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Happy Election Day! · 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.
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  Speaker 2: Early risers, come on down. It's time for Wake Up Call.
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  Speaker 3: And here's the host of your Wake Up Call, Amy.
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  Speaker 4: King.
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  Speaker 1: It's 5 o'clock straight up. This is your Wake Up
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  Speaker 1: Call for Tuesday, November 3rd. A much anticipated day.
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  Speaker 5: Good morning.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Amy King. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: it is election day. Are you ready for the ads
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  Speaker 1: to be over? Yes. You know, we and we got
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  Speaker 1: lucky because in California, I don't think we got bombarded
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  Speaker 1: nearly as much as in some other states.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the battleground states were.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Just like back to back to back to back to back.
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  Speaker 1: But it's almost over. Just one more day of it.
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  Speaker 1: And we got lots going on today. So let's get
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  Speaker 1: right to it, shall we? Here's what's ahead on Wake
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  Speaker 1: Up Call. Polls in California at hundreds of voting locations
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  Speaker 1: open at 7 a.m. They'll be open until 8 o'clock tonight.
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  Speaker 1: 14 statewide propositions will be decided along with governor of
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  Speaker 1: California and a bunch of other races. As long as
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  Speaker 1: you're in line by 8 p.m., you can cast your ballot.
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  Speaker 1: You can also drop off your mail-in ballots if you've
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  Speaker 1: already got them filled out. Prosecutors say they want the
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  Speaker 1: Sheriff's Department to conduct additional investigation before deciding whether to
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  Speaker 1: file criminal charges against four people arrested in connection with
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  Speaker 1: a fire in Old Town Newhall that destroyed a theater,
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  Speaker 1: a popular restaurant, and other businesses. One of the men
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  Speaker 1: arrested owns Gary's Collision Center, which is one of the
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  Speaker 1: businesses that burned in the fire in August. Federal scientists
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  Speaker 1: say there is an 83% chance this year's El Nino
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  Speaker 1: will be the strongest on modern record, which dates back
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  Speaker 1: to the 1950s. That means warmer than normal ocean temperatures
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  Speaker 1: and a greater risk of extreme waves, storm surge and flooding.
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  Speaker 1: Two more rounds of king tides are also expected along
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  Speaker 1: Southern California's coast near Thanksgiving and Christmas. So on Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: the DOJ was denied its request to stop the certification
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  Speaker 1: of the Alaska election if the Republican didn't win because
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  Speaker 1: of decoy Dan. You know that whole story. Yesterday, the
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  Speaker 1: Supreme Court turned back another DOJ election issue. ABC's Peter
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  Speaker 1: Haralumbus is going to join us in just a couple
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  Speaker 1: of minutes to tell us about the big loss and
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  Speaker 1: how it affects California. So Election Day can be Well,
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  Speaker 1: just stressful, right? Are you feeling wound up, anxious, jittery,
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  Speaker 1: nervous about the election results? Are you constantly scrolling to
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  Speaker 1: see what's happening next? Well, we have some surefire ways
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  Speaker 1: to eliminate your election anxiety. Seriously, I got a pitch
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  Speaker 1: for this. It's a real thing. And that's coming up.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to help you get... Nice and relaxed for
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  Speaker 1: your election day. The McRib just back at McDonald's.
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  Speaker 2: I had one yesterday, my first one of the season.
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  Speaker 1: And did you enjoy it?
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  Speaker 6: I loved it.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, of course.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know, no good thing goes unpunished or whatever
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  Speaker 1: they say because someone's already suing over the McRib. KFI's
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  Speaker 1: national correspondent Rory O'Neill is going to join us to
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  Speaker 1: tell us what that's all about. Could it be that
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  Speaker 1: there are no ribs in the McRib? We'll find out.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get started with some of the stories coming out
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  Speaker 1: of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. The two candidates in the
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  Speaker 1: race to be the next governor of California have made
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  Speaker 1: their final pitches to voters ahead of the election. Democrat
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  Speaker 1: Javier Becerra has focused on the high cost of living,
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  Speaker 1: which he blames on the Trump administration's policy.
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  Speaker 4: But this is California, where no problem is too great
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  Speaker 4: to solve.
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  Speaker 1: That's why I'm running to deliver a California we can afford.
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  Speaker 1: Republican Steve Hilton has made one last push to try
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  Speaker 1: to convince Democratic voters to back him.
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  Speaker 4: The cost of.
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  Speaker 2: Everything, through the roof, are you really going to vote
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  Speaker 2: for four more years of that just because you can't
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  Speaker 2: bring yourself to vote Republican?
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  Speaker 1: Whichever one of them is elected will have to send
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  Speaker 1: his first state budget proposal to the legislature just a
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  Speaker 1: week after taking office. The Supreme Court has denied a
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  Speaker 1: request by the Trump administration to hear its dispute over
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  Speaker 1: possible non-citizen voters in California.
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  Speaker 2: A Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel and an L.A.
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  Speaker 2: federal judge have rejected the DOJ's attempt. LMU Loyola law
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  Speaker 2: professor Jessica Levinson is an expert on election law, constitutional law,
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  Speaker 2: and the Supreme Court, and she calls the DOJ's argument far-fetched.
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  Speaker 7: Claiming that this federal law that says non-citizens are not
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  Speaker 7: eligible to vote, that that gives the federal government, frankly,
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  Speaker 7: extraordinary power to basically reach into a state and say,
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  Speaker 7: you should segregate out certain ballots.
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  Speaker 2: She predicted this attempt would wind up the same as
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  Speaker 2: the previous ones. Mark Rahner, KFI News.
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  Speaker 1: Again, we're going to be talking with ABC's Peter Haralambous
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  Speaker 1: more about this in just a minute. A preliminary hearing
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  Speaker 1: date has been set for the woman accused of slamming
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  Speaker 1: her SUV into a Metro bus in Chatsworth, killing two people.
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  Speaker 1: Bailey Rios is facing two counts of second-degree murder for
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  Speaker 1: the crash in September. She was in court in a
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  Speaker 1: wheelchair yesterday and remains in jail on over $ 4 million bail.
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  Speaker 1: A KNBC News helicopter crashed while covering the bus collision,
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  Speaker 1: killing the pilot and a reporter, and a man on
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  Speaker 1: the ground. And the smell of gas will soon be
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  Speaker 1: missing from Disneyland's Autopia.
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  Speaker 8: The man who designed the original opening day attraction in
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  Speaker 8: 1955 says the dirtiest place on Earth is Autopia.
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  Speaker 2: Bob Gurr says he.
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  Speaker 8: Saw a model of the new Autopia car, and it
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  Speaker 8: will be electric, but very different from the conventional idea
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  Speaker 8: of a battery in a car. A state-mandated deadline will
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  Speaker 8: retire the gas-powered vehicles by February 1st, or the whole
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  Speaker 8: ride will be shut down. Honda says after the electric
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  Speaker 8: remodel takes place... It'll still be along for the ride
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  Speaker 8: as the sponsor until at least the end of its
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  Speaker 8: current deal in 2027. Honda's only all-electric vehicle of its own,
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  Speaker 8: the Prologue, will be discontinued next month. Michael Trozier, KFI News.
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  Speaker 1: I've been saying that for years. Every time I walk
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  Speaker 1: by the Autopia, I'm like, why are they not being innovative?
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  Speaker 1: They need to go electric on these cars. I miss
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  Speaker 1: that sound, though.
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  Speaker 2: That little lawnmower sound. Oh, that's right.
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  Speaker 1: The sound is going to be gone. Electric cars don't
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  Speaker 1: sound cool.
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  Speaker 6: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Let's say good morning now to ABC's Peter Haralambous. So, Peter,
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  Speaker 1: yesterday we found out that a judge sided against the
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  Speaker 1: DOJ in its efforts to stop the certification of Alaska's
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  Speaker 1: vote if the Republican incumbent didn't win. It's the whole...
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  Speaker 1: decoy Dan thing. And today we're finding out that the
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  Speaker 1: DOJ also lost a vote fight in California.
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  Speaker 4: That's exactly right. A resounding series of losses. This one
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  Speaker 4: goes all the way up to the Supreme Court. The
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  Speaker 4: DOJ asking the court to step in with that injunction,
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  Speaker 4: hopefully ordering California, they said, to segregate 20,000 ballots The
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  Speaker 4: court promptly rejected it within hours. They didn't explain their
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  Speaker 4: decision and there were no noted dissents. But notably, they
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  Speaker 4: never even asked for a response or a reply related
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  Speaker 4: to that. to interfere in this upcoming election. As you
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  Speaker 4: well know, this has been a weeks-long legal fight out
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  Speaker 4: of California. The DOJ alleged, without really showing its work,
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  Speaker 4: that there were 20,000 people in California who were receiving
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  Speaker 4: mail-in ballots. The later analysis of that database of numbers
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  Speaker 4: kind of signaled that it was rife with errors. More
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  Speaker 4: than four in ten of the names flagged weren't actually
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  Speaker 4: on the state's voter rolls. They originally sent the list
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  Speaker 4: to California. Los Angeles officials, even though only a small
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  Speaker 4: portion of them were actually in Los Angeles. Really, a
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  Speaker 4: list ripe with errors that the DOJ continued to assert
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  Speaker 4: was proof of voter fraud. The Supreme Court ultimately not
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  Speaker 4: letting them step in here.
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  Speaker 1: OK, so, Peter, now that the Supreme Court said, no,
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  Speaker 1: we're not interested, is there anything more to be done
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  Speaker 1: or is this done, done?
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  Speaker 4: It's never really done, if you think about it. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: in this case, one, if there is some kind of
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  Speaker 4: contested election result in California, I'm sure we're going to
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  Speaker 4: see this come back up again as evidence that the
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  Speaker 4: DOJ claims there was some kind of voter fraud. We'll
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  Speaker 4: see if there's a contested election in which that can
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  Speaker 4: actually be an issue. And on top of that, the
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  Speaker 4: DOJ continues to threaten state and local officials with prosecution
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  Speaker 4: if they allow a non-citizen to vote. We also got
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  Speaker 4: news this morning from the Department of Justice. They announced
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  Speaker 4: what they're calling the largest election monitoring effort in history,
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  Speaker 4: sending out roughly a thousand folks across the country in
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  Speaker 4: all 50 states to monitor elections. This is something we
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  Speaker 4: see normally as an effort to kind of prevent civil
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  Speaker 4: rights violations, though given this recent tone and tenor of
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  Speaker 4: the DOJ related to voter fraud, there are concerns about
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  Speaker 4: this potentially being weaponized in some way. In California alone,
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  Speaker 4: we understand that there are going to be election monitors
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  Speaker 4: from the federal government in Los Angeles, Alameda, Sacramento, and
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  Speaker 4: San Diego, according to this press release from earlier this morning.
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  Speaker 1: And then in response to that, the Democrats are sending
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  Speaker 1: out their own set of monitors, I think, in nine
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  Speaker 1: states to monitor the monitors.
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  Speaker 4: That's exactly right. And your governor being particularly insistent that
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  Speaker 4: these election monitors should not interfere in any of this,
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  Speaker 4: saying in a post this morning, if you interfere with
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  Speaker 4: our voters, you'll be charged with a felony. It doesn't
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  Speaker 4: matter who gave you the order. If you meddle with
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  Speaker 4: California elections, California will come for you.
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  Speaker 1: Interesting. And I think the other interesting side note, Peter,
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  Speaker 1: is that even if the election in California is contested.
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  Speaker 1: for some reason, and don't get me wrong, I think
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  Speaker 1: that we should only have, you know, citizens voting, but
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  Speaker 1: the Democratic majorities are so big in California. 20,000, even
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  Speaker 1: if all of them were non-citizens, it probably wouldn't make
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  Speaker 1: any difference.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's not like you guys are a swing state.
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  Speaker 4: But I guess in light of particularly the L.A. mayoral
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  Speaker 4: election where Spencer Pratt lost, I think that kind of
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  Speaker 4: was the spark that ignited some of this debate. At
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  Speaker 4: least in the federal governments where there was this allegation
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  Speaker 4: ultimately unproven of some kind.
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  Speaker 9: Of irregularity or voter fraud that led to his loss.
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  Speaker 9: So I think that was the genesis of that, though
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  Speaker 9: we're not really going to see many hotly contested elections
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  Speaker 9: and races where the margin would be so small with it.
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  Speaker 9: Of course, California election officials insist, though, non-citizens do not
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  Speaker 9: vote in elections. On top of that, we know from
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  Speaker 9: past elections it's remarkably uncommon. And then just to add on,
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  Speaker 9: it's worth saying that election fraud is a very traceable crime, right?
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  Speaker 9: If you are found to be a non-citizen who voted,
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  Speaker 9: there is a very extensive paper trail kind of walking
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  Speaker 9: through how that crime was committed. It creates a really,
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  Speaker 9: you know, very small incentive to commit the crime. And
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  Speaker 9: on top of that it's, you know, a high likelihood
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  Speaker 9: of getting caught. That's why we see it so exceedingly
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  Speaker 9: rare across the country. Really, in any state, if you
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  Speaker 9: look back at the last, really, 50 years of elections,
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  Speaker 9: it's remarkably uncommon.
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  Speaker 10: All right.
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  Speaker 1: ABC's Peter Harlambus. Thanks so much. Happy Election Day.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks so much, Amy.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
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  Speaker 1: of the 24-hour newsroom from KFI. Control of Congress, of course,
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  Speaker 1: on the ballot this Election Day. Democrats are cautiously optimistic
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  Speaker 1: about their prospects as they watched Republicans spend the campaign's
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  Speaker 1: final stretch dumping tens of millions of dollars into states
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  Speaker 1: and districts that President Trump easily won two years ago.
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  Speaker 1: They're hoping high prices in the war in Iran will
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  Speaker 1: suppress Republican turnout and drive Democratic voters to the polls.
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  Speaker 1: Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters says he's optimistic about
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  Speaker 1: the midterms, but he says he's not relying on the polls.
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  Speaker 1: Gruters says he's waiting until the votes come in tonight.
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  Speaker 11: Everything comes down to turnout.
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  Speaker 3: If our voters turn out, if they believe that the
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  Speaker 3: American dream is still alive and well for themselves or
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  Speaker 3: their children, they'll come out and vote and they'll vote red.
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  Speaker 1: Gruters adds he is confident voters will keep the Republican
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  Speaker 1: majority in the House and the Senate. A former pilot
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  Speaker 1: has questioned why those flying the Learjet that crashed in
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  Speaker 1: Palm Beach County, Florida, decided to take off in the
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  Speaker 1: first place. The crash on Sunday killed all nine people
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  Speaker 1: on board. Matthew Buckley, who flew in the military before
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  Speaker 1: becoming a pilot for FedEx and American Airlines, says the
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  Speaker 1: weather should have led the pilot to cancel the flight.
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  Speaker 1: He says it should not have been a hard decision.
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  Speaker 1: The FAA and the NTSB are investigating the crash.
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  Speaker 4: The U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Has launched limited strikes on Iran in response to Iranians
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  Speaker 1: using surface to air missiles against the U.S. in the
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  Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz. Iranian state media reports explosions being heard
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  Speaker 1: on two islands in the Strait and in the nearby
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  Speaker 1: mainland area. It comes as mediators push for a deal
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  Speaker 1: to end the war. President Trump said yesterday that a
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  Speaker 1: peace deal with Tehran could still happen, but Iran has
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  Speaker 1: insisted its conditions must be met. Some popular snack bars
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  Speaker 1: for kids have been recalled because the FDA says they
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  Speaker 1: could form a dry, sticky mass. That might be hard
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  Speaker 1: to swallow. ABC's Michelle Franzen says the organic tractor wheels
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  Speaker 1: bars are made by Once Upon a Farm. The company
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  Speaker 1: is voluntarily recalling all flavors due to a potential choking hazard.
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  Speaker 1: The FDA warning consumers to throw them out. The FDA
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  Speaker 1: has received reports of choking and kids ending up in
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  Speaker 1: the hospital. Three men lost at sea for months on
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  Speaker 1: a small boat have been rescued by villagers in the
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  Speaker 1: South Pacific. Four other people are still missing. The U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Coast Guard in Guam has confirmed that the skiff with
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  Speaker 1: nine people on board was reported missing after it failed
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  Speaker 1: to return to Rue Island in Micronesia back on July 30th.
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  Speaker 1: It was supposed to be a rather routine trip between islands,
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  Speaker 1: but the boat got caught in a storm and never
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  Speaker 1: made it. And it is the great American debate. Is
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  Speaker 1: it too soon for Christmas? ABC's Will Gans says in
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  Speaker 1: the last week, never too early for Christmas searches on
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  Speaker 1: TikTok are up a thousand percent.
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  Speaker 2: Christian Black runs the largest Christmas store in Texas under
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  Speaker 2: one roof.
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  Speaker 12: It's just starting earlier and earlier.
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  Speaker 2: As for this year's tinsley trends, great for anyone spending
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  Speaker 2: the holidays home alone.
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  Speaker 1: Christmas is 52 days away, but A lot of jingle
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  Speaker 1: bell junkies have already started to deck the halls. I'm
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  Speaker 1: a one holiday at a time person. So now I'm
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  Speaker 1: decorating for Thanksgiving.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I always forget about Thanksgiving.
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  Speaker 4: I know.
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  Speaker 1: So you put away the spooky stuff and you leave
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  Speaker 1: the pumpkins and the autumn colors out.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: When we come back, election day is here and it
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  Speaker 1: can be so stressful. We have some surefire ways to
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  Speaker 1: eliminate your anxiety on this election day. Really?
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  Speaker 3: Really.
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  Speaker 12: You're listening to Wake Up Call On Demand from KFI
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  Speaker 12: AM 640.
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  Speaker 1: I started my day with a new oatmeal. Oatmeal is
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  Speaker 1: kind of my thing because it's super easy and quick
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  Speaker 1: and I usually love it. And I love the maple
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  Speaker 1: and brown sugar flavor. And today I tried the kind
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  Speaker 1: with flaxseed. Thought that would be good. It sucks. Not
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  Speaker 1: at all happy about my choice of oatmeal this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Just so you know, in case you're about to go
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  Speaker 1: grab some oatmeal off the shelves. Here's what we're following
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  Speaker 1: in the KFI 24-hour newsroom. Early voting in Orange County
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  Speaker 1: has fallen short of numbers from the presidential election two
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  Speaker 1: years ago, but has far outpaced midterm election voting from
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  Speaker 1: four years ago. About 35 percent of registered voters in
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  Speaker 1: the county had turned in ballots by yesterday. Registrar of
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  Speaker 1: voters Bob Page says that pace is significantly below the
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  Speaker 1: presidential election in 2024, but much higher than 2022. Two
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  Speaker 1: men in L.A. have pleaded not guilty to federal charges
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  Speaker 1: in connection with a string of 7-11 robberies across Southern California.
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  Speaker 1: Prosecutors say the thieves used the jaws of life to
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  Speaker 1: break into ATMs. The pair was arrested in early October
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  Speaker 1: after they allegedly robbed two 7-11s in L.A. They're suspected
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  Speaker 1: in at least 20 robberies and attempted robberies dating back
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  Speaker 1: to February.
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  Speaker 6: Six L.A.
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  Speaker 1: Firefighters are going to be honored for heroism and outstanding service.
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  Speaker 1: At the LAFD Foundation's annual Valor Awards, Fire Chief Jaime
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  Speaker 1: Moore will preside over the event at Dodger Stadium on Friday.
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  Speaker 1: It recognizes firefighters for life-saving actions and heroic rescues, both
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  Speaker 1: on and off duty. Always good to honor our firefighters.
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  Speaker 1: At 6.05, it's Handle on the News. Of course, it's
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  Speaker 1: Election Day. There's a surge in early voting, but today
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  Speaker 1: is the decision-maker at the polls. Bill's going to tell
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  Speaker 1: you about that. It is Election Day, of course. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm wondering, are you stressed out?
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  Speaker 2: Are you anxious?
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  Speaker 1: Are you feeling jittery? Are you worried about what will
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  Speaker 1: possibly happen depending on who wins the race? This anxiety
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  Speaker 1: can be just too much for a person.
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  Speaker 2: We have a solution.
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  Speaker 4: A cat? No.
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  Speaker 1: So apparently there is a counselor and founder of the
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  Speaker 1: brain-body therapy, Rio Wilson. And she has tips for us
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  Speaker 1: on how to move election anxiety out of our bodies.
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  Speaker 1: So if you just can't handle it, here you go.
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  Speaker 1: Take a walk the moment election stress hits. Get up,
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  Speaker 1: take a walk, even if it's just around the block
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  Speaker 1: or down the street. Number two, put the news on
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  Speaker 1: a 15-minute budget. Rio says capping news and social scrolling
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: at 15 to 20 minutes a day, ideally in one
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: sitting with a timer on. When the timer goes off,
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: you put your phone in another room and you walk
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: away like you mean it.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: It can be stressful just scrolling.
• 18:02
  Speaker 5: Yes.
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: Trade your scroll for a set. Maybe a set of
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: jumping jacks, a set of squats. Your legs are in
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: a much better place. Then the group chat. Turn your
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: bathroom into a spa. Just run a warm bath and
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: a few drops of lavender oil. Leave the phone outside
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: the door and let the water do the work. If
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: you have a shower, turn off the overhead lights and
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: shower by the glow of a single candle to reduce
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: your election stress. I do like this one. Get under
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: a weighted blanket on results night. Your body will thank
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: you for the steady, calming pressure. I do love a
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: heavy blanket.
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: Especially when it's cold.
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: Which is not here, but that's okay. Here's another tip.
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: Stretch before you scroll. What you do first thing in
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: the morning sets the tone for the whole day. So
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: if you're just getting out of bed right now, before
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: you open any apps, roll out of bed into five
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: minutes of stretching. Save the headlines for after your morning coffee.
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  Speaker 4: Amen. Amen.
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: I love this one.
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: Move with someone no matter who they voted for. Election
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  Speaker 1: season can strain relationships with family and friends and coworkers.
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: Rio's connection pillar is all about sharing movement with the
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: people who matter. So try an after-dinner walk with your
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: family with one simple rule. No politics until the second mile.
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: You can fight on the way home.
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: Or get left out in the wilderness.
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: And most importantly, for tomorrow morning, book a recovery morning.
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: Treat the morning after Election Day like a spa appointment.
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: with a slow stretch, a long warm shower and a
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: real breakfast before you check a single headline. Rio causes
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: recoveries as it helps you carry less of the election
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: into the weeks that follow. There you go.
• 20:03
  Speaker 4: Okay.
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: I feel more relaxed already. I just think it's funny.
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: And God bless him for doing this, but this is
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: a real thing. You guys, relax. Here's some more of
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: the stories coming out of the KFI 24-Hour Newsroom. California
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a coalition of 27 states, counties,
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: and cities in opposing the EPA's proposal to rescind its
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: 2015 finding that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel power
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: plants drive climate change and endanger public health and welfare.
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: Bonta says if approved, it would eliminate and prevent regulation
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: of those emissions. The 2015 finding acknowledged that fossil fuel
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: power plant emissions significantly contribute to the pollution that's changing
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: the climate. A program to boost smaller TV and movie
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: productions has been extended in LA.
• 20:55
  Speaker 13: Film LA, the film office for the city and county
• 20:58
  Speaker 13: of Los Angeles, has announced it will continue accepting applications
• 21:01
  Speaker 13: without interruption for its low-impact permit pilot program. Operation of
• 21:06
  Speaker 13: the pilot program was slated to be complete by October 31st.
• 21:09
  Speaker 13: During the pilot's first six months from April 27th through
• 21:12
  Speaker 13: October 31st, Film LA issued 422 low-impact permits, which officials
• 21:17
  Speaker 13: say saved hundreds of filmmakers more than $ 400, 000 in combined
• 21:22
  Speaker 13: fees compared with standard permit pricing. Debra Mark, KFI News.
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: The daughter of Michael Jackson is pushing to have $ 600
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: million from her father's estate. Transferred into a family trust,
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: lawyers for Paris Jackson claim the estate has generated billions
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: of dollars since the singer's death in 2009. Paris Jackson
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: says she and her siblings were supposed to get monetary
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: distributions starting when they turned 21. A spokesperson for the
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: estate says other legal problems need to be addressed first,
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: including IRS claims that the government is owed $ 700 million
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: in taxes and penalties. A hearing is set for next month.
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Grove.
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: The shopping center's 100-foot-tall white fir tree arrived from Northern
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: California yesterday. The tree lighting is scheduled for Monday, November 16th.
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: It'll be hosted by Lance Bass, along with the lighting.
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: The Grove will see its first snow, fireworks, a drone show, and,
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: of course, the arrival of Santa Claus.
• 22:23
  Speaker 12: You're listening to Wake Up Call On Demand from KFI
• 22:26
  Speaker 12: AM 640.
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: Hey, if you missed our tips on how to get
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: rid of your election day anxiety, you can listen anytime
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app. It's apparently a real thing. My
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: favorite tip is crawling under a warm blanket.
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: I could do that any night.
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: I know, right? Okay. Will wants to know where the
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: freebies are for election day, of course.
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: There's donuts.
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: There's donuts. Krispy Kreme gives you a donut. I think
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: you have to have your I voted sticker, though, so
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: hopefully you didn't throw it away when you filled out
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: your ballot, Will.
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: I know.
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: Lyft is offering 50% off a ride to a polling
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: place if you want to do that. Metro's offering free
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: rides today.
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: Everywhere, yeah.
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: And today's National Sandwich Day, so a bunch of sandwich
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: shops have deals for their club members like Subway and
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: Jersey Mike's, that kind of stuff. There's where your freebies are.
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: Here's what we're following in the KFI 24-hour newsroom. It
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: is midterm day. Voters in California are going to decide
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: on 14 propositions, including voter ID and the billionaire's tax.
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: The next governor of California is on the line, as
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: is the next mayor of L.A. Polls open at 7 a.m.
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: They'll be open for in-person voting or ballot drop-off until
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: 8 p.m.
• 23:38
  Speaker 4: The U.S.
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's 11th hour request
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: for California to set aside more than 20,000 ballots that
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: could potentially have been cast by non-citizens. The justices didn't comment.
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: They just turned down the request, which effectively ends the
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: challenge to the votes. Dodge is returning to the NASCAR
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: Cup Series in 2027, which is a year earlier than
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: first planned. The Stellantis-owned Dodge brand will join Chevrolet, Ford,
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: and Toyota-made cars for the 36th race scheduled that begins
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: in mid-February and crowns a champion in early November. Here's
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: what's coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. The race
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: for mayor of L.A. is wrapping up with the candidates
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: slugging it out on their last full day of campaigning.
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: They both covered a lot of ground Monday. One stop
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: for L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman was to talk to
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: voters at UCLA.
• 24:28
  Speaker 13: Young people who are moving to the city who want
• 24:31
  Speaker 13: to build their life here.
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: She said Mayor Karen Bass's City Hall wasn't allowing for that,
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: while Bass claimed Raman had no support inside City Hall.
• 24:38
  Speaker 8: How is she going to govern the city when we're
• 24:41
  Speaker 8: 600 plus days away from the largest sporting event to
• 24:44
  Speaker 8: take place in U.S.
• 24:45
  Speaker 4: History?
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: That would be the Olympics. The race is so tight
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: that it's unlikely we'll see a winner declared tonight. Jason Aithenson,
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: KFI News.
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: It's unlikely we're going to see any declarations tonight in California,
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: but we will. You know, Gary and Shannon are covering
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: your election night. We've got reporters. Around California, we've got
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: reporters all over the country watching all the election results,
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: so keep it right here on KFI Tonight starting at
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: 6 for full election night coverage. A measure to extend
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: or end a countywide sales tax for transportation projects is
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: on the ballot in Riverside County. Measure A originally went
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: into effect in 1988. Voters are now going to decide
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: if the half-cent retail and use tax should be allowed
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: to expire in 2039 or remain in place until voters
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: decide otherwise. Backers of the measure say if the tax expires,
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: the county would face some serious transportation funding issues. The
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: owner of the World Series champion Milwaukee Brewers is being
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: sued for stealing sand in Malibu. A neighbor claims that
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: the brewer's owner, Mark Atanasio, not sure if I'm saying that, Atanasio,
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: has used excavators to dig up sand from Broad Beach
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: and then has been taking it back to his house
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: as part of an ongoing construction project. The neighbor says
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: that sand belongs to the public. A status hearing on
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: the lawsuit is scheduled for today. 250,000 mini American flags
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: will soon be placed on the graves of U.S. veterans
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: at the Riverside National Cemetery. I love this tradition. It's
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: an annual ritual to commemorate Veterans Day, November 11th. The
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: flags are being installed this Saturday. Garden Grove-based Honoring Our
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: Fallen says anyone who wants to help out is welcome
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: to participate. The Flag for Every Hero event will start
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: at 8 a.m. Saturday, and staging is near the Cemetery
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: Amphitheater in case you want to go volunteer. Time to
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: get in your business as we do each weekday morning
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini. Happy Election Day, Denise.
• 26:46
  Speaker 6: Yeah, good morning. I love your story about what to
• 26:49
  Speaker 6: do to relax and just chill tomorrow morning. And I'd
• 26:53
  Speaker 6: like to hear all those things again, but particularly, I
• 26:56
  Speaker 6: really like the music.
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: Oh, yes, we put that together special.
• 27:01
  Speaker 6: Yeah, that was a beautiful thing.
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you. The other one I like is
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: that go out and go for a walk with somebody.
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: no matter who they voted for. And then you have
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: to agree that you can't talk about politics until the
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: second mile.
• 27:14
  Speaker 6: The second mile. If you make it to the second mile.
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: Right?
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 27:18
  Speaker 12: All right.
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: Let's get into business. How Apparently, some Disney employees aren't
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: going to make it in the Disney universe for much longer.
• 27:26
  Speaker 6: Sources say thousands of job cuts are coming to Disney.
• 27:32
  Speaker 6: Managers are being asked to target 20% in annual cost savings.
• 27:37
  Speaker 6: Some of that will be job cuts. Some of that
• 27:39
  Speaker 6: will be expense reductions. And some of Disney's operations will
• 27:43
  Speaker 6: be affected disproportionately. When you think about this, you'll understand
• 27:47
  Speaker 6: the shift that's happening. They want to reinvest a portion
• 27:50
  Speaker 6: of the savings from that 20% cuts into film. TV, tech,
• 27:56
  Speaker 6: and the theme parks and cruise ship businesses. So all
• 28:00
  Speaker 6: sort of the consumer-facing businesses, but not everybody.
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: Well, I vote for it all to go to the
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: theme parks. I don't think that's going to happen, but
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: that's what I'd.
• 28:09
  Speaker 8: Like to see.
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  Speaker 10: I knew you would.
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: I know, right?
• 28:10
  Speaker 6: That could be a great thing to do the day after.
• 28:14
  Speaker 12: You're right.
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: Disneyland on the day after elections. I like that idea.
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: It's sort of a mixed bag for Apple. What's going on?
• 28:22
  Speaker 6: Well, you know, this is the first quarterly report under
• 28:24
  Speaker 6: the new CEO, John Ternes, but they've got some problems
• 28:28
  Speaker 6: tightening profit margins. They are predicting sales growth of 7%
• 28:33
  Speaker 6: to 10% during the holiday season, so that's great. But
• 28:36
  Speaker 6: gross margins, which is their actual profit, that would be
• 28:39
  Speaker 6: thinner than projected because they have higher costs and expenses
• 28:43
  Speaker 6: as they try to ramp up their new Siri digital
• 28:46
  Speaker 6: assistant system. And sales growth decelerated. The numbers from iPad, wearables, business,
• 28:52
  Speaker 6: those are disappointing. So it's not great at Apple. And,
• 28:55
  Speaker 6: of course, we had a lot of problems with tech
• 28:58
  Speaker 6: last week. So we do have tech stocks higher this morning,
• 29:01
  Speaker 6: unlike yesterday. But Dow is lower on this election day.
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: So we'll see.
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: Okay. This is very interesting. GLP-1 is all the rage.
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: And now a Chinese tech company is testing something.
• 29:16
  Speaker 6: So they're targeting obesity or fighting obesity with an electronic
• 29:21
  Speaker 6: GLP-1 device. This is a company called BrainCo. It's a
• 29:25
  Speaker 6: wearable device that they claim can suppress appetite by stimulating
• 29:29
  Speaker 6: your brain. It aims to bring this device to market
• 29:32
  Speaker 6: in the next couple of years. They will unroll it
• 29:36
  Speaker 6: apparently in China first, then unveil it here in the U.S.
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: After.
• 29:40
  Speaker 4: That.
• 29:40
  Speaker 6: And they could release separate versions, a medical version and
• 29:43
  Speaker 6: a consumer version. Presumably the medical version would be more
• 29:47
  Speaker 6: extreme or only use it under medical supervision. It doesn't
• 29:53
  Speaker 6: say exactly what the zap is. I don't think we're
• 29:56
  Speaker 6: talking about Clockwork Orange, but it was a little creepy
• 30:00
  Speaker 6: for me to read about.
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah, anything that has to do with the brain is
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: creepy to me. More hardware stores, I love this, are
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: looking to boost their business with our feline friends.
• 30:12
  Speaker 6: Yeah, they used to be just for pest control. But
• 30:15
  Speaker 6: now hardware stores all over the place have cats basically
• 30:19
  Speaker 6: on the payroll. I was reading about this one cat, Daniel. Basically,
• 30:24
  Speaker 6: Daniel is considered a team member at Shopper's True Value Hardware.
• 30:27
  Speaker 6: That's in Maine. Wall Street Journal says even though he
• 30:30
  Speaker 6: sleeps on the job and leaves food lying everywhere and
• 30:34
  Speaker 6: forces his co-workers to clean up after him, they keep
• 30:36
  Speaker 6: him around because so many people come into their Portland
• 30:40
  Speaker 6: main store just to see Daniel. And then they buy
• 30:43
  Speaker 6: something while they're there. They've got Daniel branded merchandise. including
• 30:48
  Speaker 6: stickers that say, I enjoy romantic walks to the hardware store.
• 30:51
  Speaker 6: Romantic walks to the hardware store to see Daniel. There's
• 30:56
  Speaker 6: a whole social media thing as well with all this,
• 30:59
  Speaker 6: with some, you know, workers wearing bow ties and the
• 31:02
  Speaker 6: cats wear a necktie. Some happy stories where when the
• 31:08
  Speaker 6: cats retire, customers to the stores take them on and
• 31:12
  Speaker 6: adopt them. And I was thinking about it. I mean,
• 31:15
  Speaker 6: you have this in... In Burbank, there's that DIY home
• 31:18
  Speaker 6: center that has those two cats. And then my favorite
• 31:22
  Speaker 6: is Alfie. Have you run into Alfie in Huntington Beach?
• 31:26
  Speaker 6: That's at a Home Depot. So big corporations are getting
• 31:29
  Speaker 6: in on this too. Everybody's in on it.
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 31:32
  Speaker 6: Interesting.
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: I always think having cats around is a good thing,
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: but I'm probably partial. Get in your business as we
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: do each weekday morning with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini.
• 31:41
  Speaker 5: Thanks.
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow.
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: Take care. Stay under that... Weighted blanket.
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: Oh, I will. I will. When we come back. So
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: the McRib is back for a limited time. Will just
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: had his first one yesterday. I just had my first
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: one ever last week. And guess what? There's always got
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: to be controversy. Someone is suing over the McRib. KFI's
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: national correspondent Rory O'Neill is going to tell us about
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: what that is about. Coming up next.
• 32:10
  Speaker 12: You're listening to Wake Up Call On Demand from KFI
• 32:13
  Speaker 12: AM 640.
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: Here's what we're following in the KFI 24-hour newsroom. Voters
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: in L.A. will decide who's going to represent them in
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: the 3rd and 9th District, now that City Council members
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: Bob Blumenfield and Karen Price have termed out. The next
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: mayor of L.A. will be decided between Mayor Bass and
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: Councilwoman Nithya Raman.
• 32:34
  Speaker 4: L.A.
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: Will also elect a new city attorney who will oversee
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: the city's $ 200 million budget. Polls are open from 7 a.m.
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: to 8 p.m. You can vote in person or you
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: can drop off your filled-out ballot. The U.S. has conducted
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: defensive strikes on Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz.
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: Iranian state TV reported that Iranians used surface-to-air missiles against U.S.
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: assets after explosions were heard on two islands in the strait.
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: The strikes, which appeared to be limited as opposed to
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: a full return to hostilities, came on the eve of
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: Election Day here in the U.S. President Trump has previously
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: said the U.S. would not launch strikes on Iran before
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: the midterms. The Powerball jackpot's getting closer to the billion-dollar mark.
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: There were no winners from last night's drawing, at least
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: no jackpot winners. That pushes the jackpot up for tomorrow
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: night's drawing to a whopping $ 835 million, or a $ 358
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: million one-time lump-sum payout. The Mega Millions jackpot for tonight's
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: drawing is $ 482 million. Let's say good morning now to
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: KFI's national correspondent, Rory O'Neill. Rory, I just had my
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: first McRib. It was delicious, but there's issues with it.
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: Well, there are some issues, and actually there's a federal
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: judge has rejected an attempt by McDonald's to have this
• 33:56
  Speaker 3: lawsuit dismissed. They're trying to get this proposed class action
• 34:00
  Speaker 3: lawsuit up and running, saying that McDonald's is defrauding customers
• 34:05
  Speaker 3: about the meat that's used in the McRib. Now, you
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: would think that a McRib has pork rib meat in it,
• 34:12
  Speaker 3: but according to McDonald's, no reasonable consumer could expect the
• 34:16
  Speaker 3: McRib to contain rib meat after all. So what is
• 34:20
  Speaker 3: in it? Well, McDonald's will say a McRib is made
• 34:22
  Speaker 3: of pork. But the people who file in this lawsuit say, yeah,
• 34:25
  Speaker 3: it's pork shoulder, pork stomach, pork intestines, even pork hearts.
• 34:30
  Speaker 9: Yuck.
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: OK, but McDonald's says that that's not true.
• 34:33
  Speaker 3: But was it tasty?
• 34:34
  Speaker 12: Yes, it was.
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: But McDonald's is saying, no, there's no hearts and stuff
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: in there.
• 34:39
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: McDonald's.
• 34:40
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 34:40
  Speaker 3: They're just maintaining, though, that it's pork. So it still
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: leaves a lot of interpretation in there. I think they're
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: trying to shake down exactly what the ingredients are to
• 34:48
  Speaker 3: make up that rib looking like patty that they sort
• 34:52
  Speaker 3: of milled and meshed together. You know, people have been
• 34:55
  Speaker 3: talking to saying, well, you know, they call it a McNugget.
• 34:58
  Speaker 3: Find me the part of a chicken that's a nugget.
• 35:01
  Speaker 3: You know, it's that kind of logic about the way
• 35:03
  Speaker 3: they've named these things.
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: Parts is parts. Remember that Wendy's campaign? What is the nugget?
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: Parts is parts.
• 35:09
  Speaker 12: Yeah.
• 35:09
  Speaker 3: So they made a good point.
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: So it's a class action or potential class action lawsuit.
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: So do we have any idea like how many people
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: might be involved in this and what they're suing for?
• 35:21
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 35:21
  Speaker 3: Right now, it's just four people are on this lawsuit.
• 35:24
  Speaker 3: It's been filed in northern Illinois. On Friday, the judge
• 35:28
  Speaker 3: let a lot let the bulk of the lawsuit move forward. Now,
• 35:31
  Speaker 3: he did dismiss some of the claims, but the heart
• 35:34
  Speaker 3: and soul of it is still moving forward. There are
• 35:37
  Speaker 3: obviously a few more hearings to have, but this is
• 35:40
  Speaker 3: probably something that's going to be taking up an awful
• 35:42
  Speaker 3: lot of time. The plaintiffs say that McDonald's is using
• 35:46
  Speaker 3: the name, the fact that the sandwich is only on
• 35:49
  Speaker 3: the menu at rare times at higher prices to swindle
• 35:54
  Speaker 3: consumers and dupe them into thinking they're getting a higher
• 35:56
  Speaker 3: quality product than they really are.
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: I can't believe that judge didn't throw it out. I mean,
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: just personally. And I shouldn't make judgments. It's not my...
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: place to do that. But it just seems so frivolous. Like,
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: come on. And who's going to get rich on this?
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: Just the lawyers.
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: Just the lawyers.
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: And that's pretty much how it shakes down overall. But
• 36:13
  Speaker 3: it does make you wonder exactly what is in that tasty, tasty,
• 36:16
  Speaker 3: tasty McRib.
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: I don't know, but I like it.
• 36:19
  Speaker 9: Right?
• 36:19
  Speaker 3: Finger licking good.
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: No, that's somebody else. Thank you, KFI's national correspondent, Rory O'Neill.
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: We'll talk to you soon.
• 36:25
  Speaker 4: Thanks, Amy. All right.
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. The gas pump appears to
• 36:30
  Speaker 1: be on the ballot this election. ABC's Rachel Scott says
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: prices are on track to be the highest ever on
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: Election Day.
• 36:35
  Speaker 7: The average price for a gallon of gas, $ 4.
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: 14 a gallon. The average price for diesel right now,
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: $ 6. 29 a gallon.
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: Those are national prices. In L.A. County, a gallon of
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: unleaded regular is $ 5. 98. And in Orange County, it's $ 5. 86
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: a gallon. Prices are down more than $ 0. 40 a gallon
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: in the past few weeks. Governor Newsom has warned people
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: not to help the feds interfere with the election today.
• 37:02
  Speaker 11: Let me speak clearly and directly to anyone thinking about
• 37:06
  Speaker 11: helping him. Newsom says people looking to help President Trump
• 37:08
  Speaker 11: interfere with the election will be held accountable.
• 37:11
  Speaker 2: It doesn't matter who gave the order. Meddling California's election
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: and California will come for you.
• 37:16
  Speaker 11: He says if you get caught, Trump can't help you.
• 37:19
  Speaker 2: Don't count on a pardon. The president can't pardon you
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: out of California justice.
• 37:24
  Speaker 11: Newsom has lawyers on standby and a rapid response team
• 37:27
  Speaker 11: to help what he says prevent voter intimidation. Jason Campadonia,
• 37:32
  Speaker 11: KFI News.
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: LA County DA's office has declined to immediately file charges
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: against four people arrested in connection with a fire that
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: destroyed several buildings in Old Town New Hall. The case
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: has been referred back to the Sheriff's Department for more investigation.
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: One of the buildings that burned in August was an
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: auto shop owned by one of the people arrested. Grocery
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: store refrigerator and freezer systems in Europe have been targeted
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: in a suspected cyber attack.
• 38:00
  Speaker 10: Officials say systems have been malfunctioning in Belgium, Sweden, Ireland,
• 38:04
  Speaker 10: and the Netherlands, along with Estonia. The reported cyber attacks
• 38:08
  Speaker 10: altered the settings of some refrigerator and freezer units, resulting
• 38:11
  Speaker 10: in food spoiling. Several military bases in the U.S. experienced
• 38:15
  Speaker 10: similar attacks in August. These targets appear to have been
• 38:18
  Speaker 10: smaller stores and affected only a limited number of each
• 38:21
  Speaker 10: chain's retail locations. Tammy Trujillo, KFI News.
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: The Dodgers are about to break ground on new fields
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: that will rise from the ashes of the Eaton Fire.
• 38:32
  Speaker 12: Take me out to the ball game. The L.A.
• 38:35
  Speaker 8: Dodgers Foundation says its 69th and 70th Dreamfields are part
• 38:39
  Speaker 8: of the broader effort to restore Farnsworth Park in Altadena.
• 38:42
  Speaker 8: which was severely damaged in the Eaton Fire in January 2025.
• 38:46
  Speaker 8: Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell is expected to be at the
• 38:48
  Speaker 8: ceremony Thursday morning for the $ 1. 4 million project, which includes
• 38:52
  Speaker 8: new irrigation, upgraded playing surfaces, solar-powered scoreboards, and more. The
• 38:57
  Speaker 8: foundation's invested more than $ 21 million since 2003 to refurbish
• 39:01
  Speaker 8: and give more than 400,000 young people access to baseball
• 39:04
  Speaker 8: and softball facilities. Michael Crozier, KFI News.
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: Have a Dodger field just down the street from me.
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: They're all over the place. I love it. I love
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: that the Dodgers are doing that.
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: And that park was amazing back before it burned. It
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: had old buildings on it.
• 39:19
  Speaker 3: So, yeah.
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: And it will be amazing again.
• 39:21
  Speaker 2: Yep.
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: Hey, if you don't want to go to McDonald's, apparently
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: somebody else has something that tastes kind of like a
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: McRib and you don't have to go that far for it.
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: We got hit up on the talk back by Matt.
• 39:35
  Speaker 5: You know, AMPM sells basically the McRib every day, 24-7.
• 39:39
  Speaker 5: They just don't call it a McRib. I don't know what,
• 39:46
  Speaker 5: if you love them so much, just go to AMPM.
• 39:47
  Speaker 5: They're pretty good. And you get to flavor it to
• 39:50
  Speaker 5: your own taste.
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: Okay. Maybe I'll have to try that. Maybe not. I
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: don't know. The only thing I've ever had from like
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: an AM, PM or a 7-Eleven is a hot dog.
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: That's the only kind of food I've ever had from them.
• 40:04
  Speaker 2: Good stuff.
• 40:04
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: Now I want a hot dog.
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: I know.
• 40:06
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• 40:11
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• 40:14
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• 40:16
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