July 10, 2025 • 45 mins
Heather Brooker hosts your Thursday Wake Up Call. ABC News NATIONAL REPORTER Jim Ryan opens the show discussing the relief efforts in Central Texas. ABC News White House correspondent talks about new proposed Russia sanctions. Bloomberg’s Courtney Donohoe shares the latest regarding business and Wall Street. The show closes with Heather sharing a Cat Con preview.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to wake Up Call on demand from KFI
AM six forty KFI and KOST HD two, Los Angeles,
Orange County. It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
It is five o'clock on your wake up Call for Wednesday,
July night, or excuse me, Thursday, July tenth. I knew
I was gonna do that a mother Brooker in for
Amy King. I lost day.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Apparently I'm still stuck in yesterday, so happy.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
To have you here with me today. We've got a
lot of great news to get to, so let's just
jump right in. But before before we do, let me
say good morning to the wake Up Call crew. Good morning, Will,
and good morning to kno Hello. He says, hey and
good morning. And she's very busy today. We are training
a new producer today, so a lot of things happening
in the wake Up Call crue situation. But we do
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have a lot of news to get to, so let's
just jump right in. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call.
One hundred and twenty people are dead and about one
hundred and fifty others are still missing after that catastrophic
flooding swept through central Texas in the early morning hours
of July fourth, and ICE arrest at an Ontario's Surgical
Center is drawing some backlash. After Landscaper was detained without
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a visible warrant. Staff confronted the agent demanded ID and
documentation and say the arrest violated their rights, but ICE
claims the clinic staff interfered and so Cal's first major
heat wave of the summer is here. Temperatures are going
to be in the nineties and triple digits through the
rest of today, and extreme heat warning is in effect
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for desert areas, with highs near one hundred and seventeen
in Palm Springs.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Whew, there's going to be.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Some relief on Friday, but then there's another heywave on
the horizon. We'll talk more about that today and then
here's what's ahead on Wake Up Call. Texas is picking
up the peace after that devastating flood killed more than
one hundred people. But as the donations start to pour in,
so do the scammers.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Coming up.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
ABC's Jim Ryan is going to join us with a
closer look at the generosity and the greed that's been
surfacing in the wake of this tragedy. A five point
twenty President Trump is turning up the pressure on Russian arming,
Russia arming Ukraine and calling out Putin by name, But
will tougher sanctions follow? And if five point thirty five,
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we're going out and about with Brooker, which is a
little bit different than Amy's out and about. And I'm
gonna explain to you why you might want to grab
a pen and a pencil or maybe open your notes
app for this one and a five point fifty Get ready.
Cat Lover's cat Con is celebrating its tenth and a
per three Say what I did there? You're welcome this
(02:52):
August in Pasadena with celeb kittens. Today's talkback is related
to that. Actually, so I want to know about your pets.
I want to hear from you. What do you have
a dog? Do you have a cat? Do you have
a bird? Do you have a hamster? Do you have
a cappy?
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Bara?
Speaker 3 (03:13):
I want to hear all about it. Hit that talkback
button on the iHeartRadio app and tell me all about
your pets and we will play your talkbacks at the
end of the show.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Then it's six oh five, it's handle on the news.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
An ex FBI director and an XCIA director are under
investigation by the Justice Department.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
We're going to tell you what they're cues of.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
with the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Thirty one workers
have been rescued from a huge tunnel that collapsed during
construction in Wilmington.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
There was an issue in the industrial tunnel shortly before
eight o'clock Wednesday night. The workers were three hundred to
four hundred feet below the surface at the time, and
they were about six miles away from the tunnel's only
access point. They were rescued by the Los Angeles Fire
Department's Urban Search and to Rescue team. All thirty one
workers were evacuated by paramedics and there are no reports
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of injuries. Mark Mayfield, KOFI News.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Lawyers representing residents, workers and advocacy groups in SoCal are
expected to ask a federal judge in LA for a
temporary restraining order to stop ice rates. The group's claim
the immigration enforcement operations are unlawful, targeting people based on
perceived race and ethnicity. The proposed class action lawsuit was
filed by Public Counsel and the ACLU on behalf of
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the people who say they were unlawfully stopped or detained
by federal agents. The former member of a popular band
wants to get into politics.
Speaker 5 (04:37):
Tim Myers is a founding member of the band One Republic.
He says he's dropping the idea of running for a
congressional seat in the Inland Empire and wants to run
for lieutenant governor instead. Part of his campaign pitch is
fixing the quote broken political system dominated by career politicians.
Myers is a Democrat, and he's joining a crowded race
which includes the California State Treasurer, a senior Governor, Gavin
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Newsom adviser, the former mayor of the city of Stockton,
Jason Campadonia KFI knew.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
All right, it's been five days since the catastrophic flash
floods that swept through central Texas, claiming more than one
hundred lives and displacing countless others. ABC's Jim Ryan has
been following this story closely, and he joins us now
with more on what's happening and how people can protect themselves.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Good morning, Jim.
Speaker 6 (05:21):
Protect themselves from scammers because they are out there. Better
business bureaus hearing about this, that people are scammers are
out there casting wide nets, text messages, emails, different appeals
for people to make contributions to what they believe is
going to be a good cost, but in some cases
it just isn't. Latest numbers here at least one hundred
and twenty people have been killed, one hundred and seventy
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two are missing, which is shocking. Three hundred people all
together might have died in the Central Texas flooding. We
probably won't have a final number four for weeks, might
never have a full number.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Actually, So you were talking about scammers a little bit
there for a second, about the generosity that you are seeing,
what kinds of donations and support has been coming in
from around the world.
Speaker 6 (06:08):
Well, go fund me has a page kind of a
master page of organizations and individuals that it has vetted
to make sure that they are legitimate, and in fact,
go fundme has opened its own page. Right Normally they
set up pages for other people to make, you know,
so they can accept donations. Go fund me it has
a page. Its initial donation was one hundred thousand dollars
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that one now has collected more than two hundred thousand dollars.
Last night, there was an online concert a country singer
here in Texas. He held a concert online, accepted donations
during that did a little auction of items during that
show on Facebook. He collected three hundred thousand dollars and
that money is still coming in. So there are people
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making big donations to try to help out. But I
mean it's a mountainous job. The recovery is going to
take a long time. People might never recover.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
You know, when we had our wildfires here in January,
we had concerts. There's all these events and tons of
gofundmes popped up to help people. And I think one
of the biggest questions that people have when they're donating
and wanting to help is how do I make sure
that the money I'm sending is going to the people
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who truly need it the most.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
Is there a way to track that well?
Speaker 6 (07:26):
The old standbys making donations to the American Red Cross
World Central Kitchen is a fairly newcomer organization, Salvation Army.
Here's one thing to watch for with all of these
American Red Cross, Salvation Army World Central Kitchen. The americairs
their websites, and you should go to the website. Don't
just rely on something you're texted with a clink with
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a Lincoln side or an email with a Lincoln side.
Go to the website. And by the way, American Red
Cross is Redcross dot org, dot com, dot gov, AmeriCares,
Americhairs dot org. They all end with org, meaning that
they are you can presume that they are the charitable
organization that they purport to be.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
So tell me a little bit more about the actual
are we in the recovery efforts still?
Speaker 7 (08:15):
Is?
Speaker 3 (08:15):
It's with the actual flooding situation itself.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
What is the latest there.
Speaker 6 (08:20):
Well, recovery is I mean, it's kind of a loose term.
They are as opposed to a search and rescue effort.
Nobody's expected to be found out there alive at this point,
six days after the disaster. So now it's a matter
of trying to find the bodies, essentially to give the
family some peace and some answers about what happened to
their loved ones. So that's that's where we are right now.
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And it's a mountainous job, as you can imagine, just
trying to pick through all the trees and debris and
everything else that's out there. And so yeah, that process
is going to be going on for a long time.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Well, we are, you know, continuing to follow this story
here as you can imagine as well. And Jim, we
shade all your reporting and hopefully we'll speak with you
again tomorrow.
Speaker 6 (09:03):
Thanks very much, Thank you.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. And
extreme heat warning is in effect for parts of the
Inland Empire because of this heat wave that we're in.
Forecasters say dangerously hot conditions with high temps of one
hundred and fifteen to one hundred and twenty are expected.
The warning is for the Coachella Valley, San Diego County
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Deserts and the San Gorgonio Man Gorgonio I think I
got that one right pass near Banning is in effect
until eight o'clock tonight. Families of those killed in a
mid air collision in January near Reagan National Airport say
the Army is avoiding accountability. Sixty seven people were killed
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when an American Airlines jet collided with an Army Blackhawk
helicopter over the Potomac River. In a letter obtained by
the Washington Post, the families accused the Army of withholding
information investigators have said the helicopter was flying up above
its approved altitude and did not have an active transponder.
Federal officials are still reviewing the crash. Elon Musk's AI
(10:09):
company has gotten some grief over posts made by its
rock checkbot.
Speaker 8 (10:14):
Musk's company is taking down anti Semitic comments and other
inappropriate posts made by its chat box, including some praising
Adolf Hitler. The chat box was developed by Musk's artificial
intelligence company and pitched as an alternative to what he
called woke AI rivals like Google's Gemini or Open AI's
chat GPT. It shared several anti Semitic posts, including the
(10:38):
trope that Jews dominate Hollywood Deborah mark Koffi news.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
The Department of Justice is suing California Governor Newsom and
other state officials over laws regarding eggs and poultry products.
The Trump administration says the laws imposed burdensome red tape
on the production of those products nationwide, and that's a
violation of federal law. P The Justice Department claims the
laws and regulations impose requirements on farmers that have the
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effect of raising egg prices for consumers by prohibiting farmers
from using commonly accepted agricultural methods. Well, the latest Golden
Bachelor is looking a bit like Fool's gold.
Speaker 9 (11:17):
Sixty six year old Mel Owens says he will not
give a rose to any woman who is sixty or older. Owens,
who became a sports lawyer after playing for the NFL's
La Rams of the nineteen eighties, says his preferred age
for the ladies on the Golden Bachelor of this fall
would be forty five to sixty. He also says they
got to be fit because he stays in shape and
he likes him all natural, so no fake parts like
artificial hips or wigs. Many say his comments undermine the
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whole idea of the Golden Bachelor, which is about love
among seniors. He says producers of the show did not
accept his age limitations, but did promise him all the
women would be attractive. Michael Krozer KFI News.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
I love listening to Krozer's reports. He always gives us
a little bit of stass, a little bit that Krozer
style with his reports. So I learned something interesting about
KNO just during that report.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
CONO, you're a big Bachelor fan. Yeah, I am a
big Bachelor fan.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
So is there one particular Bachelor franchise or.
Speaker 10 (12:11):
Like, no, no, I mean I watched The Bachelor and
then I got into the Bachelorette and then uh, Bachelor
in Paradise is currently on premiered on Monday, so three
hour special, get into it.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
What is it about it that you're that you love?
Just the drama of it all, like the sex appeal,
the Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 10 (12:31):
I like, I think I like judging people. They like
put themselves out there. I don't like judge people, but
like you put yourself out there? Yes on television. Yeah, no,
I can do that. You totally can't. And then it's
like drinking games and it's a great time.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Oh my god, I love that.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
I embarrassingly I hate to I shouldn't admit this as
the entertainment person that I am. I don't watch any
of the Bachelor shows. I'm not a big reality TV
show person. Will agrees, you're not into real not that kind.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Like I like contest things like the voice and oh yeah,
yeah me, this is a contest. It is a contest
for you. Loves yea. Literally everyone is like, what is
happening the shows off the rails.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
When Amy's gone. We are taking your talkbacks this morning.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Hit me up.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
I want to hear about your pets. All you have
to do is hit that talkback button on the iHeartRadio app.
We're gonna be talking about cat Con later on the show,
and I want to hear about your pets. Tomorrow, the
Dodgers take on the Giants in San Francisco, with the
first pitch at seven point fifteen. Listen to all Dodgers
games on AM five seventy LA Sports and stream all
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An eighteen year old man drowned while swimming with family
in Lake Arrowheads, North Bay. Deputies say he went underwater
Tuesday afternoon and never resurfaced. Divers later recovered his body
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and tried life saving measures, but he was pronounced dead.
A founding member of One Republic wants to run California.
Musician Tim Myers is jumping into the crowded race for
a lieutenant governor, saying he wants to fix what he
calls a broken political system run by career politicians. A
Las Vegas man is facing felony child abuse charges after
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his three year old relative overdosed on fentanyl during a
Newport Beach trip. Prosecutors say the boy found drugs in
the man's backpack and had to be revived with narcan
today's talkback question, Tell me about your pets. Hit that
talkback button on the iHeartRadio app and I want to
hear all about your dogs, your cats, your capybaras, your EMUs.
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I don't know whatever you've got, I want to hear
all about it. And at six oh five eighteen, All
on the News, FEMA's recent cost control measures are coming
under fire after the recent floods in Texas. We're going
to tell you who's being blamed for the cutbacks. President
Trump is ramping up pressure on Rrussia as air strikes
across Ukraine intensify. He announced plans to send more US
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weapons to Ukrainian forces and publicly criticized President Putin. ABC's
Karen Travers joins US now to talk about what this
means for the war in Ukraine.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Good morning, Karen, Good morning, all right.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
So what has prompted this apparent change in tone for
the President towards Putin.
Speaker 11 (15:23):
Yeah, it's been coming for a couple of weeks, if
not longer. Well, we've seen the President more publicly express
his frustrations with Vladimir Putin. I mean it was a
couple of weeks ago with the President said on social
media a very blunt message of Vladimir stop on the
attacks in Ukraine. That of course has not happened. In fact,
our colleagues who arecovering us from the ground say there's
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been an increasing scale and intensity in these attacks by
Russia on Ukraine, and that it's not more of the same,
that this is a shift in the war that Russia
is doing against Ukraine. And so the President in recent
days has said that Putin, while he says he's very
nice all the time, it turned out to be meaningless.
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President Tuesday said we get a lot of bull thrown
out of us by Putin, and he actually used the
exploit in the meeting with reporters in the cabinet. But
he's also said they just aren't making any progress after
they had a phone call last week to talk about
the war in Ukraine. There was that weapons pause last
week by the Pentagon that was sudden and inexplicable. The
President now says that weapons will be sent to Ukraine
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because he wants them to have defensive weapons, because he
said Putin is killing too many people and not treating
human beings right.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
So, can you tell us more about the weapons package
that's being considered for Ukraine? Do we know like what's
in it and when it could be delivered?
Speaker 11 (16:47):
Yeah, I don't know about the in terms of the delivery,
but I'll say that a US official confirmed to us
last night that the US is resumed sending some weapons
following that pause. The pause was listed Monday night. The
weapons that will now go to Ukraine includes some artillery
realms and rockets that are used in some specific launchers there.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
So Trump mentioned possible sanctions against Russia. Do you have
any idea what those might include? And you know, what's
kind of preventing him from going ahead and pulling the
trigger on that?
Speaker 6 (17:17):
Not clear?
Speaker 11 (17:18):
I mean he had talked about this multiple times. Reporters
as ask him often, you know why or will you
put sanctions on Russia? And then when he says yes,
it's something I'm considering. The questions that get followed up
of then why won't you just do it? Weeks ago,
he said because he thought if they could get to
a ceasefire, then he didn't want to jeopardize that potential.
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That's not close at this point, though, so you know,
I think the question now is just why not go
forward with it. There is a piece of legislation in
the Senate that has overwhelming bipartisan support. They are looking
to do that pass it, send it to the President's
desk before the August recess, and that is something that
potentially could take the place of the President just doing this,
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you knowilaterally.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
I think a big concern that a lot of people
have are the risks you know, politically and otherwise if
Trump takes on a more aggressive stance against Russia here,
what are the potential risks or benefits if he takes
more of a hard line with Putin.
Speaker 11 (18:23):
I mean, I leave that to the analysts. That's not
really my lane. But I think, you know, just to
tell you, like as the reporter side of this, you know,
I think prolonging the situation in Ukraine, like the President
has said as a candidate, he could solve this on
day one, that they could end the war on day one.
He has since said that that was sarcasm. He wasn't
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saying that seriously. But I think there was an expectation that,
because of his previous relationship with Latimir Putin, that this
would get resolved. He obviously has had moments of the
tense relationship with President Zelensky as well, but now he
has made it more clear that he wants to see
this ended because he wants to stop the deaths on
both sides.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
All Right, Karen Travers, thank you so much for your
time this morning, and enjoy.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
The rest of your day.
Speaker 11 (19:14):
Have a great day.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
All Right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LA
Metro's ridership has shown higher satisfaction with the transit agency.
Speaker 12 (19:25):
LA Metro's annual State of Metro events saw a celebration
of a writer survey passengers on the buses and trains
appear to be happier than before. CEO Stephanie Wiggins says
Metro has worked to earn that support by.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Adding more trains and installed in more bus priority lanes
on seventy miles of city streets, helping buses move faster
and more reliably.
Speaker 12 (19:46):
Passengers say public safety is important, but there's lower demand
in the survey for more policing. Instead, they say the
focus should be on cleaner buses and trains. Michael Monks
KFI News.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
And extreme key warning is in effect for parts of
the Inland Empire BECA because of this heat wave. Forecasters
say dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to one hundred
and twenty degrees are expected. The warning is for the
Coachella Valley, San Diego Deserts and other areas. A southern
California woman who is lucky to be alive has found
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herself lucky in love.
Speaker 5 (20:18):
The twenty two year old has growing terratoma syndrome. A
couple of years ago, doctors found a few tumors on
her ovaries and one wouldn't shrink. It grew to be
nearly a foot long and weighed over forty pounds, pushed
her heart into her armpit and almost collapsed alung, making
her wheelchair bound. The woman underwent a fourteen hour surgery
and had to remain awake for the entire procedure at
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Cedar Sinai. Thanks to the surgeons, this past year, she
was able to walk down the aisle and get married
to her longtime boyfriend, Jason Campedonia KFI News.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
More California fathers are using the state's paid family leave program.
A report by the group Paid Leave for All shows
men make up forty four percent of all claims, up
from eighteen percent in two thousand and five. Similar trends
are emerging throughout the US, with men taking increasingly substantial
time off under state level paid leave programs. Research shows
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the time off is improving mental health and reducing infant mortality.
California raised benefits to ninety percent in twenty twenty five,
but low income workers still face access issues and no
job protection. Video game performers have overwhelmingly approved a new contract,
ending a nearly three year battle with game makers SAG
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after it says ninety five percent voted in favor securing
pay raises, AI protections, and control over their likenesses. The
deal follows an eleven month strike against companies like Activision
and Disney. An LA museum that was once called LA's
Strangest Museum by the Smithsonian has been damaged by a fire.
Speaker 13 (21:52):
The fire, which started near a mail window at the
Museum of Jurassic Technology, was called in just before noon
on Tuesday, and was quickly put out by firefighters. However,
some of the exhibits were damaged by smoke. It's not
known which ones, but according to the Smithsonian, some of
the unusual exhibits include Rotten Luck, the Decaying Dice of
Ricky Jay, and Tell the Bee, which includes folk remedies
such as eating dead mice on toast to cure bedwetting.
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The cause of the fire is still being investigated. II
Lean gonzalez ky if I news all right?
Speaker 3 (22:18):
When we come back, I'm taking you out and about
with me. Heather Brooker and I have some suggestions on
where you want to go out and about this week,
So grab your pen and pencil. Also, were taking your
talkbacks this morning. I want to hear about your pets.
Tell me about your dog, your cats, whatever pets you
have in the house. If you got birds, well keep
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that to yourself, all right.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
I'm just kidding. We want to hear about all your pets.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
Amid a surgeon ice rage, the Diocese of Sano Bertodino
is temporarily waiving the obligation to attend mass for those
fearing immigration enforcement. Bishop Alberto Rojas says the move protects
the spiritual welfare of vulnerable parishioners.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
Governor Knews.
Speaker 3 (23:01):
Some criticize the raids, calling it in an attack on
religious freedom. And Iranian woman living in the US for
forty seven years has been released from ice custody after
being detained while gardening at our New Orleans home. GOP
House leader Steve Scalise says, is it Scalise or Scalisi?
Speaker 2 (23:18):
Is that right? All right? Am I questioning myself this morning?
Stepped in.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
He urged officials to review her case and give her
a fair shake. There is that extreme heat that is
moving through LA. The YMCA is stepping up with free
teen memberships, discounted swim lessons, and indoor sports programs. Families
affected by January's fires can also get free camps and
financial aid to stay safe and cool this summer.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
I love that.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
Today's talkback question tell me about your pets. We have
a special segment coming up later on in the show
about cat Con and it got me thinking about how
much I love my cat, Gracie, and I also have
a dog, Loom, and I want to hear from you.
I'm want to hear about your pets today. There's already
some calls coming in. I see your calls or see
your talkbacks. Just hit that talkback button on the iHeart
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Radio app and let me hear from you. Tell me
what kind of pets you have, what are their names?
Anything you want to share? Then a six oh five,
it's handle on the news. President Trump is threatening tariffs
on Brazil. We're going to tell you about the personal
connection he has and the possible reason behind those tariffs.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
All right, this is.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
The time of the week when Amy usually does Amy's
Out and About. Well, we're gonna flip it and do
out and about with Brooker this week.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
That's me. I'm Heather Brooker.
Speaker 11 (24:34):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
So there's a few things I want to share with you.
We're gonna do it a little bit different. Some of
these I have actually been to and done myself, and
some of them are things that I think you might
enjoy doing over the next.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Week or so.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
So if you can grab a pen, pencil, open up
your notes app, you might want to jot these down
in case it's something of interest for you and your
friends and family, if you're looking for something to do
over the next way. We're in the we're in the
heat of summer, so let's get out and about and
enjoy this. Universal Studios they are hosting their mega movie
Summer now through August tenth, and what they're doing is
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they're celebrating a lot of their big properties like Jaws,
Back to the Future, Jurassic World, with a few new
touches there. I actually did go to this and checked
some of these things out, and it's a lot of fun.
I love Universal Studios. I always have a good time
when I go there with my daughter. So here's what
they're doing. They are highlighting the fiftieth anniversary of Jaws
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with photo ops and that big giant shark is back.
Have you seen that shark will at Universal Studios. That
giant shark that's kind of hanging upside down? Have you
ever seen that?
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Not the one now on the tour?
Speaker 3 (25:45):
Oh no, it's like in the park now they brought
it back in the park. It used to be in
the park, then they moved it and now it's back.
So definitely go check that out, especially if you're a
Jaws fan. It's also the fortieth anniversary of Back to
the Future this year. All of this makes me feel
so old.
Speaker 11 (25:59):
I know.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
Oh, I can't believe it's been forty years since About
to the Future. You can go meet of course Doc
Marty Einstein and the Time Machine, which is pretty cool.
And then Jurassic World Rebirth is out now, so you
can have some new animatronic dino and encounters and the
Spinosaurus photo op. And they have expanded the splash stones
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on the ride there, which basically just means you're gonna
get more wet when you go on the Jurassic World ride.
So check out Universals Mega Movie Summer. That's gonna be
a lot of fun. Some other things happening this week.
Of note that you might want to check out. It
is the thirtieth anniversary of the movie Clueless, which also
makes me feel old. You can see a July nineteenth
of Street Food Cinema. They've got details on their website
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streetfood Cinema dot com. And this is the last week
of the Lavender Festival at one two three Farm. You
can go out and stroll through their twenty acres of
lavender et, lavender infused food, drinks, and dessert. And the
last day you can go to the Lavender Fields is
on July twentieth. And let's talk about music. I mean
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we are at iHeartRadio. I know we're on the news,
talkie talk side of things, but I love music. I
love when Kono just picks like the perfect songs for
all of our segments, and so I love music. So
we'll talk about Alison Krause and Union Station. They are
going to be playing at the Greek Theater for their
Arcadia tour that's coming up this weekend on July thirteenth.
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There are still tickets available there. And Black Pink if
you're into Black Pink, if you've got some jams you
want to go sing along with Black Pink, They're gonna
be at Sofi Stadium this weekend. And Astronaut Katie Perry
is performing at the Honda Center on July thirteenth. Is
that terrible that I call her astronaut Katie Mary? Or
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is that a little a little too far? Maybe little derogatory? Actually,
you know, I've seen clips and highlights of her show
online and it's wild, like she's flying through the crowd, spinning.
It just looks like a really good time. So maybe
everybody can go and check that out. We are taking
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your talkbacks this morning. I see a few more coming
through here. Hit that talkback button on the iHeartRadio app,
and we want to hear from you. I want to
know about your pets. I almost forgot Will. What are
you doing this weekend?
Speaker 12 (28:23):
What am I doing this?
Speaker 2 (28:24):
Do you just catch up on sleep? Basically? That's what
I'm really looking forward to.
Speaker 3 (28:28):
I feel like right now the wake up group people,
do we catch up on sleep?
Speaker 2 (28:33):
Cono? Do you have any plans this weekend?
Speaker 14 (28:35):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (28:36):
Wife works single dad duty, so you are on dad duty?
Speaker 15 (28:40):
All right?
Speaker 2 (28:41):
So no sleep, no sleep bus, no sleep.
Speaker 3 (28:44):
Have you seen that video trend, the TikTok trend where
they're like no sleep club another club bus. I've seen
parents doing it, but they put their kids in where
they're like changing diapers, feeding a baby. It's like the
when you become as Suddenly there is no more clubs,
there is no your weekends out have a different feel
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and look to them and then I know Ann is busy,
Ann producer?
Speaker 2 (29:10):
Ann? Could she hear me? All right?
Speaker 3 (29:13):
I was gonna ask her what she's doing this weekend?
But she's not into it?
Speaker 2 (29:17):
All right?
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Well, thank you guys for listening and participating in the
what are we all doing? In Brookers out and about
don't worry Amy. We'll be back next week and I'm
sure she will tell us all about her vacation and
where she went out and about looking forward to hearing
about that. Don't forget we were taking her talkbacks this morning.
We want to hear all about your pets. What pets
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do you have? What are their names, what do they
look like? How do they cuddle? I need to know
all the details. Hit me up on the talkback button
on the iHeartRadio app. But right now it's time to
get up in your business with Bloomberg's Fortney Dono.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
It's back, Courtney.
Speaker 16 (29:52):
I brought it back, good good And by the way,
my club is my Nissan Rogue where I drive my
Barry Say Zag activity every single day braving New York traffic.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
It is that mom life, that mom life, all right,
miss and miss the old right.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
Okay, So there's a mall favorite that's said to be
facing some financial trouble.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
What's going on with Claire's. Yeah, the tween retailers of
teens and tweens.
Speaker 16 (30:18):
Yeah, yeah, they've been dealing with week consumer spending, higher
and poor costs from tariffs that we've been talking about,
and a heavy debt load. Sources now tell us the
accessories company is considering filing for Chapter eleven. Bankers have
been working with Claires to improve its finances, while also
exploring the sale of some.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Maybe even all, of its business.
Speaker 16 (30:37):
No comment though, so far from the retailer that once
dominated the mall landscape.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
You couldn't you couldn't escape it at all. It was everywhere.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
That makes me kind of sad. That's where my daughter
got her ears pierced. And you know, I hope that
they're able to navigate through it because it is such
an iconic brand and has been around for so long.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
See that's the issue.
Speaker 16 (30:57):
They need you back there spending all right, that's oh back,
big problem.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
You gotta go back.
Speaker 3 (31:03):
The maker of Natalla could be buying the cereal giant
behind frosted flake flakes and.
Speaker 16 (31:08):
Fruit loops, a nutella meeting horn flakes, it seems well.
Italian sweets maker Ferrero is said to be close to
buying cereal giant W. K. Kellogg for about three billion dollars.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
Now.
Speaker 16 (31:19):
The takeover would combine the maker of the hazelnuts spread
with the company behind fruit loops and frosted flakes. But
for quite some time now, Ferrero has been trying to
expand its presence in North America, especially in the US.
In twenty eighteen, purchased Nesley's US confectionery arm and that
gave it a number of well known brands Butterfinger, Baby Ruth.
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But sources tell us a deal could be announced this week,
and we are seeing shares of w K. Kellogg seeing
a nice little pop this morning on hopes that the
deal is going to go through.
Speaker 3 (31:49):
And is that Ferrero as in Ferrero share Chet Yeah, Bush,
those are my That is my favorite chocolate and choop
of chops pops.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
Oh my gosh, thereat I love that.
Speaker 16 (32:00):
So it's an interesting move that they'd be going from
suites into cereals. But they want to be able to
expand their business in some way I mean almost interesting nowadays. Yeah,
and they got to get a foot because they have
such a strong presence in Europe, they're looking at any
way to try to get a foothold within the United States.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
So let's talk about airlines. Some good news there. One
carrier says they are seeing travelers booking more trips.
Speaker 16 (32:24):
Yeah, it's a bright spot this morning for the markets.
Are the airlines Delta seems to be bouncing back from
the initial shock at the tariff that pretty much scared
everybody and kept a lot of travelers home. They didn't
want to make a decision on a flight when they
didn't know if they were going to have a job.
So the carrier reported better than expected quarterly results, surprising
a lot of people this morning, pulling shares of the
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competition from United to American Airlines to Southwest Hire. I mean,
right now, Delta shares are up more than thirteen percent
in the pre market. Delta CEO Ed Bastian says that
people are now making travel plans after seeing some of
the progress and the tariff discussions. Also the tax plan
going through, so this is putting a floor on stocks
this morning. We were seeing deeper losses earlier this morning. Boat,
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once the airlines came out, once Delta came out with
that report, things got a little bit better. And we
are seeing Dow futures right now a little changed. But
yesterday traders they brushed off worries and that sense stocks higher.
The Dow rose two hundred and seventeen points.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
Okay, in our last few seconds here, I wanted to
get to this one story. Amazon Prime Day isn't doing
so well. It's looking a little rough.
Speaker 16 (33:32):
Yeah, So Amazon took a big gamble this year. They
expanded Prime Day from two days to four days. But
it seems to be a very slow start for shoppers,
and this could raise the stakes for today and tomorrow.
Sales plunge forty one percent on Tuesday compared to the
start of Prime Day last year. That's according to data
from Momentum Commerce. Now they're saying that shoppers are browsing
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and loading up their shopping carts, so they're in there.
They're using Amazon, but they're holding off on pulling the
trigger in case they see a better deal. Amazon came
out they saw this report and they said third parties
don't have access to our actual data, and they said
the numbers are highly inaccurate. But we'll see what happens
when everything comes to pass by tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (34:14):
All right, we will see and Cody, we'll talk to
you again tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
Definitely see you later. Thank you.
Speaker 3 (34:20):
All right, let's get back some of the stories coming
out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. Thirty one
construction workers have been rescued from inside a huge industrial
tunnel that collapsed in Wilmington. The workers were trapped about
four hundred feet underground last night. Some were separated and
had to climb over a twelve to fifteen foot pile
of loose soil to join workers on the other side.
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Michael Chi with the La County Sanitation District says the
tunnel is designed to run about seven miles towards the coast.
Speaker 16 (34:47):
The collapse may have happened somewhere around the five mile mark.
Speaker 11 (34:50):
We do not know the reason.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
We do not know the case.
Speaker 3 (34:54):
Eli Mayor Bas posted a message on x thanking the
first responders. She called them LA's true heroes. Families of
victims in January's deadly midair crash near DC says the
Army is dodging blame. They claim key info is being
withheld about the Blackhawk that struck a jet, killing sixty
seven people. Federal review is ongoing as triple digit heat
(35:16):
it heats up in southern California. Cooling centers are now
open across the area, and cities are offering rebates to
help residents beat the heat. LAZWP is giving up to
two hundred and seventy five dollars towards AC units for
qualifying customers, while Pasadena, AZUSA, Riverside, and Anaheim also offer
energy saving incentives. A group of brown pelicans rescued from
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a toxic algae bloom earlier this year were released back
into the wild Wednesday at Huntington Beach. The Wetlands and
Wildlife Care Center nursed the birds back to help health
rather with the help of local junior lifeguards during the release.
We're taking your talkbacks today. I want to hear about
your pets. Tell me all about your pets. What are
their names, what do they do, what are their quirky
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little personality traits? Let me hear from you. We are
going to play your talkbacks coming up at the end
of the show. And we are just minutes away from handle.
On the news this morning, Sean Duffy has been named
the temporary head of NASA. We're going to tell you
how he landed in this spot. This August, Pasadena becomes
the perfect playground for feline fans as cat Con marks
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its tenth anniversary at the Pasadena Convention Center. What started
as a quirky niche gathering has evolved into the ultimate
celebration of all things cats, drawing thousands of cat lovers
influencers and even a few insta famous felines. From celebrity
cat panels and adoption events, to an immersive how to
Pet Your Cat game and a visit from the ever
(36:45):
popular Australian Firefighters calendar Crew, the ten year milestone is
shaping up to be the biggest and furriest yet. Joining
us now to talk all things cat Con is cat
Con CEO and founder Susan Michaels. This is such a
fun event every year, and you know, my fan and
I have gone for many years. We love going. This
is cat cons. This is cat CON's ten years. So
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what has changed the most since the very first convention
and what has stayed delightfully the same.
Speaker 14 (37:12):
Well, the number one thing is we've gotten a lot bigger.
You know, when we started out, I don't know if
you ever came when we were down in downtown Los Angeles,
but we outgrew our space and we moved to Pasadena
in twenty seventeen just to accommodate all these wonderful cat lovers.
And now you know, we've we've seen people come from
all fifty states in twenty four countries. It's really become
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a bit of a phenomenon. In sort of that confluence
of cat and pop culture. And you know, we were
dubbed comic Con for cat people back in the day
in twenty fifteen, and I ran with that because I
think it's really a great phrase that encapsulates us. You know,
what is what has stayed the same is but grown
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is just that community of cat lovers that joined this
every year and the number of adoptions that we've done
to date. We've done over twelve hundred adoptions at cat
com facilitated.
Speaker 3 (38:07):
And you've also got some big names attending this year,
both human and feline. Who are you most excited about
and what can fans expect from those meet and greets.
Speaker 14 (38:15):
I can't say. I can't say who I'm most excited about.
Speaker 2 (38:19):
Can you give us a hint coming?
Speaker 14 (38:22):
Well, I do love the Australian Firefighters. They are the
heroes of the Australian Firefighter Calendar and six of the
gentlemen come every year to Los Angeles from various parts
of Australia and raise money for charity. You know, we
really want to embrace you know, Pasadena has been our
home since twenty seventeen, and more than ever, we want
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to be able to give back to the city and
Alta Dina and everybody affected by the eating fires. So,
for example, we're donating a portion of our proceeds Capacadena
Humane that they've done such phenomenal job in bringing in
not just cats, but all sorts of animals and rehoming animals,
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and we really want to just give back to, you know,
this part of our city that has been so ravaged
by the fire and really see how we can help
them out and come together for this love of animals
who love us unconditionally no matter what.
Speaker 3 (39:26):
I need to know. Tell me about how to Pet
Your Cat? What is that game about? It sounds very funny.
Speaker 14 (39:33):
Okay, So how to Pet Your Cat was developed by
a group of USC students and it's basically a giant
cat butt.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
Can I see but you can say butt on the radio.
Speaker 14 (39:48):
It's a giant cat butt where you and your friend
compete to by basically patting this giant, fluffy cat butt
that looks like about the size of a bean bag
chair maybe a little larger, and compete to rack up points.
It's you know, it's just a great sort of arcade
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game that's cat centric. So we have this senior name named.
Speaker 11 (40:14):
Madeline who's coming.
Speaker 14 (40:15):
And she goes on Instagram by I am Madeline, and
she is. She's been sold out across America, doing small
venues across America, and she's coming to cat Con for
our tenth anniversary celebration, which will happen Sunday at two o'clock.
And we're having what I call a cake explosion. So
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she's going to sing a few of her songs and
then we're going to have a cake and pom poms
and all sorts of celebration for people in the audience.
And we're going to bring out cake and cupcakes and
everything and celebrate the ten years that have been cat Con.
Speaker 3 (40:51):
Oh that sounds great, all right. So for someone who
has never been to cat Con before, what are the
must us and can't miss.
Speaker 14 (40:58):
There's two hundred exhibitors and there's everything there for you
and your cats, Thanks for you and for kitty to buy.
There's all sorts of immersive activations, Purinas building a cadio
where you can go and drink mocktails and build kitty kickers.
There is we're going to have an oracle that will
read tarot cards for your cat. You just show a
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picture of your cat and you'll get to see your
kitty's fortune from world's Best Cat litter, and of course
our adoption village with two hundred cats and kittens. It's
really a place to come and celebrate the love of
animals and to dress up in your best kitty cosplay.
Speaker 3 (41:35):
That sounds like so much fun. Cat Con will be
August second and third at the Pasadena Convention Center. Susan Michaels,
thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 14 (41:43):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (41:44):
It is truly a good time. I have been for
the past several years. We loved well, we didn't go
last year, but we went before that, and it's just
so fun if you love cats and if you love
being around other people who are pet lovers and animal lovers.
Kitty callsboy, no, but I do put on little like
cat ears like a cat headman. I'm not a furry
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if that's what you're asking.
Speaker 2 (42:08):
Oh my word, keep it clean, all right, I know
what you mean. All right.
Speaker 3 (42:14):
We have a lot of talkbacks. I want to get
to you guys. I see all of your calls coming
through and I want to get to these calls. So
here we go.
Speaker 2 (42:21):
The talkback question today was tell me about your pets.
Speaker 15 (42:26):
Good morning, Heather. This is Tricia and my dog's name
is mister Buddy Boy Bojangle, Oh my gosh, and he
is a huge fan. I am too of KFI and
the wake Up Call and for the last five years,
Buddy Boy and I we've been a part of the
wake Up Call Wigglers for the Pasadena Remains Wiggle Waggle
(42:46):
Walk and we love being a part of that. It's
part of our rule tradition and we hope that you
and everyone at KFI have a beautiful day.
Speaker 2 (42:55):
Thank you, Tricia. That's awesome.
Speaker 3 (42:57):
And of course that is a fundraiser that Amy hosts
with wake Up Call. I think it's usually in April,
around April or so. Yeah, that's so great. Thank you
so much for calling in.
Speaker 2 (43:05):
Here we go.
Speaker 17 (43:06):
Good morning, Heather. So I have three the Sins and
they're known as the Barkless Breed Dog and if you've
never heard of them, you can also look on the
Egyptian hieroglyphs and they are pictured there.
Speaker 3 (43:21):
All right, cool, Thank you so much, Good morning, Heather.
Speaker 5 (43:25):
I does Het Mike.
Speaker 4 (43:26):
I have two boxers, one male, one female. Copper is
sporadic male.
Speaker 5 (43:32):
Copy and Selfie Gentle female.
Speaker 17 (43:35):
Unfortunately, yesterday we had to celebrate Sovie's life.
Speaker 1 (43:40):
But it's all good.
Speaker 5 (43:41):
She's in a much better place and the best dog ever.
Speaker 10 (43:45):
Love you guys, Oh.
Speaker 2 (43:46):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (43:46):
I'm sorry to hear that, but thank you for calling
in and sharing city.
Speaker 7 (43:50):
And I have a three year old Siberian Husky and
she is so much fun to walk, and she talks
and she's got the zoomies and she's just a great, great,
great breed.
Speaker 2 (44:05):
Thank you, You're welcome.
Speaker 3 (44:07):
Well, we had some more calls to get to, but
unfortunately we're out of time. We've got to move on
with the show today. But I see all of your talkbacks,
and I appreciate you guys reaching out and telling me
about your pets.
Speaker 2 (44:20):
Today.
Speaker 3 (44:20):
We had so much fun on wake Up Call. Always
appreciate you listening in. We'll be back tomorrow to do
it all again. This is KFI KO and kosd HG
two Los Angeles, Orange County some live from the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom for producer and technical producer KNO
and traffic specialists Will I'm Heather Brooker. This has been
your wake up Call. If you missed any of wake
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Up Call, you can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 18 (44:44):
You've been listening to Wake Up Call with me Amy King.
You can always hear Wake Up Call five to six
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You're listening to wake Up Call on demand from KFI
AM six forty KFI and KOST HD two, Los Angeles,
Orange County. It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
It is five o'clock on your wake up Call for Wednesday,
July night, or excuse me, Thursday, July tenth. I knew
I was gonna do that a mother Brooker in for
Amy King. I lost day.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Apparently I'm still stuck in yesterday, so happy.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
To have you here with me today. We've got a
lot of great news to get to, so let's just
jump right in. But before before we do, let me
say good morning to the wake Up Call crew. Good morning, Will,
and good morning to kno Hello. He says, hey and
good morning. And she's very busy today. We are training
a new producer today, so a lot of things happening
in the wake Up Call crue situation. But we do
(00:59):
have a lot of news to get to, so let's
just jump right in. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call.
One hundred and twenty people are dead and about one
hundred and fifty others are still missing after that catastrophic
flooding swept through central Texas in the early morning hours
of July fourth, and ICE arrest at an Ontario's Surgical
Center is drawing some backlash. After Landscaper was detained without
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a visible warrant. Staff confronted the agent demanded ID and
documentation and say the arrest violated their rights, but ICE
claims the clinic staff interfered and so Cal's first major
heat wave of the summer is here. Temperatures are going
to be in the nineties and triple digits through the
rest of today, and extreme heat warning is in effect
(01:44):
for desert areas, with highs near one hundred and seventeen
in Palm Springs.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Whew, there's going to be.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Some relief on Friday, but then there's another heywave on
the horizon. We'll talk more about that today and then
here's what's ahead on Wake Up Call. Texas is picking
up the peace after that devastating flood killed more than
one hundred people. But as the donations start to pour in,
so do the scammers.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Coming up.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
ABC's Jim Ryan is going to join us with a
closer look at the generosity and the greed that's been
surfacing in the wake of this tragedy. A five point
twenty President Trump is turning up the pressure on Russian arming,
Russia arming Ukraine and calling out Putin by name, But
will tougher sanctions follow? And if five point thirty five,
(02:31):
we're going out and about with Brooker, which is a
little bit different than Amy's out and about. And I'm
gonna explain to you why you might want to grab
a pen and a pencil or maybe open your notes
app for this one and a five point fifty Get ready.
Cat Lover's cat Con is celebrating its tenth and a
per three Say what I did there? You're welcome this
(02:52):
August in Pasadena with celeb kittens. Today's talkback is related
to that. Actually, so I want to know about your pets.
I want to hear from you. What do you have
a dog? Do you have a cat? Do you have
a bird? Do you have a hamster? Do you have
a cappy?
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Bara?
Speaker 3 (03:13):
I want to hear all about it. Hit that talkback
button on the iHeartRadio app and tell me all about
your pets and we will play your talkbacks at the
end of the show.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Then it's six oh five, it's handle on the news.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
An ex FBI director and an XCIA director are under
investigation by the Justice Department.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
We're going to tell you what they're cues of.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
with the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Thirty one workers
have been rescued from a huge tunnel that collapsed during
construction in Wilmington.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
There was an issue in the industrial tunnel shortly before
eight o'clock Wednesday night. The workers were three hundred to
four hundred feet below the surface at the time, and
they were about six miles away from the tunnel's only
access point. They were rescued by the Los Angeles Fire
Department's Urban Search and to Rescue team. All thirty one
workers were evacuated by paramedics and there are no reports
(04:02):
of injuries. Mark Mayfield, KOFI News.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Lawyers representing residents, workers and advocacy groups in SoCal are
expected to ask a federal judge in LA for a
temporary restraining order to stop ice rates. The group's claim
the immigration enforcement operations are unlawful, targeting people based on
perceived race and ethnicity. The proposed class action lawsuit was
filed by Public Counsel and the ACLU on behalf of
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the people who say they were unlawfully stopped or detained
by federal agents. The former member of a popular band
wants to get into politics.
Speaker 5 (04:37):
Tim Myers is a founding member of the band One Republic.
He says he's dropping the idea of running for a
congressional seat in the Inland Empire and wants to run
for lieutenant governor instead. Part of his campaign pitch is
fixing the quote broken political system dominated by career politicians.
Myers is a Democrat, and he's joining a crowded race
which includes the California State Treasurer, a senior Governor, Gavin
(04:59):
Newsom adviser, the former mayor of the city of Stockton,
Jason Campadonia KFI knew.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
All right, it's been five days since the catastrophic flash
floods that swept through central Texas, claiming more than one
hundred lives and displacing countless others. ABC's Jim Ryan has
been following this story closely, and he joins us now
with more on what's happening and how people can protect themselves.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Good morning, Jim.
Speaker 6 (05:21):
Protect themselves from scammers because they are out there. Better
business bureaus hearing about this, that people are scammers are
out there casting wide nets, text messages, emails, different appeals
for people to make contributions to what they believe is
going to be a good cost, but in some cases
it just isn't. Latest numbers here at least one hundred
and twenty people have been killed, one hundred and seventy
(05:43):
two are missing, which is shocking. Three hundred people all
together might have died in the Central Texas flooding. We
probably won't have a final number four for weeks, might
never have a full number.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
Actually, So you were talking about scammers a little bit
there for a second, about the generosity that you are seeing,
what kinds of donations and support has been coming in
from around the world.
Speaker 6 (06:08):
Well, go fund me has a page kind of a
master page of organizations and individuals that it has vetted
to make sure that they are legitimate, and in fact,
go fundme has opened its own page. Right Normally they
set up pages for other people to make, you know,
so they can accept donations. Go fund me it has
a page. Its initial donation was one hundred thousand dollars
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that one now has collected more than two hundred thousand dollars.
Last night, there was an online concert a country singer
here in Texas. He held a concert online, accepted donations
during that did a little auction of items during that
show on Facebook. He collected three hundred thousand dollars and
that money is still coming in. So there are people
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making big donations to try to help out. But I
mean it's a mountainous job. The recovery is going to
take a long time. People might never recover.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
You know, when we had our wildfires here in January,
we had concerts. There's all these events and tons of
gofundmes popped up to help people. And I think one
of the biggest questions that people have when they're donating
and wanting to help is how do I make sure
that the money I'm sending is going to the people
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who truly need it the most.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
Is there a way to track that well?
Speaker 6 (07:26):
The old standbys making donations to the American Red Cross
World Central Kitchen is a fairly newcomer organization, Salvation Army.
Here's one thing to watch for with all of these
American Red Cross, Salvation Army World Central Kitchen. The americairs
their websites, and you should go to the website. Don't
just rely on something you're texted with a clink with
(07:48):
a Lincoln side or an email with a Lincoln side.
Go to the website. And by the way, American Red
Cross is Redcross dot org, dot com, dot gov, AmeriCares,
Americhairs dot org. They all end with org, meaning that
they are you can presume that they are the charitable
organization that they purport to be.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
So tell me a little bit more about the actual
are we in the recovery efforts still?
Speaker 7 (08:15):
Is?
Speaker 3 (08:15):
It's with the actual flooding situation itself.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
What is the latest there.
Speaker 6 (08:20):
Well, recovery is I mean, it's kind of a loose term.
They are as opposed to a search and rescue effort.
Nobody's expected to be found out there alive at this point,
six days after the disaster. So now it's a matter
of trying to find the bodies, essentially to give the
family some peace and some answers about what happened to
their loved ones. So that's that's where we are right now.
(08:41):
And it's a mountainous job, as you can imagine, just
trying to pick through all the trees and debris and
everything else that's out there. And so yeah, that process
is going to be going on for a long time.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Well, we are, you know, continuing to follow this story
here as you can imagine as well. And Jim, we
shade all your reporting and hopefully we'll speak with you
again tomorrow.
Speaker 6 (09:03):
Thanks very much, Thank you.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. And
extreme heat warning is in effect for parts of the
Inland Empire because of this heat wave that we're in.
Forecasters say dangerously hot conditions with high temps of one
hundred and fifteen to one hundred and twenty are expected.
The warning is for the Coachella Valley, San Diego County
(09:25):
Deserts and the San Gorgonio Man Gorgonio I think I
got that one right pass near Banning is in effect
until eight o'clock tonight. Families of those killed in a
mid air collision in January near Reagan National Airport say
the Army is avoiding accountability. Sixty seven people were killed
(09:45):
when an American Airlines jet collided with an Army Blackhawk
helicopter over the Potomac River. In a letter obtained by
the Washington Post, the families accused the Army of withholding
information investigators have said the helicopter was flying up above
its approved altitude and did not have an active transponder.
Federal officials are still reviewing the crash. Elon Musk's AI
(10:09):
company has gotten some grief over posts made by its
rock checkbot.
Speaker 8 (10:14):
Musk's company is taking down anti Semitic comments and other
inappropriate posts made by its chat box, including some praising
Adolf Hitler. The chat box was developed by Musk's artificial
intelligence company and pitched as an alternative to what he
called woke AI rivals like Google's Gemini or Open AI's
chat GPT. It shared several anti Semitic posts, including the
(10:38):
trope that Jews dominate Hollywood Deborah mark Koffi news.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
The Department of Justice is suing California Governor Newsom and
other state officials over laws regarding eggs and poultry products.
The Trump administration says the laws imposed burdensome red tape
on the production of those products nationwide, and that's a
violation of federal law. P The Justice Department claims the
laws and regulations impose requirements on farmers that have the
(11:05):
effect of raising egg prices for consumers by prohibiting farmers
from using commonly accepted agricultural methods. Well, the latest Golden
Bachelor is looking a bit like Fool's gold.
Speaker 9 (11:17):
Sixty six year old Mel Owens says he will not
give a rose to any woman who is sixty or older. Owens,
who became a sports lawyer after playing for the NFL's
La Rams of the nineteen eighties, says his preferred age
for the ladies on the Golden Bachelor of this fall
would be forty five to sixty. He also says they
got to be fit because he stays in shape and
he likes him all natural, so no fake parts like
artificial hips or wigs. Many say his comments undermine the
(11:41):
whole idea of the Golden Bachelor, which is about love
among seniors. He says producers of the show did not
accept his age limitations, but did promise him all the
women would be attractive. Michael Krozer KFI News.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
I love listening to Krozer's reports. He always gives us
a little bit of stass, a little bit that Krozer
style with his reports. So I learned something interesting about
KNO just during that report.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
CONO, you're a big Bachelor fan. Yeah, I am a
big Bachelor fan.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
So is there one particular Bachelor franchise or.
Speaker 10 (12:11):
Like, no, no, I mean I watched The Bachelor and
then I got into the Bachelorette and then uh, Bachelor
in Paradise is currently on premiered on Monday, so three
hour special, get into it.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
What is it about it that you're that you love?
Just the drama of it all, like the sex appeal,
the Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 10 (12:31):
I like, I think I like judging people. They like
put themselves out there. I don't like judge people, but
like you put yourself out there? Yes on television. Yeah, no,
I can do that. You totally can't. And then it's
like drinking games and it's a great time.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Oh my god, I love that.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
I embarrassingly I hate to I shouldn't admit this as
the entertainment person that I am. I don't watch any
of the Bachelor shows. I'm not a big reality TV
show person. Will agrees, you're not into real not that kind.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Like I like contest things like the voice and oh yeah,
yeah me, this is a contest. It is a contest
for you. Loves yea. Literally everyone is like, what is
happening the shows off the rails.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
When Amy's gone. We are taking your talkbacks this morning.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Hit me up.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
I want to hear about your pets. All you have
to do is hit that talkback button on the iHeartRadio app.
We're gonna be talking about cat Con later on the show,
and I want to hear about your pets. Tomorrow, the
Dodgers take on the Giants in San Francisco, with the
first pitch at seven point fifteen. Listen to all Dodgers
games on AM five seventy LA Sports and stream all
(13:39):
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An eighteen year old man drowned while swimming with family
in Lake Arrowheads, North Bay. Deputies say he went underwater
Tuesday afternoon and never resurfaced. Divers later recovered his body
(14:01):
and tried life saving measures, but he was pronounced dead.
A founding member of One Republic wants to run California.
Musician Tim Myers is jumping into the crowded race for
a lieutenant governor, saying he wants to fix what he
calls a broken political system run by career politicians. A
Las Vegas man is facing felony child abuse charges after
(14:21):
his three year old relative overdosed on fentanyl during a
Newport Beach trip. Prosecutors say the boy found drugs in
the man's backpack and had to be revived with narcan
today's talkback question, Tell me about your pets. Hit that
talkback button on the iHeartRadio app and I want to
hear all about your dogs, your cats, your capybaras, your EMUs.
(14:44):
I don't know whatever you've got, I want to hear
all about it. And at six oh five eighteen, All
on the News, FEMA's recent cost control measures are coming
under fire after the recent floods in Texas. We're going
to tell you who's being blamed for the cutbacks. President
Trump is ramping up pressure on Rrussia as air strikes
across Ukraine intensify. He announced plans to send more US
(15:05):
weapons to Ukrainian forces and publicly criticized President Putin. ABC's
Karen Travers joins US now to talk about what this
means for the war in Ukraine.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Good morning, Karen, Good morning, all right.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
So what has prompted this apparent change in tone for
the President towards Putin.
Speaker 11 (15:23):
Yeah, it's been coming for a couple of weeks, if
not longer. Well, we've seen the President more publicly express
his frustrations with Vladimir Putin. I mean it was a
couple of weeks ago with the President said on social
media a very blunt message of Vladimir stop on the
attacks in Ukraine. That of course has not happened. In fact,
our colleagues who arecovering us from the ground say there's
(15:44):
been an increasing scale and intensity in these attacks by
Russia on Ukraine, and that it's not more of the same,
that this is a shift in the war that Russia
is doing against Ukraine. And so the President in recent
days has said that Putin, while he says he's very
nice all the time, it turned out to be meaningless.
(16:06):
President Tuesday said we get a lot of bull thrown
out of us by Putin, and he actually used the
exploit in the meeting with reporters in the cabinet. But
he's also said they just aren't making any progress after
they had a phone call last week to talk about
the war in Ukraine. There was that weapons pause last
week by the Pentagon that was sudden and inexplicable. The
President now says that weapons will be sent to Ukraine
(16:28):
because he wants them to have defensive weapons, because he
said Putin is killing too many people and not treating
human beings right.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
So, can you tell us more about the weapons package
that's being considered for Ukraine? Do we know like what's
in it and when it could be delivered?
Speaker 11 (16:47):
Yeah, I don't know about the in terms of the delivery,
but I'll say that a US official confirmed to us
last night that the US is resumed sending some weapons
following that pause. The pause was listed Monday night. The
weapons that will now go to Ukraine includes some artillery
realms and rockets that are used in some specific launchers there.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
So Trump mentioned possible sanctions against Russia. Do you have
any idea what those might include? And you know, what's
kind of preventing him from going ahead and pulling the
trigger on that?
Speaker 6 (17:17):
Not clear?
Speaker 11 (17:18):
I mean he had talked about this multiple times. Reporters
as ask him often, you know why or will you
put sanctions on Russia? And then when he says yes,
it's something I'm considering. The questions that get followed up
of then why won't you just do it? Weeks ago,
he said because he thought if they could get to
a ceasefire, then he didn't want to jeopardize that potential.
(17:40):
That's not close at this point, though, so you know,
I think the question now is just why not go
forward with it. There is a piece of legislation in
the Senate that has overwhelming bipartisan support. They are looking
to do that pass it, send it to the President's
desk before the August recess, and that is something that
potentially could take the place of the President just doing this,
(18:00):
you knowilaterally.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
I think a big concern that a lot of people
have are the risks you know, politically and otherwise if
Trump takes on a more aggressive stance against Russia here,
what are the potential risks or benefits if he takes
more of a hard line with Putin.
Speaker 11 (18:23):
I mean, I leave that to the analysts. That's not
really my lane. But I think, you know, just to
tell you, like as the reporter side of this, you know,
I think prolonging the situation in Ukraine, like the President
has said as a candidate, he could solve this on
day one, that they could end the war on day one.
He has since said that that was sarcasm. He wasn't
(18:46):
saying that seriously. But I think there was an expectation that,
because of his previous relationship with Latimir Putin, that this
would get resolved. He obviously has had moments of the
tense relationship with President Zelensky as well, but now he
has made it more clear that he wants to see
this ended because he wants to stop the deaths on
both sides.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
All Right, Karen Travers, thank you so much for your
time this morning, and enjoy.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
The rest of your day.
Speaker 11 (19:14):
Have a great day.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
All Right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. LA
Metro's ridership has shown higher satisfaction with the transit agency.
Speaker 12 (19:25):
LA Metro's annual State of Metro events saw a celebration
of a writer survey passengers on the buses and trains
appear to be happier than before. CEO Stephanie Wiggins says
Metro has worked to earn that support by.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Adding more trains and installed in more bus priority lanes
on seventy miles of city streets, helping buses move faster
and more reliably.
Speaker 12 (19:46):
Passengers say public safety is important, but there's lower demand
in the survey for more policing. Instead, they say the
focus should be on cleaner buses and trains. Michael Monks
KFI News.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
And extreme key warning is in effect for parts of
the Inland Empire BECA because of this heat wave. Forecasters
say dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to one hundred
and twenty degrees are expected. The warning is for the
Coachella Valley, San Diego Deserts and other areas. A southern
California woman who is lucky to be alive has found
(20:16):
herself lucky in love.
Speaker 5 (20:18):
The twenty two year old has growing terratoma syndrome. A
couple of years ago, doctors found a few tumors on
her ovaries and one wouldn't shrink. It grew to be
nearly a foot long and weighed over forty pounds, pushed
her heart into her armpit and almost collapsed alung, making
her wheelchair bound. The woman underwent a fourteen hour surgery
and had to remain awake for the entire procedure at
(20:39):
Cedar Sinai. Thanks to the surgeons, this past year, she
was able to walk down the aisle and get married
to her longtime boyfriend, Jason Campedonia KFI News.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
More California fathers are using the state's paid family leave program.
A report by the group Paid Leave for All shows
men make up forty four percent of all claims, up
from eighteen percent in two thousand and five. Similar trends
are emerging throughout the US, with men taking increasingly substantial
time off under state level paid leave programs. Research shows
(21:10):
the time off is improving mental health and reducing infant mortality.
California raised benefits to ninety percent in twenty twenty five,
but low income workers still face access issues and no
job protection. Video game performers have overwhelmingly approved a new contract,
ending a nearly three year battle with game makers SAG
(21:31):
after it says ninety five percent voted in favor securing
pay raises, AI protections, and control over their likenesses. The
deal follows an eleven month strike against companies like Activision
and Disney. An LA museum that was once called LA's
Strangest Museum by the Smithsonian has been damaged by a fire.
Speaker 13 (21:52):
The fire, which started near a mail window at the
Museum of Jurassic Technology, was called in just before noon
on Tuesday, and was quickly put out by firefighters. However,
some of the exhibits were damaged by smoke. It's not
known which ones, but according to the Smithsonian, some of
the unusual exhibits include Rotten Luck, the Decaying Dice of
Ricky Jay, and Tell the Bee, which includes folk remedies
such as eating dead mice on toast to cure bedwetting.
(22:14):
The cause of the fire is still being investigated. II
Lean gonzalez ky if I news all right?
Speaker 3 (22:18):
When we come back, I'm taking you out and about
with me. Heather Brooker and I have some suggestions on
where you want to go out and about this week,
So grab your pen and pencil. Also, were taking your
talkbacks this morning. I want to hear about your pets.
Tell me about your dog, your cats, whatever pets you
have in the house. If you got birds, well keep
(22:39):
that to yourself, all right.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
I'm just kidding. We want to hear about all your pets.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
Amid a surgeon ice rage, the Diocese of Sano Bertodino
is temporarily waiving the obligation to attend mass for those
fearing immigration enforcement. Bishop Alberto Rojas says the move protects
the spiritual welfare of vulnerable parishioners.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
Governor Knews.
Speaker 3 (23:01):
Some criticize the raids, calling it in an attack on
religious freedom. And Iranian woman living in the US for
forty seven years has been released from ice custody after
being detained while gardening at our New Orleans home. GOP
House leader Steve Scalise says, is it Scalise or Scalisi?
Speaker 2 (23:18):
Is that right? All right? Am I questioning myself this morning?
Stepped in.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
He urged officials to review her case and give her
a fair shake. There is that extreme heat that is
moving through LA. The YMCA is stepping up with free
teen memberships, discounted swim lessons, and indoor sports programs. Families
affected by January's fires can also get free camps and
financial aid to stay safe and cool this summer.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
I love that.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
Today's talkback question tell me about your pets. We have
a special segment coming up later on in the show
about cat Con and it got me thinking about how
much I love my cat, Gracie, and I also have
a dog, Loom, and I want to hear from you.
I'm want to hear about your pets today. There's already
some calls coming in. I see your calls or see
your talkbacks. Just hit that talkback button on the iHeart
(24:09):
Radio app and let me hear from you. Tell me
what kind of pets you have, what are their names?
Anything you want to share? Then a six oh five,
it's handle on the news. President Trump is threatening tariffs
on Brazil. We're going to tell you about the personal
connection he has and the possible reason behind those tariffs.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
All right, this is.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
The time of the week when Amy usually does Amy's
Out and About. Well, we're gonna flip it and do
out and about with Brooker this week.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
That's me. I'm Heather Brooker.
Speaker 11 (24:34):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
So there's a few things I want to share with you.
We're gonna do it a little bit different. Some of
these I have actually been to and done myself, and
some of them are things that I think you might
enjoy doing over the next.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Week or so.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
So if you can grab a pen, pencil, open up
your notes app, you might want to jot these down
in case it's something of interest for you and your
friends and family, if you're looking for something to do
over the next way. We're in the we're in the
heat of summer, so let's get out and about and
enjoy this. Universal Studios they are hosting their mega movie
Summer now through August tenth, and what they're doing is
(25:11):
they're celebrating a lot of their big properties like Jaws,
Back to the Future, Jurassic World, with a few new
touches there. I actually did go to this and checked
some of these things out, and it's a lot of fun.
I love Universal Studios. I always have a good time
when I go there with my daughter. So here's what
they're doing. They are highlighting the fiftieth anniversary of Jaws
(25:32):
with photo ops and that big giant shark is back.
Have you seen that shark will at Universal Studios. That
giant shark that's kind of hanging upside down? Have you
ever seen that?
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Not the one now on the tour?
Speaker 3 (25:45):
Oh no, it's like in the park now they brought
it back in the park. It used to be in
the park, then they moved it and now it's back.
So definitely go check that out, especially if you're a
Jaws fan. It's also the fortieth anniversary of Back to
the Future this year. All of this makes me feel
so old.
Speaker 11 (25:59):
I know.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
Oh, I can't believe it's been forty years since About
to the Future. You can go meet of course Doc
Marty Einstein and the Time Machine, which is pretty cool.
And then Jurassic World Rebirth is out now, so you
can have some new animatronic dino and encounters and the
Spinosaurus photo op. And they have expanded the splash stones
(26:21):
on the ride there, which basically just means you're gonna
get more wet when you go on the Jurassic World ride.
So check out Universals Mega Movie Summer. That's gonna be
a lot of fun. Some other things happening this week.
Of note that you might want to check out. It
is the thirtieth anniversary of the movie Clueless, which also
makes me feel old. You can see a July nineteenth
of Street Food Cinema. They've got details on their website
(26:43):
streetfood Cinema dot com. And this is the last week
of the Lavender Festival at one two three Farm. You
can go out and stroll through their twenty acres of
lavender et, lavender infused food, drinks, and dessert. And the
last day you can go to the Lavender Fields is
on July twentieth. And let's talk about music. I mean
(27:03):
we are at iHeartRadio. I know we're on the news,
talkie talk side of things, but I love music. I
love when Kono just picks like the perfect songs for
all of our segments, and so I love music. So
we'll talk about Alison Krause and Union Station. They are
going to be playing at the Greek Theater for their
Arcadia tour that's coming up this weekend on July thirteenth.
(27:24):
There are still tickets available there. And Black Pink if
you're into Black Pink, if you've got some jams you
want to go sing along with Black Pink, They're gonna
be at Sofi Stadium this weekend. And Astronaut Katie Perry
is performing at the Honda Center on July thirteenth. Is
that terrible that I call her astronaut Katie Mary? Or
(27:46):
is that a little a little too far? Maybe little derogatory? Actually,
you know, I've seen clips and highlights of her show
online and it's wild, like she's flying through the crowd, spinning.
It just looks like a really good time. So maybe
everybody can go and check that out. We are taking
(28:07):
your talkbacks this morning. I see a few more coming
through here. Hit that talkback button on the iHeartRadio app,
and we want to hear from you. I want to
know about your pets. I almost forgot Will. What are
you doing this weekend?
Speaker 12 (28:23):
What am I doing this?
Speaker 2 (28:24):
Do you just catch up on sleep? Basically? That's what
I'm really looking forward to.
Speaker 3 (28:28):
I feel like right now the wake up group people,
do we catch up on sleep?
Speaker 2 (28:33):
Cono? Do you have any plans this weekend?
Speaker 14 (28:35):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (28:36):
Wife works single dad duty, so you are on dad duty?
Speaker 15 (28:40):
All right?
Speaker 2 (28:41):
So no sleep, no sleep bus, no sleep.
Speaker 3 (28:44):
Have you seen that video trend, the TikTok trend where
they're like no sleep club another club bus. I've seen
parents doing it, but they put their kids in where
they're like changing diapers, feeding a baby. It's like the
when you become as Suddenly there is no more clubs,
there is no your weekends out have a different feel
(29:06):
and look to them and then I know Ann is busy,
Ann producer?
Speaker 2 (29:10):
Ann? Could she hear me? All right?
Speaker 3 (29:13):
I was gonna ask her what she's doing this weekend?
But she's not into it?
Speaker 2 (29:17):
All right?
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Well, thank you guys for listening and participating in the
what are we all doing? In Brookers out and about
don't worry Amy. We'll be back next week and I'm
sure she will tell us all about her vacation and
where she went out and about looking forward to hearing
about that. Don't forget we were taking her talkbacks this morning.
We want to hear all about your pets. What pets
(29:39):
do you have? What are their names, what do they
look like? How do they cuddle? I need to know
all the details. Hit me up on the talkback button
on the iHeartRadio app. But right now it's time to
get up in your business with Bloomberg's Fortney Dono.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
It's back, Courtney.
Speaker 16 (29:52):
I brought it back, good good And by the way,
my club is my Nissan Rogue where I drive my
Barry Say Zag activity every single day braving New York traffic.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
It is that mom life, that mom life, all right,
miss and miss the old right.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
Okay, So there's a mall favorite that's said to be
facing some financial trouble.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
What's going on with Claire's. Yeah, the tween retailers of
teens and tweens.
Speaker 16 (30:18):
Yeah, yeah, they've been dealing with week consumer spending, higher
and poor costs from tariffs that we've been talking about,
and a heavy debt load. Sources now tell us the
accessories company is considering filing for Chapter eleven. Bankers have
been working with Claires to improve its finances, while also
exploring the sale of some.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Maybe even all, of its business.
Speaker 16 (30:37):
No comment though, so far from the retailer that once
dominated the mall landscape.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
You couldn't you couldn't escape it at all. It was everywhere.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
That makes me kind of sad. That's where my daughter
got her ears pierced. And you know, I hope that
they're able to navigate through it because it is such
an iconic brand and has been around for so long.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
See that's the issue.
Speaker 16 (30:57):
They need you back there spending all right, that's oh back,
big problem.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
You gotta go back.
Speaker 3 (31:03):
The maker of Natalla could be buying the cereal giant
behind frosted flake flakes and.
Speaker 16 (31:08):
Fruit loops, a nutella meeting horn flakes, it seems well.
Italian sweets maker Ferrero is said to be close to
buying cereal giant W. K. Kellogg for about three billion dollars.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
Now.
Speaker 16 (31:19):
The takeover would combine the maker of the hazelnuts spread
with the company behind fruit loops and frosted flakes. But
for quite some time now, Ferrero has been trying to
expand its presence in North America, especially in the US.
In twenty eighteen, purchased Nesley's US confectionery arm and that
gave it a number of well known brands Butterfinger, Baby Ruth.
(31:39):
But sources tell us a deal could be announced this week,
and we are seeing shares of w K. Kellogg seeing
a nice little pop this morning on hopes that the
deal is going to go through.
Speaker 3 (31:49):
And is that Ferrero as in Ferrero share Chet Yeah, Bush,
those are my That is my favorite chocolate and choop
of chops pops.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
Oh my gosh, thereat I love that.
Speaker 16 (32:00):
So it's an interesting move that they'd be going from
suites into cereals. But they want to be able to
expand their business in some way I mean almost interesting nowadays. Yeah,
and they got to get a foot because they have
such a strong presence in Europe, they're looking at any
way to try to get a foothold within the United States.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
So let's talk about airlines. Some good news there. One
carrier says they are seeing travelers booking more trips.
Speaker 16 (32:24):
Yeah, it's a bright spot this morning for the markets.
Are the airlines Delta seems to be bouncing back from
the initial shock at the tariff that pretty much scared
everybody and kept a lot of travelers home. They didn't
want to make a decision on a flight when they
didn't know if they were going to have a job.
So the carrier reported better than expected quarterly results, surprising
a lot of people this morning, pulling shares of the
(32:46):
competition from United to American Airlines to Southwest Hire. I mean,
right now, Delta shares are up more than thirteen percent
in the pre market. Delta CEO Ed Bastian says that
people are now making travel plans after seeing some of
the progress and the tariff discussions. Also the tax plan
going through, so this is putting a floor on stocks
this morning. We were seeing deeper losses earlier this morning. Boat,
(33:10):
once the airlines came out, once Delta came out with
that report, things got a little bit better. And we
are seeing Dow futures right now a little changed. But
yesterday traders they brushed off worries and that sense stocks higher.
The Dow rose two hundred and seventeen points.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
Okay, in our last few seconds here, I wanted to
get to this one story. Amazon Prime Day isn't doing
so well. It's looking a little rough.
Speaker 16 (33:32):
Yeah, So Amazon took a big gamble this year. They
expanded Prime Day from two days to four days. But
it seems to be a very slow start for shoppers,
and this could raise the stakes for today and tomorrow.
Sales plunge forty one percent on Tuesday compared to the
start of Prime Day last year. That's according to data
from Momentum Commerce. Now they're saying that shoppers are browsing
(33:53):
and loading up their shopping carts, so they're in there.
They're using Amazon, but they're holding off on pulling the
trigger in case they see a better deal. Amazon came
out they saw this report and they said third parties
don't have access to our actual data, and they said
the numbers are highly inaccurate. But we'll see what happens
when everything comes to pass by tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (34:14):
All right, we will see and Cody, we'll talk to
you again tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
Definitely see you later. Thank you.
Speaker 3 (34:20):
All right, let's get back some of the stories coming
out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. Thirty one
construction workers have been rescued from inside a huge industrial
tunnel that collapsed in Wilmington. The workers were trapped about
four hundred feet underground last night. Some were separated and
had to climb over a twelve to fifteen foot pile
of loose soil to join workers on the other side.
(34:40):
Michael Chi with the La County Sanitation District says the
tunnel is designed to run about seven miles towards the coast.
Speaker 16 (34:47):
The collapse may have happened somewhere around the five mile mark.
Speaker 11 (34:50):
We do not know the reason.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
We do not know the case.
Speaker 3 (34:54):
Eli Mayor Bas posted a message on x thanking the
first responders. She called them LA's true heroes. Families of
victims in January's deadly midair crash near DC says the
Army is dodging blame. They claim key info is being
withheld about the Blackhawk that struck a jet, killing sixty
seven people. Federal review is ongoing as triple digit heat
(35:16):
it heats up in southern California. Cooling centers are now
open across the area, and cities are offering rebates to
help residents beat the heat. LAZWP is giving up to
two hundred and seventy five dollars towards AC units for
qualifying customers, while Pasadena, AZUSA, Riverside, and Anaheim also offer
energy saving incentives. A group of brown pelicans rescued from
(35:39):
a toxic algae bloom earlier this year were released back
into the wild Wednesday at Huntington Beach. The Wetlands and
Wildlife Care Center nursed the birds back to help health
rather with the help of local junior lifeguards during the release.
We're taking your talkbacks today. I want to hear about
your pets. Tell me all about your pets. What are
their names, what do they do, what are their quirky
(36:01):
little personality traits? Let me hear from you. We are
going to play your talkbacks coming up at the end
of the show. And we are just minutes away from handle.
On the news this morning, Sean Duffy has been named
the temporary head of NASA. We're going to tell you
how he landed in this spot. This August, Pasadena becomes
the perfect playground for feline fans as cat Con marks
(36:23):
its tenth anniversary at the Pasadena Convention Center. What started
as a quirky niche gathering has evolved into the ultimate
celebration of all things cats, drawing thousands of cat lovers
influencers and even a few insta famous felines. From celebrity
cat panels and adoption events, to an immersive how to
Pet Your Cat game and a visit from the ever
(36:45):
popular Australian Firefighters calendar Crew, the ten year milestone is
shaping up to be the biggest and furriest yet. Joining
us now to talk all things cat Con is cat
Con CEO and founder Susan Michaels. This is such a
fun event every year, and you know, my fan and
I have gone for many years. We love going. This
is cat cons. This is cat CON's ten years. So
(37:06):
what has changed the most since the very first convention
and what has stayed delightfully the same.
Speaker 14 (37:12):
Well, the number one thing is we've gotten a lot bigger.
You know, when we started out, I don't know if
you ever came when we were down in downtown Los Angeles,
but we outgrew our space and we moved to Pasadena
in twenty seventeen just to accommodate all these wonderful cat lovers.
And now you know, we've we've seen people come from
all fifty states in twenty four countries. It's really become
(37:34):
a bit of a phenomenon. In sort of that confluence
of cat and pop culture. And you know, we were
dubbed comic Con for cat people back in the day
in twenty fifteen, and I ran with that because I
think it's really a great phrase that encapsulates us. You know,
what is what has stayed the same is but grown
(37:56):
is just that community of cat lovers that joined this
every year and the number of adoptions that we've done
to date. We've done over twelve hundred adoptions at cat
com facilitated.
Speaker 3 (38:07):
And you've also got some big names attending this year,
both human and feline. Who are you most excited about
and what can fans expect from those meet and greets.
Speaker 14 (38:15):
I can't say. I can't say who I'm most excited about.
Speaker 2 (38:19):
Can you give us a hint coming?
Speaker 14 (38:22):
Well, I do love the Australian Firefighters. They are the
heroes of the Australian Firefighter Calendar and six of the
gentlemen come every year to Los Angeles from various parts
of Australia and raise money for charity. You know, we
really want to embrace you know, Pasadena has been our
home since twenty seventeen, and more than ever, we want
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to be able to give back to the city and
Alta Dina and everybody affected by the eating fires. So,
for example, we're donating a portion of our proceeds Capacadena
Humane that they've done such phenomenal job in bringing in
not just cats, but all sorts of animals and rehoming animals,
(39:06):
and we really want to just give back to, you know,
this part of our city that has been so ravaged
by the fire and really see how we can help
them out and come together for this love of animals
who love us unconditionally no matter what.
Speaker 3 (39:26):
I need to know. Tell me about how to Pet
Your Cat? What is that game about? It sounds very funny.
Speaker 14 (39:33):
Okay, So how to Pet Your Cat was developed by
a group of USC students and it's basically a giant
cat butt.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
Can I see but you can say butt on the radio.
Speaker 14 (39:48):
It's a giant cat butt where you and your friend
compete to by basically patting this giant, fluffy cat butt
that looks like about the size of a bean bag
chair maybe a little larger, and compete to rack up points.
It's you know, it's just a great sort of arcade
(40:09):
game that's cat centric. So we have this senior name named.
Speaker 11 (40:14):
Madeline who's coming.
Speaker 14 (40:15):
And she goes on Instagram by I am Madeline, and
she is. She's been sold out across America, doing small
venues across America, and she's coming to cat Con for
our tenth anniversary celebration, which will happen Sunday at two o'clock.
And we're having what I call a cake explosion. So
(40:35):
she's going to sing a few of her songs and
then we're going to have a cake and pom poms
and all sorts of celebration for people in the audience.
And we're going to bring out cake and cupcakes and
everything and celebrate the ten years that have been cat Con.
Speaker 3 (40:51):
Oh that sounds great, all right. So for someone who
has never been to cat Con before, what are the
must us and can't miss.
Speaker 14 (40:58):
There's two hundred exhibitors and there's everything there for you
and your cats, Thanks for you and for kitty to buy.
There's all sorts of immersive activations, Purinas building a cadio
where you can go and drink mocktails and build kitty kickers.
There is we're going to have an oracle that will
read tarot cards for your cat. You just show a
(41:19):
picture of your cat and you'll get to see your
kitty's fortune from world's Best Cat litter, and of course
our adoption village with two hundred cats and kittens. It's
really a place to come and celebrate the love of
animals and to dress up in your best kitty cosplay.
Speaker 3 (41:35):
That sounds like so much fun. Cat Con will be
August second and third at the Pasadena Convention Center. Susan Michaels,
thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 14 (41:43):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (41:44):
It is truly a good time. I have been for
the past several years. We loved well, we didn't go
last year, but we went before that, and it's just
so fun if you love cats and if you love
being around other people who are pet lovers and animal lovers.
Kitty callsboy, no, but I do put on little like
cat ears like a cat headman. I'm not a furry
(42:07):
if that's what you're asking.
Speaker 2 (42:08):
Oh my word, keep it clean, all right, I know
what you mean. All right.
Speaker 3 (42:14):
We have a lot of talkbacks. I want to get
to you guys. I see all of your calls coming
through and I want to get to these calls. So
here we go.
Speaker 2 (42:21):
The talkback question today was tell me about your pets.
Speaker 15 (42:26):
Good morning, Heather. This is Tricia and my dog's name
is mister Buddy Boy Bojangle, Oh my gosh, and he
is a huge fan. I am too of KFI and
the wake Up Call and for the last five years,
Buddy Boy and I we've been a part of the
wake Up Call Wigglers for the Pasadena Remains Wiggle Waggle
(42:46):
Walk and we love being a part of that. It's
part of our rule tradition and we hope that you
and everyone at KFI have a beautiful day.
Speaker 2 (42:55):
Thank you, Tricia. That's awesome.
Speaker 3 (42:57):
And of course that is a fundraiser that Amy hosts
with wake Up Call. I think it's usually in April,
around April or so. Yeah, that's so great. Thank you
so much for calling in.
Speaker 2 (43:05):
Here we go.
Speaker 17 (43:06):
Good morning, Heather. So I have three the Sins and
they're known as the Barkless Breed Dog and if you've
never heard of them, you can also look on the
Egyptian hieroglyphs and they are pictured there.
Speaker 3 (43:21):
All right, cool, Thank you so much, Good morning, Heather.
Speaker 5 (43:25):
I does Het Mike.
Speaker 4 (43:26):
I have two boxers, one male, one female. Copper is
sporadic male.
Speaker 5 (43:32):
Copy and Selfie Gentle female.
Speaker 17 (43:35):
Unfortunately, yesterday we had to celebrate Sovie's life.
Speaker 1 (43:40):
But it's all good.
Speaker 5 (43:41):
She's in a much better place and the best dog ever.
Speaker 10 (43:45):
Love you guys, Oh.
Speaker 2 (43:46):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (43:46):
I'm sorry to hear that, but thank you for calling
in and sharing city.
Speaker 7 (43:50):
And I have a three year old Siberian Husky and
she is so much fun to walk, and she talks
and she's got the zoomies and she's just a great, great,
great breed.
Speaker 2 (44:05):
Thank you, You're welcome.
Speaker 3 (44:07):
Well, we had some more calls to get to, but
unfortunately we're out of time. We've got to move on
with the show today. But I see all of your talkbacks,
and I appreciate you guys reaching out and telling me
about your pets.
Speaker 2 (44:20):
Today.
Speaker 3 (44:20):
We had so much fun on wake Up Call. Always
appreciate you listening in. We'll be back tomorrow to do
it all again. This is KFI KO and kosd HG
two Los Angeles, Orange County some live from the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom for producer and technical producer KNO
and traffic specialists Will I'm Heather Brooker. This has been
your wake up Call. If you missed any of wake
(44:41):
Up Call, you can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 18 (44:44):
You've been listening to Wake Up Call with me Amy King.
You can always hear Wake Up Call five to six
am Monday through Friday on KFI AM six forty and
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