May 19, 2025 • 40 mins
Heather Brooker fills in for Amy King while she is on vacation in Paris, France. ABC News national correspondent Jim Ryan joins the show to talk deepfakes being on the rise. ABC News correspondent Jordana Miller joins the show live from Jerusalem to discuss Israel allowing limited amount of aid into Gaza after nearly 3 months. Bloomberg Media’s Courtney Donohoe shares the latest in business and Wall Street. The show closes with Heather talking with ABC News correspondent Steven Portnoy about Joe Biden being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You're listening to wake Up Call on demand from KFI
AM six forty KFI and KOST HD two, Los Angeles,
Orange County, and it's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Good morning, this is your wake up call for Monday,
May nineteenth.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
I'm Heather Brooker in for Amy King.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
She is a little bit under the weather this morning,
so I'm more than happy to step in and let
her get a little extra rest.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
That's that post Paris flu right well, yeah, I had
to make that vacation last nar right.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Now.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Well, we are sending Amy lots of love, hope that
she feels well. If there's a few people out stick
in the KFI newsroom, send your prayers for us.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Today we're going down. I'm not touching anything. Don't touch
that thing, don't touch the things. But that's all right.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
We've still got lots of good news to cover for
you guys, and we're gonna just jump right on in.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
The FBI has deemed Saturday's car bombing outside of fertility
clinic in Palm Springs an act of terrorism. The explosion
killed the suspect, twenty five year old Guy Barkas and
four other people were hurt. Officials say Barcas reportedly targeted
the clinic due to its IVF services and his anti
nationalist views. Authorities are investigating his manifesto and attempted live
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stream of the attack. Fortunately, no staff or embryos at
the clinic were harmed. New billboards have been put up
around South LA to raise awareness of unsolved murders.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
The Group for Murdered.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Children, as it's called, have put up seven billboards showing
photos of people killed over the last few years. The
group hopes everyone and anyone who knows anything about the
murders will come forward. Former President Biden has been diagnosed
with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has metastasized
to his bones. Officials say the cancer is hormone sensitive,
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which means there are some treatment options. Biden and his
family are currently reviewing medical plans. Here's what's ahead on
wake Up Call at five oh five. From fake text
to AI generated voices, Deep fakes are getting harder to spot,
and the FBI is sounding the alarm. We're going to
tell you how you can protect yourself and what's going
on when it comes to deep fakes. At five twenty
(02:19):
Israel eases a month's long aid blockade in Gaza, but
critics say it's too little, too late. ABC's Giordana Miller
joins US Life from Jerusalem with the latest on the
humanitarian crisis and Israel's shifting strategy. At five point thirty five,
it's big, it's beautiful, but it's a bust. President Trump's
signature tax bill is hitting some serious roadblocks on Capitol Hill.
(02:43):
We're going to break down the high stake showdown between
the GOP moderates Democrats and what it can mean for
Trump's second term agenda. And at five point fifty, as
we said, President Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
We're going to tell you what we know so far
and what it means for his health moving forward.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Then at six oh five, it's handle on the news.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Almost three hundred people were on board a Mexican Navy
ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend.
We'll give you the latest on what happened and what
investigators are saying may have caused the crash. Let's get
started with some of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The FBI says The person
who died in a vehicle explosion outside of Fertility Clinic
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and Palm Spring Saturday is the man responsible for the
intentional act of terrorism. Assistant Director in charge of the
FBI's LA Field office at kil Davis identified the man
as twenty five year old Guy Barkiss of twenty nine Palms,
whose anti pro life writings were found.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
We are looking through that. We are tracking a possible
manifesto out there and it's part of our ongoing investigation.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Four people were hurt in that explosion. Southern California is
going to get really hot this week.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
The National Weather Service says the greatest impacts will be
felt in the mountains, deserts, and interior valleys. Some of
the valley areas could reach the mid nineties today and
could get as hot as one hundred degrees Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. The NWS is predicting highest well above normal
for this time of year on each weekday. That means
a higher risk of grass fires as vegetation continues to
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dry out. Temperatures next weekend, though, are expected to be
closer to normal. Mark Mayfield Kofi news Hi.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
For one, am not quite ready for the summer heat,
yet I needed to be just a little bit cooler
for a little bit longer. Also realize I forgot to
say good morning to everybody, guys. I'm already out of practice.
Good morning, Cono, Good morning Heather, and good morning Producer.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
And she's busy rushing around getting everything ready.
Speaker 6 (04:40):
Morning.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Well, so nice to see you guys, and good morning
to Will. Good morning.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
we're working on today. The FBI is ramping up warnings
about the growing threat of AI generated deep fakes, and
joining us now from Dallas is ABC's Jim Ryan, who's
been following the story closely.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Good morning, Jim, good morning.
Speaker 6 (04:59):
Most of the the targets in this latest wave of
AI de fakes have been government employees, federal government employees
who are getting messages voicemail messages, video messages from their
supervisors or people who seem like their supervisors asking them
for the passwords or other sensitive information. And sometimes those
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folks are giving up that information believing that that's who's
on the other end or leaving this message, and turns
out it isn't. In very many cases, heether it's an
AI generated deep fake. We've seen commercials, We've seen political ads.
There's one here in Dallas and his Dallas City Council race.
Somebody with a supporter of one candidate created a deep
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fake using the opponent, casting him in a very bad light.
And now that candidate, the one who's been targeted, is
having to run around and clarify that that's not me.
I didn't do that, So he can't campaign. He's wasting
time and money leading up to an election. So yeah,
it's kind of out there and it's not going anywhere, Heather.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Are there certain groups of people that are being targeted
most often by these deep fakes?
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Not really.
Speaker 6 (06:06):
I mean, in this case, the FBI is warning about
people who work for the government and are being targeted
by there by people who purport to be their supervisor
or even high level of government officials. Let's see, you
get a message from a senator or someone asking you
for some piece of information, and it sounds very, very convincing.
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The videos are convincing, the audio is convincing. It's just
it's it's out there now, and we're seeing this being
more used more and more at a lower level as well.
You've probably heard Heather about to scam somebody gets a
call from a relative, a cousin, or even a a
son or daughter, a granddaughter saying that I'm in big,
big trouble. I need money. Please send me this, you know,
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to get me out of this. Here's what you can do.
Establish a family password, right with your kids, your parents,
your grandparents, maybe a couple of cousins and aunts and uncles,
and tell him, Look, if you ever call me or
you try to reach out to me and you need
help or you need money or something, this is the
family password. Okay, Librea, how about that. That's a good one, Lobrea,
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that'll be the family password. You give me that password
and all think about it. Otherwise I'll assume that you're
a deep fake.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
So let's talk about how when we get these calls
or when we have these deep fake interactions, is there
anything we should be listening for. Is there like a
giveaway or something that we would be able to tell like, hey,
this isn't real.
Speaker 6 (07:32):
Yeah, well, I saw a deep fake recently. It was
Elon Musk and he's on stage. You see him there
talking to his employees, and then he starts touting crypto
currency as specific crypto you know, and he wants people
in the and a QR code appears on the screen
and it's all very very convincing, but he's lacking his
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South African accent. It sounds a lot like him. The
voice inflection and the tone is the same, but it
doesn't have the same accent. So little tip offs like
that and the odd word usage or odd inflections, or
you know, a missing accent or an added accent. You
can pick those things up if you listen carefully. But
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so often people aren't They They skim by, they scroll
to the next thing, and they say, oh, yeah, Neilon
Musk is selling crypto.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
You know, the video technology of deep fakes is really sophisticated,
and it is often really hard to tell. But if
you look closely, sometimes you can tell in their mouth,
like some of the details their mouths maybe don't look
like a normal mouth, or their hands, those kind of things.
But audio is another story. Audio is you know, if
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you get a fake call from somebody, it seems even
more challenging there to be able to distinguish the difference.
Speaker 6 (08:49):
Yeah, I think you're right. Adobe, which creates some AI tools,
one called Firefly now is working on tools to spot ais,
to spot face they let the horse out of the barn.
Now they're trying to get it back in so that
maybe on the market at some point in the future.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Well, I will tell you this and then I don't
know if this is helpful to anyone out there, but
one thing that I have encouraged, you know, my elderly
mom to do, my elderly parent is if she has
a question about something or even just the slightest like
wondering if something is real or not, I have her
send it to me and she'll go, there is this real.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
And that has been very.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Helpful and very beneficial because you know, not to you know,
throw elderly people or senior citizens out there, but they
are targeted a lot in situations like this, and that
has been really beneficial for us to open that dialogue
and I can help her go, yeah, this isn't this
isn't real, or unfortunately, yeah this is real as whatever
the case might be.
Speaker 6 (09:51):
Yeah, you got to keep the lines of communication open,
especially with your relatives when it comes to things like this.
And if you have that line of communications, you have
maybe the past word you could avoid this kind of
thing technology or not.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
And I love that password idea as well, Jim, thank
you so much. Have a great rest of your day.
Speaker 6 (10:09):
Thanks Heather.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Former
President Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of
prostate cancer. ABC Selena Wang says it was revealed Friday
that an abnormal growth was found on his prostate during
a routine exam.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
Former President Biden has mostly stayed out of public view
since he left office in January.
Speaker 7 (10:30):
However, he did attend Pope Francis his funeral.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
She says.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Biden has also been doing interviews, pushing back against a
slate of new books, saying he was dealing with cognitive
decline at the end of his presidency. A new billboard
has gone up in South la in hopes of solving
some murders. Kfi's Jordan Christmas reports the sign at one
hundred and fourth Street and Vermont Avenue was put up
by the group Justice for Murdered.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
Children, featuring four people murdered over the last few years.
A question was written across the board, reading do you
know who murdered me? The founder of GMC says anyone
who knows any information about any of the unsolved murder
cases should break their coat of silence.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Seven billboards have been installed across the city as part
of a broader campaign to encourage witnesses and community members
to say something. A UC Santa Barbara student has disappeared
after a weekend with friends in Big Bear.
Speaker 5 (11:23):
Twenty two year old Tanner Prentice has not been seen
since early Saturday morning. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
says he and several friends took a trip to Big
Bear Lake for the weekend. Prentice never made it back
to his rental cabin after going out on Friday night.
Prentice has red hair, fair skin, and blue eyes. Mark
Mayfield Kofi.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
News surgeons have performed the first human bladder transplant.
Speaker 8 (11:47):
The operation was performed earlier this month by a pair
of surgeons from the University of California, Los Angeles and
usc The patient is a forty one year old man
who lost most of his bladder capacity from treatments for
a rare form of bladder cancer. The doctors planned to
perform bladder transplants and for more patients as part of
a clinical trial Tammy Trio KFI News.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
The NTSB is investigating the collision of a Mexican Navy
ship into the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. ABC's Allison Cosik.
Cossick says the training ship has set sail on an
international good will tour to Iceland on Saturday, right before
the crash.
Speaker 7 (12:22):
The NYPD says it was supposed to head out to sea,
instead losing power and heading in the wrong direction before
striking the bridge.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
At least two people were killed and nineteen were hurt.
The ship did not sink and the bridge was not
badly damaged. Delta Airlines says it's going to stop selling
tickets under the Basic Economy label so it can compete
with a no frill's offerings of discount competitors. And the
LA Dodgers have released veteran utility player Chris Taylor. The
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thirty four year old who played a pivotal role in
the team's twenty twenty and twenty twenty four World Series victories,
had been to the Dodgers since twenty sixteen. In California
faces a dangerous heat wave this week. We're going to
tell you more about that, and at six oh five
it's handled on the news. President Trump plans to call
Russian President Putin today to talk about the war in Ukraine.
(13:12):
Israel is now allowing limited humanitarian aid into Gaza after
nearly three months of a total blockade. Joining US now
is ABC's Jordonna Miller live in Jerusalem.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
Good morning, Good morning.
Speaker 7 (13:26):
The Israeli Prime Minister announced late Sunday that Israel would
be allowing some aid into the Gaza Strip. This is
something that he and his government have essentially blocked for,
as you said, almost three months. But now the Israeli
Prime Minister is claiming that it is a dangerous situation.
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The humanitarian crisis is near what he called a red line,
and he said.
Speaker 6 (13:51):
That the.
Speaker 7 (13:54):
Increasing state of hunger across the Gaza Strip could undermine
and the Israeli Armies military operations, and therefore he was
allowing in aid into the strip. We're only expected to
see less than a dozen trucks go in today, but
possibly more later today. We're still trying to get some
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official numbers, and this, of course will be just I mean,
I don't think you can call it a drop in
the bucket. I don't know what it is. It's like
a little it is, you know, nine or ten or
twelve trucks after so long without aid, you know it's
going to help very few people. And clearly as there
one needs to ramp up this operation quite quickly to
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make up for the rising hunger across the Strip.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Now, when you talk about these trucks that are coming in,
what kind of aid is actually in those trucks and
how much of it do you think will actually reach
the hands of the civilians that need it.
Speaker 7 (14:57):
Well, I mean we're told that the first trucks are
going to include baby formula. There's been you know, a
lot of reporting on children, infants, babies who simply don't
have any formula. And unfortunately, because the situation is so
dire when you're when the mothers are not eating properly,
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they can't lactate right, So baby formula is going to
be key, as well as flour and some other canned foods.
I mean, this will again, this will only help you know,
maybe several hundred dozens. And whether it all gets to
the hands of the needy, I think that's an open
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question because as we know, Hamas has been looting some
of the aid, whether for their fighters or to sell
it back on the market for exorbitant prices. So you
know this is this is not a full proof system
for delivering humanitarian aid.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Sounds like they need to start letting in quite a
bit more and hopefully that will start happening in the
next just as soon as possible.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
And I know you have to go. I have more questions,
but I know you have to go.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
So thank you so much for your time this morning,
and we'll definitely keep an eye out on this story
as it develops.
Speaker 7 (16:17):
We'll talk san Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Thank you all right here some of the stories we're
continuing to follow in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
LA County DA Nathan Hawkman says his office will be
cracking down on criminals who come into La County from
San Bernardino County thinking they can still get away with crimes.
Hawkman posted a message on social media saying times have changed.
Speaker 9 (16:38):
Got a root awakening for those criminals.
Speaker 10 (16:40):
We're back.
Speaker 9 (16:41):
The DA's office is working with law enforcement. We're going
to actually enforce the laws and hold criminals accountable.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
He says laws used to be lax in La County,
but now he believes he is making a change. The
US military is planning to do a test launch of
an unarmed nuclear missile in from northern Anna, Barbara County.
The launch from VanderBurg Space Force Base is scheduled for
some time early Wednesday morning. The weapon being tested is
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a Minuteman three intercontinental ballistic missile. Military officials say the
launch is routine and was scheduled years in advance. Metro's
D Line has been shut down for a while.
Speaker 10 (17:21):
The closure of Sea Cruz can connect the existing line
to its planned extension to West La. The closure will
run through July twenty fifth. It means there's no train
service along Wilshire between the Vermont, Normandy and Western stations,
but Metro is providing shuttle buses to help commuters get
where they need to go. Tammy Trio KFI News.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Southern California is in for a big heat wave this week.
The National Weather Service says people should be aware of
the possibility of dangerous heat, with high temperatures felt the
most away from the coast. There will also be elevated
fire weather concerns. Some areas, like Woodland Hills, could see
highs above one hundred degrees tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures
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should be closer to normal by next week. The only
hydrogen powered car share program in the US is being
tested in Riverside County. The Riverside Clean Air Car Share
program uses cars equipped with hydrogen fuel sec cell technology
you see. Riverside researcher Penn Wow TELLSKFI they protect the environment.
Speaker 9 (18:25):
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is a type of vehicle that
is super clean that do not emit any air pollutant
besides like water vapors.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
He says.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
Data from the program is being used to measure reductions
in miles traveled, fuel used, and greenhouse gas emissions. National
nonprofit Grid Alternatives says a flawed rule is stopping some
people in California from accessing.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
Shared solar powered battery energy.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
The California Public Utilities Commission has a program that allows
home batteries to share stored power with neighbors during peak demand,
but Grids Managing Policy director Emma Searson tells KFI the
system isn't working right now.
Speaker 11 (19:09):
Californians who get their power through a community Choice Aggregator
or CCA, which is about one in three Californians, aren't
able to fairly access the s ship funds.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Searson says, if nothing is done about this, CCA users
won't be able to power their homes during an outage.
Republicans have advanced their massive tax cut and border security
package out of the House Budget Committee during a rare
Sunday night vote. ABC's Chuck Severstein says the vote was
seventeen to sixteen, but Republicans still have some work to do.
Speaker 12 (19:43):
The House Freedom Caucus Board of Conservative Republicans says it
is still not satisfied with cost cutting in the bill.
Among the five Republicans voting present, not committing support, South
Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman referencing debt rating agencies like Moody's.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
The investigation continues into why the Mexican Navy's train ship
collided with the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night. Officials said
the ship suddenly lost power, two people died and at
least nineteen others were hurt, and that vessel was carrying
two hundred and seventy seven people. A Los Angeles barber
shop is using an unconventional method to deter homeless encampments,
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playing the children's song Baby Shark on a continuous loop.
The tactic has sparked debate, with some criticizing it as inhumane,
while the business owner defends it as a necessary measure
to maintain the area for customers. A biopic about NFL
legend John Madden is in production. Directed by David O. Russell.
Nicholas Cage stars as Madden, with Christian Bale as Al Davis.
(20:43):
The film follows Madden's rise from Super Bowl coach to
video game icon. There's been no release date said yet.
Then at six oh five, its handle on the news.
Deadly storms have ripped through the Midwest and into parts
of the eastern US. Will have the latest on how
many people were killed and the damage left in its path.
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Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The FBI says
it's looking through the writings of a man responsible for
a vehicle explosion outside of fertility clinic in Palm Springs,
and we will continue to follow that story. The first
major legislative test of President Trump's second term is underway,
and it's well not going smoothly.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
His proposed Big Beautiful.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Bill would extend Trump era tax cuts while slashing programs
like Medicaid and food stamps. Joining us now to break
it all down, his ABC's Steve Roberts.
Speaker 13 (21:35):
Good morning, Steve, Well, good morning, and you outlined it well. Look,
the core problem Republicans have is that they have only
a three vote margin in the House to representative. That
means that any small group can throw up a roadblock
and slow things down. And that happened this week in
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the House Budget Committee. Four Republicans that they wouldn't vote
for this big, beautiful bill. It ties together all of
the spending and tax cut proposals of President Trump's first term.
Now they relented last night and let the bill go
forward by one vote. But here's the problem. You have
on the right a group of hardline fiscal conservatives, and
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they've been around for years. There's nothing new about this.
John Bayner, who was the Republican Speaker of the House
some years ago, called this group legislative terrorists. That was
the Republican speaker talking about his own members. And that
tells you how hardline and relentless these conservatives are. And
they have no fear because they all come from very
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deep red districts, so they have no fear of political
accountability or retribution from the voters. And they have done
this repeatedly over the years, have held out bills and
say there's overspending by the government.
Speaker 14 (22:56):
But on the other side, you have a group of
more moderate Republicans, many of them from California. And these
are not people from Alabama, Arkansas. They're from California, New York.
And these are Republicans who have won seat in suburban
Los Angeles and around Sacramento, and they say, look, we
vote for a bill that cuts Medicare and Medicaid and
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food stamps. It's going to hurt us politically and we're
going to lose our seats and the Republicans are going
to lose the majority in the next election in the House.
So it's a very difficult problem for the Speaker of
the House, Mike Johnson. How does he keep everybody happy
when with a three vote margin where any small group
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can hold things up. Now, I think in the end,
because Donald Trump commands enormous loyalty on the part of Republicans,
and every single Republican, no matter who they are and
what district they represent, has a common interest in supporting
Trump and supporting the Republican Party, and they're all afraid
of Donald Trump too. So in the end, I think
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this bill is going to pass. But I think it
carries a lot of political risks for Republicans, including some
of those swings at districts right there in southern California.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Now, you mentioned those three votes for the Republicans that
are kind of the hard line. At this point, who
are those three votes? Do we know who those who
they are?
Speaker 14 (24:22):
Yeah? Well, it varies and you know, depending on the issue.
When I say there's a three vote margin, that means
that Republicans only have a three vote margin in the
whole in the whole house, so any three can be
the deciding margin if they decide to oppose the leadership
and oppose the president, and that can shift who those
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three are. As I say, right now, it's an organized
group of hard right conservatives grouped under the Freedom Caucus.
But there is a group of others who have signed legislation,
as I say, including some from swing district in California
who saying not so fast, we can't vote for a
bill that you know that cuts Medicaid and food stamps.
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And here's the other problem you know that you know,
Donald Trump during his first term passed a massive tax
cuts which were very popular, but they cost an enormous
amount of money. You know, fiscal conservatives are always railing
against waste, fraud, and abuse and over spending by the government,
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the big government. The fact is that when you talk
about these tax cuts, this is just government spending by
another name, because the impact on the bottom line, the
impact on the defens is exactly the same as if
you spent this money, and the impact is to deprive
the government of revenue. And independent ANALYSTI has said the
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tax cuts, by extending them to cost four trillion, that's
a ty for trillion dollars over the next ten years.
And so there's no way that you can pass those
tax cuts and have a balanced budget unless you slash
highly popular and important programs like medicaid. So there's no
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other way of doing it. You can say, oh, we're
cutting waste, broaden abuse, but that's magical thinking. You know,
that is not going to save you very much money,
and it's not going to make a big difference. If
you're going to spend all of that money on tax cuts,
you only have two options. You cut very popular programs
to pay for it, or you expand the deficit. There's
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no third option.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
All right, Well, there is a lot at stake here
and we will be watching this closely, Steve, Thank you
so much for your time anytime. All right, it is
time now to get up in your business with Bloombergs.
Speaker 3 (26:47):
Cortidano.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
I didn't think we'd be reunited so soon for the
get up in your business, but here we are.
Speaker 15 (26:53):
Well, we're back, and you're up in my business today.
And there's a lot of business going on in morning,
this busy Monday.
Speaker 3 (26:59):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
Let's talk about Capital One's takeover of Discover Financial.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
I guess it's finally official.
Speaker 15 (27:06):
Yep, almost fifteen months after the deal was announced. Capital
One historically had to rely on VSM MasterCard to issue
its credit cards, but now the company can cut out
all those mentalmen with Discover under its umbrella. So the
acquisition was wasn't assured at all. Some congressional Democrats oppose
the deal, saying it could harm consumers by the way
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the two companies say, if you have accounts with them,
everything's going to stay the same for now, so you
don't have to do anything. But here's the interesting twist
in all of it, because Discover is leaving the s
and P five hundred Coinbase is joining. But the company
announced last week they're Crypto Exchange. They announced last week
that it was hacked and the incident is going to
cost Coinbase four hundred million dollars. But it is a
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big day for the crypto industry because Coinbase is joining
the SMP.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
All right, in Cho Bonnie is expanding beyond yogurt. What's
that about.
Speaker 15 (27:56):
Yeah, so they're moving into products such as me and smoothies,
expanding in your grocery store. So Chobani's buying ready to
eat healthy food maker Daily Harvest. Financial terms of the
deal weren't announced, but Daily Harvest has been working to
rebuild its reputation.
Speaker 3 (28:12):
And had a pretty big hit.
Speaker 15 (28:14):
It had a recall of a lentil dish three years
ago and it's sick in hundreds of customers. It actually
led to a twenty three million dollar class action settlement
last year. But Daily Harvest began as a direct to
consumer brand in twenty fifteen. You saw the commercials everywhere.
I know, I saw remember that all over Yeah, and
they look so good, the smoothies. But now they saw
through national retailers including Target and Kroger.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
All right, Walmart got some big changes ahead in the
way that we're going to be shopping what's that about.
Speaker 15 (28:45):
Yeah, well, speaking of target, Walmart is shaking up things
because of artificial intelligence. So Walmart's 's a big transformation
ahead in the way that we shop, not that we're
actually going to be shopping, but that are going to
be shopping for us. So it's developing its own AI shopper.
So they're telling the Wall Street Journal it's building its
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own shopping agents that we'll be able to do repetitive
tasks such as ordering groceries. The bob will also be
able to fill a shopping basket in response to prompts
such as I want to plan a graduation party from
my child. That would be pretty easy being able to say, hey.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
Just fill it all with what I need to. Just
tell me what I need to buy.
Speaker 15 (29:25):
I love it, except I'd like somebody else to buy
it for me.
Speaker 16 (29:29):
Yeah, that would be good.
Speaker 15 (29:29):
If Walmart could develop that bot, that'd be great.
Speaker 3 (29:32):
There's the free grocery button. That's what we want exactly.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
And I want to quickly get to the breaking story.
Bankrupts DNA Testing Company twenty three and me looks like
they have a buyer.
Speaker 9 (29:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 15 (29:43):
So a lot of people were wondering where their genetic
genetic data was going to be headed when twenty three
Meter file for bankruptcy in March. Now this morning we
have an answer. Drug developer Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is buying the
genetic testing company for two hundred and fifty six million
dollars now the same coming after a wave of customers.
Government officials demanded that twenty three and meters protect the
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genetic data that it's built up over the years, but
Regeneron is pledging to comply with twenty three a MES
privacy policy, and Regeneron also said that it's going to
continue to run twenty three and me's personal genomic services
once the sale closes.
Speaker 3 (30:18):
So it's going to be something to watch her.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
All right, lot of big stuff happening today. Thank you
so much, Courtney. We'll talk again.
Speaker 10 (30:25):
Soon, busy, busy, I'll see you later.
Speaker 3 (30:27):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she and her husband
Doug are saddened by the news of President Biden's prostate
cancer diagnosis. She called him a fighter, praising him and
his strength and resilience. Scottie Shuffler has won the PGA Championship,
finishing eleven under par. It's his third major title and
(30:49):
the praise of our pardon me the Raise. Pali Golf
Tournament in Venice has raised funds to help Palisades Charter
High School recover after a fire destroyed forty percent of
its campus. The event that they held over the weekend
supported a temporary campus and rebuilding efforts. We're just minutes
away from Handle. On the news this morning, Bruce Springsteen
is getting called out by President Trump for speaking out
(31:10):
against the administration during his concert in England. We're going
to tell you how Prunes are involved. Former President Joe
Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and according to
his office, the cancer has spread to his bones. ABC's
Stephen Portnoy joins us now with more. Good morning, Stephen,
morning to you. So what more can you tell us
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about his diagnosis?
Speaker 16 (31:33):
Not much. We have limited information, but here's what we have.
First word of a possible issue came last week. Last Tuesday,
when Biden's office at a nodule was found in his prostate.
Then yesterday came word from Biden's office that the eighty
two year old former president was diagnosed on Friday with
an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to
the bone a doctor say that means Doctors who have
(31:56):
not treated Biden say that means it's not curable, but
it is perhaps treatable. And the Office of the Former
Presidents is this cancer appears to be hormone sensitive, which,
according to the statement, would allow for effective management. The
experts tell us that what you could do is perhaps
block testosterone that might arrest the growth of the cancer,
(32:19):
perhaps further preventing it spread. Biden and his family are
said to be reviewing treatment options with the doctors. We
don't know what those options are specifically. However, doctors say
that a man of Biden's age with this kind of cancer,
as they understand it, could live five years ten years
(32:40):
managing the cancer. But what you cannot do now is
have surgery to cure it.
Speaker 3 (32:47):
Have we heard from President Biden?
Speaker 2 (32:48):
Is he making any sort of statement about the diagnosis,
And how involved is his family in his decision making?
Speaker 16 (32:56):
Well, the family obviously is very closely involved.
Speaker 14 (32:59):
Now.
Speaker 16 (32:59):
On social media, the former president posts a picture of
himself sitting next to his wife on a couch. She's
holding the cat. He writes, cancer touches us all like
so many of you, Jill and I have learned that
we are strongest in the broken places. This month marks
ten years since the death of Biden's son Bo from
a brain tumor, and shortly after Bo Biden died, as
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Vice president, Biden sparked the cancer moonshot, and as president,
he set the goal of cutting US cancer deaths in
half within a quarter century by the year twenty forty seven.
Speaker 2 (33:34):
Now, how are leaders around the world and people who've
worked with him before, how are they responding? And even
President Trump understand responded as well to the diagnosis.
Speaker 16 (33:43):
Well, to a person, people in elective office are expressing
their warm wishes, hoping for the very best for the
Biden fanily.
Speaker 2 (33:50):
And could this diagnosis have any political ramifications or effect
on his public appearances coming up?
Speaker 16 (33:57):
Well, I don't expect that Joe Biden's going to be
running for office anytime soon.
Speaker 3 (34:01):
That's true.
Speaker 16 (34:02):
When it comes to public appearances, I have no information.
Speaker 3 (34:05):
Okay, all right, Steven Portnoy, thank you so much. You're
bet all right.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom set.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Dinner Baby Checked It. Dinner Baby Checked It.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
A barbershop in downtown La has turned to that popular
toddler tune that every parent right now I know is
just cringing upon hearing. Well, they're using it to try
to keep the homeless from setting up camps outside their business.
Speaker 9 (34:37):
Yes, it's annoying. It's also annoying for them to do
what they're doing to the business.
Speaker 2 (34:43):
Shop CEO and founder shall Om Styles told KTLA he's
trying to protect his business and keeps his customers safe
and comfortable.
Speaker 9 (34:53):
There's no help I tried with the with the landlords,
with the property managers, with the with the Fashion District
safety team, with the police.
Speaker 3 (35:01):
He says.
Speaker 2 (35:01):
The speaker playing baby Shark is going to make everybody
move or draw the news out and have the city
hopefully do something about it. Some Republicans say the president's
willingness to accept a luxury jet from katar overshadows his
otherwise successful trip to the Middle East. Kentucky Republican Senator
(35:22):
Rand Paul says the US is the largest arms merchant
in the world, and a lot of those arms go
to Gulf sheektoms and monarchies like the Kataris.
Speaker 16 (35:33):
Couldn't color the perception of the administration if they have
a four hundred million dollar plane to be more in
favor of these things. Perhaps it at least gives the
appearance of a conflict of.
Speaker 2 (35:42):
Interest, He says he doesn't think it's worth a headache.
The FDA has approved the first blood test to help
diagnose Alzheimer's disease. Neurologist doctor Leah Krohl says when tests
become available, it'll be for people over fifty five who
are showing symptoms.
Speaker 1 (36:00):
Test looks for two proteins in the blood that are
linked to the brain changes we see in Alzheimer's, and
it's over ninety percent accurate, so very very good.
Speaker 2 (36:09):
Currently, an accurate diagnosis requires expensive testing such as brain
scans and or a spinal tap, which is a procedure
that draws fluid from the spine. The Israeli military has
issued an evacuation order for people in Gaza's second largest
city of Communis, in some nearby towns. ABC's Lama Hassan
(36:31):
says military spokesperson has said the entire area will be
considered a dangerous combat zone.
Speaker 9 (36:37):
The renewed attacks come off to ten weeks of no
food in crucial aid aid organizations down in the alarm
about an imminent famine.
Speaker 2 (36:46):
Israel announced over the weekend that it will allow a
limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza after a nearly
three month blockade to avoid a hunger crisis. Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin NETANYAHUO said Israel's allies had always concerns about
images of hunger. A new book, a new book Outline
claims that former President Biden's physical and mental health It's
(37:09):
called Original Sin. In the book says Biden's health has
become so bad there were internal discussions about putting him
in a wheelchair after the election. California Democratic Congressman Roe
Conna says there was no cover up of Biden's mental
fitness ahead of the twenty twenty four election, but Democrats
must admit their mistakes.
Speaker 12 (37:30):
There's a sense people want honesty, They want to restore
a sense of public service.
Speaker 1 (37:34):
In light of what has come out, it's painfully obvious
President Biden should not have run.
Speaker 3 (37:40):
He says.
Speaker 2 (37:41):
The Democratic Party needs to be more honest with itself.
Production in factories in the US has dropped for the
first time in six months. In April, manufacturing fell by
point three percent. It follows an increase in the first
quarter when many customers boosted orders before the Trump administration's
tariffs came into play. The latest data doesn't include auto
(38:04):
industry numbers. Governor Newsom is looking to fast track a
twenty billion dollar water tunnel under the Sacramento San Joaquin
River Delta. The goal of the Delta Conveyance project is
to tackle California's growing water shortages. In his revised May budget,
Governor Newsom proposed speeding up permits, securing funding, and cutting
(38:25):
down legal delays, but the plan is getting pushed back
from tribes, delta communities, and fishing families who say it
could damage the Bay Delta ecosystem and threaten water quality. Well, guys,
we did it another day with Heather Brooker in for
Amy King and wake up call. It is always such
a pleasure to be here with you guys, and not
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so much a pleasure getting up this early.
Speaker 3 (38:50):
But you know what, we do what we gotta.
Speaker 2 (38:52):
Do, right Will When that phone rings were like, hell, yes,
I'm here, Yes what do you need?
Speaker 3 (38:57):
De'll be there.
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so I'm more than happy to step in and let
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That's that post Paris flu right well, yeah, I had
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Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call.
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The FBI has deemed Saturday's car bombing outside of fertility
clinic in Palm Springs an act of terrorism. The explosion
killed the suspect, twenty five year old Guy Barkas and
four other people were hurt. Officials say Barcas reportedly targeted
the clinic due to its IVF services and his anti
nationalist views. Authorities are investigating his manifesto and attempted live
(01:23):
stream of the attack. Fortunately, no staff or embryos at
the clinic were harmed. New billboards have been put up
around South LA to raise awareness of unsolved murders.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
The Group for Murdered.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Children, as it's called, have put up seven billboards showing
photos of people killed over the last few years. The
group hopes everyone and anyone who knows anything about the
murders will come forward. Former President Biden has been diagnosed
with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has metastasized
to his bones. Officials say the cancer is hormone sensitive,
(01:58):
which means there are some treatment options. Biden and his
family are currently reviewing medical plans. Here's what's ahead on
wake Up Call at five oh five. From fake text
to AI generated voices, Deep fakes are getting harder to spot,
and the FBI is sounding the alarm. We're going to
tell you how you can protect yourself and what's going
on when it comes to deep fakes. At five twenty
(02:19):
Israel eases a month's long aid blockade in Gaza, but
critics say it's too little, too late. ABC's Giordana Miller
joins US Life from Jerusalem with the latest on the
humanitarian crisis and Israel's shifting strategy. At five point thirty five,
it's big, it's beautiful, but it's a bust. President Trump's
signature tax bill is hitting some serious roadblocks on Capitol Hill.
(02:43):
We're going to break down the high stake showdown between
the GOP moderates Democrats and what it can mean for
Trump's second term agenda. And at five point fifty, as
we said, President Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
We're going to tell you what we know so far
and what it means for his health moving forward.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Then at six oh five, it's handle on the news.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Almost three hundred people were on board a Mexican Navy
ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend.
We'll give you the latest on what happened and what
investigators are saying may have caused the crash. Let's get
started with some of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The FBI says The person
who died in a vehicle explosion outside of Fertility Clinic
(03:23):
and Palm Spring Saturday is the man responsible for the
intentional act of terrorism. Assistant Director in charge of the
FBI's LA Field office at kil Davis identified the man
as twenty five year old Guy Barkiss of twenty nine Palms,
whose anti pro life writings were found.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
We are looking through that. We are tracking a possible
manifesto out there and it's part of our ongoing investigation.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Four people were hurt in that explosion. Southern California is
going to get really hot this week.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
The National Weather Service says the greatest impacts will be
felt in the mountains, deserts, and interior valleys. Some of
the valley areas could reach the mid nineties today and
could get as hot as one hundred degrees Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. The NWS is predicting highest well above normal
for this time of year on each weekday. That means
a higher risk of grass fires as vegetation continues to
(04:15):
dry out. Temperatures next weekend, though, are expected to be
closer to normal. Mark Mayfield Kofi news Hi.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
For one, am not quite ready for the summer heat,
yet I needed to be just a little bit cooler
for a little bit longer. Also realize I forgot to
say good morning to everybody, guys. I'm already out of practice.
Good morning, Cono, Good morning Heather, and good morning Producer.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
And she's busy rushing around getting everything ready.
Speaker 6 (04:40):
Morning.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Well, so nice to see you guys, and good morning
to Will. Good morning.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
we're working on today. The FBI is ramping up warnings
about the growing threat of AI generated deep fakes, and
joining us now from Dallas is ABC's Jim Ryan, who's
been following the story closely.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Good morning, Jim, good morning.
Speaker 6 (04:59):
Most of the the targets in this latest wave of
AI de fakes have been government employees, federal government employees
who are getting messages voicemail messages, video messages from their
supervisors or people who seem like their supervisors asking them
for the passwords or other sensitive information. And sometimes those
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folks are giving up that information believing that that's who's
on the other end or leaving this message, and turns
out it isn't. In very many cases, heether it's an
AI generated deep fake. We've seen commercials, We've seen political ads.
There's one here in Dallas and his Dallas City Council race.
Somebody with a supporter of one candidate created a deep
(05:40):
fake using the opponent, casting him in a very bad light.
And now that candidate, the one who's been targeted, is
having to run around and clarify that that's not me.
I didn't do that, So he can't campaign. He's wasting
time and money leading up to an election. So yeah,
it's kind of out there and it's not going anywhere, Heather.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Are there certain groups of people that are being targeted
most often by these deep fakes?
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Not really.
Speaker 6 (06:06):
I mean, in this case, the FBI is warning about
people who work for the government and are being targeted
by there by people who purport to be their supervisor
or even high level of government officials. Let's see, you
get a message from a senator or someone asking you
for some piece of information, and it sounds very, very convincing.
(06:28):
The videos are convincing, the audio is convincing. It's just
it's it's out there now, and we're seeing this being
more used more and more at a lower level as well.
You've probably heard Heather about to scam somebody gets a
call from a relative, a cousin, or even a a
son or daughter, a granddaughter saying that I'm in big,
big trouble. I need money. Please send me this, you know,
(06:50):
to get me out of this. Here's what you can do.
Establish a family password, right with your kids, your parents,
your grandparents, maybe a couple of cousins and aunts and uncles,
and tell him, Look, if you ever call me or
you try to reach out to me and you need
help or you need money or something, this is the
family password. Okay, Librea, how about that. That's a good one, Lobrea,
(07:11):
that'll be the family password. You give me that password
and all think about it. Otherwise I'll assume that you're
a deep fake.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
So let's talk about how when we get these calls
or when we have these deep fake interactions, is there
anything we should be listening for. Is there like a
giveaway or something that we would be able to tell like, hey,
this isn't real.
Speaker 6 (07:32):
Yeah, well, I saw a deep fake recently. It was
Elon Musk and he's on stage. You see him there
talking to his employees, and then he starts touting crypto
currency as specific crypto you know, and he wants people
in the and a QR code appears on the screen
and it's all very very convincing, but he's lacking his
(07:53):
South African accent. It sounds a lot like him. The
voice inflection and the tone is the same, but it
doesn't have the same accent. So little tip offs like
that and the odd word usage or odd inflections, or
you know, a missing accent or an added accent. You
can pick those things up if you listen carefully. But
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so often people aren't They They skim by, they scroll
to the next thing, and they say, oh, yeah, Neilon
Musk is selling crypto.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
You know, the video technology of deep fakes is really sophisticated,
and it is often really hard to tell. But if
you look closely, sometimes you can tell in their mouth,
like some of the details their mouths maybe don't look
like a normal mouth, or their hands, those kind of things.
But audio is another story. Audio is you know, if
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you get a fake call from somebody, it seems even
more challenging there to be able to distinguish the difference.
Speaker 6 (08:49):
Yeah, I think you're right. Adobe, which creates some AI tools,
one called Firefly now is working on tools to spot ais,
to spot face they let the horse out of the barn.
Now they're trying to get it back in so that
maybe on the market at some point in the future.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Well, I will tell you this and then I don't
know if this is helpful to anyone out there, but
one thing that I have encouraged, you know, my elderly
mom to do, my elderly parent is if she has
a question about something or even just the slightest like
wondering if something is real or not, I have her
send it to me and she'll go, there is this real.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
And that has been very.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Helpful and very beneficial because you know, not to you know,
throw elderly people or senior citizens out there, but they
are targeted a lot in situations like this, and that
has been really beneficial for us to open that dialogue
and I can help her go, yeah, this isn't this
isn't real, or unfortunately, yeah this is real as whatever
the case might be.
Speaker 6 (09:51):
Yeah, you got to keep the lines of communication open,
especially with your relatives when it comes to things like this.
And if you have that line of communications, you have
maybe the past word you could avoid this kind of
thing technology or not.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
And I love that password idea as well, Jim, thank
you so much. Have a great rest of your day.
Speaker 6 (10:09):
Thanks Heather.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Former
President Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of
prostate cancer. ABC Selena Wang says it was revealed Friday
that an abnormal growth was found on his prostate during
a routine exam.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
Former President Biden has mostly stayed out of public view
since he left office in January.
Speaker 7 (10:30):
However, he did attend Pope Francis his funeral.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
She says.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Biden has also been doing interviews, pushing back against a
slate of new books, saying he was dealing with cognitive
decline at the end of his presidency. A new billboard
has gone up in South la in hopes of solving
some murders. Kfi's Jordan Christmas reports the sign at one
hundred and fourth Street and Vermont Avenue was put up
by the group Justice for Murdered.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
Children, featuring four people murdered over the last few years.
A question was written across the board, reading do you
know who murdered me? The founder of GMC says anyone
who knows any information about any of the unsolved murder
cases should break their coat of silence.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Seven billboards have been installed across the city as part
of a broader campaign to encourage witnesses and community members
to say something. A UC Santa Barbara student has disappeared
after a weekend with friends in Big Bear.
Speaker 5 (11:23):
Twenty two year old Tanner Prentice has not been seen
since early Saturday morning. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
says he and several friends took a trip to Big
Bear Lake for the weekend. Prentice never made it back
to his rental cabin after going out on Friday night.
Prentice has red hair, fair skin, and blue eyes. Mark
Mayfield Kofi.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
News surgeons have performed the first human bladder transplant.
Speaker 8 (11:47):
The operation was performed earlier this month by a pair
of surgeons from the University of California, Los Angeles and
usc The patient is a forty one year old man
who lost most of his bladder capacity from treatments for
a rare form of bladder cancer. The doctors planned to
perform bladder transplants and for more patients as part of
a clinical trial Tammy Trio KFI News.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
The NTSB is investigating the collision of a Mexican Navy
ship into the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. ABC's Allison Cosik.
Cossick says the training ship has set sail on an
international good will tour to Iceland on Saturday, right before
the crash.
Speaker 7 (12:22):
The NYPD says it was supposed to head out to sea,
instead losing power and heading in the wrong direction before
striking the bridge.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
At least two people were killed and nineteen were hurt.
The ship did not sink and the bridge was not
badly damaged. Delta Airlines says it's going to stop selling
tickets under the Basic Economy label so it can compete
with a no frill's offerings of discount competitors. And the
LA Dodgers have released veteran utility player Chris Taylor. The
(12:51):
thirty four year old who played a pivotal role in
the team's twenty twenty and twenty twenty four World Series victories,
had been to the Dodgers since twenty sixteen. In California
faces a dangerous heat wave this week. We're going to
tell you more about that, and at six oh five
it's handled on the news. President Trump plans to call
Russian President Putin today to talk about the war in Ukraine.
(13:12):
Israel is now allowing limited humanitarian aid into Gaza after
nearly three months of a total blockade. Joining US now
is ABC's Jordonna Miller live in Jerusalem.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
Good morning, Good morning.
Speaker 7 (13:26):
The Israeli Prime Minister announced late Sunday that Israel would
be allowing some aid into the Gaza Strip. This is
something that he and his government have essentially blocked for,
as you said, almost three months. But now the Israeli
Prime Minister is claiming that it is a dangerous situation.
(13:46):
The humanitarian crisis is near what he called a red line,
and he said.
Speaker 6 (13:51):
That the.
Speaker 7 (13:54):
Increasing state of hunger across the Gaza Strip could undermine
and the Israeli Armies military operations, and therefore he was
allowing in aid into the strip. We're only expected to
see less than a dozen trucks go in today, but
possibly more later today. We're still trying to get some
(14:18):
official numbers, and this, of course will be just I mean,
I don't think you can call it a drop in
the bucket. I don't know what it is. It's like
a little it is, you know, nine or ten or
twelve trucks after so long without aid, you know it's
going to help very few people. And clearly as there
one needs to ramp up this operation quite quickly to
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make up for the rising hunger across the Strip.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Now, when you talk about these trucks that are coming in,
what kind of aid is actually in those trucks and
how much of it do you think will actually reach
the hands of the civilians that need it.
Speaker 7 (14:57):
Well, I mean we're told that the first trucks are
going to include baby formula. There's been you know, a
lot of reporting on children, infants, babies who simply don't
have any formula. And unfortunately, because the situation is so
dire when you're when the mothers are not eating properly,
(15:18):
they can't lactate right, So baby formula is going to
be key, as well as flour and some other canned foods.
I mean, this will again, this will only help you know,
maybe several hundred dozens. And whether it all gets to
the hands of the needy, I think that's an open
(15:40):
question because as we know, Hamas has been looting some
of the aid, whether for their fighters or to sell
it back on the market for exorbitant prices. So you
know this is this is not a full proof system
for delivering humanitarian aid.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Sounds like they need to start letting in quite a
bit more and hopefully that will start happening in the
next just as soon as possible.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
And I know you have to go. I have more questions,
but I know you have to go.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
So thank you so much for your time this morning,
and we'll definitely keep an eye out on this story
as it develops.
Speaker 7 (16:17):
We'll talk san Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Thank you all right here some of the stories we're
continuing to follow in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
LA County DA Nathan Hawkman says his office will be
cracking down on criminals who come into La County from
San Bernardino County thinking they can still get away with crimes.
Hawkman posted a message on social media saying times have changed.
Speaker 9 (16:38):
Got a root awakening for those criminals.
Speaker 10 (16:40):
We're back.
Speaker 9 (16:41):
The DA's office is working with law enforcement. We're going
to actually enforce the laws and hold criminals accountable.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
He says laws used to be lax in La County,
but now he believes he is making a change. The
US military is planning to do a test launch of
an unarmed nuclear missile in from northern Anna, Barbara County.
The launch from VanderBurg Space Force Base is scheduled for
some time early Wednesday morning. The weapon being tested is
(17:08):
a Minuteman three intercontinental ballistic missile. Military officials say the
launch is routine and was scheduled years in advance. Metro's
D Line has been shut down for a while.
Speaker 10 (17:21):
The closure of Sea Cruz can connect the existing line
to its planned extension to West La. The closure will
run through July twenty fifth. It means there's no train
service along Wilshire between the Vermont, Normandy and Western stations,
but Metro is providing shuttle buses to help commuters get
where they need to go. Tammy Trio KFI News.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Southern California is in for a big heat wave this week.
The National Weather Service says people should be aware of
the possibility of dangerous heat, with high temperatures felt the
most away from the coast. There will also be elevated
fire weather concerns. Some areas, like Woodland Hills, could see
highs above one hundred degrees tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures
(18:03):
should be closer to normal by next week. The only
hydrogen powered car share program in the US is being
tested in Riverside County. The Riverside Clean Air Car Share
program uses cars equipped with hydrogen fuel sec cell technology
you see. Riverside researcher Penn Wow TELLSKFI they protect the environment.
Speaker 9 (18:25):
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is a type of vehicle that
is super clean that do not emit any air pollutant
besides like water vapors.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
He says.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
Data from the program is being used to measure reductions
in miles traveled, fuel used, and greenhouse gas emissions. National
nonprofit Grid Alternatives says a flawed rule is stopping some
people in California from accessing.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
Shared solar powered battery energy.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
The California Public Utilities Commission has a program that allows
home batteries to share stored power with neighbors during peak demand,
but Grids Managing Policy director Emma Searson tells KFI the
system isn't working right now.
Speaker 11 (19:09):
Californians who get their power through a community Choice Aggregator
or CCA, which is about one in three Californians, aren't
able to fairly access the s ship funds.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Searson says, if nothing is done about this, CCA users
won't be able to power their homes during an outage.
Republicans have advanced their massive tax cut and border security
package out of the House Budget Committee during a rare
Sunday night vote. ABC's Chuck Severstein says the vote was
seventeen to sixteen, but Republicans still have some work to do.
Speaker 12 (19:43):
The House Freedom Caucus Board of Conservative Republicans says it
is still not satisfied with cost cutting in the bill.
Among the five Republicans voting present, not committing support, South
Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman referencing debt rating agencies like Moody's.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
The investigation continues into why the Mexican Navy's train ship
collided with the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night. Officials said
the ship suddenly lost power, two people died and at
least nineteen others were hurt, and that vessel was carrying
two hundred and seventy seven people. A Los Angeles barber
shop is using an unconventional method to deter homeless encampments,
(20:20):
playing the children's song Baby Shark on a continuous loop.
The tactic has sparked debate, with some criticizing it as inhumane,
while the business owner defends it as a necessary measure
to maintain the area for customers. A biopic about NFL
legend John Madden is in production. Directed by David O. Russell.
Nicholas Cage stars as Madden, with Christian Bale as Al Davis.
(20:43):
The film follows Madden's rise from Super Bowl coach to
video game icon. There's been no release date said yet.
Then at six oh five, its handle on the news.
Deadly storms have ripped through the Midwest and into parts
of the eastern US. Will have the latest on how
many people were killed and the damage left in its path.
(21:05):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The FBI says
it's looking through the writings of a man responsible for
a vehicle explosion outside of fertility clinic in Palm Springs,
and we will continue to follow that story. The first
major legislative test of President Trump's second term is underway,
and it's well not going smoothly.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
His proposed Big Beautiful.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Bill would extend Trump era tax cuts while slashing programs
like Medicaid and food stamps. Joining us now to break
it all down, his ABC's Steve Roberts.
Speaker 13 (21:35):
Good morning, Steve, Well, good morning, and you outlined it well. Look,
the core problem Republicans have is that they have only
a three vote margin in the House to representative. That
means that any small group can throw up a roadblock
and slow things down. And that happened this week in
(21:55):
the House Budget Committee. Four Republicans that they wouldn't vote
for this big, beautiful bill. It ties together all of
the spending and tax cut proposals of President Trump's first term.
Now they relented last night and let the bill go
forward by one vote. But here's the problem. You have
on the right a group of hardline fiscal conservatives, and
(22:17):
they've been around for years. There's nothing new about this.
John Bayner, who was the Republican Speaker of the House
some years ago, called this group legislative terrorists. That was
the Republican speaker talking about his own members. And that
tells you how hardline and relentless these conservatives are. And
they have no fear because they all come from very
(22:40):
deep red districts, so they have no fear of political
accountability or retribution from the voters. And they have done
this repeatedly over the years, have held out bills and
say there's overspending by the government.
Speaker 14 (22:56):
But on the other side, you have a group of
more moderate Republicans, many of them from California. And these
are not people from Alabama, Arkansas. They're from California, New York.
And these are Republicans who have won seat in suburban
Los Angeles and around Sacramento, and they say, look, we
vote for a bill that cuts Medicare and Medicaid and
(23:19):
food stamps. It's going to hurt us politically and we're
going to lose our seats and the Republicans are going
to lose the majority in the next election in the House.
So it's a very difficult problem for the Speaker of
the House, Mike Johnson. How does he keep everybody happy
when with a three vote margin where any small group
(23:39):
can hold things up. Now, I think in the end,
because Donald Trump commands enormous loyalty on the part of Republicans,
and every single Republican, no matter who they are and
what district they represent, has a common interest in supporting
Trump and supporting the Republican Party, and they're all afraid
of Donald Trump too. So in the end, I think
(24:00):
this bill is going to pass. But I think it
carries a lot of political risks for Republicans, including some
of those swings at districts right there in southern California.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Now, you mentioned those three votes for the Republicans that
are kind of the hard line. At this point, who
are those three votes? Do we know who those who
they are?
Speaker 14 (24:22):
Yeah? Well, it varies and you know, depending on the issue.
When I say there's a three vote margin, that means
that Republicans only have a three vote margin in the
whole in the whole house, so any three can be
the deciding margin if they decide to oppose the leadership
and oppose the president, and that can shift who those
(24:45):
three are. As I say, right now, it's an organized
group of hard right conservatives grouped under the Freedom Caucus.
But there is a group of others who have signed legislation,
as I say, including some from swing district in California
who saying not so fast, we can't vote for a
bill that you know that cuts Medicaid and food stamps.
(25:08):
And here's the other problem you know that you know,
Donald Trump during his first term passed a massive tax
cuts which were very popular, but they cost an enormous
amount of money. You know, fiscal conservatives are always railing
against waste, fraud, and abuse and over spending by the government,
(25:28):
the big government. The fact is that when you talk
about these tax cuts, this is just government spending by
another name, because the impact on the bottom line, the
impact on the defens is exactly the same as if
you spent this money, and the impact is to deprive
the government of revenue. And independent ANALYSTI has said the
(25:49):
tax cuts, by extending them to cost four trillion, that's
a ty for trillion dollars over the next ten years.
And so there's no way that you can pass those
tax cuts and have a balanced budget unless you slash
highly popular and important programs like medicaid. So there's no
(26:12):
other way of doing it. You can say, oh, we're
cutting waste, broaden abuse, but that's magical thinking. You know,
that is not going to save you very much money,
and it's not going to make a big difference. If
you're going to spend all of that money on tax cuts,
you only have two options. You cut very popular programs
to pay for it, or you expand the deficit. There's
(26:33):
no third option.
Speaker 2 (26:35):
All right, Well, there is a lot at stake here
and we will be watching this closely, Steve, Thank you
so much for your time anytime. All right, it is
time now to get up in your business with Bloombergs.
Speaker 3 (26:47):
Cortidano.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
I didn't think we'd be reunited so soon for the
get up in your business, but here we are.
Speaker 15 (26:53):
Well, we're back, and you're up in my business today.
And there's a lot of business going on in morning,
this busy Monday.
Speaker 3 (26:59):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
Let's talk about Capital One's takeover of Discover Financial.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
I guess it's finally official.
Speaker 15 (27:06):
Yep, almost fifteen months after the deal was announced. Capital
One historically had to rely on VSM MasterCard to issue
its credit cards, but now the company can cut out
all those mentalmen with Discover under its umbrella. So the
acquisition was wasn't assured at all. Some congressional Democrats oppose
the deal, saying it could harm consumers by the way
(27:26):
the two companies say, if you have accounts with them,
everything's going to stay the same for now, so you
don't have to do anything. But here's the interesting twist
in all of it, because Discover is leaving the s
and P five hundred Coinbase is joining. But the company
announced last week they're Crypto Exchange. They announced last week
that it was hacked and the incident is going to
cost Coinbase four hundred million dollars. But it is a
(27:49):
big day for the crypto industry because Coinbase is joining
the SMP.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
All right, in Cho Bonnie is expanding beyond yogurt. What's
that about.
Speaker 15 (27:56):
Yeah, so they're moving into products such as me and smoothies,
expanding in your grocery store. So Chobani's buying ready to
eat healthy food maker Daily Harvest. Financial terms of the
deal weren't announced, but Daily Harvest has been working to
rebuild its reputation.
Speaker 3 (28:12):
And had a pretty big hit.
Speaker 15 (28:14):
It had a recall of a lentil dish three years
ago and it's sick in hundreds of customers. It actually
led to a twenty three million dollar class action settlement
last year. But Daily Harvest began as a direct to
consumer brand in twenty fifteen. You saw the commercials everywhere.
I know, I saw remember that all over Yeah, and
they look so good, the smoothies. But now they saw
through national retailers including Target and Kroger.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
All right, Walmart got some big changes ahead in the
way that we're going to be shopping what's that about.
Speaker 15 (28:45):
Yeah, well, speaking of target, Walmart is shaking up things
because of artificial intelligence. So Walmart's 's a big transformation
ahead in the way that we shop, not that we're
actually going to be shopping, but that are going to
be shopping for us. So it's developing its own AI shopper.
So they're telling the Wall Street Journal it's building its
(29:07):
own shopping agents that we'll be able to do repetitive
tasks such as ordering groceries. The bob will also be
able to fill a shopping basket in response to prompts
such as I want to plan a graduation party from
my child. That would be pretty easy being able to say, hey.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
Just fill it all with what I need to. Just
tell me what I need to buy.
Speaker 15 (29:25):
I love it, except I'd like somebody else to buy
it for me.
Speaker 16 (29:29):
Yeah, that would be good.
Speaker 15 (29:29):
If Walmart could develop that bot, that'd be great.
Speaker 3 (29:32):
There's the free grocery button. That's what we want exactly.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
And I want to quickly get to the breaking story.
Bankrupts DNA Testing Company twenty three and me looks like
they have a buyer.
Speaker 9 (29:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 15 (29:43):
So a lot of people were wondering where their genetic
genetic data was going to be headed when twenty three
Meter file for bankruptcy in March. Now this morning we
have an answer. Drug developer Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is buying the
genetic testing company for two hundred and fifty six million
dollars now the same coming after a wave of customers.
Government officials demanded that twenty three and meters protect the
(30:05):
genetic data that it's built up over the years, but
Regeneron is pledging to comply with twenty three a MES
privacy policy, and Regeneron also said that it's going to
continue to run twenty three and me's personal genomic services
once the sale closes.
Speaker 3 (30:18):
So it's going to be something to watch her.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
All right, lot of big stuff happening today. Thank you
so much, Courtney. We'll talk again.
Speaker 10 (30:25):
Soon, busy, busy, I'll see you later.
Speaker 3 (30:27):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she and her husband
Doug are saddened by the news of President Biden's prostate
cancer diagnosis. She called him a fighter, praising him and
his strength and resilience. Scottie Shuffler has won the PGA Championship,
finishing eleven under par. It's his third major title and
(30:49):
the praise of our pardon me the Raise. Pali Golf
Tournament in Venice has raised funds to help Palisades Charter
High School recover after a fire destroyed forty percent of
its campus. The event that they held over the weekend
supported a temporary campus and rebuilding efforts. We're just minutes
away from Handle. On the news this morning, Bruce Springsteen
is getting called out by President Trump for speaking out
(31:10):
against the administration during his concert in England. We're going
to tell you how Prunes are involved. Former President Joe
Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and according to
his office, the cancer has spread to his bones. ABC's
Stephen Portnoy joins us now with more. Good morning, Stephen,
morning to you. So what more can you tell us
(31:31):
about his diagnosis?
Speaker 16 (31:33):
Not much. We have limited information, but here's what we have.
First word of a possible issue came last week. Last Tuesday,
when Biden's office at a nodule was found in his prostate.
Then yesterday came word from Biden's office that the eighty
two year old former president was diagnosed on Friday with
an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to
the bone a doctor say that means Doctors who have
(31:56):
not treated Biden say that means it's not curable, but
it is perhaps treatable. And the Office of the Former
Presidents is this cancer appears to be hormone sensitive, which,
according to the statement, would allow for effective management. The
experts tell us that what you could do is perhaps
block testosterone that might arrest the growth of the cancer,
(32:19):
perhaps further preventing it spread. Biden and his family are
said to be reviewing treatment options with the doctors. We
don't know what those options are specifically. However, doctors say
that a man of Biden's age with this kind of cancer,
as they understand it, could live five years ten years
(32:40):
managing the cancer. But what you cannot do now is
have surgery to cure it.
Speaker 3 (32:47):
Have we heard from President Biden?
Speaker 2 (32:48):
Is he making any sort of statement about the diagnosis,
And how involved is his family in his decision making?
Speaker 16 (32:56):
Well, the family obviously is very closely involved.
Speaker 14 (32:59):
Now.
Speaker 16 (32:59):
On social media, the former president posts a picture of
himself sitting next to his wife on a couch. She's
holding the cat. He writes, cancer touches us all like
so many of you, Jill and I have learned that
we are strongest in the broken places. This month marks
ten years since the death of Biden's son Bo from
a brain tumor, and shortly after Bo Biden died, as
(33:22):
Vice president, Biden sparked the cancer moonshot, and as president,
he set the goal of cutting US cancer deaths in
half within a quarter century by the year twenty forty seven.
Speaker 2 (33:34):
Now, how are leaders around the world and people who've
worked with him before, how are they responding? And even
President Trump understand responded as well to the diagnosis.
Speaker 16 (33:43):
Well, to a person, people in elective office are expressing
their warm wishes, hoping for the very best for the
Biden fanily.
Speaker 2 (33:50):
And could this diagnosis have any political ramifications or effect
on his public appearances coming up?
Speaker 16 (33:57):
Well, I don't expect that Joe Biden's going to be
running for office anytime soon.
Speaker 3 (34:01):
That's true.
Speaker 16 (34:02):
When it comes to public appearances, I have no information.
Speaker 3 (34:05):
Okay, all right, Steven Portnoy, thank you so much. You're
bet all right.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom set.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Dinner Baby Checked It. Dinner Baby Checked It.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
A barbershop in downtown La has turned to that popular
toddler tune that every parent right now I know is
just cringing upon hearing. Well, they're using it to try
to keep the homeless from setting up camps outside their business.
Speaker 9 (34:37):
Yes, it's annoying. It's also annoying for them to do
what they're doing to the business.
Speaker 2 (34:43):
Shop CEO and founder shall Om Styles told KTLA he's
trying to protect his business and keeps his customers safe
and comfortable.
Speaker 9 (34:53):
There's no help I tried with the with the landlords,
with the property managers, with the with the Fashion District
safety team, with the police.
Speaker 3 (35:01):
He says.
Speaker 2 (35:01):
The speaker playing baby Shark is going to make everybody
move or draw the news out and have the city
hopefully do something about it. Some Republicans say the president's
willingness to accept a luxury jet from katar overshadows his
otherwise successful trip to the Middle East. Kentucky Republican Senator
(35:22):
Rand Paul says the US is the largest arms merchant
in the world, and a lot of those arms go
to Gulf sheektoms and monarchies like the Kataris.
Speaker 16 (35:33):
Couldn't color the perception of the administration if they have
a four hundred million dollar plane to be more in
favor of these things. Perhaps it at least gives the
appearance of a conflict of.
Speaker 2 (35:42):
Interest, He says he doesn't think it's worth a headache.
The FDA has approved the first blood test to help
diagnose Alzheimer's disease. Neurologist doctor Leah Krohl says when tests
become available, it'll be for people over fifty five who
are showing symptoms.
Speaker 1 (36:00):
Test looks for two proteins in the blood that are
linked to the brain changes we see in Alzheimer's, and
it's over ninety percent accurate, so very very good.
Speaker 2 (36:09):
Currently, an accurate diagnosis requires expensive testing such as brain
scans and or a spinal tap, which is a procedure
that draws fluid from the spine. The Israeli military has
issued an evacuation order for people in Gaza's second largest
city of Communis, in some nearby towns. ABC's Lama Hassan
(36:31):
says military spokesperson has said the entire area will be
considered a dangerous combat zone.
Speaker 9 (36:37):
The renewed attacks come off to ten weeks of no
food in crucial aid aid organizations down in the alarm
about an imminent famine.
Speaker 2 (36:46):
Israel announced over the weekend that it will allow a
limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza after a nearly
three month blockade to avoid a hunger crisis. Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin NETANYAHUO said Israel's allies had always concerns about
images of hunger. A new book, a new book Outline
claims that former President Biden's physical and mental health It's
(37:09):
called Original Sin. In the book says Biden's health has
become so bad there were internal discussions about putting him
in a wheelchair after the election. California Democratic Congressman Roe
Conna says there was no cover up of Biden's mental
fitness ahead of the twenty twenty four election, but Democrats
must admit their mistakes.
Speaker 12 (37:30):
There's a sense people want honesty, They want to restore
a sense of public service.
Speaker 1 (37:34):
In light of what has come out, it's painfully obvious
President Biden should not have run.
Speaker 3 (37:40):
He says.
Speaker 2 (37:41):
The Democratic Party needs to be more honest with itself.
Production in factories in the US has dropped for the
first time in six months. In April, manufacturing fell by
point three percent. It follows an increase in the first
quarter when many customers boosted orders before the Trump administration's
tariffs came into play. The latest data doesn't include auto
(38:04):
industry numbers. Governor Newsom is looking to fast track a
twenty billion dollar water tunnel under the Sacramento San Joaquin
River Delta. The goal of the Delta Conveyance project is
to tackle California's growing water shortages. In his revised May budget,
Governor Newsom proposed speeding up permits, securing funding, and cutting
(38:25):
down legal delays, but the plan is getting pushed back
from tribes, delta communities, and fishing families who say it
could damage the Bay Delta ecosystem and threaten water quality. Well, guys,
we did it another day with Heather Brooker in for
Amy King and wake up call. It is always such
a pleasure to be here with you guys, and not
(38:49):
so much a pleasure getting up this early.
Speaker 3 (38:50):
But you know what, we do what we gotta.
Speaker 2 (38:52):
Do, right Will When that phone rings were like, hell, yes,
I'm here, Yes what do you need?
Speaker 3 (38:57):
De'll be there.
Speaker 2 (38:58):
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