September 27, 2023 • 38 mins
Amy King hosts your Tuesday Wake Up Call. ABC News Politics Reporter Brittany Shepherd comes on the show to talk about the seven republicans set to debate in California tonight as Trump heads to Detroit – with Hutchinson on his heels. Senior Investigative Reporter for ABC News Aaron Katersky speaks on the judge ruling Trump engaged in repeated fraud, effectively deciding central question in $250MIL civil trial. KFI’s Investigative Reporter Steve Gregory interviews an Iraq war veteran who is trying to fulfill his parents’ dying wish. The show closes with ABC News National Correspondent Steven Portnoy discussing the Senate funding proposal that would keep the government open until November 17th.
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You're listening to kf I AM sixforty wake Up Call with me Amy King
on demand on the iHeartRadio apps KFIhad KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange
County. It's time for your morningwake up call. Here's Amy King.
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It is time. This is yourwake up call for Wednesday, September twenty
seven. Good morning, I'm AmyKing. Did you see the moon?
The moon was shining bright on theway and not quite full, but if
you get a chance, take apeek out the window. It's very pretty
this morning. It's National Morning Showhost Day. I just found this out.
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One of our news editors told usthat, so in honor of it,
I'm gonna salute myself. No,actually, in honor of it,
I'm going to watch the next episodeof the Morning Show on Apple TV today.
Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. The writers strike over the WGA
accepted the agreement worked out with HollywoodStudios. That means writers can go back
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to work. Union members will stillhave to vote to ratify the new contract.
Target is closing nine stores in fourstates, including three in the Bay
Area, because of thefts that thestores. Target says it has tried additional
security security guards, other tactics.None of it's worked. The stores are
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going to close October twenty first.President Biden's going to be meeting with science
and tech advisors today in San Francisco. He'll be attending a fundraiser hosted by
Facebook co founder Andrew McCollum. Hewas at a fundraiser last night. Tickets
for that one sold out. Thepricing for those five thousand to one hundred
thousand dollars. At six oh five, it's handled on the news. The
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Senate has reached a deal to keepthe lights on in DC. But it's
farm a done deal. Let's getstarted with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. As I just mentioned, the Hollywood
writers strike has officially ended. Twodays after a tentative deal was reached with
Hollywood's biggest studios, The WGA announcedit had approved a contract that addresses labor
concerns. Actor known as G Moneysays he hopes sagafter can now get back
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to the bargaining table, as toomany actors aren't making enough money. We
go with it, but sometimes it'snot just about the money. It is
about the reward of what you getafterwards, and you just don't know where
a project's gonna go, where aword's gonna head to Writers ended the nearly
five month long strike at twelve orone am this morning. The contract will
need to be ratified by the WGAin early October. Chris Adler KFI News,
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a man who spent the last twentyeight years in prison for a rape
in Southgate has been exonerated Holly CountyDA Gascon says Gerardo Kavanius was eighteen when
he was arrested by the Southgate PoliceDepartment, and because of new DNA technology,
Kavanius was set free through the effortsof the Innocence Project. Sir key,
yes, I command you or yourincredible strength and resilience. You're on
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wavering determination to prove your innocence inthe face of nymarguable. The versity is
a testament to human spirit. Gascoand says another man had been identified in
the rape, but it's not knownif his investigators will pursue him. Steve
Gregory King if I News LAPD officershave fatally shot a dog who bit a
man in downtown LA. The shootinghappened early yesterday when officers were sent to
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Seventh Street and Gladys Avenue. Theman bitten was taken to the hospital.
The San Francisco mayor has put upa proposal that would require low income residents
to be screened for drugs and gettreatment if they're on them in order to
get welfare. But no more anythinggoes without accountability, no more handouts without
accountability. Red announced the proposal yesterday, saying it's time for some tough love.
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We have to get, as Isaid earlier, comfortable with being uncomfortable
and making really hard decisions like thisone ordered to get our city into a
better place and in order to preventpeople from dying from drug overdoses on our
streets. Mayor Breed says it's timeto take a different approach to solve San
Francisco's drug and homelessness problem. Breed'sproposal would need to be approved by the
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Board of Supervisors to become law.A judge in New York has ruled former
President Trump committed systemic fraud lying foryears about his net worth by inflating the
value of his real estate portfolio,saying Trump inflated the value of his Fifth
Avenue apartment by as much US twohundred million dollars, Also striking Trump's claimed
that Mara Lago was worth up tosix hundred million dollars when it's assessed that
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no more than twenty seven million.Abcsm Wins says. The judge yesterday said
Trump's fraudulent valuations were meant to reapthe benefits of better loan and insurance terms.
The state's civil case is scheduled togo to trial next week. Trump's
lawyers say they plan to appeal.We're going to take a closer look at
this with Aaron Katurski in just afew minutes. North Korea, it has
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decided to expel the US soldier whoillegally crossed into the country in July.
North Korean state media saying that theyhave conducted an investigation and that King allegedly
had ill feelings over inhumane treatment andracial discrimination within the US Army. ABC's
Marcus Moore says it's not clear whenPrivate Travis King will be returned to the
US. He was being sent homefrom South Korea to face disciplinary measures when
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he ran across the border into NorthKorea. Let's say good morning to ABC
National Politics reporter Brittany Shephard. Goodmorning, Brittany. We've got a debate
tonight in our very own backyard atthe Ronald Reagan National Library in Simi Valley.
Tell us who's in it, yeah, and what can we expect to
see? Good morning. It's kindof a repeat of the first debate,
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Sam as it ever was, aswe say so, the candidates on stage,
it's everyone from the first debate saveone person, but former Arkansas Governor
Asa Hutchinson. It didn't make pollingor donor fresholds. So some background can
It seeded at least three percent supportin two national polls or three percent in
one national poll as well as twopolls from the four early voting stage.
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That's Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, and then there's some
donor thresholds too. Asa wasn't ableto reach any of those. So instead
he's following former President Donald Trump,who's surprised is skipping out on this debate
as well and heading to Detroit insteadto speak to auto workers, footballer workers,
essentially probably some Trump supporters too.This comes just a day after remend
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President Joe Biden, who was justin Michigan yesterday striking with UHW workers.
The first time seeking president has everdone that. So some counter programming and
a split screen from Trump, ASAthinks, well, if I can't make
the debate stage, let me atleast go to the guy who we haven't
been able to pin down at all. Now, Donald Trump hasn't really hit
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the campaign trail in the way thatof the other candidate pass so they haven't
had the opportunity to have that confrontationor praise and if that's what they'd like
to do, so that's gonna beinteresting happening at Michigan at the very exact
same time as all those other folksare on stage and Semi Valley at the
ray Vans are very jealous and notgoing to be there. It's good over
over there in California, ste's herein DC, and it's gonna be really
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interesting to see who is able tobreak out because a couple of people on
that stage really need a big moment. That's Florida Governor run to Santis,
you know, former Vice president andlike Pence Worth, Dacota Governor, Doug
Burgham South Carolina sunder Tim Scott,former South Carolina Governor Nicky Haley, and
of course entrepreneur of the zach Ramaswamy. Because right now all of those people
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are running about forty points south ofDonald Trump, and if they're unable to
make a moment today, you know, it canna be really tricky for them.
Yeah, and I thought the lastdebate, I think that that it
was interesting. I liked to hearfrom some of them. But you've just
felt like the big dog wasn't there, and I think we're going to feel
that again tonight. And he wasn'tthere, but his spirit was there.
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If you guys remember from that firstI think the audience was like Trump's Greek
courts. If folks came on stageand they criticized Trump, they were screaming
and yelling at the stage, andif there was something that, you know,
Trump, they were trying to teutTrump's record. The audience was with
cheering and laughing, and so muchso that the moderors a turn around and
say, hey, guys, maybequite general a little bit when you get
through two hours of programming. Andso I'll be really curious to see how
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large Trump moves. Remember the indictmentsfor kind of Top of Mind about a
month ago. Right now we're lookingat a government shutdown in about three or
four days if Congress can't get somethingpast here. We have an actual senator
on stage today, so I thinkthere's an opportunity to talk a little bit
more about policy. Immigration is propof mind for Republicans right now as we're
seeing this migrant flux, you know, in across the southern border in eco
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kinds in Texas, and that's youknow, kind of been top of mind
on Fox News every single day,and the flox business is moderating. So
I think it's really on these moderatorsto see how they could control how much
of the conversation veers into I amlike Trump? Where aren't I am not
like Trump? For twys the waysinstead of here all the policies through about
things icy and burn. Here's whyyou should vote for me. Yeah,
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and then after tonight there's another debate. Is it next month? Yeah,
it's next month, and it's goingto be in Miami and the pulling thresholds,
which yeah, hopefully just go downto that one. There's one percent
higher, so it's used to getfour percent in all of those pools and
one hundred thousand more donors than youhad to this time and this is around
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the window when people start dropping out. Asa Hudgerson says he's not going to
drop out until maybe November when hereassesses with the state of his campaign.
But there's a lot of people onthat stage shagging. People were about four
and a half months away from Iowapocket seeing. Usually there's less than seven
people as an option, so probablybe curious to see who kind of winnows
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off and starts endorsing. Yep.Well, either way, I'm going to
be watching tonight because I'm fascinated bydebates. Even when I don't agree with
everything's on what's being said on stage, I just dig watching them. So
thank you so much for your insightand your information. In Britney Shepherd with
ABC appreciate it, of course.By all right, let's get back to
some of the stories coming out ofthe KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Officials
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in La say renters have accumulated morethan one hundred eighty six million dollars in
back rent. Landlords filed around fiftythousand eviction notices from February to August.
Apartment Association of Greater Las Daniel Juglesonsays one factor and back rent is the
major Hollywood strikes. If to lookat some of these zip codes where a
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large number of these three day noticesare being issued, there zip codes that
are nearby major studios or major productionfacilities. Hollywood had the most notices that
nearly thirty six hundred ninety one percentof renters were given three day notices.
Blake Trolley k if I News.The Early School District has rescinded it's COVID
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nineteen vaccine mandate for employees, contractors, vendors, volunteers, and charter schools.
The movie Yesterday ended a policy that'sbeen in place for over two years
and has led to several lawsuits.The district says the decision comes in light
of evolving medical data and in consultationwith local health authorities. A bill signed
in the law by Governor Newsom isone of the package of bills that are
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intended to reduce gun violence in California. San Fernando Valle Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel authored
the bill. The places an elevenpercent tax on gunmakers. This tax would
fund school safety, proven violence preventionmeasures, and a bunch of gun safety
measures that have proven to keep ourcommunities safe, including things like removing guns
from domestic abusers. Gabriel says thelaw will generate one hundred sixty million dollars
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annually. Senate leaders have announced abill to fund the federal government through mid
November and avoid a shutdown. ABC'sStephen Portnoy says it provides additional funding for
disaster relief and four and a halfbillion dollars in aid for Ukraine. But
Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been warned byfar right Republicans to not put such a
measure on the floor of the House. If he does, it would probably
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pass with bipartisan support, but itmight also put his speaker ship in peril.
The White House says it's up toHouse Speaker McCarthy to keep the budget
deal he made with President Biden.He a NASA astronaut who broke the record
for spending the most time in spaceby an American, is back on Earth.
Frank Rubio and two cosmonauts returned homeaboard a Soyo Soyo's spacecraft. It
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undocked from the International Space Station thismorning. Rubio has been spaced out for
three hundred and seventy one days.They landed in Kazakhstan around seven am this
morning, Eastern Time, and itis National Chocolate Milk Day. The chocolate
in goodness can be traced back toeighteen sixty seven, when an Irish botanist
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working as a physician to a dukein Jamaica was introduced to the country's popular
chocolate water. He thought the drinkswere too bitter, so he added milk
to make it taste better. Thenhe took it back to Europe and spread
the word about its health benefits likecalcium in protein. It's now one of
the most popular drinks out there,with eight out of ten Americans drinking it
at least once a week. That'sa lot of people drinking chocolate milk.
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I haven't had chocolate milk since Iwas a kid. Oh well, maybe
I should go try it. TheRonald Reagan Presidential Library and Semi Valley will
host the Republican Presidential Debate second one. Seven candidates will be on stage,
one less than last time because AsaHutchinson didn't make the cut. Florida Governor
Rhonda Santis will be sitting in theor standing in the center spot. Former
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President Trump is skipping this one.LA County is going to spend fifteen point
six million dollars on efforts to stoporganized retail theft. The La Canny Board
of Supervisors voted yesterday to spend themoney. It's going to come from a
state grant. Following a rise insmash and grab and flash mob style robberies
in recent months, two men whoclimbed half Dome at Yosemite have been struck
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by lightning during a storm. Oneguy was hit in the knee, the
other in the back of the head. Both were able to make it back
down safely with their group after thisstorm passed. That's got to be scary.
At six oh five. It's handledon the news. Of course,
the writers can go back to workafter one hundred forty eight days. Bill's
gonna tell you what they got intheir new deal. But right now,
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let's say good morning to ABC's seniorinvestigating reporter, Aaron katski erin good morning,
Not a good day for former PresidentTrump? Huh No, it wasn't.
Because a judge here in New Yorkruled Amy that he is liable for
fraud over a number of years,fraudulently inflating the value of his net worth
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by overstating what his vast real estateportfolio is really worth. He has properties
all over the world. They areassessed at certain amounts, and Trump repeatedly,
the judge's ruling said, on financialstatements that were turned over to lenders
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and insurance companies and the like,repeatedly overvalued his properties. He tripled the
square footage artificially of his triplex apartmentin Trump Tower. He said that his
Mara Lago state in Palm Beach,which was assessed at twenty seven million dollars,
was worth six hundred million dollars,and all told, overstated his own
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net work by as much as twopoint two billion dollars. And that's what
I remember a long time ago.Everybody's screaming about this, saying, you
gotta let your taxes out, yougot to give us financial statements, and
he wouldn't do it. But they'veaccused him of that for years and years.
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So when you say that he isliable for fraud, what is that?
What does that mean? Well,the ruling does have immediate consequences,
and this is all the result ofa civil lawsuit filed by the Attorney General
here in New York, Latitia James, And so there will be a trial
schedule to start next week. Thatwill determine how much he's got to pay
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in penalties, and the Attorney General'soffice has asked for at least fifty million
dollars in financial penalties. But thereare consequences beyond that. The judge's ruling
means amy that Trump can no longeroperate in New York. And while we
don't exactly know all of the potentialfallout from that, it appears that the
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ruling means he'll have to give upcontrol of some of his properties here in
New York. So the very smellthere, his need in the city that
made him famous, he may beforced to sell. And the judge can
say, okay, you did this, and so we're taking your we're taking
all of your licenses away, orsomething like that. Well, yeah,
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he granted the Attorney General's motion forpartial summary judgments. So in effect,
the judge decided the evidence of thefraud was so egregious and clear that there
didn't even need to be a trialwith evidence and testimony. Now there still
will be to determine the discorchment anda few and a few other issues,
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but the judge has, you know, without trial even beginning, has already
decided the core of the case,and that is that the statements of financial
condition that Trump submitted were fraudulent,okay. And so by elevating the value
of his holdings and his apartments andall of that stuff, how did he
benefit for it? He got likebetter better interest rates or something when he
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did loans. That's exactly it.He duped lenders and insurance companies and other
business partners into giving him better termsthan he otherwise would have deserved. And
the Attorney General's office says that thatmeant, you know, the playing field
wasn't even Trump has always denied wrongdoing. He says that you know, his
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his uh, his portfolio is worthwhat it's worth, because he's got he's
called up priceless or compared it topriceless works. The part he says he
has the mona lisis of properties.Judge said, that's that's just not that's
it's not right according to the ruling, all right, And does this have
any effect on his campaign or hisability to run for president? Because it
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doesn't, because it's civil right,it does. It does not have any
effect. It's a civil case,not a criminal case. And and you
know, even then he could run. But but it does undercut what had
been his central message, right,and that is he's a successful businessman,
you know, and and therefore deservesto run the country. And you know,
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the success came on the back ofa fraud according to this ruling.
Now, is that ultimately going tomatter with his supporters? You tend to
doubt it based on his standing inthe polls. A lot of us,
I think has been you know,out there for a long time. But
it is potentially, you know,financially anyway, devastating for the former president.
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All Right, Aaron Katurski, thanksso much for explaining it all to
us. Thank you, Emmie.All right, have a great day.
Let's get back to some of thestories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. President Biden has traveledto northern California to raise money for his
reelection campaign. Tickets for last night'ssold out reception in the Bay Area ranged
from five thousand to one hundred thousanddollars. Biden today is set to meet
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with his Council of Advisors on Scienceand Technology in San Francisco before he heads
to another fundraiser hosted by Facebook cofounder Andrew McCollum Biden, then we'll be
back in Northern California for the AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation Summer Summer not Summer Summit
in November. Corrections deputy with theRiverside County Sheriff's Department has been charged with
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a series of sexual offenses, includingexploiting female inmates at a medium security facility.
Prosecutors say Christian Heideker recorded sexual encounterswith inmates and then black mailed them.
Heid occur is in jail on amillion dollars bail. Bailey Kenny Board
of Supervisors has approved a nearly twoand a half two point six million dollars
settlement with a fire captain hurt whena fellow firefighter fatally shot another colleague in
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twenty twenty one. Supervisor Katherine Bargersays the shooting at Station eighty one in
Agua Dulce left the community with trauma. It is my hope that with the
new leadership change at our county's firedepartment and a greater focus on employee wellness,
an incident like this will be preventedand never occur again. The injured
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captain sued the county last January,alleging serious injury, including paralysis. The
lawsuit says superiors knew the off dutyshooter had a history of combative behavior.
You heard me talking with rich deMuro about this when he was telling us
about the launch of the iPhone fifteen, and that was that Apple has plans
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to go carbon new troll, andone of the ways that they're planning to
do that is by introducing their newfine woven textile that they say is going
to replace all the leather that theyuse on like watch bands and on iPhone
cases and that kind of thing.It's sixty eight percent post consumer recycled material,
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and you know, Apple was toutingit as the next great thing,
but apparently it's a bust. Sothe new watches are out and the new
phones are out, and people arebuying this fine woven thing that for phones.
It's a phone to a phone caseis fifty nine bucks, which is
ten dollars more than the plastic orsilicone versions, and of course it's a
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lot more experience expensive than one ofthe cases that you get on Amazon.
But one blogger said that the holeson the case don't line up with the
port on the phone or the speakers, and from past experience with old iPhones,
that's a pain in the butt,okay. And then another one,
Federico Vetici, who is a bloggerand podcaster and runs the Max Stories site,
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says that it's awful. It scratches, it stains, it has this
weird slippery feel, and he said, I honestly think this is one of
the worst accessories Apple has ever produced. He says, I may just throw
this out now. That's not greatfor the environment. So Apple's new fine
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woven. I haven't tried it outyet. I haven't seen it yet,
but I don't know that. I'mgoing to run to the store to go
get it after hearing the reviews onit. Right now, we're going to
check in with our very own SteveGregory and Iraq war veteran from Torrance is
fighting to honor his dying parents wish. Sam Leon Junior used to work full
time for the federal government, buthe had to quit to work full time
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at home. They have to behere twenty four seven. Unfortunately, my
father and my mother they have falseand I'm the only when it's here,
and I have to take care ofhim every little need that they need.
That's what I'm here. For Samsays, things used to be okay,
but all of a sudden, itseemed like everything came crashing down at once.
Well, my father beat cancer onetime three years ago, and I
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guess the lack of checking up onhim through the VA. He recently had
to do a couple of ER visitsat the beginning of this year, and
we had to do a proximate.On the fourth er visit, that's when
they determined that his cancer was backand it had spread aggressively, and that
he was stage four type of cancerin this case, said was bladder cancer
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that spread to his rectum. Youwere talking about the VA not keeping an
eye on him, so you've didWas he another one of these mini statistics
in the VA that goes unchecked?Correct? What did the VA tell you
when you know, faced with this? Sorry? And while dealing with that
diagnosis, Sam was faced with evenmore bad news. What about your mom?
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One? Was her diagnosis? She'shad delivered disease now for I believe
about three years that we know ofthat dementia just happened at the beginning of
this year as well, and itjust progressively gotten worse. Sam's mom is
in the hospital going through tests,but I was able to meet his dad,
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Sam Senior. They all lived togetherin a modest department in Torrance.
Sam's dad is a Vietnam veteran andit's been going to the VA for medical
care. It was soon after Sam'sdad was given the bad news it was
time to act. He had atalk with my mom before she was completely
gone mentally, and they both agreedthat they would like to be buried together,
which brings us now to your dilemma. So being buried together is as
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a costly venture. Did you startto research and try to figure this out?
Yes, I went to the cemetery. I went to the service hall.
Basically, if my dad let's theVIA take him, we don't know
what cemetery he's going to end upin because they're all getting full. The
LA's full, Riverside's full. PossiblySan Diego he can get in, but
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since him and my mother weren't marriedwhen he was in service, and she's
not a veteran, they won't puther with him. So it's either that
I let them take him and thenI gotta figure out what I'm gonna do
with my mom, or in thiscase, I just keep them together.
And I keep him here in theSouth Bay or my dad is from.
Sam Senior says he's accepted his fate, but the thought of being buried alone
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without his wife next to him scareshim. I think it would. It
would make me feel so much betterif I knew for sure where I was
going to have my last resting spot, and being with my wife in the
same place as she wishes would bemost comforting. Have you picked a spot?
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Oh? Yes, long time andgo back when I was a little
boy where. It's in a cemeterycalled Pacific Crest Cemetery. It's located on
one one eighty second Ingwood Avenue.I have an uncle and a grandfather that's
been buried there since I was alittle child. And you you decided as
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a boy that that's where you wantedto be buried. Yes. I loved
my uncle quite quite highly, andmy grandfather also. Sam Junior says it's
been a hell of a journey,but he's doing his best to stay positive.
I was a machine gunner in theMarine Corps. I served in Iraq
and Afghanistan for how long? Idid a total of nine years nine years,
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so that was pretty rough. Yes, sir I was the roughness of
that compared to the roughness of whatyou're going through now. Honestly, I
think that was easier. I'm losingmy parents, No, man, it
was tough to lose brothers. Don'tget me wrong, but these are my
parents. That's all I have inthis world right now, or only child
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right correct. What motivates you toget up every day? I have to
be strong so that my dad he'sstrong. The minute I'm not strong,
then he's gonna give up. Ican't imagine what day to day is for
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you, getting up not knowing whethertoday is the day or not. You
know what I mean. Yes,it's very scary because I do pop my
head in the room every once fallto make sure if I hear him breathing,
and every day it's scary when Iopen that door. You're watching me
interview your son, and you're listeningto a little bit of what he's been
going through on a daily basis.What does that? What does that do
to you? Tears my heart out. I can't. I can't fathom what
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my son has has given up justfor me. I'm nobody. I'm just
or combat veteran who did his jobfor his country. Who everyone should that
can? I mean, if youlove living here, by God, you
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should stand up for it. TheVA is a good place, but they
kind of dropped the ball now andnow here we are with your kind of
person helping us, trying to reachthat goal so that me and my wife
can be together for eternity, aswe promised God when we got married.
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Sam Junior says he needs help tofinance the new burial plots, by the
caskets, burial clothes, funeral costs, in any other unforeseen expenses. I
would like assistance with the go fundme so I could get the finances.
I could take care of everything,preferably before they pass, because once they
pass it'll be too late. Ijust found out that hospice won't take my
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father unless I already have the thingsarranged, and by law, he can
only be here two days once he'spassed, so kind of put some pressure
on me. He says. It'sa race against the clock to do everything
by the book while honoring the finalwishes of his dying parents. For a
wake up call, I'm Steve GregoryKFI News. To learn how you can
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help, you can go to KFIAM six forty dot com slash burial.
It's KFI AM six forty dot comslash barre burial, so tough to lose
a parent. Here's what we're followingin the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and SemiValley is going to host the Republican presidential
debate the second one. Seven candidatesare going to be on stage, one
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fewer than the last debate because AsaHutchinson didn't make the cut. Former President
Trump is skipping the debate. He'sgoing to be in Detroit today. LA
County's going to spend fifteen point sixmillion dollars on efforts to stop organized retail
theft. The LA County Board ofSupervisors voted to spend the money that will
come from a state gramp grant followinga rise in smashing, grab and flash
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mob style robberies in recent months.Hey, twenty five years ago today,
Google was born. The search Giantactually started as a PhD project at Stanford
University in nineteen ninety eight. Weare just a couple of minutes away from
Handle on the news this morning ata lot's stuff to talk about. Here's
one speaking of smashing grabs and flashmob robberies. Target is throwing its proverbial
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hands up in the air, givingup. Theft has gotten so bad it's
closing nine stores, including three inCalifornia. Right now, let's say good
morning to ABC's Stephen Portnoy. Stephen, the Senate put together a stopgap measure
that could keep the lights on fora few weeks. Yeah, it has,
but it's not going to pass theHouse, So I guess you know
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that's that. Look all right,thanks for calling today, Steve, Hey,
you bet, Matt listen, I'lltell you what you know. This
makes a government shut down a lotmore likely. All right, So where
are we? The Senate yesterday announcedto by partisan agreement that would keep the
government funded through November seventeenth, sixbillion dollars for disaster relief, six billion
dollars for Ukraine. Last night theHouse Speaker said, no, no,
thanks. Where we stand right nowis Kevin McCarthy's trying to demonstrate to his
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colleagues and of the country that hehas a sense of where we're going to
go and how he's going to keepa government shutdown from happening. But he
has no particular plan and the pressurethat he's under from his hard right flank
to avoid putting that Senate bill onthe floor is intense. If you were
to do it, it would surelypass. You'd have all the Democrats on
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board, and what you need fouror five Republicans to cross the aisle and
avoid a government shutdown. That wouldprobably happen, But he would be handing
his opponents in the Republican Conference asword which they would use to take his
gabble, and so to keep controlof the House, He's going to listen
to what his hard right members aresaying, and he's going to try to
reshape the narrative. He's going tosay, listen, this short term stop
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gap might avoid a government shutdown,but it doesn't do what we need to
do as a country right now,and that's focused on the US Mexico border.
We need not just to have currentfunding levels, we need to increase
funding levels for the border, andthis bill doesn't do that. Instead,
it spends six billion dollars in Ukraine. They don't need the money, he's
arguing, and yet he isn't surethat even if he were to craft a
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short term spending measure that included additionalfunding for the border that it would necessarily
have the support of Republicans to passthe House. Probably wouldn't be a bipartisan
bill, it wouldn't get Democrats onboard, and then what do you do
when it goes to the Senate.So the traditional way of dealing with these
problems is to have a bipartisan agreementemerge from the Senate, basically force it
upon the House. The recalcitant Republicansin the House know that play, and
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they're trying to get ahead of it, and they're trying to say not this
time, Kevin. And so that'swhere we are. I will one more
point, and that is in pastshutdowns that we remember from let's remember ten
years ago and Ted Cruz read outof green eggs and ham on the Senate
floor and there was a shutdown,and then in twenty eighteen there was a
shutdown lasted about a month. Everybodywho works for the government ultimately is made
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whole. But the difference in thoseshutdowns and the one that could happen starting
this weekend is prior to the shutdownsin twenty thirteen and twenty eighteen, there
was bipartisan agreement to fund the Departmentof Defense, and that meant that everyone
who works for the Department of Defense, including the active duty military and the
reservists and the National Guard members allget paid through the entirety of the shutdown.
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That has not happened now, whichmeans for the first time in a
long time, if ever, inthe modern shutdown era, that you could
have a circumstance where military families havetremendous uncertainty as to how they're going to
pay their bills. That hasn't happenedin the previous shutdowns. Today, the
House of Representatives is going to takeup a full year Defense appropriations bill,
which would keep those military paychecks flowing. But I've taken a look at the
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language. It includes provisions banning theuse of funds on critical race theory,
drag Queen's story hour hormone replacement therapy, and surgery for gender affirming care.
Particular provision that would ban the useof government funds to extend security clearances to
people who signed the letter before thetwenty twenty election that said that Hunter Biden's
laptop was rushing disinformation. These arethings that are what we'd call poison pills
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that the Democrats in the Senate wouldnever accept that. The Democratic SIT's in
the White House would never enact andsigning the law. So until there's agreement
between the House and Senate on howto fund the military, and there isn't
such an agreement, those military familieswill be affected in they shutdown in the
way they haven't been of late.And that's a point that needs to be
underscored. Okay, so you saidthat everybody will be eventually made hold.
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So if the government did shut downand there was no provision to fund the
military during that time, once thegovernment turned the lights back on, proverbially,
they would get that back pay.Yeah, that's right, but it's
it's going to leave them. It'snot like they're making a ton of money
and probably mass amounts of money andsavings that they can get through for a
couple of months. An increasing numberof Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.
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Yeah, what do you do whenthere's no paycheck? Right? You?
You incurred debt on your credit cardand then owe to bank that interest?
What you turn to? Friends andcharities? I mean, last time there
was a government shutdown here, therewere food banks that were set up in
Washington, DC. To see twoat the government workers could put food on
the table for their families. Becauseit lasted about a month, they missed
two pay cycles. So that couldhappen. And look, at the end
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of the day, if you ifyou collect a paycheck from the US Treasury,
you're going to be made whole onceCongress gets its act together and passes
something. But if you work fora government contractor if you work in a
government building and you're there on thecafeteria and you don't work for the for
the agency, but you work fora contract of the disbusiness with the agency,
you might be, in a politeway, the most polite way I
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can put it, you might beaffected, yeah by this, and until
there's a deal, you might notbe made whole. And chances are you
will not be made whole if youwork for a contractor right because you don't
get those hours back. Okay,Yeah, it's pretty far reaching. It's
sort of like the writer's strike washere and the sag strike here. It's
just the tentacles of it go intoevery sector of the economy. So okay,
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so what happens next, Well,we wait and see what happens.
So the House is going to voteon something that would be dead on arrival
in the Senate. The Senate's goingto vote on something, it'll be dead
on arrival in the House, andmore days get wasted. Okay, I
hate to laugh, Stephen, becauseI know it's very serious, but my
goodness, it's just ridiculous. Thankyou so much for your time today.
Let's get back to some of thestories coming out of the KFI twenty four
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hour newsroom. Target says it isclosing nine stores across the country because of
crime and safety threats. The companysays it's closing stores in New York City,
in Seattle, in Portland, Oregon, and in the San Francisco,
Oakland area. The stores are goingto be closed for good October twenty one.
The WGA has approved a deal withmajor production companies and called an end
to the nearly five months long writer'sstrike. Striking actors are hoping to also
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have a deal. Actor G.Money says actors and writers alike deserve a
fair deal that respects their art form. But we're just going to give pable
road, you know, and wegot one take care of the There's a
lot of people out there take avengeyou, and we know that we should
be a better taken to the Writer'sGuild to prove the contract. Yesterday,
two days after announcing a tentative dealhas been reached with studios, more than
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eleven thousand members of the w gA still need to ratify the deal.
Voting is set for next week.Okay, it costs you less than a
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It is time. This is yourwake up call for Wednesday, September twenty
seven. Good morning, I'm AmyKing. Did you see the moon?
The moon was shining bright on theway and not quite full, but if
you get a chance, take apeek out the window. It's very pretty
this morning. It's National Morning Showhost Day. I just found this out.
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One of our news editors told usthat, so in honor of it,
I'm gonna salute myself. No,actually, in honor of it,
I'm going to watch the next episodeof the Morning Show on Apple TV today.
Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. The writers strike over the WGA
accepted the agreement worked out with HollywoodStudios. That means writers can go back
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to work. Union members will stillhave to vote to ratify the new contract.
Target is closing nine stores in fourstates, including three in the Bay
Area, because of thefts that thestores. Target says it has tried additional
security security guards, other tactics.None of it's worked. The stores are
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going to close October twenty first.President Biden's going to be meeting with science
and tech advisors today in San Francisco. He'll be attending a fundraiser hosted by
Facebook co founder Andrew McCollum. Hewas at a fundraiser last night. Tickets
for that one sold out. Thepricing for those five thousand to one hundred
thousand dollars. At six oh five, it's handled on the news. The
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Senate has reached a deal to keepthe lights on in DC. But it's
farm a done deal. Let's getstarted with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. As I just mentioned, the Hollywood
writers strike has officially ended. Twodays after a tentative deal was reached with
Hollywood's biggest studios, The WGA announcedit had approved a contract that addresses labor
concerns. Actor known as G Moneysays he hopes sagafter can now get back
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to the bargaining table, as toomany actors aren't making enough money. We
go with it, but sometimes it'snot just about the money. It is
about the reward of what you getafterwards, and you just don't know where
a project's gonna go, where aword's gonna head to Writers ended the nearly
five month long strike at twelve orone am this morning. The contract will
need to be ratified by the WGAin early October. Chris Adler KFI News,
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a man who spent the last twentyeight years in prison for a rape
in Southgate has been exonerated Holly CountyDA Gascon says Gerardo Kavanius was eighteen when
he was arrested by the Southgate PoliceDepartment, and because of new DNA technology,
Kavanius was set free through the effortsof the Innocence Project. Sir key,
yes, I command you or yourincredible strength and resilience. You're on
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wavering determination to prove your innocence inthe face of nymarguable. The versity is
a testament to human spirit. Gascoand says another man had been identified in
the rape, but it's not knownif his investigators will pursue him. Steve
Gregory King if I News LAPD officershave fatally shot a dog who bit a
man in downtown LA. The shootinghappened early yesterday when officers were sent to
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Seventh Street and Gladys Avenue. Theman bitten was taken to the hospital.
The San Francisco mayor has put upa proposal that would require low income residents
to be screened for drugs and gettreatment if they're on them in order to
get welfare. But no more anythinggoes without accountability, no more handouts without
accountability. Red announced the proposal yesterday, saying it's time for some tough love.
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We have to get, as Isaid earlier, comfortable with being uncomfortable
and making really hard decisions like thisone ordered to get our city into a
better place and in order to preventpeople from dying from drug overdoses on our
streets. Mayor Breed says it's timeto take a different approach to solve San
Francisco's drug and homelessness problem. Breed'sproposal would need to be approved by the
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Board of Supervisors to become law.A judge in New York has ruled former
President Trump committed systemic fraud lying foryears about his net worth by inflating the
value of his real estate portfolio,saying Trump inflated the value of his Fifth
Avenue apartment by as much US twohundred million dollars, Also striking Trump's claimed
that Mara Lago was worth up tosix hundred million dollars when it's assessed that
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no more than twenty seven million.Abcsm Wins says. The judge yesterday said
Trump's fraudulent valuations were meant to reapthe benefits of better loan and insurance terms.
The state's civil case is scheduled togo to trial next week. Trump's
lawyers say they plan to appeal.We're going to take a closer look at
this with Aaron Katurski in just afew minutes. North Korea, it has
(05:00):
decided to expel the US soldier whoillegally crossed into the country in July.
North Korean state media saying that theyhave conducted an investigation and that King allegedly
had ill feelings over inhumane treatment andracial discrimination within the US Army. ABC's
Marcus Moore says it's not clear whenPrivate Travis King will be returned to the
US. He was being sent homefrom South Korea to face disciplinary measures when
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he ran across the border into NorthKorea. Let's say good morning to ABC
National Politics reporter Brittany Shephard. Goodmorning, Brittany. We've got a debate
tonight in our very own backyard atthe Ronald Reagan National Library in Simi Valley.
Tell us who's in it, yeah, and what can we expect to
see? Good morning. It's kindof a repeat of the first debate,
(05:47):
Sam as it ever was, aswe say so, the candidates on stage,
it's everyone from the first debate saveone person, but former Arkansas Governor
Asa Hutchinson. It didn't make pollingor donor fresholds. So some background can
It seeded at least three percent supportin two national polls or three percent in
one national poll as well as twopolls from the four early voting stage.
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That's Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, and then there's some
donor thresholds too. Asa wasn't ableto reach any of those. So instead
he's following former President Donald Trump,who's surprised is skipping out on this debate
as well and heading to Detroit insteadto speak to auto workers, footballer workers,
essentially probably some Trump supporters too.This comes just a day after remend
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President Joe Biden, who was justin Michigan yesterday striking with UHW workers.
The first time seeking president has everdone that. So some counter programming and
a split screen from Trump, ASAthinks, well, if I can't make
the debate stage, let me atleast go to the guy who we haven't
been able to pin down at all. Now, Donald Trump hasn't really hit
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the campaign trail in the way thatof the other candidate pass so they haven't
had the opportunity to have that confrontationor praise and if that's what they'd like
to do, so that's gonna beinteresting happening at Michigan at the very exact
same time as all those other folksare on stage and Semi Valley at the
ray Vans are very jealous and notgoing to be there. It's good over
over there in California, ste's herein DC, and it's gonna be really
(07:15):
interesting to see who is able tobreak out because a couple of people on
that stage really need a big moment. That's Florida Governor run to Santis,
you know, former Vice president andlike Pence Worth, Dacota Governor, Doug
Burgham South Carolina sunder Tim Scott,former South Carolina Governor Nicky Haley, and
of course entrepreneur of the zach Ramaswamy. Because right now all of those people
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are running about forty points south ofDonald Trump, and if they're unable to
make a moment today, you know, it canna be really tricky for them.
Yeah, and I thought the lastdebate, I think that that it
was interesting. I liked to hearfrom some of them. But you've just
felt like the big dog wasn't there, and I think we're going to feel
that again tonight. And he wasn'tthere, but his spirit was there.
(08:00):
If you guys remember from that firstI think the audience was like Trump's Greek
courts. If folks came on stageand they criticized Trump, they were screaming
and yelling at the stage, andif there was something that, you know,
Trump, they were trying to teutTrump's record. The audience was with
cheering and laughing, and so muchso that the moderors a turn around and
say, hey, guys, maybequite general a little bit when you get
through two hours of programming. Andso I'll be really curious to see how
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large Trump moves. Remember the indictmentsfor kind of Top of Mind about a
month ago. Right now we're lookingat a government shutdown in about three or
four days if Congress can't get somethingpast here. We have an actual senator
on stage today, so I thinkthere's an opportunity to talk a little bit
more about policy. Immigration is propof mind for Republicans right now as we're
seeing this migrant flux, you know, in across the southern border in eco
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kinds in Texas, and that's youknow, kind of been top of mind
on Fox News every single day,and the flox business is moderating. So
I think it's really on these moderatorsto see how they could control how much
of the conversation veers into I amlike Trump? Where aren't I am not
like Trump? For twys the waysinstead of here all the policies through about
things icy and burn. Here's whyyou should vote for me. Yeah,
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and then after tonight there's another debate. Is it next month? Yeah,
it's next month, and it's goingto be in Miami and the pulling thresholds,
which yeah, hopefully just go downto that one. There's one percent
higher, so it's used to getfour percent in all of those pools and
one hundred thousand more donors than youhad to this time and this is around
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the window when people start dropping out. Asa Hudgerson says he's not going to
drop out until maybe November when hereassesses with the state of his campaign.
But there's a lot of people onthat stage shagging. People were about four
and a half months away from Iowapocket seeing. Usually there's less than seven
people as an option, so probablybe curious to see who kind of winnows
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off and starts endorsing. Yep.Well, either way, I'm going to
be watching tonight because I'm fascinated bydebates. Even when I don't agree with
everything's on what's being said on stage, I just dig watching them. So
thank you so much for your insightand your information. In Britney Shepherd with
ABC appreciate it, of course.By all right, let's get back to
some of the stories coming out ofthe KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Officials
(10:07):
in La say renters have accumulated morethan one hundred eighty six million dollars in
back rent. Landlords filed around fiftythousand eviction notices from February to August.
Apartment Association of Greater Las Daniel Juglesonsays one factor and back rent is the
major Hollywood strikes. If to lookat some of these zip codes where a
(10:28):
large number of these three day noticesare being issued, there zip codes that
are nearby major studios or major productionfacilities. Hollywood had the most notices that
nearly thirty six hundred ninety one percentof renters were given three day notices.
Blake Trolley k if I News.The Early School District has rescinded it's COVID
(10:48):
nineteen vaccine mandate for employees, contractors, vendors, volunteers, and charter schools.
The movie Yesterday ended a policy that'sbeen in place for over two years
and has led to several lawsuits.The district says the decision comes in light
of evolving medical data and in consultationwith local health authorities. A bill signed
in the law by Governor Newsom isone of the package of bills that are
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intended to reduce gun violence in California. San Fernando Valle Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel authored
the bill. The places an elevenpercent tax on gunmakers. This tax would
fund school safety, proven violence preventionmeasures, and a bunch of gun safety
measures that have proven to keep ourcommunities safe, including things like removing guns
from domestic abusers. Gabriel says thelaw will generate one hundred sixty million dollars
(11:35):
annually. Senate leaders have announced abill to fund the federal government through mid
November and avoid a shutdown. ABC'sStephen Portnoy says it provides additional funding for
disaster relief and four and a halfbillion dollars in aid for Ukraine. But
Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been warned byfar right Republicans to not put such a
measure on the floor of the House. If he does, it would probably
(11:56):
pass with bipartisan support, but itmight also put his speaker ship in peril.
The White House says it's up toHouse Speaker McCarthy to keep the budget
deal he made with President Biden.He a NASA astronaut who broke the record
for spending the most time in spaceby an American, is back on Earth.
Frank Rubio and two cosmonauts returned homeaboard a Soyo Soyo's spacecraft. It
(12:20):
undocked from the International Space Station thismorning. Rubio has been spaced out for
three hundred and seventy one days.They landed in Kazakhstan around seven am this
morning, Eastern Time, and itis National Chocolate Milk Day. The chocolate
in goodness can be traced back toeighteen sixty seven, when an Irish botanist
(12:41):
working as a physician to a dukein Jamaica was introduced to the country's popular
chocolate water. He thought the drinkswere too bitter, so he added milk
to make it taste better. Thenhe took it back to Europe and spread
the word about its health benefits likecalcium in protein. It's now one of
the most popular drinks out there,with eight out of ten Americans drinking it
at least once a week. That'sa lot of people drinking chocolate milk.
(13:05):
I haven't had chocolate milk since Iwas a kid. Oh well, maybe
I should go try it. TheRonald Reagan Presidential Library and Semi Valley will
host the Republican Presidential Debate second one. Seven candidates will be on stage,
one less than last time because AsaHutchinson didn't make the cut. Florida Governor
Rhonda Santis will be sitting in theor standing in the center spot. Former
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President Trump is skipping this one.LA County is going to spend fifteen point
six million dollars on efforts to stoporganized retail theft. The La Canny Board
of Supervisors voted yesterday to spend themoney. It's going to come from a
state grant. Following a rise insmash and grab and flash mob style robberies
in recent months, two men whoclimbed half Dome at Yosemite have been struck
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by lightning during a storm. Oneguy was hit in the knee, the
other in the back of the head. Both were able to make it back
down safely with their group after thisstorm passed. That's got to be scary.
At six oh five. It's handledon the news. Of course,
the writers can go back to workafter one hundred forty eight days. Bill's
gonna tell you what they got intheir new deal. But right now,
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let's say good morning to ABC's seniorinvestigating reporter, Aaron katski erin good morning,
Not a good day for former PresidentTrump? Huh No, it wasn't.
Because a judge here in New Yorkruled Amy that he is liable for
fraud over a number of years,fraudulently inflating the value of his net worth
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by overstating what his vast real estateportfolio is really worth. He has properties
all over the world. They areassessed at certain amounts, and Trump repeatedly,
the judge's ruling said, on financialstatements that were turned over to lenders
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and insurance companies and the like,repeatedly overvalued his properties. He tripled the
square footage artificially of his triplex apartmentin Trump Tower. He said that his
Mara Lago state in Palm Beach,which was assessed at twenty seven million dollars,
was worth six hundred million dollars,and all told, overstated his own
(15:22):
net work by as much as twopoint two billion dollars. And that's what
I remember a long time ago.Everybody's screaming about this, saying, you
gotta let your taxes out, yougot to give us financial statements, and
he wouldn't do it. But they'veaccused him of that for years and years.
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So when you say that he isliable for fraud, what is that?
What does that mean? Well,the ruling does have immediate consequences,
and this is all the result ofa civil lawsuit filed by the Attorney General
here in New York, Latitia James, And so there will be a trial
schedule to start next week. Thatwill determine how much he's got to pay
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in penalties, and the Attorney General'soffice has asked for at least fifty million
dollars in financial penalties. But thereare consequences beyond that. The judge's ruling
means amy that Trump can no longeroperate in New York. And while we
don't exactly know all of the potentialfallout from that, it appears that the
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ruling means he'll have to give upcontrol of some of his properties here in
New York. So the very smellthere, his need in the city that
made him famous, he may beforced to sell. And the judge can
say, okay, you did this, and so we're taking your we're taking
all of your licenses away, orsomething like that. Well, yeah,
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he granted the Attorney General's motion forpartial summary judgments. So in effect,
the judge decided the evidence of thefraud was so egregious and clear that there
didn't even need to be a trialwith evidence and testimony. Now there still
will be to determine the discorchment anda few and a few other issues,
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but the judge has, you know, without trial even beginning, has already
decided the core of the case,and that is that the statements of financial
condition that Trump submitted were fraudulent,okay. And so by elevating the value
of his holdings and his apartments andall of that stuff, how did he
benefit for it? He got likebetter better interest rates or something when he
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did loans. That's exactly it.He duped lenders and insurance companies and other
business partners into giving him better termsthan he otherwise would have deserved. And
the Attorney General's office says that thatmeant, you know, the playing field
wasn't even Trump has always denied wrongdoing. He says that you know, his
(18:00):
his uh, his portfolio is worthwhat it's worth, because he's got he's
called up priceless or compared it topriceless works. The part he says he
has the mona lisis of properties.Judge said, that's that's just not that's
it's not right according to the ruling, all right, And does this have
any effect on his campaign or hisability to run for president? Because it
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doesn't, because it's civil right,it does. It does not have any
effect. It's a civil case,not a criminal case. And and you
know, even then he could run. But but it does undercut what had
been his central message, right,and that is he's a successful businessman,
you know, and and therefore deservesto run the country. And you know,
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the success came on the back ofa fraud according to this ruling.
Now, is that ultimately going tomatter with his supporters? You tend to
doubt it based on his standing inthe polls. A lot of us,
I think has been you know,out there for a long time. But
it is potentially, you know,financially anyway, devastating for the former president.
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All Right, Aaron Katurski, thanksso much for explaining it all to
us. Thank you, Emmie.All right, have a great day.
Let's get back to some of thestories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. President Biden has traveledto northern California to raise money for his
reelection campaign. Tickets for last night'ssold out reception in the Bay Area ranged
from five thousand to one hundred thousanddollars. Biden today is set to meet
(19:26):
with his Council of Advisors on Scienceand Technology in San Francisco before he heads
to another fundraiser hosted by Facebook cofounder Andrew McCollum Biden, then we'll be
back in Northern California for the AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation Summer Summer not Summer Summit
in November. Corrections deputy with theRiverside County Sheriff's Department has been charged with
(19:48):
a series of sexual offenses, includingexploiting female inmates at a medium security facility.
Prosecutors say Christian Heideker recorded sexual encounterswith inmates and then black mailed them.
Heid occur is in jail on amillion dollars bail. Bailey Kenny Board
of Supervisors has approved a nearly twoand a half two point six million dollars
settlement with a fire captain hurt whena fellow firefighter fatally shot another colleague in
(20:12):
twenty twenty one. Supervisor Katherine Bargersays the shooting at Station eighty one in
Agua Dulce left the community with trauma. It is my hope that with the
new leadership change at our county's firedepartment and a greater focus on employee wellness,
an incident like this will be preventedand never occur again. The injured
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captain sued the county last January,alleging serious injury, including paralysis. The
lawsuit says superiors knew the off dutyshooter had a history of combative behavior.
You heard me talking with rich deMuro about this when he was telling us
about the launch of the iPhone fifteen, and that was that Apple has plans
(20:57):
to go carbon new troll, andone of the ways that they're planning to
do that is by introducing their newfine woven textile that they say is going
to replace all the leather that theyuse on like watch bands and on iPhone
cases and that kind of thing.It's sixty eight percent post consumer recycled material,
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and you know, Apple was toutingit as the next great thing,
but apparently it's a bust. Sothe new watches are out and the new
phones are out, and people arebuying this fine woven thing that for phones.
It's a phone to a phone caseis fifty nine bucks, which is
ten dollars more than the plastic orsilicone versions, and of course it's a
(21:40):
lot more experience expensive than one ofthe cases that you get on Amazon.
But one blogger said that the holeson the case don't line up with the
port on the phone or the speakers, and from past experience with old iPhones,
that's a pain in the butt,okay. And then another one,
Federico Vetici, who is a bloggerand podcaster and runs the Max Stories site,
(22:04):
says that it's awful. It scratches, it stains, it has this
weird slippery feel, and he said, I honestly think this is one of
the worst accessories Apple has ever produced. He says, I may just throw
this out now. That's not greatfor the environment. So Apple's new fine
(22:25):
woven. I haven't tried it outyet. I haven't seen it yet,
but I don't know that. I'mgoing to run to the store to go
get it after hearing the reviews onit. Right now, we're going to
check in with our very own SteveGregory and Iraq war veteran from Torrance is
fighting to honor his dying parents wish. Sam Leon Junior used to work full
time for the federal government, buthe had to quit to work full time
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at home. They have to behere twenty four seven. Unfortunately, my
father and my mother they have falseand I'm the only when it's here,
and I have to take care ofhim every little need that they need.
That's what I'm here. For Samsays, things used to be okay,
but all of a sudden, itseemed like everything came crashing down at once.
Well, my father beat cancer onetime three years ago, and I
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guess the lack of checking up onhim through the VA. He recently had
to do a couple of ER visitsat the beginning of this year, and
we had to do a proximate.On the fourth er visit, that's when
they determined that his cancer was backand it had spread aggressively, and that
he was stage four type of cancerin this case, said was bladder cancer
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that spread to his rectum. Youwere talking about the VA not keeping an
eye on him, so you've didWas he another one of these mini statistics
in the VA that goes unchecked?Correct? What did the VA tell you
when you know, faced with this? Sorry? And while dealing with that
diagnosis, Sam was faced with evenmore bad news. What about your mom?
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One? Was her diagnosis? She'shad delivered disease now for I believe
about three years that we know ofthat dementia just happened at the beginning of
this year as well, and itjust progressively gotten worse. Sam's mom is
in the hospital going through tests,but I was able to meet his dad,
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Sam Senior. They all lived togetherin a modest department in Torrance.
Sam's dad is a Vietnam veteran andit's been going to the VA for medical
care. It was soon after Sam'sdad was given the bad news it was
time to act. He had atalk with my mom before she was completely
gone mentally, and they both agreedthat they would like to be buried together,
which brings us now to your dilemma. So being buried together is as
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a costly venture. Did you startto research and try to figure this out?
Yes, I went to the cemetery. I went to the service hall.
Basically, if my dad let's theVIA take him, we don't know
what cemetery he's going to end upin because they're all getting full. The
LA's full, Riverside's full. PossiblySan Diego he can get in, but
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since him and my mother weren't marriedwhen he was in service, and she's
not a veteran, they won't puther with him. So it's either that
I let them take him and thenI gotta figure out what I'm gonna do
with my mom, or in thiscase, I just keep them together.
And I keep him here in theSouth Bay or my dad is from.
Sam Senior says he's accepted his fate, but the thought of being buried alone
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without his wife next to him scareshim. I think it would. It
would make me feel so much betterif I knew for sure where I was
going to have my last resting spot, and being with my wife in the
same place as she wishes would bemost comforting. Have you picked a spot?
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Oh? Yes, long time andgo back when I was a little
boy where. It's in a cemeterycalled Pacific Crest Cemetery. It's located on
one one eighty second Ingwood Avenue.I have an uncle and a grandfather that's
been buried there since I was alittle child. And you you decided as
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a boy that that's where you wantedto be buried. Yes. I loved
my uncle quite quite highly, andmy grandfather also. Sam Junior says it's
been a hell of a journey,but he's doing his best to stay positive.
I was a machine gunner in theMarine Corps. I served in Iraq
and Afghanistan for how long? Idid a total of nine years nine years,
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so that was pretty rough. Yes, sir I was the roughness of
that compared to the roughness of whatyou're going through now. Honestly, I
think that was easier. I'm losingmy parents, No, man, it
was tough to lose brothers. Don'tget me wrong, but these are my
parents. That's all I have inthis world right now, or only child
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right correct. What motivates you toget up every day? I have to
be strong so that my dad he'sstrong. The minute I'm not strong,
then he's gonna give up. Ican't imagine what day to day is for
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you, getting up not knowing whethertoday is the day or not. You
know what I mean. Yes,it's very scary because I do pop my
head in the room every once fallto make sure if I hear him breathing,
and every day it's scary when Iopen that door. You're watching me
interview your son, and you're listeningto a little bit of what he's been
going through on a daily basis.What does that? What does that do
to you? Tears my heart out. I can't. I can't fathom what
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my son has has given up justfor me. I'm nobody. I'm just
or combat veteran who did his jobfor his country. Who everyone should that
can? I mean, if youlove living here, by God, you
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should stand up for it. TheVA is a good place, but they
kind of dropped the ball now andnow here we are with your kind of
person helping us, trying to reachthat goal so that me and my wife
can be together for eternity, aswe promised God when we got married.
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Sam Junior says he needs help tofinance the new burial plots, by the
caskets, burial clothes, funeral costs, in any other unforeseen expenses. I
would like assistance with the go fundme so I could get the finances.
I could take care of everything,preferably before they pass, because once they
pass it'll be too late. Ijust found out that hospice won't take my
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father unless I already have the thingsarranged, and by law, he can
only be here two days once he'spassed, so kind of put some pressure
on me. He says. It'sa race against the clock to do everything
by the book while honoring the finalwishes of his dying parents. For a
wake up call, I'm Steve GregoryKFI News. To learn how you can
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help, you can go to KFIAM six forty dot com slash burial.
It's KFI AM six forty dot comslash barre burial, so tough to lose
a parent. Here's what we're followingin the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and SemiValley is going to host the Republican presidential
debate the second one. Seven candidatesare going to be on stage, one
(29:40):
fewer than the last debate because AsaHutchinson didn't make the cut. Former President
Trump is skipping the debate. He'sgoing to be in Detroit today. LA
County's going to spend fifteen point sixmillion dollars on efforts to stop organized retail
theft. The LA County Board ofSupervisors voted to spend the money that will
come from a state gramp grant followinga rise in smashing, grab and flash
(30:03):
mob style robberies in recent months.Hey, twenty five years ago today,
Google was born. The search Giantactually started as a PhD project at Stanford
University in nineteen ninety eight. Weare just a couple of minutes away from
Handle on the news this morning ata lot's stuff to talk about. Here's
one speaking of smashing grabs and flashmob robberies. Target is throwing its proverbial
(30:29):
hands up in the air, givingup. Theft has gotten so bad it's
closing nine stores, including three inCalifornia. Right now, let's say good
morning to ABC's Stephen Portnoy. Stephen, the Senate put together a stopgap measure
that could keep the lights on fora few weeks. Yeah, it has,
but it's not going to pass theHouse, So I guess you know
(30:52):
that's that. Look all right,thanks for calling today, Steve, Hey,
you bet, Matt listen, I'lltell you what you know. This
makes a government shut down a lotmore likely. All right, So where
are we? The Senate yesterday announcedto by partisan agreement that would keep the
government funded through November seventeenth, sixbillion dollars for disaster relief, six billion
dollars for Ukraine. Last night theHouse Speaker said, no, no,
thanks. Where we stand right nowis Kevin McCarthy's trying to demonstrate to his
(31:18):
colleagues and of the country that hehas a sense of where we're going to
go and how he's going to keepa government shutdown from happening. But he
has no particular plan and the pressurethat he's under from his hard right flank
to avoid putting that Senate bill onthe floor is intense. If you were
to do it, it would surelypass. You'd have all the Democrats on
(31:40):
board, and what you need fouror five Republicans to cross the aisle and
avoid a government shutdown. That wouldprobably happen, But he would be handing
his opponents in the Republican Conference asword which they would use to take his
gabble, and so to keep controlof the House, He's going to listen
to what his hard right members aresaying, and he's going to try to
reshape the narrative. He's going tosay, listen, this short term stop
(32:04):
gap might avoid a government shutdown,but it doesn't do what we need to
do as a country right now,and that's focused on the US Mexico border.
We need not just to have currentfunding levels, we need to increase
funding levels for the border, andthis bill doesn't do that. Instead,
it spends six billion dollars in Ukraine. They don't need the money, he's
arguing, and yet he isn't surethat even if he were to craft a
(32:27):
short term spending measure that included additionalfunding for the border that it would necessarily
have the support of Republicans to passthe House. Probably wouldn't be a bipartisan
bill, it wouldn't get Democrats onboard, and then what do you do
when it goes to the Senate.So the traditional way of dealing with these
problems is to have a bipartisan agreementemerge from the Senate, basically force it
upon the House. The recalcitant Republicansin the House know that play, and
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they're trying to get ahead of it, and they're trying to say not this
time, Kevin. And so that'swhere we are. I will one more
point, and that is in pastshutdowns that we remember from let's remember ten
years ago and Ted Cruz read outof green eggs and ham on the Senate
floor and there was a shutdown,and then in twenty eighteen there was a
shutdown lasted about a month. Everybodywho works for the government ultimately is made
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whole. But the difference in thoseshutdowns and the one that could happen starting
this weekend is prior to the shutdownsin twenty thirteen and twenty eighteen, there
was bipartisan agreement to fund the Departmentof Defense, and that meant that everyone
who works for the Department of Defense, including the active duty military and the
reservists and the National Guard members allget paid through the entirety of the shutdown.
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That has not happened now, whichmeans for the first time in a
long time, if ever, inthe modern shutdown era, that you could
have a circumstance where military families havetremendous uncertainty as to how they're going to
pay their bills. That hasn't happenedin the previous shutdowns. Today, the
House of Representatives is going to takeup a full year Defense appropriations bill,
which would keep those military paychecks flowing. But I've taken a look at the
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language. It includes provisions banning theuse of funds on critical race theory,
drag Queen's story hour hormone replacement therapy, and surgery for gender affirming care.
Particular provision that would ban the useof government funds to extend security clearances to
people who signed the letter before thetwenty twenty election that said that Hunter Biden's
laptop was rushing disinformation. These arethings that are what we'd call poison pills
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that the Democrats in the Senate wouldnever accept that. The Democratic SIT's in
the White House would never enact andsigning the law. So until there's agreement
between the House and Senate on howto fund the military, and there isn't
such an agreement, those military familieswill be affected in they shutdown in the
way they haven't been of late.And that's a point that needs to be
underscored. Okay, so you saidthat everybody will be eventually made hold.
(34:43):
So if the government did shut downand there was no provision to fund the
military during that time, once thegovernment turned the lights back on, proverbially,
they would get that back pay.Yeah, that's right, but it's
it's going to leave them. It'snot like they're making a ton of money
and probably mass amounts of money andsavings that they can get through for a
couple of months. An increasing numberof Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.
(35:06):
Yeah, what do you do whenthere's no paycheck? Right? You?
You incurred debt on your credit cardand then owe to bank that interest?
What you turn to? Friends andcharities? I mean, last time there
was a government shutdown here, therewere food banks that were set up in
Washington, DC. To see twoat the government workers could put food on
the table for their families. Becauseit lasted about a month, they missed
two pay cycles. So that couldhappen. And look, at the end
(35:30):
of the day, if you ifyou collect a paycheck from the US Treasury,
you're going to be made whole onceCongress gets its act together and passes
something. But if you work fora government contractor if you work in a
government building and you're there on thecafeteria and you don't work for the for
the agency, but you work fora contract of the disbusiness with the agency,
you might be, in a politeway, the most polite way I
(35:50):
can put it, you might beaffected, yeah by this, and until
there's a deal, you might notbe made whole. And chances are you
will not be made whole if youwork for a contractor right because you don't
get those hours back. Okay,Yeah, it's pretty far reaching. It's
sort of like the writer's strike washere and the sag strike here. It's
just the tentacles of it go intoevery sector of the economy. So okay,
(36:15):
so what happens next, Well,we wait and see what happens.
So the House is going to voteon something that would be dead on arrival
in the Senate. The Senate's goingto vote on something, it'll be dead
on arrival in the House, andmore days get wasted. Okay, I
hate to laugh, Stephen, becauseI know it's very serious, but my
goodness, it's just ridiculous. Thankyou so much for your time today.
Let's get back to some of thestories coming out of the KFI twenty four
(36:35):
hour newsroom. Target says it isclosing nine stores across the country because of
crime and safety threats. The companysays it's closing stores in New York City,
in Seattle, in Portland, Oregon, and in the San Francisco,
Oakland area. The stores are goingto be closed for good October twenty one.
The WGA has approved a deal withmajor production companies and called an end
to the nearly five months long writer'sstrike. Striking actors are hoping to also
(36:59):
have a deal. Actor G.Money says actors and writers alike deserve a
fair deal that respects their art form. But we're just going to give pable
road, you know, and wegot one take care of the There's a
lot of people out there take avengeyou, and we know that we should
be a better taken to the Writer'sGuild to prove the contract. Yesterday,
two days after announcing a tentative dealhas been reached with studios, more than
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eleven thousand members of the w gA still need to ratify the deal.
Voting is set for next week.Okay, it costs you less than a
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