November 12, 2025 • 39 mins
Amy King hosts your Wednesday Wake Up Call. ABC News correspondent Sam Sweeney opens the show talking about more flight cancellations. KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Rich talks about Apple’s new iPhone Pocket, Amazon’s auto-buy feature, and gadgets that protect. On this week’s edition of ‘Amy’s on It’ she reviews Slow Horses now streaming on Apple TV+.. Denise Pelegrini from Bloomberg Media joins the show to give a business and stock market update. The show closes with Amy talking with ABC News national reporter Steven Portnoy talking about the government funding bill heading to the House.
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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 app.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
KFI and kost HB two, Los Angeles, Orange County.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy Kick.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
This is your wake up call for Wednesday, November twelfth.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
I'm Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. It's five o'clock.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
Straight up. I'm lucky to be here. My coffee pot broke.
I have one of those. It's this cute, little like
four cup coffee pot.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Because I don't need a lot, but I love having
fresh coffee first thing when I get up in the morning.
So I set the timer and I get up and
I smell the coffee and I go, ah, another day, right, even.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
Though that happens at two thirty in the morning.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Well, some went wrong today because it's broken, and I
tried to fix it. Well, you know, turn it back
off and then turn it on. That's the extent of
how I fix it.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
It's broken. They have a lifetime for it's broken. Also, yesterday,
when I was coming home, this was so cool.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
There was a Shinnock helicopter like flying kind of over
my house and I was like, Oh, it's probably headed
over to the Santa Monica Peer because it was doing
a flyover for the Veterans Day celebrations. And I was thinking, God,
you know what, it's so cool that they had all
those celebrations. Love to see our vets honored. And I
didn't say it yesterday. So thank you to my uncle David,
to my uncle Roger, and to my baby brother Rob
(01:36):
for your service. Here's what's ahead on wake up call.
More than eighty flights had to be delayed at LAX.
Over fifty were canceled as the government shut down continues.
The House is getting ready to vote on a Senate
passed plan to end the government shut down that should
happen sometime today. Flights were affected at Burbank Long Beach
in John Wayne Airports yesterday, although the number of delays
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and cancelations was down from the weekend. Several hours of
heavy rains expected to roll into southern California. The National
Weather Services an atmospheric river is expected to bring up
to four inches of rain to some areas by tomorrow afternoon.
Downtowna Lake could see its most rain in a month.
A woman who escaped into Mexico following a three hour
(02:18):
police chase from one thousand Oaks to the border, has
been arrested. The HP says the woman got away after
crossing the border on Monday. She was taken into custody
yesterday when she tried to cross back into the US
at the Santy Cedro Board port of entry.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Apparently she turned herself in.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
The shutdown may almost be over, but those flight cancelations
I just mentioned and delays continue. ABC's Sam Sweeney's gonna
join us in just a couple of minutes to give
us the latest, see if they're getting worse or better,
and when they might end. As Stephen Portnoy's gonna let
us know what's next and whether there might be any
defectors that could prevent the House from passing the bill
to end the shutdown. It's entering its seventh week today,
(02:59):
And just like Granny used to make a knitted iPhone cover,
it's all the rage, Katie Las. Tech reporter Rich Demro's
going to tell us about that and also protecting the
things and people you care about with high tech that's
come out up at five twenty And as you speed
through the stream, you're going to want to hold your
horses and slow down for this one.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Amy's on it coming up this hour.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The government shut
down now closer to an end, as the House prepares
to vote on legislation to reopen the governor government. The
Senate approved the deal earlier this week, but ABC's j
O'Brian says the bill does not extend the expiring Affordable
Care Act subsidies that Democrats demanded.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
House Freedom Caucus has been signaling this is a win.
Democrats are whipping against this, but right now, if Johnson
can hold House Republicans together, he won't need Democratic votes
to get this over the goal line.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
House Speaker Johnson has told lawmakers to get back to
DC and a vote on the measures expected this afternoon.
The driver of a Toyota Prius has been killed when
they rear ended a big rig and became pinned underneath
it in Sunland. The SHP says the crash happened shortly
after two this morning on the two ten, just east
of Sunland Foothill Boulevard. The mother of a nine year
(04:16):
old girl missing from Lumpope in Santa Barbara County has
been charged with false imprisonment. She's due to be arragned today.
Authority say Ashley Buzzard held a man captive in her
home last week after she allegedly gave him sensitive information.
Her daughter, Melody, hasn't been seen since mid October, and
the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office's mom will not answer
(04:37):
questions about where Melody is. Trump administration is moving to
open California's coast to offshore oil drilling for the first
time in decades.
Speaker 6 (04:46):
A draft five year plan reviewed by The Washington Post
outlined six proposed lease sales between twenty twenty seven and
twenty thirty off the California coast, along with new drilling
areas in the Gulf of America and Alaska. The plan
would reverse long standing res restrictions that expand oil development
into regions that have been off limits since the nineteen eighties.
California leaders are already vowing to fight the move, citing
(05:08):
environmental risks and the state's commitment to clean energy. Daniel
Martindale caf I News.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
The Hollywood Bowl stage has been dedicated to legendary composer
John Williams. Ninety three year old Williams was honored in
a private ceremony. It culminated with the new stage signage.
Williams has been performing his iconic movie themes at the
Bowl for years, including Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark,
Jurassic Park, and.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
Of course Star Wars.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
This was the first time the Bull has awarded such
an honor. If you haven't seen John Williams at the
Hollywood Bowl, it is.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
It is legendary. It's just spectacular.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Let's say good morning now to ABC. Last week, just
Sam Sweeney.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Sam.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
The Senate has passed a funding bill. The House could
vote on it today, all signs pointing to the President
immediately signing it.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
But even if the shutdown.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Ends today, travelers are still seeing that six percent reduction
in air traffic.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
So let's get the latest on that.
Speaker 7 (06:13):
And that's six percent is going to remain. It's actually
going to jump to eight percent and ten percent by Friday.
The Department of Transportation says that they will not get
rid of that cap until they are fully confident that
the system can handle the additional flights. We've seen mass
stickouts across the entire country. From air traffic controllers. Yesterday
was the first good day we've had in several days.
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On Saturday, we had eighty one staffing shortages at centers
across the country. Yesterday we had just four. So the
message is out that there is hope that these controllers
are going to get paid if the House does vote
and the government does reopen tomorrow. But as you said,
it's still going to last several more days once that
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cap is released, when the Transportation Department is comfortable that
it's going to take airline base to get their planes
and their crews back into place, the flights back on
the schedules, and then passengers notified. So we're going to
still see hiccups for probably at least another week once
the government does reopen.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Okay, and then Sam, you mentioned that the number of
affected airports yesterday was much lower, and is was that
because the air traffic controllers said, Okay, we're moving toward
the government reopening, so we're going to stop calling out
sick and just go back.
Speaker 7 (07:28):
Yes So, you know, they had those pre planned cancelations
in place where you know yesterday were taking out six
percent of the flight so people who are on those
flights they were notified at least a day, sometimes two
days or three days in advance, so there wasn't chaos
from that at the airports. It's those last minute cancelations
that get people. And you know, sometimes these air traffic
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controllers are calling in in the afternoon and they don't
know in the morning that they're going to call in sick,
and you don't know where it's going to happen, so
you have those last minute cancelations. But we didn't see
that yesterday because most of them did come to work, okay, And.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Then let's talk talk about the catching up, because even
if all the air traffic controllers went back to work,
say the vote happens today and the President signs it tonight,
even if they all showed up for work tomorrow, that
doesn't alleviate the log jam and the backup from all
the cancelations. So it really becomes it really is up
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to the air lines then to get everything back on track.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Right.
Speaker 7 (08:27):
Yes, but first the Department of Transportation has to release
that ten percent cap and until that happens, the airlines
can even begin the restart process of rebalancing their system
and getting their planes and their flights back on the schedule,
so we have to wait for DOT to make that call.
That it is stated that they do have enough controllers
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and that they're confident that the system can handle the
additional flights.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Okay, so we still could be a few days away
from that even happening. And then let's see, Thanksgiving is
just over two weeks away. Has anybody said, hey, if
it ends now, we can get things back on track
and be normal for Thanksgiving, that that's.
Speaker 7 (09:08):
The goal, and that you know, that's where they believe.
If the government opened tonight or tomorrow, it could take
about a week to get everything back to normal. You know,
in the first day or two you will see a
significant improvement, obviously, but it'll take at least five to
seven days to get fully back to where we were
pre shutdown. And you know that of course brings us
(09:29):
up to Thanksgiving week. But we'll be good for Thanksgiving
if it does open in the next few days.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
Okay, Well, we'll keep our fingers crossed. ABC. Sam Sweeney,
thanks so much for the update.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Thank you for all right, let's get back to some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. The Supreme Court has extended an order that
allows the Trump administration to withhold full snap payments.
Speaker 8 (09:49):
Last week, Justice Katanji Brown Jackson issued an administrative stay
that blocked a lower court order requiring the administration to
make the payments. Tuesday's ruling extends that stay through Thursday,
come as a spending bill that would reopen the federal
government is set to be voted on in the House.
The bill would provide full funding force net benefits through
next September and keeps most of the government running on
a short term basis through January thirtieth. Mark Mayfield Kofive News.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
President Trump says the US needs the HB one skilled
worker visa program because the country doesn't have enough talented
people to fill jobs that require certain skills. He told
Fox News, you can't take people off an unemployment line
and then just put them in a factory making missiles.
As an example, he noted a raid in September on
a battery factory in Georgia where authorities had deported hundreds
(10:36):
of South Koreans, saying you're going to need those workers.
New York City mayor elect Zoron Mom Donnie plans to
reach out to President Trump in the coming days He
says he wants to talk about lowering the cost of
living and delivering cheaper groceries to the people of New
York City with the president mom Donnie's going to be
sworn in January first. Millions of Americans are dealing with
(10:59):
howling winds and white out conditions as an early punch
of winter coal moves over the East Coast. Meteorologist Lee
Goldberg says it's bringing with it the first major snow
of the season.
Speaker 6 (11:09):
Could weather warnings in Georgia and into Florida will still
feel subfreezing wind chills in the twenties.
Speaker 8 (11:14):
From the Great Lakes all the way into the northeast.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
West Virginia has had more than a foot of snow
and blizzard like conditions. Hundreds of Paramount employees are opting
out of returning to work.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
According to a presentation for company shareholders, starting in January,
the media conglomerate plans to bring staffers from all departments
back to the office in person, five days a week.
Employees in Paramount's Los Angeles and New York hub at
the vice president level and below were offered the option
of a voluntary severance package if they're unable or unwilling
to return to the office full time. The company said
the directive is aimed at unlocking Paramount's full potential, and
(11:50):
approximately six hundred employees chose the severance package over returning.
Mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
News brought to you by ruterhroo dot com. If you
need to just let it all out, there's a club
for that.
Speaker 9 (12:03):
The founder of the Scream Club says it's a wellness community,
but not necessarily therapy. Manny Hernandez has screaming does calm
your nervous system and gives you a cathartic feeling. You
do need to sign a waiver that says risks in
clue but are not limited to emotional distress, vocal strain,
or accidental injury. Hernandez says if yoga therapy, meditation, or
even going to protest Saint cutting it, then primal screen
(12:23):
therapy in a structured public setting with like minded stresses
could be the release and reset for the mind and
body you need. The group began last winter in Chicago,
when it's expanded to weather cities, but none in La yet.
Michael Krozier k if I need, I can't think of
anyone who needs it more exactly.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
The House expected to vote today on the Senate passed
funding build that would end the government shutdown. The shutdown
that has left about forty two million people without full
snap benefits and grounded thousands of flights because of staffing
shortages is entering its seventh week it started October first.
LA City Council will consider approving a resolution to formally
oppose the Dodger Stadium Gondola. Metro approved the project that
(13:06):
would connect Union Station to Dodgers Stadium with a gondola
that would travel over neighborhoods, but LA's Park Alliances filed
a lawsuit against it. A candlelight vigils being held tonight
at coult State Fullerton for a woman's soccer player who
died more than a month after she was hit by
a box truck. Lauren Turner died Friday, about six weeks
(13:27):
after she and a teammate were hit by the truck
while riding scooters. Turner's teammate, Ashlyn Gwynn, was seriously hurt
but survived.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
At six oh five. It's handle on the news, of course, we'll.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Be talking about the government potentially reopening. I'm sure Bill
will have plenty to say about that. Let's say good
morning now to the host of Rich on Tech on KFI.
It's KTLA's tech reporter Rich DeMuro.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Morning, Rich, good morning to you Amy.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Okay, so, just like Grandma used to make a knitted
iPhone cover, isn't that sweet?
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Yeah, but it didn't cost this much. So this is
called the iPhone pocket. It looks like a sock with
an opening in the middle. You can wear it over
your shoulder, you can tie it, you can sling it whatever.
It's stretchy. It's one hundred and fifty to two hundred
and thirty dollars for a sock that holds your iPhone.
Speaker 4 (14:21):
And it really I just I just brought it up it. Yeah,
it just looks like a sock.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
That's crazy. It actually reminds me of back in the day,
they used to have these little socks for your it's funny, okay,
two things. They used to have a sock for your
iPod or maybe it was your eye. I think it
was the iPod back in the day, which I had.
There were these colorful little socks. They were great because
you could just stash your iPod in there. I still carry,
you know, I'm always carrying a bunch of phones that
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I'm testing. I actually use socks to carry those phones
because if you put them next to each other, they
will scratch the camera will scratch the screen of the
other device if you stack them on top. So I've
long used socks. But guess what. The socks that I
use are like free. I get them from like companies
that just you know, they give out like socks, and
I'm like, oh cool, I can use this. So this
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is one hundred and fifty dollars for the short strap,
two hundred thirty dollars for the long strap. They launch
on Friday at Apple stores, and Apple says it's a
beautiful new way to carry your iPhone, your air pods,
and your everyday items. Perfect for the holiday gift season.
You know, look, this is America. We've run out of
things to buy. That's the bottom line here.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
I just would like to tell anybody who is buying
me a Christmas present, I would.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
Not like this for Christmas.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
What I know, Will's bombed he was going to get
it from me. It's interesting because, like I do think
that we need to figure out a way to carry
our iPhones that's practical, Like when I travel to Europe,
every back pocket. Well, but if you don't have pockets,
if you're wearing a skirt, you're not wearing a skirt,
but if you're wearing a skirt or something like that.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
And in Europe almost.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Everybody had their phones on like strings or like a.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
La those already, yes, and you can get those already,
and they're much cheaper, and Apple has that too. But
here's the deal. So if you want, I mean, maybe
this is the perfect solution because people do need a
way to carry their phone. And you know yet, you're right,
I have a back pocket. I would also say, when
I'm traveling, the back pocket is tricky because someone can
easily take your phone out of your back pocket versus
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something like this. But again, and by the way, I
wasn't going to try to pronounce that it's uh Miyaka
Miyaki from the Japanese fashion house.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Yeah, well, I think you did a lovely job. I mean,
they come in pretty colors, but yeah, that's a.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Pretty it's a pretty big it's it's designer, so that's why.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
And it's not like the cases that you have where
you can still use the phone.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
It's literally stuck down in a sock. You have to
pull it out.
Speaker 7 (16:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (16:54):
Interesting, all right.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
I can't wait to see the first person having this
in real life.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
You know we're going to see them. We are in la.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Amazon's got to be auto by feature, So tell us
about this one.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
Okay, which surface sounds dangerous.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
It is very dangerous, but also very cool because you're
basically naming your own price for items. So Amazon basically
quietly rolled this out. It's called auto Buy. It's for
Prime members. You have to use Rufus, which is their
AI assistant on the app. Apparently alexaplus will do the
same thing. I've only tested the app, but basically, when
you're on a product, you tap that little rufous icon
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and you say buy this when the price drops below
one hundred dollars or when it's twenty percent off, and
literally Rufus the AI will watch the prices every half
an hour and check, and then it will just buy
it for you if the price drops to what you want.
So it's almost like Priceline back in the day, except
with anything on Amazon. And so I have of course set
a whole bunch of things. I'm like, cool, if this
thing drops below twenty dollars, I'll buy it, but I
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don't have to watch it anymore. So this is available
if you want to se my video on it. By
the way, I did it on Instagram at Ridge on
Tech because it's kind of tough to understand. But yes,
Amazon can just buy stuff for you. Now.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
That could be again, either very fun on Black Friday,
or you might get yourself a nice little five thousand
dollars credit card bill.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
Yeah, you might just forget about all the You know,
you could have two hundred active requests at any time,
and I've already forgotten did I set that up? Did
I not? I know I have one for sure. I
don't know if I set up the other one. But yeah,
you're gonna just start getting stuff mailed to your house
and you're like, oh, forgot I ordered that, which happens anyway, right,
I know I.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Already have that problem, like what did I order? Why
do I have a package sitting out front? Okay, and
before we let you go, gadgets to protect what you
care about?
Speaker 4 (18:42):
I love this.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
Yes, I got three gadgets today featuring on KTLA number
one a fingerprint padlock. This is a guy who is
on Shark Tank. It's called the Benji lock. It's brilliant.
It's just a padlock with a fingerprint, so you just
have you know, you use your fingerprint to unlock it,
so you can't forget your combination. A little pricey eighty bucks,
but it is pretty cool. Life three sixty has a
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new pet GPS tracker which uses GPS, Cellular, Bluetooth, and
Wi Fi, which means you're gonna be able to find
your pet for up to two weeks with cellular, up
to six months in lost pet mode. And it's only
fifty bucks, which is kind of cool. And then I've
got a security camera called the Ulticam Dot which runs
on four DOAA batteries and no subscription necessary. That's going
to be seventy dollars. Put it anywhere you want to
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monitor something, okay.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
So like if you wanted to take it with you
to a hotel, you could.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
Yeah, a lot of people they feel secure putting that
in their hotel so they know if anyone came in
their room or whatever.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
And then going back to the GPS pet tracker really quick,
is that a caller or is that hookup to the
microchip or how does that work?
Speaker 3 (19:46):
It goes on their caller. So, and it's by the way,
it's from Life three sixty, which they make tile. They're
like well known for tracking devices and their app is
really good for tracking family members. So they did a
really good job. This little thing is great. Like every
time I leave my house, it's like, you know, with
the trackers I've been testing it, it's like I name
my pet Bud. It's like budd has left your house.
I'm like, oh, okay, I love it.
Speaker 4 (20:07):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
So you can get more information about all the things
we just talked about in a whole lot more when
you check out Rich's website, it's.
Speaker 4 (20:15):
Richon Tech dot TV.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
You can follow him on Instagram at rich on tech
and you can see him do that Amazon by feature. Also,
you can listen to him live right here on KFI.
It's Rich on Tech every Saturday from eleven to two.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
Thank you, Rich, Thanks Amy.
Speaker 4 (20:31):
All Right, have a great week.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
The incoming storm has caused Mammoth Mountain to push back
its opening day for the new ski season. The resort
says the official opening day will now be Saturday, November fifteenth.
The storm's expected to move into Ventura and La Counties tomorrow.
In Soak southern California. The National Weather Services says some
areas could see up to five inches of rain. The
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Long Beach City Council is considering a temporary curfew for
bars in the Belmont Shore area.
Speaker 4 (20:59):
It's an f to fight a recent spike in crime.
The council discussed several options last night.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
People who live in the Belmont Shore area say the
popular bar and restaurant scene can contribute to the economy,
but it's also drawing unwanted behavior from visitors. A bar
curfew would cut off alcohol service at around midnights. At
a two am, police continued to search for an inmate
who walked away from the Francisquito Conservation Camp Sunday night.
(21:25):
The Chilean National Police are looking for burglarized a home
in San Juan Capistrano and injured a driver in a
car crash. The conservation camp uses inmates to help fight
fires and do other work on public lands. Today's the
day to celebrate the ninety nine percent who dislike this.
Speaker 10 (21:41):
Pizza topping and chovi's on pizza are traditional in Italy.
The fish are readily available, inexpensive, and Italians are used
to eating them. Here in the States, none of that applies.
In fact, one pole shows only one percent of the
population of the US actually like Sanchoby's on pizza. So
today on National Pizza with the works excess anchovies. Go
for other Italian favorites. Try Perscudo sausage basil on Leak
(22:05):
of the Fish off bree Tennis KFI News.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
I totally agree. My mom loves anchovies on pizza. She's
the only one I know.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
When I was a kid, I worked in the pizza place.
And you can't get that smell out of your fingers
like it would get in your fingers.
Speaker 4 (22:17):
I know it. I still smell it this morning.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Up to four inches of rain speaking of could fall
in higher elevations of southern California as a fast moving
atmospheric river moves in.
Speaker 4 (22:29):
Why do they have to name all these storms?
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Forecasters say The storm is expected to arrive tomorrow, a
chance of rain will continue through at least Saturday afternoon.
There's a risk of flooding and debris flows in the
canyons and burn areas. Strong winds also expected in the
Grapevine and in Lancaster, Santa Clarita and on the coast
in Redondo Beach. The US Department of Justice is going
to investigate the violent protests that broke out on the
(22:52):
UC Berkeley campus during a Turning Point USA event. Protesters
clashed with people attending the event Monday night. DOJSA is
going to look into how the university handled it and
whether any free speech or anti discrimination laws were violated.
Trump administration is put forward a plan to drill Baby
Drill off the coast of California. The five year plan
(23:12):
would lease existing sites that have been off limits since
the nineteen eighties. California leaders are already vowing to fight it,
citing environmental risks and the state's commitment to clean energy.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
Amy's on it, AMI's on, It's on, Its on it?
Speaker 4 (23:35):
What am I on?
Speaker 1 (23:36):
I'm on the stream because there's so much to watch,
although I have to admit I'm like going, is there
anything new? I know Stranger Things debuts it soon, and
there's some other ones that are starting. But I'm worried
I'm going to run out, which is ridiculous because you
just start flipping around and you find stuff, but it's
finding the good stuff, and so hopefully I can help
(23:56):
you navigate that and find the good stuff and I
have to play.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
This one just again.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
So it's Slow Horses on Apple TV, and it's one
of the only shows that I watch that I actually
play the intro.
Speaker 4 (24:12):
You know how you can skip through the intro. I
love this song. It's What's Jackob How Came Man?
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Anyway, it's the season finale of season five just dropped,
so it's only six episodes for this season, and that's
pretty much the only thing that I find disappointing about
Slow Horses this year. The story is based on five
agents and the UK and they're in the Slow House
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because they've messed up, like they're the Island of Misfit Toys.
They've all done some bad stuff and so they don't
fire them, but they move them over to Slow House,
so they're not with m I five, but they're not
fired from m I five. So their leader is Jackson
Lamb again played by Gary Oldman fabulously. Kristen Scott Thomas
plays one of the heads I five and then James
(25:02):
Callous is Claude Whalin or Wheelan, and you recognize him
because he was one of Bridget Jones's friends Tom from
the Bridget Jones's Diaries, like one hundred years ago, so
you think of him as this quirky cookie guy, but
in this show he's a little bit shady and he's deceptive,
(25:22):
and he plays a really good, good bad guy. And
by now, if you've watched any of Slow Horses, you
know who's good and who's bad. But the lines of
good and bad are still constantly blurred, kind of keeps
you guessing. And of course you're dealing with a spy
agency and some pretty cagy characters. It is dark, lots
of violence, some quirky humor, lots of action, but not
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so much that it's too hard to follow. And this
season is really riveting. The bad guys are trying to
destabilize society, tear it apart, and they have a perfect
plan to do it, or do they, And just when
you think the gang at Slow House figures it out,
another monkey wrench is thrown in. I had to watch
one week at a time. Drove me crazy. I like
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to binge watch these things. And again it's only six episodes,
so binge away and then great news, there will be
a season six and season six apparently has already been filmed.
Speaker 4 (26:20):
Ooh nice, right, so it's going to come out sometime
next year.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
The show, unlike many others, it still feels new and
interesting and unpredictable, and it leaves you wanting more, which
is unlike a show that I'm going to tell you
about next week that I really think has jumped the shark.
I think it's time for it to go away. But
right now I'm on slow Horses, and I think you
should be on it too, because it is a good one.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
Again. It's on Apple TV. Okay, time to.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Get in your business with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini, as we
do every weekday.
Speaker 4 (26:52):
Denise.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
A new study Good Morning says LA is one of
the best sports cities in the whole wide world.
Speaker 11 (26:58):
Yet I don't know why we need these studies me
to tell us what we already know. But wallet hub
says Los Angeles is one of the top sports cities
in the country. Basketball and soccer ranked number one, baseball
ranked number two, football number seven, hockey number eighteenth. Wallet
Hub looked at fifty metrics, including proximity to stadiums, affordability,
of course, enthusiasm of the fans. I can't figure out
(27:19):
why LA wasn't number one for baseball fans. They clearly
did not survey Amy King, Right, but hello world.
Speaker 4 (27:25):
Sure's back to back champions.
Speaker 11 (27:28):
I know number one it's New York maybe because the
two team thing. But I got to say a lot
of those fans are not too happy right now, so
my votes with you?
Speaker 4 (27:36):
Okay, well, thank you.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
Google may be in a little bit Actually not Google's
in hot water, but Gemini AI maybe in a little
bit of hot water.
Speaker 6 (27:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 11 (27:45):
This is Google's AI assistant, and they're being accused and
being sued for allegedly using the Google AI assistant to
unlawfully spy on users. This is a proposed class action suit.
It claims that Google secretly turned up on Gemini for
Gmail Chat and Meet, enabling it to collect private data
without users consent. No made response yet from Google. We'll
(28:07):
see what they say.
Speaker 4 (28:09):
Is anyone surprised that ai is watching us?
Speaker 3 (28:12):
Uh?
Speaker 10 (28:12):
No?
Speaker 1 (28:12):
Okay, more villains getting sympathetic treatment by Hollywood.
Speaker 11 (28:18):
Yeah, I mean you were just talking about slow horses, right,
and the villains and slow horses. I mean they're bad,
but they're also the villains. You know, they have their
appeal and that's what makes them so you know, lugubriously entertaining.
So the new film Predator bad Lands recasts the Predator
as a good guy. The Monster is struggling with family
(28:39):
drama and teaming up with Sidekicks, and The Wall Street
Journal says the film's success is a gamble for twentieth
century Studios director Dan Trachtenberg, aiming to widen the scope
beyond gory mayhem, apparently an appeal to a broader audience.
You know, people who love plot and creativity but just
can't stand it, you know, when the finger crawls across
table by itself. This is Hollywood's trend of giving villains
(29:02):
sympathetic treatment Predator and Extreme example, due to its history
of what they describe as inflicting violence and taking trophies.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
I think that's been going on for a really long time.
Like they make the bad guys good, which they're great,
complex characters, but it makes me bad mad because I
like good guys, you know, right, but I don't even
love the bad guy.
Speaker 4 (29:22):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
And then one last story, Build a Bear is having
a great year. But it's not because of the kids.
Yeah they are.
Speaker 11 (29:28):
It's adults who are going crazy over this make your
own stuffed animal thing. The stock has had crazy games
kind of even like what we've seen with Tech Darling, Nvidia.
Almost every company owned location is now profitable, and Build
a Bear is working to expand new customer bases. They
figured out they can rope in adults with all this
cuddly cozy stuff. Now they're going for newborns as well.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
Okay, getting in your business as we do every day
with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini. We'll talk to you tomorrow, Denny,
talk to you tomorrow. The police have shot and killed
a man they say was swinging a metal chain at
passing vehicles and people in Watts. Officers say the man
ignored their commands to put down the chain around noon yesterday.
Less than lethal rounds were fired that didn't have any effect.
(30:11):
Police say he was shot when he charged at officers.
He died at the hospital. The only city council is
expected to approve a plan today to address a projected
budget gap of two hundred and sixty three million dollars
caused by what it says is unexpected city spending. The
plan would allow the council to allocate more than fourteen
million for immediate expenses and nearly six million dollars for
(30:32):
costs related to clean up of fire debris, and repairs
to stormwater infrastructure. The massive Mega Million's jackpot is approaching
one billion dollars. No one matched all six winning numbers
from last night that was worth nine hundred million, So
the jackpot for next Saturday. Ope, now the next drawing,
which will be Friday, not Saturday. The drawing Friday will
(30:53):
be nine hundred and sixty five million dollars. Pretty penny
on the line for tonight's power Ball too, it's up
to five hundred twelve million dollars. Just minutes away from handle.
On the news this morning, Transportation Secretary Duffy says there
could be chaos at the airports even though the government
shutdown could soon be ending. And speaking of let's say
good morning now to ABC's is Stephen Portnoy. So, Stephen,
(31:15):
the House has been called back to d C. Will
we have a vote today?
Speaker 12 (31:19):
We will this afternoon your time, probably i'd say in
the four o'clock hour. And that's maybe being optimistic. Let's
see what happens, but the bottom line is this bill
will be on the floor of the House later. The
expectation is that members of Congress will figure out their
way back to Washington, DC, despite any lingering residual flight issues,
and that this will wind up passing. The question is
(31:41):
how many Democrats will cross the aisle to see to
it that it gets onto the President's desk to night.
We don't know, you, Speaker Johnson, can only afford to
lose two Republican votes without meeting the support of Democrats
to get this out of the President's desk.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
And are are there any rumblings that maybe some Republicans
might vote against it like Rand Paul did in the Senate?
Speaker 7 (32:04):
Yeah?
Speaker 12 (32:04):
I mean, look, you always have some Republicans who reflexibly
vote against government spending bills just to be able to
say that they did. You know, the House did pass
a short term cr prior to the shutdown, and they
had one Democrat crossed the aisle. You know, ultimately, you know,
will we will we see Democrats do it in mass
(32:26):
I don't know. Will it be necessary? I don't know.
I mean, look that that's one of the parlor game things.
But ultimately it only matters if it matters. If it doesn't,
it's you know, a whole lot of talk. But look,
the question is will Democrats who are focused on this
healthcare cost issue. You know, where will they take that energy?
(32:49):
And you know, right now there's a lot of conversation
about the fact that you have these Obamacare subsidies that
are expiring. There's no substant proposal that either parties offered
that is a real serious proposal, because Democrats want a
three year extension of the current subsidies. Republicans aren't going
to go along with that. Republicans are talking about possibly
(33:09):
extending the subsidies but attaching provisions having to do with
a coverage of abortion, because while you have the Heighth Amendment,
which prevents federal funding of abortion, you also have the
possibility that states can move some money around on their
own end to offset the cost of abortion coverage in
some of these exchange plans, and Republicans want to prevent that. Well,
Democrats aren't going to go along with that either. So
(33:30):
in the absence of a compromise agreement, I don't know
how these subsidies get extended. Anything can happen, Agreements can
be reached, but I don't see it today.
Speaker 4 (33:40):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (33:40):
And then speaking, you mentioned a whole lot of talk,
and after all of the you know, the I'm going to.
Speaker 4 (33:48):
Say hello balloo.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
After all of the attention that everything got yesterday. As
the House is being called back, Minority Leader Hakim Jeffrey
says his party is going to fight the bill, and.
Speaker 4 (34:00):
You can't do anything.
Speaker 12 (34:01):
Yeah, I mean, look, yeah, right, they don't have the majority.
But the question is how many Democrats may be needed
to get this onto the President's desk. There could be
a moment of hydrama this afternoon, you know, as you
listen to KFI six forty and you maybe are sitting
in front of a television screen, leave the radio up
and turn the TV on and watch the c SPAN
full screen graphic of the tally on the House floor
(34:23):
and watch along with me as we see how many
Republicans vote yes and whether Democrat votes are needed.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
Okay, and then if the bill is passed as it
is it is expected to.
Speaker 4 (34:33):
But if it does, can Trump sign it today?
Speaker 7 (34:37):
He can?
Speaker 3 (34:38):
Yeah, swiftly?
Speaker 12 (34:39):
You know you maybe even Speaker Johnson will drive it
to the White House himself, who knows, but but you
know he doesn't have to. He could have some big
show of it tomorrow. We don't know, okay.
Speaker 1 (34:51):
And then we'll see if everybody goes right back to
work because this bill did have the provision that anybody
who got laid off or fired because of the shut down,
they all get their jobs back.
Speaker 12 (35:02):
And the President was asked earlier this week whether he
would abide by that, and he signaled he would. It's
a population of about four thousand people who received layoff notices.
Some of them were reversed. Interestingly enough, you know that
some people at the CDC involved in you know, disease
detection and all that, were laid off. And then oh nope, sorry,
never mind. Some people involved in the security and order
(35:23):
and protection of our nuclear stockpile also got notices. Oh nope, sorry,
never mind, not you. So the administration, the president is
signaling that he would follow the bill's direction to reverse
those layoffs. It's an extraordinary direction by the legislative branch
upon the executive branch. And we're at a moment of
(35:44):
time where the executive branch doesn't like being told by
anybody what to do. So I'm kind of surprised, but
let's let's see how it all plays out, all right.
Speaker 4 (35:51):
And we will be watching and I'm sure we'll be
talking with you again. ABC. Stephen Portno, I thanks so
much for the info.
Speaker 3 (35:56):
How you bet all right.
Speaker 1 (35:57):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty for our newsroom.
Speaker 4 (36:01):
The Supreme Court.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
Has extended in order allowing the Trump administration to withhold
full SNAP benefits. Last week, the court paused a lower
court order requiring the administration to pay full benefits while
the issue plays out in court. The administration plan to
pay partial benefits after funding ran out because of the
government shutdown. The spending plan the House is expected to
vote on today to reopen the government includes full funding
(36:24):
for SNAP through September. Severalos groups grass roots groups are
calling for a nationwide economic boycott on some of the
busiest shopping days of the season.
Speaker 8 (36:34):
Groups are urging consumers to stop all spending on Black
Friday and Cyber Monday to protest economic inequality in the US.
The groups, including Blackout the System and the Money Out
of Politics Movement, are also calling on shoppers to cancel
digital subscriptions during the boycott, which runs from November twenty
fifth through December two. Small Business Saturday is exempt from
(36:55):
the boycott. Mark Mayfield, Kofi news Go.
Speaker 1 (36:58):
I don't think that's going to happen for me, a
thirty eight year old man has been released on bond
after allegedly making threats against a Wildemar City official. Cody
Salazar was arrested Sunday night on charges of making terrorist
threats and threatening a public official. The Riverside County Sheriff's
Department didn't say what official was threatened. Governor Newsom assigned
a couple of agreements at the COP thirty in Brazil.
(37:21):
He signed a memo of understanding with the Brazilian state
of Para to strengthen cooperation on wildfire prevention and response
and enhancing forest monitoring. Newsom also signed a statement with
a German state environment minister and California's Natural Resources Secretary,
Wade crow Crowfoot on continued shared priorities in the fight
(37:43):
against climate change. A watchdog group wants open ai to
take down an ai video app because of deep fake danger.
Speaker 13 (37:51):
Public Citizen has demanded Open ai withdraw sora to citing
safety concerns and threats to democracy from the AI video generator.
The group argues that OpenAI has prioritized market speed over safety.
OpenAI is faced backlash from public figures and has made
some changes that critics say these responses are insufficient. Open
ai started the new app on iPhones last month and
(38:13):
on Android phones last week. Since then, AI generated videos
made on the app have flooded onto other social media
platforms like TikTok x, Instagram and Facebook.
Speaker 4 (38:22):
Deborah Mark KFI.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
News three paintings by iconic TV artist Bob Ross have
sold at auction for over six hundred thousand dollars. Paintings
by the art instructor, who died in nineteen ninety five,
are being sold to raise money for public TV stations
hit by federal funding cuts. Ross became famous in the
nineteen eighties for his calm teaching approach. His show The
(38:44):
Joy of Painting continues to be popular on multiple streaming services.
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It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy Kick.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
This is your wake up call for Wednesday, November twelfth.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
I'm Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. It's five o'clock.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
Straight up. I'm lucky to be here. My coffee pot broke.
I have one of those. It's this cute, little like
four cup coffee pot.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Because I don't need a lot, but I love having
fresh coffee first thing when I get up in the morning.
So I set the timer and I get up and
I smell the coffee and I go, ah, another day, right, even.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
Though that happens at two thirty in the morning.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Well, some went wrong today because it's broken, and I
tried to fix it. Well, you know, turn it back
off and then turn it on. That's the extent of
how I fix it.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
It's broken. They have a lifetime for it's broken. Also, yesterday,
when I was coming home, this was so cool.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
There was a Shinnock helicopter like flying kind of over
my house and I was like, Oh, it's probably headed
over to the Santa Monica Peer because it was doing
a flyover for the Veterans Day celebrations. And I was thinking, God,
you know what, it's so cool that they had all
those celebrations. Love to see our vets honored. And I
didn't say it yesterday. So thank you to my uncle David,
to my uncle Roger, and to my baby brother Rob
(01:36):
for your service. Here's what's ahead on wake up call.
More than eighty flights had to be delayed at LAX.
Over fifty were canceled as the government shut down continues.
The House is getting ready to vote on a Senate
passed plan to end the government shut down that should
happen sometime today. Flights were affected at Burbank Long Beach
in John Wayne Airports yesterday, although the number of delays
(01:58):
and cancelations was down from the weekend. Several hours of
heavy rains expected to roll into southern California. The National
Weather Services an atmospheric river is expected to bring up
to four inches of rain to some areas by tomorrow afternoon.
Downtowna Lake could see its most rain in a month.
A woman who escaped into Mexico following a three hour
(02:18):
police chase from one thousand Oaks to the border, has
been arrested. The HP says the woman got away after
crossing the border on Monday. She was taken into custody
yesterday when she tried to cross back into the US
at the Santy Cedro Board port of entry.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Apparently she turned herself in.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
The shutdown may almost be over, but those flight cancelations
I just mentioned and delays continue. ABC's Sam Sweeney's gonna
join us in just a couple of minutes to give
us the latest, see if they're getting worse or better,
and when they might end. As Stephen Portnoy's gonna let
us know what's next and whether there might be any
defectors that could prevent the House from passing the bill
to end the shutdown. It's entering its seventh week today,
(02:59):
And just like Granny used to make a knitted iPhone cover,
it's all the rage, Katie Las. Tech reporter Rich Demro's
going to tell us about that and also protecting the
things and people you care about with high tech that's
come out up at five twenty And as you speed
through the stream, you're going to want to hold your
horses and slow down for this one.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Amy's on it coming up this hour.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The government shut
down now closer to an end, as the House prepares
to vote on legislation to reopen the governor government. The
Senate approved the deal earlier this week, but ABC's j
O'Brian says the bill does not extend the expiring Affordable
Care Act subsidies that Democrats demanded.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
House Freedom Caucus has been signaling this is a win.
Democrats are whipping against this, but right now, if Johnson
can hold House Republicans together, he won't need Democratic votes
to get this over the goal line.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
House Speaker Johnson has told lawmakers to get back to
DC and a vote on the measures expected this afternoon.
The driver of a Toyota Prius has been killed when
they rear ended a big rig and became pinned underneath
it in Sunland. The SHP says the crash happened shortly
after two this morning on the two ten, just east
of Sunland Foothill Boulevard. The mother of a nine year
(04:16):
old girl missing from Lumpope in Santa Barbara County has
been charged with false imprisonment. She's due to be arragned today.
Authority say Ashley Buzzard held a man captive in her
home last week after she allegedly gave him sensitive information.
Her daughter, Melody, hasn't been seen since mid October, and
the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office's mom will not answer
(04:37):
questions about where Melody is. Trump administration is moving to
open California's coast to offshore oil drilling for the first
time in decades.
Speaker 6 (04:46):
A draft five year plan reviewed by The Washington Post
outlined six proposed lease sales between twenty twenty seven and
twenty thirty off the California coast, along with new drilling
areas in the Gulf of America and Alaska. The plan
would reverse long standing res restrictions that expand oil development
into regions that have been off limits since the nineteen eighties.
California leaders are already vowing to fight the move, citing
(05:08):
environmental risks and the state's commitment to clean energy. Daniel
Martindale caf I News.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
The Hollywood Bowl stage has been dedicated to legendary composer
John Williams. Ninety three year old Williams was honored in
a private ceremony. It culminated with the new stage signage.
Williams has been performing his iconic movie themes at the
Bowl for years, including Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark,
Jurassic Park, and.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
Of course Star Wars.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
This was the first time the Bull has awarded such
an honor. If you haven't seen John Williams at the
Hollywood Bowl, it is.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
It is legendary. It's just spectacular.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Let's say good morning now to ABC. Last week, just
Sam Sweeney.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Sam.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
The Senate has passed a funding bill. The House could
vote on it today, all signs pointing to the President
immediately signing it.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
But even if the shutdown.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Ends today, travelers are still seeing that six percent reduction
in air traffic.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
So let's get the latest on that.
Speaker 7 (06:13):
And that's six percent is going to remain. It's actually
going to jump to eight percent and ten percent by Friday.
The Department of Transportation says that they will not get
rid of that cap until they are fully confident that
the system can handle the additional flights. We've seen mass
stickouts across the entire country. From air traffic controllers. Yesterday
was the first good day we've had in several days.
(06:35):
On Saturday, we had eighty one staffing shortages at centers
across the country. Yesterday we had just four. So the
message is out that there is hope that these controllers
are going to get paid if the House does vote
and the government does reopen tomorrow. But as you said,
it's still going to last several more days once that
(06:56):
cap is released, when the Transportation Department is comfortable that
it's going to take airline base to get their planes
and their crews back into place, the flights back on
the schedules, and then passengers notified. So we're going to
still see hiccups for probably at least another week once
the government does reopen.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Okay, and then Sam, you mentioned that the number of
affected airports yesterday was much lower, and is was that
because the air traffic controllers said, Okay, we're moving toward
the government reopening, so we're going to stop calling out
sick and just go back.
Speaker 7 (07:28):
Yes So, you know, they had those pre planned cancelations
in place where you know yesterday were taking out six
percent of the flight so people who are on those
flights they were notified at least a day, sometimes two
days or three days in advance, so there wasn't chaos
from that at the airports. It's those last minute cancelations
that get people. And you know, sometimes these air traffic
(07:49):
controllers are calling in in the afternoon and they don't
know in the morning that they're going to call in sick,
and you don't know where it's going to happen, so
you have those last minute cancelations. But we didn't see
that yesterday because most of them did come to work, okay, And.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Then let's talk talk about the catching up, because even
if all the air traffic controllers went back to work,
say the vote happens today and the President signs it tonight,
even if they all showed up for work tomorrow, that
doesn't alleviate the log jam and the backup from all
the cancelations. So it really becomes it really is up
(08:21):
to the air lines then to get everything back on track.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Right.
Speaker 7 (08:27):
Yes, but first the Department of Transportation has to release
that ten percent cap and until that happens, the airlines
can even begin the restart process of rebalancing their system
and getting their planes and their flights back on the schedule,
so we have to wait for DOT to make that call.
That it is stated that they do have enough controllers
(08:48):
and that they're confident that the system can handle the
additional flights.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Okay, so we still could be a few days away
from that even happening. And then let's see, Thanksgiving is
just over two weeks away. Has anybody said, hey, if
it ends now, we can get things back on track
and be normal for Thanksgiving, that that's.
Speaker 7 (09:08):
The goal, and that you know, that's where they believe.
If the government opened tonight or tomorrow, it could take
about a week to get everything back to normal. You know,
in the first day or two you will see a
significant improvement, obviously, but it'll take at least five to
seven days to get fully back to where we were
pre shutdown. And you know that of course brings us
(09:29):
up to Thanksgiving week. But we'll be good for Thanksgiving
if it does open in the next few days.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
Okay, Well, we'll keep our fingers crossed. ABC. Sam Sweeney,
thanks so much for the update.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Thank you for all right, let's get back to some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. The Supreme Court has extended an order that
allows the Trump administration to withhold full snap payments.
Speaker 8 (09:49):
Last week, Justice Katanji Brown Jackson issued an administrative stay
that blocked a lower court order requiring the administration to
make the payments. Tuesday's ruling extends that stay through Thursday,
come as a spending bill that would reopen the federal
government is set to be voted on in the House.
The bill would provide full funding force net benefits through
next September and keeps most of the government running on
a short term basis through January thirtieth. Mark Mayfield Kofive News.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
President Trump says the US needs the HB one skilled
worker visa program because the country doesn't have enough talented
people to fill jobs that require certain skills. He told
Fox News, you can't take people off an unemployment line
and then just put them in a factory making missiles.
As an example, he noted a raid in September on
a battery factory in Georgia where authorities had deported hundreds
(10:36):
of South Koreans, saying you're going to need those workers.
New York City mayor elect Zoron Mom Donnie plans to
reach out to President Trump in the coming days He
says he wants to talk about lowering the cost of
living and delivering cheaper groceries to the people of New
York City with the president mom Donnie's going to be
sworn in January first. Millions of Americans are dealing with
(10:59):
howling winds and white out conditions as an early punch
of winter coal moves over the East Coast. Meteorologist Lee
Goldberg says it's bringing with it the first major snow
of the season.
Speaker 6 (11:09):
Could weather warnings in Georgia and into Florida will still
feel subfreezing wind chills in the twenties.
Speaker 8 (11:14):
From the Great Lakes all the way into the northeast.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
West Virginia has had more than a foot of snow
and blizzard like conditions. Hundreds of Paramount employees are opting
out of returning to work.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
According to a presentation for company shareholders, starting in January,
the media conglomerate plans to bring staffers from all departments
back to the office in person, five days a week.
Employees in Paramount's Los Angeles and New York hub at
the vice president level and below were offered the option
of a voluntary severance package if they're unable or unwilling
to return to the office full time. The company said
the directive is aimed at unlocking Paramount's full potential, and
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approximately six hundred employees chose the severance package over returning.
Mark Ronner KFI News.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
News brought to you by ruterhroo dot com. If you
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The founder of the Scream Club says it's a wellness community,
but not necessarily therapy. Manny Hernandez has screaming does calm
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therapy in a structured public setting with like minded stresses
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when it's expanded to weather cities, but none in La yet.
Michael Krozier k if I need, I can't think of
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Speaker 1 (12:42):
The House expected to vote today on the Senate passed
funding build that would end the government shutdown. The shutdown
that has left about forty two million people without full
snap benefits and grounded thousands of flights because of staffing
shortages is entering its seventh week it started October first.
LA City Council will consider approving a resolution to formally
oppose the Dodger Stadium Gondola. Metro approved the project that
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would connect Union Station to Dodgers Stadium with a gondola
that would travel over neighborhoods, but LA's Park Alliances filed
a lawsuit against it. A candlelight vigils being held tonight
at coult State Fullerton for a woman's soccer player who
died more than a month after she was hit by
a box truck. Lauren Turner died Friday, about six weeks
(13:27):
after she and a teammate were hit by the truck
while riding scooters. Turner's teammate, Ashlyn Gwynn, was seriously hurt
but survived.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
At six oh five. It's handle on the news, of course, we'll.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Be talking about the government potentially reopening. I'm sure Bill
will have plenty to say about that. Let's say good
morning now to the host of Rich on Tech on KFI.
It's KTLA's tech reporter Rich DeMuro.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Morning, Rich, good morning to you Amy.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Okay, so, just like Grandma used to make a knitted
iPhone cover, isn't that sweet?
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Yeah, but it didn't cost this much. So this is
called the iPhone pocket. It looks like a sock with
an opening in the middle. You can wear it over
your shoulder, you can tie it, you can sling it whatever.
It's stretchy. It's one hundred and fifty to two hundred
and thirty dollars for a sock that holds your iPhone.
Speaker 4 (14:21):
And it really I just I just brought it up it. Yeah,
it just looks like a sock.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
That's crazy. It actually reminds me of back in the day,
they used to have these little socks for your it's funny, okay,
two things. They used to have a sock for your
iPod or maybe it was your eye. I think it
was the iPod back in the day, which I had.
There were these colorful little socks. They were great because
you could just stash your iPod in there. I still carry,
you know, I'm always carrying a bunch of phones that
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I'm testing. I actually use socks to carry those phones
because if you put them next to each other, they
will scratch the camera will scratch the screen of the
other device if you stack them on top. So I've
long used socks. But guess what. The socks that I
use are like free. I get them from like companies
that just you know, they give out like socks, and
I'm like, oh cool, I can use this. So this
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is one hundred and fifty dollars for the short strap,
two hundred thirty dollars for the long strap. They launch
on Friday at Apple stores, and Apple says it's a
beautiful new way to carry your iPhone, your air pods,
and your everyday items. Perfect for the holiday gift season.
You know, look, this is America. We've run out of
things to buy. That's the bottom line here.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
I just would like to tell anybody who is buying
me a Christmas present, I would.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
Not like this for Christmas.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
What I know, Will's bombed he was going to get
it from me. It's interesting because, like I do think
that we need to figure out a way to carry
our iPhones that's practical, Like when I travel to Europe,
every back pocket. Well, but if you don't have pockets,
if you're wearing a skirt, you're not wearing a skirt,
but if you're wearing a skirt or something like that.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
And in Europe almost.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Everybody had their phones on like strings or like a.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
La those already, yes, and you can get those already,
and they're much cheaper, and Apple has that too. But
here's the deal. So if you want, I mean, maybe
this is the perfect solution because people do need a
way to carry their phone. And you know yet, you're right,
I have a back pocket. I would also say, when
I'm traveling, the back pocket is tricky because someone can
easily take your phone out of your back pocket versus
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something like this. But again, and by the way, I
wasn't going to try to pronounce that it's uh Miyaka
Miyaki from the Japanese fashion house.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Yeah, well, I think you did a lovely job. I mean,
they come in pretty colors, but yeah, that's a.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Pretty it's a pretty big it's it's designer, so that's why.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
And it's not like the cases that you have where
you can still use the phone.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
It's literally stuck down in a sock. You have to
pull it out.
Speaker 7 (16:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (16:54):
Interesting, all right.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
I can't wait to see the first person having this
in real life.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
You know we're going to see them. We are in la.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Amazon's got to be auto by feature, So tell us
about this one.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
Okay, which surface sounds dangerous.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
It is very dangerous, but also very cool because you're
basically naming your own price for items. So Amazon basically
quietly rolled this out. It's called auto Buy. It's for
Prime members. You have to use Rufus, which is their
AI assistant on the app. Apparently alexaplus will do the
same thing. I've only tested the app, but basically, when
you're on a product, you tap that little rufous icon
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and you say buy this when the price drops below
one hundred dollars or when it's twenty percent off, and
literally Rufus the AI will watch the prices every half
an hour and check, and then it will just buy
it for you if the price drops to what you want.
So it's almost like Priceline back in the day, except
with anything on Amazon. And so I have of course set
a whole bunch of things. I'm like, cool, if this
thing drops below twenty dollars, I'll buy it, but I
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don't have to watch it anymore. So this is available
if you want to se my video on it. By
the way, I did it on Instagram at Ridge on
Tech because it's kind of tough to understand. But yes,
Amazon can just buy stuff for you. Now.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
That could be again, either very fun on Black Friday,
or you might get yourself a nice little five thousand
dollars credit card bill.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
Yeah, you might just forget about all the You know,
you could have two hundred active requests at any time,
and I've already forgotten did I set that up? Did
I not? I know I have one for sure. I
don't know if I set up the other one. But yeah,
you're gonna just start getting stuff mailed to your house
and you're like, oh, forgot I ordered that, which happens anyway, right,
I know I.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Already have that problem, like what did I order? Why
do I have a package sitting out front? Okay, and
before we let you go, gadgets to protect what you
care about?
Speaker 4 (18:42):
I love this.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
Yes, I got three gadgets today featuring on KTLA number
one a fingerprint padlock. This is a guy who is
on Shark Tank. It's called the Benji lock. It's brilliant.
It's just a padlock with a fingerprint, so you just
have you know, you use your fingerprint to unlock it,
so you can't forget your combination. A little pricey eighty bucks,
but it is pretty cool. Life three sixty has a
(19:04):
new pet GPS tracker which uses GPS, Cellular, Bluetooth, and
Wi Fi, which means you're gonna be able to find
your pet for up to two weeks with cellular, up
to six months in lost pet mode. And it's only
fifty bucks, which is kind of cool. And then I've
got a security camera called the Ulticam Dot which runs
on four DOAA batteries and no subscription necessary. That's going
to be seventy dollars. Put it anywhere you want to
(19:25):
monitor something, okay.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
So like if you wanted to take it with you
to a hotel, you could.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
Yeah, a lot of people they feel secure putting that
in their hotel so they know if anyone came in
their room or whatever.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
And then going back to the GPS pet tracker really quick,
is that a caller or is that hookup to the
microchip or how does that work?
Speaker 3 (19:46):
It goes on their caller. So, and it's by the way,
it's from Life three sixty, which they make tile. They're
like well known for tracking devices and their app is
really good for tracking family members. So they did a
really good job. This little thing is great. Like every
time I leave my house, it's like, you know, with
the trackers I've been testing it, it's like I name
my pet Bud. It's like budd has left your house.
I'm like, oh, okay, I love it.
Speaker 4 (20:07):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
So you can get more information about all the things
we just talked about in a whole lot more when
you check out Rich's website, it's.
Speaker 4 (20:15):
Richon Tech dot TV.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
You can follow him on Instagram at rich on tech
and you can see him do that Amazon by feature. Also,
you can listen to him live right here on KFI.
It's Rich on Tech every Saturday from eleven to two.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
Thank you, Rich, Thanks Amy.
Speaker 4 (20:31):
All Right, have a great week.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
The incoming storm has caused Mammoth Mountain to push back
its opening day for the new ski season. The resort
says the official opening day will now be Saturday, November fifteenth.
The storm's expected to move into Ventura and La Counties tomorrow.
In Soak southern California. The National Weather Services says some
areas could see up to five inches of rain. The
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Long Beach City Council is considering a temporary curfew for
bars in the Belmont Shore area.
Speaker 4 (20:59):
It's an f to fight a recent spike in crime.
The council discussed several options last night.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
People who live in the Belmont Shore area say the
popular bar and restaurant scene can contribute to the economy,
but it's also drawing unwanted behavior from visitors. A bar
curfew would cut off alcohol service at around midnights. At
a two am, police continued to search for an inmate
who walked away from the Francisquito Conservation Camp Sunday night.
(21:25):
The Chilean National Police are looking for burglarized a home
in San Juan Capistrano and injured a driver in a
car crash. The conservation camp uses inmates to help fight
fires and do other work on public lands. Today's the
day to celebrate the ninety nine percent who dislike this.
Speaker 10 (21:41):
Pizza topping and chovi's on pizza are traditional in Italy.
The fish are readily available, inexpensive, and Italians are used
to eating them. Here in the States, none of that applies.
In fact, one pole shows only one percent of the
population of the US actually like Sanchoby's on pizza. So
today on National Pizza with the works excess anchovies. Go
for other Italian favorites. Try Perscudo sausage basil on Leak
(22:05):
of the Fish off bree Tennis KFI News.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
I totally agree. My mom loves anchovies on pizza. She's
the only one I know.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
When I was a kid, I worked in the pizza place.
And you can't get that smell out of your fingers
like it would get in your fingers.
Speaker 4 (22:17):
I know it. I still smell it this morning.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Up to four inches of rain speaking of could fall
in higher elevations of southern California as a fast moving
atmospheric river moves in.
Speaker 4 (22:29):
Why do they have to name all these storms?
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Forecasters say The storm is expected to arrive tomorrow, a
chance of rain will continue through at least Saturday afternoon.
There's a risk of flooding and debris flows in the
canyons and burn areas. Strong winds also expected in the
Grapevine and in Lancaster, Santa Clarita and on the coast
in Redondo Beach. The US Department of Justice is going
to investigate the violent protests that broke out on the
(22:52):
UC Berkeley campus during a Turning Point USA event. Protesters
clashed with people attending the event Monday night. DOJSA is
going to look into how the university handled it and
whether any free speech or anti discrimination laws were violated.
Trump administration is put forward a plan to drill Baby
Drill off the coast of California. The five year plan
(23:12):
would lease existing sites that have been off limits since
the nineteen eighties. California leaders are already vowing to fight it,
citing environmental risks and the state's commitment to clean energy.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
Amy's on it, AMI's on, It's on, Its on it?
Speaker 4 (23:35):
What am I on?
Speaker 1 (23:36):
I'm on the stream because there's so much to watch,
although I have to admit I'm like going, is there
anything new? I know Stranger Things debuts it soon, and
there's some other ones that are starting. But I'm worried
I'm going to run out, which is ridiculous because you
just start flipping around and you find stuff, but it's
finding the good stuff, and so hopefully I can help
(23:56):
you navigate that and find the good stuff and I
have to play.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
This one just again.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
So it's Slow Horses on Apple TV, and it's one
of the only shows that I watch that I actually
play the intro.
Speaker 4 (24:12):
You know how you can skip through the intro. I
love this song. It's What's Jackob How Came Man?
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Anyway, it's the season finale of season five just dropped,
so it's only six episodes for this season, and that's
pretty much the only thing that I find disappointing about
Slow Horses this year. The story is based on five
agents and the UK and they're in the Slow House
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because they've messed up, like they're the Island of Misfit Toys.
They've all done some bad stuff and so they don't
fire them, but they move them over to Slow House,
so they're not with m I five, but they're not
fired from m I five. So their leader is Jackson
Lamb again played by Gary Oldman fabulously. Kristen Scott Thomas
plays one of the heads I five and then James
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Callous is Claude Whalin or Wheelan, and you recognize him
because he was one of Bridget Jones's friends Tom from
the Bridget Jones's Diaries, like one hundred years ago, so
you think of him as this quirky cookie guy, but
in this show he's a little bit shady and he's deceptive,
(25:22):
and he plays a really good, good bad guy. And
by now, if you've watched any of Slow Horses, you
know who's good and who's bad. But the lines of
good and bad are still constantly blurred, kind of keeps
you guessing. And of course you're dealing with a spy
agency and some pretty cagy characters. It is dark, lots
of violence, some quirky humor, lots of action, but not
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so much that it's too hard to follow. And this
season is really riveting. The bad guys are trying to
destabilize society, tear it apart, and they have a perfect
plan to do it, or do they, And just when
you think the gang at Slow House figures it out,
another monkey wrench is thrown in. I had to watch
one week at a time. Drove me crazy. I like
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to binge watch these things. And again it's only six episodes,
so binge away and then great news, there will be
a season six and season six apparently has already been filmed.
Speaker 4 (26:20):
Ooh nice, right, so it's going to come out sometime
next year.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
The show, unlike many others, it still feels new and
interesting and unpredictable, and it leaves you wanting more, which
is unlike a show that I'm going to tell you
about next week that I really think has jumped the shark.
I think it's time for it to go away. But
right now I'm on slow Horses, and I think you
should be on it too, because it is a good one.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
Again. It's on Apple TV. Okay, time to.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Get in your business with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini, as we
do every weekday.
Speaker 4 (26:52):
Denise.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
A new study Good Morning says LA is one of
the best sports cities in the whole wide world.
Speaker 11 (26:58):
Yet I don't know why we need these studies me
to tell us what we already know. But wallet hub
says Los Angeles is one of the top sports cities
in the country. Basketball and soccer ranked number one, baseball
ranked number two, football number seven, hockey number eighteenth. Wallet
Hub looked at fifty metrics, including proximity to stadiums, affordability,
of course, enthusiasm of the fans. I can't figure out
(27:19):
why LA wasn't number one for baseball fans. They clearly
did not survey Amy King, Right, but hello world.
Speaker 4 (27:25):
Sure's back to back champions.
Speaker 11 (27:28):
I know number one it's New York maybe because the
two team thing. But I got to say a lot
of those fans are not too happy right now, so
my votes with you?
Speaker 4 (27:36):
Okay, well, thank you.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
Google may be in a little bit Actually not Google's
in hot water, but Gemini AI maybe in a little
bit of hot water.
Speaker 6 (27:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 11 (27:45):
This is Google's AI assistant, and they're being accused and
being sued for allegedly using the Google AI assistant to
unlawfully spy on users. This is a proposed class action suit.
It claims that Google secretly turned up on Gemini for
Gmail Chat and Meet, enabling it to collect private data
without users consent. No made response yet from Google. We'll
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see what they say.
Speaker 4 (28:09):
Is anyone surprised that ai is watching us?
Speaker 3 (28:12):
Uh?
Speaker 10 (28:12):
No?
Speaker 1 (28:12):
Okay, more villains getting sympathetic treatment by Hollywood.
Speaker 11 (28:18):
Yeah, I mean you were just talking about slow horses, right,
and the villains and slow horses. I mean they're bad,
but they're also the villains. You know, they have their
appeal and that's what makes them so you know, lugubriously entertaining.
So the new film Predator bad Lands recasts the Predator
as a good guy. The Monster is struggling with family
(28:39):
drama and teaming up with Sidekicks, and The Wall Street
Journal says the film's success is a gamble for twentieth
century Studios director Dan Trachtenberg, aiming to widen the scope
beyond gory mayhem, apparently an appeal to a broader audience.
You know, people who love plot and creativity but just
can't stand it, you know, when the finger crawls across
table by itself. This is Hollywood's trend of giving villains
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sympathetic treatment Predator and Extreme example, due to its history
of what they describe as inflicting violence and taking trophies.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
I think that's been going on for a really long time.
Like they make the bad guys good, which they're great,
complex characters, but it makes me bad mad because I
like good guys, you know, right, but I don't even
love the bad guy.
Speaker 4 (29:22):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
And then one last story, Build a Bear is having
a great year. But it's not because of the kids.
Yeah they are.
Speaker 11 (29:28):
It's adults who are going crazy over this make your
own stuffed animal thing. The stock has had crazy games
kind of even like what we've seen with Tech Darling, Nvidia.
Almost every company owned location is now profitable, and Build
a Bear is working to expand new customer bases. They
figured out they can rope in adults with all this
cuddly cozy stuff. Now they're going for newborns as well.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
Okay, getting in your business as we do every day
with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini. We'll talk to you tomorrow, Denny,
talk to you tomorrow. The police have shot and killed
a man they say was swinging a metal chain at
passing vehicles and people in Watts. Officers say the man
ignored their commands to put down the chain around noon yesterday.
Less than lethal rounds were fired that didn't have any effect.
(30:11):
Police say he was shot when he charged at officers.
He died at the hospital. The only city council is
expected to approve a plan today to address a projected
budget gap of two hundred and sixty three million dollars
caused by what it says is unexpected city spending. The
plan would allow the council to allocate more than fourteen
million for immediate expenses and nearly six million dollars for
(30:32):
costs related to clean up of fire debris, and repairs
to stormwater infrastructure. The massive Mega Million's jackpot is approaching
one billion dollars. No one matched all six winning numbers
from last night that was worth nine hundred million, So
the jackpot for next Saturday. Ope, now the next drawing,
which will be Friday, not Saturday. The drawing Friday will
(30:53):
be nine hundred and sixty five million dollars. Pretty penny
on the line for tonight's power Ball too, it's up
to five hundred twelve million dollars. Just minutes away from handle.
On the news this morning, Transportation Secretary Duffy says there
could be chaos at the airports even though the government
shutdown could soon be ending. And speaking of let's say
good morning now to ABC's is Stephen Portnoy. So, Stephen,
(31:15):
the House has been called back to d C. Will
we have a vote today?
Speaker 12 (31:19):
We will this afternoon your time, probably i'd say in
the four o'clock hour. And that's maybe being optimistic. Let's
see what happens, but the bottom line is this bill
will be on the floor of the House later. The
expectation is that members of Congress will figure out their
way back to Washington, DC, despite any lingering residual flight issues,
and that this will wind up passing. The question is
(31:41):
how many Democrats will cross the aisle to see to
it that it gets onto the President's desk to night.
We don't know, you, Speaker Johnson, can only afford to
lose two Republican votes without meeting the support of Democrats
to get this out of the President's desk.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
And are are there any rumblings that maybe some Republicans
might vote against it like Rand Paul did in the Senate?
Speaker 7 (32:04):
Yeah?
Speaker 12 (32:04):
I mean, look, you always have some Republicans who reflexibly
vote against government spending bills just to be able to
say that they did. You know, the House did pass
a short term cr prior to the shutdown, and they
had one Democrat crossed the aisle. You know, ultimately, you know,
will we will we see Democrats do it in mass
(32:26):
I don't know. Will it be necessary? I don't know.
I mean, look that that's one of the parlor game things.
But ultimately it only matters if it matters. If it doesn't,
it's you know, a whole lot of talk. But look,
the question is will Democrats who are focused on this
healthcare cost issue. You know, where will they take that energy?
(32:49):
And you know, right now there's a lot of conversation
about the fact that you have these Obamacare subsidies that
are expiring. There's no substant proposal that either parties offered
that is a real serious proposal, because Democrats want a
three year extension of the current subsidies. Republicans aren't going
to go along with that. Republicans are talking about possibly
(33:09):
extending the subsidies but attaching provisions having to do with
a coverage of abortion, because while you have the Heighth Amendment,
which prevents federal funding of abortion, you also have the
possibility that states can move some money around on their
own end to offset the cost of abortion coverage in
some of these exchange plans, and Republicans want to prevent that. Well,
Democrats aren't going to go along with that either. So
(33:30):
in the absence of a compromise agreement, I don't know
how these subsidies get extended. Anything can happen, Agreements can
be reached, but I don't see it today.
Speaker 4 (33:40):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (33:40):
And then speaking, you mentioned a whole lot of talk,
and after all of the you know, the I'm going to.
Speaker 4 (33:48):
Say hello balloo.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
After all of the attention that everything got yesterday. As
the House is being called back, Minority Leader Hakim Jeffrey
says his party is going to fight the bill, and.
Speaker 4 (34:00):
You can't do anything.
Speaker 12 (34:01):
Yeah, I mean, look, yeah, right, they don't have the majority.
But the question is how many Democrats may be needed
to get this onto the President's desk. There could be
a moment of hydrama this afternoon, you know, as you
listen to KFI six forty and you maybe are sitting
in front of a television screen, leave the radio up
and turn the TV on and watch the c SPAN
full screen graphic of the tally on the House floor
(34:23):
and watch along with me as we see how many
Republicans vote yes and whether Democrat votes are needed.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
Okay, and then if the bill is passed as it
is it is expected to.
Speaker 4 (34:33):
But if it does, can Trump sign it today?
Speaker 7 (34:37):
He can?
Speaker 3 (34:38):
Yeah, swiftly?
Speaker 12 (34:39):
You know you maybe even Speaker Johnson will drive it
to the White House himself, who knows, but but you
know he doesn't have to. He could have some big
show of it tomorrow. We don't know, okay.
Speaker 1 (34:51):
And then we'll see if everybody goes right back to
work because this bill did have the provision that anybody
who got laid off or fired because of the shut down,
they all get their jobs back.
Speaker 12 (35:02):
And the President was asked earlier this week whether he
would abide by that, and he signaled he would. It's
a population of about four thousand people who received layoff notices.
Some of them were reversed. Interestingly enough, you know that
some people at the CDC involved in you know, disease
detection and all that, were laid off. And then oh nope, sorry,
never mind. Some people involved in the security and order
(35:23):
and protection of our nuclear stockpile also got notices. Oh nope, sorry,
never mind, not you. So the administration, the president is
signaling that he would follow the bill's direction to reverse
those layoffs. It's an extraordinary direction by the legislative branch
upon the executive branch. And we're at a moment of
(35:44):
time where the executive branch doesn't like being told by
anybody what to do. So I'm kind of surprised, but
let's let's see how it all plays out, all right.
Speaker 4 (35:51):
And we will be watching and I'm sure we'll be
talking with you again. ABC. Stephen Portno, I thanks so
much for the info.
Speaker 3 (35:56):
How you bet all right.
Speaker 1 (35:57):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty for our newsroom.
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The Supreme Court.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
Has extended in order allowing the Trump administration to withhold
full SNAP benefits. Last week, the court paused a lower
court order requiring the administration to pay full benefits while
the issue plays out in court. The administration plan to
pay partial benefits after funding ran out because of the
government shutdown. The spending plan the House is expected to
vote on today to reopen the government includes full funding
(36:24):
for SNAP through September. Severalos groups grass roots groups are
calling for a nationwide economic boycott on some of the
busiest shopping days of the season.
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Groups are urging consumers to stop all spending on Black
Friday and Cyber Monday to protest economic inequality in the US.
The groups, including Blackout the System and the Money Out
of Politics Movement, are also calling on shoppers to cancel
digital subscriptions during the boycott, which runs from November twenty
fifth through December two. Small Business Saturday is exempt from
(36:55):
the boycott. Mark Mayfield, Kofi news Go.
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I don't think that's going to happen for me, a
thirty eight year old man has been released on bond
after allegedly making threats against a Wildemar City official. Cody
Salazar was arrested Sunday night on charges of making terrorist
threats and threatening a public official. The Riverside County Sheriff's
Department didn't say what official was threatened. Governor Newsom assigned
a couple of agreements at the COP thirty in Brazil.
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He signed a memo of understanding with the Brazilian state
of Para to strengthen cooperation on wildfire prevention and response
and enhancing forest monitoring. Newsom also signed a statement with
a German state environment minister and California's Natural Resources Secretary,
Wade crow Crowfoot on continued shared priorities in the fight
(37:43):
against climate change. A watchdog group wants open ai to
take down an ai video app because of deep fake danger.
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Public Citizen has demanded Open ai withdraw sora to citing
safety concerns and threats to democracy from the AI video generator.
The group argues that OpenAI has prioritized market speed over safety.
OpenAI is faced backlash from public figures and has made
some changes that critics say these responses are insufficient. Open
ai started the new app on iPhones last month and
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on Android phones last week. Since then, AI generated videos
made on the app have flooded onto other social media
platforms like TikTok x, Instagram and Facebook.
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Deborah Mark KFI.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
News three paintings by iconic TV artist Bob Ross have
sold at auction for over six hundred thousand dollars. Paintings
by the art instructor, who died in nineteen ninety five,
are being sold to raise money for public TV stations
hit by federal funding cuts. Ross became famous in the
nineteen eighties for his calm teaching approach. His show The
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Joy of Painting continues to be popular on multiple streaming services.
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