October 8, 2025 • 40 mins
Amy King hosts your Wednesday Wake Up Call. ABC News transportation producer/reporter Clara McMichael opens the show talking about air traffic controllers calling out because of the ongoing government shutdown resulting in growing delays. KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Rich talks about Amazon Prime deals, Waze, UCLA’s new esports gaming facility, and what’s new with the Apple watch. On this week’s edition of ‘Amy’s on It’ she reviews ‘All of You’ streaming on Apple TV+ and an update on Chad Powers streaming on Hulu. Dan Schwartzman from Bloomberg Media joins the show to give a business and stock market update. The show closes with Amy talking with producer and director Steven Sawalich discussing his new film ‘Case for Kindness.’
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call
with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
App KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Good morning, it's five o'clock. This is your wake up
call for Wednesday, October eighth. I'm Amy King. We're live
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Hope your alarm clock went
off on time this morning, minded And I'm dressed in
my Dodger blue because of course, Dodger's in action tonight
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back at Dodger Stadium. Yesterday was Taco Tuesday and National
Taco Day, so I thought, I gotta go get some tacos, right,
So I stopped at El Poyo Loco, and I gotta
tell you, tacos are fine. They're you know, yummy. But
I went because it had a three tacos for five
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dollars deal for National Taco Day.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Is it?
Speaker 1 (01:15):
I can't beat that? So I went down got it,
and then I'm like, oh, I should get like a
side of rice. The rice was five dollars and fifty
cents for a side of rice. I canceled that I
was like, the rice was more than the tacos. Come
on anyway, I enjoyed my tacos. Here's what's ahead on
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wake up call air traffic controllers or back in burbank.
But flight delays continue around the country as more workers
call in sick because of the government shutdown. Staffing issues
effected airports in Nashville, Dallas, Chicago, and Newark. Yesterday, We're
going to get the latest with ABC's Claire McMichael in
less than five minutes. Find out what's expected for today
and how long this is going to last. LA Kenny
(02:00):
supervisors are looking into declaring a state of emergency because
of ice raids in the county. Supervisors say it's leaving
households with no bread winner in the family. The council
will draft a state of emergency. The county's council will
draft a state of emergency declaration and that will be
voted on by the board next week. The Dodgers back
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at home, posting the Philadelphia Phillies in Game three of
the National League Division Series. LA won both games on
the road and lead the series to nothing. A win
tonight sends the Dodgers to the National League Championship Series.
If they lose, game fource tomorrow afternoon at Dodgers Stadium.
I got a vested interest in this one. As much
as I want the Dodgers to win, I'm in that
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position where if they lose, I get to go to
the game. I have tickets to tomorrow afternoon's game. This
happened in the Wildcard Series two. I think I'd rather
have them win, but I really want to go to
a playoff game. Prime Days continue. Are there any good deals? Well,
if there are, Rich DeMuro knows about him, and he's
going to tell us. That's coming up at five. Also,
new self serve prescription machines, self serve prescription machine coming
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to a doctor's office near you. That sounds kind of interesting.
Amy's on it. That's coming up at the bottom of
the hour. It's Roy Kent, like you've never seen him before.
We're all stressed, we're not talking to each other. We're
hating people who don't think the way that we do.
We're bullied, we're berated. Well, we're gonna make the case
for kindness. We're actually gonna be talking with the director
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of a new documentary Case for Kindness. It's all about
kindness and connection and why we need it so much,
and I can't wait to talk to him. Let's get
started with some of the stories coming out of the
k FI twenty four hour newsroom. A man has been killed,
another has been arrested following a chase, a shooting, and
a kidnapping in Montclair. This woman says she saw a
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man outside a wrecked car yesterday as first responders tried
to save him.
Speaker 5 (03:56):
I feel really bad for the family, knowing that this
was had taken place right in front of my front yard,
and I feel so bad that you know, it got
this far.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Montclair police say it started when several people got into
an argument. As three of them drove off, a guy
allegedly chased them and fired shots. Then he got in
his car rammed their car into a tree. One man
was killed. The guy then allegedly kidnapped one of the
people in the car, but she was able to get away.
Another person ran off. Police say all four people knew
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each other. An active shooter reported a hospital in Newport
Beach has turned out to be a hoax. Police say
they got a call of shots fired yesterday at Hogue Hospital.
Newport Beach. Police say it was later determined to be
a swatting incident. Realise say they got a call of
shots fired at another hospital in the area on Monday night.
It turned out to be a false alarm as well.
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LA County attorneys have been directed to investigate fraud in
a four billion dollars sex abuse settlement.
Speaker 6 (04:53):
The Board of Supervisors voted for a review of claims
following an investigative report in The La Times alleging DTL
a law group some people to lie about being victims
of sex abuse. Supervisor Catherine Barker says the county has
accepted responsibility in its multi billion dollar settlement.
Speaker 7 (05:08):
We know that there are thousands of victims who suffered
terrible abuse at the hands of trusted adults.
Speaker 6 (05:13):
But she says if the law firm that sued the
county paid money to vulnerable people outside government service buildings
to make their claims, something should be done. The law
firm denies it paid anyone. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Yeah, he's not home.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Where is he? He hasn't been home all night.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Someone has stolen a thirteen foot tall animatronic Jack Skellington
from the front yard of a home in Corona. It
was caught on a home security camera. The footage shows
someone wearing a dark hoodie hauling Jack down an alley
and onto the top of a car early Saturday morning
on Grand Avenue. Anyone who's seen Jack is being asked
to call Corona Police. Let's say good morning now to
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ABC's transportation reporter Clara McMichael. Clara, on Monday, Hedy, the
Hollywood Bourbank Airport didn't have any air traffic controllers on
site for like six hours, and Bourbank is not the
only airport affected. What's going on now?
Speaker 7 (06:11):
Good morning. So yes, we're now over a week into
the shutdown and we're seeing it start to impact slights nationwide,
and that's because we're seeing some air traffic controllers start
to call out sick. So, as we know, staffing has
been a big issue with air traffic control for years,
and the margins are so thin that when you have
even just a few controllers calling out back in a
major impact. So, as you said, we saw the start
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on Monday with Burbank, then yesterday we saw thousands more
delays and staffing issues at multiple other air traffic control
facilities across the country. So experts say that the longer
the shutdown goes, the worst these issues could become.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Okay and Clara, so what are some of the risks
of happening. Like for the Burbank air traffic control, they
didn't have anyone in the tower, but another group took
over air traffic control, and I would venture to say
that they've already got their hands full. And you talked
about the shorting, the staff shortages that they've already have,
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so it's kind of just overloading the system, right.
Speaker 7 (07:16):
It definitely is an overload in some places, and not
just Bourbank. We saw it happened last night in Nashville
as well when some of those flights had to be
passed off to controllers in Memphis. But there are so
many layers of redundancy in the national airspace. There are
more than ten thousand controllers working, and they'll continue to work.
When there aren't enough controllers for a certain area. That's
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when they reduce the number of flights, and that's to
ensure that the airspace remains safe. So while passengers may
be slightly inconvenienced with a delay, it's still safe.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
And to fly.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Okay, Well, that's good news. I'm glad to hear that, Clara.
So let's talk about the air traffic controllers and they're
calling in sick. Last time there was the long government
shut down, it was like thirty five days, and they
didn't start calling in until much further into the shutdown.
This time they're starting early. That's right.
Speaker 7 (08:10):
Last time it was over a month. This time is
just a little over a week. And last time you
saw that that was a pivotal point in putting pressure
on politicians to get this figured out. We're definitely going
to be watching to see if it has the same
impact this time.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Now.
Speaker 7 (08:24):
These control the controllers work very stressful jobs six days
a week, ten hours a day in some cases, and
they're in charge of safety. You add in that they're
not getting paid and that's when it gets to a
breaking point with child care, food, medical expenses. So that's
what's leading to folks calling out sake.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Okay, and just for clarification, they're they're not getting their paychecks.
They will get paid, but it's delayed, and if you're
you know, if you don't have an extra ten thousand
dollars sitting around that that can really put pressure on it.
But they do get paid once the shutdown is over.
Speaker 7 (08:57):
That's right, they will get that back pay. They one
more partial paycheck coming on October fourteenth. But a lot
of these folks live paycheck to paycheck, and when you
have those expenses to think about. Last last shutdown, you
even saw some start driving for Uber in order to
make some extra cash. So we'll we may be seeing
those same issues this time.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Okay, And then a quick question, do you know, Clara,
is there an air traffic controllers union?
Speaker 7 (09:24):
There is an air traffic controllers union.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
Do you know what they're telling their people to call
in or call out sick?
Speaker 7 (09:32):
They are definitely not telling their people to call out sick.
And this isn't like a coordinated thing, you know. Secretary
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, it's spread out over a
bunch of airports. But I think everybody understands the plight
that these controllers are in, right.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Okay, all right, just wanted to clarify that. ABC's Clara McMichael,
Transportation reporter. Thanks so much. We'll probably be talking to
you again soon if they don't get this thing resolved.
Speaker 7 (10:00):
I look forward to it.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Thank you great, Thanks so much, Clara. Let's get back
to some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nome is
in Portland, Oregon, where President Trump is ordered a National
Guard deployment. She met with police Chief Bob Day and
other Oregon police representatives. Chief Day admits that there are
some differences of opinion between Nome and local police, but
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they have to talk to.
Speaker 8 (10:24):
One another, appreciate having lines of communication, and I believe
that communication is the first step to resolving our differences.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
A federal judge is temporarily blocked to the Trump administration
from sending any Guard members to Portland. Former FBI Director
James Comy is said to be arraigned in Virginia and
federal charges of providing false statements and obstruction of a
congressional proceeding. The charges are related to Comy's twenty twenty
testimony to Congress, where he allegedly lied about his knowledge
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of a leak of classified information, which was later reported
by several news outlets. President Trump fired Comy over the
FBI's investigation into alleged Russian election meddling in the twenty
sixteen presidential election. High stakes talks to end the war
between Israel and Hamas in Gaza continuing in Egypt. They're
going into day three.
Speaker 6 (11:12):
Rop officials from the US cuta, Turkey and Israel set
to join as momentum grows for a deal to end
the war and bring all the remaining hostages home.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
ABC's Ian Panalsa's Hamas wants guarantees that Israel will not
restart the war once the remaining hostages are released. The
terror group also has not accepted a condition to disarm
and leave Gaza. It's been two years since Hamas's cross
border attack on Israel that started the war. The Trump
administration has warned that there may be no back pay
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for some federal workers affected by the shutdown.
Speaker 9 (11:44):
That would be a reversal of what's been a long
standing policy for some seven hundred and fifty thousand furloughed employees.
Trump said some people don't deserve to be taken care
of during an event at the White House. A memo
being circulated by the White House yesterday said legislation the
President signed into law in twenty nineteen does not require
back pay. The memo said it's up to Congress to
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provide the funds. The move was widely seen as a
negotiating tactic debor Mark Koffive News.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
The National Hurricane Center says tropical Storm Jerry has strengthened
in the Atlantic Ocean and is on a path toward
the Caribbean. It's expected to strengthen into a hurricane in
the coming days. Hurricane Priscilla continues to churn in the
Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico. A tropical stormwatch
is in place for Baja California, and Tropical Storm Octave,
(12:33):
further out in the Atlantic or actually in the Pacific,
is weakening. One in five adults are still addicted to tobacco.
A report by the World Health Organization shows the number
of tobacco users has dropped from one point three to
eight billion in the year two thousand to one point
two billion in twenty twenty four. The report shows that
there are at least eighty six million E cigarette users
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and at least fifteen million children ages thirteen to fifteen
used the product. A WHO official says e cigarettes are
fueling a new wave of nicotine addiction and Chicago may
not be the hell hole that President Trump has called.
Speaker 10 (13:11):
It, as National Guard troops head to Chicago on orders
from President Trump to crack down on crime and what
he's called a hellhole. Others have quite a different opinion.
Chicago's being named the best city in the country for
the ninth year in a row. The city was recognized
by Conde Nass Travelers Reader's Choice Awards. Chicago was also
named the friendliest city in the world by the UK
edition of Conde Nas Traveler. The rest of the top
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five include San Francisco, Milwaukee, Portland, which Trump called war
ravaged and said he's considering using the Insurrection Act for
and New Orleans. Mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
The Senate plans to vote again today on the House
passed Continuing Resolution spending bill, and also on the Democrats
spending plan that adds one and a half trillion dollars
to the budget. Both bills have already failed five times
on the Senate floor. This is the eighth day of
the government shutdown. Getting rid of the trash is about
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to cost you more. The La City Council's given preliminary
approval to rising or raising trash collection fees. It would
be the first rate hike in seventeen years, and it's
a big one. Single family homes and small apartment fees
would increase about fifty four percent to fifty five ninety
five a month. If it's given final approval, rates would
go up next month. San Francisco leaders are pushing back
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after Governor Newsom veto to bill meant to create more
drug free housing for the homeless. They say not funding
sober living for the homeless hinders recovery efforts. Current policies
do not require people to be sober or drug free
to move in. Newsom says he vetoed the bill because
existing regulations already support recovery housing. Let's say good morning
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now to the host of Rich on Tech on KFI.
It's KTLA's tech reporter Rich DeMuro.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Morning Rich, Good morning Amy.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
It's day two of Prime Days on Amazon, and I
put a several things in my cart, but nothing's on
sale right now. So are there some good deals out there?
Speaker 2 (15:06):
I do think there are a good deals. So this
is the final day of Prime big deal days. Don't
assume everything is a bargain. So my advice is to
check the price history before you actually buy, because they've
got a lot of labels that make things seem like
they're a big deal, but sometimes it's just a dollar
off the you know, standard asking price. But two ways
you can check Number one. Rufus this is their built
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in AI shopping assistant. Is on every Amazon shopping page.
Just tap it and ask for price history. You can
type that right in you'll see a thirty or ninety
day chart of the recent prices. Or you can go
to Camel Camel Camel and that'll do like sort of
a nice graph of the price of the past six months, year,
or whatever you want. I got a question finding yes, rufous.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Where do you find rufus. It's on the.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Amazon side any Yeah, any Amazon product page, you'll see it.
It depends if you're on the phone or on the
the desktop. If you're on the desktop, it's right underneath
the product pictures. If you're on the phone, it's in
the lower right hand corner, so you tap that. It's
basically like a chatbot and you can ask all kinds
of questions one of them. Yeah, And it's really handy
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for products too, like if you're trying to figure out
what kind of batteries of product takes, or like if
a product does a certain thing. It can answer a
lot of things or similar products. I mean, it's actually
pretty good anyway. I put a lot of my picks
on my website rich On tech dot TV. Kindle paper white,
lowest price ever, I Pad two hundred and eighty bucks,
AirPods ninety bucks, Bose headphones two hundred dollars, Echo Spot
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forty five bucks, all kinds of stuff that I personally
would buy listed on the website rich on tech dot tv.
And yes, I bought a bunch of stuff yesterday, Amy,
And if you can believe it, I got a message
from Amazon last night. We're sorry. We couldn't leave your
stuff in a secure area, so we didn't do the delivery.
I was like, I don't believe that, because they leave
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every package in front of my house for ten years now.
I know.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
Yeah, I've never had anything left in a secure area.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Yeah, me either. In fact, I have a secure area
and they leave it in the area that's not secure,
so they go out of their way to make sure
it's not secure. So I don't know if someone just
got a little bit like I'm tired, I don't feel
like delivering. I also was surprised that they were delivering
everything I ordered the same day, which is pretty amazing,
but I didn't get it so I guess it's not amazing.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Yeah, I am constantly amazed at how quickly they can
get stuff to you, especially when they do that same
day thing. A lot of my stuff doesn't come someday
same day, but when it does, I'm like, wow, that's amazing. Okay, yeah,
let's move on to another Amazon topic, and that is
that you might be able to pick up your prescriptions
out of a vending machine or something.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Now, yeah, I thought this was so cool. So you know,
Amazon has these medical offices called One Medical. I've got
them at various places around Los Angeles. Well, now they're
going to put self service pharmacy kiosks inside those offices,
so starting in December, Basically, if the doctor prescribes you
something like antibiotics and inhaler, blood pressure drugs, all the
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common stuff, you literally just walk out to this kiosk,
scan a QR code, and you get your prescription instantly.
So it's stocked with like all of the you know,
standard medications. Takes minutes instead of waiting in line or
going somewhere else. And I just thought this was a
super smart idea. Obviously, Amazon throws a lot at the
wall to see what sticks we'll see if they stick around.
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But kind of a new way to get medicine instantly
after your doctor's appointment.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
Yeah, and not have to wait in line with all
the sick put people at the pharmacy at CVS.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
Yeah, which you know.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
That's like you're like, I'll be back next week for
something else because now I'm sick for real exactly.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
Okay, WAYS has a new feature tell us about it.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
So I thought this was cool. I actually saw a
demo of this feature last year in New York City
that tells you how long some of these things take
to roll out. But it's called conversational Report. If you
use Ways, you know, you press that little button to
help report things to other drivers behind you, like if
there's an officer, or if there is a car that's
stuck on the road or something in the lane. You
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can alert drivers behind you. Well, typically you have to
press a button and then look at the options and
press a couple other buttons to report that stuff. Now
you can just press one button and speak naturally, saying
something like object in road, there's construction on the road,
there's a speed trap, there's cars jammed up here, and
AI will interpret what you say and then file that
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away and help alert other drivers, so less fiddling with
menus while you're driving. I thought this was really cool.
Speaker 3 (19:37):
I like that.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
So it doesn't you won't hear people tell you, hey,
there's a car that's on fire coming up. You'll hear that,
but it takes the what you tell it and then
turns it into an alert.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Yes, you still have to tune into KFI for that,
but if you want to just like object and road ahead,
you know, it'll just it'll just it's just basically helping
people use their voice to tell what's wrong instead of
tapping your screen a million times while you're driving, which
I say on my show every week. Do not drive distracted.
Put the phone down. It can wait. Please please please please.
Speaker 10 (20:12):
I know.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
But you want to help people rich, you want to
help people.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Well that's that's okay. You can help, but do it safely.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
All right. So this is a great This sounds like
a great feature to help you do that stay safer.
UCLA new Esports Gaming Center tell us about that.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Yeah, So I visited this last week, brand new at
UCLA e Sports and Gaming Lounge inside their student union.
So thirty alien Ware PCs, which are super high end.
They've got all the high end processors, graphics displays, wireless keyboard,
wireless mouse, headphones. It's just such a cool setup. So
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it's for students to come and play video games. Now
why you know, students have these in their dorms and
this and that, but these are high end. Plus it's
a sense of community. Plus, you know, esports has actually
become kind of a big deal around college campuses, and
so it's you know, people can go into careers that
involve esports, not only as an esports athlete. I know
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that sounds silly, but yes, there are people paid money
to play video games. But there's also a whole business
around it, just like a movie business or any other business.
So they need people to do finance and marketing and
this and that. So the idea is that Alien Wear
teams up with these schools to get kids not just
playing video games, but interested in the potential beyond just
the screen.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
Okay, and it's only open to students though, right.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
As far as I know, I think, you know, you'd
be kind of weird if I walked in there. I'm like, hey,
what's up, kids, I want to play?
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Okay, And then real quick I want to get an
update on the Apple Watch, and it's something cool that
helps you, you know, find out how you're feeling.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
I've just been testing this app and it you know,
the Apple Watch collects so much data, but actually seeing
any of the data it's like impossible. Like all I
see are my rings and I'm like, all right, I
finished my rings today. A big deal. This app is
called bevel b e ve L, and it gives you
so much more actionable info about the data that your
Apple Watch is collecting. So, for instance, it gives you
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how hard you're working, out, how much recovery you've had,
how much sleep you're getting, and it gives your energy bank,
like right now, my battery. It gives me literally a
little battery of my life and I'm at seventy nine percent,
which is scary because I just woke up, so.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
You haven't had enough yet, you haven't put any gas.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
It tells me my stress is at fifty seven percent
right now, So I mean, it's really it's just it's
such a cool dashboard of all of your vitals. I
can see my resting heart rate, my regular heart rate,
my oxygen, my sleep, my temperature, I mean, it's really
really the best app I've seen in putting all your
data in one place. And also you can chat with
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the app. So after you take a run, says hey,
that was a great run, blah blah blah, I said
how much water do I need to drink?
Speaker 8 (22:59):
Now?
Speaker 2 (23:00):
Place all that sweat and it will tell you. So anyway,
test it out. It's called BEVLL. I think you got
to pay fifty bucks a year if you want this
for real, because I'm still on the free trial. But
it looks pretty cool if you like data like.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
This, okay, and the bevill You get the app on
your phone and then it talks to your smart watch.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
Do you put the app on your or do you put
it directly on your phone and it reads the data
from your smart watch?
Speaker 1 (23:24):
Okay? Gotcha? All right? Very interesting, and that's called bevll. Okay,
I gotta go play with Rufus and I gotta let
you go. You can hear more with rich Demiro. He's
got a show right here on KFI rich on Tech
and it is every Saturday from eleven to two. It's
KTLA's tech reporter. You can also catch him, of course
on KTLA rich on Tech dot com or is it
(23:45):
rich on tech talk defeat? I should know this.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Bet TV rights ye, rich on tech dot tv.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
And that's where you can find out all the stuff
that he talks about with us and on his show
and on KTLA and you can follow him. Where do
we follow.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
You at rich on tech on Instagram?
Speaker 11 (24:02):
Easy?
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Right?
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Yeahank you Richart to run to lay Bye.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
He's a wealth of information. Like, how do you absorb
all that information? I think it's incredible. Here's what we're
following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. An electric
scooter has apparently sparked a fire in a seven story
apartment building in the Vermont and Oles neighborhood. LA Fires's
two people were hurt in the fire that started shortly
(24:30):
after five o'clock yesterday afternoon on South Vermont Avenue. A
seven and a ten year old girl were taken to
the hospital. LA Fire says the lithium batteries in the
scooter ignited, starting the fire. Governor Newsom assigned a law
to limit how loud ads can be on streaming platforms.
The law was passed in response to complaints that platforms
(24:51):
like Netflix and Hulu and Amazon Prime jacked up the
volume on ads that run during shows. Streaming services must
comply with volume limits by July twenty twenty six. LA's
the rattiest city in the US. Good to Know right.
The ranking based on the most Yelp searches for rodent services.
San Francisco ranks second overall, with the report citing older
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architecture and concentrated neighborhoods as ideal conditions for rats. New
York City ranks third overall at.
Speaker 3 (25:21):
Six oh five.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
It's handle on the news. Your trash bill could be
going up big time soon if you live in La. Tonight,
the Dodgers take on the Phillies at Dodger Stadium for
Game three of the National League Division Series. First pitch
goes out at six h eight. You can listen to
all the Dodger games on AM five to seventy LA
Sports live from the Galpin Motors Broadcast booth, and you
can stream all the games NHD on the iHeartRadio app
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Keyword AM five seventy LA Sports. Of course, the Dodgers
lead the series two games to none. We hope to
get out the brooms and have a sweep. Tonight we
shall see whoops.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
It Damie's on it, Amy's on.
Speaker 5 (26:05):
It, Aamie's on it.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
Okay, what am I on? Well, I'm on the stream
and there's so much and I'm just I love how
much content is on the stream, and I love that
you can watch it when you want it. But there's
some bad stuff out there and there's some great stuff
out there, and how do you wead through it all? Well,
hopefully I can help, And of course I take recommendations
from friends and coworkers and that kind of stuff and
then pass them on to you. Last week I mentioned
(26:31):
Chad Powers. It's still brand new, just three episodes have dropped. Uh,
it's on Hulu, and uh, I was reserving judgment on it.
Like I liked it, I didn't love it. I wasn't sure.
I think it was a little over the top. But
it's the show that stars Glenn Powell as a quarterback
basically has to go undercover because he's ruined his football
(26:52):
career and has to go undercover to try to get
onto a team again. And I watched episode three yes
day and I loved episode three. So remember I said
I was preserving judgment. Right now I'm leaning toward it,
So you might want to check out Chad Powers Okay
Roy Kent as you've never seen him. He stars in
a movie called All of You on Apple TV Plus.
(27:18):
It's about a man and a woman, Simon and Laura.
They've been best friends since college, but she wants to
find the one, so she takes this test which is
supposed to help you find a soulmate. They don't really
explain the test, like is it an online dating test
or is it a test that tells you why your
soulmate is or or who your soulmate is? And then
(27:41):
you go from there. It's it's a little bit unclear,
but everybody's taking this test and then they're worried that
it's going to wreck their friendship and all that stuff.
So the movie starts off kind of slow, and I'm thinking,
what is the point of this movie? And I was
almost going to give it up, And then there was
this twist, and then there was another twist, and then
there was another twist because it's about friend who've always
(28:01):
been friends and how if one of them gets into
a love relationship, it's going to mess up their friendship. Right,
there are things that I feel don't get explored enough.
But it's also compelling enough to keep me watching. Sometimes
it was predictable, sometimes it was surprising, And for a
while I've got Roy Kent on the brain right because
it's Brett Goldstein. I mean, he is Roy Kent, and
(28:23):
I think, honestly, I like Roy Kent better than this guy.
But Brett is a great actor, and he does a
great job in this role. And after a while you
kind of forget the Roy Kent because his character is
so different than that. So both the actors, they do
a great job. If you want a lot of action,
this probably isn't for you. And if you want the
best love story ever, this probably isn't for you. I
(28:46):
can't say I love this movie, but I did like
it all of you Apple TV. Plus, I wouldn't say
rush to see it, but you know, for a lazy
Sunday afternoon, it's a good watch. I'm on it. Maybe
you should give it a shit too. Time to get
in your business now with Bloomberg's and Dan Schwartzman, Good morning.
Speaker 11 (29:05):
Dan, Good morning Amy. Is it more like the Roy
Kent from Shrinking? I guess sympathetic Brett Goldstein? Yeah, yeah, okay.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Kind of like that. He's he's kind of a woos
sometimes and like that is so not Roy Kent, right,
But I mean Brett's such a great actor that it's
still it's fun to watch.
Speaker 3 (29:27):
I gotta watch it, would you, Chad Powers?
Speaker 1 (29:29):
He said, Oh yeah, Chad Powers, I gotta watch it.
You gotta try. It's a football show and it's outlandish
and it's a little bit over the top, and I
wasn't sure, but now I'm like, I loved this episode. Okay,
let's talk about if you bought a lot of gold
a while ago, you're probably loving today.
Speaker 11 (29:47):
Or just go through granny's closets and see if you
can find some. Because gold rose above four thousand dollars
and ounce for the first time due to concerns over
the economy and that continuing government shutdown. Overall, gold is
gained fifty two percent this year, putting the traditional safe
haven on course for its strongest annual advance since nineteen
seventy nine. Just two years ago, gold trading below two
(30:08):
thousand dollars. Announced Amy central banks have been a key
driver of gold's rally. They're flipping from being net sellers
to now net buyers following the global financial crisis.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
Okay, so yeah, it's crazy over fourth have four thousand
and sixty right now? Yeah, announced, I think I don't.
I think I have about a half an ounce in
a gold chain somewhere. Two grand Yeah, no kidding, okay.
And speaking of going up, mortgage rates, they're up. They
were down and now they're inching back up again, are they?
Speaker 3 (30:38):
No, they slightly dropped last week.
Speaker 11 (30:40):
The rates are still remaining elevated at just over six
point four percent. That's according to Mortgage Bankers Group. Meanwhile,
applications for mortgages to buy a home or refinance both
fell for a second week. The Mortgage Bankers Association's index
of home purchase applications declined one point two percent in
the weekending October third, a gauge of refine dancing file
seven point seven percent. So it's like every week, Amy,
(31:03):
the news is just more sluggishness, right, Like nothing's happening,
it's not moving.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
So eh, Like, you want to buy a house, it
may not be the best time, Okay.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
If you want to buy an electric vehicle, now, maybe
the best time. We talked about Tesla earlier, and now
they've officially unveiled their new cheaper cars.
Speaker 11 (31:22):
Yeah, they unveiled the new versions of the top selling models,
priced at under forty grand. The ev Giant looks to
counteract the loss of those subsidies for electric cars. The
new standard versions of both the Model three Sedana model
YSUV start. It's just under thirty seven thousand and just
under forty thousand dollars. The prices amy are around thirteen
and eleven percent cheaper than the longer range versions of
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each model.
Speaker 3 (31:43):
So why they.
Speaker 11 (31:44):
Cheaper while they come with less battery range and they
don't offer the ambient interior lighting and that second row screen.
So if you're okay with that, hey have that at
under forty grand for a nice EV. Now you can
do so with Tesla's offerings.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
I would be okay with the fewer sc I wouldn't
be okay with the shorter range, because that's what one
of the concerns is in the first place about them.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
I like the nbent interior lighting. It's nice.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
I want that too, Okay, all right, Dan Schwartzman Bloomberg
getting in your business, as we do every morning at
five thirty, we'll talk to you again.
Speaker 3 (32:17):
Sounds good, All right?
Speaker 1 (32:18):
Thanks. Nashville International Airport's air traffic control tower's gone dark.
Because of the government shutdown, air traffic controllers have called
in sick, forcing the tower to close from seven to midnight.
Last night. Pilots worked with a regional air traffic control
center in Memphis to safely land and take off from Nashville.
LAPD says it's arrested eight Mexican mafia members and associates
(32:40):
in San Pedro. The LAPD says it's looking for six
more people. The arrests are the results of a multi
year investigation. The Dodgers could clinch a spot in the
National League Championship Series with the win tonight at Dodger Stadium.
LA's leading the series against Philadelphia two games to none.
First pitch goes out at six oh eight. Of course,
you can listen to all of the action on our
sister station, AM five P seventy k LAC. We're just
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minutes away from handle. On the news this morning, ag
Pam Bondi is on the hot seat and she fired
back hard. Okay. There's a brand new documentary on Prime
Video and it's called Case for Kindness. And in a
world where people are polar opposites, people have stopped being
friends with others who are on the other side of
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the aisle, bullying is rampant. People socialize only on social
media instead of face to face, and we're more separate
and more alone than ever. Well, now comes the Case
for Kindness. Would like to welcome the director of Case
for Kindness, Stephen so Walitch. Good morning, Stephen, good morning.
(33:46):
Thank you so much for joining us this morning. I
saw the press release on this and I'm like, oh
my gosh, I want to talk to this gentleman. And
I watched the documentary yesterday and I loved it. It's
on Amazon Prime, and so please tell us what is
the Case for Kindness?
Speaker 4 (34:04):
Well, thank you.
Speaker 8 (34:05):
Case for Kindness is a journey that we did across
the US to look at kind of the different issues
we face in the US to say, like some of
them you mentioned from bullying and hate, racial injustice to
gun violence, climate and looking at it through a lems
of kindness as well as exploring the science behind kindness
(34:27):
and how it can affect your body emotionally, mentally and physically.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Yeah, I loved learning the science behind kindness and how
like it actually makes you feel better and you discuss that,
and you you mentioned that bullying comes into play and
how maybe we can use kindness to combat that. And
you spoke to the mother of a murdered child from
(34:53):
Sandy Hook Elementary.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
She is extraordinary, She really is.
Speaker 4 (34:59):
Carlat Bleu lost her son in Sandy Cook and you know,
she as you know, I.
Speaker 8 (35:06):
Can't imagine the pain in English that she was went through,
as well as all the other families as lost others
and school shootings. And the other thing that Scarlett did
was she looked at it from a perspective of kindness
and looked at the shooter and you know, tried to
understand why they did that. And you know, in doing that,
(35:30):
she kind of found her piece and purpose. And that's
kind of one of the themes we found throughout the
film is like our darkest moments, we can find our purpose.
And I think it's just how we choose to come
out of that other side, is you know, how we
grow And.
Speaker 1 (35:48):
Yeah, and I thought one of the things that she
said that was so interesting, of course, is Adam Lansa
murdered her son, and she said that instead of like
blaming the shooters, she said, to hurt people, hurt people.
And I thought that that was so profound because she
was like he obviously had issues, but what did they
stem from, you know, was he alone? Was did people
(36:11):
not show him kindness and that kind of stuff, And
so she kind of turned it around and turned it
into a nurturing and a healing moment, which I just
thought was it was so beautiful and I think the
way you handled it was so great.
Speaker 4 (36:21):
Oh thank you. That was a hard story to enter you.
Speaker 1 (36:24):
Oh yeah, I mean, and I'm like tearing. I cry
at the drop of a dime anyway, but like I
teared up several times during this because it was just
so like powerful about how we just need to stop,
because we're all so angry and wound up and maybe
just a little kindness would do us all a little good. Yeah.
Speaker 8 (36:43):
I don't think there's ever been a time before, you know,
or at least in recent my time, of where we've
been so polar opposite and we are kind of forced
to choose a side. And you know, one of the
stories in there is Darryl Davis is Africa American journalist
a musician that was writing a book about the KKK,
(37:05):
and he decided to interview members of the KKK, one
being the you know, the head of the organization and
you know, the thing that Daryl did was he chose
to have a conversation and he chose to listen as
opposed to coming in and breaking hate and you know,
just like not accepting their points of view, you know.
Speaker 4 (37:31):
He the thing he said was it's it's okay to
have a.
Speaker 8 (37:34):
Difference of opinion, you know, as long as you can
create that conversation and start And by creating that conversation,
you can start to listen, and you can start to
kind of create a common ground and that will close
the gap. And by doing that and by listening as
opposed to like forcing, he befriended members of the KKK.
Speaker 4 (37:55):
And later they end up leaving. I think he said,
over one hundred and forty people left.
Speaker 8 (38:03):
And I think it's all through listening, Yeah, having a
respect for each other.
Speaker 4 (38:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:08):
And I think that the other thing that you said
was when you were talking about the kindness and acts
of kindness aren't only for the other people, it's for
you too.
Speaker 4 (38:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (38:18):
I think one of the hardest people to be kind
to with ourselves and I know that is for me,
and you know, and I think until you can start
being kind to yourself, then it's harder to be kind
to others, and so, you know, it says journey that
we have to go on to kind of be a
piece of ourselves and listen to ourselves and what we
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need every day, and that's a choice that we can
make and how we show up every day that can
be a difference in your life, but also in the
life of another person.
Speaker 1 (38:48):
Yeah, okay, and Stephen, what what do you hope people
are going to take away from your documentary?
Speaker 8 (38:54):
You know, I think the biggest thing is, you know,
it's create a conversation.
Speaker 4 (38:59):
Listen. You know, you can have a choice, and you
can choose to be kind or unkind every day, and
you know, in the moment of split second is choose
to be kind. And I think if we all can
do that, we'll be a lot better off.
Speaker 1 (39:14):
Yeah, And I, like I said, I watched the documentary
yesterday and it's very heartwarming and it's just it's sort
of like with everybody and everything that's going on in
all the stress, it just makes you feel good. And
I think we all need a little bit of that
right now. So it's a It's Case for Kindness. You
can get it on Amazon Prime. Director Steven so Walich,
(39:37):
thank you. So much for your time today and for
a really beautiful documentary.
Speaker 4 (39:42):
Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (39:44):
Take care.
Speaker 4 (39:44):
Thanks.
Speaker 1 (39:46):
Yeah, I just I just think with everybody so polarized
and so stressed and all of that, I just came
away from watching the documentary just feeling a little bit better.
Restores your faith in humanity, that kind of stuff, and
I I think we all need that. So there again.
It's called Case for Kindness and it's on Amazon Prime.
You do have to run it. I think it's like
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five ninety nine, but it's totally totally worth it in
my humble opinion. This is KFI and kost HD two
Los Angeles, Orange County, live from the KFI twenty four
hour Newsroom. I'm Amy King. This has been your wake
up call, and if you missed any wake up call,
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App KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Good morning, it's five o'clock. This is your wake up
call for Wednesday, October eighth. I'm Amy King. We're live
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Hope your alarm clock went
off on time this morning, minded And I'm dressed in
my Dodger blue because of course, Dodger's in action tonight
(00:50):
back at Dodger Stadium. Yesterday was Taco Tuesday and National
Taco Day, so I thought, I gotta go get some tacos, right,
So I stopped at El Poyo Loco, and I gotta
tell you, tacos are fine. They're you know, yummy. But
I went because it had a three tacos for five
(01:13):
dollars deal for National Taco Day.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Is it?
Speaker 1 (01:15):
I can't beat that? So I went down got it,
and then I'm like, oh, I should get like a
side of rice. The rice was five dollars and fifty
cents for a side of rice. I canceled that I
was like, the rice was more than the tacos. Come
on anyway, I enjoyed my tacos. Here's what's ahead on
(01:38):
wake up call air traffic controllers or back in burbank.
But flight delays continue around the country as more workers
call in sick because of the government shutdown. Staffing issues
effected airports in Nashville, Dallas, Chicago, and Newark. Yesterday, We're
going to get the latest with ABC's Claire McMichael in
less than five minutes. Find out what's expected for today
and how long this is going to last. LA Kenny
(02:00):
supervisors are looking into declaring a state of emergency because
of ice raids in the county. Supervisors say it's leaving
households with no bread winner in the family. The council
will draft a state of emergency. The county's council will
draft a state of emergency declaration and that will be
voted on by the board next week. The Dodgers back
(02:21):
at home, posting the Philadelphia Phillies in Game three of
the National League Division Series. LA won both games on
the road and lead the series to nothing. A win
tonight sends the Dodgers to the National League Championship Series.
If they lose, game fource tomorrow afternoon at Dodgers Stadium.
I got a vested interest in this one. As much
as I want the Dodgers to win, I'm in that
(02:41):
position where if they lose, I get to go to
the game. I have tickets to tomorrow afternoon's game. This
happened in the Wildcard Series two. I think I'd rather
have them win, but I really want to go to
a playoff game. Prime Days continue. Are there any good deals? Well,
if there are, Rich DeMuro knows about him, and he's
going to tell us. That's coming up at five. Also,
new self serve prescription machines, self serve prescription machine coming
(03:07):
to a doctor's office near you. That sounds kind of interesting.
Amy's on it. That's coming up at the bottom of
the hour. It's Roy Kent, like you've never seen him before.
We're all stressed, we're not talking to each other. We're
hating people who don't think the way that we do.
We're bullied, we're berated. Well, we're gonna make the case
for kindness. We're actually gonna be talking with the director
(03:29):
of a new documentary Case for Kindness. It's all about
kindness and connection and why we need it so much,
and I can't wait to talk to him. Let's get
started with some of the stories coming out of the
k FI twenty four hour newsroom. A man has been killed,
another has been arrested following a chase, a shooting, and
a kidnapping in Montclair. This woman says she saw a
(03:51):
man outside a wrecked car yesterday as first responders tried
to save him.
Speaker 5 (03:56):
I feel really bad for the family, knowing that this
was had taken place right in front of my front yard,
and I feel so bad that you know, it got
this far.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Montclair police say it started when several people got into
an argument. As three of them drove off, a guy
allegedly chased them and fired shots. Then he got in
his car rammed their car into a tree. One man
was killed. The guy then allegedly kidnapped one of the
people in the car, but she was able to get away.
Another person ran off. Police say all four people knew
(04:27):
each other. An active shooter reported a hospital in Newport
Beach has turned out to be a hoax. Police say
they got a call of shots fired yesterday at Hogue Hospital.
Newport Beach. Police say it was later determined to be
a swatting incident. Realise say they got a call of
shots fired at another hospital in the area on Monday night.
It turned out to be a false alarm as well.
(04:48):
LA County attorneys have been directed to investigate fraud in
a four billion dollars sex abuse settlement.
Speaker 6 (04:53):
The Board of Supervisors voted for a review of claims
following an investigative report in The La Times alleging DTL
a law group some people to lie about being victims
of sex abuse. Supervisor Catherine Barker says the county has
accepted responsibility in its multi billion dollar settlement.
Speaker 7 (05:08):
We know that there are thousands of victims who suffered
terrible abuse at the hands of trusted adults.
Speaker 6 (05:13):
But she says if the law firm that sued the
county paid money to vulnerable people outside government service buildings
to make their claims, something should be done. The law
firm denies it paid anyone. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Yeah, he's not home.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Where is he? He hasn't been home all night.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Someone has stolen a thirteen foot tall animatronic Jack Skellington
from the front yard of a home in Corona. It
was caught on a home security camera. The footage shows
someone wearing a dark hoodie hauling Jack down an alley
and onto the top of a car early Saturday morning
on Grand Avenue. Anyone who's seen Jack is being asked
to call Corona Police. Let's say good morning now to
(05:54):
ABC's transportation reporter Clara McMichael. Clara, on Monday, Hedy, the
Hollywood Bourbank Airport didn't have any air traffic controllers on
site for like six hours, and Bourbank is not the
only airport affected. What's going on now?
Speaker 7 (06:11):
Good morning. So yes, we're now over a week into
the shutdown and we're seeing it start to impact slights nationwide,
and that's because we're seeing some air traffic controllers start
to call out sick. So, as we know, staffing has
been a big issue with air traffic control for years,
and the margins are so thin that when you have
even just a few controllers calling out back in a
major impact. So, as you said, we saw the start
(06:34):
on Monday with Burbank, then yesterday we saw thousands more
delays and staffing issues at multiple other air traffic control
facilities across the country. So experts say that the longer
the shutdown goes, the worst these issues could become.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Okay and Clara, so what are some of the risks
of happening. Like for the Burbank air traffic control, they
didn't have anyone in the tower, but another group took
over air traffic control, and I would venture to say
that they've already got their hands full. And you talked
about the shorting, the staff shortages that they've already have,
(07:11):
so it's kind of just overloading the system, right.
Speaker 7 (07:16):
It definitely is an overload in some places, and not
just Bourbank. We saw it happened last night in Nashville
as well when some of those flights had to be
passed off to controllers in Memphis. But there are so
many layers of redundancy in the national airspace. There are
more than ten thousand controllers working, and they'll continue to work.
When there aren't enough controllers for a certain area. That's
(07:38):
when they reduce the number of flights, and that's to
ensure that the airspace remains safe. So while passengers may
be slightly inconvenienced with a delay, it's still safe.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
And to fly.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Okay, Well, that's good news. I'm glad to hear that, Clara.
So let's talk about the air traffic controllers and they're
calling in sick. Last time there was the long government
shut down, it was like thirty five days, and they
didn't start calling in until much further into the shutdown.
This time they're starting early. That's right.
Speaker 7 (08:10):
Last time it was over a month. This time is
just a little over a week. And last time you
saw that that was a pivotal point in putting pressure
on politicians to get this figured out. We're definitely going
to be watching to see if it has the same
impact this time.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Now.
Speaker 7 (08:24):
These control the controllers work very stressful jobs six days
a week, ten hours a day in some cases, and
they're in charge of safety. You add in that they're
not getting paid and that's when it gets to a
breaking point with child care, food, medical expenses. So that's
what's leading to folks calling out sake.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Okay, and just for clarification, they're they're not getting their paychecks.
They will get paid, but it's delayed, and if you're
you know, if you don't have an extra ten thousand
dollars sitting around that that can really put pressure on it.
But they do get paid once the shutdown is over.
Speaker 7 (08:57):
That's right, they will get that back pay. They one
more partial paycheck coming on October fourteenth. But a lot
of these folks live paycheck to paycheck, and when you
have those expenses to think about. Last last shutdown, you
even saw some start driving for Uber in order to
make some extra cash. So we'll we may be seeing
those same issues this time.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Okay, And then a quick question, do you know, Clara,
is there an air traffic controllers union?
Speaker 7 (09:24):
There is an air traffic controllers union.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
Do you know what they're telling their people to call
in or call out sick?
Speaker 7 (09:32):
They are definitely not telling their people to call out sick.
And this isn't like a coordinated thing, you know. Secretary
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, it's spread out over a
bunch of airports. But I think everybody understands the plight
that these controllers are in, right.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Okay, all right, just wanted to clarify that. ABC's Clara McMichael,
Transportation reporter. Thanks so much. We'll probably be talking to
you again soon if they don't get this thing resolved.
Speaker 7 (10:00):
I look forward to it.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Thank you great, Thanks so much, Clara. Let's get back
to some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nome is
in Portland, Oregon, where President Trump is ordered a National
Guard deployment. She met with police Chief Bob Day and
other Oregon police representatives. Chief Day admits that there are
some differences of opinion between Nome and local police, but
(10:23):
they have to talk to.
Speaker 8 (10:24):
One another, appreciate having lines of communication, and I believe
that communication is the first step to resolving our differences.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
A federal judge is temporarily blocked to the Trump administration
from sending any Guard members to Portland. Former FBI Director
James Comy is said to be arraigned in Virginia and
federal charges of providing false statements and obstruction of a
congressional proceeding. The charges are related to Comy's twenty twenty
testimony to Congress, where he allegedly lied about his knowledge
(10:52):
of a leak of classified information, which was later reported
by several news outlets. President Trump fired Comy over the
FBI's investigation into alleged Russian election meddling in the twenty
sixteen presidential election. High stakes talks to end the war
between Israel and Hamas in Gaza continuing in Egypt. They're
going into day three.
Speaker 6 (11:12):
Rop officials from the US cuta, Turkey and Israel set
to join as momentum grows for a deal to end
the war and bring all the remaining hostages home.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
ABC's Ian Panalsa's Hamas wants guarantees that Israel will not
restart the war once the remaining hostages are released. The
terror group also has not accepted a condition to disarm
and leave Gaza. It's been two years since Hamas's cross
border attack on Israel that started the war. The Trump
administration has warned that there may be no back pay
(11:42):
for some federal workers affected by the shutdown.
Speaker 9 (11:44):
That would be a reversal of what's been a long
standing policy for some seven hundred and fifty thousand furloughed employees.
Trump said some people don't deserve to be taken care
of during an event at the White House. A memo
being circulated by the White House yesterday said legislation the
President signed into law in twenty nineteen does not require
back pay. The memo said it's up to Congress to
(12:06):
provide the funds. The move was widely seen as a
negotiating tactic debor Mark Koffive News.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
The National Hurricane Center says tropical Storm Jerry has strengthened
in the Atlantic Ocean and is on a path toward
the Caribbean. It's expected to strengthen into a hurricane in
the coming days. Hurricane Priscilla continues to churn in the
Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico. A tropical stormwatch
is in place for Baja California, and Tropical Storm Octave,
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further out in the Atlantic or actually in the Pacific,
is weakening. One in five adults are still addicted to tobacco.
A report by the World Health Organization shows the number
of tobacco users has dropped from one point three to
eight billion in the year two thousand to one point
two billion in twenty twenty four. The report shows that
there are at least eighty six million E cigarette users
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and at least fifteen million children ages thirteen to fifteen
used the product. A WHO official says e cigarettes are
fueling a new wave of nicotine addiction and Chicago may
not be the hell hole that President Trump has called.
Speaker 10 (13:11):
It, as National Guard troops head to Chicago on orders
from President Trump to crack down on crime and what
he's called a hellhole. Others have quite a different opinion.
Chicago's being named the best city in the country for
the ninth year in a row. The city was recognized
by Conde Nass Travelers Reader's Choice Awards. Chicago was also
named the friendliest city in the world by the UK
edition of Conde Nas Traveler. The rest of the top
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five include San Francisco, Milwaukee, Portland, which Trump called war
ravaged and said he's considering using the Insurrection Act for
and New Orleans. Mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
The Senate plans to vote again today on the House
passed Continuing Resolution spending bill, and also on the Democrats
spending plan that adds one and a half trillion dollars
to the budget. Both bills have already failed five times
on the Senate floor. This is the eighth day of
the government shutdown. Getting rid of the trash is about
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to cost you more. The La City Council's given preliminary
approval to rising or raising trash collection fees. It would
be the first rate hike in seventeen years, and it's
a big one. Single family homes and small apartment fees
would increase about fifty four percent to fifty five ninety
five a month. If it's given final approval, rates would
go up next month. San Francisco leaders are pushing back
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after Governor Newsom veto to bill meant to create more
drug free housing for the homeless. They say not funding
sober living for the homeless hinders recovery efforts. Current policies
do not require people to be sober or drug free
to move in. Newsom says he vetoed the bill because
existing regulations already support recovery housing. Let's say good morning
(14:45):
now to the host of Rich on Tech on KFI.
It's KTLA's tech reporter Rich DeMuro.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Morning Rich, Good morning Amy.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
It's day two of Prime Days on Amazon, and I
put a several things in my cart, but nothing's on
sale right now. So are there some good deals out there?
Speaker 2 (15:06):
I do think there are a good deals. So this
is the final day of Prime big deal days. Don't
assume everything is a bargain. So my advice is to
check the price history before you actually buy, because they've
got a lot of labels that make things seem like
they're a big deal, but sometimes it's just a dollar
off the you know, standard asking price. But two ways
you can check Number one. Rufus this is their built
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in AI shopping assistant. Is on every Amazon shopping page.
Just tap it and ask for price history. You can
type that right in you'll see a thirty or ninety
day chart of the recent prices. Or you can go
to Camel Camel Camel and that'll do like sort of
a nice graph of the price of the past six months, year,
or whatever you want. I got a question finding yes, rufous.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Where do you find rufus. It's on the.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Amazon side any Yeah, any Amazon product page, you'll see it.
It depends if you're on the phone or on the
the desktop. If you're on the desktop, it's right underneath
the product pictures. If you're on the phone, it's in
the lower right hand corner, so you tap that. It's
basically like a chatbot and you can ask all kinds
of questions one of them. Yeah, And it's really handy
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for products too, like if you're trying to figure out
what kind of batteries of product takes, or like if
a product does a certain thing. It can answer a
lot of things or similar products. I mean, it's actually
pretty good anyway. I put a lot of my picks
on my website rich On tech dot TV. Kindle paper white,
lowest price ever, I Pad two hundred and eighty bucks,
AirPods ninety bucks, Bose headphones two hundred dollars, Echo Spot
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forty five bucks, all kinds of stuff that I personally
would buy listed on the website rich on tech dot tv.
And yes, I bought a bunch of stuff yesterday, Amy,
And if you can believe it, I got a message
from Amazon last night. We're sorry. We couldn't leave your
stuff in a secure area, so we didn't do the delivery.
I was like, I don't believe that, because they leave
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every package in front of my house for ten years now.
I know.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
Yeah, I've never had anything left in a secure area.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Yeah, me either. In fact, I have a secure area
and they leave it in the area that's not secure,
so they go out of their way to make sure
it's not secure. So I don't know if someone just
got a little bit like I'm tired, I don't feel
like delivering. I also was surprised that they were delivering
everything I ordered the same day, which is pretty amazing,
but I didn't get it so I guess it's not amazing.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Yeah, I am constantly amazed at how quickly they can
get stuff to you, especially when they do that same
day thing. A lot of my stuff doesn't come someday
same day, but when it does, I'm like, wow, that's amazing. Okay, yeah,
let's move on to another Amazon topic, and that is
that you might be able to pick up your prescriptions
out of a vending machine or something.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Now, yeah, I thought this was so cool. So you know,
Amazon has these medical offices called One Medical. I've got
them at various places around Los Angeles. Well, now they're
going to put self service pharmacy kiosks inside those offices,
so starting in December, Basically, if the doctor prescribes you
something like antibiotics and inhaler, blood pressure drugs, all the
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common stuff, you literally just walk out to this kiosk,
scan a QR code, and you get your prescription instantly.
So it's stocked with like all of the you know,
standard medications. Takes minutes instead of waiting in line or
going somewhere else. And I just thought this was a
super smart idea. Obviously, Amazon throws a lot at the
wall to see what sticks we'll see if they stick around.
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But kind of a new way to get medicine instantly
after your doctor's appointment.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
Yeah, and not have to wait in line with all
the sick put people at the pharmacy at CVS.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
Yeah, which you know.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
That's like you're like, I'll be back next week for
something else because now I'm sick for real exactly.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
Okay, WAYS has a new feature tell us about it.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
So I thought this was cool. I actually saw a
demo of this feature last year in New York City
that tells you how long some of these things take
to roll out. But it's called conversational Report. If you
use Ways, you know, you press that little button to
help report things to other drivers behind you, like if
there's an officer, or if there is a car that's
stuck on the road or something in the lane. You
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can alert drivers behind you. Well, typically you have to
press a button and then look at the options and
press a couple other buttons to report that stuff. Now
you can just press one button and speak naturally, saying
something like object in road, there's construction on the road,
there's a speed trap, there's cars jammed up here, and
AI will interpret what you say and then file that
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away and help alert other drivers, so less fiddling with
menus while you're driving. I thought this was really cool.
Speaker 3 (19:37):
I like that.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
So it doesn't you won't hear people tell you, hey,
there's a car that's on fire coming up. You'll hear that,
but it takes the what you tell it and then
turns it into an alert.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Yes, you still have to tune into KFI for that,
but if you want to just like object and road ahead,
you know, it'll just it'll just it's just basically helping
people use their voice to tell what's wrong instead of
tapping your screen a million times while you're driving, which
I say on my show every week. Do not drive distracted.
Put the phone down. It can wait. Please please please please.
Speaker 10 (20:12):
I know.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
But you want to help people rich, you want to
help people.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Well that's that's okay. You can help, but do it safely.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
All right. So this is a great This sounds like
a great feature to help you do that stay safer.
UCLA new Esports Gaming Center tell us about that.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Yeah, So I visited this last week, brand new at
UCLA e Sports and Gaming Lounge inside their student union.
So thirty alien Ware PCs, which are super high end.
They've got all the high end processors, graphics displays, wireless keyboard,
wireless mouse, headphones. It's just such a cool setup. So
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it's for students to come and play video games. Now
why you know, students have these in their dorms and
this and that, but these are high end. Plus it's
a sense of community. Plus, you know, esports has actually
become kind of a big deal around college campuses, and
so it's you know, people can go into careers that
involve esports, not only as an esports athlete. I know
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that sounds silly, but yes, there are people paid money
to play video games. But there's also a whole business
around it, just like a movie business or any other business.
So they need people to do finance and marketing and
this and that. So the idea is that Alien Wear
teams up with these schools to get kids not just
playing video games, but interested in the potential beyond just
the screen.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
Okay, and it's only open to students though, right.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
As far as I know, I think, you know, you'd
be kind of weird if I walked in there. I'm like, hey,
what's up, kids, I want to play?
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Okay, And then real quick I want to get an
update on the Apple Watch, and it's something cool that
helps you, you know, find out how you're feeling.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
I've just been testing this app and it you know,
the Apple Watch collects so much data, but actually seeing
any of the data it's like impossible. Like all I
see are my rings and I'm like, all right, I
finished my rings today. A big deal. This app is
called bevel b e ve L, and it gives you
so much more actionable info about the data that your
Apple Watch is collecting. So, for instance, it gives you
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how hard you're working, out, how much recovery you've had,
how much sleep you're getting, and it gives your energy bank,
like right now, my battery. It gives me literally a
little battery of my life and I'm at seventy nine percent,
which is scary because I just woke up, so.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
You haven't had enough yet, you haven't put any gas.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
It tells me my stress is at fifty seven percent
right now, So I mean, it's really it's just it's
such a cool dashboard of all of your vitals. I
can see my resting heart rate, my regular heart rate,
my oxygen, my sleep, my temperature, I mean, it's really
really the best app I've seen in putting all your
data in one place. And also you can chat with
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the app. So after you take a run, says hey,
that was a great run, blah blah blah, I said
how much water do I need to drink?
Speaker 8 (22:59):
Now?
Speaker 2 (23:00):
Place all that sweat and it will tell you. So anyway,
test it out. It's called BEVLL. I think you got
to pay fifty bucks a year if you want this
for real, because I'm still on the free trial. But
it looks pretty cool if you like data like.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
This, okay, and the bevill You get the app on
your phone and then it talks to your smart watch.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
Do you put the app on your or do you put
it directly on your phone and it reads the data
from your smart watch?
Speaker 1 (23:24):
Okay? Gotcha? All right? Very interesting, and that's called bevll. Okay,
I gotta go play with Rufus and I gotta let
you go. You can hear more with rich Demiro. He's
got a show right here on KFI rich on Tech
and it is every Saturday from eleven to two. It's
KTLA's tech reporter. You can also catch him, of course
on KTLA rich on Tech dot com or is it
(23:45):
rich on tech talk defeat? I should know this.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Bet TV rights ye, rich on tech dot tv.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
And that's where you can find out all the stuff
that he talks about with us and on his show
and on KTLA and you can follow him. Where do
we follow.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
You at rich on tech on Instagram?
Speaker 11 (24:02):
Easy?
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Right?
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Yeahank you Richart to run to lay Bye.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
He's a wealth of information. Like, how do you absorb
all that information? I think it's incredible. Here's what we're
following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. An electric
scooter has apparently sparked a fire in a seven story
apartment building in the Vermont and Oles neighborhood. LA Fires's
two people were hurt in the fire that started shortly
(24:30):
after five o'clock yesterday afternoon on South Vermont Avenue. A
seven and a ten year old girl were taken to
the hospital. LA Fire says the lithium batteries in the
scooter ignited, starting the fire. Governor Newsom assigned a law
to limit how loud ads can be on streaming platforms.
The law was passed in response to complaints that platforms
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like Netflix and Hulu and Amazon Prime jacked up the
volume on ads that run during shows. Streaming services must
comply with volume limits by July twenty twenty six. LA's
the rattiest city in the US. Good to Know right.
The ranking based on the most Yelp searches for rodent services.
San Francisco ranks second overall, with the report citing older
(25:13):
architecture and concentrated neighborhoods as ideal conditions for rats. New
York City ranks third overall at.
Speaker 3 (25:21):
Six oh five.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
It's handle on the news. Your trash bill could be
going up big time soon if you live in La. Tonight,
the Dodgers take on the Phillies at Dodger Stadium for
Game three of the National League Division Series. First pitch
goes out at six h eight. You can listen to
all the Dodger games on AM five to seventy LA
Sports live from the Galpin Motors Broadcast booth, and you
can stream all the games NHD on the iHeartRadio app
(25:44):
Keyword AM five seventy LA Sports. Of course, the Dodgers
lead the series two games to none. We hope to
get out the brooms and have a sweep. Tonight we
shall see whoops.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
It Damie's on it, Amy's on.
Speaker 5 (26:05):
It, Aamie's on it.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
Okay, what am I on? Well, I'm on the stream
and there's so much and I'm just I love how
much content is on the stream, and I love that
you can watch it when you want it. But there's
some bad stuff out there and there's some great stuff
out there, and how do you wead through it all? Well,
hopefully I can help, And of course I take recommendations
from friends and coworkers and that kind of stuff and
then pass them on to you. Last week I mentioned
(26:31):
Chad Powers. It's still brand new, just three episodes have dropped. Uh,
it's on Hulu, and uh, I was reserving judgment on it.
Like I liked it, I didn't love it. I wasn't sure.
I think it was a little over the top. But
it's the show that stars Glenn Powell as a quarterback
basically has to go undercover because he's ruined his football
(26:52):
career and has to go undercover to try to get
onto a team again. And I watched episode three yes
day and I loved episode three. So remember I said
I was preserving judgment. Right now I'm leaning toward it,
So you might want to check out Chad Powers Okay
Roy Kent as you've never seen him. He stars in
a movie called All of You on Apple TV Plus.
(27:18):
It's about a man and a woman, Simon and Laura.
They've been best friends since college, but she wants to
find the one, so she takes this test which is
supposed to help you find a soulmate. They don't really
explain the test, like is it an online dating test
or is it a test that tells you why your
soulmate is or or who your soulmate is? And then
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you go from there. It's it's a little bit unclear,
but everybody's taking this test and then they're worried that
it's going to wreck their friendship and all that stuff.
So the movie starts off kind of slow, and I'm thinking,
what is the point of this movie? And I was
almost going to give it up, And then there was
this twist, and then there was another twist, and then
there was another twist because it's about friend who've always
(28:01):
been friends and how if one of them gets into
a love relationship, it's going to mess up their friendship. Right,
there are things that I feel don't get explored enough.
But it's also compelling enough to keep me watching. Sometimes
it was predictable, sometimes it was surprising, And for a
while I've got Roy Kent on the brain right because
it's Brett Goldstein. I mean, he is Roy Kent, and
(28:23):
I think, honestly, I like Roy Kent better than this guy.
But Brett is a great actor, and he does a
great job in this role. And after a while you
kind of forget the Roy Kent because his character is
so different than that. So both the actors, they do
a great job. If you want a lot of action,
this probably isn't for you. And if you want the
best love story ever, this probably isn't for you. I
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can't say I love this movie, but I did like
it all of you Apple TV. Plus, I wouldn't say
rush to see it, but you know, for a lazy
Sunday afternoon, it's a good watch. I'm on it. Maybe
you should give it a shit too. Time to get
in your business now with Bloomberg's and Dan Schwartzman, Good morning.
Speaker 11 (29:05):
Dan, Good morning Amy. Is it more like the Roy
Kent from Shrinking? I guess sympathetic Brett Goldstein? Yeah, yeah, okay.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Kind of like that. He's he's kind of a woos
sometimes and like that is so not Roy Kent, right,
But I mean Brett's such a great actor that it's
still it's fun to watch.
Speaker 3 (29:27):
I gotta watch it, would you, Chad Powers?
Speaker 1 (29:29):
He said, Oh yeah, Chad Powers, I gotta watch it.
You gotta try. It's a football show and it's outlandish
and it's a little bit over the top, and I
wasn't sure, but now I'm like, I loved this episode. Okay,
let's talk about if you bought a lot of gold
a while ago, you're probably loving today.
Speaker 11 (29:47):
Or just go through granny's closets and see if you
can find some. Because gold rose above four thousand dollars
and ounce for the first time due to concerns over
the economy and that continuing government shutdown. Overall, gold is
gained fifty two percent this year, putting the traditional safe
haven on course for its strongest annual advance since nineteen
seventy nine. Just two years ago, gold trading below two
(30:08):
thousand dollars. Announced Amy central banks have been a key
driver of gold's rally. They're flipping from being net sellers
to now net buyers following the global financial crisis.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
Okay, so yeah, it's crazy over fourth have four thousand
and sixty right now? Yeah, announced, I think I don't.
I think I have about a half an ounce in
a gold chain somewhere. Two grand Yeah, no kidding, okay.
And speaking of going up, mortgage rates, they're up. They
were down and now they're inching back up again, are they?
Speaker 3 (30:38):
No, they slightly dropped last week.
Speaker 11 (30:40):
The rates are still remaining elevated at just over six
point four percent. That's according to Mortgage Bankers Group. Meanwhile,
applications for mortgages to buy a home or refinance both
fell for a second week. The Mortgage Bankers Association's index
of home purchase applications declined one point two percent in
the weekending October third, a gauge of refine dancing file
seven point seven percent. So it's like every week, Amy,
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the news is just more sluggishness, right, Like nothing's happening,
it's not moving.
Speaker 3 (31:07):
So eh, Like, you want to buy a house, it
may not be the best time, Okay.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
If you want to buy an electric vehicle, now, maybe
the best time. We talked about Tesla earlier, and now
they've officially unveiled their new cheaper cars.
Speaker 11 (31:22):
Yeah, they unveiled the new versions of the top selling models,
priced at under forty grand. The ev Giant looks to
counteract the loss of those subsidies for electric cars. The
new standard versions of both the Model three Sedana model
YSUV start. It's just under thirty seven thousand and just
under forty thousand dollars. The prices amy are around thirteen
and eleven percent cheaper than the longer range versions of
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each model.
Speaker 3 (31:43):
So why they.
Speaker 11 (31:44):
Cheaper while they come with less battery range and they
don't offer the ambient interior lighting and that second row screen.
So if you're okay with that, hey have that at
under forty grand for a nice EV. Now you can
do so with Tesla's offerings.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
I would be okay with the fewer sc I wouldn't
be okay with the shorter range, because that's what one
of the concerns is in the first place about them.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
I like the nbent interior lighting. It's nice.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
I want that too, Okay, all right, Dan Schwartzman Bloomberg
getting in your business, as we do every morning at
five thirty, we'll talk to you again.
Speaker 3 (32:17):
Sounds good, All right?
Speaker 1 (32:18):
Thanks. Nashville International Airport's air traffic control tower's gone dark.
Because of the government shutdown, air traffic controllers have called
in sick, forcing the tower to close from seven to midnight.
Last night. Pilots worked with a regional air traffic control
center in Memphis to safely land and take off from Nashville.
LAPD says it's arrested eight Mexican mafia members and associates
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in San Pedro. The LAPD says it's looking for six
more people. The arrests are the results of a multi
year investigation. The Dodgers could clinch a spot in the
National League Championship Series with the win tonight at Dodger Stadium.
LA's leading the series against Philadelphia two games to none.
First pitch goes out at six oh eight. Of course,
you can listen to all of the action on our
sister station, AM five P seventy k LAC. We're just
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minutes away from handle. On the news this morning, ag
Pam Bondi is on the hot seat and she fired
back hard. Okay. There's a brand new documentary on Prime
Video and it's called Case for Kindness. And in a
world where people are polar opposites, people have stopped being
friends with others who are on the other side of
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the aisle, bullying is rampant. People socialize only on social
media instead of face to face, and we're more separate
and more alone than ever. Well, now comes the Case
for Kindness. Would like to welcome the director of Case
for Kindness, Stephen so Walitch. Good morning, Stephen, good morning.
(33:46):
Thank you so much for joining us this morning. I
saw the press release on this and I'm like, oh
my gosh, I want to talk to this gentleman. And
I watched the documentary yesterday and I loved it. It's
on Amazon Prime, and so please tell us what is
the Case for Kindness?
Speaker 4 (34:04):
Well, thank you.
Speaker 8 (34:05):
Case for Kindness is a journey that we did across
the US to look at kind of the different issues
we face in the US to say, like some of
them you mentioned from bullying and hate, racial injustice to
gun violence, climate and looking at it through a lems
of kindness as well as exploring the science behind kindness
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and how it can affect your body emotionally, mentally and physically.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Yeah, I loved learning the science behind kindness and how
like it actually makes you feel better and you discuss that,
and you you mentioned that bullying comes into play and
how maybe we can use kindness to combat that. And
you spoke to the mother of a murdered child from
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Sandy Hook Elementary.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
She is extraordinary, She really is.
Speaker 4 (34:59):
Carlat Bleu lost her son in Sandy Cook and you know,
she as you know, I.
Speaker 8 (35:06):
Can't imagine the pain in English that she was went through,
as well as all the other families as lost others
and school shootings. And the other thing that Scarlett did
was she looked at it from a perspective of kindness
and looked at the shooter and you know, tried to
understand why they did that. And you know, in doing that,
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she kind of found her piece and purpose. And that's
kind of one of the themes we found throughout the
film is like our darkest moments, we can find our purpose.
And I think it's just how we choose to come
out of that other side, is you know, how we
grow And.
Speaker 1 (35:48):
Yeah, and I thought one of the things that she
said that was so interesting, of course, is Adam Lansa
murdered her son, and she said that instead of like
blaming the shooters, she said, to hurt people, hurt people.
And I thought that that was so profound because she
was like he obviously had issues, but what did they
stem from, you know, was he alone? Was did people
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not show him kindness and that kind of stuff, And
so she kind of turned it around and turned it
into a nurturing and a healing moment, which I just
thought was it was so beautiful and I think the
way you handled it was so great.
Speaker 4 (36:21):
Oh thank you. That was a hard story to enter you.
Speaker 1 (36:24):
Oh yeah, I mean, and I'm like tearing. I cry
at the drop of a dime anyway, but like I
teared up several times during this because it was just
so like powerful about how we just need to stop,
because we're all so angry and wound up and maybe
just a little kindness would do us all a little good. Yeah.
Speaker 8 (36:43):
I don't think there's ever been a time before, you know,
or at least in recent my time, of where we've
been so polar opposite and we are kind of forced
to choose a side. And you know, one of the
stories in there is Darryl Davis is Africa American journalist
a musician that was writing a book about the KKK,
(37:05):
and he decided to interview members of the KKK, one
being the you know, the head of the organization and
you know, the thing that Daryl did was he chose
to have a conversation and he chose to listen as
opposed to coming in and breaking hate and you know,
just like not accepting their points of view, you know.
Speaker 4 (37:31):
He the thing he said was it's it's okay to
have a.
Speaker 8 (37:34):
Difference of opinion, you know, as long as you can
create that conversation and start And by creating that conversation,
you can start to listen, and you can start to
kind of create a common ground and that will close
the gap. And by doing that and by listening as
opposed to like forcing, he befriended members of the KKK.
Speaker 4 (37:55):
And later they end up leaving. I think he said,
over one hundred and forty people left.
Speaker 8 (38:03):
And I think it's all through listening, Yeah, having a
respect for each other.
Speaker 4 (38:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:08):
And I think that the other thing that you said
was when you were talking about the kindness and acts
of kindness aren't only for the other people, it's for
you too.
Speaker 4 (38:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (38:18):
I think one of the hardest people to be kind
to with ourselves and I know that is for me,
and you know, and I think until you can start
being kind to yourself, then it's harder to be kind
to others, and so, you know, it says journey that
we have to go on to kind of be a
piece of ourselves and listen to ourselves and what we
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need every day, and that's a choice that we can
make and how we show up every day that can
be a difference in your life, but also in the
life of another person.
Speaker 1 (38:48):
Yeah, okay, and Stephen, what what do you hope people
are going to take away from your documentary?
Speaker 8 (38:54):
You know, I think the biggest thing is, you know,
it's create a conversation.
Speaker 4 (38:59):
Listen. You know, you can have a choice, and you
can choose to be kind or unkind every day, and
you know, in the moment of split second is choose
to be kind. And I think if we all can
do that, we'll be a lot better off.
Speaker 1 (39:14):
Yeah, And I, like I said, I watched the documentary
yesterday and it's very heartwarming and it's just it's sort
of like with everybody and everything that's going on in
all the stress, it just makes you feel good. And
I think we all need a little bit of that
right now. So it's a It's Case for Kindness. You
can get it on Amazon Prime. Director Steven so Walich,
(39:37):
thank you. So much for your time today and for
a really beautiful documentary.
Speaker 4 (39:42):
Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (39:44):
Take care.
Speaker 4 (39:44):
Thanks.
Speaker 1 (39:46):
Yeah, I just I just think with everybody so polarized
and so stressed and all of that, I just came
away from watching the documentary just feeling a little bit better.
Restores your faith in humanity, that kind of stuff, and
I I think we all need that. So there again.
It's called Case for Kindness and it's on Amazon Prime.
You do have to run it. I think it's like
(40:07):
five ninety nine, but it's totally totally worth it in
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