September 10, 2025 • 38 mins
Amy King hosts your Thursday Wake Up Call. ABC News investigative reporter Peter Charalambous opens the show talking about the jury selection in case of the man who allegedly tried to kill President Trump on the golf course. KTLA & KFI technology reporter Rich DeMuro joins the show for ‘Wired Wednesday.’ Today, Rich talks about the news surrounding Apple’s latest release including the iPhone 17. On this week’s edition of ‘Amy’s on It’ she reviews Star Trek now streaming on Paramount+. We ‘Get in Your Business’ with Bloomberg’s Courtney Donohoe discussing how the markets are looking today. The show closes with Amy talking with ABC News national correspondent about the DOJ announcing charges against Charlotte, NC light rail attack suspect.
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This is got It is five o'clock.
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This is your wake up call for Wednesday, September tenth.
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Good morning, I'm Amy King.
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We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Here's what's ahead
on wake up Call. Investigators are working to identify the
human remains found in a bag in the trunk of
a Tesla in a towyard in Hollywood. Police have also
responded to a second body found in another car at
a different towyard, this one in South La. The body
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found in the Honda Civic is tied to a missing
person report not believed to be connected to the body
found in the Tesla in Hollywood. The Santa Monica City
Council has unanimously approved a resolution declaring financial distress. City
official stay it's necessary to address its budget shortfall due
to lower tax revenues, residual effects of the pandemic, and
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high costs associated with hundreds of legal settlements.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
A woman in to.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Mesa who registered her dog to vote says she did
it to expose flaws in California's voting system. Laura Lee
Yorix made her first court appearance yesterday. She's charged with
five felonies for not only registering the dog to vote,
but also casting ballots for the dog in elections in
twenty twenty one and twenty two. She'll be back in
court in December. Speaking of court, jury selection continues in
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the trial of the man who laid in wait for
hours allegedly and was planning to kill President Trump. ABC's
Peter Haralambus joins us in just a minute with the
latest on that the Department of Justice has gotten involved
in that stabbing death of a Ukrainian woman who was
killed on a commuter train in North Carolina. ABC Stephen
(02:43):
Portnoy's going to join us to tell more about that
and what comes next.
Speaker 5 (02:47):
They released that video. It's just ugh, it's just horrifying.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
The wraps have been taken off the seventeen line of iPhones.
Our own Rich DeMuro was at Apple's headquarters for the
big event. He's gonna tell us about the phones, watches, iPods.
Speaker 6 (03:03):
Ooh.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Plus, apparently there's a new way to take selfies. Good
because I am not great at taking selfies. And you
heard about the star of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad,
Raymond Cruz, who got arrested for spraying a garden hose
at a couple women. He says, we're harassing him while
he washed his car outside his house. So we want
to hear what you think about this. I mean, like,
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does that seem a little extreme? Should he have been
arrested for spraying a garden hose at people? Is it
really something lap should have gotten into? Hit us up
on the talkback. It's really easy to do. If you're
listening on the iHeartRadio app. You go to the little
microphone in the upper right hand corner of your screen.
Seriously arrested for spraying a garden hose. Want to hear
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what you think? Like I said, hit us up on
the talkback. Let's get started with some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. The
LA City Council has condemned the Supreme Court decision on
immigration enforcement.
Speaker 8 (04:01):
All the members issued statements expressing remorse that the court
lifted a temporary restraining order on immigration stops based on race, language,
or location. Council President Marquis Harris Dawson says it was
one of the darkest days in LA history.
Speaker 9 (04:13):
We want to make sure we mark this day in
our city and may Los Angeles continue to be the
capital of the resistance.
Speaker 8 (04:20):
The City Council has pushed through multiple measures supportive of
illegal immigrants in the city. The latest calls for a
know Your Rights training campaign for all homeless outreach, interim
housing or permanent housing service providers, funded by the city.
Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
More than sixty shipping containers have fallen into the water
at the Port of Long Beach. They were on a
ship that arrived from China. Port worker Adrian phillipsa's he's
surprised no one got hurt.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
There are some containers that fell into a carbon recovery barge,
but no no one on there was hurt either.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Cargo operations were shut down at the port. Other boats
were used to corral the containers and keep them from
floating away. It's gonna take probably a couple weeks to
get them all over way cleared from the water. Governor
Newsom has delivered his fifth State of the State address,
but this time he did it in writing. He sent
a letter to state lawmakers and posted a short video
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message on his YouTube channel.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
We are in darker times.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Our country increasingly is at a crossroads with a federal
administration that threatens the very foundation of our democracy.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
He complained about immigration enforce and enforcement efforts to end
birthright citizenship, and what he called the undermining of California's
environmental protections. He says California has filed forty one lawsuits
against the Trump and administration so far. Let's say good
morning now to ABC's Peter Harlambus.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
Good morning, Peter.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Good morning Amy. Thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
Thanks for coming on.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
So we've got jury selection continuing for the man who's
accused of lying in wait with plans to assassinate President
Trump outside his golf club in Florida.
Speaker 5 (05:58):
Where are we in that products?
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Yeah, So today is expected to be the final day
three days total to get this jury and we're expecting
to your opening statements tomorrow. Not only is this interesting,
because of course it's a trial of someone who tried
to kill the president. The person at the center of
the case, the defendant here is representing himself. He's dismissed
his own lawyers, and he's doing it all on his
own here. So he's someone who kind of is a
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little bit of an unknown in court filings.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
He suggested some.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
Wild thoughts, like this idea of golfing with President Trump
and if he wins, he becomes president, and if he loses,
Trump can kill him. He suggested calling one of his
ex girlfriends as a witness to testify to his peacefulness
as a person, and a few other things that have
raised eyebrows. So it's fascinating to see how this case
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evolves and how he's able to kind of stand his
own as his own lawyer here.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Peter, Okay, so all that stuff sounds very bizarre, and
you know, like your initial reaction is to the laugh
at it because it's so crazy, But then you're like,
this guy was going to or try to assassinate the
president allegedly.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
So when really.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Outlandish things like that are heard, is that something that
the judge can step in on and say, you know what,
you are not capable of representing yourself or are they
just going to let it play out?
Speaker 3 (07:23):
That's exactly why I mean.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
She at at some point, if she determines that he's
not taking it seriously, if he's doing things in appropriately,
can revoke that ability for to represent himself and basically
put his defense in the hands of a bunch of
stand by lawyers who technically used to represent him but
have since been dismissed, their kind of on call in
case things don't work out. Overall, though, you know, this
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is someone who the course of the first two days
of juris selection at least, has been surprisingly composed. You know,
he's received some criticism from the judge for saying things
that are all landish or proposing things that really when
flying court, but otherwise he's kind of taking this seriously,
to the point of which even yesterday the judges was
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commending him for pointing out certain things about the jurors
that might make them ineligible for service.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Hmm, okay, well, it's interesting you say a little bit out,
you know, outside the box. But then he says, hey,
let's play around a golf and if you win, I'm
the president.
Speaker 5 (08:23):
I mean, I would think that just making that comment,
I mean.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
That comment is probably the worst. But there are other
things too that kind of raise die Braus. For example,
yesterday or a first day of juris fly shouldn't excuse me.
On Monday, he proposed asking jurors to judge their character.
He wanted to ask them what they would do if
they were driving down a road and saw a turtle
in the middle of the road.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Would they stop and move.
Speaker 4 (08:48):
The turtle or would they leave the turtle there? He says,
they could speak to their intentions their character. He also
wanted to ask jurors about their stance on Ukraine, their
stance on Palace, on the acquisition of Greenland. All of
these things really political and have been shot down by
the judge. But you know, it kind of shows how
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quickly this might get off the rails, especially when we
hear opening statements comes tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Morning, okay, and we will be listening for that because
it sounds like it's going to be very interesting, to
say the least.
Speaker 5 (09:18):
Peter Haralambus, thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
Thanks so much, Andy.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
All right that those are opening statements that I think
I would want to hear. Just this sounds so outlandish?
Is that the right word. Let's get back to some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. The Polish military says it has downed drones
that violated its airspace as Russia launched aerial attacks on Ukraine.
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Poland's Prime minister is now calling for an official NATO
meeting and apparently wants to invoke Article four, which is
an attack on one is an attack on all NATO countries.
The drone downing is the first time a NATO country
has fired shots in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Department of Justice has charged a man in North
Carolina with murder for stabbing a Ukrainian woman to death
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on a bus on a commuter train. The case has
sparked debate over what Attorney General Pam Bondi says was
a direct result of failed soft on crime policies that
put criminals before innocent people. The alleged stabber has been
involved in fourteen prior criminal cases. It's now Missouri's turn.
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The state's Republican led houses passed a plan to redraw
the state's congressional districts. It now moves to the state Senate.
If passed, it would give Republicans a shot at winning
almost all of Missouri's House seats. It follows mid decade
redistricting in Texas and then in California. The Trump administration
is suing illegal immigrants who have been ordered to leave
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the country but haven't. The lawsuit is based on a
nineteen ninety six law that allows the government to find
migrants who ignore deportation orders. Fines can be as high
as one point eight million dollars, with up to five
hundred dollars for each unlawful entry and up to nine
hundred and ninety eight dollars fines per day. President Trump's
headed to New York for the twenty fourth anniversary of
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the nine to eleven terrorist attacks. He's scheduled to attend
a memorial at the Pentagon tomorrow morning, and then we'll
head to the Bronx for a Yankee game. Vice President
jd Vance is planning to attend the nine to eleven
ceremony at Ground Zero in Manhattan. A new British study
says that global warming is impacting America's sweet tooth.
Speaker 6 (11:31):
Climate scientists at the University of Southampton say as temperatures rise,
so does consumption of sugary drinks and desserts. In the US,
researchers found that Americans, especially those with less education and money,
are consuming more than one hundred million pounds of extra
sugar annually compared to fifteen years ago. They're warning their
rising temperatures could have a detrimental effect on health. Mark
Ronner kfi news.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Hey hit us up on the talkback, what do you
think about the breaking bad actor who is also a
star of Better Call Saul being a rested. As you'll recall,
he was picked up after he allegedly sprayed some women
with a garden hose. He was out front of his
house and he was apparently washing his car. He says,
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these women drove up. They were harassing him. He said,
you know, go away. They didn't, and so that's when
he allegedly sprayed them with the garden hose. And then
LAPD showed up because they called to report him and
they arrested him. Sh Is that the right way to
handle this? We've got people being dismembered and shomped in
car trunks. This says something laped should be spending time
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on We want to hear what you have to say. Again,
it's on the talkback on the iHeartRadio app. There's a
little microphone in the upper right hand corner of your screen.
Just hit that and let us know.
Speaker 5 (12:43):
What you think.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Three female high school students who opposed the Harupa school
district's policy of permitting biological boys who identifies girls to
participate in girls' sports have filed a federal civil rights
lawsuit seeking to end the policy at the local and
state levels. I want to Grow believe to be owned
by a Mexican drug cartel's been destroyed in the Los
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Padres National Forest of the Ventra County. Sheriff's Department says
it discovered twenty five hundred actively growing plants that could
have made about two million dollars worth of marijuana. Authority
say the evidence of the site indicates it was operated
by cartel Jalisco New Generation Lady Gaga is extending her
Mayhem Ball tour into twenty twenty six. She'll kick off
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her tour dates in Glendale, Arizona. Gaga added eleven shows,
including two in La February eighteenth and nineteenth at the
Key of Form. Ticket presales start today. General on sales
starts September fifteenth. Okay, we asked you to hit us
up on the talk back and let us know what
you think about this. Better call Saul and breaking bad
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actor who got arrested after he allegedly sprayed a couple
of women with a garden host while he was washing
his car outside his house. He says they were arrested
or they were arresting they were harassing him.
Speaker 5 (14:01):
What do you think? Justified? Not justified?
Speaker 10 (14:05):
I don't necessarily think he should go to jail, but
something should happened. You shouldn't she be able to do that.
You shouldn't be able to just do that. Man, you
just sprayed water on my wife. You're saying I would
have probably pointed him in his faith, would star or not?
Speaker 4 (14:21):
Now, you don't need to be arrested for supporting people.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
I did the same thing to.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
A neighbor that was harassing me and it shut him up.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
But he got a little excited.
Speaker 10 (14:30):
But it's just watered.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
Better off getting shot by water than it is by
a real gun.
Speaker 5 (14:36):
It's true.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
It's just a friendly way to tell people to back off.
Speaker 11 (14:41):
Good morning, Amy, This is Abby I think that if
the rules were reversed, he would not have she or
she would not have been arrested. If that's all he did,
spray a water hose. Yeah, that was a little far fit.
Speaker 5 (15:00):
Okay, I want to hear what you have to say.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
If you want to hit us up on the talk
back on the app, there's the microphone on the upper
right end corner of your screen.
Speaker 5 (15:07):
Look at us doing technology stuff.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
And speaking of technology stuff, we have the host of
Rich on Tech ONKFI, Rich Demiro, who's in Cooper Tino,
home of the Apple headquarters, following Apple's so called awe
dropping event.
Speaker 5 (15:21):
So the big question is was it aw dropping?
Speaker 3 (15:24):
Well? I think the iPhone Air is a pretty amazing
piece of technology. So yeah, I think they did a
pretty good job this year of giving customers what they want.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Okay, so tell us a little bit more. We know
that it's their newest, thinnest phone. Like, how thin is
it compared to like what I have sitting in my
hand right now.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Oh, it's thin. I mean it's really like it's almost
too thin where it's it's just disappears almost. I mean
it's like five point six millimeters, which is you know,
you put us side by side the typical phones, it's
like less than half. A lot of people are saying
it might be the precursor to their foldable phone, because
now they've proven that they can make side of a
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phone this thin. So but the neat thing is, you know,
it has the features that you need, it's got the
great screen, it's kind of replacing the bus model. So
now you've got the iPhone seventeen, you've got the iPhone Air,
and then you've got the iPhone seventeen Pro. So the
Air is like right in the middle between sort of
the base model iPhone seventeen and then the top of
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the line pro models.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Okay, and as far as like costs, are they going
to stay around the same or Yeah?
Speaker 3 (16:31):
That was quite interesting because we've heard so much talk
about tariffs and costs and price and obviously Apple sells
a lot of these phones, but prices pretty much stay
the same. So eight hundred dollars starting price for the
iPhone seventeen. Now the iPhone Air is brand new, so
we don't really have a price for that, but that's
one thousand dollars that they're going to sell it for
and then the top of the line. The pro phones,
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they're going to sell for eleven hundred dollars starting. But
what Apple did was they made the base storage two
hundred and fifty six gigabyte across the board, so in
the past sometimes it was one hundred and twenty eight,
so they doubled the storage as well. Also, they improve
the cameras. All the screens got this new upgrade where
they're anti reflective, so that means they're going to be
easier to see in any sort of light, which is
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really nice.
Speaker 5 (17:16):
That's going to be very cool.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Yeah, that's a great new feature because they had it
on the Samsung and people absolutely love it on the
Samsung because this makes a screen less reflective so it's
easier to see. Now on the Pro models, you get
eight times optical quality zoom, so that's up from five times.
And you know, they came out of the whole bunch
of accessories. I mean, they really just kind of paraded
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us through the campus, showing off all the different ways
that they test these devices, make sure that they're high quality,
just continually improving pretty much every feature that the consumers
use on these devices, including we could talk about the
selfie cam if you want. They totally change for that work.
Speaker 5 (17:53):
That's the one I want to know about.
Speaker 3 (17:56):
Well, number one, they gave a wild figure five one
hundred billion selfies taken on iPhones last year. That's just
in one year.
Speaker 5 (18:04):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
So it goes to show you the scope of just
how many iPhones are out there in the world and
how many people are taking pictures. But now they made
the selfie camera a square sensor, So what does that mean.
It means that you no longer have to hold your
phone any particular way to take a selfie. The same
sensor can take a picture vertical, horizontal, one person, a
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little bit zoomed in, or wide zoomed out for a
whole bunch of group people. So it uses AI to
sort of automatically adjust the frame depending on the orientation
of the phone and how many people are in the shot.
So you basically, if you like holding the phone up
and down, you can hold it that way. If you
like holding it horizontal like I do, you can still
hold it that way and take the exact same pictures.
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It's it's pretty wild and it's a big shift from
what we're used to.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
It's going to help me out a lot. I am
not good at selfies, so I'm looking forward to that.
Speaker 5 (18:57):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
So then they also wanted to show that they've got
other stuff that they are updating, and that's the Apple
Watch in the AirPods.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Yeah, so the Apple Watch. The big headline there is
that all three Apple Watches, for the first time in
the same year, all got updates. So we're talking the
se three. That's the one that's really good for kids.
It's their base model Series eleven we're up to. So yes,
there's been eleven Apple Watches over the years, and then
the Ultra three, which is the high end one for
like you know, extreme sports, hiking stuff like that. The
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big headline on the SC three is that it gets
always on display, so basically the display does not turn
off when you're not looking at it. It just stays
on all the time, which means it's just easier to
see what's on that display. The Series eleven and actually
all of them now get this the five G. So
that means you're going to get better coverage. I've been
talking about on my radio show. How you know, sometimes
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the coverage in the Apple Watch is not very good
the reception. They finally fix that, hopefully with the five
G and then the Ultra Watch three. It's got a
bigger display in the same area, but it also has
satellite so if you like to go hiking, you like
to do stuff without your phone, you can still stay
in touch with satellites for emergencies or for texting anywhere
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you are. And then there's more. Yeah, hypertension alerts are coming.
So now if you have high blood pressure, or you
might not even know you have high blood pressure, these
watches will tell you that. And you're getting a sleep score,
So you can wear these things at night and get
a sleep score to let you know how you're sleeping.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
So if you get really stressed out, it's going to
go beep, beep, beep, calm down.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
Well, it's not in real time, so it does it
over thirty days. So it's really They think they're going
to notify a million people in the first year that
have no idea they have high blood pressure, and so
it is a notification that says, hey, you might want
to talk to your doctor about this. That's going to
be scary for some people. It's going to be eye opening.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
Yeah, all right, and rich are you going to be
talking about this on your show this weekend or you
got other stuff planned.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Oh, I don't think I can talk about anything else.
I mean, there's so much. I'm literally drowning in Apple stuff.
I mean, if I mentioned the word android once on
this weekend show, that will be lucky, because there's just
so much to go through.
Speaker 5 (21:05):
Okay, so we got the tip of the iceberg.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
And you can hear more and more about the new
phones and the AirPods and the watches on rich On
Tech and it is Saturday from eleven to two right
here on KFI. Can also watch them on KTLA, follow
him on Instagram at rich on Tech, and then he
also puts everything that he talks about up on his
website rich on Tech dot TV.
Speaker 4 (21:26):
Thank you rich Thank you Amy.
Speaker 5 (21:28):
Have a great day, you too.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
The La City Council's instructed housing staff to facilitate know
your Rights training for all homelessness outreach staff. A day
after the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on so called roping
patrols for illegal immigration enforcement, council also requested a report
on a plan to distribute wallet sized cards to help
immigrants understand their rights when they're approached by federal officers.
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A thirteen year old boy has been killed. Several others
were hurt in a shooting in Santa Anna. It happened
Monday night on South Susan Street. The thirteen year old
died at the scene. The others, who are fourteen, fifteen,
and sixteen, were taken to the hospital. Investigators say the
shooter or shooters took off before police got there.
Speaker 5 (22:12):
They also say it may have been gang related.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
An Eagles player has been fined fifty seven, two hundred
and twenty two dollars for spitting on Cowboys quarterback Dak.
Speaker 5 (22:22):
Prescott in the NFL season opener.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
That's about as much as the defensive tackle Jalen Carter
made for Game one of the season. Carter's expected to
be on the field when the Eagles faced the Kansas
City Chiefs in a Super Bowl rematch on Sunday.
Speaker 5 (22:37):
Coming up at six oh five, it is handle on
the news.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Governor Newsom says California is in crisis. Bill's gonna tell
you more about that. Also, we want to tell you
a little bit more about the incident that happened in
Silver Lake, where the Breaking Bad actor Raymond Cruz apparently
got some women a little bit wet with a garden
hose and we wanted to know what you think about
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him being arrested for doing that.
Speaker 3 (23:09):
Hey, Amy, you're absolutely right.
Speaker 10 (23:11):
The Pit is an excellent show to binge my concerns
that season two will involve trap.
Speaker 5 (23:18):
Hold on a second, that's the wrong one. That's from
like last week. Old Please, we have.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
A lot of computer stuff going on, we do, and
I'm trying to do this on the fly.
Speaker 5 (23:31):
Let's see modified date breaking? Bad?
Speaker 6 (23:35):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (23:35):
I should I should pay attention? Okay, should he have
been arrested, that's the big question.
Speaker 7 (23:40):
Maybe he shouldn't have been arrested, but he should be
fined for wasting water?
Speaker 11 (23:47):
Yes, good morning. I'd like to hear the whole story.
Who are these women and why were they harassing him?
Speaker 3 (23:55):
Thank you Amy, good morning.
Speaker 4 (23:59):
Yeah, spraying women like that with water can be very dangerous,
as we all remember from Wizard of.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
Oz, wishes die from water.
Speaker 4 (24:10):
So yeah, it's serious, all right, all right.
Speaker 5 (24:15):
All right, so we're gonna now move on. But I
love that.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
I don't know, It's like, I can't imagine that he's
going to actually be charged. I would think that they'll
throw it out. But apparently the women called police after
he sprayed them. Allegedly and they arrested him. He'll be
out and he'll be back in court soon.
Speaker 5 (24:35):
On it. What am I on?
Speaker 1 (24:45):
I'm on the stream, movies, TV shows, documentaries, you name it.
I'll watch it, even ones that I really didn't like,
like last week it was too much, didn't like it
at all. So this week I am on Strange New
World Words. It's on Paramount Plus. Yeah, and I had
watched the first two season. Season three is out now
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and the finale actually drops tomorrow. For season three, I
have to tell you, I am loving this version of
Star Trek. It's Captain Pike's time as the captain, obviously,
but it has a lot of the familiar faces. It's
got James T. Kirk, who is not the Captain of
the Enterprise yet, Spock Uhura, Scottie, Nurse Chapel. So there's
(25:32):
the familiar faces beginnings, yeah, and then there's some some
new ones. And I think that this series does an
amazing job of paying homage to the old series.
Speaker 5 (25:45):
But with a new twist.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
And even in the episode that that I watched last night,
which is the one before the finale, it took a
turn at the end that made reference to the original
Star Trek series that they did it brilliantly, and you go,
and it's so fun when they tie that in, and
they do it several times throughout the season and you go, oh,
I remember that, and they just put a new spin
(26:07):
on it. So obviously there's Captain Pike, so there's the prequel.
It does make reference to the downfall of Pack Captain Pike,
which happens early on in the original series, before Captain
Kirk even gets command of the Enterprise, So you know
that Captain Pike does not have a great ending. But
so the series is all about this and he knows
(26:28):
about it, and they tell you about that right on
in the beginning of the series. But and it's really
interesting too, because this show alternates between exploring new worlds
to fighting with and trying to maintain peace to just
absolute absurdity.
Speaker 6 (26:43):
Yes, a lot of that, and.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
It alternates, Like the episode last night was very serious
and actually I was like started crying during it because
it was it reminded me of kind of what's going
on in the world and you're like, can't people just
get along? And is there really a prospect for peace?
And the way that they handled it was so amazing.
I thought it was just it was beautiful and tragic
at the same time. And then they do this absurd
(27:06):
stuff and then they do a parody of themselves during
the show, and it's just a really, really fun watch.
And I'm guessing that I reference that they reference back
to the old show, like sometimes they play the theme
from the original show or something like that and you go, oh,
that's familiar. I'm guessing there are a lot more Easter
eggs that I didn't even get. But if you're a
(27:28):
super fan, I'm sure you will. If you're a super fan,
you probably already watched it. I'm a Treki, always have been,
and I really really liked this one. I think it's
just it's a lot of fun. It's a lot of fun.
And again, the series finale, I don't know if it's
a series finale, it's a season finale is tomorrow night.
Speaker 5 (27:46):
I don't know if.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
There's I think there's five seasons planned.
Speaker 5 (27:49):
Oh well, that's good news.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
Then, okay, so the season three finale is tomorrow, so
I have one left to go, and I think that
I'm on it, and I think you should be too.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
S No Kono referenced to Captain Picard of the Next Generation.
I went in and protested. I said, James T. Kirk,
and he said, oh, you just called yourself old. I'm like, oh, oh, no,
you didn't.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Well, but I just went and watched the original series.
I never saw the obviously into the original series when
it first aired.
Speaker 5 (28:19):
But I've watched the original.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Series several times and they're not referencing Picard very much,
I will tell you, but they do, and they make
they totally make fun of Captain Kirk.
Speaker 5 (28:28):
It's so much fun. It's so much fun.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
All right, h Wow, we're running short on time, but
it is time to get in your business with Bloomberg's
Courtney Donahoe.
Speaker 5 (28:35):
Morning, Courtney, good morning.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Okay, let's get right into its maker of ozempic is
cutting jobs.
Speaker 7 (28:43):
Yes, Novo Nordisk. They pioneered the market for obesity drugs.
Speaker 5 (28:48):
With ozempic and we Gov.
Speaker 7 (28:49):
However, they lost their lead in the American market Eli
Lilly came in with zep Bound and Mount Jarrow.
Speaker 5 (28:56):
Novo's also struggling.
Speaker 7 (28:58):
To deal with all the cheaper copycat versions of its medications,
for example, from Hims and Hers, so as it fights
to regain its footing, it needs to focus. So the
drug giant is slashing nine thousand jobs globally. They say
they're working to simplify the organization and they want to
improve its speed and decision making.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
Okay, So it's not because fewer people are using those drugs.
Speaker 5 (29:20):
It's just that there's more of those drugs on the market.
Speaker 7 (29:22):
No, and they made a couple of missteps all along
the way. And again why Eli Lilly ended up taking over.
So they need to rethink themselves. They're a Danish company
and they said they were bloated for a long time.
A lot of analysts that focused on the company said
Eli Lilly did a lot better with a lot fewer employees.
So Novo Nordisk is kind of coming in line with
(29:43):
what Eli Lilly is doing.
Speaker 5 (29:44):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Diamond says, watch out, the economy
is getting weaker.
Speaker 7 (29:51):
Yes, and why investors care about what he says and
they pay attention to his views is due to his
long tenure at the biggest bank in the country. So
more bad news in the labor market has him warning
that the American economy is battling a slowdown. Yesterday, we
got a report that revealed a downward revision to pass
jobs numbers so the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They said
(30:13):
employers added nine hundred eleven thousand fewer jobs than originally
reported in the year through March. So Diamond told the
NBC that the report confirms that the economy's weakening. But
whether or not we're on the way to a recession
or just weakening that we're seeing right now, he said,
he doesn't know.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Okay, getting in your business like we do every weekday
with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho. Thank you, Courtney. We'll talk to
you tomorrow and give you a little more time. See
you later, Okay. Clean up efforts continue after dozens of
cargo containers fell off a Coast Guard ship at the
Board of Los Angeles. It wasn't a Coast Guard ship.
It was a ship that was incoming from China. About
twenty containers fell into the harbor, another fifty onto the deck.
(30:53):
Some hit an anti pollution boat called Stacks. Two terminal
operations remained suspended. AUTH already say it could take weeks
to clean up the containers, and La County Council employees
has been charged with felony hate crimes for allegedly sending
death threats to an Asian coworker. Prosecutor say Bavin Patel
left threats on his coworker's desk at least three times.
(31:15):
Patel could face more than thirteen years in prison if convicted.
The Supreme Court's going to hear arguments on whether tariffs
implemented by President Trump are legal. The High Court agreed
to look at two different cases. One covers an appeals
court ruling late last month that said the President exceeded
his authority. The other is a challenge by two companies.
The tariffs will stay in place until the court makes
the decision. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Stephen
(31:40):
portnoy So. Stephen, the Department of Justice has gotten involved
in a murder case in North Carolina.
Speaker 9 (31:47):
How come well, because I think it's gotten a great
deal of national attention in recent days. We're talking about
the stabbing death of Irena Zurutzka, who was killed on
a metro transit train in Charlotte, North Carolina, last month.
The video released earlier this week, and the President just
in the last few minutes has been posting about it
(32:08):
on social media. Yesterday, the Justice Department filed federal charges
against the suspect to Carlos Brown, Junior. The charge comes
out of the Patriot Act that post nine to eleven
strengthening of the terrorism laws. It allows prosecutors to pursue
the death penalty. Now, typically a deadly stabbing seemingly committed
at random would not be pursued by federal prosecutors. That
(32:31):
would be viewed as a state crime. But in this case,
the Justice Department says that this is the kind of
thing even though only one person died that and only
one person was targeted, it seems this is the kind
of thing that Congress had in mind when it wrote
the statute. No, I think defense lawyers will probably have
a mind to challenge that. They'll also have a mind,
(32:51):
certainly to challenge the idea that this is a death
penalty eligible case. And the reason I say that is
that we're talking about a man who certainly was a
repeat offender in and out of jail more than a
dozen times arrested, but he also had been diagnosed with schizophrenia,
and the Supreme Court in nineteen eighty six ruled that
(33:12):
persons who have mental illness are not necessarily eligible for
the death penalty, and it's case by case. It depends
on whether the person is mentally competent to stand trial,
and that will be a question that I think will
be addressed in court. But this idea that he's up
for the death penalty, I think is not cut and dry.
Speaker 5 (33:30):
Okay, And the the video.
Speaker 1 (33:33):
Shows what happened like leading up to the stabbing, and
then more video was released yesterday showing him walking away
and the woman collapsing.
Speaker 5 (33:44):
I mean, it's just tragic showing it.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
I'm just wondering if that is going to play into
whether he's prosecuted or not, or does some sort of
a guilty plea, or whether, like you said, if he's schizophrenic,
can he even stand trial.
Speaker 9 (34:00):
The fact that he commit allegedly committed this murder means
that certainly it will be prosecuted and they'll have to
be in adjudication of it. The state would operate on
a separate track from the federal prosecution, and the federal
government says it's going to take this case and wants
national attention drawn to the fact that it's taken this case.
The President, as I say, in the last few minutes,
has been talking about it. I think Ultimately, it is
(34:23):
a terrible, horrible thing that we all fear, this idea that,
you know, when we're in a public place, that some
person who's disturbed could attack any one of us. And
that is why this has become a flashpoint. The President
and fellow Republicans argue that this is a function of
(34:44):
the permissiveness that Democrats take toward the judicial system generally,
this idea that people who are mentally ill should be
treated and released and should not be institutionalized or otherwise.
You know, why was this person arrested so many times
and still.
Speaker 5 (35:03):
Able to walk the streets?
Speaker 9 (35:04):
Well, obviously, you know, nothing is simple, and you have
to dig into the individual case and the individual circumstances.
And I believe the most recent arrest was in January
this year for a misdemeanor, and each crime has to
be adjudicated separately, And yes, certainly you can look at it.
You know, again, you have to look at the individual circumstances.
I have no idea, frankly, what judges in North Carolina
(35:26):
did with this man or why, But as we zoom
out look at it from a national standpoint, this is
an example that Republicans are trying to draw attention to.
In fact, the congressional delegation from North Carolina on the
Republican side is aiming to have a news conference today
to talk about this issue because it happens that the
former governor Roy Cooper, who's a Democrat and popular in
(35:48):
that state, hopes to run for the Senate next year,
and they hope the Republicans hope to use this case
against him politically. That's the clinical observation that I'll make
from this distance. I think that ultimately it is a
viability for Democrats because frankly, you know, they do argue
for treatment rehabilitation, and they're going to have to defend
(36:10):
their own position on this against a pretty effective argument
that you know, this should not have happened and could
have perhaps been prevented.
Speaker 1 (36:19):
All right, and Stephen Portnoy, thanks so much for the information.
I know, you know there are stabbings and shootings on
the metro line here in LA all the time, and
it's just it's awful, and it's just it's a reminder,
it's it's a reason I don't write it. But anyway,
thanks a lot for the information. How do you feel
about the actor from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
(36:43):
being arrested for spring women with a garden hose.
Speaker 5 (36:48):
We asked you to weigh in on the talkback.
Speaker 12 (36:51):
I feel like both parties should have been arrested. Yeah,
not just him, you know, because there's always three stories.
There's his story, their story, and the truth. So it
doesn't sound like the girls got arrested. But I do
believe they should have been arrested and questioned and then
(37:16):
determined the situation.
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Yep, but it was just him arrested. It'll be interesting
to see how this all plays out. But thanks for
your thoughts and your comments. If you'd want a wigh in,
of course I'll listen to them, but it'll be off
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We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Here's what's ahead
on wake up Call. Investigators are working to identify the
human remains found in a bag in the trunk of
a Tesla in a towyard in Hollywood. Police have also
responded to a second body found in another car at
a different towyard, this one in South La. The body
(01:33):
found in the Honda Civic is tied to a missing
person report not believed to be connected to the body
found in the Tesla in Hollywood. The Santa Monica City
Council has unanimously approved a resolution declaring financial distress. City
official stay it's necessary to address its budget shortfall due
to lower tax revenues, residual effects of the pandemic, and
(01:55):
high costs associated with hundreds of legal settlements.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
A woman in to.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Mesa who registered her dog to vote says she did
it to expose flaws in California's voting system. Laura Lee
Yorix made her first court appearance yesterday. She's charged with
five felonies for not only registering the dog to vote,
but also casting ballots for the dog in elections in
twenty twenty one and twenty two. She'll be back in
court in December. Speaking of court, jury selection continues in
(02:22):
the trial of the man who laid in wait for
hours allegedly and was planning to kill President Trump. ABC's
Peter Haralambus joins us in just a minute with the
latest on that the Department of Justice has gotten involved
in that stabbing death of a Ukrainian woman who was
killed on a commuter train in North Carolina. ABC Stephen
(02:43):
Portnoy's going to join us to tell more about that
and what comes next.
Speaker 5 (02:47):
They released that video. It's just ugh, it's just horrifying.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
The wraps have been taken off the seventeen line of iPhones.
Our own Rich DeMuro was at Apple's headquarters for the
big event. He's gonna tell us about the phones, watches, iPods.
Speaker 6 (03:03):
Ooh.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Plus, apparently there's a new way to take selfies. Good
because I am not great at taking selfies. And you
heard about the star of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad,
Raymond Cruz, who got arrested for spraying a garden hose
at a couple women. He says, we're harassing him while
he washed his car outside his house. So we want
to hear what you think about this. I mean, like,
(03:25):
does that seem a little extreme? Should he have been
arrested for spraying a garden hose at people? Is it
really something lap should have gotten into? Hit us up
on the talkback. It's really easy to do. If you're
listening on the iHeartRadio app. You go to the little
microphone in the upper right hand corner of your screen.
Seriously arrested for spraying a garden hose. Want to hear
(03:49):
what you think? Like I said, hit us up on
the talkback. Let's get started with some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. The
LA City Council has condemned the Supreme Court decision on
immigration enforcement.
Speaker 8 (04:01):
All the members issued statements expressing remorse that the court
lifted a temporary restraining order on immigration stops based on race, language,
or location. Council President Marquis Harris Dawson says it was
one of the darkest days in LA history.
Speaker 9 (04:13):
We want to make sure we mark this day in
our city and may Los Angeles continue to be the
capital of the resistance.
Speaker 8 (04:20):
The City Council has pushed through multiple measures supportive of
illegal immigrants in the city. The latest calls for a
know Your Rights training campaign for all homeless outreach, interim
housing or permanent housing service providers, funded by the city.
Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
More than sixty shipping containers have fallen into the water
at the Port of Long Beach. They were on a
ship that arrived from China. Port worker Adrian phillipsa's he's
surprised no one got hurt.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
There are some containers that fell into a carbon recovery barge,
but no no one on there was hurt either.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Cargo operations were shut down at the port. Other boats
were used to corral the containers and keep them from
floating away. It's gonna take probably a couple weeks to
get them all over way cleared from the water. Governor
Newsom has delivered his fifth State of the State address,
but this time he did it in writing. He sent
a letter to state lawmakers and posted a short video
(05:11):
message on his YouTube channel.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
We are in darker times.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Our country increasingly is at a crossroads with a federal
administration that threatens the very foundation of our democracy.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
He complained about immigration enforce and enforcement efforts to end
birthright citizenship, and what he called the undermining of California's
environmental protections. He says California has filed forty one lawsuits
against the Trump and administration so far. Let's say good
morning now to ABC's Peter Harlambus.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
Good morning, Peter.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Good morning Amy. Thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
Thanks for coming on.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
So we've got jury selection continuing for the man who's
accused of lying in wait with plans to assassinate President
Trump outside his golf club in Florida.
Speaker 5 (05:58):
Where are we in that products?
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Yeah, So today is expected to be the final day
three days total to get this jury and we're expecting
to your opening statements tomorrow. Not only is this interesting,
because of course it's a trial of someone who tried
to kill the president. The person at the center of
the case, the defendant here is representing himself. He's dismissed
his own lawyers, and he's doing it all on his
own here. So he's someone who kind of is a
(06:25):
little bit of an unknown in court filings.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
He suggested some.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
Wild thoughts, like this idea of golfing with President Trump
and if he wins, he becomes president, and if he loses,
Trump can kill him. He suggested calling one of his
ex girlfriends as a witness to testify to his peacefulness
as a person, and a few other things that have
raised eyebrows. So it's fascinating to see how this case
(06:50):
evolves and how he's able to kind of stand his
own as his own lawyer here.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Peter, Okay, so all that stuff sounds very bizarre, and
you know, like your initial reaction is to the laugh
at it because it's so crazy, But then you're like,
this guy was going to or try to assassinate the
president allegedly.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
So when really.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Outlandish things like that are heard, is that something that
the judge can step in on and say, you know what,
you are not capable of representing yourself or are they
just going to let it play out?
Speaker 3 (07:23):
That's exactly why I mean.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
She at at some point, if she determines that he's
not taking it seriously, if he's doing things in appropriately,
can revoke that ability for to represent himself and basically
put his defense in the hands of a bunch of
stand by lawyers who technically used to represent him but
have since been dismissed, their kind of on call in
case things don't work out. Overall, though, you know, this
(07:46):
is someone who the course of the first two days
of juris selection at least, has been surprisingly composed. You know,
he's received some criticism from the judge for saying things
that are all landish or proposing things that really when
flying court, but otherwise he's kind of taking this seriously,
to the point of which even yesterday the judges was
(08:06):
commending him for pointing out certain things about the jurors
that might make them ineligible for service.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Hmm, okay, well, it's interesting you say a little bit out,
you know, outside the box. But then he says, hey,
let's play around a golf and if you win, I'm
the president.
Speaker 5 (08:23):
I mean, I would think that just making that comment,
I mean.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
That comment is probably the worst. But there are other
things too that kind of raise die Braus. For example,
yesterday or a first day of juris fly shouldn't excuse me.
On Monday, he proposed asking jurors to judge their character.
He wanted to ask them what they would do if
they were driving down a road and saw a turtle
in the middle of the road.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Would they stop and move.
Speaker 4 (08:48):
The turtle or would they leave the turtle there? He says,
they could speak to their intentions their character. He also
wanted to ask jurors about their stance on Ukraine, their
stance on Palace, on the acquisition of Greenland. All of
these things really political and have been shot down by
the judge. But you know, it kind of shows how
(09:08):
quickly this might get off the rails, especially when we
hear opening statements comes tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Morning, okay, and we will be listening for that because
it sounds like it's going to be very interesting, to
say the least.
Speaker 5 (09:18):
Peter Haralambus, thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
Thanks so much, Andy.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
All right that those are opening statements that I think
I would want to hear. Just this sounds so outlandish?
Is that the right word. Let's get back to some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. The Polish military says it has downed drones
that violated its airspace as Russia launched aerial attacks on Ukraine.
(09:44):
Poland's Prime minister is now calling for an official NATO
meeting and apparently wants to invoke Article four, which is
an attack on one is an attack on all NATO countries.
The drone downing is the first time a NATO country
has fired shots in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Department of Justice has charged a man in North
Carolina with murder for stabbing a Ukrainian woman to death
(10:06):
on a bus on a commuter train. The case has
sparked debate over what Attorney General Pam Bondi says was
a direct result of failed soft on crime policies that
put criminals before innocent people. The alleged stabber has been
involved in fourteen prior criminal cases. It's now Missouri's turn.
(10:26):
The state's Republican led houses passed a plan to redraw
the state's congressional districts. It now moves to the state Senate.
If passed, it would give Republicans a shot at winning
almost all of Missouri's House seats. It follows mid decade
redistricting in Texas and then in California. The Trump administration
is suing illegal immigrants who have been ordered to leave
(10:49):
the country but haven't. The lawsuit is based on a
nineteen ninety six law that allows the government to find
migrants who ignore deportation orders. Fines can be as high
as one point eight million dollars, with up to five
hundred dollars for each unlawful entry and up to nine
hundred and ninety eight dollars fines per day. President Trump's
headed to New York for the twenty fourth anniversary of
(11:11):
the nine to eleven terrorist attacks. He's scheduled to attend
a memorial at the Pentagon tomorrow morning, and then we'll
head to the Bronx for a Yankee game. Vice President
jd Vance is planning to attend the nine to eleven
ceremony at Ground Zero in Manhattan. A new British study
says that global warming is impacting America's sweet tooth.
Speaker 6 (11:31):
Climate scientists at the University of Southampton say as temperatures rise,
so does consumption of sugary drinks and desserts. In the US,
researchers found that Americans, especially those with less education and money,
are consuming more than one hundred million pounds of extra
sugar annually compared to fifteen years ago. They're warning their
rising temperatures could have a detrimental effect on health. Mark
Ronner kfi news.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Hey hit us up on the talkback, what do you
think about the breaking bad actor who is also a
star of Better Call Saul being a rested. As you'll recall,
he was picked up after he allegedly sprayed some women
with a garden hose. He was out front of his
house and he was apparently washing his car. He says,
(12:13):
these women drove up. They were harassing him. He said,
you know, go away. They didn't, and so that's when
he allegedly sprayed them with the garden hose. And then
LAPD showed up because they called to report him and
they arrested him. Sh Is that the right way to
handle this? We've got people being dismembered and shomped in
car trunks. This says something laped should be spending time
(12:35):
on We want to hear what you have to say. Again,
it's on the talkback on the iHeartRadio app. There's a
little microphone in the upper right hand corner of your screen.
Just hit that and let us know.
Speaker 5 (12:43):
What you think.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Three female high school students who opposed the Harupa school
district's policy of permitting biological boys who identifies girls to
participate in girls' sports have filed a federal civil rights
lawsuit seeking to end the policy at the local and
state levels. I want to Grow believe to be owned
by a Mexican drug cartel's been destroyed in the Los
(13:04):
Padres National Forest of the Ventra County. Sheriff's Department says
it discovered twenty five hundred actively growing plants that could
have made about two million dollars worth of marijuana. Authority
say the evidence of the site indicates it was operated
by cartel Jalisco New Generation Lady Gaga is extending her
Mayhem Ball tour into twenty twenty six. She'll kick off
(13:25):
her tour dates in Glendale, Arizona. Gaga added eleven shows,
including two in La February eighteenth and nineteenth at the
Key of Form. Ticket presales start today. General on sales
starts September fifteenth. Okay, we asked you to hit us
up on the talk back and let us know what
you think about this. Better call Saul and breaking bad
(13:47):
actor who got arrested after he allegedly sprayed a couple
of women with a garden host while he was washing
his car outside his house. He says they were arrested
or they were arresting they were harassing him.
Speaker 5 (14:01):
What do you think? Justified? Not justified?
Speaker 10 (14:05):
I don't necessarily think he should go to jail, but
something should happened. You shouldn't she be able to do that.
You shouldn't be able to just do that. Man, you
just sprayed water on my wife. You're saying I would
have probably pointed him in his faith, would star or not?
Speaker 4 (14:21):
Now, you don't need to be arrested for supporting people.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
I did the same thing to.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
A neighbor that was harassing me and it shut him up.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
But he got a little excited.
Speaker 10 (14:30):
But it's just watered.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
Better off getting shot by water than it is by
a real gun.
Speaker 5 (14:36):
It's true.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
It's just a friendly way to tell people to back off.
Speaker 11 (14:41):
Good morning, Amy, This is Abby I think that if
the rules were reversed, he would not have she or
she would not have been arrested. If that's all he did,
spray a water hose. Yeah, that was a little far fit.
Speaker 5 (15:00):
Okay, I want to hear what you have to say.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
If you want to hit us up on the talk
back on the app, there's the microphone on the upper
right end corner of your screen.
Speaker 5 (15:07):
Look at us doing technology stuff.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
And speaking of technology stuff, we have the host of
Rich on Tech ONKFI, Rich Demiro, who's in Cooper Tino,
home of the Apple headquarters, following Apple's so called awe
dropping event.
Speaker 5 (15:21):
So the big question is was it aw dropping?
Speaker 3 (15:24):
Well? I think the iPhone Air is a pretty amazing
piece of technology. So yeah, I think they did a
pretty good job this year of giving customers what they want.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Okay, so tell us a little bit more. We know
that it's their newest, thinnest phone. Like, how thin is
it compared to like what I have sitting in my
hand right now.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Oh, it's thin. I mean it's really like it's almost
too thin where it's it's just disappears almost. I mean
it's like five point six millimeters, which is you know,
you put us side by side the typical phones, it's
like less than half. A lot of people are saying
it might be the precursor to their foldable phone, because
now they've proven that they can make side of a
(16:03):
phone this thin. So but the neat thing is, you know,
it has the features that you need, it's got the
great screen, it's kind of replacing the bus model. So
now you've got the iPhone seventeen, you've got the iPhone Air,
and then you've got the iPhone seventeen Pro. So the
Air is like right in the middle between sort of
the base model iPhone seventeen and then the top of
(16:24):
the line pro models.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Okay, and as far as like costs, are they going
to stay around the same or Yeah?
Speaker 3 (16:31):
That was quite interesting because we've heard so much talk
about tariffs and costs and price and obviously Apple sells
a lot of these phones, but prices pretty much stay
the same. So eight hundred dollars starting price for the
iPhone seventeen. Now the iPhone Air is brand new, so
we don't really have a price for that, but that's
one thousand dollars that they're going to sell it for
and then the top of the line. The pro phones,
(16:52):
they're going to sell for eleven hundred dollars starting. But
what Apple did was they made the base storage two
hundred and fifty six gigabyte across the board, so in
the past sometimes it was one hundred and twenty eight,
so they doubled the storage as well. Also, they improve
the cameras. All the screens got this new upgrade where
they're anti reflective, so that means they're going to be
easier to see in any sort of light, which is
(17:15):
really nice.
Speaker 5 (17:16):
That's going to be very cool.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Yeah, that's a great new feature because they had it
on the Samsung and people absolutely love it on the
Samsung because this makes a screen less reflective so it's
easier to see. Now on the Pro models, you get
eight times optical quality zoom, so that's up from five times.
And you know, they came out of the whole bunch
of accessories. I mean, they really just kind of paraded
(17:38):
us through the campus, showing off all the different ways
that they test these devices, make sure that they're high quality,
just continually improving pretty much every feature that the consumers
use on these devices, including we could talk about the
selfie cam if you want. They totally change for that work.
Speaker 5 (17:53):
That's the one I want to know about.
Speaker 3 (17:56):
Well, number one, they gave a wild figure five one
hundred billion selfies taken on iPhones last year. That's just
in one year.
Speaker 5 (18:04):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
So it goes to show you the scope of just
how many iPhones are out there in the world and
how many people are taking pictures. But now they made
the selfie camera a square sensor, So what does that mean.
It means that you no longer have to hold your
phone any particular way to take a selfie. The same
sensor can take a picture vertical, horizontal, one person, a
(18:27):
little bit zoomed in, or wide zoomed out for a
whole bunch of group people. So it uses AI to
sort of automatically adjust the frame depending on the orientation
of the phone and how many people are in the shot.
So you basically, if you like holding the phone up
and down, you can hold it that way. If you
like holding it horizontal like I do, you can still
hold it that way and take the exact same pictures.
(18:50):
It's it's pretty wild and it's a big shift from
what we're used to.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
It's going to help me out a lot. I am
not good at selfies, so I'm looking forward to that.
Speaker 5 (18:57):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
So then they also wanted to show that they've got
other stuff that they are updating, and that's the Apple
Watch in the AirPods.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Yeah, so the Apple Watch. The big headline there is
that all three Apple Watches, for the first time in
the same year, all got updates. So we're talking the
se three. That's the one that's really good for kids.
It's their base model Series eleven we're up to. So yes,
there's been eleven Apple Watches over the years, and then
the Ultra three, which is the high end one for
like you know, extreme sports, hiking stuff like that. The
(19:28):
big headline on the SC three is that it gets
always on display, so basically the display does not turn
off when you're not looking at it. It just stays
on all the time, which means it's just easier to
see what's on that display. The Series eleven and actually
all of them now get this the five G. So
that means you're going to get better coverage. I've been
talking about on my radio show. How you know, sometimes
(19:49):
the coverage in the Apple Watch is not very good
the reception. They finally fix that, hopefully with the five
G and then the Ultra Watch three. It's got a
bigger display in the same area, but it also has
satellite so if you like to go hiking, you like
to do stuff without your phone, you can still stay
in touch with satellites for emergencies or for texting anywhere
(20:10):
you are. And then there's more. Yeah, hypertension alerts are coming.
So now if you have high blood pressure, or you
might not even know you have high blood pressure, these
watches will tell you that. And you're getting a sleep score,
So you can wear these things at night and get
a sleep score to let you know how you're sleeping.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
So if you get really stressed out, it's going to
go beep, beep, beep, calm down.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
Well, it's not in real time, so it does it
over thirty days. So it's really They think they're going
to notify a million people in the first year that
have no idea they have high blood pressure, and so
it is a notification that says, hey, you might want
to talk to your doctor about this. That's going to
be scary for some people. It's going to be eye opening.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
Yeah, all right, and rich are you going to be
talking about this on your show this weekend or you
got other stuff planned.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Oh, I don't think I can talk about anything else.
I mean, there's so much. I'm literally drowning in Apple stuff.
I mean, if I mentioned the word android once on
this weekend show, that will be lucky, because there's just
so much to go through.
Speaker 5 (21:05):
Okay, so we got the tip of the iceberg.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
And you can hear more and more about the new
phones and the AirPods and the watches on rich On
Tech and it is Saturday from eleven to two right
here on KFI. Can also watch them on KTLA, follow
him on Instagram at rich on Tech, and then he
also puts everything that he talks about up on his
website rich on Tech dot TV.
Speaker 4 (21:26):
Thank you rich Thank you Amy.
Speaker 5 (21:28):
Have a great day, you too.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
The La City Council's instructed housing staff to facilitate know
your Rights training for all homelessness outreach staff. A day
after the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on so called roping
patrols for illegal immigration enforcement, council also requested a report
on a plan to distribute wallet sized cards to help
immigrants understand their rights when they're approached by federal officers.
(21:54):
A thirteen year old boy has been killed. Several others
were hurt in a shooting in Santa Anna. It happened
Monday night on South Susan Street. The thirteen year old
died at the scene. The others, who are fourteen, fifteen,
and sixteen, were taken to the hospital. Investigators say the
shooter or shooters took off before police got there.
Speaker 5 (22:12):
They also say it may have been gang related.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
An Eagles player has been fined fifty seven, two hundred
and twenty two dollars for spitting on Cowboys quarterback Dak.
Speaker 5 (22:22):
Prescott in the NFL season opener.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
That's about as much as the defensive tackle Jalen Carter
made for Game one of the season. Carter's expected to
be on the field when the Eagles faced the Kansas
City Chiefs in a Super Bowl rematch on Sunday.
Speaker 5 (22:37):
Coming up at six oh five, it is handle on
the news.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Governor Newsom says California is in crisis. Bill's gonna tell
you more about that. Also, we want to tell you
a little bit more about the incident that happened in
Silver Lake, where the Breaking Bad actor Raymond Cruz apparently
got some women a little bit wet with a garden
hose and we wanted to know what you think about
(23:04):
him being arrested for doing that.
Speaker 3 (23:09):
Hey, Amy, you're absolutely right.
Speaker 10 (23:11):
The Pit is an excellent show to binge my concerns
that season two will involve trap.
Speaker 5 (23:18):
Hold on a second, that's the wrong one. That's from
like last week. Old Please, we have.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
A lot of computer stuff going on, we do, and
I'm trying to do this on the fly.
Speaker 5 (23:31):
Let's see modified date breaking? Bad?
Speaker 6 (23:35):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (23:35):
I should I should pay attention? Okay, should he have
been arrested, that's the big question.
Speaker 7 (23:40):
Maybe he shouldn't have been arrested, but he should be
fined for wasting water?
Speaker 11 (23:47):
Yes, good morning. I'd like to hear the whole story.
Who are these women and why were they harassing him?
Speaker 3 (23:55):
Thank you Amy, good morning.
Speaker 4 (23:59):
Yeah, spraying women like that with water can be very dangerous,
as we all remember from Wizard of.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
Oz, wishes die from water.
Speaker 4 (24:10):
So yeah, it's serious, all right, all right.
Speaker 5 (24:15):
All right, so we're gonna now move on. But I
love that.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
I don't know, It's like, I can't imagine that he's
going to actually be charged. I would think that they'll
throw it out. But apparently the women called police after
he sprayed them. Allegedly and they arrested him. He'll be
out and he'll be back in court soon.
Speaker 5 (24:35):
On it. What am I on?
Speaker 1 (24:45):
I'm on the stream, movies, TV shows, documentaries, you name it.
I'll watch it, even ones that I really didn't like,
like last week it was too much, didn't like it
at all. So this week I am on Strange New
World Words. It's on Paramount Plus. Yeah, and I had
watched the first two season. Season three is out now
(25:06):
and the finale actually drops tomorrow. For season three, I
have to tell you, I am loving this version of
Star Trek. It's Captain Pike's time as the captain, obviously,
but it has a lot of the familiar faces. It's
got James T. Kirk, who is not the Captain of
the Enterprise yet, Spock Uhura, Scottie, Nurse Chapel. So there's
(25:32):
the familiar faces beginnings, yeah, and then there's some some
new ones. And I think that this series does an
amazing job of paying homage to the old series.
Speaker 5 (25:45):
But with a new twist.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
And even in the episode that that I watched last night,
which is the one before the finale, it took a
turn at the end that made reference to the original
Star Trek series that they did it brilliantly, and you go,
and it's so fun when they tie that in, and
they do it several times throughout the season and you go, oh,
I remember that, and they just put a new spin
(26:07):
on it. So obviously there's Captain Pike, so there's the prequel.
It does make reference to the downfall of Pack Captain Pike,
which happens early on in the original series, before Captain
Kirk even gets command of the Enterprise, So you know
that Captain Pike does not have a great ending. But
so the series is all about this and he knows
(26:28):
about it, and they tell you about that right on
in the beginning of the series. But and it's really
interesting too, because this show alternates between exploring new worlds
to fighting with and trying to maintain peace to just
absolute absurdity.
Speaker 6 (26:43):
Yes, a lot of that, and.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
It alternates, Like the episode last night was very serious
and actually I was like started crying during it because
it was it reminded me of kind of what's going
on in the world and you're like, can't people just
get along? And is there really a prospect for peace?
And the way that they handled it was so amazing.
I thought it was just it was beautiful and tragic
at the same time. And then they do this absurd
(27:06):
stuff and then they do a parody of themselves during
the show, and it's just a really, really fun watch.
And I'm guessing that I reference that they reference back
to the old show, like sometimes they play the theme
from the original show or something like that and you go, oh,
that's familiar. I'm guessing there are a lot more Easter
eggs that I didn't even get. But if you're a
(27:28):
super fan, I'm sure you will. If you're a super fan,
you probably already watched it. I'm a Treki, always have been,
and I really really liked this one. I think it's
just it's a lot of fun. It's a lot of fun.
And again, the series finale, I don't know if it's
a series finale, it's a season finale is tomorrow night.
Speaker 5 (27:46):
I don't know if.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
There's I think there's five seasons planned.
Speaker 5 (27:49):
Oh well, that's good news.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
Then, okay, so the season three finale is tomorrow, so
I have one left to go, and I think that
I'm on it, and I think you should be too.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
S No Kono referenced to Captain Picard of the Next Generation.
I went in and protested. I said, James T. Kirk,
and he said, oh, you just called yourself old. I'm like, oh, oh, no,
you didn't.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Well, but I just went and watched the original series.
I never saw the obviously into the original series when
it first aired.
Speaker 5 (28:19):
But I've watched the original.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Series several times and they're not referencing Picard very much,
I will tell you, but they do, and they make
they totally make fun of Captain Kirk.
Speaker 5 (28:28):
It's so much fun. It's so much fun.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
All right, h Wow, we're running short on time, but
it is time to get in your business with Bloomberg's
Courtney Donahoe.
Speaker 5 (28:35):
Morning, Courtney, good morning.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Okay, let's get right into its maker of ozempic is
cutting jobs.
Speaker 7 (28:43):
Yes, Novo Nordisk. They pioneered the market for obesity drugs.
Speaker 5 (28:48):
With ozempic and we Gov.
Speaker 7 (28:49):
However, they lost their lead in the American market Eli
Lilly came in with zep Bound and Mount Jarrow.
Speaker 5 (28:56):
Novo's also struggling.
Speaker 7 (28:58):
To deal with all the cheaper copycat versions of its medications,
for example, from Hims and Hers, so as it fights
to regain its footing, it needs to focus. So the
drug giant is slashing nine thousand jobs globally. They say
they're working to simplify the organization and they want to
improve its speed and decision making.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
Okay, So it's not because fewer people are using those drugs.
Speaker 5 (29:20):
It's just that there's more of those drugs on the market.
Speaker 7 (29:22):
No, and they made a couple of missteps all along
the way. And again why Eli Lilly ended up taking over.
So they need to rethink themselves. They're a Danish company
and they said they were bloated for a long time.
A lot of analysts that focused on the company said
Eli Lilly did a lot better with a lot fewer employees.
So Novo Nordisk is kind of coming in line with
(29:43):
what Eli Lilly is doing.
Speaker 5 (29:44):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Diamond says, watch out, the economy
is getting weaker.
Speaker 7 (29:51):
Yes, and why investors care about what he says and
they pay attention to his views is due to his
long tenure at the biggest bank in the country. So
more bad news in the labor market has him warning
that the American economy is battling a slowdown. Yesterday, we
got a report that revealed a downward revision to pass
jobs numbers so the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They said
(30:13):
employers added nine hundred eleven thousand fewer jobs than originally
reported in the year through March. So Diamond told the
NBC that the report confirms that the economy's weakening. But
whether or not we're on the way to a recession
or just weakening that we're seeing right now, he said,
he doesn't know.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Okay, getting in your business like we do every weekday
with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho. Thank you, Courtney. We'll talk to
you tomorrow and give you a little more time. See
you later, Okay. Clean up efforts continue after dozens of
cargo containers fell off a Coast Guard ship at the
Board of Los Angeles. It wasn't a Coast Guard ship.
It was a ship that was incoming from China. About
twenty containers fell into the harbor, another fifty onto the deck.
(30:53):
Some hit an anti pollution boat called Stacks. Two terminal
operations remained suspended. AUTH already say it could take weeks
to clean up the containers, and La County Council employees
has been charged with felony hate crimes for allegedly sending
death threats to an Asian coworker. Prosecutor say Bavin Patel
left threats on his coworker's desk at least three times.
(31:15):
Patel could face more than thirteen years in prison if convicted.
The Supreme Court's going to hear arguments on whether tariffs
implemented by President Trump are legal. The High Court agreed
to look at two different cases. One covers an appeals
court ruling late last month that said the President exceeded
his authority. The other is a challenge by two companies.
The tariffs will stay in place until the court makes
the decision. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Stephen
(31:40):
portnoy So. Stephen, the Department of Justice has gotten involved
in a murder case in North Carolina.
Speaker 9 (31:47):
How come well, because I think it's gotten a great
deal of national attention in recent days. We're talking about
the stabbing death of Irena Zurutzka, who was killed on
a metro transit train in Charlotte, North Carolina, last month.
The video released earlier this week, and the President just
in the last few minutes has been posting about it
(32:08):
on social media. Yesterday, the Justice Department filed federal charges
against the suspect to Carlos Brown, Junior. The charge comes
out of the Patriot Act that post nine to eleven
strengthening of the terrorism laws. It allows prosecutors to pursue
the death penalty. Now, typically a deadly stabbing seemingly committed
at random would not be pursued by federal prosecutors. That
(32:31):
would be viewed as a state crime. But in this case,
the Justice Department says that this is the kind of
thing even though only one person died that and only
one person was targeted, it seems this is the kind
of thing that Congress had in mind when it wrote
the statute. No, I think defense lawyers will probably have
a mind to challenge that. They'll also have a mind,
(32:51):
certainly to challenge the idea that this is a death
penalty eligible case. And the reason I say that is
that we're talking about a man who certainly was a
repeat offender in and out of jail more than a
dozen times arrested, but he also had been diagnosed with schizophrenia,
and the Supreme Court in nineteen eighty six ruled that
(33:12):
persons who have mental illness are not necessarily eligible for
the death penalty, and it's case by case. It depends
on whether the person is mentally competent to stand trial,
and that will be a question that I think will
be addressed in court. But this idea that he's up
for the death penalty, I think is not cut and dry.
Speaker 5 (33:30):
Okay, And the the video.
Speaker 1 (33:33):
Shows what happened like leading up to the stabbing, and
then more video was released yesterday showing him walking away
and the woman collapsing.
Speaker 5 (33:44):
I mean, it's just tragic showing it.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
I'm just wondering if that is going to play into
whether he's prosecuted or not, or does some sort of
a guilty plea, or whether, like you said, if he's schizophrenic,
can he even stand trial.
Speaker 9 (34:00):
The fact that he commit allegedly committed this murder means
that certainly it will be prosecuted and they'll have to
be in adjudication of it. The state would operate on
a separate track from the federal prosecution, and the federal
government says it's going to take this case and wants
national attention drawn to the fact that it's taken this case.
The President, as I say, in the last few minutes,
has been talking about it. I think Ultimately, it is
(34:23):
a terrible, horrible thing that we all fear, this idea that,
you know, when we're in a public place, that some
person who's disturbed could attack any one of us. And
that is why this has become a flashpoint. The President
and fellow Republicans argue that this is a function of
(34:44):
the permissiveness that Democrats take toward the judicial system generally,
this idea that people who are mentally ill should be
treated and released and should not be institutionalized or otherwise.
You know, why was this person arrested so many times
and still.
Speaker 5 (35:03):
Able to walk the streets?
Speaker 9 (35:04):
Well, obviously, you know, nothing is simple, and you have
to dig into the individual case and the individual circumstances.
And I believe the most recent arrest was in January
this year for a misdemeanor, and each crime has to
be adjudicated separately, And yes, certainly you can look at it.
You know, again, you have to look at the individual circumstances.
I have no idea, frankly, what judges in North Carolina
(35:26):
did with this man or why, But as we zoom
out look at it from a national standpoint, this is
an example that Republicans are trying to draw attention to.
In fact, the congressional delegation from North Carolina on the
Republican side is aiming to have a news conference today
to talk about this issue because it happens that the
former governor Roy Cooper, who's a Democrat and popular in
(35:48):
that state, hopes to run for the Senate next year,
and they hope the Republicans hope to use this case
against him politically. That's the clinical observation that I'll make
from this distance. I think that ultimately it is a
viability for Democrats because frankly, you know, they do argue
for treatment rehabilitation, and they're going to have to defend
(36:10):
their own position on this against a pretty effective argument
that you know, this should not have happened and could
have perhaps been prevented.
Speaker 1 (36:19):
All right, and Stephen Portnoy, thanks so much for the information.
I know, you know there are stabbings and shootings on
the metro line here in LA all the time, and
it's just it's awful, and it's just it's a reminder,
it's it's a reason I don't write it. But anyway,
thanks a lot for the information. How do you feel
about the actor from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
(36:43):
being arrested for spring women with a garden hose.
Speaker 5 (36:48):
We asked you to weigh in on the talkback.
Speaker 12 (36:51):
I feel like both parties should have been arrested. Yeah,
not just him, you know, because there's always three stories.
There's his story, their story, and the truth. So it
doesn't sound like the girls got arrested. But I do
believe they should have been arrested and questioned and then
(37:16):
determined the situation.
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Yep, but it was just him arrested. It'll be interesting
to see how this all plays out. But thanks for
your thoughts and your comments. If you'd want a wigh in,
of course I'll listen to them, but it'll be off
the air because well, wake Up Call is pretty much
done for the day. That's our Wednesday edition. Thanks so
much for joining us. This is k KFI and KOs
(37:38):
t HD two Los Angeles, Orange County, live from the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
Speaker 5 (37:43):
I'm Amy King.
Speaker 1 (37:43):
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