July 21, 2025 • 40 mins
Michael Monks hosts your Monday morning Wake Up Call. KFI White House correspondent Jon Decker opens the show talking about Trump suing the Wall Street Journal. ABC News national correspondent Rory O'Neill shares an update on the kiss cam scandal that has taken the internet by storm. Bloomberg Media’s Courtney Donohoe shares the latest in business and Wall Street. The show closes with Michael talking with ABC News national reporter Steven Portnoy discussing President Trump wanting to cancel August recess to work on nominees.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call
with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. And
it's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
And good morning, it is time for your wake up call. Wait,
and that's not Amy King. Excuse me, that's not me.
Who's talking? Good morning everybody, that's Bill Cole Schreiber. He's
here with some traffic. Thank goodness, he's helping me out
this morning. I'm so excited I get to work with
Michael Monks. It's so rare.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
I know.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Usually I only get to pick on you for about
fifteen minutes every day before you head out, and it's
usually Amy King in this spot. I apologize for all
of you looking forward to hearing from her. She's off today,
don't worry, she will be back tomorrow. Good Monday morning.
I am Michael Monks filling in with you for a
wake up call this morning and all through the Bill
(01:10):
Handle Show. Thank you so much for waking up with
us and being with us on this Monday. Remember, Monday
is just one day. We'll all get through that together.
We got a lot coming up in the next hour.
If you're joining us for the full thing, it's going
to be an absolute delight. So let's start the week
right together here on kfi's wake up Call. Here is
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some of the news that we're following. Already a busy
start to the week. The LAPD has released photos of
a man who is believed to have shot the driver
who's accused of plowing into that crowd outside a nightclub
in East Hollywood over the weekend. The man has subscribed
as Hispanic five foot six or five seven, about one
hundred and fifty to one hundred and seventy pounds. He
was wearing a blue Dodger's jacket at the time, with
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a light blue jersey with the number five on it
and blue jeans. He's also bald and has wide piercings
in both ears, so if you see him call police.
La Mayor Bass and State Senator Caroline Menjivar, a Democrat
from Van nys They're going to speak in Silmar later
this morning. They'll be joined by veterans and families of
service members who will call for an end to the
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deployment of National Guard troops and US Marine Corps members
here in Los Angeles an ex federal prosecutor, say, a
Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts in the
prosecution of chronic sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein and his former
girlfriend is unlikely to produce much, if anything, to satisfy
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the public's appetite for new revelations about the financiers' crimes.
The request came as some supporters of President Donald Trump
blasted his administration for renegging on a vow to make
public all that evidence that they see as key. Of course,
at the top of the hour, we'll get started with
Bill Handel Handle on the news, and I think Nil
(02:56):
Sevadra is off today and it's just going to be
me and Bill Bill. Oh sweet, that's gonna be awesome.
Bill Here. Here's what's the over under on whether Bill
Handle even remembers that I work here, Okay, remembers everybody?
Speaker 5 (03:12):
You think?
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Ye, I don't think he's gonna remember. I think he's
gonna say many heinous things to me this morning. Yeah,
let me tell you something made I woke up kind
of saucy. I'm ready for it.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I noticed.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
So if stay tuned for six o'clock, let's see how
well I handle handle. It's just the two of us
this morning, and my goodness just wishes all the best.
Let's get back into some news for now.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
At this point, we're assuming that all the male that
was in the building at the time is burned up,
gone unrecoverable.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
The brother of former NFL player Pat Tillman has been
arrested after allegedly crashing his car into a post office
in San Jose that caused an explosion, sending the post
office up in flames. US Postal Inspector Matthew Norfleet says
Richard Tillman may have done it on purpose.
Speaker 6 (04:00):
Inspects are investigating as an intentional act. It will of
course be determined in a court of law whether or
not it was, but it does not look like an
accident so far.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Richard Tillman's brother, Pat Tillman, died in an exchange of
friendly fire while serving as an army ranger in Afghanistan
in two thousand and four. LYPD officers have responded to
a call of a man with a gun outside of
business in Northridge. They may have shot a man. Shooting
happened at about eight o'clock last ninth. Injured man was
taken to a hospital with what were described as non
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life threatening injuries. There are multiple law enforcement agencies that
are continuing their investigation into that deadly explosion that killed
three LA County Sheriff's deputies on Friday.
Speaker 7 (04:43):
The explosion happened on Friday morning and at training facility
in East LA. The lasd sins it appears that the
detectives who were killed were moving explosives in a cart
through the training center's parking lot. Reports say the detectives
thought the device or devices were inert The investigation and
that's also led law enforcement to an apartment complex in
Santa Monica. Residents say there was a handy police presence
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there on Friday and Saturday. Mark Mayfield, Ky You Fin News.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
President Trump has sued The Wall Street Journal and its owner,
Rupert Murdoch for billions of dollars after it published a
racy letter. The newspaper claims Donald Trump wrote to Jeffrey
Epstein years ago. White House correspondent and attorney John Decker
is live with Us Now for a look at what
is behind the libel suit and President Trump's chances of
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winning the case. Good morning to you, John, Thanks for
being with us.
Speaker 5 (05:36):
Hey Michael, thanks for having me on today. This lawsuit
filed by lawyers for the president late Friday afternoon, filed
in federal court in South Florida, a ten billion dollar lawsuit.
That's what the President is seeking, And the President has
had some luck recently as it relates to winning settlements
from two major news organizations. From ABC News owned by
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Walton Dine, the President won a fifteen million dollars settlement
for a lawsuit filed against ABC and George Stephanopolos, and
then earlier this month, DBS News settled a lawsuit filed
for a similar amount with the President that relates to
a story that aired on sixty Minutes. This particular lawsuit
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filed because of the story published in the Law Street
Journal late last week. I think you gave a good
background on it. The President, according to the Journal, sent
a letter to Jeffrey Epstein back in two thousand and three.
According to the Journal, the letter contains the president's signature,
a racy message, according to the Journal, also accompanying it
a drawing of a naked woman. The President denies all
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of that, the President saying that he did not send
a letter to Jeffrey Epstein. It's not his signature, it's
not his drawn that accompanies the article. And so for
all of those reasons, the President filing this defamation lawsuit
against as you mentioned, the law Street Journal ann Rupert Murdoch,
the journal's primary shareholder.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
It's interesting that I think a lot of times when
we think about the media and its relationship with President Trump,
Fox News it tends to be perceived as pretty cozy
with the administration. But Fox News is also earned owned
by Rupert Murdoch. So it does seem interesting that the
White House President Trump would be going after somebody who
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is an ally. But it seems their relationship is rather complicated.
Speaker 5 (07:27):
Well, it is a complicated relationship. Do you remember, just
I think it was last week there was that Club
World Cup final that happened in New Jersey where the
New York Giants play football. Well, in the suite where
the President was watching that final, guess who else was there?
Rupert Murdoch, And here he is, just a few days
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essentially after they saw one another, you know, and enjoyed
each other's company in that box, that suite at Giants Stadium.
The President following this ken billion dollar lawsuit against the
Journal and Rupert Murdoch.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
We have been talking a lot in the media and
on social media about Jeffrey Epstein again recently, and a
lot of that is coming from the strongest base of
supporters of President Trump who wanted to see this mysterious
Epstein list, this mysterious list that may or may not exist,
of all the rich and powerful men who made trips
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to Epstein's island, flew on the Lolita Express, committed all
these crimes with him, and President Trump has basically said,
we don't need to pay attention to this story anymore.
And now we are finding out through this Wall Street
Journal report if it's true that perhaps the President's relationship
with Jeffrey Epstein was cozier, maybe than even previously believed.
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What is the status of the Epstein case and the
White House's messaging on it today.
Speaker 5 (08:58):
Well, the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, she has to be
mentioned in terms of this story because she had spoken
publicly in television interviews of having what she called a
truckload of material concerning a truckload of files is what
she called it, on Jeffrey Epstein, and there was a
promise to release all of that material to the public
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and now that promise is not being met by the
Attorney General. That's the reason why some in the President's orbit,
big supporters of the President, calling for Pam Bondi's resignation.
She's not going anywhere. The President has the full support
of Pam Bondy. In fact, she was in that suite
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watching that club World Cup final just a week ago.
So interesting bedfellows that we're talking about here as it
relates to this story. The President is hoping that this story,
maybe this is the week that it goes away. We'll
have to wait and see if there's another shoe to drop,
another element to the story that comes out this coming week.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
White House Corse on a John Decker, thanks so much
for being with us. Hope to talk to you again soon.
Speaker 6 (10:04):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Let's get back to some news coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The seven eleven chain will
not be changing ownership anytime soon. A Canadian company was
looking to buy it, but is now backed out of
that deal. This company, called Kushtard, has offered forty six
billion dollars to buy seven eleven's Japanese owners seven and I,
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but negotiations between the two have closed. With no agreement.
Vandals have spray painted swastikas on some buildings in Chicago.
One of the science is used by a nonprofit helping
the Latino immigrant community. Baltasar Enriquez sits on the local
community council and says, the people who did it are
trying to intimidate residents in the neighborhood and.
Speaker 8 (10:48):
To see this hate cryings or these hate signals does
bring fear to our community.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Chicago police say they're checking surveillance video to try to
identify those vandals. Las Vegas and Seattle are the front
as locations for potential new NBA franchises. The Basketball League
says it's formally looking into the possibility of adding one
or two expansion teams and hasn't done that since two
thousand and four, and that's not accurate. I apologize for
(11:15):
that hasn't expanded in quite some time. My apologies for
stumbling there. And James Gunn Superman continues to top the
box office charts in its second weekend in theaters. According
to the Studio Estimate Sunday, the film collected fifty seven
point three million dollars in ticket sales this weekend. New
releases include I Know What did last summer, Smurfs, and Eddington,
but none of those movies came close to touching Warner
(11:37):
Brothers in DC Studios Superhero success. It did drop fifty
four percent from its opening weekend, but in two weeks,
Superman has grossed over four hundred million dollars across the world.
There'll be a big test coming next weekend when Disney
releases Marvels The Fantastic Four First Steps. Hey, it's National
(11:59):
Junk Food Day.
Speaker 9 (12:00):
It all started in eighteen ninety six with Crackerjack. Now,
Americans drop about twelve hundred dollars per person every year
on junk food. And it's not really your fault if
you find yourself in the drive through. The FDA says
junk food is addictive because it's loaded with fat, sugar,
and salt, and eating those makes you crave more hamburgers, fries,
fried chicken, pizza, soda, chips, and that frappuccino. I'll just
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drive through away free Tennis KFI news.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
And I was mentioning that NBA expansion story. I apologize
again as script I think was wrong because it said
the Charlotte Hornets join In two thousand and four. I
know that's not right. Maybe it's like ninety four. So
I'm gonna have to fix that. And the reason I
know that will Cole Schreiber's because, I mean, they were
all the rage back in the nineties. Did you have
a Hornet's hat? I can't say I did. No, not
(12:47):
a big Hornets fan. I'm a Golden I'm a Golden
State Warriors fan. Thank you. La Mayor Bass has again
complained about having the military in the city to help
with federal immigration enforcement efforts. She says the raids are
creating fears. She's also complained about agents wearing face masks.
Bass is expected to be in Silmar this morning to
join others calling for an end to the deployment of
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National Guard troops and the US Marines here in Los Angeles.
Las Vegas and Seattle are the front runners as locations
for potential new NBA franchises, and former LA County Sheriff
Alex Vanueva has registered a campaign committee for next year's election.
The La Times reports the Vianueva for Sheriff twenty twenty
six committee has been registered with the Secretary of State's Office.
(13:32):
The Time says Vanueva is expected to have more information
this week. Current sheriff Robert Luna beat out Vianueva in
that twenty twenty two election for sheriff. And I don't
know if you've been on social media this week, Odds
Art you have, and if that is in fact the case,
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you've probably heard this.
Speaker 10 (13:56):
Both the.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Question to be the kiss cam shot heard around the world.
That was a Coldplay concert in Boston. And you know
how those cams are, they move around, they show people. Well,
it landed on a couple that maybe was not supposed
to be a couple or at least didn't want anyone
to know their couple status. And joining us now to
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talk about the fallout, and boy has there been fallout
is National correspondent Rory O'Neil. Good morning to you, Rory.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
Yeah, Michael, and that really was the camera shot heard
around the world, taken not far from where the actual
shot heard around.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
The world was done a couple. Yeah, that's that's an
excellent point. I got to tell you, Rory, I really
hate this story. It makes me so uncomfortable. I know
people are having fun with it, and what I can't believe.
I mean, keep in mind these two people when that
camera came on them ducked away in embarrassment. So even
a singer there in Coldplay knew that something was up,
(15:06):
Chris Martin. Yeah, and and now people are having so
much fun with it, but this has caused some problems
for it for the Yeah, these are these are these
are wealthy people in a high profile tech company.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
Well right, And so look there's the family tragedy aspect
of this, of two relationships likely falling apart. There are
kids involved, and there's a lot of sad stuff here.
But at the same time, hey, Love Island is over
this season, so we all need something to talk about.
And look, it's easy, it's unifying. We're not going down
red versus Blue, left right from no Maggot not whatever. Like,
(15:41):
there's all we can all rally behind this and the
awkwardness of this kiss Camp moment. And the memes have
been brilliant, really many of them have. And I think
that also shows the power of those of AI in
generating a lot of the stuff that we're seeing online.
It's so much easier to make this stuff up. Now,
(16:03):
have you gotten a favorite yet that you've seen?
Speaker 3 (16:05):
I have to turn away from them because they make
me so uncomfortable. I can just I mean, I'm just
cringing at this story. I mean, what are the odds
that you know you're possibly engaging in an extra marital affair.
You go see Coldplay and the band turns the camera
on you, and then you become an Internet sensation, and
(16:27):
not just memes. You're mentioning the memes. People are having
a lot of fun at these people's expense. But I've
seen other professional sports organizations that have cams in their
stadiums or arenas and they're all engaging in some creating.
They're recreating it, they're making fun of it. It is nuts.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
Oh yeah, the Philly fanatic I think was a trailblazer
and that one, you know, I think last Thursday or Friday.
You know, I've seen memes. It's Luke sky Walker and
Princess Leah, It's Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The one
that gets me is Fazzy Bear and Miss Piggy. There
they are stepping out on Kermit.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Yeah, so there's some and.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
The animation and now they're getting animated. They are mini movies.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Again.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
I think the technology makes it so much easier to
generate these kinds of memes. I've seen pizza and pineapple
out together was one that's an.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
Affair that I actually endure. So I wish that's.
Speaker 4 (17:21):
The relationship that shouldn't be But all right, yeah, no,
but again it is. It's sad, but at the same time,
it's one of those summer fun things that if you
can take the human tragedy out of it, you know,
you can't have a lot of fun with it.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
We're talking about the CEO of Astronomer Inc. And one
of the h R human resources executives. They are possibly
engaging in an extra habital Yeah, what's happened at the company?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Well, he's been he has parted ways with the company.
He's been wished well in his future endeavors, as I think.
I'm sure it has been on memos that we've all seen.
But so he's out. She, on the other hand, Kristin Cabit,
she is now on leave, so we haven't seen, you know,
if she'll get some sort of an agreement, I'd imagine
their future careers might be in doubt. I'm not sure
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who would want to hire these people. The New York
Post has really been doing deep dives into the personal
lives of both these people. She married into a wealthy family,
so I don't think they're going to need the income,
but certainly the high profile nature of this is something
that's unprecedented.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Unprecedented. Indeed, Now, how did you land this assignment? I
mean you're the national correspondent, Wrory, that's how big this
has gotten.
Speaker 4 (18:36):
Well, hey, look I just followed the biggest news of
the WEEKND.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
I was like, this is still going on.
Speaker 4 (18:40):
I thought it'd be all over.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
I was like that Friday, it's all over.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
Maybe Saturday, if couple are leftovers, like still going Sunday,
And here we are today, fresh material still popping up. Yeah,
this just isn't going away. I'm sure that Trump administration
would like to be putting on coldplate T shirts in
order to change the topic to this off of Epstein.
But let's see what happens on Pennsylvania Avenue today.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
We certainly will. Indeed, I know you'll be on top
of that because you do cover a lot of things,
including this horrifying, cringe worthy story. Roy O'Neill, our National correspondent.
Always a pleasure to talk to you. Hope to talk
to you again soon. Hey, thanks Michael, my goodness, I
mean Will Cole Schreiber. I know I'm not alone and
in cringing at this cold Play kiss cam concert footage.
(19:24):
But you're out in public, things can happen. You gotta
slither around in the night like a decent human being.
It sounds like somebody knows that's enough. Okay, let's get
back to some news coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour news roum. Melli mare Bass says she's not
concerned about the city still being without a permanent fire chief.
Speaker 7 (19:44):
Bass maybe the comment on Sunday during an interview with
CBS Face the Nation. It's now been five months since
Bass fired former LAFD chief Kristin Crowley in the aftermath
of the deadly pala Stades fire. Veteran firefighter Ronnie van
Uweva has been serving as interim fire chief. Best says
she doesn't think the lack of a permanent fire chief
during fire season is a problem at all. Mark Mayfield,
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KO Fire News.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
Scottie Scheffler has dominated the British Open for his second
major title this year. Scottie Scheffler He's now joined the
company of golf's greats. He is the champion of the Open.
A Royal Court Rush twenty twenty.
Speaker 8 (20:26):
Five Serrus XMPGA Tour Radio Scottie Scheffler wins his first
Open Championship title, is fourth career major title. Has now
won three of the four majors on the way to
the career Grand Slam.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
That's ESPN's Chris Lewis, who says Scotty Scheffler is the
world's number one who led by as many as seven shots.
He shot a sixty eight to win by four shots
and now head off to the US Open next year
with a chance to complete golf's Grand Slam. And Dodgers
CEO Mark Walter has been voted Major League Baseball's moment
(21:00):
liked owner for the second straight year. The Canadian online
casino website Casinoca surveyed fans from all thirty Major League
Baseball teams. At least four thousand fans rated their team's
owner on a scale of one to ten, covering decision
making and overall leadership. Walter had the highest rating of
eight point six, just ahead of the New York Mets
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owner Steve Cohen at eight point five. Angels owner Arte
Moreno tied for eighteenth at five point two. Let's get
an update on what's happening in the entertainment world. ABC
Entertainment News, Superman, Miss.
Speaker 11 (21:39):
Lane James Gunn Superman showed staying powered at second weekend,
earning more than fifty seven million dollars in ticket sales
to top the box office. In just two weeks. It's
grossed more than four hundred and six million worldwide, according
to studio estimates. Jurassic Art Rebirth came in second, earning
more than twenty three million. It's personal to time you
(22:00):
know what you did last summer took third. Comedian Bill
Maher interviewed music legend Billy Joel for his hit podcast.
Speaker 4 (22:06):
I'm Tipping over Sacred Cows all my life.
Speaker 9 (22:08):
That's what I like to do.
Speaker 4 (22:09):
I like to do that.
Speaker 11 (22:10):
In an unfiltered conversation, The Piano Man talks about life,
legacy and the making of his new HBO documentary. Comedian
John Oliver teamed up with Minor League Baseball's Eerie Sea
Wolves over the weekend, while the team temporarily rebranded as
the Moon Mammoths.
Speaker 6 (22:24):
Martleague Baseball, as you know, is willing to try anything.
Speaker 11 (22:27):
And Happy Birthday. Josh Hartnett, The Pearl Harbor and Black
Hawk Downstars forty seven, Chuck sievertson ABC News.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
Josh Hartnett is forty seven. How old am I one hundred?
And I'm not going to finish?
Speaker 5 (22:41):
All right?
Speaker 3 (22:42):
Well, I'm younger than you. The brother of the late
NFL star Pat Tillman is facing charges after he allegedly
crashed his car into a post office in San Jose.
Post office officials say Richard Tillman drove into the Almaden
Valley Post office early yesterday morning'ing an explosion. It calls
the post office to go up in flames. Investigators believe
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Tilman drove into that post office on purpose. His brother,
Pat Tilman was a star in the NFL who left
football and died in Afghanistan as an army ranger in
an exchange of friendly fire. Gaza's Health ministry says the
territory has experienced its deadliest day for aid seekers and
over twenty one months of conflict, with at least eighty
(23:27):
five Palestinians killed while seeking that aid. Yesterday, Israeli forces
reportedly open fire on crowds near AID convoys, killing dozens
in northern Gaza. The UN has confirmed massive crowds gathered
as twenty five AID trucks entered the area and Scotti.
Scheffler is the champion golfer of the year and one
step closer to the career Grand Slam. Number one player
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in the world dominated the British Open on Sunday and
led by as many as seven shots before winning ultimately
by four. Coming up at the top of the hour,
we've got Handle on the news. Bill Handle will be here,
but Nil Savager is off and Amy King is obviously off.
I'm filling in for her. It's just gonna be Bill
Handle and Michael Monks love to see how that goes.
(24:12):
I'm a little nervous, So if you're on my side,
stay with us and send me all the good energy.
If you're on handle side, well, good luck to all
of you. I wish you good fortune in the wars
to come. Coming up at five point fifty, the President
has urged the Senate to cancel his August congressional recess
to allow for the confirmation of the President's nominees. ABC
Stephen Portnoy will join us live as our friend from
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Boom Bloomberg. Not here with us yet, Okay, we'll have
that financial report coming up momentarily. Meanwhile, we've got more
news coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
La Mayor Bass has again complained about having the military
in this city to help with federal immigration enforcement efforts.
Speaker 12 (24:50):
This is just such an incredible misuse of not only
taxpayers money, but of the young people who are in
the National Guard who've had to leave their family, their jobs,
and their education for this deployment that is completely unnecessary.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
Bass hold CDs has faced the nation. The raids are
creating fear as masked men pull up in unmarked cars
and jump out of those cars with rifles and detain people.
Speaker 12 (25:15):
For the average citizen, it looks like it's a violent kidnapping,
so you should never have that.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Bass is expected in Silmar this morning to join others
calling for an end the deployment of National Guard troops
and US Marines in Los Angeles. All right, it's time
now to get up in the money. Is that what
we're doing. We're getting up in your business with Bloomberg's
Courtney Donaho, who is with us now Live. Courtney, Good
morning to you.
Speaker 13 (25:41):
Good morning, Michael.
Speaker 3 (25:43):
I know that I am a fortunate person who is
not looking for a job. The unemployment rate through in
California is the highest in the nation, so there might
be a lot of resumes being crafted, and I am
now understanding that that rule that keep your resume a
one page is not necessarily true anymore.
Speaker 13 (26:03):
Yeah, well, it's long been the norm, the one page resume.
The thought is that hiring managers really don't have the time,
the energy, or really care to flip to page two
to find out if you hear the best fit. While
artificial intelligence, of course, is changing all of that. Hiring
experts are telling the Wall Street Journal a longer resume
increases the odds of getting past that bot that's reading
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your application, and the multiple page resume allows you to
add more words and phrases about your career that AI
is trying to find.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
Well, that is h It's also very challenging knowing that
it's probably not a person who's looking at the resume regardless.
Speaker 13 (26:41):
It's it's frustrating, but you know, this is an interesting point.
AI recruiting software company findem is telling job seekers that
they have to really think about it when they're crafting
their resume, that they need to feed this AI tool
enough information to make sure that they choose you, which
is kind of a scary thought. But keep mind they
said four to five pages is pushing it.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
It's getting a little long.
Speaker 13 (27:05):
Even those most hiring managers now once they get your resume,
once it's been passed to them, they're flipping through on
their phone. But if you're a rookie, of course, make
sure you just stick to one page, don't pat.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
It with stuff. We know you all don't have that
much experience. Yeah, good advice indeed, and best of lucked
all those job seekers out there. It is a tough,
strange environment. The days when you could just show up
and drop your information off, but those days are long behind. Hey,
what's going on in the automobile world? I understand that
the guys behind Jeep, Chrysler, Ram, Dodge they got a
(27:38):
little bit of a challenge ahead.
Speaker 13 (27:39):
Oh yeah, definitely navigating a huge automotive storm. So the
company behind this is a company called Stalantis. They run
all of those companies that you just mentioned, and they
reported a surprise two point seven billion with a b
billion dollar loss first half loss this morning. The company
has fallen behind in the US. It has any lineup,
(28:00):
model delays, and a few pricing blunders that got them
in a little bit of trouble, and reversing their fortunes
is going to take some time because it had a
lot of cost cuts under its prior management and now
has a new CEO.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
But those cost cuts.
Speaker 13 (28:16):
Alienated a lot of longtime customers. For example, what Stilantis
was doing is they were swapping metal parts for plastic
ones on some of their big, rugged trucks, and that
hurt a lot of their brands.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
And before I let you run, Courtney, I'll note that
I was shopping for candles yesterday because I am the
epitome of masculinity, and I noticed that the shop has
already got their Halloween candles out. They've gone to all
of the autumn sense and I love autumn. But it
is July. And that's not the only business that's flipping
(28:49):
the calendar a little early. Falls top of mind. It's
Starbucks as well.
Speaker 13 (28:54):
Yes, I mean, I'm fully aware that it's hot outside for.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
Much of the country.
Speaker 13 (28:58):
It's definitely warm in New York, but put it on
the calendar, folks. The pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks will
be back Tuesday, August twenty sixth August twenty six Yes,
so don't forget it's Starbucks' most popular seasonal beverage. So
there's a couple of things that are going to be
returning this fall that came out with their big fall
(29:20):
menu list, and they said the Pumpkin Cream cold brew
ice pumpkin cream chai, and the pecan crunch oat milk latte.
That's returning pecan, pecan, whatever way we say it. Plus
there's two new additions to the fall menu too, the
pecan Cortato and also Italian sausage egg bites. I have
(29:40):
to tell that to my brother who loves the egg
bites and see what he thinks about them.
Speaker 3 (29:43):
So it sounds really good. But yeah, it's really early. Well,
we'll look forward to having that. And here's to you,
Courtney Donaho from in your business at Bloomberg. Thanks so
much for spending part of your Monday morning with us.
Speaker 13 (29:57):
Yes, definitely getting in everybody's business this morning.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
I appreciate you as always. Have a great day you too.
It's definitely pronounced pecan though, Am I right? I mean
it's definitely pronounced pecan. It's pronounced yum. I mean you
like the pecan drink, well anything pecan? Oh kind of
sweet though, I am all right, let's get back to
some news. Hundreds of people have protested outside an old
(30:22):
prison in the Bay Area over reports the Trump administration
is possibly looking into converting the facility in Dublin to
an IC detention center. When Yamashita says, it brings up
bad memories for her and her family.
Speaker 14 (30:36):
The Japanese were interned. My father was interned, and it
can't happen again. But it is, it's happening, and it's
almost shameful.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
During World War Two, the US force the incarceration of
more than one hundred thousand Japanese Americans to live in
tournament camps under the Alien Enemies Act. And the La
County Department of Health Services as it expects to start
losing about seven hundred and fifty million dollars a year
in federal funding because of the Big Beautiful Bill approved
by Congress. It says a hiring freeze is now in effect.
(31:10):
Because of those funding cuts, Public Health chief Barbara Ferrare
says the department cannot survive a cut that big and
employee layoffs will be likely. All right. Republicans in Texas
are set to withdraw the state's congressional map during a
special session that starts today. It's something President Trump has
(31:32):
encouraged as a way to help Republicans retain control of
the US House in next year's midterm election. We're hearing
rumblings and Sacramento that this may inspire similar actions and
more democratically powerful states, and Gaz's Health Ministry says the
territory has experienced its deadliest day for those seeking aid
(31:52):
and over twenty one months of conflict, with at least
eighty five Palestinians killed while seeking that aid. Just yes, Pa,
all right. President Trump has urged Senate Majority Leader John
Thune to cancel the August congressional recess to allow for
the confirmation of Trump's nominees. The president says in a
(32:13):
post on social media over the weekend, we need them badly.
Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off are mini
victories over the past two weeks and indeed six months,
will cancel August recess and long weekends in order to
get my incredible nominees confirmed. ABC News national correspondent Steven
(32:34):
Portnoy joins US Live Now from Washington. Good morning to you, Steven, Hey,
good morning to you. The president is an expert at
flowery flirtatious language on social media when he is targeting
certain legislators. Will the Senate Majority leader heed these words? Well,
we'll see.
Speaker 15 (32:52):
I mean, look, what the president says is that there
are people who are in his administration who should be
serving and they're not serving because they haven't been confirmed.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
Who are we talking about.
Speaker 8 (33:01):
These are not.
Speaker 15 (33:01):
Bold face names, These are not household words. These are
people who would be up for mainly mid level posts
in various agencies or departments, Assistant secretary of this or
inspector general of that. But there are some positions here
that the DA administrator, the head of the Marshall Service,
and there's some indications that maybe some of these will
(33:23):
move between now and the start of the August recess.
But you know, I don't know exactly what's driving the
president's demand on this, and nor is it out of
the ordinary. If you'd have a list of people who
are waiting confirmation. The president's cabinet has been confirmed, but
there are people beneath them who are important to the
implementation of the president's agenda. And there are some judicial nominees,
(33:45):
a handful who have already cleared the judiciary Committee. One
of them is rather controversial, Amil Bovie, who is the
president's former defense attorney who is now a senior official
the Justice Department. He was the subject of a Democratic
walkout lately last week, where Democrats were so angry that
the Republican chairman of the committee, Chuck Grassley, wasn't allowing
(34:06):
for a fulsome debate or additional witnesses who might testify
against Bovy, that they stormed out, And you have nine
hundred ex employees of the Justice Department writing the Senate
urging them not to confirm this man. Well, we'll see
how it all plays out. I'm not aware of the
more moderate Republicans such as Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, maybe
(34:26):
Mitch mconnell or Tom Tillis saying they're going to withhold
their support from this man. We'll see how it all
plays out, but he perhaps is the most controversial of
the nominations still pending.
Speaker 3 (34:36):
You noted that these aren't necessarily outside of that one
controversial or big headline grabbers as far as the nominees go.
And you also don't know exactly what motivated President Trump
to push for this, But I mean, just to understand
what's at stake here for these members of Congress they
take a little vacation every year. Is this something that
(34:57):
they typically do and seldom work through?
Speaker 15 (35:00):
Well, it depends on the year, It depends on the
you know, the political calendar, It depends on you know,
what else is going on, what kind of crises are
going on here at home or overseas. But yes, it's
expected that August there's a slow time here in Washington, DC.
Speaker 3 (35:14):
Traditionally.
Speaker 15 (35:15):
One thing that also is sort of outstanding is the
idea that we're we're sort of in a slow motion
train wreck situation here when it comes to government funding.
You know, there was a lot of attention paid to
the one big beautiful bill that was a budget reconciliation measure.
You had the Recisions Package pass last week. These have
to do with tweaks to the overall you know, broad
(35:38):
government spending apparatus. But in a normal year, the Congress
is supposed to send the president appropriations bills for his
signature by the end of September, and right now there's
not the kind of bipartisan agreement that's required for that
to happen. So what you're also likely to see is
maybe some sort of bipartisan agreement on a continuing resolution. Well,
nobody here in Washington really wants that because it's just
(35:59):
the continuation of prior year policy and spending levels, and
everybody wants to make their mark and make changes. You
can't do that in a CR. So that's also sort
of hanging over everything. But there's a very very powerful
magnet when it comes to vacation time or recess time.
And it's not just the idea of you know, not working.
It's the idea of being out in your states or
(36:19):
your district and getting pressing the flesh, getting on local television,
hopefully radio, and you know, being out there and demonstrating
to your own constituents that you're one of them, among
them and doing their work here in Washington, d C.
Speaker 3 (36:33):
Well, we know when it happens, you'll be the one
to tell us about it. ABC News National correspondent Steven Portnoy.
We always appreciate the time you give us. Thanks so much,
you bet, and we'll turn us some more news coming
out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. JP Morgan
now has the highest market value of any bank in
the United States. It made thirty billion dollars in profits
in the first half of this year. That's more than
(36:56):
twice as much as its closest rival. JP Morgan is
now valu'd hire than those main rivals, Bank of America,
City Group and Wells Fargo. Here's some good news. Vanilla
is still America's favorite ice cream.
Speaker 7 (37:12):
Nana from instacart shows that vanilla was the most ordered
ice cream flavor on the platform in summer of twenty
twenty four, and also top the list for summer of
twenty twenty three. Figure showed that vanilla made up twenty
seven percent of all ice cream sales last summer. Chocolate
and cookies and cream made second and third on the list.
Mark Mayfield Kofi News, there are.
Speaker 3 (37:33):
Very few bad ice cream flavors, but Vanilla is the
best one. It's indisputable, and I'm glad to hear. I'm
glad that I'm not alone. I mean, people say, ah,
that's so vanilla, it's a Vanilla's uses this pejorati. Vanilla's
a very fine flavor. You can add things to anything
to it, that's true. Strawberries. Yes, we have free will,
this is still a democracy. But chocolate ice cream rocks. Sure,
(37:53):
But I find that Vanilla is superior Rocky Road really yeah,
well night all right. Midway through the summer, US retailers
are sweating a different season. It's less than twenty two
weeks before Christmas. American businesses that may and sell consumer
goods usually have their holiday orders and their prices at
this time of year, but the tariff policy has them
(38:18):
facing complications. So what we're seeing right now, according to
this report from the Associated Press, is that stores may
not have the specific gift items customers want by the
time we get to November and desimmer some that I
say desimmer December. Some retail suppliers and buyers have scaled
back their holiday lines, and businesses are still finalizing their prices.
(38:40):
But say shoppers can't expect many popular products to cost more,
So get ready for that. Now, let's get a quick
check on entertainment.
Speaker 10 (38:54):
Katie Perry nearly fell off a fake giant butterfly prop
while performing her hit song Roar in San Francisco over
the weekend. The prop suddenly drops several feet while in
the air over the audience. Fan video posted to x
shows Perry briefly stop singing to steady herself and then
continue the performance. It happened Will Perry was performing at
(39:14):
the Chase Center on her Lifetime's tour. The pop star
later posted a screenshot of her face as the prop
fell several feet, writing good night, san Fran.
Speaker 3 (39:23):
All right, thank you for that report, Jacqueline Carl. We
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And good morning, it is time for your wake up call. Wait,
and that's not Amy King. Excuse me, that's not me.
Who's talking? Good morning everybody, that's Bill Cole Schreiber. He's
here with some traffic. Thank goodness, he's helping me out
this morning. I'm so excited I get to work with
Michael Monks. It's so rare.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
I know.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Usually I only get to pick on you for about
fifteen minutes every day before you head out, and it's
usually Amy King in this spot. I apologize for all
of you looking forward to hearing from her. She's off today,
don't worry, she will be back tomorrow. Good Monday morning.
I am Michael Monks filling in with you for a
wake up call this morning and all through the Bill
(01:10):
Handle Show. Thank you so much for waking up with
us and being with us on this Monday. Remember, Monday
is just one day. We'll all get through that together.
We got a lot coming up in the next hour.
If you're joining us for the full thing, it's going
to be an absolute delight. So let's start the week
right together here on kfi's wake up Call. Here is
(01:31):
some of the news that we're following. Already a busy
start to the week. The LAPD has released photos of
a man who is believed to have shot the driver
who's accused of plowing into that crowd outside a nightclub
in East Hollywood over the weekend. The man has subscribed
as Hispanic five foot six or five seven, about one
hundred and fifty to one hundred and seventy pounds. He
was wearing a blue Dodger's jacket at the time, with
(01:53):
a light blue jersey with the number five on it
and blue jeans. He's also bald and has wide piercings
in both ears, so if you see him call police.
La Mayor Bass and State Senator Caroline Menjivar, a Democrat
from Van nys They're going to speak in Silmar later
this morning. They'll be joined by veterans and families of
service members who will call for an end to the
(02:14):
deployment of National Guard troops and US Marine Corps members
here in Los Angeles an ex federal prosecutor, say, a
Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts in the
prosecution of chronic sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein and his former
girlfriend is unlikely to produce much, if anything, to satisfy
(02:34):
the public's appetite for new revelations about the financiers' crimes.
The request came as some supporters of President Donald Trump
blasted his administration for renegging on a vow to make
public all that evidence that they see as key. Of course,
at the top of the hour, we'll get started with
Bill Handel Handle on the news, and I think Nil
(02:56):
Sevadra is off today and it's just going to be
me and Bill Bill. Oh sweet, that's gonna be awesome.
Bill Here. Here's what's the over under on whether Bill
Handle even remembers that I work here, Okay, remembers everybody?
Speaker 5 (03:12):
You think?
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Ye, I don't think he's gonna remember. I think he's
gonna say many heinous things to me this morning. Yeah,
let me tell you something made I woke up kind
of saucy. I'm ready for it.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I noticed.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
So if stay tuned for six o'clock, let's see how
well I handle handle. It's just the two of us
this morning, and my goodness just wishes all the best.
Let's get back into some news for now.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
At this point, we're assuming that all the male that
was in the building at the time is burned up,
gone unrecoverable.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
The brother of former NFL player Pat Tillman has been
arrested after allegedly crashing his car into a post office
in San Jose that caused an explosion, sending the post
office up in flames. US Postal Inspector Matthew Norfleet says
Richard Tillman may have done it on purpose.
Speaker 6 (04:00):
Inspects are investigating as an intentional act. It will of
course be determined in a court of law whether or
not it was, but it does not look like an
accident so far.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Richard Tillman's brother, Pat Tillman, died in an exchange of
friendly fire while serving as an army ranger in Afghanistan
in two thousand and four. LYPD officers have responded to
a call of a man with a gun outside of
business in Northridge. They may have shot a man. Shooting
happened at about eight o'clock last ninth. Injured man was
taken to a hospital with what were described as non
(04:31):
life threatening injuries. There are multiple law enforcement agencies that
are continuing their investigation into that deadly explosion that killed
three LA County Sheriff's deputies on Friday.
Speaker 7 (04:43):
The explosion happened on Friday morning and at training facility
in East LA. The lasd sins it appears that the
detectives who were killed were moving explosives in a cart
through the training center's parking lot. Reports say the detectives
thought the device or devices were inert The investigation and
that's also led law enforcement to an apartment complex in
Santa Monica. Residents say there was a handy police presence
(05:05):
there on Friday and Saturday. Mark Mayfield, Ky You Fin News.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
President Trump has sued The Wall Street Journal and its owner,
Rupert Murdoch for billions of dollars after it published a
racy letter. The newspaper claims Donald Trump wrote to Jeffrey
Epstein years ago. White House correspondent and attorney John Decker
is live with Us Now for a look at what
is behind the libel suit and President Trump's chances of
(05:32):
winning the case. Good morning to you, John, Thanks for
being with us.
Speaker 5 (05:36):
Hey Michael, thanks for having me on today. This lawsuit
filed by lawyers for the president late Friday afternoon, filed
in federal court in South Florida, a ten billion dollar lawsuit.
That's what the President is seeking, And the President has
had some luck recently as it relates to winning settlements
from two major news organizations. From ABC News owned by
(05:59):
Walton Dine, the President won a fifteen million dollars settlement
for a lawsuit filed against ABC and George Stephanopolos, and
then earlier this month, DBS News settled a lawsuit filed
for a similar amount with the President that relates to
a story that aired on sixty Minutes. This particular lawsuit
(06:20):
filed because of the story published in the Law Street
Journal late last week. I think you gave a good
background on it. The President, according to the Journal, sent
a letter to Jeffrey Epstein back in two thousand and three.
According to the Journal, the letter contains the president's signature,
a racy message, according to the Journal, also accompanying it
a drawing of a naked woman. The President denies all
(06:42):
of that, the President saying that he did not send
a letter to Jeffrey Epstein. It's not his signature, it's
not his drawn that accompanies the article. And so for
all of those reasons, the President filing this defamation lawsuit
against as you mentioned, the law Street Journal ann Rupert Murdoch,
the journal's primary shareholder.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
It's interesting that I think a lot of times when
we think about the media and its relationship with President Trump,
Fox News it tends to be perceived as pretty cozy
with the administration. But Fox News is also earned owned
by Rupert Murdoch. So it does seem interesting that the
White House President Trump would be going after somebody who
(07:21):
is an ally. But it seems their relationship is rather complicated.
Speaker 5 (07:27):
Well, it is a complicated relationship. Do you remember, just
I think it was last week there was that Club
World Cup final that happened in New Jersey where the
New York Giants play football. Well, in the suite where
the President was watching that final, guess who else was there?
Rupert Murdoch, And here he is, just a few days
(07:48):
essentially after they saw one another, you know, and enjoyed
each other's company in that box, that suite at Giants Stadium.
The President following this ken billion dollar lawsuit against the
Journal and Rupert Murdoch.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
We have been talking a lot in the media and
on social media about Jeffrey Epstein again recently, and a
lot of that is coming from the strongest base of
supporters of President Trump who wanted to see this mysterious
Epstein list, this mysterious list that may or may not exist,
of all the rich and powerful men who made trips
(08:26):
to Epstein's island, flew on the Lolita Express, committed all
these crimes with him, and President Trump has basically said,
we don't need to pay attention to this story anymore.
And now we are finding out through this Wall Street
Journal report if it's true that perhaps the President's relationship
with Jeffrey Epstein was cozier, maybe than even previously believed.
(08:50):
What is the status of the Epstein case and the
White House's messaging on it today.
Speaker 5 (08:58):
Well, the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, she has to be
mentioned in terms of this story because she had spoken
publicly in television interviews of having what she called a
truckload of material concerning a truckload of files is what
she called it, on Jeffrey Epstein, and there was a
promise to release all of that material to the public
(09:19):
and now that promise is not being met by the
Attorney General. That's the reason why some in the President's orbit,
big supporters of the President, calling for Pam Bondi's resignation.
She's not going anywhere. The President has the full support
of Pam Bondy. In fact, she was in that suite
(09:39):
watching that club World Cup final just a week ago.
So interesting bedfellows that we're talking about here as it
relates to this story. The President is hoping that this story,
maybe this is the week that it goes away. We'll
have to wait and see if there's another shoe to drop,
another element to the story that comes out this coming week.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
White House Corse on a John Decker, thanks so much
for being with us. Hope to talk to you again soon.
Speaker 6 (10:04):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Let's get back to some news coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The seven eleven chain will
not be changing ownership anytime soon. A Canadian company was
looking to buy it, but is now backed out of
that deal. This company, called Kushtard, has offered forty six
billion dollars to buy seven eleven's Japanese owners seven and I,
(10:27):
but negotiations between the two have closed. With no agreement.
Vandals have spray painted swastikas on some buildings in Chicago.
One of the science is used by a nonprofit helping
the Latino immigrant community. Baltasar Enriquez sits on the local
community council and says, the people who did it are
trying to intimidate residents in the neighborhood and.
Speaker 8 (10:48):
To see this hate cryings or these hate signals does
bring fear to our community.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Chicago police say they're checking surveillance video to try to
identify those vandals. Las Vegas and Seattle are the front
as locations for potential new NBA franchises. The Basketball League
says it's formally looking into the possibility of adding one
or two expansion teams and hasn't done that since two
thousand and four, and that's not accurate. I apologize for
(11:15):
that hasn't expanded in quite some time. My apologies for
stumbling there. And James Gunn Superman continues to top the
box office charts in its second weekend in theaters. According
to the Studio Estimate Sunday, the film collected fifty seven
point three million dollars in ticket sales this weekend. New
releases include I Know What did last summer, Smurfs, and Eddington,
but none of those movies came close to touching Warner
(11:37):
Brothers in DC Studios Superhero success. It did drop fifty
four percent from its opening weekend, but in two weeks,
Superman has grossed over four hundred million dollars across the world.
There'll be a big test coming next weekend when Disney
releases Marvels The Fantastic Four First Steps. Hey, it's National
(11:59):
Junk Food Day.
Speaker 9 (12:00):
It all started in eighteen ninety six with Crackerjack. Now,
Americans drop about twelve hundred dollars per person every year
on junk food. And it's not really your fault if
you find yourself in the drive through. The FDA says
junk food is addictive because it's loaded with fat, sugar,
and salt, and eating those makes you crave more hamburgers, fries,
fried chicken, pizza, soda, chips, and that frappuccino. I'll just
(12:23):
drive through away free Tennis KFI news.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
And I was mentioning that NBA expansion story. I apologize
again as script I think was wrong because it said
the Charlotte Hornets join In two thousand and four. I
know that's not right. Maybe it's like ninety four. So
I'm gonna have to fix that. And the reason I
know that will Cole Schreiber's because, I mean, they were
all the rage back in the nineties. Did you have
a Hornet's hat? I can't say I did. No, not
(12:47):
a big Hornets fan. I'm a Golden I'm a Golden
State Warriors fan. Thank you. La Mayor Bass has again
complained about having the military in the city to help
with federal immigration enforcement efforts. She says the raids are
creating fears. She's also complained about agents wearing face masks.
Bass is expected to be in Silmar this morning to
join others calling for an end to the deployment of
(13:09):
National Guard troops and the US Marines here in Los Angeles.
Las Vegas and Seattle are the front runners as locations
for potential new NBA franchises, and former LA County Sheriff
Alex Vanueva has registered a campaign committee for next year's election.
The La Times reports the Vianueva for Sheriff twenty twenty
six committee has been registered with the Secretary of State's Office.
(13:32):
The Time says Vanueva is expected to have more information
this week. Current sheriff Robert Luna beat out Vianueva in
that twenty twenty two election for sheriff. And I don't
know if you've been on social media this week, Odds
Art you have, and if that is in fact the case,
(13:52):
you've probably heard this.
Speaker 10 (13:56):
Both the.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Question to be the kiss cam shot heard around the world.
That was a Coldplay concert in Boston. And you know
how those cams are, they move around, they show people. Well,
it landed on a couple that maybe was not supposed
to be a couple or at least didn't want anyone
to know their couple status. And joining us now to
(14:30):
talk about the fallout, and boy has there been fallout
is National correspondent Rory O'Neil. Good morning to you, Rory.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
Yeah, Michael, and that really was the camera shot heard
around the world, taken not far from where the actual
shot heard around.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
The world was done a couple. Yeah, that's that's an
excellent point. I got to tell you, Rory, I really
hate this story. It makes me so uncomfortable. I know
people are having fun with it, and what I can't believe.
I mean, keep in mind these two people when that
camera came on them ducked away in embarrassment. So even
a singer there in Coldplay knew that something was up,
(15:06):
Chris Martin. Yeah, and and now people are having so
much fun with it, but this has caused some problems
for it for the Yeah, these are these are these
are wealthy people in a high profile tech company.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
Well right, And so look there's the family tragedy aspect
of this, of two relationships likely falling apart. There are
kids involved, and there's a lot of sad stuff here.
But at the same time, hey, Love Island is over
this season, so we all need something to talk about.
And look, it's easy, it's unifying. We're not going down
red versus Blue, left right from no Maggot not whatever. Like,
(15:41):
there's all we can all rally behind this and the
awkwardness of this kiss Camp moment. And the memes have
been brilliant, really many of them have. And I think
that also shows the power of those of AI in
generating a lot of the stuff that we're seeing online.
It's so much easier to make this stuff up. Now,
(16:03):
have you gotten a favorite yet that you've seen?
Speaker 3 (16:05):
I have to turn away from them because they make
me so uncomfortable. I can just I mean, I'm just
cringing at this story. I mean, what are the odds
that you know you're possibly engaging in an extra marital affair.
You go see Coldplay and the band turns the camera
on you, and then you become an Internet sensation, and
(16:27):
not just memes. You're mentioning the memes. People are having
a lot of fun at these people's expense. But I've
seen other professional sports organizations that have cams in their
stadiums or arenas and they're all engaging in some creating.
They're recreating it, they're making fun of it. It is nuts.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
Oh yeah, the Philly fanatic I think was a trailblazer
and that one, you know, I think last Thursday or Friday.
You know, I've seen memes. It's Luke sky Walker and
Princess Leah, It's Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The one
that gets me is Fazzy Bear and Miss Piggy. There
they are stepping out on Kermit.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Yeah, so there's some and.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
The animation and now they're getting animated. They are mini movies.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Again.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
I think the technology makes it so much easier to
generate these kinds of memes. I've seen pizza and pineapple
out together was one that's an.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
Affair that I actually endure. So I wish that's.
Speaker 4 (17:21):
The relationship that shouldn't be But all right, yeah, no,
but again it is. It's sad, but at the same time,
it's one of those summer fun things that if you
can take the human tragedy out of it, you know,
you can't have a lot of fun with it.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
We're talking about the CEO of Astronomer Inc. And one
of the h R human resources executives. They are possibly
engaging in an extra habital Yeah, what's happened at the company?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Well, he's been he has parted ways with the company.
He's been wished well in his future endeavors, as I think.
I'm sure it has been on memos that we've all seen.
But so he's out. She, on the other hand, Kristin Cabit,
she is now on leave, so we haven't seen, you know,
if she'll get some sort of an agreement, I'd imagine
their future careers might be in doubt. I'm not sure
(18:09):
who would want to hire these people. The New York
Post has really been doing deep dives into the personal
lives of both these people. She married into a wealthy family,
so I don't think they're going to need the income,
but certainly the high profile nature of this is something
that's unprecedented.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Unprecedented. Indeed, Now, how did you land this assignment? I
mean you're the national correspondent, Wrory, that's how big this
has gotten.
Speaker 4 (18:36):
Well, hey, look I just followed the biggest news of
the WEEKND.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
I was like, this is still going on.
Speaker 4 (18:40):
I thought it'd be all over.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
I was like that Friday, it's all over.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
Maybe Saturday, if couple are leftovers, like still going Sunday,
And here we are today, fresh material still popping up. Yeah,
this just isn't going away. I'm sure that Trump administration
would like to be putting on coldplate T shirts in
order to change the topic to this off of Epstein.
But let's see what happens on Pennsylvania Avenue today.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
We certainly will. Indeed, I know you'll be on top
of that because you do cover a lot of things,
including this horrifying, cringe worthy story. Roy O'Neill, our National correspondent.
Always a pleasure to talk to you. Hope to talk
to you again soon. Hey, thanks Michael, my goodness, I
mean Will Cole Schreiber. I know I'm not alone and
in cringing at this cold Play kiss cam concert footage.
(19:24):
But you're out in public, things can happen. You gotta
slither around in the night like a decent human being.
It sounds like somebody knows that's enough. Okay, let's get
back to some news coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour news roum. Melli mare Bass says she's not
concerned about the city still being without a permanent fire chief.
Speaker 7 (19:44):
Bass maybe the comment on Sunday during an interview with
CBS Face the Nation. It's now been five months since
Bass fired former LAFD chief Kristin Crowley in the aftermath
of the deadly pala Stades fire. Veteran firefighter Ronnie van
Uweva has been serving as interim fire chief. Best says
she doesn't think the lack of a permanent fire chief
during fire season is a problem at all. Mark Mayfield,
(20:06):
KO Fire News.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
Scottie Scheffler has dominated the British Open for his second
major title this year. Scottie Scheffler He's now joined the
company of golf's greats. He is the champion of the Open.
A Royal Court Rush twenty twenty.
Speaker 8 (20:26):
Five Serrus XMPGA Tour Radio Scottie Scheffler wins his first
Open Championship title, is fourth career major title. Has now
won three of the four majors on the way to
the career Grand Slam.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
That's ESPN's Chris Lewis, who says Scotty Scheffler is the
world's number one who led by as many as seven shots.
He shot a sixty eight to win by four shots
and now head off to the US Open next year
with a chance to complete golf's Grand Slam. And Dodgers
CEO Mark Walter has been voted Major League Baseball's moment
(21:00):
liked owner for the second straight year. The Canadian online
casino website Casinoca surveyed fans from all thirty Major League
Baseball teams. At least four thousand fans rated their team's
owner on a scale of one to ten, covering decision
making and overall leadership. Walter had the highest rating of
eight point six, just ahead of the New York Mets
(21:22):
owner Steve Cohen at eight point five. Angels owner Arte
Moreno tied for eighteenth at five point two. Let's get
an update on what's happening in the entertainment world. ABC
Entertainment News, Superman, Miss.
Speaker 11 (21:39):
Lane James Gunn Superman showed staying powered at second weekend,
earning more than fifty seven million dollars in ticket sales
to top the box office. In just two weeks. It's
grossed more than four hundred and six million worldwide, according
to studio estimates. Jurassic Art Rebirth came in second, earning
more than twenty three million. It's personal to time you
(22:00):
know what you did last summer took third. Comedian Bill
Maher interviewed music legend Billy Joel for his hit podcast.
Speaker 4 (22:06):
I'm Tipping over Sacred Cows all my life.
Speaker 9 (22:08):
That's what I like to do.
Speaker 4 (22:09):
I like to do that.
Speaker 11 (22:10):
In an unfiltered conversation, The Piano Man talks about life,
legacy and the making of his new HBO documentary. Comedian
John Oliver teamed up with Minor League Baseball's Eerie Sea
Wolves over the weekend, while the team temporarily rebranded as
the Moon Mammoths.
Speaker 6 (22:24):
Martleague Baseball, as you know, is willing to try anything.
Speaker 11 (22:27):
And Happy Birthday. Josh Hartnett, The Pearl Harbor and Black
Hawk Downstars forty seven, Chuck sievertson ABC News.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
Josh Hartnett is forty seven. How old am I one hundred?
And I'm not going to finish?
Speaker 5 (22:41):
All right?
Speaker 3 (22:42):
Well, I'm younger than you. The brother of the late
NFL star Pat Tillman is facing charges after he allegedly
crashed his car into a post office in San Jose.
Post office officials say Richard Tillman drove into the Almaden
Valley Post office early yesterday morning'ing an explosion. It calls
the post office to go up in flames. Investigators believe
(23:05):
Tilman drove into that post office on purpose. His brother,
Pat Tilman was a star in the NFL who left
football and died in Afghanistan as an army ranger in
an exchange of friendly fire. Gaza's Health ministry says the
territory has experienced its deadliest day for aid seekers and
over twenty one months of conflict, with at least eighty
(23:27):
five Palestinians killed while seeking that aid. Yesterday, Israeli forces
reportedly open fire on crowds near AID convoys, killing dozens
in northern Gaza. The UN has confirmed massive crowds gathered
as twenty five AID trucks entered the area and Scotti.
Scheffler is the champion golfer of the year and one
step closer to the career Grand Slam. Number one player
(23:49):
in the world dominated the British Open on Sunday and
led by as many as seven shots before winning ultimately
by four. Coming up at the top of the hour,
we've got Handle on the news. Bill Handle will be here,
but Nil Savager is off and Amy King is obviously off.
I'm filling in for her. It's just gonna be Bill
Handle and Michael Monks love to see how that goes.
(24:12):
I'm a little nervous, So if you're on my side,
stay with us and send me all the good energy.
If you're on handle side, well, good luck to all
of you. I wish you good fortune in the wars
to come. Coming up at five point fifty, the President
has urged the Senate to cancel his August congressional recess
to allow for the confirmation of the President's nominees. ABC
Stephen Portnoy will join us live as our friend from
(24:35):
Boom Bloomberg. Not here with us yet, Okay, we'll have
that financial report coming up momentarily. Meanwhile, we've got more
news coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
La Mayor Bass has again complained about having the military
in this city to help with federal immigration enforcement efforts.
Speaker 12 (24:50):
This is just such an incredible misuse of not only
taxpayers money, but of the young people who are in
the National Guard who've had to leave their family, their jobs,
and their education for this deployment that is completely unnecessary.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
Bass hold CDs has faced the nation. The raids are
creating fear as masked men pull up in unmarked cars
and jump out of those cars with rifles and detain people.
Speaker 12 (25:15):
For the average citizen, it looks like it's a violent kidnapping,
so you should never have that.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Bass is expected in Silmar this morning to join others
calling for an end the deployment of National Guard troops
and US Marines in Los Angeles. All right, it's time
now to get up in the money. Is that what
we're doing. We're getting up in your business with Bloomberg's
Courtney Donaho, who is with us now Live. Courtney, Good
morning to you.
Speaker 13 (25:41):
Good morning, Michael.
Speaker 3 (25:43):
I know that I am a fortunate person who is
not looking for a job. The unemployment rate through in
California is the highest in the nation, so there might
be a lot of resumes being crafted, and I am
now understanding that that rule that keep your resume a
one page is not necessarily true anymore.
Speaker 13 (26:03):
Yeah, well, it's long been the norm, the one page resume.
The thought is that hiring managers really don't have the time,
the energy, or really care to flip to page two
to find out if you hear the best fit. While
artificial intelligence, of course, is changing all of that. Hiring
experts are telling the Wall Street Journal a longer resume
increases the odds of getting past that bot that's reading
(26:24):
your application, and the multiple page resume allows you to
add more words and phrases about your career that AI
is trying to find.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
Well, that is h It's also very challenging knowing that
it's probably not a person who's looking at the resume regardless.
Speaker 13 (26:41):
It's it's frustrating, but you know, this is an interesting point.
AI recruiting software company findem is telling job seekers that
they have to really think about it when they're crafting
their resume, that they need to feed this AI tool
enough information to make sure that they choose you, which
is kind of a scary thought. But keep mind they
said four to five pages is pushing it.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
It's getting a little long.
Speaker 13 (27:05):
Even those most hiring managers now once they get your resume,
once it's been passed to them, they're flipping through on
their phone. But if you're a rookie, of course, make
sure you just stick to one page, don't pat.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
It with stuff. We know you all don't have that
much experience. Yeah, good advice indeed, and best of lucked
all those job seekers out there. It is a tough,
strange environment. The days when you could just show up
and drop your information off, but those days are long behind. Hey,
what's going on in the automobile world? I understand that
the guys behind Jeep, Chrysler, Ram, Dodge they got a
(27:38):
little bit of a challenge ahead.
Speaker 13 (27:39):
Oh yeah, definitely navigating a huge automotive storm. So the
company behind this is a company called Stalantis. They run
all of those companies that you just mentioned, and they
reported a surprise two point seven billion with a b
billion dollar loss first half loss this morning. The company
has fallen behind in the US. It has any lineup,
(28:00):
model delays, and a few pricing blunders that got them
in a little bit of trouble, and reversing their fortunes
is going to take some time because it had a
lot of cost cuts under its prior management and now
has a new CEO.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
But those cost cuts.
Speaker 13 (28:16):
Alienated a lot of longtime customers. For example, what Stilantis
was doing is they were swapping metal parts for plastic
ones on some of their big, rugged trucks, and that
hurt a lot of their brands.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
And before I let you run, Courtney, I'll note that
I was shopping for candles yesterday because I am the
epitome of masculinity, and I noticed that the shop has
already got their Halloween candles out. They've gone to all
of the autumn sense and I love autumn. But it
is July. And that's not the only business that's flipping
(28:49):
the calendar a little early. Falls top of mind. It's
Starbucks as well.
Speaker 13 (28:54):
Yes, I mean, I'm fully aware that it's hot outside for.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
Much of the country.
Speaker 13 (28:58):
It's definitely warm in New York, but put it on
the calendar, folks. The pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks will
be back Tuesday, August twenty sixth August twenty six Yes,
so don't forget it's Starbucks' most popular seasonal beverage. So
there's a couple of things that are going to be
returning this fall that came out with their big fall
(29:20):
menu list, and they said the Pumpkin Cream cold brew
ice pumpkin cream chai, and the pecan crunch oat milk latte.
That's returning pecan, pecan, whatever way we say it. Plus
there's two new additions to the fall menu too, the
pecan Cortato and also Italian sausage egg bites. I have
(29:40):
to tell that to my brother who loves the egg
bites and see what he thinks about them.
Speaker 3 (29:43):
So it sounds really good. But yeah, it's really early. Well,
we'll look forward to having that. And here's to you,
Courtney Donaho from in your business at Bloomberg. Thanks so
much for spending part of your Monday morning with us.
Speaker 13 (29:57):
Yes, definitely getting in everybody's business this morning.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
I appreciate you as always. Have a great day you too.
It's definitely pronounced pecan though, Am I right? I mean
it's definitely pronounced pecan. It's pronounced yum. I mean you
like the pecan drink, well anything pecan? Oh kind of
sweet though, I am all right, let's get back to
some news. Hundreds of people have protested outside an old
(30:22):
prison in the Bay Area over reports the Trump administration
is possibly looking into converting the facility in Dublin to
an IC detention center. When Yamashita says, it brings up
bad memories for her and her family.
Speaker 14 (30:36):
The Japanese were interned. My father was interned, and it
can't happen again. But it is, it's happening, and it's
almost shameful.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
During World War Two, the US force the incarceration of
more than one hundred thousand Japanese Americans to live in
tournament camps under the Alien Enemies Act. And the La
County Department of Health Services as it expects to start
losing about seven hundred and fifty million dollars a year
in federal funding because of the Big Beautiful Bill approved
by Congress. It says a hiring freeze is now in effect.
(31:10):
Because of those funding cuts, Public Health chief Barbara Ferrare
says the department cannot survive a cut that big and
employee layoffs will be likely. All right. Republicans in Texas
are set to withdraw the state's congressional map during a
special session that starts today. It's something President Trump has
(31:32):
encouraged as a way to help Republicans retain control of
the US House in next year's midterm election. We're hearing
rumblings and Sacramento that this may inspire similar actions and
more democratically powerful states, and Gaz's Health Ministry says the
territory has experienced its deadliest day for those seeking aid
(31:52):
and over twenty one months of conflict, with at least
eighty five Palestinians killed while seeking that aid. Just yes, Pa,
all right. President Trump has urged Senate Majority Leader John
Thune to cancel the August congressional recess to allow for
the confirmation of Trump's nominees. The president says in a
(32:13):
post on social media over the weekend, we need them badly.
Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off are mini
victories over the past two weeks and indeed six months,
will cancel August recess and long weekends in order to
get my incredible nominees confirmed. ABC News national correspondent Steven
(32:34):
Portnoy joins US Live Now from Washington. Good morning to you, Steven, Hey,
good morning to you. The president is an expert at
flowery flirtatious language on social media when he is targeting
certain legislators. Will the Senate Majority leader heed these words? Well,
we'll see.
Speaker 15 (32:52):
I mean, look, what the president says is that there
are people who are in his administration who should be
serving and they're not serving because they haven't been confirmed.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
Who are we talking about.
Speaker 8 (33:01):
These are not.
Speaker 15 (33:01):
Bold face names, These are not household words. These are
people who would be up for mainly mid level posts
in various agencies or departments, Assistant secretary of this or
inspector general of that. But there are some positions here
that the DA administrator, the head of the Marshall Service,
and there's some indications that maybe some of these will
(33:23):
move between now and the start of the August recess.
But you know, I don't know exactly what's driving the
president's demand on this, and nor is it out of
the ordinary. If you'd have a list of people who
are waiting confirmation. The president's cabinet has been confirmed, but
there are people beneath them who are important to the
implementation of the president's agenda. And there are some judicial nominees,
(33:45):
a handful who have already cleared the judiciary Committee. One
of them is rather controversial, Amil Bovie, who is the
president's former defense attorney who is now a senior official
the Justice Department. He was the subject of a Democratic
walkout lately last week, where Democrats were so angry that
the Republican chairman of the committee, Chuck Grassley, wasn't allowing
(34:06):
for a fulsome debate or additional witnesses who might testify
against Bovy, that they stormed out, And you have nine
hundred ex employees of the Justice Department writing the Senate
urging them not to confirm this man. Well, we'll see
how it all plays out. I'm not aware of the
more moderate Republicans such as Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, maybe
(34:26):
Mitch mconnell or Tom Tillis saying they're going to withhold
their support from this man. We'll see how it all
plays out, but he perhaps is the most controversial of
the nominations still pending.
Speaker 3 (34:36):
You noted that these aren't necessarily outside of that one
controversial or big headline grabbers as far as the nominees go.
And you also don't know exactly what motivated President Trump
to push for this, But I mean, just to understand
what's at stake here for these members of Congress they
take a little vacation every year. Is this something that
(34:57):
they typically do and seldom work through?
Speaker 15 (35:00):
Well, it depends on the year, It depends on the
you know, the political calendar, It depends on you know,
what else is going on, what kind of crises are
going on here at home or overseas. But yes, it's
expected that August there's a slow time here in Washington, DC.
Speaker 3 (35:14):
Traditionally.
Speaker 15 (35:15):
One thing that also is sort of outstanding is the
idea that we're we're sort of in a slow motion
train wreck situation here when it comes to government funding.
You know, there was a lot of attention paid to
the one big beautiful bill that was a budget reconciliation measure.
You had the Recisions Package pass last week. These have
to do with tweaks to the overall you know, broad
(35:38):
government spending apparatus. But in a normal year, the Congress
is supposed to send the president appropriations bills for his
signature by the end of September, and right now there's
not the kind of bipartisan agreement that's required for that
to happen. So what you're also likely to see is
maybe some sort of bipartisan agreement on a continuing resolution. Well,
nobody here in Washington really wants that because it's just
(35:59):
the continuation of prior year policy and spending levels, and
everybody wants to make their mark and make changes. You
can't do that in a CR. So that's also sort
of hanging over everything. But there's a very very powerful
magnet when it comes to vacation time or recess time.
And it's not just the idea of you know, not working.
It's the idea of being out in your states or
(36:19):
your district and getting pressing the flesh, getting on local television,
hopefully radio, and you know, being out there and demonstrating
to your own constituents that you're one of them, among
them and doing their work here in Washington, d C.
Speaker 3 (36:33):
Well, we know when it happens, you'll be the one
to tell us about it. ABC News National correspondent Steven Portnoy.
We always appreciate the time you give us. Thanks so much,
you bet, and we'll turn us some more news coming
out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. JP Morgan
now has the highest market value of any bank in
the United States. It made thirty billion dollars in profits
in the first half of this year. That's more than
(36:56):
twice as much as its closest rival. JP Morgan is
now valu'd hire than those main rivals, Bank of America,
City Group and Wells Fargo. Here's some good news. Vanilla
is still America's favorite ice cream.
Speaker 7 (37:12):
Nana from instacart shows that vanilla was the most ordered
ice cream flavor on the platform in summer of twenty
twenty four, and also top the list for summer of
twenty twenty three. Figure showed that vanilla made up twenty
seven percent of all ice cream sales last summer. Chocolate
and cookies and cream made second and third on the list.
Mark Mayfield Kofi News, there are.
Speaker 3 (37:33):
Very few bad ice cream flavors, but Vanilla is the
best one. It's indisputable, and I'm glad to hear. I'm
glad that I'm not alone. I mean, people say, ah,
that's so vanilla, it's a Vanilla's uses this pejorati. Vanilla's
a very fine flavor. You can add things to anything
to it, that's true. Strawberries. Yes, we have free will,
this is still a democracy. But chocolate ice cream rocks. Sure,
(37:53):
But I find that Vanilla is superior Rocky Road really yeah,
well night all right. Midway through the summer, US retailers
are sweating a different season. It's less than twenty two
weeks before Christmas. American businesses that may and sell consumer
goods usually have their holiday orders and their prices at
this time of year, but the tariff policy has them
(38:18):
facing complications. So what we're seeing right now, according to
this report from the Associated Press, is that stores may
not have the specific gift items customers want by the
time we get to November and desimmer some that I
say desimmer December. Some retail suppliers and buyers have scaled
back their holiday lines, and businesses are still finalizing their prices.
(38:40):
But say shoppers can't expect many popular products to cost more,
So get ready for that. Now, let's get a quick
check on entertainment.
Speaker 10 (38:54):
Katie Perry nearly fell off a fake giant butterfly prop
while performing her hit song Roar in San Francisco over
the weekend. The prop suddenly drops several feet while in
the air over the audience. Fan video posted to x
shows Perry briefly stop singing to steady herself and then
continue the performance. It happened Will Perry was performing at
(39:14):
the Chase Center on her Lifetime's tour. The pop star
later posted a screenshot of her face as the prop
fell several feet, writing good night, san Fran.
Speaker 3 (39:23):
All right, thank you for that report, Jacqueline Carl. We
are the team that leads local live from the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. Thanks to our producer and technical
producer Kono, who always tells me when our guests are
connected finally so that I can greet them and ask
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Monks filling in for Amy King this morning. This has
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