December 8, 2025 • 38 mins
Amy King hosts your Monday morning Wake Up Call. ABC News White House correspondent Karen Travers opens the show talking about growing calls to release boat strike video. ABC News national reporter Jim Ryan speaks on seasonal depression and some advice from north of the Atlantic Circle. Bloomberg Media’s Denise Pellegrini shares the latest in business and Wall Street. The show closes with Amy talking with 5-time Emmy Award Winning Stand-Up Comedian and former NBC Weathercaster Fritz Coleman about his new one man show “Unassisted Living” happening at the Wilshire Ebell on January 15th.
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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
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
It's five o'clock, straight up. Good morning. This is your
wake up call for Monday, December eighth. I'm Amy King.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
OK.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Had a great weekend. We had a fabulous weekend, did
some really fun stuff that we're going to share with you.
Took some southern California sleigh ride and it was a
beautiful weekend. It was just nice. Yesterday I ended up
I'm binging again and I gotta I'll tell you about
this this show later. But it's a Korean I don't
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know why I'm hooked on Korean shows now, but they
don't do seven or eight episodes like the US shows. Now,
how we complain because they're so short that like a
season is seven or eight episodes. I think Slow Horses
this year was only six episodes, but it was good.
This one's twenty one episodes, wow, and they're long. It's
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like little mini movies every episode. So I didn't get
much done yesterday. Here's What's ahead on Wake Up Call
this Monday morning. California Democratic Senator Adam Schiff is called
strikes unsuspected drug running boats in the Caribbean unlawful and
morally repugnant. He's called on the Pentagon to release a
video of a deadly attack that killed two survivors of
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an initial strike in September. ABC's Karen Travers is going
to give us the latest on the so called double
tap coming up in probably about four minutes. A man's
been arrested on suspicion of murder for allegedly running a
another man down with his car in Long Beach. Please
say the two men had been arguing. Twenty eight year
(02:04):
old Isay Solis is charged with running down twenty eight
year old samuel O Seguida from Long Beach early Sunday
morning on Newport Avenue. Arizona's going to face SMU at
the Holiday Bowl January second, at snap Dragon Stadium in
San Diego. This is going to be the first time
the Holiday Bowl will be played after the New Year. Usually,
it seems like it's kind of early in December. Arizona
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enters the game on a five game winning streak. The
teams are tied when facing each other in Bowl games.
SMM won their first matchup in nineteen thirty eight, then
Arizona beat SMU in nineteen eighty five. As the US
military continues to take out suspected drug boats, one of
those strikes continues to receive harsh scrutiny. As I mentioned,
we're going to be talking with ABC's Karen Travers about
that in just a second. The shortest day of the
(02:50):
year is just two weeks away. ABC's Jim Ryan says,
a lot of people are pretty sad about that. Is
there anything you can do to combat seasonal effective disorder?
And can people in southern California even get it? That's
the big question. And you knew him as the weather
man from NBC for years and years, Fritz Coleman has
stepped away from the TV studio and stepped out onto
(03:12):
the stage. The one and only Fritz Coleman will join
us coming up later this hour on wake Up Call.
And may I have a drummroll? Please? Okay, maybe not.
The latest pastathon numbers are in and you guys, you guys,
you did it again. We'll tell you about that coming
up next. Let's get started with some of the stories
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coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A
man has drowned at Lake Paris in Riverside County while
trying to save his seven year old son after their
kayak flipped over. The father and son were in the
water Saturday afternoon. California State Parks Peace officers say neither
was wearing a life jacket, even though there was one
in the kayak. The father was found unconscious and partially submerged.
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The boy was conscious and holding on to his dad,
which helped keep him above water. A small business in
Upland that rescues cats and sells comics to support that
business has been broken into. A thief smashed through the
front window early Friday morning and started grabbing everything he could.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Follover five ran in comics alone, so we haven't really
figured out exactly everything that's been taken.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Cats and Comics owner Jeremy Gara tells KTLA the break
in is more than just a loss of merchandise.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Hell Over five ran in comics alone, so we haven't
really figured out exactly everything that's been taken.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Garris's comic sales cover medical care, food, and other essentials
for cats. Awaiting adoption. The shop is currently caring for
twenty two cats. Garrett says the community has really stepped
up by donating cash and food since the break in.
You can make a donation or find out about adopting
a cat at Catsandcomics Rescue dot com cruz. In Newport Beach,
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you began working around the clock to fix a leaking
oil well from the nineteen twenties that sent methane and
oil into a home in the Balboa Peninsula. The city
and state started the emergency drilling operation near Marcus Avenue
and thirty sixth Street. The work is expected to last
ten days, with noise and road closures in the area.
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That work's going to happen overnight as well. The home
affected was red tagged in October. Let's say good morning
now to ABC's Karen Travers. So, Karen, the clamoring continues
for the release of a video of a second strike
against a Venezuelan drug boat. What's the latest.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
The latest is that the scrutiny around this video is
really only growing. We heard lawmakers over the weekend continue
to push for the administration to release this And remember
last week we had talked about this that the President
had told my colleague that he supports the release of
the full video of that September second strike. He said,
I don't know what they have referring to the Pentagon,
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but whatever they have, we'd certainly release, no problem. But
now over the weekend, the Defense Secretary Pete's Hegseth was noncommittal.
He said, whatever we were to decide to release, we'd
have to be very responsible about it. He said, we're
reviewing that right now. So that doesn't sound like it's
an imminent release from the Defense Secretary just by what
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the President said. I think another thing that's notable here
is that lawmakers who saw this video of that second
strike on the two survivors last week during classified briefings
have offered very different assessments of this. Yeah, the top
Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Jim Hins, has said
it's an attack on defenseless survivors. A top Republican on
the Senate Intelligence Committee, Tom Cotton, he was out of
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it over the weekend, that the survivors were valid targets
and the attack was justified. But all this is why
lawmakers say, release the video. Let more lawmakers see this,
Let the American public see it and decide for themselves.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Okay, So, Karen, if they're taking out and destroying drugs
that are headed into the US, why is there such
a fear about not only this strike, the so called
double tap, but all of them are coming under a
lot of scrutiny.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
Because the administration says that this is an armed conflict
and that the drug cartels are unlawful combatants, that these strikes,
and that this campaign in the Caribbean is lawful against
alleged drug traffickers. But lawmakers from both parties have said
there has been no authorization of force here, that there
is no declaration of war, and that they are killing
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people and not releasing any information about this. That in
previous campaigns like this, you would go and arrest these people,
you would give information about the charges then of what
they were allegedly smuggling in. But the posture from the
administration now is to just take out these votes. And again,
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there have been twenty plus of these strikes, eighty plus
people have been killed, and the administration has not released
publicly details of identities or what they have allegedly had
done to deserve that strike.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Okay, And is that unusual. I mean, like you look
back at history, we don't get releases of names and
details of that kind of thing when there are these
these kind of actions that have been taken in the past,
which have been done in the past. So is it
unusual or is it just the political time.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
No, If there were strikes on terror targets in previous administrations,
there were usually information given out afterwards. But I think
it's when lawmakers are asking for it, that's when administrations
would provide that. And again, there is no authorization of
war here, and that's something that lawmakers are upset about
and we've been seeing that from both parties at this
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point too.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Okay, perfect, well, we will continue to watch it. Thank
you so much for the information, Karen, Thank you. All right,
have a good day. Let's get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
The Supreme Court is set to hear a landmark case
involving the separation of powers. ABC's Robert Devin says it's
a major test of how far President Trump's power can
(08:58):
reach and could impact the future of dozens of independent
agencies which have been protected from political pressure.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
The outcome of This case will determine whether there will
be any Democrats left on many of these bipartisan committees
and whether any of these independent agencies will truly be
independent going forward.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
A decision in the case is expected sometime in June.
News brought to you by Ruder Hero. Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman
Elon Omar, who's from Somalia, is pushing back on criticism
from President Trump amid the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Omar
told CBS's Face the Nation, the President's comments are disgusting.
Speaker 6 (09:38):
These are Americans that he is calling garbage, and we
feel like there is an unhealthy obsession that he has
on the Somali community and an unhealthy and creepy obsession
that he has with me.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
President Trump said last week, it's Samali immigrants have ruined
Minnesota and Omar should have never been allowed to become
a member Congress. President Trump has blasted Texas Congressman Henry Quaar,
a Democrat he recently pardoned, for choosing to run for
reelection as a Democrat in twenty twenty six. In a
truth social post over the weekend, Trump called it such
(10:15):
a lack of loyalty. Quaar was indicted last year on
federal bribery and money laundering charges, along with his wife.
Trump granted them both pardons last week. Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas are expected to soon
move into a second phase of their ceasefire. It'll begin
when Hamas returns the remains of the last hostage held
(10:38):
in Gaza. The second phase of the deal involves disarming
Hamas militants and demilitarizing Gaza. It also includes deploying an
international force to secure Gaza and forming a temporary Palestinian government.
Artificial intelligence is in the spotlight. More than three years
since the launch of Chat GPT abcg Obrian says debate
(10:59):
around it is growing.
Speaker 7 (11:00):
AI companies stress while risks for the technology exist, they
say the potential benefits are nearly limitless and that they're
constantly improving their algorithms to improve interactions or While some
industry leaders have gone from publicly encouraging regulation to now
warning about too much red.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Tape, President Trump has been pressuring Republicans in Congress to
pass legislation prohibiting state level regulation of AI, saying that
there should be a single federal standard. The TSA says
booze on board is okay as long as you don't
drink it.
Speaker 8 (11:34):
The TSA says there's no ban on booze in your
carry on luggage as long as you follow the standard
TSA liquids rule that's a maximum of three point four
ounces and the containers must fit inside a single transparent,
court size zip top bag. Once you've passed through security,
you can go ahead and open as long as you're
not on an airplane. FAA requirement say on board alcohol
(11:56):
must be dispensed by aircraft personnel. Pre tennis KFI news
The World Cup coming to La in a big way,
O CAW.
Speaker 9 (12:03):
We'll host eight matches at Sofi Stadium in twenty twenty six,
including the US men's national teams opening game. FIFA's schedule
has the USMNT facing Paraguay in La on June twelfth,
with additional group matches featuring Iran, Belgium, Switzerland and playoff
winners Sofi. We'll also host a Round of thirty two
match and a quarterfinal on July tenth. Fans can enter
(12:25):
FIFA's random ticket draw starting December eleventh through January thirteenth,
with charges processed in February four successful applicants other Brooker
Kfi News.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
Are you a big soccer fan? Will I like watching now?
And then I'm not?
Speaker 10 (12:39):
I mean it's not it.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Yeah, I tend to fall asleep, but yeah, but during
the World Cup it's kind of it gets kind of fun.
But like on a regular On the regular, I wouldn't
sit down and watch a soccer match.
Speaker 10 (12:48):
Now I love I love it Like a British public
at seven in the morning will be packed with people
watching stuff in Britain, you know, and they're just having
a blast and I'm barely awake getting coffee.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Don't think they're drinking coffee? No, okay. A nineteen year
old has been killed and an officer involved shooting in Anaheim.
Twelve people were arrested after the shooting Saturday night at
a house on Philadelphia Bilise. A crowd at the scene
near the Anaheim packing district had become unruly when the
shooting happened. A fast moving winter storm has made a
massive travel in the US. Who needs a government shutdown right?
(13:23):
Heavy snow caused flight cancelations and delays at several major airports,
including Chicago's O'Hare, Hartsfield Jackson in Atlanta and Reagan National
Airport in DC. More than twenty million people were under
winter weather alerts yesterday. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association
has chosen One Battle after Another as the best film
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of twenty twenty five, giving writer and director Paul Thomas
Anderson's film a boost heading into the Academy Award nominations,
which will be announced next month, and the Golden Globe nominations,
which are being announced this morning. In fact, they start
announcing those in about ten minutes. Let's say good morning
now to ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim, we're approaching the
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shortest day of the year and a lot of people
are getting depressed about that.
Speaker 11 (14:11):
Well, yeah, I imagine southern California doesn't worry too much about this,
but run up the coast a little bit, maybe up
into Oregon and Washington and certainly into Canada. Yeah, it's
a real thing. The American Psychiatric Association AMY says that
about thirty percent of Americans feel some degree of seasonal
effective disorder or SAD as some folks call it. So
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that's nearly four and ten who are feeling this, and
it happens every year. Essentially, that people. For there's also
a summer variety, but we're talking here about winter and
the colder temperature and the darker days.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
Oh, there's a summer seasonal effective disorder? Well, yeah, for who?
Speaker 11 (14:50):
And that comes with the super bright sunlight and with
super high temperature. I was talking to somebody in Arizona
a few minutes ago, and they said, yeah, we get
that in the summertime here because so damn hot and
the sun is is is relentless. So yeah, this is
that's I don't know if they I guess it would
still be seasonal effective disorder. But the season isn't winter, summer.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Okay, how long does it take for seasonal effective disorder
to kick in? Do we know?
Speaker 11 (15:19):
Not long? I mean once the days are noticeably shorter.
We're on standard time now, right, and so the the
what we bought was an hour of daylight a few
weeks ago, and now that's that's sort of waning, right.
I noticed this morning at about seven o'clock here in
Dallas it was dark again, whereas a week and a
half ago, it's kind of kind of you know, sunny
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at seven o'clock in the morning. So it is it's
getting darker and people do feel that they have you know,
some some of the symptoms here of sad. It's kind
of trivialized. Trivializing, but you know, feeling changes in appetite,
a lot of people eat more at this time of year,
changes in sleep pattern they have in some you know,
or they're sleeping more than they normally would, and feeling
(16:02):
disconnected and not interested in the things that they're normally
interested in. This is kind of These are the hallmarks
of any sort of depression, mild or extreme, and certainly
of seasonal effective disorder.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Well, I can tell you from from my experience. I
had a morning show host when I lived up in Portland,
and he really it affected him a ton. And my
best friend's husband also up in Portland, where like you
go weeks without seeing the sun. True that it does.
Like their their moods get different, they get irritable, like
you said, they change their eating habits, they get grumpy,
(16:35):
and you're just like, snap out of it. But some
people just can't, like.
Speaker 11 (16:38):
You know, well, that's true. You know, some of the
best people at dealing with this are Scandinavians, the ones
who live north of the Arctic Circle. They're generally rated
as some of the happiest people in the world year
after year.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Right, So that kind of is contrary to the whole idea, right.
Speaker 11 (16:55):
Because they have more darkness and colder temperature certainly than
any of the right. But two things, and here are
some vocabulary words Huga, which is called HyGG e. Hygge
is pronounced uga. And that's this the Scandinavian concept or
the Nordic idea of warmth and togetherness and coziness both
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physical and emotional. Right, So cuddling or spooning or just
being close to someone and sharing conviviality. The other one
is kind of the opposite direction, vinter buddening, And that's
the you know, the the cold ice bath, jumping into
the ocean or into a lake or a cold ice
bath even after taking a hot sunnut. And boy, that'll
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wake yop.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
I am not going to ventter bogg into cure sad.
No way, that's really funny.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
I said.
Speaker 11 (17:48):
We're covering the Olympics in Russia, right, And it was
in Soshi, right of the Black Sea, and it was winter.
It wasn't terribly cold, but the water was very cold,
and these Russians were coming in and taking stripping down
of their underwear, walking out into the water up to
neck deep, and then turning around and coming back in
and feeling great.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Okay, Yeah, I mean I will tell you a cold
plunge does it does aliven neuro awaken? I mean it's
it's definitely a shock to your system. But when it's
already freezing cold, I don't think I'm gonna be game
for that. But I like the name vinter and who
got bathing. Yeah, so let's try to be happy out there,
shall we? Thank you? Jim Ryan?
Speaker 3 (18:26):
See ya?
Speaker 1 (18:27):
All right? I remember doctor Wendy, who you can listen
to on Sunday. I think it's Sunday nights now. She
was talking one time we had had like three days
of clouds or rain or something. She goes, I think
I'm getting seasonal seasonal effective disorder, and I was like,
doctor Wendy, knock it off. It's been like three days. Seriously.
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One year when I lived in Portland, we had ninety
days of rain in a row.
Speaker 10 (18:53):
Sure, yeah, Like what about people who live in anchorage
or you know?
Speaker 4 (18:57):
Right?
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Yeah, it's silly, but I guess it's a real thing.
A magnitude three point one earthquake has rattled the coast
of Orange County. The US Geological Survey says it hit
yesterday afternoon almost three around three south of San Clemente.
It was a depth of about eight miles. No reports
of any damage your injuries, as you would expect. A
(19:19):
social worker stabbed by a patient at a hospital in
San Francisco has died. The attack happened last week. A
sheriff's deputy had been called to the hospital after the
patient allegedly threatened a doctor. They say while providing security
for the doctor, the deputy heard a disturbance in the
hallway involving the patient, who was attacking the social worker
with a steak knife. The deputy restrained the man. The
(19:42):
social worker died on Saturday. Governor Newsom says the Trump
administration has refused a routine meeting in Washington, d C.
Speaker 9 (19:51):
This claim comes as California pushes for nearly thirty four
billion dollars in wildfire recovery fronts. Politico reports that Newsom
staff says FEMA's acting director was quote unavailable and no
replacement was offered, a snub they call unprecedented. As thousands
of LA families near a year without long term federal help.
After January's wildfires destroyed thirteen thousand homes. Republicans say California
(20:13):
mismanaged federal dollars and want answers before approving more aid,
escalating a showdown as the state's recovery hangs in the balance.
Heather Brooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
The California Department of Health has issued an urgent advisory
telling people to avoid eating wild mushrooms after at least
one death and nearly two dozen poisonings. Most have been
in the Monterey in San Francisco Bay areas. Public health
officials say amma toxin poisoning is caused by consuming wild,
foraged mushrooms. Toxic shrooms, such as the death Cap, can
(20:45):
easily be mistaken for the safe and edible type of mushroom.
Symptoms include diarrhea, nausea, and abdominal pain. I just want
to know who's searching for mushrooms, because did not everybody
here watch the last of us. It's a fungus. Yeah,
don't eat it, okay, drum roll please, we have new
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numbers on pasta Okay, So, as of this weekend, one
point two eight nine nine two oh million dollars so
one million, two hundred eighty nine thousand, nine hundred twenty dollars,
which actually beats last year by thirty thousand bucks, So
hats off to you. Ninety four thousand, four hundred and
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six pounds of pasta and sauce. That's amazing. And last
year was like eighty one thousand pounds of pasta and sauce.
So even in this economy, even with people feeling a
little antsy, Producer Michelle, who is the mastermind behind this
whole event, says she was expecting things maybe to be
down a little bit, but as always, KFI listeners came through,
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So hats off to you. That's amazing. You know, since
we started Pastathon, KFI listeners have raised over nine point
eight million dollars and over a million pounds of pasta
and sauce for Katerina's Club. Amazing, amazing, So thank you,
thank you, thank you to everybody who donated to Pastathon
this year. Couldn't do it without you, Like literally, A
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fifty four year old man has died trying to save
his seven year old son after their kayak capsized in
the Lake Paris State Recreation Area. The father and son
had been kayaking Saturday afternoon near Moreno Beach. Neither was
wearing a life jacket, but there was one on board
the boy who rescued. Personnel say the father has heroically
tried to keep Afloat survived. People who live on the
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Balboa Peninsula can expect to hear nighttime construction for the
next week and a half. Cruise are drilling around the
clock to fix and abandoned oil well that's caused a
methane oil to seep into a home on the peninsula.
Nights at Freddy's has earned the top spot in theaters,
opening with sixty three million dollars this weekend. Disney's Zootopia two,
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which was number one last weekend, finished in second place,
earning another forty three million, and then Wicked for Good
finished in third place in its third weekend, earning another
seventeen million dollars. I think it's important to take a
look back and remember. Like as they say, people forget
history or destined to repeat it. Well, I think that
applies to September eleventh, which is why we market and
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honor it and memorialize it every year. Also applies to
the day that will live in infamy. The eighty fourth
anniversary of which we marked yesterday. It was just before
eight am on Sunday, December seventh, nineteen forty one, that
Japanese torpedo bombers, dive bombers and fighters more than three
hundred and fifty aircraft in all, arrived in two waves,
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sinking two battleships, the USS Arizona and Utah at Pearl Harbor.
The Arizona's losses eleven hundred seventy seven souls, the highest
of any ship in the harbor. Most of the military
ships that went down in the surprise attack were resurrected
and deployed to fight again. Bellows, Hickam and Wheeler airfields
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were also bombed, as were the installations at Ewa Ford
Island and kana kane Ohe Bay, sustaining major damage. Imperial
Japan carried out the attack. It was an attempt to
cripple the US Pacific Fleet as it was seeking domination
over much of Asia by pushing the Americans, the British,
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the Dutch, and the French off of their long held colonies. Well,
it didn't work. Backfired. US fought back and eventually won
the war with Japan. But December seventh really is a
day that will live in infanty me. And I was
watching some of the video that they have of just
the attack and the explosions and star Yeah, just awful.
Speaker 10 (24:54):
And so few of those guys who survived that are
with us now, you know, right, because.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
It'd be over because his this is the eighty fourth anniversary.
So their minimum age would be eighteen if they were
right in the military at that point, So they'd have
to be at least one hundred two if I did
my math right. Here's what's coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. A woman from Carson, who used
to be a letter carrier for the postal service in
Torrents is set to be sentenced today for stealing checks
(25:20):
and debit and credit cards from the mail and then
using them on herself and also selling them. Thirty one
year old Marianne Magdemmitt pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges
in August. Prosecutors say Magdammut showed off stacks of cash
and luxury purchases, including a rolex, on social media. She
also used the money to take trips to Aruba and
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the Turks and Caicos. She was found in possession of
more than one hundred and thirty stolen credit and debit
cards and sixteen Treasury Department checks. California Democratic Senator Adam
Schiff has called for a thorough investigation into strikes against
alleged drug boats in the Caribbean.
Speaker 7 (25:56):
They're unlawful, they're unconstitutional, and killing two people who Shipwrecktet's
see is also morally repugnant.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
During an interview on NBC's Meet the Press, she have
said video seen by some wallmakers of a second strike
on two people who had survived an initial attack in
September should be released to the public. Defense Secretary Pete
Hegseth was at the Reagan Library and Semi Valley over
the weekend. He says the attack in September was lawful.
Americans are slowing their role with credit cards.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
Credit card debt is piling up at a slower rate
than last year. While at Hubbs says US shoppers only
added sixteen billion dollars so far, which brings the total
credit card debt to over one trillion dollars. Still, the
additional amount of credit card debt is twenty seven percent
less than.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
What was added last year.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
The average credit card debt per household tops eleven thousand
dollars heading into the holidays, Ailing gonzalez Ky if I knew.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
Time to get in your business with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini.
Good morning, Denise, Hey, good morning Amy. Kay. We got
to talk real quick about President Trump and his comments
about the big Netflix deal.
Speaker 12 (27:04):
Yeah, this game as kind of a surprise for some
because he really is raising the potential antitrust concern around
netflix planned acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery. As you mentioned,
he told reporters it's a big market share and that
could be a problem. Netflix faces a huge Justice Department
review of the deal that would reshape the entire industry.
They've been working really hard on getting this passed, but
(27:25):
just not clear which direction this is going to go
in from here.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Okay, speaking of reshaping the industry, market guru is saying
it might be time to dump your tech stocks.
Speaker 12 (27:35):
Yeah, this is the magnificent seven, right, including Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple,
blah blah blah. Well known Ed Yard Denny of yard
Denny Research now recommends effectively going underweight the megacap tech
stocks in your portfolio. And this is what's crazy interesting.
He says. This is because he thinks in the future
every company is going to evolve into a technology company.
(27:59):
So those companies that we know and love really the
darlings of the rallies of the past few years. He says,
that's a passe.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
Now, okay, well, I missed the boat anyway, so it'd
be a bad time to buy in at this point.
You might feel young, But does Spotify think you are too?
Speaker 12 (28:17):
Well, who's what's your favorite band? My favorite band? Oh,
or singer the one you listen to, just your go
to right now?
Speaker 1 (28:28):
It's what's his face? Jelly Row?
Speaker 12 (28:30):
All right, Well, the streaming platform has this new listening
age feature.
Speaker 1 (28:35):
This is so much fun.
Speaker 12 (28:37):
It calculates your listening age as you can imagine, based
on your musical taste. It's surprising a lot of people,
you know, how millennials love listening to you know, music
from I guess from my generation, Fleetwood, Max Steely, Dan,
The Eagles, blah blah blah, good stuff Dead I mean,
Jimmy Hendrix, I mean Grace Slick.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
We just go on forever.
Speaker 12 (28:57):
So people who are like twenty, they're finding out that
they're listening ages ninety nine and even popstar Grimes. You know,
the former Elon Musk girlfriend. She's thirty seven, right, she's
a pop star. I think her favorite is Addison Ray. Right,
that's not you know old folks music. It thinks she's
ninety two.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Really, yeah, So check this out. Okay, Like as much
as I like Jelly Roll now, like when you say
what's your favorite, my immediate is Journey, you know what
I mean, like because you go back to when you
were a kid and that kind of stuff. So I
bet that I'm probably ninety nine as well. Check it
out tomorrow. We'll let you know. Thanks Bloomberg's Denise Pelgren
(29:38):
and getting in your business like we do every day.
We're going to go right to one of the most
beloved weathermen in LA history, who left the TV studio
and has hit the stage. Welcome to Fritz Coleman. Good morning, Fritz.
Speaker 3 (29:54):
Good morning Amy. Glad to talk for you again.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
Thanks for getting up so early in the morning for us.
So you left TV? When did you retire from TV?
Speaker 3 (30:04):
Five years ago?
Speaker 1 (30:06):
And I think we talked one other.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
Why I'm up, That's why I'm up at this hour
of the morning, because I'm on retirement schedule. I go
to bed at eight o'clock and I get up at five.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
Well, that you're a better man than I, because if
I didn't have to get up this early, I certainly wouldn't.
But what made you decide to make the jump from
television to the stage.
Speaker 3 (30:26):
Well, a lot of people don't know this, but I
actually got my job doing weather from doing comedy. I
was working at the Comedy Store in nineteen eighty two
and the news director from Channel four, Steve Antonetti, got
rest his soul and his wife were in the audience
at that show, and I had talked on stage issues
a Friday night. I'll never forget it. I had talked
(30:50):
on stage about having done the weather in the Navy.
I worked for Armed Forces Radio and Television in the Navy,
and I was forced to do the weather against my will,
and I didn't know anything about it. That didn't seem
to effect a decision making in the Defense department. I
still had to do the weather. So anyway, I had
an anecdote or two about this, and after the show
was over, I went backstage to meet this man and
(31:12):
his wife, and he said, this is an odd question,
but do you have any desire to come to Channel four?
I need a weekend weather person and a fill in guy,
a utility player that can do some vacation relief for me.
And I was making twenty five dollars a night at
the comedy store. So after my heartbeat returned to normal,
(31:32):
I said, oh my god, when do you want me
to start? And he said, well, you have to audition.
So I auditioned the next week I got the job.
I did weekend fill in for two years, and then
the main weather guy left to go to CBS and
I was bumped up and I retired two weeks shy
on my fortieth anniversary. It was the greatest stroke of
(31:54):
luck and show business and said woman was discovering in
Shwarp's pharmacy in the forties.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Well, so, now that you're away from the world of weather,
do you miss it.
Speaker 3 (32:04):
I'll tell you I don't miss the job, and I'll
tell you why, because now that climate change is here,
weather has gotten really serious. And you know, I was
hired because I was doing personality. You know, it was
like our evening newscast is kind of like the morning
newscasts are now where it was familial and you say, hey,
what you do over the weekend and everybody laughed and
(32:25):
oh yes, and here's the news. It was much less
formal and strict and fast paced as it was, so
that doesn't exist anymore due to climate change. And first
of all, I wouldn't have a job because you have
to have a license. Now. These people who are doing
the weather now are meteorologists. They have to have the
seal from the American Meteorological Society. I never could have
(32:49):
gotten that because it's math and science heavy. I honest,
I never. I seriously, I never would have gotten the job.
And so I don't miss the job. What I'm miss
is the people. I made some beautiful friends, and in
forty years we you know, went through marriages and divorces
and the birth of children, and you know, we were
(33:10):
into trenches together. And I do miss the humanity of it.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
Yeah, and I think it's it's interesting for it's because
like even though you've not been NBC's weatherman for a
few years now, like you say that name, and everybody
knows who Fritz Goldman is, like.
Speaker 3 (33:25):
So well, I beat them into submission over forty years.
You know, even if they don't like you, they know
who you are because you've been recurring on television at
five eighteen every night for forty years. And it's really interesting.
And you know this being in the media, when you
when you come into people's lives at the same time
every day for an extended period of time, they you
(33:48):
really have this sort of this false intimacy with them.
You're you're part of their lives and they're part of yours,
and it's they hold on too, that feeling. I mean,
there are people who have named sheets, who puppies after
Fritz and parakeets after Fritz, and it's just ridiculous.
Speaker 1 (34:06):
I love that I had a lady named a chicken
after me.
Speaker 3 (34:09):
There you go, I.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
I have arrived. Yeah, it's an adorable little chicken too.
So you're you're not just retiring though, you're taking your
going back to the stage. And you've been doing sellout
shows of your unassisted residency. Two years of sellout shows.
So what the heck, let's keep it going. Tell us
what's funny about getting older? Fritz?
Speaker 3 (34:34):
Well, well you have to laugh to keep from crying. Actually,
we're starting our third year. I just got extended for
another year through all of twenty twenty six at the
Alport Heel once a month I'm ecstatic because it's become
my home. But I do these things called single topic monologues.
I did one about being a divorced parent. I did
(34:56):
one about doing the evening news called to ninety eleven.
Then I did my first one about getting old called
Defying Gravity. And this is one about being fully ensconced
in old age and trying to deal with it. And
it's called unassisted living. And at the helports how they're
called unassisted residency. It's just I'll tell you, I think
(35:18):
that the job of the comedian has never been more
important than it is right now, with the with the
discord we have in the world, with the separation between opinions.
If you can just gather people together and talk about
what we have in common, which is the aging experience,
you're you're you're drawing people together into a common experience,
as opposed to deciding what's what's separating us. I don't
(35:42):
do any politics. I just talk about what what makes us? Uh?
What what brings us together? What's our common humanity? I
talk about being a grandchild. I talk about the changes
in your body physically. I talk about taking taking seven
pills before you go to bed at night I talk
about going to my fifty fifth high school reunion. I
(36:02):
just all of these things that other people have experienced,
and somebody called it the perfect baby boomers support group.
So I'm having a great time. I'm really having a
wonderful time.
Speaker 1 (36:17):
With Okay, So Fritz, how can people come and have
a great time with you? We know we have some
This would be a great Christmas present, you know, the
person who has everything. You're like, we don't need stuff
because I'm really into experiences. So maybe tickets to Fritz's
Unassisted residency might be a great Christmas present.
Speaker 3 (36:35):
Which you perfectly described it. We're usually at the last.
We're all for December because in this particular theater they're
doing a Christmas show. But we're back January. Every month
through twenty twenty sixth We're usually on the last Sunday
of each month, and the show starts at three o'clock
in the afternoon on Sunday because people in my demographics
(36:56):
like to be home by dark.
Speaker 1 (37:00):
I love it. Okay, where can we get more information
about it?
Speaker 3 (37:03):
Fret? Okay, you can go to the El Portale Theater.
It's spelled like Portal, but it's pronounced l portow p
O r t A L L Portaltheater dot com. They
have the most the soonest several months. Book there, have
a ticket and come and see us. Our next is
going to be at the end of January, and I
(37:23):
would love to see you and you described a perfect
holiday present. Bring your family. If you have older people
in your family, if you have a child who's younger
than you, but you'd like to see Fritz's show as
a cautionary tale about what it'll be when you get older, come.
Speaker 1 (37:38):
And see it, all right, the one and only Fritz Coleman,
thank you so much. Good luck to you, Merry Christmas,
Happy New Year, and again if you want to get
tickets El Portaltheater dot com slash Fritz Coleman. Thank you, Fritz, you.
Speaker 3 (37:54):
Are the best. Thank you so much, Amie.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
I appreciate it all right, take care, love love that.
You know we're all gonna get old, right, well, at
least hopefully we're all gonna get old. You might as
well make some fun of it.
Speaker 11 (38:06):
Anyway.
Speaker 1 (38:06):
I have a friend, her name is Tammy Laplant and
up in Portland, and she used to she was about
ten years older than me, and she'd go, oh, just wait, Oh,
just wait, because like she, she was already ahead of
ahead of the curve of me. Oh just wait, your
eggs are shriveling, Amy. Oh nice, those girls are gonna
be perky forever. Amy, god o kidd. Anyway, this is
(38:32):
KFI and kosd HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. This
has been your wake up call. And if you missed
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
It's time for your morning wake up call.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Here's Amy King.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
It's five o'clock, straight up. Good morning. This is your
wake up call for Monday, December eighth. I'm Amy King.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
OK.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Had a great weekend. We had a fabulous weekend, did
some really fun stuff that we're going to share with you.
Took some southern California sleigh ride and it was a
beautiful weekend. It was just nice. Yesterday I ended up
I'm binging again and I gotta I'll tell you about
this this show later. But it's a Korean I don't
(01:00):
know why I'm hooked on Korean shows now, but they
don't do seven or eight episodes like the US shows. Now,
how we complain because they're so short that like a
season is seven or eight episodes. I think Slow Horses
this year was only six episodes, but it was good.
This one's twenty one episodes, wow, and they're long. It's
(01:21):
like little mini movies every episode. So I didn't get
much done yesterday. Here's What's ahead on Wake Up Call
this Monday morning. California Democratic Senator Adam Schiff is called
strikes unsuspected drug running boats in the Caribbean unlawful and
morally repugnant. He's called on the Pentagon to release a
video of a deadly attack that killed two survivors of
(01:44):
an initial strike in September. ABC's Karen Travers is going
to give us the latest on the so called double
tap coming up in probably about four minutes. A man's
been arrested on suspicion of murder for allegedly running a
another man down with his car in Long Beach. Please
say the two men had been arguing. Twenty eight year
(02:04):
old Isay Solis is charged with running down twenty eight
year old samuel O Seguida from Long Beach early Sunday
morning on Newport Avenue. Arizona's going to face SMU at
the Holiday Bowl January second, at snap Dragon Stadium in
San Diego. This is going to be the first time
the Holiday Bowl will be played after the New Year. Usually,
it seems like it's kind of early in December. Arizona
(02:28):
enters the game on a five game winning streak. The
teams are tied when facing each other in Bowl games.
SMM won their first matchup in nineteen thirty eight, then
Arizona beat SMU in nineteen eighty five. As the US
military continues to take out suspected drug boats, one of
those strikes continues to receive harsh scrutiny. As I mentioned,
we're going to be talking with ABC's Karen Travers about
that in just a second. The shortest day of the
(02:50):
year is just two weeks away. ABC's Jim Ryan says,
a lot of people are pretty sad about that. Is
there anything you can do to combat seasonal effective disorder?
And can people in southern California even get it? That's
the big question. And you knew him as the weather
man from NBC for years and years, Fritz Coleman has
stepped away from the TV studio and stepped out onto
(03:12):
the stage. The one and only Fritz Coleman will join
us coming up later this hour on wake Up Call.
And may I have a drummroll? Please? Okay, maybe not.
The latest pastathon numbers are in and you guys, you guys,
you did it again. We'll tell you about that coming
up next. Let's get started with some of the stories
(03:32):
coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. A
man has drowned at Lake Paris in Riverside County while
trying to save his seven year old son after their
kayak flipped over. The father and son were in the
water Saturday afternoon. California State Parks Peace officers say neither
was wearing a life jacket, even though there was one
in the kayak. The father was found unconscious and partially submerged.
(03:57):
The boy was conscious and holding on to his dad,
which helped keep him above water. A small business in
Upland that rescues cats and sells comics to support that
business has been broken into. A thief smashed through the
front window early Friday morning and started grabbing everything he could.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Follover five ran in comics alone, so we haven't really
figured out exactly everything that's been taken.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Cats and Comics owner Jeremy Gara tells KTLA the break
in is more than just a loss of merchandise.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Hell Over five ran in comics alone, so we haven't
really figured out exactly everything that's been taken.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Garris's comic sales cover medical care, food, and other essentials
for cats. Awaiting adoption. The shop is currently caring for
twenty two cats. Garrett says the community has really stepped
up by donating cash and food since the break in.
You can make a donation or find out about adopting
a cat at Catsandcomics Rescue dot com cruz. In Newport Beach,
(04:51):
you began working around the clock to fix a leaking
oil well from the nineteen twenties that sent methane and
oil into a home in the Balboa Peninsula. The city
and state started the emergency drilling operation near Marcus Avenue
and thirty sixth Street. The work is expected to last
ten days, with noise and road closures in the area.
(05:11):
That work's going to happen overnight as well. The home
affected was red tagged in October. Let's say good morning
now to ABC's Karen Travers. So, Karen, the clamoring continues
for the release of a video of a second strike
against a Venezuelan drug boat. What's the latest.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
The latest is that the scrutiny around this video is
really only growing. We heard lawmakers over the weekend continue
to push for the administration to release this And remember
last week we had talked about this that the President
had told my colleague that he supports the release of
the full video of that September second strike. He said,
I don't know what they have referring to the Pentagon,
(05:51):
but whatever they have, we'd certainly release, no problem. But
now over the weekend, the Defense Secretary Pete's Hegseth was noncommittal.
He said, whatever we were to decide to release, we'd
have to be very responsible about it. He said, we're
reviewing that right now. So that doesn't sound like it's
an imminent release from the Defense Secretary just by what
(06:12):
the President said. I think another thing that's notable here
is that lawmakers who saw this video of that second
strike on the two survivors last week during classified briefings
have offered very different assessments of this. Yeah, the top
Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Jim Hins, has said
it's an attack on defenseless survivors. A top Republican on
the Senate Intelligence Committee, Tom Cotton, he was out of
(06:35):
it over the weekend, that the survivors were valid targets
and the attack was justified. But all this is why
lawmakers say, release the video. Let more lawmakers see this,
Let the American public see it and decide for themselves.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Okay, So, Karen, if they're taking out and destroying drugs
that are headed into the US, why is there such
a fear about not only this strike, the so called
double tap, but all of them are coming under a
lot of scrutiny.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
Because the administration says that this is an armed conflict
and that the drug cartels are unlawful combatants, that these strikes,
and that this campaign in the Caribbean is lawful against
alleged drug traffickers. But lawmakers from both parties have said
there has been no authorization of force here, that there
is no declaration of war, and that they are killing
(07:22):
people and not releasing any information about this. That in
previous campaigns like this, you would go and arrest these people,
you would give information about the charges then of what
they were allegedly smuggling in. But the posture from the
administration now is to just take out these votes. And again,
(07:42):
there have been twenty plus of these strikes, eighty plus
people have been killed, and the administration has not released
publicly details of identities or what they have allegedly had
done to deserve that strike.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Okay, And is that unusual. I mean, like you look
back at history, we don't get releases of names and
details of that kind of thing when there are these
these kind of actions that have been taken in the past,
which have been done in the past. So is it
unusual or is it just the political time.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
No, If there were strikes on terror targets in previous administrations,
there were usually information given out afterwards. But I think
it's when lawmakers are asking for it, that's when administrations
would provide that. And again, there is no authorization of
war here, and that's something that lawmakers are upset about
and we've been seeing that from both parties at this
(08:36):
point too.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Okay, perfect, well, we will continue to watch it. Thank
you so much for the information, Karen, Thank you. All right,
have a good day. Let's get back to some of
the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
The Supreme Court is set to hear a landmark case
involving the separation of powers. ABC's Robert Devin says it's
a major test of how far President Trump's power can
(08:58):
reach and could impact the future of dozens of independent
agencies which have been protected from political pressure.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
The outcome of This case will determine whether there will
be any Democrats left on many of these bipartisan committees
and whether any of these independent agencies will truly be
independent going forward.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
A decision in the case is expected sometime in June.
News brought to you by Ruder Hero. Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman
Elon Omar, who's from Somalia, is pushing back on criticism
from President Trump amid the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Omar
told CBS's Face the Nation, the President's comments are disgusting.
Speaker 6 (09:38):
These are Americans that he is calling garbage, and we
feel like there is an unhealthy obsession that he has
on the Somali community and an unhealthy and creepy obsession
that he has with me.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
President Trump said last week, it's Samali immigrants have ruined
Minnesota and Omar should have never been allowed to become
a member Congress. President Trump has blasted Texas Congressman Henry Quaar,
a Democrat he recently pardoned, for choosing to run for
reelection as a Democrat in twenty twenty six. In a
truth social post over the weekend, Trump called it such
(10:15):
a lack of loyalty. Quaar was indicted last year on
federal bribery and money laundering charges, along with his wife.
Trump granted them both pardons last week. Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas are expected to soon
move into a second phase of their ceasefire. It'll begin
when Hamas returns the remains of the last hostage held
(10:38):
in Gaza. The second phase of the deal involves disarming
Hamas militants and demilitarizing Gaza. It also includes deploying an
international force to secure Gaza and forming a temporary Palestinian government.
Artificial intelligence is in the spotlight. More than three years
since the launch of Chat GPT abcg Obrian says debate
(10:59):
around it is growing.
Speaker 7 (11:00):
AI companies stress while risks for the technology exist, they
say the potential benefits are nearly limitless and that they're
constantly improving their algorithms to improve interactions or While some
industry leaders have gone from publicly encouraging regulation to now
warning about too much red.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Tape, President Trump has been pressuring Republicans in Congress to
pass legislation prohibiting state level regulation of AI, saying that
there should be a single federal standard. The TSA says
booze on board is okay as long as you don't
drink it.
Speaker 8 (11:34):
The TSA says there's no ban on booze in your
carry on luggage as long as you follow the standard
TSA liquids rule that's a maximum of three point four
ounces and the containers must fit inside a single transparent,
court size zip top bag. Once you've passed through security,
you can go ahead and open as long as you're
not on an airplane. FAA requirement say on board alcohol
(11:56):
must be dispensed by aircraft personnel. Pre tennis KFI news
The World Cup coming to La in a big way,
O CAW.
Speaker 9 (12:03):
We'll host eight matches at Sofi Stadium in twenty twenty six,
including the US men's national teams opening game. FIFA's schedule
has the USMNT facing Paraguay in La on June twelfth,
with additional group matches featuring Iran, Belgium, Switzerland and playoff
winners Sofi. We'll also host a Round of thirty two
match and a quarterfinal on July tenth. Fans can enter
(12:25):
FIFA's random ticket draw starting December eleventh through January thirteenth,
with charges processed in February four successful applicants other Brooker
Kfi News.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
Are you a big soccer fan? Will I like watching now?
And then I'm not?
Speaker 10 (12:39):
I mean it's not it.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Yeah, I tend to fall asleep, but yeah, but during
the World Cup it's kind of it gets kind of fun.
But like on a regular On the regular, I wouldn't
sit down and watch a soccer match.
Speaker 10 (12:48):
Now I love I love it Like a British public
at seven in the morning will be packed with people
watching stuff in Britain, you know, and they're just having
a blast and I'm barely awake getting coffee.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Don't think they're drinking coffee? No, okay. A nineteen year
old has been killed and an officer involved shooting in Anaheim.
Twelve people were arrested after the shooting Saturday night at
a house on Philadelphia Bilise. A crowd at the scene
near the Anaheim packing district had become unruly when the
shooting happened. A fast moving winter storm has made a
massive travel in the US. Who needs a government shutdown right?
(13:23):
Heavy snow caused flight cancelations and delays at several major airports,
including Chicago's O'Hare, Hartsfield Jackson in Atlanta and Reagan National
Airport in DC. More than twenty million people were under
winter weather alerts yesterday. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association
has chosen One Battle after Another as the best film
(13:44):
of twenty twenty five, giving writer and director Paul Thomas
Anderson's film a boost heading into the Academy Award nominations,
which will be announced next month, and the Golden Globe nominations,
which are being announced this morning. In fact, they start
announcing those in about ten minutes. Let's say good morning
now to ABC's Jim Ryan. So, Jim, we're approaching the
(14:06):
shortest day of the year and a lot of people
are getting depressed about that.
Speaker 11 (14:11):
Well, yeah, I imagine southern California doesn't worry too much about this,
but run up the coast a little bit, maybe up
into Oregon and Washington and certainly into Canada. Yeah, it's
a real thing. The American Psychiatric Association AMY says that
about thirty percent of Americans feel some degree of seasonal
effective disorder or SAD as some folks call it. So
(14:32):
that's nearly four and ten who are feeling this, and
it happens every year. Essentially, that people. For there's also
a summer variety, but we're talking here about winter and
the colder temperature and the darker days.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
Oh, there's a summer seasonal effective disorder? Well, yeah, for who?
Speaker 11 (14:50):
And that comes with the super bright sunlight and with
super high temperature. I was talking to somebody in Arizona
a few minutes ago, and they said, yeah, we get
that in the summertime here because so damn hot and
the sun is is is relentless. So yeah, this is
that's I don't know if they I guess it would
still be seasonal effective disorder. But the season isn't winter, summer.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Okay, how long does it take for seasonal effective disorder
to kick in? Do we know?
Speaker 11 (15:19):
Not long? I mean once the days are noticeably shorter.
We're on standard time now, right, and so the the
what we bought was an hour of daylight a few
weeks ago, and now that's that's sort of waning, right.
I noticed this morning at about seven o'clock here in
Dallas it was dark again, whereas a week and a
half ago, it's kind of kind of you know, sunny
(15:40):
at seven o'clock in the morning. So it is it's
getting darker and people do feel that they have you know,
some some of the symptoms here of sad. It's kind
of trivialized. Trivializing, but you know, feeling changes in appetite,
a lot of people eat more at this time of year,
changes in sleep pattern they have in some you know,
or they're sleeping more than they normally would, and feeling
(16:02):
disconnected and not interested in the things that they're normally
interested in. This is kind of These are the hallmarks
of any sort of depression, mild or extreme, and certainly
of seasonal effective disorder.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Well, I can tell you from from my experience. I
had a morning show host when I lived up in Portland,
and he really it affected him a ton. And my
best friend's husband also up in Portland, where like you
go weeks without seeing the sun. True that it does.
Like their their moods get different, they get irritable, like
you said, they change their eating habits, they get grumpy,
(16:35):
and you're just like, snap out of it. But some
people just can't, like.
Speaker 11 (16:38):
You know, well, that's true. You know, some of the
best people at dealing with this are Scandinavians, the ones
who live north of the Arctic Circle. They're generally rated
as some of the happiest people in the world year
after year.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Right, So that kind of is contrary to the whole idea, right.
Speaker 11 (16:55):
Because they have more darkness and colder temperature certainly than
any of the right. But two things, and here are
some vocabulary words Huga, which is called HyGG e. Hygge
is pronounced uga. And that's this the Scandinavian concept or
the Nordic idea of warmth and togetherness and coziness both
(17:17):
physical and emotional. Right, So cuddling or spooning or just
being close to someone and sharing conviviality. The other one
is kind of the opposite direction, vinter buddening, And that's
the you know, the the cold ice bath, jumping into
the ocean or into a lake or a cold ice
bath even after taking a hot sunnut. And boy, that'll
(17:39):
wake yop.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
I am not going to ventter bogg into cure sad.
No way, that's really funny.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
I said.
Speaker 11 (17:48):
We're covering the Olympics in Russia, right, And it was
in Soshi, right of the Black Sea, and it was winter.
It wasn't terribly cold, but the water was very cold,
and these Russians were coming in and taking stripping down
of their underwear, walking out into the water up to
neck deep, and then turning around and coming back in
and feeling great.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Okay, Yeah, I mean I will tell you a cold
plunge does it does aliven neuro awaken? I mean it's
it's definitely a shock to your system. But when it's
already freezing cold, I don't think I'm gonna be game
for that. But I like the name vinter and who
got bathing. Yeah, so let's try to be happy out there,
shall we? Thank you? Jim Ryan?
Speaker 3 (18:26):
See ya?
Speaker 1 (18:27):
All right? I remember doctor Wendy, who you can listen
to on Sunday. I think it's Sunday nights now. She
was talking one time we had had like three days
of clouds or rain or something. She goes, I think
I'm getting seasonal seasonal effective disorder, and I was like,
doctor Wendy, knock it off. It's been like three days. Seriously.
(18:50):
One year when I lived in Portland, we had ninety
days of rain in a row.
Speaker 10 (18:53):
Sure, yeah, Like what about people who live in anchorage
or you know?
Speaker 4 (18:57):
Right?
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Yeah, it's silly, but I guess it's a real thing.
A magnitude three point one earthquake has rattled the coast
of Orange County. The US Geological Survey says it hit
yesterday afternoon almost three around three south of San Clemente.
It was a depth of about eight miles. No reports
of any damage your injuries, as you would expect. A
(19:19):
social worker stabbed by a patient at a hospital in
San Francisco has died. The attack happened last week. A
sheriff's deputy had been called to the hospital after the
patient allegedly threatened a doctor. They say while providing security
for the doctor, the deputy heard a disturbance in the
hallway involving the patient, who was attacking the social worker
with a steak knife. The deputy restrained the man. The
(19:42):
social worker died on Saturday. Governor Newsom says the Trump
administration has refused a routine meeting in Washington, d C.
Speaker 9 (19:51):
This claim comes as California pushes for nearly thirty four
billion dollars in wildfire recovery fronts. Politico reports that Newsom
staff says FEMA's acting director was quote unavailable and no
replacement was offered, a snub they call unprecedented. As thousands
of LA families near a year without long term federal help.
After January's wildfires destroyed thirteen thousand homes. Republicans say California
(20:13):
mismanaged federal dollars and want answers before approving more aid,
escalating a showdown as the state's recovery hangs in the balance.
Heather Brooker KFI News.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
The California Department of Health has issued an urgent advisory
telling people to avoid eating wild mushrooms after at least
one death and nearly two dozen poisonings. Most have been
in the Monterey in San Francisco Bay areas. Public health
officials say amma toxin poisoning is caused by consuming wild,
foraged mushrooms. Toxic shrooms, such as the death Cap, can
(20:45):
easily be mistaken for the safe and edible type of mushroom.
Symptoms include diarrhea, nausea, and abdominal pain. I just want
to know who's searching for mushrooms, because did not everybody
here watch the last of us. It's a fungus. Yeah,
don't eat it, okay, drum roll please, we have new
(21:11):
numbers on pasta Okay, So, as of this weekend, one
point two eight nine nine two oh million dollars so
one million, two hundred eighty nine thousand, nine hundred twenty dollars,
which actually beats last year by thirty thousand bucks, So
hats off to you. Ninety four thousand, four hundred and
(21:34):
six pounds of pasta and sauce. That's amazing. And last
year was like eighty one thousand pounds of pasta and sauce.
So even in this economy, even with people feeling a
little antsy, Producer Michelle, who is the mastermind behind this
whole event, says she was expecting things maybe to be
down a little bit, but as always, KFI listeners came through,
(21:57):
So hats off to you. That's amazing. You know, since
we started Pastathon, KFI listeners have raised over nine point
eight million dollars and over a million pounds of pasta
and sauce for Katerina's Club. Amazing, amazing, So thank you,
thank you, thank you to everybody who donated to Pastathon
this year. Couldn't do it without you, Like literally, A
(22:22):
fifty four year old man has died trying to save
his seven year old son after their kayak capsized in
the Lake Paris State Recreation Area. The father and son
had been kayaking Saturday afternoon near Moreno Beach. Neither was
wearing a life jacket, but there was one on board
the boy who rescued. Personnel say the father has heroically
tried to keep Afloat survived. People who live on the
(22:46):
Balboa Peninsula can expect to hear nighttime construction for the
next week and a half. Cruise are drilling around the
clock to fix and abandoned oil well that's caused a
methane oil to seep into a home on the peninsula.
Nights at Freddy's has earned the top spot in theaters,
opening with sixty three million dollars this weekend. Disney's Zootopia two,
(23:09):
which was number one last weekend, finished in second place,
earning another forty three million, and then Wicked for Good
finished in third place in its third weekend, earning another
seventeen million dollars. I think it's important to take a
look back and remember. Like as they say, people forget
history or destined to repeat it. Well, I think that
applies to September eleventh, which is why we market and
(23:30):
honor it and memorialize it every year. Also applies to
the day that will live in infamy. The eighty fourth
anniversary of which we marked yesterday. It was just before
eight am on Sunday, December seventh, nineteen forty one, that
Japanese torpedo bombers, dive bombers and fighters more than three
hundred and fifty aircraft in all, arrived in two waves,
(23:52):
sinking two battleships, the USS Arizona and Utah at Pearl Harbor.
The Arizona's losses eleven hundred seventy seven souls, the highest
of any ship in the harbor. Most of the military
ships that went down in the surprise attack were resurrected
and deployed to fight again. Bellows, Hickam and Wheeler airfields
(24:13):
were also bombed, as were the installations at Ewa Ford
Island and kana kane Ohe Bay, sustaining major damage. Imperial
Japan carried out the attack. It was an attempt to
cripple the US Pacific Fleet as it was seeking domination
over much of Asia by pushing the Americans, the British,
(24:34):
the Dutch, and the French off of their long held colonies. Well,
it didn't work. Backfired. US fought back and eventually won
the war with Japan. But December seventh really is a
day that will live in infanty me. And I was
watching some of the video that they have of just
the attack and the explosions and star Yeah, just awful.
Speaker 10 (24:54):
And so few of those guys who survived that are
with us now, you know, right, because.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
It'd be over because his this is the eighty fourth anniversary.
So their minimum age would be eighteen if they were
right in the military at that point, So they'd have
to be at least one hundred two if I did
my math right. Here's what's coming out of the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. A woman from Carson, who used
to be a letter carrier for the postal service in
Torrents is set to be sentenced today for stealing checks
(25:20):
and debit and credit cards from the mail and then
using them on herself and also selling them. Thirty one
year old Marianne Magdemmitt pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges
in August. Prosecutors say Magdammut showed off stacks of cash
and luxury purchases, including a rolex, on social media. She
also used the money to take trips to Aruba and
(25:41):
the Turks and Caicos. She was found in possession of
more than one hundred and thirty stolen credit and debit
cards and sixteen Treasury Department checks. California Democratic Senator Adam
Schiff has called for a thorough investigation into strikes against
alleged drug boats in the Caribbean.
Speaker 7 (25:56):
They're unlawful, they're unconstitutional, and killing two people who Shipwrecktet's
see is also morally repugnant.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
During an interview on NBC's Meet the Press, she have
said video seen by some wallmakers of a second strike
on two people who had survived an initial attack in
September should be released to the public. Defense Secretary Pete
Hegseth was at the Reagan Library and Semi Valley over
the weekend. He says the attack in September was lawful.
Americans are slowing their role with credit cards.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
Credit card debt is piling up at a slower rate
than last year. While at Hubbs says US shoppers only
added sixteen billion dollars so far, which brings the total
credit card debt to over one trillion dollars. Still, the
additional amount of credit card debt is twenty seven percent
less than.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
What was added last year.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
The average credit card debt per household tops eleven thousand
dollars heading into the holidays, Ailing gonzalez Ky if I knew.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
Time to get in your business with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini.
Good morning, Denise, Hey, good morning Amy. Kay. We got
to talk real quick about President Trump and his comments
about the big Netflix deal.
Speaker 12 (27:04):
Yeah, this game as kind of a surprise for some
because he really is raising the potential antitrust concern around
netflix planned acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery. As you mentioned,
he told reporters it's a big market share and that
could be a problem. Netflix faces a huge Justice Department
review of the deal that would reshape the entire industry.
They've been working really hard on getting this passed, but
(27:25):
just not clear which direction this is going to go
in from here.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Okay, speaking of reshaping the industry, market guru is saying
it might be time to dump your tech stocks.
Speaker 12 (27:35):
Yeah, this is the magnificent seven, right, including Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple,
blah blah blah. Well known Ed Yard Denny of yard
Denny Research now recommends effectively going underweight the megacap tech
stocks in your portfolio. And this is what's crazy interesting.
He says. This is because he thinks in the future
every company is going to evolve into a technology company.
(27:59):
So those companies that we know and love really the
darlings of the rallies of the past few years. He says,
that's a passe.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
Now, okay, well, I missed the boat anyway, so it'd
be a bad time to buy in at this point.
You might feel young, But does Spotify think you are too?
Speaker 12 (28:17):
Well, who's what's your favorite band? My favorite band? Oh,
or singer the one you listen to, just your go
to right now?
Speaker 1 (28:28):
It's what's his face? Jelly Row?
Speaker 12 (28:30):
All right, Well, the streaming platform has this new listening
age feature.
Speaker 1 (28:35):
This is so much fun.
Speaker 12 (28:37):
It calculates your listening age as you can imagine, based
on your musical taste. It's surprising a lot of people,
you know, how millennials love listening to you know, music
from I guess from my generation, Fleetwood, Max Steely, Dan,
The Eagles, blah blah blah, good stuff Dead I mean,
Jimmy Hendrix, I mean Grace Slick.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
We just go on forever.
Speaker 12 (28:57):
So people who are like twenty, they're finding out that
they're listening ages ninety nine and even popstar Grimes. You know,
the former Elon Musk girlfriend. She's thirty seven, right, she's
a pop star. I think her favorite is Addison Ray. Right,
that's not you know old folks music. It thinks she's
ninety two.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Really, yeah, So check this out. Okay, Like as much
as I like Jelly Roll now, like when you say
what's your favorite, my immediate is Journey, you know what
I mean, like because you go back to when you
were a kid and that kind of stuff. So I
bet that I'm probably ninety nine as well. Check it
out tomorrow. We'll let you know. Thanks Bloomberg's Denise Pelgren
(29:38):
and getting in your business like we do every day.
We're going to go right to one of the most
beloved weathermen in LA history, who left the TV studio
and has hit the stage. Welcome to Fritz Coleman. Good morning, Fritz.
Speaker 3 (29:54):
Good morning Amy. Glad to talk for you again.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
Thanks for getting up so early in the morning for us.
So you left TV? When did you retire from TV?
Speaker 3 (30:04):
Five years ago?
Speaker 1 (30:06):
And I think we talked one other.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
Why I'm up, That's why I'm up at this hour
of the morning, because I'm on retirement schedule. I go
to bed at eight o'clock and I get up at five.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
Well, that you're a better man than I, because if
I didn't have to get up this early, I certainly wouldn't.
But what made you decide to make the jump from
television to the stage.
Speaker 3 (30:26):
Well, a lot of people don't know this, but I
actually got my job doing weather from doing comedy. I
was working at the Comedy Store in nineteen eighty two
and the news director from Channel four, Steve Antonetti, got
rest his soul and his wife were in the audience
at that show, and I had talked on stage issues
a Friday night. I'll never forget it. I had talked
(30:50):
on stage about having done the weather in the Navy.
I worked for Armed Forces Radio and Television in the Navy,
and I was forced to do the weather against my will,
and I didn't know anything about it. That didn't seem
to effect a decision making in the Defense department. I
still had to do the weather. So anyway, I had
an anecdote or two about this, and after the show
was over, I went backstage to meet this man and
(31:12):
his wife, and he said, this is an odd question,
but do you have any desire to come to Channel four?
I need a weekend weather person and a fill in guy,
a utility player that can do some vacation relief for me.
And I was making twenty five dollars a night at
the comedy store. So after my heartbeat returned to normal,
(31:32):
I said, oh my god, when do you want me
to start? And he said, well, you have to audition.
So I auditioned the next week I got the job.
I did weekend fill in for two years, and then
the main weather guy left to go to CBS and
I was bumped up and I retired two weeks shy
on my fortieth anniversary. It was the greatest stroke of
(31:54):
luck and show business and said woman was discovering in
Shwarp's pharmacy in the forties.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Well, so, now that you're away from the world of weather,
do you miss it.
Speaker 3 (32:04):
I'll tell you I don't miss the job, and I'll
tell you why, because now that climate change is here,
weather has gotten really serious. And you know, I was
hired because I was doing personality. You know, it was
like our evening newscast is kind of like the morning
newscasts are now where it was familial and you say, hey,
what you do over the weekend and everybody laughed and
(32:25):
oh yes, and here's the news. It was much less
formal and strict and fast paced as it was, so
that doesn't exist anymore due to climate change. And first
of all, I wouldn't have a job because you have
to have a license. Now. These people who are doing
the weather now are meteorologists. They have to have the
seal from the American Meteorological Society. I never could have
(32:49):
gotten that because it's math and science heavy. I honest,
I never. I seriously, I never would have gotten the job.
And so I don't miss the job. What I'm miss
is the people. I made some beautiful friends, and in
forty years we you know, went through marriages and divorces
and the birth of children, and you know, we were
(33:10):
into trenches together. And I do miss the humanity of it.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
Yeah, and I think it's it's interesting for it's because
like even though you've not been NBC's weatherman for a
few years now, like you say that name, and everybody
knows who Fritz Goldman is, like.
Speaker 3 (33:25):
So well, I beat them into submission over forty years.
You know, even if they don't like you, they know
who you are because you've been recurring on television at
five eighteen every night for forty years. And it's really interesting.
And you know this being in the media, when you
when you come into people's lives at the same time
every day for an extended period of time, they you
(33:48):
really have this sort of this false intimacy with them.
You're you're part of their lives and they're part of yours,
and it's they hold on too, that feeling. I mean,
there are people who have named sheets, who puppies after
Fritz and parakeets after Fritz, and it's just ridiculous.
Speaker 1 (34:06):
I love that I had a lady named a chicken
after me.
Speaker 3 (34:09):
There you go, I.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
I have arrived. Yeah, it's an adorable little chicken too.
So you're you're not just retiring though, you're taking your
going back to the stage. And you've been doing sellout
shows of your unassisted residency. Two years of sellout shows.
So what the heck, let's keep it going. Tell us
what's funny about getting older? Fritz?
Speaker 3 (34:34):
Well, well you have to laugh to keep from crying. Actually,
we're starting our third year. I just got extended for
another year through all of twenty twenty six at the
Alport Heel once a month I'm ecstatic because it's become
my home. But I do these things called single topic monologues.
I did one about being a divorced parent. I did
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one about doing the evening news called to ninety eleven.
Then I did my first one about getting old called
Defying Gravity. And this is one about being fully ensconced
in old age and trying to deal with it. And
it's called unassisted living. And at the helports how they're
called unassisted residency. It's just I'll tell you, I think
(35:18):
that the job of the comedian has never been more
important than it is right now, with the with the
discord we have in the world, with the separation between opinions.
If you can just gather people together and talk about
what we have in common, which is the aging experience,
you're you're you're drawing people together into a common experience,
as opposed to deciding what's what's separating us. I don't
(35:42):
do any politics. I just talk about what what makes us? Uh?
What what brings us together? What's our common humanity? I
talk about being a grandchild. I talk about the changes
in your body physically. I talk about taking taking seven
pills before you go to bed at night I talk
about going to my fifty fifth high school reunion. I
(36:02):
just all of these things that other people have experienced,
and somebody called it the perfect baby boomers support group.
So I'm having a great time. I'm really having a
wonderful time.
Speaker 1 (36:17):
With Okay, So Fritz, how can people come and have
a great time with you? We know we have some
This would be a great Christmas present, you know, the
person who has everything. You're like, we don't need stuff
because I'm really into experiences. So maybe tickets to Fritz's
Unassisted residency might be a great Christmas present.
Speaker 3 (36:35):
Which you perfectly described it. We're usually at the last.
We're all for December because in this particular theater they're
doing a Christmas show. But we're back January. Every month
through twenty twenty sixth We're usually on the last Sunday
of each month, and the show starts at three o'clock
in the afternoon on Sunday because people in my demographics
(36:56):
like to be home by dark.
Speaker 1 (37:00):
I love it. Okay, where can we get more information
about it?
Speaker 3 (37:03):
Fret? Okay, you can go to the El Portale Theater.
It's spelled like Portal, but it's pronounced l portow p
O r t A L L Portaltheater dot com. They
have the most the soonest several months. Book there, have
a ticket and come and see us. Our next is
going to be at the end of January, and I
(37:23):
would love to see you and you described a perfect
holiday present. Bring your family. If you have older people
in your family, if you have a child who's younger
than you, but you'd like to see Fritz's show as
a cautionary tale about what it'll be when you get older, come.
Speaker 1 (37:38):
And see it, all right, the one and only Fritz Coleman,
thank you so much. Good luck to you, Merry Christmas,
Happy New Year, and again if you want to get
tickets El Portaltheater dot com slash Fritz Coleman. Thank you, Fritz, you.
Speaker 3 (37:54):
Are the best. Thank you so much, Amie.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
I appreciate it all right, take care, love love that.
You know we're all gonna get old, right, well, at
least hopefully we're all gonna get old. You might as
well make some fun of it.
Speaker 11 (38:06):
Anyway.
Speaker 1 (38:06):
I have a friend, her name is Tammy Laplant and
up in Portland, and she used to she was about
ten years older than me, and she'd go, oh, just wait, Oh,
just wait, because like she, she was already ahead of
ahead of the curve of me. Oh just wait, your
eggs are shriveling, Amy. Oh nice, those girls are gonna
be perky forever. Amy, god o kidd. Anyway, this is
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KFI and kosd HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. This
has been your wake up call. And if you missed
any of wake Up Call, want to listen to Fritz again?
You can listen in anytime on the iHeartRadio app. You've
been listening to wake Up Call with me, Amy King.
You can always hear wake Up Call five to six
am Monday through Friday on kf I AM six forty
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