we live in anarchy
and nothing matters, I mean,Kraft Heinz is planning pilot programs with remix
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in restaurants for late this year.In early twenty twenty four, Mark Ronner
KFI News. Not exactly anarchy,it's close. Sound the California weather from
KFI. Low clouds and fog aswe get rolling this morning, then mostly
sunny this afternoon. Highs in themid sixties to mid seventies for inland l
Anoc highs at the beaches today inthe sixties. Farther inland and in the
valleys, sunny skies and highs shouldsettle around eighty to eighty five degrees today.
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Tonight, party cloudy early and thenlow clouds and fog roll in for
the morning, lows into mid fiftiesto around sixty again overnight. Seal Beach
right now fifty eight. Orange isalso at fifty eight Torrents and Altadena are
both at fifty seven degrees. Atsix am, we lead local live from
the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom.I'm Jason Middleton. This has been your
wakeup Call. You've been listening toyour Wakeup Call with me Jennifer Jones Lee,
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and you can always hear wake UpCall five to six am Monday through
Friday at kf I AM six fortyand anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app
You're listening to Wake Up Call withJennifer Jones Lee on demand from KFI A
M. Six forty. Good morningeverybody, it is five o'clock. This
is your wake up call, Sowake up if we have to, you
have to. Oh. Usually righthere at the top, I try to
think it's something that we can talkabout real quick before we get into the
news of the day. We dohave a pretty good show stacked up for
(00:22):
you today. A lot of stuffgoing on all over the country. So
I looked up famous birthdays, andI thought that was kind of lame.
But here's today's number instead, seventeenpoint seven million. That's how many people
around the world have a birthday today. I thought that would be kind of
macro take on that. But thenI did the Google search on birthday today.
(00:42):
Right then, the third question thatcomes up at the bottom that it
wants me or thinks I'm going toask next, is who is the famous
person in this world? I didn'ttype that Google thought I would might type
that next. I know it's early, but I still use proper grammar.
Dwayne Johnson, by the way,is the answer the most famous? Who
is the famous person in this world? Other worlds? We still are not
(01:07):
clear on. Not even Google canhelp us with that, not even AI
can help us with that. Let'sget a few quick headlines then we'll get
going into today's show. President Bidenis in Japan for a summit of the
world's seven largest democratic economies, theUS, Japan, Canada, the UK,
France, Germany, and Italy.Will focus much of their talk on
pretty much one subject, and that'sthe approach to China, Russia and Ukraine.
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Of course, will come up andappeals court seems likely to restrict access
to the mifipristone abortion pill. TheJustice Department argued in front of a New
Orleans federal court yesterday to allow greateraccess to the pill after a Texas judge
restricted its access earlier this year.The restrictions were based on alleged flaws with
(01:51):
the FDA approval process from a coupleof decades ago. Montana is not short
vid friendly. Apparently, the TreasureState is the first state to ban TikTok.
A new law bands TikTok from operatingin Montana and prohibits app stores from
offering TikTok to Montana users. Now, users will not be fined or penalized
(02:13):
in any way, but anybody whoprovides the app to Montana users could be
fined ten thousand dollars a day,and that means Apple, Google, other
app stores as well. This one'sgoing to go to court because it has
some rolling implications into other social mediaplatforms, as you can imagine Instagram,
Meta and whatever's coming next. Injust a few minutes, we'll talk about
(02:36):
we'll talk with ABC White House correspondentCarry Travers. Biden maybe in Japan,
but his team and GOP negotiators arestill in Washington, continuing to hammer out
that deal on the debt ceiling andhopefully avoiding an economic default and of course
the subsequent financial crisis that would comewith it. Let's start with some of
(02:57):
the stories coming out of the KFItwenty four hour newsroom. As always,
we do lead local. LA MayorBass has traveled to Sacramento with other mayors
to ask for money to fight homelessness. Governor Newsom's latest three hundred and six
billion dollars budget proposal allocates three pointseven billion dollars for homelessness. Newsom's revised
budget accounts for an expected thirty twobillion dollars shortfall Mayor bass has despite the
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shortfall, the need for housing andservices must remain a top priority. We
need to ensure additional funding in thisbudget to make an even bigger impact.
The Mayor's yesterday asked for an additionaltwo billion dollars every year through twenty twenty
six and a type of grant fundingand one point five billion dollars for Project
Home Key Blake Trolley k if INews strippers in North Hollywood may become the
(03:38):
only exotic dancers in the nation witha union contract. The dancers say they
picketed for fifteen months to demand todemand safer working conditions. One stripper named
Lilith says strippers should feel safe whileperforming. We think that having a union
is really important so that dancers canhave a voice in the way that there
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were places run. Lilis says.Patrons sometimes grope or lick them and even
sexually assault the dancers. The workersstay balanced to vote for the union opened
yesterday. The dance club says itis willing to negotiate with the strippers.
Smash and grab robbers in Tustin havestolen about two hundred and eighteen thousand dollars
in jewelry before leading police on ahigh speed chase. This guy's crashed into
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a fire hydrant in Westminster. PoliceLieutenant Ryan co says investigators are working to
determine if the one adult and twoteams are part of a larger crime syndicate.
And they brought trash cans in withthem and immediately began smashing the jewelry
cases, throwing the hydra into thetrash cans. Believe they're in and out
within minutes Cosas law enforcement Tuesday quicklyresponded and spotted the fleeing group on the
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four oh five. He says.After the crash, the crew took off
on foot, but were caught duringa house to house search. All of
the jewelry was returned in Tustin.Corbin Carson k if I need on the
liveline right now at k if Iis ABC White House correspondent Karen Travers.
Good morning, Karen, Good morning. Okay, so yesterday's White House meeting
come and gone, Biden out oftown. How are things as we start
today for these debt feeling negotiations.Yeah, so they're progressing by having conversations
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while the President is overseas at theg seventh summit in Japan yesterday before he
last he expressed optimism that things weremoving in the right direction. He said
he was confident that there will bean agreement on the budget and that the
country the government would not default.We had a briefing yesterday on Air Force
one from his press secretary as theplane was heading towards Japan, but Korean
(05:32):
Jumpierre didn't have much new to addbeyond what the President had said, but
when she was defending the decision tocut the trip short by not making those
stops in Papa, New Guinea andAustralia as he was scheduled to do,
and also defending the decision to geton the plane in the first place and
still continue going to Japan for theG seven leaders summit, saying the President
can be the president wherever he isand that he has passed seeing your staff
(05:56):
with continuing the negotiations with Kevin McCarthy'steams while he is gone. We expect
that the President will be in closecontact with those senior staff while he is
overseas, and as he put it, when he gets back Sunday night and
then is ready for meetings on Monday, he anticipates it will be time for
final negotiations. He said that acouple times in the last two days final
(06:17):
negotiations, which certainly seemed to usto be optimistic. Yeah. Absolutely.
I think the markets reacted that wayas well when they heard it yesterday.
So he is in Japan G seven. That's not exactly an easy room this
time around, either because of theChina approach and of course the rush of
Ukraine War. But back here,any public breaking of the ranks on either
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side of the default debate or aretheir hardening of sides, You know,
there's not a lot, like Ishould say, in terms of some of
the things we've heard from the Presidenton potential concessions on work requirements that would
be making things tougher for people whoare receiving food aid or assistance for families
with young children and medicaid. ThePresident and had said that, you know,
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if he wouldn't accept any work requirementsfor those federal aid programs, that
would impact any medical needs for anyAmerican. Nothing that it impacts medical coverage.
But there have been some grumblings fromprogressives in the Democratic Party that the
President should not give any concessions atall on this. So that's something that
we're keeping an eye on if there'sany moving in the needle on that issue.
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Kevin McCarthy, the House Speaker,had said that that is a must
include for him on the budget cutside of this. So we'll see what
Dot goes in these conversations over thenext couple of days. I know we
have to break it about thirty seconds, but real quick, you've been covering
this for a while. Cutting shortthe trip itself seems like a negotiation.
He had to go to the Gseven and cut short the rest of the
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trip. Is that playing out likethat? Is it playing or are they
really pushing down that he should nothave got on the plane at all.
No, I think that's exactly that'sthe way the White House is certainly braming
this. You know, the Gseven is very critical. They're talking about
Ukraine, China, Russia, theglobal economy. It was very important for
the President to go to the Gseven. Senior officials have continued to say
(08:05):
the Australia portion of the trip,he can do those meetings while in Japan.
All those leaders he would have beenseeing in Australia he can do in
Japan. So it's something where theycould just condense the schedule and they feel
not lose out too much. Nowthey're Australians. They're a little upset that
he's not going to make it disappointed, but the White House is saying it's
not canceled, is postponed and they'regoing to try to make it up to
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them. Karen, thank you somuch for your time. Always a pleasure.
I have a great day. That'sABC White House Correspondent Karen Travers.
Let's get back to some of thestories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. Firefighters and animal controlofficers have rescued a dog trapped in a
sinkhole in San Bernardino. Fire officialssay witnesses heard barking near a building and
(08:46):
called for help. They found thehusky in a sinkhole next to an old
oil well, roughly fifteen feet belowa parking lot. Crews were able to
slip a rope around the dog hoistedout and if I know huskies, that
thing was taught. The investigators saythey hope a thirty thousand dollar reward will
help them find the person who killeda father of three in Hawaiian Gardens.
(09:07):
Detectives say the man and a youngrelative. We're driving northbound on Norwalk Boulevard
when someone opened fire. Los AngelesCounty Fire Department arrived on scene and pronounced
mister Carlos Albrez Diaz deceased. Afourteen year old was also strug by gunfire,
but survived. Accounty Sheriffs Lieutenant PatriciaThomas says it happened last October eighth,
just after one am, and adark colored car filled with guys was
(09:28):
seen nearby. Alvarus's brother, Adriansays his brother was not in a game.
My brother was just a family man. He lives behind two girls and
a baby boy who he never gotto meet. At Homicide Bureau and Monterey
Park, Steve Gregory king, ifI knows we talked about TikTok at the
top. Here's another one. Apopular plastic surgeon in Ohio accused of streaming
her surgeries on TikTok will learn ifshe can keep her medical license. The
(09:50):
doc, known as doctor Roxy toher eight hundred thousand followers, is also
accused of botching surgeries and violating patient'sprivacy. A hearing is scheduled to wrap
up to tomorrow the State Medical Boardof Ohio voted back in November to suspend
her license. Officials say a hearingexaminer will make a recommendation to the Medical
Board and a final decision will likelybe made at the board's July twelfth meeting.
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Now a quick reminder here today isMay eighteenth. A freeze warning in
New Hampshire has put farmers on alertto protect their crops. At Sunnycrest Farm,
Danny Hicks says he planned an allnighter last night to prevent his apple
and strawberry crops from freezing. Wehave everything that we need. We've done
this for a very long time andwe're still expecting. There's plenty of bloom
(10:35):
out there, plenty of apples,so it's still going to be a lovely
season. Hicks says the cold airwill take the blooms right out, which
is why he uses an old windmachine. He says the machine circulates the
air and hopes of preventing the bloomsfrom freezing and dying. The Orange County
DA says in the last year he'scharged more than one hundred and forty people
with home invasions, burglaries and smashand grab robberies. We're not going to
(10:58):
let our residents live in OCDA ToddSpitzer says, soft on crime, state
laws, judges, and DA's innearby county. These are giving criminals a
revolving door they're coming into a county. OC assistant chaff John McCullough says this
is more than a property crime.It's a loss of safety people can feel
for a lifetime. These are peopleand families who are victimized in their own
homes, a place that is supposedto be their safe havens. Spitzer says
(11:20):
a couple dozen people from five differentrobbery crews were charged just in the last
two weeks in Orange County. CorbinCarson k i I News Florida Governor Ron
Destantis reportedly will formally enter the twentytwenty four presidential race next week. The
Washington Post reports that two people familiarwith the Republican governor's plans say de Stantis
will kick off his campaign in Miamiwith top fundraisers. The man who ran
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over and killed eight people on aNew York City bike path is suggesting that
his actions were justified. Say FuloSipov was given eight consecutive life sentences yesterday
for the twenty seventeen mass murder.Before sentencing, he spoke for nearly an
hour to fend those actions. Afterhis speech, the judge called him unrepentant
and cowardly. The Miami Heat litup the Boston Celtics last night to take
(12:09):
a one zero lead in the NBAEastern Conference Finals. The Lakers and Nuggets
get back at it tonight in Denver. In the next segment, ABC Tech
reporter Mike Dubuski will join Wake UpCall to talk about electric vehicles, actually
all vehicles, and whether new carsand trucks will continue to have AM radios
built into them. Right now,though, let's welcome Luke Barr. Luke
is ABC News's law enforcement reporter.It's been a week for the US Attorney's
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Massachusetts office. Rachel Rawlins was theUS attorney there until she resigned on Tuesday,
and then yesterday a report dropped.Good morning, Luke, Hey,
good morning. How are you.I'm good, thank you, and thank
you for joining us. The USattorney from Massachusetts went to work on Tuesday,
resigned, no longer a federal prosecutor. So what's going on with Rachel
Rollins. Yeah, so this iskind of crazy. The one more US
(12:54):
attorney now, as you mentioned,leak information about a federal investing Asian in
order to help her preferred candidate amongquote gregious other violates the DFJ policy,
according to two government watchdogs. Theyannounced this in a studding report issued yesterday.
Rollins was the first African American USattorney from Massachusetts resigned, as you
(13:16):
mentioned, after being informed of thedetails that we'd be that would be included
in the Justice Department Inspector General report. Investigation began amid reports she violated the
Hatch Act by attending a political fundraiserwith the First Lady in July of last
year. He didn't act VI toHatch Act. The Inspector General found that
just merely scratches the surface of Ron'salleged abuse of her position. Well,
(13:39):
Luke, is this a sudden resignationor was there smoke on the horizon?
Was this a building case? Thiswas a building case. I mean,
you know, we get indications whenwhen she resigned, that there would be
something coming that that would not bea flattering for Rons. But you know,
(14:00):
if you look at a timeline ofthis investigation, this happened last year.
Djuh So, the Office Special Counselin the Inspector General's Office recommended prosecution
in December of twenty twenty two,and DJ declined that prosecution because some of
the intricacies of the report found thatRollins broke the law by misleading investigators.
(14:26):
DJ declined to prosecute her um inJanuary, and obviously the report came out
in May. Okay, Luke,Okay, Let's put this in context for
a second, if we can.There were several findings of improper behavior and
abusive office in that report, butcampaign contributions seemed to be something a kind
of particular note. How do defenselook at such behavior? Yeah, So,
(14:50):
basically, what what Rollins did isshe used her position as the US
Attorney, which is the highest levelprosecute, her highest film federal prosecutor in
the district or sometimes even in thestate in this case, to influence an
article being written by a local mediamembers that there was an investigation into the
(15:16):
preferred candidates opponent that Ronds was washoping for. Sir Ronds was the Suffolk
County District Attorney, which is thehighest state attorney in Massachusetts. She resigned
to become US attorney. She wantedsomebody to replace her. That person wasn't
the one who the governor picked,the guy who she wanted to replace he
(15:37):
ran against the governor's picked and thenshe started leaking information, damaging information,
the IG says about the opponent ofher preferred candidate. Hey, look,
did she have any kind of scandalor note or whiff of scandal when she
was at Suffolk County level. No, she wasn't, as she was a
(15:58):
very progressive prosecutor, and that ledto some criticism when she was going up
for her nomination for US Attorney byby Republicans Senator Senator Tom Cotton called a
very progressive, radical prosecutor. Butyou know, other than that, you
know, there was no whiff ofany scandal, uh, you know,
(16:21):
at least major scandal like this whenshe was a Subfracarnity DA. We're speaking
with ABC News law enforcement reporter LukeBarr. Luke, I have one last
question for you. What's next?Does her chief assistant move up into the
seat? Is there an appointment process? What's what's happening in the next phase.
Yeah, so in the next coupleof days, her first assistant will
resume duties this acting US Attorney tothe District of Massachusetts and then of course
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up to the President to select andnominate her replacement, whoever that is.
We don't have an indication, butMassachusetts is a is a highly coveted position.
It's one of the biggest offices inthe department, so it will be
definitely scrutinized, especially given this report. Thank you for your time this morning,
Luke. This is a fascinating story. A quick fall. It seems
(17:06):
like, well it was building,I guess, but boy, she resigned
on Tuesday. The report drops onWednesday, and we're talking about it on
Thursday. Quick movement. Yeah,absolutely, thanks for having Absolutely. That
was Luke Barr. He's ABC Newsis Law Enforcement reporter. Let's get back
to some of the stories coming outof the KFI twenty four hour newsroom this
morning. On your wake up calltwenty five minutes after five o'clock, the
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FED stay several people with alleged tiesto gangs in the Harbor area have been
arrested for drug and firearms trafficking.The FBI says an investigation in twenty twenty
that targeted dangerous gang members linked thosegangs to the Mexican Mafia. The US
Attorneys Tom Morosick says a dozen peoplewere arrested and three remain fugitives. If
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they are convicted, these defendants willface significant time in federal prison, with
most of them facing potential life sentences. The FBI says since the investigation started,
it has seized twenty three guns andover twenty three thousand fentinel pills.
Chris Adler KFI News. A settlementhas been reached with a woman who sued
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the LA School District. The womanclaims she was hurt during a flag football
game in twenty sixteen. She saysthe teacher did not protect her. The
woman was sixteen at the time andalleges that she had to play football or
frisbee to pass her PE final atFairfax High School. The woman says she
got a concussion that left her withheadaches, confusion, fatigue, and vertigo.
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The district says the teacher properly oversawthe game. Sag AFTRA says it
will hold a strike authorization vote aheadof its negotiations with the major studios.
The vote does not mean the unionrepresenting talent will join the w GA strike,
but on June seventh, the unionwill talk about its contract that expires
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June thirtieth. The union announced yesterdayits negotiating committee decided a strike authorization would
provide maximum bargaining leverage, and anyonein the union got an email last evening
about that the Agriculture Department could bemoving to ban flavored milk from school cafeterias.
The USDA just closed the public commentperiod on changes in long term school
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nutrition standards in order to cut downon added sugars in school programs for lunch
and breakfast. The agency says theaim is to reduce exposure to added sugars
and promote more nutrient dense, unflavoredmilk and quote. The USDA suggests limiting
the amount of chocolate and strawberry milk, which is delicious in high schools,
and banning it completely in elementary andmiddle schools. Florida Man, not the
(19:40):
Netflix show A Florida Man, isaccused of killing a dune buggy driver in
a fight over a beer can.Court records in Lake County say the fight
started when fifty nine year old WallaceKirkland allegedly threw a beer can over a
dunebuggy as it drove past him lastFriday night. The records say the dunebuggy
driver approa Kirkland and allegedly threatened tokill him, and then witnesses heard a
(20:03):
gunshot and the driver quickly sped off. THEPDS reportedly found the man passed out
in the dune buggy a short distanceaway with a gunshot to the torso.
He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Kirkland was arrested on a man slaughter
charges. Right now, on wakeUp Call, we're going to talk about
a slightly older technology, AM Radio. ABC's tech reporter Mike Dubuski is with
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as Good morning, Mike, Goodmorning. Yeah, definitely an issue that
is close to a lot of ourhearts. But yeah, go ahead.
No, I'm going to say Ihave it written in my m my intro
like, welcome to k if IAM radio. Yeah, AM six forty
as I understand it live everywhere,Yeah, do I get it. But
you know, it is interesting thatwe're talking about AM radio because a lot
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of electric carmakers and automakers that haveintroduced electric cars in recent years have been
getting rid of the AM band intheir vehicles. And they say that's because
the electric motors can emit a signalthat will interfere with this style of radio.
AM radio not to get to radionerdy on you here, Jason does
stand for amplitude modulation, which meansthat your wavelengths get a little taller and
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shorter depending on, you know,different factors. And they say that format
is susceptible to this type of thing. But the flip side of that is
that AM radio can go further thanFM streams, and it can go through
solid buildings and things like that.And that's why a lot of emergency management
systems actually rely on this service aswell. So it's not just you and
me talking. As fun as thisis, it's also a public service from
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the federal government in the case ofemergencies. Often when people get texts about
breaking news or emergency situations, thatnews is coming from AM radio newsrooms or
AM radio broadcasts as well. Sothat I just kind of wanted to pull
that out. We've been we've beendoing it because well, let's let's go
right into the bipartisanship. It seemslike AM radio is helping heal the nation
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politically. Yes, that's right.So yesterday there is this bipartisan coalition of
lawmakers led by Ted Cruz and EdMarkey, not often to senators who are
aligned on much in our politics,but on this they are. And they
introduced the AM for Every Vehicle Act, which is essentially a package of legislation
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that would instruct NITZA, the NationalHighway Traffic Safety Administration, to start instituting
new rules requiring AM to be innew vehicles without payment or surcharge, so
basically just to keep it in theirvehicles. And to sort of underline exactly
how many automakers have have eschewed theAM band in recent years, BMW,
most Pollstar, Volkswagen, Volvo,and Ford have all introduced cars that don't
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have the AM stream in them.And in Ford's case, they just put
out a new Ford Mustang this year, and that's not an electric vehicle,
that's a gas powered car and itdoes not have an AM stream. So
it's it's sort of an interesting coupleof different factors here to consider. But
yeah, that's that's kind of wherewe stand legislatively. And Tesla you mentioned
at the top, but they haven'thad a radio AM radio since twenty eighteen,
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that's right, Yeah, yeah,no, Tesla hasn't. They got
rid of it in twenty eighteen.UM, And you know, it's it's
also interesting just to see you knowthat, you know, automakers are moving
over to evs, not in somecases because they want to, but in
a lot of cases because they haveto. In California, in fact,
all new gas cars by twenty thirtyfive, excuse me, all new cars
by twenty thirty five have to bepowered by something that is not gas.
(23:23):
And it seems like electricity is thething, and so California goes, so
goes the rest of the country.Europe has similar legislation. So it's it's
coming, and I think it's importantthat you know, lawmakers in this country
are kind of focused on this atthis moment before we get to like twenty
thirty five and we all have todrive, you know, electric cars kind
of going forward. You and Ican tend to nerd out sometimes on this,
(23:45):
but I did, I did.I did looked up the definition of
electromagnetic interference EMI. Right, Itjust says unwanted noise, which is why
they have dials. If I don't, I mean, come on, well,
It's also part of this too,is that you know, the automakers
will say, well, you canlisten to AM radio, you can just
do it. Through a streaming appwhere you can do it through you know,
an internet service. A lot ofthese cars are connected to the internet
(24:07):
now, m But you know,I know in California is a lot of
canyons and and things like that.You know, what if you're driving in
a place that does not have goodInternet connection and that that could also interfere,
right kind of It's almost the oppositeof what we were talking about.
With the strength of the AM signal. Um. You know, the Internet
is a lot more susceptible to sortof just differences and you know, location
and that sort of thing. Soyeah, I know, I have to
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let you go fifteen seconds. Um, does AM represent a cultural artifact for
branding of evs? Um? Youknow that that's a good question. I
will say. It is a verypopular service still, even though you know,
the popular conception might be, well, we can listen to the internet,
or we can listen to the radioon the internet and all those sorts
of things. Fifty million people listento AM radio according to Nielsen. And
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as we mentioned, you know,FEMA uses it for for integrated public alert
and warning systems and in emergency systemsand that sort of thing. Um.
So so yeah, I I don'tknow if it represents a cultural artifact.
I think it's still pretty popular fora lot of people, even outside of
the emergency side of things. It'sstill a lot of people just listen to
it just because they like listening toit. Mike, always a pleasure.
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Thank you for joining us this morning, of course, Jason, take care.
ABC's tech reporter Mike Dubuskie right there. And if you want to join
the bipartisan effort on this, bythe way, you can text the letters
AM two five two eight eight sixthat tells Congress to keep AM radio and
all the cars and trucks that aregoing to come off the line. Remember,
data rates may apply depending on whoyou use to send text messages,
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So when you send the letters AMtwo five two eight eighty six, some
data rates could apply depending on yourcar carrier. Get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFItwenty four hour news room at SUV has
fallen off the one oh one freewayin downtown LA. The Ford Expedition hit
a wall on figure Row of Boulevardwhen it landed last night. A man
(25:52):
and a woman inside were taken tothe hospital. LA police have arrested a
man who allegedly shot at officers onthe one ten Freeway in South l No
one was hit yesterday and the officersdid not return fire. Southbound lanes were
closed for a while as they investigated. Prosecutors in Boston say the Massachusetts Air
National guardsmen charged with leaking highly classifiedmilitary documents had been warned multiple times about
(26:15):
his handling of classified information. TheDOJ says Tsharah was reported as recently as
February by a superior for looking atclassified materials beyond his primary duties. ABC's
Justin Finch says Jack Tishara had highlevel top secret clearance. Justice Department lawyers
want a judge to keep the twentyone year old guardsman in jail while he
(26:36):
awaits trial. Federal prosecutors say heposted messages on the online chat forum Discord,
including one that said he had infoon Ukraine, Israel, Palestine,
Syria, Iran, China and others. An eight year old girl has died
in border patrol custody in Texas.Customs and Border Protection says the child and
(26:59):
her family were being held at astation in the Rio Grand Valley, which
is one of the busiest corridors forillegal crossings. The agency says the girl
experienced a medical emergency and was takento the hospital where she died. Jurors
in La are expected to pick updeliberations where they left off in the retrial
of actor Danny Masterson. He's chargedwith raping three women at his home in
(27:19):
Hollywood Hills between two thousand and oneand two thousand and three. Deliberations started
yesterday. Prosecutors say Masterson needs tobe held accountable. His attorney questioned the
credibility of the women. This isthe second trial from Masterson. The first
one resulted in a mistrial because ofa hung jury. High tides have caused
(27:41):
some minor flooding and seal beach TheNational Weather Service had warned of waves in
southern California yesterday, expected to befour to seven feet and up to eight
feet at some beaches. A beachhazard statement was extended to Orange County beaches
until tonight. The surf is expectedto be highest this evening, with high
tide around six feet at about ninepm. For La County beaches, high
(28:02):
tides are expected between eight and tenpm. Aquaman has a thing for sharks,
and it shows the King of Atlantishas been chosen to host Discovery Channels
thirty fifth Shark Week. Jason Mamoasays Shark Week is a chance for him
to learn and share his connection tothe great white underwater predators during the week
(28:25):
of programming. He says his lovefor sharks started long before he became Aquaman.
Shark Week is set to air inlate July. Mamoa's new DC flick,
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, willbe in theaters in December. Amy
King KFI News. President Biden isin Japan for where summit of the world's
(28:45):
seven largest democracies. Here we gothe US, Japan, Canada, the
UK, France, Germany and Italy. There's no quiz, but they're all
going to focus much of their talkon the approach to China and the war
in Ukraine. President Biden is expectedback the United States for what he calls
final negotiations on the debt stealing OnSunday, an appeals court seems likely to
(29:07):
restrict access to the myth of pristoneabortion pill. The Justice Department argued in
front of a New Orleans federal courtyesterday to allow greater access to the pill
after a Texas judge restricted its accessearlier this year. The restrictions were based
on alleged flaws with the FDA approvalprocess, and Montana is not short vid
friendly. The Treasure State is thefirst state to ban TikTok. Users will
(29:32):
not be fined or pursued. Itwill be the providers of the app,
meaning Apple and Google. It isfive fifty on your wake up call.
ABC Senior reporter Jim Ryan is withus. I'm told let's tee up our
discussion. Good morning. The TSAis assessing facial recognition technology at a growing
number of US airports. This isan old problem that's coming back to us.
(29:56):
Well, it is, and it'sgrowing, actually, the growing number
of airports at sixteen now. Obviouslyit includes Los Angeles and a lot of
other big airports, but some smallones as well, including the Gulfport Bulloxi,
Mississippi Airport, where they're giving thisa try. It's all kind of
touching and feeling and seeing where thisgoes for now. But the old process
(30:18):
was this, I mean just theprocess a year ago. That's how quickly
this is all changing. Jason.You walk up to the TSA agent and
your driver's license or your passport,your boarding pass, either the paper one
or the one on your phone.Scan the thing and you're done in about
ten or twelve seconds. It's muchfaster now with this system. Walk up
to a kiosk in search your driver'slicense or passport into a slot, look
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up at the camera. The computer, the artificial intelligence and facial recognition makes
all the comparisons and waves you onthrough after five or six seconds tops.
So it is getting faster, it'sgetting more efficient, it's spreading across more
airports, and with it a lotof concern among privacy advocates. It doesn't
seem like they're collecting any new data, though, so what's the concern?
(31:06):
That's right, yeah, right,And and the TSA says that it's not
holding onto that data at all.Those photos, it says, are destroyed
eventually, they're deleted out of thesystem. But there are those who say
that, you know, if you'reholding on to it, Let's say the
TSA decides not to get rid ofthese pictures. They've got a giant clearinghouse
of photos, a huge database ofdata on you and me and everybody else
(31:27):
who flies. So yeah, thereare concerns about it that that may change,
that policies could change in the future. Most of us don't look great
when we're going through the airport anyway, don't really want those photos hanging around.
But I mean, we all havephotos on our driver's licenses already.
Anyway, I won't, I won'tbelabor the point in the thirty thousand foot
(31:47):
kind of view. Look, Googlemakes the trade. We'll give you a
bunch of functional stuff that helps youwith your daily life as long as you
let us track you so we cantell you some ads. So what why
is this? Why would this beany different than like if you're trading quickness
through the airport and getting onto yourplane as opposed to standing in line right
and ostensibly you're also getting out ofthis more security too. The difference is
(32:10):
this Google, It is a privatecompany. You're talking here about the United
States government that's holding onto these things, and that's always a touchy subject for
privacy advocates that you know, I'mwillingly giving up my privacy and a bit
of my data to this private companybecause I want to be able to jump
onto my phone and start shopping onAmazon. More, when you start talking
(32:32):
about a government agency that's collecting thissort of data even in the short term.
That's where you get into some issues. Five members of the Congress have
Congress have said, look, Iwant we want you to quit using this
until we get a better feel forwhat the technology can do. So let's
circle back on the TSA. Sowe talked about how the old problem is
(32:52):
new again. Have we learned anythingas the TSA being preemptive or proactive when
it comes to reintroducing some of thisdigital surveillance. I guess what I'm saying
is, did they do they haveany battle scars from the last time we
went through this with identification at theairports? Well? Sure, and I
think that it was a matter ofrefining the technology somewhat. There is still
(33:13):
some concern Jason, that the technology, that the facial recognition is not as
good at identifying or or or matchingidentities of people of color. That's a
problem. And some say that look, if there if anybody is being if
it's causing up trouble problems for anybody, then it shouldn't be used until everyone
can be assured that it's the attaccurate. So yeah, and so they've tried
(33:36):
to refine it, and I suspectthat in the last couple of years it's
gotten better. Is it perfect?No? Okay, well, I personally
would I would trade it. Ifeel like I've given away enough of my
personal data and digitally speaking and otherwisethat I would rather get to my gait
faster I think. But I mightbe alone in this, and there might
be an age screpacy, and definitelyif there is racial discrepancies involved, those
(33:58):
need to be addressed to sweet Sure, Yeah, I think you're right.
I think probably most people feel thatway. I mean, if you yeah,
and you your mind might be changed. When you walk into the airport,
you look at the security line andto go all the way out the
front door, You're like, maybeI will go over and just give that
a shot, give this new technologya shot. In some places though,
where it's being used, you don'topt in. You have to opt out.
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That's another issue altogether, Jesus,I see. Okay, Well,
thanks for raising that one too,Jim Ryan. Always a pleasure to speak
with you. Thank you for yourexpertise and context on this. Thanks Jason
maybe Se Senior reporter Jim Ryan.Right there, I still would do it.
I mean, even fly out ofOntario sometimes Ontario had the most international
travelers that has ever had last monthor that last quarter, so it's the
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lines are getting longer. A lotof revenge travel is happening after COVID,
so I think that if there areappropriate guardrails, why not try to get
to the gate a little bit quicker. Let's get back to some of the
stories coming out of the KFI twentyfour hour news room. The Casa Romantic
Cultural Center and Gardens in San Clementihas set a reopening date. It was
forced to close due to the landslidelast month. It will partially reopen May
(35:07):
twenty fifth. The center's executive directorsays city officials have deemed certain areas safe
that pose no danger to staff orpublic. The center says opening its doors
even partially brings it one step closerto rejuvenating the spirit of Casa Romantica.
South Carolina's House has approved a banon abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy.
(35:29):
The state joined others yesterday, movingtoward a near total abortion ban.
North Carolina also tightened its abortion laws, set to take effect July first.
Abortion is already banned or severely restrictedin ten states in the South. The
critics restrictions limit access and hurt awoman's right to choose. President. Biden
is in Japan for the G sevensummit. He met with Japan's Prime minister
(35:52):
shortly after arriving in Hiroshima. Bottomline, mister Prime Minister, is that
on our country's and together, westand stronger, and I believe the whole
world is safer when we do.Leaders of the world's wealthy democracies are expected
to discuss various issues at the summit, including the war in Ukraine. They
(36:13):
are also expected to discuss China's growingassertiveness and military build up, as concerns
rise that it could try to seizeTaiwan by force. I've also read that
artificial intelligence will be coming up,and specifically how China is applying artificial intelligence
to its military. Okay, thatvoice you hear may not be the person
(36:34):
you're hearing. A new feature comingsoon from Apple will let you create a
digital version of your voice. PersonalVoice is an accessibility feature meant for people
with conditions like als, which cantake away the ability to speak. Apple
says fifteen minutes of reading text promptsinto your iPhone or iPad, and your
digital voice is ready. To go. Another new feature coming, Live Speech
will read the messages you type.Apple says the personal voice feature will be
(36:57):
on device machine learning to ensure youuse her privacy, meaning her digital voice
will not be hanging in the cloudfor hackers to get. Michael Krozer KFI
News Moscow is threatening to strike backas the CIA works to recruit frustrated Russian
civilians who become spies. The agencyhas launched an official channel on Telegram,
the encrypted messaging app that's favored byRussians. It has a dramatized Russian language
(37:22):
video along with it. The videoencourages Russians to engage with the CIA on
Telegram and share information it says couldbe critical to US intelligence efforts. A
Kremlin Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday thatsuch malicious activity, including the distribution of
inflammatory materials, will not remain withouta proper, effective response from Russia.
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin isappealing his conviction in George Floyd's murder.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld thesecond degree murder conviction in April. The
case could now move to the MinnesotaSupreme Court if they side to hear the
appeal. Floyd died on May twentyfifth, twenty twenty, after Chauvin kneeled
on his neck for nearly ten minutes. Chauvin is serving a twenty two and
(38:08):
a half year sentence for his murderand a separate twenty one year sentence for
violating civil rights. The Dodgers havewithdrawn and invitation for some queer or trans
nuns known as the Sisters of PerpetualIndulgence to participate in the team's annual LGBTQ
plus Pride Night. This came upon Handle on the News yesterday. The
(38:29):
group had been criticized for mocking Christians. The nuns had been set to receive
a Community Hero Award at Pride Nightnext month. That upset various Catholic groups
and Florida Senator Marco Rubio Kraft.Heinz is developing away for fans of its
dippin sauces to mix their own flavorsat restaurants and stadiums. The companies unveiled
(38:50):
a prototype of what it's calling theHinz Remix Dispenser. You don't get music
out of it, you get viscusfluids. The machine lets who pick a
bass sauce like Ketchup Ranch fifty sevensaucer barbecue and mix it with one or
more flavor enhancers like jalapeno, buffalo, and mango. It's similar to Coca
Cola's freestyle machines that let you mixsoda flavors. Because we live in anarchy
and nothing matters, I mean,Kraft Heinz is planning pilot programs with remix
(39:13):
in restaurants for late this year.In early twenty twenty four, Mark Ronner
KFI News. Not exactly anarchy,it's close. Sound the California weather from
KFI. Low clouds and fog aswe get rolling this morning, then mostly
sunny this afternoon. Highs in themid sixties to mid seventies for inland l
Anoc highs at the beaches today inthe sixties. Farther inland and in the
valleys, sunny skies and highs shouldsettle around eighty to eighty five degrees today.
(39:36):
Tonight, party cloudy early and thenlow clouds and fog roll in for
the morning, lows into mid fiftiesto around sixty again overnight. Seal Beach
right now fifty eight. Orange isalso at fifty eight Torrents and Altadena are
both at fifty seven degrees. Atsix am, we lead local live from
the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom.I'm Jason Middleton. This has been your
wakeup Call. You've been listening toyour Wakeup Call with me Jennifer Jones Lee,
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