September 26, 2025 • 43 mins
ABC's Steven Portnoy joins Amy to talk about Former FBI Director James Comey's indictment amid pressure from Trump.
KFI's own House Whisperer Dean Sharp jumps in to talk about toilets... well, bathrooms, but what else are going in the bathroom for? Is it the most important room in the house??? Dean answers all!
Bloomberg's Dan Schwartzman talks finance and the latest numbers from Wall St.
And Mike Dobuski talks entertainment, including the film "One Battle After Another." The rumors of the demise of William Shatner have been false. Wrap him in bubble wrap.
KFI's own House Whisperer Dean Sharp jumps in to talk about toilets... well, bathrooms, but what else are going in the bathroom for? Is it the most important room in the house??? Dean answers all!
Bloomberg's Dan Schwartzman talks finance and the latest numbers from Wall St.
And Mike Dobuski talks entertainment, including the film "One Battle After Another." The rumors of the demise of William Shatner have been false. Wrap him in bubble wrap.
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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.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
App KFI nd KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Fucked morning. This is your wake up call for Friday,
September twenty sixth. I'm Amy King. We're live everywhere on
the iHeartRadio app. Ready for the weekend, I am, except
for this weather. It's like gonna be drizzly this morning.
I'm hoping it clears off because I'm about to jump
off a building and i want sunshine. Hey, it's gonna
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be a great day. I don't care what anybody says.
If you're if you're waking up and you're like, oh god,
it's a bad day. No, it's not. Because the Dodgers clinched,
so that's good. And uh and Will Coleschreiber brought donuts. Heck, yeah,
Well maybe it's not a good day for you, it's
a great day for me. Sam is very excited. Kono's
(01:10):
out today, so we got Sam in for Kono. I
get donuts, you do you know what, I've already run
to the donut I was going to make my healthy
oatmeal or some crap like that, and Will goes, there's donuts.
So I put down the oatmeal and I ran over
and I got my old fashioned donut. That's my favorite,
old fashion. Yeah, they're good. All right. Here's what's ahead
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on wake up Call. Outdated policies, weaknesses, and systemic vulnerabilities
got in the way of the emergency response to the
deadly wildfire and Alta Dina, and independent report commissioned by
the La County Board of Supervisors was released yesterday. Five
major insurance companies will start writing home insurance policies again
in California. Mercury, CSAA, USAA, Pacific Specialty and California Casualty
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will offer the policies under new rules that allow them
to consider wildfire risks and reinsurance costs when they set premiums.
The companies have promised to expand coverage in high fire
risk areas and are requesting a nearly seven percent rate hike.
Huntington Beach moving forward with a proposal to create a
mural in honor of Charlie Kirk, the city Council unanimously
(02:18):
approved the formation of an ad hoc committee to explore
the idea. Officials say the mural would be an artistic
expression honoring freedom and free speech, memorializing Charlie Kirk. The
project would be privately funded. So Jim Comey has become
the first former FBI director to face a federal indictment.
ABC's Stephen Portnoy's going to join us in just a
(02:39):
couple of minutes. He'll be talking about what the charges are,
whether the government has a good shot at getting a
conviction or not. Wake Up Calls going into the toilet today.
The host of Home on kf I, Dean Sharp is
joining us. We're going to be talking about bathroom renovations.
We're going to find out if Leo DiCaprio is still
a big box office draw his new movie coming out today.
(03:00):
ABC's Mike Dubuski says, there's a lot of oscar buzz
on this one seems to be with Leo and hold
your horses. We're gonna slow down on the stream. What
am I talking about?
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Does that mean?
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Yeah, I don't know. You're gonna have to listen. That's
coming up during wake Up Call. Also, today's the day
going over the Edge to raise money for the Union
Rescue mission. I'll be repelling twenty five stories down the
side of the Hilton Los Angeles University City Hotel. We're
going to do it at noon. Neil Savader and I
I still need your help to reach our goal, and
all the money raised is going directly to help people
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get off the street and back on their feet to
find their way home. RM dot org slash Ote would
love for you to donate to the cause, and we'll
be telling you a little bit more about that coming
up during wake up call. Let's get started with some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. And independent report on La County's response to
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January's wildfires has found several issues.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
The report says it wasn't one scene, it was many
outdated policies for communication and technical issues. Supervisor Lindsay Horvath
says the county will begin work on fixing its issues
right away.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
We must invest in technology, infrastructure, and most importantly, in
the people who expect us to keep them safe.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
The report says some residents of Alta Dina didn't receive
evacuation orders until the Eaten fire was in their neighborhoods
agencies also had trouble communicating with each other. Michael Monks
KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
The state's insurance commissioner has defended a proposed change to
the state's insurance rate review process. Consumer Watchdog has called
Commissioner Ricardo Laura's proposal vindictive and retaliatory. It argues the
changes could harm consumers by making it harder to challenge
insurance rate increases. A woman in Orange County has been
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found guilty of fatally stabbing her mother with a screwdriver
at their home in Lake Forest. Courtney Baker as a
history of attacking her mom, violating restraining orders, and drug possession,
and she's now looking at sixteen years to life in prison.
She'll be sentenced in November. More groups in California coming
out against Prop fifty.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
Bishop Dwight Williams with the California Senior Alliance says splitting
certain districts multiple ways will cause more problems and more
places disenfranchisement for not only people within the African American community,
but within the Latino community. He says, the way the
proposed districts are drawn, it'll break up the unified voice
for California voters.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
It is completely nonsensical.
Speaker 6 (05:27):
A yes vote on Prop fifty will favor Governor Gavin
Newsom's redistricting effort to favor Democrats in this state. He says,
is in response to the redistricting efforts in Texas that
favor the gop. Jason Campedonia KFI news.
Speaker 7 (05:41):
Two outs, bottle of the ninth.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
They'll take the series.
Speaker 7 (05:45):
They'll take the season series seven to six in a
two to one pitch swung it on the ground battle.
Third Rojas Backcants throws to first. He gut divisional dominance
for the Dodgers. Twenty five Dodgers are the National League's
Western Division champions.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
The Dodgers clinch their twelfth National League West title in
the past thirteen seasons with an eight to nothing win
over the Diamondbacks in Phoenix. Sho hey Otani hit his
fifty fourth home run, tying the franchise record he set
last season. Freddie Freeman and Andy pa Hayes also hit
home runs. The Dodgers will begin postseason play next week,
and you can hear all the Dodger games on our
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sister station, k LACAM five to seventy. Let's get a
first look at your morning commute, and it's not a
good start to the day. In West Covine on the ten,
we've got.
Speaker 8 (06:35):
This crash, unfortunately, really bad crash. Eastbound side of the
ten at Pacific. All lanes are currently closed because of
a fatal crash.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
This happened about two hours ago or.
Speaker 8 (06:45):
So and the corners on the way, so an investigation
will ensue and that will be closed until further notice.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Again, that's the eastbound side of the tenant Pacific.
Speaker 8 (06:55):
Not seeing a lot of slowing on the heavy commute
side the westbound side yet, but that may change.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Will keep you updated.
Speaker 8 (07:01):
Westbound side of the ten in the Fontana area just
before Cedar two vehicle crashed on the right shoulder. Also
some problems on the two fifteen southbound before plus Centia
that is a hit and run crash over on the
right side. And in the Port area sam Pedro one
ten north but gaffy solo vehicle crash there on the
on ramp. It looks like with Southern California's most accurate
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traffic reports, I'm Will Coleschreiber.
Speaker 9 (07:24):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Will'll keep us updated on everything going on on the
roadways this morning. Right now, let's say good morning to
ABC's Stephen Portnoy, So, Stephen, there had been rumblings, and
yesterday former FBI Director James Comy was indicted. What are
the charges.
Speaker 10 (07:41):
There are two counts in this indictment. They're both related
to testimony that Comy gave before the Senate Judiciary Committee
almost exactly five years ago. And that's important because the
statute of limitations on these changes runs out next Tuesday,
and the decision was made to get this indictment before that.
The charges are James Comy lied to Congress and made
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false statements and that he obstructed the congressional proceeding. Now
we don't exactly know what this is about, but the
President says it's an important lie. He said that on
the Truth Social this morning. You know, it seems that
the indictment points to an exchange that Komy had with
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Senator Ted Cruz in which Cruz asked him about a
previous round of testimony that Comy had given in twenty seventeen,
when he was asked by Chuck Grassley about whether he
authorized anyone inside the FBI to leak to the press. Now,
there's a lot we don't know. The indictment is only
two pages. We don't have full clarity on all of this,
(08:49):
and ultimately I suppose it'll come out and open court.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
It'll have to.
Speaker 10 (08:53):
James Komy last night on Instagram posted a video on
which he said he's innocent. He's hired Patrick Fitzgerald, longtime friend,
former law school pal, former US attorney in Chicago. And
if you remember that name, it's because you remember two
decades ago a major scandal here in Washington, d C.
Involved the leaking of a CIA operative's name, Valerie plame Well.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Patrick Fitzgerald was appointed.
Speaker 10 (09:17):
By James Comy because then Comy was the deputy Attorney
General under John Ashcroft. Comy appointed his friend Pat Fitzgerald
to run that investigation as a special counsel. And now
two decades later, he's hired his old friend Pat Fitzgerald
to be his defense attorney in this case.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Okay, and if there was a conviction, what kind of
punishment would there be?
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Well, it would be a five year prison sentence. I'll
tell you.
Speaker 10 (09:46):
I think it's you know, as we look at this,
there's a lot we don't know. Yeah, because it's not
in the indictment. Oftentimes read an indictment, we get a
sense of a prosecutor's case and where they're going with it.
That's not clear here, but it could involve one of
two people, either Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of
the FBI, or a friend of Comy's named Daniel Richmond,
(10:07):
who was a law professor at Columbia at Law School,
who had worked with Comy in the Justice Department years earlier,
who was sort of an intermediary for Comy in the
final days where he was working as FBI Director under
Donald Trump prior to the president firing him. And it's
understood now that Comy certainly basically had Richmond passed things
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on to The New York Times with respect to what things,
you know, what was going on in the final days
that he was serving under Donald Trump prior Toho's firing. Again,
there's a lot we don't know, but the bigger picture
is this is a case that the Office of the
Prosecutor in Eastern Virginia looked at for many years and
determined that there wasn't a case here. And that was
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the advice given to Lindsay Halligan, the newly appointed US attorney.
She's bringing the case regardless, and she secured it to
Count indictment. The grand jury did not agree to bring
a third charge having to do with another statement that
more specifically had to do with a document involving the
Rush investigation.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
It's pretty confusing, and.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
It's going to be very interesting to see how it
all plays out. And I'm sure we'll have more questions
for you as this moves forward. Thank you, ABC, Stephen Portnoy,
You bet all right. Let's get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
Investigators in Texas say the man who shot three people
at an ICE facility in Dallas, killing one of them,
was not targeting the detainees. He hoped his actions would
(11:35):
terrorize ICE employees. Acting US Attorney for the Northern District
of Texas, Nancy Larson says instead, the shooter killed a
migrant Wednesday and hurt two others in a transfer van
before killing himself. Lawmakers from California are calling on Congress
to keep tax credits for the Affordable Care Act as
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the government is facing a shutdown. Senator Adam Schiff held
an event in San Diego County along with Congressman Mike Levin,
who says hundreds of thousands of people will not be
able to afford coverage if the credits aren't included in
a spending plan.
Speaker 11 (12:08):
Six hundred and sixty thousand California, over five million nationwide,
and even for others who keep their care through the
cover California or through the ACA, premiums will skyrocket.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
There is a potential government shutdown on September thirtieth if
a budget deal can't be reached. President Trump has signed
in an executive order declaring a proposed deal allowing TikTok
to keep operating in the US. He says the qualified
sale will meet national security concern that's laid out in
a new law. Details are still scarce, but Trump said
(12:41):
Chinese leader Shijinping gave us the go ahead to proceed
with the deal. The president is also signed a memo
ordering an investigation into domestic terrorism and organized political violence
from what he calls the radical left. The memo, signed
yesterday directs the administration to set aside funding for law
enforcement partners to detect, prevent, and protect against such threats.
(13:05):
Trump told reporters the aim of the memo is to
target those funding the groups believed to be behind the threats.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals and
admirals to a marine base in northern Virginia for a
sudden meeting. The directive doesn't offer a reason for the
gathering next week. Retired Army Lieutenant General Doug Lute says
(13:26):
he thinks they'll talk about leadership and the mission moving forward, the.
Speaker 12 (13:29):
Prospect that he will outline assume to be released national
defense strategy and ensure that all of his leaders from
around the globe are online with what the strategy says
and how he expects them to abide by it.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Vice President Van says he doesn't think it's unusual for
generals who report to the Secretary to meet with him.
A movie about the fire that destroyed the town of
Paradise in northern California's coming to Apple TV. The Lost
Bus is inspired by the true story of the fire
and Butte Cam eighteen.
Speaker 11 (14:01):
Thanks to all Drivers.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
There's a situation developing at ponder Rosa Elementary.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
There are twenty three kids who are stranded.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Is there if anybody in the.
Speaker 13 (14:11):
Area that I picked them up to.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
I just saw a trailer for this one. It stars
Matthew McConaughey as Kevin McKay, who drove a school bus
with two teachers and twenty two kids away from the fire.
America Ferra plays one of the teachers. The campfire is
the most destructive and deadliest wildfire in California history. It
killed eighty five people and destroyed more than eighteen thousand homes, businesses,
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and buildings. The lost bus drops October third. When we
come back wake up Calls going down the toilet Today,
the host of Home on KFI, Dean Sharp, is joining
us to talk about bathroom renovations. It's five twenty one
on your Friday morning wake up call. Good morning, I'm
Amy King. It's going to be a fabulous Friday. You
(14:56):
know why because we got Dodgers just clinched, and we
got donuts, and you're jumping off a building and I'm
jumping off a building. But let's focus on Dodgers and
donuts right now.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Good morning, Amy and the team. One unique thing about
Southern California are donuts. So I want to know where
are the donuts from Randy's Donuts or where, because Southern California,
in my opinion, has some of the best donuts in
the us.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Okay, where are they from? Will They're not Randy's.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
They're not Randy's.
Speaker 8 (15:27):
They're Mama's Donuts on Sherman Way in beautiful Van Eyes,
right next to Van Eys Airport. We all used to
go there when we were in helicopters and airplanes for
the doing the news.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Ah. Okay, well, thank you for bringing them in. He
brought like two dozen. I'm like, I can probably only
have four or five.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
No one will even notice.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Yeah, if you want to weigh in, you can hit
us up on the talkback anytime on the iHeartRadio app.
We'd love to hear from you. Here's what we're following
in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Movers have been
spotted hauling boxes out of TikTok and YouTube singer David's
home in the Hollywood Hills. He's moved out of. His
mansion is continue to investigate the death of fifteen year
old Celeste Reevas, whose remains were found in the trunk
(16:06):
of David's impounded car earlier this month. The home was
searched by investigators last week. The man who shot and
killed two ICE detainees and injured two others at a
detention facility in Dallas said he wanted to maximize lethality
against ICE agents. The acting US Attorney for North Texas
says a note found at the man's house said he
wanted to cause terror for agents. He also wrote that
(16:28):
he acted alone. Thousands expected to protest in Times Square
and march to the UN General Assembly Building, where Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address the group
this morning. Organizers are calling on Netan Yahoo to be
arrested for war crimes in connection with Israel's actions in Gaza.
They also want UN member nations to sanction Israel. We're
(16:52):
going to be talking more about that with Neil Sevadra
in four Handle for handle on the news that's coming
up at six oh five. Right now, let's say good
morning to the whole most of home on KF it's
our house, whispered Dean Sharp. Dean, your show's going into
the toilet this weekend.
Speaker 14 (17:07):
It is, Well, did you have to put it that
way just because we're spending time in the bathroom.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
Well, there'd be no reason to go to the bathroom
if there wasn't a toilet.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
So uh, all right, that's fine.
Speaker 14 (17:19):
Yes, we're talking about bathroom remodels this weekend. And it's
one of those things that actually is really really important
to a lot of people because you know, as we know,
most folks are staying in their homes and as opposed
to moving or selling, and as a result, the bathroom,
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especially in recent years, has become this very very important
kind of retreat space. I was talking to Conway about
it last night. He was like, is it really the
most important room in the house, And I'm like, I
don't know that it's the most important room in the house,
but it certainly has gained importance in the last few years.
And so bathroom remodels, what can be done, what can't
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be done. I've got a special in studio guest with
me from New Lux Baths going.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
To be a good time, Okay, So just like I
know that there's a lot that can be done. And
maybe you have a little teeny tiny bathroom and I
used to have one of these. I had one hundred
year old house in Portland. I had this teeny tiny bathroom.
It had a cabinet, it had a crappy flooring and
clap crappy walls, and I basically tore it down to
(18:24):
the studs and started over again, and then it was
the cutest little bathroom when I was done.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Well, I'm just saying, like, what are some of the
things that you can do if you have a small one,
because a lot of people have old, old homes and
the bathrooms aren't grandiose like the new ones where they're
bigger than your room.
Speaker 14 (18:41):
Right, well, this is probably the most important thing you
can do, is really like, and I'm sure you did
think through all of these options as you strip a
bathroom down to the studs. And one of the things
that is the first question in remodeling the bathroom is
are we moving stuff around or we just refreshing and
renewing everything in place? That has to be question one.
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And maybe if you've got a really teeny tiny bathroom,
you don't have any choices about that, or at least
you didn't when you did it. But the fact of
the matter is nowadays there are some options even for
a bathroom where you think, well, I can't move anything.
I mean, everything's locked in place. Let's take the toilet
for instance, Because you like spending time in the toilet,
today the.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Toilet is like spending time in the toilet.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
The toilet is.
Speaker 14 (19:32):
We have an option these days, we can go with
an in wall toilet as opposed to an on the
floor mount toilet, especially in a small bathroom, That could
make a radical difference as to the amount of perceived
space and openness, because if we take your toilet and
essentially lose the tank which is sticking it out from
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the wall about twelve inches, then it can be twelve inches,
the bowl can be twelve inches closer to the wall,
and the bowl can be raised up off the floor.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
So you've got.
Speaker 14 (20:02):
Flooring now going underneath the toilet as opposed to just
that big footprint sitting there that's hard to clean and
you know, hard to get stuff around. That's a big change,
and it used to be that could be a you know,
two thousand dollars change in a small bathroom like this. Now,
if we're replacing a toilet, it may be a difference
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of you know, three or four hundred dollars.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Nice. Nice. So I'm guessing that you're going to be
talking about lighting and sinks and toilets and mirrors and
all that.
Speaker 14 (20:33):
Stuff, showers, tubs, shower drains, shower niches, the whole gambit.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Okay, So here's when it is. Of course, it's Home
with Dean Sharp, and it's every Saturday from six to
eight am, and then normally it's Sunday from nine to noon.
But those pesky Chargers are playing on Sunday, so you
get preempted from on the air at KFI. But you're
going to be talking about a lot of really great
stuff for your home. So if people want to listen,
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how do they listen?
Speaker 14 (21:02):
Well, we'll be live on our San Diego station Cogo
for the live show, and of course you can listen
on the podcast. The second that the show is off
the air, we'll still have the show. We're still doing
the show, and so the show will be available to listen,
just not during the Charger game.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
Okay, So listen to the Chargers and then take a
break from the Chargers and go tune into Dean so
it'll it'll hit the podcast as shortly afternoon. Yep, okay,
all right, normally six to eight am on Saturdays, nine
to noon on Sundays. Today again this Sunday preempted by
the Chargers. It's Dean Sharp, the host of Home on KFI,
(21:41):
our house whisper. You can follow him at Home with Dean,
Thank you, mister Sharp. Thanks Amy, all right, have a
great weekend. The average rate on a thirty year mortgage
has ticked up this week. This ends a four week decline.
Mortgage buyer Freddy maxid yesterday the average rate rose to
six point three percent, from six point to six percent
last week. A year ago at average six point eight percent.
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Borrowing costs on fifteen year fixed rate mortgages also edged higher,
rising to five point four nine percent from five point
four to one percent last week. Mortgage rates are influenced
by things like the Federal Reserve's interest rate policies and
bond market investors expectations. Debora mark Ka Fine News. A
man's been arrested in la for allegedly killing his wife,
(22:25):
who moved to California from Scotland.
Speaker 9 (22:28):
June Bunyan was found dismembered earlier this month. A GoFundMe
page says she recently moved from the UK to the
US to follow her dream of becoming an attorney. The suspect,
Jonathan Rentoria, is charged with murder and mutilation of human remains.
Court records show that Bunyan and Renteria had been married
for a year and had a one month old baby together.
(22:49):
Prior to his arrest, Rentoria was allegedly found bleeding inside
a hotel room in Ventura County with a note admitting
to killing his wife. Mark Mayfield KOFI News.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Parts of the Grand Canyon National Park are going to
reopen to the public October first, following the wildfire that
destroyed destroyed a historic lodge and dozens of cabins. Parts
of the North Rim will be open until November thirtieth,
or until the first major snowfall. The fire in July
burned one hundred and forty five thousand acres. A woman
in the Bay Area is making a big effort to
(23:22):
find love. Lisa Catialano of San Matteo has bought digital
billboards around the region. The billboards along Highway one oh
one from the South Bay up to San Francisco simply
say Marylisa dot com. Catialano says she's become frustrated with
her current dating life and helps this off the wall
approach helps her find true love. I feel your pain, Lisa,
(23:45):
feel your pain. Uh, when we come back, as you know,
we're going over the edge, We're gonna tell you a
little bit more about that. Today is the day. We're
raising money for the Union Rescue Mission repelling twenty five
stories down the side of the Hilton Los Angeles Universal
City Hotel, and we're close to our goal. We're not
there yet. We need your help. We'll tell you more next.
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Southland weather from KFI low clouds clear into sunny skies.
Highs in the low seventies at the beaches, mid to
upper seventies for Metro La and Inlando c upper seventies
to mid eighties in the Valley's I E and Anelotte Valley.
Tomorrow Partley cloudy after morning, clouds HIGs in the seventies
and eighties, with a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
Pretty decent chance. Actually it'll warm up a couple degrees.
(24:27):
On Sunday, sixty seven in Garden Groves, sixty seven in
Buena Park.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI
Am six forty.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
It's five thirty seven on your Friday morning wake Up Call.
Good morning, I'm Amy King ready for the weekend. We
got some stuff to get through before we get there,
but as I mentioned, it's going to be a good day.
We got Dodgers clinching that's good news. Will Cole Schreiber
brought in donuts. That's good news. And I'm jumping off
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a building later to I don't know if that's good news.
That's scary. Jealous of you, you are. I totally want
to try that. It is terrifying and it is a rush.
Speaker 11 (25:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (25:11):
No, I'm terrified of heights, but I'm not afraid of fear.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
It's weird.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
I'm not afraid of fear. Yeah, I'm terrified of heights.
Speaker 3 (25:19):
I've jumped off of planes.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
I oh skydived. Yeah, well I fell off.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
Of a plane. Technically I didn't jump. You just fall.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
But you had a parachute on, so you're okay.
Speaker 3 (25:31):
Yeah, and I had no. I had a guy strapped
to my back too. That was fun. His name was
the Jinga.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Ninja Ah, redheaded guy. Yeah, all right, very nice guy,
soft hands. Okay. Well, as I mentioned, today is the
day we're going over the edge to raise money for
the Union Rescue Mission. We'll be repelling twenty five stories
down the side of the Hilton Los Angeles Universal City
Hotel today at noon. And I'm doing it because I
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believe in what Union Rescue Mission is doing. Despite my
fear of heights. Sam, You're not alone. I'm terrified. So
a wake up call listener hit us up on the
talk back to reassure me. You know that it's safe.
Speaker 6 (26:10):
Hey, if it makes any feel any better, Hardly anybody
dies para shooting, Hardly anybody, it's very rare.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
That makes me feel much better, much better. Okay, So
we're raising money for Union Rescue Mission. This is an
organization that just doesn't throw money at the problem. It
actually helps to solve the problem of homelessness. We can't
we're not gonna get everybody off the streets, but the
people who want to come off, they're helping them get
back on their feet and get off the streets permanently.
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So that's why we're raising the money. You can find
all about them on their website, yourm dot org and
if you could donate, I would appreciate it a ton.
We're getting close to our goal, we're not quite there.
Both the Neil Savedra and I will be going over
the edge today. We're planning on repelling right around noon. Oh,
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I think Neil's ahead. Oh, I know, it's just whatever,
But if you can spare spare some some of your
hard earned money. We would certainly appreciate it. It's going
to an actual good cause that's really making for you know,
it's making change, which is important. It's not just like
I said, it's not just throwing a bunch of money
at it. And they're privately funded. They don't get any
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they don't get any government money because they're faith based
and they're a dry organization. They don't let people drink
and use drugs while they're getting their services. So I'm
just so in favor of that. I think, you know,
if you're going to get off the street, you got
to get get your head straight and get ready to
do it and set yourself up for success. And that's
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what Union Rescue Mission does. To donate, go to u
RM dot org slash ote, there's a team KFI. Just
click on that button. You can donate to me or
to Neil, or just to u RM. But we appreciate
your support and again we're going over the edge. Please
help us hit our goal. Here's what's coming out of
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the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Disney's reached a landmark
settlement with its employees.
Speaker 15 (28:09):
A judge has approved a record two hundred and thirty
three million dollar settlement against Disney for underpaying Anaheim resort
workers under Measure L.
Speaker 12 (28:17):
It means that they are finally going to get the
pay that they are entitled to.
Speaker 15 (28:21):
UFCW president Andrea Zinder says thousands of cast members will
now receive back pay with interest. She says the case
will set a precedent for workers' rights in California.
Speaker 12 (28:30):
Wage step is not going to be tolerated. When voters
speak that they're going to be listened to.
Speaker 15 (28:37):
The Brooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
A twenty eight year old man has pleaded guilty to
molesting two girls in a bounce house at a birthday
party in Anaheim. Fernando Apaiez pleaded guilty to four felon
accounts please see him molested the six and nine year
old girls in October of twenty eighteen. He's also charged
with sexually assaulting a nine year old girl who used
to babysit. They'll be sentenced October twenty First Metro's board
has unanimously approved resolutions to start the process of acquiring
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two private properties needed for construction of the future East
San Fernando Valley light rail line. The parcels of land
are required for a maintenance and storage facility to be built,
and Governor Newsom says he'll sign the nation's first state
law regulating AI. The bill requires safety measures, protects whistleblowers,
and creates a public research hub called cow Compute. Time
(29:24):
to get in your business now with Bloomberg's Dan Schwartzman.
Good morning Dan, Good morning Amy.
Speaker 13 (29:30):
And those were some reassuring words. Hardly anybody dies. Well, right,
you'll be fine.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
I feel so much better. I feel so much better. Okay,
let's talk about TikTok because we know that the President
signed a memo or an order yesterday. Say yep, we
can move forward with the US sell or China selling
TikTok to US companies. And apparently the valuation is a
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little wonky.
Speaker 13 (29:56):
It's interesting, Amy reaction to the fourteen billion dollaraluation, which
was mentioned by Vice President JD.
Speaker 3 (30:02):
Vans Forth.
Speaker 13 (30:02):
TikTok's US business kind of range from stunt to mused.
Previous projections have estimated the value being closed to forty
billion dollars. Ashwyn Binmani, founder of Alpha Binwani Capital, says
that the quote price tag looks dramatically misaligned with reality. TikTok,
which has around one hundred and seventy million users in
the US. Amy that's one out of every two people
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in this country. Generates revenue north of ten billion dollars
a year here in the US, So fourteen billion compared
to forty billion, that's a large gap they're going to
have to try to figure out.
Speaker 1 (30:33):
Well, so you said that the Vice president said that
was Did he misspeak?
Speaker 7 (30:37):
Maybe no.
Speaker 13 (30:38):
I think they're trying to get it on the cheap
for the US company.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
Okay, all right, all right. President Trump is moving forward
with some new tariffs, that is correct.
Speaker 13 (30:48):
He announced a one hundred percent tariff on branded or
patented pharmaceuticals unless a company is building a manufacturing plant
here in the US. With the new duties kicking in
next Wednesday. Major drug makers have announced billions of dollars
in planned US investments since Trump's inauguration. While some multinational
drug makers have said they mainly rely on US plants
to supply the domestic market, now all of not all,
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the companies, though, have broken ground on their promised expansions.
Most European drug makers slumping in early trading. So if
you're building the factory here, you're not going to have
to deal with one hundred percent taft, but it could
hurt some people taking some very specialized medicines that come
from countries like Japan that do not have plants or
are building plants here in America.
Speaker 3 (31:31):
So this could be an issue.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
So are drug price is going to double some could?
Speaker 13 (31:37):
I mean I was reading about this one that is
for breast cancer patients and it's only produced by a
Japanese corporation and they don't have a plan here, So is.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
That going to have to figure that out? That stuff
is absolutely I got to take some fun chemo that
it's expensive.
Speaker 13 (31:54):
Yeah, and I would double it from ridiculously high costs
now to even more ridiculously high costs. So this has
to be addressed because it can't be as simple as
another hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
There you go, Okay. A hedge fund titan Sizzy believes
that companies are spending too much money on AI.
Speaker 3 (32:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 13 (32:11):
Green Light Capital founder David Einhorn says company seem to
be over spending on AI infrastructure. The hedge fund manager
questions whether tech giants such as Apple, Meta Open Open
AI will see the returns that justify the hundreds of
billions to a trillion dollars that's being spent on the buildout.
Einhorn says that while the technology could prove itself to
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be transformative, there is a chance that there will be
a quote tremendous amount of capital destruction because of this overspending.
So is the spending and outweigh what they bring in.
And if you're not going to make the money, then
are you really smart to be spending hundreds of billions
to a trillion dollars?
Speaker 1 (32:46):
Okay? And speaking of hundreds of trillions of dollars, what
are we expecting in the markets this morning?
Speaker 13 (32:53):
I think we had you know, yesterday was not a
good day. Today, I think it's going to be a
good day right now. Futures are really rolling right now.
The Dow is up four ten to one percent, The
S ANDP and the NASDAC are nearing gains of a
third to one percent, and all three by the way arising.
So Amy, expect a good final day of training for
this week.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
I always love to hear that, all right, Bloomberg's Dan
Schwartzman getting in your business. We do it every weekday
morning at five forty. Thanks Dan, have a great weekend.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
Same to you. Amy.
Speaker 1 (33:17):
All right, when we come back, we're gonna find out
if Leo DiCaprio is still a big box office straws
new movies coming out today. ABC's Mike Dbuski is also
going to tell us to hold our horses because we're
going to slow down on the stream. Will still doesn't
know what we mean. I'm guessing okay, I think, thank
you got it. Okay, we'll find out next from your
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your Friday morning wake up call. Good morning. I'm Amy King.
Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
(33:59):
Evacuation orders for some neighborhoods in Altadena came long or
long after houses had already burned down in the Eton
fire in January. That's just one of the problems cited
in a review of the response to the wildfires. An
eighth grade or an eighth girls volleyball match is being
forfeited against Herrupa Valley High School because of a transgender
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athlete on the team. The game was supposed to be
played later today against Patriot High School. Players have filed
a lawsuit alledging violations of Title nine and the Equal
Protection Clause. William Shatner has posted a picture on Instagram
of himself dressed like Mark Twain and the caption Rumors
of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. This after TMC
(34:41):
reported that he was rushed to a hospital earlier this week.
His publicist put out a statement yesterday saying he's at
home and he's fine. He apparently did call paramedics and
was checked out and in is okay. Shatner added the comment,
I keep telling you all don't trust tabloids or AI. Okay,
well we will not. Just minutes away from Handle on
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the news and for one more day, Handle is gone,
so Neil Servader is sitting in. We're gonna get to
all the big stories of the day. Let's say good
morning now to ABC's Mike Dubusky. Good morning, Mike, Good
morning Amy.
Speaker 3 (35:16):
How are you doing good?
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Okay? So, Leo DiCaprio has a new movie out and
it's going to be a kind of a test of
whether he can still draw in the big bucks at
the box office.
Speaker 3 (35:26):
It certainly. Yeah.
Speaker 16 (35:27):
So this is one Battle after another. This is Leonardo
DiCaprio's latest movie. The last time we saw him on
the big screen was all the way back in twenty
twenty three in Killers of the Flower Moon. Also working
with a big director here. Killers of the Flower Moon
was directed by Martin Scorsese. One Battle after Another is
directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, who you might recognize from
(35:48):
Boogie Knights Magnolia.
Speaker 3 (35:50):
There will be blood. Yeah.
Speaker 16 (35:51):
I just watched Boogie Nights the other night for the
first time. It is excellent, and so is this movie.
I saw One Battle after Another last night, and I
have to say, despite the fact that it is two
hours and forty five minutes long or so, it's a
long movie, absolutely flies by. And a lot of that
comes back to the filmmaking and the performance that Leonardo
(36:11):
Leonardo DiCaprio turns in here. This is a movie that
is based on a Thomas Pinchon novel from nineteen ninety
called Vineland, So it takes place in kind of northern California.
Leonardo DiCaprio plays this kind of stoner guy who gets
drawn back into his previous life as a revolutionary figure,
a sort of counter cultural guy, and Sean Penn plays
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his sort of foil military man who is kind of
being ingratiated into this white supremacist group led by Tony Goldwyn,
who we know from Scandal. So it's got a really
interesting cast. Tianna Taylor also shows up Regina Hall and
a relative newcomer to Hollywood Chase Infinity. This is her
first big screen credit and she is excellent. She plays
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kind of the daughter figure of Leonardo DiCaprio, and she
really is a standout performance in this movie. I have
to say it would be really cool to see her
score a Best Supporting Actress nomination, maybe a Best Actress
Leading Actress nomination, depending on how the filmmakers decide to
approach award season. But suffice it to say whether or
not this does particularly well at the box office, It's
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tracking for about a twenty million dollar opening this weekend.
This is expected to be a major player at the
Oscars this year.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
Leo likes his awards and he likes those darn long movies.
The last one he did it.
Speaker 3 (37:28):
Was more than three. It was more than three.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
Okay, So if you don't want to sit in one
place in a dark movie theater, you can just stay
home and watch stuff on the stream that it is true. Yeah,
we got something new coming out called The Lowdown. I
have not heard of this.
Speaker 16 (37:41):
Yeah, So this is a new show from Sterlin Harjo.
This is the creator behind Reservation Dogs, which was this
really critically acclaimed show on FX and Hulu. The Lowdown
also on that streaming platform as well, But it's a
bit of a different take. Where Reservation Dogs was kind
of a coming of aged tail, this is more of
a neo noir crime comedy thriller, black comedy kind of thing.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
Neo noir crime comedy thriller.
Speaker 3 (38:08):
Yeah, neo noir.
Speaker 16 (38:09):
So it kind of like takes place in Oklahoma, these
dusty American towns, and it follows a private investigator played
by Ethan Hawk who is investigating the suicide of a
wealthy man in Tulsa, Oklahoma, played by Tim Blake Nelson.
Speaker 3 (38:21):
So some big names attached to this as well.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
Is it a movie or a series?
Speaker 3 (38:25):
The series?
Speaker 16 (38:26):
So it's out with its first episode now and then
it's going to air weekly from here on in. But
it also stars Kyle McLaughlin, who, of course we all
know from Twin Peaks. I like him too, Keith David,
Tracy Letts. You know, a pretty stacked cast on this one.
That's kind of the big new streaming release. There's also
season five of Slow Horses, which is out of its
first couple or first one episode.
Speaker 1 (38:47):
Now, oh that's right. They do the one at a
time one.
Speaker 3 (38:50):
They do the one at a time ones.
Speaker 16 (38:52):
Yeah, but this actually has worked out for streamers in
some ways, despite the fact that a lot of TV
fans kind of won it all at once.
Speaker 3 (38:59):
We end up talking about these series.
Speaker 16 (39:01):
For longer, right, you know, you kind of go week
to week, and that really has been kind of the
the you know, advantage to their advantage.
Speaker 3 (39:09):
Right.
Speaker 16 (39:09):
It stays in the public consciousness for a little bit longer,
kind of gets people involved a little bit more than
you know, dropping it all at once. But you know,
the counterpoint to that is I want to see it all,
you know, I know, it's kind of episode.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
Slow Courses is sort of a sleeper for me. It
took me a while. I tried to watch it, couldn't
get into it. Then I tried to watch it again
and it's like the third time I went, oh, wait
a second, there's something here, and now I just love it.
Speaker 16 (39:32):
You got to really love that like dry British sense
of humor and like that is all this show is about, right,
This is a sort of misfit group of spies led
by Gary Oldman. It is now in its fifth season two,
which I think is worth mentioning. It's like some streaming shows,
we got to wait like three or four years before
the next season comes out. We saw that happen with Severance.
We are seeing that happen with Stranger Things, slow horses.
(39:55):
You get a season every year. Man, they are churning
these things out out.
Speaker 10 (40:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 16 (40:00):
So despite the fact that you don't get all the
episodes at once, you're probably gonna get more episodes soon.
And this has been renewed for season six and seven,
so it's doing pretty well for ACS.
Speaker 1 (40:08):
Okay, ABC's Mike Debuski, thanks so much for the info.
Speaker 3 (40:12):
Of course.
Speaker 1 (40:12):
All right, how good weekend. Let's get back to some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour news room. A national transportation research group has found
it costs a lot to drive in southern California.
Speaker 4 (40:21):
The report from trip looked at major California cities, including
La and a combined Riverside San Bernardino. The organization's Rocky
Molready says bad or mediocre roads and Riverside and San
Bernardino cost the average driver seven hundred and sixty five
dollars a year as.
Speaker 12 (40:35):
A result of losing seventy two hours stuck in traffic
and wasting additional twenty three gallons of fuel.
Speaker 4 (40:40):
In LA, the cost is higher. Bad roads cost on average,
more than twelve hundred dollars each trip reports time loss
to congestion and sitting in traffic is even costly or
across the region more than thirty four hundred dollars per
driver in LA. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (40:54):
I would tell you we were driving. We were driving
back from Big Bear and we were on the two
ten West Bend last weekend. Whatever lane I was in,
it's the worst lane in southern California. It was like
hitting potholes every fifty feet. And I was just like, Oh,
that's gonna hurt. Oh that's gonna cost me. Oh my
suspension is gonna fall.
Speaker 8 (41:12):
I mean, the two ten has a lot of potholes
problems unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (41:15):
Yeah, all right now, it's brought to you by Sen. Percelaris.
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and allow the legislature to draw the map. Hilton is
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This has been your wake up Call, and if you
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It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Fucked morning. This is your wake up call for Friday,
September twenty sixth. I'm Amy King. We're live everywhere on
the iHeartRadio app. Ready for the weekend, I am, except
for this weather. It's like gonna be drizzly this morning.
I'm hoping it clears off because I'm about to jump
off a building and i want sunshine. Hey, it's gonna
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be a great day. I don't care what anybody says.
If you're if you're waking up and you're like, oh god,
it's a bad day. No, it's not. Because the Dodgers clinched,
so that's good. And uh and Will Coleschreiber brought donuts. Heck, yeah,
Well maybe it's not a good day for you, it's
a great day for me. Sam is very excited. Kono's
(01:10):
out today, so we got Sam in for Kono. I
get donuts, you do you know what, I've already run
to the donut I was going to make my healthy
oatmeal or some crap like that, and Will goes, there's donuts.
So I put down the oatmeal and I ran over
and I got my old fashioned donut. That's my favorite,
old fashion. Yeah, they're good. All right. Here's what's ahead
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on wake up Call. Outdated policies, weaknesses, and systemic vulnerabilities
got in the way of the emergency response to the
deadly wildfire and Alta Dina, and independent report commissioned by
the La County Board of Supervisors was released yesterday. Five
major insurance companies will start writing home insurance policies again
in California. Mercury, CSAA, USAA, Pacific Specialty and California Casualty
(01:56):
will offer the policies under new rules that allow them
to consider wildfire risks and reinsurance costs when they set premiums.
The companies have promised to expand coverage in high fire
risk areas and are requesting a nearly seven percent rate hike.
Huntington Beach moving forward with a proposal to create a
mural in honor of Charlie Kirk, the city Council unanimously
(02:18):
approved the formation of an ad hoc committee to explore
the idea. Officials say the mural would be an artistic
expression honoring freedom and free speech, memorializing Charlie Kirk. The
project would be privately funded. So Jim Comey has become
the first former FBI director to face a federal indictment.
ABC's Stephen Portnoy's going to join us in just a
(02:39):
couple of minutes. He'll be talking about what the charges are,
whether the government has a good shot at getting a
conviction or not. Wake Up Calls going into the toilet today.
The host of Home on kf I, Dean Sharp is
joining us. We're going to be talking about bathroom renovations.
We're going to find out if Leo DiCaprio is still
a big box office draw his new movie coming out today.
(03:00):
ABC's Mike Dubuski says, there's a lot of oscar buzz
on this one seems to be with Leo and hold
your horses. We're gonna slow down on the stream. What
am I talking about?
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Does that mean?
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Yeah, I don't know. You're gonna have to listen. That's
coming up during wake Up Call. Also, today's the day
going over the Edge to raise money for the Union
Rescue mission. I'll be repelling twenty five stories down the
side of the Hilton Los Angeles University City Hotel. We're
going to do it at noon. Neil Savader and I
I still need your help to reach our goal, and
all the money raised is going directly to help people
(03:34):
get off the street and back on their feet to
find their way home. RM dot org slash Ote would
love for you to donate to the cause, and we'll
be telling you a little bit more about that coming
up during wake up call. Let's get started with some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. And independent report on La County's response to
(03:55):
January's wildfires has found several issues.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
The report says it wasn't one scene, it was many
outdated policies for communication and technical issues. Supervisor Lindsay Horvath
says the county will begin work on fixing its issues
right away.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
We must invest in technology, infrastructure, and most importantly, in
the people who expect us to keep them safe.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
The report says some residents of Alta Dina didn't receive
evacuation orders until the Eaten fire was in their neighborhoods
agencies also had trouble communicating with each other. Michael Monks
KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
The state's insurance commissioner has defended a proposed change to
the state's insurance rate review process. Consumer Watchdog has called
Commissioner Ricardo Laura's proposal vindictive and retaliatory. It argues the
changes could harm consumers by making it harder to challenge
insurance rate increases. A woman in Orange County has been
(04:50):
found guilty of fatally stabbing her mother with a screwdriver
at their home in Lake Forest. Courtney Baker as a
history of attacking her mom, violating restraining orders, and drug possession,
and she's now looking at sixteen years to life in prison.
She'll be sentenced in November. More groups in California coming
out against Prop fifty.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
Bishop Dwight Williams with the California Senior Alliance says splitting
certain districts multiple ways will cause more problems and more
places disenfranchisement for not only people within the African American community,
but within the Latino community. He says, the way the
proposed districts are drawn, it'll break up the unified voice
for California voters.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
It is completely nonsensical.
Speaker 6 (05:27):
A yes vote on Prop fifty will favor Governor Gavin
Newsom's redistricting effort to favor Democrats in this state. He says,
is in response to the redistricting efforts in Texas that
favor the gop. Jason Campedonia KFI news.
Speaker 7 (05:41):
Two outs, bottle of the ninth.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
They'll take the series.
Speaker 7 (05:45):
They'll take the season series seven to six in a
two to one pitch swung it on the ground battle.
Third Rojas Backcants throws to first. He gut divisional dominance
for the Dodgers. Twenty five Dodgers are the National League's
Western Division champions.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
The Dodgers clinch their twelfth National League West title in
the past thirteen seasons with an eight to nothing win
over the Diamondbacks in Phoenix. Sho hey Otani hit his
fifty fourth home run, tying the franchise record he set
last season. Freddie Freeman and Andy pa Hayes also hit
home runs. The Dodgers will begin postseason play next week,
and you can hear all the Dodger games on our
(06:25):
sister station, k LACAM five to seventy. Let's get a
first look at your morning commute, and it's not a
good start to the day. In West Covine on the ten,
we've got.
Speaker 8 (06:35):
This crash, unfortunately, really bad crash. Eastbound side of the
ten at Pacific. All lanes are currently closed because of
a fatal crash.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
This happened about two hours ago or.
Speaker 8 (06:45):
So and the corners on the way, so an investigation
will ensue and that will be closed until further notice.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Again, that's the eastbound side of the tenant Pacific.
Speaker 8 (06:55):
Not seeing a lot of slowing on the heavy commute
side the westbound side yet, but that may change.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Will keep you updated.
Speaker 8 (07:01):
Westbound side of the ten in the Fontana area just
before Cedar two vehicle crashed on the right shoulder. Also
some problems on the two fifteen southbound before plus Centia
that is a hit and run crash over on the
right side. And in the Port area sam Pedro one
ten north but gaffy solo vehicle crash there on the
on ramp. It looks like with Southern California's most accurate
(07:21):
traffic reports, I'm Will Coleschreiber.
Speaker 9 (07:24):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Will'll keep us updated on everything going on on the
roadways this morning. Right now, let's say good morning to
ABC's Stephen Portnoy, So, Stephen, there had been rumblings, and
yesterday former FBI Director James Comy was indicted. What are
the charges.
Speaker 10 (07:41):
There are two counts in this indictment. They're both related
to testimony that Comy gave before the Senate Judiciary Committee
almost exactly five years ago. And that's important because the
statute of limitations on these changes runs out next Tuesday,
and the decision was made to get this indictment before that.
The charges are James Comy lied to Congress and made
(08:05):
false statements and that he obstructed the congressional proceeding. Now
we don't exactly know what this is about, but the
President says it's an important lie. He said that on
the Truth Social this morning. You know, it seems that
the indictment points to an exchange that Komy had with
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Senator Ted Cruz in which Cruz asked him about a
previous round of testimony that Comy had given in twenty seventeen,
when he was asked by Chuck Grassley about whether he
authorized anyone inside the FBI to leak to the press. Now,
there's a lot we don't know. The indictment is only
two pages. We don't have full clarity on all of this,
(08:49):
and ultimately I suppose it'll come out and open court.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
It'll have to.
Speaker 10 (08:53):
James Komy last night on Instagram posted a video on
which he said he's innocent. He's hired Patrick Fitzgerald, longtime friend,
former law school pal, former US attorney in Chicago. And
if you remember that name, it's because you remember two
decades ago a major scandal here in Washington, d C.
Involved the leaking of a CIA operative's name, Valerie plame Well.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Patrick Fitzgerald was appointed.
Speaker 10 (09:17):
By James Comy because then Comy was the deputy Attorney
General under John Ashcroft. Comy appointed his friend Pat Fitzgerald
to run that investigation as a special counsel. And now
two decades later, he's hired his old friend Pat Fitzgerald
to be his defense attorney in this case.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Okay, and if there was a conviction, what kind of
punishment would there be?
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Well, it would be a five year prison sentence. I'll
tell you.
Speaker 10 (09:46):
I think it's you know, as we look at this,
there's a lot we don't know. Yeah, because it's not
in the indictment. Oftentimes read an indictment, we get a
sense of a prosecutor's case and where they're going with it.
That's not clear here, but it could involve one of
two people, either Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of
the FBI, or a friend of Comy's named Daniel Richmond,
(10:07):
who was a law professor at Columbia at Law School,
who had worked with Comy in the Justice Department years earlier,
who was sort of an intermediary for Comy in the
final days where he was working as FBI Director under
Donald Trump prior to the president firing him. And it's
understood now that Comy certainly basically had Richmond passed things
(10:31):
on to The New York Times with respect to what things,
you know, what was going on in the final days
that he was serving under Donald Trump prior Toho's firing. Again,
there's a lot we don't know, but the bigger picture
is this is a case that the Office of the
Prosecutor in Eastern Virginia looked at for many years and
determined that there wasn't a case here. And that was
(10:53):
the advice given to Lindsay Halligan, the newly appointed US attorney.
She's bringing the case regardless, and she secured it to
Count indictment. The grand jury did not agree to bring
a third charge having to do with another statement that
more specifically had to do with a document involving the
Rush investigation.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
It's pretty confusing, and.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
It's going to be very interesting to see how it
all plays out. And I'm sure we'll have more questions
for you as this moves forward. Thank you, ABC, Stephen Portnoy,
You bet all right. Let's get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
Investigators in Texas say the man who shot three people
at an ICE facility in Dallas, killing one of them,
was not targeting the detainees. He hoped his actions would
(11:35):
terrorize ICE employees. Acting US Attorney for the Northern District
of Texas, Nancy Larson says instead, the shooter killed a
migrant Wednesday and hurt two others in a transfer van
before killing himself. Lawmakers from California are calling on Congress
to keep tax credits for the Affordable Care Act as
(11:55):
the government is facing a shutdown. Senator Adam Schiff held
an event in San Diego County along with Congressman Mike Levin,
who says hundreds of thousands of people will not be
able to afford coverage if the credits aren't included in
a spending plan.
Speaker 11 (12:08):
Six hundred and sixty thousand California, over five million nationwide,
and even for others who keep their care through the
cover California or through the ACA, premiums will skyrocket.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
There is a potential government shutdown on September thirtieth if
a budget deal can't be reached. President Trump has signed
in an executive order declaring a proposed deal allowing TikTok
to keep operating in the US. He says the qualified
sale will meet national security concern that's laid out in
a new law. Details are still scarce, but Trump said
(12:41):
Chinese leader Shijinping gave us the go ahead to proceed
with the deal. The president is also signed a memo
ordering an investigation into domestic terrorism and organized political violence
from what he calls the radical left. The memo, signed
yesterday directs the administration to set aside funding for law
enforcement partners to detect, prevent, and protect against such threats.
(13:05):
Trump told reporters the aim of the memo is to
target those funding the groups believed to be behind the threats.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals and
admirals to a marine base in northern Virginia for a
sudden meeting. The directive doesn't offer a reason for the
gathering next week. Retired Army Lieutenant General Doug Lute says
(13:26):
he thinks they'll talk about leadership and the mission moving forward, the.
Speaker 12 (13:29):
Prospect that he will outline assume to be released national
defense strategy and ensure that all of his leaders from
around the globe are online with what the strategy says
and how he expects them to abide by it.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Vice President Van says he doesn't think it's unusual for
generals who report to the Secretary to meet with him.
A movie about the fire that destroyed the town of
Paradise in northern California's coming to Apple TV. The Lost
Bus is inspired by the true story of the fire
and Butte Cam eighteen.
Speaker 11 (14:01):
Thanks to all Drivers.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
There's a situation developing at ponder Rosa Elementary.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
There are twenty three kids who are stranded.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Is there if anybody in the.
Speaker 13 (14:11):
Area that I picked them up to.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
I just saw a trailer for this one. It stars
Matthew McConaughey as Kevin McKay, who drove a school bus
with two teachers and twenty two kids away from the fire.
America Ferra plays one of the teachers. The campfire is
the most destructive and deadliest wildfire in California history. It
killed eighty five people and destroyed more than eighteen thousand homes, businesses,
(14:35):
and buildings. The lost bus drops October third. When we
come back wake up Calls going down the toilet Today,
the host of Home on KFI, Dean Sharp, is joining
us to talk about bathroom renovations. It's five twenty one
on your Friday morning wake up call. Good morning, I'm
Amy King. It's going to be a fabulous Friday. You
(14:56):
know why because we got Dodgers just clinched, and we
got donuts, and you're jumping off a building and I'm
jumping off a building. But let's focus on Dodgers and
donuts right now.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Good morning, Amy and the team. One unique thing about
Southern California are donuts. So I want to know where
are the donuts from Randy's Donuts or where, because Southern California,
in my opinion, has some of the best donuts in
the us.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Okay, where are they from? Will They're not Randy's.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
They're not Randy's.
Speaker 8 (15:27):
They're Mama's Donuts on Sherman Way in beautiful Van Eyes,
right next to Van Eys Airport. We all used to
go there when we were in helicopters and airplanes for
the doing the news.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Ah. Okay, well, thank you for bringing them in. He
brought like two dozen. I'm like, I can probably only
have four or five.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
No one will even notice.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Yeah, if you want to weigh in, you can hit
us up on the talkback anytime on the iHeartRadio app.
We'd love to hear from you. Here's what we're following
in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Movers have been
spotted hauling boxes out of TikTok and YouTube singer David's
home in the Hollywood Hills. He's moved out of. His
mansion is continue to investigate the death of fifteen year
old Celeste Reevas, whose remains were found in the trunk
(16:06):
of David's impounded car earlier this month. The home was
searched by investigators last week. The man who shot and
killed two ICE detainees and injured two others at a
detention facility in Dallas said he wanted to maximize lethality
against ICE agents. The acting US Attorney for North Texas
says a note found at the man's house said he
wanted to cause terror for agents. He also wrote that
(16:28):
he acted alone. Thousands expected to protest in Times Square
and march to the UN General Assembly Building, where Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address the group
this morning. Organizers are calling on Netan Yahoo to be
arrested for war crimes in connection with Israel's actions in Gaza.
They also want UN member nations to sanction Israel. We're
(16:52):
going to be talking more about that with Neil Sevadra
in four Handle for handle on the news that's coming
up at six oh five. Right now, let's say good
morning to the whole most of home on KF it's
our house, whispered Dean Sharp. Dean, your show's going into
the toilet this weekend.
Speaker 14 (17:07):
It is, Well, did you have to put it that
way just because we're spending time in the bathroom.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
Well, there'd be no reason to go to the bathroom
if there wasn't a toilet.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
So uh, all right, that's fine.
Speaker 14 (17:19):
Yes, we're talking about bathroom remodels this weekend. And it's
one of those things that actually is really really important
to a lot of people because you know, as we know,
most folks are staying in their homes and as opposed
to moving or selling, and as a result, the bathroom,
(17:39):
especially in recent years, has become this very very important
kind of retreat space. I was talking to Conway about
it last night. He was like, is it really the
most important room in the house, And I'm like, I
don't know that it's the most important room in the house,
but it certainly has gained importance in the last few years.
And so bathroom remodels, what can be done, what can't
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be done. I've got a special in studio guest with
me from New Lux Baths going.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
To be a good time, Okay, So just like I
know that there's a lot that can be done. And
maybe you have a little teeny tiny bathroom and I
used to have one of these. I had one hundred
year old house in Portland. I had this teeny tiny bathroom.
It had a cabinet, it had a crappy flooring and
clap crappy walls, and I basically tore it down to
(18:24):
the studs and started over again, and then it was
the cutest little bathroom when I was done.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Well, I'm just saying, like, what are some of the
things that you can do if you have a small one,
because a lot of people have old, old homes and
the bathrooms aren't grandiose like the new ones where they're
bigger than your room.
Speaker 14 (18:41):
Right, well, this is probably the most important thing you
can do, is really like, and I'm sure you did
think through all of these options as you strip a
bathroom down to the studs. And one of the things
that is the first question in remodeling the bathroom is
are we moving stuff around or we just refreshing and
renewing everything in place? That has to be question one.
(19:04):
And maybe if you've got a really teeny tiny bathroom,
you don't have any choices about that, or at least
you didn't when you did it. But the fact of
the matter is nowadays there are some options even for
a bathroom where you think, well, I can't move anything.
I mean, everything's locked in place. Let's take the toilet
for instance, Because you like spending time in the toilet,
today the.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Toilet is like spending time in the toilet.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
The toilet is.
Speaker 14 (19:32):
We have an option these days, we can go with
an in wall toilet as opposed to an on the
floor mount toilet, especially in a small bathroom, That could
make a radical difference as to the amount of perceived
space and openness, because if we take your toilet and
essentially lose the tank which is sticking it out from
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the wall about twelve inches, then it can be twelve inches,
the bowl can be twelve inches closer to the wall,
and the bowl can be raised up off the floor.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
So you've got.
Speaker 14 (20:02):
Flooring now going underneath the toilet as opposed to just
that big footprint sitting there that's hard to clean and
you know, hard to get stuff around. That's a big change,
and it used to be that could be a you know,
two thousand dollars change in a small bathroom like this. Now,
if we're replacing a toilet, it may be a difference
(20:23):
of you know, three or four hundred dollars.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Nice. Nice. So I'm guessing that you're going to be
talking about lighting and sinks and toilets and mirrors and
all that.
Speaker 14 (20:33):
Stuff, showers, tubs, shower drains, shower niches, the whole gambit.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Okay, So here's when it is. Of course, it's Home
with Dean Sharp, and it's every Saturday from six to
eight am, and then normally it's Sunday from nine to noon.
But those pesky Chargers are playing on Sunday, so you
get preempted from on the air at KFI. But you're
going to be talking about a lot of really great
stuff for your home. So if people want to listen,
(21:01):
how do they listen?
Speaker 14 (21:02):
Well, we'll be live on our San Diego station Cogo
for the live show, and of course you can listen
on the podcast. The second that the show is off
the air, we'll still have the show. We're still doing
the show, and so the show will be available to listen,
just not during the Charger game.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
Okay, So listen to the Chargers and then take a
break from the Chargers and go tune into Dean so
it'll it'll hit the podcast as shortly afternoon. Yep, okay,
all right, normally six to eight am on Saturdays, nine
to noon on Sundays. Today again this Sunday preempted by
the Chargers. It's Dean Sharp, the host of Home on KFI,
(21:41):
our house whisper. You can follow him at Home with Dean,
Thank you, mister Sharp. Thanks Amy, all right, have a
great weekend. The average rate on a thirty year mortgage
has ticked up this week. This ends a four week decline.
Mortgage buyer Freddy maxid yesterday the average rate rose to
six point three percent, from six point to six percent
last week. A year ago at average six point eight percent.
(22:04):
Borrowing costs on fifteen year fixed rate mortgages also edged higher,
rising to five point four nine percent from five point
four to one percent last week. Mortgage rates are influenced
by things like the Federal Reserve's interest rate policies and
bond market investors expectations. Debora mark Ka Fine News. A
man's been arrested in la for allegedly killing his wife,
(22:25):
who moved to California from Scotland.
Speaker 9 (22:28):
June Bunyan was found dismembered earlier this month. A GoFundMe
page says she recently moved from the UK to the
US to follow her dream of becoming an attorney. The suspect,
Jonathan Rentoria, is charged with murder and mutilation of human remains.
Court records show that Bunyan and Renteria had been married
for a year and had a one month old baby together.
(22:49):
Prior to his arrest, Rentoria was allegedly found bleeding inside
a hotel room in Ventura County with a note admitting
to killing his wife. Mark Mayfield KOFI News.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Parts of the Grand Canyon National Park are going to
reopen to the public October first, following the wildfire that
destroyed destroyed a historic lodge and dozens of cabins. Parts
of the North Rim will be open until November thirtieth,
or until the first major snowfall. The fire in July
burned one hundred and forty five thousand acres. A woman
in the Bay Area is making a big effort to
(23:22):
find love. Lisa Catialano of San Matteo has bought digital
billboards around the region. The billboards along Highway one oh
one from the South Bay up to San Francisco simply
say Marylisa dot com. Catialano says she's become frustrated with
her current dating life and helps this off the wall
approach helps her find true love. I feel your pain, Lisa,
(23:45):
feel your pain. Uh, when we come back, as you know,
we're going over the edge, We're gonna tell you a
little bit more about that. Today is the day. We're
raising money for the Union Rescue Mission repelling twenty five
stories down the side of the Hilton Los Angeles Universal
City Hotel, and we're close to our goal. We're not
there yet. We need your help. We'll tell you more next.
(24:05):
Southland weather from KFI low clouds clear into sunny skies.
Highs in the low seventies at the beaches, mid to
upper seventies for Metro La and Inlando c upper seventies
to mid eighties in the Valley's I E and Anelotte Valley.
Tomorrow Partley cloudy after morning, clouds HIGs in the seventies
and eighties, with a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
Pretty decent chance. Actually it'll warm up a couple degrees.
(24:27):
On Sunday, sixty seven in Garden Groves, sixty seven in
Buena Park.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI
Am six forty.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
It's five thirty seven on your Friday morning wake Up Call.
Good morning, I'm Amy King ready for the weekend. We
got some stuff to get through before we get there,
but as I mentioned, it's going to be a good day.
We got Dodgers clinching that's good news. Will Cole Schreiber
brought in donuts. That's good news. And I'm jumping off
(24:59):
a building later to I don't know if that's good news.
That's scary. Jealous of you, you are. I totally want
to try that. It is terrifying and it is a rush.
Speaker 11 (25:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (25:11):
No, I'm terrified of heights, but I'm not afraid of fear.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
It's weird.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
I'm not afraid of fear. Yeah, I'm terrified of heights.
Speaker 3 (25:19):
I've jumped off of planes.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
I oh skydived. Yeah, well I fell off.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
Of a plane. Technically I didn't jump. You just fall.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
But you had a parachute on, so you're okay.
Speaker 3 (25:31):
Yeah, and I had no. I had a guy strapped
to my back too. That was fun. His name was
the Jinga.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Ninja Ah, redheaded guy. Yeah, all right, very nice guy,
soft hands. Okay. Well, as I mentioned, today is the
day we're going over the edge to raise money for
the Union Rescue Mission. We'll be repelling twenty five stories
down the side of the Hilton Los Angeles Universal City
Hotel today at noon. And I'm doing it because I
(25:57):
believe in what Union Rescue Mission is doing. Despite my
fear of heights. Sam, You're not alone. I'm terrified. So
a wake up call listener hit us up on the
talk back to reassure me. You know that it's safe.
Speaker 6 (26:10):
Hey, if it makes any feel any better, Hardly anybody
dies para shooting, Hardly anybody, it's very rare.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
That makes me feel much better, much better. Okay, So
we're raising money for Union Rescue Mission. This is an
organization that just doesn't throw money at the problem. It
actually helps to solve the problem of homelessness. We can't
we're not gonna get everybody off the streets, but the
people who want to come off, they're helping them get
back on their feet and get off the streets permanently.
(26:40):
So that's why we're raising the money. You can find
all about them on their website, yourm dot org and
if you could donate, I would appreciate it a ton.
We're getting close to our goal, we're not quite there.
Both the Neil Savedra and I will be going over
the edge today. We're planning on repelling right around noon. Oh,
(27:00):
I think Neil's ahead. Oh, I know, it's just whatever,
But if you can spare spare some some of your
hard earned money. We would certainly appreciate it. It's going
to an actual good cause that's really making for you know,
it's making change, which is important. It's not just like
I said, it's not just throwing a bunch of money
at it. And they're privately funded. They don't get any
(27:22):
they don't get any government money because they're faith based
and they're a dry organization. They don't let people drink
and use drugs while they're getting their services. So I'm
just so in favor of that. I think, you know,
if you're going to get off the street, you got
to get get your head straight and get ready to
do it and set yourself up for success. And that's
(27:45):
what Union Rescue Mission does. To donate, go to u
RM dot org slash ote, there's a team KFI. Just
click on that button. You can donate to me or
to Neil, or just to u RM. But we appreciate
your support and again we're going over the edge. Please
help us hit our goal. Here's what's coming out of
(28:05):
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Disney's reached a landmark
settlement with its employees.
Speaker 15 (28:09):
A judge has approved a record two hundred and thirty
three million dollar settlement against Disney for underpaying Anaheim resort
workers under Measure L.
Speaker 12 (28:17):
It means that they are finally going to get the
pay that they are entitled to.
Speaker 15 (28:21):
UFCW president Andrea Zinder says thousands of cast members will
now receive back pay with interest. She says the case
will set a precedent for workers' rights in California.
Speaker 12 (28:30):
Wage step is not going to be tolerated. When voters
speak that they're going to be listened to.
Speaker 15 (28:37):
The Brooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
A twenty eight year old man has pleaded guilty to
molesting two girls in a bounce house at a birthday
party in Anaheim. Fernando Apaiez pleaded guilty to four felon
accounts please see him molested the six and nine year
old girls in October of twenty eighteen. He's also charged
with sexually assaulting a nine year old girl who used
to babysit. They'll be sentenced October twenty First Metro's board
has unanimously approved resolutions to start the process of acquiring
(29:01):
two private properties needed for construction of the future East
San Fernando Valley light rail line. The parcels of land
are required for a maintenance and storage facility to be built,
and Governor Newsom says he'll sign the nation's first state
law regulating AI. The bill requires safety measures, protects whistleblowers,
and creates a public research hub called cow Compute. Time
(29:24):
to get in your business now with Bloomberg's Dan Schwartzman.
Good morning Dan, Good morning Amy.
Speaker 13 (29:30):
And those were some reassuring words. Hardly anybody dies. Well, right,
you'll be fine.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
I feel so much better. I feel so much better. Okay,
let's talk about TikTok because we know that the President
signed a memo or an order yesterday. Say yep, we
can move forward with the US sell or China selling
TikTok to US companies. And apparently the valuation is a
(29:55):
little wonky.
Speaker 13 (29:56):
It's interesting, Amy reaction to the fourteen billion dollaraluation, which
was mentioned by Vice President JD.
Speaker 3 (30:02):
Vans Forth.
Speaker 13 (30:02):
TikTok's US business kind of range from stunt to mused.
Previous projections have estimated the value being closed to forty
billion dollars. Ashwyn Binmani, founder of Alpha Binwani Capital, says
that the quote price tag looks dramatically misaligned with reality. TikTok,
which has around one hundred and seventy million users in
the US. Amy that's one out of every two people
(30:23):
in this country. Generates revenue north of ten billion dollars
a year here in the US, So fourteen billion compared
to forty billion, that's a large gap they're going to
have to try to figure out.
Speaker 1 (30:33):
Well, so you said that the Vice president said that
was Did he misspeak?
Speaker 7 (30:37):
Maybe no.
Speaker 13 (30:38):
I think they're trying to get it on the cheap
for the US company.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
Okay, all right, all right. President Trump is moving forward
with some new tariffs, that is correct.
Speaker 13 (30:48):
He announced a one hundred percent tariff on branded or
patented pharmaceuticals unless a company is building a manufacturing plant
here in the US. With the new duties kicking in
next Wednesday. Major drug makers have announced billions of dollars
in planned US investments since Trump's inauguration. While some multinational
drug makers have said they mainly rely on US plants
to supply the domestic market, now all of not all,
(31:11):
the companies, though, have broken ground on their promised expansions.
Most European drug makers slumping in early trading. So if
you're building the factory here, you're not going to have
to deal with one hundred percent taft, but it could
hurt some people taking some very specialized medicines that come
from countries like Japan that do not have plants or
are building plants here in America.
Speaker 3 (31:31):
So this could be an issue.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
So are drug price is going to double some could?
Speaker 13 (31:37):
I mean I was reading about this one that is
for breast cancer patients and it's only produced by a
Japanese corporation and they don't have a plan here, So is.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
That going to have to figure that out? That stuff
is absolutely I got to take some fun chemo that
it's expensive.
Speaker 13 (31:54):
Yeah, and I would double it from ridiculously high costs
now to even more ridiculously high costs. So this has
to be addressed because it can't be as simple as
another hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
There you go, Okay. A hedge fund titan Sizzy believes
that companies are spending too much money on AI.
Speaker 3 (32:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 13 (32:11):
Green Light Capital founder David Einhorn says company seem to
be over spending on AI infrastructure. The hedge fund manager
questions whether tech giants such as Apple, Meta Open Open
AI will see the returns that justify the hundreds of
billions to a trillion dollars that's being spent on the buildout.
Einhorn says that while the technology could prove itself to
(32:31):
be transformative, there is a chance that there will be
a quote tremendous amount of capital destruction because of this overspending.
So is the spending and outweigh what they bring in.
And if you're not going to make the money, then
are you really smart to be spending hundreds of billions
to a trillion dollars?
Speaker 1 (32:46):
Okay? And speaking of hundreds of trillions of dollars, what
are we expecting in the markets this morning?
Speaker 13 (32:53):
I think we had you know, yesterday was not a
good day. Today, I think it's going to be a
good day right now. Futures are really rolling right now.
The Dow is up four ten to one percent, The
S ANDP and the NASDAC are nearing gains of a
third to one percent, and all three by the way arising.
So Amy, expect a good final day of training for
this week.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
I always love to hear that, all right, Bloomberg's Dan
Schwartzman getting in your business. We do it every weekday
morning at five forty. Thanks Dan, have a great weekend.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
Same to you. Amy.
Speaker 1 (33:17):
All right, when we come back, we're gonna find out
if Leo DiCaprio is still a big box office straws
new movies coming out today. ABC's Mike Dbuski is also
going to tell us to hold our horses because we're
going to slow down on the stream. Will still doesn't
know what we mean. I'm guessing okay, I think, thank
you got it. Okay, we'll find out next from your
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Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
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Evacuation orders for some neighborhoods in Altadena came long or
long after houses had already burned down in the Eton
fire in January. That's just one of the problems cited
in a review of the response to the wildfires. An
eighth grade or an eighth girls volleyball match is being
forfeited against Herrupa Valley High School because of a transgender
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athlete on the team. The game was supposed to be
played later today against Patriot High School. Players have filed
a lawsuit alledging violations of Title nine and the Equal
Protection Clause. William Shatner has posted a picture on Instagram
of himself dressed like Mark Twain and the caption Rumors
of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. This after TMC
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reported that he was rushed to a hospital earlier this week.
His publicist put out a statement yesterday saying he's at
home and he's fine. He apparently did call paramedics and
was checked out and in is okay. Shatner added the comment,
I keep telling you all don't trust tabloids or AI. Okay,
well we will not. Just minutes away from Handle on
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the news and for one more day, Handle is gone,
so Neil Servader is sitting in. We're gonna get to
all the big stories of the day. Let's say good
morning now to ABC's Mike Dubusky. Good morning, Mike, Good
morning Amy.
Speaker 3 (35:16):
How are you doing good?
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Okay? So, Leo DiCaprio has a new movie out and
it's going to be a kind of a test of
whether he can still draw in the big bucks at
the box office.
Speaker 3 (35:26):
It certainly. Yeah.
Speaker 16 (35:27):
So this is one Battle after another. This is Leonardo
DiCaprio's latest movie. The last time we saw him on
the big screen was all the way back in twenty
twenty three in Killers of the Flower Moon. Also working
with a big director here. Killers of the Flower Moon
was directed by Martin Scorsese. One Battle after Another is
directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, who you might recognize from
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Boogie Knights Magnolia.
Speaker 3 (35:50):
There will be blood. Yeah.
Speaker 16 (35:51):
I just watched Boogie Nights the other night for the
first time. It is excellent, and so is this movie.
I saw One Battle after Another last night, and I
have to say, despite the fact that it is two
hours and forty five minutes long or so, it's a
long movie, absolutely flies by. And a lot of that
comes back to the filmmaking and the performance that Leonardo
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Leonardo DiCaprio turns in here. This is a movie that
is based on a Thomas Pinchon novel from nineteen ninety
called Vineland, So it takes place in kind of northern California.
Leonardo DiCaprio plays this kind of stoner guy who gets
drawn back into his previous life as a revolutionary figure,
a sort of counter cultural guy, and Sean Penn plays
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his sort of foil military man who is kind of
being ingratiated into this white supremacist group led by Tony Goldwyn,
who we know from Scandal. So it's got a really
interesting cast. Tianna Taylor also shows up Regina Hall and
a relative newcomer to Hollywood Chase Infinity. This is her
first big screen credit and she is excellent. She plays
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kind of the daughter figure of Leonardo DiCaprio, and she
really is a standout performance in this movie. I have
to say it would be really cool to see her
score a Best Supporting Actress nomination, maybe a Best Actress
Leading Actress nomination, depending on how the filmmakers decide to
approach award season. But suffice it to say whether or
not this does particularly well at the box office, It's
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tracking for about a twenty million dollar opening this weekend.
This is expected to be a major player at the
Oscars this year.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
Leo likes his awards and he likes those darn long movies.
The last one he did it.
Speaker 3 (37:28):
Was more than three. It was more than three.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
Okay, So if you don't want to sit in one
place in a dark movie theater, you can just stay
home and watch stuff on the stream that it is true. Yeah,
we got something new coming out called The Lowdown. I
have not heard of this.
Speaker 16 (37:41):
Yeah, So this is a new show from Sterlin Harjo.
This is the creator behind Reservation Dogs, which was this
really critically acclaimed show on FX and Hulu. The Lowdown
also on that streaming platform as well, But it's a
bit of a different take. Where Reservation Dogs was kind
of a coming of aged tail, this is more of
a neo noir crime comedy thriller, black comedy kind of thing.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
Neo noir crime comedy thriller.
Speaker 3 (38:08):
Yeah, neo noir.
Speaker 16 (38:09):
So it kind of like takes place in Oklahoma, these
dusty American towns, and it follows a private investigator played
by Ethan Hawk who is investigating the suicide of a
wealthy man in Tulsa, Oklahoma, played by Tim Blake Nelson.
Speaker 3 (38:21):
So some big names attached to this as well.
Speaker 1 (38:24):
Is it a movie or a series?
Speaker 3 (38:25):
The series?
Speaker 16 (38:26):
So it's out with its first episode now and then
it's going to air weekly from here on in. But
it also stars Kyle McLaughlin, who, of course we all
know from Twin Peaks. I like him too, Keith David,
Tracy Letts. You know, a pretty stacked cast on this one.
That's kind of the big new streaming release. There's also
season five of Slow Horses, which is out of its
first couple or first one episode.
Speaker 1 (38:47):
Now, oh that's right. They do the one at a
time one.
Speaker 3 (38:50):
They do the one at a time ones.
Speaker 16 (38:52):
Yeah, but this actually has worked out for streamers in
some ways, despite the fact that a lot of TV
fans kind of won it all at once.
Speaker 3 (38:59):
We end up talking about these series.
Speaker 16 (39:01):
For longer, right, you know, you kind of go week
to week, and that really has been kind of the
the you know, advantage to their advantage.
Speaker 3 (39:09):
Right.
Speaker 16 (39:09):
It stays in the public consciousness for a little bit longer,
kind of gets people involved a little bit more than
you know, dropping it all at once. But you know,
the counterpoint to that is I want to see it all,
you know, I know, it's kind of episode.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
Slow Courses is sort of a sleeper for me. It
took me a while. I tried to watch it, couldn't
get into it. Then I tried to watch it again
and it's like the third time I went, oh, wait
a second, there's something here, and now I just love it.
Speaker 16 (39:32):
You got to really love that like dry British sense
of humor and like that is all this show is about, right,
This is a sort of misfit group of spies led
by Gary Oldman. It is now in its fifth season two,
which I think is worth mentioning. It's like some streaming shows,
we got to wait like three or four years before
the next season comes out. We saw that happen with Severance.
We are seeing that happen with Stranger Things, slow horses.
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You get a season every year. Man, they are churning
these things out out.
Speaker 10 (40:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 16 (40:00):
So despite the fact that you don't get all the
episodes at once, you're probably gonna get more episodes soon.
And this has been renewed for season six and seven,
so it's doing pretty well for ACS.
Speaker 1 (40:08):
Okay, ABC's Mike Debuski, thanks so much for the info.
Speaker 3 (40:12):
Of course.
Speaker 1 (40:12):
All right, how good weekend. Let's get back to some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour news room. A national transportation research group has found
it costs a lot to drive in southern California.
Speaker 4 (40:21):
The report from trip looked at major California cities, including
La and a combined Riverside San Bernardino. The organization's Rocky
Molready says bad or mediocre roads and Riverside and San
Bernardino cost the average driver seven hundred and sixty five
dollars a year as.
Speaker 12 (40:35):
A result of losing seventy two hours stuck in traffic
and wasting additional twenty three gallons of fuel.
Speaker 4 (40:40):
In LA, the cost is higher. Bad roads cost on average,
more than twelve hundred dollars each trip reports time loss
to congestion and sitting in traffic is even costly or
across the region more than thirty four hundred dollars per
driver in LA. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (40:54):
I would tell you we were driving. We were driving
back from Big Bear and we were on the two
ten West Bend last weekend. Whatever lane I was in,
it's the worst lane in southern California. It was like
hitting potholes every fifty feet. And I was just like, Oh,
that's gonna hurt. Oh that's gonna cost me. Oh my
suspension is gonna fall.
Speaker 8 (41:12):
I mean, the two ten has a lot of potholes
problems unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (41:15):
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