September 17, 2025 • 41 mins
Amy King hosts your Monday morning Wake Up Call. ABC News correspondent Jordana Miller joins the show live from Jerusalem to talk about Netanyahu visiting the White House at the end of the month. KTLA & KFI tech reporter Rich DeMuro joins the show for ‘Wired Wednesday.’ Today, Rich talks about iOS 26, new iPhones out Friday, Amazon Prime days in October, and a new hair test to detect autism. On this week’s edition of ‘Amy’s on It’ she reviews ‘Younger’ now streaming on Netflix. The show closes with ABC News national correspondent Steven Portnoy discussing Utah prosecutors seeking the death penalty for Charlie Kirk’s murderer Tyler Robinson.
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It is five o'clock straight up. This is your wake
up call for Wednesday, September seventeenth. I'm Amy King. We're
live everywhere on the iHeartRadio App. I appreciate you listening
there or on AM six boardy wherever you are. I'm
just happy you're here. Still there so part of our
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work schedule. And I don't know if you guys have
to do this at your place of employment, but you
have to do these scheduled and required trainings. And then
they start sending you the notices saying, hey, don't forget
you haven't done your training. Don't forget you haven't done
your training, and the deadline's coming up, and finally they
it's sort of like they nag you to death and
you finally do it. So I did my AI training.
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It's supposed to be for code of conduct.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Yeah I did that.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yeah. And we're a broadcasting company and they've they've got
an AI voicing it. I was like, okay, you've got
five hundred million broadcasters here. We all love to talk,
we love to hear ourselves talk, and you could tell
it's AI. Part of it sounds actually very good, but
part of it like it says iHeart not iHeart id
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and not conduct training, but conduct training. I mean like
little things like that where you're like, that's not a person.
No way. Anyway, I finished it. Okay, I got my
little certificate and everything for one more year for except
it feels like we just did this training like a
week ago. I mean, it's just there's all these different things.
I don't know. Hopefully you guys don't have too many
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of those, but it seems like more and more everybody's
got them. Here's what's ahead on wake up Call. The
La County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved an emergency
rent relief program to help both wildfire victims and residents
impacted by immigration enforcement actions. The nearly thirty million dollars
allocated will be split between the two groups. Supervisors also
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directed staff to report back on a potential eviction more
moratorium for both groups. A divided city council committee it's
advanced a plan to modernize the La Convention Center ahead
of the twenty twenty eight Olympic Games without expanding the
facility until after the game. Original estimates were that it
would cost one point four billion, Now they're saying two
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point seven billion dollars. Monsoonal moisture is expected to move
into the Southland later today, bringing with it showers and thunderstorms,
strong winds, lightning, and flooding and debris flows are all possible.
Forecaster say most of southern California will at least get
some rain before between this afternoon and tomorrow, with showers
and thunderstorms possible into the weekend. As Israel continues its
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ground defensive in Gaza, we're going to get the latest
on what's going on there, and also President Trump is
called for a face to face with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
maybe seized. Jordanna Miller is going to join us in
just a couple of minutes to tell us when that's
all going to happen. The man accused of assassinating Charlie
Kirk had his first court appearance. Prosecutors laid out what
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on the surface makes it look like an open and
shut case. ABC. Stephen Portnoy's going to tell us all
about that and what's coming next, and that's coming up
this hour. Also, our Rich Demiroz had about a week
to play with the new iPhone seventeen. We'll find out
what he thinks of that and whether it's worth upgrading.
That's coming up at five twenty. Amy's on it a
show that you will show you that what lengths you'll
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go to to get a job, and also how it
might just make you feel young again. That's coming up
at the bottom of the hour. Let's get started with
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. The Menendez brothers have been denied in
their bid for a new trial. Lyle and Eric Menndez
had claimed to have new evidence of abuse at the
hands of their father that was not considered in their
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trials in the nineteen nineties. La County DA Nathan Hoppman
says the judge got it right.
Speaker 6 (04:50):
He basically said that the evidence alleged here is not
so compelling that it would have produced a reasonable doubt
in the mind.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Of at least one juror.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Ackmann's office opposed a new trial and has also opposed
parole for the Menendez brothers, who murdered their parents in
Beverly Hills in nineteen eighty nine. They've been denied both.
Their last remaining hope for immediate release from prison is
clemency from Governor Newsom. News brought to you by Simper Solaris.
Students and employees of the UC system have sued the
Trump administration.
Speaker 6 (05:23):
Lawsuit claims the White House is trying to stifle free
speech on the campuses. President Trump accused the system of
anti Semitism, specifically targeting UCLA, which he says didn't do
enough to protect Jewish students during pro Palestinian protests last year.
He's frozen grant funding and said he would undo that
if UCLA agreed to a one point two billion dollar fine.
A coalition of labor unions and faculty associations have filed
(05:45):
the suit to unfreeze that grant funding and to do
away with the proposed UCLA fine. Michael monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Orange County Superior Court judge Jeffrey Ferguson is expected to
be sentenced for killing his wife during a drunken argument.
Into our twenty three. Ferguson is seventy four. He was
convicted of second degree murder after two trials. The first
jury deadlocked in favor of conviction eleven to one. The
judge could get life or forty years to life in
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prison when he's sentenced today. Republicans in California have announced
a new effort to require ID to vote in the state.
Reform California says it's hoping to gather eight hundred and
seventy five thousand signatures to qualify for the ballot. Political
analyst Larry Gerston says the initiative could face challenges and
could be costly.
Speaker 8 (06:32):
I'm not going to say it won't happen, but it's
an uphill fight, especially on an issue like this, which
doesn't draw a whole lot of.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Concern in California.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
If the initiative were to become law, it would require
voters to present a government issued ID or provide the
last four digits of their Social Security number time to
say good morning to ABC's Jordana Miller in Jerusalem. So, Jordana,
Israel has been pounding Gaza City for the last week
or so, but now it is officially launched a ground offensive.
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Can you bring us up to speed on where we're
at with a.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
That's right. The Israeli Army says that it has begun
its military expansion into Gaza City, that is, the assault
to take Gaza City, occupy Gaza City, sees what it
calls what the Israeli Army called Hamas's main headquarters. At
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this point, now almost two years into the war, Israeli
troops and tanks operating inside Gaza City. They haven't been
this deep into the main what's considered the capital really
of Gaza since the beginning of the war. Since Israel
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first launched its ground incursion after Hamasa's deadly surprise attack
on October seventh, there have been heavy air strikes, drone strikes, artillery,
more than one hundred killed since this operation. Ground operation
began a little bit more now than twenty four hours ago,
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and the aim, the Israelis say is to again take
or control Gaza City and hope that that will convince
him off to finally sign a Gazza seafire release the hostages.
The problem Ami is that some of the living Israeli
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hostages are being held in Gaza City, and at least
one mother of one of those hostages says her son
has been brought up above ground to be some kind
of human shield, she believes, instead of being held underneath
in a tunnel. One of the hostages mothers says that
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her son is brought up and that this is an
effort by Hamas to prevent, you know, the army from
operating in some area and to be a human shield
for his captors.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Right, Okay and Jordana, where are the Palestinians in all
of this. They know they've been told to get out.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
They have been told for several weeks now to evacuate
Gaza City. But as you can imagine, the Gosins have
been through utter hell in this war. There's really never
been a place in Gaza that's been safe, truly safe,
over the last two years, and so many Gosens, there's
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almost a million that were in Gaza City. Most of
them until now have refused to really leave because they
fear they're just going to go to a place where
you know, they are going to be targets. They could
die on the way. There may be a less aid
as they head south, even though these Israelis are promising
they'll be more aid there. So of the one close
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to one million Palestinians in Gaza City, the Israeli Army
estimates only about four hundred thousand have left, and that
leaves quite That leaves hundreds of thousands of civilians inside
Gaza City, which will certainly number one, complicate the military
operation but also slow it. Right, the Israelis are not
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going to move in with force until they see more
civilians leave. And we are seeing over the last twenty
four hours forty eight hours, tens of thousands of Palestinians
heading south, you know, on foot if they have to,
and some now on a second coastal road that Israel
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has opened up, and they're going south to Mowassie, which
is what the Israelis call humanitarian zone, to places like Conunis,
which is, you know, an area that is considered safer.
But again, what's been happening over the whole course of
the war is that that not only have civilians been
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told go north, go south, go east, go west. Now
there you know, almost two million people are being pushed
into a you know, the the you know, thirty percent
of Gaza's territory, right, So those conditions, they are very
you know, unlivable in many ways.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Okay, and President Trump, who we know is getting frustrated
and more and more frustrated as the rest of the
world is as well, has asked net and Yahoo to
come visit him at the White House. Is that happening,
It is happening.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
It's going to happen on the twenty ninth of September Monday,
just a few days after the Israeli Prime Minister gives
his keynote address to the UN General Assembly, and no
doubt Gaza is going to top the agenda. You know,
the President's very clear he wants the war to end.
He wants Hamas to release the hostages. He does not
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want Hamas to, uh, you know, their leaders, their followers,
their supporters to be in the Gaza strip. He wants,
you know, a different governing body to come over and
to provide a better life for Gozzans. So, you know,
they will certainly put Gaza at the top of their agenda.
But there's other issues, right, There's still a lot of
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tensions obviously with Iran and the president his team have
been mediating a new security agreement between Israel and Syria,
so that will likely be discussed as well. Okay, you
know what they call expanding the Abraham Accords.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
All right, lots to talk about ABC, Stardana Miller, and Jerusalem.
Thank you so much for the information. We'll talk again soon.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Thanks, Amy Tuffin.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour news. You're and the
guy accused of as fascinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk in
Utah has appeared in court by video. State of Utah
versus Tyler James Robinson. Could you state your name?
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Tyler James Robinson.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
The twenty two year old is facing multiple charges, including
aggravated murder.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
The state is further alleging aggravating factors because the defendant
is believed to have targeted Charlie Kirk based on Charlie
Kirk's political expression.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Utah attorney Jeff Gray says prosecutors will ask for the
death penalty. He says Robinson's DNA was found on the
trigger of the gun used to kill Kirk last week.
The Federal Reserve is expected to cut its key interest
rate today by a quarter point to about four point
one percent. ABC's Perry Russam says it would be the
first cut this year.
Speaker 6 (13:48):
For the typical American that could mean paying less on
car loans and credit cards even as your savings accounts
take a hit. Today's move coming as more data shows
a slowdown in the job market.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
The Federal Reserve cut in interest rates three times last year,
but put any further cuts on hold because of President
Trump's tariffs. Britain's King Charles has welcomed President Trump and
the First Lady to Windsor Castle on a second state
visit to England.
Speaker 9 (14:12):
That is an extremely rare honor and one that the
President certainly seems to be thrilled to participate, and we
don't expect much in terms of deliverables. This is really
a trip that is meant to strengthen and shore up
ties between the two countries.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
ABC's Mary Bruce says the King and Queen Camilla will
welcome the Trumps with a lavish state banquet later today.
The FDA has issued warnings of two online services that
offer unofficial versions of popular weight loss drugs. Like Wigov,
letters were sent to Hymns and Hers and dozens of
other companies yesterday ordering them to stop what it calls
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false and misleading statements about their medications and also to
drop language comparing their drugs to FDA approved weight loss drugs.
And the first artificial intelligence animated movie is getting made.
A lot quicker and for a lot less money.
Speaker 8 (15:00):
Animated feature film, Critters, is expected to debut at the
con Film Festival next May before its global theater release.
OpenAI is lending its computing resources to make the movie
in about nine months instead of the three years it
normally takes. The film, about force creatures who go on
an adventure, was first an animated short in twenty twenty three.
Production has already begun, including casting decisions for the voices
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so those will not be AI and that human element
allows the film to be copyrighted. The budget for Critters
has about thirty million dollars, compared to a typical animated film,
which can cost more than two hundred million. Michael Krozer KFI.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
News AI service on the Metro Blue Line and Expo
Line is back up and running following a train derailment
in the underground Seventh Street Metro Center station. It happened
yesterday afternoon. Passengers were taken safely off the train. The
lines were shut down for the evening commute, but normal
train service was restored shortly before ten last night. California
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Republicans are pushing to put voter ID before voters. Assembly
Member Karl Demaia was leading the initiative. Through Reform California
supporters would need to get eight hundred and seventy five
thousand signatures to get the initiative on the ballot. If passed,
voters would then need to have a present government or
would need to present government issued ID, provide the last
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four digits of their social or show a valid driver license.
Tributes have been pouring in less than a day after
Robert Redford died. His Elector Corseman co star Jane Fonda
said he was a beautiful person in every way. Barbara Streisand,
who starred with Redford in the Way We Were, said
he was one of a kind. Robert Redford died yesterday
at the age of eighty nine at six ozho five.
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It's handle on the news. Prosecutors say the death penalty
is the plan for the man who allegedly shot Charlie Kirk. Okay,
we're supposed to be checking in with Rich jamiro, but
I see Cono dialing. Do we not have rich yet?
We do not have rich yet? So let me just say,
oh my, oh, TONI well, TONI.
Speaker 10 (16:56):
Oh for two two strikeouts in his career against robertson pitch,
Otani launches pie in the air deep bright field number
fifty emphatically leaves.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
The yard.
Speaker 10 (17:11):
Woo on a night he started the game and through
five no hit innings. He then comes up to the
plate in the eighth and launches home run number fifty
on the season.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Otani is the first player to have fifty home runs
and fifty strikeouts it as a pitcher in the same season,
first player ever. The Dodgers went on to lose the
game boo hiss, nine to six, but there's still two
games ahead in first place in the National League West.
The Dodgers to take on the Phillies at Dodgers Stadium tonight.
First pitch goes out at seven o'clock. You can listen
to all Dodger games on AM five to seventy LA
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Sports and stream all the games on the iHeartRadio app.
Keyword am five to seventy LA sports baseball fans hit
a home run with savings on natural gas appliances at
socowgas dot rebates. Let's say good morning now to the
host of Rich on Tech on KFI. It's KTLA's tech
reporter Rich Demiro's glad to connect with you, Rich and
(18:09):
glad to hear that you you're okay. I saw a
post last week on your Instagram that you got into
a nasty car crash.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
I did. It happened very fast, and it was it
was pretty scary, but I am here, I'm alive.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
It's good.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
I will say that AI says that I'm dead, So
I don't like that, and I don't know how to
fix that, so don't believe.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Yeah, a I say you're dead.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Like it's well, there's a couple of articles online that
you know, these websites right up to jump upon all
the traffic they're getting from people searching about my accident.
And so when you search it, they did like an
obituary and that gets sucked into the AI for Meta
and Google, and then they just regurgitate it. And now
if you search the AI, it's like Rich is dead.
(18:53):
So I'm not I'm here, and we got to figure
out how to fix that. Maybe I'll just continue to
be here.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Well, Rich, you know, we we have talked several times
that AI is wrong a lot, and we're happy, happy,
happy that they're wrong on this one. And you're okay, right,
thank you.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Well, you know the fine. Okay, I'm all good, I'm here,
I'm working.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
Okay. Well, we're glad that you're you're here and hopefully
you're on the road to mending. Let's talk text. Shall
we have more fun? Right?
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Okay, So you've had about a week to play with
the new iPhone. So what's your initial reaction after the
first week.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
I would say new iPhones because I've been playing with
all of them. So the base model, by the way,
the headline is, if you want to upgrade, this is
the year to upgrade. These are Apple's best devices yet
across the board. So the base model iPhone seventeen, fantastic purchase.
It now has everything that I want in a basic smartphone.
(19:52):
Brighter screen, glare resistance screen, It finally looks smoother when
you're scrolling. They increase the refresh rate, faster charging, better
wide angle camera, new selfie camera, eight hundred dollars, two
hundred and fifty six gigs of storage. It is a
fantastic little device. The iPhone Air Super Slim. It's one
thousand dollars. It's expensive, bigger display. This is great if
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you're mostly into the look and style of the phone
and not necessarily a functionality of the camera. The phone
functions are going to be great. It's got all the
high end features, just only one lens on that device.
And then iPhone seventeen Pro and Promax. You know, if
you want this phone, this is Apple's best of the best.
You get everything all in one, more durable this year,
(20:36):
brighter screens, the battery life is just outstanding in my testing.
The cameras are just incredible for cameras and video. They
also have that new selfie camera. They also charge faster.
They also stay cooler. So I think Apple really hit
it out of the park this year.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
I truly do.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
Okay, that's good to hear. Good to hear because there
have been times where you're like, eh, so this is good.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Yeah, Okay, this is no matter which phone you you're
gonna like your upgrade. Let's put it that way.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
Okay. Amazon Prime Day used to be once a year,
but now it seems like it's every month they're having
another one.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
I know.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
It's like this is like The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
It's like, how many times can we talk about Prime Day?
At this point, it's just and here's the deal. Okay,
So I'll just tell you the dates. It's Prime It's
now it's called Prime Big Deal Days. That's what they're
calling it this time around October seventh and eighth. Obviously
they're kicking off the holiday season with millions of deals.
But the only thing that really matters to most people
is the stuff that I want going to be on sale,
(21:33):
and that's the bottom line. So put the stuff in
your shopping cart. Now, think about the stuff that you want.
And a lot of stuff does go on sale during
Prime Day, so hopefully you can nab some deals. But
there's not much to talk about anymore in terms of
Prime Day. Just if you want to shop, go ahead.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
Okay, And if shop, put it in your shopping cart
and leave it there, and then October seventh and eighth,
go check back and then decide if you need to
be exactly okay. So hair doesn't seem inherently like a
technical topic but it is in this case, and it's
the segment you're doing on KTLA today.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Yeah. Really interesting. They can do a hair test now
for an autism diagnosis. So I didn't know a whole
lot about this, you know, with with autism diagnosis in general,
but typically it can take many years. So a parent,
if they suspect their kid has autism, it could take
them up to four years to figure it out, you know,
through a bunch of diagnostics and testing, and you know,
(22:28):
not testing necessarily like blood tests, but like you know,
going in to see someone and observing what this child
is doing. And so a lot of parents are like, oh,
I want to know earlier so I can get my
kid the help they need earlier, so that they can
have a nice, healthy, typical lifestyle. And so this test
is called clear strand and you can do this and
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as young as a kid that's one month old. You
take a couple strands of hair, you send it into
a lab, and it's ninety five percent accurate according to
the manufacturers of letting you know if your child does
not have autism. And so pretty interesting. I thought it's
expensive though, that's the big thing. It's at seven hundred
and fifty dollars out of pocket there trying to you know,
(23:10):
this is brand new, so they're trying to work with
insurance companies to reduce.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
The cost there.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
But for parents that you know are wondering if their
child has autism and they're wondering earlier, this is a
pretty amazing breakthrough.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Absolutely. Okay. You can check out all the stuff that
we've talked about and that you'll be seeing Rich talk
about on KTLA on his website at richontech dot tv.
You can follow him at rich on Tech. Of course,
watch them on KTLA and yay, we get to listen
to them every Saturday from eleven to two right here
on KFI. Thanks so much, Rich, all right, Amy, thank you.
(23:44):
Take care. A coalition of you see, labor unions and
faculty groups as sue the Trump administration over threats to
pull research funding and find UCLA one point two billion
dollars for not fighting back against anti semitism on campus.
The coalition says the administration trying to silence free speech
on campus and intimidate public universities. It also says it
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would harm thousands of students, faculty, and staff. Lawmakers in
California passed a bill that would require social workers to
find a child's relatives within thirty days of being removed
from their home. The so called Justice through Placing Foster
Children with Families Act, so studies show that better outcomes
are realized for children placed with a family. The bill
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is awaiting Governor Newsome's signature. Snoopy's going to stick around
a while longer not Sperry Farm has an agreement with
six Flags. It's been extended through twenty thirty, meaning Snoopy
and his Peanuts pals will be at Camp Snoopy and
all over the park for a few more years. At
six oh five, it's Handle on the news. Why having
a new trial denied is a good thing for the
(24:49):
Menendez brothers at least according to their lawyer, Bill Handle,
of course, is out today. But Neil Sevadra is in
for him and he'll be talking about that. Okay, it is.
Damie's on it. Damie's Damie's on it, Damie's on it.
(25:10):
What am I on? Well, I'm on this stream. There's
so much to see and so much to experience, and
how do you possibly navigate your way through it? Well,
hopefully I can help you out a little bit. Because
I watch a lot of TV and hopefully can steer
you away from things that might not be worth your
time and steer you towards things that are. This week,
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Younger on Netflix is what I am on And surprisingly,
there's seven seasons to this show. It originally came out
on tv Land, but it has seen a resurgence because
it dropped on Netflix in January of this year and
it's been top ten for several months. Okay, so here's
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the quick backstory. A woman is recently divorced. She was
a stay at home mom. Now she doesn't have a
husband and her daughter's off college in another country, and
she says it's time to get a job. Well, she
can't get a job because she's dune dun duh forty.
She's too old. No one will give her a job
because she's too old. So she and her friend cook
(26:14):
up this idea to just say that she's younger because
she looks younger, and the show is born.
Speaker 5 (26:19):
Right.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
Okay, so, as you can imagine lots of situations she
gets into. She kind puts herself into compromising situations, and
while some of the situations are pretty unlikely, you can
see a lot of them might be possible. She has
a job where she's supposed to be a millennial and
she gets a much younger boyfriend, so good on her
for that. There are lots of grown up themes, but
(26:41):
it's really not shoved down your throat. There's no gratuitous
nudity or sex, which is also a nice break. There
is sex and nudity, it's just not graphic. It's more discreet.
So I'm like, ah, again, it's a nice break. Now,
being a person personally who has dated much younger men,
(27:02):
several of them, some of the situations that she finds
herself in are actually pretty feasible and they're pretty fun,
so I mean, I could relate to it on that front.
It's a fun show. The characters are so genuinely likable
it's hard not to love the show. It's a seven
season rom com, and it's not quite as like a
(27:23):
Virgin River or Sylvan's Crossing that are kind of soshmucky.
It's not like that. It's just it's a nice show.
It's a fun show, and if you're looking for a
feel good, easy watch that'll make you smile instead of
making you cringe or making uncomfortable, like so many shows
do today. I think it's a good one, and also
it reminds you a little bit of the fun that
(27:45):
you had and maybe even the trouble you got into
when you were younger. I'm on it. It's younger on Netflix.
I think you should be on it too. The La
County Board of Supervisors has approved a thirty million dollar
rent relief program for people affected by wildfires and immigration Enforcement.
Supervisor Lindsay Horvasa's the country has seen a lot of moves. Actually,
(28:08):
the county has seen a lot of moves toward eviction.
In just the past two weeks.
Speaker 11 (28:11):
There have been nearly thirteen hundred unlawful eviction detainers filed
in La County courts. Again, this is not theoretical, This
is not rhetorical. This is real and it is unacceptable.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
The new program would allow for people to request up
to fifteen thousand dollars to support up to six months
of rent. The Board's also exploring a possible eviction moratorium
in the county. The irsays twin brothers who snapped up
tea times at seventeen golf courses around southern California and
across the country, then resold them at premium prices, failed
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to report more than one point one million dollars in
earnings between twenty twenty one and twenty twenty three. They
were arrested a year ago. Initially, the forty one year
old brothers Tim and Steve Kim of Pomona and Buenapol
Ark have been charged now with tax evasion and other charges.
Remember when that was all happening. Israeli troops and tanks
are pushing deeper into Gaza City on the second day
(29:09):
of Israel's ground offensive. The military has reported over one
hundred and fifty air and artillery strikes on the city
in recent days. The strikes have toppled high rise towers,
which Israel claims are used by Hamas for surveillance. Hospitals
in Gaza say overnight attacks have killed at least sixteen people,
(29:30):
including women and children. AID groups and Qatar have condemned
the offensive. California is changing how foster children are placed,
aiming to keep more kids with family.
Speaker 12 (29:43):
Lawmakers have passed the Justice through Placing Foster Children with
Families Act, which requires social workers to identify relatives for
a child within thirty days of removal from their home.
Research shows kids do better when placed with family, and
the law is designed to boost those placement rates starting
in twenty twenty seven. Tanties that fall below the state's
average will have to improve their practices. The bill now
(30:03):
goes to Governor Newsom for final approval. Brigida Degasino kf
I News.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
The LA School District is adding financial literacy and economic
justice classes for high school students. The classes are said
to include teaching through a so called modern economic lens.
School Board president Scott Schmearrelson says the change will let
students better navigate the current financial landscape and address poverty
in a better way than previous generations. In a wild borough,
(30:31):
dubbed Cupid is recovering after being shot with an arrow
and what officials say is the latest in a series
of attacks.
Speaker 7 (30:36):
The two year old female burrough was spotted last Wednesday
with an arrow protruding from a shoulder as she wandered
the foothills of Moreno Valley. Officials brought her into a
movement and found it had punctured a lung. When Cupid
fully recovers, she'll join other rescued Burroughs on the two
thousand acre nonprofit Donkey Land Sanctuary and Wildlife Preserve. The
group's offering a twenty four thousand dollars reward raised from
donations for information leading to the arrest and conviction of
(30:59):
anyone involved in at least six bo attacks on burrows
over the past several months. Mark Ronner KFI News Eric and.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Lyle Menendez, his attorney, says a judge's decision to deny
the brothers a new trial and the murder of their
parents is a victory. Mark Gerrigo says the focus should
now shift to the brother's eligibility for clemency impossible release.
The decision is up to Governor Newsom. La County supervisors
have voted to rename the Castaic Sports Complex in honor
(31:28):
of slain Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Clinkenbrumer to mark the two
year anniversary of his death. Clincoln Bremer was shot and
killed in an ambush outside the Palmdale sheriff station in
September twenty twenty three. Almost three out of four high
school seniors in California have applied for financial aid to
go to college this year. That's an eleven percent increase
over last year. California plans to allocate nearly three billion
(31:50):
dollars for student financial aid in twenty twenty five and
twenty six to support students attending public universities. We're just
minutes away from handle on the news this morning. Course
handled not in but nil Zevedra is pomp circumstance and
protests have greeted President Trump for his state visit to
the UK. Neil's going to be telling you about that.
(32:10):
Let's say good morning right now to ABC's Stephen Portnoy. So, Stephen, Boy,
we knew we were going to find out more about
the assassination of Charlie Kirk yesterday because he was going
to have his first court appearance, but we got a
lot more information.
Speaker 5 (32:26):
The court filing yesterday a seven count information put forward
to enter charges against Tyler Robinson, the suspected assassin of
Charlie Kirk. This proceeds an indictment, so prosecutors will be
taking the evidence, some of which they laid out in
yesterday's court filing, to a grand jury, and the grand jury,
(32:46):
you'd expect, would hand up an indictment that would back
up and firm up these charges. Obviously, the headline here
is that prosecutors are charging Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder,
a capital offense in the state of Utah. It's a
capital offense because, according to prosecutors, in killing Charlie Kirk,
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Tyler Robinson also knowingly created a great risk of death
to others by shooting his high powered rifle from such
a distance where it was possible, and he knew it
was possible he could have hit somebody else, and that
makes it a capital offense in the state of Utah.
There are also other counts here, including obstruction of justice.
The allegation is that Tyler Robinson sought to hide evidence
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and two counts of witness tampering related to the text
message exchange that he allegedly had with his roommate, with
whom officials say Robinson was intimately involved printing the text
message exchange. Prosecutors say that Robinson told his roommate quote,
to be honest, I'd hope to keep this secret till
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I died of old age. I'm sorry to involve you.
The roommate responded, quote, you weren't the one who did
it right, and Robinson is said to have replied, I am,
I'm sorry. The roommate asked, quote, I had enough of
his hatred. Some hate can't be negotiated out evidence of
a motive in the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
Yeah, I was surprised that when they announced the charges
that the DA just sat there and like you just
shared with us, just read so much information off, like
this is what we have, and this is what we have.
It's like they kind of laid out the case right there.
Speaker 5 (34:31):
Almost what you heard from the podium was the DA
reading out loud the court document that I have in
my hand, So essentially he was giving voice to it,
not adding anything to it beyond that. But because he
was asked a number of questions, he declined to answer.
But what you heard yesterday is exactly what the judge
(34:53):
saw leading up to the initial appearance. The suspect, Tyler
Robinson appeared in court via video hookup. He was wearing
a safety smock velcrow thick, sort of almost like a
mattress pad type material, green in color, without sleeves, and
that is what they give to inmates who they're observing
(35:15):
to make sure they don't commit die by suicide, are attempting.
Speaker 1 (35:19):
Right, Okay, and Stephen, the charges that they were outlining yesterday,
those are state charges.
Speaker 5 (35:26):
Correct, and so there's a lingering question as to whether
there's any kind of a federal involvement in all this. Yesterday,
the FBI Director Cash Pttel appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee,
and over the course of his testimony, he was asked
about the investigation. He said that federal prosecutors and investigators
now focused on the discord chat that Tyler Robinson was
a part of in the lead up to the shooting
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and after it. It's reported that Robinson confessed to his
fellow discord chatters that he had done this, and the
FBI director said that every single person on that disc
where chat is going to be sought by investigators to
see if they have any information or if they had
any involvement in this, but so far there's been no
indication of that. What remains to be seen is whether
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there's any kind of a predicate for a federal charge.
At the moment, it's hard for me to see how
there could be one. Charlie Kirk was, of course a
prominent person in our politics, but did not hold federal office,
and so it's hard to see a nexus to a
federal charge.
Speaker 1 (36:25):
All right, Well, we will be watching and checking in
with you. Stephen Portnoya, ABC News, Thanks so much for
the info you've bet. Let's get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
LA County's approved a rent relief program for wildfire victims
and people affected by immigration enforcement.
Speaker 6 (36:41):
The Board of Supervisors has allocated thirty million dollars from
various sources to help residents in need. Supervisor hill to
Soleisea has immigration enforcement has kept many from going to
work or school out of fear.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
What our immigrant communities have faced these last few months
has put many of them in difficult positions of choosing
their safety over there at economic well being.
Speaker 6 (37:01):
An earlier wildfire rent REALLYEF fund saw less activity than expected.
Now the fund will allow for up to six months
rent to be paid by up to fifteen thousand dollars
in grants. Michael Monks k if I News.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
A high school student in Laguna Beach who was wearing
a Maga hat Maga hat has been suspended the apparently
it happened last Thursday. Zach Hornstein says he was wearing
his hat to honor conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was
assassinated the day before, Hornstein says a girl pulled his
hat off and threw it in the trash and then
(37:34):
used foul language when talking about President Trump. Hornstein says
he then told the girl to go to Canada she
doesn't like living in the US. A teacher claims he
told a group of girls to go back where they
came from, which the boy says he never said. The
State Department says anyone celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk
is going to be denied a visa or have it revoked.
Speaker 13 (37:55):
Secretary of Saint Rubio wrote on x that America will
not host foreigners who's celebrate the death of our fellow citizens,
saying a visa means you're a visitor, and we are
not in the business of inviting people to visit our
country who are going to be involved in negative and
destructive behavior. And he said, if they're already here, we
(38:15):
should be revoking their visa. The Trump administration has already
taken the visas of hundreds of foreign students with pro
Palestinian views, which critics argue in fringes free speech. Kate
Fisher Washington.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
New Harrispool survey finds that five years after COVID nineteen peaked,
healthcare workers in California are burned out and many are
planning to quit. The survey finds eighty four percent of
healthcare workers feel they're taken for granted, fifty five percent
admit they'll look for job openings, interview for, or switch
to a new role in the next year. Okay, before
(38:51):
we let you go, we're gonna remind you one more
time that we are going over the edge both Neil
Savedra and me to raise money for the Union rest Commission.
And this is an organization that helps people find their
way home. That's their tagline this year, and it makes
so much sense because they actually help homeless people who
want help to get back on track, get their life restarted,
(39:15):
get the rehab they need, get job training, get transitional housing,
and then move on and restart their lives. It's a
wonderful program. And in support of that, Neil and I
are going to repel twenty five stories off the side
of a building and we would love for you to
help us, and you can do that by going to
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It is five o'clock straight up. This is your wake
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live everywhere on the iHeartRadio App. I appreciate you listening
there or on AM six boardy wherever you are. I'm
just happy you're here. Still there so part of our
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work schedule. And I don't know if you guys have
to do this at your place of employment, but you
have to do these scheduled and required trainings. And then
they start sending you the notices saying, hey, don't forget
you haven't done your training. Don't forget you haven't done
your training, and the deadline's coming up, and finally they
it's sort of like they nag you to death and
you finally do it. So I did my AI training.
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It's supposed to be for code of conduct.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Yeah I did that.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yeah. And we're a broadcasting company and they've they've got
an AI voicing it. I was like, okay, you've got
five hundred million broadcasters here. We all love to talk,
we love to hear ourselves talk, and you could tell
it's AI. Part of it sounds actually very good, but
part of it like it says iHeart not iHeart id
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and not conduct training, but conduct training. I mean like
little things like that where you're like, that's not a person.
No way. Anyway, I finished it. Okay, I got my
little certificate and everything for one more year for except
it feels like we just did this training like a
week ago. I mean, it's just there's all these different things.
I don't know. Hopefully you guys don't have too many
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of those, but it seems like more and more everybody's
got them. Here's what's ahead on wake up Call. The
La County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved an emergency
rent relief program to help both wildfire victims and residents
impacted by immigration enforcement actions. The nearly thirty million dollars
allocated will be split between the two groups. Supervisors also
(02:55):
directed staff to report back on a potential eviction more
moratorium for both groups. A divided city council committee it's
advanced a plan to modernize the La Convention Center ahead
of the twenty twenty eight Olympic Games without expanding the
facility until after the game. Original estimates were that it
would cost one point four billion, Now they're saying two
(03:16):
point seven billion dollars. Monsoonal moisture is expected to move
into the Southland later today, bringing with it showers and thunderstorms,
strong winds, lightning, and flooding and debris flows are all possible.
Forecaster say most of southern California will at least get
some rain before between this afternoon and tomorrow, with showers
and thunderstorms possible into the weekend. As Israel continues its
(03:38):
ground defensive in Gaza, we're going to get the latest
on what's going on there, and also President Trump is
called for a face to face with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
maybe seized. Jordanna Miller is going to join us in
just a couple of minutes to tell us when that's
all going to happen. The man accused of assassinating Charlie
Kirk had his first court appearance. Prosecutors laid out what
(04:00):
on the surface makes it look like an open and
shut case. ABC. Stephen Portnoy's going to tell us all
about that and what's coming next, and that's coming up
this hour. Also, our Rich Demiroz had about a week
to play with the new iPhone seventeen. We'll find out
what he thinks of that and whether it's worth upgrading.
That's coming up at five twenty. Amy's on it a
show that you will show you that what lengths you'll
(04:24):
go to to get a job, and also how it
might just make you feel young again. That's coming up
at the bottom of the hour. Let's get started with
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. The Menendez brothers have been denied in
their bid for a new trial. Lyle and Eric Menndez
had claimed to have new evidence of abuse at the
hands of their father that was not considered in their
(04:44):
trials in the nineteen nineties. La County DA Nathan Hoppman
says the judge got it right.
Speaker 6 (04:50):
He basically said that the evidence alleged here is not
so compelling that it would have produced a reasonable doubt
in the mind.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Of at least one juror.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Ackmann's office opposed a new trial and has also opposed
parole for the Menendez brothers, who murdered their parents in
Beverly Hills in nineteen eighty nine. They've been denied both.
Their last remaining hope for immediate release from prison is
clemency from Governor Newsom. News brought to you by Simper Solaris.
Students and employees of the UC system have sued the
Trump administration.
Speaker 6 (05:23):
Lawsuit claims the White House is trying to stifle free
speech on the campuses. President Trump accused the system of
anti Semitism, specifically targeting UCLA, which he says didn't do
enough to protect Jewish students during pro Palestinian protests last year.
He's frozen grant funding and said he would undo that
if UCLA agreed to a one point two billion dollar fine.
A coalition of labor unions and faculty associations have filed
(05:45):
the suit to unfreeze that grant funding and to do
away with the proposed UCLA fine. Michael monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Orange County Superior Court judge Jeffrey Ferguson is expected to
be sentenced for killing his wife during a drunken argument.
Into our twenty three. Ferguson is seventy four. He was
convicted of second degree murder after two trials. The first
jury deadlocked in favor of conviction eleven to one. The
judge could get life or forty years to life in
(06:13):
prison when he's sentenced today. Republicans in California have announced
a new effort to require ID to vote in the state.
Reform California says it's hoping to gather eight hundred and
seventy five thousand signatures to qualify for the ballot. Political
analyst Larry Gerston says the initiative could face challenges and
could be costly.
Speaker 8 (06:32):
I'm not going to say it won't happen, but it's
an uphill fight, especially on an issue like this, which
doesn't draw a whole lot of.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Concern in California.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
If the initiative were to become law, it would require
voters to present a government issued ID or provide the
last four digits of their Social Security number time to
say good morning to ABC's Jordana Miller in Jerusalem. So, Jordana,
Israel has been pounding Gaza City for the last week
or so, but now it is officially launched a ground offensive.
(07:03):
Can you bring us up to speed on where we're
at with a.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
That's right. The Israeli Army says that it has begun
its military expansion into Gaza City, that is, the assault
to take Gaza City, occupy Gaza City, sees what it
calls what the Israeli Army called Hamas's main headquarters. At
(07:30):
this point, now almost two years into the war, Israeli
troops and tanks operating inside Gaza City. They haven't been
this deep into the main what's considered the capital really
of Gaza since the beginning of the war. Since Israel
(07:51):
first launched its ground incursion after Hamasa's deadly surprise attack
on October seventh, there have been heavy air strikes, drone strikes, artillery,
more than one hundred killed since this operation. Ground operation
began a little bit more now than twenty four hours ago,
(08:14):
and the aim, the Israelis say is to again take
or control Gaza City and hope that that will convince
him off to finally sign a Gazza seafire release the hostages.
The problem Ami is that some of the living Israeli
(08:35):
hostages are being held in Gaza City, and at least
one mother of one of those hostages says her son
has been brought up above ground to be some kind
of human shield, she believes, instead of being held underneath
in a tunnel. One of the hostages mothers says that
(08:59):
her son is brought up and that this is an
effort by Hamas to prevent, you know, the army from
operating in some area and to be a human shield
for his captors.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Right, Okay and Jordana, where are the Palestinians in all
of this. They know they've been told to get out.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
They have been told for several weeks now to evacuate
Gaza City. But as you can imagine, the Gosins have
been through utter hell in this war. There's really never
been a place in Gaza that's been safe, truly safe,
over the last two years, and so many Gosens, there's
(09:42):
almost a million that were in Gaza City. Most of
them until now have refused to really leave because they
fear they're just going to go to a place where
you know, they are going to be targets. They could
die on the way. There may be a less aid
as they head south, even though these Israelis are promising
they'll be more aid there. So of the one close
(10:05):
to one million Palestinians in Gaza City, the Israeli Army
estimates only about four hundred thousand have left, and that
leaves quite That leaves hundreds of thousands of civilians inside
Gaza City, which will certainly number one, complicate the military
operation but also slow it. Right, the Israelis are not
(10:27):
going to move in with force until they see more
civilians leave. And we are seeing over the last twenty
four hours forty eight hours, tens of thousands of Palestinians
heading south, you know, on foot if they have to,
and some now on a second coastal road that Israel
(10:47):
has opened up, and they're going south to Mowassie, which
is what the Israelis call humanitarian zone, to places like Conunis,
which is, you know, an area that is considered safer.
But again, what's been happening over the whole course of
the war is that that not only have civilians been
(11:09):
told go north, go south, go east, go west. Now
there you know, almost two million people are being pushed
into a you know, the the you know, thirty percent
of Gaza's territory, right, So those conditions, they are very
you know, unlivable in many ways.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Okay, and President Trump, who we know is getting frustrated
and more and more frustrated as the rest of the
world is as well, has asked net and Yahoo to
come visit him at the White House. Is that happening,
It is happening.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
It's going to happen on the twenty ninth of September Monday,
just a few days after the Israeli Prime Minister gives
his keynote address to the UN General Assembly, and no
doubt Gaza is going to top the agenda. You know,
the President's very clear he wants the war to end.
He wants Hamas to release the hostages. He does not
(12:05):
want Hamas to, uh, you know, their leaders, their followers,
their supporters to be in the Gaza strip. He wants,
you know, a different governing body to come over and
to provide a better life for Gozzans. So, you know,
they will certainly put Gaza at the top of their agenda.
But there's other issues, right, There's still a lot of
(12:27):
tensions obviously with Iran and the president his team have
been mediating a new security agreement between Israel and Syria,
so that will likely be discussed as well. Okay, you
know what they call expanding the Abraham Accords.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
All right, lots to talk about ABC, Stardana Miller, and Jerusalem.
Thank you so much for the information. We'll talk again soon.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Thanks, Amy Tuffin.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour news. You're and the
guy accused of as fascinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk in
Utah has appeared in court by video. State of Utah
versus Tyler James Robinson. Could you state your name?
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Tyler James Robinson.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
The twenty two year old is facing multiple charges, including
aggravated murder.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
The state is further alleging aggravating factors because the defendant
is believed to have targeted Charlie Kirk based on Charlie
Kirk's political expression.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Utah attorney Jeff Gray says prosecutors will ask for the
death penalty. He says Robinson's DNA was found on the
trigger of the gun used to kill Kirk last week.
The Federal Reserve is expected to cut its key interest
rate today by a quarter point to about four point
one percent. ABC's Perry Russam says it would be the
first cut this year.
Speaker 6 (13:48):
For the typical American that could mean paying less on
car loans and credit cards even as your savings accounts
take a hit. Today's move coming as more data shows
a slowdown in the job market.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
The Federal Reserve cut in interest rates three times last year,
but put any further cuts on hold because of President
Trump's tariffs. Britain's King Charles has welcomed President Trump and
the First Lady to Windsor Castle on a second state
visit to England.
Speaker 9 (14:12):
That is an extremely rare honor and one that the
President certainly seems to be thrilled to participate, and we
don't expect much in terms of deliverables. This is really
a trip that is meant to strengthen and shore up
ties between the two countries.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
ABC's Mary Bruce says the King and Queen Camilla will
welcome the Trumps with a lavish state banquet later today.
The FDA has issued warnings of two online services that
offer unofficial versions of popular weight loss drugs. Like Wigov,
letters were sent to Hymns and Hers and dozens of
other companies yesterday ordering them to stop what it calls
(14:45):
false and misleading statements about their medications and also to
drop language comparing their drugs to FDA approved weight loss drugs.
And the first artificial intelligence animated movie is getting made.
A lot quicker and for a lot less money.
Speaker 8 (15:00):
Animated feature film, Critters, is expected to debut at the
con Film Festival next May before its global theater release.
OpenAI is lending its computing resources to make the movie
in about nine months instead of the three years it
normally takes. The film, about force creatures who go on
an adventure, was first an animated short in twenty twenty three.
Production has already begun, including casting decisions for the voices
(15:20):
so those will not be AI and that human element
allows the film to be copyrighted. The budget for Critters
has about thirty million dollars, compared to a typical animated film,
which can cost more than two hundred million. Michael Krozer KFI.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
News AI service on the Metro Blue Line and Expo
Line is back up and running following a train derailment
in the underground Seventh Street Metro Center station. It happened
yesterday afternoon. Passengers were taken safely off the train. The
lines were shut down for the evening commute, but normal
train service was restored shortly before ten last night. California
(15:55):
Republicans are pushing to put voter ID before voters. Assembly
Member Karl Demaia was leading the initiative. Through Reform California
supporters would need to get eight hundred and seventy five
thousand signatures to get the initiative on the ballot. If passed,
voters would then need to have a present government or
would need to present government issued ID, provide the last
(16:16):
four digits of their social or show a valid driver license.
Tributes have been pouring in less than a day after
Robert Redford died. His Elector Corseman co star Jane Fonda
said he was a beautiful person in every way. Barbara Streisand,
who starred with Redford in the Way We Were, said
he was one of a kind. Robert Redford died yesterday
at the age of eighty nine at six ozho five.
(16:37):
It's handle on the news. Prosecutors say the death penalty
is the plan for the man who allegedly shot Charlie Kirk. Okay,
we're supposed to be checking in with Rich jamiro, but
I see Cono dialing. Do we not have rich yet?
We do not have rich yet? So let me just say,
oh my, oh, TONI well, TONI.
Speaker 10 (16:56):
Oh for two two strikeouts in his career against robertson pitch,
Otani launches pie in the air deep bright field number
fifty emphatically leaves.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
The yard.
Speaker 10 (17:11):
Woo on a night he started the game and through
five no hit innings. He then comes up to the
plate in the eighth and launches home run number fifty
on the season.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Otani is the first player to have fifty home runs
and fifty strikeouts it as a pitcher in the same season,
first player ever. The Dodgers went on to lose the
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The Dodgers to take on the Phillies at Dodgers Stadium tonight.
First pitch goes out at seven o'clock. You can listen
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socowgas dot rebates. Let's say good morning now to the
host of Rich on Tech on KFI. It's KTLA's tech
reporter Rich Demiro's glad to connect with you, Rich and
(18:09):
glad to hear that you you're okay. I saw a
post last week on your Instagram that you got into
a nasty car crash.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
I did. It happened very fast, and it was it
was pretty scary, but I am here, I'm alive.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
It's good.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
I will say that AI says that I'm dead, So
I don't like that, and I don't know how to
fix that, so don't believe.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Yeah, a I say you're dead.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Like it's well, there's a couple of articles online that
you know, these websites right up to jump upon all
the traffic they're getting from people searching about my accident.
And so when you search it, they did like an
obituary and that gets sucked into the AI for Meta
and Google, and then they just regurgitate it. And now
if you search the AI, it's like Rich is dead.
(18:53):
So I'm not I'm here, and we got to figure
out how to fix that. Maybe I'll just continue to
be here.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Well, Rich, you know, we we have talked several times
that AI is wrong a lot, and we're happy, happy,
happy that they're wrong on this one. And you're okay, right,
thank you.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Well, you know the fine. Okay, I'm all good, I'm here,
I'm working.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
Okay. Well, we're glad that you're you're here and hopefully
you're on the road to mending. Let's talk text. Shall
we have more fun? Right?
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Okay, So you've had about a week to play with
the new iPhone. So what's your initial reaction after the
first week.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
I would say new iPhones because I've been playing with
all of them. So the base model, by the way,
the headline is, if you want to upgrade, this is
the year to upgrade. These are Apple's best devices yet
across the board. So the base model iPhone seventeen, fantastic purchase.
It now has everything that I want in a basic smartphone.
(19:52):
Brighter screen, glare resistance screen, It finally looks smoother when
you're scrolling. They increase the refresh rate, faster charging, better
wide angle camera, new selfie camera, eight hundred dollars, two
hundred and fifty six gigs of storage. It is a
fantastic little device. The iPhone Air Super Slim. It's one
thousand dollars. It's expensive, bigger display. This is great if
(20:15):
you're mostly into the look and style of the phone
and not necessarily a functionality of the camera. The phone
functions are going to be great. It's got all the
high end features, just only one lens on that device.
And then iPhone seventeen Pro and Promax. You know, if
you want this phone, this is Apple's best of the best.
You get everything all in one, more durable this year,
(20:36):
brighter screens, the battery life is just outstanding in my testing.
The cameras are just incredible for cameras and video. They
also have that new selfie camera. They also charge faster.
They also stay cooler. So I think Apple really hit
it out of the park this year.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
I truly do.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
Okay, that's good to hear. Good to hear because there
have been times where you're like, eh, so this is good.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Yeah, Okay, this is no matter which phone you you're
gonna like your upgrade. Let's put it that way.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
Okay. Amazon Prime Day used to be once a year,
but now it seems like it's every month they're having
another one.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
I know.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
It's like this is like The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
It's like, how many times can we talk about Prime Day?
At this point, it's just and here's the deal. Okay,
So I'll just tell you the dates. It's Prime It's
now it's called Prime Big Deal Days. That's what they're
calling it this time around October seventh and eighth. Obviously
they're kicking off the holiday season with millions of deals.
But the only thing that really matters to most people
is the stuff that I want going to be on sale,
(21:33):
and that's the bottom line. So put the stuff in
your shopping cart. Now, think about the stuff that you want.
And a lot of stuff does go on sale during
Prime Day, so hopefully you can nab some deals. But
there's not much to talk about anymore in terms of
Prime Day. Just if you want to shop, go ahead.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
Okay, And if shop, put it in your shopping cart
and leave it there, and then October seventh and eighth,
go check back and then decide if you need to
be exactly okay. So hair doesn't seem inherently like a
technical topic but it is in this case, and it's
the segment you're doing on KTLA today.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Yeah. Really interesting. They can do a hair test now
for an autism diagnosis. So I didn't know a whole
lot about this, you know, with with autism diagnosis in general,
but typically it can take many years. So a parent,
if they suspect their kid has autism, it could take
them up to four years to figure it out, you know,
through a bunch of diagnostics and testing, and you know,
(22:28):
not testing necessarily like blood tests, but like you know,
going in to see someone and observing what this child
is doing. And so a lot of parents are like, oh,
I want to know earlier so I can get my
kid the help they need earlier, so that they can
have a nice, healthy, typical lifestyle. And so this test
is called clear strand and you can do this and
(22:49):
as young as a kid that's one month old. You
take a couple strands of hair, you send it into
a lab, and it's ninety five percent accurate according to
the manufacturers of letting you know if your child does
not have autism. And so pretty interesting. I thought it's
expensive though, that's the big thing. It's at seven hundred
and fifty dollars out of pocket there trying to you know,
(23:10):
this is brand new, so they're trying to work with
insurance companies to reduce.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
The cost there.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
But for parents that you know are wondering if their
child has autism and they're wondering earlier, this is a
pretty amazing breakthrough.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Absolutely. Okay. You can check out all the stuff that
we've talked about and that you'll be seeing Rich talk
about on KTLA on his website at richontech dot tv.
You can follow him at rich on Tech. Of course,
watch them on KTLA and yay, we get to listen
to them every Saturday from eleven to two right here
on KFI. Thanks so much, Rich, all right, Amy, thank you.
(23:44):
Take care. A coalition of you see, labor unions and
faculty groups as sue the Trump administration over threats to
pull research funding and find UCLA one point two billion
dollars for not fighting back against anti semitism on campus.
The coalition says the administration trying to silence free speech
on campus and intimidate public universities. It also says it
(24:05):
would harm thousands of students, faculty, and staff. Lawmakers in
California passed a bill that would require social workers to
find a child's relatives within thirty days of being removed
from their home. The so called Justice through Placing Foster
Children with Families Act, so studies show that better outcomes
are realized for children placed with a family. The bill
(24:28):
is awaiting Governor Newsome's signature. Snoopy's going to stick around
a while longer not Sperry Farm has an agreement with
six Flags. It's been extended through twenty thirty, meaning Snoopy
and his Peanuts pals will be at Camp Snoopy and
all over the park for a few more years. At
six oh five, it's Handle on the news. Why having
a new trial denied is a good thing for the
(24:49):
Menendez brothers at least according to their lawyer, Bill Handle,
of course, is out today. But Neil Sevadra is in
for him and he'll be talking about that. Okay, it is.
Damie's on it. Damie's Damie's on it, Damie's on it.
(25:10):
What am I on? Well, I'm on this stream. There's
so much to see and so much to experience, and
how do you possibly navigate your way through it? Well,
hopefully I can help you out a little bit. Because
I watch a lot of TV and hopefully can steer
you away from things that might not be worth your
time and steer you towards things that are. This week,
(25:31):
Younger on Netflix is what I am on And surprisingly,
there's seven seasons to this show. It originally came out
on tv Land, but it has seen a resurgence because
it dropped on Netflix in January of this year and
it's been top ten for several months. Okay, so here's
(25:52):
the quick backstory. A woman is recently divorced. She was
a stay at home mom. Now she doesn't have a
husband and her daughter's off college in another country, and
she says it's time to get a job. Well, she
can't get a job because she's dune dun duh forty.
She's too old. No one will give her a job
because she's too old. So she and her friend cook
(26:14):
up this idea to just say that she's younger because
she looks younger, and the show is born.
Speaker 5 (26:19):
Right.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
Okay, so, as you can imagine lots of situations she
gets into. She kind puts herself into compromising situations, and
while some of the situations are pretty unlikely, you can
see a lot of them might be possible. She has
a job where she's supposed to be a millennial and
she gets a much younger boyfriend, so good on her
for that. There are lots of grown up themes, but
(26:41):
it's really not shoved down your throat. There's no gratuitous
nudity or sex, which is also a nice break. There
is sex and nudity, it's just not graphic. It's more discreet.
So I'm like, ah, again, it's a nice break. Now,
being a person personally who has dated much younger men,
(27:02):
several of them, some of the situations that she finds
herself in are actually pretty feasible and they're pretty fun,
so I mean, I could relate to it on that front.
It's a fun show. The characters are so genuinely likable
it's hard not to love the show. It's a seven
season rom com, and it's not quite as like a
(27:23):
Virgin River or Sylvan's Crossing that are kind of soshmucky.
It's not like that. It's just it's a nice show.
It's a fun show, and if you're looking for a
feel good, easy watch that'll make you smile instead of
making you cringe or making uncomfortable, like so many shows
do today. I think it's a good one, and also
it reminds you a little bit of the fun that
(27:45):
you had and maybe even the trouble you got into
when you were younger. I'm on it. It's younger on Netflix.
I think you should be on it too. The La
County Board of Supervisors has approved a thirty million dollar
rent relief program for people affected by wildfires and immigration Enforcement.
Supervisor Lindsay Horvasa's the country has seen a lot of moves. Actually,
(28:08):
the county has seen a lot of moves toward eviction.
In just the past two weeks.
Speaker 11 (28:11):
There have been nearly thirteen hundred unlawful eviction detainers filed
in La County courts. Again, this is not theoretical, This
is not rhetorical. This is real and it is unacceptable.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
The new program would allow for people to request up
to fifteen thousand dollars to support up to six months
of rent. The Board's also exploring a possible eviction moratorium
in the county. The irsays twin brothers who snapped up
tea times at seventeen golf courses around southern California and
across the country, then resold them at premium prices, failed
(28:47):
to report more than one point one million dollars in
earnings between twenty twenty one and twenty twenty three. They
were arrested a year ago. Initially, the forty one year
old brothers Tim and Steve Kim of Pomona and Buenapol
Ark have been charged now with tax evasion and other charges.
Remember when that was all happening. Israeli troops and tanks
are pushing deeper into Gaza City on the second day
(29:09):
of Israel's ground offensive. The military has reported over one
hundred and fifty air and artillery strikes on the city
in recent days. The strikes have toppled high rise towers,
which Israel claims are used by Hamas for surveillance. Hospitals
in Gaza say overnight attacks have killed at least sixteen people,
(29:30):
including women and children. AID groups and Qatar have condemned
the offensive. California is changing how foster children are placed,
aiming to keep more kids with family.
Speaker 12 (29:43):
Lawmakers have passed the Justice through Placing Foster Children with
Families Act, which requires social workers to identify relatives for
a child within thirty days of removal from their home.
Research shows kids do better when placed with family, and
the law is designed to boost those placement rates starting
in twenty twenty seven. Tanties that fall below the state's
average will have to improve their practices. The bill now
(30:03):
goes to Governor Newsom for final approval. Brigida Degasino kf
I News.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
The LA School District is adding financial literacy and economic
justice classes for high school students. The classes are said
to include teaching through a so called modern economic lens.
School Board president Scott Schmearrelson says the change will let
students better navigate the current financial landscape and address poverty
in a better way than previous generations. In a wild borough,
(30:31):
dubbed Cupid is recovering after being shot with an arrow
and what officials say is the latest in a series
of attacks.
Speaker 7 (30:36):
The two year old female burrough was spotted last Wednesday
with an arrow protruding from a shoulder as she wandered
the foothills of Moreno Valley. Officials brought her into a
movement and found it had punctured a lung. When Cupid
fully recovers, she'll join other rescued Burroughs on the two
thousand acre nonprofit Donkey Land Sanctuary and Wildlife Preserve. The
group's offering a twenty four thousand dollars reward raised from
donations for information leading to the arrest and conviction of
(30:59):
anyone involved in at least six bo attacks on burrows
over the past several months. Mark Ronner KFI News Eric and.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Lyle Menendez, his attorney, says a judge's decision to deny
the brothers a new trial and the murder of their
parents is a victory. Mark Gerrigo says the focus should
now shift to the brother's eligibility for clemency impossible release.
The decision is up to Governor Newsom. La County supervisors
have voted to rename the Castaic Sports Complex in honor
(31:28):
of slain Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Clinkenbrumer to mark the two
year anniversary of his death. Clincoln Bremer was shot and
killed in an ambush outside the Palmdale sheriff station in
September twenty twenty three. Almost three out of four high
school seniors in California have applied for financial aid to
go to college this year. That's an eleven percent increase
over last year. California plans to allocate nearly three billion
(31:50):
dollars for student financial aid in twenty twenty five and
twenty six to support students attending public universities. We're just
minutes away from handle on the news this morning. Course
handled not in but nil Zevedra is pomp circumstance and
protests have greeted President Trump for his state visit to
the UK. Neil's going to be telling you about that.
(32:10):
Let's say good morning right now to ABC's Stephen Portnoy. So, Stephen, Boy,
we knew we were going to find out more about
the assassination of Charlie Kirk yesterday because he was going
to have his first court appearance, but we got a
lot more information.
Speaker 5 (32:26):
The court filing yesterday a seven count information put forward
to enter charges against Tyler Robinson, the suspected assassin of
Charlie Kirk. This proceeds an indictment, so prosecutors will be
taking the evidence, some of which they laid out in
yesterday's court filing, to a grand jury, and the grand jury,
(32:46):
you'd expect, would hand up an indictment that would back
up and firm up these charges. Obviously, the headline here
is that prosecutors are charging Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder,
a capital offense in the state of Utah. It's a
capital offense because, according to prosecutors, in killing Charlie Kirk,
(33:06):
Tyler Robinson also knowingly created a great risk of death
to others by shooting his high powered rifle from such
a distance where it was possible, and he knew it
was possible he could have hit somebody else, and that
makes it a capital offense in the state of Utah.
There are also other counts here, including obstruction of justice.
The allegation is that Tyler Robinson sought to hide evidence
(33:29):
and two counts of witness tampering related to the text
message exchange that he allegedly had with his roommate, with
whom officials say Robinson was intimately involved printing the text
message exchange. Prosecutors say that Robinson told his roommate quote,
to be honest, I'd hope to keep this secret till
(33:49):
I died of old age. I'm sorry to involve you.
The roommate responded, quote, you weren't the one who did
it right, and Robinson is said to have replied, I am,
I'm sorry. The roommate asked, quote, I had enough of
his hatred. Some hate can't be negotiated out evidence of
a motive in the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
Yeah, I was surprised that when they announced the charges
that the DA just sat there and like you just
shared with us, just read so much information off, like
this is what we have, and this is what we have.
It's like they kind of laid out the case right there.
Speaker 5 (34:31):
Almost what you heard from the podium was the DA
reading out loud the court document that I have in
my hand, So essentially he was giving voice to it,
not adding anything to it beyond that. But because he
was asked a number of questions, he declined to answer.
But what you heard yesterday is exactly what the judge
(34:53):
saw leading up to the initial appearance. The suspect, Tyler
Robinson appeared in court via video hookup. He was wearing
a safety smock velcrow thick, sort of almost like a
mattress pad type material, green in color, without sleeves, and
that is what they give to inmates who they're observing
(35:15):
to make sure they don't commit die by suicide, are attempting.
Speaker 1 (35:19):
Right, Okay, and Stephen, the charges that they were outlining yesterday,
those are state charges.
Speaker 5 (35:26):
Correct, and so there's a lingering question as to whether
there's any kind of a federal involvement in all this. Yesterday,
the FBI Director Cash Pttel appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee,
and over the course of his testimony, he was asked
about the investigation. He said that federal prosecutors and investigators
now focused on the discord chat that Tyler Robinson was
a part of in the lead up to the shooting
(35:48):
and after it. It's reported that Robinson confessed to his
fellow discord chatters that he had done this, and the
FBI director said that every single person on that disc
where chat is going to be sought by investigators to
see if they have any information or if they had
any involvement in this, but so far there's been no
indication of that. What remains to be seen is whether
(36:09):
there's any kind of a predicate for a federal charge.
At the moment, it's hard for me to see how
there could be one. Charlie Kirk was, of course a
prominent person in our politics, but did not hold federal office,
and so it's hard to see a nexus to a
federal charge.
Speaker 1 (36:25):
All right, Well, we will be watching and checking in
with you. Stephen Portnoya, ABC News, Thanks so much for
the info you've bet. Let's get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
LA County's approved a rent relief program for wildfire victims
and people affected by immigration enforcement.
Speaker 6 (36:41):
The Board of Supervisors has allocated thirty million dollars from
various sources to help residents in need. Supervisor hill to
Soleisea has immigration enforcement has kept many from going to
work or school out of fear.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
What our immigrant communities have faced these last few months
has put many of them in difficult positions of choosing
their safety over there at economic well being.
Speaker 6 (37:01):
An earlier wildfire rent REALLYEF fund saw less activity than expected.
Now the fund will allow for up to six months
rent to be paid by up to fifteen thousand dollars
in grants. Michael Monks k if I News.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
A high school student in Laguna Beach who was wearing
a Maga hat Maga hat has been suspended the apparently
it happened last Thursday. Zach Hornstein says he was wearing
his hat to honor conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was
assassinated the day before, Hornstein says a girl pulled his
hat off and threw it in the trash and then
(37:34):
used foul language when talking about President Trump. Hornstein says
he then told the girl to go to Canada she
doesn't like living in the US. A teacher claims he
told a group of girls to go back where they
came from, which the boy says he never said. The
State Department says anyone celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk
is going to be denied a visa or have it revoked.
Speaker 13 (37:55):
Secretary of Saint Rubio wrote on x that America will
not host foreigners who's celebrate the death of our fellow citizens,
saying a visa means you're a visitor, and we are
not in the business of inviting people to visit our
country who are going to be involved in negative and
destructive behavior. And he said, if they're already here, we
(38:15):
should be revoking their visa. The Trump administration has already
taken the visas of hundreds of foreign students with pro
Palestinian views, which critics argue in fringes free speech. Kate
Fisher Washington.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
New Harrispool survey finds that five years after COVID nineteen peaked,
healthcare workers in California are burned out and many are
planning to quit. The survey finds eighty four percent of
healthcare workers feel they're taken for granted, fifty five percent
admit they'll look for job openings, interview for, or switch
to a new role in the next year. Okay, before
(38:51):
we let you go, we're gonna remind you one more
time that we are going over the edge both Neil
Savedra and me to raise money for the Union rest Commission.
And this is an organization that helps people find their
way home. That's their tagline this year, and it makes
so much sense because they actually help homeless people who
want help to get back on track, get their life restarted,
(39:15):
get the rehab they need, get job training, get transitional housing,
and then move on and restart their lives. It's a
wonderful program. And in support of that, Neil and I
are going to repel twenty five stories off the side
of a building and we would love for you to
help us, and you can do that by going to
(39:38):
rm dot org slash ote and then you'll see Team
KFI and Neil and I have pages on there, and
we would love if you could just whatever you can spare,
if it's five bucks, twenty five bucks, one hundred bucks,
whatever you have that you might want to donate that
actually helps the homeless problem instead of just throwing money
at it. This would be a lovely thing. And Rescue
(40:00):
Convension is not federally funded. All of the programs that
they do are because of people like you, So we
encourage you to help. Hope you will. RM dot org
dot ote. We're going over the Edge September twenty sixth
and twenty seventh, and if you'd like to repel with
us a one thousand dollars donation, we'll get you there.
(40:21):
We'd love to have you join us. It is terrifying
and exhilarating all at the same time, and if for
a very good cause. So please join us in going
over the Edge again. RM dot org slash ote for
over the Edge. You can make a donation, join our team,
sign up to repel. It's all there. It's super easy
and I will thank you in advance. This is KFI
(40:43):
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. If you missed any
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