May 20, 2025 • 42 mins
Heather Brooker fills in for Amy King. KFI White House Correspondent Jon Decker joins the show to discuss whether President Trump is trying to play peacemaker between Ukraine and Russia. ABC News correspondent Peter Charalambous reports live from New York with the latest on newly released photos in the Diddy trial. ABC News Radio correspondent Jim Ryan talks about preparing for a potential recession—and how much you might need to have in savings. Bloomberg Media’s Courtney Donohoe is also here to spill the tea on a new Sprite + tea drink and she lets us know how to save up to 20% on shared rides with Lyft who is re-offering the shared ride option. And finally, host of KFI’s How to Money, Joel Larsgaard, discusses economic anxiety, shrinking tips, and the frustrations of unreliable home internet.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI
AM six forty KFI and KOST HD two, Los Angeles,
Orange County. It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Good morning, and happy Tuesday, May twentieth. I'm Heather Brooker
in for Amy King. This is your wake up call
and we are so glad you're here with us today. Hey,
there's Will. Will's just coming in. I may have been
just hollering for you. Why do I just sound so country?
All of a sudden, I was hollering, Wow, my Oklahoma
just came out big and strong.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Happy to be here you guys.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Amy's taking another day of rest to get better, and
we want her to be back at one hundred percent
when she comes back, which hopefully be very soon.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Let's say good morning to the wake Up Call crew.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Good morning, Sam, Good morning, how you doing good? Sam
is in for CODO this morning, So glad you're here.
And then good morning too, and good morning and is
here as Ali's and Will just cruising in at the
nick of time.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Oh, I guess you need to I got there.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
I want me is such a lovely like calm demeanor
when he does good, opposite of reality.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
I love it. I want to do something fun today
you guys.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
This weekend is Memorial Day weekend and shortly after is summer.
Can you believe it's It's all happened so fast this year,
So I want to hear from you. I want you,
guys to use that talkback button if you're using the
iHeartRadio app and send me a message. Let me know
what you're looking forward to and what you and your
family enjoy doing on Memorial Day weekend or at the summer.
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Do you go to the beach, do you grill out,
do you take vacations like sit by the pool, or
do you just like to continue watching Netflix from your couch.
Whatever it is, I would love to hear from you.
Use that talkback button on the iHeartRadio app. And I'm
going to try to get to some of those messages
a little bit later on in the show. But we
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have a lot of news to get to today, so
let's get started. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call.
The family of Ellie County Sheriff Deputy Alfredo Flores has
filed a wrongful death lawsuit after he died from injuries
in a mobile shooting range fire during a mandatory training exercise.
The suit alleges negligence and seeks to stop the use
of mobile ranges to prevent future tragedies.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
The body of twenty.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Two year old UCSB student Tanner Prentice was reported missing
on May seventeenth, and it was discovered yesterday morning in
Big Bear Lake. Authorities say they don't believe there was
a crime involved. The San Bernardino Corners Office is investigating.
UCSB has extended condolences and is offering support to the
campus community. A spring heat wave is building in Socaw,
(02:38):
with the hottest temperatures expected tomorrow. Forecasters say his in
the valley will range from ninety five to one hundred
and three. That's as much as twenty degrees above normal.
The heat advisory takes effect today around eleven o'clock for
the San Fernando Valley, Calabasas, Agora Hills, and the recreational
areas of the San Monica Mountains. Here's what's ahead on
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wake up call at four five oh five, President Trump
has been working the phones to in the war in Ukraine,
calling both Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelenski in a day
of diplomacy. We're going to tell you what was said
and what it could mean for Ukraine. At five point twenty,
newly released photos show the bruises, drugs, and fear as
federal prosecutors reveal disturbing images supporting Cassie Ventura's abuse claims
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against Sean Diddy Comb's we're going to have the latest
from the courtroom. And a five point thirty five is
a recession on the horizon. Experts say there's a thirty
to fifty percent chance the US economy could take a
downturn this year, and we're going to tell you what
that means for your wallet and how you can prepare.
And if five point fifty a lot of people are
rethinking their spending habits amid economic uncertainty, from skipping brunch
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to postponing major life decisions. We're going to tell you
how your how financial anxiety is reshaping consumers daily choices.
Then at six ZHO five it's handle on the news.
We're going to talk about the first aid trucks that
are entering God after nearly three months of Israel's blockade.
Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A college student
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missing in Big Bear has been found dead.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
The Sanda Bernardino County Sheriff's Office says the body of
twenty two year old Tanner Prentice was located in the
water near Pine Nott Marina yesterday morning. The UC Santa
Barbara student had been at Big Bear with a group
of friends. He was last seen alive just after midnight
on Saturday. They had all been staying at a cabin,
but Prentice didn't return that night. Investigators say they don't
suspect foul play. Prentis's LinkedIn page says he expected to
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graduate from UCSB next year. Michael Monks KFI News. The
news is brought to you by American Vision Windows.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Investigators say the man who set off a bomb outside
of a reproductive center in Palm Springs may have shot
test videos. Twenty five year old Guy Bartkiss died in
the explosion Saturday. Investigators say he posted videos on YouTube
months ago showing various homemade explosives. One of them shows
a large explosion in a desert area. The YouTube account
linked with the videos has been deactivated with the videos
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and they can no longer be found online. Former FBI
official Robin Drake told KTLA he thinks this incident could
lead to the start of a new area of investigation
for the FBI.
Speaker 6 (05:12):
This is really going to be, I think a new
data point for the FBI to start creating profiles and
doing some deep research on this, because you know, if
you have one, there's potentially others.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
The FBI says bart Kiss, who was killed, and they
believe he is the one who set the explosion and
he is anti pro life. All right, right, Let's take
a quick look at your traffic with a crash on
the sixth, so five and Wittier.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
Yeah, we've got some problems on the six and you know,
I think they give you the wrong teas there or
didn't you know what maybe that was from yesterday. Let's
talk about something different. How about the five in the
Commerce area. It's going to be the five southbound right
around Garfield. Two vehicles, one of them is overturned. It's
all in the right lane, and traffic stopped all the
way back from Washington as a result. It's tough there.
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We've already got some backup in the Inland Empire as well.
Two fifteen northbound at Martin Luther King. That's a car
fire that got things backed up to the sixties. They
worked to clean up that mess. And on the four
oh five, I missed this one just barely, thankful, least
southbound side of the four h five down there by
a Ventura Boulevard. A crash in lanes, and traffic quickly
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stopped all the way back from the oneh one. Really
slow there as you try to head towards the Subpulvita Pass.
With Southern California's most accurate traffic reports, I'm wi Cole Schreiber.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Thank you, will all right.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
On Monday, President Trump held separate calls with Russian President
Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski, aiming to end
what he calls the bloodbath in Ukraine. Heyfi, White House
correspondent John Decker is here to help us break down
the significance of these calls.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Good morning, John, Hey, good morning to you, Heather.
Speaker 7 (06:47):
Well.
Speaker 8 (06:47):
They were significant, and this was just the third phone
conversation that President Trump has had with President Putin since
he took office for his second term. It was a
two hour plus conversation. We got that from both the
Kremlin and the White House. The President very optimistic, but
the fact of the matter is, nothing's really changed. Two
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and a half months ago, Ukraine agreed to a thirty
day ceasefire, that was a proposal put on the table
by the US. But two and a half months later,
Russia has still not agreed to that thirty day ceasefire.
And even after that call that President Trump had with
President Putin yesterday, they're no closer to getting Russia to
agree to that thirty day cease fire.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
So Trump's call reportedly lasted over two hours and was
described as quote very informative. So do we have any sense,
any nuggets of information about what was actually discussed in
that two hour phone.
Speaker 8 (07:43):
Call, Well, some nuggets. I was in the Oval office
late in the afternoon yesterday. I asked the President some
question in regards to his conversation with President Putin, And
you know what the President said was he thought that
this was positive in the sense that what Russia has
agreed to is to continue conversations with Ukraine, but not
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at the leadership level. You're not going to see a
face to face meeting at this stage between President Putin
and President Zelenski. The President mentioned the idea of increasing
trade if a peace deal is reached between Russia and Ukraine.
That with that is trade between Russia and the US.
But you know, look, I can't think of one product
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from Russia that Americans desire. I mean, there's it's not
like it's a huge market that the US desires to
increase trade. Russia would certainly could use a lot. Their
economies been devastated by sanctions placed upon them, and there's
the threat of more sanctions being placed upon the Russian government,
not only from the US, but from Europe as well.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
The only thing I could think of immediately was vodka, obviously,
but that feels very stereotype.
Speaker 8 (08:53):
We got Russian.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Vactor you want a stereotype. Let's talk about what Trup mentioned.
He mentioned that the Vatican might host negotiations.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
What is that about.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Is there any historical precedent there for the Vatican playing
this kind of role.
Speaker 8 (09:10):
Well, I think that Pope Leo, the newly installed pope,
you know, realizes that this particular war is at a
stalemate three years on and no movement in terms of
moving to peace, and he's offered his good offices to
try to reach or at least get on a pathway
to peace. And the President taking up Pope Leo on
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that particular offer, but there's nothing firm. There's no meeting
that is on the schedule in the course of the
next few days, the next few weeks taking place at
the Vatican involving Ukraine and Russia. Will have to see,
you know, whether or not that actually gains any traction.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
So at this point, it seems like there really was no.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Major movement towards any sort of resolution, which is what
I think everyone was sort of hoping for.
Speaker 8 (10:01):
Is that right? That is right, and that's unfortunate. You know,
it's been frustrating for the president. He's expressed that frustration.
I heard it yesterday from the White House Press Secretary
Caroline Levitt, you know, talking about the president's frustration that
he's had in terms of trying to end this war,
get on a pathway to peace. But even after a
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two hour plus conversation yesterday, it just doesn't sound like
we're any closer to bringing an end to that war.
And those attacks by Russia on civilian areas, drone attacks
on civilian areas in Ukraine, they continue, even after the
President had this conversation with President Putin.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Okay, well, we'll continue to keep a close eye on
this story, John, thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 8 (10:46):
Thanks a lot, Heather, have a great day.
Speaker 9 (10:47):
Bye bye.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Former
President Biden's office says the eighty two year old and
his family are continuing to review cancer treatment options. ABC's
Avery Harper says there are reasons for the timeline of
Biden's diagnosis.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Healthcare is individualized.
Speaker 10 (11:05):
It's based on a person's health, their personal risk factors,
family history, and presidents are just the same, and there's
also no standard for what a president divulges about their
medical evaluations.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
She also says there's no standards in terms of what
tests a president gets during a physical exam. The federal
government has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of
Ashley Babbitt, the woman from San Diego who was shot
and killed by a policeman during the riot at the
US Capitol on January sixth. ABC Stephen Portnoy says the
settlement is opposed by the head of the Capitol Police.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
Chief, Tom Manger, notes that more than four years ago,
the Justice Department cleared the officer who fired the deadly
shot that killed Ashley Babbitt.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Tom Angers says the roughly five million dollar government payment
sends a bad message to law enforcement nationwide. Millions of
people in several states are on the lookout for tornadoes
and dangerous storms yet again today. Meteorologist Ginger z says
they're the same areas hit over the weekend parts.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Of western Tennessee and western Kentucky, Northern.
Speaker 8 (12:07):
Mississippi, too Lake, Huntsville, or Tupelo, Mississippi.
Speaker 7 (12:10):
Memphis included.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
More than a dozen people were killed in tornadoes and
storms from the Heartland to the south. CBS News CEO
Wendy McMahon says she's quitting.
Speaker 7 (12:20):
It's the latest fallout at the network as its parent
company considers settling a lawsuit with President Trump over a
sixty Minutes interview. McMahon said in an email to staff,
it's become clear she and the company don't agree on
the path forward. McMahon has made clear she opposes settling
with Trump, just like former sixty Minutes executive producer Bill Owens,
who resigned last month. Trump is potentially in settlement talks
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with Paramount Global over his lawsuit claiming sixty Minutes edited
an interview with Kamala Harris to benefit her Mark ronnor
KFI News.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
When we come back from Bruises to Bottles of baby oil,
shocking new evidence emerges in the sex trafficking abuse case
against Sean Diddy Combs. We're going to tell you what
prosecutors say the public needs to see. Also, I want
to hear from you. Hit that talkback button on the
iHeartRadio app, or you can send me a tweet at
the Heather Brooker and let me know what you're looking
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forward to this Memorial Day weekend and what you enjoy
doing in the summertime with your family and friends. I
want to hear from you today here on wake Up Call.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI
Am six forty.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
We are taking your talkbacks this morning.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
If you want to send me a quick message on
the iHeartRadio app, just hit that talkback button. Let me
know what you have planned for Memorial Day weekend and
what you're most looking forward to this summer. Memorial Day
is kind of the official kickoff of summer, right, Well,
do you feel like it is too?
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Oh yeah, that's when things start, you know, they start
hitting the pool at.
Speaker 11 (13:46):
The apartment go over.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
You know, we all kind of mentally check out. Also,
it's going to be like one thousand degrees in LA today,
so we all are kind of ready. I think maybe
in that summer mindset.
Speaker 12 (13:55):
Yep, yep.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
All right, let's get back to some news, shall we.
Here's some of the stories we're following in the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. A business owner and commerce was
conducting a private sale and he was fatally shot a
man connected to the buyer. Authorities are investigating the incident
and have not released any identities of people involved. The
cal State Fullerton freshman tragically drowned at Lake Havasu during
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an outing with his fraternity. The Sigma Pi fraternity released
a statement that said eighteen year old Simon Daniel drown
while swimming with friends. Authorities are investigating the incident, and
the university has extended condolences. Noodles and Company plans to
close up to twenty one restaurants this year, citing rising
food and marketing costs. Despite this, that, Shane has seen
(14:40):
a four point four increase in the same store sales
and recently introduced a revamped menu to hopefully attract more customers.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Then at six oh five, it's Handle on the news.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
The Trump administration has agrees to pay has agreed to
pay just under five million dollars to settle a wrongful
death lawsuit that Ashley Babbitt's family filed over her shooting.
We're going to tell you more about that right now,
Let's say good morning for the first time to well
not for the first time. For the first time, the
public is seeing the graphic evidence behind the federal government's
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case against music mogul Sean Diddy Coombs. ABC's Peter Harlamboos,
who has been following the case closely, is joining us now.
Speaker 11 (15:19):
Good morning, Peter, Good morning, Thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
All Right, So, the release of these photos marks a
turning point in the public's view of this case. I
know you've been following this very closely. What has stood
out most to you about the evidence that they've unveiled.
Speaker 11 (15:35):
Yeah, that's exactly right. I mean, we've heard all about
these allegations interred at four days of testimony last week,
but seeing the photos as something else, we're finally getting
these pieces of evidence put into the public record, prosecuted
releasing them yesterday. In addition, to a video showing Comb's
assaulting Ventura at a hotel. In these videos, you can
see what she described across her graphic testimony, the bruises,
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the gases that she's said she endured at the hands
of Combs, the effort she went to conceal them using
makeup when she had to go to a red carpet premiere,
for example, and even some of the materials that prosecutors
say they seized from combs to hotel room when they
rated it last year. They found nine thousand dollars in cash,
drugs that tasted positive for ketamine and MDMA, and tons
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and tons of bottles of baby oil, which Ventura testified
were kind of key to these these sex parties that
are kind of at the center of the case called
freak offs. Really, it's one thing to see to hear
about them in testimony. It's another thing to see these
photos that the jury has been examining at this point
for days.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
So the list of some of the items that we're
seeing you just mentioned there, ketamine, the baby oil, in
large amounts of cash. How are prosecutors using these elements
to tie in the larger trafficking and racketeering charges?
Speaker 11 (16:51):
Yeah, I think they're slowly trying to piece this all together.
I think, if anything, they used those pieces of evidence
to kind of establish the credibility of their star witness.
During the first few days of testimony, they really focused
on that twenty sixteen assault at a hotel that was
captured on video. If anything, that's kind of like the
anchor of this case for the prosecutor. It's kind of
showing on camera Ventura, excuse me, Combs beating Ventura, something
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that they really have no defense to other than saying
that while that might be domestic violence, it isn't rocketeering
or sex trafficking. I think as we see this case progressed,
I think we'll see more and more of this evidence
to corrobreak the story that this wasn't a one off thing,
this was a pattern of conduct, that this was an
enterprise that prosecutors say was criminal.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Now I know, you know, we have all as the
general public scene for years, their red carpet photos, these
forward facing photos that they put out in their public
life together that seemingly indicated there was nothing going on
behind the scenes. We would have no idea. But now
we're really peeling back the layers and getting to see
what was going on. Do you think that these visuals
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are going to impact the jury as well as public
opinion in this case?
Speaker 11 (18:05):
Yeah, I think for the jury, I think there are
times really effective, especially when the prosecutors are contrasting the
private photos of Ventura, the ones she took of herself
documenting the bruising, documenting the gashes, and they contrast them
to the red carpet images that were used to seeing.
And you can see in these photos the prosecutors ventured
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into evidence the efforts to which Ventura was going to
conceal this bruising, these injuries, the makeup she was using
to hide black eyes, to hide bruising, but she was
wearing on the red carpet long dresses that concealed bruises
on her legs. You know, at the end of the day,
we're used to seeing these celebrities in the context of
these high profile red carpets, and it's interesting and if anything,
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very compelling for this jury to see those images with
the new context of what was being done to conceal
all of this violence that Ventura alleges was done upon her.
I think that clearly came across during the testimony last
week and now we're just beginning to see it as
members of the public.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
All right, so quickly looking ahead, what's the next step
in the prosecution's case and what kind of defense is
Combs's team, you know, likely looking to mount in response
to this evidence.
Speaker 11 (19:17):
So at this point, the prosecution has five more weeks
of testimony. We're going to hear from more victims, but
this week, I think we're expecting to hear from some
people closer to Venturre, including your mother, who could be
called as early as today. We're also expecting to hear
from another male escort today who's going to be called
this morning as witness. You know, this is a long case.
They have plenty of time to prove the idea of
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this criminal enterprise, and at this point we're expecting to
see the end of the case revert, hopefully by July fourth.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
I think a lot of people also, too, are curious
to find out if any other celebrity names are mentioned
in this case, so I know a lot of people
will be watching closely for that as well. Peter, thank
you so much for your time, and we'll touch base soon.
Speaker 11 (20:00):
Thanks for for having me all.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom, a spring heat
wave is building in Sokal, with the hottest temperatures expected tomorrow.
Or casters say his in the valleys will range from
ninety five to one hundred and three. That's twenty degrees
above normal. A heat advisory takes effect today at eleven
am for the San Fernando Valley, calabasas Agra Hills, and
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the recreational area of the Santa Monica Mountains. The California
Air Resources Board is planning to implement new clean air
rules by July first.
Speaker 13 (20:30):
Updates to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard have raised concerns
about potential gas price increases, with some experts noting a
current ten cent rise per gallon. The proposed changes seek
a thirty percent reduction in transportation emissions, but may lead
to higher costs for oil refineries and consumers. Critics argue
CARB did not communicate the financial impacts clearly. CARB has
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requested an expedited review from the Office of Administrative Law
to meet the deadline. Tammy Triheo KFI news A.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
City council will host a public hearing tomorrow for residents
to have a say on amendments to Mayor Bass's proposed
thirteen point nine billion dollar budget. The Council's Budget and
Finance Committee has finalized its review of the spending plan
and made recommendations to prioritize funds and reduce the number
of layoffs as the city deals with a nearly one
billion dollar deficit. Tomorrow will be the last time residents
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can comment on the spending plan in person. Lancaster Mayor
Rex Paris has donated ten million dollars to USC.
Speaker 5 (21:29):
Paris's gift establishes a new research effort in his name.
The USC Paris Longevity Accelerator will be tasked with researching
aging and the diseases that often come with it. The
mayor says it's time to figure out how to get
people to live longer and healthier. The accelerator will be
staffed by researchers and engineering, artificial intelligence, gerontology, and medicine.
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Paris is the co founder of Reparis, a medical company
that works on age related diseases. Michael Monks KFI News
when we.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Come back, you can't stop a recession, but you can
get ready for one coming up. We're gonna tell you
the steps financial experts say you should take now to
weather any economic storm. We're also taking your talkbacks on
the iHeartRadio app, telling us what your plans are for
Memorial Day weekend and any fun plans you might have
for this summer. What do you like to do with
your family? You can also send me a tweet at
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the Heather Brooker or an X Do we call it
an X now or a tweet I don't know.
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You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI
Am six forty.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
A recent report highlights that California cities are notably absent
from a list of top summer travel destinations. Despite the
state's renowned attractions like Yosemite, San Diego, and La none
secured a spot in the rankings. LA is expanding its
bus lane enforcement program with automated cameras installed on metro buses.
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After a sixty day warning period, drivers parking in bus
only lanes or at bus stops will face fine starting
at about three hundred dollars. UCLA has appointed a former
Disney executive to enhance its sports program, aiming to improve
fan experiences and boost revenue. Daniel Cruz is the school's
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new Deputy Athletic Director and chief revenue officer. Then at
six p' oh five, it's handle on the news. The
Supreme Court let the Trump administration remove protections from nearly
three hundred and fifty thousand Venezuelan immigrants under the Temporary
Protected Status.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
We'll tell you why they did this and what it
means for all those people.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
And of course, this morning, we are taking your talkbacks
if you want to drop us a note on the
talkback button on the iHeartRadio app and let us know
what you have planned for Memorial Day weekend, what you
enjoy doing over the weekend with your family, and what
you're most looking forward to this summer.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
You go into the beach, are you're going to go
to the pool?
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Are you going to just be netflixing and chilling inside
to try to stay cool.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
It's all welcome. We want to hear from you.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
All right, let's get to some of the stories coming
out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. With forecasts
showing a thirty to fifty percent chance of the US
economy could slide into recession this year, many Americans are
understandably a little bit anxious. And now while we can't
control economic trends, we can control how we respond to them.
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ABC's Jim Ryan is here with more about what this
means for everyday consumers.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
Good morning, Jim, Good morning, Heather.
Speaker 14 (24:25):
Yeah, anxiety is one thing, but then channeling that anxiety
into something positive, trying to prepare for nothing inevitable, then
at least the possible that is an inflation, you know,
job laws and skyrotting prices and whatnot. So yeah, they
Investipedia wallet hub financial advisors are urging people to set
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some money aside. It's that simple, making sure that you
have an emergency fund. Very few Americans actually have that,
according to surveys, and the average family needs something like
thirty five thousand dollars to go for six months that
include housing, transportation, food, those sorts of costs, much less
having something aside for emergencies.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Heather, all right, So for people who may already feel
financially stretched, Hello, I'm raising my hand over here. Yeah,
what is the first and most sort of realistic step
that we can take to prepare well?
Speaker 14 (25:17):
Making some sort of automatic payment every week? Right, So
you set up an account first of all, maybe a
high yield savings account away from your current bank, right,
so that when you open the app for your bank,
you're not seeing your regular checking, then your savings account,
then your credit card.
Speaker 12 (25:33):
It makes it that much.
Speaker 14 (25:35):
Easier to transfer from one into the other, into Rob
Peter to pay Paul.
Speaker 15 (25:39):
Right.
Speaker 14 (25:39):
So if you set it off into an account and
set up some kind of automatic payment every week into
that account.
Speaker 12 (25:45):
It'll start to grow.
Speaker 14 (25:46):
Then when an emergency does come along and you leave
it alone, unless there is an emergency, then it'll be there.
It'll be there waiting for you. And yeah, every week
it gets a little larger.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
So you often hear the term rainy day funds, which
is such a fun little term there. What exactly constitutes
like a rainy day fund and how much should someone
be ideally trying to save and what counts as a
true emergency.
Speaker 14 (26:11):
Yeah, that's a great question. And it's all based and
you can find nerd wallet, for example, has an online
calculator to figure out what you should be setting aside.
And it's not based on your income, it has nothing
to do with that. It's on how much you spend, right,
So your rent or mortgage, your utility, payments, the debts,
the grocery expenses, that sort of thing. Figure that all out,
(26:32):
extend that out for you know, three four or five
six months, and you've come up with an amount that
you should be setting aside or should have in reserve,
just in case the unknown happens. You know, if a
recession does come, if you lose your job suddenly you're
having to pay more for groceries. At least you'll have
something in reserve. By the way, just having a little
(26:54):
bit in reserve. A psychologist say that if you have
two thousand dollars set aside in a savings account, your
sense of financial well being, the way you feel about
your finances goes up twenty one percent. Right, So, even
with that small amount in there, I imagine what having
four or five six, maybe ten thousand or the thirty
(27:15):
five thousand recommended by financial planners for an average family,
how much easier it's going to make your life feel
At least?
Speaker 2 (27:23):
Are there any common mistakes that people make when they
think of recession is coming?
Speaker 14 (27:28):
Not using that emergency fund as an emergency fund, dipping
into it and you know it's more convenient, I'm just
gonna do that. I'll use some of the money in
there instead of my usual checking account or debit card
or something. That's a big mistake that you see here,
and you know it's as if a recession is coming.
You want to make sure that that's something that hasn't
been touched at least as far as withdrawals are concerned.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
All right, So it's not my coffee fund, it's not
my shopping fund.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
I need to leave it, leave it alone, got it,
all right, Jim, thank you so much for sure your
time today to Heather. All right, now it is time
to get in your business. Get up in your business
with the Bloomberg's Courtney dot Jo.
Speaker 5 (28:07):
Good morning, Courtney, Good morning.
Speaker 9 (28:10):
I still laugh about every single morning.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
I'm sure people listening are like, why business? These people
are wild.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
All right, let's jump right into We got a lot
of fun things to talk about today. Sprite is dropping
a new flavor drink.
Speaker 9 (28:22):
For the summer exactly, and I'm here to fill the
tea this morning. And that's your first clue, Oh folks,
a Coca Cola noticed a viral trend of people steeping
tea bags in ice cold Sprite, so after several rounds
of consumer testing to fine tune that formula. Sprite is
now rolling out its own version called Sprite plus Tea,
(28:43):
so the drink is hitting store shelves this week. Sprit
plus Tea will be available for a limited time until
October in regular and also zero sugar version, so be
on the lookout for that. If you really like a
little bit of vice tea and a little Sprit combined.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
I'm gonna say no, thank you. That does not sound very.
Speaker 9 (29:00):
Yeah, I'm taking a hard path on it to eliminate.
I'd be like, Okay, I'm.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
With you if that's what you're into, but I don't
think it's brite and tea.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
That's not for me. Not for me, all right. If
you're flying, no, I agree.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
If you're flying to several cities, this summer lift is
bringing back cheaper shared trips from the airport yay. Yeah.
Speaker 9 (29:21):
So they're piloting the program in eight cities, including La
so good news for you guys. Also Boston, San Francisco, Austin, Chicago, Denver, Vegas,
New Orleans. So here's how it works. A passenger at
those airports going in a similar direction, they're going to
be all picked up in the same car. So people
taking these shared trips could see as much as the
twenty percent discount compared to a regular lift, and we're
(29:44):
all looking to save a little money in this environment.
But keep in mind that Lift actually discontinued share drives
two years ago. They said it took too many people
way out of their way, so they said, we're not
going to do it. But I guess people are looking
for it again, especially as they try to save money.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
And people are looking to save a little bit of
money at home depots, So what's going on there.
Speaker 9 (30:06):
Yeah, so there's a couple of things going on at
home depot, So economic turbulence has definitely been squeezing spending
recently at home depot. Sales for the home improvement retailer
came in lower than what Wall Street expected in the
latest quarter. Customers are telling them that the interest rate
environment remains a big consideration and a lot of people
are deferring these large home improvement projects for now. But
(30:29):
Home People Management says consumer habits remain steady and that
allowed the company to maintain their financial guidance for the year. Plus.
It's a little more positive on tariffs than other retailers.
Looking right at your Walmart they've been defersifying their supply chain,
and that's going to help Home Depot generally keep a
lid on price hikes, which is good news if you
need to go in and you need to fix something
(30:50):
on your house. But it's very different than what Walmart
said last week, where they sent out a warning that
price hikes are going to be ahead, especially some of
them coming within this month.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
All right, Courtney, thank you so much. I don't know
if I'll be here tomorrow. I mean, I'll be here
on this earth, I believe, but I don't know if.
Speaker 3 (31:06):
I will be here at wake up Paul. But we hope.
Oh man, I need that dark. I made that dark.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Sorry about that, but Amy, maybe back tomorrow is what
I was getting at. So thank you so much for
your time.
Speaker 9 (31:20):
Definitely we'll see it soon no matter what.
Speaker 3 (31:22):
All right, bye bye, Let's get back man. I made
that dark. Wow, real yet dark.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
We're gonna get back to a couple of stories coming
out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A woman
whose embryos were being stored at the Ivy of clinic
in Palm Springs targeted and explosions say they are grateful
to the firefighters who save them. This woman told kat
Lay she had egg stored at the clinic since March.
My embryo is already a little fighter because she's she's
(31:49):
the only embryo that made it.
Speaker 13 (31:50):
She survived this incident.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
She says, her embryo transfer is on schedule at a
different clinic. The historic US Courthouse on Spring Street and
Downtow in LA was built in the nineteen thirties, and
it's now up for an expedited sale by the federal government.
The General Services Administration aims to offload under used properties,
and this fourteen story landmark is among them. While no
(32:14):
official price is listed, estimates suggested could fetch around sixty
million dollars.
Speaker 3 (32:19):
Wowser, will how'd you like to buy a building downtown?
Speaker 15 (32:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (32:22):
Sure, why not?
Speaker 16 (32:23):
Why not?
Speaker 11 (32:23):
We'll go in.
Speaker 3 (32:24):
I'm sure if we all compile our money a little
bit a lot, we're going to.
Speaker 12 (32:26):
Need a lot of people.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Hey, we're taking your talkbacks this morning. Let me know
on the iHeartRadio app. Just hit that talkback button what
you are looking forward to doing with your family and
friends this Memorial Day weekend and on into the summer months.
You go to the beach, you go to the pool.
You're having a barbecue. Let's hear from you. I want
to hear what you're up to and when we come back.
Economic jitters are prompting young adults to tighten their belts
(32:49):
and how to Money's joelars Guard will join us to
talk about how inflation and recession fears are influencing millennials
financial behaviors.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on Demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
A federal judge is weighing a plea deal for La
County Deputy Trevor Kirk, convicted of assaulting a woman in
twenty twenty three. Two Colombian men have been indicted in
La accused of trying to trade cocaine for weapons to
support a terrorist group fighting the Colombian government. And the
Milky Way will light up the night sky with billions
of stars this month, and it'll be brighter than usual
(33:26):
for most of the northern hemisphere. Lifescience dot com says
the best time to view the Milky Way is tonight
through next Friday. So I'm very excited about that, and
we're just minutes away from handle. On the news, President
Trump went off script when talking about Biden's cancer diagnosis.
We're going to tell you what he said about the
former president and his prognosis. As economic concerns continue to grow,
(33:49):
many millennials are adjusting their spending patterns and why are
people tipping lest How to Money's Joel Larsgard joins us
to offer insights into navigating financial uncery.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
Good morning, Joel, are you there? Hello? Hello?
Speaker 2 (34:11):
All right, we might be having some technical difficulties with Joel.
We'll come back to that in just a few minutes.
Right now, we are waiting. I'd love to hear your talkbacks.
We're gonna hear from you, guys about what you plan
to do this weekend for Memorial Day and how you
plan to celebrate with your family. Just use that talkback
button on the iHeartRadio app, or you can send me
(34:33):
I guess we're still condom tweets. You can throw me
a little something over on X at the Heather Brooker.
Let me know what you have planned with your family
and friends this summer.
Speaker 3 (34:42):
Do we have Joel yet?
Speaker 13 (34:44):
No?
Speaker 2 (34:44):
Okay, sorry, Joel A right, I'm going to if we
get him, hopefully before the end of the show, we
will bring you guys. His segment but if not, we're
gonna just carry on. They as they say in show biz,
the show must go on. Let's get back some of
the store. He's coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. There's a new study on sleep, and ABC's
(35:06):
Sherry Preston says snoozing is not good.
Speaker 3 (35:09):
It's a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
Quotes researchers who say the minutes just before waking are
the most important phase of sleep, when rapid eye movements
are at their peak.
Speaker 3 (35:19):
Snoozing interrupts that.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
She says the best advice is to get set your
alarm for the latest possible time and then commit to
getting out of bed the first time it goes off.
Speaker 3 (35:30):
Yeah right, I'm never doing it. Joel, are you here?
Do we have Joel?
Speaker 12 (35:36):
I'm here, I'm here, big, Good morning, Good morning, Heather.
Speaker 2 (35:40):
All right, So I kind of threw a little story
at you last minute, and I want to get to
that quickly before we run out of time.
Speaker 3 (35:48):
I saw this on my TikTok on my social media.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
The Trump bill, the budget bill is allowing for something
called a MAGA account.
Speaker 3 (35:57):
What is that all about?
Speaker 6 (36:00):
Okay, so this is really interesting and it's still just
a proposal, so it's a vaporware, so we don't know
if this is actually going to become a part.
Speaker 12 (36:07):
Of this so called big beautiful bill.
Speaker 6 (36:09):
But essentially, this is a proposal that's been made by
both Republicans and Democrats in the past, and it's an
attempt to help youngsters save and invest for their future.
So this MAGA account, it's somewhere between. It's kind of
like a hybrid of a five to twenty nine and
a four to one K where the government essentially invests
(36:30):
one thousand dollars for kids who are born.
Speaker 12 (36:32):
Over the next few years.
Speaker 6 (36:34):
And which is part of what I don't like about
this is that this proposal is likely only going to
be around for a few years until its sunsets. So
if we're gonna if we think this is a good thing,
let's keep it around for a long time. And if
we don't, let's not do it at all. But yeah,
this is a really interesting idea, and again it's been
a bipartisan proposal at different times to say, hey, for
to allow the next generation to start building wealth through
(36:55):
the future, let's start investing in them and allowing them
to take part in stuff bock market gains from the
minute that they're born.
Speaker 2 (37:03):
Well, I know that some of the questions that people
had about it were like, they can't access it till
they're twenty five or thirty. There's a lot of questionable
things about it. So I want to encourage people to
do their research on this, you know, before before anything
moves forward.
Speaker 6 (37:20):
And from what I could tell by the way, it
looks like they're going to have access to the funds
at age eighteen and then they need to be spent
down by age thirty one. So it's essentially to say, hey,
we'll stick a thousand bucks in and your parents can
even add more to it, and it's a way for
you to say, I don't know, maybe have actually some
money to buy a home when you turn when you're
in your early twenties, or to start a business or
(37:42):
something like that. So the kind of idea behind it,
the concept I think makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 12 (37:47):
The details.
Speaker 6 (37:48):
The devil's going to be in the details, and then
in particular that detail of how long this account is
actually in action, Because if it's really only to help
kids that are born over the next few years and
then it goes away, then and I don't think it
will have done.
Speaker 3 (38:01):
Its job and really quickly before we have to go.
Speaker 2 (38:03):
Let's talk about millennials cutting back on their expenses because
of the economic anxiety.
Speaker 6 (38:10):
Yeah, okay, so this is something The Wall Street Journal
had an article about this, and I think people are seeing,
you know, tariffs and higher predictions of recession. And there's
something about kind of the perpetually online nature of our
society too, and just the fact that people are are
saying they're seeing they're being exposed more to economic uncertainty
in the reality that we're not sure where things are headed.
(38:32):
The truth is there's always some of that. And even
when there's when it feels like things are smooth sailing,
things pop out of nowhere, like COVID for instance, where
you're like, oh, it seems like the economy is doing
well and then boom, COVID drops on us and it
sends our economy and supply chains into a tailspin. So
even the thing, even if there are things that are
not on our radar coming up, there's always something that's
(38:54):
at risk to our collective economic.
Speaker 12 (38:56):
Future into our individual economic futures.
Speaker 6 (38:58):
But people are saying, Hey, I'm anxious, and what I'm
doing because of that is I'm pulling back on my spending,
and I think that can make sense, right. I'm all
for frugality, but I also don't want people to let
fear drive their lives, and so I want people to
be careful about saying, hey, I'm anxious, so I'm gonna
hoard money and not spend as I normally would. I
think there are times to cut back significantly, for sure,
(39:21):
but I just want people to be prepared, which means
having a basic emergency fund.
Speaker 12 (39:26):
I say you need to have at least three thou
forty five dollars.
Speaker 6 (39:29):
That's the baseline amount I want people to have in
their savings account that can help you weather most emergencies
that are.
Speaker 12 (39:34):
Going to come along.
Speaker 6 (39:35):
And beyond that, yeah, be saving more, but also don't
let fear and uncertainty drive your decision making.
Speaker 3 (39:42):
That is such great advice.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
Everyone listen to How to Money on Sundays from noon
to two right here on KFI.
Speaker 7 (39:48):
Is that right?
Speaker 3 (39:48):
I just want to make sure I got it right.
That's it awesome, Thank you, Joel.
Speaker 2 (39:51):
We'll talk to see thanks ether all right, before we
head out, I want to get to some of your talkbacks.
You guys have been sending us messages all day, and
I hope I'm going to do this right here we go.
Speaker 11 (40:00):
Good morning. My wife and I are going to go
to my son's place and just have a nice intimate
barbecue on Memorial Day.
Speaker 3 (40:09):
That sounds nice.
Speaker 16 (40:11):
Good morning, Heather. I always love it when I wake
up to you. I live in Bakersfield, so during the
summer I like to sit in the air conditioning because
it's hot.
Speaker 3 (40:22):
That's true.
Speaker 12 (40:22):
That's true, Hi, Heather, Good morning.
Speaker 15 (40:25):
This is Gowan from Lunchington Beach, currently on my way
to Adelanto.
Speaker 12 (40:30):
Well, normally we like to go on a vacation.
Speaker 15 (40:34):
The last couple of years has been to Big Bear
because you know, it's Big Bear and it's beautiful up there.
But this year we're taking a break. We are gonna
stay home, probably do day trips and check out the
beach quite often.
Speaker 2 (41:00):
This oh envision, baby, I love it. That sounds great.
What a perfect way to end wake up call. Thank
you guys so much for spending your morning with us.
This is KFI and KOSTHG to Los Angeles, Orange County
South end weather from KFI. Heat advisory will be in
(41:20):
effect today. Hi's are going to be in the mid
to upper eighties in Metro LA and OC. It's going
to be about the upper seventies at the beaches, the
upper eighties to mid nineties across the valleys, even triple
digits in some areas. Live from the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom for producer and technical producer Well Kono, but
Sam is in Today and traffic specialist Will I'm Heather Brooker.
Speaker 3 (41:41):
So glad that you spent your morning with me. This
has been your wake up call.
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Speaker 2 (00:18):
Good morning, and happy Tuesday, May twentieth. I'm Heather Brooker
in for Amy King. This is your wake up call
and we are so glad you're here with us today. Hey,
there's Will. Will's just coming in. I may have been
just hollering for you. Why do I just sound so country?
All of a sudden, I was hollering, Wow, my Oklahoma
just came out big and strong.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Happy to be here you guys.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Amy's taking another day of rest to get better, and
we want her to be back at one hundred percent
when she comes back, which hopefully be very soon.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Let's say good morning to the wake Up Call crew.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Good morning, Sam, Good morning, how you doing good? Sam
is in for CODO this morning, So glad you're here.
And then good morning too, and good morning and is
here as Ali's and Will just cruising in at the
nick of time.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Oh, I guess you need to I got there.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
I want me is such a lovely like calm demeanor
when he does good, opposite of reality.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
I love it. I want to do something fun today
you guys.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
This weekend is Memorial Day weekend and shortly after is summer.
Can you believe it's It's all happened so fast this year,
So I want to hear from you. I want you,
guys to use that talkback button if you're using the
iHeartRadio app and send me a message. Let me know
what you're looking forward to and what you and your
family enjoy doing on Memorial Day weekend or at the summer.
(01:35):
Do you go to the beach, do you grill out,
do you take vacations like sit by the pool, or
do you just like to continue watching Netflix from your couch.
Whatever it is, I would love to hear from you.
Use that talkback button on the iHeartRadio app. And I'm
going to try to get to some of those messages
a little bit later on in the show. But we
(01:55):
have a lot of news to get to today, so
let's get started. Here's what's ahead on wake Up Call.
The family of Ellie County Sheriff Deputy Alfredo Flores has
filed a wrongful death lawsuit after he died from injuries
in a mobile shooting range fire during a mandatory training exercise.
The suit alleges negligence and seeks to stop the use
of mobile ranges to prevent future tragedies.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
The body of twenty.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Two year old UCSB student Tanner Prentice was reported missing
on May seventeenth, and it was discovered yesterday morning in
Big Bear Lake. Authorities say they don't believe there was
a crime involved. The San Bernardino Corners Office is investigating.
UCSB has extended condolences and is offering support to the
campus community. A spring heat wave is building in Socaw,
(02:38):
with the hottest temperatures expected tomorrow. Forecasters say his in
the valley will range from ninety five to one hundred
and three. That's as much as twenty degrees above normal.
The heat advisory takes effect today around eleven o'clock for
the San Fernando Valley, Calabasas, Agora Hills, and the recreational
areas of the San Monica Mountains. Here's what's ahead on
(02:59):
wake up call at four five oh five, President Trump
has been working the phones to in the war in Ukraine,
calling both Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelenski in a day
of diplomacy. We're going to tell you what was said
and what it could mean for Ukraine. At five point twenty,
newly released photos show the bruises, drugs, and fear as
federal prosecutors reveal disturbing images supporting Cassie Ventura's abuse claims
(03:22):
against Sean Diddy Comb's we're going to have the latest
from the courtroom. And a five point thirty five is
a recession on the horizon. Experts say there's a thirty
to fifty percent chance the US economy could take a
downturn this year, and we're going to tell you what
that means for your wallet and how you can prepare.
And if five point fifty a lot of people are
rethinking their spending habits amid economic uncertainty, from skipping brunch
(03:45):
to postponing major life decisions. We're going to tell you
how your how financial anxiety is reshaping consumers daily choices.
Then at six ZHO five it's handle on the news.
We're going to talk about the first aid trucks that
are entering God after nearly three months of Israel's blockade.
Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A college student
(04:07):
missing in Big Bear has been found dead.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
The Sanda Bernardino County Sheriff's Office says the body of
twenty two year old Tanner Prentice was located in the
water near Pine Nott Marina yesterday morning. The UC Santa
Barbara student had been at Big Bear with a group
of friends. He was last seen alive just after midnight
on Saturday. They had all been staying at a cabin,
but Prentice didn't return that night. Investigators say they don't
suspect foul play. Prentis's LinkedIn page says he expected to
(04:33):
graduate from UCSB next year. Michael Monks KFI News. The
news is brought to you by American Vision Windows.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Investigators say the man who set off a bomb outside
of a reproductive center in Palm Springs may have shot
test videos. Twenty five year old Guy Bartkiss died in
the explosion Saturday. Investigators say he posted videos on YouTube
months ago showing various homemade explosives. One of them shows
a large explosion in a desert area. The YouTube account
linked with the videos has been deactivated with the videos
(05:02):
and they can no longer be found online. Former FBI
official Robin Drake told KTLA he thinks this incident could
lead to the start of a new area of investigation
for the FBI.
Speaker 6 (05:12):
This is really going to be, I think a new
data point for the FBI to start creating profiles and
doing some deep research on this, because you know, if
you have one, there's potentially others.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
The FBI says bart Kiss, who was killed, and they
believe he is the one who set the explosion and
he is anti pro life. All right, right, Let's take
a quick look at your traffic with a crash on
the sixth, so five and Wittier.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
Yeah, we've got some problems on the six and you know,
I think they give you the wrong teas there or
didn't you know what maybe that was from yesterday. Let's
talk about something different. How about the five in the
Commerce area. It's going to be the five southbound right
around Garfield. Two vehicles, one of them is overturned. It's
all in the right lane, and traffic stopped all the
way back from Washington as a result. It's tough there.
(05:59):
We've already got some backup in the Inland Empire as well.
Two fifteen northbound at Martin Luther King. That's a car
fire that got things backed up to the sixties. They
worked to clean up that mess. And on the four
oh five, I missed this one just barely, thankful, least
southbound side of the four h five down there by
a Ventura Boulevard. A crash in lanes, and traffic quickly
(06:19):
stopped all the way back from the oneh one. Really
slow there as you try to head towards the Subpulvita Pass.
With Southern California's most accurate traffic reports, I'm wi Cole Schreiber.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Thank you, will all right.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
On Monday, President Trump held separate calls with Russian President
Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski, aiming to end
what he calls the bloodbath in Ukraine. Heyfi, White House
correspondent John Decker is here to help us break down
the significance of these calls.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Good morning, John, Hey, good morning to you, Heather.
Speaker 7 (06:47):
Well.
Speaker 8 (06:47):
They were significant, and this was just the third phone
conversation that President Trump has had with President Putin since
he took office for his second term. It was a
two hour plus conversation. We got that from both the
Kremlin and the White House. The President very optimistic, but
the fact of the matter is, nothing's really changed. Two
(07:09):
and a half months ago, Ukraine agreed to a thirty
day ceasefire, that was a proposal put on the table
by the US. But two and a half months later,
Russia has still not agreed to that thirty day ceasefire.
And even after that call that President Trump had with
President Putin yesterday, they're no closer to getting Russia to
agree to that thirty day cease fire.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
So Trump's call reportedly lasted over two hours and was
described as quote very informative. So do we have any sense,
any nuggets of information about what was actually discussed in
that two hour phone.
Speaker 8 (07:43):
Call, Well, some nuggets. I was in the Oval office
late in the afternoon yesterday. I asked the President some
question in regards to his conversation with President Putin, And
you know what the President said was he thought that
this was positive in the sense that what Russia has
agreed to is to continue conversations with Ukraine, but not
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at the leadership level. You're not going to see a
face to face meeting at this stage between President Putin
and President Zelenski. The President mentioned the idea of increasing
trade if a peace deal is reached between Russia and Ukraine.
That with that is trade between Russia and the US.
But you know, look, I can't think of one product
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from Russia that Americans desire. I mean, there's it's not
like it's a huge market that the US desires to
increase trade. Russia would certainly could use a lot. Their
economies been devastated by sanctions placed upon them, and there's
the threat of more sanctions being placed upon the Russian government,
not only from the US, but from Europe as well.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
The only thing I could think of immediately was vodka, obviously,
but that feels very stereotype.
Speaker 8 (08:53):
We got Russian.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Vactor you want a stereotype. Let's talk about what Trup mentioned.
He mentioned that the Vatican might host negotiations.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
What is that about.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Is there any historical precedent there for the Vatican playing
this kind of role.
Speaker 8 (09:10):
Well, I think that Pope Leo, the newly installed pope,
you know, realizes that this particular war is at a
stalemate three years on and no movement in terms of
moving to peace, and he's offered his good offices to
try to reach or at least get on a pathway
to peace. And the President taking up Pope Leo on
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that particular offer, but there's nothing firm. There's no meeting
that is on the schedule in the course of the
next few days, the next few weeks taking place at
the Vatican involving Ukraine and Russia. Will have to see,
you know, whether or not that actually gains any traction.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
So at this point, it seems like there really was no.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Major movement towards any sort of resolution, which is what
I think everyone was sort of hoping for.
Speaker 8 (10:01):
Is that right? That is right, and that's unfortunate. You know,
it's been frustrating for the president. He's expressed that frustration.
I heard it yesterday from the White House Press Secretary
Caroline Levitt, you know, talking about the president's frustration that
he's had in terms of trying to end this war,
get on a pathway to peace. But even after a
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two hour plus conversation yesterday, it just doesn't sound like
we're any closer to bringing an end to that war.
And those attacks by Russia on civilian areas, drone attacks
on civilian areas in Ukraine, they continue, even after the
President had this conversation with President Putin.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Okay, well, we'll continue to keep a close eye on
this story, John, thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 8 (10:46):
Thanks a lot, Heather, have a great day.
Speaker 9 (10:47):
Bye bye.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
All right, let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Former
President Biden's office says the eighty two year old and
his family are continuing to review cancer treatment options. ABC's
Avery Harper says there are reasons for the timeline of
Biden's diagnosis.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Healthcare is individualized.
Speaker 10 (11:05):
It's based on a person's health, their personal risk factors,
family history, and presidents are just the same, and there's
also no standard for what a president divulges about their
medical evaluations.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
She also says there's no standards in terms of what
tests a president gets during a physical exam. The federal
government has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of
Ashley Babbitt, the woman from San Diego who was shot
and killed by a policeman during the riot at the
US Capitol on January sixth. ABC Stephen Portnoy says the
settlement is opposed by the head of the Capitol Police.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
Chief, Tom Manger, notes that more than four years ago,
the Justice Department cleared the officer who fired the deadly
shot that killed Ashley Babbitt.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Tom Angers says the roughly five million dollar government payment
sends a bad message to law enforcement nationwide. Millions of
people in several states are on the lookout for tornadoes
and dangerous storms yet again today. Meteorologist Ginger z says
they're the same areas hit over the weekend parts.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Of western Tennessee and western Kentucky, Northern.
Speaker 8 (12:07):
Mississippi, too Lake, Huntsville, or Tupelo, Mississippi.
Speaker 7 (12:10):
Memphis included.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
More than a dozen people were killed in tornadoes and
storms from the Heartland to the south. CBS News CEO
Wendy McMahon says she's quitting.
Speaker 7 (12:20):
It's the latest fallout at the network as its parent
company considers settling a lawsuit with President Trump over a
sixty Minutes interview. McMahon said in an email to staff,
it's become clear she and the company don't agree on
the path forward. McMahon has made clear she opposes settling
with Trump, just like former sixty Minutes executive producer Bill Owens,
who resigned last month. Trump is potentially in settlement talks
(12:41):
with Paramount Global over his lawsuit claiming sixty Minutes edited
an interview with Kamala Harris to benefit her Mark ronnor
KFI News.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
When we come back from Bruises to Bottles of baby oil,
shocking new evidence emerges in the sex trafficking abuse case
against Sean Diddy Combs. We're going to tell you what
prosecutors say the public needs to see. Also, I want
to hear from you. Hit that talkback button on the
iHeartRadio app, or you can send me a tweet at
the Heather Brooker and let me know what you're looking
(13:11):
forward to this Memorial Day weekend and what you enjoy
doing in the summertime with your family and friends. I
want to hear from you today here on wake Up Call.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI
Am six forty.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
We are taking your talkbacks this morning.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
If you want to send me a quick message on
the iHeartRadio app, just hit that talkback button. Let me
know what you have planned for Memorial Day weekend and
what you're most looking forward to this summer. Memorial Day
is kind of the official kickoff of summer, right, Well,
do you feel like it is too?
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Oh yeah, that's when things start, you know, they start
hitting the pool at.
Speaker 11 (13:46):
The apartment go over.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
You know, we all kind of mentally check out. Also,
it's going to be like one thousand degrees in LA today,
so we all are kind of ready. I think maybe
in that summer mindset.
Speaker 12 (13:55):
Yep, yep.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
All right, let's get back to some news, shall we.
Here's some of the stories we're following in the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. A business owner and commerce was
conducting a private sale and he was fatally shot a
man connected to the buyer. Authorities are investigating the incident
and have not released any identities of people involved. The
cal State Fullerton freshman tragically drowned at Lake Havasu during
(14:19):
an outing with his fraternity. The Sigma Pi fraternity released
a statement that said eighteen year old Simon Daniel drown
while swimming with friends. Authorities are investigating the incident, and
the university has extended condolences. Noodles and Company plans to
close up to twenty one restaurants this year, citing rising
food and marketing costs. Despite this, that, Shane has seen
(14:40):
a four point four increase in the same store sales
and recently introduced a revamped menu to hopefully attract more customers.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Then at six oh five, it's Handle on the news.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
The Trump administration has agrees to pay has agreed to
pay just under five million dollars to settle a wrongful
death lawsuit that Ashley Babbitt's family filed over her shooting.
We're going to tell you more about that right now,
Let's say good morning for the first time to well
not for the first time. For the first time, the
public is seeing the graphic evidence behind the federal government's
(15:11):
case against music mogul Sean Diddy Coombs. ABC's Peter Harlamboos,
who has been following the case closely, is joining us now.
Speaker 11 (15:19):
Good morning, Peter, Good morning, Thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
All Right, So, the release of these photos marks a
turning point in the public's view of this case. I
know you've been following this very closely. What has stood
out most to you about the evidence that they've unveiled.
Speaker 11 (15:35):
Yeah, that's exactly right. I mean, we've heard all about
these allegations interred at four days of testimony last week,
but seeing the photos as something else, we're finally getting
these pieces of evidence put into the public record, prosecuted
releasing them yesterday. In addition, to a video showing Comb's
assaulting Ventura at a hotel. In these videos, you can
see what she described across her graphic testimony, the bruises,
(15:58):
the gases that she's said she endured at the hands
of Combs, the effort she went to conceal them using
makeup when she had to go to a red carpet premiere,
for example, and even some of the materials that prosecutors
say they seized from combs to hotel room when they
rated it last year. They found nine thousand dollars in cash,
drugs that tasted positive for ketamine and MDMA, and tons
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and tons of bottles of baby oil, which Ventura testified
were kind of key to these these sex parties that
are kind of at the center of the case called
freak offs. Really, it's one thing to see to hear
about them in testimony. It's another thing to see these
photos that the jury has been examining at this point
for days.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
So the list of some of the items that we're
seeing you just mentioned there, ketamine, the baby oil, in
large amounts of cash. How are prosecutors using these elements
to tie in the larger trafficking and racketeering charges?
Speaker 11 (16:51):
Yeah, I think they're slowly trying to piece this all together.
I think, if anything, they used those pieces of evidence
to kind of establish the credibility of their star witness.
During the first few days of testimony, they really focused
on that twenty sixteen assault at a hotel that was
captured on video. If anything, that's kind of like the
anchor of this case for the prosecutor. It's kind of
showing on camera Ventura, excuse me, Combs beating Ventura, something
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that they really have no defense to other than saying
that while that might be domestic violence, it isn't rocketeering
or sex trafficking. I think as we see this case progressed,
I think we'll see more and more of this evidence
to corrobreak the story that this wasn't a one off thing,
this was a pattern of conduct, that this was an
enterprise that prosecutors say was criminal.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Now I know, you know, we have all as the
general public scene for years, their red carpet photos, these
forward facing photos that they put out in their public
life together that seemingly indicated there was nothing going on
behind the scenes. We would have no idea. But now
we're really peeling back the layers and getting to see
what was going on. Do you think that these visuals
(17:59):
are going to impact the jury as well as public
opinion in this case?
Speaker 11 (18:05):
Yeah, I think for the jury, I think there are
times really effective, especially when the prosecutors are contrasting the
private photos of Ventura, the ones she took of herself
documenting the bruising, documenting the gashes, and they contrast them
to the red carpet images that were used to seeing.
And you can see in these photos the prosecutors ventured
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into evidence the efforts to which Ventura was going to
conceal this bruising, these injuries, the makeup she was using
to hide black eyes, to hide bruising, but she was
wearing on the red carpet long dresses that concealed bruises
on her legs. You know, at the end of the day,
we're used to seeing these celebrities in the context of
these high profile red carpets, and it's interesting and if anything,
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very compelling for this jury to see those images with
the new context of what was being done to conceal
all of this violence that Ventura alleges was done upon her.
I think that clearly came across during the testimony last
week and now we're just beginning to see it as
members of the public.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
All right, so quickly looking ahead, what's the next step
in the prosecution's case and what kind of defense is
Combs's team, you know, likely looking to mount in response
to this evidence.
Speaker 11 (19:17):
So at this point, the prosecution has five more weeks
of testimony. We're going to hear from more victims, but
this week, I think we're expecting to hear from some
people closer to Venturre, including your mother, who could be
called as early as today. We're also expecting to hear
from another male escort today who's going to be called
this morning as witness. You know, this is a long case.
They have plenty of time to prove the idea of
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this criminal enterprise, and at this point we're expecting to
see the end of the case revert, hopefully by July fourth.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
I think a lot of people also, too, are curious
to find out if any other celebrity names are mentioned
in this case, so I know a lot of people
will be watching closely for that as well. Peter, thank
you so much for your time, and we'll touch base soon.
Speaker 11 (20:00):
Thanks for for having me all.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom, a spring heat
wave is building in Sokal, with the hottest temperatures expected tomorrow.
Or casters say his in the valleys will range from
ninety five to one hundred and three. That's twenty degrees
above normal. A heat advisory takes effect today at eleven
am for the San Fernando Valley, calabasas Agra Hills, and
(20:22):
the recreational area of the Santa Monica Mountains. The California
Air Resources Board is planning to implement new clean air
rules by July first.
Speaker 13 (20:30):
Updates to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard have raised concerns
about potential gas price increases, with some experts noting a
current ten cent rise per gallon. The proposed changes seek
a thirty percent reduction in transportation emissions, but may lead
to higher costs for oil refineries and consumers. Critics argue
CARB did not communicate the financial impacts clearly. CARB has
(20:52):
requested an expedited review from the Office of Administrative Law
to meet the deadline. Tammy Triheo KFI news A.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
City council will host a public hearing tomorrow for residents
to have a say on amendments to Mayor Bass's proposed
thirteen point nine billion dollar budget. The Council's Budget and
Finance Committee has finalized its review of the spending plan
and made recommendations to prioritize funds and reduce the number
of layoffs as the city deals with a nearly one
billion dollar deficit. Tomorrow will be the last time residents
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can comment on the spending plan in person. Lancaster Mayor
Rex Paris has donated ten million dollars to USC.
Speaker 5 (21:29):
Paris's gift establishes a new research effort in his name.
The USC Paris Longevity Accelerator will be tasked with researching
aging and the diseases that often come with it. The
mayor says it's time to figure out how to get
people to live longer and healthier. The accelerator will be
staffed by researchers and engineering, artificial intelligence, gerontology, and medicine.
(21:49):
Paris is the co founder of Reparis, a medical company
that works on age related diseases. Michael Monks KFI News
when we.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Come back, you can't stop a recession, but you can
get ready for one coming up. We're gonna tell you
the steps financial experts say you should take now to
weather any economic storm. We're also taking your talkbacks on
the iHeartRadio app, telling us what your plans are for
Memorial Day weekend and any fun plans you might have
for this summer. What do you like to do with
your family? You can also send me a tweet at
(22:19):
the Heather Brooker or an X Do we call it
an X now or a tweet I don't know.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI
Am six forty.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
A recent report highlights that California cities are notably absent
from a list of top summer travel destinations. Despite the
state's renowned attractions like Yosemite, San Diego, and La none
secured a spot in the rankings. LA is expanding its
bus lane enforcement program with automated cameras installed on metro buses.
(22:52):
After a sixty day warning period, drivers parking in bus
only lanes or at bus stops will face fine starting
at about three hundred dollars. UCLA has appointed a former
Disney executive to enhance its sports program, aiming to improve
fan experiences and boost revenue. Daniel Cruz is the school's
(23:12):
new Deputy Athletic Director and chief revenue officer. Then at
six p' oh five, it's handle on the news. The
Supreme Court let the Trump administration remove protections from nearly
three hundred and fifty thousand Venezuelan immigrants under the Temporary
Protected Status.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
We'll tell you why they did this and what it
means for all those people.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
And of course, this morning, we are taking your talkbacks
if you want to drop us a note on the
talkback button on the iHeartRadio app and let us know
what you have planned for Memorial Day weekend, what you
enjoy doing over the weekend with your family, and what
you're most looking forward to this summer.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
You go into the beach, are you're going to go
to the pool?
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Are you going to just be netflixing and chilling inside
to try to stay cool.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
It's all welcome. We want to hear from you.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
All right, let's get to some of the stories coming
out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. With forecasts
showing a thirty to fifty percent chance of the US
economy could slide into recession this year, many Americans are
understandably a little bit anxious. And now while we can't
control economic trends, we can control how we respond to them.
(24:19):
ABC's Jim Ryan is here with more about what this
means for everyday consumers.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
Good morning, Jim, Good morning, Heather.
Speaker 14 (24:25):
Yeah, anxiety is one thing, but then channeling that anxiety
into something positive, trying to prepare for nothing inevitable, then
at least the possible that is an inflation, you know,
job laws and skyrotting prices and whatnot. So yeah, they
Investipedia wallet hub financial advisors are urging people to set
(24:46):
some money aside. It's that simple, making sure that you
have an emergency fund. Very few Americans actually have that,
according to surveys, and the average family needs something like
thirty five thousand dollars to go for six months that
include housing, transportation, food, those sorts of costs, much less
having something aside for emergencies.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Heather, all right, So for people who may already feel
financially stretched, Hello, I'm raising my hand over here. Yeah,
what is the first and most sort of realistic step
that we can take to prepare well?
Speaker 14 (25:17):
Making some sort of automatic payment every week? Right, So
you set up an account first of all, maybe a
high yield savings account away from your current bank, right,
so that when you open the app for your bank,
you're not seeing your regular checking, then your savings account,
then your credit card.
Speaker 12 (25:33):
It makes it that much.
Speaker 14 (25:35):
Easier to transfer from one into the other, into Rob
Peter to pay Paul.
Speaker 15 (25:39):
Right.
Speaker 14 (25:39):
So if you set it off into an account and
set up some kind of automatic payment every week into
that account.
Speaker 12 (25:45):
It'll start to grow.
Speaker 14 (25:46):
Then when an emergency does come along and you leave
it alone, unless there is an emergency, then it'll be there.
It'll be there waiting for you. And yeah, every week
it gets a little larger.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
So you often hear the term rainy day funds, which
is such a fun little term there. What exactly constitutes
like a rainy day fund and how much should someone
be ideally trying to save and what counts as a
true emergency.
Speaker 14 (26:11):
Yeah, that's a great question. And it's all based and
you can find nerd wallet, for example, has an online
calculator to figure out what you should be setting aside.
And it's not based on your income, it has nothing
to do with that. It's on how much you spend, right,
So your rent or mortgage, your utility, payments, the debts,
the grocery expenses, that sort of thing. Figure that all out,
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extend that out for you know, three four or five
six months, and you've come up with an amount that
you should be setting aside or should have in reserve,
just in case the unknown happens. You know, if a
recession does come, if you lose your job suddenly you're
having to pay more for groceries. At least you'll have
something in reserve. By the way, just having a little
(26:54):
bit in reserve. A psychologist say that if you have
two thousand dollars set aside in a savings account, your
sense of financial well being, the way you feel about
your finances goes up twenty one percent. Right, So, even
with that small amount in there, I imagine what having
four or five six, maybe ten thousand or the thirty
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five thousand recommended by financial planners for an average family,
how much easier it's going to make your life feel
At least?
Speaker 2 (27:23):
Are there any common mistakes that people make when they
think of recession is coming?
Speaker 14 (27:28):
Not using that emergency fund as an emergency fund, dipping
into it and you know it's more convenient, I'm just
gonna do that. I'll use some of the money in
there instead of my usual checking account or debit card
or something. That's a big mistake that you see here,
and you know it's as if a recession is coming.
You want to make sure that that's something that hasn't
been touched at least as far as withdrawals are concerned.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
All right, So it's not my coffee fund, it's not
my shopping fund.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
I need to leave it, leave it alone, got it,
all right, Jim, thank you so much for sure your
time today to Heather. All right, now it is time
to get in your business. Get up in your business
with the Bloomberg's Courtney dot Jo.
Speaker 5 (28:07):
Good morning, Courtney, Good morning.
Speaker 9 (28:10):
I still laugh about every single morning.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
I'm sure people listening are like, why business? These people
are wild.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
All right, let's jump right into We got a lot
of fun things to talk about today. Sprite is dropping
a new flavor drink.
Speaker 9 (28:22):
For the summer exactly, and I'm here to fill the
tea this morning. And that's your first clue, Oh folks,
a Coca Cola noticed a viral trend of people steeping
tea bags in ice cold Sprite, so after several rounds
of consumer testing to fine tune that formula. Sprite is
now rolling out its own version called Sprite plus Tea,
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so the drink is hitting store shelves this week. Sprit
plus Tea will be available for a limited time until
October in regular and also zero sugar version, so be
on the lookout for that. If you really like a
little bit of vice tea and a little Sprit combined.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
I'm gonna say no, thank you. That does not sound very.
Speaker 9 (29:00):
Yeah, I'm taking a hard path on it to eliminate.
I'd be like, Okay, I'm.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
With you if that's what you're into, but I don't
think it's brite and tea.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
That's not for me. Not for me, all right. If
you're flying, no, I agree.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
If you're flying to several cities, this summer lift is
bringing back cheaper shared trips from the airport yay. Yeah.
Speaker 9 (29:21):
So they're piloting the program in eight cities, including La
so good news for you guys. Also Boston, San Francisco, Austin, Chicago, Denver, Vegas,
New Orleans. So here's how it works. A passenger at
those airports going in a similar direction, they're going to
be all picked up in the same car. So people
taking these shared trips could see as much as the
twenty percent discount compared to a regular lift, and we're
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all looking to save a little money in this environment.
But keep in mind that Lift actually discontinued share drives
two years ago. They said it took too many people
way out of their way, so they said, we're not
going to do it. But I guess people are looking
for it again, especially as they try to save money.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
And people are looking to save a little bit of
money at home depots, So what's going on there.
Speaker 9 (30:06):
Yeah, so there's a couple of things going on at
home depot, So economic turbulence has definitely been squeezing spending
recently at home depot. Sales for the home improvement retailer
came in lower than what Wall Street expected in the
latest quarter. Customers are telling them that the interest rate
environment remains a big consideration and a lot of people
are deferring these large home improvement projects for now. But
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Home People Management says consumer habits remain steady and that
allowed the company to maintain their financial guidance for the year. Plus.
It's a little more positive on tariffs than other retailers.
Looking right at your Walmart they've been defersifying their supply chain,
and that's going to help Home Depot generally keep a
lid on price hikes, which is good news if you
need to go in and you need to fix something
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on your house. But it's very different than what Walmart
said last week, where they sent out a warning that
price hikes are going to be ahead, especially some of
them coming within this month.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
All right, Courtney, thank you so much. I don't know
if I'll be here tomorrow. I mean, I'll be here
on this earth, I believe, but I don't know if.
Speaker 3 (31:06):
I will be here at wake up Paul. But we hope.
Oh man, I need that dark. I made that dark.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Sorry about that, but Amy, maybe back tomorrow is what
I was getting at. So thank you so much for
your time.
Speaker 9 (31:20):
Definitely we'll see it soon no matter what.
Speaker 3 (31:22):
All right, bye bye, Let's get back man. I made
that dark. Wow, real yet dark.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
We're gonna get back to a couple of stories coming
out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A woman
whose embryos were being stored at the Ivy of clinic
in Palm Springs targeted and explosions say they are grateful
to the firefighters who save them. This woman told kat
Lay she had egg stored at the clinic since March.
My embryo is already a little fighter because she's she's
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the only embryo that made it.
Speaker 13 (31:50):
She survived this incident.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
She says, her embryo transfer is on schedule at a
different clinic. The historic US Courthouse on Spring Street and
Downtow in LA was built in the nineteen thirties, and
it's now up for an expedited sale by the federal government.
The General Services Administration aims to offload under used properties,
and this fourteen story landmark is among them. While no
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official price is listed, estimates suggested could fetch around sixty
million dollars.
Speaker 3 (32:19):
Wowser, will how'd you like to buy a building downtown?
Speaker 15 (32:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (32:22):
Sure, why not?
Speaker 16 (32:23):
Why not?
Speaker 11 (32:23):
We'll go in.
Speaker 3 (32:24):
I'm sure if we all compile our money a little
bit a lot, we're going to.
Speaker 12 (32:26):
Need a lot of people.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Hey, we're taking your talkbacks this morning. Let me know
on the iHeartRadio app. Just hit that talkback button what
you are looking forward to doing with your family and
friends this Memorial Day weekend and on into the summer months.
You go to the beach, you go to the pool.
You're having a barbecue. Let's hear from you. I want
to hear what you're up to and when we come back.
Economic jitters are prompting young adults to tighten their belts
(32:49):
and how to Money's joelars Guard will join us to
talk about how inflation and recession fears are influencing millennials
financial behaviors.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on Demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
A federal judge is weighing a plea deal for La
County Deputy Trevor Kirk, convicted of assaulting a woman in
twenty twenty three. Two Colombian men have been indicted in
La accused of trying to trade cocaine for weapons to
support a terrorist group fighting the Colombian government. And the
Milky Way will light up the night sky with billions
of stars this month, and it'll be brighter than usual
(33:26):
for most of the northern hemisphere. Lifescience dot com says
the best time to view the Milky Way is tonight
through next Friday. So I'm very excited about that, and
we're just minutes away from handle. On the news, President
Trump went off script when talking about Biden's cancer diagnosis.
We're going to tell you what he said about the
former president and his prognosis. As economic concerns continue to grow,
(33:49):
many millennials are adjusting their spending patterns and why are
people tipping lest How to Money's Joel Larsgard joins us
to offer insights into navigating financial uncery.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
Good morning, Joel, are you there? Hello? Hello?
Speaker 2 (34:11):
All right, we might be having some technical difficulties with Joel.
We'll come back to that in just a few minutes.
Right now, we are waiting. I'd love to hear your talkbacks.
We're gonna hear from you, guys about what you plan
to do this weekend for Memorial Day and how you
plan to celebrate with your family. Just use that talkback
button on the iHeartRadio app, or you can send me
(34:33):
I guess we're still condom tweets. You can throw me
a little something over on X at the Heather Brooker.
Let me know what you have planned with your family
and friends this summer.
Speaker 3 (34:42):
Do we have Joel yet?
Speaker 13 (34:44):
No?
Speaker 2 (34:44):
Okay, sorry, Joel A right, I'm going to if we
get him, hopefully before the end of the show, we
will bring you guys. His segment but if not, we're
gonna just carry on. They as they say in show biz,
the show must go on. Let's get back some of
the store. He's coming out of the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom. There's a new study on sleep, and ABC's
(35:06):
Sherry Preston says snoozing is not good.
Speaker 3 (35:09):
It's a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
Quotes researchers who say the minutes just before waking are
the most important phase of sleep, when rapid eye movements
are at their peak.
Speaker 3 (35:19):
Snoozing interrupts that.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
She says the best advice is to get set your
alarm for the latest possible time and then commit to
getting out of bed the first time it goes off.
Speaker 3 (35:30):
Yeah right, I'm never doing it. Joel, are you here?
Do we have Joel?
Speaker 12 (35:36):
I'm here, I'm here, big, Good morning, Good morning, Heather.
Speaker 2 (35:40):
All right, So I kind of threw a little story
at you last minute, and I want to get to
that quickly before we run out of time.
Speaker 3 (35:48):
I saw this on my TikTok on my social media.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
The Trump bill, the budget bill is allowing for something
called a MAGA account.
Speaker 3 (35:57):
What is that all about?
Speaker 6 (36:00):
Okay, so this is really interesting and it's still just
a proposal, so it's a vaporware, so we don't know
if this is actually going to become a part.
Speaker 12 (36:07):
Of this so called big beautiful bill.
Speaker 6 (36:09):
But essentially, this is a proposal that's been made by
both Republicans and Democrats in the past, and it's an
attempt to help youngsters save and invest for their future.
So this MAGA account, it's somewhere between. It's kind of
like a hybrid of a five to twenty nine and
a four to one K where the government essentially invests
(36:30):
one thousand dollars for kids who are born.
Speaker 12 (36:32):
Over the next few years.
Speaker 6 (36:34):
And which is part of what I don't like about
this is that this proposal is likely only going to
be around for a few years until its sunsets. So
if we're gonna if we think this is a good thing,
let's keep it around for a long time. And if
we don't, let's not do it at all. But yeah,
this is a really interesting idea, and again it's been
a bipartisan proposal at different times to say, hey, for
to allow the next generation to start building wealth through
(36:55):
the future, let's start investing in them and allowing them
to take part in stuff bock market gains from the
minute that they're born.
Speaker 2 (37:03):
Well, I know that some of the questions that people
had about it were like, they can't access it till
they're twenty five or thirty. There's a lot of questionable
things about it. So I want to encourage people to
do their research on this, you know, before before anything
moves forward.
Speaker 6 (37:20):
And from what I could tell by the way, it
looks like they're going to have access to the funds
at age eighteen and then they need to be spent
down by age thirty one. So it's essentially to say, hey,
we'll stick a thousand bucks in and your parents can
even add more to it, and it's a way for
you to say, I don't know, maybe have actually some
money to buy a home when you turn when you're
in your early twenties, or to start a business or
(37:42):
something like that. So the kind of idea behind it,
the concept I think makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 12 (37:47):
The details.
Speaker 6 (37:48):
The devil's going to be in the details, and then
in particular that detail of how long this account is
actually in action, Because if it's really only to help
kids that are born over the next few years and
then it goes away, then and I don't think it
will have done.
Speaker 3 (38:01):
Its job and really quickly before we have to go.
Speaker 2 (38:03):
Let's talk about millennials cutting back on their expenses because
of the economic anxiety.
Speaker 6 (38:10):
Yeah, okay, so this is something The Wall Street Journal
had an article about this, and I think people are seeing,
you know, tariffs and higher predictions of recession. And there's
something about kind of the perpetually online nature of our
society too, and just the fact that people are are
saying they're seeing they're being exposed more to economic uncertainty
in the reality that we're not sure where things are headed.
(38:32):
The truth is there's always some of that. And even
when there's when it feels like things are smooth sailing,
things pop out of nowhere, like COVID for instance, where
you're like, oh, it seems like the economy is doing
well and then boom, COVID drops on us and it
sends our economy and supply chains into a tailspin. So
even the thing, even if there are things that are
not on our radar coming up, there's always something that's
(38:54):
at risk to our collective economic.
Speaker 12 (38:56):
Future into our individual economic futures.
Speaker 6 (38:58):
But people are saying, Hey, I'm anxious, and what I'm
doing because of that is I'm pulling back on my spending,
and I think that can make sense, right. I'm all
for frugality, but I also don't want people to let
fear drive their lives, and so I want people to
be careful about saying, hey, I'm anxious, so I'm gonna
hoard money and not spend as I normally would. I
think there are times to cut back significantly, for sure,
(39:21):
but I just want people to be prepared, which means
having a basic emergency fund.
Speaker 12 (39:26):
I say you need to have at least three thou
forty five dollars.
Speaker 6 (39:29):
That's the baseline amount I want people to have in
their savings account that can help you weather most emergencies
that are.
Speaker 12 (39:34):
Going to come along.
Speaker 6 (39:35):
And beyond that, yeah, be saving more, but also don't
let fear and uncertainty drive your decision making.
Speaker 3 (39:42):
That is such great advice.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
Everyone listen to How to Money on Sundays from noon
to two right here on KFI.
Speaker 7 (39:48):
Is that right?
Speaker 3 (39:48):
I just want to make sure I got it right.
That's it awesome, Thank you, Joel.
Speaker 2 (39:51):
We'll talk to see thanks ether all right, before we
head out, I want to get to some of your talkbacks.
You guys have been sending us messages all day, and
I hope I'm going to do this right here we go.
Speaker 11 (40:00):
Good morning. My wife and I are going to go
to my son's place and just have a nice intimate
barbecue on Memorial Day.
Speaker 3 (40:09):
That sounds nice.
Speaker 16 (40:11):
Good morning, Heather. I always love it when I wake
up to you. I live in Bakersfield, so during the
summer I like to sit in the air conditioning because
it's hot.
Speaker 3 (40:22):
That's true.
Speaker 12 (40:22):
That's true, Hi, Heather, Good morning.
Speaker 15 (40:25):
This is Gowan from Lunchington Beach, currently on my way
to Adelanto.
Speaker 12 (40:30):
Well, normally we like to go on a vacation.
Speaker 15 (40:34):
The last couple of years has been to Big Bear
because you know, it's Big Bear and it's beautiful up there.
But this year we're taking a break. We are gonna
stay home, probably do day trips and check out the
beach quite often.
Speaker 2 (41:00):
This oh envision, baby, I love it. That sounds great.
What a perfect way to end wake up call. Thank
you guys so much for spending your morning with us.
This is KFI and KOSTHG to Los Angeles, Orange County
South end weather from KFI. Heat advisory will be in
(41:20):
effect today. Hi's are going to be in the mid
to upper eighties in Metro LA and OC. It's going
to be about the upper seventies at the beaches, the
upper eighties to mid nineties across the valleys, even triple
digits in some areas. Live from the KFI twenty four
hour newsroom for producer and technical producer Well Kono, but
Sam is in Today and traffic specialist Will I'm Heather Brooker.
Speaker 3 (41:41):
So glad that you spent your morning with me. This
has been your wake up call.
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