March 4, 2025 • 42 mins
Amy King hosts your Tuesday Wake Up Call. ABC News reporter Jordana Miller joins the show live from Jerusalem to discuss Arab countries working on a postwar plan for Gaza. ABC News White House correspondent Karne Travers joins the show to preview Trump’s first address of his second term to joint session of Congress. Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow are proud parents again! Amy talks with Sandy Steers from Friends of Big Bear Valley and Big Bear Eagle Nest Cam about the newly hatched eaglets. Bloomberg’s Courtney Donohoe updates us on the latest in business and the stock market. The show closes with the host of ‘How to Money’ Joel Larsgaard talking about doom spending, national cryptocurrency reserve, and DOGE dividends.
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And it's time for your morning wake up call.
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Here's Amy Kings.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
It is five over one. This is your wake up
call for Tuesday, March fourth. I'm Amy King. Good morning.
We're live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app. Happy to have
you along this very exciting Tuesday. Gotta tell you we
got Eglitz. I'm watching the camera. I'm actually behind on
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my show prep for today because we've been watching the
eagles high above Big Bear Lake. Jackie and Shadow laid
three eggs. One is completely hatched and he's a little fluffball.
And then the other one. I just got to look
at it about half hour ago, and he's about half
out of his shell. The shell's completely cracked and he's
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pretty much out. So we're gonna be actually talking to
Sandy Steers with friends of Big Bear Valley. They're the
ones who put that camera up in the nest so
we can watch this miracle of nature. And we're talking
to her at five thirty, so we hope you'll stick
around for that. Also, another big day, it's free pancake
Day at IHO.
Speaker 5 (02:01):
Oh yeah, oh yeah, cake Day.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Yep, it's pancake Day. I love pancakes. I think Carla
the editor said, Oh, I made pancakes for dinner last
night to celebrate pancake Day. And I'm like, you know what,
that sounds good. I think that's a great idea. Okay,
here's what's ahead on wake up Call. Thirty officers at
the Los Padrino's Juvenile Detention Facility have been charged for
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their involvement in gladiators style fights between kids at the
detention center. State ag rob Bonte says nearly seventy fights
happened between July and December of twenty twenty. Three kids
between twelve and eighteen were involved. The AG says the
officers allowed and even encouraged the fights. California Democratic Senator
Adam Schiff is bringing a firefighter with him to President
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Trump's speech before a joint session of Congress. Captain Vincent
Culliver is a veteran firefighter with the Department of Defense
at Vandenberg Space Force Space and helped fight the wildfire
and out to Dina. ABC's Karen Travers going to tell
us what the President plans to talk about tonight, and
also about the tariffs that just went into effect overnight
and how other countries are responding to it. As I mentioned,
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an eaglet has landed. The first of three bald eagle
eggs is completely out, the second one is almost there,
and then we're waiting to see if the third one
is going to hatch. And again we'll be talking with
Sandy at Friends of Big Bear Valley coming up at
the bottom of the hour, doom spending, What is it?
Are you doing it? And should you be? The host
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of How to Money on KFI. Joel Larsgard is going
to tell us all about that. Let's get started with
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. Former LA fire chief Kristin Crowley is
expected to ask for her job back today.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
The city charter says she has the right to appeal
her firing by Mayor bass, but she'll need ten of
fifteen members of the City council to take her side.
Crowley filed her appeal last week. The vote has been
fast tracked and the council will take it up today.
Four council members have publicly supported bast firing of the
fire chief over the mayor's belief that Crowley wasn't prepared
or communicative leading up to the Palisades fire. A fifth
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council member has supported the mayor's right to fire the chief.
Crowley would need to run the table on the other
ten to be reinstated. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Michael's gonna have live coverage throughout the day from La
City Hall. The La City Council is also set to
vote on a proposal to provide eviction protections for nannies, gardeners,
and others impacted financially by the wildfires in January. The
proposal's aim is to provide a defense for non payment
of rent and no fault evictions for renters who can
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show proof of economic hardship because of the fires. City
council was split on proposed protections last month. The Department
of Justice has announced the dismantling of a human smuggling
ring in La and the indictment of four alleged smugglers.
Acting US Attorney Joseph McNally yesterday said the alleged ring
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leader is Eduardo Domingo Renault, which they held individuals smuggled
hostage for months, threaten them and their family members with violence,
and others, including children, were killed in a horrific car
crash in Oklahoma in twenty twenty three. McNally says those
deaths make Renoj Matoul and other members of his alleged
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gang eligible for the death penalty. The so called Turco
transnational criminal organization operated out of La smuggling undocumented Guatemalan
nationals to Phoenix in other parts of the country. Let's
say good morning now to ABC's Jordana Miller, who is
in Jerusalem. Jordana, the Arab countries do not like President
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Trump's idea to clear out the Gaza Strip and rebuild
it as the riviera of the Middle East and relocate
all the Palestinians. So apparently they're going to put together
a plan of their.
Speaker 6 (05:53):
Own, that's right, and they're working on that today. Out
of Cairo, there's an Arab summit underway, and it's likely
this is being led by the Egyptians, by the way,
It's likely they're going to put on the table a
plan for regional governance of the Gaza Strip that is
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some kind of technocratic government made up of different leaders
either Egypt, Jordan, maybe some of the Palestinians, but not
local Palestinians, and you know, support to train a police
force that could come in. Right. The whole idea is,
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you know, with this ceasefire, we need to you know
the world needs to see hamas step aside. Right, they
can't be running the Gaza Strip. They can't have a
you know, their own military or army that competes with
the official army of the Gaza Strip. So the Arab
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States are going to put that on the table, and
you know, as an altarlternative to what they see as
a very radical plan by President Trump that they want
to avoid, certainly because it also includes the displacement of
so many Palestinians.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Yeah, like two million of them. And where that's right.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
Where are you going to put it and where would
they exactly exactly and more than that, you know, we
don't talk about this amy, but President Trump's plan you know,
when you think it through in the bigger picture, what
it really does is it takes the Gaza strip out
of any future Palestinian state. And that's very problematic, not
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only for the Palestinians, but for the region, you know,
because then what is already considered a small area that
is being divided between Israel and the Palestinians, right, the
West Bank Israel proper and Gaza. Take Gaza out of it,
you're left with just the West Bank and eas to read.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Right, Yeah, and Jordana, I have a question for you.
Do most of the Arab countries support that two state
solution idea that everybody talks about.
Speaker 6 (08:04):
They do they do that? You know, the Arab or
you know, the air world by and large supports a
two state solution that is Jordan, Egypt, the Amoradis, the Baharinis,
the Saudis, and they say even you know, as far
as the Kingdom, the Saudi Kingdom is concerned. They don't
want to normalize ties with Israel unless there is a
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path to statehood for the Palestinians. I mean, the only
people in the region who still support, you know, an
extreme agenda where Israel basically doesn't exist and you know,
the Palestinians try to take back all of Israel, right,
that chant from the river to the sea. That sadly,
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so many young smart Americans say on on campuses that
they don't understand what they're chanting for.
Speaker 7 (08:53):
Is know Israel?
Speaker 8 (08:54):
Right.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
The only ones who support that are Hamas, Husbalalah isis Aroan, right,
all the bad players in the region who are still
interested in trying to you know, wipe out Israel or
you know, or render it, you know, a country with
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little power here in the region. But you know, the
tide for for a while now, the tide has been changing,
not only would the Oslo piece of Cords, but with
the Abraham Accords. And President Trump has made it clear
he wants to make peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
And on that road, he has to solve the problem
in Gaza. He has to get Hamas out and he's
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asking the region to come up with solutions to get
them out.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Right.
Speaker 6 (09:43):
So that's what we're seeing.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Okay, And and they're meeting this week. Do you I mean,
are they going to come up with a quick answer
and say here, President Trump, here is our option, or
is this going to be something that this is just
the starting of the conversation.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
What we do anticipate they're going to put out some
kind of joint statement after the summit. It may you know,
it be could come tomorrow, Okay, watching we will see, Yeah, yeah,
we'll be watching for it and hopefully it'll you know,
something will will give so that we can move We also,
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you know, the ceafire talks are stuck right now, so
we also have to get those going again. But we
expect Steve Woodcoff, President Trump's envoy to come here to
the region after the State of the Union address sometime
later in the week, perhaps the weekend.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Okay, Jerdona Miller Injurusalem, thank you so much, appreciate the
information as always.
Speaker 7 (10:39):
Thanks Jamie.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
All Right, that's up too, but you got it. Let's
get back to some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A Republican assemblyman says
he's been kicked off the California Budget Committee for shining
a light on what he calls questionable spending. San Diego
Assemblyman Carl Demiel told kfi's John Cobelt yesterday that his
goal is to bring an end to the misuse of
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tech dollars.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
What we're doing is working with outside whistleblowers, outside resources,
outside investigators, and the very hard working but limited staff
I have in my Assembly office to do this work.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Demayo says he found the state budget allocated twenty five
million dollars to a COVID program, but says the money
is going to special interest groups instead. The Trump administration
has paused military aid to Ukraine, days after President Zelenski's
intense meeting with President Trump and Vice President Vance at
the White House.
Speaker 7 (11:30):
Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not
winning all You're not winning this.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Trump has directed the US to pause all assistance to
Ukraine as he tries to pressure Zelenski to engage in
peace talks with Russia. Trump criticized Olenski yesterday for saying
that the end of the war is still likely, very
very far away. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the army
post in Georgia that was previously known as Fort Benning
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and then changed to Fort Moore is now Fort Benning again.
ABC Stephen Portnoys's com Ungriss retired the name four years ago.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Rather than honoring a Confederate Brigadier general the Benning now
being honored was a hero of World War One. Corporal
Fred Benning was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his
action in France in nineteen eighteen.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
He says the change follows a similar move by Hegseeth
to rename Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The Brag now
honored received the Silver Star for service in World War II.
Forever twenty one says it's falling on hard times as
more people are buying clothes online. ABC's Alex Stone says,
once synonymous with early two thousand's fashion, the chain is
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closing its corporate headquarters in La.
Speaker 9 (12:36):
Forever twenty one has suffered as it's tried to compete
with online Chinese discount retailers like Timu.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
The company is hoping to be bought to avoid his
second bankruptcy.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Stone says three hundred and fifty workers in La will
be laid off next month. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles,
Santa Ana, and Riverside have charged one hundred and twenty
six people for coming back to the US after they
were deported thirty s Many the defendants had previously been
convicted of felonies before being deported, including manslaughter and crimes
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against children. The City of Huntington Beach has been sued
for restricting access to books at city run public libraries.
The suit was filed by two teens, a transgender advocacy group,
and the ACLU of Southern California. Huntington Beach City Council
passed a resolution in twenty twenty three to restrict certain
library materials to miners if they don't have the consent
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of their parent or guardian. By the year twenty fifty,
a new report predicts that more than half of adults
around the world will be obese. The analysis in The
Lancet also predicts a third of children will be overweight.
Experts warn if the trends don't change, the impact on
health and an economy will be well massive. At six
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oh five, it's handled on the news. President Trump has
just made things a whole lot more difficult for Ukraine's
ability to fight Russia. Bill's going to tell you about
that right now. Let's say good morning to ABC sees
Karen Travers. Karen, President Trump says the tariffs against Mexico
and Canada are in effect.
Speaker 10 (14:07):
Yeah, they went into effect at midnight last night. This
is a twenty five percent tariff on all products coming
into the US from Mexico and Canada. And he also
added another ten percent tariff on top of what had
already existed on Chinese goods. So that's just kind of
adding to what had already been in place there, the
President said yesterday. Tariffs are easy, they're fast, they're efficient,
(14:28):
and they bring fairness. But economists are saying they're also
likely to bring price increases for American consumers. That the
cost for these American importers who are bringing things in
from Mexico, Canada, and China, but especially Mexico and Canada,
it's going to get passed on to Americans through pricing increases,
and likely within days you could start seeing this at
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the grocery store because it's about half I think it
is sixty three percent actually of our vegetables come into
the US from Mexico. So you can't stockpile fresh vegetables
get them in before the teriffs go into effect. And
so when you in a week start bringing in stuff
or in the next couple of days from Mexico, you're
paying a twenty five percent text on top of that
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and they're going to pass that on and you know,
just think about what that means for the products then
that you're buying at the grocery store.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Yeah, and so, Karen, why are the tariffs now because
didn't both Mexico and Canada do what President Trump said
he wanted them to do, and that is start enforcing
the border.
Speaker 10 (15:28):
They did something, but it wasn't enough, but it's also
not clear what he actually wants them to do.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Yeah, what is enough border?
Speaker 10 (15:33):
I mean, they've been doing that, right, I mean, it's
that's the thing. Canada is says they're very bewildered why
they're being targeted on the fentanyl issue when less than
one percent of the fentanyl that is seized coming into
this country comes across the US Canada border, so it's
not an issue at the northern border, and they say
they don't know what they're supposed to be doing about that.
I mean, it's just not the big thing there. They
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appointed a sentinel zar, which was you know, in some
ways maybe optics, just to say, hey, we're doing something.
Mexico sent ten thousand troops National Guard troops to their
northern border and permanent capacity. The White House applauded that
a month ago. But again the issue of what did
the president want to see? We've asked this question numerous times.
What metrics is he judging these countries? And the White
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House has not said okay.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
And then so we know at least why the President
said he was going to do the terraffs on Mexico
and Canada. And initially he announced ten percent on China,
but then hood that to twenty percent. What's the beef
with China just overall.
Speaker 10 (16:37):
Ten percent already on what had been ten percent, So
he's just adding tarifs onto China because they already existed.
These tarriffs on Mexico and Canada are new, completely new.
China already had some, so he's just you know, increasing
it on top of what's there. This is again just
for the president. He says, this is about fairness. This
is about countries not treating the US fairly in his view,
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and he uses terrorists, as he said, you know, as
like a punishment tool that you know, these countries now
can be punished by tariff.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Okay. I would imagine that Trump's going to be talking
about tariffs when he addresses the Joint Session of Congress tonight.
Speaker 8 (17:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (17:12):
I think this will be a part of his remarks
on the economy, which is one of the four sections
the White House says he will be zeroing in on.
He'll talk about his record so far in office. He'll
talk about the economy, he'll talk about border security and
what the White House says are his plans for peace
around the world.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Okay, And we've heard that a lot of people are
bringing guests as they normally do for the State of
the Union address, even though this isn't a State of
the Union. Do we know of who of the some
of those people are going to be.
Speaker 10 (17:41):
Yeah, the White House just announced the President will have
some guests in the first Lady's box, including Mark Fogeld,
the American who's recently released from a Russian prison. They've
also invited the family of Corey Compromatory, who the firefighter
who was killed at the Butler Rally last summer.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Okay, and then I know that we've got Adam Schiff
is taking Space Force. No, he's not. He works at
Space Force. I don't believe he's Maybe he is a guardian.
But there's a firefighter who helped with the fires in
southern California is going with our representative Adam Schiff. So
I think a number of people are bringing special guests
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to make a political point.
Speaker 10 (18:22):
Yes, they will be.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
Okay. We have a lot of rumblings too. The Democrats
are being encouraged to skip the speech. Do we know
if that's going to happen.
Speaker 10 (18:31):
I don't. We haven't heard any you know, mass announcements
of that.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
We'll see.
Speaker 10 (18:36):
I think people are also planning to bring people and
make points about federal firings and workforce reductions by the
guests that they're going to bring. But I'm going to
have to leave it there and jump.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Oh okay, so sorry, I didn't realize you had a
heart out today, Karen Travers, thank you so much. Thank
you all right, take care.
Speaker 4 (18:52):
Thanks.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Governor Newsom is
ordering state employees back to the office for at least
four days a week. He signed an executive order yesterday
that allows for telework flexibility on a case by case basis.
The order also directs cal HR to streamline the hiring
process for former federal employees who are looking for jobs
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in firefighting, forest management, and weather forecasting. The changes kick
in in July. Weather experts in California are warning that
recent budget cuts to the National Weather Service and the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could put people at risk.
Eugene Cordero, with the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science
at San Jose State University says the cuts are undermining science.
Speaker 8 (19:39):
We need to know when the rain's coming, how strong
the winds are. Those are like critical pieces of information
so that emergency responders have good data they can work
and help save lives.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
The Trump administration is laid off more than six hundred
employees from the agencies, raising concerns that some weather service
offices that are staffed around the clock may close. LA
County Sheriff's deputy say a teenager shot and killed in
Willowbrook has been identified. The shooting happened just before midnight Friday.
The boy died at the hospital. The Medical Examiner's office
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says the boy was fourteen year old Elijah Davenport. Sheriff's
homicide investigators are asking for anyone with information about the
shooting to give them a call. The laped says officers
have shot a man who pointed a gun at them
in Echo Park. The guys in the hospital in critical condition.
Police were called yesterday to an area near the one
oh one and Alvarado Street about a man with a
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mental illness who was carrying a handgun. It's not clear
exactly what led up to the shooting. No officers were hurt.
Jurors in the case of an Orange County judge accused
of killing his wife have reached an impassed. Jurors told
the judge they can't come to a unanimous decision on
second degree murder charges against Jeffrey Ferguson. After three and
a half days of deliberations, the judge asked them to
(20:56):
keep working. Ferguson says he shot his wife by accident
during an argument. The jury could convict him of second
degree murder or involuntary manslaughter, or, of course, could have
quit him. The state has indicted dozens of officers at
a juvenile facility in Downey.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
The State Department of Justice says there were sixty nine
gladiator style fights involving young inmates at Los Padrino's over
a six month period. In twenty twenty three, Attorney General
Rob Bonta says video shows officers encouraging the fights.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
The officers don't step in, don't intervene, and don't protect
their charges.
Speaker 5 (21:31):
Thirty officers have been charged with child abuse, child endangerment,
and other crimes. Bonta says there are one hundred and
forty three victims between the ages of twelve and eighteen.
Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Guess what time it is or almost is. It's time
for the annual Wiggle Waggle Walk. That's a Pasadena Humane's
Wiggle Waggle Walk coming to of course Pasadena. The date
is set and KFI has a team and we would
love for you to join our team. You can donate.
We've got it up on our website on KFI AM
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six forty dot com and you can go to the
wake up call page and there's a link to the
Wiggle Waggle Walk again. It's coming on the sixth of April,
and we're going to be talking about it more, how
you can donate, how you can join our team, Grab
your dog and come and take a stroll with us.
We're looking forward to it. Will Cole Sharber, you're joining
us this year? Heck yeah, It was fun last year. Yep,
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it's a beautiful thing. And you know what, Pasadena Humane
and so many other shelters have done so much good
work for the animals in the wake of the fires.
I mean, they're still housing hundreds of animals who are
displaced from the fires. They're like, they're owners, they know
who the animals belong to, but the owners don't have
a home, and so Pasadena Humane has taken them in.
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And plus they're still trying to do everything else they
do to find permanent homes for animals. So they're doing
great work and we'd love for you to join us again.
It's the Wiggle Waggle Walk and it's coming on April
twenty April sixth, which is a Sunday morning, and we
would love for you to join us again. More information
can be found KFIAM six forty dot com. It's on
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the wake Up Call page. Governor Newsom has signed an
executive order requiring most public workers in California back to
the office. The order says employees need to be in
the office at least four days a week. It goes
into effect July first. The storms headed to southern California
expected to bring rain to the Southland tomorrow and Thursday.
This storm system's expected to bring heavier rain than the
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storm that moved through over the weekend. One half to
an inch of rain is expected in some areas. Starbucks
is offering thirteen fewer drink options effective today as it
trims down its menu. The drinks removed from the menu
are mostly fapuccinos. Starbucks new CEO also announced recently that
the company was cutting eleven hundred jobs as part of
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its back to Starbucks restructuring plan. At six oh five
its handle on the news, La Mayor Bath says she
was not made aware of the extreme fire condition before
the wildfires began, but there's a paper trail that disputes that.
Let's say good morning now to Sandy Steers with friends
of Big Bear Valley. A very exciting day in the nest.
Speaker 7 (24:11):
Sandy, Hello, yes, we do. It's very exciting to see
them out.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Okay, so tell us what when did this start? And
is it pretty normal to have it take about this
long for them to come out or did they come
out extra quick?
Speaker 7 (24:26):
It's pretty it was pretty normal. The last one, you know,
one day is on the fast side, but it's not
faster than usual, okay, And both of them took about well,
the first one took about a little over a day
and the second one took about a day.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
Okay, So the first one was officially hatched. They start
with the pipping, that's when they break through the shell,
and then you consider them hatched once they're completely.
Speaker 7 (24:53):
Out, yes, when they're out of the shell.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Okay. And the second one just finished hatching like an
hour ago.
Speaker 7 (25:02):
Yes, yes, that's correct.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Okay, So what happens now? What does now that they've
got two eaglets and we've we still have a third
egg that could hatch. Maybe we don't know yet. It's
still within the window of time for it to be
able to be viable, right.
Speaker 7 (25:18):
Yes, that's correct, it still could hatch. It was only
thirty four days yesterday, and they don't even really start
hatching until at least thirty five.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
Okay. So now we're watching the third egg. But we've
got two little babies out, and what do Jackie in
Shadow now do to keep them safe? Protect them? What
are we what are we going to be looking for?
Speaker 7 (25:41):
They will be you know, covering them as usual and
probably taking turns if Jackie let's shadow have his turn.
And they will be starting to feed them as soon
as the chick drives off a little bit and can
sit up. It takes it a while before it can
even hold its head up, and they will start feeding
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it little bits, feed both of them little bits of food,
and we'll watch a few what happens. But they will
start bringing more and more fish and other food to
the nest and kind of store it along the side
so there's plenty there for Whenever they stand up, they
will start trying to feed the chicks.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
Okay, and they immediately go right to like fish and
other meat, right.
Speaker 7 (26:24):
Yes, yeah, the parents will break off little pieces of
fish and or ducks usually and start feeding tiny pieces
to the chick.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Okay. And then Sandy, we know that we've got another
rainstorm coming. We just had some snow in the nest.
And I saw Jackie the other day. Does she sat
there as hail fell on her? I mean, she just
weather's the storm, but one. I mean, the chicks are
okay if another heavy rainstorm comes in.
Speaker 7 (26:57):
Yes, the chicks are okay. Sorry, I've got to she's
calling in the background. Yes, the chicks are fine, and
they will keep them covered and they don't have waterproof
feathers yet, so that's why they keep them covered the
whole time. But Jackie and Shadow are very good at that,
so they will be fine through the storm. And Jackie
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and Shadow are sort of waterproofed, so they will also
be fine.
Speaker 1 (27:23):
I love that, and I know that I've been watching
obviously you have been watching. Pretty much everyone here at
KFI has been watching the Big Beer Eagle cam. So
how many people are watching this?
Speaker 7 (27:36):
Yesterday we had I think it was fifty nine thousand
and something we're watching at the same time.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
It's just I mean, it's just it's just nature. But
you say it's just nature, it's such a miracle. And
it's so cool to watch Jackie in Shadow being the
parents and like tending to the eggs, and now we're
going to watch them as they help their babies grow,
which is another it's just beautiful to watch. So and
we think the friends of Big Bear Valley for putting
that camera up. I know that you guys have to
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maintain that you're a nonprofit. Can people help and donate
to you guys if they want to keep those cameras going?
Speaker 7 (28:09):
Yes, absolutely. On our website we can take donations. Friends
at Big Bear Valley dot org. And we also have
Eagle merchandise that we sell that helps support it as well.
So any of that helps keep the camera.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
Going, Eagle merchandise, I love that, Sandy Steers. Very exciting day.
Thanks for making some time to come on and share
the happy news with us. We love happy news.
Speaker 7 (28:36):
Yeah, you're welcome. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
All right, take care, time to get in your business
now with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho. Good morning, Courtney, good morning.
Speaker 3 (28:46):
So busy here on Wall Street.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
This morning, busy here in the nest above a big
bear lake as well. So tell us about what's going
on on Wall Street.
Speaker 3 (28:55):
Well, first of all, President Trump unleashing the tariffs on Canada, Mexico,
and China that it's definitely shaking up Wall Street. The
increasing trade tensions is feeling a lot of worries about
the outlook for the American economy.
Speaker 7 (29:08):
So stocks took a pounding.
Speaker 3 (29:10):
In yesterday's session as a result. The S and P
five hundred loss nearly two percent in trading. The Dell
plunge six hundred and fifty points, so that is a
big loss. Now this morning, stocks are continuing to see
more losses ahead down. Futures are down about one hundred
and fifty BET one hundred and fifteen points right now,
so we're looking at losses once again today.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Okay, speaking of losses, it's kind of a tough forecast
out for Target.
Speaker 3 (29:40):
Oh yes, they're forecasting little to no sales growth this year.
They're also warning of meaningful pressure on profit in the
coming months. Of course, one of the reasons that they're
saying is tariffs. They're also saying there's a lot of
uncertainty around consumer sentiment. But Target's been doing everything to
try to get people in the door at They've lowered prices,
they're offering discounts, the special discounts. They're also trying to
(30:03):
freshen up their merchandise. We've seen big changes lately, but
it hasn't helped. When you look at Target chairs, they're
down about twenty percent over the past year. Walmart chairs,
on the other hand, have climb more than sixty percent
over the same time period. So well, a Target needs
to do something about at Costco too, has been has
been doing quite well. So Target needs to shake things
(30:25):
up a little bit more.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
Yeah, you know what we were talking about this that
we a group of friends and I used we used
to do Target Sundays, like you just went to go
stroll through the aisles because they always had such cool stuff.
And I don't know what it is about Target, but
it at it has changed over the last few years
and I don't have it, so it's not a go
to place anymore for me.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Yeah, well, that's what a lot of people have been
saying out there, that it just doesn't have the right
product mix that it used to have. All the special
items that people used to go in and try to find,
even their their brands that they have themselves that was
kind of high end, and then people will go in
and try to buy that. But a lot of times
you go into a Target, you see merchandise all over
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the place. You're waiting on big, long lines. So some
people are saying, you know what, I'm not going to
go here. I'm going to look to other retailers, and
especially Walmart for example, they've been trying to shake up things.
They have expanded their headquarters, they're working on kind of
jazzing up some of their stores, and that's important. You
got to jazz up the stores in order to bring
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people in the door.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
Jazz up the stores. I like it. Bloomberg's Courtney Donahoe,
thank you so much for the information today. We'll talk
to you again tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (31:35):
Definitely see you later.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
All right, take care. We talked to Courtney from Bloomberg
every day at this time right here, getting in your
business on the wake up call. Let's get back to
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four our newsroom. Protesters have gathered at the Golden Gate
National Recreation Area in San Francisco to oppose budget cuts
to the National Park Service. Many held signs and chanted
(31:59):
protect our parks.
Speaker 5 (32:00):
You need to stop this nonsense. We needed to hire
back the people that were fired, not only National Park Service,
but every federal government employee.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
That's lost their job in the past six weeks.
Speaker 5 (32:10):
They need to be rehired.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
That's John Goodwin, a twenty seven year old now or
a twenty seven year now retired Park Service employee. About
one thousand Park Service workers have been let go so
the Trump administration was to downsize the government. A former
staffer has accused San Bernardino County supervisor Joe Baca Junior
of bullying, disparaging, and threatening employees. Baca has denied the
(32:32):
allegations and claims he treats his staff with the utmost respect.
The woman was recently fired. A gas company worker has
been rescued after falling more than thirty feet into a
pit in a backyard in Hesperia. The guy was apparently
doing maintenance work when the ground gave way underneath him.
Firefighters used a rope system to safely pull him out
(32:55):
of what was either an abandoned well or a sinkhole.
The guy was awake and alert the whole time and
was taken to the hospital. Not clear what his injuries are.
Fired La Fire Chief Kristin Crowley is asking La City
Council for her job back at today's council meeting. Under
the city charter, Crowley needs the support of ten of
the fifteen council members to be reinstated. At least four
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city council members have stood alongside Mayor Bass in support
of the firing. Governor Newsom's declared a state of emergency
in forests in California. The declaration allows Newsom's administration to
bypass more coastal and permitting regulations and also expedite wildfire
prevention projects. President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress tonight.
(33:39):
The White House says the theme of the address will
be the renewal of the American Dream. The speech is
at six o'clock. We will carry it live on the
Tim Conway Show right here on KFI. We're just minutes
away from handle. On the news this morning, President Trump's
tariffs have been slapped on Mexico, Canada and China. And
guess what they're slapping back. Let's say good morning too.
(34:01):
Someone who knows how a lot about money and how
those tariffs might affect this. It's the host of How
to Money on KFI, Joel Larsgard. Morning Joel, Morning Amy.
So one in five Americans are giving into doom spending.
What is it?
Speaker 7 (34:16):
Oh?
Speaker 11 (34:16):
Well, I think in large part because of the threats
of tariffs and now the actual implementation of tariffs. A
lot of American people have said I should probably spend
more because I think prices are going up, and I
get that impulse, but they're essentially saying things are going
to spiral out of control and because of that, I
(34:37):
should probably stockpile things now, maybe take the costco mentality,
but amp it up on steroids or something like that.
And I guess I'm just worried. I don't think that's
really actually a good path forward for people. The tariff question, certainly,
it's been kind of a yo yo thing, and now
they're actually being implemented. And like you said, the countries
that were implementing tariffs against are implementing tariffs of their own.
(35:01):
And the truest reality in economics is that tariffs do
lead to higher costs. I will say this though, the
first time around, companies had ways of kind of getting
around those tariffs, whether it was going through a third
party country or sourcing some materials elsewhere. That I think
these tariffs are going to be more impactful. But I
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don't want people to go out there and buy stuff
that maybe they don't actually have the money for, putting
it on credit cards and stuff like that. I don't
want people to let fear change their money habits.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
Yeah. In fact, you bring that up, and I was
going to ask you. I was driving around the other
day and I was like, Oh, I need to ask
Joel if he thinks a lot of people are going
to go and buy cars because of the tariffs.
Speaker 11 (35:45):
I mean, I do think that is one of the places,
especially as much Ink has been spilled about rising car prices,
and that's we've already experienced that with just inflation in general, right,
But tariffs could impact car prices even more. And part
of the reason that tariffs are being implemented it's a
protectionary instinct to protect I think, the American car manufacturers.
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But because cars are essentially built in multiple countries and
the parts are flying back and forth across borders, the
tariffs could increase the price of car parts, increase the
price of cars altogether. And so someone saying, you know what,
I guess I should buy a car before prices go up.
It depends on when were you playing on buying a
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car anyway. If you're like I was thinking about buying
one in like twenty twenty six or twenty seven, I
should go ahead and front load that purchase even though
I don't have the cash on hand to buy it,
I would say, no, that's not why. It's like, pay
a little more for car parts to repair your car now,
and don't go ahead and buy a new car. But
if you're like, no, I was already gonna buy one
in like May or June, I don't see the harm
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in making that purchase a little bit sooner, although I
don't know how much you're gonna save. I mean, some
of the estimates about how much more cars will cost
because of terraffs are really a few percentage points higher.
When you talk about the price of a car that
could be on thy fifteen hundred dollars, that's a lot
of money. So I don't I'm not against the idea
of frontloading that purchase a little, but just don't look
so far out and let that doom and gloom color
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your purchases too much.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
Okay. I saw that Starbucks said it's not going to
raise its prices because of the tariffs. They said, we'll
eat it.
Speaker 11 (37:20):
Well, that's interesting too, because when you look at what's
happening with coffee prices, coffee prices have are like a
fifty year high. So yeah, maybe Starbucks doesn't have to
raise prices right now. But at some point tariffs become
a reality that every company has to deal with and
they either have to find ways to cut back on
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their costs or they have to pass on some of
the increased pricing onto consumers. And I do think there's
probably going to be a little bit of both, right
because companies don't want to shock all of US Americans.
But tariffs are going to be shocking if they stay
around for any in a meaningful way, for any meaningful
length time.
Speaker 1 (38:00):
Okay, and then Joe, one last quick question because we're
almost out of time. I hate that this is the
quickest hour in radio. DOGE dividends. They've been talking about it,
but you're saying they're not going to materialize.
Speaker 11 (38:13):
Don't hold your breath.
Speaker 1 (38:15):
What are you talking about specifically?
Speaker 11 (38:17):
So there were headlines last week talking about how, oh
the Department of Government efficiency. It's look at all the
money it's going to save us Americans. And I do
think most Americans can agree that, you know, at least
cutting a little bit of government waste, fraud, and abuse.
If that's actually what's happening is a good thing, and
the way Dog is going about it that's more debatable.
But this sort of massive DOGE refund to Americans, like
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five thousand dollars per household is kind of what's been touted.
There's no way that's going to happen. That's essentially saying
if DOGE cuts two trillion dollars in federal spending, that's
how much households would receive if they got a portion
of those savings send out and rebate checks to Americans.
There's just no way Doge is going to be able
to claw back anything close to that amount of money.
(39:00):
So if you're saying, oh, another stemmy check, I'm going
to get a massive government rebate check in the mail
because Doge is doing such a great job, I would
just say I don't think that's going to happen. In fact,
I would I would bet a lot of money that's not.
Speaker 3 (39:13):
Going to happen.
Speaker 11 (39:14):
Even a five hundred dollars check is just pie in
the sky because, like really, when it comes down to it,
it's entitlements that need to be cut to realize significant savings,
and the Trump administration has said, no way, we're going
to cut anything in regards to you know, the biggest
line items that the government has.
Speaker 1 (39:29):
Okay, and guess who's going to talk more about money
this weekend Noon to two on Sunday. Yeah, it's Joel Larsgard.
The show is How to Money. It's right here on
KFI Sunday's noon to two. You can also follow Joel
at How to Money. Joel, Thank you, Joel.
Speaker 7 (39:43):
Thanks Amy.
Speaker 1 (39:44):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Senator
Adam Schiff has chosen a firefighter from Vandenberg Space for
Space to join him for tonight's presidential address to Congress.
Speaker 5 (39:55):
Shiff extended the invitation to Captain Vincent Culiver, he's with
the Department of Defense. Culiver says he hopes Congress turned
some attention towards federal firefighters and their aging equipment.
Speaker 1 (40:04):
That does make firefighting a little difficult when your equipment.
Speaker 6 (40:07):
Older firefighters typically want. We need, We need the best
that we can get, so we can give the best
that we can give.
Speaker 5 (40:14):
Culiver and other federal firefighters help put out the flames
during January's wildfires in La County. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (40:22):
US tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico now in effect.
They started just after midnight. ABC's Nicole D'Antonio says imports
from Canada and Mexico are now taxed twenty five percent,
with Canadian Energy Project products subject to ten percent import duties.
Speaker 12 (40:37):
Canada responding with a twenty five percent tariff of its
own on American goods. Economists warn those tariffs are paid
for by American businesses, and those costs are then passed
on to American consumers by raising prices.
Speaker 1 (40:50):
President Trump is also doubled a ten percent tariff on
Chinese imports to twenty percent. China's retaliated with additional tariffs
up to fifteen percent on various items. Research shows coyotes
tend to avoid wealthy neighborhoods in LA.
Speaker 9 (41:04):
That is, according to a new study from UC Berkeley,
Researchers found that coyotes are more likely to be hazed, hurt,
or captured in affluent neighborhoods. Coyotes have noticed this and
adapted to it over time, meaning they generally stick around
in lower income areas.
Speaker 1 (41:18):
I just literally saw two coyotes crossing the street in
front of our office building as I pulled in this morning.
It's a nice area. Did they stick their noses up
and just keep walking? You know what, Coyotes don't give
a crap about you. They just look at you like, yeah,
what do you want? Okay? This is KFI and kosd
HD to Los Angeles, Orange County, Southland. Weather from KFI.
(41:40):
Some clouds this morning, then sunny and cool with heis
in the low to mid sixties at the beaches Metro
LA and in the Orange County mid upper sixties for
the valleys. In IE, a wind advisor is in effect
for the Annalog Valley through this afternoon. HEISIBE in the
fifties to mid sixties. We have a slight chance of
rain tomorrow morning than a seventy percent chance. We're going
to get wet in the afternoon. Rain like with thunderstorms
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possible tomorrow night, then rain off and on for Thursday.
We'll dry out again on Friday. It's fifty in San
clementy forty five and Claremont, fifty three in Fountain Valley,
forty nine in Silmar. We lead local live from the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom for producer and and technical
producer KNO and traffic specialist Will I'm Amy King. This
has been your wake up call. If you missed any
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Speaker 1 (01:02):
It is five over one. This is your wake up
call for Tuesday, March fourth. I'm Amy King. Good morning.
We're live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app. Happy to have
you along this very exciting Tuesday. Gotta tell you we
got Eglitz. I'm watching the camera. I'm actually behind on
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my show prep for today because we've been watching the
eagles high above Big Bear Lake. Jackie and Shadow laid
three eggs. One is completely hatched and he's a little fluffball.
And then the other one. I just got to look
at it about half hour ago, and he's about half
out of his shell. The shell's completely cracked and he's
(01:44):
pretty much out. So we're gonna be actually talking to
Sandy Steers with friends of Big Bear Valley. They're the
ones who put that camera up in the nest so
we can watch this miracle of nature. And we're talking
to her at five thirty, so we hope you'll stick
around for that. Also, another big day, it's free pancake
Day at IHO.
Speaker 5 (02:01):
Oh yeah, oh yeah, cake Day.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Yep, it's pancake Day. I love pancakes. I think Carla
the editor said, Oh, I made pancakes for dinner last
night to celebrate pancake Day. And I'm like, you know what,
that sounds good. I think that's a great idea. Okay,
here's what's ahead on wake up Call. Thirty officers at
the Los Padrino's Juvenile Detention Facility have been charged for
(02:24):
their involvement in gladiators style fights between kids at the
detention center. State ag rob Bonte says nearly seventy fights
happened between July and December of twenty twenty. Three kids
between twelve and eighteen were involved. The AG says the
officers allowed and even encouraged the fights. California Democratic Senator
Adam Schiff is bringing a firefighter with him to President
(02:47):
Trump's speech before a joint session of Congress. Captain Vincent
Culliver is a veteran firefighter with the Department of Defense
at Vandenberg Space Force Space and helped fight the wildfire
and out to Dina. ABC's Karen Travers going to tell
us what the President plans to talk about tonight, and
also about the tariffs that just went into effect overnight
and how other countries are responding to it. As I mentioned,
(03:10):
an eaglet has landed. The first of three bald eagle
eggs is completely out, the second one is almost there,
and then we're waiting to see if the third one
is going to hatch. And again we'll be talking with
Sandy at Friends of Big Bear Valley coming up at
the bottom of the hour, doom spending, What is it?
Are you doing it? And should you be? The host
(03:32):
of How to Money on KFI. Joel Larsgard is going
to tell us all about that. Let's get started with
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. Former LA fire chief Kristin Crowley is
expected to ask for her job back today.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
The city charter says she has the right to appeal
her firing by Mayor bass, but she'll need ten of
fifteen members of the City council to take her side.
Crowley filed her appeal last week. The vote has been
fast tracked and the council will take it up today.
Four council members have publicly supported bast firing of the
fire chief over the mayor's belief that Crowley wasn't prepared
or communicative leading up to the Palisades fire. A fifth
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council member has supported the mayor's right to fire the chief.
Crowley would need to run the table on the other
ten to be reinstated. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Michael's gonna have live coverage throughout the day from La
City Hall. The La City Council is also set to
vote on a proposal to provide eviction protections for nannies, gardeners,
and others impacted financially by the wildfires in January. The
proposal's aim is to provide a defense for non payment
of rent and no fault evictions for renters who can
(04:36):
show proof of economic hardship because of the fires. City
council was split on proposed protections last month. The Department
of Justice has announced the dismantling of a human smuggling
ring in La and the indictment of four alleged smugglers.
Acting US Attorney Joseph McNally yesterday said the alleged ring
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leader is Eduardo Domingo Renault, which they held individuals smuggled
hostage for months, threaten them and their family members with violence,
and others, including children, were killed in a horrific car
crash in Oklahoma in twenty twenty three. McNally says those
deaths make Renoj Matoul and other members of his alleged
(05:20):
gang eligible for the death penalty. The so called Turco
transnational criminal organization operated out of La smuggling undocumented Guatemalan
nationals to Phoenix in other parts of the country. Let's
say good morning now to ABC's Jordana Miller, who is
in Jerusalem. Jordana, the Arab countries do not like President
(05:43):
Trump's idea to clear out the Gaza Strip and rebuild
it as the riviera of the Middle East and relocate
all the Palestinians. So apparently they're going to put together
a plan of their.
Speaker 6 (05:53):
Own, that's right, and they're working on that today. Out
of Cairo, there's an Arab summit underway, and it's likely
this is being led by the Egyptians, by the way,
It's likely they're going to put on the table a
plan for regional governance of the Gaza Strip that is
(06:13):
some kind of technocratic government made up of different leaders
either Egypt, Jordan, maybe some of the Palestinians, but not
local Palestinians, and you know, support to train a police
force that could come in. Right. The whole idea is,
(06:35):
you know, with this ceasefire, we need to you know
the world needs to see hamas step aside. Right, they
can't be running the Gaza Strip. They can't have a
you know, their own military or army that competes with
the official army of the Gaza Strip. So the Arab
(06:56):
States are going to put that on the table, and
you know, as an altarlternative to what they see as
a very radical plan by President Trump that they want
to avoid, certainly because it also includes the displacement of
so many Palestinians.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Yeah, like two million of them. And where that's right.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
Where are you going to put it and where would
they exactly exactly and more than that, you know, we
don't talk about this amy, but President Trump's plan you know,
when you think it through in the bigger picture, what
it really does is it takes the Gaza strip out
of any future Palestinian state. And that's very problematic, not
(07:34):
only for the Palestinians, but for the region, you know,
because then what is already considered a small area that
is being divided between Israel and the Palestinians, right, the
West Bank Israel proper and Gaza. Take Gaza out of it,
you're left with just the West Bank and eas to read.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Right, Yeah, and Jordana, I have a question for you.
Do most of the Arab countries support that two state
solution idea that everybody talks about.
Speaker 6 (08:04):
They do they do that? You know, the Arab or
you know, the air world by and large supports a
two state solution that is Jordan, Egypt, the Amoradis, the Baharinis,
the Saudis, and they say even you know, as far
as the Kingdom, the Saudi Kingdom is concerned. They don't
want to normalize ties with Israel unless there is a
(08:27):
path to statehood for the Palestinians. I mean, the only
people in the region who still support, you know, an
extreme agenda where Israel basically doesn't exist and you know,
the Palestinians try to take back all of Israel, right,
that chant from the river to the sea. That sadly,
(08:47):
so many young smart Americans say on on campuses that
they don't understand what they're chanting for.
Speaker 7 (08:53):
Is know Israel?
Speaker 8 (08:54):
Right.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
The only ones who support that are Hamas, Husbalalah isis Aroan, right,
all the bad players in the region who are still
interested in trying to you know, wipe out Israel or
you know, or render it, you know, a country with
(09:15):
little power here in the region. But you know, the
tide for for a while now, the tide has been changing,
not only would the Oslo piece of Cords, but with
the Abraham Accords. And President Trump has made it clear
he wants to make peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
And on that road, he has to solve the problem
in Gaza. He has to get Hamas out and he's
(09:38):
asking the region to come up with solutions to get
them out.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Right.
Speaker 6 (09:43):
So that's what we're seeing.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Okay, And and they're meeting this week. Do you I mean,
are they going to come up with a quick answer
and say here, President Trump, here is our option, or
is this going to be something that this is just
the starting of the conversation.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
What we do anticipate they're going to put out some
kind of joint statement after the summit. It may you know,
it be could come tomorrow, Okay, watching we will see, Yeah, yeah,
we'll be watching for it and hopefully it'll you know,
something will will give so that we can move We also,
(10:20):
you know, the ceafire talks are stuck right now, so
we also have to get those going again. But we
expect Steve Woodcoff, President Trump's envoy to come here to
the region after the State of the Union address sometime
later in the week, perhaps the weekend.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Okay, Jerdona Miller Injurusalem, thank you so much, appreciate the
information as always.
Speaker 7 (10:39):
Thanks Jamie.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
All Right, that's up too, but you got it. Let's
get back to some of the stories coming out of
the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A Republican assemblyman says
he's been kicked off the California Budget Committee for shining
a light on what he calls questionable spending. San Diego
Assemblyman Carl Demiel told kfi's John Cobelt yesterday that his
goal is to bring an end to the misuse of
(10:59):
tech dollars.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
What we're doing is working with outside whistleblowers, outside resources,
outside investigators, and the very hard working but limited staff
I have in my Assembly office to do this work.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Demayo says he found the state budget allocated twenty five
million dollars to a COVID program, but says the money
is going to special interest groups instead. The Trump administration
has paused military aid to Ukraine, days after President Zelenski's
intense meeting with President Trump and Vice President Vance at
the White House.
Speaker 7 (11:30):
Your country is in big trouble. I know you're not
winning all You're not winning this.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Trump has directed the US to pause all assistance to
Ukraine as he tries to pressure Zelenski to engage in
peace talks with Russia. Trump criticized Olenski yesterday for saying
that the end of the war is still likely, very
very far away. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the army
post in Georgia that was previously known as Fort Benning
(11:55):
and then changed to Fort Moore is now Fort Benning again.
ABC Stephen Portnoys's com Ungriss retired the name four years ago.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Rather than honoring a Confederate Brigadier general the Benning now
being honored was a hero of World War One. Corporal
Fred Benning was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his
action in France in nineteen eighteen.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
He says the change follows a similar move by Hegseeth
to rename Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The Brag now
honored received the Silver Star for service in World War II.
Forever twenty one says it's falling on hard times as
more people are buying clothes online. ABC's Alex Stone says,
once synonymous with early two thousand's fashion, the chain is
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closing its corporate headquarters in La.
Speaker 9 (12:36):
Forever twenty one has suffered as it's tried to compete
with online Chinese discount retailers like Timu.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
The company is hoping to be bought to avoid his
second bankruptcy.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Stone says three hundred and fifty workers in La will
be laid off next month. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles,
Santa Ana, and Riverside have charged one hundred and twenty
six people for coming back to the US after they
were deported thirty s Many the defendants had previously been
convicted of felonies before being deported, including manslaughter and crimes
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against children. The City of Huntington Beach has been sued
for restricting access to books at city run public libraries.
The suit was filed by two teens, a transgender advocacy group,
and the ACLU of Southern California. Huntington Beach City Council
passed a resolution in twenty twenty three to restrict certain
library materials to miners if they don't have the consent
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of their parent or guardian. By the year twenty fifty,
a new report predicts that more than half of adults
around the world will be obese. The analysis in The
Lancet also predicts a third of children will be overweight.
Experts warn if the trends don't change, the impact on
health and an economy will be well massive. At six
(13:49):
oh five, it's handled on the news. President Trump has
just made things a whole lot more difficult for Ukraine's
ability to fight Russia. Bill's going to tell you about
that right now. Let's say good morning to ABC sees
Karen Travers. Karen, President Trump says the tariffs against Mexico
and Canada are in effect.
Speaker 10 (14:07):
Yeah, they went into effect at midnight last night. This
is a twenty five percent tariff on all products coming
into the US from Mexico and Canada. And he also
added another ten percent tariff on top of what had
already existed on Chinese goods. So that's just kind of
adding to what had already been in place there, the
President said yesterday. Tariffs are easy, they're fast, they're efficient,
(14:28):
and they bring fairness. But economists are saying they're also
likely to bring price increases for American consumers. That the
cost for these American importers who are bringing things in
from Mexico, Canada, and China, but especially Mexico and Canada,
it's going to get passed on to Americans through pricing increases,
and likely within days you could start seeing this at
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the grocery store because it's about half I think it
is sixty three percent actually of our vegetables come into
the US from Mexico. So you can't stockpile fresh vegetables
get them in before the teriffs go into effect. And
so when you in a week start bringing in stuff
or in the next couple of days from Mexico, you're
paying a twenty five percent text on top of that
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and they're going to pass that on and you know,
just think about what that means for the products then
that you're buying at the grocery store.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Yeah, and so, Karen, why are the tariffs now because
didn't both Mexico and Canada do what President Trump said
he wanted them to do, and that is start enforcing
the border.
Speaker 10 (15:28):
They did something, but it wasn't enough, but it's also
not clear what he actually wants them to do.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Yeah, what is enough border?
Speaker 10 (15:33):
I mean, they've been doing that, right, I mean, it's
that's the thing. Canada is says they're very bewildered why
they're being targeted on the fentanyl issue when less than
one percent of the fentanyl that is seized coming into
this country comes across the US Canada border, so it's
not an issue at the northern border, and they say
they don't know what they're supposed to be doing about that.
I mean, it's just not the big thing there. They
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appointed a sentinel zar, which was you know, in some
ways maybe optics, just to say, hey, we're doing something.
Mexico sent ten thousand troops National Guard troops to their
northern border and permanent capacity. The White House applauded that
a month ago. But again the issue of what did
the president want to see? We've asked this question numerous times.
What metrics is he judging these countries? And the White
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House has not said okay.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
And then so we know at least why the President
said he was going to do the terraffs on Mexico
and Canada. And initially he announced ten percent on China,
but then hood that to twenty percent. What's the beef
with China just overall.
Speaker 10 (16:37):
Ten percent already on what had been ten percent, So
he's just adding tarifs onto China because they already existed.
These tarriffs on Mexico and Canada are new, completely new.
China already had some, so he's just you know, increasing
it on top of what's there. This is again just
for the president. He says, this is about fairness. This
is about countries not treating the US fairly in his view,
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and he uses terrorists, as he said, you know, as
like a punishment tool that you know, these countries now
can be punished by tariff.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Okay. I would imagine that Trump's going to be talking
about tariffs when he addresses the Joint Session of Congress tonight.
Speaker 8 (17:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (17:12):
I think this will be a part of his remarks
on the economy, which is one of the four sections
the White House says he will be zeroing in on.
He'll talk about his record so far in office. He'll
talk about the economy, he'll talk about border security and
what the White House says are his plans for peace
around the world.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Okay, And we've heard that a lot of people are
bringing guests as they normally do for the State of
the Union address, even though this isn't a State of
the Union. Do we know of who of the some
of those people are going to be.
Speaker 10 (17:41):
Yeah, the White House just announced the President will have
some guests in the first Lady's box, including Mark Fogeld,
the American who's recently released from a Russian prison. They've
also invited the family of Corey Compromatory, who the firefighter
who was killed at the Butler Rally last summer.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Okay, and then I know that we've got Adam Schiff
is taking Space Force. No, he's not. He works at
Space Force. I don't believe he's Maybe he is a guardian.
But there's a firefighter who helped with the fires in
southern California is going with our representative Adam Schiff. So
I think a number of people are bringing special guests
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to make a political point.
Speaker 10 (18:22):
Yes, they will be.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
Okay. We have a lot of rumblings too. The Democrats
are being encouraged to skip the speech. Do we know
if that's going to happen.
Speaker 10 (18:31):
I don't. We haven't heard any you know, mass announcements
of that.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
We'll see.
Speaker 10 (18:36):
I think people are also planning to bring people and
make points about federal firings and workforce reductions by the
guests that they're going to bring. But I'm going to
have to leave it there and jump.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Oh okay, so sorry, I didn't realize you had a
heart out today, Karen Travers, thank you so much. Thank
you all right, take care.
Speaker 4 (18:52):
Thanks.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Governor Newsom is
ordering state employees back to the office for at least
four days a week. He signed an executive order yesterday
that allows for telework flexibility on a case by case basis.
The order also directs cal HR to streamline the hiring
process for former federal employees who are looking for jobs
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in firefighting, forest management, and weather forecasting. The changes kick
in in July. Weather experts in California are warning that
recent budget cuts to the National Weather Service and the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could put people at risk.
Eugene Cordero, with the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science
at San Jose State University says the cuts are undermining science.
Speaker 8 (19:39):
We need to know when the rain's coming, how strong
the winds are. Those are like critical pieces of information
so that emergency responders have good data they can work
and help save lives.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
The Trump administration is laid off more than six hundred
employees from the agencies, raising concerns that some weather service
offices that are staffed around the clock may close. LA
County Sheriff's deputy say a teenager shot and killed in
Willowbrook has been identified. The shooting happened just before midnight Friday.
The boy died at the hospital. The Medical Examiner's office
(20:12):
says the boy was fourteen year old Elijah Davenport. Sheriff's
homicide investigators are asking for anyone with information about the
shooting to give them a call. The laped says officers
have shot a man who pointed a gun at them
in Echo Park. The guys in the hospital in critical condition.
Police were called yesterday to an area near the one
oh one and Alvarado Street about a man with a
(20:33):
mental illness who was carrying a handgun. It's not clear
exactly what led up to the shooting. No officers were hurt.
Jurors in the case of an Orange County judge accused
of killing his wife have reached an impassed. Jurors told
the judge they can't come to a unanimous decision on
second degree murder charges against Jeffrey Ferguson. After three and
a half days of deliberations, the judge asked them to
(20:56):
keep working. Ferguson says he shot his wife by accident
during an argument. The jury could convict him of second
degree murder or involuntary manslaughter, or, of course, could have
quit him. The state has indicted dozens of officers at
a juvenile facility in Downey.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
The State Department of Justice says there were sixty nine
gladiator style fights involving young inmates at Los Padrino's over
a six month period. In twenty twenty three, Attorney General
Rob Bonta says video shows officers encouraging the fights.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
The officers don't step in, don't intervene, and don't protect
their charges.
Speaker 5 (21:31):
Thirty officers have been charged with child abuse, child endangerment,
and other crimes. Bonta says there are one hundred and
forty three victims between the ages of twelve and eighteen.
Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Guess what time it is or almost is. It's time
for the annual Wiggle Waggle Walk. That's a Pasadena Humane's
Wiggle Waggle Walk coming to of course Pasadena. The date
is set and KFI has a team and we would
love for you to join our team. You can donate.
We've got it up on our website on KFI AM
(22:06):
six forty dot com and you can go to the
wake up call page and there's a link to the
Wiggle Waggle Walk again. It's coming on the sixth of April,
and we're going to be talking about it more, how
you can donate, how you can join our team, Grab
your dog and come and take a stroll with us.
We're looking forward to it. Will Cole Sharber, you're joining
us this year? Heck yeah, It was fun last year. Yep,
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it's a beautiful thing. And you know what, Pasadena Humane
and so many other shelters have done so much good
work for the animals in the wake of the fires.
I mean, they're still housing hundreds of animals who are
displaced from the fires. They're like, they're owners, they know
who the animals belong to, but the owners don't have
a home, and so Pasadena Humane has taken them in.
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And plus they're still trying to do everything else they
do to find permanent homes for animals. So they're doing
great work and we'd love for you to join us again.
It's the Wiggle Waggle Walk and it's coming on April
twenty April sixth, which is a Sunday morning, and we
would love for you to join us again. More information
can be found KFIAM six forty dot com. It's on
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the wake Up Call page. Governor Newsom has signed an
executive order requiring most public workers in California back to
the office. The order says employees need to be in
the office at least four days a week. It goes
into effect July first. The storms headed to southern California
expected to bring rain to the Southland tomorrow and Thursday.
This storm system's expected to bring heavier rain than the
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storm that moved through over the weekend. One half to
an inch of rain is expected in some areas. Starbucks
is offering thirteen fewer drink options effective today as it
trims down its menu. The drinks removed from the menu
are mostly fapuccinos. Starbucks new CEO also announced recently that
the company was cutting eleven hundred jobs as part of
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its back to Starbucks restructuring plan. At six oh five
its handle on the news, La Mayor Bath says she
was not made aware of the extreme fire condition before
the wildfires began, but there's a paper trail that disputes that.
Let's say good morning now to Sandy Steers with friends
of Big Bear Valley. A very exciting day in the nest.
Speaker 7 (24:11):
Sandy, Hello, yes, we do. It's very exciting to see
them out.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Okay, so tell us what when did this start? And
is it pretty normal to have it take about this
long for them to come out or did they come
out extra quick?
Speaker 7 (24:26):
It's pretty it was pretty normal. The last one, you know,
one day is on the fast side, but it's not
faster than usual, okay, And both of them took about well,
the first one took about a little over a day
and the second one took about a day.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
Okay, So the first one was officially hatched. They start
with the pipping, that's when they break through the shell,
and then you consider them hatched once they're completely.
Speaker 7 (24:53):
Out, yes, when they're out of the shell.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Okay. And the second one just finished hatching like an
hour ago.
Speaker 7 (25:02):
Yes, yes, that's correct.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Okay, So what happens now? What does now that they've
got two eaglets and we've we still have a third
egg that could hatch. Maybe we don't know yet. It's
still within the window of time for it to be
able to be viable, right.
Speaker 7 (25:18):
Yes, that's correct, it still could hatch. It was only
thirty four days yesterday, and they don't even really start
hatching until at least thirty five.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
Okay. So now we're watching the third egg. But we've
got two little babies out, and what do Jackie in
Shadow now do to keep them safe? Protect them? What
are we what are we going to be looking for?
Speaker 7 (25:41):
They will be you know, covering them as usual and
probably taking turns if Jackie let's shadow have his turn.
And they will be starting to feed them as soon
as the chick drives off a little bit and can
sit up. It takes it a while before it can
even hold its head up, and they will start feeding
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it little bits, feed both of them little bits of food,
and we'll watch a few what happens. But they will
start bringing more and more fish and other food to
the nest and kind of store it along the side
so there's plenty there for Whenever they stand up, they
will start trying to feed the chicks.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
Okay, and they immediately go right to like fish and
other meat, right.
Speaker 7 (26:24):
Yes, yeah, the parents will break off little pieces of
fish and or ducks usually and start feeding tiny pieces
to the chick.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Okay. And then Sandy, we know that we've got another
rainstorm coming. We just had some snow in the nest.
And I saw Jackie the other day. Does she sat
there as hail fell on her? I mean, she just
weather's the storm, but one. I mean, the chicks are
okay if another heavy rainstorm comes in.
Speaker 7 (26:57):
Yes, the chicks are okay. Sorry, I've got to she's
calling in the background. Yes, the chicks are fine, and
they will keep them covered and they don't have waterproof
feathers yet, so that's why they keep them covered the
whole time. But Jackie and Shadow are very good at that,
so they will be fine through the storm. And Jackie
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and Shadow are sort of waterproofed, so they will also
be fine.
Speaker 1 (27:23):
I love that, and I know that I've been watching
obviously you have been watching. Pretty much everyone here at
KFI has been watching the Big Beer Eagle cam. So
how many people are watching this?
Speaker 7 (27:36):
Yesterday we had I think it was fifty nine thousand
and something we're watching at the same time.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
It's just I mean, it's just it's just nature. But
you say it's just nature, it's such a miracle. And
it's so cool to watch Jackie in Shadow being the
parents and like tending to the eggs, and now we're
going to watch them as they help their babies grow,
which is another it's just beautiful to watch. So and
we think the friends of Big Bear Valley for putting
that camera up. I know that you guys have to
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maintain that you're a nonprofit. Can people help and donate
to you guys if they want to keep those cameras going?
Speaker 7 (28:09):
Yes, absolutely. On our website we can take donations. Friends
at Big Bear Valley dot org. And we also have
Eagle merchandise that we sell that helps support it as well.
So any of that helps keep the camera.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
Going, Eagle merchandise, I love that, Sandy Steers. Very exciting day.
Thanks for making some time to come on and share
the happy news with us. We love happy news.
Speaker 7 (28:36):
Yeah, you're welcome. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
All right, take care, time to get in your business
now with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho. Good morning, Courtney, good morning.
Speaker 3 (28:46):
So busy here on Wall Street.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
This morning, busy here in the nest above a big
bear lake as well. So tell us about what's going
on on Wall Street.
Speaker 3 (28:55):
Well, first of all, President Trump unleashing the tariffs on Canada, Mexico,
and China that it's definitely shaking up Wall Street. The
increasing trade tensions is feeling a lot of worries about
the outlook for the American economy.
Speaker 7 (29:08):
So stocks took a pounding.
Speaker 3 (29:10):
In yesterday's session as a result. The S and P
five hundred loss nearly two percent in trading. The Dell
plunge six hundred and fifty points, so that is a
big loss. Now this morning, stocks are continuing to see
more losses ahead down. Futures are down about one hundred
and fifty BET one hundred and fifteen points right now,
so we're looking at losses once again today.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Okay, speaking of losses, it's kind of a tough forecast
out for Target.
Speaker 3 (29:40):
Oh yes, they're forecasting little to no sales growth this year.
They're also warning of meaningful pressure on profit in the
coming months. Of course, one of the reasons that they're
saying is tariffs. They're also saying there's a lot of
uncertainty around consumer sentiment. But Target's been doing everything to
try to get people in the door at They've lowered prices,
they're offering discounts, the special discounts. They're also trying to
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freshen up their merchandise. We've seen big changes lately, but
it hasn't helped. When you look at Target chairs, they're
down about twenty percent over the past year. Walmart chairs,
on the other hand, have climb more than sixty percent
over the same time period. So well, a Target needs
to do something about at Costco too, has been has
been doing quite well. So Target needs to shake things
(30:25):
up a little bit more.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
Yeah, you know what we were talking about this that
we a group of friends and I used we used
to do Target Sundays, like you just went to go
stroll through the aisles because they always had such cool stuff.
And I don't know what it is about Target, but
it at it has changed over the last few years
and I don't have it, so it's not a go
to place anymore for me.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Yeah, well, that's what a lot of people have been
saying out there, that it just doesn't have the right
product mix that it used to have. All the special
items that people used to go in and try to find,
even their their brands that they have themselves that was
kind of high end, and then people will go in
and try to buy that. But a lot of times
you go into a Target, you see merchandise all over
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the place. You're waiting on big, long lines. So some
people are saying, you know what, I'm not going to
go here. I'm going to look to other retailers, and
especially Walmart for example, they've been trying to shake up things.
They have expanded their headquarters, they're working on kind of
jazzing up some of their stores, and that's important. You
got to jazz up the stores in order to bring
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people in the door.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
Jazz up the stores. I like it. Bloomberg's Courtney Donahoe,
thank you so much for the information today. We'll talk
to you again tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (31:35):
Definitely see you later.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
All right, take care. We talked to Courtney from Bloomberg
every day at this time right here, getting in your
business on the wake up call. Let's get back to
some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty
four our newsroom. Protesters have gathered at the Golden Gate
National Recreation Area in San Francisco to oppose budget cuts
to the National Park Service. Many held signs and chanted
(31:59):
protect our parks.
Speaker 5 (32:00):
You need to stop this nonsense. We needed to hire
back the people that were fired, not only National Park Service,
but every federal government employee.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
That's lost their job in the past six weeks.
Speaker 5 (32:10):
They need to be rehired.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
That's John Goodwin, a twenty seven year old now or
a twenty seven year now retired Park Service employee. About
one thousand Park Service workers have been let go so
the Trump administration was to downsize the government. A former
staffer has accused San Bernardino County supervisor Joe Baca Junior
of bullying, disparaging, and threatening employees. Baca has denied the
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allegations and claims he treats his staff with the utmost respect.
The woman was recently fired. A gas company worker has
been rescued after falling more than thirty feet into a
pit in a backyard in Hesperia. The guy was apparently
doing maintenance work when the ground gave way underneath him.
Firefighters used a rope system to safely pull him out
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of what was either an abandoned well or a sinkhole.
The guy was awake and alert the whole time and
was taken to the hospital. Not clear what his injuries are.
Fired La Fire Chief Kristin Crowley is asking La City
Council for her job back at today's council meeting. Under
the city charter, Crowley needs the support of ten of
the fifteen council members to be reinstated. At least four
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city council members have stood alongside Mayor Bass in support
of the firing. Governor Newsom's declared a state of emergency
in forests in California. The declaration allows Newsom's administration to
bypass more coastal and permitting regulations and also expedite wildfire
prevention projects. President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress tonight.
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The White House says the theme of the address will
be the renewal of the American Dream. The speech is
at six o'clock. We will carry it live on the
Tim Conway Show right here on KFI. We're just minutes
away from handle. On the news this morning, President Trump's
tariffs have been slapped on Mexico, Canada and China. And
guess what they're slapping back. Let's say good morning too.
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Someone who knows how a lot about money and how
those tariffs might affect this. It's the host of How
to Money on KFI, Joel Larsgard. Morning Joel, Morning Amy.
So one in five Americans are giving into doom spending.
What is it?
Speaker 7 (34:16):
Oh?
Speaker 11 (34:16):
Well, I think in large part because of the threats
of tariffs and now the actual implementation of tariffs. A
lot of American people have said I should probably spend
more because I think prices are going up, and I
get that impulse, but they're essentially saying things are going
to spiral out of control and because of that, I
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should probably stockpile things now, maybe take the costco mentality,
but amp it up on steroids or something like that.
And I guess I'm just worried. I don't think that's
really actually a good path forward for people. The tariff question, certainly,
it's been kind of a yo yo thing, and now
they're actually being implemented. And like you said, the countries
that were implementing tariffs against are implementing tariffs of their own.
(35:01):
And the truest reality in economics is that tariffs do
lead to higher costs. I will say this though, the
first time around, companies had ways of kind of getting
around those tariffs, whether it was going through a third
party country or sourcing some materials elsewhere. That I think
these tariffs are going to be more impactful. But I
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don't want people to go out there and buy stuff
that maybe they don't actually have the money for, putting
it on credit cards and stuff like that. I don't
want people to let fear change their money habits.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
Yeah. In fact, you bring that up, and I was
going to ask you. I was driving around the other
day and I was like, Oh, I need to ask
Joel if he thinks a lot of people are going
to go and buy cars because of the tariffs.
Speaker 11 (35:45):
I mean, I do think that is one of the places,
especially as much Ink has been spilled about rising car prices,
and that's we've already experienced that with just inflation in general, right,
But tariffs could impact car prices even more. And part
of the reason that tariffs are being implemented it's a
protectionary instinct to protect I think, the American car manufacturers.
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But because cars are essentially built in multiple countries and
the parts are flying back and forth across borders, the
tariffs could increase the price of car parts, increase the
price of cars altogether. And so someone saying, you know what,
I guess I should buy a car before prices go up.
It depends on when were you playing on buying a
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car anyway. If you're like I was thinking about buying
one in like twenty twenty six or twenty seven, I
should go ahead and front load that purchase even though
I don't have the cash on hand to buy it,
I would say, no, that's not why. It's like, pay
a little more for car parts to repair your car now,
and don't go ahead and buy a new car. But
if you're like, no, I was already gonna buy one
in like May or June, I don't see the harm
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in making that purchase a little bit sooner, although I
don't know how much you're gonna save. I mean, some
of the estimates about how much more cars will cost
because of terraffs are really a few percentage points higher.
When you talk about the price of a car that
could be on thy fifteen hundred dollars, that's a lot
of money. So I don't I'm not against the idea
of frontloading that purchase a little, but just don't look
so far out and let that doom and gloom color
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your purchases too much.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
Okay. I saw that Starbucks said it's not going to
raise its prices because of the tariffs. They said, we'll
eat it.
Speaker 11 (37:20):
Well, that's interesting too, because when you look at what's
happening with coffee prices, coffee prices have are like a
fifty year high. So yeah, maybe Starbucks doesn't have to
raise prices right now. But at some point tariffs become
a reality that every company has to deal with and
they either have to find ways to cut back on
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their costs or they have to pass on some of
the increased pricing onto consumers. And I do think there's
probably going to be a little bit of both, right
because companies don't want to shock all of US Americans.
But tariffs are going to be shocking if they stay
around for any in a meaningful way, for any meaningful
length time.
Speaker 1 (38:00):
Okay, and then Joe, one last quick question because we're
almost out of time. I hate that this is the
quickest hour in radio. DOGE dividends. They've been talking about it,
but you're saying they're not going to materialize.
Speaker 11 (38:13):
Don't hold your breath.
Speaker 1 (38:15):
What are you talking about specifically?
Speaker 11 (38:17):
So there were headlines last week talking about how, oh
the Department of Government efficiency. It's look at all the
money it's going to save us Americans. And I do
think most Americans can agree that, you know, at least
cutting a little bit of government waste, fraud, and abuse.
If that's actually what's happening is a good thing, and
the way Dog is going about it that's more debatable.
But this sort of massive DOGE refund to Americans, like
(38:40):
five thousand dollars per household is kind of what's been touted.
There's no way that's going to happen. That's essentially saying
if DOGE cuts two trillion dollars in federal spending, that's
how much households would receive if they got a portion
of those savings send out and rebate checks to Americans.
There's just no way Doge is going to be able
to claw back anything close to that amount of money.
(39:00):
So if you're saying, oh, another stemmy check, I'm going
to get a massive government rebate check in the mail
because Doge is doing such a great job, I would
just say I don't think that's going to happen. In fact,
I would I would bet a lot of money that's not.
Speaker 3 (39:13):
Going to happen.
Speaker 11 (39:14):
Even a five hundred dollars check is just pie in
the sky because, like really, when it comes down to it,
it's entitlements that need to be cut to realize significant savings,
and the Trump administration has said, no way, we're going
to cut anything in regards to you know, the biggest
line items that the government has.
Speaker 1 (39:29):
Okay, and guess who's going to talk more about money
this weekend Noon to two on Sunday. Yeah, it's Joel Larsgard.
The show is How to Money. It's right here on
KFI Sunday's noon to two. You can also follow Joel
at How to Money. Joel, Thank you, Joel.
Speaker 7 (39:43):
Thanks Amy.
Speaker 1 (39:44):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Senator
Adam Schiff has chosen a firefighter from Vandenberg Space for
Space to join him for tonight's presidential address to Congress.
Speaker 5 (39:55):
Shiff extended the invitation to Captain Vincent Culiver, he's with
the Department of Defense. Culiver says he hopes Congress turned
some attention towards federal firefighters and their aging equipment.
Speaker 1 (40:04):
That does make firefighting a little difficult when your equipment.
Speaker 6 (40:07):
Older firefighters typically want. We need, We need the best
that we can get, so we can give the best
that we can give.
Speaker 5 (40:14):
Culiver and other federal firefighters help put out the flames
during January's wildfires in La County. Michael Monks KFI News.
Speaker 1 (40:22):
US tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico now in effect.
They started just after midnight. ABC's Nicole D'Antonio says imports
from Canada and Mexico are now taxed twenty five percent,
with Canadian Energy Project products subject to ten percent import duties.
Speaker 12 (40:37):
Canada responding with a twenty five percent tariff of its
own on American goods. Economists warn those tariffs are paid
for by American businesses, and those costs are then passed
on to American consumers by raising prices.
Speaker 1 (40:50):
President Trump is also doubled a ten percent tariff on
Chinese imports to twenty percent. China's retaliated with additional tariffs
up to fifteen percent on various items. Research shows coyotes
tend to avoid wealthy neighborhoods in LA.
Speaker 9 (41:04):
That is, according to a new study from UC Berkeley,
Researchers found that coyotes are more likely to be hazed, hurt,
or captured in affluent neighborhoods. Coyotes have noticed this and
adapted to it over time, meaning they generally stick around
in lower income areas.
Speaker 1 (41:18):
I just literally saw two coyotes crossing the street in
front of our office building as I pulled in this morning.
It's a nice area. Did they stick their noses up
and just keep walking? You know what, Coyotes don't give
a crap about you. They just look at you like, yeah,
what do you want? Okay? This is KFI and kosd
HD to Los Angeles, Orange County, Southland. Weather from KFI.
(41:40):
Some clouds this morning, then sunny and cool with heis
in the low to mid sixties at the beaches Metro
LA and in the Orange County mid upper sixties for
the valleys. In IE, a wind advisor is in effect
for the Annalog Valley through this afternoon. HEISIBE in the
fifties to mid sixties. We have a slight chance of
rain tomorrow morning than a seventy percent chance. We're going
to get wet in the afternoon. Rain like with thunderstorms
(42:01):
possible tomorrow night, then rain off and on for Thursday.
We'll dry out again on Friday. It's fifty in San
clementy forty five and Claremont, fifty three in Fountain Valley,
forty nine in Silmar. We lead local live from the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom for producer and and technical
producer KNO and traffic specialist Will I'm Amy King. This
has been your wake up call. If you missed any
(42:21):
wake up call, you can listen anytime on the iHeartRadio app.
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
anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
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