August 7, 2025 • 41 mins
Amy Kinh hosts your Thursday Wake Up Call. ABC News crime and terrorism analyst Brad Garrett opens the show talking about an Army sergeant in custody after 5 soldiers were shot yesterday at Fort Stewart. Amy takes us ‘Out and About’ to the California Science Center where Dogs! A Science Tail is on exhibit that explores the bond between humans and dogs. Bloomberg’s Courtney Donohoe shares the latest regarding business and Wall Street. The show closes with Verizon Tech Expert Matt Weller talking about back-to-school & essential tech for families.
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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 app.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Your morning wake up call.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Here's Amy Kig, Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
It's five o'clock, straight up. This is your wake up
call for Thursday, August seven. I'm Amy King. We're live
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
And of course at AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Thanks for starting your day with us. Yesterday we talked
about season two of Wednesday dropping on Netflix, and I
do love a good binge. So I went to Wendy's
because they have this special meal for Wednesday called the
what's it called the Meal of Woe or something, oh,
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the Meal of Misfortune. And so I went and I
got my Meal Is of miss Fortune. It had a
rest in ten piece nuggets, rest in Peace gets rest
In ten piece nuggets, cursed and crispy small fries and
the Raven's Blood frosty.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
It was delicious.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
And so I got my Wendy's and I parked myself
on the couch and I watched the first half of
season two of Wednesday. I'm gonna hold off. I liked
season one better, but I still really like it, and
I love the Galla plays Wednesday. It's a fun show,
so and now you have to wait until September for
the second half. I hate that Netflix does that all
(01:35):
the time. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. A
heat wave in southern California expected to peak today. Calabasas,
Santa Clarita, Lancaster are all expected to top one hundred.
A heat advisory is up for riverside in San Bernardino
Counties through tomorrow evening, with some areas expecting highs up
to one oh six. The union representing about twelve thousand
Stater Brothers employees in southern California has reached a tentative
(01:59):
contract agreement with the grocery chain.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Union official say it includes higher.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Wages, additional pension contributions, better and faster access to healthcare
benefits and improvements and staffing. Five soldiers recovering after being
shot at Fort Stewart in Georgia. The suspected shooter is
an active duty sergeant. He was taken down by fellow
soldiers after the shooting yesterday and has been taken into
custody at thirty say they believe he used his own gun,
(02:26):
not an army issued weapon. ABC's crime and terror analyst
to Brad Garrett's going to join us to find out
if military bases are especially susceptible to shootings and what
can hopefully be done to prevent them. That's coming up
in just a couple of minutes at five point fifty.
With kids going back to school in La next week
and for much of Orange County a couple weeks later.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
I think Anaheim kids were already back.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
What kind of tech should your kids have and what
works for your family to best keep your kids safe
and keep them connected. We're going to find out with
Verizon tech expert Matt Weller and tell you where you
can go to get some hands on advice about it.
This weekend, also wake up calls going to the Dogs.
We're going out and about two Dogs a science tail
at the California Science Center, and I'm going to tell
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you if you haven't gone yet and you have children,
you need to go. I mean, it's really it's really
a cool interactive opportunity for the kids to go and
play and learn about Man's best friend. Let's get started
with some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom and immigration enforcement operation outside of
home depot in LA's Westlake neighborhood has drawn criticism from
(03:36):
city leaders.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
The same home depot parking lot had been hit by
federal agents two months ago, but things have been quieter
in recent weeks. Mayr Bass says the operation appears to
be in violation of a court ordered temporary restraining order
on racial profiling and immigration enforcement.
Speaker 5 (03:51):
We're going to continue to celebrate that court decision, but
we have to fight to make sure that that court
decision is actually implemented.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
And followed, agents pulled up an a Rint Penske moving
truck and then popped out the back, arresting more than
a dozen people in what they called Operation Trojan Horse.
Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
People Importer Ranch and parts of Granad Hill has been
told to boil their tap water before using it for
cooking or drinking because of a problem at a palm station.
Crews have been working on repairs since yesterday, and people
in the area have been urged to conserve water.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Some say they don't have any water at all.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
The boil water notice effects of DWP customers north of
Vernaldi Street or the one to eighteen Freeway and west
of Balboa Boulevard. Those repairs on that line are not
expected to be completed until at least tomorrow. It's affecting
ninety two hundred people, so that's an inconvenience. New research
shows the death toll from the wildfires in la in
(04:47):
January is a lot higher than what's been reported.
Speaker 6 (04:49):
While the official death toll stands at thirty one, the
actual number of fire related fatalities is actually four hundred
and forty, according to a research paper published in Theournal
of the American Medical Association. The study shows the additional
deaths are likely due to fire related factors such as
lung or heart conditions exacerbated by smoker stress, and indirect
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causes such as disruptions to health systems and mental health impacts.
Eileen Gonzalez KFI News, the.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Woman plucked from a chimney in San Fernando's been arrested
for allegedly going back to the site. Firefighters spent over
an hour on Tuesday using ropes and ladders to rescue
the woman. She got stuck about three feet down inside
the chimney at a rec center. She was arrested yesterday
for trying to climb back onto that same roof. Where
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the chimney is sho hey. Otani now has one thousand
hits in his major league career. He did it with
a two run home run in the third inning of
last night's game against the Cardinals. He was also the
starting pitcher. He allowed one run on two hits, struck
out of season n eight batters. The Cards rallied though,
and beat the Dodgers five to three. Boo hiss. Otani
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is now the third Japanese born MLB player with a
thousand hits, joining Ichiro Suzuki and Adeiki Matsui.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
And he's our guy. We love them.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Let's say good morning now too. ABC's crime and Terror
analyst Brad Garrett. Good morning, Brad, So Brad, we've had
another mass shooting, this time at Fort Stewart in Georgia.
What do we know about the alleged shooter.
Speaker 7 (06:29):
Not much.
Speaker 8 (06:30):
Twenty seven joined the army in twenty eighteen. Obviously, he's
gotten promoted. He's now a sergeant. The military reports that
he came at some point on base with his own
personal firearm, which is big time against regulations obviously, and
then in his own unit. In other words, the people
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he works with goes in and shoots five of them yesterday.
It struck me early on as we got pieces of
this amy is that this is like workplace violence. I mean,
how many stories we talked about where disgruntled folks get fired,
to get into it with the boss, to get into
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it with somebody at work, and they go to their
car or go home, get a weapon, come back in
and start shooting people. It certainly has that flavor. So
but we don't know the why, of course, and virtually
nothing that I'm aware of about this guy. In other words,
what are the motivators? I mean, I could come up
with a list for you, but we just don't know
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at this point.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Still too early to tell me.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
And do we know, Brad, did it happen inside outside
or have they told us yet?
Speaker 8 (07:47):
They haven't told us. They haven't told us. Now he
was a logistics or logistical type sergeant, which I'm not
sure what that means. He's never been deployed. In other words,
says he had an inside job, is what I'm trying
to say, versus folks that are out working outdoors. So no,
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I didn't love the answer to that question, but but
clearly targeting his fellow worker.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Right, Okay, and then shootings on bases are nothing new.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
There been several Are there reasons?
Speaker 1 (08:24):
I mean, like from your analysis of stuff, is there
anything that makes like the bass susceptible to the shootings
well to.
Speaker 8 (08:32):
A certain extent only amy because of a couple of variables.
One is high concentration of males that are young, talking
teens into early twenties typically, and we all know the difficulties, frustrations,
im maturity factor in particular in boys at that age,
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and can they handle things like financial us. When I
was an officer in the Marine Corps Camp Pendleton, I
mean I had a number of troops that were, you know,
seventeen eighteen who already had kids. So I mean it's
just those kinds of stressors on people who don't make
much money can drive some folks to commit violence. And
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you know, the army, if they've not figured it out yet,
and probably with the FBI's help, will you know, drill
down as to you know what basically flipped the switch
in the sky to go and do this well.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
And with this one that he lived, he didn't kill himself,
he didn't get shot, so they'll hopefully be able to
get some insight into you know what drove him over
the edge to do this.
Speaker 8 (09:45):
Yeah, and we'll see. But you know, the short answer
is to this have been stopped and I and my
answer is no, unless you knew about it in advance. Yeah,
you can't search. You can't search. Thousands of people come
home on a military I mean you would know in
LA the number of bases you have there around you
that people come and go every day twenty four to seven.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
Yeah, and BRAT.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Historically, have shootings on bases always been a problem or
is this something that's evolved in the last years, sort
of like school shootings.
Speaker 8 (10:19):
Have well, I think evolves as the right word. Do
I think that we have more shootings? It depends on
what stats you look at. Is it something that happens
with some regularity? I guess the answer would be yes.
But having said that, Amy, if you ask me to
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look at the population on Los Angeles between seventeen and
twenty four, you know, with regularity you have shootings with
folks that age, So you know, are they just a
reflection of the population to a certain extent, The answer
is yes.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
Okay, well that's unfortunate. Unfortunate.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
ABC's crime and Arry analyst Brad Garrett, thanks so much
for the information.
Speaker 4 (11:05):
As always, welcome, You're caring here.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A technical glitch
that forced United Airlines to ground all of its flights
across the country has been resolved, but ABC's Jim Ryans's
delays and cancelations have extended into this morning.
Speaker 9 (11:24):
At major hubs served by United Airlines, thousands of passengers
got the bad news a The problem was with the
computer system that calculates the weight and balance of United aircraft,
a crucial component in flight safety.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Over a thousand flights were delayed, dozens were canceled. United
said it was covering meals and hotels for impacted customers.
I just got caught up in that not too long
ago when I flew up to Oregon and Alaska had
had it wasn't the same issue, but they had also
had an IT issue that forced a ground stop and
it only lasted for a couple of hours. But then
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you have all those flights backed up and backed up,
and so the next day I think I was flying U.
Let's say it flew from Medford to Portland and then
Portland to LA and the Portland to LA was still
delayed by two hours because of that, so it's going
to take them a while to catch up. So I
know that that's frustrating, but I guess it's part of
(12:21):
air travel these days.
Speaker 6 (12:22):
Mista's three basavam Jakov.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
The Kremlin says a meeting between Russian President Putin and
President Trump has been agreed to. It was announced ahead
for tomorrow's White House deadline for Russia to show progress
toward ending the three year old war in Ukraine. A
Russian official says the meeting could happen next week. It's
not clear where President Trump said he would meet with
Putin if Putin agreed to meet with Ukrainian President Zelenski
(12:49):
at the same time. Attorney Gloria Allread says her client,
Alisia Arden, would have testified if charges had been filed
when she reported being assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein and Amnonica
back in nineteen ninety seven.
Speaker 7 (13:02):
Unfortunately, no prosecution ever took place.
Speaker 10 (13:04):
Alicia alleges that she would have.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Been willing to testify against Jeffrey Epstein if the criminal case.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Had been filed.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Alread is demanding US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche released
the transcript from the nine hour interview he did with
Gallaine Maxwell. Maxitwell was convicted of sex trafficking and abuse
of miners alongside Epstein. She was recently moved to a
low security prison that followed her interview with Blanche. The
former senior advisor to President Biden is scheduled to testify
(13:34):
today in the Republican led investigation into the president's mental fitness.
Anita Don had previously agreed to a closed door interview.
It's not clear Shield plead the fifth as several other
staffers have. The investigation has been focused on Biden's alleged
mental decline and use of the autopen. Republicans say the
autopen use may make some of Biden's pardons void. Apple
(13:58):
CEO Tim Cook has visited with President Trump at the
White House. Is Trump announced a one percent tariff on
computer chips, Cook presented Trump with a glass and gold
gift made in the US, and made an announcement.
Speaker 11 (14:11):
For the first time ever, every single new iPhone and
every single new Apple Watch sold anywhere in the world
will contain corber glass made in Kentucky.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Cook is also increasing Apple's investments in US production, allowing
the company to avoid the steep new tariffs on foreign semiconductors.
New research reveals that chat gpd can provide harmful advice
to teenagers.
Speaker 12 (14:38):
The Associated Press reviewed interactions where the chat bot gave
detailed plans for drug use, eating disorders, and suicide notes.
The Center for Countering Digital Hate found that testing chat
GBT with harmful prompts led the chat bot to respond
in dangerous ways more than half the time. The study
highlights the risks as more people, particularly teens, turned to
AI for companionship and advice. Open Ai, the maker of
(15:02):
chat GPT, says its work is ongoing and refining how
models identify and respond appropriately in sensitive situations.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
Deborah Mark Kifi News.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
The Ventura County Sheriff's Office is investigating the deaths of
two people along Pacific Coast Highway. The bodies were found
in a car about seven thirty last night at a
popular scenic viewpoint at Point Magoo State Park. Investigators say
there are what they call suspicious factors in the case.
Some residents of Malibu have been advised to only drink
(15:33):
boiled or bottled water because of a recent drop in
water pressure the dips caused by a bridge replacement project.
The boil water notice is for customers west of Coral
Canyon and Solstice Canyon Roads, with the exception of those
at Trancus Canyon and Latigo Canyon. Also Bottled waters being
distributed to customers who are affected at LA Waterworks District
(15:55):
headquarters from nine to six Today and tomorrow. Police have
detained a man they say fired several shotgun blasts inside
his condominium into his neighbor's units in Huntington Beach. Nobody
got hurt in the shooting yesterday morning, but residents were
evacuated from their homes in pch had to be shut
down for a while. The man surrendered peacefully, and police
didn't say why he was firing the shotgun. At six
(16:17):
oh five, it's handle on the news. President Trump's tariffs
have gone into effect. How will those chips fall? Bill's
gonna be talking about that. Last week we went to
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles to check out
Fierce The Story of Cats was a very cool, really
great exhibit, and it's a good one even if you
don't like cats, like you know, house cats, because it's
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got a lot of lions and cougars. Well it's got tigers.
It doesn't have bears. It's got lions and tigers. But
it's a really great, a great exhibit. So this week
we wanted to give dogs equal time and right next
door practically at the California Science Center is Dogs a
Science Tail. So we got to catch up with the
director of Life'sigeciences, doctor Lucy Chang, to tell us about
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Dogs a Science Tale. So doctor Chang, please tell us
what we're going to see when we dive into the
world of dogs.
Speaker 13 (17:10):
So Dogs is a great exhibit, very interactive, very educational. Basically,
you'll learn about dogs, our relationship with dogs, history of dogs,
and some incredible things that dogs can do.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Dogs can do so much. And I think that this
is so interesting because you really get to take a
look into kind of what makes dogs tick. Because we
know that they're wonderful companions, but that companionship goes a
long way back, and you take a look at that too.
Speaker 14 (17:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 13 (17:39):
Absolutely, So the exhibition starts off with a look at
where dogs came from, which started off you know, it's
one of the earliest domesticated animals that humans have interacted with,
and so you know, tens of thousands of years of
evolution have led to a sort of modern day dog
that we have.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
And another thing that you have, you have this big
board of why dogs do the things they do, and
you can go and look and say, like, why does
the dog chase's tail? And there's actually a reason that
the dog does that.
Speaker 13 (18:07):
Yeah, So that sort of information is based off of
lots of different studies sort of looking at dog behavior
and finding sort of these natural and red reasons why
some of the behaviors that we find quite puzzling aren't
actually all that surprising.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Yeah. And then the other thing, we know that dogs
they smell great and they hear way better than we do,
and so you.
Speaker 13 (18:30):
Have exhibits for that too. Absolutely. So right behind us
we have are one of the sections, which is the
Incredible Dog, and it really lets people sort of hear
what a dog hears and see what a dog sees,
and tests your running capabilities against how fast a dog runs.
So it really is focused on all the amazing things
that dogs can do.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Okay, so the running capabilities, it's literally what is that
it's about. It's not fifty yards, it's probably twenty yards
or something. And you can see if you can run
as fast as a dog exactly.
Speaker 13 (18:56):
Yeah, you push a button in the start and you
run as fast as you can, and you can compare
your speed against the chihuahua German shepherd.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Okay, so I can beat the chiuaua probably right, I
don't know.
Speaker 13 (19:05):
I mean the trawa I think can run pretty fast.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Tell me, doctor Chang, why do we love dogs so much?
Speaker 13 (19:13):
I mean, dogs and humans have a very special relationship.
I think there's a number of ways in which dogs
have been integrated into our society, into our interactions with
each other. There's a really great back and forth of
just companionship and affection that has developed with the relationship
between humans and dogs. And so I think that's sort
of like a give or take that gets explored more
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in the exhibition of them.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
But as you mentioned, there's all kinds of interactive things
to do, like you can go and put a dog
in a profession. Yeah.
Speaker 13 (19:44):
Absolutely, So you can look at different occupations that humans
have to interact with dogs. You can look at the
different occupations that dogs have, everything from you know, canine's
working with police force to search and rescue, and also
you get to look at you know, ways in which
dog and integrate into our society, so pop culture, our neighborhood,
dog walking, things like that.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
And the other thing that I love that I saw
in the exhibit was if you don't have a dog,
of course, still come down here because you can learn
all about them. But if you're thinking about getting a dog,
there's a part of the exhibit that talks to you
about when should I get a dog? What kind of
dog should I get?
Speaker 13 (20:21):
Absolutely, so we have one section of the exhibition that
talks about the care for dogs and you know the
requirements we care for dogs, how to have a healthy
relationship with dogs, and also if a dog's not right
for you, here are some other options, which is really nice.
Speaker 4 (20:35):
Right, I love that?
Speaker 1 (20:36):
And when is this exhibit going through?
Speaker 13 (20:39):
So basically this exhibit is here at the California Science
Center through early next year.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
Perfect So if you'd like to get out more information,
find out about tickets, when you can come, Where do
you go?
Speaker 13 (20:48):
Absolutely check out our website Californiascience Center dot org.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
General admission is.
Speaker 13 (20:53):
Always free and the sexubibission is included in that.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
I love that we're out and about at the California
Science Center. Thank you, doctor lu Chang. We appreciate your time.
We're at Dogs a Science Tale. Such a great exhibit
for families too, like if you've got kids and you
want to do something with them, occupy their little hands
and their brains for a couple of hours. And of
course the whole Science Center is just amazing. I'm always
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just like bowled over when I go there. I'm like,
I need to come back and just spend the day here.
We went, we went down into the ocean exhibit. I
can't remember what it's called, and there's this little octopus
that you get to see and like, so a really
cool way to spend the day. And again it's called
Dogs a Science Tail. It's at the California Science Center.
And if you want a little sneak peek into some
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of the things you're going to see and be able
to do with the kids. I'm going to post this
on my Instagram at amy Kking. That's at amy Kking,
and of course I would love it if you would
follow me. It's also going to post on Kfi's Instagram
at kfi Am six forty. A little bit later, that's
where we went out and about had to give equal
time to the dogs.
Speaker 11 (21:58):
Sure, what right?
Speaker 4 (22:00):
All right?
Speaker 1 (22:01):
The wildfire on California Central Coast is now burned more
than ninety one thousand acres.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
It's still nine percent surrounded.
Speaker 10 (22:07):
The fire has prompted evacuation orders for hundreds of homes
in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. The fire,
which is the largest in California so far this year,
started last Friday afternoon near Santa Maria. Since then, three
civilians and four firefighters have been injured. That includes one
civilian who was burned. There are no reports of structures lost.
(22:27):
Daniel Martindale KFI News.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
During peak wildfire season, CalFire says, one less spark means
one less wildfire.
Speaker 5 (22:35):
When we talk about one less spark, ninety five percent
of all wildfires are started by.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
Humans, and we don't necessarily mean.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
That that is intentional.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Calfires David Acunya says to use caution when mowing your
grass because the blade can strike a rock and throw
a spark and that could start a fire. Also, he
advises you to avoid dragging things like chains from your
vehicle and avoid parking and dry grass. He also says
worn brake pads can cause a fire with metal on
metal throwing out sparks. CalFire says if you do see flames,
(23:07):
call nine to one one. California residents who qualify can
get up to ninety percent off vehicle air conditioning repairs
through the cool Air Rebate program. The program helps low
income people. So far, it's provided nearly two million dollars
in repairs and fixed about sixteen hundred vehicles. You can
visit Coolairrebate dot org to see if you qualify. Governor
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Newsom's planning to shut down the California Rehabilitation Center in Norcoe.
A motion to close the facilities moving forward because of
a significant decline in the state's incarcerated population. The closure
is projected to save the state around one hundred and
fifty million dollars a year. It'll be the fifth prison
to close since Newsom became governor. President Trump's sweeping tariffs
(23:49):
have gone into effect. Import taxes will hit levels not
seen in the country for almost one hundred years, with
over sixty countries and the European Union facing rates of
fifteen percent or more. Several products are going to be hit,
ranging from appliances to cars, to food and furniture. In
a post on truth Social just after things went into effect,
Trump said billions of dollars are now flowing into the US.
(24:12):
Disney CEO Bob Iiger is putting Hulu rumors to rest,
saying it's not going anywhere.
Speaker 15 (24:18):
Iiger announced plans to merge Hulu and Disney Plus into
a single super app in twenty twenty six. The new
platform will combine Marvel Pixar, The Handmaid's Tail, The Kardashians,
some family favorites, news, and even Live sports. Disney now
fully owns Hulu after buying Comcast Steak, but both streamers
will still be offered separately for subscribers who want to
keep them apart. Heather Brooker CAFI News.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
A funeral service is being held today for Detective Joshua Kelly.
Ecklin is one of three La County Sheriff's detectives killed
when a grenade that was thought to be inert exploded
at a Sheriff's facility in East LA. At the family's request,
the service will be private. The third detective will be
laid to rest next week. Ice agents have carried out
(25:02):
a raid and made multiple arrests at a home depot
in MacArthur Park. Sixteen were taken into custody. This was
the first high profile raids since a federal judge issued
temporary restraining orders against certain raids. US Attorney for LA
Bill Assaley said, for those who thought immigration enforcement had
stopped in California, think again. A woman from New Jersey's
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going to make history during the Marlins Braves matchup in
Atlanta this Sunday. She will become the first female umpire
to call a Major League Baseball regular season game. She's
been humping in the miners since twenty sixteen and umpired
a spring training game in twenty twenty four. At six
oh five, it's handle on the news. The big Dogs
(25:43):
are going to sit down to talk. A meeting between
President Trump and Russian President Putin appears to be about
to happen. Let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The
union representing about twelve thousand Stater Brothers workers across southern
California says it has reached a tentitive contract agreement with
the chain. No details have been released, though union official
(26:04):
say it includes higher wages, additional pension contributions, better and
faster access to healthcare benefits and improvements in staffing. The
Army says the man who allegedly shot five soldiers at
Fort Stewart in Georgia is a sergeant who used his
own handgun.
Speaker 8 (26:20):
It was not a military weapon.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Brigadier General John Lubas says the sergeant was an automated
logistics sergeant. He was taken down yesterday by other service
members and then arrested.
Speaker 7 (26:32):
These soldiers without a doubt prevented further casualties.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
The general says the sergeant had been arrested recently for DUI,
but his superiors didn't know about it until after the shooting.
The injured soldiers are all in the hospital and are
expected to recover. The La City Councils approved a guaranteed
income program for some residents.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
The plan is to give one thousand dollars a month
for two years to people who suffered intimate partner violence
and foster youth ages sixteen to twenty four. Councilman Hugo
Soto Martinez says, the first program for low income families
was a.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
Success and we saw life changing results. Families were able
to put food on the table. Workers Finally had the
flexibility to leave debt end jobs.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
The city plans to operate the program for two years
that include services beyond the money, including job training. Michael
Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
Small business owners affected by January's wildfires can apply for
grants of up to fifty thousand dollars through a nonprofit
formed by developer and former candidate for mayor Rick Caruso.
The program is called Steadfast LA. It was kickstarted by
a one million dollar donation by the Bank of California.
An independent third party is expected to administer the grants.
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Plastic pollution is a health danger that costs at least
one and a half trillion dollars a year.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
That's according to a new report in the medical journal
The Lancet, which looked at data from a range of
existing studies that found plastic chemicals are causing health problems
and that children and infants are especially at risk. It's
lowering birth rates, birth weights, and cognitive function. Meanwhile, plastic
production shows no sign of slowing and only ten percent
of it is recycled. Mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
A company in northern California has developed a new tool
for visually impaired people Kevin Chow, who is blind, has
teamed up with a business in Silicon Valley to create
echo vision glasses. Really about bringing back the independence, that
of power that sends the control and the ability to
have access to information in your role to decide and
choose what you want to do. The glasses can describe
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the wearer's surroundings with the push of a button. They
read text, recognize emotions, and offer hands free navigation assistance.
Speaker 4 (28:36):
How cool is that?
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Time to get in your business now with Bloomberg's Courtney
Nanaho Morning, Courtney, good morning.
Speaker 4 (28:43):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
So the tariffs have gone into effect and Toyota is
expected to be severely affected.
Speaker 4 (28:49):
Oh, no doubt about it.
Speaker 16 (28:50):
Toyota's warning of a nine and a half billion dollar
hit to its bottom line from the tariffs that have
rattled the whole auto industry. Now the carmaker's forecast, it's
way more pessimistic than some of its peers, Suberu, Nissan, Honda.
They expected to be a lot best, but Toyota tends
to be very conservative with its forecasts. Toyota, though, has
been working on some initiatives to mitigate the tariffs, and
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they're trying to shake up their supply chain for the
cars and hotels in the US.
Speaker 4 (29:18):
Okay, so maybe we want to put the Toyota on
hold for right now.
Speaker 16 (29:23):
Yes, But despite all the turmoil, Toyota lugged record global
sales during the first half of the year.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
So people are still.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
Going to buy the toyotas well. They make a good car.
Speaker 16 (29:33):
Yeah, and strong demand for their hybrids. Their hybrids were
really a shining star this past quarter. Okay, what's the
potential shakeup in my retirement plan?
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 16 (29:43):
So President Trump is expected to sign an executive order
today that aims to allow private equity, real estate, cryptocurrency,
other alternative assets, and four one K plans, so sources Tellnessea.
Order will direct the Labor Department to take a deeper
dive into the legal issues surrounding all of this, but
top officials in Washington they've been weighing this directive for months.
That would use a lot of the concerns that have
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long kept these type of assets out of most.
Speaker 4 (30:07):
Four oh one case.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
Although it's interesting because crypto is or traditionally has been
so volatile.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
M hm. And I think with a four oh one
K you want you don't want that volatility?
Speaker 16 (30:19):
Yeah, and that's why most retirement portfolios have been concentrated
in stocks and bonds because a lot of these administors
who are administrators who are running these corporate plans, have
been worried about venturing into something that's so liquid or
something like cryptocurrency that's quite complex.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
So a lot of us are sitting on our couch
and not going out to dinner. Because DoorDash had a
good year. Oh Dortash, no doubt about it.
Speaker 16 (30:46):
The number of deliveries hit a record seven hundred and
sixty one million in the recent quarter. So they said
they added new customers every month during the quarter, and
that longer term users placed a lot more orders from
some of the newer category that they're diving into, like
grocery stores and retailers. So they gave a financial outlook
that topped expectations top Wall Streets estimates.
Speaker 4 (31:08):
Okay, and what's the financial outlook on Wall Street today, Well,
it's looking good. Buyers waited back into the market. Yesterday.
Speaker 16 (31:15):
We had that rally in big tech shares of Apple
jump more than five percent because the company committed to
spending another one hundred billion dollars on domestic manufacturing. The
dowt rose eighty one points in this morning. We're building
on those gains on hoopes for truce in Russia's war
with Ukraine. Dow futures right now a two hundred points,
so solid. It's looking like a solid day head on
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Wall Street.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
Interesting to me that the tariffs kicked in and we're
going to have a good day on Wall Street exactly.
Speaker 16 (31:43):
You know, Well, the thing is, the geopolitical issues have
been hanging over the markets for a long long time.
The tariffs, we kind of knew what was coming down
the line. When Wall Street sees a surprise, it usually
is not good or usually really good. Oh, that's what
we're seeing today play out. That's our focus on geopolitical.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
Getting in your business like we do every day with
Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho. Thanks Courtney thee later, all right, talk
to you tomorrow. The LADWP says customers in Granada Hills
and Porter Ranch may not have their water service restored
until tomorrow because of emergency repairs at a local pump station.
About ninety two hundred customers are affected. The DWPS set
up water distribution centers at three different locations to provide
(32:25):
drinking water to affected households. A research paper suggests the
death toll from the wildfires and Pacific Palisades and Altadena
could be in the hundreds. The official death toll is
thirty one, but the paper published in Jama says there
were four hundred forty deaths between January fifth and February fifth.
The paper says those could have been caused by lung
(32:46):
and heart conditions made worse by the smoke or stress
from the fires. Layoff notices have been mailed to staff
at USC as it works to address the university's more
than two hundred million dollar operating deficit. Officials say the
layoff affect people at the Kech School of Medicine and
Kech Medicine of USC. The campus newspaper says most of
the layoffs will be completed by tomorrow. We're just minutes
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away from handle on the news this morning. The tariffs
have gone into effect. What's the effect going to be?
Bill's going to be talking about that right now. Let's
say good morning to Verizon tech expert Matt Weller.
Speaker 7 (33:23):
Good morning, Matt, good morning, Thank you so much for
having me, well, thanks.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
For coming on. We're getting ready to get the kids
back to school, and the big question that I'm sure
a lot of parents are asking is what kind of
tech do my kids need?
Speaker 4 (33:39):
What kind of tech should they have?
Speaker 1 (33:43):
And it's a question that you know, you're kind of
on your own, except now Verizon's going to step in
and give a little helping hand with a Verizon Family Weekend.
Speaker 4 (33:51):
Tell us what that is.
Speaker 7 (33:53):
Yeah, absolutely, We're so excited to host Verizon Family Weekend
this weekend and turn our stores kind of into an
unofficial back to school hub. We're going to be doing
three hands on demonstrations for all those kid friendly devices.
So whatever it is that you and your family need
to get fine tuned right before this school year, feel
free to come on in and join us and we'd
be happy to help.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
Okay, so when we're talking about the devices, Matt, what
kinds of things need to be considered for your children?
Speaker 7 (34:20):
Yeah, so right now is definitely the time to take
advantage of the back to school offers that we have.
Starting today, customers are going to get exciting offers on
all sorts of new phones, free iPhone sixteen A, free
Samsung S twenty five A three, Google Pixel nine devices
with select unlimited plans and no trade in. But a
really exciting option for parents right now is the Gizmo Watch.
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It's an incredible tool for helping keep your kids safe.
When paired with our award winning network, it gives parents
really an incredible range of features to help keep their
kids safe, from finding your child's location on a map
to setting up customizable locational work so you can instantly
get pinged when your kid gets home or leave the
designated area like school, and if a critical situation ever
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were to occur, kids can simply just press that SOS
button on their Gizmo Watch and it instantly alerts their
designated emergency contact. So it's a great tool to allow
kids to be able to get a little bit of
independence or the connected device, but and allow parents to
be able to call and text them without giving them
access to any Internet or social media content. Before a
parent's ready for.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
That, okay, and for that Gizmo watch, maybe they would
be wearing that watch even if a lot of schools
are not allowing students to have phones in school.
Speaker 7 (35:28):
But they can still have the watch, right So it
doesn't allow it doesn't allow any sort of social media
or Internet content, so it's very confined in that sense
for sure, okay, and.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
For this family, we can this is an opportunity to
go in, get your hands on see what options are available,
and you know, like do you want to have do
you want to know where your kids are are all
the time?
Speaker 4 (35:48):
And is that a good idea? And does that work?
Speaker 1 (35:49):
And is it age appropriate and all that stuff or
those are the things that people are going to be
able to find at your events.
Speaker 7 (35:55):
Yeah, absolutely can't recommend enough stopping by and just speaking
with one of our reps and let them find the
solution that works best for you and your family and
let them introduce really the wide range of tech and
resources that we have available to help you as the
school year. But one of the things we're really excited
about launching later this month is our Verizon Family Plus Perk.
It builds on the free Verizon Family app, which is
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still available to all customers, but it's going to streamline
that process to give you all of the parntal controls
you need to keep your kids connected and safe all
in one place. So for just ten dollars a month,
you're going to get unlimited location monitoring with on demand updates.
You're going to get content filtering, for online content, screen
time management to make sure we're not spending too much
time on those devices, of course, and then even driving
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insights for the new team drivers of course, want to
make sure we're keeping them safe as well. So really,
like I said, it's a wealth of tools at your disposal.
We're really excited for the Verizon Family Plus Perk to
launch on the twenty first.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
Okay, is this it all your stores?
Speaker 7 (36:51):
Yep? All the stores. Come on in and we'll be
happy to happy to help you.
Speaker 4 (36:55):
Do you need to make an appointment or just stop by?
Speaker 7 (36:57):
Absolutely not, stop on in all weekend long. We'll be
there and we'll be excited to help.
Speaker 4 (37:01):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
Matt Weller, Verizon Tech Expert, thanks so much for sharing
the information about Verizon Family Weekend.
Speaker 4 (37:08):
Appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
Thank you for having me so, you know, not an
ad for a Verizon this, We just thought that this
was a really cool opportunity for you to go in
and maybe think about that, because there are a lot
of things to consider when you're like, should you be
following your kids all the time?
Speaker 4 (37:25):
Do you want to do that?
Speaker 1 (37:26):
And I think that some of the parental controls that
they have are pretty cool, especially in today's world when
we want to keep connected and that kind of stuff.
Speaker 4 (37:34):
But it's an opportunity.
Speaker 1 (37:35):
It's this weekend, and you can take the family in
and check out the cool things that they have to offer.
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour news room. Federal immigration
agents Operation Trojan Horse in Westlake Is drawn criticism from
La City officials Mayor bass Is after weeks of relative
calm on the immigration front. Agents appear to be in
(37:56):
violation of a federal court ordered temporary restraining order.
Speaker 5 (37:59):
I saw pictures of a raid. Is hard for me
to believe that that raid was consistent with the court
order that said you cannot racially profile, you cannot racially discriminate.
Speaker 1 (38:12):
Agents pulled up in a rented Penske moving truck and
then popped out the back, arresting more than a dozen people.
The Man of Steel is now a Man of Ice.
Superman actor Dean Kaine says he's signed up with Immigration
and Customs Enforcement to help carry out the Trump administration's
mass deportations.
Speaker 17 (38:29):
What's been going on with our ice agents? It's been
crazy to me. These are wonderful men and women who
are enforcing the law. They deserve our protection and I
respect and I am so happy to be able to
join up with them.
Speaker 1 (38:43):
Kane told Fox News that he's already a sworn deputy
sheriff and a reserve police officer and will be sworn
in as an ICE agent to help protect this country.
A woman who reported Jeffrey Epstein decades before the world
knew his name, has broken her silence.
Speaker 15 (38:57):
Alicia Arden, who went to Santa Monica Beliefs in nine
ten ninety seven claiming Epstein's sexually assaulted her, says no
charges wherever filed, and she's lived with the trauma ever since,
and the story in the.
Speaker 6 (39:07):
News almost every day.
Speaker 13 (39:10):
It's very upsetting to me and I cry.
Speaker 15 (39:12):
With tears like I am now joining her attorney, Gloria Alred,
Arden is adamant that the Epstein files be released and
that his accomplice, Gallaine Maxwell, not be pardoned.
Speaker 13 (39:22):
She was convicted of sex trafficking of children.
Speaker 15 (39:26):
Alred, who represents twenty seven Epstein victims, says she wants
the nine hour transcript of Galaine Maxwell's meeting with the
Justice Department to be released as well. Heatherbrooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (39:36):
The California Energy Commission is offering fifty five million dollars
in incentives to get more companies to put in electric
charging stations. The Fast Charge California project can cover up
to one hundred percent of installation costs for fast chargers
that are available to the public. Priorities given to projects
in tribal, disadvantaged and low income communities. Eligible sites will
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include convenience stores, gas stations, and shopping centers.
Speaker 4 (40:02):
Good thing, because I think we need more chargers.
Speaker 1 (40:05):
Apple has added one hundred billion dollars to its planned
investments in the US. President Trump was joined by Apple
CEO Tim Cook at the White House yesterday to announce
that Apple's going to now invest six hundred billion dollars
in the US in the next four years. Part of
the investment includes new facilities in Texas, Arizona, Utah, and
New York. It's National Sea Serpent Day, celebrating the first
(40:30):
known sighting of a snakelike creature in the ocean back
in eighteen forty eight.
Speaker 14 (40:35):
That serpent was the Daedalus in the South Atlantic. There
are sea serpent sightings in every ocean in the world.
Canada has Ogopogo, Scotland, the Locknest Monster.
Speaker 4 (40:45):
There's one in Japan with eight tales.
Speaker 14 (40:47):
And don't forget the kraken, but there's no scientific evidence
proving they actually exist because the government will not fund searches.
Free Tennis KFI News.
Speaker 1 (40:57):
A Kraken's not a sea serpent, is it. I thought
a kraken was more like a giant squid or something.
Speaker 2 (41:02):
That's what I thought.
Speaker 1 (41:03):
Yeh yeah, And you know, we have not heard from
the Lockness Monster in quite a while, like NeSSI hasn't
been spotted. It's six o'clock. This is KFI and KOST
HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. Thanks for starting your
day with us live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
Speaker 4 (41:24):
I'm Amy King.
Speaker 1 (41:25):
This has been your wake up call, and if you
missed in a wake up Call, you can listen anytime
on the iHeartRadio app. Also, don't forget to go check
out Dogs, a Science Tale. It's on my Instagram at
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with me, Amy King. You can always hear wake Up
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You're listening to KFI Am six forty wake Up Call
with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Your morning wake up call.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Here's Amy Kig, Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
It's five o'clock, straight up. This is your wake up
call for Thursday, August seven. I'm Amy King. We're live
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
And of course at AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Thanks for starting your day with us. Yesterday we talked
about season two of Wednesday dropping on Netflix, and I
do love a good binge. So I went to Wendy's
because they have this special meal for Wednesday called the
what's it called the Meal of Woe or something, oh,
(00:55):
the Meal of Misfortune. And so I went and I
got my Meal Is of miss Fortune. It had a
rest in ten piece nuggets, rest in Peace gets rest
In ten piece nuggets, cursed and crispy small fries and
the Raven's Blood frosty.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
It was delicious.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
And so I got my Wendy's and I parked myself
on the couch and I watched the first half of
season two of Wednesday. I'm gonna hold off. I liked
season one better, but I still really like it, and
I love the Galla plays Wednesday. It's a fun show,
so and now you have to wait until September for
the second half. I hate that Netflix does that all
(01:35):
the time. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call. A
heat wave in southern California expected to peak today. Calabasas,
Santa Clarita, Lancaster are all expected to top one hundred.
A heat advisory is up for riverside in San Bernardino
Counties through tomorrow evening, with some areas expecting highs up
to one oh six. The union representing about twelve thousand
Stater Brothers employees in southern California has reached a tentative
(01:59):
contract agreement with the grocery chain.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Union official say it includes higher.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Wages, additional pension contributions, better and faster access to healthcare
benefits and improvements and staffing. Five soldiers recovering after being
shot at Fort Stewart in Georgia. The suspected shooter is
an active duty sergeant. He was taken down by fellow
soldiers after the shooting yesterday and has been taken into
custody at thirty say they believe he used his own gun,
(02:26):
not an army issued weapon. ABC's crime and terror analyst
to Brad Garrett's going to join us to find out
if military bases are especially susceptible to shootings and what
can hopefully be done to prevent them. That's coming up
in just a couple of minutes at five point fifty.
With kids going back to school in La next week
and for much of Orange County a couple weeks later.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
I think Anaheim kids were already back.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
What kind of tech should your kids have and what
works for your family to best keep your kids safe
and keep them connected. We're going to find out with
Verizon tech expert Matt Weller and tell you where you
can go to get some hands on advice about it.
This weekend, also wake up calls going to the Dogs.
We're going out and about two Dogs a science tail
at the California Science Center, and I'm going to tell
(03:12):
you if you haven't gone yet and you have children,
you need to go. I mean, it's really it's really
a cool interactive opportunity for the kids to go and
play and learn about Man's best friend. Let's get started
with some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom and immigration enforcement operation outside of
home depot in LA's Westlake neighborhood has drawn criticism from
(03:36):
city leaders.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
The same home depot parking lot had been hit by
federal agents two months ago, but things have been quieter
in recent weeks. Mayr Bass says the operation appears to
be in violation of a court ordered temporary restraining order
on racial profiling and immigration enforcement.
Speaker 5 (03:51):
We're going to continue to celebrate that court decision, but
we have to fight to make sure that that court
decision is actually implemented.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
And followed, agents pulled up an a Rint Penske moving
truck and then popped out the back, arresting more than
a dozen people in what they called Operation Trojan Horse.
Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
People Importer Ranch and parts of Granad Hill has been
told to boil their tap water before using it for
cooking or drinking because of a problem at a palm station.
Crews have been working on repairs since yesterday, and people
in the area have been urged to conserve water.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Some say they don't have any water at all.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
The boil water notice effects of DWP customers north of
Vernaldi Street or the one to eighteen Freeway and west
of Balboa Boulevard. Those repairs on that line are not
expected to be completed until at least tomorrow. It's affecting
ninety two hundred people, so that's an inconvenience. New research
shows the death toll from the wildfires in la in
(04:47):
January is a lot higher than what's been reported.
Speaker 6 (04:49):
While the official death toll stands at thirty one, the
actual number of fire related fatalities is actually four hundred
and forty, according to a research paper published in Theournal
of the American Medical Association. The study shows the additional
deaths are likely due to fire related factors such as
lung or heart conditions exacerbated by smoker stress, and indirect
(05:11):
causes such as disruptions to health systems and mental health impacts.
Eileen Gonzalez KFI News, the.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Woman plucked from a chimney in San Fernando's been arrested
for allegedly going back to the site. Firefighters spent over
an hour on Tuesday using ropes and ladders to rescue
the woman. She got stuck about three feet down inside
the chimney at a rec center. She was arrested yesterday
for trying to climb back onto that same roof. Where
(05:39):
the chimney is sho hey. Otani now has one thousand
hits in his major league career. He did it with
a two run home run in the third inning of
last night's game against the Cardinals. He was also the
starting pitcher. He allowed one run on two hits, struck
out of season n eight batters. The Cards rallied though,
and beat the Dodgers five to three. Boo hiss. Otani
(06:01):
is now the third Japanese born MLB player with a
thousand hits, joining Ichiro Suzuki and Adeiki Matsui.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
And he's our guy. We love them.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Let's say good morning now too. ABC's crime and Terror
analyst Brad Garrett. Good morning, Brad, So Brad, we've had
another mass shooting, this time at Fort Stewart in Georgia.
What do we know about the alleged shooter.
Speaker 7 (06:29):
Not much.
Speaker 8 (06:30):
Twenty seven joined the army in twenty eighteen. Obviously, he's
gotten promoted. He's now a sergeant. The military reports that
he came at some point on base with his own
personal firearm, which is big time against regulations obviously, and
then in his own unit. In other words, the people
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he works with goes in and shoots five of them yesterday.
It struck me early on as we got pieces of
this amy is that this is like workplace violence. I mean,
how many stories we talked about where disgruntled folks get fired,
to get into it with the boss, to get into
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it with somebody at work, and they go to their
car or go home, get a weapon, come back in
and start shooting people. It certainly has that flavor. So
but we don't know the why, of course, and virtually
nothing that I'm aware of about this guy. In other words,
what are the motivators? I mean, I could come up
with a list for you, but we just don't know
(07:36):
at this point.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Still too early to tell me.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
And do we know, Brad, did it happen inside outside
or have they told us yet?
Speaker 8 (07:47):
They haven't told us. They haven't told us. Now he
was a logistics or logistical type sergeant, which I'm not
sure what that means. He's never been deployed. In other words,
says he had an inside job, is what I'm trying
to say, versus folks that are out working outdoors. So no,
(08:07):
I didn't love the answer to that question, but but
clearly targeting his fellow worker.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Right, Okay, and then shootings on bases are nothing new.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
There been several Are there reasons?
Speaker 1 (08:24):
I mean, like from your analysis of stuff, is there
anything that makes like the bass susceptible to the shootings
well to.
Speaker 8 (08:32):
A certain extent only amy because of a couple of variables.
One is high concentration of males that are young, talking
teens into early twenties typically, and we all know the difficulties, frustrations,
im maturity factor in particular in boys at that age,
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and can they handle things like financial us. When I
was an officer in the Marine Corps Camp Pendleton, I
mean I had a number of troops that were, you know,
seventeen eighteen who already had kids. So I mean it's
just those kinds of stressors on people who don't make
much money can drive some folks to commit violence. And
(09:19):
you know, the army, if they've not figured it out yet,
and probably with the FBI's help, will you know, drill
down as to you know what basically flipped the switch
in the sky to go and do this well.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
And with this one that he lived, he didn't kill himself,
he didn't get shot, so they'll hopefully be able to
get some insight into you know what drove him over
the edge to do this.
Speaker 8 (09:45):
Yeah, and we'll see. But you know, the short answer
is to this have been stopped and I and my
answer is no, unless you knew about it in advance. Yeah,
you can't search. You can't search. Thousands of people come
home on a military I mean you would know in
LA the number of bases you have there around you
that people come and go every day twenty four to seven.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
Yeah, and BRAT.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Historically, have shootings on bases always been a problem or
is this something that's evolved in the last years, sort
of like school shootings.
Speaker 8 (10:19):
Have well, I think evolves as the right word. Do
I think that we have more shootings? It depends on
what stats you look at. Is it something that happens
with some regularity? I guess the answer would be yes.
But having said that, Amy, if you ask me to
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look at the population on Los Angeles between seventeen and
twenty four, you know, with regularity you have shootings with
folks that age, So you know, are they just a
reflection of the population to a certain extent, The answer
is yes.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
Okay, well that's unfortunate. Unfortunate.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
ABC's crime and Arry analyst Brad Garrett, thanks so much
for the information.
Speaker 4 (11:05):
As always, welcome, You're caring here.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A technical glitch
that forced United Airlines to ground all of its flights
across the country has been resolved, but ABC's Jim Ryans's
delays and cancelations have extended into this morning.
Speaker 9 (11:24):
At major hubs served by United Airlines, thousands of passengers
got the bad news a The problem was with the
computer system that calculates the weight and balance of United aircraft,
a crucial component in flight safety.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Over a thousand flights were delayed, dozens were canceled. United
said it was covering meals and hotels for impacted customers.
I just got caught up in that not too long
ago when I flew up to Oregon and Alaska had
had it wasn't the same issue, but they had also
had an IT issue that forced a ground stop and
it only lasted for a couple of hours. But then
(12:00):
you have all those flights backed up and backed up,
and so the next day I think I was flying U.
Let's say it flew from Medford to Portland and then
Portland to LA and the Portland to LA was still
delayed by two hours because of that, so it's going
to take them a while to catch up. So I
know that that's frustrating, but I guess it's part of
(12:21):
air travel these days.
Speaker 6 (12:22):
Mista's three basavam Jakov.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
The Kremlin says a meeting between Russian President Putin and
President Trump has been agreed to. It was announced ahead
for tomorrow's White House deadline for Russia to show progress
toward ending the three year old war in Ukraine. A
Russian official says the meeting could happen next week. It's
not clear where President Trump said he would meet with
Putin if Putin agreed to meet with Ukrainian President Zelenski
(12:49):
at the same time. Attorney Gloria Allread says her client,
Alisia Arden, would have testified if charges had been filed
when she reported being assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein and Amnonica
back in nineteen ninety seven.
Speaker 7 (13:02):
Unfortunately, no prosecution ever took place.
Speaker 10 (13:04):
Alicia alleges that she would have.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Been willing to testify against Jeffrey Epstein if the criminal case.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Had been filed.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Alread is demanding US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche released
the transcript from the nine hour interview he did with
Gallaine Maxwell. Maxitwell was convicted of sex trafficking and abuse
of miners alongside Epstein. She was recently moved to a
low security prison that followed her interview with Blanche. The
former senior advisor to President Biden is scheduled to testify
(13:34):
today in the Republican led investigation into the president's mental fitness.
Anita Don had previously agreed to a closed door interview.
It's not clear Shield plead the fifth as several other
staffers have. The investigation has been focused on Biden's alleged
mental decline and use of the autopen. Republicans say the
autopen use may make some of Biden's pardons void. Apple
(13:58):
CEO Tim Cook has visited with President Trump at the
White House. Is Trump announced a one percent tariff on
computer chips, Cook presented Trump with a glass and gold
gift made in the US, and made an announcement.
Speaker 11 (14:11):
For the first time ever, every single new iPhone and
every single new Apple Watch sold anywhere in the world
will contain corber glass made in Kentucky.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Cook is also increasing Apple's investments in US production, allowing
the company to avoid the steep new tariffs on foreign semiconductors.
New research reveals that chat gpd can provide harmful advice
to teenagers.
Speaker 12 (14:38):
The Associated Press reviewed interactions where the chat bot gave
detailed plans for drug use, eating disorders, and suicide notes.
The Center for Countering Digital Hate found that testing chat
GBT with harmful prompts led the chat bot to respond
in dangerous ways more than half the time. The study
highlights the risks as more people, particularly teens, turned to
AI for companionship and advice. Open Ai, the maker of
(15:02):
chat GPT, says its work is ongoing and refining how
models identify and respond appropriately in sensitive situations.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
Deborah Mark Kifi News.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
The Ventura County Sheriff's Office is investigating the deaths of
two people along Pacific Coast Highway. The bodies were found
in a car about seven thirty last night at a
popular scenic viewpoint at Point Magoo State Park. Investigators say
there are what they call suspicious factors in the case.
Some residents of Malibu have been advised to only drink
(15:33):
boiled or bottled water because of a recent drop in
water pressure the dips caused by a bridge replacement project.
The boil water notice is for customers west of Coral
Canyon and Solstice Canyon Roads, with the exception of those
at Trancus Canyon and Latigo Canyon. Also Bottled waters being
distributed to customers who are affected at LA Waterworks District
(15:55):
headquarters from nine to six Today and tomorrow. Police have
detained a man they say fired several shotgun blasts inside
his condominium into his neighbor's units in Huntington Beach. Nobody
got hurt in the shooting yesterday morning, but residents were
evacuated from their homes in pch had to be shut
down for a while. The man surrendered peacefully, and police
didn't say why he was firing the shotgun. At six
(16:17):
oh five, it's handle on the news. President Trump's tariffs
have gone into effect. How will those chips fall? Bill's
gonna be talking about that. Last week we went to
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles to check out
Fierce The Story of Cats was a very cool, really
great exhibit, and it's a good one even if you
don't like cats, like you know, house cats, because it's
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got a lot of lions and cougars. Well it's got tigers.
It doesn't have bears. It's got lions and tigers. But
it's a really great, a great exhibit. So this week
we wanted to give dogs equal time and right next
door practically at the California Science Center is Dogs a
Science Tail. So we got to catch up with the
director of Life'sigeciences, doctor Lucy Chang, to tell us about
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Dogs a Science Tale. So doctor Chang, please tell us
what we're going to see when we dive into the
world of dogs.
Speaker 13 (17:10):
So Dogs is a great exhibit, very interactive, very educational. Basically,
you'll learn about dogs, our relationship with dogs, history of dogs,
and some incredible things that dogs can do.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Dogs can do so much. And I think that this
is so interesting because you really get to take a
look into kind of what makes dogs tick. Because we
know that they're wonderful companions, but that companionship goes a
long way back, and you take a look at that too.
Speaker 14 (17:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 13 (17:39):
Absolutely, So the exhibition starts off with a look at
where dogs came from, which started off you know, it's
one of the earliest domesticated animals that humans have interacted with,
and so you know, tens of thousands of years of
evolution have led to a sort of modern day dog
that we have.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
And another thing that you have, you have this big
board of why dogs do the things they do, and
you can go and look and say, like, why does
the dog chase's tail? And there's actually a reason that
the dog does that.
Speaker 13 (18:07):
Yeah, So that sort of information is based off of
lots of different studies sort of looking at dog behavior
and finding sort of these natural and red reasons why
some of the behaviors that we find quite puzzling aren't
actually all that surprising.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Yeah. And then the other thing, we know that dogs
they smell great and they hear way better than we do,
and so you.
Speaker 13 (18:30):
Have exhibits for that too. Absolutely. So right behind us
we have are one of the sections, which is the
Incredible Dog, and it really lets people sort of hear
what a dog hears and see what a dog sees,
and tests your running capabilities against how fast a dog runs.
So it really is focused on all the amazing things
that dogs can do.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Okay, so the running capabilities, it's literally what is that
it's about. It's not fifty yards, it's probably twenty yards
or something. And you can see if you can run
as fast as a dog exactly.
Speaker 13 (18:56):
Yeah, you push a button in the start and you
run as fast as you can, and you can compare
your speed against the chihuahua German shepherd.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Okay, so I can beat the chiuaua probably right, I
don't know.
Speaker 13 (19:05):
I mean the trawa I think can run pretty fast.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Tell me, doctor Chang, why do we love dogs so much?
Speaker 13 (19:13):
I mean, dogs and humans have a very special relationship.
I think there's a number of ways in which dogs
have been integrated into our society, into our interactions with
each other. There's a really great back and forth of
just companionship and affection that has developed with the relationship
between humans and dogs. And so I think that's sort
of like a give or take that gets explored more
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in the exhibition of them.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
But as you mentioned, there's all kinds of interactive things
to do, like you can go and put a dog
in a profession. Yeah.
Speaker 13 (19:44):
Absolutely, So you can look at different occupations that humans
have to interact with dogs. You can look at the
different occupations that dogs have, everything from you know, canine's
working with police force to search and rescue, and also
you get to look at you know, ways in which
dog and integrate into our society, so pop culture, our neighborhood,
dog walking, things like that.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
And the other thing that I love that I saw
in the exhibit was if you don't have a dog,
of course, still come down here because you can learn
all about them. But if you're thinking about getting a dog,
there's a part of the exhibit that talks to you
about when should I get a dog? What kind of
dog should I get?
Speaker 13 (20:21):
Absolutely, so we have one section of the exhibition that
talks about the care for dogs and you know the
requirements we care for dogs, how to have a healthy
relationship with dogs, and also if a dog's not right
for you, here are some other options, which is really nice.
Speaker 4 (20:35):
Right, I love that?
Speaker 1 (20:36):
And when is this exhibit going through?
Speaker 13 (20:39):
So basically this exhibit is here at the California Science
Center through early next year.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
Perfect So if you'd like to get out more information,
find out about tickets, when you can come, Where do
you go?
Speaker 13 (20:48):
Absolutely check out our website Californiascience Center dot org.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
General admission is.
Speaker 13 (20:53):
Always free and the sexubibission is included in that.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
I love that we're out and about at the California
Science Center. Thank you, doctor lu Chang. We appreciate your time.
We're at Dogs a Science Tale. Such a great exhibit
for families too, like if you've got kids and you
want to do something with them, occupy their little hands
and their brains for a couple of hours. And of
course the whole Science Center is just amazing. I'm always
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just like bowled over when I go there. I'm like,
I need to come back and just spend the day here.
We went, we went down into the ocean exhibit. I
can't remember what it's called, and there's this little octopus
that you get to see and like, so a really
cool way to spend the day. And again it's called
Dogs a Science Tail. It's at the California Science Center.
And if you want a little sneak peek into some
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of the things you're going to see and be able
to do with the kids. I'm going to post this
on my Instagram at amy Kking. That's at amy Kking,
and of course I would love it if you would
follow me. It's also going to post on Kfi's Instagram
at kfi Am six forty. A little bit later, that's
where we went out and about had to give equal
time to the dogs.
Speaker 11 (21:58):
Sure, what right?
Speaker 4 (22:00):
All right?
Speaker 1 (22:01):
The wildfire on California Central Coast is now burned more
than ninety one thousand acres.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
It's still nine percent surrounded.
Speaker 10 (22:07):
The fire has prompted evacuation orders for hundreds of homes
in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. The fire,
which is the largest in California so far this year,
started last Friday afternoon near Santa Maria. Since then, three
civilians and four firefighters have been injured. That includes one
civilian who was burned. There are no reports of structures lost.
(22:27):
Daniel Martindale KFI News.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
During peak wildfire season, CalFire says, one less spark means
one less wildfire.
Speaker 5 (22:35):
When we talk about one less spark, ninety five percent
of all wildfires are started by.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
Humans, and we don't necessarily mean.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
That that is intentional.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Calfires David Acunya says to use caution when mowing your
grass because the blade can strike a rock and throw
a spark and that could start a fire. Also, he
advises you to avoid dragging things like chains from your
vehicle and avoid parking and dry grass. He also says
worn brake pads can cause a fire with metal on
metal throwing out sparks. CalFire says if you do see flames,
(23:07):
call nine to one one. California residents who qualify can
get up to ninety percent off vehicle air conditioning repairs
through the cool Air Rebate program. The program helps low
income people. So far, it's provided nearly two million dollars
in repairs and fixed about sixteen hundred vehicles. You can
visit Coolairrebate dot org to see if you qualify. Governor
(23:28):
Newsom's planning to shut down the California Rehabilitation Center in Norcoe.
A motion to close the facilities moving forward because of
a significant decline in the state's incarcerated population. The closure
is projected to save the state around one hundred and
fifty million dollars a year. It'll be the fifth prison
to close since Newsom became governor. President Trump's sweeping tariffs
(23:49):
have gone into effect. Import taxes will hit levels not
seen in the country for almost one hundred years, with
over sixty countries and the European Union facing rates of
fifteen percent or more. Several products are going to be hit,
ranging from appliances to cars, to food and furniture. In
a post on truth Social just after things went into effect,
Trump said billions of dollars are now flowing into the US.
(24:12):
Disney CEO Bob Iiger is putting Hulu rumors to rest,
saying it's not going anywhere.
Speaker 15 (24:18):
Iiger announced plans to merge Hulu and Disney Plus into
a single super app in twenty twenty six. The new
platform will combine Marvel Pixar, The Handmaid's Tail, The Kardashians,
some family favorites, news, and even Live sports. Disney now
fully owns Hulu after buying Comcast Steak, but both streamers
will still be offered separately for subscribers who want to
keep them apart. Heather Brooker CAFI News.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
A funeral service is being held today for Detective Joshua Kelly.
Ecklin is one of three La County Sheriff's detectives killed
when a grenade that was thought to be inert exploded
at a Sheriff's facility in East LA. At the family's request,
the service will be private. The third detective will be
laid to rest next week. Ice agents have carried out
(25:02):
a raid and made multiple arrests at a home depot
in MacArthur Park. Sixteen were taken into custody. This was
the first high profile raids since a federal judge issued
temporary restraining orders against certain raids. US Attorney for LA
Bill Assaley said, for those who thought immigration enforcement had
stopped in California, think again. A woman from New Jersey's
(25:23):
going to make history during the Marlins Braves matchup in
Atlanta this Sunday. She will become the first female umpire
to call a Major League Baseball regular season game. She's
been humping in the miners since twenty sixteen and umpired
a spring training game in twenty twenty four. At six
oh five, it's handle on the news. The big Dogs
(25:43):
are going to sit down to talk. A meeting between
President Trump and Russian President Putin appears to be about
to happen. Let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The
union representing about twelve thousand Stater Brothers workers across southern
California says it has reached a tentitive contract agreement with
the chain. No details have been released, though union official
(26:04):
say it includes higher wages, additional pension contributions, better and
faster access to healthcare benefits and improvements in staffing. The
Army says the man who allegedly shot five soldiers at
Fort Stewart in Georgia is a sergeant who used his
own handgun.
Speaker 8 (26:20):
It was not a military weapon.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Brigadier General John Lubas says the sergeant was an automated
logistics sergeant. He was taken down yesterday by other service
members and then arrested.
Speaker 7 (26:32):
These soldiers without a doubt prevented further casualties.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
The general says the sergeant had been arrested recently for DUI,
but his superiors didn't know about it until after the shooting.
The injured soldiers are all in the hospital and are
expected to recover. The La City Councils approved a guaranteed
income program for some residents.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
The plan is to give one thousand dollars a month
for two years to people who suffered intimate partner violence
and foster youth ages sixteen to twenty four. Councilman Hugo
Soto Martinez says, the first program for low income families
was a.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
Success and we saw life changing results. Families were able
to put food on the table. Workers Finally had the
flexibility to leave debt end jobs.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
The city plans to operate the program for two years
that include services beyond the money, including job training. Michael
Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
Small business owners affected by January's wildfires can apply for
grants of up to fifty thousand dollars through a nonprofit
formed by developer and former candidate for mayor Rick Caruso.
The program is called Steadfast LA. It was kickstarted by
a one million dollar donation by the Bank of California.
An independent third party is expected to administer the grants.
(27:40):
Plastic pollution is a health danger that costs at least
one and a half trillion dollars a year.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
That's according to a new report in the medical journal
The Lancet, which looked at data from a range of
existing studies that found plastic chemicals are causing health problems
and that children and infants are especially at risk. It's
lowering birth rates, birth weights, and cognitive function. Meanwhile, plastic
production shows no sign of slowing and only ten percent
of it is recycled. Mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
A company in northern California has developed a new tool
for visually impaired people Kevin Chow, who is blind, has
teamed up with a business in Silicon Valley to create
echo vision glasses. Really about bringing back the independence, that
of power that sends the control and the ability to
have access to information in your role to decide and
choose what you want to do. The glasses can describe
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the wearer's surroundings with the push of a button. They
read text, recognize emotions, and offer hands free navigation assistance.
Speaker 4 (28:36):
How cool is that?
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Time to get in your business now with Bloomberg's Courtney
Nanaho Morning, Courtney, good morning.
Speaker 4 (28:43):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
So the tariffs have gone into effect and Toyota is
expected to be severely affected.
Speaker 4 (28:49):
Oh, no doubt about it.
Speaker 16 (28:50):
Toyota's warning of a nine and a half billion dollar
hit to its bottom line from the tariffs that have
rattled the whole auto industry. Now the carmaker's forecast, it's
way more pessimistic than some of its peers, Suberu, Nissan, Honda.
They expected to be a lot best, but Toyota tends
to be very conservative with its forecasts. Toyota, though, has
been working on some initiatives to mitigate the tariffs, and
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they're trying to shake up their supply chain for the
cars and hotels in the US.
Speaker 4 (29:18):
Okay, so maybe we want to put the Toyota on
hold for right now.
Speaker 16 (29:23):
Yes, But despite all the turmoil, Toyota lugged record global
sales during the first half of the year.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
So people are still.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
Going to buy the toyotas well. They make a good car.
Speaker 16 (29:33):
Yeah, and strong demand for their hybrids. Their hybrids were
really a shining star this past quarter. Okay, what's the
potential shakeup in my retirement plan?
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 16 (29:43):
So President Trump is expected to sign an executive order
today that aims to allow private equity, real estate, cryptocurrency,
other alternative assets, and four one K plans, so sources Tellnessea.
Order will direct the Labor Department to take a deeper
dive into the legal issues surrounding all of this, but
top officials in Washington they've been weighing this directive for months.
That would use a lot of the concerns that have
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long kept these type of assets out of most.
Speaker 4 (30:07):
Four oh one case.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
Although it's interesting because crypto is or traditionally has been
so volatile.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
M hm. And I think with a four oh one
K you want you don't want that volatility?
Speaker 16 (30:19):
Yeah, and that's why most retirement portfolios have been concentrated
in stocks and bonds because a lot of these administors
who are administrators who are running these corporate plans, have
been worried about venturing into something that's so liquid or
something like cryptocurrency that's quite complex.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
So a lot of us are sitting on our couch
and not going out to dinner. Because DoorDash had a
good year. Oh Dortash, no doubt about it.
Speaker 16 (30:46):
The number of deliveries hit a record seven hundred and
sixty one million in the recent quarter. So they said
they added new customers every month during the quarter, and
that longer term users placed a lot more orders from
some of the newer category that they're diving into, like
grocery stores and retailers. So they gave a financial outlook
that topped expectations top Wall Streets estimates.
Speaker 4 (31:08):
Okay, and what's the financial outlook on Wall Street today, Well,
it's looking good. Buyers waited back into the market. Yesterday.
Speaker 16 (31:15):
We had that rally in big tech shares of Apple
jump more than five percent because the company committed to
spending another one hundred billion dollars on domestic manufacturing. The
dowt rose eighty one points in this morning. We're building
on those gains on hoopes for truce in Russia's war
with Ukraine. Dow futures right now a two hundred points,
so solid. It's looking like a solid day head on
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Wall Street.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
Interesting to me that the tariffs kicked in and we're
going to have a good day on Wall Street exactly.
Speaker 16 (31:43):
You know, Well, the thing is, the geopolitical issues have
been hanging over the markets for a long long time.
The tariffs, we kind of knew what was coming down
the line. When Wall Street sees a surprise, it usually
is not good or usually really good. Oh, that's what
we're seeing today play out. That's our focus on geopolitical.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
Getting in your business like we do every day with
Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho. Thanks Courtney thee later, all right, talk
to you tomorrow. The LADWP says customers in Granada Hills
and Porter Ranch may not have their water service restored
until tomorrow because of emergency repairs at a local pump station.
About ninety two hundred customers are affected. The DWPS set
up water distribution centers at three different locations to provide
(32:25):
drinking water to affected households. A research paper suggests the
death toll from the wildfires and Pacific Palisades and Altadena
could be in the hundreds. The official death toll is
thirty one, but the paper published in Jama says there
were four hundred forty deaths between January fifth and February fifth.
The paper says those could have been caused by lung
(32:46):
and heart conditions made worse by the smoke or stress
from the fires. Layoff notices have been mailed to staff
at USC as it works to address the university's more
than two hundred million dollar operating deficit. Officials say the
layoff affect people at the Kech School of Medicine and
Kech Medicine of USC. The campus newspaper says most of
the layoffs will be completed by tomorrow. We're just minutes
(33:09):
away from handle on the news this morning. The tariffs
have gone into effect. What's the effect going to be?
Bill's going to be talking about that right now. Let's
say good morning to Verizon tech expert Matt Weller.
Speaker 7 (33:23):
Good morning, Matt, good morning, Thank you so much for
having me, well, thanks.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
For coming on. We're getting ready to get the kids
back to school, and the big question that I'm sure
a lot of parents are asking is what kind of
tech do my kids need?
Speaker 4 (33:39):
What kind of tech should they have?
Speaker 1 (33:43):
And it's a question that you know, you're kind of
on your own, except now Verizon's going to step in
and give a little helping hand with a Verizon Family Weekend.
Speaker 4 (33:51):
Tell us what that is.
Speaker 7 (33:53):
Yeah, absolutely, We're so excited to host Verizon Family Weekend
this weekend and turn our stores kind of into an
unofficial back to school hub. We're going to be doing
three hands on demonstrations for all those kid friendly devices.
So whatever it is that you and your family need
to get fine tuned right before this school year, feel
free to come on in and join us and we'd
be happy to help.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
Okay, so when we're talking about the devices, Matt, what
kinds of things need to be considered for your children?
Speaker 7 (34:20):
Yeah, so right now is definitely the time to take
advantage of the back to school offers that we have.
Starting today, customers are going to get exciting offers on
all sorts of new phones, free iPhone sixteen A, free
Samsung S twenty five A three, Google Pixel nine devices
with select unlimited plans and no trade in. But a
really exciting option for parents right now is the Gizmo Watch.
(34:41):
It's an incredible tool for helping keep your kids safe.
When paired with our award winning network, it gives parents
really an incredible range of features to help keep their
kids safe, from finding your child's location on a map
to setting up customizable locational work so you can instantly
get pinged when your kid gets home or leave the
designated area like school, and if a critical situation ever
(35:02):
were to occur, kids can simply just press that SOS
button on their Gizmo Watch and it instantly alerts their
designated emergency contact. So it's a great tool to allow
kids to be able to get a little bit of
independence or the connected device, but and allow parents to
be able to call and text them without giving them
access to any Internet or social media content. Before a
parent's ready for.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
That, okay, and for that Gizmo watch, maybe they would
be wearing that watch even if a lot of schools
are not allowing students to have phones in school.
Speaker 7 (35:28):
But they can still have the watch, right So it
doesn't allow it doesn't allow any sort of social media
or Internet content, so it's very confined in that sense
for sure, okay, and.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
For this family, we can this is an opportunity to
go in, get your hands on see what options are available,
and you know, like do you want to have do
you want to know where your kids are are all
the time?
Speaker 4 (35:48):
And is that a good idea? And does that work?
Speaker 1 (35:49):
And is it age appropriate and all that stuff or
those are the things that people are going to be
able to find at your events.
Speaker 7 (35:55):
Yeah, absolutely can't recommend enough stopping by and just speaking
with one of our reps and let them find the
solution that works best for you and your family and
let them introduce really the wide range of tech and
resources that we have available to help you as the
school year. But one of the things we're really excited
about launching later this month is our Verizon Family Plus Perk.
It builds on the free Verizon Family app, which is
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still available to all customers, but it's going to streamline
that process to give you all of the parntal controls
you need to keep your kids connected and safe all
in one place. So for just ten dollars a month,
you're going to get unlimited location monitoring with on demand updates.
You're going to get content filtering, for online content, screen
time management to make sure we're not spending too much
time on those devices, of course, and then even driving
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insights for the new team drivers of course, want to
make sure we're keeping them safe as well. So really,
like I said, it's a wealth of tools at your disposal.
We're really excited for the Verizon Family Plus Perk to
launch on the twenty first.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
Okay, is this it all your stores?
Speaker 7 (36:51):
Yep? All the stores. Come on in and we'll be
happy to happy to help you.
Speaker 4 (36:55):
Do you need to make an appointment or just stop by?
Speaker 7 (36:57):
Absolutely not, stop on in all weekend long. We'll be
there and we'll be excited to help.
Speaker 4 (37:01):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
Matt Weller, Verizon Tech Expert, thanks so much for sharing
the information about Verizon Family Weekend.
Speaker 4 (37:08):
Appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
Thank you for having me so, you know, not an
ad for a Verizon this, We just thought that this
was a really cool opportunity for you to go in
and maybe think about that, because there are a lot
of things to consider when you're like, should you be
following your kids all the time?
Speaker 4 (37:25):
Do you want to do that?
Speaker 1 (37:26):
And I think that some of the parental controls that
they have are pretty cool, especially in today's world when
we want to keep connected and that kind of stuff.
Speaker 4 (37:34):
But it's an opportunity.
Speaker 1 (37:35):
It's this weekend, and you can take the family in
and check out the cool things that they have to offer.
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour news room. Federal immigration
agents Operation Trojan Horse in Westlake Is drawn criticism from
La City officials Mayor bass Is after weeks of relative
calm on the immigration front. Agents appear to be in
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violation of a federal court ordered temporary restraining order.
Speaker 5 (37:59):
I saw pictures of a raid. Is hard for me
to believe that that raid was consistent with the court
order that said you cannot racially profile, you cannot racially discriminate.
Speaker 1 (38:12):
Agents pulled up in a rented Penske moving truck and
then popped out the back, arresting more than a dozen people.
The Man of Steel is now a Man of Ice.
Superman actor Dean Kaine says he's signed up with Immigration
and Customs Enforcement to help carry out the Trump administration's
mass deportations.
Speaker 17 (38:29):
What's been going on with our ice agents? It's been
crazy to me. These are wonderful men and women who
are enforcing the law. They deserve our protection and I
respect and I am so happy to be able to
join up with them.
Speaker 1 (38:43):
Kane told Fox News that he's already a sworn deputy
sheriff and a reserve police officer and will be sworn
in as an ICE agent to help protect this country.
A woman who reported Jeffrey Epstein decades before the world
knew his name, has broken her silence.
Speaker 15 (38:57):
Alicia Arden, who went to Santa Monica Beliefs in nine
ten ninety seven claiming Epstein's sexually assaulted her, says no
charges wherever filed, and she's lived with the trauma ever since,
and the story in the.
Speaker 6 (39:07):
News almost every day.
Speaker 13 (39:10):
It's very upsetting to me and I cry.
Speaker 15 (39:12):
With tears like I am now joining her attorney, Gloria Alred,
Arden is adamant that the Epstein files be released and
that his accomplice, Gallaine Maxwell, not be pardoned.
Speaker 13 (39:22):
She was convicted of sex trafficking of children.
Speaker 15 (39:26):
Alred, who represents twenty seven Epstein victims, says she wants
the nine hour transcript of Galaine Maxwell's meeting with the
Justice Department to be released as well. Heatherbrooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (39:36):
The California Energy Commission is offering fifty five million dollars
in incentives to get more companies to put in electric
charging stations. The Fast Charge California project can cover up
to one hundred percent of installation costs for fast chargers
that are available to the public. Priorities given to projects
in tribal, disadvantaged and low income communities. Eligible sites will
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include convenience stores, gas stations, and shopping centers.
Speaker 4 (40:02):
Good thing, because I think we need more chargers.
Speaker 1 (40:05):
Apple has added one hundred billion dollars to its planned
investments in the US. President Trump was joined by Apple
CEO Tim Cook at the White House yesterday to announce
that Apple's going to now invest six hundred billion dollars
in the US in the next four years. Part of
the investment includes new facilities in Texas, Arizona, Utah, and
New York. It's National Sea Serpent Day, celebrating the first
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known sighting of a snakelike creature in the ocean back
in eighteen forty eight.
Speaker 14 (40:35):
That serpent was the Daedalus in the South Atlantic. There
are sea serpent sightings in every ocean in the world.
Canada has Ogopogo, Scotland, the Locknest Monster.
Speaker 4 (40:45):
There's one in Japan with eight tales.
Speaker 14 (40:47):
And don't forget the kraken, but there's no scientific evidence
proving they actually exist because the government will not fund searches.
Free Tennis KFI News.
Speaker 1 (40:57):
A Kraken's not a sea serpent, is it. I thought
a kraken was more like a giant squid or something.
Speaker 2 (41:02):
That's what I thought.
Speaker 1 (41:03):
Yeh yeah, And you know, we have not heard from
the Lockness Monster in quite a while, like NeSSI hasn't
been spotted. It's six o'clock. This is KFI and KOST
HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. Thanks for starting your
day with us live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
Speaker 4 (41:24):
I'm Amy King.
Speaker 1 (41:25):
This has been your wake up call, and if you
missed in a wake up Call, you can listen anytime
on the iHeartRadio app. Also, don't forget to go check
out Dogs, a Science Tale. It's on my Instagram at
Amy K King. You've been listening to wake Up Call
with me, Amy King. You can always hear wake Up
Call five to six am Monday through Friday on KFI
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