September 11, 2025 • 38 mins
Amy King hosts your Thursday Wake Up Call. ABC News national correspondent Steven Portnoy opens the show talking about the legacy of political activist Charlie Kirk. ABC News’ Jim Ryan speaks on ‘The Poverty Report,’ older Americans are getting poorer. Bloomberg’s Courtney Donohoe shares the latest regarding business and Wall Street. KFI national correspondent Rory O’Neill closes the show talking about the 24-year anniversary of September 11th, 2001.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 3 (00:16):
It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Good morning. It is five o'clock, straight up. This is
your wake up call for Thursday, September eleventh. I'm Amy King.
Tough day September eleventh, twenty four years ago when the
nation was attacked. My how things have changed. Remember how
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we said we'd never forget. There are people who don't
know it because they didn't experience it, but for many
of us, it changed our lives. They're marking that day today.
We'll be talking about that. We'll be talking about lots
of stuff on wake up call, so let's get right
back to it. A manhunt continues for the person who
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assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk during an a rally at
Utah Valley University. Police say they believe the shooter fired
a single deadly shot from a rooftop on campus. Two
people were taken in for questioning. They were later released.
We're going to be talking more about who Charlie Kirk
was in his legacy with ABC's Stephen Portnoy. In just
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a couple of minutes, a man charged with throwing rocks
onto CHP vehicles while officers were inside from an overpass,
then tossing a flaming bundle onto a patrol car on
the one O one freeway below is going to be
a rain today. It happened during anti ice protests in June.
Thirty nine year old Adam Palermo's facing a federal charge
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of arson and some state charges as well. Salvage crews
continue their work to recover dozens of shipping containers that
fell off a cargo ship at the port of Long
Beach on Tuesday, Actually the part of Los Angeles, About
seventy five containers tumbled from the Mississippi that had arrived
from China. The Coastguard says sonar is being used to
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locate about thirty containers still underwater. We all worry about
having enough money to live out our golden years, right Well,
ABC's Jim Ryan's going to join us at five point
twenty to tell us why that's getting harder to do.
More happy news today, cafe's national correspondent Royal O'Neil is
going to join us to tell us how the twenty
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fourth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center
will be marked on this September eleventh. Also on a
positive note, I'm jumping off a building, going over the
edge to raise money to help almost people who actually
want help, and for an organization that actually makes a difference.
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With telling you about that coming up, let's get started
with some of the stories coming out of the KAFI
twenty four hour newsroom. President Trump announced on social media
yesterday that Charlie Kirk had died, and then later posted
a video message.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
My administration will find each and every one of those
who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence,
including the organizations that funded and support it.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
The Conservative activists was murdered during an outdoor rally at
Utah Valley University near Provo. Governor Newsom condemned the murder
of Charlie Kirk.
Speaker 5 (03:28):
Newsom posted on x the attack on Kirk is disgusting, vile,
and reprehensible. He added that in the United States of America,
we must reject political violence in every form.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Kfistna Kodiak reports that California's US senators and congressional representatives
have also denounced the killing. LA Mayor Bash issued a
statement calling the shooting disgusting. The Lacity Council has endorsed
Prop fifty.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
Devellot.
Speaker 6 (03:53):
Measure is supported by Governor Newsom and has been called
the Election Rigging Response Act. It would allow California to
redraw congression districts to send more Democrats to the Capitol.
Councilmen Adriam Nazarian says it's a necessary move.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
We must send a message to this administration that California
is strong, united, and fearless in the face of autocracy.
Speaker 6 (04:12):
Governor Newsom says he's pushing the measure because Texas has
already taken steps to redraw its maps to send more
Republicans to Washington.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
D C.
Speaker 6 (04:20):
Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
A man from Sherman Oaks is pleaded not guilty to
stealing tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from a
wedding reception.
Speaker 7 (04:27):
The forty one year old is one of two men
charged in connection with the crime. He pleaded not guilty
to criminal charges in relation to the theft of a
wedding box containing about sixty thousand dollars in cash and checks.
The box was taken from a banquet reception hall in
Glendale on August thirty first. The defendant is also charged
with possession of a controlled substance while armed with a gun.
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Is alleged getaway driver also pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.
Eileen Gonzalez KFI News, a so.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Called serial butt sniffer will become very familiar with the
smells of jail. The man who's been arrested several times
for sniffing women's rear ends around Burbank was sentenced to
one hundred and thirty five days in jail yesterday for
violating his parole. The most recent sniffing happened in mid August,
about a month after he was arrested for doing the
same thing at the Burbank Empire Center. All right, it's
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five oh seven. Let's say good morning now to ABC's
Stephen port Nooi. So, Stephen, we all know the co
founder of Turning Point USA was assassinated yesterday. Before we
get into who he was, can you tell us what
you know any updates that you might have about this.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
The update on the investigation is that the killer is
still on the loose. You may have heard yesterday from
the FBI director that there was a man who was
in custody, well, and that man was released. Then there
was another man who was in custody. That man also
has been released this morning. We are not aware of
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any other individual who is suspected in this political assassination,
and we expect an update from authorities later this morning.
But as we speak now, there's no indication that authorities
in Utah have any idea who did this.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Yeah, what we would do know is that there was
somebody dressed all in black. They think they have somebody
running across a rooftop right after the shooting. But then
from you know, because I've been watching all the channels,
and they're saying that that rooftop was very close to
a parking lot. That parking lot very close to an interstate,
and he could have gotten out, jumped on an interstate
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and taken.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Off, could have maybe who knows. The FBI is asking
anyone who was there to send them their videos and
pictures because maybe they can piece something together.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Yeah, all right, So then let's go to Charlie Kirk,
because he had become such a force in American politics.
How did he get to where he was.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Charlie Kirk is perhaps one of the singular most influential
figures in conservative politics in America. He years before Donald
Trump emerged as a political force, Charlie Kirk founded Turning
Point USA, a group focused on conservative activism on college campuses.
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He had millions of followers across social media platforms. He
had a podcast that was in the top ten. He
had a daily radio show airing on hundreds of stations,
incredibly prolific, and engaged with supporters and political opponents in
his college campus tours that was kicked off. One of
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them was kicked off yesterday at Utah Valley University. A
feature of these events would be for him to directly
engage some of his political opposites in a dialogue. And
it was in the midst of that dialogue in public,
an open and free exchange of ideas, that the single
shot was fired, presumably from a high powered rifle, from
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presumably from a far distance, A single shot that struck
the thirty one year old in his neck near his throat,
the blood quickly leaving his body. The security team around him,
from my eyes and experienced and highly trained team left
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right into their protocol, took his wounded body and put
it in an suv. They drove off directly to the hospital,
not waiting for paramedics, and he was pronounced dead, a
highly traumatizing event for the thousands of people who were
in attendance and for the millions presumably who've seen this
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video uncensored on social media.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Well, and that's the Yeah. The other thing that we
also hear watching the show's people like I've seen it.
I don't recommend you see it. I know I don't
need to see it. We know what happened, but you know,
if you won't want to, it's out there. And that's
what's so crazy about everything these days, is everything is
out there. So all right, ABC, Stephen Portnoy, thanks so
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much for the information. We'll talk to you again. So
let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A high school
student in Colorado has shot two classmates at their school
in suburban Denver before killing himself. The shooting was reported
around twelve thirty yesterday afternoon.
Speaker 8 (09:33):
Ring camera footage from a house near the school shows
students running away in a panic, some of them reaching
out to their parents by phone. Parents racing to a
nearby elementary school to reunite with their children.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
ABC's Trevor Alt says one mom told her him her
father was a first responder at Columbine twenty six years
ago when twelve students and a teacher were murdered in
a school shooting. One of the teens shot yesterday is
in critical condition, the others listed as staple. Opening statements
are set to begin this morning in the trial of
the man accused of trying to assassinate President Trump in Florida.
(10:06):
ABC's Peter Harralumbus says Ryan Ruth was arrested nearly one
year ago today for allegedly hiding in the bushes of
Trump's golf course with a rifle.
Speaker 9 (10:16):
This morning, he's due to defend himself in his own
criminal trial, having dismissed his own lawyers earlier this year.
Speaker 10 (10:21):
Federal prosecutors and Ruth spent the last three days trying
to finalize a jury.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Twelve jurors and four alternates were picked yesterday. The Trump
administration has fired another immigration judge in San Francisco. Sanaka
Mahajan with the Community Organization Mission Action says President Trump
is looking to gain access to asylum records to dismiss
judges with a high approval rate. Assistant Chief Immigration Judge
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Lloyd Mcluskey was fired this week. She's the seventh removed
this year. Since Trump took office, about a third of
the twenty one judges in San Francisco have been let go.
Israel says it has carried out airs strikes against Houthi
leaders in Yemen. More than thirty people were reportedly killed.
The IDF said the attack was in response to attacks
by the Houthis. Israel said it attacked to fuel storage
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site and military camps. It comes days after Israel launched
a strike against Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar. A new
robo taxi services hit in the streets of Las Vegas.
Speaker 11 (11:21):
Amazon's driverless ride hailing service Zekes will be free at
first and take riders to and from places including Resorts World,
Las Vegas, Area fifteen and Top Golf, and other resorts
and entertainment spots. The service will expand to more destinations
in the coming months. Unlike other robotaxis, zekes vehicles aren't
repurposed versions of existing manually driven cars. There's no steering
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wheel inside, and it features bench style seats that face
each other rather than all seats facing forward Dubor Mark
Kaffi News.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
You know, I had a way MO pull up to
my on my street, like to my house next door,
or on my house next or but the house next story,
and it was just freaky. Yeah, they're weird. It's just weird.
I need to go and get over my fear of
them because I think that overall they are safe and
maybe just take a ride around the neighborhood.
Speaker 12 (12:13):
We should let's go, we should go get a ride
in one. Okay, Okay, we'll film it.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Okay, we'll do it. Then we'll report back. Let's report
back on going over the edge. So September twenty sixth
and twenty seventh, we're joining the Union Rescue Mission and
repelling twenty five stories, yes, twenty five stories down the
side of the Hilton Los Angeles Universal City Hotel. It's
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the big black one that you drive by when you're
headed by Universal Studios the and so we're doing this
to raise money, and I would love it if you
could find it in your heart to support it. So
we're raising money for Union Rescue Mission, which raises that
looks for long term solutions for homelessness from emergency shelter
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and recovery programs. They also do transitional housing and education programs,
and they do training and help people find a job.
So it's the people who actually want help that the
money from Union Rescue Mission is going to fund. And
so we're raising money by going over the edge. And
if you would like to help out, please go to
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RM dot org slash ote and there's a page for
kfive for both Neil and for me. We're both going
to be going over the edge on September twenty sixth
and twenty seventh. And if you want to do it yourself,
you can do that too. Just check out the website
find out you just need to make a donation and
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you can go over the edge too. And I will
tell you it is terrifying, but it's also very empowering.
So there you go.
Speaker 12 (13:53):
Are the ropes real thick, So the.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Ropes are thick. There's backups and stuff, but it is
for somebody who's afraid of heights. It's a little unnerving,
but it's also exhilarating, I will call it. So please
join us going over the edge to raise money for
the Union Rescue Mission again. It's rm dot org, slash Ote,
LA Mayor, Bass, Interim Fire Chief Ronnie Vienueva, LAPD Chief,
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Jim McDonald, County Sheriff Robert Luna, and others will take
part in the nine to eleven remembrance ceremony at LA
Fires Training Center near Dodger Stadium. Beenueva and McDonald will
ring ten bells in tribute to the bravery and sacrifice
of first responders on that day. President Trump has ordered
all flags to fly at half staff following the assassination
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of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. He was shot and killed
during an outdoor event at Utah Valley University yesterday. It
was the first in a series of events planned on
Kirk's American comeback tour. Kirk was a close friend and
ally of the President. California has updated its COVID nineteen
vaccine guidance to follow national medical groups instead of the CDC.
(15:05):
Officials say the state's going to follow the American Academy
of Pediatrics and the American College of ob Obstetricians and Gynecologists,
which recommend vaccinating everyone six months and older. Let's say
good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan So Jim. We
all worry about having enough money to live out the
golden years, live comfortably. But there's a new report out
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that says that might be a problem.
Speaker 13 (15:29):
Yeah, it's going to be a problem, at least in
the short term and perhaps in the long term as well.
The good news is that, according to the latest statistics
from the Census Bureau, more people, more groups have risen
up out of poverty there above the poverty line, but
one big group, a growing group, in fact, the biggest group,
is sinking. Unfortunately. Let's take a look at the baseline here,
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the annual income for a single person in the US
fifteen thouy sixty. If you're below that, you are below
the poverty line a family of four thirty one thousand,
two hundred dollars. But unfortunately, people sixty five and up
are the only group, the only population group falling below
or losing ground. Right now, nine point nine percent of
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people over sixty five fall below that. Now matter if
you if you factor in things like medical care work
related costs, then the number rises to fifteen percent of
older people. That's up from fourteen point two just a
couple of years ago. So yeah, Unfortunately, the fastest growing
population is the population above sixty five. And that's the
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one big group that is not making ground, in fact,
is losing ground on poverty.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Well, and that's problematic because they're earning opportunities are not
the same. As you know, if you're on poverty and
you're very young, you got some time and you can
work really hard. But once you're at retirement age, what
are you going to do?
Speaker 13 (16:53):
Fixed income? And so you're you're at that age, you're
you're finding yourself in dire straits. So do you do
You turn to your family members, you move in with
them or I get help from them, and that sort
of pushes them down just a bit as well. And
so you can see this vicious cycle underway.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
Amy, Okay, and we've been seeing trends, Jim or do
you know through these numbers, are more people parents moving
back in with their kids?
Speaker 13 (17:20):
Well they are. I haven't seen the hard statistics, but
anecdotally that's what people, you know, the National Council on
Aging AARP, they're saying that more people above sixty five
are being forced to move back in. So you know,
people in middle aged they may have their kids moving
in with them and now they have their parents moving
back in with them.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
So that's what I was going to say, Like, kids
aren't moving out. So maybe that's why kids are getting
out of poverty because they're not having those huge home expenses.
Speaker 11 (17:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 13 (17:47):
Well, well they can't afford a home.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
And so well rent is you know, rent here in
LA is just crazy expensive.
Speaker 13 (17:55):
Yeah. Well, and of course a lot of this has
to do with healthcare costs and inflation. We're going to
get numbers on inflation in six minutes to tell us
exactly what happened last month compared to last year in
terms of the cost of the consumer pricing day. So
it's just it's kind of a troubling story. Eleven thousand
Americans every day, eleven thousand Americans turned sixty five years old,
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and you speak a cause for celebration. Yay. I'm retiring
now and I can live out my golden years. But boy,
I mean it's tarnished gold these days.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Yeah. All right, ABC's Jim Ryan, thanks so much. Thanks,
hemmy something to look forward to. Right, all right, let's
get back to some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four our newsroom. The search continues for
the person who shot and killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk
during a college event in Utah.
Speaker 7 (18:43):
The FBI last night announcing a person had been taken
into custody, but hours later confirming that person was released.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
ABC's Elizabeth Shoolsey says six university officers were working Kirk's
event yesterday, with some plane clothes officers in the crowd.
University police say they had coordinated with Kirk's security team.
The shooter fired one shot. Officials have only said the
person was dressed in all dark clothing and that it
appears the shot came from a rooftop. Comedian an actor
(19:13):
Jay Leno has called the shooting of Charlie Kirk the
death of free speech.
Speaker 5 (19:17):
I mean, we're't a point in this country where if
you don't agree with everybody and everything.
Speaker 8 (19:21):
You take out a gun and you shoot them, and
especially on a college campus.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Leno tels kfi's Tim Conway Junior debate used to be fascinating.
He says he didn't necessarily agree with Kirk, but enjoyed
listening to him for different perspectives. A man with a
gun has been shot and killed by police in North Hills.
Officers were called yesterday afternoon to the intersection of Parthenia
Street and Oriyan Avenue under the four or five freeway
about an assault with a deadly weapon. The LAPD says
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the man was making threats while holding a gun and
a beer bottle and was shot when he refused officers'
commands and moved toward the officers with the weapons. A
guy accused of being drunk when he allegedly crashed into
a home in Downy, killing a woman, has been charged
with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence.
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The crash happened last month in the middle of the night.
The woman killed was seventy three years old. Her granddaughter
was heard in the crash. Authorities in La say they
will be un heightened alert on this anniversary of nine
to eleven, with some agencies adding patrols around sensitive locations.
No nine to eleven events are scheduled at UCLA, but
campus police say there will be a visible increase in
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patrols there. Officials in West Hollywood say extra patrols are
typically scheduled on Thursdays anyway, and today will be no different.
Local volunteers are using the anniversary of nine to eleven
as a way to help veterans.
Speaker 14 (20:42):
Volunteers will gather at the West Lava Medical Center for
the nine to eleven National Day of Service and remembrant.
The event, hosted by nonprofit LA Works, will honor local
veterans with a day of giving back.
Speaker 10 (20:53):
The whole goal of the states that we're transforming a
deep tragedy into de ununique compassion in.
Speaker 14 (20:59):
Service Works Stephen Devallos says, volunteers will assemble disaster preparedness
and hygiene kits and serve brunch to veterans the nine
to eleven Day of Service as a nationwide effort to
transform the tragedy of September eleventh into a day of
unity and volunteerism. Heather Brooker KFI.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
News its official Olympic diving is going to be held
at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center instead of at Exposition Park.
The La City Council voted unanimously yesterday to move diving
for the Summer Games LA twenty eight. The organizing committee
for the twenty twenty eight Summer Games and Paralympic Games,
made the request saying the Exposition Park stadium wasn't up
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to international and domestic standards for swim competition and there
were some issues related to the diving towers as well.
The organization also noted that moving diving events to Pasadena
would result in nearly eighteen million dollars in savings. Sounds
like a good deal. Efforts continue at the Port of
Long Beach to clean up the roughly seventy five shipping
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containers that fell into the harbor. Port officials say twenty
five to thirty of them them are submerged forts. CEO
Mario Cardero says it is fortunate no one got hurt
in Tuesday's accident.
Speaker 9 (22:06):
In the scope of what you see on the footage
is really a blessing that there was no cowsual ties
or injuries, so to speak.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
The containers fell while workers were unloading a ship that
arrived from China. There were more than two thousand containers
on that ship. A business owner in Montebello is pleaded
not guilty to reselling more than five million dollars in
merchandise stole from cargo trains. Athority say they found tools,
appliances and electric bikes that Dujon Parks, DJ General Tool
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and Wire stores in Montabello and Huntington Park. If convicted,
he could get eleven years in prison. Leaders in LA
have asked for improvements to the nine to one to
one non emergency response.
Speaker 6 (22:49):
The city Council has asked the LAPD to figure something out.
It takes only minutes for an emergency call to connect
with the dispatcher, but Councilwoman Nithia Rammins says it's a
different story for non emergencies, even if it feels like
an emergency to the caller.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
This happens when you have a burglary and you want
the police to come and take a report.
Speaker 15 (23:05):
If the burglars are no longer there, that's a non
emergency call.
Speaker 6 (23:09):
The council asked the LAPD and other departments to report
back within thirty days on its staffing and other issues.
Roman says it can take an hour or more before
some non emergency calls are answered. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
Longtime stuntman Neil Summers has died. He was known for
playing the rodent in nineteen ninety one's Dick Tracy movie.
He also appeared in RoboCop, The Shawshank Redemption, and other movies.
TMC says he died last week at his home in
Utah from natural causes. Neil summers was eighty one. The
original pantry in downtown LA is expected to reopen today
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with its previous staff, six months after it closed because
of a labor dispute. The diner's new owner and officials
with the union representing the employees are expected to give
details this morning of the agreement that's going to allow
for the reopening. The pantry first opened in nineteen twenty
four and was a downtown dining staple until it closed
in March. I don't think I've ever been there, but
will I can tell by your cheering that.
Speaker 12 (24:02):
You have in the middle of the night after you've
been out and about. Oh, it's just the pancakes in
the middle of the night, all right.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
The trashy is back at a house in LA's Fairfax District.
Speaker 9 (24:13):
The original sea of trash was cleared by LA sanitation
crews last year following complaints from neighbors and city officials.
Workers spent nearly two days removing about seven tons of
trash from the front, lawn and side yards. LA City
council member Katie Yaroslavsky, who represents the area, says she's
now working to hold the property owner accountable. Daniel Martindale
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KFI News and to.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Get in your business as we do every weekday morning
with Bloomberg's Courtney Donahoe. Morning, Courtney, Good morning. So today
I don't know financially yet if it's a tough day,
but for you, I know it's a tough day. It's
a tough day for a lot of us because it's
the twenty fourth anniversary of nine to eleven and you
are from New York, Yes, And I.
Speaker 15 (24:53):
Mean I still will never forget the smell here that
day after the smell of the smoke was ever where.
And at that point in time, I was living downtown
in New York, and I remember coming home from a
business trip where I actually had to drive halfway, halfway
across the country.
Speaker 1 (25:12):
I drove from Texas back to flights all got grounded.
Speaker 15 (25:15):
After that, flights were all grounded, and I remember walking
through the dust all on the ground. It was just
it was surreal. And that was blocks and blocks from
where the tower. Where the tower went down. That day,
we lost a lot of family friends, so many people here.
I actually lost my cousin who was a firefighter and
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he left behind four children. So this morning, that was
one of the first things that my family does every
nine to eleven is we check in on each other
and tell each other how much we love each other.
So it's a it's a it's a tough day for
a lot of people here in New York and it's
uh and and as I see here outside, I walked
out a few minutes ago, and you could see the.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Police car everywhere.
Speaker 15 (26:00):
It's definitely a day of heightened concerns, and especially even
there were some terror threats on our bridges. So when
I was driving home from work yesterday, I saw a
whole bunch of police cars all on the all on
the road. But in nine to twenty this morning, the
New York Stock Exchange and the Nastact, they're going to
observe a moment of silence for the terror attacks.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
As they should. You know, it hits us so hard.
I was on the air that day and was on
the air all day. And you know, when we first
heard about it from from thinking it was a small
plane that had accidentally kind of crashed into the side
of the trade center, and then it playing out throughout
the day. I mean, it affected us and we're three
thousand miles away. I just can't even imagine being in
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New York and like you said, that being reminded of
it every single moment.
Speaker 15 (26:49):
Yeah, And actually one of the hard things was we
had I remember going to so many funerals right after that,
and they actually had to run about at different times.
I remember one day I went to three because that
day they also had a big financial services conference at
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Windows in the World, and actually Bloomberg that day lost
three employees who were at that conference, and a lot
of people who worked at Bloomberg went to other companies.
They were there, so we were familiar with a lot
of people, and especially growing up in New York, a
lot of people work there. I mean, it was a hub.
It was a massive hub of business. It was also
a massive hub for transportation and switching trains, especially if
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you were coming from Brooklyn, and a lot of people
were just a neighbors of mine just gone. It just
reminds everybody to always tell people you love them, because
you don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Yeah, well, I am so sorry for your losses, Courtney.
It's just I can't even imagine. So one of the
ways we do cope and respond to terrorist attack is
to say screw you. We're not letting you stop our
way of life. We continue, we move on. And so
that's what we're going to do right now. And let's
talk about what's happening in New York on Wall Street
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this morning.
Speaker 15 (28:10):
Yes, and it is a very busy day today because
we just got the consumer price report and Wall Street
was waiting for this data, this inflation data. It's seen
us key to shaping the expectations for the Feeder Reserve's
interest rate path this year. So core consumer prices, they're
up three point one percent in the past year, a
little higher than what the Federal Reserve's expectations are. They're
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looking for about two percent a month over month, three
tens of a percent. That came in line with what
Wall Street was expecting. But this will clear the way
for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates next week,
which all eyes are going to be on that. Stocks
are higher after that report. We're looking at SMP futures
are up seven points down, futures rising forty four. So
that was something that a lot of people were waiting
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to see what was going to cross and what would
end up happening when it comes to inflation.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
Yeah, and then you mentioned that the So the consumer
price index increased year over year by point three percent.
But yesterday there were some numbers that out that actually
went down. Was it the wholesale prices?
Speaker 15 (29:07):
Yes, so we ended up having the wholesale prices yesterday
and that decreased. Usually what happens on the wholesale prices,
that usually trickles down into the consumer. So it takes
a little bit of while, a little bit of time
for that to make its way through. But it still
shows that the whole impact of tariffs, it really isn't
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coming to the consumer yet. We're natural where it is
right now, where these are companies holding on to the
tariff hikes. So a lot of people are questioning what's
going to happen or are we going to get a
big bump when it comes to price hikes coming up later. So,
but it seems to not really have made a Tariffs
have not really have made a major impact on the
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consumer yet.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
Okay, and speaking of a bump, up, Oracle got quite
a bump yesterday.
Speaker 15 (29:54):
Searched the most since nineteen ninety two. Why unbelievable. Yes,
So the the company's financial results, it highlights how successful
they've been in the red hot cloud computing market. They're
really giving Amazon, Microsoft, and Google run for its money.
So Oracle's forecast is highlighting the need for global AI
developers to keep putting more money, putting more investments into
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artificial intelligence. So and they also said in their forecast
that all right, we had a great quarter, it's going
to be even better toward the end of the year.
So people were pretty excited about that, and that pushed
the S and P five hundred to a record yesterday
rose nineteen points.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
Okay, then let's see what's next on my list. Oh,
people are cashing in on Pokemon cards. Yes, I mean
we're not playing with them anymore, we're selling them.
Speaker 15 (30:42):
You know what, I really need to go and look
at my son's Pokemon cards after this, because some investors
they're saying, you know what, forget about stocks, forget about bonds,
I'm going to plow my money into Pokemon. So, according
to analytics firm card Ladder, they've racked up a jaw
dropping thirty eight hundred percent return in the past two decades. So,
(31:04):
now here's a big question. How do you know you
have that million dollar Pokemon card. It depends on a
number of factors including rarity, the perceived quality of the artwork,
ratings by third party authenticators. But some collectors tell The
Wall Street Journal Pokemon cards have an advantage over baseball
cards because that's a question, why why wouldn't we be
going to baseball cards? But they said the advantages because
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characters are fictional.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
Pikachuw isn't going to tear their ac elemss the season
due to an injury. So okay, So I bet you're
not the only parent who's going to be running into
their kids room and going through their old boxes of cards.
Speaker 15 (31:39):
Yes, and my son ended up getting a pack of
Pokemon cards yesterday. He has all these different binders and
I'm like, all right, I guess this is a hobby.
And now I'm like, wow, he's probably the money maker
in the family.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
Getting in your business as we do every day with
Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho. Thanks to Courtney, see you later, all right,
we'll talk to you tomorrow. LA County Supervisor Katherine Barger
as the tragedy of September eleventh will remain forever engraved
in our hearts and minds. She'll be joining residents and
first responders in the Annalot Valley for a nine to
eleven remembrance this morning at the annal Valley Mall. It's
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one of many nine to eleven remembrances scheduled for today.
We're going to find out some of the other events
that are happening today with kfi's White House correspondent and
not cut neat kfi's National correspondent. Here's two of them.
I get them mixed up all the time. We'll be
talking to Rory O'Neill in just one second. LA Mayor Bass,
Governor Newsom, and former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger are among the
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California political leaders who've condemned the assassination of Charlie Kirk,
the founder of the conservative Turning Point USA. The thirty
two year old was shot and killed during the inaugural
event of his American Comeback Tour yesterday in Utah. The
LA City Councils voted unanimously to support Prop fifty. The measure,
which will be voted on in a special election in November,
(32:55):
would redraw California's congressional maps for the next three elections
to favor Democrats. The push for Prop fifty comes as
a response to Texas lawmakers changing voting maps to favor Republicans.
Just minutes away from a handle on the news that's
coming up at six oh five, two Supreme Court justices say, no,
Trump's not getting a third term. Bill's going to tell
you about that. Right now, Let's say good morning to
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kfi's national correspondent Rory O'Neil. So, Rory, back then, we
all said we will never forget. So how are we
remembering that awful day twenty four years ago?
Speaker 16 (33:29):
Good morning, Amy. There are ceremonies taking place really all
across the country, oftentimes involving local fire departments. Right now,
President Trump and the First Lady are at the Pentagon
where a remembrance is being held. They unfrilled that massive
flag on the side of the Pentagon just as the
sun was rising this morning. In New York, they're going
through the ceremony of ringing a bell to mark the
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times when the planes made impacts into the twin towers,
ringing that bell again to mark the exact time when
each tower fell. And of course in Pennsylvania, also remembrances
being held there. The President and the First Lady, after
attending the ceremonies at the Pentagon tonight, they're actually going
to be in New York City to go to a
Yankees game and sort of symbolize how the city has
(34:13):
moved on in these past twenty four years. The Vice
President was supposed to take part in some of these things,
but instead he's changing plans. He and his wife are
traveling to Utah to be with Charlie Kirk's family. The
VP and Kirk were very close. Yes, sad day, it
is from from twenty four hours ago or twenty four
(34:34):
years ago, sad all around.
Speaker 1 (34:36):
Okay, remember when we all turned on our headlights after
nine to eleven.
Speaker 16 (34:41):
Right, and we did it for months, right, Well we
could turn them on now they're automatic.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
Now they're automatic. Yeah, and we flew our flags and
we were proud to be American. So I think actually
at first when I heard that Trump was going to
go to the Yankees game, I was like, is that appropriate?
I'm like, yeah, it's we move on and we continue
to celebrate our freedoms.
Speaker 16 (35:03):
Right you stop, you pause, Right, you stop, you pause,
you remember, but ultimately move on.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
Yeah. Are there any efforts being made that you know
of Rory to like help young people who may not
even have a memory of that day, to remember what happened,
to make sure that you know, we said we won't
forget because we don't want it to happen again.
Speaker 16 (35:22):
Right, I mean, and that's difficult too, Right, It's difficult
to capture exactly how it felt that day, the chaos
and the confusion. You know, they don't appreciate what those
two buildings meant for America at the time. They were
just you know, landmarks that you saw the towers. Oh,
that's New York and it's the establishment shot for every
scene in Friends, or in when Harry met Sally, or
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wherever it may be. They were just part of our lives.
So the fact that this tragedy occurred and how we
all sort of twinge every time we think about those buildings,
sharing that trying to get that next generation to experience
that same feeling, that's a hard thing to capture.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
Yeah, kfi's National Course spond it Rory O'Neill, Thanks for
checking in this morning.
Speaker 16 (36:03):
Thanks Amy.
Speaker 1 (36:03):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LA
County Supervisor Janis Hahn has condemned the assassination of the
founder of Turning Point, USA, saying, in her words, no
matter how much we disagree with each other, you should
be able to hold a rally without fearing for your life.
Thirty one year old Charlie Kirk was shot and killed
during an event at Utah Valley University yesterday. President Trump
(36:26):
has ordered US flags lowered in honor of Charlie Kirk.
He said that flags across the US will be at
half staff until Sunday evening at six.
Speaker 10 (36:34):
This is a dark day for our state. It's a
tragic day for our nation.
Speaker 1 (36:40):
Utah Governor Spencer cox Is called Kirk's killing a political assassination.
Speaker 10 (36:44):
To whoever did this, we will find you, we will
try you, and we will hold you accountable to the
furthest extent.
Speaker 8 (36:55):
Of the law.
Speaker 1 (36:56):
Cox also noted the recent political assassinations in Men and
an attempted assassination on the governor of Pennsylvania, saying our
nation is broken. California is updating its COVID nineteen vaccine
guidance to follow national medical groups instead of federal authorities.
Speaker 4 (37:12):
The change follows Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior replacing
a CDC panel with vaccine skeptics which led to limited
and controversial guidance. The state will follow the American Academy
of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,
which recommend vaccinating everyone six months in older. California has
joined Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii in the West Coast alliance
(37:34):
is set consistent vaccine guidance. Mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 1 (37:38):
A bill banning the declining of cats in California except
when medically necessary, is now on Governor Newsom's desk. Supporters
call the procedure cruel and humane are actually inhumane, while
opponents argue it will limit veterinary options. If signed, California
would join three states or would join several states like
(37:59):
New York and Maryland they already prohibit that practice. This
is KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County
live from the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. I'm Amy King.
This has been your wake up Call. You've been listening
to wake Up Call with me Amy King. You can
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County, and.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Good morning. It is five o'clock, straight up. This is
your wake up call for Thursday, September eleventh. I'm Amy King.
Tough day September eleventh, twenty four years ago when the
nation was attacked. My how things have changed. Remember how
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we said we'd never forget. There are people who don't
know it because they didn't experience it, but for many
of us, it changed our lives. They're marking that day today.
We'll be talking about that. We'll be talking about lots
of stuff on wake up call, so let's get right
back to it. A manhunt continues for the person who
(01:11):
assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk during an a rally at
Utah Valley University. Police say they believe the shooter fired
a single deadly shot from a rooftop on campus. Two
people were taken in for questioning. They were later released.
We're going to be talking more about who Charlie Kirk
was in his legacy with ABC's Stephen Portnoy. In just
(01:32):
a couple of minutes, a man charged with throwing rocks
onto CHP vehicles while officers were inside from an overpass,
then tossing a flaming bundle onto a patrol car on
the one O one freeway below is going to be
a rain today. It happened during anti ice protests in June.
Thirty nine year old Adam Palermo's facing a federal charge
(01:53):
of arson and some state charges as well. Salvage crews
continue their work to recover dozens of shipping containers that
fell off a cargo ship at the port of Long
Beach on Tuesday, Actually the part of Los Angeles, About
seventy five containers tumbled from the Mississippi that had arrived
from China. The Coastguard says sonar is being used to
(02:14):
locate about thirty containers still underwater. We all worry about
having enough money to live out our golden years, right Well,
ABC's Jim Ryan's going to join us at five point
twenty to tell us why that's getting harder to do.
More happy news today, cafe's national correspondent Royal O'Neil is
going to join us to tell us how the twenty
(02:35):
fourth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center
will be marked on this September eleventh. Also on a
positive note, I'm jumping off a building, going over the
edge to raise money to help almost people who actually
want help, and for an organization that actually makes a difference.
(02:55):
With telling you about that coming up, let's get started
with some of the stories coming out of the KAFI
twenty four hour newsroom. President Trump announced on social media
yesterday that Charlie Kirk had died, and then later posted
a video message.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
My administration will find each and every one of those
who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence,
including the organizations that funded and support it.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
The Conservative activists was murdered during an outdoor rally at
Utah Valley University near Provo. Governor Newsom condemned the murder
of Charlie Kirk.
Speaker 5 (03:28):
Newsom posted on x the attack on Kirk is disgusting, vile,
and reprehensible. He added that in the United States of America,
we must reject political violence in every form.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Kfistna Kodiak reports that California's US senators and congressional representatives
have also denounced the killing. LA Mayor Bash issued a
statement calling the shooting disgusting. The Lacity Council has endorsed
Prop fifty.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
Devellot.
Speaker 6 (03:53):
Measure is supported by Governor Newsom and has been called
the Election Rigging Response Act. It would allow California to
redraw congression districts to send more Democrats to the Capitol.
Councilmen Adriam Nazarian says it's a necessary move.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
We must send a message to this administration that California
is strong, united, and fearless in the face of autocracy.
Speaker 6 (04:12):
Governor Newsom says he's pushing the measure because Texas has
already taken steps to redraw its maps to send more
Republicans to Washington.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
D C.
Speaker 6 (04:20):
Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
A man from Sherman Oaks is pleaded not guilty to
stealing tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from a
wedding reception.
Speaker 7 (04:27):
The forty one year old is one of two men
charged in connection with the crime. He pleaded not guilty
to criminal charges in relation to the theft of a
wedding box containing about sixty thousand dollars in cash and checks.
The box was taken from a banquet reception hall in
Glendale on August thirty first. The defendant is also charged
with possession of a controlled substance while armed with a gun.
(04:49):
Is alleged getaway driver also pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.
Eileen Gonzalez KFI News, a so.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Called serial butt sniffer will become very familiar with the
smells of jail. The man who's been arrested several times
for sniffing women's rear ends around Burbank was sentenced to
one hundred and thirty five days in jail yesterday for
violating his parole. The most recent sniffing happened in mid August,
about a month after he was arrested for doing the
same thing at the Burbank Empire Center. All right, it's
(05:17):
five oh seven. Let's say good morning now to ABC's
Stephen port Nooi. So, Stephen, we all know the co
founder of Turning Point USA was assassinated yesterday. Before we
get into who he was, can you tell us what
you know any updates that you might have about this.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
The update on the investigation is that the killer is
still on the loose. You may have heard yesterday from
the FBI director that there was a man who was
in custody, well, and that man was released. Then there
was another man who was in custody. That man also
has been released this morning. We are not aware of
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any other individual who is suspected in this political assassination,
and we expect an update from authorities later this morning.
But as we speak now, there's no indication that authorities
in Utah have any idea who did this.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Yeah, what we would do know is that there was
somebody dressed all in black. They think they have somebody
running across a rooftop right after the shooting. But then
from you know, because I've been watching all the channels,
and they're saying that that rooftop was very close to
a parking lot. That parking lot very close to an interstate,
and he could have gotten out, jumped on an interstate
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and taken.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Off, could have maybe who knows. The FBI is asking
anyone who was there to send them their videos and
pictures because maybe they can piece something together.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Yeah, all right, So then let's go to Charlie Kirk,
because he had become such a force in American politics.
How did he get to where he was.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Charlie Kirk is perhaps one of the singular most influential
figures in conservative politics in America. He years before Donald
Trump emerged as a political force, Charlie Kirk founded Turning
Point USA, a group focused on conservative activism on college campuses.
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He had millions of followers across social media platforms. He
had a podcast that was in the top ten. He
had a daily radio show airing on hundreds of stations,
incredibly prolific, and engaged with supporters and political opponents in
his college campus tours that was kicked off. One of
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them was kicked off yesterday at Utah Valley University. A
feature of these events would be for him to directly
engage some of his political opposites in a dialogue. And
it was in the midst of that dialogue in public,
an open and free exchange of ideas, that the single
shot was fired, presumably from a high powered rifle, from
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presumably from a far distance, A single shot that struck
the thirty one year old in his neck near his throat,
the blood quickly leaving his body. The security team around him,
from my eyes and experienced and highly trained team left
(08:30):
right into their protocol, took his wounded body and put
it in an suv. They drove off directly to the hospital,
not waiting for paramedics, and he was pronounced dead, a
highly traumatizing event for the thousands of people who were
in attendance and for the millions presumably who've seen this
(08:52):
video uncensored on social media.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Well, and that's the Yeah. The other thing that we
also hear watching the show's people like I've seen it.
I don't recommend you see it. I know I don't
need to see it. We know what happened, but you know,
if you won't want to, it's out there. And that's
what's so crazy about everything these days, is everything is
out there. So all right, ABC, Stephen Portnoy, thanks so
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much for the information. We'll talk to you again. So
let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A high school
student in Colorado has shot two classmates at their school
in suburban Denver before killing himself. The shooting was reported
around twelve thirty yesterday afternoon.
Speaker 8 (09:33):
Ring camera footage from a house near the school shows
students running away in a panic, some of them reaching
out to their parents by phone. Parents racing to a
nearby elementary school to reunite with their children.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
ABC's Trevor Alt says one mom told her him her
father was a first responder at Columbine twenty six years
ago when twelve students and a teacher were murdered in
a school shooting. One of the teens shot yesterday is
in critical condition, the others listed as staple. Opening statements
are set to begin this morning in the trial of
the man accused of trying to assassinate President Trump in Florida.
(10:06):
ABC's Peter Harralumbus says Ryan Ruth was arrested nearly one
year ago today for allegedly hiding in the bushes of
Trump's golf course with a rifle.
Speaker 9 (10:16):
This morning, he's due to defend himself in his own
criminal trial, having dismissed his own lawyers earlier this year.
Speaker 10 (10:21):
Federal prosecutors and Ruth spent the last three days trying
to finalize a jury.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Twelve jurors and four alternates were picked yesterday. The Trump
administration has fired another immigration judge in San Francisco. Sanaka
Mahajan with the Community Organization Mission Action says President Trump
is looking to gain access to asylum records to dismiss
judges with a high approval rate. Assistant Chief Immigration Judge
(10:47):
Lloyd Mcluskey was fired this week. She's the seventh removed
this year. Since Trump took office, about a third of
the twenty one judges in San Francisco have been let go.
Israel says it has carried out airs strikes against Houthi
leaders in Yemen. More than thirty people were reportedly killed.
The IDF said the attack was in response to attacks
by the Houthis. Israel said it attacked to fuel storage
(11:10):
site and military camps. It comes days after Israel launched
a strike against Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar. A new
robo taxi services hit in the streets of Las Vegas.
Speaker 11 (11:21):
Amazon's driverless ride hailing service Zekes will be free at
first and take riders to and from places including Resorts World,
Las Vegas, Area fifteen and Top Golf, and other resorts
and entertainment spots. The service will expand to more destinations
in the coming months. Unlike other robotaxis, zekes vehicles aren't
repurposed versions of existing manually driven cars. There's no steering
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wheel inside, and it features bench style seats that face
each other rather than all seats facing forward Dubor Mark
Kaffi News.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
You know, I had a way MO pull up to
my on my street, like to my house next door,
or on my house next or but the house next story,
and it was just freaky. Yeah, they're weird. It's just weird.
I need to go and get over my fear of
them because I think that overall they are safe and
maybe just take a ride around the neighborhood.
Speaker 12 (12:13):
We should let's go, we should go get a ride
in one. Okay, Okay, we'll film it.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Okay, we'll do it. Then we'll report back. Let's report
back on going over the edge. So September twenty sixth
and twenty seventh, we're joining the Union Rescue Mission and
repelling twenty five stories, yes, twenty five stories down the
side of the Hilton Los Angeles Universal City Hotel. It's
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the big black one that you drive by when you're
headed by Universal Studios the and so we're doing this
to raise money, and I would love it if you
could find it in your heart to support it. So
we're raising money for Union Rescue Mission, which raises that
looks for long term solutions for homelessness from emergency shelter
(13:02):
and recovery programs. They also do transitional housing and education programs,
and they do training and help people find a job.
So it's the people who actually want help that the
money from Union Rescue Mission is going to fund. And
so we're raising money by going over the edge. And
if you would like to help out, please go to
(13:24):
RM dot org slash ote and there's a page for
kfive for both Neil and for me. We're both going
to be going over the edge on September twenty sixth
and twenty seventh. And if you want to do it yourself,
you can do that too. Just check out the website
find out you just need to make a donation and
(13:44):
you can go over the edge too. And I will
tell you it is terrifying, but it's also very empowering.
So there you go.
Speaker 12 (13:53):
Are the ropes real thick, So the.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Ropes are thick. There's backups and stuff, but it is
for somebody who's afraid of heights. It's a little unnerving,
but it's also exhilarating, I will call it. So please
join us going over the edge to raise money for
the Union Rescue Mission again. It's rm dot org, slash Ote,
LA Mayor, Bass, Interim Fire Chief Ronnie Vienueva, LAPD Chief,
(14:19):
Jim McDonald, County Sheriff Robert Luna, and others will take
part in the nine to eleven remembrance ceremony at LA
Fires Training Center near Dodger Stadium. Beenueva and McDonald will
ring ten bells in tribute to the bravery and sacrifice
of first responders on that day. President Trump has ordered
all flags to fly at half staff following the assassination
(14:41):
of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. He was shot and killed
during an outdoor event at Utah Valley University yesterday. It
was the first in a series of events planned on
Kirk's American comeback tour. Kirk was a close friend and
ally of the President. California has updated its COVID nineteen
vaccine guidance to follow national medical groups instead of the CDC.
(15:05):
Officials say the state's going to follow the American Academy
of Pediatrics and the American College of ob Obstetricians and Gynecologists,
which recommend vaccinating everyone six months and older. Let's say
good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan So Jim. We
all worry about having enough money to live out the
golden years, live comfortably. But there's a new report out
(15:27):
that says that might be a problem.
Speaker 13 (15:29):
Yeah, it's going to be a problem, at least in
the short term and perhaps in the long term as well.
The good news is that, according to the latest statistics
from the Census Bureau, more people, more groups have risen
up out of poverty there above the poverty line, but
one big group, a growing group, in fact, the biggest group,
is sinking. Unfortunately. Let's take a look at the baseline here,
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the annual income for a single person in the US
fifteen thouy sixty. If you're below that, you are below
the poverty line a family of four thirty one thousand,
two hundred dollars. But unfortunately, people sixty five and up
are the only group, the only population group falling below
or losing ground. Right now, nine point nine percent of
(16:14):
people over sixty five fall below that. Now matter if
you if you factor in things like medical care work
related costs, then the number rises to fifteen percent of
older people. That's up from fourteen point two just a
couple of years ago. So yeah, Unfortunately, the fastest growing
population is the population above sixty five. And that's the
(16:35):
one big group that is not making ground, in fact,
is losing ground on poverty.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Well, and that's problematic because they're earning opportunities are not
the same. As you know, if you're on poverty and
you're very young, you got some time and you can
work really hard. But once you're at retirement age, what
are you going to do?
Speaker 13 (16:53):
Fixed income? And so you're you're at that age, you're
you're finding yourself in dire straits. So do you do
You turn to your family members, you move in with
them or I get help from them, and that sort
of pushes them down just a bit as well. And
so you can see this vicious cycle underway.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
Amy, Okay, and we've been seeing trends, Jim or do
you know through these numbers, are more people parents moving
back in with their kids?
Speaker 13 (17:20):
Well they are. I haven't seen the hard statistics, but
anecdotally that's what people, you know, the National Council on
Aging AARP, they're saying that more people above sixty five
are being forced to move back in. So you know,
people in middle aged they may have their kids moving
in with them and now they have their parents moving
back in with them.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
So that's what I was going to say, Like, kids
aren't moving out. So maybe that's why kids are getting
out of poverty because they're not having those huge home expenses.
Speaker 11 (17:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 13 (17:47):
Well, well they can't afford a home.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
And so well rent is you know, rent here in
LA is just crazy expensive.
Speaker 13 (17:55):
Yeah. Well, and of course a lot of this has
to do with healthcare costs and inflation. We're going to
get numbers on inflation in six minutes to tell us
exactly what happened last month compared to last year in
terms of the cost of the consumer pricing day. So
it's just it's kind of a troubling story. Eleven thousand
Americans every day, eleven thousand Americans turned sixty five years old,
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and you speak a cause for celebration. Yay. I'm retiring
now and I can live out my golden years. But boy,
I mean it's tarnished gold these days.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Yeah. All right, ABC's Jim Ryan, thanks so much. Thanks,
hemmy something to look forward to. Right, all right, let's
get back to some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four our newsroom. The search continues for
the person who shot and killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk
during a college event in Utah.
Speaker 7 (18:43):
The FBI last night announcing a person had been taken
into custody, but hours later confirming that person was released.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
ABC's Elizabeth Shoolsey says six university officers were working Kirk's
event yesterday, with some plane clothes officers in the crowd.
University police say they had coordinated with Kirk's security team.
The shooter fired one shot. Officials have only said the
person was dressed in all dark clothing and that it
appears the shot came from a rooftop. Comedian an actor
(19:13):
Jay Leno has called the shooting of Charlie Kirk the
death of free speech.
Speaker 5 (19:17):
I mean, we're't a point in this country where if
you don't agree with everybody and everything.
Speaker 8 (19:21):
You take out a gun and you shoot them, and
especially on a college campus.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Leno tels kfi's Tim Conway Junior debate used to be fascinating.
He says he didn't necessarily agree with Kirk, but enjoyed
listening to him for different perspectives. A man with a
gun has been shot and killed by police in North Hills.
Officers were called yesterday afternoon to the intersection of Parthenia
Street and Oriyan Avenue under the four or five freeway
about an assault with a deadly weapon. The LAPD says
(19:49):
the man was making threats while holding a gun and
a beer bottle and was shot when he refused officers'
commands and moved toward the officers with the weapons. A
guy accused of being drunk when he allegedly crashed into
a home in Downy, killing a woman, has been charged
with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence.
(20:09):
The crash happened last month in the middle of the night.
The woman killed was seventy three years old. Her granddaughter
was heard in the crash. Authorities in La say they
will be un heightened alert on this anniversary of nine
to eleven, with some agencies adding patrols around sensitive locations.
No nine to eleven events are scheduled at UCLA, but
campus police say there will be a visible increase in
(20:30):
patrols there. Officials in West Hollywood say extra patrols are
typically scheduled on Thursdays anyway, and today will be no different.
Local volunteers are using the anniversary of nine to eleven
as a way to help veterans.
Speaker 14 (20:42):
Volunteers will gather at the West Lava Medical Center for
the nine to eleven National Day of Service and remembrant.
The event, hosted by nonprofit LA Works, will honor local
veterans with a day of giving back.
Speaker 10 (20:53):
The whole goal of the states that we're transforming a
deep tragedy into de ununique compassion in.
Speaker 14 (20:59):
Service Works Stephen Devallos says, volunteers will assemble disaster preparedness
and hygiene kits and serve brunch to veterans the nine
to eleven Day of Service as a nationwide effort to
transform the tragedy of September eleventh into a day of
unity and volunteerism. Heather Brooker KFI.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
News its official Olympic diving is going to be held
at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center instead of at Exposition Park.
The La City Council voted unanimously yesterday to move diving
for the Summer Games LA twenty eight. The organizing committee
for the twenty twenty eight Summer Games and Paralympic Games,
made the request saying the Exposition Park stadium wasn't up
(21:36):
to international and domestic standards for swim competition and there
were some issues related to the diving towers as well.
The organization also noted that moving diving events to Pasadena
would result in nearly eighteen million dollars in savings. Sounds
like a good deal. Efforts continue at the Port of
Long Beach to clean up the roughly seventy five shipping
(21:56):
containers that fell into the harbor. Port officials say twenty
five to thirty of them them are submerged forts. CEO
Mario Cardero says it is fortunate no one got hurt
in Tuesday's accident.
Speaker 9 (22:06):
In the scope of what you see on the footage
is really a blessing that there was no cowsual ties
or injuries, so to speak.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
The containers fell while workers were unloading a ship that
arrived from China. There were more than two thousand containers
on that ship. A business owner in Montebello is pleaded
not guilty to reselling more than five million dollars in
merchandise stole from cargo trains. Athority say they found tools,
appliances and electric bikes that Dujon Parks, DJ General Tool
(22:37):
and Wire stores in Montabello and Huntington Park. If convicted,
he could get eleven years in prison. Leaders in LA
have asked for improvements to the nine to one to
one non emergency response.
Speaker 6 (22:49):
The city Council has asked the LAPD to figure something out.
It takes only minutes for an emergency call to connect
with the dispatcher, but Councilwoman Nithia Rammins says it's a
different story for non emergencies, even if it feels like
an emergency to the caller.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
This happens when you have a burglary and you want
the police to come and take a report.
Speaker 15 (23:05):
If the burglars are no longer there, that's a non
emergency call.
Speaker 6 (23:09):
The council asked the LAPD and other departments to report
back within thirty days on its staffing and other issues.
Roman says it can take an hour or more before
some non emergency calls are answered. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
Longtime stuntman Neil Summers has died. He was known for
playing the rodent in nineteen ninety one's Dick Tracy movie.
He also appeared in RoboCop, The Shawshank Redemption, and other movies.
TMC says he died last week at his home in
Utah from natural causes. Neil summers was eighty one. The
original pantry in downtown LA is expected to reopen today
(23:41):
with its previous staff, six months after it closed because
of a labor dispute. The diner's new owner and officials
with the union representing the employees are expected to give
details this morning of the agreement that's going to allow
for the reopening. The pantry first opened in nineteen twenty
four and was a downtown dining staple until it closed
in March. I don't think I've ever been there, but
will I can tell by your cheering that.
Speaker 12 (24:02):
You have in the middle of the night after you've
been out and about. Oh, it's just the pancakes in
the middle of the night, all right.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
The trashy is back at a house in LA's Fairfax District.
Speaker 9 (24:13):
The original sea of trash was cleared by LA sanitation
crews last year following complaints from neighbors and city officials.
Workers spent nearly two days removing about seven tons of
trash from the front, lawn and side yards. LA City
council member Katie Yaroslavsky, who represents the area, says she's
now working to hold the property owner accountable. Daniel Martindale
(24:33):
KFI News and to.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Get in your business as we do every weekday morning
with Bloomberg's Courtney Donahoe. Morning, Courtney, Good morning. So today
I don't know financially yet if it's a tough day,
but for you, I know it's a tough day. It's
a tough day for a lot of us because it's
the twenty fourth anniversary of nine to eleven and you
are from New York, Yes, And I.
Speaker 15 (24:53):
Mean I still will never forget the smell here that
day after the smell of the smoke was ever where.
And at that point in time, I was living downtown
in New York, and I remember coming home from a
business trip where I actually had to drive halfway, halfway
across the country.
Speaker 1 (25:12):
I drove from Texas back to flights all got grounded.
Speaker 15 (25:15):
After that, flights were all grounded, and I remember walking
through the dust all on the ground. It was just
it was surreal. And that was blocks and blocks from
where the tower. Where the tower went down. That day,
we lost a lot of family friends, so many people here.
I actually lost my cousin who was a firefighter and
(25:39):
he left behind four children. So this morning, that was
one of the first things that my family does every
nine to eleven is we check in on each other
and tell each other how much we love each other.
So it's a it's a it's a tough day for
a lot of people here in New York and it's
uh and and as I see here outside, I walked
out a few minutes ago, and you could see the.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Police car everywhere.
Speaker 15 (26:00):
It's definitely a day of heightened concerns, and especially even
there were some terror threats on our bridges. So when
I was driving home from work yesterday, I saw a
whole bunch of police cars all on the all on
the road. But in nine to twenty this morning, the
New York Stock Exchange and the Nastact, they're going to
observe a moment of silence for the terror attacks.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
As they should. You know, it hits us so hard.
I was on the air that day and was on
the air all day. And you know, when we first
heard about it from from thinking it was a small
plane that had accidentally kind of crashed into the side
of the trade center, and then it playing out throughout
the day. I mean, it affected us and we're three
thousand miles away. I just can't even imagine being in
(26:43):
New York and like you said, that being reminded of
it every single moment.
Speaker 15 (26:49):
Yeah, And actually one of the hard things was we
had I remember going to so many funerals right after that,
and they actually had to run about at different times.
I remember one day I went to three because that
day they also had a big financial services conference at
(27:09):
Windows in the World, and actually Bloomberg that day lost
three employees who were at that conference, and a lot
of people who worked at Bloomberg went to other companies.
They were there, so we were familiar with a lot
of people, and especially growing up in New York, a
lot of people work there. I mean, it was a hub.
It was a massive hub of business. It was also
a massive hub for transportation and switching trains, especially if
(27:32):
you were coming from Brooklyn, and a lot of people
were just a neighbors of mine just gone. It just
reminds everybody to always tell people you love them, because
you don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Yeah, well, I am so sorry for your losses, Courtney.
It's just I can't even imagine. So one of the
ways we do cope and respond to terrorist attack is
to say screw you. We're not letting you stop our
way of life. We continue, we move on. And so
that's what we're going to do right now. And let's
talk about what's happening in New York on Wall Street
(28:09):
this morning.
Speaker 15 (28:10):
Yes, and it is a very busy day today because
we just got the consumer price report and Wall Street
was waiting for this data, this inflation data. It's seen
us key to shaping the expectations for the Feeder Reserve's
interest rate path this year. So core consumer prices, they're
up three point one percent in the past year, a
little higher than what the Federal Reserve's expectations are. They're
(28:30):
looking for about two percent a month over month, three
tens of a percent. That came in line with what
Wall Street was expecting. But this will clear the way
for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates next week,
which all eyes are going to be on that. Stocks
are higher after that report. We're looking at SMP futures
are up seven points down, futures rising forty four. So
that was something that a lot of people were waiting
(28:51):
to see what was going to cross and what would
end up happening when it comes to inflation.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
Yeah, and then you mentioned that the So the consumer
price index increased year over year by point three percent.
But yesterday there were some numbers that out that actually
went down. Was it the wholesale prices?
Speaker 15 (29:07):
Yes, so we ended up having the wholesale prices yesterday
and that decreased. Usually what happens on the wholesale prices,
that usually trickles down into the consumer. So it takes
a little bit of while, a little bit of time
for that to make its way through. But it still
shows that the whole impact of tariffs, it really isn't
(29:28):
coming to the consumer yet. We're natural where it is
right now, where these are companies holding on to the
tariff hikes. So a lot of people are questioning what's
going to happen or are we going to get a
big bump when it comes to price hikes coming up later. So,
but it seems to not really have made a Tariffs
have not really have made a major impact on the
(29:49):
consumer yet.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
Okay, and speaking of a bump, up, Oracle got quite
a bump yesterday.
Speaker 15 (29:54):
Searched the most since nineteen ninety two. Why unbelievable. Yes,
So the the company's financial results, it highlights how successful
they've been in the red hot cloud computing market. They're
really giving Amazon, Microsoft, and Google run for its money.
So Oracle's forecast is highlighting the need for global AI
developers to keep putting more money, putting more investments into
(30:18):
artificial intelligence. So and they also said in their forecast
that all right, we had a great quarter, it's going
to be even better toward the end of the year.
So people were pretty excited about that, and that pushed
the S and P five hundred to a record yesterday
rose nineteen points.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
Okay, then let's see what's next on my list. Oh,
people are cashing in on Pokemon cards. Yes, I mean
we're not playing with them anymore, we're selling them.
Speaker 15 (30:42):
You know what, I really need to go and look
at my son's Pokemon cards after this, because some investors
they're saying, you know what, forget about stocks, forget about bonds,
I'm going to plow my money into Pokemon. So, according
to analytics firm card Ladder, they've racked up a jaw
dropping thirty eight hundred percent return in the past two decades. So,
(31:04):
now here's a big question. How do you know you
have that million dollar Pokemon card. It depends on a
number of factors including rarity, the perceived quality of the artwork,
ratings by third party authenticators. But some collectors tell The
Wall Street Journal Pokemon cards have an advantage over baseball
cards because that's a question, why why wouldn't we be
going to baseball cards? But they said the advantages because
(31:26):
characters are fictional.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
Pikachuw isn't going to tear their ac elemss the season
due to an injury. So okay, So I bet you're
not the only parent who's going to be running into
their kids room and going through their old boxes of cards.
Speaker 15 (31:39):
Yes, and my son ended up getting a pack of
Pokemon cards yesterday. He has all these different binders and
I'm like, all right, I guess this is a hobby.
And now I'm like, wow, he's probably the money maker
in the family.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
Getting in your business as we do every day with
Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho. Thanks to Courtney, see you later, all right,
we'll talk to you tomorrow. LA County Supervisor Katherine Barger
as the tragedy of September eleventh will remain forever engraved
in our hearts and minds. She'll be joining residents and
first responders in the Annalot Valley for a nine to
eleven remembrance this morning at the annal Valley Mall. It's
(32:13):
one of many nine to eleven remembrances scheduled for today.
We're going to find out some of the other events
that are happening today with kfi's White House correspondent and
not cut neat kfi's National correspondent. Here's two of them.
I get them mixed up all the time. We'll be
talking to Rory O'Neill in just one second. LA Mayor Bass,
Governor Newsom, and former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger are among the
(32:34):
California political leaders who've condemned the assassination of Charlie Kirk,
the founder of the conservative Turning Point USA. The thirty
two year old was shot and killed during the inaugural
event of his American Comeback Tour yesterday in Utah. The
LA City Councils voted unanimously to support Prop fifty. The measure,
which will be voted on in a special election in November,
(32:55):
would redraw California's congressional maps for the next three elections
to favor Democrats. The push for Prop fifty comes as
a response to Texas lawmakers changing voting maps to favor Republicans.
Just minutes away from a handle on the news that's
coming up at six oh five, two Supreme Court justices say, no,
Trump's not getting a third term. Bill's going to tell
you about that. Right now, Let's say good morning to
(33:17):
kfi's national correspondent Rory O'Neil. So, Rory, back then, we
all said we will never forget. So how are we
remembering that awful day twenty four years ago?
Speaker 16 (33:29):
Good morning, Amy. There are ceremonies taking place really all
across the country, oftentimes involving local fire departments. Right now,
President Trump and the First Lady are at the Pentagon
where a remembrance is being held. They unfrilled that massive
flag on the side of the Pentagon just as the
sun was rising this morning. In New York, they're going
through the ceremony of ringing a bell to mark the
(33:52):
times when the planes made impacts into the twin towers,
ringing that bell again to mark the exact time when
each tower fell. And of course in Pennsylvania, also remembrances
being held there. The President and the First Lady, after
attending the ceremonies at the Pentagon tonight, they're actually going
to be in New York City to go to a
Yankees game and sort of symbolize how the city has
(34:13):
moved on in these past twenty four years. The Vice
President was supposed to take part in some of these things,
but instead he's changing plans. He and his wife are
traveling to Utah to be with Charlie Kirk's family. The
VP and Kirk were very close. Yes, sad day, it
is from from twenty four hours ago or twenty four
(34:34):
years ago, sad all around.
Speaker 1 (34:36):
Okay, remember when we all turned on our headlights after
nine to eleven.
Speaker 16 (34:41):
Right, and we did it for months, right, Well we
could turn them on now they're automatic.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
Now they're automatic. Yeah, and we flew our flags and
we were proud to be American. So I think actually
at first when I heard that Trump was going to
go to the Yankees game, I was like, is that appropriate?
I'm like, yeah, it's we move on and we continue
to celebrate our freedoms.
Speaker 16 (35:03):
Right you stop, you pause, Right, you stop, you pause,
you remember, but ultimately move on.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
Yeah. Are there any efforts being made that you know
of Rory to like help young people who may not
even have a memory of that day, to remember what happened,
to make sure that you know, we said we won't
forget because we don't want it to happen again.
Speaker 16 (35:22):
Right, I mean, and that's difficult too, Right, It's difficult
to capture exactly how it felt that day, the chaos
and the confusion. You know, they don't appreciate what those
two buildings meant for America at the time. They were
just you know, landmarks that you saw the towers. Oh,
that's New York and it's the establishment shot for every
scene in Friends, or in when Harry met Sally, or
(35:43):
wherever it may be. They were just part of our lives.
So the fact that this tragedy occurred and how we
all sort of twinge every time we think about those buildings,
sharing that trying to get that next generation to experience
that same feeling, that's a hard thing to capture.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
Yeah, kfi's National Course spond it Rory O'Neill, Thanks for
checking in this morning.
Speaker 16 (36:03):
Thanks Amy.
Speaker 1 (36:03):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LA
County Supervisor Janis Hahn has condemned the assassination of the
founder of Turning Point, USA, saying, in her words, no
matter how much we disagree with each other, you should
be able to hold a rally without fearing for your life.
Thirty one year old Charlie Kirk was shot and killed
during an event at Utah Valley University yesterday. President Trump
(36:26):
has ordered US flags lowered in honor of Charlie Kirk.
He said that flags across the US will be at
half staff until Sunday evening at six.
Speaker 10 (36:34):
This is a dark day for our state. It's a
tragic day for our nation.
Speaker 1 (36:40):
Utah Governor Spencer cox Is called Kirk's killing a political assassination.
Speaker 10 (36:44):
To whoever did this, we will find you, we will
try you, and we will hold you accountable to the
furthest extent.
Speaker 8 (36:55):
Of the law.
Speaker 1 (36:56):
Cox also noted the recent political assassinations in Men and
an attempted assassination on the governor of Pennsylvania, saying our
nation is broken. California is updating its COVID nineteen vaccine
guidance to follow national medical groups instead of federal authorities.
Speaker 4 (37:12):
The change follows Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior replacing
a CDC panel with vaccine skeptics which led to limited
and controversial guidance. The state will follow the American Academy
of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,
which recommend vaccinating everyone six months in older. California has
joined Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii in the West Coast alliance
(37:34):
is set consistent vaccine guidance. Mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 1 (37:38):
A bill banning the declining of cats in California except
when medically necessary, is now on Governor Newsom's desk. Supporters
call the procedure cruel and humane are actually inhumane, while
opponents argue it will limit veterinary options. If signed, California
would join three states or would join several states like
(37:59):
New York and Maryland they already prohibit that practice. This
is KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County
live from the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. I'm Amy King.
This has been your wake up Call. You've been listening
to wake Up Call with me Amy King. You can
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