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California Gubernatorial Debate · Wake Up Call with Amy King

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM 640 Wake Up Call with me,
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  Speaker 1: Amy King, on demand on the iHeartRadio app. It's 5
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  Speaker 1: o'clock straight up. This is your wake up call for Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: October 1st. I'm Amy King. Good morning. We're live everywhere
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  Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app. The witching season is upon us.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm not wearing Halloween clothes today. I'm wearing pink
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  Speaker 1: because it's also Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So we're going
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  Speaker 1: for pink today.
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  Speaker 2: I usually leave the house not knowing what I'm wearing.
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  Speaker 1: You should wear pink. Okay, so if my oatmeal is
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  Speaker 1: any indication, it's not going to be a very good day.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, no.
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  Speaker 1: You know, when you have instant oatmeal, there is that
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  Speaker 1: perfect balance of water. And if you add too much.
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  Speaker 4: Soupy.
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  Speaker 5: Soupy.
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  Speaker 1: And if you add too little, it's thick and gummy.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Too much was my problem today.
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  Speaker 2: Because you can fix too little.
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  Speaker 1: You can fix the other one, yeah. All right, lots
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  Speaker 1: going on. Let's get right to it. Here is what
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  Speaker 1: is ahead on Wake Up Call. A federal judge has
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  Speaker 1: approved Paramount's settlement with California and 11 other states, clearing
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  Speaker 1: the way for the studio's merger with Warner Brothers Discovery.
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  Speaker 1: The merger brings together two of Hollywood's largest movie studios,
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  Speaker 1: along with The HBO Max and Paramount Plus streaming services,
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  Speaker 1: TV networks including CBS, CNN, MTV, TBS, Comedy Central and
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  Speaker 1: the Food Network. The deal is expected to close October 6th.
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  Speaker 1: Two people have been killed in a medical helicopter crash
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  Speaker 1: off Catalina. Five people were on board the helicopter that
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  Speaker 1: was headed for the mainland last night when it went
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  Speaker 1: down in the water shortly before 8 p.m. One person,
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  Speaker 1: a patient, is apparently still missing. Two others were taken
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  Speaker 1: to the hospital after being plucked from the water. It's
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  Speaker 1: believed the pilot and a nurse were killed. President Trump
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  Speaker 1: says he has spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: following the attempted hijacking of a Dubai to Tel Aviv flight.
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  Speaker 1: The co-pilot's been arrested for allegedly stabbing the captain and
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  Speaker 1: trying to crash the plane. Now, yesterday at this time,
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  Speaker 1: the news was just breaking that the plane was in
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  Speaker 1: peril in the Middle East. We know more now, and
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  Speaker 1: we're going to find out what the latest is with
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  Speaker 1: ABC's crime and terror analyst, Brad Garrett. It is amazing
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  Speaker 1: that those people are all still alive today.
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  Speaker 6: So lucky.
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  Speaker 1: No, not lucky. Not lucky. It's amazing. We'll find out more.
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  Speaker 1: The governor's debate, pretty much the only one before the
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  Speaker 1: election has been held. Did we learn anything? I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to take off my news person hat and give you
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  Speaker 1: my thoughts on how the candidates, Javier Becerra and Steve Hilton,
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  Speaker 1: did and whether it's going to make any difference at all.
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  Speaker 1: It's been more than a month and a half now
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  Speaker 1: since we lost our beautiful big bear bald eagle, Jackie.
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  Speaker 1: If you want to celebrate her, her life and her legacy,
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  Speaker 1: you can. We'll tell you how. Coming up on Wake
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  Speaker 1: Up Call. Let's get started with some of the stories
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  Speaker 1: coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. On this first
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  Speaker 1: day of October, it sure doesn't feel like fall in
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  Speaker 1: Southern California.
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  Speaker 4: The National Weather Service says we have a long-duration extreme
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  Speaker 4: heat event that kicks off Friday, lasts to at least Thursday,
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  Speaker 4: with an extreme heat watch and could last longer. NWS's
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  Speaker 4: Rose Schoenfeld says.
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  Speaker 6: Highs will be around 95 to 105 plus for a
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  Speaker 6: lot of areas, including coastal plains. And this event will
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  Speaker 6: last at least seven days with minimal day-to-day changes.
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  Speaker 4: She says some daily records may be broken with temps
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  Speaker 4: 10 to 15 degrees above normal, and that'll bring a
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  Speaker 4: high risk of heat illness. The heat and low humidity
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  Speaker 4: also mean a risk of fast-moving fires. Mark Rauner, KFI News.
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  Speaker 1: A woman accused of opening fire at Rihanna's home in
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  Speaker 1: the Beverly Crest area is pleaded not guilty to 14 charges,
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  Speaker 1: including attempted murder. Rihanna and ASAP Rocky were home at
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  Speaker 1: the time. The 36-year-old woman from Florida will remain in
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  Speaker 1: jail with bail set at over $ 2. 6 million. A pretrial
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  Speaker 1: hearing is scheduled in a month. Mayor Bass has signed
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  Speaker 1: off on an ordinance making LAPD officers use their body-worn
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  Speaker 1: cameras to record federal immigration enforcement actions. It also instructs
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  Speaker 1: officers to give aid and emergency medical treatment to anyone
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  Speaker 1: hurt at the scene of an illegal immigration enforcement operation.
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  Speaker 1: Bass's approval yesterday came hours after the L.A. City Council
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  Speaker 1: unanimously approved the ordinance. Governor Newsom has signed several bills
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  Speaker 1: about immigration enforcement in California. But a federal attorney says
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  Speaker 1: the new laws don't mean anything.
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  Speaker 7: First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Asaley says if Newsom wants
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  Speaker 7: to regulate federal agents, he needs to win a federal election.
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  Speaker 7: And until then, he has no jurisdiction. Twenty-one bills signed
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  Speaker 7: by the governor this week include a ban on electric
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  Speaker 7: shock gloves, a 25 percent tax on private detention facilities,
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  Speaker 7: and no state-owned land or buildings can be used for
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  Speaker 7: immigration enforcement. Saley posted his response online, saying he's advised
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  Speaker 7: the Department of Homeland Security to disregard restrictions on flashbang
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  Speaker 7: grenades and face coverings that he says agents need to
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  Speaker 7: escalate dangerous situations. Michael Crozier, KFI News.
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  Speaker 8: L.A.
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  Speaker 1: County Supervisor Janice Hahn says she plans to introduce a
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  Speaker 1: motion next week to speed up implementation of the so-called
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  Speaker 1: HUG Act. It was signed into law over the weekend
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  Speaker 1: and allows incarcerated young people to hug their loved ones
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  Speaker 1: during visits at juvenile detention centers. Hahn says safety has
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  Speaker 1: to be the priority, but there should be some room
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  Speaker 1: for kids to be able to hug their moms. 507
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  Speaker 1: on your wake-up call. Let's say good morning now to
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  Speaker 1: ABC's crime and terrorism analyst, Brad Garrett. Brad, at this
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  Speaker 1: time yesterday, we were just getting the information about a
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  Speaker 1: possible hijacking in the Middle East and that an Israeli...
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  Speaker 1: or a plane that was bound for Tel Aviv, Israel,
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  Speaker 1: had landed in Saudi Arabia. And now we have a
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  Speaker 1: lot more details. And there's a lot of heroism involved.
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  Speaker 1: And it's a miracle these people are still alive.
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  Speaker 9: There is no doubt.
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  Speaker 10: Amy, this is a situation where everything had to happen
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  Speaker 10: at a certain pace. And if it didn't, We'll be
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  Speaker 10: having a different conversation today. I mean the story quickly
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  Speaker 10: just lays out that passengers and crew hear some sort
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  Speaker 10: of fight that's going on inside the cockpit to the
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  Speaker 10: point that I think they believe somebody is actually getting hurt. Fortunately,
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  Speaker 10: the captain, who's the one getting hurt, releases the door
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  Speaker 10: because the doors of the cockpit obviously after 9-11 were
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  Speaker 10: all reconfigured, so you can't open them unless somebody lets
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  Speaker 10: you in. And so they were able to get into
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  Speaker 10: the cockpit, realized that the co-pilot had stabbed the pilot,
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  Speaker 10: the captain. They jerked both of them out. Now, at
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  Speaker 10: this point, the plane is either in a nosedive or
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  Speaker 10: it's about to go into a nosedive. I'm not sure
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  Speaker 10: about that. But the point being, they don't have much
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  Speaker 10: time left before this plane is going to crash. Fortunately,
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  Speaker 10: they get those two out of the cockpit. There were
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  Speaker 10: other pilots on the plane that were probably transiting to
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  Speaker 10: some other flight they're picking up. One of them jumps
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  Speaker 10: in and is able to stabilize the plane. Now, I'll
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  Speaker 10: tell you after talking to some of my aviation expert friends.
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  Speaker 10: that pulling a commercial plane out of a nosedive is
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  Speaker 10: not an easy thing to do because they're not fighter jets.
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  Speaker 10: We see them flipping around and going up and down.
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  Speaker 9: You can't do that with a commercial plane. They're not designed.
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  Speaker 10: If you pull them up too quickly, the G-force could
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  Speaker 10: potentially rip the wings off the plane.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we know that the rudder was damaged.
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  Speaker 10: And the rudder was majorly damaged. He or she that
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  Speaker 10: jumped in there clearly are heroes. to be able to
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  Speaker 10: pull the plane up at a certain pace but not
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  Speaker 10: too fast, to level it out and then fly it
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  Speaker 10: to Saudi Arabia and land it. So it's just everything clicked,
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  Speaker 10: as I mentioned earlier, because the odds are we would
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  Speaker 10: have been having a different conversation today.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, especially with that nosedive. So I was watching– On
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  Speaker 1: Fox News and they had Bibi Netanyahu on there. And
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  Speaker 1: the guy who actually went into the cockpit before the
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  Speaker 1: pilots even got in there apparently was a plumber.
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  Speaker 11: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And he's the one who pulled the plane out of
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  Speaker 1: a nosedive. He said he saw it on a TV
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  Speaker 1: show and that's how he knew what to do. I mean, like, well,
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  Speaker 1: it's just crazy that he was able to do that.
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  Speaker 1: And then they came in and were able to safely
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  Speaker 1: land the plane. So the guy's been arrested, the attacker
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  Speaker 1: who was the co-pilot. Do we know who he is?
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  Speaker 6: No.
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  Speaker 9: I mean, an Israeli official said.
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  Speaker 10: Yesterday that he was an Omani national, which means he's
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  Speaker 10: from Oman, the country. And that doesn't really help you
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  Speaker 10: a whole lot because you can imagine you're in the
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  Speaker 10: Middle East, right?
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  Speaker 9: And so a lot of the pilots are going to
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  Speaker 9: be from the Middle East.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 9: The important question is, what is this, Amy?
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 10: Is this a terrorist event or is this a suicide?
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  Speaker 10: I'll tell you, if we had more time, we could
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  Speaker 10: talk at length about the number. It's not a big number,
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  Speaker 10: but the number of pilots that have decided to kill
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  Speaker 10: themselves and everybody else.
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  Speaker 9: That's on the plane. And could it be that? We'll
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  Speaker 9: have to see.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: OK, well, I know that you're out of time, but
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  Speaker 1: I hope that we get to talk about this more
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  Speaker 1: as more details come out, because I think it's fascinating and, again, miraculous.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Brad Garrett, ABC's crime and terror analyst. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I just, I am, as more details about that came out,
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  Speaker 1: I was just astounded. And that a plumber goes into
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  Speaker 1: the cockpit. It's like a movie.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't even seem like any of those events could
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  Speaker 2: actually work, but they all did.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah. Well, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And that the pilot was able to open the cockpit
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  Speaker 1: door after he'd been stabbed several times. And then there's
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  Speaker 1: still some, how did a knife get in there? Or
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  Speaker 1: was it a knife?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Was it something because you know they have a an
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  Speaker 1: axe in the cockpit it's a safety thing right so
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  Speaker 1: was it that or how did he get a knife
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  Speaker 1: through security this so there's a lot of questions a
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  Speaker 1: lot of things will be coming out we'll find out
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  Speaker 1: more we'll find out who this person is.
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  Speaker 2: And that rudder is broken i mean you look at
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  Speaker 2: the pictures of it the plane shouldn't have been able
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  Speaker 2: to even land any You know, at all.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's amazing. Again, it's a miracle. And wow, it's
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  Speaker 1: I'm so happy that we're not reporting on a tragedy
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  Speaker 1: about that this morning. Let's get back to some more
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  Speaker 1: of the stories coming out of the KFI 24 hour newsroom.
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  Speaker 1: A court approved execution of a woman in Tennessee didn't
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  Speaker 1: go off without a hitch. Krista Pike is still alive
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  Speaker 1: and in the hospital.
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  Speaker 12: A federal court filing by her attorneys says that Wednesday
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  Speaker 12: night's execution did not happen as expected. describing the situation
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  Speaker 12: as a stunning development after the U.S. Supreme Court had
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  Speaker 12: cleared the way for the state to carry out the
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  Speaker 12: death sentence. According to the filing, witnesses reported that both
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  Speaker 12: syringes containing the lethal injection drugs had been given, yet
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  Speaker 12: Pike remained alive and appeared to be snoring. Her lawyers
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  Speaker 12: further claimed that she had not lost consciousness, still had
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  Speaker 12: a detectable heartbeat, and that the curtains to the execution
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  Speaker 12: chamber had been lowered twice during the procedure. Mark Mayfield,
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  Speaker 12: KFI News.
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  Speaker 1: New York Governor Kathy Hochul says Cornell University has agreed
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  Speaker 1: to open an independent investigation into how the school handled
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  Speaker 1: what a former student alleges was a gang rape at
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  Speaker 1: a frat house in 2024. Hochul says the allegations raise
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  Speaker 1: questions about Cornell's campus culture. and whether the university is
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  Speaker 1: doing all it can to protect students.
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  Speaker 8: Investigation of what exactly transpired in terms of the civil
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  Speaker 8: actions and what the role Cornell University played, what they did.
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  Speaker 9: What they didn't do.
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  Speaker 1: The student known as Jane Doe filed a complaint, but
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  Speaker 1: no charges were brought. She is now suing. The death
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  Speaker 1: of actor Chad Lowe and producer Kim Painter's 13-year-old daughter
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  Speaker 1: is putting a conversation about teen mental health back in focus.
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  Speaker 13: The cause of Fiona Lowe's death has not been released,
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  Speaker 13: but her family encouraged anyone struggling with mental health to
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  Speaker 13: seek help. Sherry Sinowelski with D.D. Hirsch Mental Health Services
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  Speaker 13: says parents should make a point of checking in.
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  Speaker 11: Might be a conversation that they might use to open
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  Speaker 11: up a discussion. You know, what might you do if
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  Speaker 11: you're feeling like this.
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  Speaker 13: She says parents should also make sure kids know they
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  Speaker 13: have someone to turn to.
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  Speaker 11: And if you don't feel comfortable talking to me, who
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  Speaker 11: is another trusted adult that you might go to?
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  Speaker 13: And she emphasizes anyone struggling with mental health can call
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  Speaker 13: or text 988. Heather Brooker, KFI News.
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  Speaker 1: And the White House is apparently planning to block CNN
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  Speaker 1: from carrying out its previously scheduled television pool coverage of
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  Speaker 1: President Trump today.
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  Speaker 8: According to The Hill, administration officials will not allow CNN
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  Speaker 8: to serve as the pool outlet, despite a federal judge's
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  Speaker 8: ruling last week that lifted.
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  Speaker 1: A ban against the network.
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  Speaker 8: So no pool camera will accompany the president during his
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  Speaker 8: trip to Texas and Oklahoma. The move marks the latest
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  Speaker 8: in an ongoing dispute between the Trump administration and the
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  Speaker 8: Warner Brothers Discovery-owned news network. Two weeks ago, Trump barred
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  Speaker 8: reporters from CNN and MSNBC and Politico.
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  Speaker 1: From working at the White House.
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  Speaker 8: Tammy Trujillo, KFI News.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, guess what? It's Halloween time at the Disneyland Resort.
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  Speaker 1: KFI wants to give you a chance to experience the
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  Speaker 6: L.A.
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  Speaker 1: Mayor Bass has signed an ordinance requiring LAPD officers to
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  Speaker 1: use their body-worn cameras to record federal enforcement of immigration law.
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  Speaker 1: Police will be required to ensure proper reporting and evidence
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  Speaker 1: collection in case of claims reported. of unlawful conduct. The
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  Speaker 1: Trump administration has announced another $ 11 million in disaster relief
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  Speaker 1: for California. It'll go toward recovery efforts for nearly 6,000
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  Speaker 1: people affected by the Palisades and Eton wildfires and the
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  Speaker 1: winter storms of 2023. Officials say FEMA has already provided
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  Speaker 1: nearly $ 24 million for case management services across the disasters.
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  Speaker 6: L.A.
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  Speaker 1: County Supervisor Catherine Barger applauded the announcement yesterday. More of
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  Speaker 1: California's high school students are taking the SAT. Data from
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  Speaker 1: the college board shows nearly 139,000 students in the class
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  Speaker 1: of 2026 took this SAT. That's up more than 12.5%
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  Speaker 1: from last year. It's the largest gain in three years.
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  Speaker 1: The test still is not required for admission to UC
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  Speaker 1: and CSU schools, but they are considering reinstating it. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: so last night was the debate between Javier Becerra, And
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  Speaker 1: Steve Hilton, obviously the Democrat and the Republican, running for
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  Speaker 1: governor of California. And I'm not sure if you watched it.
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  Speaker 1: It was nationally televised on CNN, which I think was
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  Speaker 1: a good thing because hopefully more eyes got on it.
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  Speaker 1: Because they're talking about this election season. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: the candidates aren't debating at all. These guys are doing
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  Speaker 1: it once. And personally, I think they should do it
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  Speaker 1: more because... you know, with these 30 second answers, you
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  Speaker 1: don't really get to delve into stuff. Although I do
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  Speaker 1: think that there was some good back and forth between
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  Speaker 1: the candidates last night. And I think that CNN did
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  Speaker 1: a pretty decent job of letting them kind of go
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  Speaker 1: at each other because they're supposed to take turns talking,
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  Speaker 1: but they would, they let them have a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of back and forth. So maybe a little bit of
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  Speaker 1: actual debate. Obviously there was a lot of finger pointing, but,
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  Speaker 1: Here's my overall impression. And tell me if you disagree
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  Speaker 1: or agree. And this is not partisan. I'm not coming
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  Speaker 1: from a Republican or a Democrat position. It's just my observations.
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  Speaker 1: I think that Javier Becerra said the right things. But
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  Speaker 1: I don't think he backed it up. And Hilton called
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  Speaker 1: him out on a couple of those things. Hilton made
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  Speaker 1: some great points yesterday. but he wasn't able to drive
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  Speaker 1: them home. So I was sort of expecting Hilton to
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  Speaker 1: kind of come at him more like an attack dog.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think that he necessarily did that. Hilton had
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  Speaker 1: some numbers. He made some good points. But again, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know that it was a home run for him.
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  Speaker 1: And did you notice, watching the debate back and forth,
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  Speaker 1: that Becerra wouldn't look at Hilton? It was really kind
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  Speaker 1: of weird. And I was like, is it because he's disinterested?
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  Speaker 1: Does he have a problem with eye contact? But I
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  Speaker 1: kept coming back to that because I noticed it a lot.
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  Speaker 1: There were some things that they talked about, obviously, and
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  Speaker 1: they could have talked about them a lot more, like
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  Speaker 1: I said, with the numbers. Or they say, I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to fix this, but they don't say how. And one
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  Speaker 1: of the things that they talked about was housing costs,
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  Speaker 1: which Steve Hilton says is out of control in California.
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  Speaker 14: The average new home in California is subject to $ 200, 000
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  Speaker 14: in government fees and regulations. I'm announcing tonight that I
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  Speaker 14: will cap that at $ 50, 000.
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  Speaker 1: Which would be nice. So there's some specifics, right? But
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  Speaker 1: Becerra says the way to address high housing costs is
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: just to cut red tape.
• 17:52
  Speaker 15: I've said already that we have to at least double
• 17:54
  Speaker 15: the rate of building of homes.
• 17:57
  Speaker 4: How much can we do?
• 17:57
  Speaker 16: It just depends.
• 17:58
  Speaker 4: How much red tape can we cut?
• 18:00
  Speaker 15: How fast can we try to expand down payment assistance programs?
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: And Hilton's response to that was saying that you're going
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: to cut the red tape, but you're the party that
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: put the red tape in place in the first place.
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: So I do, like I said, I think Hilton had
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: some good points, but Sarah said some great things. We're
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: going to build more houses. We're going to do this.
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: We're going to help with affordability. And then they talked
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: about tax cuts. Tax cuts proposed by Hilton came up first,
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: but Sarah says they just won't work.
• 18:30
  Speaker 15: Steve Hilton is talking about making taxes, not just $ 150, 000,
• 18:33
  Speaker 15: but he's got a plan to give the wealthiest Californians
• 18:37
  Speaker 15: a 40% tax cut.
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: Hilton says his plan will help working people, not the
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: richest people.
• 18:42
  Speaker 14: We need to bring jobs back to California. Right now,
• 18:45
  Speaker 14: because of your policies, we have the highest poverty rate
• 18:48
  Speaker 14: and the highest unemployment rate in America. That's because high
• 18:52
  Speaker 14: taxes have driven business out.
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: Becerra is leading Hilton by a pretty hefty margin. So
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: the big question is, does it even make any difference?
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: I think the last poll I saw was 33% for
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: Hilton and 58% for Becerra, or maybe it was 53
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: and 38, but it's a hefty lead. And I think
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: that part of the problem with California here, We were
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: having this discussion yesterday is can't we just get out
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: of our own way? It doesn't matter if there's a
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: D or an R next to your name. It's are
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: you going to do something different to help fix the state?
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: And I wish people would think about that before they
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: think about I'm only going along party lines. I voted
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: both sides over my career, over my life. I listen
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: to the candidates or try to and see which candidate
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: is going to do more for us. We'll see what happens. Again,
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: it's the only debate. I wish they would have done more,
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: but they did do this one. And I think that
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: that's a good thing. Elections less than five weeks away.
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: A student at Franklin High School in Highland Park has
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: fallen to his death from a fourth floor balcony. The
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: school was locked down yesterday after the boy's death. Classmates
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: say the kid was a senior. Police are investigating the
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: circumstances surrounding the fall. Video posted online appears to show
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: two students fighting inside a classroom as a teacher attempts
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: to step in. One of the students is knocked to
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: the floor, then crawls out of the classroom. Witnesses told
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: KTLA that student later went over the railing. The lithium
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: batteries involved in a fire at a Metropolitan Water District
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: plant in Laverne have been packaged up and removed from
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: the site. The MWD says the fire department looked at
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: the storage boxes and deemed that they are inert and
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: do not pose a risk. Battery cells from the storage
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: unit that were not deemed inert were taken away. Officials
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: say two other storage units on the southwest side of
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: the complex were out of service and will remain non-operational
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: for the foreseeable future. Now, because of that battery mishap,
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: the La Verne City Council has declared a state of emergency.
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: Residents wanted to know why they weren't informed of an
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: environmental hazard near their homes. Laverne City Manager Ken Domer
• 21:13
  Speaker 4: says MWD is a separate governing entity.
• 21:16
  Speaker 17: We don't have say over their location of such battery
• 21:21
  Speaker 17: energy storage systems. My understanding, the assistant general manager said
• 21:24
  Speaker 17: there was environmental work done. They were going to be
• 21:27
  Speaker 17: looking at what documentation and what type of CEQA action
• 21:31
  Speaker 17: was taken and make that available to the public at
• 21:34
  Speaker 17: a later date.
• 21:34
  Speaker 4: That disaster proclamation also included assistance with claims not satisfied
• 21:38
  Speaker 4: through MWD's process. Mark Rauner, KFI News.
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: A second teachers union is suing California for delaying billions
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: of dollars in school funding.
• 21:49
  Speaker 12: The California Teachers Association filed a lawsuit this month. Unions
• 21:53
  Speaker 12: say nearly $ 6 billion was delayed, labeled as a sort
• 21:56
  Speaker 12: of IOU. The state says that such delays are normal
• 22:00
  Speaker 12: until tax money arrives. A second union, the California Federation
• 22:03
  Speaker 12: of Teachers, has joined the lawsuit. Officials say schools shouldn't
• 22:07
  Speaker 12: rely on unpredictable funding. Unions want nearly $ 4 billion paid
• 22:11
  Speaker 12: for 2025-26 and a halt to future delays. Last year,
• 22:16
  Speaker 12: nearly $ 2 billion was delayed. Mark Mayfield, KFI News.
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: Workers at Phil's Coffee locations in Glendale and Torrance are
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: among employees at four California stores who have voted to unionize.
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: They'll be joining the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: The union says the employees at the stores will have
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: the opportunity to negotiate over wages, benefits, scheduling, workplace protections,
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: and other working conditions. Buying a car is about to
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: become a more transparent experience in California. A new lodge
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: assigned by Governor Newsom will require dealers in the state
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: to provide the full price of a vehicle up front.
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: and give used car buyers three days to return a vehicle.
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: It also requires dealers to disclose that add-ons are optional,
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: you don't have to get them, and prohibits them from
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: offering add-ons that actually provide no value to the customer. Hey,
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: we're talking about the governor's debate last night. Does it
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: make a difference? Why do people only vote along party lines?
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: And we had somebody hit us up on the talkback
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: about that.
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: Hey, Amy, this is Hal from Hemet. I remember when
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: I first started voting, my grandfather told me, it doesn't
• 23:30
  Speaker 3: matter who you pick as long as you pick the
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: person you think can do the job best and most effectively.
• 23:38
  Speaker 9: Right.
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: That's what I think you should do. Vote for the
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: person you think is going to do the best job,
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: not just necessarily the person who's in your party. Here's
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: what we're following in the KFI 24-hour newsroom. Drivers in
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: the Southland could soon see a little relief at the pumps.
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: as gas prices get closer and closer to all-time record highs.
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: Governor Newsom has authorized the switch to cheaper winter blend
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: fuel a month earlier than usual. Analysts say California's gas
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: prices will probably be at least 15 cents per gallon
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: lower in about a week. That'd be nice. The price
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: of a gallon of gas in L.A. County is averaging $ 6.
• 24:18
  Speaker 13: 44 a gallon.
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: It's up to $ 6. 41 in Orange County, $ 6. 33 in the I.E.
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: I just paid $ 6. 59 yesterday.
• 24:28
  Speaker 4: Ugh, painful.
• 24:29
  Speaker 5: L.A.
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: Mayor Bass has signed an ordinance requiring LAPD officers to
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: use their body-worn cameras to record federal enforcement of immigration law.
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: The law also sets the stage for possible fees on
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: property owners who provide staging areas or site control for
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: federal immigration agents. The Dodgers are going to be hot
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: on Saturday, no matter what happens at the game. Game
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: one of the National League Division Series. is this Saturday,
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: and because the Padres won their wild-carved series against the
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: Cubs with a 4-1 win last night, the game is
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: going to be played at 1 p.m. right in the
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: middle of the day at Dodger Stadium. If the Cubs
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: had won, the game would have been played at 6 p.m.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: And as we've been telling you this morning, the heat
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: is on. It's going to be hot this weekend. Speaking
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: of something that's very hot and very fun, it's Halloween
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: time at the Disneyland Resort. KFI wants to give you
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: a chance to experience the frightful fun. A Happiest Halloween
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: has returned to Disney California Adventure and Disneyland Park now
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: through October 31st. Don't miss out on all the fiendishly
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: tasty treats and thrills for one and all. And keep
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: listening to Wake Up Call and all of KFI this week.
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: We've got a chance for you to win a four-pack
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: of one-day, one-park tickets to the Disneyland Resort. Disneyland at Halloween,
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: it's got Clay Dancing. I love it. I love the colors.
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: I love all the food. They have so many fun treats.
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: It's delicious and delightful. Oh, I like that. Delicious and delightful.
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: Here's what's coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. A
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: medical helicopter has crashed off the coast of Catalina Island.
• 26:08
  Speaker 12: It happened just after takeoff, which was a little before
• 26:10
  Speaker 12: 8 p.m. The Reach Air Medical Services helicopter was near
• 26:14
  Speaker 12: a helipad at Pebbly Beach near Avalon. KTLA says two
• 26:18
  Speaker 12: people were killed and two people were taken to a hospital.
• 26:21
  Speaker 12: The Los Angeles County Fire Department says one person is missing.
• 26:24
  Speaker 12: The helicopter is now under 240 feet of water, so
• 26:27
  Speaker 12: crews won't try to recover the aircraft until the sun
• 26:29
  Speaker 12: is up. Mark Mayfield, KFI News.
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: A local Marine veteran has pleaded no contest to voluntary
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: manslaughter in connection with the death of his eight-month-old son,
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: Milton Paniagua, entered the plea in Norwalk after jurors deadlocked
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: on the more serious charge of murder and assault on
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: a child causing death. They were evenly split on the
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: murder charge. Paniagua was his own lawyer and dressed in
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: his military uniform during the trial. He was sentenced yesterday
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: to 11 years in state prison. Thousands of Westlake residents
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: are expected to gather to find a way forward for
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: the drug and crime ridden MacArthur Park.
• 27:08
  Speaker 7: Founder of California Rising, Raul Claros, says a panel will
• 27:11
  Speaker 7: focus on six priorities for the park on safety, accessibility,
• 27:14
  Speaker 7: and its future. Claros says he expects a huge crowd.
• 27:17
  Speaker 18: Over 40,000 residents that live around MacArthur Park from multiple businesses.
• 27:23
  Speaker 18: On 7th Street, 8th Street, Wilshire, to come and speak
• 27:26
  Speaker 18: up for MacArthur Park Westlake.
• 27:28
  Speaker 7: The priorities up for discussion include creating safe, clean vending areas,
• 27:32
  Speaker 7: opening the Westlake Theater, supporting an iron rod gate, and
• 27:35
  Speaker 7: keeping sidewalks clear and ADA accessible. The town hall is
• 27:38
  Speaker 7: set for Tuesday, October 13th. Michael Crozier, KFI News.
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: Time to get in your business as we do each
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: weekday morning at this time. Say good morning to Bloomberg's
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: Dan Schwartzman. Morning, Dan.
• 27:51
  Speaker 19: Good morning, Amy.
• 27:52
  Speaker 12: How are you?
• 27:53
  Speaker 14: Good.
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: Hey, we just got unemployment numbers. They're looking pretty decent.
• 27:59
  Speaker 19: This is kind of a strange numbers thing here. The
• 28:02
  Speaker 19: latest job market figures show the fewest number of job
• 28:05
  Speaker 19: cuts for any September since 2022. That's a core now
• 28:08
  Speaker 19: placement from Challenger Green Christmas.
• 28:11
  Speaker 17: U.S.
• 28:11
  Speaker 19: Companies announced just over 43,000 job cuts, a near 20
• 28:15
  Speaker 19: percent decrease from a year earlier. Now, at the same time, Amy,
• 28:18
  Speaker 19: the report shows the weakest September hiring intentions in In
• 28:22
  Speaker 19: 15 years, companies expected to bring in about 91,000 workers.
• 28:26
  Speaker 19: So kind of the good and bad in this report.
• 28:29
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: And then the unemployment claims dipped to 197,000, which.
• 28:35
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 28:36
  Speaker 4: Do we believe those, though? I don't know. They'll redo
• 28:38
  Speaker 4: those numbers in a couple of months. We'll see.
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: Oh, they'll redo them. OK, let's put our eyes on
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: Nike because they've got a report coming out today.
• 28:48
  Speaker 19: Yeah, they report earnings later today after markets close. Investors
• 28:51
  Speaker 19: will be looking for continued progress in key areas, such
• 28:54
  Speaker 19: as the running department, as well as the struggling Converse brand,
• 28:57
  Speaker 19: which is really bringing them down. Nike's sales performance in
• 29:00
  Speaker 19: China will also be an area where investors will want
• 29:03
  Speaker 19: to see some significant growth. They've had some really bad
• 29:05
  Speaker 19: quarterly reports recently, and that company seems to just have
• 29:08
  Speaker 19: stagnated at this point.
• 29:10
  Speaker 6: Okay.
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: We were just talking about how gas prices in California
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: might come down because we're going to switch to the
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: less expensive winter blend. But that might not do it
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: because gas prices appear to continue to go up.
• 29:25
  Speaker 19: Yeah, here's the problem. Drivers could be seeing even higher
• 29:27
  Speaker 19: prices at the pump soon because gasoline stockpiles have fallen
• 29:31
  Speaker 19: to their lowest level in 12 years. Americans are already
• 29:35
  Speaker 19: paying a record high seasonal average with the price nationally
• 29:38
  Speaker 19: at $ 4.
• 29:38
  Speaker 6: 41.
• 29:39
  Speaker 4: A gallon.
• 29:40
  Speaker 19: That's according to AAA. I can't believe what I don't
• 29:42
  Speaker 19: even want to ask you what it is in California
• 29:44
  Speaker 19: right now.
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: I just paid $ 6. 59 a gallon yesterday. What?
• 29:48
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 29:49
  Speaker 4: For regular?
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: I have to use premium. So it would have been what?
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: $ 6. 39 for the regular.
• 29:56
  Speaker 19: I put in about three days ago $ 4. 98 for premium.
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: $ 4.
• 30:01
  Speaker 10: 98.
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: That is $ 4.
• 30:03
  Speaker 4: 65. And here's the problem.
• 30:08
  Speaker 19: Historically speaking, gasoline stockpiles often reach their yearly lows in
• 30:12
  Speaker 19: early November. So we're like a month ahead right now
• 30:14
  Speaker 19: and very little gasoline stockpiles.
• 30:16
  Speaker 4: This could get very bad.
• 30:17
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: And home flippers is something I always wanted to do,
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: but apparently it's not quite as lucrative as it once was.
• 30:26
  Speaker 19: No, and did you watch all those home flipping shows
• 30:27
  Speaker 19: back in the day?
• 30:28
  Speaker 4: Oh, yeah. Were you one of those people too?
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: Oh, I love them. I always wanted to do that.
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: I love fixing up stuff.
• 30:34
  Speaker 19: I agree, except it takes a long time, but it's
• 30:36
  Speaker 19: now also less profitable. The real estate analytics firm Adam
• 30:39
  Speaker 19: says the typical profit margin for a home flipped in
• 30:42
  Speaker 19: this year's second quarter was 21.5% compared to just over 27.5%
• 30:44
  Speaker 19: in last year's second quarter. In dollar terms, flippers earned
• 30:46
  Speaker 19: just over $ 60, 500 in the second quarter this Of this year,
• 30:54
  Speaker 19: that's compared to $ 71, 000 the year before. Still pretty good, though,
• 30:57
  Speaker 19: if you think about $ 61, 500 a flip.
• 31:02
  Speaker 4: I'll take that.
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: I'll take that flip.
• 31:04
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: Bloomberg's Dan Schwartzman, getting in your business as we do
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: each weekday morning. Always a pleasure. We'll talk to you soon.
• 31:11
  Speaker 4: Sounds good, Amy.
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: All right, thanks. Time flies. Speaking of flying, we're going
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: to be talking with Jenny Broussard from Friends of Big
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: Bear Valley in just a second. We have a wake-up
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: call listener, obviously out on her morning walk, which I love,
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: weighing in about the one and only debate between Javier
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: Becerra and Steve Hilton. Good morning, Amy.
• 31:31
  Speaker 5: I actually did watch the debate last night and found
• 31:33
  Speaker 5: Becerra to be very flat.
• 31:35
  Speaker 10: But thanks for pointing out the fact that he didn't.
• 31:38
  Speaker 9: Even look at Hilton.
• 31:39
  Speaker 5: I didn't catch that.
• 31:40
  Speaker 16: However, I did catch the 29 times he mentioned Trump
• 31:43
  Speaker 16: and the fact that he blamed Trump.
• 31:44
  Speaker 5: For for our state of education.
• 31:46
  Speaker 9: This is ridiculous.
• 31:48
  Speaker 16: Anyway, yes, I'd like another debate, but Becerra ain't.
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: Going to do it.
• 31:53
  Speaker 9: So we're going to have to go off of this one.
• 31:55
  Speaker 5: Have a great day.
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I wish they would debate more too. I'd really
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: like to hear more. Like I said, I think Becerra
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: gave really good answers, but no details. And I think
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: Hilton gave some good details, but didn't really drive the
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: point home. So who wins? And does it change anybody's mind?
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: We'll find out in five weeks. Here's what we're following
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: in the KFI 24-hour newsroom. Southern California bracing for a
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: significant fall heat wave. The National Weather Service calls it
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: a major long-lasting heat wave. Temperatures expected to be 10
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: to 15 degrees above normal starting tomorrow. Some forecasters say
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: temperatures are going to stay abnormally hot through October 15th.
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: At least two people have been killed in the crash
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: of a medical helicopter off Catalina Island yesterday. Authorities say
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: there were five people on board the helicopter last night
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: when it crashed into the waters near Avalon shortly after takeoff.
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: At least two people were airlifted to UCLA Medical Center.
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: Rescue crews will be searching for the wreckage of the
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: helicopter today and one person who is still missing. A
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: new law in California attempts to boost the state's protections
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: against offshore oil drilling. Among other things, it makes it
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: illegal for oil producers to use oil rigs, pipelines and
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: other equipment currently in state waters to support any new
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: federal offshore oil leases. It comes after the Trump administration
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: proposed opening California's entire coastline to offshore oil and gas
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: drilling for the first time in more than four decades.
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: Let's say good morning now to Friends of Big Bear
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: Valley's Jenny Voisard. Good morning, Jenny.
• 33:30
  Speaker 5: Good morning, Amy.
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: Wanting to talk to you this morning because there's a
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: very special celebration for our Jackie this weekend called Wings
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: Over Big Bear Valley.
• 33:44
  Speaker 5: Yes, it starts on Saturday at 10 o'clock and it
• 33:49
  Speaker 5: kicks off with a ceremony led by the U of Aviatum,
• 33:55
  Speaker 5: the San Manuel Nation, which we're looking forward to seeing that.
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: And what can people expect at this celebration?
• 34:04
  Speaker 5: Well, it'll be a gathering of all kinds of different
• 34:09
  Speaker 5: groups and agencies from the area coming together to remember
• 34:15
  Speaker 5: Jackie and reflect on her impact.
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: You know, I'm amazed and I'm guessing you are because
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: you're much closer to it that She she died on
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: it was August 10th. So she died over a month
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: and a half ago. And still the outpouring of love
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: for this eagle is just it's just astounding.
• 34:37
  Speaker 5: I think people are surprised at their own levels of
• 34:40
  Speaker 5: grief that they're feeling. And she died. really touched so
• 34:48
  Speaker 5: many lives across this whole world and she was a
• 34:52
  Speaker 5: beautiful eagle and we miss her yep and that.
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: Is of course thanks to the um the 24-7 live
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: stream of the nest that was um you know that's
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: made possible by you guys at friends of big bear
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: valley because sandy steers of course instrumental in getting that
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: camera up there so we could watch them and watch
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: nature and uh i think Why do you think it's
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: important that people connect to this?
• 35:20
  Speaker 5: Well, it's important for our well-being and our overall health
• 35:24
  Speaker 5: to have a connection with nature.
• 35:26
  Speaker 9: And sometimes it's hard.
• 35:28
  Speaker 5: For us to get out and get that for whatever reason,
• 35:32
  Speaker 5: whether we maybe not be able to walk or maybe
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  Speaker 5: we're just too busy. And so this live stream provides
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  Speaker 5: that connection to nature and it also provides a connection
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  Speaker 5: to others. over a shared love. So all of that's
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  Speaker 5: important for us to feel good.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And then, um, Jenny, do you have any kind of update?
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  Speaker 1: Because we know that, uh, Shadow is still there and
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: he's got a new friend, Katie. And I heard there
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: was maybe a little, uh, little something, something going on
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  Speaker 1: near the nest the other day.
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  Speaker 5: They've been bonding. They defended, uh, together against other eagles.
• 36:08
  Speaker 5: So that's a very important thing. And it also looks
• 36:11
  Speaker 5: like Shadow may have tried, uh, to mate with her,
• 36:16
  Speaker 5: but she clearly didn't know what he was doing. And
• 36:20
  Speaker 5: he kind of did a funny little like leapfrog move,
• 36:24
  Speaker 5: like kind of pretended like he was trying to do
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  Speaker 5: that on purpose. Like I really meant to land on
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  Speaker 5: this branch. It was kind of funny.
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  Speaker 16: We'll see.
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  Speaker 5: We'll, we'll keep watching and see what happens, but you know,
• 36:35
  Speaker 5: she's only four and a half, so she's got a
• 36:37
  Speaker 5: little ways. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Now normally don't they, don't they start mating a little
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: bit later? Is this kind of early in the season?
• 36:46
  Speaker 5: This is a little early for Shadow. It could be that,
• 36:52
  Speaker 5: you know, everything is new this season, so we're not
• 36:55
  Speaker 5: quite on the same schedule as normal. He usually is
• 36:58
  Speaker 5: kind of grumpy until about December, but we did notice
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  Speaker 5: that while he didn't really want to do a bunch
• 37:05
  Speaker 5: of beaky kissing, he was nipping her tail feather the
• 37:09
  Speaker 5: other day, too, and they've been pushing together and roosting
• 37:12
  Speaker 5: close by each other, so... This season, the schedule that
• 37:17
  Speaker 5: we've come to know is going to be different. And
• 37:20
  Speaker 5: so we just have to watch and see what happens.
• 37:23
  Speaker 5: And the journey is unfolding right in front of us
• 37:27
  Speaker 5: every day. So it's fun and interesting and we're happy
• 37:31
  Speaker 5: for Shadow.
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. And we won't forget Jackie, but we know that,
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: you know, life does go on and it is fun
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: to see Shadow grow. with the next chapter in his life.
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: So we'll continue to watch and we'll be able to,
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: thanks to Friends of Big Bear Valley. Jenny, I know
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: that you guys are a nonprofit. Just want to mention,
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: if people want to donate to help support you and
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: what you do for wildlife, where.
• 37:55
  Speaker 6: Do they go?
• 37:57
  Speaker 5: You can find us at friendsofbigbearvalley.org. Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 5: We've been fighting to protect and preserve the wildlife in
• 38:06
  Speaker 5: the area for 25 years, and you can donate on
• 38:09
  Speaker 5: our website. Thank you so much.
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: You got it. And are you still out of the
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: Jackie Strong t-shirts? I know that I was going to
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: go get one, and they immediately sold out.
• 38:18
  Speaker 5: They immediately sold out. I do not know about a
• 38:23
  Speaker 5: second order, but I will find out.
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 38:26
  Speaker 5: Thank you.
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: And again, the celebration is where and when, in case
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: you want to make the trip up the mountain and
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: go remember Jackie on Saturday.
• 38:34
  Speaker 5: We'll have a link on our socials probably today. You
• 38:39
  Speaker 5: can search Wings over Big Bear. You can find out
• 38:42
  Speaker 5: information from it. But it'll begin at 10 o'clock at
• 38:48
  Speaker 5: the Mountain Ski Resort in Big Bear. And it will go.
• 38:54
  Speaker 5: They'll have... ceremonies and booths and things during the day.
• 38:58
  Speaker 5: And then the following day, there's ways that you can
• 39:01
  Speaker 5: explore and check out different places in the area and
• 39:06
  Speaker 5: the beautiful valley.
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: It is gorgeous. I love Big Bear. Jenny Bossard, Friends
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: of Big Bear Valley, thank you so much for the info.
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: And I hope everything goes great this weekend. I love
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: that you're doing this for Jackie.
• 39:17
  Speaker 5: Thank you so much, Amy. Take care.
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: All right. Take care. Let's get back to some of
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: the stories coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. A
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: federal judge has approved the settlement with California and 11
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: other states, allowing the merger of Paramount. and Warner Brothers
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: Discovery to go through. Paramount chairman and CEO David Ellison
• 39:35
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• 39:40
  Speaker 1: become co-CEO of the combined company when the merger closes.
• 39:45
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• 39:49
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  Speaker 1: the combined businesses. The deal is supposed to close October 6th.
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: California's economy continues to outpace the nation in economic growth.
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: That's according to the latest UCLA Anderson forecast. The September
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: forecast shows California economy grew at an annual rate of
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: 3.7 percent in the first quarter of 2026. That's compared
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: with a national rate of 2.1 percent. California's unemployment rate, though,
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: remained at 5.1 percent for August. That's the highest of
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: any state and one percentage point above the national rate.
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: A new report shows a growing demand for skilled trade workers.
• 40:30
  Speaker 16: The report shows although there are 1.7 million skilled trade
• 40:33
  Speaker 16: jobs across the U.S., there's a lack of workers being trained.
• 40:37
  Speaker 16: It shows for every 100 jobs that need to be filled,
• 40:40
  Speaker 16: only 55 workers are trained.
• 40:42
  Speaker 5: We have to do a better job designing programs that
• 40:46
  Speaker 5: really enable workers to complete them.
• 40:50
  Speaker 16: In California in particular, there are 70,000 skilled trade apprentices,
• 40:53
  Speaker 16: but only 48% finish their training. The companies behind the study,
• 40:58
  Speaker 16: including Ford, Google, and Carhartt, are trying to raise awareness
• 41:01
  Speaker 16: to help close the gap. Eileen Gonzalez, KFI News.
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: Echo Park's Swan Boats will continue glowing Dodger Blue through
• 41:11
  Speaker 1: the playoffs. The company that operates the Swan Boats in
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: Echo Park Lake Extended its LED illuminated night rides activation
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: for all Dodger playoff games, both home and away. Starting
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: with the postseason opener. That is this Saturday. The Dodgers
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: play game one of the National League Division Series at
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: Dodger Stadium against the San Diego Padres. Wait, is that right?
• 41:41
  Speaker 4: Ann's not here. We don't know.
• 41:42
  Speaker 3: I know.
• 41:43
  Speaker 9: Okay.
• 41:43
  Speaker 1: Well, the Dodgers are playing.
• 41:44
  Speaker 10: Are they?
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: The Padres won their wild card. So are they playing
• 41:48
  Speaker 1: each other?
• 41:49
  Speaker 17: Yes.
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: Okay. Thank you. Neil Saavedra. And oh, that voice you heard,
• 41:54
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• 41:56
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• 42:01
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• 42:05
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