November 19, 2025 • 40 mins
Amy King hosts your Wednesday Wake Up Call. ABC News national correspondent Jim Ryan opens the show talking about 2025 being the year of the natural Christmas tree. KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Rich talks about the CloudFlare outage, the most embarrassing passwords of 2025, and using AI for Black Friday deals. Denise Pelegrini from Bloomberg Media joins the show to give a business and stock market update. Amy talks with author Adam Nimoy about his new book The Most Human: Reconciling with my Father, Leonard Nimoy.
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Speaker 1 (01:02):
Good morning. It's five o'clock, straight up. This is your
wake up call for Wednesday, November nineteenth. I'm Amy King.
Thanks for starting your day with us. Let's get right
to it. We've got a busy day ahead, lots of
fun stuff coming up. Here's what is ahead on wake
up Call. Singer David is now a suspect in the
death of fifteen year old Celeste Reeves. Her remains were
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found in the trunk of a Tesla in a towyard
in Hollywood in September. The car, registered to David, was
found abandoned in the Hollywood Hills. The LAPD says she
died sometime in the spring. David has moved out of
his home in the Hills and canceled his tour. The
Senate has followed the lead of the House and passed
a bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein files with unanimous consent.
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President Trump has said he will sign the bill. Elon
Musk and Jeff Bezos were among the guests at President
Trump's dinner in honor of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed ben
Sulman at the White House. Trump said at the dinner
last night that Saudi Arabia would be designated as a
major non NATO ally and praised Saudi Arabia's investment in
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the US of nearly a trillion dollars. Trump said the
President or the Prince rather could help bring stability to
the Middle East. Something I'm kind of actually struggling with
this year is to get a real tree or to
go artificial. And I've never struggled with that before, but
I am this year. Jim Ryan ABC, It's going to
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join us in just a couple of minutes to make
the case for a real tree. This is so good,
I know. So there was this massive global internet outage
and apps were out yesterday. What was it really all about?
And is everything back up? And running. We'll find out
with the host of Rich on Tech on KFI, rich
damiro joins us at five point twenty. Also, he's going
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to tell us how to turn chat, GPT and other
ai into your ultimate shopping buddy this holiday season. And
Amy's on it. I'm usually on the stream, but we're
we're going a little old school this week. Got a
really good book for you, and we get to talk
to the author of the book. It's called The Most
Human and it's by Adam Nimoy, Leonard Nimoy's son, you know, Spock. Yeah,
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that's coming up at the bottom of the hour. Hope
you'll stick around for that. Also, we want you to
read it too. We've got a couple of books to
give away and we'll tell you where you can get
the book, and also meet the son of one of
the most famous men in the whole wide world. Let's
get started with some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Singer David has officially
been named a suspect and the death of teenager Celeste Reeves.
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ABC's Alex Stone says the girl's body was found in
Hollywood in September in the trunk of a Tesla that's
registered to David Burke.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
The investigators believe that David played some role in that
likely did get help, but until they get the official
cause of death from the medical examiner, they can't move
forward with charges or make any arrests.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
He says. Burke is reportedly not cooperating with the investigation.
News brought to you by ruterhroo dot com. A man's
been attacked and knocked unconscious next to the Florence Metro
station in an unincorporated area that borders Vernon and Huntington Park.
Theli County Sheriff's Department says an assault with a deadly
weapon was reported just after seven yesterday morning. Deputies found
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the man severely beaten. Service on Metro's A line was
stopped for a while because of the investigation. A man
from Long Beach is expected to plead guilty in LA
in federal court to possessing a Molotov cocktail during an
anti immigration enforcement protest in downtown. He allegedly had the
improvised firebomb and a lighter in June during protests near
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federal buildings. The guy's charged with a single federal count
of possession of an unregistered destructive device that carries a
possible sentence of up to ten years in prison. A
record number of travelers from Southern California are expected to
head out next week.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
Thanksgiving holiday weekend has an estimated six point seven eight
million people from the region packing up and going somewhere.
The Auto Club of Southern California says that's up almost
three percent from last year and seven percent higher than
twenty nineteen, before the COVID pandemic changed travel plans. Nearly
six million are expected to travel by car as the
state's average gas price hits four dollars and sixty six
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cents a gallon. The Auto Club says top destinations for
families from around LA include Disneyland, San Diego, the Bay Area,
and Las Vegas. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yeah, Disneyland, I like it. Well, let's say good morning
to ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim, Thanksgivings just a week away.
It's almost time to start decorating. Put up the tree.
And I'm kind of wrestling with this this year because
I always get a real tree, but I was thinking
about going artificial this year. So that's why you're here,
is to sell me on staying the course and sticking
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with the real deal.
Speaker 6 (05:50):
Hey, do what you want, but if you go artificial,
you're going to be paying more this year than you
would have last year. Twenty percent more on average.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
More.
Speaker 6 (05:59):
Yeah, wow, lot.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (06:01):
So you review were buying one hundred dollars fake tree
last year, it's going to be one hundred and one
hundred and twenty dollars this year, right, thank you, mister math.
That's why I didn't. That's why I'm a word guy.
Because eighty seven percent of the Christmas decorations, including the
trees that we use here, it comes from China. So
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call it the Tannin boumb tariff if you like, because
it's helping to drive up the cost of all the
decorations that overall decor about thirty percent, and Christmas trees
twenty percent. Christmas lights will cost you sixty three percent
more this year, and you're gonna have to use those
on that natural tree if you decide to use it,
because a.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Lot of the fake ones come pre lit.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Yeah, okay, So I had heard that the cost of
real Christmas trees might actually come down a little bit
this year.
Speaker 6 (06:52):
In some places, that's true. Some farms have had a
really good growing season or several seasons. Takes about seven
years to grow a tree that's tall enough and big
enough and pretty enough to take home. Seven years and
then you throw it out at the end of the season.
But yeah, thirty million natural Christmas trees are gold around
the country. Top producing states Oregon and North Carolina.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
I always get mine from Oregon because I don't think
many from North Carolina make it to the West coast.
Speaker 6 (07:19):
Probably not. That's why they're on either side of the country.
And the average Christmas tree, according to some of the farms,
will be around one hundred and twenty one hundred and
thirty dollars for that six and a half seven foot tree.
You know how you can get one for five dollars,
No christs for zero. You can go up to Sequoia
National Forest or to Innio National Forest cut one down.
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Do you need a permit? Yes, Recreation dot gov. You
can go to Recreation dot gov and buy a permit
that actually lets you go up to a national forest,
a designated one and designated area and cut down a
Christmas tree.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
You know, we used to do that when I was
a kid.
Speaker 6 (07:59):
Probably a tree or was it at the No, No.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
We've gone out into the forest. My friend Teresa still
goes out and cuts them in the forest. And then yes,
the tree farms. It's always fun to go and cut
your own tree down yourself.
Speaker 6 (08:11):
Right because they have a little hay ride and they
have cider and sure, yeah it's nice. It's a nice memory.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Okay, so maybe go real and plus it makes your
house smells so good.
Speaker 6 (08:22):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Okay, that's right.
Speaker 6 (08:24):
Because that air freshner from the car wash is not
going to saiffy.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
It's not the same. It's just not the same. All right.
ABC's Jim Ryan, thanks so much. See all right, I
talk to you soon. Let's get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
The White House cis President Trump will sign a bill
passed by Congress ordering the Justice Department to release the
Epstein files. Not clear when or how much of the
files are going to be released, since the President has
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called for investigations into Epstein's ties to Democrats. Georgia Republican
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green says she's a bit skeptical. Only
take people's actions serious. No, longer words, the President doesn't
need Congress to release the Epstein files, but he has
the authority to do it on his own. Texas has
filed an appeal with the US Supreme Court in response
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to a panel of three federal judges blocking the state
of Texas from using its new congressional maps intended to
send more Republicans to Congress. The drawing of that map
led to a nationwide redistricting battle, including Prop fifty here
in California. The panel of federal judges in El Paso
cided yesterday with those who argued that Texas's unusual summer
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redrawing of congressional districts would harm black and Hispanic residents.
The US and Saudi Arabia have signed off on some
big deals. President Trump says he has signed the US
Saudi Strategic Defense Agreement, making Saudi Arabia a major non
NATO ally.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
A stronger and more capable alliance will advance the interests
of both countries, and it will serve the highest interest
of peace.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
Trump announced he has agreed to sell the Saudi's F
thirty five fighter jets and nearly three hundred tanks. The
Saudi Crown, Princes announced a one trillion dollar investment in
the US, largely technology focused, and investigations being widened into
the death of a teenage girl on a carnival cruise ship.
ABC's Victor Akendo says Anna Kepner was on vacation with
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her family earlier this month, cruising from Miami to the Caribbean.
Speaker 5 (10:21):
Upnor was on the cruise ship with her father, stepmother,
and step siblings. Lawyers for the stepmother, seeing one of
her minor children may now face criminal charges.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
He says. The FBI is also investigating. UPS says it's
working with the NTSB, Boeing Engineering, UPS Engineers, and the
FAA on finding out what caused a UPS cargo plane
to crash in Kentucky. UPS Airlines president Bill Moore says
they want to make sure their planes are safe and
can keep flying at.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
The recommendation of the manufacturer Boeing.
Speaker 7 (10:51):
In this case, we made the decision to voluntarily ground
our entire fleet of NB eleven airplanes.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
Fourteen people were killed in the crash earlier this month.
Quarterly profits have tumbled at Target, hinting at a more
meager holiday season. A head for the struggling retailer Google
has unveiled Gemini's next generation of artificial intelligence.
Speaker 8 (11:13):
The Gemini three model, comes nearly two years after Google
took the wraps off the first iteration of the technology
in response to a competitive threat posed by Open AI's
chat GPT. Google's latest AI features initially will be rolled
out to Gemini Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US
before coming to a wider audience around the world.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Depth remark koff I news Hey, Cynthia Rivo is making
Thanksgiving a little wicked because I knew.
Speaker 5 (11:44):
You and I have so many friends.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
One of the stars of Wicked for Good is the
opening act for this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Arevo
will sing the opening number to kick off the event
in New York City, a week following the release of
the second Wicked movie. Ej Audrey Nuna and ray Ammy
Ray Amy, who provide the singing voices for Hunter Tricks
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from Netflix's Wildly properly popular K pop demon Hunters, will
also be performing along the parade route. Busta Rhymes, Christopher Jackson,
Sierra Jewell Cool and the Gang, Little John and Moore
will be performing, and the Radio City Rockets, of course
celebrate their one hundredth one hundredth anniversary at the parade.
This year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will feature thirty four balloons,
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twenty eight floats, and eleven marching bands. I'm through with
play Super excited, Super excited. I rewatched Wicked in anticipation
of the release of Wicked for Good and we're going
to see Wicked for Good tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
Cool.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
Right when we come back, there was that big global
internet and app outage yesterday. What was that really all about?
And is everything back up and running? We're going to
find out with the host of Rich on Tech on Kfight,
Rich Demiro, and he's also going to tell us how
we can turn chat, GPT and other AI into the
ultimate shopping buddy this season. The Traffic Center is brought
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to you by your Toyota dealers. It's the here and
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grab a great deal on a new Toyota. We make
it easy. We've got trouble on the sixty in Ontario.
Speaker 9 (13:28):
It's a little crash there on the westbound side right
around Euclid solo vehicle crash in lanes and not really
I can't say I'm seeing much in the way of
slowing there, but just be aware it is there if
you headed down the Kohen Path from the High Desert,
a few brick lights there from the verb.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
My man has been beaten unconscious near Metro's Florence station
South La La Keunty Sheriff's Deputy's found the man severely
beaten around seven fifteen yesterday morning. He's in the hospital.
Service on Metro's A line between the Slawson and Firestone
stations was interrupted following the attack. For the investigation, the
county Board of Supervisors has instructed its staff to initiate
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efforts aimed at requiring telecommunications companies to underground their lines
in the Santa Monica Mountains as a fire prevention measure.
Supervisor Lindsay Horvath's office says leaving overhead electrical and telecommunications
infrastructure can fuel fires, block evacuation routes, and intensify emergencies.
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Lebron James' is back. He scored eleven points and had
a game high twelve assists in his season debut at
Crypto dot Com Arena. James has been sitting on the
sidelines for the first fourteen games of the season because
of Sciatica. The star of the show last night Luka
doncic He scored a game high thirty seven points Lakers
beat the Jazzi. Let's say good morning now to the
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host of Rich on Tech on KFI. It's ktlized Tech
reporter Rich Demiro.
Speaker 7 (14:50):
Morning Rich, Good morning to Amy.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Okay, so a lot of people were affected by this
crash of cloud Flare yesterday. What actually happened and is
it back up and running now?
Speaker 7 (15:06):
It's back up and running and it was back up
and running yesterday around twelve eastern So what is that
here at nine am? So here's what happened. Basically, cloud
Flare acts as like the backbone of the Internet. It
helps websites deliver their content faster, keeps like you know,
hackers and bots out and so basically they just pushed
through a little tiny update, like a little configuration change,
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and that file just kept getting bigger and bigger, and
it was like just literally pulling down all of their
systems until they figured out what was going on. And
that's what happened. So they said, this is not a
cybersecurity issue, This was not a hack. It was just
literally a mistake on their end. They fixed it, they
got it back up and running. But in between that time,
as you know, you probably came across a million and
(15:51):
one error issues on your websites that you visit. Because
cloud Flare is the power behind so many websites out
there on the Internet.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
It seems like a lot of these big outages are
happening when they push out updates.
Speaker 7 (16:07):
And yeah, well here's the deal. The stakes, the stakes
are so much higher now. If you make a mistake,
it's basically taking down large swaths of the Internet because
so much of the Internet is controlled by Amazon, by Google,
by Microsoft, by cloud Flare, by these content delivery networks
that you probably haven't heard of. But they're all behind
the scenes until something like this happens. Remember the CrowdStrike thing.
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So these are all systems that are put in place
by these large companies to sort of protect them from
stuff like this. But if there's a mistake in the
software programming, then it backfires.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Okay, but everything's back up and running in normal now,
so you can play your League of Legends or League whatever.
Speaker 7 (16:46):
Yeah, Okay, go on chat GBT.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Speaking of chat GPT, the Ultimate shopping buddy this year
might be AI. How come?
Speaker 7 (16:58):
Yeah, So I'm doing a story for KTLA on this.
So did a lot of research. But you know, AI
is what we're using for everything nowadays, and it turns
out it's actually a really good helper for shopping. And
the reason is because you can get super specific with
your question. So it used to be one of the
top five noise canceling headphones. Like that is one size
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fits all. It does not work anymore. What about you know,
what are the best in ear noise canceling earbuds under
one hundred dollars? You know that have Google or you
know some sort of assistant that you want built in
and by the way, Google can find that. So Google
Ai mode. These are your friends. Google Ai Mode. That's
scanning fifty billion product listings every day, two billion every
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hour are updated, which is just crazy. You can set
price alert, so Google Shopping, if you go in that tab,
you can actually set up price alert. It says track price.
That's really cool. We talked last week about Amazon how
you can use the little rufous Ai to set a
price alert or even buy it for you Chatch YOUBT,
Microsoft Copilot. They can all do price checks as well,
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and then vetted dot ai. This is a good website
if you want to look up, you know, different products
that might fit and it looks through YouTube reviews and
Reddit opinions, which is really cool.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
Okay, So I think that that's going to be good
because we've we've been talking with Joel Larsgard about staying
on budget this holiday season, and this can help you
do it because it'll like watch for prices for you
and help you find the best prices and that kind
of stuff. That's great.
Speaker 7 (18:31):
Yeah, I think And by the way, the hot sellers
maybe you talked about this, but Nintendo switched to going
to be hot this holiday season Meta glasses. Those are
really hot. AirPods Pro three here's the thing. I don't
know if we're gonna we're going to talk about this,
but AirPods Pro there's a there's a deal right now,
the first deal that we've seen on these since they
launched this year. You got to go to Staples and
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they're two hundred and nineteen dollars. You got to go
in store. So the good news is what does that
tell me? That tells me that probably Best Buy, I,
probably Amazon, and Target are all going to catch on
to this price, and we're going to see a nice
discount on these AirPods Pro three, which to me are
just really, really great earbuds. You can wear them everywhere.
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They track your heart rate, and they are two hundred
and fifty dollars typically, but two nineteen now with this
new deal only in store right now, but hopefully it'll
propagate to the other retailers. We'll see.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Okay, I think it's really cute that you have a
pulse in your ear. Okay, who knew? Okay, let's talk
about passwords for twenty twenty.
Speaker 7 (19:32):
Five still really bad? Are you using a password manager yet? Amy,
I know we've talked about them.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
I have one, but like those really wonky passwords like
I use, here's my issue with this. I've got passwords
that I use for a website, say, and I use
it on my phone and I use it on my laptop.
So if I save it on my password manager on
my phone, how am I going to know what it
is on my laptop?
Speaker 7 (19:56):
You've got that, And that's the reason why I really
like a third party password manager. So like a platform
agnostic which is Bitwarden that is free. It is excellent,
it works everywhere if you're using you know, Apple passwords
on your iPhone. Like you said, yes, you can install
a helper app on your computer if it's Windows to
make that work, but it's not as clean as a
(20:17):
as a company that cares about all the different platforms.
Apple only cares about Apple. So anyway, at the bottom
line is use a password manager. I don't really care
which one, but just get into the habit. It takes
a little bit longer, but America's number one password according
to nord pass is still admin YEP. Number two is
password globally one, two, three, four, five, six is still
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you know, the laziest password out there. And the bottom
line is eighty percent of hacks happen because of week passwords.
So please, please, please use a password manager. I know
it's a pain, but just.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
Do it, all right. The host of rich on Tech
on KFI, you can hear them every Saturday from eleven
to two. You can also watch them on KTLA, and
you can follow him on Instagram at rich on Tech.
And then the other great thing is he's got a website,
rich on Tech dot tv, and all the stuff that
he talks about on the radio with us and on
KTLA ends up on his website if you want more information.
Speaker 7 (21:11):
Thank you Rich, Thank you Amy. Have a great day.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Talk to you soon. A federal judge in la has
rejected bail for the man accused of causing the destructive
Palisades fire in January. The judge yesterday ordered Jonathan Rindernecked
held without bail while the criminal cases pending. Prosecutors had
argued that he was a flight risk and a threat
to the community. Rendernack is accused of starting a fire
on New Year's that smoldered for a week until it
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was kicked up by strong winds and became the deadly
and devastating Palisades Fire. University of California regents are set
to vote today on a proposed tuition hike. Vincent Rasso
with the UC Student Association says he's concerned undergrads are
already stretched too thin.
Speaker 10 (21:52):
One we're seeing snapped get cut across the board, when
we're seeing this lack of investment in students in Balakano
basic needs and their well being, I think that's what's
really kind of the frustrating pain point for our current.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Student Regions say the UC system is facing financial pressure
due to inflation and funding cuts from the Trump administration
and the state. Home sales continue to rise across southern California.
La County sales numbers are up fourteen percent in October
compared to September. Orange County saw a four percent jump.
Analysts say buyers are taking advantage of slightly lower prices. Statewide,
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the number of homes sold reached their highest level since February.
US four Service firefighters are doing a series of controlled
burns in the San Bernardino National Forest around Pine Cove
to clear out excess vegetation. The first operation is scheduled
ahead of Thanksgiving, with ongoing burns right on into January
depending on the weather. Official say residents and travelers should
(22:46):
not be alarmed by the smoke and the flame. Mittel
has announced plans to develop five indoor water parks featuring
the company's best known brands Barbie Hot Wheels, Fish Price,
an American Girl. The first park is expected to open
in Orlando, Florida. The company hasn't said where the others
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are going to be, well Southern California Get One. The
parks will include lazy rivers, wave pools, and water slides.
I love a good water park, A thirteen year old
boy has been fatally hit by a car in Dana Point.
The boy was apparently walking to school with his brother
when a driver drove up onto the curb and hit
him yesterday morning. The Orange County Sheriff's Apartment says Bradley
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Funk of San Juan Capistrano was booked on suspicion of
hit and run, driving under the influence, and second degree
murder because he had a prior conviction for DUI. A
fire near Mammoth Lakes has burned nearly two thousand acres.
The fire that started last Thursdays now eighty three percent surrounded.
The fires burned at least thirty homes and other buildings.
Six more have been damaged. The cause of the fire
(23:47):
not determined. One of LA's most storied movie theaters is
getting a major makeover. The Westwood Village Theater is being
taken over by the American Cinema Tech. It'll reopen in
twenty twenty seven. Director Jason Wright Riatman spearheaded the purchase
of the theater last year, on behalf of a coalition
of well known directors including Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, Alexander Payne,
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jud Appato and others. Normally I'm on the stream, but
today I'm on it and it's the day that we
curled up with a good book, and that is what
we're doing today. Let's say good morning now to the
author of the Most Human Reconciling with My Father. It's
about his relationship with his famous dad, Leonard Nimoy. Please welcome,
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Adam Nimoy. Thanks so much for joining us today.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Adam, thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
Okay, I have to tell you that on Sunday, I
was awakened at about four o'clock in the morning because
the rain was coming down so heavy, and it woke
me up and I couldn't go back to sleep, and
so I thought, well, you know what, I'm going to
get a jumpstart on reading the book ahead of our interview.
So I started reading at about four am. Think can
I just read a couple of chapters? And instead I
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just read and read and read and read and finished
the book at about noon when the rain was still falling.
It was such a good book, Adam, I mean, like
so engaging, so well written, So it was just a
joy to read. Why did you write this book well?
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Well, first, I really appreciate you taking the time to
read it. I wrote the book because it's sort of
you know, it's a celebration of my relationship with my dad,
and we had a lot of obstacles in the way
of connecting with one another since I was very young.
I've been in recovery now for twenty years, and I
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often share about how the tools of twelve step recovery
enabled me to figure out a way to connect with
my dad, to have a relationship with him because we
were strange for a number of years. I shared this
anonymously at these meetings what we call a double winner
going on, which is for family members who have a
family member who has a younger alcohol problem. And my
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dad was an admitted alcoholic uh and I'm in AA.
I would share this story anonymously and it seemed to
resonate with people. It inspired them to try to figure
out a way to reconnect with their own family member.
And I just thought, you know, it's time to come
out and do a more detailed kind of chronicle of
how it went down with my dad and how we
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were able to really have a closer, loving relationship the
last years of his life, which I.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
Think is so great because on the surface, you know,
we see photos of you with your dad and he's
in his Spock outfit and you've got spocky years on
and you look at that time and you go, oh,
everything looks so idyllic. But in reality it was much
more complicated than that. Uh.
Speaker 3 (26:46):
Yeah, I mean, this is the weird part of being
you know, uh, being raised in the family with Leonard
Nimoy and being the son of Leonardiemoy is that it's
this it's this combin you know, these incredible experiences like
being on the set where that picture was taken, and
having a myriad of experiences with my dad because of
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his tremendous success, but coupled with episodes and regular episodes,
have flat out verbal conflict with him because we didn't
have the tools to resolve any differences of opinion that
we had with one another.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
And so I got the feeling from reading the book
that your dad kind of was Spock. Do you get
that feeling too, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
Well, there's a lot of Leonard and Spock, and there's
a lot of Spock and Leonards. Yeah, this was the
issue I had with my dad growing up. He was
a very kind of reserved, introverted, introspective, remote, distant, cool
kind of person. He was not a warman, busy guy.
My mother played the role of the warm and fuzzy parent. Yeah,
and then, and so I had trouble relating to him
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as a kid. Then when the Spock years came and
he was talking about the fact many times he talked
about you have trouble getting in and out of character. Now,
not only did I have Leonard to deal with at home,
I had Spot living with us at home. So yeah,
I mean, yeah, they're very you know, there's it's just
it's hard to separate the two, it really is sometimes.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
And we've got a lot more to talk with Adam about.
If you can hold on Adam. We also have a
couple of his books, The Most Human to give away.
It's a really good read. So to stay right where
you are. Time to get in your business now with
Bloomberg's Alexis Christopher Is. Good morning, Alexis.
Speaker 11 (28:31):
Good morning, Amy.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
I enjoyed that interview just now me too, And there's
more to come. And he's he's really really an interesting guy.
I got this news this morning, was flashing on my
ap screen that target had a really not great report.
Speaker 7 (28:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 11 (28:48):
For years now, they've been trying to turn things around
with their sales, and it looks like, you know, this
turnaround push that they've been trying for is going to
take more time. They're now committing a total of five
billion dollars to turn things around next year at their stores.
They're going to pour that money into giving their stores
a facelift, bringing in what they call more exciting merchandise.
(29:08):
You know, a lot of people are complaining that their
stores are messy and the store and the store shelves
are not stocked at Target, so they want to turn that.
They want to turn that around. They said, Look, fewer
shoppers visited our stores, and when they did, they spent
less time in them. So Target's sort of a unique situation.
It's other retailers are not going through it in quite
the same way Target is.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
Okay, you know what, And I will say that I've
noticed the change too. I used to just love going
to Target, and I don't love it anymore. It has
I feel the same way. Yeah, Okay. Mortgage rates they
were going down for a while, but not so much anymore.
Speaker 11 (29:44):
No, so they've been moving up now for the past
few weeks. And you know what's interesting, Once those mortgage
rates start to creep up, you start to see mortgage
applications fall. So mortgage applications fell about two percent last
week for people buying a home. But even folks who
were looking to refinance this mortgage applications are now down
by five percent. So you've got mortgage rates now at
their highest level in about a month, still better than
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where they were a year ago. But you know, we
have a lot of buyers still on the sidelines because prices,
I mean are still so high, even though maybe financing
the home is not as expensive as it was just
a year ago. I mean, with the average home price
now topping four hundred thousand dollars, it's just out of
reach for so many people.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
Amy all right, Bloomberg's Alexis Christophers, thanks so much for
the update today. We'll get in your business again tomorrow morning.
Have a great day you too. The man accused of
starting a fire on New Year's Eve that smoldered for
a week and exploded into the deadly Palisades Fire will
remain behind bars while he awaits trial. A judge denied
Jonathan Rindernick's request for pre trial release. Prosecutors said he
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was a flight risk. The judge agreed. The University of
California Board of Regents votes today on a tuition hike.
Student government leaders from all nine UC undergraduate campuses are
planning to protest outside the meeting at UCLA. The UC
Student ass which represents about two undred thirty six thousand
undergrads from Davis to San Diego, says debt is not
(31:06):
a right of patch passage. The Port of Los Angeles
is closing in on a milestone, on pace to move
ten million containers in a year for the third time.
That's something no other Western Hemisphere port has achieved, even once.
Cargo traffic was down six percent year over year at
the port in October, just minutes away from Handle. On
the news this morning, the Epstein files could soon be released.
(31:29):
Bill's going to weigh in on that. We're talking with
Adam Nimoy this morning, the author of The Most Human
Reconciling with my father, Leonard Nimoy. Fascinating story about Adam
and his famous dad. Adam. I loved the book and
how you not only talk about your life experiences, but
then you also mix in Star Trek references and as
a huge Star Trek fan, I really appreciate that. But
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it also shows how much of a role Star Trek
played in your lives, even though the original show itself
only lasted for three seasons.
Speaker 3 (32:00):
Yeah, I mean, this is another part of the legacy
of Star Trek. It's still going. We're in year fifty
nine now, sixty years next year of the airing of
the original series, and it's still resonating with people because
it's a positive message of the future, and I think
people are really gloming onto that, particularly now when we
lived in such polarized times. But yeah, this has kind
(32:21):
of been the right with being you know in the
NME Why Family. The legacy just goes on. There's images
of Spot everywhere I traveled the world, and I see
images as I was in Barcelona a couple of years
ago and there's an image of Spock in a Matador
outfit in a store window. I mean, it's just it's everywhere.
It's so iconic, this character you created, and of course
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the series continues on. So it's just been amazing. I mean,
I think it's surprised everybody involved that the series we
would still continue to resonate with people today.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
Yeah. The other thing about this book is it really
shares like some inspirational moments and also some very painful moments.
And one of the things that you shared was an
email that you got from your dad in two thousand
and six. I think you had said you had send
him a picture of him on stage, and his response
was an email, and I was thinking it was the
(33:20):
first punch of a one to two punch, because then
you got another email. Can you share part of that
with us?
Speaker 3 (33:27):
Well? Yeah, I mean this is at a point in
time where my dad and I were pretty much a
strength from each other. We were both The conflict we
had for thirty years was kind of exacerbated by the
fact that my dad was drinking and I was pretty
much a pottheaded wakem Baker daily. Those elements were no
longer in our lives. My dad had got sober in
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the nineties. My sobriety birthday is Anuary first, two thousand
and four, but by two thousand and six not much
had changed between us. I mean, you take out the
drugs and alcohol, but with that the tools of recovery,
we were really still in a kind of a rut
with one another. And my dad was still pretty angry
with me, that we were disengaged and just estranged from
(34:09):
one another. So when I reached out to him, his
response my dad really wanted any engagement with me, and
if it was negative engagement, that was okay with him.
And so he basically wrote me a long letter of
why he felt that I was a disappointment to him
and that I was the problem in the relationship with him.
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He just had a lot of anger and resentment that
had been built up over the years. I mean, unfortunately,
a lot of the things that he wrote in the
letter about me were true. I made a lot of
mistakes and I had a lot of mishaps, and there
were a number of times when he tried to help
me with my career and it didn't turn out the
way we both thought it would and should. But the
letter really provided me with an opportunity to grow personally
(34:53):
by making amends to him for all the things that
I was told to do. This in recovery, that's what
we do. I just tried to take the responsibility for
my part in the failure of our relationship. And it
was when I went to him with that letter and
apologized to him everything in it that everything started to
change between the two of us and we started to
rebuild our relationship.
Speaker 1 (35:13):
That was such a powerful thing in the book, and
I hope that, you know, the people who are listening
to you now will read the book, because it really
was a beautifully told story. And like I said that
one two punch, I mean I got kicked in the
gut when you did when you were telling me about it,
and then how you ultimately resolved it and kind of
(35:34):
got back on track with your dad. I just thought
it was so cool. And there's a part in the
book where you're talking about leaving the house that you
had spent so many years in that your kids grew
up in, and then ultimately you had to leave so
everyone could kind of move on with their lives. And
your daughter, Mattie said something as you were leaving that
seems to sort of be a recurring theme of the book,
(35:55):
and that's that you can't have joy without experiencing sadness.
And that just hit home with me too. I thought
that that was kind of profound for a kid.
Speaker 3 (36:05):
Yeah. No, I appreciate your saying that, yeah, because I mean,
this is the whole point is that she was working
through feelings that she had and it's not it wasn't bad.
You know, it's okay to have those feelings. This was
the problem that my dad and I were, you know,
suffering from for years, is that we were both numbing ourselves,
self medicating ourselves and not feeling stuff like this and
(36:26):
not working through it and talking about it and communicating
and connecting. And that was the kind of the dysfunction
I was trying to break with my own kids, to
be pressed for them by being sober, having experiences like
this where we could really process it together, go through
it together, and you know, and know that we're not alone.
(36:46):
I mean, even though her mother and I split up,
I'm still very close to you, my ex wife, because
we it's really important that we stay connected and that
we have we work through this stuff together. That's the whole.
I think that's the message. So I really appreciate you know,
you're pointing out that point of part of it, because
that was really, you know, part of the emphasis of
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what I was trying to accomplish with my own kids.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
Cool, Okay, Adam, what do you think your dad would
think of this book?
Speaker 3 (37:13):
Well, I think he'd appreciate it, you know, I mean uh, I,
you know, really in the end, I'm celebrating the fact
that that really uh figured it out. I mean, you know,
I have some personal tragedy that happens near the end
of the book, and my dad showed up for me.
He became the parent I needed him to be. I
think he was very proud of the fact that he
could be present from me finally in my life. I mean,
(37:35):
he himself admitted that that being you know, in the
you know, supporting the family, being involved with the family,
connected with the family was not a priority for him
when he was in the Star Trek years. He was
just trying to focus on his career and get something
going because you know, it was a hustle for him.
It was before Star Trek we were very hand them
out family might. We just didn't have a lot of
(37:57):
economic security. So later in life things changed for my
dad and he really came through. He became the father
and needed him to be. And I think that's really
what the celebration of the book is about. And I
think he'd be pretty happy with that message.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Yeah, I love that. I love that. Okay, So I
got to tell you before I let you go that
I learned something in your book. It's on page two
seventeen when you were teaching your wife Martha some Yiddish
and that is Laverne and Shirley hated their company because
I didn't know what Schlamiel and Schlamazl meant until I
(38:32):
read your book.
Speaker 3 (38:36):
Yeah, okay, well I'm glad I couldn't lighten you. Yeah,
we were going through all the sah fur. That's so funny. Yeah,
they were kind of like putting each other down.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
Of course. The book is called The Most Human Reconciling
with My Father. It is written by Adam Nimoy. Thank
you so much. Adam loved the book and I hope
our wake up Call listeners will read the book because
it's a good one.
Speaker 3 (39:00):
Hi Amy, I thank you so much. I just also
wanted to say that I'm going to be at book
Soup on Friday, signing and talking about the book in
Hollywood at seven o'clock. So if your listeners are in
the neighborhood, please drop by and as always, live long
and profitable.
Speaker 1 (39:16):
Thank you so much to Adam Nimoy. Like I said,
I sat down and I read the book. I started
reading and I just kept reading. It was really really interesting.
And not just because of Star Trek, but just the
book was very well written and I actually think I
learned a couple of things, which is weird.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
Right.
Speaker 1 (39:35):
He's going to be a book soup on Friday at
seven if you'd like to go down, As he mentioned,
he's going to be talking about the book, and then
we have a couple of copies of the book to
give away. Would love for you to read it. So
how about callers number seven and eight, seven and eight
right now at one eight hundred five to two zero
one KFI one eight hundred five two zero one five
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three four. The name of the book is The Most
Human Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy, written by Adam
Nimoy one eight hundred five to two zero one KFI
one eight hundred five two zero one five three four
Callers number seven and eight right now. And just like that,
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Good morning. It's five o'clock, straight up. This is your
wake up call for Wednesday, November nineteenth. I'm Amy King.
Thanks for starting your day with us. Let's get right
to it. We've got a busy day ahead, lots of
fun stuff coming up. Here's what is ahead on wake
up Call. Singer David is now a suspect in the
death of fifteen year old Celeste Reeves. Her remains were
(01:25):
found in the trunk of a Tesla in a towyard
in Hollywood in September. The car, registered to David, was
found abandoned in the Hollywood Hills. The LAPD says she
died sometime in the spring. David has moved out of
his home in the Hills and canceled his tour. The
Senate has followed the lead of the House and passed
a bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein files with unanimous consent.
(01:49):
President Trump has said he will sign the bill. Elon
Musk and Jeff Bezos were among the guests at President
Trump's dinner in honor of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed ben
Sulman at the White House. Trump said at the dinner
last night that Saudi Arabia would be designated as a
major non NATO ally and praised Saudi Arabia's investment in
(02:09):
the US of nearly a trillion dollars. Trump said the
President or the Prince rather could help bring stability to
the Middle East. Something I'm kind of actually struggling with
this year is to get a real tree or to
go artificial. And I've never struggled with that before, but
I am this year. Jim Ryan ABC, It's going to
(02:29):
join us in just a couple of minutes to make
the case for a real tree. This is so good,
I know. So there was this massive global internet outage
and apps were out yesterday. What was it really all about?
And is everything back up? And running. We'll find out
with the host of Rich on Tech on KFI, rich
damiro joins us at five point twenty. Also, he's going
(02:49):
to tell us how to turn chat, GPT and other
ai into your ultimate shopping buddy this holiday season. And
Amy's on it. I'm usually on the stream, but we're
we're going a little old school this week. Got a
really good book for you, and we get to talk
to the author of the book. It's called The Most
Human and it's by Adam Nimoy, Leonard Nimoy's son, you know, Spock. Yeah,
(03:12):
that's coming up at the bottom of the hour. Hope
you'll stick around for that. Also, we want you to
read it too. We've got a couple of books to
give away and we'll tell you where you can get
the book, and also meet the son of one of
the most famous men in the whole wide world. Let's
get started with some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Singer David has officially
been named a suspect and the death of teenager Celeste Reeves.
(03:35):
ABC's Alex Stone says the girl's body was found in
Hollywood in September in the trunk of a Tesla that's
registered to David Burke.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
The investigators believe that David played some role in that
likely did get help, but until they get the official
cause of death from the medical examiner, they can't move
forward with charges or make any arrests.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
He says. Burke is reportedly not cooperating with the investigation.
News brought to you by ruterhroo dot com. A man's
been attacked and knocked unconscious next to the Florence Metro
station in an unincorporated area that borders Vernon and Huntington Park.
Theli County Sheriff's Department says an assault with a deadly
weapon was reported just after seven yesterday morning. Deputies found
(04:18):
the man severely beaten. Service on Metro's A line was
stopped for a while because of the investigation. A man
from Long Beach is expected to plead guilty in LA
in federal court to possessing a Molotov cocktail during an
anti immigration enforcement protest in downtown. He allegedly had the
improvised firebomb and a lighter in June during protests near
(04:40):
federal buildings. The guy's charged with a single federal count
of possession of an unregistered destructive device that carries a
possible sentence of up to ten years in prison. A
record number of travelers from Southern California are expected to
head out next week.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
Thanksgiving holiday weekend has an estimated six point seven eight
million people from the region packing up and going somewhere.
The Auto Club of Southern California says that's up almost
three percent from last year and seven percent higher than
twenty nineteen, before the COVID pandemic changed travel plans. Nearly
six million are expected to travel by car as the
state's average gas price hits four dollars and sixty six
(05:17):
cents a gallon. The Auto Club says top destinations for
families from around LA include Disneyland, San Diego, the Bay Area,
and Las Vegas. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yeah, Disneyland, I like it. Well, let's say good morning
to ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim, Thanksgivings just a week away.
It's almost time to start decorating. Put up the tree.
And I'm kind of wrestling with this this year because
I always get a real tree, but I was thinking
about going artificial this year. So that's why you're here,
is to sell me on staying the course and sticking
(05:49):
with the real deal.
Speaker 6 (05:50):
Hey, do what you want, but if you go artificial,
you're going to be paying more this year than you
would have last year. Twenty percent more on average.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
More.
Speaker 6 (05:59):
Yeah, wow, lot.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (06:01):
So you review were buying one hundred dollars fake tree
last year, it's going to be one hundred and one
hundred and twenty dollars this year, right, thank you, mister math.
That's why I didn't. That's why I'm a word guy.
Because eighty seven percent of the Christmas decorations, including the
trees that we use here, it comes from China. So
(06:22):
call it the Tannin boumb tariff if you like, because
it's helping to drive up the cost of all the
decorations that overall decor about thirty percent, and Christmas trees
twenty percent. Christmas lights will cost you sixty three percent
more this year, and you're gonna have to use those
on that natural tree if you decide to use it,
because a.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Lot of the fake ones come pre lit.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Yeah, okay, So I had heard that the cost of
real Christmas trees might actually come down a little bit
this year.
Speaker 6 (06:52):
In some places, that's true. Some farms have had a
really good growing season or several seasons. Takes about seven
years to grow a tree that's tall enough and big
enough and pretty enough to take home. Seven years and
then you throw it out at the end of the season.
But yeah, thirty million natural Christmas trees are gold around
the country. Top producing states Oregon and North Carolina.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
I always get mine from Oregon because I don't think
many from North Carolina make it to the West coast.
Speaker 6 (07:19):
Probably not. That's why they're on either side of the country.
And the average Christmas tree, according to some of the farms,
will be around one hundred and twenty one hundred and
thirty dollars for that six and a half seven foot tree.
You know how you can get one for five dollars,
No christs for zero. You can go up to Sequoia
National Forest or to Innio National Forest cut one down.
(07:42):
Do you need a permit? Yes, Recreation dot gov. You
can go to Recreation dot gov and buy a permit
that actually lets you go up to a national forest,
a designated one and designated area and cut down a
Christmas tree.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
You know, we used to do that when I was
a kid.
Speaker 6 (07:59):
Probably a tree or was it at the No, No.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
We've gone out into the forest. My friend Teresa still
goes out and cuts them in the forest. And then yes,
the tree farms. It's always fun to go and cut
your own tree down yourself.
Speaker 6 (08:11):
Right because they have a little hay ride and they
have cider and sure, yeah it's nice. It's a nice memory.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Okay, so maybe go real and plus it makes your
house smells so good.
Speaker 6 (08:22):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Okay, that's right.
Speaker 6 (08:24):
Because that air freshner from the car wash is not
going to saiffy.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
It's not the same. It's just not the same. All right.
ABC's Jim Ryan, thanks so much. See all right, I
talk to you soon. Let's get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
The White House cis President Trump will sign a bill
passed by Congress ordering the Justice Department to release the
Epstein files. Not clear when or how much of the
files are going to be released, since the President has
(08:49):
called for investigations into Epstein's ties to Democrats. Georgia Republican
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green says she's a bit skeptical. Only
take people's actions serious. No, longer words, the President doesn't
need Congress to release the Epstein files, but he has
the authority to do it on his own. Texas has
filed an appeal with the US Supreme Court in response
(09:11):
to a panel of three federal judges blocking the state
of Texas from using its new congressional maps intended to
send more Republicans to Congress. The drawing of that map
led to a nationwide redistricting battle, including Prop fifty here
in California. The panel of federal judges in El Paso
cided yesterday with those who argued that Texas's unusual summer
(09:33):
redrawing of congressional districts would harm black and Hispanic residents.
The US and Saudi Arabia have signed off on some
big deals. President Trump says he has signed the US
Saudi Strategic Defense Agreement, making Saudi Arabia a major non
NATO ally.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
A stronger and more capable alliance will advance the interests
of both countries, and it will serve the highest interest
of peace.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
Trump announced he has agreed to sell the Saudi's F
thirty five fighter jets and nearly three hundred tanks. The
Saudi Crown, Princes announced a one trillion dollar investment in
the US, largely technology focused, and investigations being widened into
the death of a teenage girl on a carnival cruise ship.
ABC's Victor Akendo says Anna Kepner was on vacation with
(10:18):
her family earlier this month, cruising from Miami to the Caribbean.
Speaker 5 (10:21):
Upnor was on the cruise ship with her father, stepmother,
and step siblings. Lawyers for the stepmother, seeing one of
her minor children may now face criminal charges.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
He says. The FBI is also investigating. UPS says it's
working with the NTSB, Boeing Engineering, UPS Engineers, and the
FAA on finding out what caused a UPS cargo plane
to crash in Kentucky. UPS Airlines president Bill Moore says
they want to make sure their planes are safe and
can keep flying at.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
The recommendation of the manufacturer Boeing.
Speaker 7 (10:51):
In this case, we made the decision to voluntarily ground
our entire fleet of NB eleven airplanes.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
Fourteen people were killed in the crash earlier this month.
Quarterly profits have tumbled at Target, hinting at a more
meager holiday season. A head for the struggling retailer Google
has unveiled Gemini's next generation of artificial intelligence.
Speaker 8 (11:13):
The Gemini three model, comes nearly two years after Google
took the wraps off the first iteration of the technology
in response to a competitive threat posed by Open AI's
chat GPT. Google's latest AI features initially will be rolled
out to Gemini Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US
before coming to a wider audience around the world.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Depth remark koff I news Hey, Cynthia Rivo is making
Thanksgiving a little wicked because I knew.
Speaker 5 (11:44):
You and I have so many friends.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
One of the stars of Wicked for Good is the
opening act for this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Arevo
will sing the opening number to kick off the event
in New York City, a week following the release of
the second Wicked movie. Ej Audrey Nuna and ray Ammy
Ray Amy, who provide the singing voices for Hunter Tricks
(12:12):
from Netflix's Wildly properly popular K pop demon Hunters, will
also be performing along the parade route. Busta Rhymes, Christopher Jackson,
Sierra Jewell Cool and the Gang, Little John and Moore
will be performing, and the Radio City Rockets, of course
celebrate their one hundredth one hundredth anniversary at the parade.
This year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will feature thirty four balloons,
(12:35):
twenty eight floats, and eleven marching bands. I'm through with
play Super excited, Super excited. I rewatched Wicked in anticipation
of the release of Wicked for Good and we're going
to see Wicked for Good tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
Cool.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
Right when we come back, there was that big global
internet and app outage yesterday. What was that really all about?
And is everything back up and running? We're going to
find out with the host of Rich on Tech on Kfight,
Rich Demiro, and he's also going to tell us how
we can turn chat, GPT and other AI into the
ultimate shopping buddy this season. The Traffic Center is brought
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Speaker 9 (13:28):
It's a little crash there on the westbound side right
around Euclid solo vehicle crash in lanes and not really
I can't say I'm seeing much in the way of
slowing there, but just be aware it is there if
you headed down the Kohen Path from the High Desert,
a few brick lights there from the verb.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
My man has been beaten unconscious near Metro's Florence station
South La La Keunty Sheriff's Deputy's found the man severely
beaten around seven fifteen yesterday morning. He's in the hospital.
Service on Metro's A line between the Slawson and Firestone
stations was interrupted following the attack. For the investigation, the
county Board of Supervisors has instructed its staff to initiate
(14:05):
efforts aimed at requiring telecommunications companies to underground their lines
in the Santa Monica Mountains as a fire prevention measure.
Supervisor Lindsay Horvath's office says leaving overhead electrical and telecommunications
infrastructure can fuel fires, block evacuation routes, and intensify emergencies.
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Lebron James' is back. He scored eleven points and had
a game high twelve assists in his season debut at
Crypto dot Com Arena. James has been sitting on the
sidelines for the first fourteen games of the season because
of Sciatica. The star of the show last night Luka
doncic He scored a game high thirty seven points Lakers
beat the Jazzi. Let's say good morning now to the
(14:46):
host of Rich on Tech on KFI. It's ktlized Tech
reporter Rich Demiro.
Speaker 7 (14:50):
Morning Rich, Good morning to Amy.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Okay, so a lot of people were affected by this
crash of cloud Flare yesterday. What actually happened and is
it back up and running now?
Speaker 7 (15:06):
It's back up and running and it was back up
and running yesterday around twelve eastern So what is that
here at nine am? So here's what happened. Basically, cloud
Flare acts as like the backbone of the Internet. It
helps websites deliver their content faster, keeps like you know,
hackers and bots out and so basically they just pushed
through a little tiny update, like a little configuration change,
(15:29):
and that file just kept getting bigger and bigger, and
it was like just literally pulling down all of their
systems until they figured out what was going on. And
that's what happened. So they said, this is not a
cybersecurity issue, This was not a hack. It was just
literally a mistake on their end. They fixed it, they
got it back up and running. But in between that time,
as you know, you probably came across a million and
(15:51):
one error issues on your websites that you visit. Because
cloud Flare is the power behind so many websites out
there on the Internet.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
It seems like a lot of these big outages are
happening when they push out updates.
Speaker 7 (16:07):
And yeah, well here's the deal. The stakes, the stakes
are so much higher now. If you make a mistake,
it's basically taking down large swaths of the Internet because
so much of the Internet is controlled by Amazon, by Google,
by Microsoft, by cloud Flare, by these content delivery networks
that you probably haven't heard of. But they're all behind
the scenes until something like this happens. Remember the CrowdStrike thing.
(16:30):
So these are all systems that are put in place
by these large companies to sort of protect them from
stuff like this. But if there's a mistake in the
software programming, then it backfires.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Okay, but everything's back up and running in normal now,
so you can play your League of Legends or League whatever.
Speaker 7 (16:46):
Yeah, Okay, go on chat GBT.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Speaking of chat GPT, the Ultimate shopping buddy this year
might be AI. How come?
Speaker 7 (16:58):
Yeah, So I'm doing a story for KTLA on this.
So did a lot of research. But you know, AI
is what we're using for everything nowadays, and it turns
out it's actually a really good helper for shopping. And
the reason is because you can get super specific with
your question. So it used to be one of the
top five noise canceling headphones. Like that is one size
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fits all. It does not work anymore. What about you know,
what are the best in ear noise canceling earbuds under
one hundred dollars? You know that have Google or you
know some sort of assistant that you want built in
and by the way, Google can find that. So Google
Ai mode. These are your friends. Google Ai Mode. That's
scanning fifty billion product listings every day, two billion every
(17:44):
hour are updated, which is just crazy. You can set
price alert, so Google Shopping, if you go in that tab,
you can actually set up price alert. It says track price.
That's really cool. We talked last week about Amazon how
you can use the little rufous Ai to set a
price alert or even buy it for you Chatch YOUBT,
Microsoft Copilot. They can all do price checks as well,
(18:05):
and then vetted dot ai. This is a good website
if you want to look up, you know, different products
that might fit and it looks through YouTube reviews and
Reddit opinions, which is really cool.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
Okay, So I think that that's going to be good
because we've we've been talking with Joel Larsgard about staying
on budget this holiday season, and this can help you
do it because it'll like watch for prices for you
and help you find the best prices and that kind
of stuff. That's great.
Speaker 7 (18:31):
Yeah, I think And by the way, the hot sellers
maybe you talked about this, but Nintendo switched to going
to be hot this holiday season Meta glasses. Those are
really hot. AirPods Pro three here's the thing. I don't
know if we're gonna we're going to talk about this,
but AirPods Pro there's a there's a deal right now,
the first deal that we've seen on these since they
launched this year. You got to go to Staples and
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they're two hundred and nineteen dollars. You got to go
in store. So the good news is what does that
tell me? That tells me that probably Best Buy, I,
probably Amazon, and Target are all going to catch on
to this price, and we're going to see a nice
discount on these AirPods Pro three, which to me are
just really, really great earbuds. You can wear them everywhere.
(19:13):
They track your heart rate, and they are two hundred
and fifty dollars typically, but two nineteen now with this
new deal only in store right now, but hopefully it'll
propagate to the other retailers. We'll see.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Okay, I think it's really cute that you have a
pulse in your ear. Okay, who knew? Okay, let's talk
about passwords for twenty twenty.
Speaker 7 (19:32):
Five still really bad? Are you using a password manager yet? Amy,
I know we've talked about them.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
I have one, but like those really wonky passwords like
I use, here's my issue with this. I've got passwords
that I use for a website, say, and I use
it on my phone and I use it on my laptop.
So if I save it on my password manager on
my phone, how am I going to know what it
is on my laptop?
Speaker 7 (19:56):
You've got that, And that's the reason why I really
like a third party password manager. So like a platform
agnostic which is Bitwarden that is free. It is excellent,
it works everywhere if you're using you know, Apple passwords
on your iPhone. Like you said, yes, you can install
a helper app on your computer if it's Windows to
make that work, but it's not as clean as a
(20:17):
as a company that cares about all the different platforms.
Apple only cares about Apple. So anyway, at the bottom
line is use a password manager. I don't really care
which one, but just get into the habit. It takes
a little bit longer, but America's number one password according
to nord pass is still admin YEP. Number two is
password globally one, two, three, four, five, six is still
(20:39):
you know, the laziest password out there. And the bottom
line is eighty percent of hacks happen because of week passwords.
So please, please, please use a password manager. I know
it's a pain, but just.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
Do it, all right. The host of rich on Tech
on KFI, you can hear them every Saturday from eleven
to two. You can also watch them on KTLA, and
you can follow him on Instagram at rich on Tech.
And then the other great thing is he's got a website,
rich on Tech dot tv, and all the stuff that
he talks about on the radio with us and on
KTLA ends up on his website if you want more information.
Speaker 7 (21:11):
Thank you Rich, Thank you Amy. Have a great day.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Talk to you soon. A federal judge in la has
rejected bail for the man accused of causing the destructive
Palisades fire in January. The judge yesterday ordered Jonathan Rindernecked
held without bail while the criminal cases pending. Prosecutors had
argued that he was a flight risk and a threat
to the community. Rendernack is accused of starting a fire
on New Year's that smoldered for a week until it
(21:37):
was kicked up by strong winds and became the deadly
and devastating Palisades Fire. University of California regents are set
to vote today on a proposed tuition hike. Vincent Rasso
with the UC Student Association says he's concerned undergrads are
already stretched too thin.
Speaker 10 (21:52):
One we're seeing snapped get cut across the board, when
we're seeing this lack of investment in students in Balakano
basic needs and their well being, I think that's what's
really kind of the frustrating pain point for our current.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Student Regions say the UC system is facing financial pressure
due to inflation and funding cuts from the Trump administration
and the state. Home sales continue to rise across southern California.
La County sales numbers are up fourteen percent in October
compared to September. Orange County saw a four percent jump.
Analysts say buyers are taking advantage of slightly lower prices. Statewide,
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the number of homes sold reached their highest level since February.
US four Service firefighters are doing a series of controlled
burns in the San Bernardino National Forest around Pine Cove
to clear out excess vegetation. The first operation is scheduled
ahead of Thanksgiving, with ongoing burns right on into January
depending on the weather. Official say residents and travelers should
(22:46):
not be alarmed by the smoke and the flame. Mittel
has announced plans to develop five indoor water parks featuring
the company's best known brands Barbie Hot Wheels, Fish Price,
an American Girl. The first park is expected to open
in Orlando, Florida. The company hasn't said where the others
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are going to be, well Southern California Get One. The
parks will include lazy rivers, wave pools, and water slides.
I love a good water park, A thirteen year old
boy has been fatally hit by a car in Dana Point.
The boy was apparently walking to school with his brother
when a driver drove up onto the curb and hit
him yesterday morning. The Orange County Sheriff's Apartment says Bradley
(23:27):
Funk of San Juan Capistrano was booked on suspicion of
hit and run, driving under the influence, and second degree
murder because he had a prior conviction for DUI. A
fire near Mammoth Lakes has burned nearly two thousand acres.
The fire that started last Thursdays now eighty three percent surrounded.
The fires burned at least thirty homes and other buildings.
Six more have been damaged. The cause of the fire
(23:47):
not determined. One of LA's most storied movie theaters is
getting a major makeover. The Westwood Village Theater is being
taken over by the American Cinema Tech. It'll reopen in
twenty twenty seven. Director Jason Wright Riatman spearheaded the purchase
of the theater last year, on behalf of a coalition
of well known directors including Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, Alexander Payne,
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jud Appato and others. Normally I'm on the stream, but
today I'm on it and it's the day that we
curled up with a good book, and that is what
we're doing today. Let's say good morning now to the
author of the Most Human Reconciling with My Father. It's
about his relationship with his famous dad, Leonard Nimoy. Please welcome,
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Adam Nimoy. Thanks so much for joining us today.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Adam, thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
Okay, I have to tell you that on Sunday, I
was awakened at about four o'clock in the morning because
the rain was coming down so heavy, and it woke
me up and I couldn't go back to sleep, and
so I thought, well, you know what, I'm going to
get a jumpstart on reading the book ahead of our interview.
So I started reading at about four am. Think can
I just read a couple of chapters? And instead I
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just read and read and read and read and finished
the book at about noon when the rain was still falling.
It was such a good book, Adam, I mean, like
so engaging, so well written, So it was just a
joy to read. Why did you write this book well?
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Well, first, I really appreciate you taking the time to
read it. I wrote the book because it's sort of
you know, it's a celebration of my relationship with my dad,
and we had a lot of obstacles in the way
of connecting with one another since I was very young.
I've been in recovery now for twenty years, and I
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often share about how the tools of twelve step recovery
enabled me to figure out a way to connect with
my dad, to have a relationship with him because we
were strange for a number of years. I shared this
anonymously at these meetings what we call a double winner
going on, which is for family members who have a
family member who has a younger alcohol problem. And my
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dad was an admitted alcoholic uh and I'm in AA.
I would share this story anonymously and it seemed to
resonate with people. It inspired them to try to figure
out a way to reconnect with their own family member.
And I just thought, you know, it's time to come
out and do a more detailed kind of chronicle of
how it went down with my dad and how we
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were able to really have a closer, loving relationship the
last years of his life, which I.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
Think is so great because on the surface, you know,
we see photos of you with your dad and he's
in his Spock outfit and you've got spocky years on
and you look at that time and you go, oh,
everything looks so idyllic. But in reality it was much
more complicated than that. Uh.
Speaker 3 (26:46):
Yeah, I mean, this is the weird part of being
you know, uh, being raised in the family with Leonard
Nimoy and being the son of Leonardiemoy is that it's
this it's this combin you know, these incredible experiences like
being on the set where that picture was taken, and
having a myriad of experiences with my dad because of
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his tremendous success, but coupled with episodes and regular episodes,
have flat out verbal conflict with him because we didn't
have the tools to resolve any differences of opinion that
we had with one another.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
And so I got the feeling from reading the book
that your dad kind of was Spock. Do you get
that feeling too, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
Well, there's a lot of Leonard and Spock, and there's
a lot of Spock and Leonards. Yeah, this was the
issue I had with my dad growing up. He was
a very kind of reserved, introverted, introspective, remote, distant, cool
kind of person. He was not a warman, busy guy.
My mother played the role of the warm and fuzzy parent. Yeah,
and then, and so I had trouble relating to him
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as a kid. Then when the Spock years came and
he was talking about the fact many times he talked
about you have trouble getting in and out of character. Now,
not only did I have Leonard to deal with at home,
I had Spot living with us at home. So yeah,
I mean, yeah, they're very you know, there's it's just
it's hard to separate the two, it really is sometimes.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
And we've got a lot more to talk with Adam about.
If you can hold on Adam. We also have a
couple of his books, The Most Human to give away.
It's a really good read. So to stay right where
you are. Time to get in your business now with
Bloomberg's Alexis Christopher Is. Good morning, Alexis.
Speaker 11 (28:31):
Good morning, Amy.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
I enjoyed that interview just now me too, And there's
more to come. And he's he's really really an interesting guy.
I got this news this morning, was flashing on my
ap screen that target had a really not great report.
Speaker 7 (28:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 11 (28:48):
For years now, they've been trying to turn things around
with their sales, and it looks like, you know, this
turnaround push that they've been trying for is going to
take more time. They're now committing a total of five
billion dollars to turn things around next year at their stores.
They're going to pour that money into giving their stores
a facelift, bringing in what they call more exciting merchandise.
(29:08):
You know, a lot of people are complaining that their
stores are messy and the store and the store shelves
are not stocked at Target, so they want to turn that.
They want to turn that around. They said, Look, fewer
shoppers visited our stores, and when they did, they spent
less time in them. So Target's sort of a unique situation.
It's other retailers are not going through it in quite
the same way Target is.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
Okay, you know what, And I will say that I've
noticed the change too. I used to just love going
to Target, and I don't love it anymore. It has
I feel the same way. Yeah, Okay. Mortgage rates they
were going down for a while, but not so much anymore.
Speaker 11 (29:44):
No, so they've been moving up now for the past
few weeks. And you know what's interesting, Once those mortgage
rates start to creep up, you start to see mortgage
applications fall. So mortgage applications fell about two percent last
week for people buying a home. But even folks who
were looking to refinance this mortgage applications are now down
by five percent. So you've got mortgage rates now at
their highest level in about a month, still better than
(30:07):
where they were a year ago. But you know, we
have a lot of buyers still on the sidelines because prices,
I mean are still so high, even though maybe financing
the home is not as expensive as it was just
a year ago. I mean, with the average home price
now topping four hundred thousand dollars, it's just out of
reach for so many people.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
Amy all right, Bloomberg's Alexis Christophers, thanks so much for
the update today. We'll get in your business again tomorrow morning.
Have a great day you too. The man accused of
starting a fire on New Year's Eve that smoldered for
a week and exploded into the deadly Palisades Fire will
remain behind bars while he awaits trial. A judge denied
Jonathan Rindernick's request for pre trial release. Prosecutors said he
(30:46):
was a flight risk. The judge agreed. The University of
California Board of Regents votes today on a tuition hike.
Student government leaders from all nine UC undergraduate campuses are
planning to protest outside the meeting at UCLA. The UC
Student ass which represents about two undred thirty six thousand
undergrads from Davis to San Diego, says debt is not
(31:06):
a right of patch passage. The Port of Los Angeles
is closing in on a milestone, on pace to move
ten million containers in a year for the third time.
That's something no other Western Hemisphere port has achieved, even once.
Cargo traffic was down six percent year over year at
the port in October, just minutes away from Handle. On
the news this morning, the Epstein files could soon be released.
(31:29):
Bill's going to weigh in on that. We're talking with
Adam Nimoy this morning, the author of The Most Human
Reconciling with my father, Leonard Nimoy. Fascinating story about Adam
and his famous dad. Adam. I loved the book and
how you not only talk about your life experiences, but
then you also mix in Star Trek references and as
a huge Star Trek fan, I really appreciate that. But
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it also shows how much of a role Star Trek
played in your lives, even though the original show itself
only lasted for three seasons.
Speaker 3 (32:00):
Yeah, I mean, this is another part of the legacy
of Star Trek. It's still going. We're in year fifty
nine now, sixty years next year of the airing of
the original series, and it's still resonating with people because
it's a positive message of the future, and I think
people are really gloming onto that, particularly now when we
lived in such polarized times. But yeah, this has kind
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of been the right with being you know in the
NME Why Family. The legacy just goes on. There's images
of Spot everywhere I traveled the world, and I see
images as I was in Barcelona a couple of years
ago and there's an image of Spock in a Matador
outfit in a store window. I mean, it's just it's everywhere.
It's so iconic, this character you created, and of course
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the series continues on. So it's just been amazing. I mean,
I think it's surprised everybody involved that the series we
would still continue to resonate with people today.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
Yeah. The other thing about this book is it really
shares like some inspirational moments and also some very painful moments.
And one of the things that you shared was an
email that you got from your dad in two thousand
and six. I think you had said you had send
him a picture of him on stage, and his response
was an email, and I was thinking it was the
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first punch of a one to two punch, because then
you got another email. Can you share part of that
with us?
Speaker 3 (33:27):
Well? Yeah, I mean this is at a point in
time where my dad and I were pretty much a
strength from each other. We were both The conflict we
had for thirty years was kind of exacerbated by the
fact that my dad was drinking and I was pretty
much a pottheaded wakem Baker daily. Those elements were no
longer in our lives. My dad had got sober in
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the nineties. My sobriety birthday is Anuary first, two thousand
and four, but by two thousand and six not much
had changed between us. I mean, you take out the
drugs and alcohol, but with that the tools of recovery,
we were really still in a kind of a rut
with one another. And my dad was still pretty angry
with me, that we were disengaged and just estranged from
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one another. So when I reached out to him, his
response my dad really wanted any engagement with me, and
if it was negative engagement, that was okay with him.
And so he basically wrote me a long letter of
why he felt that I was a disappointment to him
and that I was the problem in the relationship with him.
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He just had a lot of anger and resentment that
had been built up over the years. I mean, unfortunately,
a lot of the things that he wrote in the
letter about me were true. I made a lot of
mistakes and I had a lot of mishaps, and there
were a number of times when he tried to help
me with my career and it didn't turn out the
way we both thought it would and should. But the
letter really provided me with an opportunity to grow personally
(34:53):
by making amends to him for all the things that
I was told to do. This in recovery, that's what
we do. I just tried to take the responsibility for
my part in the failure of our relationship. And it
was when I went to him with that letter and
apologized to him everything in it that everything started to
change between the two of us and we started to
rebuild our relationship.
Speaker 1 (35:13):
That was such a powerful thing in the book, and
I hope that, you know, the people who are listening
to you now will read the book, because it really
was a beautifully told story. And like I said that
one two punch, I mean I got kicked in the
gut when you did when you were telling me about it,
and then how you ultimately resolved it and kind of
(35:34):
got back on track with your dad. I just thought
it was so cool. And there's a part in the
book where you're talking about leaving the house that you
had spent so many years in that your kids grew
up in, and then ultimately you had to leave so
everyone could kind of move on with their lives. And
your daughter, Mattie said something as you were leaving that
seems to sort of be a recurring theme of the book,
(35:55):
and that's that you can't have joy without experiencing sadness.
And that just hit home with me too. I thought
that that was kind of profound for a kid.
Speaker 3 (36:05):
Yeah. No, I appreciate your saying that, yeah, because I mean,
this is the whole point is that she was working
through feelings that she had and it's not it wasn't bad.
You know, it's okay to have those feelings. This was
the problem that my dad and I were, you know,
suffering from for years, is that we were both numbing ourselves,
self medicating ourselves and not feeling stuff like this and
(36:26):
not working through it and talking about it and communicating
and connecting. And that was the kind of the dysfunction
I was trying to break with my own kids, to
be pressed for them by being sober, having experiences like
this where we could really process it together, go through
it together, and you know, and know that we're not alone.
(36:46):
I mean, even though her mother and I split up,
I'm still very close to you, my ex wife, because
we it's really important that we stay connected and that
we have we work through this stuff together. That's the whole.
I think that's the message. So I really appreciate you know,
you're pointing out that point of part of it, because
that was really, you know, part of the emphasis of
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what I was trying to accomplish with my own kids.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
Cool, Okay, Adam, what do you think your dad would
think of this book?
Speaker 3 (37:13):
Well, I think he'd appreciate it, you know, I mean uh, I,
you know, really in the end, I'm celebrating the fact
that that really uh figured it out. I mean, you know,
I have some personal tragedy that happens near the end
of the book, and my dad showed up for me.
He became the parent I needed him to be. I
think he was very proud of the fact that he
could be present from me finally in my life. I mean,
(37:35):
he himself admitted that that being you know, in the
you know, supporting the family, being involved with the family,
connected with the family was not a priority for him
when he was in the Star Trek years. He was
just trying to focus on his career and get something
going because you know, it was a hustle for him.
It was before Star Trek we were very hand them
out family might. We just didn't have a lot of
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economic security. So later in life things changed for my
dad and he really came through. He became the father
and needed him to be. And I think that's really
what the celebration of the book is about. And I
think he'd be pretty happy with that message.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Yeah, I love that. I love that. Okay, So I
got to tell you before I let you go that
I learned something in your book. It's on page two
seventeen when you were teaching your wife Martha some Yiddish
and that is Laverne and Shirley hated their company because
I didn't know what Schlamiel and Schlamazl meant until I
(38:32):
read your book.
Speaker 3 (38:36):
Yeah, okay, well I'm glad I couldn't lighten you. Yeah,
we were going through all the sah fur. That's so funny. Yeah,
they were kind of like putting each other down.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
Of course. The book is called The Most Human Reconciling
with My Father. It is written by Adam Nimoy. Thank
you so much. Adam loved the book and I hope
our wake up Call listeners will read the book because
it's a good one.
Speaker 3 (39:00):
Hi Amy, I thank you so much. I just also
wanted to say that I'm going to be at book
Soup on Friday, signing and talking about the book in
Hollywood at seven o'clock. So if your listeners are in
the neighborhood, please drop by and as always, live long
and profitable.
Speaker 1 (39:16):
Thank you so much to Adam Nimoy. Like I said,
I sat down and I read the book. I started
reading and I just kept reading. It was really really interesting.
And not just because of Star Trek, but just the
book was very well written and I actually think I
learned a couple of things, which is weird.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
Right.
Speaker 1 (39:35):
He's going to be a book soup on Friday at
seven if you'd like to go down, As he mentioned,
he's going to be talking about the book, and then
we have a couple of copies of the book to
give away. Would love for you to read it. So
how about callers number seven and eight, seven and eight
right now at one eight hundred five to two zero
one KFI one eight hundred five two zero one five
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three four. The name of the book is The Most
Human Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy, written by Adam
Nimoy one eight hundred five to two zero one KFI
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