November 17, 2025 • 37 mins
Amy King hosts your Monday morning Wake Up Call. ABC News White House correspondent Karen Travers opens the show talking about President Trump’s split with “Wacky Taylor Greene.” ABC News national reporter discusses the difficulties for college graduates to get jobs. Bloomberg Media’s Denise Pellegrini shares the latest in business and Wall Street. The show closes with Amy talking with KFI White House correspondent Jon Decker talking about the Epstein vote this week.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call
with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app
KFI hand KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Here's Amy King.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Well, good morning, five o'clock straight up.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
This is your wake up call from Monday, November seventeenth. Oh,
happy birthday to one of my besties, Debbie Taylor. I
think she's probably still sleeping, like, but if you run
into her in Portland, give.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Her a shout out.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Okay, so this day started. I'm going to just share
with you that we got an email notification over the
weekend that.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
The elevators were on the front.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
I didn't even get that.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Oh well, you were outside the building or something, but anyway,
we got the notification.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
They said the.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Building is aware of it. So you come in today.
There's a sign that says the elevators are broken. Call
security if you need help. And then there's a doorway
and an arrow. This is go up the stairway. So
I go up four flights of stairs. It's we're on
the fourth floor. Key card. This does not work. There's
no key card thing. So I come back down then
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I go, oh, the freight elevator. They said, you can
use the freight elevator, which you have to go through
these caverns and catacombs to get to freight elevator doesn't work.
So then I came back out, got in the main elevators,
which the door's open, but you can't get up because
the key cards aren't working. So then we went to
the back staircase and that's how I got up.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
And I know you had issues getting up.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
Tippy Hobbs did a whole thing on it on Instagram,
which that's the only way I knew about it.
Speaker 6 (02:00):
It was a track like.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
She was going through the caverns of oakfive of the sis,
Like what a great way to start the day, right,
And I know, and Cono and Ann and I were
all on text going how do we get up?
Speaker 2 (02:11):
How do we get up? Anyway, we made it, so
I hope that you make it. We got a little
break in the rain.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
And speaking of the rain, it was pouring so hard
yesterday morning. It woke me up at four o'clock, just
this huge downpour, and I was like, oh my god,
I love this, except now I can't sleep. So I
got up and started reading a book, finished it seven
hours later.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
I mean it was such a great way to spend
the day. You know.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
It's like it's pouring down rain and I've got my
coffee and I'm all curled up on my blanky and
reading a book and cozy.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I hope you had a nice, cozy weekend in spite
of the rain. Here's what's ahead on wake up Call.
All storm related evacuation warnings and orders have been lifted
in the LA area following heavy downpours over the weekend.
Residents are still being warned to stay alert because of
possible debris flows and mudslides Following the heavy rain. Airline
leaders say they are optimistic that air travel will be
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back on schedule and time for the Thanksgiving holiday travel period.
The FAA lifted all governments shutdown imposed travel restrictions on
air traffic, effective at three this morning. University of California
has reached a tentative deal with the union representing more
than twenty five thousand registered nurses. Because of the deal,
the California Nurses Association has canceled plans to join nearly
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forty thousand u SE employees who are walking out for
a two day strike that starts today at UCLA, UCLA
Medical Center, UCLA Santa Monica Hospital, and fifteen other u
SEE campuses and medical centers. President Trump is now called
for the release of the Epstein files.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Kind of an about face there.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Kfi's White House correspondent John Decker says Congress may do
the same this week.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
He's going to join us to tell us more.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Coming up on Wake Up Call, President is not at
all happy with former ally Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Green.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
ABC's Karen Traver's going.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
To join us in just a couple of minutes to
tell us what he's saying about her now and for
thousands of soon to be college graduates. ABC's Jim Ryan
says they are facing huge headwinds as they head out
into the workforce.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
They'll tell us why.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Coming up at five twenty, let's get started with some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. The rain is mostly stopped for now, but
it's not over yet. More is expected later today and
through the week. The National Weather Service says an upcoming
cold front and associated showers look to move through most
of southern California. Between four am and four pm Tuesday.
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Flood advisories have been canceled, but people, as I mentioned,
are still being worn to stay alert for potential debris
related dangers. You know, the rain comes down and then
sometimes the slides come a little bit later. Search crews
have recovered the bodies of a seven year old girl
and her father from Canada who got swept into the
ocean near Big Sur along California's central coast. The Monterey
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County Sheriff's officers the girl was pulled into the water
by strong waves and her father went in after her.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
At no point have we ever suspected that these parents
were not doing, you know, what they do as a parent,
and what all parents do for their children, which is
keeping an eye out on them and making sure that
they're safe at all times.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
The child's mother tried to help and was also swept
into the water, but she was able to make it
back to shore.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
A two year old child was not hurt.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Plans have been approved to get the roads around Lax
ready for the twenty twenty eight Summer Olympic Game.
Speaker 7 (05:32):
Airports Commissioners have approved the final phase of the one
point five billion dollar project that will rework key choke
points on Supulvita and Sensory boulevards and create new connections
to the airport's automated people mover. The project is set
to finish two months before the Games, but opponents argue
it may add to congestion, not fix it.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Brigida Augustino O k if I.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Is, let's say good morning now to ABC's Karen Travers.
So Karen, President Trump and Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Green
used to be biggst thieves.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Not so much anymore.
Speaker 8 (06:05):
Yeah, I mean, this was a pretty public, explosive and
significant breakup between the President and somebody who was once
one of his closest allies, one of his most fierce
loyal defenders, Marjorie Taylor Green, congresswoman from Georgia. Over the weekend,
the President was calling her a trader, says she's betrayed
the Republican Party, called her wacky, and says he has
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withdrawn his support of her. She is not backing down,
she is fired back. She says that she has had
death threats because of the President's criticisms of her. She's
questioned why the President has pushed so hard to stop
the release of the Epstein files. But the President last night,
as he was traveling back to Washington, reverse course on
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this and said on social media that House Republicans should
vote to release see Epstein files. He says, we have
nothing to hide and it's time to move on from this.
Democrat popes put it now, an important thing here is
that they were going to vote anyway to do that.
There were potentially one hundred some Republicans who were going
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to vote tomorrow to release the Epstein files. So the
president's positionship is because he was going to lose so
much support from his own party, and this is a
way to certainly try to maybe you know, salvage the
vote tomorrow and say that you know, well I told
you to do this, and that's what happened. But then
the question is what happens next. Does the Senate take
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it up. If they do, does it pass there? Does
it go to the president then for a signing or
a zvito it It's not clear what happens next after
this likely expected passing tomorrow in the House.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Okay, and then Karen there was there was some other.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Divides between Marjorie Taylor Green and the White House so
it's not just over the Epstein files, right.
Speaker 8 (07:52):
It isn't, But this is the one that you know,
pushed the president over the edge in terms of the
public criticism of her. She has come out though, swinging
against the administration, House Republican leadership, but specifically for the
administration on what she says is his emphasis wrongly on
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foreign affairs over domestic issues, and not focusing enough on
bringing prices down. She has criticized the administration for bailing
out Argentina's economy, and she doesn't like the approach recently
to the government shutdown and how they haven't focused on
healthcare costs. But she has been doing that for weeks,
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if not months, criticizing the administration, but that hasn't gotten
his attention in the same way as her push on
the Epstein files has done, and that is what has
sparked this backlash from the president.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Okay, all right, well we'll see if they can do
the proverbial kiss and makeup or what's going to happen next.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Karen Travers, thanks so much, have a great day, all
right you too.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour News room. The House,
as Karen and I were just talking about, is said
to vote this week on whether to force the Justice
Department to release all unclassified records tied to Jeffrey Epstein
and his associates. Republican Congressman Thomas Massey, who's leading the push,
says every lawmaker's vote carries consequences.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
The record of this vote will last longer than Donald
Trump's presidency.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
President Trump has criticized the effort, but now says House
Republicans should vote to release the files. He wrote on
social media last night, we have nothing to hide. It's
time to move on from this Democrat hoax perpetrated by
radical left lunatics in order to deflect from the great
success of the Republican Party. News brought to you by
ruderhroo dot com. Hundreds of people of protests against the
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Trump administration's deployment of border patrol agents to Charlotte, North Carolina.
Speaker 9 (09:47):
Commander at Large Greg Bovino reported more than eighty arrests
in the Queens city over the weekend as part of
Operation Charlotte's Web. Additional arrests are expected this week Sunday's
march and rally through the streets of downtown Raleigh was
dubbed an ice out demonstration, with organizers saying border patrol
and ice are not welcome in North Carolina. Tammy Trheo
KFI News.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
A US Navy Navy carrier strike group is now in
the Caribbean's tensions deep in with Venezuela.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
The USS Gerald R Ford has joined US forces already
in the Caribbean as part of the Trump Administration's effort
to disrupt drug trafficking and dismantled transnational criminal organizations. According
to a Navy news release, the world's most advanced aircraft
carrier arrived in the region last week on orders from
Secretary of War Pete Henkseth Mark Mayfield KOFI News.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
President Trump says Venezuela would like to talk, and that
the US may be having some discussions with Venezuelan President
Nicholas Maduro. Trump didn't offer details last night. The development
comes as the Trump administration has carried out a series
of military strikes against boats suspected of transporting illegal drugs.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has joined the advisory
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board of Ukraine's leading defense company, fire Point. The company
is known for its long range drones that can stripe
strike deep inside Russia. Fire Point is expanding by building
a new factory in Denmark and plans to double its
cruise missile production by next year. The company is also
the subject of an ongoing corruption investigation. Executives since this
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they are being transparent. New York Jets cornerback Chris Boyd
has been shot in Midtown, Manhattan. He's in critical condition.
Police say he was shot early yesterday morning outside a restaurant.
The shooter took off in a blue BMW. Please say
it's not clear what led to the shooting. Boyd hasn't
been playing this season. He suffered a shoulder injury in
the preseason. Hey how about a kiddie for Christmas? I
(11:41):
got I was doom scrolling through social media and got
a post from Pasadena Humane. You know, we love the
people and work with at Pasadena Humane do the wigga
wagga walk and all that stuff. And they posted about
this adorable little and I wish I could hold it
up to the radio for you, this tabby cat, And
(12:03):
it says about a week ago, this nine week old
tabby kitten was found on the side of the one
ten in Pasadena with pretty bad injuries. Somebody brought the
kitten into Pasadena Human Humane. They took him into the
ICU for treatment and said, based on where he was
found and how bad his injuries were, they thought that
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he probably had been hit by a car. He didn't
have broken bones, but he had a lot of wounds
on his body that might have been caused by like
sliding on the pavement. So their veterinary team surgically repaired
his wounds, one of them on the back of his
little head. And as a result of the surgery, his
little ears are they're pointed up here will I can
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show you that she looks more like a bobcat right now.
But he's recovering and he's doing great, and he's just
a baby. And if he hasn't been adopted yet, I'm
guessing that he will be soon. But if you want
to go check him out, he's on the Pasadena Humane
website and they use some of the treatments that they
used to treat his like his road rash that they
used on the kittens and the dogs and stuff that
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they took in during the eat and fire and from
the burns and stuff. And he's just he is so
so adorable.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
So maybe a kitten for Christmas.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
Yeah, Pasadena Humane, we know that they do great work,
So thank you for saving this little guy. And this
is one of the ones that I hate when Will
does road reports and he's talks and there's cats or
dogs on the freeway. But luckily somebody's saved this one
and he's got a new lease on life.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
He probably has eight lives left.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
Heavy rain over the weekend caused rocks to fall onto
the roadway and debris flows on a stretch of Tipenga
Canyon Boulevard between pch and Grand View Drive. Cal Dran
says the highway will remain closed until the storms pass
and crews have removed all hazards from the roadway. The
NBA has asked staff members from several teams, including the Lakers,
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to turn in their cell phones and other properties part
of an investoration into illegal betting in the league. The
phone request was made after federal charges were filed against
Damon Jones, a former NBA player and associate of Lebron
James who worked in formally with the team. The Mega
Millions lottery has reset because there was a nine hundred
and eighty million dollar winning ticket sold in Georgia. But
(14:19):
the power ball is on the rise. No one matched
all six winning numbers Saturday night. That means the drawing
for tonight is up to five hundred seventy million dollars
at six oh five. It's handle on the news. President
Trump's done and about faced and now says that House
Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
I think they were going to do that anyway.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim,
there's a new class of soon to be graduates from college.
What do they have to look forward to after they
donned their caps and gown.
Speaker 4 (14:53):
Be working in a cool mine? I guess yeah, it's
going to be a tough year. That's what we're hearing.
There is an organization out there that survey its members
every year, the National Association of Colleges and Employers, and
more than half of the one hundred and eighty three
companies that were surveyed by this outfit rate this job
market in May the class of twenty twenty six as
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either poor or fair. So they're saying it's going to
be a fair job market at best. And that's the
most pessimistic outlook since the beginning of the pandemic.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Aming okay, and what are they attributing to before the
fair or poor outlook?
Speaker 4 (15:30):
A lot of layoffs layoffs out there across various industries,
tech industries included, but also places like ups that you
thought were always going to be a growth industry because
people are ordering so much, but they've all started cutting
their staffs back. That's a big part of it. But
you also have these new graduates who are competing not
only with each other, but competing with AI. Even you know,
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the companies that are answering the survey are quite open
about it. Yeah, we're going to you know, employee AI
instead of some graduating high school or college senior to
fill these jobs. They've been very open about that, and
so yeah, that's where a lot of this competition will
be coming from.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Do we know to what extent like that companies are
embracing AI? I mean, is everybody doing it?
Speaker 4 (16:19):
Well anecdotally, yeah, I mean just about everybody is doing it.
And whether they're a warehouse distribution center or a real
estate firm like Zillo, they're all using AI. So the
advice from indeed, which is the big job search board
is why not use AI yourself? If you're a graduating senior,
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use AI first of all, be flexible like a human
can be. You know, make sure you're your people's skills,
those soft skills that people have that AI doesn't have.
Make sure sure those are up to stuff. And then
use AI maybe against AI, fight fire with fire, use
AI as a tool to your benefit. Use it to
help with your your job search and with your resume writing.
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So there are ways that even tho those high school
and college seniors can use AI to fit into this
new workplace.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
I like the fight fire with fire. I know that
I was talking to somebody who was talking about how
learning how to direct AI, learning what prompts to ask,
and that's going to that's becoming a skill in and
of itself, because you got to know what questions to ask,
so it gives you the right answers.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
Well, I think a lot of folks are terrified of
AI and the challenges that it's posing in the competition
it's creating in the workplace. But I mean, if you
embrace it or learn about it, stay up to date
on what exactly AI can do for you, then that
may serve you in the end to land that first job.
The other thing is this, I mean, and this is
something probably more for a high school and college juniors
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to be looking at. Build some experience, get that internship,
get that part time job in the field into what
you intend to go to ensure that once you do graduate,
you've got a leg up on folks who don't have
an experience and maybe a leg up on AI.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Absolutely. Okay.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
One last question, I don't know if you have an
answer for me, but I'm going to ask anyway, with
more and more AI taking over and taking those more
entry level jobs, is anyone addressing the problem to figure
out what to do, like how they're going to move
forward as AI takes over more jobs because there's still
going to be a lot of people looking for work.
Speaker 4 (18:27):
Absolutely, yeah, people will always be graduating and going out
into the workforce, and let's just hope that the entire
job market can kind of adapt to this and adjust.
So yeah, I mean, flexibility is really the key here.
Flexibility on the part of people who are trying to
get that first job and competing against AI. Why not
compete with AI and use it to your advantage.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Okay, ABC's Jim Ryan, Thanks so much for the info.
All right, all right, we'll talk to you soon. A
community organizer and minister has announced that she is running
for mayor of n Ray Huang made her announcement over
the weekend. She's a member of the Los Angeles chapter
of the Democratic Socialists of America. She says her campaign
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is all about Angelino's and the future. She says they
will and must build together. She promised to make housing
affordable for all, to make transit free, safe and fast,
and to make sure wages and work are dignified. President
Trump says he plans to meet with New York City
mayor elect Zoran mom Donnie and that they will work
(19:30):
something out, as he put it. Trump mentioned it while
speaking to reporters last night. The President has criticized mom
Donny for months, calling him a communist and predicting the
ruin of his hometown. Mom Donnie is a Democratic Socialist.
He was just elected mayor two weeks ago. Eight people
have been hurt in an explosion at a home in
Chino Hills. Neighbor Andrew Wynn tells KTLA the house was
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known to police before it blew up yesterday.
Speaker 7 (19:56):
Police have been out here multiple times within the the
past couple of days, the past two weeks, they've been
out here and it's always been the same thing.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
They had people detain that that never happens from it, and.
Speaker 10 (20:08):
Then all of a sudden, house blows up.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
A spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department says
the explosion was believed to have been caused by a
gas leak. More than a dozen neighboring homes were evacuated
because of the explosion, which was felt a mile away.
A person's been killed in a house fire in how
a Hyde Park. LA Fire says the fire broke out
in a row of bungalows on South Brynhurst Street yesterday afternoon.
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Firefighters were able to get the fire out in about
twenty minutes. A body was found inside one of the
units after the fire was put out. The LA Fire
Arson Team is investigating, and ice agent's been arrested for
allegedly pulling a gun on a teenager in Temecula. Attorney
Greg Caracassian tells KTLA the seventeen year old was driving
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home last week when a man in shorts started chasing
him with a gun. Security camera video shows the man
cursing and yelling at the teenager about slowing down.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
He was a scared who was going to get shot.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
The attorney says. The man identified himself as an ICE
agent and started to interrogate the boy about his immigration status.
Neighbors then confronted the man and called police. The Riverside
County Sheriff's Department later arrested Hurrado Rodriguez for assault with
a deadly weapon, child endangement, and assault by a public officer.
People in Chicago continue to push back against federal immigration
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enforcement efforts in the city. The illegal immigration crackdown there
is now into its third month. Activists have been holding
protests and using other tactics to oppose the raids, including
community patrols, school escorts, vendor buyouts, honking horns, and blowing whistles.
Governor Newsom has wrapped up a high profile week at
the UN Climate Conference in Brazil. He says he'll take
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the information he learned there back to Sacramento.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
I'm looking forward to working with California legislative leaders to
see what more we can do to support and support
climate change research.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Newsom visited the Amazon to meet with indigenous leaders and
signed new climate deals with countries like Chile, Columbia, Nigeria
and Brazil, and a little rain couldn't dampen the holiday
magic at Desconso Gardens.
Speaker 11 (22:19):
Enchanted forests of light open Sunday with the chill sounds
of their holiday event almost matching the beat of the rainfall.
The mile long trail through Desconzo Gardens features glowing trees,
lantern sculptures that instaf famous field of tulips, and relaxing
music piped through the forest's just gorgeous. Some visitors say
they've been to the gardens during the day but couldn't
wait to come see it all enchanted at night.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
I think the music and the lights and if you
walk through it's so climbing.
Speaker 11 (22:45):
Tickets run thirty five to about forty five dollars and
reservations are required.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
How the Brooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Things should get considerably better if you were traveling by
air this week. The FAA has now lifted all flight
restrictions placed on to air traffic during the government shutdown.
Airlines can resume regular flight schedules as of this morning.
Travelers are still going to see delays as the airlines
work to catch up from all the delays and cancelations,
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thirty two people had to be rescued from their vehicles
because of a mudslide in Cathedral City. Cathedral City police
say the cars got stuck in the mud over the weekend.
Varner Road is still closed with no estimated reopening time.
More than forty thousand University of California employees are expected
to walk off the job at eighteen campuses and medical facilities.
It's for a two day strikeover what they say is
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the university's failure to settle a contract addressing the cost
of living. Workers are going to be walking picket lines
at the UCLA Campus, UCLA Medical Center, and UCLA Santa
Monica Hospital. UC says all facilities will remain open. President
Trump has dropped some tariffs in order to lower the
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price of some groceries. White House National Economic Council Kevin
Hassett says the administration is working fast lower costs on
things like beef and coffee.
Speaker 6 (24:07):
The real incomes are up after dropping about three thousand
under Joe Biden.
Speaker 9 (24:11):
And so sure you could find a few things where
the price is higher, but there's a whole bunch of
stuff wearing the price is lower.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Like gasoline, as it says, inflation is about half what
it was in December. Ellie Kenny Sheriff's deputies are searching
for three people who sold more than one hundred thousand
dollars worth of copper wire from a solar field in Palmdale.
Investigators say the theft happened early in the morning on
October twenty ninth, when the thieves broke into a locked
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facility on East Avenue L eight. They also damaged several
solar panels. O. J. Simpson's estate has agreed to pay
fifty eight million dollars to the family of Ron Goldman,
who was murdered alongside alongside Simpson's ex wife in nineteen
ninety four.
Speaker 7 (24:53):
The Goldmans have spent decades trying to collect on the
thirty three million dollar civil judgment they won after Simpson
was found liable in the killings of Ron Goldman and
Nicole Brown Simpson. They've only received a small portion of
that award, and it's still unclear how much the estate
can raise by selling off Simpson's remaining assets after his
death last year. Brigida Agostino Kafi News.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
The US military has taken out another alleged drug boat
in the eastern Pacific. US Southern Command says three people
were killed in the strike Saturday. It's at least the
twenty first attack on a drug boat during Operation Southern Spear.
Three people were reportedly killed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseith directed
the strike that happened in international waters. Time to get
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in your business now with Bloomberg's Denise Pelagreene.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Good morning, Denise, Hey, good morning Amy.
Speaker 6 (25:40):
I don't know if you spend any of your time
shopping for clothes over the weekend. I didn't, But if
you do get out there, you might want to buy
now because clothing prices are apparently going up even more
than they are now. We talked to fashion execs. AR
McKinsey did, and they set nearly three quarters of fashion
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execs expect to hike prices next year. They're blaming tariffs
and rising costs. I mean, among the names there was
a wide variety two American eclout fillers, Ralph Lauren, whole
bunch of them. They're thinking we might have some value
conscious consumers looking for sales, but it's not clear they're
actually going to give us those sales.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Okay, So, and it says next year or before the holidays,
they're looking at the increas well.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
That's just it.
Speaker 6 (26:28):
We already had that other store say story saying don't
expect a lot of Black Friday sales, right because you know,
companies are facing that margin crunch because their costs are
so high, so they've raised prices. Now they're quote unquote
air quotes cutting but not really right, they're just going
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back down to where they were before the price hikes.
And now we're hearing there are more price hikes next year.
So basically, if you want a bargain shop on eBay, okay,
Nike is owing not old school. They're going junkie.
Speaker 9 (27:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (27:04):
I mean these are I don't know if you've seen these.
They're these chunky Vermaro zoom X shoes. They are really cushioned.
I mean they have like three times the regular cushioning.
I mean they almost look like platform shoes, as you
know Hokahs do as well, right, So I was going
to say that's where they like Hokus they are. This
is Nike's sort of answered to the Hokah. They're super padded.
(27:26):
They're hoping particularly boomers, I think like these, and you
know people have been running for a long time, and
they've also got this high performance Pegasus brand. They're trying
to pitch that as versatile but also good for serious runners.
At the same time, you know that kid's really lost
market share in the US. They're trying to course correct
with these new performance shoes and also, you know with
(27:48):
these more sort of fashion oriented Hokahs as they've become.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Okay, so let's talk about Hocus for just a second,
because I have a pair of They're adorable, right.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
What color are they? They're just white.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
I didn't get the crazy colors you're talking about, the big, clunky,
chunky and I have big feet anyway, I look like mini.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
MOUs when I wear my my Hocus. What size are you?
What size are your feet? Ten?
Speaker 6 (28:10):
So you will never ever fall, you know, I know
as you age, you will never be that person who
falls and hurts themselves because you're you have like some
serious pads to balance. Yeah, that is awesome. I don't
need you could swimmer too, me stop it?
Speaker 2 (28:26):
Good paddles.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
All right, let's move on, shall we? From trash sorder
to prison guard. Unloved jobs are getting a second look?
Speaker 2 (28:35):
How come?
Speaker 7 (28:36):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (28:36):
I mean all these jobs that you like, the ones
you mentioned, garbage collector, materials recovery facility, even directing traffic.
All those employers who used to have a hard time hiring,
they are not anymore. You might think because of all
that's happened with immigration and the pool of potential employees shrinking,
it would be harder for these companies and uh industries
(28:57):
to hire. But in fact they're getting a fluff people
who are looking for these jobs because job seekers are
noting that they are just not that many job openings.
It takes months to get a job. If they want
a job now they can't be as picky as before.
And so all these industries like you mentioned are seeing
a flood of employees and it's great for them, great
for small business too.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
All right, getting in.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
Your business as we do every day with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Thank you, Denise, Talk to you too, Row. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
Maybe I don't know. Maybe I'm mad at you for
making fun of my big feet. Being a good swimmer
is a great thing.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Stop.
Speaker 1 (29:31):
Oh my god, all right, by Denise. When we come back,
President Trump, is you know, only my best friend Debbie,
whose birthday is today, is allowed to make fun of
my feet, which she's been doing for years, so I
guess I should be used to it. A second, weaker
storm is expected to move through southern California starting later
this morning. Rain is expected in Ventura, La Orange, San Bernardino,
(29:56):
and Riverside counties. Up to an additional inch of rain
could fall as this next storm moves through. All evacuation
warnings and advisories from this weekend have been canceled. A
person has been killed in a house fire in Hyde Park,
La Firesys. The fire started in a row of bungalows
on South Brnhurst Street yesterday afternoon. Firefighters were able to
get the fire out in about twenty minutes. A body
(30:18):
was found inside one of the units after the fire
was out. The LA Fire Arson Team is investigating the cause.
The latest in the Now You See Me franchise has
been seen by a lot of people. Now You See Me,
Now You Don't Stirring Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg earned
a better than expected twenty four million dollars at the
box office. Glenn Powell's latest Running Man was expected to
(30:41):
finish first, but it took in about nineteen million dollars
and finished. Second, let's say good morning to kfi's White
House correspondent John Decker. John, with the swearing in of
Adelita Grijalva, the Democrats have the vote that they need
to force a vote or the signature that they need
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to force a vote on the House floor on the
release of the Epstein files, which President Trump has been fighting,
but apparently he's not anymore.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
Yeah, a complete reversal, a complete one point eighty by
the President. He put out on social media last night
that he now wants House Republicans to vote for legislation
once it comes up on the House floor that would
obligate the Department of Justice to release all materials related
to Jeffrey Epstein. Just think about a week ago, as
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you know, Amy, the President was actually lobbying House Republican
members not to sign that discharge petition, including Lauren Bobert.
He had her summoned over to the White House, met
with the Attorney General and the FBI director in the
situation room, trying to convince her to take her name
off the discharge petition. And here we are a week later.
(31:52):
Complete reversal by the President. Now he's saying to the
House Republican conference vote for this bill.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
Okay, So, John, why the reversal is it because it's
he it's inevitable that the House is going to vote,
and so this turns into less of a kind of
a black eye that he was against it.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
I think that's exactly right, you know, I mean, that's
certainly one of the reasons. You know, you don't want
to be on the losing side of an issue that's
important to your base, to your MAGA base.
Speaker 10 (32:23):
So what he.
Speaker 3 (32:24):
Saw was that dozens upon dozens of House Republicans who
are allies of the president, we're saying publicly that they
intended to vote for this bill. And so that's certainly
one reason. And it's going to be interesting to see
what the President's attitude is concerning the Senate taking up
this legislation. And then if indeed they do and they
pass it, then it will go to the President's desk
(32:45):
for his signature, and I assume the President, given is
change of heart, will sign that legislation. But you never know, Amy,
I mean, he had a reversal on this just last night.
He could reverse himself once again. If that bill makes
it out of Congress and gets to the President's desk
for his signature.
Speaker 1 (33:02):
Okay, So then if it passes in the House, which
it would, it's expected to because several Republicans have said yes,
the Democrats.
Speaker 2 (33:09):
Are saying it well, okay, so oh sure.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
Once it gets to the Senate, do they because they've
the Senate has the majority and you haven't heard of
a lot of defections in the Senate, or are senators
saying that they want it released too?
Speaker 3 (33:25):
Well? I think that the momentum is a really interesting thing.
Amy you know, if there's a momentum where you see,
if the President has endorsed this legislation, we know all
Democrats in the House were going to support this legislation.
It could pass out of the House of Representatives essentially unanimously.
That puts a ton of pressure on the Senate to
not only pass this legislation, but also to pass it
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unanimously so veto proof majorities in both the House and
the Senate. Here's one fly in the ointment in terms
of release of those Epstein files, and it is this
The Attorney General Pambondi launched an investigation last week at
the President's urging into high profile Democrats that had connections
to Jeffrey Epstein, including Bill Clinton and Larry Summers. The
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former Treasury Secretary Pam BONDI could still say because of
that ongoing investigation, I cannot release this information just yet.
Speaker 2 (34:20):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
Like we talk about so often, it seems like it's
an easy subject, like just do it or don't do it.
But there's so many other layers to these little onions.
Speaker 3 (34:32):
That's a good way to put it. There are many layers.
There are many layers, Amy, that will play out over
the course of this week.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
All right, and we will touch base with you again
to find out the latest. Thank you, cafi's White House
correspondent John.
Speaker 3 (34:42):
Decker, Thanks Amy, all right.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
Oh, we forgot to.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
Ask him how his big party went. He just celebrated
thirty years with the White House and they had this
big old party I think the Swedish Embassy or something
for him. About forty thousand unionized University of California employees
are expected to begin a two day strike in eighteen
campuses and medical facilities across the state. They say it's
over the university system's failure to settle a contract that
addresses the cost of living. There will be picket lines
(35:09):
at UCLA at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, UCLA
Santa Monica Hospital, and obviously seven several other locations. LA
Mayor Bass is trying to remind people that LA is open.
She's joining an event this morning to highlight regional economic
recovery in small business resilience. The campaign is led by
(35:30):
the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation. They've partnered with
the LA County Department of Economic Opportunity, the City of
La Economic and Workforce Development Department, and the California Community Foundation.
Republican Congresswoman Margery Taylor Green says she's received death threats
on social media after being criticized by President Trump.
Speaker 10 (35:51):
The Georgia Republican posted on x Saturday she's being contacted
by private security firms with warnings for her safety. Green
class the threats quote are being fueled and egged on
by the most powerful man in the world, the man
I supported and helped get elected. On Friday, Trump said
he was pulling his support for Green because she was
(36:12):
complaining too much. Green has had several criticisms of Trump recently,
and has called for the release of the Epstein files.
I'm Jim Forbes.
Speaker 1 (36:23):
Reverend Jesse Jackson's condition has apparently stabilized. His family has
put out a statement saying that Jackson is breathing without
the assistance of machines. The hospital had been working to
stabilize the civil rights leader's blood pressure and he was
on some form of life support. Jackson's been suffering from
(36:43):
a rare neurological disorder for a decade. He's been in
the hospital since last week, and la X is moving
forward with a one and a half billion dollar road
upgrade aimed at easing traffic before the twenty twenty eight Olympics.
Airport commissioners have approved the final phase, which redesigns choke
points on Supulvita in Century Boulevards and connects to the
(37:04):
airport's new people mover system. The project is scheduled to
wrap up just two months before the Games. This is
KFI and KOSD HD two Los Angeles, Orange County live
from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom for producer and
in technical producer Kno along with traffic specialist Will I'm
Amy King. This has been your wake up call. If
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Here's Amy King.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Well, good morning, five o'clock straight up.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
This is your wake up call from Monday, November seventeenth. Oh,
happy birthday to one of my besties, Debbie Taylor. I
think she's probably still sleeping, like, but if you run
into her in Portland, give.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Her a shout out.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Okay, so this day started. I'm going to just share
with you that we got an email notification over the
weekend that.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
The elevators were on the front.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
I didn't even get that.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Oh well, you were outside the building or something, but anyway,
we got the notification.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
They said the.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Building is aware of it. So you come in today.
There's a sign that says the elevators are broken. Call
security if you need help. And then there's a doorway
and an arrow. This is go up the stairway. So
I go up four flights of stairs. It's we're on
the fourth floor. Key card. This does not work. There's
no key card thing. So I come back down then
(01:31):
I go, oh, the freight elevator. They said, you can
use the freight elevator, which you have to go through
these caverns and catacombs to get to freight elevator doesn't work.
So then I came back out, got in the main elevators,
which the door's open, but you can't get up because
the key cards aren't working. So then we went to
the back staircase and that's how I got up.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
And I know you had issues getting up.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
Tippy Hobbs did a whole thing on it on Instagram,
which that's the only way I knew about it.
Speaker 6 (02:00):
It was a track like.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
She was going through the caverns of oakfive of the sis,
Like what a great way to start the day, right,
And I know, and Cono and Ann and I were
all on text going how do we get up?
Speaker 2 (02:11):
How do we get up? Anyway, we made it, so
I hope that you make it. We got a little
break in the rain.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
And speaking of the rain, it was pouring so hard
yesterday morning. It woke me up at four o'clock, just
this huge downpour, and I was like, oh my god,
I love this, except now I can't sleep. So I
got up and started reading a book, finished it seven
hours later.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
I mean it was such a great way to spend
the day. You know.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
It's like it's pouring down rain and I've got my
coffee and I'm all curled up on my blanky and
reading a book and cozy.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I hope you had a nice, cozy weekend in spite
of the rain. Here's what's ahead on wake up Call.
All storm related evacuation warnings and orders have been lifted
in the LA area following heavy downpours over the weekend.
Residents are still being warned to stay alert because of
possible debris flows and mudslides Following the heavy rain. Airline
leaders say they are optimistic that air travel will be
(03:10):
back on schedule and time for the Thanksgiving holiday travel period.
The FAA lifted all governments shutdown imposed travel restrictions on
air traffic, effective at three this morning. University of California
has reached a tentative deal with the union representing more
than twenty five thousand registered nurses. Because of the deal,
the California Nurses Association has canceled plans to join nearly
(03:33):
forty thousand u SE employees who are walking out for
a two day strike that starts today at UCLA, UCLA
Medical Center, UCLA Santa Monica Hospital, and fifteen other u
SEE campuses and medical centers. President Trump is now called
for the release of the Epstein files.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Kind of an about face there.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Kfi's White House correspondent John Decker says Congress may do
the same this week.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
He's going to join us to tell us more.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Coming up on Wake Up Call, President is not at
all happy with former ally Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Green.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
ABC's Karen Traver's going.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
To join us in just a couple of minutes to
tell us what he's saying about her now and for
thousands of soon to be college graduates. ABC's Jim Ryan
says they are facing huge headwinds as they head out
into the workforce.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
They'll tell us why.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Coming up at five twenty, let's get started with some
of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. The rain is mostly stopped for now, but
it's not over yet. More is expected later today and
through the week. The National Weather Service says an upcoming
cold front and associated showers look to move through most
of southern California. Between four am and four pm Tuesday.
(04:38):
Flood advisories have been canceled, but people, as I mentioned,
are still being worn to stay alert for potential debris
related dangers. You know, the rain comes down and then
sometimes the slides come a little bit later. Search crews
have recovered the bodies of a seven year old girl
and her father from Canada who got swept into the
ocean near Big Sur along California's central coast. The Monterey
(05:01):
County Sheriff's officers the girl was pulled into the water
by strong waves and her father went in after her.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
At no point have we ever suspected that these parents
were not doing, you know, what they do as a parent,
and what all parents do for their children, which is
keeping an eye out on them and making sure that
they're safe at all times.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
The child's mother tried to help and was also swept
into the water, but she was able to make it
back to shore.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
A two year old child was not hurt.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Plans have been approved to get the roads around Lax
ready for the twenty twenty eight Summer Olympic Game.
Speaker 7 (05:32):
Airports Commissioners have approved the final phase of the one
point five billion dollar project that will rework key choke
points on Supulvita and Sensory boulevards and create new connections
to the airport's automated people mover. The project is set
to finish two months before the Games, but opponents argue
it may add to congestion, not fix it.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Brigida Augustino O k if I.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Is, let's say good morning now to ABC's Karen Travers.
So Karen, President Trump and Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Green
used to be biggst thieves.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Not so much anymore.
Speaker 8 (06:05):
Yeah, I mean, this was a pretty public, explosive and
significant breakup between the President and somebody who was once
one of his closest allies, one of his most fierce
loyal defenders, Marjorie Taylor Green, congresswoman from Georgia. Over the weekend,
the President was calling her a trader, says she's betrayed
the Republican Party, called her wacky, and says he has
(06:27):
withdrawn his support of her. She is not backing down,
she is fired back. She says that she has had
death threats because of the President's criticisms of her. She's
questioned why the President has pushed so hard to stop
the release of the Epstein files. But the President last night,
as he was traveling back to Washington, reverse course on
(06:48):
this and said on social media that House Republicans should
vote to release see Epstein files. He says, we have
nothing to hide and it's time to move on from this.
Democrat popes put it now, an important thing here is
that they were going to vote anyway to do that.
There were potentially one hundred some Republicans who were going
(07:08):
to vote tomorrow to release the Epstein files. So the
president's positionship is because he was going to lose so
much support from his own party, and this is a
way to certainly try to maybe you know, salvage the
vote tomorrow and say that you know, well I told
you to do this, and that's what happened. But then
the question is what happens next. Does the Senate take
(07:29):
it up. If they do, does it pass there? Does
it go to the president then for a signing or
a zvito it It's not clear what happens next after
this likely expected passing tomorrow in the House.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Okay, and then Karen there was there was some other.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Divides between Marjorie Taylor Green and the White House so
it's not just over the Epstein files, right.
Speaker 8 (07:52):
It isn't, But this is the one that you know,
pushed the president over the edge in terms of the
public criticism of her. She has come out though, swinging
against the administration, House Republican leadership, but specifically for the
administration on what she says is his emphasis wrongly on
(08:13):
foreign affairs over domestic issues, and not focusing enough on
bringing prices down. She has criticized the administration for bailing
out Argentina's economy, and she doesn't like the approach recently
to the government shutdown and how they haven't focused on
healthcare costs. But she has been doing that for weeks,
(08:33):
if not months, criticizing the administration, but that hasn't gotten
his attention in the same way as her push on
the Epstein files has done, and that is what has
sparked this backlash from the president.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Okay, all right, well we'll see if they can do
the proverbial kiss and makeup or what's going to happen next.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Karen Travers, thanks so much, have a great day, all
right you too.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour News room. The House,
as Karen and I were just talking about, is said
to vote this week on whether to force the Justice
Department to release all unclassified records tied to Jeffrey Epstein
and his associates. Republican Congressman Thomas Massey, who's leading the push,
says every lawmaker's vote carries consequences.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
The record of this vote will last longer than Donald
Trump's presidency.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
President Trump has criticized the effort, but now says House
Republicans should vote to release the files. He wrote on
social media last night, we have nothing to hide. It's
time to move on from this Democrat hoax perpetrated by
radical left lunatics in order to deflect from the great
success of the Republican Party. News brought to you by
ruderhroo dot com. Hundreds of people of protests against the
(09:42):
Trump administration's deployment of border patrol agents to Charlotte, North Carolina.
Speaker 9 (09:47):
Commander at Large Greg Bovino reported more than eighty arrests
in the Queens city over the weekend as part of
Operation Charlotte's Web. Additional arrests are expected this week Sunday's
march and rally through the streets of downtown Raleigh was
dubbed an ice out demonstration, with organizers saying border patrol
and ice are not welcome in North Carolina. Tammy Trheo
KFI News.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
A US Navy Navy carrier strike group is now in
the Caribbean's tensions deep in with Venezuela.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
The USS Gerald R Ford has joined US forces already
in the Caribbean as part of the Trump Administration's effort
to disrupt drug trafficking and dismantled transnational criminal organizations. According
to a Navy news release, the world's most advanced aircraft
carrier arrived in the region last week on orders from
Secretary of War Pete Henkseth Mark Mayfield KOFI News.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
President Trump says Venezuela would like to talk, and that
the US may be having some discussions with Venezuelan President
Nicholas Maduro. Trump didn't offer details last night. The development
comes as the Trump administration has carried out a series
of military strikes against boats suspected of transporting illegal drugs.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has joined the advisory
(10:57):
board of Ukraine's leading defense company, fire Point. The company
is known for its long range drones that can stripe
strike deep inside Russia. Fire Point is expanding by building
a new factory in Denmark and plans to double its
cruise missile production by next year. The company is also
the subject of an ongoing corruption investigation. Executives since this
(11:18):
they are being transparent. New York Jets cornerback Chris Boyd
has been shot in Midtown, Manhattan. He's in critical condition.
Police say he was shot early yesterday morning outside a restaurant.
The shooter took off in a blue BMW. Please say
it's not clear what led to the shooting. Boyd hasn't
been playing this season. He suffered a shoulder injury in
the preseason. Hey how about a kiddie for Christmas? I
(11:41):
got I was doom scrolling through social media and got
a post from Pasadena Humane. You know, we love the
people and work with at Pasadena Humane do the wigga
wagga walk and all that stuff. And they posted about
this adorable little and I wish I could hold it
up to the radio for you, this tabby cat, And
(12:03):
it says about a week ago, this nine week old
tabby kitten was found on the side of the one
ten in Pasadena with pretty bad injuries. Somebody brought the
kitten into Pasadena Human Humane. They took him into the
ICU for treatment and said, based on where he was
found and how bad his injuries were, they thought that
(12:24):
he probably had been hit by a car. He didn't
have broken bones, but he had a lot of wounds
on his body that might have been caused by like
sliding on the pavement. So their veterinary team surgically repaired
his wounds, one of them on the back of his
little head. And as a result of the surgery, his
little ears are they're pointed up here will I can
(12:44):
show you that she looks more like a bobcat right now.
But he's recovering and he's doing great, and he's just
a baby. And if he hasn't been adopted yet, I'm
guessing that he will be soon. But if you want
to go check him out, he's on the Pasadena Humane
website and they use some of the treatments that they
used to treat his like his road rash that they
used on the kittens and the dogs and stuff that
(13:06):
they took in during the eat and fire and from
the burns and stuff. And he's just he is so
so adorable.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
So maybe a kitten for Christmas.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
Yeah, Pasadena Humane, we know that they do great work,
So thank you for saving this little guy. And this
is one of the ones that I hate when Will
does road reports and he's talks and there's cats or
dogs on the freeway. But luckily somebody's saved this one
and he's got a new lease on life.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
He probably has eight lives left.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
Heavy rain over the weekend caused rocks to fall onto
the roadway and debris flows on a stretch of Tipenga
Canyon Boulevard between pch and Grand View Drive. Cal Dran
says the highway will remain closed until the storms pass
and crews have removed all hazards from the roadway. The
NBA has asked staff members from several teams, including the Lakers,
(13:56):
to turn in their cell phones and other properties part
of an investoration into illegal betting in the league. The
phone request was made after federal charges were filed against
Damon Jones, a former NBA player and associate of Lebron
James who worked in formally with the team. The Mega
Millions lottery has reset because there was a nine hundred
and eighty million dollar winning ticket sold in Georgia. But
(14:19):
the power ball is on the rise. No one matched
all six winning numbers Saturday night. That means the drawing
for tonight is up to five hundred seventy million dollars
at six oh five. It's handle on the news. President
Trump's done and about faced and now says that House
Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
I think they were going to do that anyway.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim,
there's a new class of soon to be graduates from college.
What do they have to look forward to after they
donned their caps and gown.
Speaker 4 (14:53):
Be working in a cool mine? I guess yeah, it's
going to be a tough year. That's what we're hearing.
There is an organization out there that survey its members
every year, the National Association of Colleges and Employers, and
more than half of the one hundred and eighty three
companies that were surveyed by this outfit rate this job
market in May the class of twenty twenty six as
(15:13):
either poor or fair. So they're saying it's going to
be a fair job market at best. And that's the
most pessimistic outlook since the beginning of the pandemic.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Aming okay, and what are they attributing to before the
fair or poor outlook?
Speaker 4 (15:30):
A lot of layoffs layoffs out there across various industries,
tech industries included, but also places like ups that you
thought were always going to be a growth industry because
people are ordering so much, but they've all started cutting
their staffs back. That's a big part of it. But
you also have these new graduates who are competing not
only with each other, but competing with AI. Even you know,
(15:53):
the companies that are answering the survey are quite open
about it. Yeah, we're going to you know, employee AI
instead of some graduating high school or college senior to
fill these jobs. They've been very open about that, and
so yeah, that's where a lot of this competition will
be coming from.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Do we know to what extent like that companies are
embracing AI? I mean, is everybody doing it?
Speaker 4 (16:19):
Well anecdotally, yeah, I mean just about everybody is doing it.
And whether they're a warehouse distribution center or a real
estate firm like Zillo, they're all using AI. So the
advice from indeed, which is the big job search board
is why not use AI yourself? If you're a graduating senior,
(16:40):
use AI first of all, be flexible like a human
can be. You know, make sure you're your people's skills,
those soft skills that people have that AI doesn't have.
Make sure sure those are up to stuff. And then
use AI maybe against AI, fight fire with fire, use
AI as a tool to your benefit. Use it to
help with your your job search and with your resume writing.
(17:03):
So there are ways that even tho those high school
and college seniors can use AI to fit into this
new workplace.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
I like the fight fire with fire. I know that
I was talking to somebody who was talking about how
learning how to direct AI, learning what prompts to ask,
and that's going to that's becoming a skill in and
of itself, because you got to know what questions to ask,
so it gives you the right answers.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
Well, I think a lot of folks are terrified of
AI and the challenges that it's posing in the competition
it's creating in the workplace. But I mean, if you
embrace it or learn about it, stay up to date
on what exactly AI can do for you, then that
may serve you in the end to land that first job.
The other thing is this, I mean, and this is
something probably more for a high school and college juniors
(17:53):
to be looking at. Build some experience, get that internship,
get that part time job in the field into what
you intend to go to ensure that once you do graduate,
you've got a leg up on folks who don't have
an experience and maybe a leg up on AI.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Absolutely. Okay.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
One last question, I don't know if you have an
answer for me, but I'm going to ask anyway, with
more and more AI taking over and taking those more
entry level jobs, is anyone addressing the problem to figure
out what to do, like how they're going to move
forward as AI takes over more jobs because there's still
going to be a lot of people looking for work.
Speaker 4 (18:27):
Absolutely, yeah, people will always be graduating and going out
into the workforce, and let's just hope that the entire
job market can kind of adapt to this and adjust.
So yeah, I mean, flexibility is really the key here.
Flexibility on the part of people who are trying to
get that first job and competing against AI. Why not
compete with AI and use it to your advantage.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Okay, ABC's Jim Ryan, Thanks so much for the info.
All right, all right, we'll talk to you soon. A
community organizer and minister has announced that she is running
for mayor of n Ray Huang made her announcement over
the weekend. She's a member of the Los Angeles chapter
of the Democratic Socialists of America. She says her campaign
(19:09):
is all about Angelino's and the future. She says they
will and must build together. She promised to make housing
affordable for all, to make transit free, safe and fast,
and to make sure wages and work are dignified. President
Trump says he plans to meet with New York City
mayor elect Zoran mom Donnie and that they will work
(19:30):
something out, as he put it. Trump mentioned it while
speaking to reporters last night. The President has criticized mom
Donny for months, calling him a communist and predicting the
ruin of his hometown. Mom Donnie is a Democratic Socialist.
He was just elected mayor two weeks ago. Eight people
have been hurt in an explosion at a home in
Chino Hills. Neighbor Andrew Wynn tells KTLA the house was
(19:54):
known to police before it blew up yesterday.
Speaker 7 (19:56):
Police have been out here multiple times within the the
past couple of days, the past two weeks, they've been
out here and it's always been the same thing.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
They had people detain that that never happens from it, and.
Speaker 10 (20:08):
Then all of a sudden, house blows up.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
A spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department says
the explosion was believed to have been caused by a
gas leak. More than a dozen neighboring homes were evacuated
because of the explosion, which was felt a mile away.
A person's been killed in a house fire in how
a Hyde Park. LA Fire says the fire broke out
in a row of bungalows on South Brynhurst Street yesterday afternoon.
(20:33):
Firefighters were able to get the fire out in about
twenty minutes. A body was found inside one of the
units after the fire was put out. The LA Fire
Arson Team is investigating, and ice agent's been arrested for
allegedly pulling a gun on a teenager in Temecula. Attorney
Greg Caracassian tells KTLA the seventeen year old was driving
(20:55):
home last week when a man in shorts started chasing
him with a gun. Security camera video shows the man
cursing and yelling at the teenager about slowing down.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
He was a scared who was going to get shot.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
The attorney says. The man identified himself as an ICE
agent and started to interrogate the boy about his immigration status.
Neighbors then confronted the man and called police. The Riverside
County Sheriff's Department later arrested Hurrado Rodriguez for assault with
a deadly weapon, child endangement, and assault by a public officer.
People in Chicago continue to push back against federal immigration
(21:30):
enforcement efforts in the city. The illegal immigration crackdown there
is now into its third month. Activists have been holding
protests and using other tactics to oppose the raids, including
community patrols, school escorts, vendor buyouts, honking horns, and blowing whistles.
Governor Newsom has wrapped up a high profile week at
the UN Climate Conference in Brazil. He says he'll take
(21:52):
the information he learned there back to Sacramento.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
I'm looking forward to working with California legislative leaders to
see what more we can do to support and support
climate change research.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Newsom visited the Amazon to meet with indigenous leaders and
signed new climate deals with countries like Chile, Columbia, Nigeria
and Brazil, and a little rain couldn't dampen the holiday
magic at Desconso Gardens.
Speaker 11 (22:19):
Enchanted forests of light open Sunday with the chill sounds
of their holiday event almost matching the beat of the rainfall.
The mile long trail through Desconzo Gardens features glowing trees,
lantern sculptures that instaf famous field of tulips, and relaxing
music piped through the forest's just gorgeous. Some visitors say
they've been to the gardens during the day but couldn't
wait to come see it all enchanted at night.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
I think the music and the lights and if you
walk through it's so climbing.
Speaker 11 (22:45):
Tickets run thirty five to about forty five dollars and
reservations are required.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
How the Brooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Things should get considerably better if you were traveling by
air this week. The FAA has now lifted all flight
restrictions placed on to air traffic during the government shutdown.
Airlines can resume regular flight schedules as of this morning.
Travelers are still going to see delays as the airlines
work to catch up from all the delays and cancelations,
(23:13):
thirty two people had to be rescued from their vehicles
because of a mudslide in Cathedral City. Cathedral City police
say the cars got stuck in the mud over the weekend.
Varner Road is still closed with no estimated reopening time.
More than forty thousand University of California employees are expected
to walk off the job at eighteen campuses and medical facilities.
It's for a two day strikeover what they say is
(23:36):
the university's failure to settle a contract addressing the cost
of living. Workers are going to be walking picket lines
at the UCLA Campus, UCLA Medical Center, and UCLA Santa
Monica Hospital. UC says all facilities will remain open. President
Trump has dropped some tariffs in order to lower the
(23:56):
price of some groceries. White House National Economic Council Kevin
Hassett says the administration is working fast lower costs on
things like beef and coffee.
Speaker 6 (24:07):
The real incomes are up after dropping about three thousand
under Joe Biden.
Speaker 9 (24:11):
And so sure you could find a few things where
the price is higher, but there's a whole bunch of
stuff wearing the price is lower.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Like gasoline, as it says, inflation is about half what
it was in December. Ellie Kenny Sheriff's deputies are searching
for three people who sold more than one hundred thousand
dollars worth of copper wire from a solar field in Palmdale.
Investigators say the theft happened early in the morning on
October twenty ninth, when the thieves broke into a locked
(24:38):
facility on East Avenue L eight. They also damaged several
solar panels. O. J. Simpson's estate has agreed to pay
fifty eight million dollars to the family of Ron Goldman,
who was murdered alongside alongside Simpson's ex wife in nineteen
ninety four.
Speaker 7 (24:53):
The Goldmans have spent decades trying to collect on the
thirty three million dollar civil judgment they won after Simpson
was found liable in the killings of Ron Goldman and
Nicole Brown Simpson. They've only received a small portion of
that award, and it's still unclear how much the estate
can raise by selling off Simpson's remaining assets after his
death last year. Brigida Agostino Kafi News.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
The US military has taken out another alleged drug boat
in the eastern Pacific. US Southern Command says three people
were killed in the strike Saturday. It's at least the
twenty first attack on a drug boat during Operation Southern Spear.
Three people were reportedly killed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseith directed
the strike that happened in international waters. Time to get
(25:34):
in your business now with Bloomberg's Denise Pelagreene.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Good morning, Denise, Hey, good morning Amy.
Speaker 6 (25:40):
I don't know if you spend any of your time
shopping for clothes over the weekend. I didn't, But if
you do get out there, you might want to buy
now because clothing prices are apparently going up even more
than they are now. We talked to fashion execs. AR
McKinsey did, and they set nearly three quarters of fashion
(26:01):
execs expect to hike prices next year. They're blaming tariffs
and rising costs. I mean, among the names there was
a wide variety two American eclout fillers, Ralph Lauren, whole
bunch of them. They're thinking we might have some value
conscious consumers looking for sales, but it's not clear they're
actually going to give us those sales.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Okay, So, and it says next year or before the holidays,
they're looking at the increas well.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
That's just it.
Speaker 6 (26:28):
We already had that other store say story saying don't
expect a lot of Black Friday sales, right because you know,
companies are facing that margin crunch because their costs are
so high, so they've raised prices. Now they're quote unquote
air quotes cutting but not really right, they're just going
(26:48):
back down to where they were before the price hikes.
And now we're hearing there are more price hikes next year.
So basically, if you want a bargain shop on eBay, okay,
Nike is owing not old school. They're going junkie.
Speaker 9 (27:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (27:04):
I mean these are I don't know if you've seen these.
They're these chunky Vermaro zoom X shoes. They are really cushioned.
I mean they have like three times the regular cushioning.
I mean they almost look like platform shoes, as you
know Hokahs do as well, right, So I was going
to say that's where they like Hokus they are. This
is Nike's sort of answered to the Hokah. They're super padded.
(27:26):
They're hoping particularly boomers, I think like these, and you
know people have been running for a long time, and
they've also got this high performance Pegasus brand. They're trying
to pitch that as versatile but also good for serious runners.
At the same time, you know that kid's really lost
market share in the US. They're trying to course correct
with these new performance shoes and also, you know with
(27:48):
these more sort of fashion oriented Hokahs as they've become.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Okay, so let's talk about Hocus for just a second,
because I have a pair of They're adorable, right.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
What color are they? They're just white.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
I didn't get the crazy colors you're talking about, the big, clunky,
chunky and I have big feet anyway, I look like mini.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
MOUs when I wear my my Hocus. What size are you?
What size are your feet? Ten?
Speaker 6 (28:10):
So you will never ever fall, you know, I know
as you age, you will never be that person who
falls and hurts themselves because you're you have like some
serious pads to balance. Yeah, that is awesome. I don't
need you could swimmer too, me stop it?
Speaker 2 (28:26):
Good paddles.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
All right, let's move on, shall we? From trash sorder
to prison guard. Unloved jobs are getting a second look?
Speaker 2 (28:35):
How come?
Speaker 7 (28:36):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (28:36):
I mean all these jobs that you like, the ones
you mentioned, garbage collector, materials recovery facility, even directing traffic.
All those employers who used to have a hard time hiring,
they are not anymore. You might think because of all
that's happened with immigration and the pool of potential employees shrinking,
it would be harder for these companies and uh industries
(28:57):
to hire. But in fact they're getting a fluff people
who are looking for these jobs because job seekers are
noting that they are just not that many job openings.
It takes months to get a job. If they want
a job now they can't be as picky as before.
And so all these industries like you mentioned are seeing
a flood of employees and it's great for them, great
for small business too.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
All right, getting in.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
Your business as we do every day with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Thank you, Denise, Talk to you too, Row. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
Maybe I don't know. Maybe I'm mad at you for
making fun of my big feet. Being a good swimmer
is a great thing.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Stop.
Speaker 1 (29:31):
Oh my god, all right, by Denise. When we come back,
President Trump, is you know, only my best friend Debbie,
whose birthday is today, is allowed to make fun of
my feet, which she's been doing for years, so I
guess I should be used to it. A second, weaker
storm is expected to move through southern California starting later
this morning. Rain is expected in Ventura, La Orange, San Bernardino,
(29:56):
and Riverside counties. Up to an additional inch of rain
could fall as this next storm moves through. All evacuation
warnings and advisories from this weekend have been canceled. A
person has been killed in a house fire in Hyde Park,
La Firesys. The fire started in a row of bungalows
on South Brnhurst Street yesterday afternoon. Firefighters were able to
get the fire out in about twenty minutes. A body
(30:18):
was found inside one of the units after the fire
was out. The LA Fire Arson Team is investigating the cause.
The latest in the Now You See Me franchise has
been seen by a lot of people. Now You See Me,
Now You Don't Stirring Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg earned
a better than expected twenty four million dollars at the
box office. Glenn Powell's latest Running Man was expected to
(30:41):
finish first, but it took in about nineteen million dollars
and finished. Second, let's say good morning to kfi's White
House correspondent John Decker. John, with the swearing in of
Adelita Grijalva, the Democrats have the vote that they need
to force a vote or the signature that they need
(31:02):
to force a vote on the House floor on the
release of the Epstein files, which President Trump has been fighting,
but apparently he's not anymore.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
Yeah, a complete reversal, a complete one point eighty by
the President. He put out on social media last night
that he now wants House Republicans to vote for legislation
once it comes up on the House floor that would
obligate the Department of Justice to release all materials related
to Jeffrey Epstein. Just think about a week ago, as
(31:31):
you know, Amy, the President was actually lobbying House Republican
members not to sign that discharge petition, including Lauren Bobert.
He had her summoned over to the White House, met
with the Attorney General and the FBI director in the
situation room, trying to convince her to take her name
off the discharge petition. And here we are a week later.
(31:52):
Complete reversal by the President. Now he's saying to the
House Republican conference vote for this bill.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
Okay, So, John, why the reversal is it because it's
he it's inevitable that the House is going to vote,
and so this turns into less of a kind of
a black eye that he was against it.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
I think that's exactly right, you know, I mean, that's
certainly one of the reasons. You know, you don't want
to be on the losing side of an issue that's
important to your base, to your MAGA base.
Speaker 10 (32:23):
So what he.
Speaker 3 (32:24):
Saw was that dozens upon dozens of House Republicans who
are allies of the president, we're saying publicly that they
intended to vote for this bill. And so that's certainly
one reason. And it's going to be interesting to see
what the President's attitude is concerning the Senate taking up
this legislation. And then if indeed they do and they
pass it, then it will go to the President's desk
(32:45):
for his signature, and I assume the President, given is
change of heart, will sign that legislation. But you never know, Amy,
I mean, he had a reversal on this just last night.
He could reverse himself once again. If that bill makes
it out of Congress and gets to the President's desk
for his signature.
Speaker 1 (33:02):
Okay, So then if it passes in the House, which
it would, it's expected to because several Republicans have said yes,
the Democrats.
Speaker 2 (33:09):
Are saying it well, okay, so oh sure.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
Once it gets to the Senate, do they because they've
the Senate has the majority and you haven't heard of
a lot of defections in the Senate, or are senators
saying that they want it released too?
Speaker 3 (33:25):
Well? I think that the momentum is a really interesting thing.
Amy you know, if there's a momentum where you see,
if the President has endorsed this legislation, we know all
Democrats in the House were going to support this legislation.
It could pass out of the House of Representatives essentially unanimously.
That puts a ton of pressure on the Senate to
not only pass this legislation, but also to pass it
(33:47):
unanimously so veto proof majorities in both the House and
the Senate. Here's one fly in the ointment in terms
of release of those Epstein files, and it is this
The Attorney General Pambondi launched an investigation last week at
the President's urging into high profile Democrats that had connections
to Jeffrey Epstein, including Bill Clinton and Larry Summers. The
(34:11):
former Treasury Secretary Pam BONDI could still say because of
that ongoing investigation, I cannot release this information just yet.
Speaker 2 (34:20):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
Like we talk about so often, it seems like it's
an easy subject, like just do it or don't do it.
But there's so many other layers to these little onions.
Speaker 3 (34:32):
That's a good way to put it. There are many layers.
There are many layers, Amy, that will play out over
the course of this week.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
All right, and we will touch base with you again
to find out the latest. Thank you, cafi's White House
correspondent John.
Speaker 3 (34:42):
Decker, Thanks Amy, all right.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
Oh, we forgot to.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
Ask him how his big party went. He just celebrated
thirty years with the White House and they had this
big old party I think the Swedish Embassy or something
for him. About forty thousand unionized University of California employees
are expected to begin a two day strike in eighteen
campuses and medical facilities across the state. They say it's
over the university system's failure to settle a contract that
addresses the cost of living. There will be picket lines
(35:09):
at UCLA at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, UCLA
Santa Monica Hospital, and obviously seven several other locations. LA
Mayor Bass is trying to remind people that LA is open.
She's joining an event this morning to highlight regional economic
recovery in small business resilience. The campaign is led by
(35:30):
the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation. They've partnered with
the LA County Department of Economic Opportunity, the City of
La Economic and Workforce Development Department, and the California Community Foundation.
Republican Congresswoman Margery Taylor Green says she's received death threats
on social media after being criticized by President Trump.
Speaker 10 (35:51):
The Georgia Republican posted on x Saturday she's being contacted
by private security firms with warnings for her safety. Green
class the threats quote are being fueled and egged on
by the most powerful man in the world, the man
I supported and helped get elected. On Friday, Trump said
he was pulling his support for Green because she was
(36:12):
complaining too much. Green has had several criticisms of Trump recently,
and has called for the release of the Epstein files.
I'm Jim Forbes.
Speaker 1 (36:23):
Reverend Jesse Jackson's condition has apparently stabilized. His family has
put out a statement saying that Jackson is breathing without
the assistance of machines. The hospital had been working to
stabilize the civil rights leader's blood pressure and he was
on some form of life support. Jackson's been suffering from
(36:43):
a rare neurological disorder for a decade. He's been in
the hospital since last week, and la X is moving
forward with a one and a half billion dollar road
upgrade aimed at easing traffic before the twenty twenty eight Olympics.
Airport commissioners have approved the final phase, which redesigns choke
points on Supulvita in Century Boulevards and connects to the
(37:04):
airport's new people mover system. The project is scheduled to
wrap up just two months before the Games. This is
KFI and KOSD HD two Los Angeles, Orange County live
from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom for producer and
in technical producer Kno along with traffic specialist Will I'm
Amy King. This has been your wake up call. If
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