July 3, 2024 • 42 mins
Heather Brooker fills in for Amy King on your Wednesday Wake Up Call. Heather starts the show talking with ABC News correspondent Jordana Miller reporting live from Jerusalem about Israel saying $1.9 million people are crammed in Central Gaza. KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Rich talks about Snapchat now letting you send photos that expire in less than a second, Kaspersky anti-virus ban, Rocket Money app, and 4th of July photo tips. ABC News White House Reporter Molly Nagle speaks on the Biden administration doubling-down the Biden debate debacle was just a bad night, “we all have bad nights.” The show closes with the Queen Mary’s Director of Experiences Dylan Matteson talking about an all-American 4th of July at the Queen Mary.
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You're listening to wake Up Call ondemand from KFI AM six forty KFI and
KOST HD two Los Angeles, OrangeCounty. It's time for your morning wake
up call. This is your wakeup Call for Wednesday, July third.
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I'm Heatherbrooker in for Amy King.Good morning everyone. Thank you for joining
us on this fourth of July eve. We have a great chow planned for
you today. I want to saygood morning to Ann and Kono. We're
all here in KFI studio working hardwhile I feel like everyone else is probably
sleeping in. We're still here.We're still here, all right. Here's
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what's ahead on wake Up Call.The United Nations says Palestinians are streaming out
of Eastern Conunis, the second largestcity in Gaza, as an Israeli evacuation
order effects roughly two hundred and fiftythousand people. We'll get the latest on
the war between Israel and Hamas.And did Biden have a bad night during
last week's presidential debate, Well,we'll talk about why some are saying it
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was just a bad night and nota sign he should drop out of the
race. And Snapchat has a newfeature that can set your snap to disappear
in less than a second. We'lltalk to rich Chi Muro about what this
means for you and possibly your kids. Then at six zh five, it's
handle on the news. Governor Newsomis going to Washington today to attend a
meeting with fellow Democrats, a planto talk about the fallout from President Biden's
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por debate performance last week. Let'sget started with some of the stories coming
out of the KFI twenty four hournewsroom. A proposal to offer more security
to Jewish institutions in la has beenpushed back. The plan was to allocate
a million dollars to help offer moreprivate security to synagogues and other Jewish organizations
after violent protests in recent weeks.City councilman Katie Arslovsky says many Jewish people
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in the city feel unsafe. Thethreats are real, and the fear of
a proxy war for what's happening inthe Middle East spilling onto our streets here
in La is Real. Raslavsky offereda different motion yesterday instead, and because
of the changes, it couldn't bevoted on. Later this month, the
council will consider two million dollars forsecurity available to institutions supporting any faith.
Michael Monks KFI News. Law enforcementagencies in California have increased patrols for the
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fourth of July. The state wideenforcement period starts at six o'clock tonight and
will stay in effect until Sunday night. The CHP says public safety is the
top priority and officers will take azero tolerance approach when cracking down. About
twelve hundred drivers got a dui duringthe holiday weekend last year. Sixty eight
people were killed in crashes the yearbefore. Fast food workers in LA could
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get more protections and better benefits,including mandatory advanced notice of schedules and paid
time off. City Councilman Hugo SotoMartinez says the workers lack opportunities offered in
other industries. They currently have sicktime off, but that can't be used
for going through a family gathering ortaking some a couple of days off with
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their children, and so we're goingto look in to see if that's a
possibility of passing. The Organization SaveLocal Restaurants opposes the proposed ordinance, saying
it would only drive up costs morewhen they're already struggling with the new twenty
dollars minimum wage. The La CityCouncil has approved settlement agreements totally more than
twenty one million dollars with a peoplefrom South La whose homes were damaged by
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a botched fireworks detonation. The LAPDbomb Squad set off the illegal fireworks in
twenty twenty one. Court documents showsome people affected got hundreds of thousands of
dollars and others more than a million. The settlements approved yesterday are for nineteen
people still living in a hotel downtown. The agreements need to be approved by
Marabas City Controller Kenneth Mahea. Healso needs to authorize the funding. The
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US military has rebuilt a runway onwhat it calls an iconic World War II
site in Paleliu in the South Pacific. Official SAT engineers worked to rebuild the
airstrip for months by cleaning brush andtrees, making sure no dangerous devices were
still there from the nineteen forty fourbattle. They say successful landing Saturday marks
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a significant and triumphant returned to theisland. The reopening could enhance US military
capabilities to counter China in the IndoPacific. A toddler who ran into the
streets of South la and he washit by a car is in critical condition.
Bilise, the two year old,was alone late Monday when it happened
on MLK Junior Boulevard. The childhas a severe head injury. Three people
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have been arrested in connection with arobbery that turned deadly in Newport Beach.
Police Sergeant and PIO Steve Oberon saysan elderly couple was targeted at Fashion Island
yesterday and the woman was dragged intothe street where she was fatally hit by
the getaway car. It's very sadwhen someone is injured or in this case,
deceased as a result of a crime, and we just do our best.
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Officers are very vigilant here in NewportBeach and we we do everything that
we can to ensure the safety ofthe community and preventk crime. Oberon says
the robbers led officers on a chaseinto Ellie County, where they eventually arrested
in Southgate. They were eventually arrestedin Southgate. A man from Studio City
has pleaded not guilty to a federalcharge alleging he shot fireworks at a Lamborghini
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from a helicopter Prosecutors say Alex Troyset up the stunt on federal land in
San Bordino County and posted an elevenminute long video to his YouTube channel last
fourth of July. Choi is freeon fifty thousand dollars bail and is set
to go to trial next month.Jury deliberations have started in Orange County and
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the trial of a man charged inthe fatal stabbing of a former classmate in
Foothill Ranch. Prosecutors called for afirst degree murder conviction, saying Sam Woodward
intentionally stabbed Blaize Bernstein twenty eight timesin twenty eighteen because he was gay.
The defense has asked for a lessercharge of voluntary manslaughter, claiming the killing
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was motivated by sexual confusion, socialisolation, and an autism diagnosis. Palestinians
displaced by the Israeli offensive and theGaza Strip are fleeing from parts of Khan
units following an evacuation order by theIsraeli Army. On Monday, ABC's Jordana
Miller joins us live from Jerusalem withmore. Good Morning, Jordana, Good
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morning. The Israeli Army issuing evacuationorders for several neighborhoods in eastern Conunis,
that is the largest city in southernGaza. The Israeli Army coming back to
this area that was previously cleared ofHama's operatives because they appear to have regrouped.
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Twenty rockets fired on the Israel Tuesday. That seems to be what prompted
Israel to evacuate this area and comein about two hundred and fifty thousand gozzens.
Certainly some of them are on themove for the third or fourth or
fifth time or moving west to anexpanded humanitarian zone. I'm not going to
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call it a safe zone because it'snot, but it's a safer zone.
There are still some Hamas and othermilitants that operate out of the humanitarian zone,
but it is a safer area andIsrael has gone and there have been
various over air strikes in the lasttwenty four hours, over thirty people killed.
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And this is not the only areaof combat. There's combat going on
in Rafa in southern Gaza, theTip there close to the Egyptian border,
and in the north as well,in the Shajaia neighborhood of Gaza City.
It appears we're seeing a kind oflate surge in fighting, a last surge,
if you will, because these earlyPrime Minister and his defense leaders keep
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indicating that they will soon declare theend of intense combats Gaza. That is
expected in the next two weeks,certainly before Prime Minister Benjamin Ntagnel arrived in
Washington to address the both houses ofCongress. Now, you mentioned that these
people are being told to go intothe Israeli declared safe zone, but as
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you mentioned, it isn't really asafe area and is there even space there
for them to reside and to live. It is extremely I mean overcrowded,
which sounds like redundant, but itis. It is packed with people this
area. Israel estimates that almost twomillion goss are in its expanded humanitarian zone,
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and that is almost all of Gaza'sresidence, right because there's about two
point three million cousins in the strip. There are not a lot of basic
services. There's not a lot ofpodible water, earth or shower bathrooms.
It appears that to accommodate the largeamount of people in this area, Israel,
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yes, they hooked up its electricitygrid to a desalinization plant a un
desalinization plant, and that will providemore potable water, more water for sewage,
et cetera. Remember, there arefuel shortages in the Gothas Strip,
and without fuel, those desalinization plants, unless they're hooked up to electricity grids,
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can't work. So this is amajor problem, not only because you
know, the temperatures are soaring herethe summer's hit in the Middle East.
It's over one hundred degrees in someof these areas, but also because there's
water borne diseases and things like chronicdiarrhea that children are suffering from, so
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clean water is essential. So that'sone change Israel has made. Certainly,
it's you know, many are goingto call it too little, too late,
and can you give us an update. You briefly mentioned it on the
humanitarian aid It is there still anyaid going into Gaza? Has it been
stopped? Like, what is thelatest on the aid that's trying to get
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to these people. So we've seenconsistently at least two hundred trucks of aid
enter the Gaza Strip every day forseveral weeks. Now the major obstacle is
now it's not the entry of theaid, it's the distribution of the aid.
It is piling up outside of thecrossing the entry points into Gaza,
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for example, outside of the CaramShalom crossing there are tens of thousands of
food and other AID parcels. Andthen right outside the US floating pier that's
very pier that was built, whichright now has been disconnected, but nonetheless
it brought over about ten million poundsof food llitated off of ships and that
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most of it is sitting on theshore. Only a couple of days ago
the UN started to move it intowarehouses. There's a major problem with the
distribution from lawlessness, bangs and hamasand other militants attacking trucks and looting them,
holding up drivers. Then there's alsologistic issues, you know, coordinating
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routes with the Israeli Army, havingenough trucks and fuel for the trucks who
are delivering aid. There's a hostof issues there, and the tragic part
of it is that there's eight inthe Gossen strips sitting and you know,
people who are hungry or sick can'tget it. Well. We appreciate all
of your updates, Jordana, andwe'll keep continuing to cover this story,
Thank you so much, Thank you. A woman was killed when she was
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run over by a robbery suspect atFashion Island Mall in Newport Beach. Three
people were taken into custody. TheLa City Council has approved settlement agreements totally
more than twenty one million dollars withnineteen residents of the South La neighborhood where
an LAPD bomb squad botched the detonationof fireworks in twenty twenty one. And
the home of Kermit the Frog,Miss Piggy and All their Friends is expected
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to be sold as part of areshuffling by the Jim Henson Company. The
company is in the process of sellingthe iconic Jim Henson lot on Librea and
Hollywood, where they have been headquarteredsince two thousand. Then at six zh
five it's handle on the news.A new poll shows most Democrats think they
have a better chance of keeping thepower in the White House if President Biden
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isn't the nominee. We'll talk aboutwhat this could mean for the party,
but right now, Snapchat has somefun new features and the president is banning
the sale of all Kaspersky software.Kfi's tech reporter Rich Dumuro, host of
Rich on Tech right Here on KFISaturdays from eleven am to two, joins
US Live Now with more on whatthis means for you. Good morning,
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rich Hey, good morning to you, Heather. It's so nice to talk
with you, my friend. Weused to work together a million years ago.
I know, I love it andI love watching your success. So
congrats to all that. So Snapchat, Yeah, you mentioned they've got some
new features. I thought this onein particular was really interesting. So number
one, they were kind of promotingthe fact that they have nine million paid
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users at this point to their subscriptionservice called Snapchat Plus. It's a couple
bucks a month and they've got ninemillion users doing that, which I think
is incredible for them. Obviously they'dlike to have more, but that's a
pretty substantial number. But the feature, I thought that was interesting that they
just added our new faster snap.So Snapchat, you know, you send
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a snap to someone and basically itexpires after a certain period of time.
It used to be a second.Now they have one for point one zero
seconds, point two, five secondsand half a second, So you can
literally say something to someone that flipsbefore their eyes and is gone. Forever.
Is that a good thing or abad thing. I feel like our
attention spans are already getting shorter andshorter and shorter, Like, do we
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need that? Well, I thinkit's going to be used for certain types
of snaps, you know, toget people's attention. And that's what my
thought is here, because why wouldyou need something to go away after point
one seconds? Yeah, I can'timagine, yeah, unless you're sending maybe
something inappropriate. Of course, mymind goes somewhere else. So that's that's
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exactly what I'm thinking. Okay,I think that's why they did this.
It's because, you know, wedo see this issue with you know,
this whole idea of sending news islike actually a huge issue with the teenagers
and the younger generation. They thinkit's just a thing that people do.
And clearly, with features like this, I feel like it's encouraging that for
sure. Oh absolutely. You know, my daughter is eleven, and we've
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had many conversations about social media beingsafe and never doing those types of things.
But I know not everybody is havingthose conversations with their kids, and
kids are still doing, you know, things like that. I also feel
like in a lot of the safetyconversations that people have with you know,
being safe online. Snapchat isn't anapp that comes up a lot. It's
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almost always TikTok or Instagram or Facebook. I don't hear a lot of conversations
around how you can be safer onyou know, keep your kids safer,
or have a more user friendly experienceon Snapchata. Snapchat is very, very
popular. It is sort of likethe way to message for a certain group
of people, you know, middleto high school. And you know this,
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I feel like this feature, this, this ultra quick snap just encourages
pictures that would not traditionally be sharedbecause you're like, well, what's the
big deal. It's only half asecond, it's only a quarter of a
second. It's only a tenth ofa second that someone gets to see this.
But the reality is it is somewhereon a server in the world.
That is very important distinction and reminder. Okay, let's talk about what President
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Biden has done. He's issued aban on the sale of all Kaspersky security
software in the US because apparently there'sa risk to national security. So what
companies or products are going to beaffected by this? Yeah, so I
call this the TikTok treatment. Sothis is, you know, kind of
what they're doing at TikTok, they'redoing the same thing at Kaspersky. We're
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not exactly friends with China or Russia, and Kespersky is antivirus software that's very
popular, but it's based over inRussia, and so the US has said
this is dangerous, there are unacceptablerisks to the United States national security and
so existing The ban is effective immediately, by the way, but existing users
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have until September twenty ninth to findalternative software. And so if you have
this on your system, you reallycan't get any software updates. They're banned
after September twenty ninth. That meansyour computer could be at risk because you
have no more security protection. Sowhat I recommend is you can revert to
Microsoft Defender, which is built init's sort of like Windows anti virus built
into Windows. Or you can downloada free program like a vast, which
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is a free program that antivirus thata lot of people seem to like.
So those are the two things aroundit. You know. Keasperski obviously says,
look, we're not doing anything wrong. We don't think our software is
insecure. This is more all aboutworld politics than anything else. So how
do people know if they have thatsoftware on their computers? Is that more
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for like large businesses or is itsomething individual users might need to check into.
It's both. It could be youknow, your business could use it.
You could be a government organization thatuses it. You could be a
consumer that purchased this. You coulda search, you know, press the
Windows key on your computer, typein kas and see if Kasperski comes up.
But I think that in general,you'd probably know if you have this
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because it is your primary antivirus software. So I would you know according to
this you probably want to uninstall itby September twenty ninth, because after that
it's not going to be protecting yoursystem. Okay, good information there.
All right, let's talk about Ilove this. In the email, you
said I love the Rocket app.Tell me what you love about the Rocket
app. Yeah, this is anapp formerly called true Bill. We did
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a story with them many years agowhen this was a startup. It helped
me actually cancel a gym membership veryeasily. Now it's called Rocket Money.
And so what I like about thisapp is you link up your bank accounts.
I know some people are concerned aboutdoing that, but it uses the
industry standards to link those up.And then what it does is it just
slices and dices your finances. Sothe other day I returned something to Costco
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and it like confirmed, like,hey, you just got your refund from
Costco because that money hit my cardagain. And so it'll tell you when
you get your paycheck. It'll putyour stuff into categories. So we were
talking about auto insurance yesterday with someoneat my work and I said, huh,
let me see how much I've paidfor this over the past, you
know, a couple of years.And sure enough, you just type in
your auto insurance company on this andyou can see all the bills you've paid
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over the past couple of years,so you can track your spending. It
tells you when your bills go up, like hey, I got an alert
that my internet bill went up byfive dollars this month. So it's just
a really nice way of keeping trackof your finances, especially Heather, as
you know, all prices are goingup right now with inflation, and so
it's just really nice to be like, hm, do I really need that
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subscription because it will show you allof the different things that you have in
various categories, and by the way, it's all free. The only feature
that I've found that you do haveto pay for if you want to is
the net worth feature, which iswhat Mint used to do. So if
you want to see your full networth on one page, you do have
to pay Rocket Money. I don'tpay for that because I'm just using the
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free version, but it's kind ofa neat thing to do as well.
I definitely want to check that out. My husband is in finance and I
think he might find that to bereally interesting and helpful. So Rich,
thank you so much always such wonderfulinformation. We want to remind everyone you
can follow Rich on Instagram at richon tech and his website is rich on
tech dot TV. Thank you somuch. Enjoy the rest of your fourth
the fourth of July. Thanks Heather, you too. Thank you. All
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right, let's get back to someof the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. President Bidenhas blamed all the international travel he did
in June for his poor performance duringthe debate with former President Trump. ABC's
Rachel Scott says Biden told supporters ata fundraiser last night that he almost fell
asleep on stage. The President traveledto Europe twice in June, but he
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returned back to the United States twelvedays before the debate, and sources say
during his debate prep at Camp David, advisors blocked out time in the schedule
for rest. Biden apologized for thedebate but stressed that winning the election was
critical. This CHP will be rampingup patrols on state highways and roads across
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Los Angeles and Orange Counties today andthroughout the weekend to catch drunk and impaired
drivers over this holiday weekend, andChristopher Reeve's son Will Reeve will have a
cameo appearance. And James Gunn's upcomingsuperman Us job openings rose slightly to eight
point one million dollar eight point onein May, despite the impact of higher
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interest rates. Then at six p'ozhfive, it's handle on the news.
LA Mayor Karen Bass has announced shewill run for mayor again in twenty twenty
six. We'll talk about what she'salready doing with her campaign and a five
point fifty. The Queen Mary isgetting ready for a special Fourth of July
celebration and we'll have all the detailsyou need to know if you plan to
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go. Let's get back to someof the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. A proposalto offer more security to Jewish institutions in
la has been pushed back. Theplan was to allocate a million dollars to
help offer more private security the synagoguesand other Jewish organizations after violent protests in
recent weeks. City councilman Katie Arslovskysays many Jewish people in the city feel
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unsafe. The threats are real,and the fear of a proxy war for
what's happening in the Middle East spillingonto our streets here in La is real
Yourslovsky offered a different motion yesterday instead, and because of the changes, it
couldn't be voted on. Later thismonth, the council will consider two million
dollars for security available to institutions supportingany faith. Michael Monks KFI News.
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Some Democrats are questioning whether President Bidenshould move forward with his re election campaign.
ABC's Molly Nagle joins us live fromthe White House with how they're responding
to these comments. Good morning,Molly, Good morning Heather Yeah, we
saw the press secret of Harry takethe podium and hold a press briefing for
the first time after that disappointing debateby President Biden. And she really was
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trying to walk a fine line here. She was trying not to dismiss what
happened on the debate station, whatpeople saw, but was trying to argue
that this was just one bad nightand not an example of a bigger problem.
And just to show you how muchshe was committed to this argument,
this breathing lasted about an hour.I think she said that the President had
a bad night more than a dozentimes in that hour. I was in
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the room and was able to askher, you know, had she ever
seen the president have a day oran evening like we saw on the debate
stage during her time in the WhiteHouse? And she said no. But
when I asked her then if shewas surprised by what she saw on the
debate stage, she started to kindof tick through these various explanations the White
House is offered for what happened onThursday, that you know, the president
was under the weather and we allhave bad night, so it's not unusual,
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but really stressed how much of theWhite House obviously wants to move past
this. Almost a week out fromthe debate, and we're going to start
to see the White House kind ofshifting their strategy here, I think a
little bit. In the coming days. She outlined some new additions to the
president's schedule. He's going to betraveling to Wisconsin in Pennsylvania, He's going
to have his first interview after thedebate with babc's George Stephanopolis. And he's
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going to do a press conference atNATO next week here in Washington. So
these are all things that we've heardsome allies of the President calling on the
White House and his campaign to doto get him out there more in front
of the American public, to showthat he is up to the task and
up to the job. So Ithink the question now is how does this
play out? Does this do whatthey are hoping and moving past this debate
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performance? So let's talk about nowwhat the President himself has actually been saying
about this over the past couple ofdays. Has he he's been sort of
like dismissing it as well as beingtired and that sort of thing. What
is he saying about his performance?Yeah, we saw the president, you
know, immediately after the debate,but on that Friday during a campaign stop
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saying, Look, I don't debateas well as I used to. I
don't walk and talk as well asI used to. You know, that
has now evolved into what he saidlast night at a fundraiser. He was
speaking in Virginia and said he wasn'tvery smart for traveling internationally ahead of the
debate, and he told donors thathe quote almost fell asleep on the stage.
Some of the room laughed at that, but the President added, he's
saying it's not it's not an excuse, but it is an explanation for a
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Thursday. So we're seeing him,you know, continue to try and acknowledge
what happened. But again like theWhite House to move past it and say
that this is, you know,this is what caused that shaky performance.
I think the question will be isthat enough? Is that up to snuff
for voters? Do they feel likethat is enough of an explanation? Now?
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I know you mentioned he has somepress events planned and some other he's
meeting with Democratic leaders and governors.Our own governor Newsom is going to be
traveling there today to meet with thePresident and his team. What else should
he be doing or can he bedoing? And what are they hoping is
going to be the result of this, That the poll numbers will change,
that it will increase, you know, his popularity ranking. What are they
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hoping will be the difference here?Yeah, you know, speaking of those
conversations, I think a lot ofpeople were surprised by Frankly what the White
House had been doing up until thispoint. We were reporting yesterday how the
President had made those phone calls toDemocratic leaders within the party like Chuck Schumer
and Nancy Pelosi and h King,Jeffreys and even James Cliburn, who really
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helped to revise the president's election chancesin twenty twenty when he endorsed him ahead
of the South Carolina primary. Andso I think it's striking now to see
that what president is now getting morepersonally engaged in this. I think a
lot of people were surprised that Franklywasn't doing it before. And I think
what they're hoping is that they cankind of shore up their support and rally
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support within the party even as peopleare raising concerns and talking about the you
know, Frankly their concerns about whatthey saw from the President on Thursday.
I think they're just hoping to movepast this and that they can show that
it's not going to have an impactin the larger scheme and he can still
be an effective candidate against Donald Trumpas we head into the election, well,
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he certainly has an uphill battle,it seems so. Molly Nagel live
from the White House. Thank youso much, Molly, thank you.
All right, let's get back tosome of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Lawenforcement agencies in californ And you have increased
patrols for the fourth of July.The state wide enforcement period starts at six
o'clock tonight. It will stay ineffect until Sunday night. The CHP says
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public safety is the top priority andofficers will take a zero tolerance approach when
cracking down. About twelve hundred driversgot a DUI during the holiday weekend last
year. Sixty eight people were killedin crashes the year before. Law enforcement
agencies across so Cow may have toget rid of some of their drones.
State Senator Tom Umberg has introduced thebill that would require law enforcement agencies to
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get rid of drones that are bannedfor use by the Pentagon. As technology
advances, there is an amazing amountof detailed information that can be collected and
transmitted, for example, by drones. Umberg says his bill would target Chinese
made Dji drones. Records from lastyear's showed Dji drones in the fleets of
the La County Sheriff's Department, OrangeCounty Sheriff's Department, and other agencies.
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Those agencies will likely have a twoyear grace period to use the drones if
the bill passes. Trolley k ifI News fast food workers in La could
get more protections and better benefits,including mandatory advanced notice of schedules and paid
time off. City Councilman Hugo SodoMartinez says the workers lack opportunities offered in
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other industries. They currently have sicktime off, but that can be used
for going to a family gathering ortaking some a couple of days off with
their children. So we're going tolook in to see if that's a possibility
of fact. The organization Save LocalRestaurants opposes the proposed ordinance, saying it
would only drive up costs more whenthey're already struggling with a new twenty dollars
minimum wage. A state senator hasintroduced a bill that could cost police agencies
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across SoCal some of their drones.Senator will pardon me, Senator Tom Umbridge
says he thinks his bill, whichbans drones blacklisted by the Pentagon, will
get support in Sacramento, and Iexpect that other legislators will feel as I
do, that we need to becognizant of both our national security as well
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as taking an account our our localsecurity situation. Umbergsville would target Chinese made
Dji drones, which are currently beingused by the La County Sheriff's Department,
the OC Sheriff's Department, and otheragencies. The US military has rebuilt a
runway on what it calls an iconicWorld War two site in Paleliu in the
South Pacific. Official say engineers workedto rebuild the airstrip for months by clearing
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brush and trees and making sure nodangerous devices were still there from the nineteen
forty four battle. They say asuccessful landing Saturday marks a significant and triumphant
return beaches in several states across thecountry have been closed to swimmers over the
last few days due to harmful levelsof bacteria in the water. The defending
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chair, Marquette Vandrosova, the checkis checked out on center court. That
is the wrong story. My apologies. I promise you guys. I will
wake up eventually. The lead singerof Heart unfortunately gets some bad news.
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Looks like she has cancer and theband is postponing the remaining shows on its
dour while Ann Wilson gets treatment.Wilson says she's had surgery to remove the
cancerous growth and is also going throughchemo. Performances have been pushed back to
twenty twenty five. Heart was scheduledto perform at Crypto dot com A,
Rita in September and had stops inBakersfield and San Diego in December. Los
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Angeles County Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and JenisHahn are expected today to unveil a proposal
for creating a more representative, accountable, and effective county government, possibly through
the expansion of the five member board. Residents of an apartment building in Santa
Monica say they have been terrorized bya man who walks around completely nude at
(30:51):
all hours of the day and night, and worry someone could get hurt if
the behavior escalates. And four luckySouthern California residents recently scratched their way to
a small fortune with the California LotteryScratcher Games. Laurie officials said the biggest
winner was jose Garfius, who wonseven million dollars from an extreme crosswords scratcher
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ticket he bought at Sweet Time Donuts. I've tried those crosswords and I never
went on those, but now Ithink I might give it another shot.
We're t just minutes away from handle. On the news this morning, a
judge has granted a delay in sentencingfor Donald Trump's hush money case. It
has been moved to September, andwe'll talk about what this means for the
former president. All right, Tomorrowis the fourth of July, one of
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my personal favorite holidays, and ifyou're looking for something fun to do with
the family, we've got just thething. The Queen Mary is hosting a
special all American Fourth of July event, and Dylan Madison, the director of
Experiences on the Queen Mary, joinsme live right now to talk about all
the fun things they have planned.Good morning, Dylan, Good morning.
How are we doing. I'm doinggreat. I'm hanging in there drinking my
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coffee. How about you? Atwo month old at home, so I've
been up for hours that We're good. Thank you, I feel you all
right. I am sending you lotsof good nap juju for later in the
day. All right, let's talkabout what's happening this year for the fourth
on the Queen Mary. Oh mygosh, we're so excited to welcome all
of our guests tomorrow. We've gota full day of activities from live entertainment,
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family friendly activities, delicious food,dancing of World War two flyover,
and of course our big firework displayat nine pm to cap off the night.
Okay, So, if I'm goingto come down to the Queen Mary,
can I bring my kids? CanI bring the family? Absolutely?
Yeah, That's what it's all about, is you know, we've created a
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program for everybody in the family tohave an awesome time. We've got a
kid zone where we'll be doing waterballoon tosses, watermelon eating, you know,
tug a war three, laked race, you name it. And then
obviously we've got food food for everybody, from corn dogs to get to a
fried chicken, popcorn again, youname it all the all American diet there.
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Absolutely. Okay, So let's talkabout the flight team. Is it
like an actual like flight demonstration?Yeah, so these are this is going
to be great. There's actually WorldWar two era planes that are going to
be flying over, and we've gota big we do the national anthem and
have our commodore has been on boardthe ship for over forty years, welcoming
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everybody, and then the flyover comesover and you get to see these World
War two era planes right over theship. And of course we have to
talk about the fireworks. Are youguys planning a big fireworks display? Yeah,
oh my gosh that we are soso excited for that. So they're
actually they go off right behind theship, and so everybody will be on
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the back of our ship and righton the dock right behind our ship.
The fibers come right over the shipand it's just absolutely amazing. Just can't
wait. Yeah, getting getting giddythinking about it. Okay, and then
can the guests stay overnight for thisevent or is that just something? Yeah?
We do still have room packages availableand both VIP tickets which kind of
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give you a closer review of thefireworks there in the back, as well
as GA tickets. Again, thoseGA tickets start at thirty five dollars for
children then fifty five for adults.We do encourage folks to go on Queen
Mary dot com and get those ticketstoday because there is a chance of us
selling those out tomorrow and we don'twant you to get turned away at the
door, So definitely purchase those ticketstoday and hoping to get all the families
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here. And it starts at threeo'clock. Did you say three to ten?
Yeah, so it runs yep,so runs three to ten. And
we also do have tours available beforethat as well, and if you buy
a tour ticket, that also doesgets you into our full day of party
as well. So if you're interestedin the tours earlier in the day,
you can also book those online aswell. Okay, and I know this
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is totally corny, but I wasthinking about this. Is there something sort
of ironic about celebrating America's independence ona British passenger ship. No, it's
a great question. You know what'scrazy is it's actually the Queen has been
here in Long Beach longer than itwas ever at sea, and so we
like to think that it's more Americanthan British at this point. But it's
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a celebration of everything that America isabout. And so we're going to have
a blast tomorrow, all right,and tell everybody where they can get tickets
again and remind them where they canget more information. Yeah. So it's
all Queenmery dot com. And wehave a landing page there talking about all
of the stuff that I just kindof highlighted for the fourth of July.
But yeah, we hope to seeeverybody in their families out here tomorrow.
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All right. Thank you so much, Dylan, and good luck with the
baby. I remember that state.Thank you so much. Have a good
one, Thanks you too, Byebye. Let's get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFItwenty four hour newsroom. President Biden has
blamed all the international travel he didin June or his poor performance during the
debate with former President Trump. ABC'sRachel Scott says Biden told supporters at a
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fundraiser last night that he almost fellasleep on the stage. The president traveled
to Europe twice in June, buthe returned back to the United States twelve
days before the debate, and sourcessay during his debate prep at Camp David,
advisors blocked out time in the schedulefor rest. Biden apologized for the
debate but stressed that winning the electionwas critical. Senator Bernie Sanders says he's
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not confident President Biden can win theelection this fall, but he doesn't want
him to step aside. Sanders andCongressman Lloyd Dodgett shared their concerns yesterday,
with dodget saying he thinks Biden shouldwithdraw. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean
Pierre argued Biden was sick during debatethe debate last week and just had a
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bad night. She also dismissed questionsover whether Biden suffers from dementia. Officials
in India say at least one hundredand sixteen people have been killed and over
eighty others hurt during a stampede ata Hindu gathering. They say most of
those killed yesterday were women and children. It's not clear what triggered the panic
and made people rush out of amakeshift tent, but local media is reporting
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heat and suffocation could have been afactor. Stampedes are relatively common around Indian
religious festivals, where large crowds gatherin small areas with few safety measures in
place. The La City Council hasdelayed a plan to spend one million dollars
to provide more private security at Jewishinstitutions. City councilwoman Katie Yaroslavsky says,
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after weeks of violent protests, moreprotections are needed. The temperature is high
on all sides, and it's highnot only in here, but it's high
on our streets, and our institutionsare feeling that Yaroslavsky changed her motion yesterday
and it couldn't be voted on beforethe council's summer recess. The council will
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consider a two million dollar fund laterthis month to help bolster security at an
institutions at institutions rather serving any faith. Now, despite struggles with his health,
Michael J. Fox made a surpriseappearance on stage. ABC's Andrew Deinbert
says the Hollywood Icon was seen jammingwith Coldplay at the Glastonbury Music Festival in
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England. The Back to the Futureactor in his wheelchair rocking out on guitar
in front of an estimated crowd ofone hundred thousand people. Lead singer Chris
Martin telling the crowd how Fox hasinspired them from the beginning. So the
main reason why we're in about thisbecause of ontun Back to the Future.
Fox later writing on social media incase you were wondering, it was expletive
mind blowing. There is a timefor every band, and a band for
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every time. This is coldplayce time. Hollywood Bourbank Airport is getting an eight
point two million dollars to help withconstruction of a new terminal. The FAA
announced another round of airport infrastructure grantsearlier this week, saying Americans are flying
in record numbers and the Biden administrationwants to continue its investment in making travel
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safer and more convenient. The grantsare part of twenty five billion dollars set
aside for airport improvements across the country. Flights in and out of Newark Airport
in New Jersey are back to normalafter some major problems yesterday. ABC's Derek
Dennis has details a shortage of airtraffic controllers at a regional facility on Long
Island, New York, caused majorflying issues in and out of Newark Airport.
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Monday, Jason and his girlfriend Nicolewere on a Spirit Airlines flight from
Fort Lauderdale that had to zigzag upthe coast so controllers could spread out the
number of departures and landings at Newark. They don't have the facilities to take
care of it, I guess,he said. The crew told passengers they
were taking the long route, leavingthe coal frustrated. It totally derailed their
whole day. Flights at Laguarda andJFK Airports were not impacted. Still,
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travelers are urged to check their flightsahead of time. Derek Dennis ABC News
New York, the last known survivorsof the Tulsa Race massakers say a legal
setback will not stop them from fightingfor justice in their lifetime. ABC's Andre
Fuji says they are now asking theUS Justice Department to investigate the massacre.
One hundred nine year old Leslie BenningfieldRandall and one hundred ten year old Viola
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Fletcher soon Tulsa, trying to forcethe city to pay reparations for the destruction
of the once thriving black district duringthe nineteen twenty one Tulsa Race Massacre.
That's when a white mob, someof who were deputized by the city,
burned down the district, killing asmany as three hundred people. Randal and
Fletcher claimed the city caused a publicnuisance because of the massacre, but Oklahoma
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Supreme Court found plaintiff's grievances do notfall within the scope of our state's public
nuisance statute. Skuydiance Media has reacheda tentative agreement to merge with National Amusements,
the parent company of Paramount. Thiscomes after months of trying to close
a deal, and despite discussions abruptlyending in mid June after the owner of
National Amusements refused to sell her controllingstake. Skuidiance announced the news yesterday,
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saying it's reached a preliminary agreement tobuy the company. The deals are now
being reviewed by a Paramount Special Committee. Well, tomorrow is the fourth of
July, and we are going tohave a lot of exciting things to share
with you. I have some wonderfulinterviews and segments planned for wake Up Call.
I'll be here, Kona will behere, and we'll be here.
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We'll I'll be working and so youdefinitely don't want to miss it. We're
also going to be sharing some ofthe amazing places and events that are happening
for the fourth of July, soget ready for that. This is KFI
and kost HD two Los Angeles,Orange County. We lead local live from
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.I'm Heather Brooker. This has been your
wake up Call. If you missedany of wake Up Call, you can
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listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app.Make sure you subscribe to wake Up Call
and leave us a comment. Wewould love to hear from you. You've
been listening to wake Up Call withme Amy King. You can always hear
wake Up Call five to six amMonday through Friday on KFI AM six forty
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You're listening to wake Up Call ondemand from KFI AM six forty KFI and
KOST HD two Los Angeles, OrangeCounty. It's time for your morning wake
up call. This is your wakeup Call for Wednesday, July third.
(00:23):
I'm Heatherbrooker in for Amy King.Good morning everyone. Thank you for joining
us on this fourth of July eve. We have a great chow planned for
you today. I want to saygood morning to Ann and Kono. We're
all here in KFI studio working hardwhile I feel like everyone else is probably
sleeping in. We're still here.We're still here, all right. Here's
(00:44):
what's ahead on wake Up Call.The United Nations says Palestinians are streaming out
of Eastern Conunis, the second largestcity in Gaza, as an Israeli evacuation
order effects roughly two hundred and fiftythousand people. We'll get the latest on
the war between Israel and Hamas.And did Biden have a bad night during
last week's presidential debate, Well,we'll talk about why some are saying it
(01:06):
was just a bad night and nota sign he should drop out of the
race. And Snapchat has a newfeature that can set your snap to disappear
in less than a second. We'lltalk to rich Chi Muro about what this
means for you and possibly your kids. Then at six zh five, it's
handle on the news. Governor Newsomis going to Washington today to attend a
meeting with fellow Democrats, a planto talk about the fallout from President Biden's
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por debate performance last week. Let'sget started with some of the stories coming
out of the KFI twenty four hournewsroom. A proposal to offer more security
to Jewish institutions in la has beenpushed back. The plan was to allocate
a million dollars to help offer moreprivate security to synagogues and other Jewish organizations
after violent protests in recent weeks.City councilman Katie Arslovsky says many Jewish people
(01:51):
in the city feel unsafe. Thethreats are real, and the fear of
a proxy war for what's happening inthe Middle East spilling onto our streets here
in La is Real. Raslavsky offereda different motion yesterday instead, and because
of the changes, it couldn't bevoted on. Later this month, the
council will consider two million dollars forsecurity available to institutions supporting any faith.
Michael Monks KFI News. Law enforcementagencies in California have increased patrols for the
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fourth of July. The state wideenforcement period starts at six o'clock tonight and
will stay in effect until Sunday night. The CHP says public safety is the
top priority and officers will take azero tolerance approach when cracking down. About
twelve hundred drivers got a dui duringthe holiday weekend last year. Sixty eight
people were killed in crashes the yearbefore. Fast food workers in LA could
(02:38):
get more protections and better benefits,including mandatory advanced notice of schedules and paid
time off. City Councilman Hugo SotoMartinez says the workers lack opportunities offered in
other industries. They currently have sicktime off, but that can't be used
for going through a family gathering ortaking some a couple of days off with
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their children, and so we're goingto look in to see if that's a
possibility of passing. The Organization SaveLocal Restaurants opposes the proposed ordinance, saying
it would only drive up costs morewhen they're already struggling with the new twenty
dollars minimum wage. The La CityCouncil has approved settlement agreements totally more than
twenty one million dollars with a peoplefrom South La whose homes were damaged by
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a botched fireworks detonation. The LAPDbomb Squad set off the illegal fireworks in
twenty twenty one. Court documents showsome people affected got hundreds of thousands of
dollars and others more than a million. The settlements approved yesterday are for nineteen
people still living in a hotel downtown. The agreements need to be approved by
Marabas City Controller Kenneth Mahea. Healso needs to authorize the funding. The
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US military has rebuilt a runway onwhat it calls an iconic World War II
site in Paleliu in the South Pacific. Official SAT engineers worked to rebuild the
airstrip for months by cleaning brush andtrees, making sure no dangerous devices were
still there from the nineteen forty fourbattle. They say successful landing Saturday marks
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a significant and triumphant returned to theisland. The reopening could enhance US military
capabilities to counter China in the IndoPacific. A toddler who ran into the
streets of South la and he washit by a car is in critical condition.
Bilise, the two year old,was alone late Monday when it happened
on MLK Junior Boulevard. The childhas a severe head injury. Three people
(04:32):
have been arrested in connection with arobbery that turned deadly in Newport Beach.
Police Sergeant and PIO Steve Oberon saysan elderly couple was targeted at Fashion Island
yesterday and the woman was dragged intothe street where she was fatally hit by
the getaway car. It's very sadwhen someone is injured or in this case,
deceased as a result of a crime, and we just do our best.
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Officers are very vigilant here in NewportBeach and we we do everything that
we can to ensure the safety ofthe community and preventk crime. Oberon says
the robbers led officers on a chaseinto Ellie County, where they eventually arrested
in Southgate. They were eventually arrestedin Southgate. A man from Studio City
has pleaded not guilty to a federalcharge alleging he shot fireworks at a Lamborghini
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from a helicopter Prosecutors say Alex Troyset up the stunt on federal land in
San Bordino County and posted an elevenminute long video to his YouTube channel last
fourth of July. Choi is freeon fifty thousand dollars bail and is set
to go to trial next month.Jury deliberations have started in Orange County and
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the trial of a man charged inthe fatal stabbing of a former classmate in
Foothill Ranch. Prosecutors called for afirst degree murder conviction, saying Sam Woodward
intentionally stabbed Blaize Bernstein twenty eight timesin twenty eighteen because he was gay.
The defense has asked for a lessercharge of voluntary manslaughter, claiming the killing
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was motivated by sexual confusion, socialisolation, and an autism diagnosis. Palestinians
displaced by the Israeli offensive and theGaza Strip are fleeing from parts of Khan
units following an evacuation order by theIsraeli Army. On Monday, ABC's Jordana
Miller joins us live from Jerusalem withmore. Good Morning, Jordana, Good
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morning. The Israeli Army issuing evacuationorders for several neighborhoods in eastern Conunis,
that is the largest city in southernGaza. The Israeli Army coming back to
this area that was previously cleared ofHama's operatives because they appear to have regrouped.
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Twenty rockets fired on the Israel Tuesday. That seems to be what prompted
Israel to evacuate this area and comein about two hundred and fifty thousand gozzens.
Certainly some of them are on themove for the third or fourth or
fifth time or moving west to anexpanded humanitarian zone. I'm not going to
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call it a safe zone because it'snot, but it's a safer zone.
There are still some Hamas and othermilitants that operate out of the humanitarian zone,
but it is a safer area andIsrael has gone and there have been
various over air strikes in the lasttwenty four hours, over thirty people killed.
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And this is not the only areaof combat. There's combat going on
in Rafa in southern Gaza, theTip there close to the Egyptian border,
and in the north as well,in the Shajaia neighborhood of Gaza City.
It appears we're seeing a kind oflate surge in fighting, a last surge,
if you will, because these earlyPrime Minister and his defense leaders keep
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indicating that they will soon declare theend of intense combats Gaza. That is
expected in the next two weeks,certainly before Prime Minister Benjamin Ntagnel arrived in
Washington to address the both houses ofCongress. Now, you mentioned that these
people are being told to go intothe Israeli declared safe zone, but as
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you mentioned, it isn't really asafe area and is there even space there
for them to reside and to live. It is extremely I mean overcrowded,
which sounds like redundant, but itis. It is packed with people this
area. Israel estimates that almost twomillion goss are in its expanded humanitarian zone,
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and that is almost all of Gaza'sresidence, right because there's about two
point three million cousins in the strip. There are not a lot of basic
services. There's not a lot ofpodible water, earth or shower bathrooms.
It appears that to accommodate the largeamount of people in this area, Israel,
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yes, they hooked up its electricitygrid to a desalinization plant a un
desalinization plant, and that will providemore potable water, more water for sewage,
et cetera. Remember, there arefuel shortages in the Gothas Strip,
and without fuel, those desalinization plants, unless they're hooked up to electricity grids,
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can't work. So this is amajor problem, not only because you
know, the temperatures are soaring herethe summer's hit in the Middle East.
It's over one hundred degrees in someof these areas, but also because there's
water borne diseases and things like chronicdiarrhea that children are suffering from, so
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clean water is essential. So that'sone change Israel has made. Certainly,
it's you know, many are goingto call it too little, too late,
and can you give us an update. You briefly mentioned it on the
humanitarian aid It is there still anyaid going into Gaza? Has it been
stopped? Like, what is thelatest on the aid that's trying to get
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to these people. So we've seenconsistently at least two hundred trucks of aid
enter the Gaza Strip every day forseveral weeks. Now the major obstacle is
now it's not the entry of theaid, it's the distribution of the aid.
It is piling up outside of thecrossing the entry points into Gaza,
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for example, outside of the CaramShalom crossing there are tens of thousands of
food and other AID parcels. Andthen right outside the US floating pier that's
very pier that was built, whichright now has been disconnected, but nonetheless
it brought over about ten million poundsof food llitated off of ships and that
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most of it is sitting on theshore. Only a couple of days ago
the UN started to move it intowarehouses. There's a major problem with the
distribution from lawlessness, bangs and hamasand other militants attacking trucks and looting them,
holding up drivers. Then there's alsologistic issues, you know, coordinating
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routes with the Israeli Army, havingenough trucks and fuel for the trucks who
are delivering aid. There's a hostof issues there, and the tragic part
of it is that there's eight inthe Gossen strips sitting and you know,
people who are hungry or sick can'tget it. Well. We appreciate all
of your updates, Jordana, andwe'll keep continuing to cover this story,
Thank you so much, Thank you. A woman was killed when she was
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run over by a robbery suspect atFashion Island Mall in Newport Beach. Three
people were taken into custody. TheLa City Council has approved settlement agreements totally
more than twenty one million dollars withnineteen residents of the South La neighborhood where
an LAPD bomb squad botched the detonationof fireworks in twenty twenty one. And
the home of Kermit the Frog,Miss Piggy and All their Friends is expected
(12:15):
to be sold as part of areshuffling by the Jim Henson Company. The
company is in the process of sellingthe iconic Jim Henson lot on Librea and
Hollywood, where they have been headquarteredsince two thousand. Then at six zh
five it's handle on the news.A new poll shows most Democrats think they
have a better chance of keeping thepower in the White House if President Biden
(12:37):
isn't the nominee. We'll talk aboutwhat this could mean for the party,
but right now, Snapchat has somefun new features and the president is banning
the sale of all Kaspersky software.Kfi's tech reporter Rich Dumuro, host of
Rich on Tech right Here on KFISaturdays from eleven am to two, joins
US Live Now with more on whatthis means for you. Good morning,
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rich Hey, good morning to you, Heather. It's so nice to talk
with you, my friend. Weused to work together a million years ago.
I know, I love it andI love watching your success. So
congrats to all that. So Snapchat, Yeah, you mentioned they've got some
new features. I thought this onein particular was really interesting. So number
one, they were kind of promotingthe fact that they have nine million paid
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users at this point to their subscriptionservice called Snapchat Plus. It's a couple
bucks a month and they've got ninemillion users doing that, which I think
is incredible for them. Obviously they'dlike to have more, but that's a
pretty substantial number. But the feature, I thought that was interesting that they
just added our new faster snap.So Snapchat, you know, you send
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a snap to someone and basically itexpires after a certain period of time.
It used to be a second.Now they have one for point one zero
seconds, point two, five secondsand half a second, So you can
literally say something to someone that flipsbefore their eyes and is gone. Forever.
Is that a good thing or abad thing. I feel like our
attention spans are already getting shorter andshorter and shorter, Like, do we
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need that? Well, I thinkit's going to be used for certain types
of snaps, you know, toget people's attention. And that's what my
thought is here, because why wouldyou need something to go away after point
one seconds? Yeah, I can'timagine, yeah, unless you're sending maybe
something inappropriate. Of course, mymind goes somewhere else. So that's that's
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exactly what I'm thinking. Okay,I think that's why they did this.
It's because, you know, wedo see this issue with you know,
this whole idea of sending news islike actually a huge issue with the teenagers
and the younger generation. They thinkit's just a thing that people do.
And clearly, with features like this, I feel like it's encouraging that for
sure. Oh absolutely. You know, my daughter is eleven, and we've
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had many conversations about social media beingsafe and never doing those types of things.
But I know not everybody is havingthose conversations with their kids, and
kids are still doing, you know, things like that. I also feel
like in a lot of the safetyconversations that people have with you know,
being safe online. Snapchat isn't anapp that comes up a lot. It's
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almost always TikTok or Instagram or Facebook. I don't hear a lot of conversations
around how you can be safer onyou know, keep your kids safer,
or have a more user friendly experienceon Snapchata. Snapchat is very, very
popular. It is sort of likethe way to message for a certain group
of people, you know, middleto high school. And you know this,
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I feel like this feature, this, this ultra quick snap just encourages
pictures that would not traditionally be sharedbecause you're like, well, what's the
big deal. It's only half asecond, it's only a quarter of a
second. It's only a tenth ofa second that someone gets to see this.
But the reality is it is somewhereon a server in the world.
That is very important distinction and reminder. Okay, let's talk about what President
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Biden has done. He's issued aban on the sale of all Kaspersky security
software in the US because apparently there'sa risk to national security. So what
companies or products are going to beaffected by this? Yeah, so I
call this the TikTok treatment. Sothis is, you know, kind of
what they're doing at TikTok, they'redoing the same thing at Kaspersky. We're
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not exactly friends with China or Russia, and Kespersky is antivirus software that's very
popular, but it's based over inRussia, and so the US has said
this is dangerous, there are unacceptablerisks to the United States national security and
so existing The ban is effective immediately, by the way, but existing users
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have until September twenty ninth to findalternative software. And so if you have
this on your system, you reallycan't get any software updates. They're banned
after September twenty ninth. That meansyour computer could be at risk because you
have no more security protection. Sowhat I recommend is you can revert to
Microsoft Defender, which is built init's sort of like Windows anti virus built
into Windows. Or you can downloada free program like a vast, which
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is a free program that antivirus thata lot of people seem to like.
So those are the two things aroundit. You know. Keasperski obviously says,
look, we're not doing anything wrong. We don't think our software is
insecure. This is more all aboutworld politics than anything else. So how
do people know if they have thatsoftware on their computers? Is that more
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for like large businesses or is itsomething individual users might need to check into.
It's both. It could be youknow, your business could use it.
You could be a government organization thatuses it. You could be a
consumer that purchased this. You coulda search, you know, press the
Windows key on your computer, typein kas and see if Kasperski comes up.
But I think that in general,you'd probably know if you have this
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because it is your primary antivirus software. So I would you know according to
this you probably want to uninstall itby September twenty ninth, because after that
it's not going to be protecting yoursystem. Okay, good information there.
All right, let's talk about Ilove this. In the email, you
said I love the Rocket app.Tell me what you love about the Rocket
app. Yeah, this is anapp formerly called true Bill. We did
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a story with them many years agowhen this was a startup. It helped
me actually cancel a gym membership veryeasily. Now it's called Rocket Money.
And so what I like about thisapp is you link up your bank accounts.
I know some people are concerned aboutdoing that, but it uses the
industry standards to link those up.And then what it does is it just
slices and dices your finances. Sothe other day I returned something to Costco
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and it like confirmed, like,hey, you just got your refund from
Costco because that money hit my cardagain. And so it'll tell you when
you get your paycheck. It'll putyour stuff into categories. So we were
talking about auto insurance yesterday with someoneat my work and I said, huh,
let me see how much I've paidfor this over the past, you
know, a couple of years.And sure enough, you just type in
your auto insurance company on this andyou can see all the bills you've paid
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over the past couple of years,so you can track your spending. It
tells you when your bills go up, like hey, I got an alert
that my internet bill went up byfive dollars this month. So it's just
a really nice way of keeping trackof your finances, especially Heather, as
you know, all prices are goingup right now with inflation, and so
it's just really nice to be like, hm, do I really need that
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subscription because it will show you allof the different things that you have in
various categories, and by the way, it's all free. The only feature
that I've found that you do haveto pay for if you want to is
the net worth feature, which iswhat Mint used to do. So if
you want to see your full networth on one page, you do have
to pay Rocket Money. I don'tpay for that because I'm just using the
(19:44):
free version, but it's kind ofa neat thing to do as well.
I definitely want to check that out. My husband is in finance and I
think he might find that to bereally interesting and helpful. So Rich,
thank you so much always such wonderfulinformation. We want to remind everyone you
can follow Rich on Instagram at richon tech and his website is rich on
tech dot TV. Thank you somuch. Enjoy the rest of your fourth
the fourth of July. Thanks Heather, you too. Thank you. All
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right, let's get back to someof the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. President Bidenhas blamed all the international travel he did
in June for his poor performance duringthe debate with former President Trump. ABC's
Rachel Scott says Biden told supporters ata fundraiser last night that he almost fell
asleep on stage. The President traveledto Europe twice in June, but he
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returned back to the United States twelvedays before the debate, and sources say
during his debate prep at Camp David, advisors blocked out time in the schedule
for rest. Biden apologized for thedebate but stressed that winning the election was
critical. This CHP will be rampingup patrols on state highways and roads across
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Los Angeles and Orange Counties today andthroughout the weekend to catch drunk and impaired
drivers over this holiday weekend, andChristopher Reeve's son Will Reeve will have a
cameo appearance. And James Gunn's upcomingsuperman Us job openings rose slightly to eight
point one million dollar eight point onein May, despite the impact of higher
(21:11):
interest rates. Then at six p'ozhfive, it's handle on the news.
LA Mayor Karen Bass has announced shewill run for mayor again in twenty twenty
six. We'll talk about what she'salready doing with her campaign and a five
point fifty. The Queen Mary isgetting ready for a special Fourth of July
celebration and we'll have all the detailsyou need to know if you plan to
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go. Let's get back to someof the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. A proposalto offer more security to Jewish institutions in
la has been pushed back. Theplan was to allocate a million dollars to
help offer more private security the synagoguesand other Jewish organizations after violent protests in
recent weeks. City councilman Katie Arslovskysays many Jewish people in the city feel
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unsafe. The threats are real,and the fear of a proxy war for
what's happening in the Middle East spillingonto our streets here in La is real
Yourslovsky offered a different motion yesterday instead, and because of the changes, it
couldn't be voted on. Later thismonth, the council will consider two million
dollars for security available to institutions supportingany faith. Michael Monks KFI News.
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Some Democrats are questioning whether President Bidenshould move forward with his re election campaign.
ABC's Molly Nagle joins us live fromthe White House with how they're responding
to these comments. Good morning,Molly, Good morning Heather Yeah, we
saw the press secret of Harry takethe podium and hold a press briefing for
the first time after that disappointing debateby President Biden. And she really was
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trying to walk a fine line here. She was trying not to dismiss what
happened on the debate station, whatpeople saw, but was trying to argue
that this was just one bad nightand not an example of a bigger problem.
And just to show you how muchshe was committed to this argument,
this breathing lasted about an hour.I think she said that the President had
a bad night more than a dozentimes in that hour. I was in
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the room and was able to askher, you know, had she ever
seen the president have a day oran evening like we saw on the debate
stage during her time in the WhiteHouse? And she said no. But
when I asked her then if shewas surprised by what she saw on the
debate stage, she started to kindof tick through these various explanations the White
House is offered for what happened onThursday, that you know, the president
was under the weather and we allhave bad night, so it's not unusual,
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but really stressed how much of theWhite House obviously wants to move past
this. Almost a week out fromthe debate, and we're going to start
to see the White House kind ofshifting their strategy here, I think a
little bit. In the coming days. She outlined some new additions to the
president's schedule. He's going to betraveling to Wisconsin in Pennsylvania, He's going
to have his first interview after thedebate with babc's George Stephanopolis. And he's
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going to do a press conference atNATO next week here in Washington. So
these are all things that we've heardsome allies of the President calling on the
White House and his campaign to doto get him out there more in front
of the American public, to showthat he is up to the task and
up to the job. So Ithink the question now is how does this
play out? Does this do whatthey are hoping and moving past this debate
(24:07):
performance? So let's talk about nowwhat the President himself has actually been saying
about this over the past couple ofdays. Has he he's been sort of
like dismissing it as well as beingtired and that sort of thing. What
is he saying about his performance?Yeah, we saw the president, you
know, immediately after the debate,but on that Friday during a campaign stop
(24:29):
saying, Look, I don't debateas well as I used to. I
don't walk and talk as well asI used to. You know, that
has now evolved into what he saidlast night at a fundraiser. He was
speaking in Virginia and said he wasn'tvery smart for traveling internationally ahead of the
debate, and he told donors thathe quote almost fell asleep on the stage.
Some of the room laughed at that, but the President added, he's
saying it's not it's not an excuse, but it is an explanation for a
(24:52):
Thursday. So we're seeing him,you know, continue to try and acknowledge
what happened. But again like theWhite House to move past it and say
that this is, you know,this is what caused that shaky performance.
I think the question will be isthat enough? Is that up to snuff
for voters? Do they feel likethat is enough of an explanation? Now?
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I know you mentioned he has somepress events planned and some other he's
meeting with Democratic leaders and governors.Our own governor Newsom is going to be
traveling there today to meet with thePresident and his team. What else should
he be doing or can he bedoing? And what are they hoping is
going to be the result of this, That the poll numbers will change,
that it will increase, you know, his popularity ranking. What are they
(25:38):
hoping will be the difference here?Yeah, you know, speaking of those
conversations, I think a lot ofpeople were surprised by Frankly what the White
House had been doing up until thispoint. We were reporting yesterday how the
President had made those phone calls toDemocratic leaders within the party like Chuck Schumer
and Nancy Pelosi and h King,Jeffreys and even James Cliburn, who really
(26:00):
helped to revise the president's election chancesin twenty twenty when he endorsed him ahead
of the South Carolina primary. Andso I think it's striking now to see
that what president is now getting morepersonally engaged in this. I think a
lot of people were surprised that Franklywasn't doing it before. And I think
what they're hoping is that they cankind of shore up their support and rally
(26:23):
support within the party even as peopleare raising concerns and talking about the you
know, Frankly their concerns about whatthey saw from the President on Thursday.
I think they're just hoping to movepast this and that they can show that
it's not going to have an impactin the larger scheme and he can still
be an effective candidate against Donald Trumpas we head into the election, well,
(26:45):
he certainly has an uphill battle,it seems so. Molly Nagel live
from the White House. Thank youso much, Molly, thank you.
All right, let's get back tosome of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Lawenforcement agencies in californ And you have increased
patrols for the fourth of July.The state wide enforcement period starts at six
o'clock tonight. It will stay ineffect until Sunday night. The CHP says
(27:07):
public safety is the top priority andofficers will take a zero tolerance approach when
cracking down. About twelve hundred driversgot a DUI during the holiday weekend last
year. Sixty eight people were killedin crashes the year before. Law enforcement
agencies across so Cow may have toget rid of some of their drones.
State Senator Tom Umberg has introduced thebill that would require law enforcement agencies to
(27:32):
get rid of drones that are bannedfor use by the Pentagon. As technology
advances, there is an amazing amountof detailed information that can be collected and
transmitted, for example, by drones. Umberg says his bill would target Chinese
made Dji drones. Records from lastyear's showed Dji drones in the fleets of
the La County Sheriff's Department, OrangeCounty Sheriff's Department, and other agencies.
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Those agencies will likely have a twoyear grace period to use the drones if
the bill passes. Trolley k ifI News fast food workers in La could
get more protections and better benefits,including mandatory advanced notice of schedules and paid
time off. City Councilman Hugo SodoMartinez says the workers lack opportunities offered in
(28:14):
other industries. They currently have sicktime off, but that can be used
for going to a family gathering ortaking some a couple of days off with
their children. So we're going tolook in to see if that's a possibility
of fact. The organization Save LocalRestaurants opposes the proposed ordinance, saying it
would only drive up costs more whenthey're already struggling with a new twenty dollars
minimum wage. A state senator hasintroduced a bill that could cost police agencies
(28:37):
across SoCal some of their drones.Senator will pardon me, Senator Tom Umbridge
says he thinks his bill, whichbans drones blacklisted by the Pentagon, will
get support in Sacramento, and Iexpect that other legislators will feel as I
do, that we need to becognizant of both our national security as well
(28:59):
as taking an account our our localsecurity situation. Umbergsville would target Chinese made
Dji drones, which are currently beingused by the La County Sheriff's Department,
the OC Sheriff's Department, and otheragencies. The US military has rebuilt a
runway on what it calls an iconicWorld War two site in Paleliu in the
South Pacific. Official say engineers workedto rebuild the airstrip for months by clearing
(29:23):
brush and trees and making sure nodangerous devices were still there from the nineteen
forty four battle. They say asuccessful landing Saturday marks a significant and triumphant
return beaches in several states across thecountry have been closed to swimmers over the
last few days due to harmful levelsof bacteria in the water. The defending
(29:45):
chair, Marquette Vandrosova, the checkis checked out on center court. That
is the wrong story. My apologies. I promise you guys. I will
wake up eventually. The lead singerof Heart unfortunately gets some bad news.
(30:06):
Looks like she has cancer and theband is postponing the remaining shows on its
dour while Ann Wilson gets treatment.Wilson says she's had surgery to remove the
cancerous growth and is also going throughchemo. Performances have been pushed back to
twenty twenty five. Heart was scheduledto perform at Crypto dot com A,
Rita in September and had stops inBakersfield and San Diego in December. Los
(30:30):
Angeles County Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and JenisHahn are expected today to unveil a proposal
for creating a more representative, accountable, and effective county government, possibly through
the expansion of the five member board. Residents of an apartment building in Santa
Monica say they have been terrorized bya man who walks around completely nude at
(30:51):
all hours of the day and night, and worry someone could get hurt if
the behavior escalates. And four luckySouthern California residents recently scratched their way to
a small fortune with the California LotteryScratcher Games. Laurie officials said the biggest
winner was jose Garfius, who wonseven million dollars from an extreme crosswords scratcher
(31:11):
ticket he bought at Sweet Time Donuts. I've tried those crosswords and I never
went on those, but now Ithink I might give it another shot.
We're t just minutes away from handle. On the news this morning, a
judge has granted a delay in sentencingfor Donald Trump's hush money case. It
has been moved to September, andwe'll talk about what this means for the
former president. All right, Tomorrowis the fourth of July, one of
(31:33):
my personal favorite holidays, and ifyou're looking for something fun to do with
the family, we've got just thething. The Queen Mary is hosting a
special all American Fourth of July event, and Dylan Madison, the director of
Experiences on the Queen Mary, joinsme live right now to talk about all
the fun things they have planned.Good morning, Dylan, Good morning.
How are we doing. I'm doinggreat. I'm hanging in there drinking my
(31:56):
coffee. How about you? Atwo month old at home, so I've
been up for hours that We're good. Thank you, I feel you all
right. I am sending you lotsof good nap juju for later in the
day. All right, let's talkabout what's happening this year for the fourth
on the Queen Mary. Oh mygosh, we're so excited to welcome all
of our guests tomorrow. We've gota full day of activities from live entertainment,
(32:22):
family friendly activities, delicious food,dancing of World War two flyover,
and of course our big firework displayat nine pm to cap off the night.
Okay, So, if I'm goingto come down to the Queen Mary,
can I bring my kids? CanI bring the family? Absolutely?
Yeah, That's what it's all about, is you know, we've created a
(32:44):
program for everybody in the family tohave an awesome time. We've got a
kid zone where we'll be doing waterballoon tosses, watermelon eating, you know,
tug a war three, laked race, you name it. And then
obviously we've got food food for everybody, from corn dogs to get to a
fried chicken, popcorn again, youname it all the all American diet there.
(33:07):
Absolutely. Okay, So let's talkabout the flight team. Is it
like an actual like flight demonstration?Yeah, so these are this is going
to be great. There's actually WorldWar two era planes that are going to
be flying over, and we've gota big we do the national anthem and
have our commodore has been on boardthe ship for over forty years, welcoming
(33:29):
everybody, and then the flyover comesover and you get to see these World
War two era planes right over theship. And of course we have to
talk about the fireworks. Are youguys planning a big fireworks display? Yeah,
oh my gosh that we are soso excited for that. So they're
actually they go off right behind theship, and so everybody will be on
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the back of our ship and righton the dock right behind our ship.
The fibers come right over the shipand it's just absolutely amazing. Just can't
wait. Yeah, getting getting giddythinking about it. Okay, and then
can the guests stay overnight for thisevent or is that just something? Yeah?
We do still have room packages availableand both VIP tickets which kind of
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give you a closer review of thefireworks there in the back, as well
as GA tickets. Again, thoseGA tickets start at thirty five dollars for
children then fifty five for adults.We do encourage folks to go on Queen
Mary dot com and get those ticketstoday because there is a chance of us
selling those out tomorrow and we don'twant you to get turned away at the
door, So definitely purchase those ticketstoday and hoping to get all the families
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here. And it starts at threeo'clock. Did you say three to ten?
Yeah, so it runs yep,so runs three to ten. And
we also do have tours available beforethat as well, and if you buy
a tour ticket, that also doesgets you into our full day of party
as well. So if you're interestedin the tours earlier in the day,
you can also book those online aswell. Okay, and I know this
(34:59):
is totally corny, but I wasthinking about this. Is there something sort
of ironic about celebrating America's independence ona British passenger ship. No, it's
a great question. You know what'scrazy is it's actually the Queen has been
here in Long Beach longer than itwas ever at sea, and so we
like to think that it's more Americanthan British at this point. But it's
(35:20):
a celebration of everything that America isabout. And so we're going to have
a blast tomorrow, all right,and tell everybody where they can get tickets
again and remind them where they canget more information. Yeah. So it's
all Queenmery dot com. And wehave a landing page there talking about all
of the stuff that I just kindof highlighted for the fourth of July.
But yeah, we hope to seeeverybody in their families out here tomorrow.
(35:43):
All right. Thank you so much, Dylan, and good luck with the
baby. I remember that state.Thank you so much. Have a good
one, Thanks you too, Byebye. Let's get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFItwenty four hour newsroom. President Biden has
blamed all the international travel he didin June or his poor performance during the
debate with former President Trump. ABC'sRachel Scott says Biden told supporters at a
(36:06):
fundraiser last night that he almost fellasleep on the stage. The president traveled
to Europe twice in June, buthe returned back to the United States twelve
days before the debate, and sourcessay during his debate prep at Camp David,
advisors blocked out time in the schedulefor rest. Biden apologized for the
debate but stressed that winning the electionwas critical. Senator Bernie Sanders says he's
(36:30):
not confident President Biden can win theelection this fall, but he doesn't want
him to step aside. Sanders andCongressman Lloyd Dodgett shared their concerns yesterday,
with dodget saying he thinks Biden shouldwithdraw. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean
Pierre argued Biden was sick during debatethe debate last week and just had a
(36:51):
bad night. She also dismissed questionsover whether Biden suffers from dementia. Officials
in India say at least one hundredand sixteen people have been killed and over
eighty others hurt during a stampede ata Hindu gathering. They say most of
those killed yesterday were women and children. It's not clear what triggered the panic
and made people rush out of amakeshift tent, but local media is reporting
(37:14):
heat and suffocation could have been afactor. Stampedes are relatively common around Indian
religious festivals, where large crowds gatherin small areas with few safety measures in
place. The La City Council hasdelayed a plan to spend one million dollars
to provide more private security at Jewishinstitutions. City councilwoman Katie Yaroslavsky says,
(37:36):
after weeks of violent protests, moreprotections are needed. The temperature is high
on all sides, and it's highnot only in here, but it's high
on our streets, and our institutionsare feeling that Yaroslavsky changed her motion yesterday
and it couldn't be voted on beforethe council's summer recess. The council will
(38:00):
consider a two million dollar fund laterthis month to help bolster security at an
institutions at institutions rather serving any faith. Now, despite struggles with his health,
Michael J. Fox made a surpriseappearance on stage. ABC's Andrew Deinbert
says the Hollywood Icon was seen jammingwith Coldplay at the Glastonbury Music Festival in
(38:21):
England. The Back to the Futureactor in his wheelchair rocking out on guitar
in front of an estimated crowd ofone hundred thousand people. Lead singer Chris
Martin telling the crowd how Fox hasinspired them from the beginning. So the
main reason why we're in about thisbecause of ontun Back to the Future.
Fox later writing on social media incase you were wondering, it was expletive
mind blowing. There is a timefor every band, and a band for
(38:43):
every time. This is coldplayce time. Hollywood Bourbank Airport is getting an eight
point two million dollars to help withconstruction of a new terminal. The FAA
announced another round of airport infrastructure grantsearlier this week, saying Americans are flying
in record numbers and the Biden administrationwants to continue its investment in making travel
(39:05):
safer and more convenient. The grantsare part of twenty five billion dollars set
aside for airport improvements across the country. Flights in and out of Newark Airport
in New Jersey are back to normalafter some major problems yesterday. ABC's Derek
Dennis has details a shortage of airtraffic controllers at a regional facility on Long
Island, New York, caused majorflying issues in and out of Newark Airport.
(39:29):
Monday, Jason and his girlfriend Nicolewere on a Spirit Airlines flight from
Fort Lauderdale that had to zigzag upthe coast so controllers could spread out the
number of departures and landings at Newark. They don't have the facilities to take
care of it, I guess,he said. The crew told passengers they
were taking the long route, leavingthe coal frustrated. It totally derailed their
whole day. Flights at Laguarda andJFK Airports were not impacted. Still,
(39:49):
travelers are urged to check their flightsahead of time. Derek Dennis ABC News
New York, the last known survivorsof the Tulsa Race massakers say a legal
setback will not stop them from fightingfor justice in their lifetime. ABC's Andre
Fuji says they are now asking theUS Justice Department to investigate the massacre.
One hundred nine year old Leslie BenningfieldRandall and one hundred ten year old Viola
(40:10):
Fletcher soon Tulsa, trying to forcethe city to pay reparations for the destruction
of the once thriving black district duringthe nineteen twenty one Tulsa Race Massacre.
That's when a white mob, someof who were deputized by the city,
burned down the district, killing asmany as three hundred people. Randal and
Fletcher claimed the city caused a publicnuisance because of the massacre, but Oklahoma
(40:34):
Supreme Court found plaintiff's grievances do notfall within the scope of our state's public
nuisance statute. Skuydiance Media has reacheda tentative agreement to merge with National Amusements,
the parent company of Paramount. Thiscomes after months of trying to close
a deal, and despite discussions abruptlyending in mid June after the owner of
National Amusements refused to sell her controllingstake. Skuidiance announced the news yesterday,
(41:00):
saying it's reached a preliminary agreement tobuy the company. The deals are now
being reviewed by a Paramount Special Committee. Well, tomorrow is the fourth of
July, and we are going tohave a lot of exciting things to share
with you. I have some wonderfulinterviews and segments planned for wake Up Call.
I'll be here, Kona will behere, and we'll be here.
(41:20):
We'll I'll be working and so youdefinitely don't want to miss it. We're
also going to be sharing some ofthe amazing places and events that are happening
for the fourth of July, soget ready for that. This is KFI
and kost HD two Los Angeles,Orange County. We lead local live from
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.I'm Heather Brooker. This has been your
wake up Call. If you missedany of wake Up Call, you can
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and leave us a comment. Wewould love to hear from you. You've
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