August 4, 2025 • 45 mins
Amy King hosts your Monday morning Wake Up Call. ABC News correspondent Jordana Miller joins the show live from Jerusalem to talk about shortages in aid in Gaza. ABC News national correspondent Steven Portnoy speaks on the fallout over Bureau of Labor statistics firing. Bloomberg Media’s Courtney Donohoe shares the latest in business and Wall Street. The show closes with Amy talking with the Director of Animal Services in Mission Viejo Brynn Lavison about the Wild Tunes Initiative.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call
with Me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio.
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App KFI had KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
It's five o'clock, straight up. Good Monday morning call of
morning call. Good Monday morning to you. This is your
wake up call for Monday, August four, twenty five. In
case you didn't know what here it was, I'm Amy King.
Happy to have you along. We're live everywhere on the
iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
It's chocolate chip cookie Day.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Oh I know.
Speaker 5 (00:52):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Do you know that Americans eat an estimated seven billion
chocolate chip cookies a year.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
It's the best cookie on earth. It really is.
Speaker 5 (01:01):
It is.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Went to a Passa Robols for the weekend. Did a
little wine tasting, super fun. Had a great weekend. Got
to dress up and go to a Goden potty nice
at one of the wineries. Very chishi, a lot of
what you know what. I didn't wear a hat. I'm
not really good with hats. But anyway, great weekend. I
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hope you had a great weekend. Got some rest and relaxation,
because that's what they're for Here's what's ahead on wake
Up Called. Union workers leaders and supporters played a boycott
at the Stater Brothers in Pasadena today. Twelve thousand union
workers have authorized to strike as their union continues to
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negotiate for a new contract. The workers say that they've
been doing unfair labor practices.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
Workers have been without a contract since March.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
A fire burning on California Central Coast has charged more
than sixty five thousand acres. Fire started on Friday northeast
of Santa Maria. About three hundred and sixty homes in
Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties are threatened. At
least three people have been hurt. The fires just three
percent surrounded. Convicted killer Eric Menendez is back in prison
(02:15):
after he spent some time in the hospital. He was
being treated for kidney stones. Family members say he needed surgery.
Eric and Lylemanendez were resentenced in May to fifty years
to life in prison for murdering their parents back in
nineteen eighty nine. They are now eligible for parole. A
hearing is scheduled for later this month. The humanitarian crisis
continues in the Gaza Strip. ABC's Jordana Miller is going
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to bring us the latest and let us know if
conditions are improving at all.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
That's coming up in just a couple of minutes.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
President Trump fires the head of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics Commissioner after some weak job numbers came out. A
lot of people not happy about that.
Speaker 5 (02:50):
ABC.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Stephen Portnoy's going to join us at seven or five
point twenty to talk about the fallout. Also, you've heard
that music can soothe the savage beast, right, Well, there's
a shelter in Orange County that's taking that quite literally,
bringing music into the shelter. I love this idea. Yeah,
we're going to tell you about that coming up before
the top of the hour. Let's get started with some
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of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. The man accused of shooting a driver who
allegedly plowed into a crowd in East Hollywood has been arrested.
Speaker 6 (03:21):
Evriend Via Lobos was arrested on Sunday in Redondo Beach.
He's accused of shooting Fernando Ramirez on July nineteenth, after
Ramirez allegedly hit thirty seven people with his car on
the sidewalk outside of a nightclub. Cell Phone video taken
into the moments after the crash shows bystanders pulling Ramirez
out of his car and beating him up. Police saying
that Volobos then came from across the street and shot
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him in the lower back. Mark Mayfield KOFI.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
News News brought to you by American Vision Windows Authority
saying oil spill off Newport Beach has been traced to
a ship docked in Newport Harbor. The Orange County Sheriff's
Department says in oil sheen was first spotted in the
harbor sounthday night, but deputies couldn't find its source. At
first light yesterday, the spill was traced back to the vessel,
and deputies put an oil spill boom in the water
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to keep the oil from spreading any further. The Trump
administration is expected to appeal to the Supreme Court following
a ruling that keeps restrictions on immigration enforcement in place
in LA and the surrounding counties. The Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals denied the Trump administration's bid on Friday to
stay a temporary restraining order. A White House spokeswoman says
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no federal judge has the authority to dictate immigration policy.
The Department of Homeland Securities released the names of some
of those detained and the crimes they're accused of. They
include robbery, assault, drug crimes, and child abuse. Became actress
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Lonnie Anderson's time. Her publicist says she died at a
hospital in la after a prolonged illness. She starred as
Jennifer Marlowe, the receptionist on WKRP in Cincinnati in the
early seventies or actually a late seventies to early eighties.
Speaker 5 (05:07):
She got two.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Emmy and three Golden Globe nominations for her role. She
also starred with Burt Reynolds and Stroker Ace in nineteen
eighty three, and after that got married to Reynolds. They
were married for about eleven years. Lonnie Anderson died just
days before her eightieth birthday.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
Let's say good morning now to Will Coleschreiber.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
We've got a fire to start your day. It's burning
in mid city on the ten.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Yeah, a little songing morning there off the side of
the roadway. It's the ten westbound right at Western At
this hour, not seen much in the way of slowing
It's a pretty calm, decent drive wherever you go this morning.
The westbound side of the ten is a good example
of that. All the lanes are open. It's just more
of a distraction than anything else if you are trying
to get through the Fontana area Colton. Actually ten eastbound
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at ninth Street. Some sort of crash there in lanes
with a whole lot of debris spread across the roadway,
so watch out for that. Also the eastbound side the
ten et Tipe Canoe. Two vehicles involved there in the
middle lanes as well. As I look around, I'm looking
for break lights, but I'm not finding a lot. We
do have a few. As you come down the Cohon
Pass the fifteen southbound side of the fifteen coming out
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of Okill, it is slow as you make your way
down through the pass down to Lytle Creek. I'm will
Cole Schreiber. Let us know if you're stuck in a jam.
Pound two fifty on yourself, keyword KFI traffic.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
Thank you will Well, it's going to keep you up
to date.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Let you know what all the traffic trouble is as
you make your way to work this morning, or well,
I guess it's not school yet unless your kids are
in summer school.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
Hey, we didn't only lose Lonnie.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Anderson this weekend, and we're going to tell you about
someone else who you have known for years that we
also lost.
Speaker 5 (06:50):
And we're going to tell you about that in just
a couple of minutes.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jordana Miller
in Jerusalem. Been a few days since we last talked,
and at that time, some aid was getting into the
Gaza strip, but not enough. Is the situation getting any
better any worse? What's the latest?
Speaker 4 (07:11):
Well, I think it's getting a little bit better. Is
it enough aid to kind of, you know, alleviate the
hunger crisis and the pockets of starvation and Gaza?
Speaker 6 (07:22):
No.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
Could we get there in the next couple of weeks. Yes,
but we're not there yet. The Israelis are making a
concerted effort to get more aid in. We've seen aid
going in over land crossings four different crossings on average
about now two hundred trucks a day, a little bit
more to fifty on some days. That's, you know, double
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what we were seeing before all those safe routes were
opened and secured. But the number probably needs to get
to five hundred, right, We're not there yet. We have
seen every day close to one hundred air drops into Gaza,
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parcels packages, food packages from the Jordanians, the Amortis, the French,
the Belgians. Now the Canadians are taking part in the
air drops as well, and the Israelis. Again it helps.
The air drops are really not as effective as the
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aid that comes in over land. They make terrific pictures
you see the parachutes they fall, but you know, really
the best way to get food into Gaza is over land.
But you know, the air drops help in the sense
that they can reach, for example, northern Gaza, which is
a harder place to get aid into. Though it's not
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enough yet. As we said before. You know, all of
this comes as the President Special Envoy with here the
last few days in Israel, meeting with the Prime Minister,
meeting with the families of the hostages. And now it's
clear that the United States and Israel are changing their
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tactic on negotiating with Hamas. Does not look like the
Israelis and the Americans are going to pursue any more
partial deals that give us a few of the hostages
and then we'll have a ceasefire for sixty days, and
then we'll talk about the rest of the hostages and
the end of the war. Now it looks like Washington
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and Jerusalem we are going to work on one comprehensive deal
to end the war outright. On the one hand, that's
good news for the families of the hostages, who you know,
obviously we're in distress and distraught over if there's loved
ones names would be on the list. On the other hand,
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getting a comfort corehensive deal is going to take time,
right and time. The hostages really don't have time. They
are being held in terrible conditions, and we've got a
little horrifying peak of that over the weekend Ami when
Hamas released two separate videos of two living hostages that
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looked like right out of the Nazi death camps. I mean,
skin and bones, you know, distraught, barely able to really
talk or move. You know, one was forced to dig
what he believes would be his grave in this dark tunnel, saying,
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you know, there's he hasn't eaten for days. So you know,
the public here in Israel they're quite upset again, and
we saw tens of thousands of people in the streets,
because how are these hostages going to get out? A
comprehensive deal is going to take a long time, and
there's many who fear that their loved ones won't survive.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
Yeah, Matt Hamas is playing everybody like a fiddle on
this one too, you know, with the releasing those kind
of videos, and.
Speaker 4 (11:09):
Absolutely, okay, absolutely they have the sympathy of the world
right now.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
Yeah, all right, Jordanah Miller in Jerusalem, thanks so much
for the update.
Speaker 5 (11:18):
We appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (11:20):
Thanks Sammy Tuxi.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. New
tariffs are said to take effect this week. Former Treasury
Secretary Larry Summer says the import taxes are a gift
to US adversaries. By alienating trading partners like Canada and
the EU, we are.
Speaker 7 (11:38):
Making it much easier for China to grow and flourish
in the global economy. And I just don't understand why
we would want to do that.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
Summer says.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
What the US is going to get out of this
is an increase of more than two thousand dollars in
bills that typical middle class families are going to have
to pay. President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney,
you are gonna be talking trades soon. Canadian Trade Minister
Dominic LeBlanc said on Face the Nation that he is
optimistic the two countries can reach a deal to reduce tariffs.
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Trump announced on Friday that tariffs against Canada were being
raised from twenty five to thirty five percent. Lawmakers in
Texas are set to consider new congressional maps today. President
Trumps encouraged the redistricting as a way for Republicans to
increase their numbers in Congress, but ABC's Brian clarksa's former
Attorney General Eric Holder, calls it a threat to democracy.
Speaker 8 (12:33):
He praised efforts from states like California to think about
their own redistricting efforts.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Holder has worked to end jerry mandering.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Governor Newsom says if the redistricting happens in Texas, he'll
push for efforts to do the same for Democrats in California.
Democrats in Texas in the House left the state to
prevent a vote on restricting. Redistricting. They've been given until
three o'clock this afternoon to get back on the job.
The Democrats went to Illinois to up today's vote. Texas
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Attorney General Ken Paxton says the lawmakers could be in
legal trouble.
Speaker 9 (13:04):
The House rules and the centles both allow for these
people to be arrested if they leave.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Governor Greg Abbott says if the lawmakers aren't back by
this afternoon, he'll take steps to remove them from membership
in the Texas House. I remember this happened in Oregon
not too long ago. It's happened in a couple of
different places where the lawmakers literally just leave the state
so you can't get a quorum and you can't do
the votes. And I think both sides of the aisle
have done it, using it as a kind of a
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last ditch effort to stop something. Don't know if it's
actually been successful. Okay, we told you that along with
Lonnie Anderson, there was somebody else, somebody that I'm sure
that you know if you're a KFI listener, and that
is that we have to say goodbye to Mike O'Brien.
Speaker 5 (13:47):
So will Cole Shreuber.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
You worked very closely with Mike for years, so I
wanted to bring you in and have you share your
thoughts on everything.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
It's a member of our Cafi family.
Speaker 4 (13:58):
Yees.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Just a good guy, such a good guy. You know,
that's very cliche. People say that about people after they
passed away. But this guy was the real deal. I
mean he was He was never stressed and in a
little cessna bouncing around in the wind, you know, under
deadlines and stuff that you could be stressed, but he
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was never stressed. He's a local guy, born and grew
up in Laguna Beach and ended up living in Riverside
for most of his life, and and his you know,
sons attended college. In fact, Kona was friends with one
of his sons, Ryan. They they had just a you know,
it's a long illness and you know it's it's sad
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because he'd been in local radio here for thirty five years.
Speaker 5 (14:47):
He was our KFI and the Bryan the sky in.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
The PM hours, and before that he'd been on many
other stations. I remember when he first started in la
he was on a station out in the Ie called
k Frog and they called him Commander Kermit in sky Frog.
One has everybody that came from Progno exactly and it
was so hilarious. But but yeah, he just he loved,
he loved sports, He loved uh and he ended up
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on The Perfect Show with Conway. He loved the horses.
Speaker 5 (15:14):
Yeah, and I got to tell you one thing.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
And I didn't know Mike well, but I mean I
knew him and we hung out a couple of times.
Speaker 5 (15:22):
He had like.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
When you would listen to his traffic reports, you felt
joy in spite, you know, in spite of all the
ick that you're stuck in in traffic. But I loved
that that he was always so positive and hey, we're
gonna get you there, and we're gonna do it. But
I mean the joy that he had and that he
shared with what you know what with what he did
and what a great hing to we have.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Yeah, he just had that in him and he you know,
he his whole vibe was it's gonna be fine, You're
gonna get there, you know, probably less frantic than we
do in the morning, but.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
Yeah, he everything.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
You know, he just had a great career and and
we're going to miss him.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Hats off to Michael O'Brien, our longtime cafe in the sky.
Speaker 5 (16:04):
Such a sad thing, all right.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
In The FBI says it has recovered a bomb at
the home of a man who was arrested for allegedly
sending payments to ISIS. The twenty eight year old was
arrested on charges of attempting to provide material support to
a foreign terrorist organization. Mark Vinueva is a lawful permanent
resident from the Philippines. He's being held without bail. Three
people have been killed five others were hurt in a
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shooting in downtown la It happened just after one am
at fourteenth Place in Paloma Street. Two men died at
the scene. A fifty two year old woman drove herself
to the hospital and died there. The LAPD says the
shooting appears to have been gang related.
Speaker 5 (16:43):
There was no.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
Jackpot winner for Powerball on Saturday night. That means the
jackpot goes up and it is pushed up two four
hundred twenty six million dollars for the next drawing, which
happens tonight at.
Speaker 5 (16:55):
Six oh five.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
It's handle on the news. COVID numbers are up, vaccine
policies of chain. Bill's going to talk about what kind
of problems that could lead to. Right now, let's say
good morning to ABC's Stephen portnoy So. Stephen very weak
job numbers came out on Friday, and the employment numbers
for the two months previous were downgraded by like two
hundred and fifty thousand plus. And President Trump was not
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happy about those numbers. So what did What happened?
Speaker 10 (17:22):
Well, he fired the person in charge of the office
that produces the numbers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which
you know, we talk about this data every month that
it comes out, but most Americans have probably never heard
of the office that produces it. It is an organized
an entity that Congress set up in eighteen eighty four
because America's elected leaders decided then that it was important
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for the country to have solid data it could look
to measure its growth and health economically. And this entity
produces not just employment data, but also inflation data, relied
on by businesses large and small as they make decisions
about whether to hire or fire, what ages to offer,
whether to invest capital in expansion or otherwise. And now,
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for the first time in anyone's memory, the data is
being called into question by a president who is alleging
that the numbers are phony and wrong and essentially cook
to make them look bad. There's no one other than
the president and his most senior aides who are making
that allegation, and anyone who has been in the realm
of understanding how this data is collected says, there's a
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reason for the revisions. It's because the surveys are put
out to private sector employers all across the country and
sometimes they take time. The data takes time to come back.
I when it does come back, sometimes the data that
lags isn't reflective of the early data that comes in,
and that's why you have these revisions. Now the White
House is saying, yes, but look at how wild these
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revisions are. We shouldn't have a system that has two
hundred fifty thousand jobs just suddenly come off the books,
because then that means the system is flawed and it's
time for new leadership, fresh eyes, and maybe new methodology. Well,
all right, but how will it be comparable to the
data that we've been relying on for more than a century,
And how can anyone trust that this new system they're
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going to put in place will be accurate at all?
Given the fact that the President has decided he doesn't
like the data, even though no one else has been
questioning it.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
So Stephen, it does pose that question though, that those
numbers are pretty huge, and I remember from the last
administration they would do they would have similar things where
they'd put out these numbers and then we'd get these
huge numbers that would shift later when they're not in
the spotlight any longer. And these ones obviously in the
spotlight right now. So I mean by like two hundred
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and fifty thousand, and that's a lot. It's not like
a small adjustment.
Speaker 10 (19:49):
Well, you're right, and it's been larger adjustments in the past,
and in fact, you know there was a big adjustment
last year. The President keeps talking about. I look, I
am not a position to defend the methodology that the
Bureau of Labor Statistics has been using. But I can
tell you this, if there were a real problem with
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the data, you'd be hearing about it from businesses that
rely on the data.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Ah.
Speaker 10 (20:13):
What you have is I think an understanding in among
economists and other analysts that this just happens, and the
President is saying, oh, I don't like it. Okay, because
the president doesn't like that he's being graded on it
in that way. But again, it's businesses that make decisions
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that have not been clamoring for more precise data. It's
the president alone. And again, economists, people who not only
study the data but make it their livelihoods to understand
the data, have not raised alarms like this before. So
you know, we'll see what happens.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
As with so many other things that come out of
this administration, we'll see what happens. They're only good news
of that is that with signs of the economy cooling,
it could signal that the FED might be more likely
to lower interest rates.
Speaker 10 (21:06):
Well, yeah, that's true. I mean it's interesting because and
by the way, the President over the years has pointed
to BLS data and said he sometimes he really likes it.
He likes the fact that the same organization reports and
inflation is being held in check despite his tariffs. So
again he's cherry picking, all right. But I'll simply say,
as we the part here, yeap that it's well, I'll
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just leave it at that.
Speaker 5 (21:32):
And I'm sure we'll talk about it again soon. Stephen Portinoy,
thanks so much for your time. All right.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
More break ins have been reported in the San Fernando Valley,
this time in Sherman Oaks and Studio City. Four men
were reported going into a home in Sherman Oaks early
this morning. The homeowners were said to be out of town.
The intruders were gone by the time private security showed up.
The intrusion in Studio City happened that late last night,
several people got into a home. There are reports the
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homeowner may have shot at them. Two teenagers in Santa
Clarita have landed in the hospital, one having had a
broken bottle over their head or a bottle broken over
their head rather L Kenny, Sheriff's deputy say. A fight
broke out late Saturday night at Pacific Crest Park. A
man was detained for smashing a bottle on someone's head.
A post on social media sead homeowners around the park
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are frustrated by months of lawlessness at the park. Stater
Brothers workers are calling for a boycott of the company's
store in Pasadena.
Speaker 6 (22:27):
Workers union leaders and their supporters want that boycott to
happen today. United Food and Commercial Workers says twelve thousand
Stater Brothers employees in southern California have been working under
a contract that expired in March. They're calling for a
new contract with better wages, benefits, and staffing levels. Stater
Brothers is accused of engaging in unfair labor practices, including surveillance, interrogation, retaliation,
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and unlawfully restricting workers' rights to engage in protected union activities.
A picket outside of the Pasadena store is scheduled to
start at eleven am. Mark Mayfield KO five News.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
The search continues for a former US soldier who allegedly
shot and killed four people inside a bar in Montana.
The shooting happened Friday morning, possibly with a rifle. Former
NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce's authorities are treating the
search for army veteran Michael Brown cautiously.
Speaker 11 (23:20):
This family head says he schizophrenia and he also has
ppsdeven with PIRA.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
That's fact that it is to how he's going to
react to once he's cornered once he stopped. Brown was
a regular at the bar he lives next door. Boeing
workers who build fighter jets have gone on strike after
about thirty two hundred workers at facilities in Saint Louis
and other locations voted to reject a modified four year
labor deal agreement. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
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Workers Union says the strike started at midnight. Boeing says
the company is disappointed its employees rejected an offer that
featured forty percent average wage growth and resolved issues about
work schedules. The federal government says employees should do more
than trust the everify system when it comes to making
sure people are legally allowed to work in the US.
Speaker 11 (24:09):
Just after a reserve police officer hired by a main
resort town was arrested by immigration officers late last month,
the Fed say the Old Orchard Beach Police Department knowingly
hired and an authorized immigrant and didn't do enough to
verify the man's status. The police department says it used
the Department of Homeland Securities e Verify system, and if
that's not good enough, it's not sure what the point
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of the system is.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Tammy Trio KFI News.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
Officials are warning people to stay out of the water
near one resort in South Lake Tahoe because of high
levels of E. Coli bacteria. It was caused by a
sewage leak. The US fourst Service says the bacteria was
found in water samples taken near the Camp Richardson resort
on Friday. The agency says it's been analyzing water samples
from other areas on both sides of the resort and
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will advise when it's safe to go back in the
lake from Jamison Beach to the Valhalla boat House. That
is just infuriating. Lake Tahoe is so so gorgeous and Christine,
yeah all right. Wrapper sol Ja Boy has been arrested
during a traffic stop in la The LAPD says officers
pulled a driver over around two thirty yesterday morning near
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Melrose and North Genesee Avenue. The man, identified as Solja
Boy was a passenger and allegedly had a weapon. He
was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
An oil spill off Newport Beach has been traced to
a boat docked at Newport Harbor. The spill was spotted
around eight thirty Saturday night, but authorities couldn't see where
it was coming from because it was dark. They traced
(25:38):
the source back to the boat early yesterday morning. An
oil spill boom was used to contain the spill. Sheriff's
officials say the cleanup effort will be paid for by
the boat's owner. The Fantastic four First Steps has earned
forty million dollars in its second week of release, keeping
the Marvel movie in the top spot at the box office.
Bad Guys Too opened in second place with almost twenty
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three million in ticket sales. Liam Neeson and Pam Anderson's
Naked Gun had seventeen million in ticket sales to open
in third place. At six oh five, it It's handle
on the news. President Trump is doubling down and defending
his firing of the person who put out a bad
jobs report on Friday. The Dodgers wrapped up their series
against the Rays with a three nothing win yesterday over
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Tampa Bay. The Boys in Blue returned to Dodgers Stadium
tonight Roki Sasaki Bobblehead Night. If you're going to the
game and the Dodgers hosting the Cardinals first pitch going
out at seven o'clock, You can listen to all the
Dodgers games on AM five to seventy LA Sports live
from the Galpin Motors Broadcast booth, and stream all Dodgers
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games in HD on the iHeartRadio app Keyword AM five
to seventy LA Sports. Convicted murderer Eric Menendez is back
in prison after a stay in the hospital.
Speaker 8 (26:52):
The fifty four year old was hospitalized with kidney stones
last month. Family members say he needed surgery. Eric and
Lyle Menendez are surf life sentences in a prison in
San Diego County for murdering their parents with shotguns in
Beverly Hills in nineteen eighty nine. They have a parole
hearing scheduled for later this month. They were made eligible
for parole in May after a judge reduced their sentences
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to fifty years to life in prison in response to
a resentencing petition. Daniel Martindale KFI News.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
Humanitarian officials say the crisis in Gaza is getting worse
and there's little reason to think the war between Hamas
and Israel is going to end anytime soon. USA Doctors
Without Border CEO Avril Benoit says it's not enough food
getting in.
Speaker 9 (27:35):
For sure, this cannot last long. Even the UN was
estimating that one million women and girls are at risk
of starvation right now.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
She says it is vital to flood the zone with
food and aid. The family of an Israeli hostage being
held by Hamasa's he is dying of Yatar. David was
captured during the October seventh, twenty twenty three attack, and
a video released over the weekend shows him saying he
has eaten for days and that he was being forced
to dig his own grave. His brother, Eli said Evyatar
(28:07):
doesn't have much time left. He is dying.
Speaker 6 (28:09):
Doctors are saying that he has only a few days
to live. He needs to be treated now.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Eli David is urging world leaders to push for an
agreement to get the hostages home. A new scam involving
Amazon is hitting people through text messages.
Speaker 12 (28:25):
The Federal Trade Commission is warning about a scam that
pretends to be from Amazon. It starts with the text
saying an item you bought has been recalled and offers
a refund link, But the message is fake and that
link could let scammers steal your money or personal information.
The FTC says to ignore the text and check your
Amazon account directly for any real recall alerts. Brigida de
Gastino k if I News. How these scammers are getting
(28:48):
so crafty. Radioactive wasp nests Yep, you heard it right.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
Radioactive wasp nests have been discovered at a site in
South Carolina that once played a central role in US
nuclear bomb production. At least four nests have been found
at the nuclear facility that produced plutonium and tritium during
the Cold War. The nests have been destroyed and disposed of.
Testing revealed contamination levels ten times higher than the limit
(29:16):
allowed under federal regulations. The Department of Energy says the
nests do not pose a health risk to workers, the community,
or the environment. A biologist at the University of South
Carolina says the discovery of the nests is an indicator
that there are contaminants spread across the area that have
not been encased and protected. Yeah, radioactive WASP nests. Doesn't
(29:41):
that lead to wait, No, that was a spider spider man. Okay,
time to get in your business with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho morning, Courtney.
Speaker 13 (29:49):
Good morning, Thank goodness. It's looking a little bit better.
Here was on Friday. We had a tough day on Friday.
How far did everything end down? Yeah, the Daufel five
hundred and forty two points. Because well, investors today we're
seeing a little bit better because they're pitting their hopes
that the Federal Reserve is going to ride.
Speaker 5 (30:08):
To the rescue.
Speaker 13 (30:09):
Following last week's ugly, ugly jobs report ugly is yeah, there's.
Speaker 3 (30:15):
No way to put lipstick on that.
Speaker 5 (30:16):
Pig.
Speaker 13 (30:17):
Payrolls increased by seventy three thousand in July, but the
big story that was the revisions the prior to months,
and that lopped off two hundred and fifty eight thousand jobs.
So that sense stocks much much lower. We definitely saw
them sink. So this morning we're seeing a bit of
a rebound in Dow futures. They're up about two hundred
points and not as much as what we saw with
(30:39):
the losses, but we're regaining some of that momentum, So
two hundred and twenty two points right now.
Speaker 5 (30:44):
So why do we see that?
Speaker 1 (30:45):
I mean, we've talked about how you know, when economic
news comes out, the markets go crazy and there's these
huge swings.
Speaker 5 (30:52):
But that's a pretty big bounce back.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
Aret, Is that just because people are going to go, Okay,
maybe we overreacted or.
Speaker 13 (30:59):
Well, yes, part of that is. But then the second
part is some people are saying, well, the Federal Reserve
is going to end up cutting rates next month. For
a long time they were saying, you know what, we're
going to put things on hold for a bit because
we want to see how tariffs are going to work
their way through the system. But now when we got
when you kind of look at it, that it was
three months of really rough data that it really only
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added an average of thirty five thousand jobs over three months.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
That's loof that's really really rough.
Speaker 13 (31:29):
So now some people are saying Feederserver is going to say,
all right, we've got to fix the labor market and
we're going to cut interest rates. So we're looking at
about an eighty percent chance that's what the traders are
betting this morning.
Speaker 5 (31:41):
Okay, and we just had this story. A second ago
Boeing defense workers walked off the job.
Speaker 13 (31:46):
Yeah, so this is the second strike the playmaker is
facing in less than a year. So machinists at the
company's defense operations in Saint Louis they voted down a
deal that would have raised wages by twenty percent. But
the last time the union went on strike was nineteen
ninety six. Boeing's defense and space division that generates about
thirty percent of the company's revenue, so not as much.
(32:07):
It's going to have an impact, but not as much
as that strike that we saw in the fall that
was rough on the blind maker.
Speaker 1 (32:14):
Woof all right, long lines for coffee at the airport. Yes, oh,
I hate those because especially especially at the airport, because
you're you're already anxious, because you're like, I gotta get
to my gate, I gotta get to my gate, and
you just go through TSA and you're a leg because
(32:35):
you can take your coffee through TSA. So when you
arrive at the airport early in the morning, that's really
all you want.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
I know, that's all I want is a cup of coffee.
Speaker 13 (32:43):
But you see that the line is longer than the
security screening that you just went through. So Starbucks is
trying to do something about this problem that so many
of us have experienced. They're working on adding ordering kiosks
to busy locations to help heal our caffeine deprivation.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
I know I need that.
Speaker 1 (33:02):
Sometimes those take longer, though, because you got to figure
out how to do it and how to pay and
all that.
Speaker 13 (33:08):
But if they have a few more, maybe it'll take
those people, not me, but those people who know how
to do it, they'll go over there. But Starbucks has
been making a bunch of changes because they're trying to
fix their business.
Speaker 3 (33:20):
They're trying to reverse a sales slump.
Speaker 13 (33:22):
It's been going on for about a year and a half,
so we're seeing those little changes. I actually went to
Starbucks this morning, and you know, they're writing more and
more on the cup.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
I just got a little bunny on the side of
my cup this morning.
Speaker 13 (33:33):
They drew bunny.
Speaker 5 (33:34):
I'll just real cute. Well that that should turn around
the business.
Speaker 3 (33:37):
That's over, I know, but it actually brightens up my
day a little bit.
Speaker 1 (33:44):
It's kind of funny though, that that Starbucks is they're
closing down their mobile order only stores and they want
to get you into the store and they want you
to hang out and do the vibe that Starbucks was
famous for for a very long time. And then you're
saying that they're doing a kind of a mobile order
at the airports, but I guess sea at the busier
location your audience, and these aren't Starbucks. Most of them
(34:06):
are run by third parties. You have to think about that.
Speaker 13 (34:09):
So they're going to push it more onto third parties,
not at their own company owned stores. That's where they
want people to sit around and lounge a little bit longer.
Speaker 1 (34:17):
Okay, Apple workers got an hour long pep talk from
the big Boss.
Speaker 5 (34:21):
Why Yeah, CEO.
Speaker 13 (34:23):
Tim Cook called a rare all hands on meeting to
rally employees about the company's artificial intelligence business.
Speaker 3 (34:30):
So he said, the AI revolution is.
Speaker 13 (34:32):
Big or bigger than the Internet, smartphone, cloud computing apps.
And he added that Apple's going to make the necessary investments.
Speaker 3 (34:39):
But you have to think about that. Apple's been late
to the game.
Speaker 13 (34:42):
They rolled out Apple Intelligence a lot later than others.
I mean, look at Chat, Ept, Google and Microsoft. They
were way ahead of the game here, okay.
Speaker 1 (34:51):
And tariff's if you're heading to school, tariffs are probably
going to affect you if you're heading to college.
Speaker 3 (34:58):
Yeah, and that's worse for parents.
Speaker 13 (35:00):
We know already it's crazy expensive to attend school, but
now tariffs are going to make outfitting your child's dorm
room a lot more expensive because many of the essentials
are among the hardest hip by tariffs. Think about this,
ninety percent of imports of table fans and microwave ovens
that's from China, and tariff's on steel and aluminum may
drive up the cost of some staples. Dorm room staples
(35:21):
such as those rolling caddies that they use for storage.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
Uh yeah, I didn't have those. I had cement blocks
and boards. So kids tough enough.
Speaker 3 (35:30):
That's what I had too.
Speaker 1 (35:32):
Yeah, Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho get in your business like we
do every morning. Thanks so much.
Speaker 5 (35:37):
We'll talk to you tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (35:38):
Definitely see you later.
Speaker 1 (35:39):
But twenty five year old man has been shot at
a big house party near the campus of University of
Southern California. The LAPD s's gunfire broke out at the
party shortly after two thirty Sunday morning. About one hundred
people were at the party. At least say the guy
shot took himself to the hospital. Two people at the
party were detained, not clear if they were arrested. A
fire burning on California Say Central Coast has burned through
(36:01):
more than sixty five thousand acres. The fire started Friday
northeast of Santa Maria. Three hundred and sixty homes in
Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties have been threatened.
At least three people have been hurt. The fires three
percent surrounded this morning. Lonnie Anderson has died just days
shy of her eightieth birthday. Anderson's publicists as she died
at a hospital in la following a long illness. She
(36:24):
played the Big Guy's receptionist Jennifer on WKRP and Cincinnati.
In the late seventies and early eighties, Lonnie Anderson was
seventy nine. Her birthday is tomorrow. We're just minutes away
from handle. On the news this morning, Texas Democrats have
left the state.
Speaker 5 (36:40):
Bill's going to tell you why.
Speaker 1 (36:41):
Right now, let's say good morning to the director of
Animal Services at Mission via HOO Animal Services Center, Bryn Lavison.
Speaker 9 (36:49):
Good morning, Brin, Good morning, Thanks for having me on
your show.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
I'm so excited to have you on the show because
I love hearing about cool programs like this. And you
know they say that music sues the savage beast, and
even some beasts that aren't notoriously savage can benefit from it.
And so tell us about the new program that's launching
tomorrow at Mission viaho Animal Services Centered.
Speaker 9 (37:14):
Sure. Yeah, we're very excited to have Wild Tunes to
partner with Wild Tunes, which is a nonprofit organization founded
a couple of years ago by then ten year old UV,
who is a musician, and he realized how his music
sued his dog, Bozo, so he took that same idea
(37:38):
to animal shelters and now he's there in four states.
They're partnering with animal shelters and four states including California. Now,
and when I heard about this idea, I was very
excited about it because I think it's a fantastic program
to add enrichment to the animals' lives. So, yeah, we're
really excited about the launch tomorrow tomorrow at noon at
(37:58):
our animal shelter.
Speaker 1 (37:59):
Okay, so tell us what's going to happen then tomorrow
at noon? You do you have a full orchestra there?
Speaker 9 (38:06):
No, it's going to be UV himself though, which is exciting,
and his mom, who's the executive director of Wild Tunes,
and he is going to play music for us. We're
looking for volunteers to continue the program once you believe
us and goes back to Texas. So we're looking for
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musicians of any talent range from you know, middle school
all the way up to retired seniors. Anyone who wants
to volunteer their time with an instrument or even a
song to come to the animal shelter. We're scheduling times
throughout the weeks and we're hoping to get this on
a regular basis.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
I love this, so I know that our friends at
Pasadena Humane do a reading program which we were walking
by one day and they had kids there sitting by
the enclosures reading to the dogs. And this is sort
of along that same lines, but maybe takes it a
step further. Have they ever been I mean, do we
just think that this is a feel good thing or
do they know that this helps the animals?
Speaker 13 (39:10):
You know?
Speaker 9 (39:11):
I mean like you said, you know the old saying
music soothes the savage beast that we're assuming. So when
we had a sneer recently last week, the animals did
lay down and sort of listen to the music. So
I'm hoping that that's the truth of it. But I
do think it adds enrichment. Even just interacting with the
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animals on a level that's a connection more than just
walking right by them. So we're hoping that it adds
to our enrichment program.
Speaker 5 (39:42):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (39:42):
And is it just are you just going to be
playing music for the dogs or does the cats get
to benefit to.
Speaker 9 (39:47):
We can we can certainly put people in the cat rooms.
I think it might be a little bit louder, but
we'll try it. Sure, Why not?
Speaker 5 (39:55):
Okay? And what kind of music does u V play?
Speaker 9 (39:59):
Do you play a keyboard? And he's going to bring
that with him tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (40:04):
Okay, so you said that this kid was ten years
old when he came up with this idea.
Speaker 9 (40:10):
I know, it's fascinating, isn't it. I asked his mother
how proud she is. She's she's very proud of him
for starting this idea.
Speaker 4 (40:16):
But what a great.
Speaker 9 (40:18):
Message for children that you can make a difference in
the animals lives.
Speaker 1 (40:22):
I love And you know what I think too, It's
kind of cool because even for kids who maybe don't
have an animal, I think any exposure day, you know,
dogs and cats is a great thing for kids. So
maybe that's a cool opportunity for them to be introduced
to animals as well.
Speaker 9 (40:39):
Absolutely, I think this program is just a win win.
It's great for the animals, it's great for the people,
the volunteers, it's great for our organization to have the
attention and bring people from the public in to see
the animals. So I think it's just really a win
win situation for everyone involved.
Speaker 1 (40:56):
Okay, cool, so launches tomorrow and then if people are interested,
you do need volunteers, And you said any age, any
kind of music, any kind of level, like me, playing
the violin in front of the animals probably would.
Speaker 9 (41:09):
Not be a good thing, but maybe not, maybe not,
but and.
Speaker 1 (41:14):
You know what else would be cool because I know,
here's my personal thing. So moms and Dan's if you're listening.
When I did violin and when I played piano too,
I didn't practice enough. But if I had a reason
to practice, maybe I would. And if it was to
go and play for animals, maybe I would have practiced
a little more.
Speaker 9 (41:33):
Exactly. The animals don't judge, which is good. Yeah, yes,
so people can feel free to practice in front of them.
Speaker 1 (41:40):
Okay, Brandon, how do we get more information? If somebody's
interested in volunteering sometime, or they have a kid who
wants to go and play, or they want to.
Speaker 9 (41:48):
Go play, sure, any you can go to our website
which is c MVAS dot org or the wild Tunes
website which is wild tunes dot org. Both have information
on our volunteer program. Or you can call us nine
for nine four seven zero three zero four five and
ask about our Wild Tunes volunteer program.
Speaker 1 (42:10):
Okay, it's called wild Tunes and it's going live to
the mission via ho Shelter and that's starting tomorrow. Thank
you so much, Brittin. We appreciate you coming on and
telling us about your program.
Speaker 9 (42:23):
You're very welcome and thank you.
Speaker 5 (42:24):
All right.
Speaker 3 (42:26):
Isn't that cool?
Speaker 1 (42:26):
What a great opportunity, like fun for kids, fun for
like if you're maybe you're retired and you still love
to play music.
Speaker 2 (42:34):
And animals do seem to love music because you see
those YouTube videos where somebody's out in the field playing
a horn and they just gather around, I mean.
Speaker 5 (42:42):
Gather around poppies.
Speaker 1 (42:44):
Okay, let's get back to some of the stories coming
out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The man
accused of shooting the driver who plowed into a crowd
outside a nightclub and East Hollywood has been arrested. Ephron
Via Lobos was arrested by Rodondo Beach Police yesterday and
turned over to LAPD. The shooting happened on July nineteenth.
(43:05):
After dozens of people were hurt in the crash, some
people pulled the driver out of his car and beat
him up. One guy shot him in the back and
took off. The driver survived and is facing attempted murder
and assault charges. News brought to you by Seller's Advantage
Most kindergarteners in La County are protected against measles, but
not everyone in southern California is.
Speaker 12 (43:25):
New data shows San Bernardino County's measles vaccination rate has
slipped below the safety threshold for her immunity. It's at
ninety three point five percent, under the ninety five percent
mark needed to prevent outbreaks. LA County is doing better
with over ninety seven percent of kindergarteners vaccinated, but doctors
say they're still worried, especially as other childhood diseases like
whooping cough are making a comeback. Nationwide, fewer kids are
(43:47):
getting vaccinated too, just ninety two point five percent last year,
the lowest since the pandemic. Brigida de Gastino o k
if I News.
Speaker 1 (43:54):
Crypto billionaire Justin's Sun has joined five others on a
trip to the edge of space.
Speaker 11 (44:00):
They were carried up by Blue Origins New Shepherd craft
launched from the company's West Texas spaceport. It was the
thirty fourth flight for the craft and a big moment
for Son, who was originally supposed to fly on board
the first ever New Shepherd launch in twenty twenty one.
After paying twenty eight million dollars in an auction. A
scheduling conflict canceled as plans back then. Other passengers on
the twelve minute flight included an Indian American real estate developer,
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a Turkish businessman, a Puerto Rican journalist, an englishman who
runs an orphanage in Nepal, and an American businessman Tammy
Trihio KFI News.
Speaker 1 (44:31):
This is KFI and KOSTHD two Los Angeles, Orange County,
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Speaker 3 (00:46):
It's chocolate chip cookie Day.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Oh I know.
Speaker 5 (00:52):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Do you know that Americans eat an estimated seven billion
chocolate chip cookies a year.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
It's the best cookie on earth. It really is.
Speaker 5 (01:01):
It is.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Went to a Passa Robols for the weekend. Did a
little wine tasting, super fun. Had a great weekend. Got
to dress up and go to a Goden potty nice
at one of the wineries. Very chishi, a lot of
what you know what. I didn't wear a hat. I'm
not really good with hats. But anyway, great weekend. I
(01:26):
hope you had a great weekend. Got some rest and relaxation,
because that's what they're for Here's what's ahead on wake
Up Called. Union workers leaders and supporters played a boycott
at the Stater Brothers in Pasadena today. Twelve thousand union
workers have authorized to strike as their union continues to
(01:46):
negotiate for a new contract. The workers say that they've
been doing unfair labor practices.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
Workers have been without a contract since March.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
A fire burning on California Central Coast has charged more
than sixty five thousand acres. Fire started on Friday northeast
of Santa Maria. About three hundred and sixty homes in
Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties are threatened. At
least three people have been hurt. The fires just three
percent surrounded. Convicted killer Eric Menendez is back in prison
(02:15):
after he spent some time in the hospital. He was
being treated for kidney stones. Family members say he needed surgery.
Eric and Lylemanendez were resentenced in May to fifty years
to life in prison for murdering their parents back in
nineteen eighty nine. They are now eligible for parole. A
hearing is scheduled for later this month. The humanitarian crisis
continues in the Gaza Strip. ABC's Jordana Miller is going
(02:37):
to bring us the latest and let us know if
conditions are improving at all.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
That's coming up in just a couple of minutes.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
President Trump fires the head of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics Commissioner after some weak job numbers came out. A
lot of people not happy about that.
Speaker 5 (02:50):
ABC.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Stephen Portnoy's going to join us at seven or five
point twenty to talk about the fallout. Also, you've heard
that music can soothe the savage beast, right, Well, there's
a shelter in Orange County that's taking that quite literally,
bringing music into the shelter. I love this idea. Yeah,
we're going to tell you about that coming up before
the top of the hour. Let's get started with some
(03:12):
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. The man accused of shooting a driver who
allegedly plowed into a crowd in East Hollywood has been arrested.
Speaker 6 (03:21):
Evriend Via Lobos was arrested on Sunday in Redondo Beach.
He's accused of shooting Fernando Ramirez on July nineteenth, after
Ramirez allegedly hit thirty seven people with his car on
the sidewalk outside of a nightclub. Cell Phone video taken
into the moments after the crash shows bystanders pulling Ramirez
out of his car and beating him up. Police saying
that Volobos then came from across the street and shot
(03:44):
him in the lower back. Mark Mayfield KOFI.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
News News brought to you by American Vision Windows Authority
saying oil spill off Newport Beach has been traced to
a ship docked in Newport Harbor. The Orange County Sheriff's
Department says in oil sheen was first spotted in the
harbor sounthday night, but deputies couldn't find its source. At
first light yesterday, the spill was traced back to the vessel,
and deputies put an oil spill boom in the water
(04:09):
to keep the oil from spreading any further. The Trump
administration is expected to appeal to the Supreme Court following
a ruling that keeps restrictions on immigration enforcement in place
in LA and the surrounding counties. The Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals denied the Trump administration's bid on Friday to
stay a temporary restraining order. A White House spokeswoman says
(04:30):
no federal judge has the authority to dictate immigration policy.
The Department of Homeland Securities released the names of some
of those detained and the crimes they're accused of. They
include robbery, assault, drug crimes, and child abuse. Became actress
(04:50):
Lonnie Anderson's time. Her publicist says she died at a
hospital in la after a prolonged illness. She starred as
Jennifer Marlowe, the receptionist on WKRP in Cincinnati in the
early seventies or actually a late seventies to early eighties.
Speaker 5 (05:07):
She got two.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Emmy and three Golden Globe nominations for her role. She
also starred with Burt Reynolds and Stroker Ace in nineteen
eighty three, and after that got married to Reynolds. They
were married for about eleven years. Lonnie Anderson died just
days before her eightieth birthday.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
Let's say good morning now to Will Coleschreiber.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
We've got a fire to start your day. It's burning
in mid city on the ten.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Yeah, a little songing morning there off the side of
the roadway. It's the ten westbound right at Western At
this hour, not seen much in the way of slowing
It's a pretty calm, decent drive wherever you go this morning.
The westbound side of the ten is a good example
of that. All the lanes are open. It's just more
of a distraction than anything else if you are trying
to get through the Fontana area Colton. Actually ten eastbound
(05:53):
at ninth Street. Some sort of crash there in lanes
with a whole lot of debris spread across the roadway,
so watch out for that. Also the eastbound side the
ten et Tipe Canoe. Two vehicles involved there in the
middle lanes as well. As I look around, I'm looking
for break lights, but I'm not finding a lot. We
do have a few. As you come down the Cohon
Pass the fifteen southbound side of the fifteen coming out
(06:15):
of Okill, it is slow as you make your way
down through the pass down to Lytle Creek. I'm will
Cole Schreiber. Let us know if you're stuck in a jam.
Pound two fifty on yourself, keyword KFI traffic.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
Thank you will Well, it's going to keep you up
to date.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Let you know what all the traffic trouble is as
you make your way to work this morning, or well,
I guess it's not school yet unless your kids are
in summer school.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
Hey, we didn't only lose Lonnie.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Anderson this weekend, and we're going to tell you about
someone else who you have known for years that we
also lost.
Speaker 5 (06:50):
And we're going to tell you about that in just
a couple of minutes.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jordana Miller
in Jerusalem. Been a few days since we last talked,
and at that time, some aid was getting into the
Gaza strip, but not enough. Is the situation getting any
better any worse? What's the latest?
Speaker 4 (07:11):
Well, I think it's getting a little bit better. Is
it enough aid to kind of, you know, alleviate the
hunger crisis and the pockets of starvation and Gaza?
Speaker 6 (07:22):
No.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
Could we get there in the next couple of weeks. Yes,
but we're not there yet. The Israelis are making a
concerted effort to get more aid in. We've seen aid
going in over land crossings four different crossings on average
about now two hundred trucks a day, a little bit
more to fifty on some days. That's, you know, double
(07:48):
what we were seeing before all those safe routes were
opened and secured. But the number probably needs to get
to five hundred, right, We're not there yet. We have
seen every day close to one hundred air drops into Gaza,
(08:09):
parcels packages, food packages from the Jordanians, the Amortis, the French,
the Belgians. Now the Canadians are taking part in the
air drops as well, and the Israelis. Again it helps.
The air drops are really not as effective as the
(08:31):
aid that comes in over land. They make terrific pictures
you see the parachutes they fall, but you know, really
the best way to get food into Gaza is over land.
But you know, the air drops help in the sense
that they can reach, for example, northern Gaza, which is
a harder place to get aid into. Though it's not
(08:53):
enough yet. As we said before. You know, all of
this comes as the President Special Envoy with here the
last few days in Israel, meeting with the Prime Minister,
meeting with the families of the hostages. And now it's
clear that the United States and Israel are changing their
(09:14):
tactic on negotiating with Hamas. Does not look like the
Israelis and the Americans are going to pursue any more
partial deals that give us a few of the hostages
and then we'll have a ceasefire for sixty days, and
then we'll talk about the rest of the hostages and
the end of the war. Now it looks like Washington
(09:37):
and Jerusalem we are going to work on one comprehensive deal
to end the war outright. On the one hand, that's
good news for the families of the hostages, who you know,
obviously we're in distress and distraught over if there's loved
ones names would be on the list. On the other hand,
(09:59):
getting a comfort corehensive deal is going to take time,
right and time. The hostages really don't have time. They
are being held in terrible conditions, and we've got a
little horrifying peak of that over the weekend Ami when
Hamas released two separate videos of two living hostages that
(10:19):
looked like right out of the Nazi death camps. I mean,
skin and bones, you know, distraught, barely able to really
talk or move. You know, one was forced to dig
what he believes would be his grave in this dark tunnel, saying,
(10:40):
you know, there's he hasn't eaten for days. So you know,
the public here in Israel they're quite upset again, and
we saw tens of thousands of people in the streets,
because how are these hostages going to get out? A
comprehensive deal is going to take a long time, and
there's many who fear that their loved ones won't survive.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
Yeah, Matt Hamas is playing everybody like a fiddle on
this one too, you know, with the releasing those kind
of videos, and.
Speaker 4 (11:09):
Absolutely, okay, absolutely they have the sympathy of the world
right now.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
Yeah, all right, Jordanah Miller in Jerusalem, thanks so much
for the update.
Speaker 5 (11:18):
We appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (11:20):
Thanks Sammy Tuxi.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. New
tariffs are said to take effect this week. Former Treasury
Secretary Larry Summer says the import taxes are a gift
to US adversaries. By alienating trading partners like Canada and
the EU, we are.
Speaker 7 (11:38):
Making it much easier for China to grow and flourish
in the global economy. And I just don't understand why
we would want to do that.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
Summer says.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
What the US is going to get out of this
is an increase of more than two thousand dollars in
bills that typical middle class families are going to have
to pay. President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney,
you are gonna be talking trades soon. Canadian Trade Minister
Dominic LeBlanc said on Face the Nation that he is
optimistic the two countries can reach a deal to reduce tariffs.
(12:13):
Trump announced on Friday that tariffs against Canada were being
raised from twenty five to thirty five percent. Lawmakers in
Texas are set to consider new congressional maps today. President
Trumps encouraged the redistricting as a way for Republicans to
increase their numbers in Congress, but ABC's Brian clarksa's former
Attorney General Eric Holder, calls it a threat to democracy.
Speaker 8 (12:33):
He praised efforts from states like California to think about
their own redistricting efforts.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Holder has worked to end jerry mandering.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Governor Newsom says if the redistricting happens in Texas, he'll
push for efforts to do the same for Democrats in California.
Democrats in Texas in the House left the state to
prevent a vote on restricting. Redistricting. They've been given until
three o'clock this afternoon to get back on the job.
The Democrats went to Illinois to up today's vote. Texas
(13:01):
Attorney General Ken Paxton says the lawmakers could be in
legal trouble.
Speaker 9 (13:04):
The House rules and the centles both allow for these
people to be arrested if they leave.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Governor Greg Abbott says if the lawmakers aren't back by
this afternoon, he'll take steps to remove them from membership
in the Texas House. I remember this happened in Oregon
not too long ago. It's happened in a couple of
different places where the lawmakers literally just leave the state
so you can't get a quorum and you can't do
the votes. And I think both sides of the aisle
have done it, using it as a kind of a
(13:32):
last ditch effort to stop something. Don't know if it's
actually been successful. Okay, we told you that along with
Lonnie Anderson, there was somebody else, somebody that I'm sure
that you know if you're a KFI listener, and that
is that we have to say goodbye to Mike O'Brien.
Speaker 5 (13:47):
So will Cole Shreuber.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
You worked very closely with Mike for years, so I
wanted to bring you in and have you share your
thoughts on everything.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
It's a member of our Cafi family.
Speaker 4 (13:58):
Yees.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Just a good guy, such a good guy. You know,
that's very cliche. People say that about people after they
passed away. But this guy was the real deal. I
mean he was He was never stressed and in a
little cessna bouncing around in the wind, you know, under
deadlines and stuff that you could be stressed, but he
(14:19):
was never stressed. He's a local guy, born and grew
up in Laguna Beach and ended up living in Riverside
for most of his life, and and his you know,
sons attended college. In fact, Kona was friends with one
of his sons, Ryan. They they had just a you know,
it's a long illness and you know it's it's sad
(14:44):
because he'd been in local radio here for thirty five years.
Speaker 5 (14:47):
He was our KFI and the Bryan the sky in.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
The PM hours, and before that he'd been on many
other stations. I remember when he first started in la
he was on a station out in the Ie called
k Frog and they called him Commander Kermit in sky Frog.
One has everybody that came from Progno exactly and it
was so hilarious. But but yeah, he just he loved,
he loved sports, He loved uh and he ended up
(15:11):
on The Perfect Show with Conway. He loved the horses.
Speaker 5 (15:14):
Yeah, and I got to tell you one thing.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
And I didn't know Mike well, but I mean I
knew him and we hung out a couple of times.
Speaker 5 (15:22):
He had like.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
When you would listen to his traffic reports, you felt
joy in spite, you know, in spite of all the
ick that you're stuck in in traffic. But I loved
that that he was always so positive and hey, we're
gonna get you there, and we're gonna do it. But
I mean the joy that he had and that he
shared with what you know what with what he did
and what a great hing to we have.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Yeah, he just had that in him and he you know,
he his whole vibe was it's gonna be fine, You're
gonna get there, you know, probably less frantic than we
do in the morning, but.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
Yeah, he everything.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
You know, he just had a great career and and
we're going to miss him.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Hats off to Michael O'Brien, our longtime cafe in the sky.
Speaker 5 (16:04):
Such a sad thing, all right.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
In The FBI says it has recovered a bomb at
the home of a man who was arrested for allegedly
sending payments to ISIS. The twenty eight year old was
arrested on charges of attempting to provide material support to
a foreign terrorist organization. Mark Vinueva is a lawful permanent
resident from the Philippines. He's being held without bail. Three
people have been killed five others were hurt in a
(16:28):
shooting in downtown la It happened just after one am
at fourteenth Place in Paloma Street. Two men died at
the scene. A fifty two year old woman drove herself
to the hospital and died there. The LAPD says the
shooting appears to have been gang related.
Speaker 5 (16:43):
There was no.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
Jackpot winner for Powerball on Saturday night. That means the
jackpot goes up and it is pushed up two four
hundred twenty six million dollars for the next drawing, which
happens tonight at.
Speaker 5 (16:55):
Six oh five.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
It's handle on the news. COVID numbers are up, vaccine
policies of chain. Bill's going to talk about what kind
of problems that could lead to. Right now, let's say
good morning to ABC's Stephen portnoy So. Stephen very weak
job numbers came out on Friday, and the employment numbers
for the two months previous were downgraded by like two
hundred and fifty thousand plus. And President Trump was not
(17:19):
happy about those numbers. So what did What happened?
Speaker 10 (17:22):
Well, he fired the person in charge of the office
that produces the numbers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which
you know, we talk about this data every month that
it comes out, but most Americans have probably never heard
of the office that produces it. It is an organized
an entity that Congress set up in eighteen eighty four
because America's elected leaders decided then that it was important
(17:43):
for the country to have solid data it could look
to measure its growth and health economically. And this entity
produces not just employment data, but also inflation data, relied
on by businesses large and small as they make decisions
about whether to hire or fire, what ages to offer,
whether to invest capital in expansion or otherwise. And now,
(18:08):
for the first time in anyone's memory, the data is
being called into question by a president who is alleging
that the numbers are phony and wrong and essentially cook
to make them look bad. There's no one other than
the president and his most senior aides who are making
that allegation, and anyone who has been in the realm
of understanding how this data is collected says, there's a
(18:28):
reason for the revisions. It's because the surveys are put
out to private sector employers all across the country and
sometimes they take time. The data takes time to come back.
I when it does come back, sometimes the data that
lags isn't reflective of the early data that comes in,
and that's why you have these revisions. Now the White
House is saying, yes, but look at how wild these
(18:48):
revisions are. We shouldn't have a system that has two
hundred fifty thousand jobs just suddenly come off the books,
because then that means the system is flawed and it's
time for new leadership, fresh eyes, and maybe new methodology. Well,
all right, but how will it be comparable to the
data that we've been relying on for more than a century,
And how can anyone trust that this new system they're
(19:11):
going to put in place will be accurate at all?
Given the fact that the President has decided he doesn't
like the data, even though no one else has been
questioning it.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
So Stephen, it does pose that question though, that those
numbers are pretty huge, and I remember from the last
administration they would do they would have similar things where
they'd put out these numbers and then we'd get these
huge numbers that would shift later when they're not in
the spotlight any longer. And these ones obviously in the
spotlight right now. So I mean by like two hundred
(19:45):
and fifty thousand, and that's a lot. It's not like
a small adjustment.
Speaker 10 (19:49):
Well, you're right, and it's been larger adjustments in the past,
and in fact, you know there was a big adjustment
last year. The President keeps talking about. I look, I
am not a position to defend the methodology that the
Bureau of Labor Statistics has been using. But I can
tell you this, if there were a real problem with
(20:09):
the data, you'd be hearing about it from businesses that
rely on the data.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Ah.
Speaker 10 (20:13):
What you have is I think an understanding in among
economists and other analysts that this just happens, and the
President is saying, oh, I don't like it. Okay, because
the president doesn't like that he's being graded on it
in that way. But again, it's businesses that make decisions
(20:34):
that have not been clamoring for more precise data. It's
the president alone. And again, economists, people who not only
study the data but make it their livelihoods to understand
the data, have not raised alarms like this before. So
you know, we'll see what happens.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
As with so many other things that come out of
this administration, we'll see what happens. They're only good news
of that is that with signs of the economy cooling,
it could signal that the FED might be more likely
to lower interest rates.
Speaker 10 (21:06):
Well, yeah, that's true. I mean it's interesting because and
by the way, the President over the years has pointed
to BLS data and said he sometimes he really likes it.
He likes the fact that the same organization reports and
inflation is being held in check despite his tariffs. So
again he's cherry picking, all right. But I'll simply say,
as we the part here, yeap that it's well, I'll
(21:30):
just leave it at that.
Speaker 5 (21:32):
And I'm sure we'll talk about it again soon. Stephen Portinoy,
thanks so much for your time. All right.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
More break ins have been reported in the San Fernando Valley,
this time in Sherman Oaks and Studio City. Four men
were reported going into a home in Sherman Oaks early
this morning. The homeowners were said to be out of town.
The intruders were gone by the time private security showed up.
The intrusion in Studio City happened that late last night,
several people got into a home. There are reports the
(21:58):
homeowner may have shot at them. Two teenagers in Santa
Clarita have landed in the hospital, one having had a
broken bottle over their head or a bottle broken over
their head rather L Kenny, Sheriff's deputy say. A fight
broke out late Saturday night at Pacific Crest Park. A
man was detained for smashing a bottle on someone's head.
A post on social media sead homeowners around the park
(22:19):
are frustrated by months of lawlessness at the park. Stater
Brothers workers are calling for a boycott of the company's
store in Pasadena.
Speaker 6 (22:27):
Workers union leaders and their supporters want that boycott to
happen today. United Food and Commercial Workers says twelve thousand
Stater Brothers employees in southern California have been working under
a contract that expired in March. They're calling for a
new contract with better wages, benefits, and staffing levels. Stater
Brothers is accused of engaging in unfair labor practices, including surveillance, interrogation, retaliation,
(22:52):
and unlawfully restricting workers' rights to engage in protected union activities.
A picket outside of the Pasadena store is scheduled to
start at eleven am. Mark Mayfield KO five News.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
The search continues for a former US soldier who allegedly
shot and killed four people inside a bar in Montana.
The shooting happened Friday morning, possibly with a rifle. Former
NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce's authorities are treating the
search for army veteran Michael Brown cautiously.
Speaker 11 (23:20):
This family head says he schizophrenia and he also has
ppsdeven with PIRA.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
That's fact that it is to how he's going to
react to once he's cornered once he stopped. Brown was
a regular at the bar he lives next door. Boeing
workers who build fighter jets have gone on strike after
about thirty two hundred workers at facilities in Saint Louis
and other locations voted to reject a modified four year
labor deal agreement. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
(23:47):
Workers Union says the strike started at midnight. Boeing says
the company is disappointed its employees rejected an offer that
featured forty percent average wage growth and resolved issues about
work schedules. The federal government says employees should do more
than trust the everify system when it comes to making
sure people are legally allowed to work in the US.
Speaker 11 (24:09):
Just after a reserve police officer hired by a main
resort town was arrested by immigration officers late last month,
the Fed say the Old Orchard Beach Police Department knowingly
hired and an authorized immigrant and didn't do enough to
verify the man's status. The police department says it used
the Department of Homeland Securities e Verify system, and if
that's not good enough, it's not sure what the point
(24:29):
of the system is.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Tammy Trio KFI News.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
Officials are warning people to stay out of the water
near one resort in South Lake Tahoe because of high
levels of E. Coli bacteria. It was caused by a
sewage leak. The US fourst Service says the bacteria was
found in water samples taken near the Camp Richardson resort
on Friday. The agency says it's been analyzing water samples
from other areas on both sides of the resort and
(24:54):
will advise when it's safe to go back in the
lake from Jamison Beach to the Valhalla boat House. That
is just infuriating. Lake Tahoe is so so gorgeous and Christine,
yeah all right. Wrapper sol Ja Boy has been arrested
during a traffic stop in la The LAPD says officers
pulled a driver over around two thirty yesterday morning near
(25:16):
Melrose and North Genesee Avenue. The man, identified as Solja
Boy was a passenger and allegedly had a weapon. He
was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
An oil spill off Newport Beach has been traced to
a boat docked at Newport Harbor. The spill was spotted
around eight thirty Saturday night, but authorities couldn't see where
it was coming from because it was dark. They traced
(25:38):
the source back to the boat early yesterday morning. An
oil spill boom was used to contain the spill. Sheriff's
officials say the cleanup effort will be paid for by
the boat's owner. The Fantastic four First Steps has earned
forty million dollars in its second week of release, keeping
the Marvel movie in the top spot at the box office.
Bad Guys Too opened in second place with almost twenty
(26:00):
three million in ticket sales. Liam Neeson and Pam Anderson's
Naked Gun had seventeen million in ticket sales to open
in third place. At six oh five, it It's handle
on the news. President Trump is doubling down and defending
his firing of the person who put out a bad
jobs report on Friday. The Dodgers wrapped up their series
against the Rays with a three nothing win yesterday over
(26:22):
Tampa Bay. The Boys in Blue returned to Dodgers Stadium
tonight Roki Sasaki Bobblehead Night. If you're going to the
game and the Dodgers hosting the Cardinals first pitch going
out at seven o'clock, You can listen to all the
Dodgers games on AM five to seventy LA Sports live
from the Galpin Motors Broadcast booth, and stream all Dodgers
(26:42):
games in HD on the iHeartRadio app Keyword AM five
to seventy LA Sports. Convicted murderer Eric Menendez is back
in prison after a stay in the hospital.
Speaker 8 (26:52):
The fifty four year old was hospitalized with kidney stones
last month. Family members say he needed surgery. Eric and
Lyle Menendez are surf life sentences in a prison in
San Diego County for murdering their parents with shotguns in
Beverly Hills in nineteen eighty nine. They have a parole
hearing scheduled for later this month. They were made eligible
for parole in May after a judge reduced their sentences
(27:14):
to fifty years to life in prison in response to
a resentencing petition. Daniel Martindale KFI News.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
Humanitarian officials say the crisis in Gaza is getting worse
and there's little reason to think the war between Hamas
and Israel is going to end anytime soon. USA Doctors
Without Border CEO Avril Benoit says it's not enough food
getting in.
Speaker 9 (27:35):
For sure, this cannot last long. Even the UN was
estimating that one million women and girls are at risk
of starvation right now.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
She says it is vital to flood the zone with
food and aid. The family of an Israeli hostage being
held by Hamasa's he is dying of Yatar. David was
captured during the October seventh, twenty twenty three attack, and
a video released over the weekend shows him saying he
has eaten for days and that he was being forced
to dig his own grave. His brother, Eli said Evyatar
(28:07):
doesn't have much time left. He is dying.
Speaker 6 (28:09):
Doctors are saying that he has only a few days
to live. He needs to be treated now.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Eli David is urging world leaders to push for an
agreement to get the hostages home. A new scam involving
Amazon is hitting people through text messages.
Speaker 12 (28:25):
The Federal Trade Commission is warning about a scam that
pretends to be from Amazon. It starts with the text
saying an item you bought has been recalled and offers
a refund link, But the message is fake and that
link could let scammers steal your money or personal information.
The FTC says to ignore the text and check your
Amazon account directly for any real recall alerts. Brigida de
Gastino k if I News. How these scammers are getting
(28:48):
so crafty. Radioactive wasp nests Yep, you heard it right.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
Radioactive wasp nests have been discovered at a site in
South Carolina that once played a central role in US
nuclear bomb production. At least four nests have been found
at the nuclear facility that produced plutonium and tritium during
the Cold War. The nests have been destroyed and disposed of.
Testing revealed contamination levels ten times higher than the limit
(29:16):
allowed under federal regulations. The Department of Energy says the
nests do not pose a health risk to workers, the community,
or the environment. A biologist at the University of South
Carolina says the discovery of the nests is an indicator
that there are contaminants spread across the area that have
not been encased and protected. Yeah, radioactive WASP nests. Doesn't
(29:41):
that lead to wait, No, that was a spider spider man. Okay,
time to get in your business with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho morning, Courtney.
Speaker 13 (29:49):
Good morning, Thank goodness. It's looking a little bit better.
Here was on Friday. We had a tough day on Friday.
How far did everything end down? Yeah, the Daufel five
hundred and forty two points. Because well, investors today we're
seeing a little bit better because they're pitting their hopes
that the Federal Reserve is going to ride.
Speaker 5 (30:08):
To the rescue.
Speaker 13 (30:09):
Following last week's ugly, ugly jobs report ugly is yeah, there's.
Speaker 3 (30:15):
No way to put lipstick on that.
Speaker 5 (30:16):
Pig.
Speaker 13 (30:17):
Payrolls increased by seventy three thousand in July, but the
big story that was the revisions the prior to months,
and that lopped off two hundred and fifty eight thousand jobs.
So that sense stocks much much lower. We definitely saw
them sink. So this morning we're seeing a bit of
a rebound in Dow futures. They're up about two hundred
points and not as much as what we saw with
(30:39):
the losses, but we're regaining some of that momentum, So
two hundred and twenty two points right now.
Speaker 5 (30:44):
So why do we see that?
Speaker 1 (30:45):
I mean, we've talked about how you know, when economic
news comes out, the markets go crazy and there's these
huge swings.
Speaker 5 (30:52):
But that's a pretty big bounce back.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
Aret, Is that just because people are going to go, Okay,
maybe we overreacted or.
Speaker 13 (30:59):
Well, yes, part of that is. But then the second
part is some people are saying, well, the Federal Reserve
is going to end up cutting rates next month. For
a long time they were saying, you know what, we're
going to put things on hold for a bit because
we want to see how tariffs are going to work
their way through the system. But now when we got
when you kind of look at it, that it was
three months of really rough data that it really only
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added an average of thirty five thousand jobs over three months.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
That's loof that's really really rough.
Speaker 13 (31:29):
So now some people are saying Feederserver is going to say,
all right, we've got to fix the labor market and
we're going to cut interest rates. So we're looking at
about an eighty percent chance that's what the traders are
betting this morning.
Speaker 5 (31:41):
Okay, and we just had this story. A second ago
Boeing defense workers walked off the job.
Speaker 13 (31:46):
Yeah, so this is the second strike the playmaker is
facing in less than a year. So machinists at the
company's defense operations in Saint Louis they voted down a
deal that would have raised wages by twenty percent. But
the last time the union went on strike was nineteen
ninety six. Boeing's defense and space division that generates about
thirty percent of the company's revenue, so not as much.
(32:07):
It's going to have an impact, but not as much
as that strike that we saw in the fall that
was rough on the blind maker.
Speaker 1 (32:14):
Woof all right, long lines for coffee at the airport. Yes, oh,
I hate those because especially especially at the airport, because
you're you're already anxious, because you're like, I gotta get
to my gate, I gotta get to my gate, and
you just go through TSA and you're a leg because
(32:35):
you can take your coffee through TSA. So when you
arrive at the airport early in the morning, that's really
all you want.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
I know, that's all I want is a cup of coffee.
Speaker 13 (32:43):
But you see that the line is longer than the
security screening that you just went through. So Starbucks is
trying to do something about this problem that so many
of us have experienced. They're working on adding ordering kiosks
to busy locations to help heal our caffeine deprivation.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
I know I need that.
Speaker 1 (33:02):
Sometimes those take longer, though, because you got to figure
out how to do it and how to pay and
all that.
Speaker 13 (33:08):
But if they have a few more, maybe it'll take
those people, not me, but those people who know how
to do it, they'll go over there. But Starbucks has
been making a bunch of changes because they're trying to
fix their business.
Speaker 3 (33:20):
They're trying to reverse a sales slump.
Speaker 13 (33:22):
It's been going on for about a year and a half,
so we're seeing those little changes. I actually went to
Starbucks this morning, and you know, they're writing more and
more on the cup.
Speaker 3 (33:30):
I just got a little bunny on the side of
my cup this morning.
Speaker 13 (33:33):
They drew bunny.
Speaker 5 (33:34):
I'll just real cute. Well that that should turn around
the business.
Speaker 3 (33:37):
That's over, I know, but it actually brightens up my
day a little bit.
Speaker 1 (33:44):
It's kind of funny though, that that Starbucks is they're
closing down their mobile order only stores and they want
to get you into the store and they want you
to hang out and do the vibe that Starbucks was
famous for for a very long time. And then you're
saying that they're doing a kind of a mobile order
at the airports, but I guess sea at the busier
location your audience, and these aren't Starbucks. Most of them
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are run by third parties. You have to think about that.
Speaker 13 (34:09):
So they're going to push it more onto third parties,
not at their own company owned stores. That's where they
want people to sit around and lounge a little bit longer.
Speaker 1 (34:17):
Okay, Apple workers got an hour long pep talk from
the big Boss.
Speaker 5 (34:21):
Why Yeah, CEO.
Speaker 13 (34:23):
Tim Cook called a rare all hands on meeting to
rally employees about the company's artificial intelligence business.
Speaker 3 (34:30):
So he said, the AI revolution is.
Speaker 13 (34:32):
Big or bigger than the Internet, smartphone, cloud computing apps.
And he added that Apple's going to make the necessary investments.
Speaker 3 (34:39):
But you have to think about that. Apple's been late
to the game.
Speaker 13 (34:42):
They rolled out Apple Intelligence a lot later than others.
I mean, look at Chat, Ept, Google and Microsoft. They
were way ahead of the game here, okay.
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And tariff's if you're heading to school, tariffs are probably
going to affect you if you're heading to college.
Speaker 3 (34:58):
Yeah, and that's worse for parents.
Speaker 13 (35:00):
We know already it's crazy expensive to attend school, but
now tariffs are going to make outfitting your child's dorm
room a lot more expensive because many of the essentials
are among the hardest hip by tariffs. Think about this,
ninety percent of imports of table fans and microwave ovens
that's from China, and tariff's on steel and aluminum may
drive up the cost of some staples. Dorm room staples
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such as those rolling caddies that they use for storage.
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Uh yeah, I didn't have those. I had cement blocks
and boards. So kids tough enough.
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That's what I had too.
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Yeah, Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho get in your business like we
do every morning. Thanks so much.
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We'll talk to you tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (35:38):
Definitely see you later.
Speaker 1 (35:39):
But twenty five year old man has been shot at
a big house party near the campus of University of
Southern California. The LAPD s's gunfire broke out at the
party shortly after two thirty Sunday morning. About one hundred
people were at the party. At least say the guy
shot took himself to the hospital. Two people at the
party were detained, not clear if they were arrested. A
fire burning on California Say Central Coast has burned through
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more than sixty five thousand acres. The fire started Friday
northeast of Santa Maria. Three hundred and sixty homes in
Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties have been threatened.
At least three people have been hurt. The fires three
percent surrounded this morning. Lonnie Anderson has died just days
shy of her eightieth birthday. Anderson's publicists as she died
at a hospital in la following a long illness. She
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played the Big Guy's receptionist Jennifer on WKRP and Cincinnati.
In the late seventies and early eighties, Lonnie Anderson was
seventy nine. Her birthday is tomorrow. We're just minutes away
from handle. On the news this morning, Texas Democrats have
left the state.
Speaker 5 (36:40):
Bill's going to tell you why.
Speaker 1 (36:41):
Right now, let's say good morning to the director of
Animal Services at Mission via HOO Animal Services Center, Bryn Lavison.
Speaker 9 (36:49):
Good morning, Brin, Good morning, Thanks for having me on
your show.
Speaker 1 (36:54):
I'm so excited to have you on the show because
I love hearing about cool programs like this. And you
know they say that music sues the savage beast, and
even some beasts that aren't notoriously savage can benefit from it.
And so tell us about the new program that's launching
tomorrow at Mission viaho Animal Services Centered.
Speaker 9 (37:14):
Sure. Yeah, we're very excited to have Wild Tunes to
partner with Wild Tunes, which is a nonprofit organization founded
a couple of years ago by then ten year old UV,
who is a musician, and he realized how his music
sued his dog, Bozo, so he took that same idea
(37:38):
to animal shelters and now he's there in four states.
They're partnering with animal shelters and four states including California. Now,
and when I heard about this idea, I was very
excited about it because I think it's a fantastic program
to add enrichment to the animals' lives. So, yeah, we're
really excited about the launch tomorrow tomorrow at noon at
(37:58):
our animal shelter.
Speaker 1 (37:59):
Okay, so tell us what's going to happen then tomorrow
at noon? You do you have a full orchestra there?
Speaker 9 (38:06):
No, it's going to be UV himself though, which is exciting,
and his mom, who's the executive director of Wild Tunes,
and he is going to play music for us. We're
looking for volunteers to continue the program once you believe
us and goes back to Texas. So we're looking for
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musicians of any talent range from you know, middle school
all the way up to retired seniors. Anyone who wants
to volunteer their time with an instrument or even a
song to come to the animal shelter. We're scheduling times
throughout the weeks and we're hoping to get this on
a regular basis.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
I love this, so I know that our friends at
Pasadena Humane do a reading program which we were walking
by one day and they had kids there sitting by
the enclosures reading to the dogs. And this is sort
of along that same lines, but maybe takes it a
step further. Have they ever been I mean, do we
just think that this is a feel good thing or
do they know that this helps the animals?
Speaker 13 (39:10):
You know?
Speaker 9 (39:11):
I mean like you said, you know the old saying
music soothes the savage beast that we're assuming. So when
we had a sneer recently last week, the animals did
lay down and sort of listen to the music. So
I'm hoping that that's the truth of it. But I
do think it adds enrichment. Even just interacting with the
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animals on a level that's a connection more than just
walking right by them. So we're hoping that it adds
to our enrichment program.
Speaker 5 (39:42):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (39:42):
And is it just are you just going to be
playing music for the dogs or does the cats get
to benefit to.
Speaker 9 (39:47):
We can we can certainly put people in the cat rooms.
I think it might be a little bit louder, but
we'll try it. Sure, Why not?
Speaker 5 (39:55):
Okay? And what kind of music does u V play?
Speaker 9 (39:59):
Do you play a keyboard? And he's going to bring
that with him tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (40:04):
Okay, so you said that this kid was ten years
old when he came up with this idea.
Speaker 9 (40:10):
I know, it's fascinating, isn't it. I asked his mother
how proud she is. She's she's very proud of him
for starting this idea.
Speaker 4 (40:16):
But what a great.
Speaker 9 (40:18):
Message for children that you can make a difference in
the animals lives.
Speaker 1 (40:22):
I love And you know what I think too, It's
kind of cool because even for kids who maybe don't
have an animal, I think any exposure day, you know,
dogs and cats is a great thing for kids. So
maybe that's a cool opportunity for them to be introduced
to animals as well.
Speaker 9 (40:39):
Absolutely, I think this program is just a win win.
It's great for the animals, it's great for the people,
the volunteers, it's great for our organization to have the
attention and bring people from the public in to see
the animals. So I think it's just really a win
win situation for everyone involved.
Speaker 1 (40:56):
Okay, cool, so launches tomorrow and then if people are interested,
you do need volunteers, And you said any age, any
kind of music, any kind of level, like me, playing
the violin in front of the animals probably would.
Speaker 9 (41:09):
Not be a good thing, but maybe not, maybe not,
but and.
Speaker 1 (41:14):
You know what else would be cool because I know,
here's my personal thing. So moms and Dan's if you're listening.
When I did violin and when I played piano too,
I didn't practice enough. But if I had a reason
to practice, maybe I would. And if it was to
go and play for animals, maybe I would have practiced
a little more.
Speaker 9 (41:33):
Exactly. The animals don't judge, which is good. Yeah, yes,
so people can feel free to practice in front of them.
Speaker 1 (41:40):
Okay, Brandon, how do we get more information? If somebody's
interested in volunteering sometime, or they have a kid who
wants to go and play, or they want to.
Speaker 9 (41:48):
Go play, sure, any you can go to our website
which is c MVAS dot org or the wild Tunes
website which is wild tunes dot org. Both have information
on our volunteer program. Or you can call us nine
for nine four seven zero three zero four five and
ask about our Wild Tunes volunteer program.
Speaker 1 (42:10):
Okay, it's called wild Tunes and it's going live to
the mission via ho Shelter and that's starting tomorrow. Thank
you so much, Brittin. We appreciate you coming on and
telling us about your program.
Speaker 9 (42:23):
You're very welcome and thank you.
Speaker 5 (42:24):
All right.
Speaker 3 (42:26):
Isn't that cool?
Speaker 1 (42:26):
What a great opportunity, like fun for kids, fun for
like if you're maybe you're retired and you still love
to play music.
Speaker 2 (42:34):
And animals do seem to love music because you see
those YouTube videos where somebody's out in the field playing
a horn and they just gather around, I mean.
Speaker 5 (42:42):
Gather around poppies.
Speaker 1 (42:44):
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turned over to LAPD. The shooting happened on July nineteenth.
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After dozens of people were hurt in the crash, some
people pulled the driver out of his car and beat
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