April 28, 2025 • 41 mins
Jon Decker. Trump, Putin & Ukraine
Jim Ryan. Vehicle Rammings, Serious Threat Security Challenge
Steven Portnoy. Trump approval rating at 39%
Mark Sutherland. Abby's List a Dogumentary
Jim Ryan. Vehicle Rammings, Serious Threat Security Challenge
Steven Portnoy. Trump approval rating at 39%
Mark Sutherland. Abby's List a Dogumentary
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty Wake Up Call
with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app
I'm to.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Get Up, Get your work week started. Have you had
a great weekend? I did.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I had a D and D weekend. No, not Dungeons
and Dragons.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I was like, what Disney and Dodgers very nice, only nice.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
The only bad things were on the Dodgers lost, but
it was still it was such a great game. And
then Disneyland was spectacular. It was so much fun. I
had a friend in town and it was just it
was awesome. We went on the Tiana's whatever it's called.
Oh yeah, but you used to be see the old
Splash Mountain.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
We went on that ride.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
People were coming off of that ride soaked, like drenched
head to toe, and we're like.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Well, we gotta go, we gotta do it. We didn't get.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Wet, wow, lucky or not the people in front of us.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Head to toe. It was so fun. It was a
great group of people though. It was fun.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
We just like met up with these people and we
started talking to them and they're like, hey, you want
to go on our boat with us. We're like okay,
And we had them sit in front. So anyway, it
was a great weekend. Hope you had a great weekend too.
Let's get started. We got a lot going on. Here's
what's ahead. On wake up Call, La Metro begins screening
passengers for concealed weapons at the Green Lines Norwalk station.
(01:25):
Officials will be assessing the technology for the next year
across key stations to see if it can be an
effective tool. It's the latest move by the agency to
address rising violence on Metro buses and trains. Such sections
of PCH that had been closed on Saturday reopened. The
roadway was shut down because of mudslides, leaving residents and
(01:47):
pass holders no way to get into the fire zone
area between Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Carbon Beach Terrace. A
new national poll shows a lot of Americans not happy
with President Trump's first one hundred days in office. The
Pole Show's fifty five percent of Americans disapprove of how
Trump has handled the presidency. We're gonna dig into those
numbers more with ABC's Stephen Portnoy.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
That's coming up at the bottom of the hour.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Another weekend, another car rams into a festival. This one
leaves at least eleven people dead in Canada. ABC's Jim
Ryan's going to join us at five point twenty. We're
gonna see if there's anything that can be done to
stop these kinds of attacks. And if you're looking for
hope and inspiration and true love, I might have.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
The perfect movie for you.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
We're going to talk with the producer and director of
Abby's List, a documentary, yes, not documentary, a dogumentary. It's
in theaters this weekend. We're gonna find out all about it.
That's coming up at about five point fifty. Let's get
started with some of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Thousands of La County workers
are planning to walk off the job tonight, and.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
The strike could potentially disrupt key services. SEIU Local seven
twenty one, representing fifty five thousand frontline employees, says the
walkout is over on labor practices, wage stagnation, and excessive outsourcing.
County officials warn't possible delays in healthcare, social services, and
public works through Wednesday evening. Union leaders accused the county
of spending billions on contractors while ignoring worker pay and
(03:13):
staffing shortages. Heatherbrooker KFI news.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
La County Supervisor Catherine Barger is set to visit a
property in Alta, Dina where crews are about to start
rebuilding a home destroyed by the Eton fire. The woman
who owns the home, Margot Stuber, had debris cleared Firmer
property by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Governor Newsom
says wildfire resources in California are safe, even though the
(03:37):
states facing major financial issues. He says California has nearly
doubled its investments in CalFire over the past few years
in state of.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
The art technologies it relates to access the tools that
the Pentagon provides the tools that private contractors like Lockeed provide.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Still, Newsom says there is a tough road ahead with
lower revenue, higher unemployment, and rising costs. Santa Monica could
soon be letting people sip a drink while strolling down
the Third Street promenade.
Speaker 5 (04:06):
Pantamonica City leaders have approved plans for an entertainment zone
where public drinking would be allowed every day from eight
am to two am between Wilshore and Arizona. Drinkers would
need to wear wristbands, be twenty one or older, and
use plastic cups. Some residents and leaders raise security concerns,
but supporters say it's a smart way to bring visitors back.
A final vote is expected in May, with a possible
rollout in June. Brigida, Degastino, Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
If I news California's my Shake app has been downloaded
more than four million times. Governor Newsom says the app
gives people life saving seconds before an earthquake hits. His
office says since its inception, the app has sent out
more than five million alerts for nearly one hundred and
seventy quakes. The state's encouraging people to use the free
app and to follow the cal Oes Earthquake Readiness Guide
(04:50):
and up for that last one. Yeah, that hit down
in San Diego County. We got the pre worn for
the shaking eighty seconds.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Yeah, Yeah, it was good. It was good. It's five
seven on your Monday morning wake up call.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Time to say good morning to kfi's White House correspondent
John Decker. Morning, John, Are peace talks continuing with Russia
and the US and Ukraine?
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Because President Trump's getting a little fed up.
Speaker 6 (05:18):
He is, He's getting frustrated, and with good reason, and
the reason being is because two months ago the US
put a peace proposal on the table. It was a
thirty day ceasefire peace proposal. It was accepted immediately by Ukraine.
It has not been accepted by Russia. Now Russia said
that today, just within the past few hours, that it
will have a three day unilateralist ceasefire as it relates
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to the war in Ukraine. But that's not what the
President's proposal calls for. And I think that's the reason
why the President has threatened more sanctions on Russia and
has said maybe that Putin is stringing him along in
terms of what it is that he's saying publicly and
what we see that he's doing attacking civilian areas in Ukraine.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Okay, And so you mentioned that two months ago we
had put up this or the administration had put up
that thirty day seas fire. Has any progress and that
been made, I know you just mentioned that. I think
May sixth, seventh and eighth is when they said that
they're going to do a ceasefire. But did they say
is that a precursor to accepting a longer cease fire?
(06:23):
Is that because conclave starts on May seventh, I mean,
did they say.
Speaker 6 (06:27):
Why, No, they didn't haven't said why. I think they
recognized the frustration that the President has indicated over the
course of the past few weeks. Also, the President has
threatened to impose what's called secondary sanctions on Russia, maybe
going and targeting its oil sector. That oil really funds
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everything as it relates to the war. So that would
be a very skiff sanction that the US and its
allies could impose upon Russia.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
And kind of interesting because it so far, I mean,
from just you know, looking at bird's eye view, it
seems like Trump has actually been siding more with Russia,
you know, like saying, you know, Russia is going to
get a lot of what it wanted, Ukraine is not
going to get a lot of what it wanted, So
that that putin seems to be sort of hedging his
(07:16):
bets or not making any moves, seems a little surprising.
Speaker 6 (07:21):
Yeah, you raised a really good point, Amy, and you know,
I think that's one of the reasons that you haven't
seen any movement by Russia. Russia sees that, you know,
as it relates to public statements made by President Trump,
it seems as if he's agreeing to some of the
things that Russia has been putting out there, and from
the Russian perspective, they probably feel, what's the purpose in
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offering up any concessions if we don't have to if
the president buys into the point of view that we're
publicly presenting out there. So you look, you know, I
think the President is facing a lot of pressure. He's
facing pressure from European alliing that with the Prime Minister
of Norway. Just last he met with European leaders while
he was in Italy for the funeral of Pope Francis,
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and they were putting a full court press on the
president as well.
Speaker 7 (08:09):
So we'll see.
Speaker 6 (08:10):
I think this is an important week, and the President
last week said I'll give Russia a week's time to
come to some sort of movement getting to peace, and
we'll see if this is that critical week that the
President has been pushing for.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
John does Trump actually have any power in this? Does
he have any leverage?
Speaker 6 (08:30):
That's a good question, you know, I think he has
less leverage on this situation than he does concerning you know,
the war in the Middle East. That being said, you know,
the President also has spoken about the strong relationship that
he has with Russian President Vladimir Putin, So perhaps you
know he can use that strong relationship to convince Putin
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to at the very least agree to this thirty day
ceasefire proposal that Ukraine's already agreed to, and then work
towards a permanent peace once that thirty day ceasefire is
put in place.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
You mentioned that he met with some leaders when he
was overseas for the Pope's funeral. Did he meet with
Selensky on Saturday?
Speaker 6 (09:13):
He did an iconic photograph.
Speaker 8 (09:15):
You could google it.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
You can see a one on one meeting in the
Vatican with President Zelensky and also meeting with leaders like
here Starmer, the uk Prime Minister, French President Emmanuel Macron,
and they huddled together, and that they've been putting a
lot of pressure the president. Also last Thursday here at
the White House meeting with the Secretary General of the
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United Nation of NATO Mark Ruda. All of those individuals
putting a lot of pressure on the President to put
the pressure on Russia. So you can get to the
point where you're moving towards peace.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Okay, and we'll see what happens next.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Kfi's White House correspondent John Decker, Thanks so much for
the insight and information.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
As always, Thanks Amy Bright, talk to you soon.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour news. Murder chargers have
been filed in Vancouver, Canada against a man who allegedly
drove into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival.
Speaker 7 (10:08):
There are now eleven confirmed fatalities.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Interim police Chief Steve Ray says dozens more people were
hurt on Saturday night.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
This woman says the crash was shocking.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
We had initially assumed that it was like a food
truck that had fallen over. That's how loud it was,
and then we heard screams.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Following investigators say they have ruled out terrorism. They say
the man driving has a history of mental health issues.
The retrial of Karen Reid continues this week in Boston.
Legal analyst Brian Buckmeyer says the former economics professors accused
of killing her boyfriend in twenty twenty two by backing
her SUV into him and leaving him to die in
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a snowstorm.
Speaker 7 (10:45):
We're all expecting for a former officer now, Michael Proctor.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
He was the lead investigator in the case to testify,
as well as an officer he worked with.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
He says the defense is arguing the trial is a
conspiracy and all of the officers are involved. The US
and Iran are set to hold an round of nuclear
talks following a weekend meeting in Jordan. The White House
says those talks were positive and productive. President Trump's Special
Envoy Steve Whitcoff and Iran's foreign minister led the two delegations,
with the discussions lasting about four hours. The next meeting
(11:15):
is schedule to take place May third.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
More than one hundred.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
People have been arrested at an illegal nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The DEA says illegal immigrants and active duty service members
were detained. Many of the illegal immigrants were turned over
to ICE. The Army Criminal Investigation Divisions looking into the
involvement of about a dozen US service members who again
were taken into custody. A legal analyst says the Supreme
(11:40):
Court decision giving presidents immunity could be argued for A
judge in Milwaukee arrested by the FBI. Judge Hannah Dugan
is accused of allowing an illegal immigrant from Mexico to
leave through a back door of her court, so ICE
agents couldn't arrest him. Editor of Scotis Blog and former
Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Iger says the judge could put
(12:03):
that new judicial ruling to the test.
Speaker 9 (12:05):
No court has found that judges are immune from criminal prosecution,
but that Trump immunity decision could be very relevant here.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
Judge Dugan could face up to six years in prison
for her actions. A new poll shows President Trump has
the lowest one hundred day job approval rating of any
president in the past eighty years. The ABC News Washington
Post IPSOS poll shows just thirty nine percent of Americans
say the approve of what he's done so far. Gary
Langer with Langer Research Association Associates, who produced the polls
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as fifty five percent of people disapprove.
Speaker 8 (12:39):
It beats the record low at one hundred days set
by Donald Trump in twenty seventeen.
Speaker 9 (12:43):
He gets criticism on many issues, but perhaps his prime
challenge is economic discontent.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Tomorrow is Trump's one hundredth day in office. The Vatican
has announced the conclave to elect a successor to Pope
Francis will begin Wednesday, March not March May close. Friend
of Pope Francis father James Martin says there are nine
days of morning before the gathering, but there are some
preliminary talks before the official conclave happens inside the Sistine Chapel.
Speaker 10 (13:11):
They are starting now already with what's called general congregations,
where they're discussing in general what they want in the
next pope without campaigning.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
More than thirteen thousand people filed into the Saint Mary
Major Basilica yesterday to view Francis's tomb, with several more
several thousand more waiting outside. When we come back, another
cars plowed into a crowd. ABC's Jim Ryan's going to
join us on why these attacks are increasing and what's
being done to prevent them.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
That's coming out next.
Speaker 7 (13:40):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
Three men have been arrested in connection with a deadly
home invasion in Woodland Hills, Willy say. The three broke
into the home early Saturday morning, held the forty seven
year old homeowner captive, and beat him up. He died
of a head injury. At the scene. All three are
facing murder charges and are being held on two million
(14:05):
dollars bail. A major power outages hit Spain and Portugal,
including in those countries capitals. Parts of France apparently also affected.
The outage has halted trains and flights and left traffic
signals dark all over the country. First time nominees Chubby Checker,
Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the
(14:26):
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also
includes pop star Cindy Lauper, the hip hop Pioneers, Outcast,
the rock duo White Stripes, and grunge masters Sound Garden.
Some nominees that didn't get in this year Mariah Carey,
Fish and Billie Idol. At six oh five's handle on
the news, Russia's response to a Trump Zelensky meeting at
the Vatican, A barrage of drone strikes. Let's say good
(14:49):
morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan.
Speaker 7 (14:52):
Jim.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
Another horrific crash this weekend where a person driving a
car plows into a crowd at a gathering or festival
or celebration.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
What's the latest on this, Well.
Speaker 4 (15:02):
Yes, eleven people we know have died. One person is
in constandy. The victims there ranged in age from five
to sixty five years old of Filipino Street celebration in Vancouver.
The suspects he's been identified as Kai g Adam Lowe.
The police have not said anything about his ethnicity or
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his origin, where he came from, whether it was a
Native Canadian. But the police don't think this was an
act of terrorism. They believe that this man, this suspect,
had a mental health issue or some sort of crisis
unrelated to terrorism that convinced him that he needed to
drive his suv down this street filled with people, killing
eleven and injuring dozens.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
We're seeing these more and more often, it seems, Jim,
I mean, especially if this guy has mental health issues.
I mean, there are these copycat kind of crimes.
Speaker 4 (15:56):
Sure, we're not just in this country. Germany seems to
have a lot of these incidents, and there it may
be copycats here, perhaps the same situation. People see if
they've got you know, this intent in mind, they see
that it works in one place and they might try
it somewhere else. We saw it in Charlottesville, Virginia. We
saw it January first, in New Orleans. We saw somebody
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you know, do the same thing at the parade, a
holiday parade in Kenosha, Wisconsin. So it does happen. I
think it was Waukesh actually wakesh Howers constant where that happened.
But you know, it does happen, and it seems to
be happening more that vehicles are being used as weapons.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
And politically it's got to be you know how lawmakers
love to just pounce on things. It's got to be
a little bit challenging for them because they can't say, oh,
it's guns that are bad.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
I mean, you can't say all cars are bad.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
No, you're right, So what do we do about it?
I mean maybe there is legislation, not sure, but within
the and in some of these cases it was a
rental car that was used. There was a rental car
New Orleans that that man used to drive down Bourbon
Street and kill fourteen. I think it was. It was
a rented cyber truck that was part there in Las
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Vegas and blown up. So the rental car industry is
looking at strengthening its procedures, making it more difficult to
rent a car without a background check. But this is
fascinating to me geo fencing, and they use this on
golf court, golf carts in golf courses. Right, So the
GPS tracker is on the vehicle, and there's an alarm
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that goes off if you drive this golf cart into
a sensitive area or off the the golf cart path.
Why not use that same kind of technology in a vehicle. Right,
Almost every car has GPS, and certainly every year more
of them do. So certain areas of a community could
be blocked off, essentially a virtual barricade that keeps people
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from driving down Bourbon Street, for example, or driving down
that street in Charlottesville. Kill switch, Yeah, kill switch. And
even if it's your own car, your own vehicle, if
it's GPS equipped and the law enforcement has blocked off
an area, then and you start to turn onto that street,
either an alarm goes off, a buzzer, or the car
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is simply shut down.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
But it will right, Well, I would think that the
alarm or buzzer probably wouldn't if it's somebody's hell bent
on plowing into a crowd.
Speaker 4 (18:24):
Right, I know that's true. And even with the golf carts,
if somebody's drunk and they're headed for the eighteenth.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Hole and not that that ever happens.
Speaker 7 (18:32):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (18:33):
No, people don't get wrong. But yeah, the buzzer, the
alarm on the golf cart isn't going to keep that
person from doing that. But if there is a kill switch,
if the if the if the golf cart itself recognize
it it's going into an area it shouldn't, it could
shut itself off. If a car is headed onto Canal
Street and over onto Bourbon Street, where there's a crowd
of people, the car could shut itself off. You know.
(18:55):
It's that's that maybe the future of preventing this kind
of thing.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Yeah, and then we know it.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
In New Orleans, which you referenced, their barriers were supposed
to have been put in place, but they weren't there
yet ahead of Super Bowl and that kind of stuff.
So are more cities going to start doing that? I
think they have them on the promenade, like the Third
Street promenade. There's ballards there so you can't drive down.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
There, right, right, Physical barriers like that, and community planners
are looking at doing things like that. Redesigned urban areas
that protect the pedestrians from vehicles, you know, curbs that
are higher or more boulevards with separation down the middle
of them to prevent cars from doing committing mayhem. We've
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seen that happen in New York City, people driving out
of the crew onto the sidewalk and mowing people down.
So urban redesign technology like GPS tracking or geo fencing,
and then intelligence on the part of police is tracking
groups on social media to see who might be planning
something like this.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
Yeah, that we have to do this. But ABC's Jim Ryan,
thanks so much for the info. Thanks, you have a
good day. The Menendez brothers have filed court papers asking
a judge to remove La County DA Nathan Hawkman from
their resentencing hearing. Attorney Mark garrigo says Hawkman should be
disqualified because of a conflict of interest. Garrigos claims Hawkman
(20:19):
has admitted to the conflict and has even helped organize
protests against the resentencing. A hearing on the motion is
scheduled for next month. A new bill in California aims
to create innovative insurance options to protect people from climate
related risks. If passed, a new program would pay for
projects that reduce the impact of climate change and improve
(20:40):
insurance coverage for homeowners. It would support community based insurance models,
nature driven solutions, and educational efforts on the importance of insurance.
The LA Urban Policy Roundtable group wants city and county
officials to take long term action to save trees from
being randomly destroyed. It's in response to a homeless bench
topping down eight trees across LA last week. Round Table
(21:03):
President earl Ofari Hutchinson says they're suggesting an emergency Save
LA Trees task force be set up.
Speaker 8 (21:11):
We don't want to see what happened down Chile continually
by others.
Speaker 4 (21:16):
It may get the bonehead idea, the dumb idea, let's
go cut down the tree.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
He says.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
The destruction of trees is both criminal and environmentally damaging.
An expert on rare earths says the US has most
of the seventeen rare earth elements and fifty critical minerals underground,
but it doesn't have the capacity to refine them into
processed metals and magnets. Critical Minerals Institute co chair Melissa
Sanderson tells The Epic Times the US has zero magnet manufacturers.
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She says it could take five years to develop a
domestic supply chain to replace China's global monopoly in processing
rare earths and materials needed to make everything from iPhones
to F thirty five fighter jets. The deadline for the
real IDs getting closer. New rules kick in May seventh
for US residents to get on domestic flights or to
(22:07):
go into certain federal facilities. Katie Nastro with the travel
site Going says there are ways to tell if your
ID meets the new standard.
Speaker 10 (22:15):
You just need to look in the top corner to
see if you have a star star stamp where if
you're in California, a bear with a star.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
She says.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Those with an enhanced ID will see a flag emblem.
Weight Watchers is reportedly getting ready to file for bankruptcy.
Bloomberg reports the company's been dealing with increasing debt as
its earnings have been dropping at the same time as
weight lost drugs like ozempic have been gaining popularity. Speaking
of Popular Dodgers, a popular bunch and tonight they'll be
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taken on the Marlins at Dodger Stadium. The first pitch
goes out at seven o'clock. You can listen to all
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When we come back, we're one hundred days into President
Trump's second urn.
Speaker 2 (23:04):
Well we will be tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
ABC's Stephen Portnoy joins us to see how the public
says he's doing so far.
Speaker 7 (23:11):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Police had extra patrols on duty for the sixteenth annual
Thai New Songgren Festival in East Hollywood following Saturday night's
deadly vehicle attack on a Filipino festival in Vancouver, Canada.
Extra barriers were added to block vehicles from getting into
the festival area on Hollywood Boulevard. A conservative groups rallied
in West Hollywood in an effort to get voters to
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leave the Democratic Party. The group, called American Restoration Tour,
was followed by a group of counter protesters yesterday. The
group displayed a US flag, a smaller Israeli flag, and
several signs, including one that said Trump won, Save America.
Sinners has earned the number one spot at the box
office and its second weekend in theaters with another forty
five million in ticket sales. The twentieth anniversary reel lease
(24:00):
of George Lucas's Star Wars episode three, Revenge of the Sith,
finished in second, taking in twenty five million dollars. Let's
say good morning now to ABC's Steven Portnoy. Stephen were
almost one hundred days into Trump's presidency. According to polls,
how are things going well?
Speaker 9 (24:17):
Not great?
Speaker 11 (24:19):
Look, the president has the lowest job approval of any
president at this point in his term, going back to
nineteen forty five, lowest job approval of any president on
record in this first one hundred days thirty nine percent
approval fifty five percent disapproval about in keeping. However, with
his score eight years ago at his first one hundred days,
(24:40):
he had forty two percent approval in our poll then
and now it's at thirty nine percent, so slightly lower.
Speaker 10 (24:47):
Look.
Speaker 11 (24:48):
The reason is Americans are concerned about the state of
the economy. That's the primary reason. Seventy two percent seventy
two percent in our poll say that they believe the
president's policies are likely to cause a recession. Sixty two
percent say prices are going up for things that they
want and need. Fifty three percent say the economy has
already gotten worse since the president has taken office. Sixty
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seven percent say they are worried about the stock market turmoil.
Sixty four percent say they disapprove of the president's proposals,
his policies to tariff impose taxes on imports to this country.
The President is shrugging all this off, although on social
media this morning, he's essentially lashing out at these survey results, saying,
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among other things, that the press quote writes bad stories,
cheats big on polls, it is compromised and corrupt.
Speaker 7 (25:39):
Sad.
Speaker 11 (25:40):
So the president obviously not aware of he is aware
of these numbers and doesn't like them.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Yeah, and have the polls as have his numbers dropped
or did they start out at thirty nine and they're
just staying there.
Speaker 11 (25:53):
Well, Look, this is the first significant survey that ABC
News has done that I've seen since the president has
taken office, and it's meant to be sort of a
benchmark for where he goes going forward under this first
one hundred days. Looking now at a survey we took
(26:14):
in February, so two months ago his approval rating was
at forty five percent. It has dropped six points to
thirty nine percent. So not a good trend. But remember
and the White House is shrugging off these numbers in
part because the President, although he's selling Trump twenty twenty
eight hats, is not himself on the ballot again. And
the challenge for him and his party is the midterm elections.
(26:35):
But those are still a year and a half off.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Okay, and I know you got to run winer.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
I know ABC scored an interview with him for the
first one hundred days.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
When's that happening.
Speaker 7 (26:42):
Tomorrow night on ABC?
Speaker 11 (26:45):
Terry Moran, our senior national correspondence, It's down with the President.
Should be a fascinating conversation.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
Absolutely, ABC. Stephen Portney, thanks so much. All right, time
to get in your business now with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho morning, Courtney,
good morning. Okay, so let's talk about pina coladas.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
What a great way to start your Monday.
Speaker 10 (27:05):
And getting lost in the rain.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
Yes, Oh my gosh, what if you love pea? I
haven't heard that song?
Speaker 10 (27:16):
Yeah, so I put that earworm in your ear this
morning because if you're looking forward to having one a
peinut pilata tropical drink on the beach this summer, it's
probably going to cost you a lot more. Some of
the world's top coconut rowers have been slammed by poor
weather shrinking supplies, and that's raising the price of the fruit.
The Philippines, which is the world's biggest coconut producer, expects
(27:37):
a twenty percent of cline and output this year because
drought and cyclones have affected the trees.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Wow, that's a that's a that's a big hit. You know,
the people on Survivor would really be in trouble if
they didn't have coconuts.
Speaker 10 (27:52):
No doubt about it. And that's what we're seeing, not
only with the Philippines, but also Indonesia too. So they say,
you know what, we're going to hold on to some
of our output and not send it around the globe.
But because global demand two has been climbing and climbing.
The US, by the way, it is the largest market,
and a lot of people have been jumping on the
(28:13):
bandwagon because you know, it is a plant based milk option.
And also you can't forget about the big wellness push
that we've been seeing and that's definitely been helping.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
Coconuts, coconut oil, good for your skin. Yeah, okay, let's
go to.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Amazon and their business may have just hit a big hiccup.
What's going on with that?
Speaker 10 (28:36):
Yeah, so a number of Amazon sellers are pulling out
of the next Prime Day event. Reuters has reported that
some third party merchants are sitting it out this year.
They said, no way, we're not going to do it.
Our margins aren't good, or they're offering fewer discounted items
due to tariffs. But you can't forget Prime Day is
one of Amazon's biggest shopping days of the year. Participation
(28:58):
for sellers is optional, to point that out, but Amazon
spends millions of dollars promoting the event. So Amazon, they
haven't announced the dates yet for Prime Day, but it's
going to spread across four days in July. But sellers
still have a little bit of time to sign up.
Speaker 9 (29:13):
That's uh.
Speaker 10 (29:14):
The deadline seems to be the end of May.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
Okay, So then here's a question for you. They they
either have to make the decision to participate or not
participate by May. What happens if, as Trump is predicting,
we're going to take care of these tariffs and they're
going to be going away.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
If we're playing us, you know, we're playing the what
if game.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
But if they could they change their mind or they
just out of luck, like if they go, hey, we're
not going to have the supply train is supply train
train issues because you know everything's going to start flowing
again the tariffs are lifted.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
Can we participate, Well, they have a.
Speaker 10 (29:50):
Certain date that they have to say we're either in
or out, So there there is a limit to all
of this, and definitely that's within the ninety days. So
we are not really sure what's going to happen. But
a lot of these companies, they basically have to do
a leap of faith on what they think is going
to be ahead. But you have to think about how
(30:13):
shoppers spent fourteen billion dollars during the last prime day
last year, so it's a lot of money to kind
of be leaving on the table. But again, when you
look at the margins, that's going to be very difficult
for them. But it's also going to be a tough
time for Amazon because a pullback could mean fure fees
and less ad revenue for Amazon. As well as less
(30:33):
items for them to sell, so this could be a
big problem for them coming up for Prime Day.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
All right, we'll be watching, I'm sure, and big week.
That's something else we're going to watch is the markets.
What's going on this week?
Speaker 10 (30:45):
Yes, so it's quiet this morning. I'd say it's the
quiet before this storm. But the wild market moves that
we've been seeing because of the tariff announcements, that's ease somewhat.
But these corporate reports that we're going to be getting
this week. We're hearing from Apple, Amazon, McDonald's, Coca Cola,
some major companies this week, and that's going to give
(31:05):
us a better look at the help of the consumer.
We also have star books too, so these are game
changers in trading. Plus, this Friday is a key report
for Wall Street at Theapral Jobs stated that's going to
give us a pulse check on the labor market. So
right now Dow futures and SMP futures are a little
changed in trading.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
All right, We'll be watching them, and we have you
to help us sort them out. Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho getting
in our business every day. We'll talk to you tomorrow morning.
Speaker 10 (31:33):
Definitely. I'll see you later, all right.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
Thanks, So let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Some
students at Occidental College are on a hunger strike.
Speaker 3 (31:40):
The ten students are demanding the school divest from weapons
manufacturers tied to Israel and bolster protections for international students.
The strike, now in its second week, follows a similar
protest at Chapman University. Occidentals presidents as many students' concerns
are already being addressed, but rejected calls for divestment. The
students say the college isn't doing enough and vow to
continue signing the humanitarian crisis in Gonza Heatherbrooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles swoop into the White
House today. Running back Sequon Barkley met with President Trump
yesterday took a ride on Marine one. The Eagles didn't
visit the White House after their twenty eighteen victory during
President Trump's first term. Trump claimed he withdrew the information,
calling the team disrespectful because they stayed in the locker
(32:25):
room during the national anthem as protest. When we come
back last week, we talked about bucket list. Well, today,
it's Abbey's List, a documentary about the journeys of a
man and his best friend.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
That's coming up next.
Speaker 7 (32:36):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM.
Speaker 1 (32:40):
Six forty libraries in La County could be closed this
week as union workers planned to strike. Employees are expected
to walk off the jobs seven o'clock tonight.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
They'll be on strike until Wednesday.
Speaker 1 (32:50):
Officials in Santa Monica considering a measure that would allow
people to drink in public along the Third Street Promenade.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
If approved by city council, it would create a.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
Permanent entertainment zone from eight am to two am every day.
More than four million Californians have downloaded the my Shake
app I've Got It.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
Since its inception.
Speaker 1 (33:09):
The app has delivered more than five million alerts to
nearly one hundred and seventy earthquakes.
Speaker 2 (33:13):
The app is free to download.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
Let's say how good morning to the producer and director
of Abby's List, A Dog youmentary? Yes, dog youmentary, not documentary.
Good morning Mark Sutherland.
Speaker 9 (33:26):
Good morning Amy King.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
Okay, so your movies coming out in select theaters this weekend,
and if you are looking for hope and inspiration and
true love. This one might be the one for you,
So please tell us about your movie.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
Abby's List a documentary.
Speaker 9 (33:47):
Back in twenty sixteen, I lived in Hermosa Beach and
my dog was getting older. She was getting up in years.
She was a whippet named Abby. I'd had two other
whippets that it both unfortunately passed away around that age.
So I figured we were on borrowed time and figured
what better thing to do than to hit the road
(34:08):
and do some of her favorite things. But her favorite things,
in my eyes, maybe not exactly the same sort of
favorite things that most people would think of, which I
think is what made the film entertaining. The first thing
she did was sale a yacht. We took her up
to Sequoia so she could pee on some of the
(34:28):
world's tallest trees. Went to Vegas so she could live
like a rock star in a three thousand dollars a
night sweet which they comped. By the way, I didn't
have to pay that She met the world's most famous dog,
Goofy Bill Farmer, who does the voice for Goofy. I
(34:49):
took her to Disney World because I wanted her to
ride my favorite ride as a kid. Wanted her to
see what I just wanted to see that look on
her face, you know that little kids get when they
ride or ride like that the first time.
Speaker 1 (35:00):
And do little kids' faces and dogs faces look similar.
Speaker 9 (35:05):
Oh my god, exactly the same little bit of droll,
eyes wide open. So we just started out basically to
do this and to shoot some you know, just ridiculous
absurd videos for friends. And then two things happened really quickly.
The videos started going crazy viral, and Abby started aging
(35:26):
in reverse and started acting more like a nine or
ten year old than a fourteen year old. So what
we do, So what we decided to do was let's
keep on going. We kept on going, and our three
week road trip became almost three years.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
Oh my goodness, and how many places did you visit
in three years?
Speaker 2 (35:46):
Mark?
Speaker 9 (35:47):
Fifteen? Fifteen places including we went to the White House.
We we got a private island in Canada for two weeks.
Because she hadn't spent a lot of time outdoors, I
mean at the beach and stuff, but not camping. I
wanted her to experience that. We went to SeaWorld. One
of the most magical scenes in the film is when
(36:07):
I took her to SeaWorld and the dolphin found out
there was a dog on the other side of the glass,
and it's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen. There
were like twenty or thirty humans over there, you know,
like I don't know, twenty or thirty feet to our left,
and all the dolphin were right in front of abbey.
(36:28):
They were ignoring all the people, and once they found
out there was a dog on the other side of
the glass, they went right for the dog. You could
probably hear it in my voice. It still affects me
that we had such an amazing time, you know. And
I started out doing this for her and ultimately, you know,
(36:48):
it gave back to me tenfold. And we started making
what was just going to be a few videos, and
we said, you know what, this is a full film.
And then we won four out of our five US festivals,
and then AMC just picked us up for a theatrical release,
which never happens. So I'm living under a charm star.
(37:12):
And it's all because I had a tough stretch in
Los Angeles and instead of just moping about it, we
decided to, you know, do something about it. And I
hit the road with my best friend, and I'm absolutely
certain that it prolonged her life as well. So really, ultimately,
the film's about living life.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
I love that, whether you're a dog or a person,
go live your life, right, And if you want to
see Abby's Best Life, you can head to movie theaters
because it's hitting theaters this weekend, right.
Speaker 9 (37:43):
Yeah, it opens on Friday the second, and we're doing
we're also doing a special show in Rolling Hills, the
AMC Rolling Hills in Torrents there in the South Bay
seven five on Friday night. Bill Farmer, that's going to
join me, the voice of Goofy. We're going to do
a Q and A after we screen the film down there.
(38:04):
It's only fifteen bucks, so like seeing a movie is,
you know, about the greatest and the cheapest form of
really solid entertainment, and you'll get to meet Goofy too.
So that's this Saturday at seven forty five, and it's
gonna play starting Friday every day and if it does well,
then you know it'll stay longer than a week. And
we're also trying to we're trying to add a theater
(38:26):
in Burbank two, so fingers crossed, I'll know about that
in a day or two. But okay, I just I
really appreciate you give me a chance to talk about it,
because it's just fun to share what an amazing experience
we had.
Speaker 1 (38:38):
I love it, And Mark, will you keep us post
and let us know if it's going to be in Burbank.
If you find out that it will Aaron Burbank and
will share that. But for right now, it opens Friday,
May second at Rolling Hills.
Speaker 2 (38:51):
It's an AMC in Torrents. Correct.
Speaker 9 (38:53):
Yeah, and you can get more information at abby'slistmovie dot com.
Speaker 1 (38:58):
Abby's List Movie Great. We wish you so much great success, Mark.
I mean, I love movies like this, and I hope you,
you know, get everything out of it that you would
hope too.
Speaker 2 (39:11):
And I love your story of Abby. Can't wait to
see it. Thank you, all right, take care Mark quickly, Yes, okay.
Speaker 9 (39:17):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
Go ahead.
Speaker 9 (39:18):
If anybody wants to do this with your dog, just
do it while they're young. I'm so glad that I
did it, but I wish that we'd done it even earlier.
Speaker 2 (39:26):
So okay, that's great words of advice. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (39:29):
Mark Sutherland, director and producer of Abby's List a documentary.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
Isn't that great. I love that.
Speaker 1 (39:36):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Three men have
been arrested in connection with a deadly home invasion in
Woodland Hills. The break in happened early Saturday morning.
Speaker 2 (39:45):
Please say.
Speaker 12 (39:46):
The homeowner was held captive, assaulted, and suffered a head injury,
then died at the scene.
Speaker 2 (39:51):
The suspects escaped with the victim's property.
Speaker 1 (39:54):
Jeff I's Daniel Martindale says the arrests were made in
Glendale and Sherman Oaks. The accused killers are being held
on two million dollars bail. With the field of candidates
for California governor getting crowded, cal State Domingus Hill's political
science professor Christopher Holland Brook tells KFI at this stage,
the candidates that have announced their running are really just
testing the waters.
Speaker 8 (40:15):
A lot of the reason to declare this early is
to sort of see what happens, see what your poll
numbers look like, see if anyone will give you money,
and if there's any actual future to your campaign.
Speaker 2 (40:26):
He says.
Speaker 1 (40:27):
Most of the attention so far is on whether former
Vice President Harris is going to get into the race.
President Trump will no longer recognize Indigenous People's Day alongside
Columbus Day.
Speaker 12 (40:38):
He's reversing the practice initiated by Biden. Back in twenty
twenty one, Trump criticized Democrats for undermining Columbus's legacy, calling
for a return to traditional American symbols. Now, in California,
the second Monday in October is officially observed as Indigenous
People's Day, replacing Columbus Day. The state recognizes the contributions
and resilience of Native peoples.
Speaker 1 (40:59):
Andrew Caravella News This is KFI and kost HD two
Los Angeles, Orange County Southland weather from KFI. Sunny skies,
so a nice day on the way. Hi's in the
low to mid sixties at the beach's, mid upper sixties
for Metro La and Inland Orange County, sixties to low
seventies for the valleys and Inland Empire, sixties in the
(41:19):
Antelope Valley. Clear skies with lows in the fifties. Tonight
sunny with eyes in the sixties to mid seventies at
the coast and Metro areas. Tomorrow's seventies to low eighties
for the valleys. In Ie a little bit cooler. Wednesday
and Thursday, it's fifty three in Diamond Bar, fifties six
in Newport Beach, fifty four in Buena Park, and forty
five in Palmdale. Live from the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom,
(41:39):
I'm Amy King. You've been listening to Wake Up Call
with me Amy King. You can always hear Wickup Call
five to six am Monday through Friday on KFI AM
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I'm to.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Get Up, Get your work week started. Have you had
a great weekend? I did.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I had a D and D weekend. No, not Dungeons
and Dragons.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I was like, what Disney and Dodgers very nice, only nice.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
The only bad things were on the Dodgers lost, but
it was still it was such a great game. And
then Disneyland was spectacular. It was so much fun. I
had a friend in town and it was just it
was awesome. We went on the Tiana's whatever it's called.
Oh yeah, but you used to be see the old
Splash Mountain.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
We went on that ride.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
People were coming off of that ride soaked, like drenched
head to toe, and we're like.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Well, we gotta go, we gotta do it. We didn't get.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Wet, wow, lucky or not the people in front of us.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Head to toe. It was so fun. It was a
great group of people though. It was fun.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
We just like met up with these people and we
started talking to them and they're like, hey, you want
to go on our boat with us. We're like okay,
And we had them sit in front. So anyway, it
was a great weekend. Hope you had a great weekend too.
Let's get started. We got a lot going on. Here's
what's ahead. On wake up Call, La Metro begins screening
passengers for concealed weapons at the Green Lines Norwalk station.
(01:25):
Officials will be assessing the technology for the next year
across key stations to see if it can be an
effective tool. It's the latest move by the agency to
address rising violence on Metro buses and trains. Such sections
of PCH that had been closed on Saturday reopened. The
roadway was shut down because of mudslides, leaving residents and
(01:47):
pass holders no way to get into the fire zone
area between Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Carbon Beach Terrace. A
new national poll shows a lot of Americans not happy
with President Trump's first one hundred days in office. The
Pole Show's fifty five percent of Americans disapprove of how
Trump has handled the presidency. We're gonna dig into those
numbers more with ABC's Stephen Portnoy.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
That's coming up at the bottom of the hour.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Another weekend, another car rams into a festival. This one
leaves at least eleven people dead in Canada. ABC's Jim
Ryan's going to join us at five point twenty. We're
gonna see if there's anything that can be done to
stop these kinds of attacks. And if you're looking for
hope and inspiration and true love, I might have.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
The perfect movie for you.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
We're going to talk with the producer and director of
Abby's List, a documentary, yes, not documentary, a dogumentary. It's
in theaters this weekend. We're gonna find out all about it.
That's coming up at about five point fifty. Let's get
started with some of the stories coming out of the
KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Thousands of La County workers
are planning to walk off the job tonight, and.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
The strike could potentially disrupt key services. SEIU Local seven
twenty one, representing fifty five thousand frontline employees, says the
walkout is over on labor practices, wage stagnation, and excessive outsourcing.
County officials warn't possible delays in healthcare, social services, and
public works through Wednesday evening. Union leaders accused the county
of spending billions on contractors while ignoring worker pay and
(03:13):
staffing shortages. Heatherbrooker KFI news.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
La County Supervisor Catherine Barger is set to visit a
property in Alta, Dina where crews are about to start
rebuilding a home destroyed by the Eton fire. The woman
who owns the home, Margot Stuber, had debris cleared Firmer
property by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Governor Newsom
says wildfire resources in California are safe, even though the
(03:37):
states facing major financial issues. He says California has nearly
doubled its investments in CalFire over the past few years
in state of.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
The art technologies it relates to access the tools that
the Pentagon provides the tools that private contractors like Lockeed provide.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Still, Newsom says there is a tough road ahead with
lower revenue, higher unemployment, and rising costs. Santa Monica could
soon be letting people sip a drink while strolling down
the Third Street promenade.
Speaker 5 (04:06):
Pantamonica City leaders have approved plans for an entertainment zone
where public drinking would be allowed every day from eight
am to two am between Wilshore and Arizona. Drinkers would
need to wear wristbands, be twenty one or older, and
use plastic cups. Some residents and leaders raise security concerns,
but supporters say it's a smart way to bring visitors back.
A final vote is expected in May, with a possible
rollout in June. Brigida, Degastino, Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
If I news California's my Shake app has been downloaded
more than four million times. Governor Newsom says the app
gives people life saving seconds before an earthquake hits. His
office says since its inception, the app has sent out
more than five million alerts for nearly one hundred and
seventy quakes. The state's encouraging people to use the free
app and to follow the cal Oes Earthquake Readiness Guide
(04:50):
and up for that last one. Yeah, that hit down
in San Diego County. We got the pre worn for
the shaking eighty seconds.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Yeah, Yeah, it was good. It was good. It's five
seven on your Monday morning wake up call.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Time to say good morning to kfi's White House correspondent
John Decker. Morning, John, Are peace talks continuing with Russia
and the US and Ukraine?
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Because President Trump's getting a little fed up.
Speaker 6 (05:18):
He is, He's getting frustrated, and with good reason, and
the reason being is because two months ago the US
put a peace proposal on the table. It was a
thirty day ceasefire peace proposal. It was accepted immediately by Ukraine.
It has not been accepted by Russia. Now Russia said
that today, just within the past few hours, that it
will have a three day unilateralist ceasefire as it relates
(05:41):
to the war in Ukraine. But that's not what the
President's proposal calls for. And I think that's the reason
why the President has threatened more sanctions on Russia and
has said maybe that Putin is stringing him along in
terms of what it is that he's saying publicly and
what we see that he's doing attacking civilian areas in Ukraine.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Okay, And so you mentioned that two months ago we
had put up this or the administration had put up
that thirty day seas fire. Has any progress and that
been made, I know you just mentioned that. I think
May sixth, seventh and eighth is when they said that
they're going to do a ceasefire. But did they say
is that a precursor to accepting a longer cease fire?
(06:23):
Is that because conclave starts on May seventh, I mean,
did they say.
Speaker 6 (06:27):
Why, No, they didn't haven't said why. I think they
recognized the frustration that the President has indicated over the
course of the past few weeks. Also, the President has
threatened to impose what's called secondary sanctions on Russia, maybe
going and targeting its oil sector. That oil really funds
(06:47):
everything as it relates to the war. So that would
be a very skiff sanction that the US and its
allies could impose upon Russia.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
And kind of interesting because it so far, I mean,
from just you know, looking at bird's eye view, it
seems like Trump has actually been siding more with Russia,
you know, like saying, you know, Russia is going to
get a lot of what it wanted, Ukraine is not
going to get a lot of what it wanted, So
that that putin seems to be sort of hedging his
(07:16):
bets or not making any moves, seems a little surprising.
Speaker 6 (07:21):
Yeah, you raised a really good point, Amy, and you know,
I think that's one of the reasons that you haven't
seen any movement by Russia. Russia sees that, you know,
as it relates to public statements made by President Trump,
it seems as if he's agreeing to some of the
things that Russia has been putting out there, and from
the Russian perspective, they probably feel, what's the purpose in
(07:41):
offering up any concessions if we don't have to if
the president buys into the point of view that we're
publicly presenting out there. So you look, you know, I
think the President is facing a lot of pressure. He's
facing pressure from European alliing that with the Prime Minister
of Norway. Just last he met with European leaders while
he was in Italy for the funeral of Pope Francis,
(08:05):
and they were putting a full court press on the
president as well.
Speaker 7 (08:09):
So we'll see.
Speaker 6 (08:10):
I think this is an important week, and the President
last week said I'll give Russia a week's time to
come to some sort of movement getting to peace, and
we'll see if this is that critical week that the
President has been pushing for.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
John does Trump actually have any power in this? Does
he have any leverage?
Speaker 6 (08:30):
That's a good question, you know, I think he has
less leverage on this situation than he does concerning you know,
the war in the Middle East. That being said, you know,
the President also has spoken about the strong relationship that
he has with Russian President Vladimir Putin, So perhaps you
know he can use that strong relationship to convince Putin
(08:51):
to at the very least agree to this thirty day
ceasefire proposal that Ukraine's already agreed to, and then work
towards a permanent peace once that thirty day ceasefire is
put in place.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
You mentioned that he met with some leaders when he
was overseas for the Pope's funeral. Did he meet with
Selensky on Saturday?
Speaker 6 (09:13):
He did an iconic photograph.
Speaker 8 (09:15):
You could google it.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
You can see a one on one meeting in the
Vatican with President Zelensky and also meeting with leaders like
here Starmer, the uk Prime Minister, French President Emmanuel Macron,
and they huddled together, and that they've been putting a
lot of pressure the president. Also last Thursday here at
the White House meeting with the Secretary General of the
(09:36):
United Nation of NATO Mark Ruda. All of those individuals
putting a lot of pressure on the President to put
the pressure on Russia. So you can get to the
point where you're moving towards peace.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Okay, and we'll see what happens next.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Kfi's White House correspondent John Decker, Thanks so much for
the insight and information.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
As always, Thanks Amy Bright, talk to you soon.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour news. Murder chargers have
been filed in Vancouver, Canada against a man who allegedly
drove into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival.
Speaker 7 (10:08):
There are now eleven confirmed fatalities.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Interim police Chief Steve Ray says dozens more people were
hurt on Saturday night.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
This woman says the crash was shocking.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
We had initially assumed that it was like a food
truck that had fallen over. That's how loud it was,
and then we heard screams.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Following investigators say they have ruled out terrorism. They say
the man driving has a history of mental health issues.
The retrial of Karen Reid continues this week in Boston.
Legal analyst Brian Buckmeyer says the former economics professors accused
of killing her boyfriend in twenty twenty two by backing
her SUV into him and leaving him to die in
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a snowstorm.
Speaker 7 (10:45):
We're all expecting for a former officer now, Michael Proctor.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
He was the lead investigator in the case to testify,
as well as an officer he worked with.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
He says the defense is arguing the trial is a
conspiracy and all of the officers are involved. The US
and Iran are set to hold an round of nuclear
talks following a weekend meeting in Jordan. The White House
says those talks were positive and productive. President Trump's Special
Envoy Steve Whitcoff and Iran's foreign minister led the two delegations,
with the discussions lasting about four hours. The next meeting
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is schedule to take place May third.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
More than one hundred.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
People have been arrested at an illegal nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The DEA says illegal immigrants and active duty service members
were detained. Many of the illegal immigrants were turned over
to ICE. The Army Criminal Investigation Divisions looking into the
involvement of about a dozen US service members who again
were taken into custody. A legal analyst says the Supreme
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Court decision giving presidents immunity could be argued for A
judge in Milwaukee arrested by the FBI. Judge Hannah Dugan
is accused of allowing an illegal immigrant from Mexico to
leave through a back door of her court, so ICE
agents couldn't arrest him. Editor of Scotis Blog and former
Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Iger says the judge could put
(12:03):
that new judicial ruling to the test.
Speaker 9 (12:05):
No court has found that judges are immune from criminal prosecution,
but that Trump immunity decision could be very relevant here.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
Judge Dugan could face up to six years in prison
for her actions. A new poll shows President Trump has
the lowest one hundred day job approval rating of any
president in the past eighty years. The ABC News Washington
Post IPSOS poll shows just thirty nine percent of Americans
say the approve of what he's done so far. Gary
Langer with Langer Research Association Associates, who produced the polls
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as fifty five percent of people disapprove.
Speaker 8 (12:39):
It beats the record low at one hundred days set
by Donald Trump in twenty seventeen.
Speaker 9 (12:43):
He gets criticism on many issues, but perhaps his prime
challenge is economic discontent.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Tomorrow is Trump's one hundredth day in office. The Vatican
has announced the conclave to elect a successor to Pope
Francis will begin Wednesday, March not March May close. Friend
of Pope Francis father James Martin says there are nine
days of morning before the gathering, but there are some
preliminary talks before the official conclave happens inside the Sistine Chapel.
Speaker 10 (13:11):
They are starting now already with what's called general congregations,
where they're discussing in general what they want in the
next pope without campaigning.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
More than thirteen thousand people filed into the Saint Mary
Major Basilica yesterday to view Francis's tomb, with several more
several thousand more waiting outside. When we come back, another
cars plowed into a crowd. ABC's Jim Ryan's going to
join us on why these attacks are increasing and what's
being done to prevent them.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
That's coming out next.
Speaker 7 (13:40):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
Three men have been arrested in connection with a deadly
home invasion in Woodland Hills, Willy say. The three broke
into the home early Saturday morning, held the forty seven
year old homeowner captive, and beat him up. He died
of a head injury. At the scene. All three are
facing murder charges and are being held on two million
(14:05):
dollars bail. A major power outages hit Spain and Portugal,
including in those countries capitals. Parts of France apparently also affected.
The outage has halted trains and flights and left traffic
signals dark all over the country. First time nominees Chubby Checker,
Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also
includes pop star Cindy Lauper, the hip hop Pioneers, Outcast,
the rock duo White Stripes, and grunge masters Sound Garden.
Some nominees that didn't get in this year Mariah Carey,
Fish and Billie Idol. At six oh five's handle on
the news, Russia's response to a Trump Zelensky meeting at
the Vatican, A barrage of drone strikes. Let's say good
(14:49):
morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan.
Speaker 7 (14:52):
Jim.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
Another horrific crash this weekend where a person driving a
car plows into a crowd at a gathering or festival
or celebration.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
What's the latest on this, Well.
Speaker 4 (15:02):
Yes, eleven people we know have died. One person is
in constandy. The victims there ranged in age from five
to sixty five years old of Filipino Street celebration in Vancouver.
The suspects he's been identified as Kai g Adam Lowe.
The police have not said anything about his ethnicity or
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his origin, where he came from, whether it was a
Native Canadian. But the police don't think this was an
act of terrorism. They believe that this man, this suspect,
had a mental health issue or some sort of crisis
unrelated to terrorism that convinced him that he needed to
drive his suv down this street filled with people, killing
eleven and injuring dozens.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
We're seeing these more and more often, it seems, Jim,
I mean, especially if this guy has mental health issues.
I mean, there are these copycat kind of crimes.
Speaker 4 (15:56):
Sure, we're not just in this country. Germany seems to
have a lot of these incidents, and there it may
be copycats here, perhaps the same situation. People see if
they've got you know, this intent in mind, they see
that it works in one place and they might try
it somewhere else. We saw it in Charlottesville, Virginia. We
saw it January first, in New Orleans. We saw somebody
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you know, do the same thing at the parade, a
holiday parade in Kenosha, Wisconsin. So it does happen. I
think it was Waukesh actually wakesh Howers constant where that happened.
But you know, it does happen, and it seems to
be happening more that vehicles are being used as weapons.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
And politically it's got to be you know how lawmakers
love to just pounce on things. It's got to be
a little bit challenging for them because they can't say, oh,
it's guns that are bad.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
I mean, you can't say all cars are bad.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
No, you're right, So what do we do about it?
I mean maybe there is legislation, not sure, but within
the and in some of these cases it was a
rental car that was used. There was a rental car
New Orleans that that man used to drive down Bourbon
Street and kill fourteen. I think it was. It was
a rented cyber truck that was part there in Las
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Vegas and blown up. So the rental car industry is
looking at strengthening its procedures, making it more difficult to
rent a car without a background check. But this is
fascinating to me geo fencing, and they use this on
golf court, golf carts in golf courses. Right, So the
GPS tracker is on the vehicle, and there's an alarm
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that goes off if you drive this golf cart into
a sensitive area or off the the golf cart path.
Why not use that same kind of technology in a vehicle. Right,
Almost every car has GPS, and certainly every year more
of them do. So certain areas of a community could
be blocked off, essentially a virtual barricade that keeps people
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from driving down Bourbon Street, for example, or driving down
that street in Charlottesville. Kill switch, Yeah, kill switch. And
even if it's your own car, your own vehicle, if
it's GPS equipped and the law enforcement has blocked off
an area, then and you start to turn onto that street,
either an alarm goes off, a buzzer, or the car
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is simply shut down.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
But it will right, Well, I would think that the
alarm or buzzer probably wouldn't if it's somebody's hell bent
on plowing into a crowd.
Speaker 4 (18:24):
Right, I know that's true. And even with the golf carts,
if somebody's drunk and they're headed for the eighteenth.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Hole and not that that ever happens.
Speaker 7 (18:32):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (18:33):
No, people don't get wrong. But yeah, the buzzer, the
alarm on the golf cart isn't going to keep that
person from doing that. But if there is a kill switch,
if the if the if the golf cart itself recognize
it it's going into an area it shouldn't, it could
shut itself off. If a car is headed onto Canal
Street and over onto Bourbon Street, where there's a crowd
of people, the car could shut itself off. You know.
(18:55):
It's that's that maybe the future of preventing this kind
of thing.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Yeah, and then we know it.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
In New Orleans, which you referenced, their barriers were supposed
to have been put in place, but they weren't there
yet ahead of Super Bowl and that kind of stuff.
So are more cities going to start doing that? I
think they have them on the promenade, like the Third
Street promenade. There's ballards there so you can't drive down.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
There, right, right, Physical barriers like that, and community planners
are looking at doing things like that. Redesigned urban areas
that protect the pedestrians from vehicles, you know, curbs that
are higher or more boulevards with separation down the middle
of them to prevent cars from doing committing mayhem. We've
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seen that happen in New York City, people driving out
of the crew onto the sidewalk and mowing people down.
So urban redesign technology like GPS tracking or geo fencing,
and then intelligence on the part of police is tracking
groups on social media to see who might be planning
something like this.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
Yeah, that we have to do this. But ABC's Jim Ryan,
thanks so much for the info. Thanks, you have a
good day. The Menendez brothers have filed court papers asking
a judge to remove La County DA Nathan Hawkman from
their resentencing hearing. Attorney Mark garrigo says Hawkman should be
disqualified because of a conflict of interest. Garrigos claims Hawkman
(20:19):
has admitted to the conflict and has even helped organize
protests against the resentencing. A hearing on the motion is
scheduled for next month. A new bill in California aims
to create innovative insurance options to protect people from climate
related risks. If passed, a new program would pay for
projects that reduce the impact of climate change and improve
(20:40):
insurance coverage for homeowners. It would support community based insurance models,
nature driven solutions, and educational efforts on the importance of insurance.
The LA Urban Policy Roundtable group wants city and county
officials to take long term action to save trees from
being randomly destroyed. It's in response to a homeless bench
topping down eight trees across LA last week. Round Table
(21:03):
President earl Ofari Hutchinson says they're suggesting an emergency Save
LA Trees task force be set up.
Speaker 8 (21:11):
We don't want to see what happened down Chile continually
by others.
Speaker 4 (21:16):
It may get the bonehead idea, the dumb idea, let's
go cut down the tree.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
He says.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
The destruction of trees is both criminal and environmentally damaging.
An expert on rare earths says the US has most
of the seventeen rare earth elements and fifty critical minerals underground,
but it doesn't have the capacity to refine them into
processed metals and magnets. Critical Minerals Institute co chair Melissa
Sanderson tells The Epic Times the US has zero magnet manufacturers.
(21:47):
She says it could take five years to develop a
domestic supply chain to replace China's global monopoly in processing
rare earths and materials needed to make everything from iPhones
to F thirty five fighter jets. The deadline for the
real IDs getting closer. New rules kick in May seventh
for US residents to get on domestic flights or to
(22:07):
go into certain federal facilities. Katie Nastro with the travel
site Going says there are ways to tell if your
ID meets the new standard.
Speaker 10 (22:15):
You just need to look in the top corner to
see if you have a star star stamp where if
you're in California, a bear with a star.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
She says.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Those with an enhanced ID will see a flag emblem.
Weight Watchers is reportedly getting ready to file for bankruptcy.
Bloomberg reports the company's been dealing with increasing debt as
its earnings have been dropping at the same time as
weight lost drugs like ozempic have been gaining popularity. Speaking
of Popular Dodgers, a popular bunch and tonight they'll be
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taken on the Marlins at Dodger Stadium. The first pitch
goes out at seven o'clock. You can listen to all
the Dodger games all season long on Am five to
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on the iHeartRadio app keyword AM five to seventy LA Sports.
When we come back, we're one hundred days into President
Trump's second urn.
Speaker 2 (23:04):
Well we will be tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
ABC's Stephen Portnoy joins us to see how the public
says he's doing so far.
Speaker 7 (23:11):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Police had extra patrols on duty for the sixteenth annual
Thai New Songgren Festival in East Hollywood following Saturday night's
deadly vehicle attack on a Filipino festival in Vancouver, Canada.
Extra barriers were added to block vehicles from getting into
the festival area on Hollywood Boulevard. A conservative groups rallied
in West Hollywood in an effort to get voters to
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leave the Democratic Party. The group, called American Restoration Tour,
was followed by a group of counter protesters yesterday. The
group displayed a US flag, a smaller Israeli flag, and
several signs, including one that said Trump won, Save America.
Sinners has earned the number one spot at the box
office and its second weekend in theaters with another forty
five million in ticket sales. The twentieth anniversary reel lease
(24:00):
of George Lucas's Star Wars episode three, Revenge of the Sith,
finished in second, taking in twenty five million dollars. Let's
say good morning now to ABC's Steven Portnoy. Stephen were
almost one hundred days into Trump's presidency. According to polls,
how are things going well?
Speaker 9 (24:17):
Not great?
Speaker 11 (24:19):
Look, the president has the lowest job approval of any
president at this point in his term, going back to
nineteen forty five, lowest job approval of any president on
record in this first one hundred days thirty nine percent
approval fifty five percent disapproval about in keeping. However, with
his score eight years ago at his first one hundred days,
(24:40):
he had forty two percent approval in our poll then
and now it's at thirty nine percent, so slightly lower.
Speaker 10 (24:47):
Look.
Speaker 11 (24:48):
The reason is Americans are concerned about the state of
the economy. That's the primary reason. Seventy two percent seventy
two percent in our poll say that they believe the
president's policies are likely to cause a recession. Sixty two
percent say prices are going up for things that they
want and need. Fifty three percent say the economy has
already gotten worse since the president has taken office. Sixty
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seven percent say they are worried about the stock market turmoil.
Sixty four percent say they disapprove of the president's proposals,
his policies to tariff impose taxes on imports to this country.
The President is shrugging all this off, although on social
media this morning, he's essentially lashing out at these survey results, saying,
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among other things, that the press quote writes bad stories,
cheats big on polls, it is compromised and corrupt.
Speaker 7 (25:39):
Sad.
Speaker 11 (25:40):
So the president obviously not aware of he is aware
of these numbers and doesn't like them.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Yeah, and have the polls as have his numbers dropped
or did they start out at thirty nine and they're
just staying there.
Speaker 11 (25:53):
Well, Look, this is the first significant survey that ABC
News has done that I've seen since the president has
taken office, and it's meant to be sort of a
benchmark for where he goes going forward under this first
one hundred days. Looking now at a survey we took
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in February, so two months ago his approval rating was
at forty five percent. It has dropped six points to
thirty nine percent. So not a good trend. But remember
and the White House is shrugging off these numbers in
part because the President, although he's selling Trump twenty twenty
eight hats, is not himself on the ballot again. And
the challenge for him and his party is the midterm elections.
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But those are still a year and a half off.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Okay, and I know you got to run winer.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
I know ABC scored an interview with him for the
first one hundred days.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
When's that happening.
Speaker 7 (26:42):
Tomorrow night on ABC?
Speaker 11 (26:45):
Terry Moran, our senior national correspondence, It's down with the President.
Should be a fascinating conversation.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
Absolutely, ABC. Stephen Portney, thanks so much. All right, time
to get in your business now with Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho morning, Courtney,
good morning. Okay, so let's talk about pina coladas.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
What a great way to start your Monday.
Speaker 10 (27:05):
And getting lost in the rain.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
Yes, Oh my gosh, what if you love pea? I
haven't heard that song?
Speaker 10 (27:16):
Yeah, so I put that earworm in your ear this
morning because if you're looking forward to having one a
peinut pilata tropical drink on the beach this summer, it's
probably going to cost you a lot more. Some of
the world's top coconut rowers have been slammed by poor
weather shrinking supplies, and that's raising the price of the fruit.
The Philippines, which is the world's biggest coconut producer, expects
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a twenty percent of cline and output this year because
drought and cyclones have affected the trees.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Wow, that's a that's a that's a big hit. You know,
the people on Survivor would really be in trouble if
they didn't have coconuts.
Speaker 10 (27:52):
No doubt about it. And that's what we're seeing, not
only with the Philippines, but also Indonesia too. So they say,
you know what, we're going to hold on to some
of our output and not send it around the globe.
But because global demand two has been climbing and climbing.
The US, by the way, it is the largest market,
and a lot of people have been jumping on the
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bandwagon because you know, it is a plant based milk option.
And also you can't forget about the big wellness push
that we've been seeing and that's definitely been helping.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
Coconuts, coconut oil, good for your skin. Yeah, okay, let's
go to.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Amazon and their business may have just hit a big hiccup.
What's going on with that?
Speaker 10 (28:36):
Yeah, so a number of Amazon sellers are pulling out
of the next Prime Day event. Reuters has reported that
some third party merchants are sitting it out this year.
They said, no way, we're not going to do it.
Our margins aren't good, or they're offering fewer discounted items
due to tariffs. But you can't forget Prime Day is
one of Amazon's biggest shopping days of the year. Participation
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for sellers is optional, to point that out, but Amazon
spends millions of dollars promoting the event. So Amazon, they
haven't announced the dates yet for Prime Day, but it's
going to spread across four days in July. But sellers
still have a little bit of time to sign up.
Speaker 9 (29:13):
That's uh.
Speaker 10 (29:14):
The deadline seems to be the end of May.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
Okay, So then here's a question for you. They they
either have to make the decision to participate or not
participate by May. What happens if, as Trump is predicting,
we're going to take care of these tariffs and they're
going to be going away.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
If we're playing us, you know, we're playing the what
if game.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
But if they could they change their mind or they
just out of luck, like if they go, hey, we're
not going to have the supply train is supply train
train issues because you know everything's going to start flowing
again the tariffs are lifted.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
Can we participate, Well, they have a.
Speaker 10 (29:50):
Certain date that they have to say we're either in
or out, So there there is a limit to all
of this, and definitely that's within the ninety days. So
we are not really sure what's going to happen. But
a lot of these companies, they basically have to do
a leap of faith on what they think is going
to be ahead. But you have to think about how
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shoppers spent fourteen billion dollars during the last prime day
last year, so it's a lot of money to kind
of be leaving on the table. But again, when you
look at the margins, that's going to be very difficult
for them. But it's also going to be a tough
time for Amazon because a pullback could mean fure fees
and less ad revenue for Amazon. As well as less
(30:33):
items for them to sell, so this could be a
big problem for them coming up for Prime Day.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
All right, we'll be watching, I'm sure, and big week.
That's something else we're going to watch is the markets.
What's going on this week?
Speaker 10 (30:45):
Yes, so it's quiet this morning. I'd say it's the
quiet before this storm. But the wild market moves that
we've been seeing because of the tariff announcements, that's ease somewhat.
But these corporate reports that we're going to be getting
this week. We're hearing from Apple, Amazon, McDonald's, Coca Cola,
some major companies this week, and that's going to give
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us a better look at the help of the consumer.
We also have star books too, so these are game
changers in trading. Plus, this Friday is a key report
for Wall Street at Theapral Jobs stated that's going to
give us a pulse check on the labor market. So
right now Dow futures and SMP futures are a little
changed in trading.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
All right, We'll be watching them, and we have you
to help us sort them out. Bloomberg's Courtney Donaho getting
in our business every day. We'll talk to you tomorrow morning.
Speaker 10 (31:33):
Definitely. I'll see you later, all right.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
Thanks, So let's get back to some of the stories
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Some
students at Occidental College are on a hunger strike.
Speaker 3 (31:40):
The ten students are demanding the school divest from weapons
manufacturers tied to Israel and bolster protections for international students.
The strike, now in its second week, follows a similar
protest at Chapman University. Occidentals presidents as many students' concerns
are already being addressed, but rejected calls for divestment. The
students say the college isn't doing enough and vow to
continue signing the humanitarian crisis in Gonza Heatherbrooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles swoop into the White
House today. Running back Sequon Barkley met with President Trump
yesterday took a ride on Marine one. The Eagles didn't
visit the White House after their twenty eighteen victory during
President Trump's first term. Trump claimed he withdrew the information,
calling the team disrespectful because they stayed in the locker
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room during the national anthem as protest. When we come
back last week, we talked about bucket list. Well, today,
it's Abbey's List, a documentary about the journeys of a
man and his best friend.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
That's coming up next.
Speaker 7 (32:36):
You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI AM.
Speaker 1 (32:40):
Six forty libraries in La County could be closed this
week as union workers planned to strike. Employees are expected
to walk off the jobs seven o'clock tonight.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
They'll be on strike until Wednesday.
Speaker 1 (32:50):
Officials in Santa Monica considering a measure that would allow
people to drink in public along the Third Street Promenade.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
If approved by city council, it would create a.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
Permanent entertainment zone from eight am to two am every day.
More than four million Californians have downloaded the my Shake
app I've Got It.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
Since its inception.
Speaker 1 (33:09):
The app has delivered more than five million alerts to
nearly one hundred and seventy earthquakes.
Speaker 2 (33:13):
The app is free to download.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
Let's say how good morning to the producer and director
of Abby's List, A Dog youmentary? Yes, dog youmentary, not documentary.
Good morning Mark Sutherland.
Speaker 9 (33:26):
Good morning Amy King.
Speaker 1 (33:28):
Okay, so your movies coming out in select theaters this weekend,
and if you are looking for hope and inspiration and
true love. This one might be the one for you,
So please tell us about your movie.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
Abby's List a documentary.
Speaker 9 (33:47):
Back in twenty sixteen, I lived in Hermosa Beach and
my dog was getting older. She was getting up in years.
She was a whippet named Abby. I'd had two other
whippets that it both unfortunately passed away around that age.
So I figured we were on borrowed time and figured
what better thing to do than to hit the road
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and do some of her favorite things. But her favorite things,
in my eyes, maybe not exactly the same sort of
favorite things that most people would think of, which I
think is what made the film entertaining. The first thing
she did was sale a yacht. We took her up
to Sequoia so she could pee on some of the
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world's tallest trees. Went to Vegas so she could live
like a rock star in a three thousand dollars a
night sweet which they comped. By the way, I didn't
have to pay that She met the world's most famous dog,
Goofy Bill Farmer, who does the voice for Goofy. I
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took her to Disney World because I wanted her to
ride my favorite ride as a kid. Wanted her to
see what I just wanted to see that look on
her face, you know that little kids get when they
ride or ride like that the first time.
Speaker 1 (35:00):
And do little kids' faces and dogs faces look similar.
Speaker 9 (35:05):
Oh my god, exactly the same little bit of droll,
eyes wide open. So we just started out basically to
do this and to shoot some you know, just ridiculous
absurd videos for friends. And then two things happened really quickly.
The videos started going crazy viral, and Abby started aging
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in reverse and started acting more like a nine or
ten year old than a fourteen year old. So what
we do, So what we decided to do was let's
keep on going. We kept on going, and our three
week road trip became almost three years.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
Oh my goodness, and how many places did you visit
in three years?
Speaker 2 (35:46):
Mark?
Speaker 9 (35:47):
Fifteen? Fifteen places including we went to the White House.
We we got a private island in Canada for two weeks.
Because she hadn't spent a lot of time outdoors, I
mean at the beach and stuff, but not camping. I
wanted her to experience that. We went to SeaWorld. One
of the most magical scenes in the film is when
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I took her to SeaWorld and the dolphin found out
there was a dog on the other side of the glass,
and it's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen. There
were like twenty or thirty humans over there, you know,
like I don't know, twenty or thirty feet to our left,
and all the dolphin were right in front of abbey.
(36:28):
They were ignoring all the people, and once they found
out there was a dog on the other side of
the glass, they went right for the dog. You could
probably hear it in my voice. It still affects me
that we had such an amazing time, you know. And
I started out doing this for her and ultimately, you know,
(36:48):
it gave back to me tenfold. And we started making
what was just going to be a few videos, and
we said, you know what, this is a full film.
And then we won four out of our five US festivals,
and then AMC just picked us up for a theatrical release,
which never happens. So I'm living under a charm star.
(37:12):
And it's all because I had a tough stretch in
Los Angeles and instead of just moping about it, we
decided to, you know, do something about it. And I
hit the road with my best friend, and I'm absolutely
certain that it prolonged her life as well. So really, ultimately,
the film's about living life.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
I love that, whether you're a dog or a person,
go live your life, right, And if you want to
see Abby's Best Life, you can head to movie theaters
because it's hitting theaters this weekend, right.
Speaker 9 (37:43):
Yeah, it opens on Friday the second, and we're doing
we're also doing a special show in Rolling Hills, the
AMC Rolling Hills in Torrents there in the South Bay
seven five on Friday night. Bill Farmer, that's going to
join me, the voice of Goofy. We're going to do
a Q and A after we screen the film down there.
(38:04):
It's only fifteen bucks, so like seeing a movie is,
you know, about the greatest and the cheapest form of
really solid entertainment, and you'll get to meet Goofy too.
So that's this Saturday at seven forty five, and it's
gonna play starting Friday every day and if it does well,
then you know it'll stay longer than a week. And
we're also trying to we're trying to add a theater
(38:26):
in Burbank two, so fingers crossed, I'll know about that
in a day or two. But okay, I just I
really appreciate you give me a chance to talk about it,
because it's just fun to share what an amazing experience
we had.
Speaker 1 (38:38):
I love it, And Mark, will you keep us post
and let us know if it's going to be in Burbank.
If you find out that it will Aaron Burbank and
will share that. But for right now, it opens Friday,
May second at Rolling Hills.
Speaker 2 (38:51):
It's an AMC in Torrents. Correct.
Speaker 9 (38:53):
Yeah, and you can get more information at abby'slistmovie dot com.
Speaker 1 (38:58):
Abby's List Movie Great. We wish you so much great success, Mark.
I mean, I love movies like this, and I hope you,
you know, get everything out of it that you would
hope too.
Speaker 2 (39:11):
And I love your story of Abby. Can't wait to
see it. Thank you, all right, take care Mark quickly, Yes, okay.
Speaker 9 (39:17):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
Go ahead.
Speaker 9 (39:18):
If anybody wants to do this with your dog, just
do it while they're young. I'm so glad that I
did it, but I wish that we'd done it even earlier.
Speaker 2 (39:26):
So okay, that's great words of advice. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (39:29):
Mark Sutherland, director and producer of Abby's List a documentary.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
Isn't that great. I love that.
Speaker 1 (39:36):
Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Three men have
been arrested in connection with a deadly home invasion in
Woodland Hills. The break in happened early Saturday morning.
Speaker 2 (39:45):
Please say.
Speaker 12 (39:46):
The homeowner was held captive, assaulted, and suffered a head injury,
then died at the scene.
Speaker 2 (39:51):
The suspects escaped with the victim's property.
Speaker 1 (39:54):
Jeff I's Daniel Martindale says the arrests were made in
Glendale and Sherman Oaks. The accused killers are being held
on two million dollars bail. With the field of candidates
for California governor getting crowded, cal State Domingus Hill's political
science professor Christopher Holland Brook tells KFI at this stage,
the candidates that have announced their running are really just
testing the waters.
Speaker 8 (40:15):
A lot of the reason to declare this early is
to sort of see what happens, see what your poll
numbers look like, see if anyone will give you money,
and if there's any actual future to your campaign.
Speaker 2 (40:26):
He says.
Speaker 1 (40:27):
Most of the attention so far is on whether former
Vice President Harris is going to get into the race.
President Trump will no longer recognize Indigenous People's Day alongside
Columbus Day.
Speaker 12 (40:38):
He's reversing the practice initiated by Biden. Back in twenty
twenty one, Trump criticized Democrats for undermining Columbus's legacy, calling
for a return to traditional American symbols. Now, in California,
the second Monday in October is officially observed as Indigenous
People's Day, replacing Columbus Day. The state recognizes the contributions
and resilience of Native peoples.
Speaker 1 (40:59):
Andrew Caravella News This is KFI and kost HD two
Los Angeles, Orange County Southland weather from KFI. Sunny skies,
so a nice day on the way. Hi's in the
low to mid sixties at the beach's, mid upper sixties
for Metro La and Inland Orange County, sixties to low
seventies for the valleys and Inland Empire, sixties in the
(41:19):
Antelope Valley. Clear skies with lows in the fifties. Tonight
sunny with eyes in the sixties to mid seventies at
the coast and Metro areas. Tomorrow's seventies to low eighties
for the valleys. In Ie a little bit cooler. Wednesday
and Thursday, it's fifty three in Diamond Bar, fifties six
in Newport Beach, fifty four in Buena Park, and forty
five in Palmdale. Live from the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom,
(41:39):
I'm Amy King. You've been listening to Wake Up Call
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