September 18, 2025 • 38 mins
Heather Brooker hosts your Thursday morning Wake Up Call. ABC News crime and terrorism analyst Brad Garrett opens the show talking about the latest regarding Charlie Kirk and his murderer and 3 police officers killed in York, PA. ABC News White House correspondent Karen Travers speaks on Trump’s trip to the UK and what’s next for President Trump. The show closes with ABC News tech reporter Mike Dobuski talking about smartglasses with screens: The Meta Connect debrief.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI
AM six forty KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles,
Orange County. It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Good morning, it is five o'clock, straight up. This is
your wake up call for Thursday, September eighteenth. I'm Heather
Brooker in for Amy King this morning. Who's taking a
little break, little mini fall vacation. Welcome to the wake
Up Call crew. Good morning everybody. Good morning to Con.
I'm gonna start with Conoh, hey, can we thank morning? Hi?
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And Matthew's here, Matt, that's Alfler, Good morning. Hello, it
is he on Mike all right, you just waved to
me from the other room. And good morning to Will
Cole Schreiber. Good morning radios, Will Cole Schreiber. I'm happy
to be here with you guys this morning. We've got
a lot of news to get to today. It was
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so humid and sticky coming in this morning. Yeah, what
is happening?
Speaker 3 (01:06):
And the roads are wet, which you know, you know
what that means in LA.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
You're gonna be busy today, That's what that means. People
lose their minds a little bit water on the road.
What do I do?
Speaker 4 (01:17):
Go faster?
Speaker 5 (01:18):
No?
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Not do that?
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Be careful out there, everybody, of course will. We'll be
bringing you all the traffic updates, and we are going
to be talking about news. There's a lot of news
to get to today, so let's just jump right on in.
Here's what's ahead on a wake Up Call. ABC has
suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely after backlash over comments about
Charlie Kirk. The move follows pressure from affiliate Giant Next Star,
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which threatened to pull the show, and the FCC chairman,
who suggested possible action against the network. As we were
just talking about. Humid weather and scattered thunderstorms are moving
into socaw through Friday with moisture from the remnants of
Tropical Storm Mario. Forecasters say the system arrived a little
bit earlier than expected, raising humidity and keeping overnight lows
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warmer than usual. And the Federal Reserve has cut interest
rates for the first time since December, lowering its benchmark
to four point twenty five percent. It's also the first
rate cut of Trump's second term, coming after months of
pressure from the President. And here's what's ahead on wake
Up Call at five oh, five thousands of people, including
the President and Vice President, are expected at Charlie Kirk's
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memorial on Sunday. We're going to look at that massive
security challenge that's ahead and a five twenty pageantry politics,
and plenty of royal protocol. President Trump's state visit to
the UK brought him face to face with King Charles,
Queen Camilla and a red carpet welcome from William and Kate.
Now five point thirty five. Would you repel twenty five
(02:43):
stories down the side of a hotel to help fight homelessness? Well,
hundreds of Angelino's are doing just that in KFI is
Amy King is going to take us over the edge
A five point fifty. Meta is betting big on artificial intelligence,
from smart glasses with tiny displays in the lenses to
celebrities style chatbots that have already stirred up some controversy.
We're going to tell you what to watch with Metaconnect,
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and I want to hear from you today our talkback
question of the day, what do you think of ABC
canceling Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely? Was it a good decision
or does it infringe on free speech? Hit that talkback
button on the iHeartRadio app and let me hear from you.
Then a six oh five handle on the news. Three
officers were killed and two others were hurt in a
shooting in rural Pennsylvania. We're going to tell you what
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happened when they were shot. Let's get started with some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. Brain Impossible thunderstorms are expected to continue through
SoCal today. The National Weather Service says temperatures will be
down significantly from yesterday's highs, but the humidity will be up.
A support line for Californians in mental crisis has announced
its making cuts.
Speaker 6 (03:47):
The state's Warmline, a twenty four to seven mental health
support service, is facing major budget cuts and laying off
nearly two hundred employees.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
That's two thirds of its staff.
Speaker 6 (03:57):
The hotline may now only handle five to ten thousand
calls each month, and that's down from about thirty thousand.
It may also no longer be available around the clock.
The nonprofit organization is working with the state to determine
new service hours and staffing plans. Dina Kodiak KFI News.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
The La County Medical Examiner has identified dismembered remains found
in the trunk of an abandoned Tesla as fifteen year
old Celeste Revas Hernandez, who went missing from Lake Elsinore
on April twenty fourth of twenty twenty four. Rather, the
car was registered to Texas R and B artist David
Burke known as David, whose music and tattoos appear to
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link him to the teen. Investigators say he will likely
face intents questioning. The past couple months of the Port
of LA had been busy, with officials saying it's had
the best two months of any port in the Western Hemisphere.
CEO Jean Siroca says imports and exports have been heavy
because of America's evolving international trade policies.
Speaker 7 (04:53):
Clearly, retailers and manufacturers have continued to bring goods in early,
both to get ahead of the holiday demand and there's
a hedge against any ships in trade regulations.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Brokus says he expects traffic at the Port of LA
to be slower in the coming months, since most retailers
have likely already ordered their holiday supplies. Each time there
is a high profile shooting, we ask the same question
why well joining us now is ABC's Crime and Terrorism
analyst Brad Garrett to break down what we know about
the alleged Charlie Kirk shooter, Tyler Robinson and the difficult
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questions it raises about motive, security and whether our nation
is turning more violent. Good morning, Brad, Good morning Heather.
So I would imagine identifying any potential shooter before they
act is just nearly impossible. So what can you tell
us about any patterns, if any, that stand out in
this case?
Speaker 8 (05:47):
So, as you well know, Hea, there are a lot
of things play into people ultimately committing violence, mass shootings
in this case, and assassination, and you know, there are
common characteristics it. But you know, I caveat that with
a lot of people have some of these characteristics that
never harm anybody. And that's the tricky part of talking
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about sort of the quote unquote a profile of people
who end up committing acts like this shooter has been
accused of committing, but things like a major change in
a lifestyle that creates a major crisis. I mean, if
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you think about this twenty two year old growing up
in presumably a Republican Mormon sort of value system and
then now living with somebody that's has been reported as transgender,
and you know, it doesn't obviously fit, probably with the
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lifestyle or beliefs of how he grew up and he's
still living in the same part of Saint George, Utah.
You start with that. Now, does that mean anything in
and of itself, of course not. I'm sure it would
be difficult to live in an environment like that if
you have this type of lifestyle, But you add layers
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to that, Like he supposedly is a gamer, I'd like
to know more. Was he an excessive gamer? Maybe? Was
he a violent excessive gamer? I have no idea. I
don't know what his mental health status is, but that
may play into this. But if you think about that,
isolation and excessive time online is two characteristics that people
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end up committing violent acts. But it's all these other factors.
And as I mentioned earlier, just because these factors are
prominent in your life doesn't mean you're going to go
commit something as horrible as happened last week. And so
to your original question, how do we ever stop these
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people in advance? And the short answer is we don't
unless we know about them. So, in other words, he
planned this apparently at least a week or so in advance.
According to law enforcement, did any of those plans get
out to anybody else his gaming friends online? Be a
Discord maybe, And I think a law enforcement the FBI,
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the city, county, state police are looking at that to
see if there were people go ahead.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Yeah, that was the same and that I want to
talk briefly about that about Discord. I know this is
something maybe a lot of parents are concerned about. I know,
you know, my child is on Discord. Can we talk
about quickly, like what Discord is and how much do
these virtual like gaming spaces contribute to this type of
isolation or radicalization.
Speaker 8 (08:51):
Well, I clearly excessive game playing, whether it's on Discord
or any other social media site, you know sort of
read fascination compulsion. I mean, they're very difficult for some
kids to get off of. It's you know, it's you
maybe you've heard this term, Heather dogamine hits. They get
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these doglamine hits from you know, being involved in the game.
You know, and if it's like shooting people or doing
whatever you're doing in the game, you know, that becomes
exciting and then you want to play somebody else and
the next thing, you know, you've been doing this for
hours now. That's not healthy for anybody. But the point being,
it creates isolation and it also can create, I suppose,
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a distortion of reality for some kids and adults. And
if they're already having issues and they then sort of
in my view, use you know, reality with fantasy and
effect playing these games that you know, can violence be
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a justification for things that you feel that are wrong
in life? Well maybe in some folks' minds that happens.
And something drove this kid to, you know, towards Charlie
Kirk and and you know, to the point where he
felt like he had to go farm him and said,
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we did so well.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
I want to look ahead. I want to look ahead
quickly in the in the short time we have left
to the memorial service that's coming up on Sunday. What
is security going to look like for an event of
this magnitude. The Vice President will be there, a lot
of political leaders.
Speaker 8 (10:39):
I think what you're going to see is equivalent to
what the Secret Service call was called a Level one
security event, national security event like the super Bowl. Keep
in mind, in this stadium they played in the Super Bowl,
and so the secret servers know the stadium. They know
the best ways probably to protect it. Obviously the this
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is the dome that you can close the roof. The
roof will definitely be closed for this event. Nobody's going
to be able to get into this stadium that holds
apparently seventy thousand plus people unless they've been thoroughly screened.
I don't think they're going to allow any bags into
this event. Uh. And then you have all of these
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high profile folks that are coming to it, as you mentioned,
you know, with their security details. All of that will
have to be worked out in advance because it even
makes this event, you know, a more attractive target because
you have so many high level people coming to it.
And so you'll see all the layers I think of security,
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with backup units of you know, chemical biological units. There
are technicians that if something super awful happened, they could
immediately be there. Then we'll be in the stadium, but
they'll be close by, you know, helicopters overhead keeping track
of certain people that might travel to the arena on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Yeah, They're definitely going to be an increased presence for sure.
And I know that all the media and everybody will
keeping a close watch on that as well. Brad. I
wish we had more time. This is a really fascinating
subject for me, and I know there's a lot we
could talk about. But I do appreciate your time this morning,
and we'll talk with you again soon.
Speaker 8 (12:27):
That's great.
Speaker 9 (12:28):
See yah.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A
new poll sheds light on who's not getting their kids vaxed.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
One in six parents has avoided or delayed vaccinating their
children against diseases other than COVID nineteen or the flu.
That's according to a new poll from the Washington Post
and healthcare policy group KFF. The poll found that white parents, Republicans,
those with deeply held religious beliefs, and those who homeschool
their children are the most likely to skip vaccinations. In fact,
nearly half of religious parents who homeschool skipped inoculating their children.
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Mark Ronner Fine News.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
President Trump says he's designating Antifa as a major terrorist organization.
He called the group thick, dangerous, and a radical left disaster.
Trump wrote on social media that he will also be
strongly recommending that those funding Antifa be thoroughly investigated in
accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. A unanimous
(13:22):
vote by the LA City Council could lead to withdrawing
all legally allowable homeless funding from the LA Homeless Services Authority,
and the LA County Department of Public Health has paused
enforcement against unpermitted street vendors citing safety concerns tied to
federal immigration operations, and an LA Journey jury rather has
awarded Gucci heiress Alexandra gucci Zarini one hundred and fifteen
(13:44):
million dollars in damages against her former stepfather. She says
he sexually abused her for years, starting in childhood. Then
a six oh five handle on the news, We're going
to dive in ABC's decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live
from its lineup indefinitely. But today President Trump sits down
with Britain's new Prime Minister, Care Starmer to tackle pressing
issues from tariffs to the war in Ukraine. Joining us
(14:06):
live with the latest is ABC's Karen Travers. Good morning, Karen, Hey,
good morning to you. So the ceremonial welcome at Windsor
Castle had a lot of tradition behind it. How significant
was this in terms of the US UK relations.
Speaker 10 (14:23):
Yeah, it was certainly to show the importance of what
both countries like to call the special relationship. The red
carpet was rolled out. This was definitely an attempt to
appeal to the President, who loves these kinds of lavish ceremonies,
lots of pomp and circumstance. He said it was one
of the greatest honors of his life and he has
a lot of respect for King Charles and also for
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the British people in the country. You know, you kind
of got a sense it was like a warm up
act to try to show the President like how lovely
all this can be. Let's throw a big party, lots
of pomp and circumstance. And then today they get down
to business because he's meeting with the British Prime Minister
to talk about Russia's war in Ukraine, talk about the
war in Gaza, trade issues, economic ties between the two countries.
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They have a pretty robust agenda. They've already met behind
closed doors and they're expected to take questions from reporters
in about an hour or so.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
So, as you mentioned, tariffs and trades are expected to
be some key topics that they'll discuss today. So how
much pressure doing things that Starmer is under domestically to
push back against Trump's economic policies.
Speaker 10 (15:28):
I don't know it from that angle of things. I
can only tell you from the White House perspective that
the President's there to try and lock down more details
of that framework trade deal that have been announced over
the summer. Still a lot of that being filled in. Tariffs,
of course, are a big issue between the two countries,
the UK not being a part of the EU. But
they're also going to be talking about tech investment and
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talking about investment in nuclear power that the Brits are
expected to make in the United States. Presidents speaking right now,
and they're expected to sign a memo of understanding and
we are waiting for details of what that's going to
look like.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
So are they also expected to talk about Ukraine and
what are those talks expected to look like today?
Speaker 10 (16:07):
There are yes, they were going to be doing that
behind closed doors in the last hour when they met,
and we will hopefully get details when the two of
them have their press conference and make remarks again in
about an hour.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
And then in terms of like optics here what did
it mean for the president to be greeted so publicly
by Prince William and Princess Catherine.
Speaker 10 (16:29):
You know, I think this again was part of the
rolling out of the red carpet literally figuratively, to try
to show that this is a strong relationship between the
two countries. The President's only the second elected official to
have two state visits like this in the modern era.
So just even the fact of the invitation was significant
and historic.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Okay, well, we'll be watching closely today and looking for
updates on their meetings to see what happened. Thank you
so much, Karen, Thank you. All right, let's get back
to some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late
night show over comments he made about the assassination of
Charlie Kirk. For context, here is what Kimmel said. We
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hit some new.
Speaker 11 (17:12):
Lows over the weekend with the Magga gank desperately trying
to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything
other than one of them and do everything they can
to score political points from it. In between the finger pointing,
there was grieving On Friday, the White House flew the
flags at half.
Speaker 4 (17:29):
Staff, which got some criticism.
Speaker 11 (17:31):
But on a human level, you can see how hard
the President is taking this.
Speaker 12 (17:35):
I think, don't just have a.
Speaker 5 (17:36):
Low thing, your friend, Charlie Kirks, sir, personally, how are
you holding up for the last day and a half, sir, I.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Think very good.
Speaker 13 (17:43):
And by the way, right there, you see all the trucks.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
They just started construction of the.
Speaker 9 (17:48):
New baure for the White House.
Speaker 14 (17:50):
Which is something they've been trying to get, as.
Speaker 9 (17:52):
You know, for about one hundred and fifty years, and it's.
Speaker 13 (17:54):
Going to be a beauty.
Speaker 4 (17:56):
Yes, he's at the fourth stage.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Of grief contruct The network, says Jimmy Kimmelive will be
preempted indefinitely. President Trump posted on truth Social that the
suspension is, as he put it, great news for America.
He praised ABC, saying it finally had the courage to
do what had to be done. Trump suggested he wishes
to also see NBC late night comics Jimmy Fallon and
(18:21):
Seth Myers also pulled off the air, calling them to
quote total losers on fake news ANDBC and we're taking
your talkbacks this morning. If you want to hit that
talkback button on the iHeartRadio app and let us know
what you think about this decision from ABC and parent
company Disney to pause Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely, and some other
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stories we're following this morning. LA City Council has voted
unanimously to explore withdrawing homeless funds from the La Homeless
Service Authority.
Speaker 15 (18:49):
The council has agreed to explore withdrawing all legally allowable
homeless funding from LASA and instead contract with the new
County Department. Council members have said systemic changes needed to
prove the delivery of homeless services funding. Earlier this year,
scathing audits of LASA prompted the La County Board of
Supervisors to create the Department of Homeless Services and Housing,
with plans to move three hundred million in measure funding
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from LASA to the new department. LASA reps say that
could leave them unable to provide services the city needs.
Aileen Gonzalez k Ifi News.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
The La City Council has asked for the Department of
Transportation to consider whether bike lanes should be wider. Some
members say it may be necessary for emergency vehicles to
access them during heavy traffic situations. Councilwoman Nifia Brahmins says
she supports the evaluation with one condition that.
Speaker 10 (19:36):
We're also looking at whether changing these widths will actually
impact travel times of first responders.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
She says the city has a voter approved mandate to
support transportation initiatives like bike lanes. The city Council approved
the motion and the amendment. The Port of La has
reported a busy summer of cargo moving through.
Speaker 16 (19:57):
In announcing its monthly numbers from August, ports ceog Soroka
says La had the best two months of any port
in the Western Hemisphere. It's been busy, but he expects
things to slow down.
Speaker 7 (20:06):
That's because much of the year end holiday cargo has
already arrived and is working its way through the national
supply chain.
Speaker 16 (20:14):
System Soroca says retailers and manufacturers have been shipping heavily
in recent months to get ready for the holiday season
and to hedge against the changing trade in tariff policies.
Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
The first human case of West Nile virus in La
County this year has been confirmed. According to the county
Department of Public Health Four people were hospitalized with the
virus between late July and late August. The unidentified patients
lived in the Antelope Valley, San Fernando Valley, and Central
LA areas. Symptoms of West Nile can include fever, headache, nausea,
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body aches, and a minor skin rash. While some people
don't exhibit symptoms, serious cases can potentially be deadly. The
Dodgers take on the Giants at Dodgers Stadium, with first
pitch at seven o'clock. Listen to all Dodgers games on
AM five seventy LA Sports live from the Gallpin Motors
Broadcast Booth, and stream all Dodgers games HD on the
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iHeartRadio app. Keyword AM five seventy LA Sports when we
come back. It's a fundraising event that's not for the
faint of heart. Twenty five stories up and every dollar
helps homeless families in La. The LA School District is
adding financial literacy and economic justice classes for high school students.
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The classes are said to include teaching through a so
called modern economic lens. School Board president Scott Schmerlson says
the change will let students better navigate the current financial
landscape and address poverty in a better way. But our
regulators are investigating Tesla's model y after reports of faulty
electronic door handles that left parents breaking windows to rescue children.
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The investigation covers more than one hundred and seventy four
thousand vehicles and follows repeated concerns learns about door failures
in Tesla's crashes and fires. Disney fans can snag huge
bargains this weekend at the annual Disneyland Lost and Found
Sale in Santa Anna. Items like mini ears, hats, and
plushies will be marked down ninety percent or more, with
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proceeds going to Goodwill's workforce development programs. Today's Talk that Question.
We want to hear your thoughts on ABC canceling Jimmy Kendall,
Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely. Just hit us up on the
talk back button and let us know what you think.
Then it's six oh five, it's handle on the news.
President Trump getting the royal treatment in the UK, but
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he has some serious business ahead. Today We're going to
tell you who he is meeting with and what they're
going to be talking about. The Union Rescue Mission is
taking fundraising to New Heights literally it's seventh annual Over
the Edge event challenges participants to repel down a twenty
five story hotel, all to support programs that help thousands
of Angelino's experiencing homelessness. Kfi's Amy King takes us out
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and about.
Speaker 17 (22:57):
Hey, it's Amy King with wake Up Call. We're going
out about this week to the Universal Hilton. Now, why
would we go to the Universal Hilton.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
They have a beautiful pool they do.
Speaker 4 (23:07):
It's great cool, it's.
Speaker 17 (23:08):
A beautiful building.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Sports as a tall building, it's rather tall. Yeah.
Speaker 17 (23:12):
With us today we have the CEO of the Union
Rescue Mission, Mark Hood.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Good morning Mark, Good morning Amy.
Speaker 17 (23:19):
So tell us about what we're going to be doing
on September twenty sixth and twenty seven.
Speaker 5 (23:23):
We are going to go to the top floor of
this Hilton and we're going to repel all the way
down to the bottom for a worthy cause.
Speaker 4 (23:31):
And for two days we're going to have.
Speaker 5 (23:33):
People lined up coming down the ropes, supporting people that
are experiencing homelessness. And by your donations, by you participating,
you're helping those in need find their way home.
Speaker 17 (23:42):
Okay, So I want to talk about the Union Rescue
Mission and why we're involved with it and why we
believe in it and why you believe in it obviously,
But what you guys do is actually help people, like
you said, find their way home. You're not just throwing
money at the problem. You're helping these people.
Speaker 5 (23:57):
We absolutely are. We pride ourselves in not being a shelter.
We pride ourselves and being a solution. And we look
at it as our job to end homelessness for everyone
that walks through our door.
Speaker 4 (24:08):
And I'm proud to say we have a team that's
really good at.
Speaker 17 (24:10):
That, Okay, and we know that the problem in Los Angeles,
in the whole southern California area is daunting, stagger and
last year it was the theme was just help one,
which was almost paired it down where you made it
more doable. And that's what we're still trying to do.
We're not going to solve homelessness today, but we can
help some people. We can help the people who actually
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want the help.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
We can help the people that walk through our door.
Speaker 5 (24:34):
And the great news is we put over one thousand
families in permanent housing last year, one thousand people. That's
not small. We saw our graduations for our programs explode
by forty six percent. That's not small. We are making
a difference. When I say we, it's all of us,
everyone that supports Union Rescue Mission. You're helping us help
others find their way home. So we're we're in this together.
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But we are making a difference and we can continue
to make a difference at this great event.
Speaker 17 (24:58):
Okay, and when they through your doors, you don't just
say say here's some food and here's some vouchers to
go stay in a hotel, like you're reteaching them how
to get back into society.
Speaker 5 (25:08):
When people walk through our doors, the first thing they're
going to notice is they're love didn't care for.
Speaker 4 (25:13):
They're not going to be judged.
Speaker 5 (25:14):
They're going to be met where they're at, and we're
going to assess their needs and we're going to give
them a caseworker. We're gonna give them a team around
them that's going to help us help them on their
journey of recovery.
Speaker 4 (25:24):
Because homelessness has a lot of faces.
Speaker 5 (25:26):
It could be that you have an addiction, it could
be you've experienced domestic violence.
Speaker 4 (25:29):
It could be you've just been abandoned or you're out
of a job.
Speaker 5 (25:33):
We address all those needs, and we do it in
a spirit of love, and we do it trying to
live out the hands and feet of our Lord and
Savior in front of others.
Speaker 17 (25:41):
Okay, and all of this does take money, and that's
why we're going over the edge.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
So how can we help?
Speaker 5 (25:46):
Well, what we need is people to go out to
our website. We arem dot org, slash ote and sign
up and.
Speaker 4 (25:53):
There's a lot of ways to sponsor.
Speaker 5 (25:54):
You can either make a donation to go over the
edge with it, or you can sponsor Team kfive.
Speaker 4 (26:00):
With Amy and.
Speaker 5 (26:01):
Neil, or you can just sponsor anybody that's on the page,
or you could just make a donation to the page
saying hey, I don't want to go over the edge,
but I do want to make.
Speaker 4 (26:10):
A difference, So you go to that website.
Speaker 5 (26:12):
There's so many ways you can participate, and we need
your help.
Speaker 17 (26:15):
All right, Mark ed, thank you so much for looking
forward to going over the edge.
Speaker 4 (26:18):
Thank you.
Speaker 17 (26:19):
That's what we're out and about this week on wake
up call.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
All right, thanks Amy. Time to get up in your
business with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini.
Speaker 18 (26:26):
Good morning, Good morning, Heather. First stuff, We've got this
surprise deal in tech and AI. In Vidia has agreed
to invest about five billion dollars in Intel. The two
will co develop chips for PCs and data centers. There
are huge political implications for this as well, because US government,
you probably remember, agreed to take just about a ten
(26:47):
percent stake in Intel in August. President Trump took on
the role of pitchment. So the company looks like he
talked in Nvidia into investing a nice chunk of change
in the two working closely together, more like what you
see industry in China doing so. That's kind of interesting.
Stock features right now are surging as investors look ahead
to more interest rate cuts from the FED later this year.
(27:10):
Jobless claims, though falling. This is first time jobless claims
not coming in as big as expected and falling. That's
good Investors maybe a little bit worried perversely that the
economy is stronger than they thought, meaning the FED is
less likely to cut interest rates again after that quarter
point cut we had yesterday. Right now, Dow futures they're
(27:31):
still higher, but off session highs, up one hundred and
eighty eight points now. SNP futures up forty six, Nasdaq
futures up to sixty seven, and Heather, you remember that
thing with Fed Governor Lisa Cook and President Trump accusing
her of mortgage fraud for allegedly lying on mortgage applications
(27:52):
indicating that she was going to live in some of
the properties that she apparently used as rentals. Well, turns
out Treasury secretaries got dosn'ted something similar. According to mortgage documents,
Vessons conflicting agreements obligated him to occupy homes in New
York and Massachusetts as his main residents at the same
time back in two thousand and seven. But officials say
(28:14):
in both cases it doesn't actually mean either of them
committed mortgage fraud. I guess key is whether the bank
relied on them or the lender relied on them. You know,
that being their primary residence. If that wasn't a factor,
then even if they weren't exactly accurate on their application,
it might not actually be Wow.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Well, I want to quickly in the little bit of
time we have left, I want to jump to the
Starbucks workers suing over their dress code story. What is
that about?
Speaker 18 (28:42):
Yeah, I'm glad you asked, because they aren't too happy
about this new dress code that went into effect and
may have their workers of filed class action suits in
Illinois and Colorado. They may file one in California as well,
complaining the company switched the dress code but refuse to
reimburse employees who had to buy new clothes. Starbucks says
it's simple at stress code to deliver a more consistent experience.
(29:03):
One thing they did, in addition to, you know, requiring
khakis and waterproof shoes or jeans of that kind of stuff.
No midrifts anymore, they also banned face tattoos and tongue piercing.
So I was thinking, a tongue piercing that comes out right,
It can't be fun to take out, but you could
take it out. But a face tattoo you cannot take off,
(29:23):
and you might not want to wear makeup to cover
it is, and it's expensive to get rid of. So
I don't really know what the status of those workers
who had those before they put this bend in, how
that's all coming down. I'd be curious to find out.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
Yeah, me too. Well, Denise, thank you so much, and
have a great rest of your morning, you too. All right,
let's get back to some of stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. A sheriff in Utah
says the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk
was afraid of being shot by police and agreed to
surrender as long as it was done peacefully. The sheriff
in Washington County says Tyler Robinson appeared quiet and somber
(29:59):
when he turned himself in last week. He gave up
a little over a day after Kirk was shot at
Utah Valley University. Robinson is now facing the death penalty.
Flags are being flown at half staff across Pennsylvania in
honor of three police officers killed in a shooting. ABC's
Melissa Adahn says five officers were shot yesterday.
Speaker 19 (30:19):
Investigators say the officers were following up on a domestic
related investigation from the previous day.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
Two of the officers are in critical condition and the
shooter was killed by police. The first human cases of
West Nile virus in Ellie County this year have been confirmed,
and immigrant rights groups in SoCal are launching Operation Liberty
and new effort to document ice activity in real time,
and a new West Coast Health Alliance is breaking from
the CDC and issuing its own vaccine guidelines for California, Oregon, Washington,
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and Hawaii. We're dis minutes away from handle on the
news this morning, a Louisiana immigration judge has ruled pro
Palestinian activist Mahmood Khalil can be deported to Syria or Algeria.
We're going to tell you why the judge made this decision,
but first, Mark Zuckerberg is said to kick off Meta Connect,
the company's annual tech showcase, with a spotlight on new
(31:09):
smart glasses powered by Genitive AI. ABC's Mike Debuski joins
us with a preview. Good morning, Mike, Good morning. Yeah,
so this actually already happened.
Speaker 19 (31:18):
This is the kickoff event for this was last night
and Mark Zuckerberg pulled the wraps off what was a
really hotly anticipated tech device called the Meta ray Band Display.
These are ray band glasses. They kind of look like
chunkier versions of normal ray bands, but broadly speaking look
kind of the same as normal sunglasses that have speakers
(31:39):
in the arms, cameras in the frames, and actually a
small display on one side of the lenses, so you
can check your text messages, you can take photos, you
can take video calls, get directions, do all sorts of
things all from your glasses without pulling out your phone,
and really without looking that much different from just normal
(32:00):
person wearing glasses.
Speaker 2 (32:01):
Why do I feel like we are just years away
from fully living our Star Trek best life here?
Speaker 19 (32:07):
That is certainly what Meta wants, right, and that is
kind of the larger arc of this product. They want
to own the next platform, right. You know, if you
rewind twenty five years, thirty years, that was the laptop computer.
Portable computing was the platform that everybody was doing their
work on, most people were doing their socializing on. Then
(32:29):
that moved to mobile technology, right, and moved into our phones,
and those went into your pockets, and then you could
take them even further and you can go on vacation
and live stream that and take pictures and what have you.
Meta has its eye on what the next turn of
that particular screw is going to be, right. They want
the technology that we use every day, your messages, your photos,
(32:50):
your email to move from your pocket or your purse
up onto your face. And there's a lot of challenges
with that obviously. For one, glasses don't have a lot
of stuff in them, right. Glasses are small products, and
you have to pack a lot of technology into them,
hence why these are kind of chunkier versions of ray bands.
But that is the dream, right They want to own
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whatever the next platform is, and their argument is that
they are smart classes.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
Okay, really quickly before we let you go, let's talk
about the updates to the AI characters. What do they
look like and why are they controversial?
Speaker 14 (33:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 19 (33:24):
So Meta has a line of AI characters that you
can talk to. They're basically like chatbots chat GPT style
things that have the quote unquote personality of famous celebrities,
so Snoop Dogg or John Cena. And Meta was found
recently to have you know, not placed as strict guardrails
on these characters as they really should have been. With
(33:45):
Reuter's reporting that you know, there were internal documents at
Meta saying, hey, these things are okay for the chatbot
to say, and these things are not. Well, the chatbots
speak to everyone, including children, and that got them into
some pretty hot water earlier this summer. We actually didn't
hear a ton about their characters at this connect event
last night. They spent a lot of time talking about
(34:06):
the glasses. They spend a lot of time talking about
how metas AI more generally can show up in the
glasses as a device or an assistant really that can
kind of see what you see, hear what you hear,
follow you around throughout the day, and ideally kind of
you know, set up meetings or you know, draft emails
and that sort of thing. Obviously a lot of that
technology is to come. That's kind of the dream that
(34:29):
they're pitching. But yeah, we didn't hear a ton about
the AI characters last night, and perhaps no surprise given
the controversy that they've been embroiled in in last time.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
Absolutely well, Mike Debuski, thank you so much for the update.
And I'll still be holding out for that Star Trek
life in my lifetime, of course. Thank you. Have a
good rest of your day.
Speaker 10 (34:50):
All right.
Speaker 2 (34:50):
Our talk back question today, what do you think about
Jimmy Kimmel being canceled indefinitely on ABC. We have gotten
so many calls from you on the Heart radio app,
so many talkbacks. I want to play a couple of
them before we head out of here today. Here's one.
Speaker 8 (35:07):
Good morning.
Speaker 14 (35:08):
This is shanthon Kentucky listening with the iHeart App. I
think this is a combination of the President fulfilling his
promise of going after his critics and a network who
wants to protect their bottom line. It is an attack
on free speech. We are allowed to say things other
than fire or bomb and a plane or a movie theater,
(35:31):
and I think it's tragic. Looks like NBC will have
a monopoly.
Speaker 4 (35:38):
Good morning, Heather Love. When you fill in.
Speaker 20 (35:41):
Jimmy Kimball, I don't know, he's gone down the drain.
He used to be on k Rock a long, long
time ago, and if you listened to some of his skits,
he was a normal guy, can joke around and make
fun of himself others. Now he's got super left wing
everything anti Trump, and I don't know, he's just going
(36:04):
down like the rest of them now.
Speaker 21 (36:06):
I think it's about time they kicked Jimmy Gimble off.
He was hired to be a comedian and he just
turned into being somebody against the President of the United States,
which I think is a terrible thing. So thank you
for getting rid of him.
Speaker 12 (36:23):
Hi Beth here from California. I just wanted to chime
in on regarding Jimmy Kimmel. A wise man said on
the radio recently that Jimmy Kimmel, of course, has the
right to say whatever he wants, but his boss also
has the right to fire him. So good warning to
us all to make sure that if we're going to
(36:43):
spread lies, to remember that the truth will always prevail.
Speaker 13 (36:49):
Hi Heather, good morning.
Speaker 9 (36:50):
This is Barry. I do not really care about kim
Will being pulled. That was the decision by his factory.
You're excuse me, is bosses.
Speaker 13 (37:02):
What does bother me is that when mister Trump causes
calls for pulling of other shows like Seth Myers, for
God's sake and whoever he mus should otherwise.
Speaker 2 (37:13):
Thank you a lot of great calls today. Thank you
all so much for chiming in and sharing your thoughts
with us here on wake up call. It is always
a pleasure to be with you on these early mornings.
I'll be back tomorrow as well, while Amy is enjoying
a nice couple of days off. This is KFI and
KOSDHD two Los Angeles, Orange County. There is a slight
(37:34):
chance of showers today. Heiserby in the upper seventies to
low eighties in Metro La and OC. Heis will be
in the seventies at the beaches the upper eighties to
around ninety in the Valleys. Iis will be in the
eighties in the Inland Empire and mid seventies to eighties
in the High Desert, and it is going to be
so very, very human, So just prepare for that when
you head out today. Thank you to everyone here on
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the wake Up Call crew. Always a pleasure working with
you all as well. Live from the KFI twenty twenty
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traffic specialist Will I'm Heather Brooker. This has been your
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Speaker 2 (00:18):
Good morning, it is five o'clock, straight up. This is
your wake up call for Thursday, September eighteenth. I'm Heather
Brooker in for Amy King this morning. Who's taking a
little break, little mini fall vacation. Welcome to the wake
Up Call crew. Good morning everybody. Good morning to Con.
I'm gonna start with Conoh, hey, can we thank morning? Hi?
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And Matthew's here, Matt, that's Alfler, Good morning. Hello, it
is he on Mike all right, you just waved to
me from the other room. And good morning to Will
Cole Schreiber. Good morning radios, Will Cole Schreiber. I'm happy
to be here with you guys this morning. We've got
a lot of news to get to today. It was
(01:01):
so humid and sticky coming in this morning. Yeah, what
is happening?
Speaker 3 (01:06):
And the roads are wet, which you know, you know
what that means in LA.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
You're gonna be busy today, That's what that means. People
lose their minds a little bit water on the road.
What do I do?
Speaker 4 (01:17):
Go faster?
Speaker 5 (01:18):
No?
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Not do that?
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Be careful out there, everybody, of course will. We'll be
bringing you all the traffic updates, and we are going
to be talking about news. There's a lot of news
to get to today, so let's just jump right on in.
Here's what's ahead on a wake Up Call. ABC has
suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely after backlash over comments about
Charlie Kirk. The move follows pressure from affiliate Giant Next Star,
(01:40):
which threatened to pull the show, and the FCC chairman,
who suggested possible action against the network. As we were
just talking about. Humid weather and scattered thunderstorms are moving
into socaw through Friday with moisture from the remnants of
Tropical Storm Mario. Forecasters say the system arrived a little
bit earlier than expected, raising humidity and keeping overnight lows
(02:00):
warmer than usual. And the Federal Reserve has cut interest
rates for the first time since December, lowering its benchmark
to four point twenty five percent. It's also the first
rate cut of Trump's second term, coming after months of
pressure from the President. And here's what's ahead on wake
Up Call at five oh, five thousands of people, including
the President and Vice President, are expected at Charlie Kirk's
(02:22):
memorial on Sunday. We're going to look at that massive
security challenge that's ahead and a five twenty pageantry politics,
and plenty of royal protocol. President Trump's state visit to
the UK brought him face to face with King Charles,
Queen Camilla and a red carpet welcome from William and Kate.
Now five point thirty five. Would you repel twenty five
(02:43):
stories down the side of a hotel to help fight homelessness? Well,
hundreds of Angelino's are doing just that in KFI is
Amy King is going to take us over the edge
A five point fifty. Meta is betting big on artificial intelligence,
from smart glasses with tiny displays in the lenses to
celebrities style chatbots that have already stirred up some controversy.
We're going to tell you what to watch with Metaconnect,
(03:06):
and I want to hear from you today our talkback
question of the day, what do you think of ABC
canceling Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely? Was it a good decision
or does it infringe on free speech? Hit that talkback
button on the iHeartRadio app and let me hear from you.
Then a six oh five handle on the news. Three
officers were killed and two others were hurt in a
shooting in rural Pennsylvania. We're going to tell you what
(03:27):
happened when they were shot. Let's get started with some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. Brain Impossible thunderstorms are expected to continue through
SoCal today. The National Weather Service says temperatures will be
down significantly from yesterday's highs, but the humidity will be up.
A support line for Californians in mental crisis has announced
its making cuts.
Speaker 6 (03:47):
The state's Warmline, a twenty four to seven mental health
support service, is facing major budget cuts and laying off
nearly two hundred employees.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
That's two thirds of its staff.
Speaker 6 (03:57):
The hotline may now only handle five to ten thousand
calls each month, and that's down from about thirty thousand.
It may also no longer be available around the clock.
The nonprofit organization is working with the state to determine
new service hours and staffing plans. Dina Kodiak KFI News.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
The La County Medical Examiner has identified dismembered remains found
in the trunk of an abandoned Tesla as fifteen year
old Celeste Revas Hernandez, who went missing from Lake Elsinore
on April twenty fourth of twenty twenty four. Rather, the
car was registered to Texas R and B artist David
Burke known as David, whose music and tattoos appear to
(04:34):
link him to the teen. Investigators say he will likely
face intents questioning. The past couple months of the Port
of LA had been busy, with officials saying it's had
the best two months of any port in the Western Hemisphere.
CEO Jean Siroca says imports and exports have been heavy
because of America's evolving international trade policies.
Speaker 7 (04:53):
Clearly, retailers and manufacturers have continued to bring goods in early,
both to get ahead of the holiday demand and there's
a hedge against any ships in trade regulations.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Brokus says he expects traffic at the Port of LA
to be slower in the coming months, since most retailers
have likely already ordered their holiday supplies. Each time there
is a high profile shooting, we ask the same question
why well joining us now is ABC's Crime and Terrorism
analyst Brad Garrett to break down what we know about
the alleged Charlie Kirk shooter, Tyler Robinson and the difficult
(05:28):
questions it raises about motive, security and whether our nation
is turning more violent. Good morning, Brad, Good morning Heather.
So I would imagine identifying any potential shooter before they
act is just nearly impossible. So what can you tell
us about any patterns, if any, that stand out in
this case?
Speaker 8 (05:47):
So, as you well know, Hea, there are a lot
of things play into people ultimately committing violence, mass shootings
in this case, and assassination, and you know, there are
common characteristics it. But you know, I caveat that with
a lot of people have some of these characteristics that
never harm anybody. And that's the tricky part of talking
(06:11):
about sort of the quote unquote a profile of people
who end up committing acts like this shooter has been
accused of committing, but things like a major change in
a lifestyle that creates a major crisis. I mean, if
(06:31):
you think about this twenty two year old growing up
in presumably a Republican Mormon sort of value system and
then now living with somebody that's has been reported as transgender,
and you know, it doesn't obviously fit, probably with the
(06:53):
lifestyle or beliefs of how he grew up and he's
still living in the same part of Saint George, Utah.
You start with that. Now, does that mean anything in
and of itself, of course not. I'm sure it would
be difficult to live in an environment like that if
you have this type of lifestyle, But you add layers
(07:14):
to that, Like he supposedly is a gamer, I'd like
to know more. Was he an excessive gamer? Maybe? Was
he a violent excessive gamer? I have no idea. I
don't know what his mental health status is, but that
may play into this. But if you think about that,
isolation and excessive time online is two characteristics that people
(07:38):
end up committing violent acts. But it's all these other factors.
And as I mentioned earlier, just because these factors are
prominent in your life doesn't mean you're going to go
commit something as horrible as happened last week. And so
to your original question, how do we ever stop these
(08:01):
people in advance? And the short answer is we don't
unless we know about them. So, in other words, he
planned this apparently at least a week or so in advance.
According to law enforcement, did any of those plans get
out to anybody else his gaming friends online? Be a
Discord maybe, And I think a law enforcement the FBI,
(08:24):
the city, county, state police are looking at that to
see if there were people go ahead.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Yeah, that was the same and that I want to
talk briefly about that about Discord. I know this is
something maybe a lot of parents are concerned about. I know,
you know, my child is on Discord. Can we talk
about quickly, like what Discord is and how much do
these virtual like gaming spaces contribute to this type of
isolation or radicalization.
Speaker 8 (08:51):
Well, I clearly excessive game playing, whether it's on Discord
or any other social media site, you know sort of
read fascination compulsion. I mean, they're very difficult for some
kids to get off of. It's you know, it's you
maybe you've heard this term, Heather dogamine hits. They get
(09:12):
these doglamine hits from you know, being involved in the game.
You know, and if it's like shooting people or doing
whatever you're doing in the game, you know, that becomes
exciting and then you want to play somebody else and
the next thing, you know, you've been doing this for
hours now. That's not healthy for anybody. But the point being,
it creates isolation and it also can create, I suppose,
(09:37):
a distortion of reality for some kids and adults. And
if they're already having issues and they then sort of
in my view, use you know, reality with fantasy and
effect playing these games that you know, can violence be
(09:58):
a justification for things that you feel that are wrong
in life? Well maybe in some folks' minds that happens.
And something drove this kid to, you know, towards Charlie
Kirk and and you know, to the point where he
felt like he had to go farm him and said,
(10:21):
we did so well.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
I want to look ahead. I want to look ahead
quickly in the in the short time we have left
to the memorial service that's coming up on Sunday. What
is security going to look like for an event of
this magnitude. The Vice President will be there, a lot
of political leaders.
Speaker 8 (10:39):
I think what you're going to see is equivalent to
what the Secret Service call was called a Level one
security event, national security event like the super Bowl. Keep
in mind, in this stadium they played in the Super Bowl,
and so the secret servers know the stadium. They know
the best ways probably to protect it. Obviously the this
(11:01):
is the dome that you can close the roof. The
roof will definitely be closed for this event. Nobody's going
to be able to get into this stadium that holds
apparently seventy thousand plus people unless they've been thoroughly screened.
I don't think they're going to allow any bags into
this event. Uh. And then you have all of these
(11:21):
high profile folks that are coming to it, as you mentioned,
you know, with their security details. All of that will
have to be worked out in advance because it even
makes this event, you know, a more attractive target because
you have so many high level people coming to it.
And so you'll see all the layers I think of security,
(11:44):
with backup units of you know, chemical biological units. There
are technicians that if something super awful happened, they could
immediately be there. Then we'll be in the stadium, but
they'll be close by, you know, helicopters overhead keeping track
of certain people that might travel to the arena on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Yeah, They're definitely going to be an increased presence for sure.
And I know that all the media and everybody will
keeping a close watch on that as well. Brad. I
wish we had more time. This is a really fascinating
subject for me, and I know there's a lot we
could talk about. But I do appreciate your time this morning,
and we'll talk with you again soon.
Speaker 8 (12:27):
That's great.
Speaker 9 (12:28):
See yah.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A
new poll sheds light on who's not getting their kids vaxed.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
One in six parents has avoided or delayed vaccinating their
children against diseases other than COVID nineteen or the flu.
That's according to a new poll from the Washington Post
and healthcare policy group KFF. The poll found that white parents, Republicans,
those with deeply held religious beliefs, and those who homeschool
their children are the most likely to skip vaccinations. In fact,
nearly half of religious parents who homeschool skipped inoculating their children.
(12:59):
Mark Ronner Fine News.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
President Trump says he's designating Antifa as a major terrorist organization.
He called the group thick, dangerous, and a radical left disaster.
Trump wrote on social media that he will also be
strongly recommending that those funding Antifa be thoroughly investigated in
accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. A unanimous
(13:22):
vote by the LA City Council could lead to withdrawing
all legally allowable homeless funding from the LA Homeless Services Authority,
and the LA County Department of Public Health has paused
enforcement against unpermitted street vendors citing safety concerns tied to
federal immigration operations, and an LA Journey jury rather has
awarded Gucci heiress Alexandra gucci Zarini one hundred and fifteen
(13:44):
million dollars in damages against her former stepfather. She says
he sexually abused her for years, starting in childhood. Then
a six oh five handle on the news, We're going
to dive in ABC's decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live
from its lineup indefinitely. But today President Trump sits down
with Britain's new Prime Minister, Care Starmer to tackle pressing
issues from tariffs to the war in Ukraine. Joining us
(14:06):
live with the latest is ABC's Karen Travers. Good morning, Karen, Hey,
good morning to you. So the ceremonial welcome at Windsor
Castle had a lot of tradition behind it. How significant
was this in terms of the US UK relations.
Speaker 10 (14:23):
Yeah, it was certainly to show the importance of what
both countries like to call the special relationship. The red
carpet was rolled out. This was definitely an attempt to
appeal to the President, who loves these kinds of lavish ceremonies,
lots of pomp and circumstance. He said it was one
of the greatest honors of his life and he has
a lot of respect for King Charles and also for
(14:45):
the British people in the country. You know, you kind
of got a sense it was like a warm up
act to try to show the President like how lovely
all this can be. Let's throw a big party, lots
of pomp and circumstance. And then today they get down
to business because he's meeting with the British Prime Minister
to talk about Russia's war in Ukraine, talk about the
war in Gaza, trade issues, economic ties between the two countries.
(15:06):
They have a pretty robust agenda. They've already met behind
closed doors and they're expected to take questions from reporters
in about an hour or so.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
So, as you mentioned, tariffs and trades are expected to
be some key topics that they'll discuss today. So how
much pressure doing things that Starmer is under domestically to
push back against Trump's economic policies.
Speaker 10 (15:28):
I don't know it from that angle of things. I
can only tell you from the White House perspective that
the President's there to try and lock down more details
of that framework trade deal that have been announced over
the summer. Still a lot of that being filled in. Tariffs,
of course, are a big issue between the two countries,
the UK not being a part of the EU. But
they're also going to be talking about tech investment and
(15:48):
talking about investment in nuclear power that the Brits are
expected to make in the United States. Presidents speaking right now,
and they're expected to sign a memo of understanding and
we are waiting for details of what that's going to
look like.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
So are they also expected to talk about Ukraine and
what are those talks expected to look like today?
Speaker 10 (16:07):
There are yes, they were going to be doing that
behind closed doors in the last hour when they met,
and we will hopefully get details when the two of
them have their press conference and make remarks again in
about an hour.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
And then in terms of like optics here what did
it mean for the president to be greeted so publicly
by Prince William and Princess Catherine.
Speaker 10 (16:29):
You know, I think this again was part of the
rolling out of the red carpet literally figuratively, to try
to show that this is a strong relationship between the
two countries. The President's only the second elected official to
have two state visits like this in the modern era.
So just even the fact of the invitation was significant
and historic.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Okay, well, we'll be watching closely today and looking for
updates on their meetings to see what happened. Thank you
so much, Karen, Thank you. All right, let's get back
to some of the stories coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late
night show over comments he made about the assassination of
Charlie Kirk. For context, here is what Kimmel said. We
(17:11):
hit some new.
Speaker 11 (17:12):
Lows over the weekend with the Magga gank desperately trying
to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything
other than one of them and do everything they can
to score political points from it. In between the finger pointing,
there was grieving On Friday, the White House flew the
flags at half.
Speaker 4 (17:29):
Staff, which got some criticism.
Speaker 11 (17:31):
But on a human level, you can see how hard
the President is taking this.
Speaker 12 (17:35):
I think, don't just have a.
Speaker 5 (17:36):
Low thing, your friend, Charlie Kirks, sir, personally, how are
you holding up for the last day and a half, sir, I.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Think very good.
Speaker 13 (17:43):
And by the way, right there, you see all the trucks.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
They just started construction of the.
Speaker 9 (17:48):
New baure for the White House.
Speaker 14 (17:50):
Which is something they've been trying to get, as.
Speaker 9 (17:52):
You know, for about one hundred and fifty years, and it's.
Speaker 13 (17:54):
Going to be a beauty.
Speaker 4 (17:56):
Yes, he's at the fourth stage.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Of grief contruct The network, says Jimmy Kimmelive will be
preempted indefinitely. President Trump posted on truth Social that the
suspension is, as he put it, great news for America.
He praised ABC, saying it finally had the courage to
do what had to be done. Trump suggested he wishes
to also see NBC late night comics Jimmy Fallon and
(18:21):
Seth Myers also pulled off the air, calling them to
quote total losers on fake news ANDBC and we're taking
your talkbacks this morning. If you want to hit that
talkback button on the iHeartRadio app and let us know
what you think about this decision from ABC and parent
company Disney to pause Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely, and some other
(18:42):
stories we're following this morning. LA City Council has voted
unanimously to explore withdrawing homeless funds from the La Homeless
Service Authority.
Speaker 15 (18:49):
The council has agreed to explore withdrawing all legally allowable
homeless funding from LASA and instead contract with the new
County Department. Council members have said systemic changes needed to
prove the delivery of homeless services funding. Earlier this year,
scathing audits of LASA prompted the La County Board of
Supervisors to create the Department of Homeless Services and Housing,
with plans to move three hundred million in measure funding
(19:12):
from LASA to the new department. LASA reps say that
could leave them unable to provide services the city needs.
Aileen Gonzalez k Ifi News.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
The La City Council has asked for the Department of
Transportation to consider whether bike lanes should be wider. Some
members say it may be necessary for emergency vehicles to
access them during heavy traffic situations. Councilwoman Nifia Brahmins says
she supports the evaluation with one condition that.
Speaker 10 (19:36):
We're also looking at whether changing these widths will actually
impact travel times of first responders.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
She says the city has a voter approved mandate to
support transportation initiatives like bike lanes. The city Council approved
the motion and the amendment. The Port of La has
reported a busy summer of cargo moving through.
Speaker 16 (19:57):
In announcing its monthly numbers from August, ports ceog Soroka
says La had the best two months of any port
in the Western Hemisphere. It's been busy, but he expects
things to slow down.
Speaker 7 (20:06):
That's because much of the year end holiday cargo has
already arrived and is working its way through the national
supply chain.
Speaker 16 (20:14):
System Soroca says retailers and manufacturers have been shipping heavily
in recent months to get ready for the holiday season
and to hedge against the changing trade in tariff policies.
Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
The first human case of West Nile virus in La
County this year has been confirmed. According to the county
Department of Public Health Four people were hospitalized with the
virus between late July and late August. The unidentified patients
lived in the Antelope Valley, San Fernando Valley, and Central
LA areas. Symptoms of West Nile can include fever, headache, nausea,
(20:46):
body aches, and a minor skin rash. While some people
don't exhibit symptoms, serious cases can potentially be deadly. The
Dodgers take on the Giants at Dodgers Stadium, with first
pitch at seven o'clock. Listen to all Dodgers games on
AM five seventy LA Sports live from the Gallpin Motors
Broadcast Booth, and stream all Dodgers games HD on the
(21:08):
iHeartRadio app. Keyword AM five seventy LA Sports when we
come back. It's a fundraising event that's not for the
faint of heart. Twenty five stories up and every dollar
helps homeless families in La. The LA School District is
adding financial literacy and economic justice classes for high school students.
(21:29):
The classes are said to include teaching through a so
called modern economic lens. School Board president Scott Schmerlson says
the change will let students better navigate the current financial
landscape and address poverty in a better way. But our
regulators are investigating Tesla's model y after reports of faulty
electronic door handles that left parents breaking windows to rescue children.
(21:54):
The investigation covers more than one hundred and seventy four
thousand vehicles and follows repeated concerns learns about door failures
in Tesla's crashes and fires. Disney fans can snag huge
bargains this weekend at the annual Disneyland Lost and Found
Sale in Santa Anna. Items like mini ears, hats, and
plushies will be marked down ninety percent or more, with
(22:15):
proceeds going to Goodwill's workforce development programs. Today's Talk that Question.
We want to hear your thoughts on ABC canceling Jimmy Kendall,
Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely. Just hit us up on the
talk back button and let us know what you think.
Then it's six oh five, it's handle on the news.
President Trump getting the royal treatment in the UK, but
(22:35):
he has some serious business ahead. Today We're going to
tell you who he is meeting with and what they're
going to be talking about. The Union Rescue Mission is
taking fundraising to New Heights literally it's seventh annual Over
the Edge event challenges participants to repel down a twenty
five story hotel, all to support programs that help thousands
of Angelino's experiencing homelessness. Kfi's Amy King takes us out
(22:57):
and about.
Speaker 17 (22:57):
Hey, it's Amy King with wake Up Call. We're going
out about this week to the Universal Hilton. Now, why
would we go to the Universal Hilton.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
They have a beautiful pool they do.
Speaker 4 (23:07):
It's great cool, it's.
Speaker 17 (23:08):
A beautiful building.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Sports as a tall building, it's rather tall. Yeah.
Speaker 17 (23:12):
With us today we have the CEO of the Union
Rescue Mission, Mark Hood.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Good morning Mark, Good morning Amy.
Speaker 17 (23:19):
So tell us about what we're going to be doing
on September twenty sixth and twenty seven.
Speaker 5 (23:23):
We are going to go to the top floor of
this Hilton and we're going to repel all the way
down to the bottom for a worthy cause.
Speaker 4 (23:31):
And for two days we're going to have.
Speaker 5 (23:33):
People lined up coming down the ropes, supporting people that
are experiencing homelessness. And by your donations, by you participating,
you're helping those in need find their way home.
Speaker 17 (23:42):
Okay, So I want to talk about the Union Rescue
Mission and why we're involved with it and why we
believe in it and why you believe in it obviously,
But what you guys do is actually help people, like
you said, find their way home. You're not just throwing
money at the problem. You're helping these people.
Speaker 5 (23:57):
We absolutely are. We pride ourselves in not being a shelter.
We pride ourselves and being a solution. And we look
at it as our job to end homelessness for everyone
that walks through our door.
Speaker 4 (24:08):
And I'm proud to say we have a team that's
really good at.
Speaker 17 (24:10):
That, Okay, and we know that the problem in Los Angeles,
in the whole southern California area is daunting, stagger and
last year it was the theme was just help one,
which was almost paired it down where you made it
more doable. And that's what we're still trying to do.
We're not going to solve homelessness today, but we can
help some people. We can help the people who actually
(24:31):
want the help.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
We can help the people that walk through our door.
Speaker 5 (24:34):
And the great news is we put over one thousand
families in permanent housing last year, one thousand people. That's
not small. We saw our graduations for our programs explode
by forty six percent. That's not small. We are making
a difference. When I say we, it's all of us,
everyone that supports Union Rescue Mission. You're helping us help
others find their way home. So we're we're in this together.
(24:54):
But we are making a difference and we can continue
to make a difference at this great event.
Speaker 17 (24:58):
Okay, and when they through your doors, you don't just
say say here's some food and here's some vouchers to
go stay in a hotel, like you're reteaching them how
to get back into society.
Speaker 5 (25:08):
When people walk through our doors, the first thing they're
going to notice is they're love didn't care for.
Speaker 4 (25:13):
They're not going to be judged.
Speaker 5 (25:14):
They're going to be met where they're at, and we're
going to assess their needs and we're going to give
them a caseworker. We're gonna give them a team around
them that's going to help us help them on their
journey of recovery.
Speaker 4 (25:24):
Because homelessness has a lot of faces.
Speaker 5 (25:26):
It could be that you have an addiction, it could
be you've experienced domestic violence.
Speaker 4 (25:29):
It could be you've just been abandoned or you're out
of a job.
Speaker 5 (25:33):
We address all those needs, and we do it in
a spirit of love, and we do it trying to
live out the hands and feet of our Lord and
Savior in front of others.
Speaker 17 (25:41):
Okay, and all of this does take money, and that's
why we're going over the edge.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
So how can we help?
Speaker 5 (25:46):
Well, what we need is people to go out to
our website. We arem dot org, slash ote and sign
up and.
Speaker 4 (25:53):
There's a lot of ways to sponsor.
Speaker 5 (25:54):
You can either make a donation to go over the
edge with it, or you can sponsor Team kfive.
Speaker 4 (26:00):
With Amy and.
Speaker 5 (26:01):
Neil, or you can just sponsor anybody that's on the page,
or you could just make a donation to the page
saying hey, I don't want to go over the edge,
but I do want to make.
Speaker 4 (26:10):
A difference, So you go to that website.
Speaker 5 (26:12):
There's so many ways you can participate, and we need
your help.
Speaker 17 (26:15):
All right, Mark ed, thank you so much for looking
forward to going over the edge.
Speaker 4 (26:18):
Thank you.
Speaker 17 (26:19):
That's what we're out and about this week on wake
up call.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
All right, thanks Amy. Time to get up in your
business with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini.
Speaker 18 (26:26):
Good morning, Good morning, Heather. First stuff, We've got this
surprise deal in tech and AI. In Vidia has agreed
to invest about five billion dollars in Intel. The two
will co develop chips for PCs and data centers. There
are huge political implications for this as well, because US government,
you probably remember, agreed to take just about a ten
(26:47):
percent stake in Intel in August. President Trump took on
the role of pitchment. So the company looks like he
talked in Nvidia into investing a nice chunk of change
in the two working closely together, more like what you
see industry in China doing so. That's kind of interesting.
Stock features right now are surging as investors look ahead
to more interest rate cuts from the FED later this year.
(27:10):
Jobless claims, though falling. This is first time jobless claims
not coming in as big as expected and falling. That's
good Investors maybe a little bit worried perversely that the
economy is stronger than they thought, meaning the FED is
less likely to cut interest rates again after that quarter
point cut we had yesterday. Right now, Dow futures they're
(27:31):
still higher, but off session highs, up one hundred and
eighty eight points now. SNP futures up forty six, Nasdaq
futures up to sixty seven, and Heather, you remember that
thing with Fed Governor Lisa Cook and President Trump accusing
her of mortgage fraud for allegedly lying on mortgage applications
(27:52):
indicating that she was going to live in some of
the properties that she apparently used as rentals. Well, turns
out Treasury secretaries got dosn'ted something similar. According to mortgage documents,
Vessons conflicting agreements obligated him to occupy homes in New
York and Massachusetts as his main residents at the same
time back in two thousand and seven. But officials say
(28:14):
in both cases it doesn't actually mean either of them
committed mortgage fraud. I guess key is whether the bank
relied on them or the lender relied on them. You know,
that being their primary residence. If that wasn't a factor,
then even if they weren't exactly accurate on their application,
it might not actually be Wow.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Well, I want to quickly in the little bit of
time we have left, I want to jump to the
Starbucks workers suing over their dress code story. What is
that about?
Speaker 18 (28:42):
Yeah, I'm glad you asked, because they aren't too happy
about this new dress code that went into effect and
may have their workers of filed class action suits in
Illinois and Colorado. They may file one in California as well,
complaining the company switched the dress code but refuse to
reimburse employees who had to buy new clothes. Starbucks says
it's simple at stress code to deliver a more consistent experience.
(29:03):
One thing they did, in addition to, you know, requiring
khakis and waterproof shoes or jeans of that kind of stuff.
No midrifts anymore, they also banned face tattoos and tongue piercing.
So I was thinking, a tongue piercing that comes out right,
It can't be fun to take out, but you could
take it out. But a face tattoo you cannot take off,
(29:23):
and you might not want to wear makeup to cover
it is, and it's expensive to get rid of. So
I don't really know what the status of those workers
who had those before they put this bend in, how
that's all coming down. I'd be curious to find out.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
Yeah, me too. Well, Denise, thank you so much, and
have a great rest of your morning, you too. All right,
let's get back to some of stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom. A sheriff in Utah
says the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk
was afraid of being shot by police and agreed to
surrender as long as it was done peacefully. The sheriff
in Washington County says Tyler Robinson appeared quiet and somber
(29:59):
when he turned himself in last week. He gave up
a little over a day after Kirk was shot at
Utah Valley University. Robinson is now facing the death penalty.
Flags are being flown at half staff across Pennsylvania in
honor of three police officers killed in a shooting. ABC's
Melissa Adahn says five officers were shot yesterday.
Speaker 19 (30:19):
Investigators say the officers were following up on a domestic
related investigation from the previous day.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
Two of the officers are in critical condition and the
shooter was killed by police. The first human cases of
West Nile virus in Ellie County this year have been confirmed,
and immigrant rights groups in SoCal are launching Operation Liberty
and new effort to document ice activity in real time,
and a new West Coast Health Alliance is breaking from
the CDC and issuing its own vaccine guidelines for California, Oregon, Washington,
(30:49):
and Hawaii. We're dis minutes away from handle on the
news this morning, a Louisiana immigration judge has ruled pro
Palestinian activist Mahmood Khalil can be deported to Syria or Algeria.
We're going to tell you why the judge made this decision,
but first, Mark Zuckerberg is said to kick off Meta Connect,
the company's annual tech showcase, with a spotlight on new
(31:09):
smart glasses powered by Genitive AI. ABC's Mike Debuski joins
us with a preview. Good morning, Mike, Good morning. Yeah,
so this actually already happened.
Speaker 19 (31:18):
This is the kickoff event for this was last night
and Mark Zuckerberg pulled the wraps off what was a
really hotly anticipated tech device called the Meta ray Band Display.
These are ray band glasses. They kind of look like
chunkier versions of normal ray bands, but broadly speaking look
kind of the same as normal sunglasses that have speakers
(31:39):
in the arms, cameras in the frames, and actually a
small display on one side of the lenses, so you
can check your text messages, you can take photos, you
can take video calls, get directions, do all sorts of
things all from your glasses without pulling out your phone,
and really without looking that much different from just normal
(32:00):
person wearing glasses.
Speaker 2 (32:01):
Why do I feel like we are just years away
from fully living our Star Trek best life here?
Speaker 19 (32:07):
That is certainly what Meta wants, right, and that is
kind of the larger arc of this product. They want
to own the next platform, right. You know, if you
rewind twenty five years, thirty years, that was the laptop computer.
Portable computing was the platform that everybody was doing their
work on, most people were doing their socializing on. Then
(32:29):
that moved to mobile technology, right, and moved into our phones,
and those went into your pockets, and then you could
take them even further and you can go on vacation
and live stream that and take pictures and what have you.
Meta has its eye on what the next turn of
that particular screw is going to be, right. They want
the technology that we use every day, your messages, your photos,
(32:50):
your email to move from your pocket or your purse
up onto your face. And there's a lot of challenges
with that obviously. For one, glasses don't have a lot
of stuff in them, right. Glasses are small products, and
you have to pack a lot of technology into them,
hence why these are kind of chunkier versions of ray bands.
But that is the dream, right They want to own
(33:13):
whatever the next platform is, and their argument is that
they are smart classes.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
Okay, really quickly before we let you go, let's talk
about the updates to the AI characters. What do they
look like and why are they controversial?
Speaker 14 (33:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 19 (33:24):
So Meta has a line of AI characters that you
can talk to. They're basically like chatbots chat GPT style
things that have the quote unquote personality of famous celebrities,
so Snoop Dogg or John Cena. And Meta was found
recently to have you know, not placed as strict guardrails
on these characters as they really should have been. With
(33:45):
Reuter's reporting that you know, there were internal documents at
Meta saying, hey, these things are okay for the chatbot
to say, and these things are not. Well, the chatbots
speak to everyone, including children, and that got them into
some pretty hot water earlier this summer. We actually didn't
hear a ton about their characters at this connect event
last night. They spent a lot of time talking about
(34:06):
the glasses. They spend a lot of time talking about
how metas AI more generally can show up in the
glasses as a device or an assistant really that can
kind of see what you see, hear what you hear,
follow you around throughout the day, and ideally kind of
you know, set up meetings or you know, draft emails
and that sort of thing. Obviously a lot of that
technology is to come. That's kind of the dream that
(34:29):
they're pitching. But yeah, we didn't hear a ton about
the AI characters last night, and perhaps no surprise given
the controversy that they've been embroiled in in last time.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
Absolutely well, Mike Debuski, thank you so much for the update.
And I'll still be holding out for that Star Trek
life in my lifetime, of course. Thank you. Have a
good rest of your day.
Speaker 10 (34:50):
All right.
Speaker 2 (34:50):
Our talk back question today, what do you think about
Jimmy Kimmel being canceled indefinitely on ABC. We have gotten
so many calls from you on the Heart radio app,
so many talkbacks. I want to play a couple of
them before we head out of here today. Here's one.
Speaker 8 (35:07):
Good morning.
Speaker 14 (35:08):
This is shanthon Kentucky listening with the iHeart App. I
think this is a combination of the President fulfilling his
promise of going after his critics and a network who
wants to protect their bottom line. It is an attack
on free speech. We are allowed to say things other
than fire or bomb and a plane or a movie theater,
(35:31):
and I think it's tragic. Looks like NBC will have
a monopoly.
Speaker 4 (35:38):
Good morning, Heather Love. When you fill in.
Speaker 20 (35:41):
Jimmy Kimball, I don't know, he's gone down the drain.
He used to be on k Rock a long, long
time ago, and if you listened to some of his skits,
he was a normal guy, can joke around and make
fun of himself others. Now he's got super left wing
everything anti Trump, and I don't know, he's just going
(36:04):
down like the rest of them now.
Speaker 21 (36:06):
I think it's about time they kicked Jimmy Gimble off.
He was hired to be a comedian and he just
turned into being somebody against the President of the United States,
which I think is a terrible thing. So thank you
for getting rid of him.
Speaker 12 (36:23):
Hi Beth here from California. I just wanted to chime
in on regarding Jimmy Kimmel. A wise man said on
the radio recently that Jimmy Kimmel, of course, has the
right to say whatever he wants, but his boss also
has the right to fire him. So good warning to
us all to make sure that if we're going to
(36:43):
spread lies, to remember that the truth will always prevail.
Speaker 13 (36:49):
Hi Heather, good morning.
Speaker 9 (36:50):
This is Barry. I do not really care about kim
Will being pulled. That was the decision by his factory.
You're excuse me, is bosses.
Speaker 13 (37:02):
What does bother me is that when mister Trump causes
calls for pulling of other shows like Seth Myers, for
God's sake and whoever he mus should otherwise.
Speaker 2 (37:13):
Thank you a lot of great calls today. Thank you
all so much for chiming in and sharing your thoughts
with us here on wake up call. It is always
a pleasure to be with you on these early mornings.
I'll be back tomorrow as well, while Amy is enjoying
a nice couple of days off. This is KFI and
KOSDHD two Los Angeles, Orange County. There is a slight
(37:34):
chance of showers today. Heiserby in the upper seventies to
low eighties in Metro La and OC. Heis will be
in the seventies at the beaches the upper eighties to
around ninety in the Valleys. Iis will be in the
eighties in the Inland Empire and mid seventies to eighties
in the High Desert, and it is going to be
so very, very human, So just prepare for that when
you head out today. Thank you to everyone here on
(37:55):
the wake Up Call crew. Always a pleasure working with
you all as well. Live from the KFI twenty twenty
four hour newsroom for producer Matthew, technical producer Kono, and
traffic specialist Will I'm Heather Brooker. This has been your
wake up call. If you missed any of wake Up Call,
you can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app. You've been
listening to wake Up Call with me Amy King.
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