“Can You Hear Me OK? Hang Up!

Amy King hosts your Friday Wake Up Call. ABC national news correspondent Steven Portnoy discusses House GOP trying again on the FISA vote. Amy speaks with ABC News reporter Jim Ryan about robocall scammers. The House Whisperer Dean Sharp is back on Wake Up Call for another edition of ‘Waking Up with the House Whisperer!’ Today, Dean talks about taking on Springtime projects like a pro. ABC News correspondent Jason Nathanson closes the show with The Entertainment Report.

Episode Transcript

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You're listening to KFI AM six fortywake Up Call with me Amy King on
demand on the iHeartRadio app k fI at kost HD two, Los Angeles,
Orange County. How got you yourwake up call? Your host,

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Amy Kay can't wait for my nexttrip back to Dodger Stadium so I can
hear Todd Light say that. Iguess you won't be saying that about me
while we're there, but still,it's so great to be at the stadium

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and listen to all that stuff.The Dodgers are in action again tonight.
We're gonna tell you about that injust a little bit, but right now
it is five oh one. Thisis your wake Up Call live on the
iHeart Radio app for Friday, Apriltwelfth. Good morning, I'm Amy King.
Did you know that today is grilledcheese sandwich today? I know now

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I think I'm gonna celebrate. It'sone of my favorite things. I'm a
big grilled cheese fan. Really,all right, I'm gonna tuck that away.
I'm gonna remember that. Thank you. Cono. Here's what's ahead on
wake Up Call, and it's alot show. Hey Otani's former interpreter is
expected to self surrender to federal authoritiesin downtown LA and make his initial court

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appearance. Prosecutors say Ipe Misuhura stolemore than sixteen million dollars from Otani to
cover his gambling death. That's fourtimes more than we originally heard. Miwsuhara
is not expected to make a pleatoday. Ron Goldman's father says oj Simpson's
death is no great loss to theworld. Simpson was acquitted of murdering Nicole
Brown Simpson along with Goldman in nineteenninety five. He was later found liable

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for their deaths in a civil suit. Fred Goldman says Simpson's death is only
a further reminder of his son's murder. Of course, Simpson, as we
found out, died on Wednesday nightin Las Vegas. It's been so interesting
to hear all the stories from somany different voices in LA about Simpson and
the trial on KFI. Of course, Ken came back with John and Ken

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yesterday. Bill's got a whole bunchmore to tell you about this morning on
his show, and Jason Nathanson withABC covered the trial. He's going to
be on with us later this hourand also going to let us know what's
new in theaters and on the streamthis week. Also, looking to buy
a home cash is king people payingcash for Holmes has driven prices up nine

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percent in one year. At sixoh five, It's handled on the news.
The US has restricted travel for diplomatsin Israel because of a possible attack
by Iran. Let's get started withsome of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Thefamily of Ron Goldman has reacted to the
death of O. J. Simpson. Goldman was found murdered along with Simpson's
ex wife, Nicole Brown at herhome in nineteen ninety four. Wison was

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acquitted of the murders in nineteen ninetyfive. After learning of Simpson's death,
Ron's sister Kim and their father Fredreleased the statement acknowledging that the hope for
true accountability has ended, the newsof Ron's killer passing away as a mixed
bag of complicated emotions and reminds usthat the journey through grief is not linear.
Simpson's family say he died of prostatecancer Wednesday. Simpson had been released

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from prison in twenty seventeen after servingtime for armed robbery and kidnapping. Simpson
was seventy six. Steve Gregory Kingif I News to La County juvenile detention
centers can stay open now that stateregulators have reversed in earlier finding and found
that the two county facilities are againsuitable to How's youth offenders. The Los
Padrino's Juvenile Hall in Downey and theBarry J. Nidorf Treatment Center in Silmar

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were declared unsuitable to house detainees earlier. That could have forced the closure of
the facilities, leaving nowhere for thejuveniles to be housed. The fatal bridge
collapse in Baltimore's led to calls fora review of a well known bridge in
La La. City Councilman Tim Mcoscarfiled a motion this week asking engineers at
the Port of La to report onthe state of the Vincent Thomas Bridge.

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The sixty year old span connects SanPedro to Terminal Island. Mcoscar wants to
know whether conditions exist that could leadto a similar tragedy, such as what
happened in Baltimore, where the FrancisScott Key Bridge was struck by a container
ship, collapsed and killed six constructionworkers. A city Council Committee will take
up the motion first. Michael Monks, KFI News. Let's say good morning

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now to ABC's Stephen Portnoy. Stephen, last time we talked, we were
waiting for Congress to talk about THIZA. FBI Director Christopher Ray was on Capitol
Hill. He told lawmakers about threatsto the US and why FIZA need to
be extended. But it's apparently hita snag. Well, it had hit
a snag. The latest develop didto pass the House later this morning.

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Oh wait, wait, you droppedout for a second. The latest development
is what the latest development is.It's expected to pass the House later this
morning. But let's see what happens. There was a five year extension that
was on the table that was blockedearlier this week in the House, and
that's that snag you were talking about. But last night there was word of
an agreement to get a two yearextension through the House. And some of

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the Republicans who voted to block thefive year extension have not come around and
said, all right, two yearsis fine. This section of the Faisal
law authorizes warrantless surveillance. This isa seven oh two part right, that's
right, okay, warrantless surveillance ofoverseas communications, and the Biden administration supports
its extension. But the House,as it debates seven oh two today,

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is expected to vote on and we'renot sure it'll pass, but it'll be
a vote on an amendment that wouldadd a warrant requirement before the FBI conducts
searches in this vast ada trope regardingAmericans. Remember, this is a program
that was authorized after nine to elevento ensure that the the National Security apparatus,
including the FBI, had eyes andears on overseas communications. And it's

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been used, we're told, tosome tremendous extent to allow the US government
to surveil bad actors all over theworld, not just terrorists, but also
you know Vladimir Putin and you knowShijin Ping and Iran. And if seven
h two is allowed to expire,well, the concern is that the US

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would lose its visibility on this.I don't want to get too deep in
the weeds, but earlier this month, in secret, we only learned about
it. The other day, theBiden administration asked the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Court to reauthorize its warrantless surveillance foranother year, and the court authorized it,
which is provided for in the law. Even though we've talked a lot
about this expiration day a week fromtoday, if the law were to expire,

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the surveillance would still continue for anotheryear. So a lot of attention
is focused on this more and thestakes are high, of course, but
it's not as though any kind ofimminent harm to the country is upon us.
If this doesn't pass today, wellthat's good, right, or over
the course of the next week.Now the argument has been yes, well

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the court has reauthorized the surveillance.But there's you know, the way this
all works is the United States governmentgoes to, for example, the major
telecommunications companies Verizon, you know,AT and T, and they say,
all right, we have this law. You've got to provide us with all
of this information, and here's theorder from the Secret fis a court.

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And the telecommunications companies are like,well, all right, we've got a
court order. I guess we haveto do it. If this law expires,
as it's set to a week fromtoday, the argument is these telecommunications
companies might drag their feet and saywe no longer have to comply because the
underlying statutory framework is gone. Andyes, you have this court authorization,

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but we're going to fight it.And that's something that the administration has been
warning against. Okay, And thenthe vote on the amendment that you said
is going to happen today that theywant to say, no, you have
to have a warrant before you doa search. Is that only pertaining to
Americans or do yes? Okay,that's right, So it would require see
the FBI's argument is, you know, on to the Fourth Amendment, search

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and seizure, you have to geta warrant before you do the search.
Well, this is information that's alreadybeen collected by the US government, and
the US government already has access toit, and only the US government has
access to it. Why does theFBI need to get a warrant from a
judge before it uses information it alreadyhas well, and by the way,
it wouldn't be used in court necessarily, And then you could have an argument

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about that. But nevertheless, whatyou don't want is you don't want the
FBI to be able to eavesdrop onAmericans. And so there's a framework here,
and the question is whether lawmakers whowrote this law would expand it to
require warrants on the FBI when theysearch this trope for Americans. Okay,

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well, thank you for helping ussort it out. And we'll be watching
for the vote. And I'm gladto hear that. Regardless of the vote,
it sounds like we're safe for atleast another year. Thank you.
Yes, sure, have a goodweekend. All right, thank you,
Steve. We'll get back to someof the stories now coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Theone to one in Agra Hills is going
to be closing overnights starting next week. Those cow trans crews can enter the

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next phase of construction for the WallaceAnnenberg Wildlife Crossing. National Wildlife Federation Director
Beth Prat says the crossing is goingto give mountain lions and other animals their
own highway. When this bridge iscompleted, you're going to have all these
people commuting and while they're driving inthe morning or evening or whenever, a
mountain line could be walking over it, a fox, a coyote. Starting

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Monday at midnight and for the nextseveral weeks, the freeway is going to
be closed from midnight to five amtraffic will be diverted around onto side streets.
The man convicted of killing college studentKristen Smart in San Luis Obispo almost
years ago has been attacked in prisonagain. The Department of Correction says Paul
Flores was stabbed while in the recreationyard on Wednesday. He was treated at

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a hospital and returned to custody infair condition. The attack comes months after
another inmate attempted to slash Flora's throat. Convicted child predators in California may soon
be stripped of sanctuary state protections SuddenlymanBill assalely says, of his upcoming bill
passes, local law enforcement agencies willbe required to assist ice when dealing with

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convicted predators. Right now, there'sa complete bar on recognizing any ice detainers.
Doesn't matter what the crime is.My bill is a simple it's a
carve out as Sally says, he'sconfident the bill will ultimately pass that the
bill will likely head to the PublicSafety Committee before the full Assembly will vote
on it. In San Bernardino County, Blake Trolley k if I News,

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the California Department of Education is orderingMarietta Valley Unified School district to stop enforcing
its policy that mandates parental notification forstudents who tell the school that they are
identifying as transgender. The directive followsa complaint filed by two district teachers.

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They're citing discrimination concerns. The state'sintervention comes during a broader debate over parental
involvement and student privacy rights. Peoplepaying cash for homes have driven prices up
nine percent in a single year.A new report from Zillo shows, with
interest rates so high, homes arepriced to attract cash buyers because buyers who

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use traditional loans are having a hardertime making those payments. Experts at Zillo
say it's not unusual to see ahome listed for nine hundred thousand to sell
for a million dollars. We missedone of Nick's top picks yesterday. You
know, we did previews of what'scoming up this weekend, and so we
wanted to circle back with Nick becauseI think that this show sounds so cool

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if you're looking for something to dothis weekend. So Nick, tell us
about the one we missed real quick. Wanted to remind you or tell you
about a leamer mom. One ofMother's leader, so Leam her mom is
Megan Dolan is a one woman showor what Megan Dolan is the Leamer Mom,
and she has a one woman showthat's coming up this Sunday in Bray

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at the Curtis Theater. It's partof their Amplify initiative. And it was
our honorable mention for Nick's Top Picksbecause she's a listener to Kifi and wake
Up Call, but also she's reallya dynamic individual and she represents a lot
of people women mothers, specifically insouthern California, who are doing things to
get the word out about those thatare a slightly different or what we call

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a neurodiverse. So autism correct exactly. So her child has autism. Her
child has autism. So she's doinga show about it, right, She's
doing a show about it. Andthis isn't the first time she did a
TED talk about it if you're familiarwith what that is. And then also
she again will be a part ofa special presentation the Curtis Theater on Sunday

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and Brea. You can get moredetails about it at this week Onmanick dot
com and you can also get ticketsfifteen dollars really inexpensive. Back in the
day, we would call this alast call, not quite free ninety nine
from Later with Mokelly, but definitelywell worth your time at five pm on
Sunday, April fourteen. Okay,I hear. She's a hoot too.
She's hilarious, She's so much fun. You do really want to miss this

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opportunity. Okay, great, andyou can find out again more with this
weekend with Nick on the website andon Instagram. Correct. Okay, So
here's something else the fun that iscoming up. It's just over a week
away. It's the Wiggle wag awalk to prove benefit the Pasadena Humane and
all the money raised is going tohelp them care for thousands of animals they

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take in every year. So Iwould love it if you would join the
wake Up Call crew on Sunday,April twenty first at Brookside Park in Pasadena.
It's right by the Rose Bowl andwe're going to be walking to raise
money for the pups. So youcan come out, get your exclusive KFI
swag. You can visit the WiggleWaggle Wagon. That's a mouthful to see
adoptable pups. There's gonna be boothsand costume contests and games and demonstrations by

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a canine unit. There's gonna befood and a whole lot more. And
we would love for you to joinour team the wake up Call wigglers and
come walk with us. Police justjoined the team. We'd love for you
to do that as well. Comeout walk. It's a great way to
start your today. It's like ateight o'clock. It's a five k walk
or run. If you really wantto run, I don't run. I'll
be walking. And if you can'tjoin us, you can still donate to
help us reach our goal. Chrismade a donation yesterday. Thanks so much,

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Chris. You can get all theinformation on how to join the team
or how to make a donation atKFI AM six forty dot com slash wiggle
for all the information. The finalsnowpack measurement of the season has measured one
hundred and three percent above normal.The Eastern Sierra snowpack provides seventy percent of
LA's water. Snow surveyors say thetotal means ample water will be supplied to

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the DWP. With LA's reservoirs full. The aqueduct that delivers water from the
snow melt is expected to keep itthat way. A man from New York's
been arrested in Marino Valley for allegedlyposing as a priest and stealing from churches.
The Riverside County Sheriff's department says theguy called himself Father Martin. Law
enforcement agencies from around the US.We're looking for him. Marino Valley Sheriff's

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officials say they believe he may havealso hit other churches in the area.
In and Out Burger owner Lindsay Snydersays she fought with other company executives to
resist raising prices in the face ofthe state's new twenty dollars minimum wage law
for fast food restaurant workers. Shesays she felt an obligation to keep prices
low. Since April first, atleast one In and Out in LA has

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raised its burger prices by a quarterand its drink prices by a nickel.
At six oh five, it's handleon the news. Bill has a lot
to say about the death of ojSimpson, and you're not going to want
to miss it. But right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jim
Ryan. Jim, I've gotten thesecalls the one where someone who you don't
know says, can you hear me? Okay? Why should why should we

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be aware of it? What didyou do? What did I do?
Yes? I usually sit there becauseI don't know what to say, because
I'm nervous about saying anything. Yes, well, people instinctively say. And
when somebody you pick up the phoneand they say and you hear me okay,
people almost instinctively say yes, andthen they go on, maybe it's

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a person on the other end.Maybe it's a robo call that I've gotten
that called can you hear me?And I say yes, and then it
says, oh, great, listen, we'd like to tell you about this
great travel opportunity vacation. And I'llsay, wait a minute, are you
a robot or a person? Thenthe voice stops and says, oh,
I'm a person, and then continueswith the pitch. And if you ask

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it again, are you a robotor a person? The same voice as
oh I'm a person, exactly thesame, And you know it's clearly a
robo call. Now, maybe it'sa legitimate sales pitch they're offering up.
Maybe not. The BBB has tosend alert out. The better Business Bureau
advising people that if they get thatphone call, then can you hear me?
Call? Just hang up? Okay, better yet, use your color

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idea and don't answer it at all, even if it comes from your own
area code, because of phone spoofingand using your area code to make it
look like a convincing call is asmuch more common. What can happen if
you do is say yeah after theperson says do you hear me? Well?
The best case scenario is that ittells the robo caller or the sales
caller that you have an active phonenumber, that this is a good phone.

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They can keep calling you and makingpitches or doing whatever they're doing.
The worst case scenario, according tothe BBB, is that your voice was
recorded saying yes, and so thenthey go out they make purchases in your
name using your voice because it isyour voice. It's not an AI generator
thing, it's your voice saying yes. So you need to keep track of
your credit card bills because they mayhave charged something using your voice and your

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credentials. That is just so annoying. I hate that we even have to
worry about this, but and especiallylike you mentioned, the calls that appear
to come from your area code,because for example, I generally I don't
know how you guys are, butI generally won't pick up a phone if
I don't recognize the number. Goodidea, But then it also becomes a

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problem because there are legitimate people callingyou, like if you have a doctor's
appointment or maybe an appointment at thespa. I mean, you know it
just but there are things that youdo that you do have to communicate with
people you don't necessarily know. Yeah, well right, right, and so
check that you use your caller idea. If it says you know, just
a phone number, forget it.But if it says Librea Beauty Spa,

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then sure pick it up, oryour doctor's office pick it up. But
if not, maybe best just toleave it alone. Let it go to
voicemail, I mean even the orthey may text you. If it's a
legitimate person, they'll probably text youand say, hey, Amy, this
is so and so. But Iget I got one this morning. I
got a text from some unknown number. Hey, whose phone is this?

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Tell me who you? I'm notgoing to engage. I just delete the
message. It's none of your businesswho I am. Because they once they
pull you in, once you startresponding, either saying yes to the to
the question or answering that text message. The goal, the goal of the
scammer is to pull you in andDaniel Troze and me. Takes some time,
and eventually you're giving up personal financialinformation and boom, it's out there

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on the dark wold. I don'thave the time or patience for that.
Yeah, you know what Bill Handledoes. He's told the story a bunch
of times. He'll answer the callsand get the people talking and then say
hold on a second, and thenhe'll just put the phone in. I've
tried that before too. It's fun. So it's just another case of let
the buyer are actually the person whoanswers. Where you know, it's just

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throw out the phone and live likea hermit. I love the idea of
throwing out the phone every once ina while. ABC's Jim Ryan, thank
you so much. Have a wonderfulweekend. See you later. All right,
let's get back to some of thestories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. The man whowas show Hey Otani's interpreter has been charged
in LA with bank fraud for allegedlystealing more than sixteen million dollars from the

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Dodgers player. The number was previouslysaid to be about four million. Mister
Otani is considered a victim in thiscase. US attorney Martin Estrada says Ibe
Mitsujara acted as de facto manager forOtani for years and help him set up
a bank account in Arizona. Hethen allegedly lied to get access to that
account, obtained recordings of telephone callsin which was Zuhara spoke with bank employees,

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lied to them about being mister Otani, gave personal biographical information for mister
Otani in order to impersonate him.Estrada says Misahara then convinced the bank to
transfer large amounts of money to bookies. Misahara is doing court this afternoon.
An Iraq war veteran killed while doingyard work outside his home in Long Beach

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may not have been the intended target. Police say they believe the deadly shooting
of Mario Morales Moreno last week wasgang related. Reno was apparently hit by
a stray bullet. Fernanda Sandoval saysher father's death should result in policy change.
The residents of Los Angeles County areliving in fear. We no longer
feel safe in our homes. Fourmen were charged this week with murder and

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attempted murder. A bill's been introducedin California to increased penalties for corporate crimes.
Attorney General Rob Bonte says it wouldcreate a fund to provide services and
assistance to people affected by raising finesfor convicted corporations to twice the amount of
a loss. Currently, the maximumcriminal finds are around ten thousand dollars per
felony. Part of the restitution feeswould also go to the DA's office that

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filed the prosecution. Officials in Oaklandhave voted in favor of changing the name
of the city's airport to San FranciscoBay Oakland International Airport, despite San Francisco
threatening to sue over what it saysas a trademark violation. Critics say the
new name would also cause confusion withSan Francisco International Airport or SFO. The

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Board of Commissioners voted unanimously yesterday tomove forward with the name change and schedule
to second vote for a final approvalon May ninth. They say the airport's
three letter code oak will not change. The Dodgers take on the Padres tonight
at seven at Dodgers Stadium, notgoing no problem. You can listen to
the action on AM five seventy LASports. You can also stream every game

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in HD on the iHeartRadio app KeywordAM five seventy LA Sports powered by LA
Care for all of LA. Here'swhat we're following in the KFI twenty four
hour Newsroom show. Hey Otani's formerinterpreter is expected to self surrender to federal
authorities in downtown LA and make hisfirst court appearance. Prosecutors say ebey Miuzuhara

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stole more than sixteen million dollars fromMotani to cover gambling debt. Mizohara is
not expected to make a plea today. Ron Goldman's father says O. J.
Simpson's death is no great loss tothe world. Simpson was acquitted of
murdering Nicole Brown Simpson along with Goldmanin nineteen nine, but was found liable
for their deaths later in a civilsuit. Fred Goldman says Simpson's death is

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only a further reminder of his son'smurder. More than fifteen hundred guns have
been intercepted at airport security checkpoints inthe US so far this year, the
TSA says if the trend continues,it'll be on track to be just slightly
lower than last year's record setting numberof interceptions. The TSA's reminding travelers to
keep any firearm in a hard sightedcase and declare it to the airline when

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checking a bag. At six ohfive, it's handle on the news,
Fresh salmon from California. Not gettingit this year, We'll tell you why.
Let's say good morning now to thehost of Home on KFI. It's
Dean Sharp, the house whisperer.Hi, Dean, good morning Amy.
So it's springtime and that means alot of people are probably doing some projects

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around their house, getting things readyfor the summer. And that's why we
have you here. You're going tobe talking about this this weekend on how
to do those DIY projects like proThat's right, there are. There are
so many benefits to tackling a projectyourself if you're willing to. Mostly,

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of course, in addition to thesatisfaction of feeling competent about taking care of
your house, the cost right.You and I were talking earlier this week
about renovation and remodeling costs being upby sixty percent all across southern California.
One of the ways to tackle that, and there's another reason why that's the

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case, but one of the reasonways to tackle that is to do a
little more DIY. DIY intimidates alot of people. It's a little confusing
for some folks because they think,wow, these projects seem so complex.
But here's the thing. It's avery interesting reality that we've noticed over the
years. Some of the simplest,some of the simplest as far as steps

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go, projects are some of themmore difficult ones. But the ones that
involve multiple steps, I generally findthat if you take your time and you
work it through, you can getthem done. And what I mean by
that is by way of encouragement.Let's say you've got a project of you
know, kind of putting well,you know, let's use a classic example

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of like putting an ikea piece offurniture together, right, which will take
you three or four hours. Yeah, it can take some time. But
here's the thing. If if you'rewilling to step through it, follow the
instruction step by step, step bystep, you can put that together as
well as any pro could put togetherthat kind of thing. And there are

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a lot of processes around your house, even things like setting tile, laying
tile that you can take your timeand do. Lot of steps, lots
of steps. Okay, I wantto just mention the tile thing, because
I did. I didn't do likea whole floor. But I had an
old fireplace in my my first housein Portland, and it was this beautiful

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old keystone with the rounded top,and it was ugly and one hundred years
old. So I got the paintand I painted the fireplace and made it
beautiful. Didn't do it white likedid it so it mel you know,
went in with the house and butI needed to redo the hearth. So
I went and I did exactly likeyou said. I took my time,
I knew what the steps were andit turned out so good. It was

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like and then you get to lookat it every day and go I did
that exactly exactly, And a lotof people would be like, oh my
gosh, no, I can't dothat. You got to call it to
set the time you can because eachof those individual steps, even there's those
there's a lot of them. They'requite mechanical, and they're and they're and
if they can be done very veryeasily, each individual step, Whereas in

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contrast to this, and I'll tellyou my story. Yeah you know,
I've been doing this for almost fortyyears now, I still walk away from
finishing drywall. I'm like, nope, bring in the drywall, guys.
Right, you would think, Okay, there's one step you put the mud
on a trowel and you scrape itacross the wall. But the fact of

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the matter is that simple step toget it just like mm hmm, that
is something that takes you know,it's one of those ten thousand hours of
mastery kind of things to just doit beautifully and smoothly. I am fiddling
around with that for way, way, way, way too long at the

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end of the day. See,that's one step, but it requires a
level of artistic mastery to get itdone really beautifully. Whereas setting tile,
that's so many steps, and yetif you take the time, you can
do it. And so that's whyI'm encouraging people. There are so many
DIY projects around your house that youcan tackle yourself if you're just willing to
take the time and time. Bythe way, that's the first thing that

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we're going to talk about this weekend. I'm going to remind everybody about what
we call in the construction business theiron triangle. What's that? The iron
triangle is just a truth about constructionin general. Imagine a triangle, and
we've got three sides to it.Here are the three sides. The three
sides are time, cost, andquality. Okay. Now here's the rule.

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That's why we call it the irontriangle because it cannot be violated.
This cannot be broken, this truth. Okay. You get two sides,
any two sides you want of thattriangle, and you pay for them with
the third side. Okay. Sobasically it means this, if you want
it done fast and that's time,and you want it done cheap, okay,

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all you have to sacrifice is qualityokay okay. And if you want
it done fast and really really great, then all you have to sacrifice is
cost. Get ready to write abig check to somebody. But most of
us in the category where we wouldlike the best quality and the best value.

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And guess what that means. Itmeans it's going to take more time.
Take your time. Oh, takeyour time, okay, Yeah,
take your time with it. Okay. You've got several tips that you've got
bullet pointed for us, but Igot I want to hit. I want
to hit one of them, andit's the one that you never hit your
thumb with a hammer again. Yeah, so we're going to be talking about

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using simple tool procedures with shockingly alot of your dummies. Well, you
know, it's not really that,it's just that a lot of people just
don't realize how pros actually, youknow, pick up a tool like a
hammer and use it. And it'sa very very simple truth, and that
is this. Your first tap onthe nail is with your hammer is a

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very very soft tap to set thenails so that it is standing up on
its own, and then you moveyour other hand away. Okay. It
is the fact that people take aan enthusiastic first swing and a nail while
they are still holding it in betweentheir forefinger and their thumb. That's how
black and blue thumbs end up inthe world. So you never have to

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hit your thumb again. You justtap the nail, set it so that
it's standing on its own, andmove that other hand out of the way,
okay, And then just running downthe list, there are things that
are catching my eyes. Pilot holes. Pilot holes are critical. There's so
many people get frustrated because I needto nail this piece of wood to that
piece of wood, or screw thispiece of wood to another piece of wood,

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and they find out that they endup cracking the wood because they put
the screw in too close to theedge. Pilot Holes are key. You
drill a tiny hole the size ofthe shaft of the nail or the shaft
of the screw, not the threadsof the screw, just the shaft and
the inside, and then that nailor screw will not act as a wedge

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and force the wood apart and splitit. So again, a little extra
f an electrac time, you canget these beautiful connections done without destroying the
material that you're working on. Okay, And then here's another one that I
think a lot of times when we'retrying to save time, we skip this
one. And it's never a goodidea to skip it. But it's a

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measure twice cut once. Oh mygosh. Yeah, that is just one
of the standing you know, proverbsof construction. You can't stretch wood.
That was the very first thing thatmy mentor taught me when I was a
young carpenter. He said, thereis no such thing as a wood stretcher.
So you make sure before you cutthat thing short that you've measured it

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at least twice. Measure twice,cut once, always all. And I
do it to this very day.I mean, this is what the pros
do. We double and triple checkourselves before we commit to something like cutting
something so that we know that we'renot going to end up with another trip
back to the lumberyard to replace thematerial we screwed up. Okay, And

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then this is another little one thatkind of goes in line with this one.
These are such good tipstein. Ican't wait to hear all of them
this weekend. But when you goto cut something, you gotta know where
you're cutting, and it's yeah,you gotta know what's you got to realize
here are some physical realities. Thepencil or the pen that you're using to

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mark the material. It's not layingdown a microscopically thin line. If you're
using a pencil, which most peopledo, that line can be a sixteenth
of an inch wide. Where didyou put that pencil mark on the next
to the ruler? When you madethe mark, and then understanding that the
blade of your saw is probably goingto eat up about an eighth of an

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inch of wood. It doesn't justseparate the two pieces, It actually choose
through a section. So where youmade your mark, what side of the
line that you're going to be cuttingon, and understanding that the blade itself
actually removes material is critical. Andthat's why people when you don't think about
this, you make a mark,you cut it, and you're like,
why is it short? Why doesit not fit? You gotta track where

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exactly you intend to cut on thatline. And we use these phrases in
the trade. I'll make a markon something, I'll hand it to somebody
who's cutting for me and say,you know, I'll say leave the line,
okay, And that's how they knowexactly where I want them to cut
it. All say take the lineor whatever. You gotta know. You

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gotta know where on that line you'replanning to make your cut. See a
lot of little things that are goingto make a big difference to a successful
DIY project. Exactly all right,And you can hear all about this and
more coming up this weekend with Homewith Dean Sharp it is the house whisperer,
and that's Saturdays from six to eightand then Sundays from nine to noon.

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Right, that's right, Thanks Amy, thank you so much. You
can also follow Dean at at Homewith Dean thank you. Rains on the
way for the weekend, with snowpossible in the mountains. The rains expected
to hit La County tomorrow. Ahalf inch of rain could fall in the
basin, with an inch or morepossible in the mountains. Snow levels could
also fall to about thirty five hundredfeet by Sunday, with light snow expected

(34:15):
through the Grapevine. A woman fromLa has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining more
than two million dollars in COVID loansand line to the irs in an attempt
to secure nearly one point three milliondollars in tax credits. Prosecutors say thirty
seven year old Casey Hines submitted eightybonus, bogus applications for Paycheck Protection Program

(34:36):
and Economic Injury Disaster loans. She'sfacing up to twenty years in prison when
she's sentenced in January. SpaceX hassuccessfully launched another rocket from Vandenberg Space four
Space the launch yesterday carried a hightech weather satellite into orbit. The satellite's
going to send back information about theoceans, ice, snow, and soil
moisture. We're just minutes away fromHandle. On the News This Morning show,

(34:58):
hey Otani's interpreter may have stolen morethan four times more than we originally
found out sixteen million bucks. Rightnow, let's say good morning to ABC's
Jason Nathanson. Jason, of course, the big story right now is oj
Simpson's death. And you were inLA during the murders. I was,
And did you cover the trial?No, I was in high school.

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Oh it was a little, alittle too young, although I know Alex
Stone started working when he was ateen in radio. But no, I
was working at Red Robin actually inthe Tapanga mall, nice and that's where
I remember watching the Bronco Chase.Everything stopped there. We have TV's in
the bar, and everybody stopped eatingand serving and doing everything to watch that

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chase. And then during the trial, I was here in Los Angeles.
And then when Rick was read though, I was actually in Santa Cruz.
I had just gone to college,so I was up in Santa Cruz for
that but to be here during thattime, you know, just after the
earthquake and the riots and that cupof years for Los Angeles was crazy.
I mean, that was just areally nutty time to be here and everything

(36:06):
was so in flux, so tobe here during and during the Bronco Chase
and the trial and everything just avery strange time for Los Angeles. Yeah,
we were hearing stories because KFI,you know, was obviously on that
twenty four to seven it was happening. But we heard so many stories yesterday
and talking to people around the officesaying, oh, I know where I

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was. It was one of thosemoments where you know where you were when
you watched the Bronco Chase. Idon't remember it because I was up in
Oregon. We watched the Bronco Chase, but I don't, you know,
we weren't tied as closely to itas everybody who was here. Sure,
I mean, it was definitely something. You know, there are a couple
of moments that I can remember,like that the North Hollywood shootout where they

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were with the bank robbery, whichwas a couple of years after that was
something you really remembered about that timebecause that was just a really crazy event
as well, but that Bronco Chase, for sure, it was something that
just stopped everybody. And I rememberit was there was there was basketball playoffs
on and hockey playoffs on as well, and both of those they broke into

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and everybody it was. It wasthe thing that you know, everybody was
talking about. Yeah, all right, well, let's let's move on from
talking about that. You know,Bill Handle's going to be talking about this
a lot today because of course hewas on the air when this happened.
But let's go over to uh movies. I started watching man Hunt, uh,

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and then saw an ad for Franklinon Apple TV. We're digging into
our history, So what's uh?What's Franklin? Is it any any good?
Yeah? Franklin is a new seriesfrom Apple TV, which they've been
really digging into these historical dramas asof late. That's been their thing,
and they do them really well,and they spend a lot of money on
them, which I really appreciate.They're not doing these things with kind of

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like a small budget. Franklin isabout Ben Franklin during the time where the
Revolutionary War is happening, the USis losing or The States are losing and
they need money, they need ships, they need ammunition. So Ben Franklin
goes to France to try to getThat's on an unofficial mission to try to
get that stuff, and they reallyneed they need that really badly. So

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this is about the diplomacy that hewent through in France to try to get
help for the fledgling United States.It stars Michael Douglas as Ben Franklin.
And this is another series from Applewhich does I mean, you can see
where they spent the money on thewhigs and the costumes and the palaces.
I mean, it really looks goodand the story is interesting. When I

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was watching it, I'm like,I don't remember who played Ben Franklin in
the movie. And then I wentto look, and there hasn't been a
Ben Franklin movie. Hollywood's not reallyexplored the story of Ben Franklin, which
is kind of strange given that we'veseen. You know, HBO did to
John Adams miniseries that was really wellreceived with Paul Giamatti a couple of years

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ago, and Ben Franklin was asmall character in that. And then of
course he had Hamilton, which wasa huge success. But Ben Franklin's story
has never really been explored. Therewas a Ken Burns a documentary a couple
of years ago, but that wasabout it. So this is the first
time we've really seen something like thisin a series, and I think the
story is very interesting. My onlysmall bone to pick is Michael Douglas as
Ben Franklin is a little rough becauseit's hard to lose Michael Douglass, Right,

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He's one of those guys when youhear just hearing his voice, you
know it's Michael Douglas, and watchinghim, you know it's Michael Douglas.
So I think if it would havebeen some lesser known character actor, they
would have disappeared into the role andit might have been a little less distracting.
Yeah. We were talking about thatearlier this week because after on your

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recommendation, I watched Ripley. Yeah, and I liked that there weren't many
super recognizable characters because you don't thinkabout the character, You don't think about
the actor. You just get intothe character. Yeah, and that you
know, and some do it betterthan others. Right, George Clooney is
always going to be George Clooney andwhatever he's in Yeah, pretty much.

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Tom Hanks does a really good jobof kind of disappearing. You know,
he can do that, and youknow, and it's not to say that
Michael Douglass is a bad actor.He's not a bad actor by any starch
of the imagination. But it's alittle distracting when you're watching this and you
go okay, that is when youcan see the actor playing the character.
It takes you out of it absolutelyokay. So you say it's good but

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not spectacular, Yes, okay.And then there's a new movie out speaking
of history, about civil war,but it's not a movie about the past.
This one's right now. Yeah,it's about what could possibly happen if
this country heads in the state andthe keeps going in the direction that it's
going. This is a warning.It talks so much about how the Civil
War and by the way, thisis from Alex Scarland, fantastic filmmaker behind

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ex Machina twenty eight Days Later andother things, and it envisions a civil
war in the United States, maybea couple of years into the future.
And it's not so much about myexpectations where I was going to see a
movie about how the Civil War happened, how the two sides got into it,
what they were fighting over, thingslike that. This movie is not
about that, sod just your expectationsa little bit, because this is really

(41:20):
a movie about journalism at the endof the day. It's about Kirsten Dunn's
character. She plays a journalist whois traveling across the country to try to
get to the White House before therebel forces take over the White House,
and about how the carnage that whenyou cover something like that as a journalist,
the toll it can take on you, but also why it's important for
people to be there to document thosemoments. And it's also a little bit

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of a warning to say, hey, you think this happens in other countries,
across oceans and in other far flungplaces, but no, this could
actually happen here. So again,it's not about how the forces in the
movie of California and Texas and flojoined together, because in reality that would
probably never actually happen. California andTexas don't join together. But it's about

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the effects this has and the kindof the broken conversation that we have in
this country right now. Okay,and then before we let you go,
Robert Downey Junior has a new movieand he's not an Avenger. He is
not an Avenger. And this isthe first thing that he's done since he
won the Oscar for Oppenheimer, whichkind of started a new chapter in his

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He was very good in that,and he's very good in this show called
The Sympathizer on HBO, which isabout Robert Downiel Jus is not the main
character. It's about a half Vietnamesehalf French Communist spy during the Fall of
Saigon in Vietnam and the Vietnam Warand this guy who's doing kind of double

(42:50):
duty spying for the US but alsofor the Communists. And Robert Downey Junior
plays a CIA agent and talking aboutbeing lost in the character. He is
fantastic in this. I mean heand he plays many different because he's a
spy, he's kind of in abunch of different costumes and wigs and things
like that. Really really good stuff, really interesting. And what I love
about this story is I've never seenthis before. I have no idea where

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it's going. It's completely original.Wait, it's new. Yeah, it's
waiting all the remakes and stuff.I'm so excited to hear about this.
It doesn't follow the same beats overand over. I like that about Civil
War, and I like that aboutthe Sympathizer as well. Okay, and
that's on HBO. Is it goingto be on Max? Yeah? Streaming
streaming on Max, airing on HBO. So one episode at a time,

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starting Sunday night. Okay, JasonNathanson, thank you so much. Happy
Coachello weekend. Oh yeah? Areyou going? No me either? All
right, I have a good one. Take it. This is KFI and
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