September 13, 2025 • 10 mins
ICYMI: ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – A follow-up on the wager between Mo’ & Melissa, the Founder of the independent Black-owned media company ‘2UrbanGirls,’ regarding former KTTV, Fox L.A. host Elex Michaelson’s next move as-well-as a look at the latest news coming out of Inglewood - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app & YouTube @MrMoKelly
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
KFI AM six forty is Later with Bo Kelly.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
We're live everywherey iHeartRadio app and I think it was
last month I had a conversation with Melissa no last name,
the founder creator of two Urbangirls dot com. It is
a news and cultural affairs website. That's how I would
describe it. It's it's really informative. They've broken some national
stories and we have some mutual friends in common, one
(00:32):
of them being Alex Michaelson. You know who's a friend
of KFI. And let me bring Melissa back on the show.
Melissa is good to talk to you again.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
How are you?
Speaker 4 (00:42):
I'm good, are you?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I'm doing well? And just to reset for everyone.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
When we last talked, we talked about Lexmichaelson, who at
that point announced that he was leaving Fox eleven and
you know Elexon. I know Elexon and we did not
speak to him, but we had like a friendly wager
as to where he would end up at after Fox eleven.
I said that I thought he was going to be
part of the new what was called the New York Post.
(01:06):
They're doing a West Coast version of the New York Post.
I thought he was going to head that up, because
that is a real thing, And you said, correct me if
I'm wrong that he was possibly going to head up
Governor k Newsom's presidential communications bid.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Is that correct?
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Yes? That is.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
As it turns out, neither of us was right. And
I don't know how we pay off the bet.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
And if you don't know, Elex Michaelson announced yesterday that
he would be going to CNN and he would have
his weeknight show on CNN, And I don't know if
it's going to be like the issue is, but it's
going to be, I will say, in the vein of
what he had been doing.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
When you saw the news, what did you think?
Speaker 5 (01:50):
I thought, Wow, we both got it really wrong. But
in a lot of ways I thought we got it right.
I think that he is heading up something new. Come
to find out, it was a show that he pitched
to them a while back that they passed. He went
ahead and brought the idea to Fox eleven, who welcomed it.
He did a fantastic job. If we look at his
(02:12):
roster of guests. Gavin Newsom has been on there the
most time, and a lot of news exclusives that Gavin
brought to the station came through well.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
A lot of the.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
News that he brought was exclusives to Alex Felix. So
I think that for me, I feel like we both
foresaw him doing something new. Still continuing communications on behalf of.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
The state of California.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
He's still going to be based in La I firesee
Gavin Newsom being another prominent fixture on his show, especially
as the speculation continues to grow that he's going to
run for president.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Going to CNN, it's going to give him a.
Speaker 5 (02:55):
Bigger platform to talk than just on Fox eleven. So
now he'll be able to reach the nation in a
different capacity, and with someone that like Alix, who has
become a trusted voice and not only Los Angeles, but
in these political circles. Given his political and journalism background, he's.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
The best choice for that job opportunity.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
You make a great point as far as a larger platform,
And I've done a lot of unpaid commentary on CNN
for many years, and people don't necessarily know or understand
that they're seeing in the domestic channel that we see
on our cable systems, and there's also CNN International. They
have like eighty eight bureaus around the world. I say
(03:37):
that because whatever Lex Michaelson does for CNN now ostensibly
could be used to go around the world. And I
know that he had been at Fox eleven for a
long time. We texted back and forth, but I didn't
get into the specifics of why he left. But I
do know he had been at Fox eleven long enough
to know that he probably could not grow more where
(04:00):
he was, and sometimes you got to go to grow,
and this gives him the platform to do more. I
root for him every single day. And I tell people
all the time when you see someone leave, they got
a better offer, and CNN gave him a better offer,
like they did Chris Wallace and other people. And I
know some people want to look at it through this
lens of oh my gosh, I hate Santa and it's
(04:21):
a Clinton news network, it's a communist news network. No,
it's just another outlet, and people kind of forget that.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
I'm happy for him.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Do you know when Alex is supposed to start at
this point, I honestly.
Speaker 5 (04:35):
Don't know he's supposed to start based on what the
news channel put out he should be starting right around
the time of early November, and they mentioned he'll be
starting right when we go to the post to vote
on Prop fifty for the redistricting, So hopefully he can
get a show out before election day. But I do
(04:57):
see him being able to grow his show and become
a major force in providing balance coverage leading up to
next year's election.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
He's a consummate professional. I don't think people understand that
he's one like me, at least in this respect, who
is willing to engage people who watch him.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
He will be on social media, he will respond.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Directly to people who may criticize him, and he is
someone who is very serious about journalism as far as
how he presents a story, how he tries to keep
his personal feelings out of a story. He's a concept.
I remember when he was just coming out of USCED.
I think he was working at ABC seven. He's put
in his dues, he's done his time, and now he's
(05:42):
going to get a national, slash international audience to follow him.
And I think his success is our success. But I
do want to ask you, since I do have you,
to switch gears just briefly, you do a wonderful job
talking about things which are going on in would and
also right around Inglewood. So let me ask you, what
(06:04):
are some of the top issues or topics of conversation
right now within the Englewood community.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
Our biggest conversations now are revolving around.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
The immigration rates.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
It's in Inglewood very hard, along with the unincorporated part
of Inglewood, which is linux to get conflated a lot.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
But I think the bigger conversation.
Speaker 5 (06:30):
Is where do our elected officials stand on the issue.
And one breath that's saying hey, we support you. And
then we just put up a video showing code enforcement
being heavy handed with street vendors who were assembled outside
of the Sofi Stadium Chargers game. I mean ramsgam, I'm sorry.
(06:52):
So I think that, you know, especially with us having
two Latino council members, it's really important for a community
to buil.
Speaker 4 (07:01):
Their voices are being heard throughout weekly.
Speaker 5 (07:04):
City council meetings saying hey, what can you do to
help us their legal funds or there things that can
help with you know, food donations, et cetera. We see
what cigure of the LA is doing unprecedented things like
saying hey, if you get taken and detained by ice,
will waves, you know, parking enforcement and to fees if
(07:24):
you can show that the car was left there because
of ice, detained being detained by ice. So I think
that in Englewood they're looking at that. Also, we're looking at,
of course the parking issues. What's going to be the
next development with this transit connector. So I think it's
still kind of primarily around immigration enforcement.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
My time is running short with you listen, But since
you mentioned immigration enforcement, you may not have been listening.
I was talking about the law which is getting ready
to be signed by Governor Knwso regarding law enforcement and
of ice, they will not be able to use mass
and they have to be clearly identifiable going forward. How
do you think, Well, let me ask you this because
(08:09):
I was making the statement for those of us who
live in these communities.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
I live right outside of Inglewood.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
It has always been a concern as far as you
have these mass individuals, armed individuals, how they interact and
how they try to detain or go about these ice raids.
How have you seen these ice raids play out specifically
with regard to mass and non identification in the Inglewood
and surrounding communities.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
I think it's very disturbing because you don't know who
these people are. I think the federal government got a
huge win when Supreme Court allowed them to go ahead
and resume immigration enforcement in the city of la specifically
because they were still doing it in surrounding areas. I
(08:58):
believe social media definitely fuels us seeing a more humanistic
side to these rates when you see people in the
streets trying to stop the.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Activity of the federal government. But it's interesting.
Speaker 5 (09:14):
Because our elected officials in Inglewood will say, well, you know,
they don't tell law enforcement when they're coming here. We
have no idea when these action takes place, and then
there becomes the issue of federal law over state and
local law. So it'll be interesting to see how it
continues to play out, if Governor Newsom does sign the legislation,
(09:35):
and if the Trump administration will even follow it.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Before I let you go, we know each other just
a little bit, but I need to know something about
you so I can really appreciate whether we can be
friends or not. You mentioned what was going on around
SOFI stadiums have to ask you rams are chargers.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
I'm a Saints fan.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Okay, we can end this conversation right now. I don't
need to ask you. Then Dodgers are angels, then.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Right, Dodgers Dodgers absolutely.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Okay, Kings, Kings or Ducks.
Speaker 5 (10:10):
I don't watch hockey, okay USC or U C L
A USC of course.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
I okay, Now I can rock with you. I can
rock with you. Three out of four good enough, but
listen of two Urban Girls dot com. Thank you so
much for your reporting. Thank you for being such a
good sport with our bet regarding Alex Michaelson. I guess
neither of us won, so we'll have to find something
else to put a wager on in the future.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Absolutely, thank you for having me back.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
KFI AM six forty is Later with Bo Kelly.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
We're live everywherey iHeartRadio app and I think it was
last month I had a conversation with Melissa no last name,
the founder creator of two Urbangirls dot com. It is
a news and cultural affairs website. That's how I would
describe it. It's it's really informative. They've broken some national
stories and we have some mutual friends in common, one
(00:32):
of them being Alex Michaelson. You know who's a friend
of KFI. And let me bring Melissa back on the show.
Melissa is good to talk to you again.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
How are you?
Speaker 4 (00:42):
I'm good, are you?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I'm doing well? And just to reset for everyone.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
When we last talked, we talked about Lexmichaelson, who at
that point announced that he was leaving Fox eleven and
you know Elexon. I know Elexon and we did not
speak to him, but we had like a friendly wager
as to where he would end up at after Fox eleven.
I said that I thought he was going to be
part of the new what was called the New York Post.
(01:06):
They're doing a West Coast version of the New York Post.
I thought he was going to head that up, because
that is a real thing, And you said, correct me if
I'm wrong that he was possibly going to head up
Governor k Newsom's presidential communications bid.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Is that correct?
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Yes? That is.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
As it turns out, neither of us was right. And
I don't know how we pay off the bet.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
And if you don't know, Elex Michaelson announced yesterday that
he would be going to CNN and he would have
his weeknight show on CNN, And I don't know if
it's going to be like the issue is, but it's
going to be, I will say, in the vein of
what he had been doing.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
When you saw the news, what did you think?
Speaker 5 (01:50):
I thought, Wow, we both got it really wrong. But
in a lot of ways I thought we got it right.
I think that he is heading up something new. Come
to find out, it was a show that he pitched
to them a while back that they passed. He went
ahead and brought the idea to Fox eleven, who welcomed it.
He did a fantastic job. If we look at his
(02:12):
roster of guests. Gavin Newsom has been on there the
most time, and a lot of news exclusives that Gavin
brought to the station came through well.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
A lot of the.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
News that he brought was exclusives to Alex Felix. So
I think that for me, I feel like we both
foresaw him doing something new. Still continuing communications on behalf of.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
The state of California.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
He's still going to be based in La I firesee
Gavin Newsom being another prominent fixture on his show, especially
as the speculation continues to grow that he's going to
run for president.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Going to CNN, it's going to give him a.
Speaker 5 (02:55):
Bigger platform to talk than just on Fox eleven. So
now he'll be able to reach the nation in a
different capacity, and with someone that like Alix, who has
become a trusted voice and not only Los Angeles, but
in these political circles. Given his political and journalism background, he's.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
The best choice for that job opportunity.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
You make a great point as far as a larger platform,
And I've done a lot of unpaid commentary on CNN
for many years, and people don't necessarily know or understand
that they're seeing in the domestic channel that we see
on our cable systems, and there's also CNN International. They
have like eighty eight bureaus around the world. I say
(03:37):
that because whatever Lex Michaelson does for CNN now ostensibly
could be used to go around the world. And I
know that he had been at Fox eleven for a
long time. We texted back and forth, but I didn't
get into the specifics of why he left. But I
do know he had been at Fox eleven long enough
to know that he probably could not grow more where
(04:00):
he was, and sometimes you got to go to grow,
and this gives him the platform to do more. I
root for him every single day. And I tell people
all the time when you see someone leave, they got
a better offer, and CNN gave him a better offer,
like they did Chris Wallace and other people. And I
know some people want to look at it through this
lens of oh my gosh, I hate Santa and it's
(04:21):
a Clinton news network, it's a communist news network. No,
it's just another outlet, and people kind of forget that.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
I'm happy for him.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Do you know when Alex is supposed to start at
this point, I honestly.
Speaker 5 (04:35):
Don't know he's supposed to start based on what the
news channel put out he should be starting right around
the time of early November, and they mentioned he'll be
starting right when we go to the post to vote
on Prop fifty for the redistricting, So hopefully he can
get a show out before election day. But I do
(04:57):
see him being able to grow his show and become
a major force in providing balance coverage leading up to
next year's election.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
He's a consummate professional. I don't think people understand that
he's one like me, at least in this respect, who
is willing to engage people who watch him.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
He will be on social media, he will respond.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Directly to people who may criticize him, and he is
someone who is very serious about journalism as far as
how he presents a story, how he tries to keep
his personal feelings out of a story. He's a concept.
I remember when he was just coming out of USCED.
I think he was working at ABC seven. He's put
in his dues, he's done his time, and now he's
(05:42):
going to get a national, slash international audience to follow him.
And I think his success is our success. But I
do want to ask you, since I do have you,
to switch gears just briefly, you do a wonderful job
talking about things which are going on in would and
also right around Inglewood. So let me ask you, what
(06:04):
are some of the top issues or topics of conversation
right now within the Englewood community.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
Our biggest conversations now are revolving around.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
The immigration rates.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
It's in Inglewood very hard, along with the unincorporated part
of Inglewood, which is linux to get conflated a lot.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
But I think the bigger conversation.
Speaker 5 (06:30):
Is where do our elected officials stand on the issue.
And one breath that's saying hey, we support you. And
then we just put up a video showing code enforcement
being heavy handed with street vendors who were assembled outside
of the Sofi Stadium Chargers game. I mean ramsgam, I'm sorry.
(06:52):
So I think that, you know, especially with us having
two Latino council members, it's really important for a community
to buil.
Speaker 4 (07:01):
Their voices are being heard throughout weekly.
Speaker 5 (07:04):
City council meetings saying hey, what can you do to
help us their legal funds or there things that can
help with you know, food donations, et cetera. We see
what cigure of the LA is doing unprecedented things like
saying hey, if you get taken and detained by ice,
will waves, you know, parking enforcement and to fees if
(07:24):
you can show that the car was left there because
of ice, detained being detained by ice. So I think
that in Englewood they're looking at that. Also, we're looking at,
of course the parking issues. What's going to be the
next development with this transit connector. So I think it's
still kind of primarily around immigration enforcement.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
My time is running short with you listen, But since
you mentioned immigration enforcement, you may not have been listening.
I was talking about the law which is getting ready
to be signed by Governor Knwso regarding law enforcement and
of ice, they will not be able to use mass
and they have to be clearly identifiable going forward. How
do you think, Well, let me ask you this because
(08:09):
I was making the statement for those of us who
live in these communities.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
I live right outside of Inglewood.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
It has always been a concern as far as you
have these mass individuals, armed individuals, how they interact and
how they try to detain or go about these ice raids.
How have you seen these ice raids play out specifically
with regard to mass and non identification in the Inglewood
and surrounding communities.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
I think it's very disturbing because you don't know who
these people are. I think the federal government got a
huge win when Supreme Court allowed them to go ahead
and resume immigration enforcement in the city of la specifically
because they were still doing it in surrounding areas. I
(08:58):
believe social media definitely fuels us seeing a more humanistic
side to these rates when you see people in the
streets trying to stop the.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Activity of the federal government. But it's interesting.
Speaker 5 (09:14):
Because our elected officials in Inglewood will say, well, you know,
they don't tell law enforcement when they're coming here. We
have no idea when these action takes place, and then
there becomes the issue of federal law over state and
local law. So it'll be interesting to see how it
continues to play out, if Governor Newsom does sign the legislation,
(09:35):
and if the Trump administration will even follow it.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Before I let you go, we know each other just
a little bit, but I need to know something about
you so I can really appreciate whether we can be
friends or not. You mentioned what was going on around
SOFI stadiums have to ask you rams are chargers.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
I'm a Saints fan.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Okay, we can end this conversation right now. I don't
need to ask you. Then Dodgers are angels, then.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
Right, Dodgers Dodgers absolutely.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Okay, Kings, Kings or Ducks.
Speaker 5 (10:10):
I don't watch hockey, okay USC or U C L
A USC of course.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
I okay, Now I can rock with you. I can
rock with you. Three out of four good enough, but
listen of two Urban Girls dot com. Thank you so
much for your reporting. Thank you for being such a
good sport with our bet regarding Alex Michaelson. I guess
neither of us won, so we'll have to find something
else to put a wager on in the future.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Absolutely, thank you for having me back.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty
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