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Going Over the Edge · 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: KFI.
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Speaker 1: And KOST HD2 Los Angeles, Orange County.
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Speaker 3: Early risers, come on down. It's time for Wake Up Call.
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Speaker 4: And here's the host of your Wake Up Call, Amy King.
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Speaker 5: Good morning.
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Speaker 1: Good morning. It's 5 o'clock straight up. This is your
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Speaker 1: wake-up call for Friday, September 25th, 925. I'm Amy King.
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Speaker 1: We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Always love when
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Speaker 1: you tune in on the app. And if you want
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Speaker 1: to weigh in on the Talk Pack, we always love
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Speaker 1: to hear from you, especially on a Friday as we're
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Speaker 1: heading into a beautiful, sunny weekend in Southern California. And
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Speaker 1: today is Dolly Parton Day in California. You know, 925. Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 3: Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 6: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: They have some cool things going for that. A lot
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Speaker 1: of them around reading, libraries, because, you know, the imagination library.
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Speaker 1: She did good things. Did good things. Here's what's ahead
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Speaker 1: on Wake Up Call. Smoke from the 2025 Eaton fire
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Speaker 1: sent toxic airborne contaminants soaring downwind, including lead levels up
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Speaker 1: to 250 times above normal. Findings out of a new
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Speaker 1: study from UCLA show shows pollution returned to more normal
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Speaker 1: levels within about six days once the fire was out.
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Speaker 1: Researchers say they found elevated levels of arsenic, chlorine, bromine,
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Speaker 1: and copper during active burning. Flights in and out of
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Speaker 1: LAX came to a screeching halt for a short time
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Speaker 1: yesterday because of thunderstorm activity in the region. The ground
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Speaker 1: stop was short-lived. Flights started taking off again after less
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Speaker 1: than a half hour yesterday afternoon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
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Speaker 1: Netanyahu says New York City Mayor Zoran Mondani has changed
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Speaker 1: the city for the worse. His comments came during his
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Speaker 1: address to the U.N. General Assembly, in which dozens of
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Speaker 1: delegations walked out. He said it was ironic since Israel's
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Speaker 1: actions against Iran helped protect many of the countries whose
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Speaker 1: delegations left the building. Did his speech make a difference?
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Speaker 1: How was it received? ABC's Jordana Miller in Jerusalem is
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Speaker 1: going to join us. Tell us more about that in
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Speaker 1: just a couple of minutes. The MTV VMAs are coming
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Speaker 1: back to L.A. this weekend. So many letters. What's in store?
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Speaker 1: What to watch? Where to watch? We'll find out from
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Speaker 1: ABC's Will Gans. Plus, it's primetime at the movies. That's
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Speaker 1: coming up a little later on Wake Up Call. Neil
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Speaker 1: and I going over the edge to find, or to find,
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Speaker 1: we don't need to look to find homelessness. We're going
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Speaker 1: to fight homelessness. That's happening in a matter of hours.
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Speaker 1: I'm terrified, but excited. And we need your help to
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Speaker 1: do it and reach our goal because we're raising money
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Speaker 1: to help homeless people find their way home in LA.
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Speaker 1: Get off the streets for good. And I tried something
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Speaker 1: new with Amazon, putting Amazon to the test. Did it
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Speaker 1: pass or did it fail? I'll tell you, coming up.
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Speaker 1: All right, let's get started with some of the stories
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Speaker 1: coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. Another busy day.
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Speaker 1: Temperatures have stabilized in two lithium battery storage units in Laverne,
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Speaker 1: allowing hazardous materials experts to begin de-energizing them. One of
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Speaker 1: the units at the Metropolitan Water Treatment Plant caught fire Tuesday.
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Speaker 1: The one next to it began to overheat, got up
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Speaker 1: to 116 degrees yesterday. Fire crews continued to shoot water
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Speaker 1: at it. Once the units are no longer producing heat,
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Speaker 1: they'll be taken to a hazardous waste site. Hundreds of
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Speaker 1: homes in the area remain under evacuation orders. Laverne Mayor
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Speaker 1: Tim Hepburn says they hope to be able to lift
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Speaker 1: those evacuation orders and let businesses reopen as soon as possible.
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Speaker 2: The sooner we get those open, the better.
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Speaker 7: But we must think about the safety of first of
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Speaker 7: our residents and the safety of our personnel and all
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Speaker 7: of our external personnel that are helping us right now
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Speaker 7: in the situation.
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Speaker 1: A federal judge has postponed ruling on the proposed settlement
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Speaker 1: to allow the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Brothers Discovery.
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Speaker 1: That puts the agreement on hold. California and 11 other
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Speaker 1: attorneys general settled a lawsuit earlier this week. The judge
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Speaker 1: said yesterday she wants more information from the attorneys before
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Speaker 1: deciding whether to approve the proposed consent decree, which would
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Speaker 1: allow the merger to go forward.
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Speaker 8: That's despite expectations.
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Speaker 1: As I mentioned, it's 9 to 5. Dolly Parton Day
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Speaker 1: in California. It's a reference to Parton's hit song, of course,
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Speaker 1: and the 1980 film 9 to 5, which I just
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Speaker 1: watched again. It's really a cute movie. A celebration is
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Speaker 1: being held this afternoon at Cal Marketplace at Grand Avenue
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Speaker 1: and 3rd Street downtown. L.A. County Library branches will also
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Speaker 1: mark Dolly Parton Day in Lomita, West Covina, and Baldwin Park,
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Speaker 1: along with a 4 p.m. screening of the Imagination Library
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Speaker 1: documentary called The Library That Dolly Built. That's happening at
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Speaker 1: the San Fernando Library. At the Santa Monica Pier, the
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Speaker 1: Ferris wheel will light up tonight. It'll be pink with
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Speaker 1: Dolly and We Will Always Love You displayed on the
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Speaker 1: Pacific wheel. It's 5.07 on your wake-up call this Friday morning.
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Speaker 1: Let's say good morning to ABC's Jordana Miller in Jerusalem. So, Jordana,
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Speaker 1: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was center stage at the U.N.
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Speaker 1: General Assembly, and he came loaded for bear. He did.
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Speaker 9: He gave a really defiant, combative speech from the U.N.
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Speaker 9: The diplomats from over 70 countries actually left the hall
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Speaker 9: before he started speaking. which has happened really for many,
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Speaker 9: many years, long before this period of war. But Netanyahu
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Speaker 9: really cast Israel as a country that is embattled, under threat,
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Speaker 9: encircled by enemies. And Netanyahu put himself in the role
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Speaker 9: as the commander-in-chief, as you will, of his country, and
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Speaker 9: that he's determined to win these wars, whether it's against
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Speaker 9: Hamas or Hezbollah or Iran or the Houthis. or the
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Speaker 9: militias that Iran backs out of Iraq and Syria, he
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Speaker 9: painted himself as the general against all of Israel's enemies.
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Speaker 9: And I think what was missing from his speech was
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Speaker 9: any real discussion or talk of peace. of Israel's integration
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Speaker 9: into the region and peace, not just with the Palestinians,
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Speaker 9: which did not get mentioned, but even peace with other
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Speaker 9: Arab nations here in the region. You know, he didn't
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Speaker 9: talk about expanding the Abraham Accords, expanding the circle of peace,
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Speaker 9: even though we know there are some talks going on
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Speaker 9: between Israel and Lebanon and also between Israel and Syria.
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Speaker 9: about hammering out a normalization deal that would bring those
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Speaker 9: technical states of war with Israel to an end. He
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Speaker 9: didn't go there. This was a speech really about war
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Speaker 9: and Israel being in the middle of war and that
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Speaker 9: he is leading that war and he's intent to win.
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Speaker 9: I think a lot of it, Amy, was geared towards
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Speaker 9: Israelis at home he's, you know, Netanyahu is facing a
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Speaker 9: very tough election in a little over a month. He's
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Speaker 9: in a dead heat with the opposition. And I think
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Speaker 9: he was hoping that this speech would help him also
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Speaker 9: with the right wing voter base. You know, Israelis do
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Speaker 9: love when Netanyahu defends their country against the world. And
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Speaker 9: that's what he did. And he also, you know, had
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Speaker 9: a You know, another verbal fight with Mamdani, calling the
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Speaker 9: New York mayor an anti-Semite and accusing him of being
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Speaker 9: responsible for the rise of anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic attacks in
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Speaker 9: New York City. That is the largest Jewish community outside
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Speaker 9: of the state of Israel, right? Two million Jews in
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Speaker 9: New York City and in New York State. So he
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Speaker 9: came down hard on Mamdani there, even on his wife
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Speaker 9: for posting a like to someone's social media post that
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Speaker 9: had praised the October 7th attacks. And he also tried, Amy,
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Speaker 9: to take apart the argument that Israel carried out a
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Speaker 9: genocide in Gaza. And I think, you know, he said
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Speaker 9: this is what he called the greatest lie of the century.
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Speaker 9: And I think if you look at the policy of
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Speaker 9: the Israeli government and the army over the stretch of
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Speaker 9: the war and after Israel, You know, it just does
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Speaker 9: not meet the standards of a genocide. The Israelis consistently
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Speaker 9: moved Gazans in and around the Strip to avoid their
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Speaker 9: direct harm from the war. And even then, there were
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Speaker 9: tens of thousands of Gazans that were killed, innocent Gazans
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Speaker 9: out of the 70,000. But there was a consistent effort
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Speaker 9: and we saw Gazans move in and all around the Strip. So,
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Speaker 9: you know, I think he tried to set the record
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Speaker 9: straight a little bit on that front as well.
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Speaker 1: Here's my question. Does he get through to anyone or
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Speaker 1: do people who are against Israel just stay that way?
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Speaker 1: And what audience does he have if, you know, I
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Speaker 1: think I saw it on Fox. I don't think CNN
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Speaker 1: carried it. And 70 countries walked out.
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Speaker 9: So I think that's a very good point. I mean,
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Speaker 9: Netanyahu is such a divisive leader that some people just
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Speaker 9: tune him out because he's In some cases, he really
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Speaker 9: does distort the truth. And so I don't think he's
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Speaker 9: seen as a very credible leader now. And so if
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Speaker 9: the elections here in Israel change the leadership here, I
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Speaker 9: think maybe some in the anti-Israel camp will listen to
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Speaker 9: Israel's next leader, because I do believe Netanyahu has a
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Speaker 9: credibility problem. There is no doubt about it.
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Speaker 10: All right.
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Speaker 1: Well, we'll be watching to see what happens in about
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Speaker 1: a month with those elections. Jordana Miller in Jerusalem, thank
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Speaker 1: you so much. We'll talk to you soon. Let's get
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Speaker 1: back to some of the stories coming out of the
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Speaker 1: KFI 24-hour newsroom. Turns out there were more suicide attempts
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Speaker 1: on the USS Abraham Lincoln than previously reported.
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Speaker 11: Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Kao says eight assigned
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Speaker 11: to the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during
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Speaker 11: its record long time at sea. Cal responded in writing
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Speaker 11: to questions he got regarding the morale and mental health
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Speaker 11: of the crew after reports of two sailors jumping overboard.
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Speaker 11: Both of them were rescued, and Cal says no attempted
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Speaker 11: suicides resulted in death. At least one military official says
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Speaker 11: eight suicide attempts is incredibly high. They say recent carrier
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Speaker 11: strike group deployments have had one or two per year,
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Speaker 11: but the strain of combat ops is much higher than
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Speaker 11: normal deployments. Michael Crozier, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: The National Hurricane Center says another storm in the Pacific,
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Speaker 1: Hurricane Nolo, could cause catastrophic rainfall in Hawaii.
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Speaker 7: The Big Island is under a hurricane watch while Maui
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Speaker 7: County remains under a flood watch through Saturday afternoon. Maui
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Speaker 7: could receive 5 to 10 inches of rain with the
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Speaker 7: potential of up to 20 inches in certain areas. Emergency
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Speaker 7: officials are positioning high-water vehicles, preparing shelters, and coordinating possible
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Speaker 7: rescues and evacuations. Officials are urging residents and visitors to
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Speaker 7: stock supplies, monitor forecasts, and to stay off the roads
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Speaker 7: during the storm. Mark Mayfield, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: Forecasters say swells generated by Hurricane Polo. Yes, there's a
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Speaker 1: Hurricane Polo and a Hurricane Nolo. They're expected to reach
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Speaker 1: Southern California late Sunday and could bring big waves, coastal flooding,
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Speaker 1: and significant beach erosion by Monday and Tuesday. Hurricane Odalis
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Speaker 1: is also churning off central Mexico and could send smaller
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Speaker 1: southwest swells into southern California waters as early as next Thursday.
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Speaker 1: The National Weather Service says most forecast models show Polo
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Speaker 1: moving northwest before it makes landfall over central Baja, California,
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Speaker 1: where Odalis is expected to start moving slowly north. So
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Speaker 1: many hurricanes in the Pacific.
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Speaker 2: And no Marco.
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Speaker 1: I know. I thought that a hundred times. Thought it
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Speaker 1: a hundred times. More than 12,000 homeless-related fires have been
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Speaker 1: reported in L.A. so far this year. You hear Will
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Speaker 1: telling you about them almost every morning. Data from L.A.
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Speaker 1: Fire Department says it has recorded 12,241 homeless or encampment-related
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Speaker 1: fires between January 1st and September 20th. That averages about
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Speaker 1: 47 homeless-related fires every day in the city. The numbers
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Speaker 1: are actually down about 6% from the same period last year.
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Speaker 1: The temperature inside a lithium battery storage unit in Laverne
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Speaker 1: has stabilized. Fire crews have been dumping water on it
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Speaker 1: around the clock to try to cool it down since
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Speaker 1: a fire broke out in one of the two storage
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Speaker 1: units on Tuesday. About 500 homes are still under mandatory
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Speaker 1: evacuation orders. Air quality monitoring in the area shows no
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Speaker 1: health hazards. A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation
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Speaker 1: to boost Hollywood production by offering federal tax credits for
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Speaker 1: film and television projects made in the U.S. The Motion Picture,
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Speaker 1: Television and Entertainment Revitalization Act would establish a 20 percent
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Speaker 1: tax credit on labor expenses for American workers on qualifying
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Speaker 1: film and TV productions. At 6.05, it's Handel on the
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Speaker 1: news with no handle. He's on vacation, so that means
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Speaker 1: Neil Saavedra steps into the captain's chair for today. Iran's
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Speaker 1: proposed a seven-day plan to end the war. Find out
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Speaker 1: what they want now. Okay, so I told you that
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Speaker 1: I did a little Amazon experiment because I don't do DoorDash.
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Speaker 1: I don't do Grubhub. I don't do, what's the other one?
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Speaker 12: Postmates, Uber Eats.
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Speaker 1: Postmates, Uber Eats. Because the delivery fees are so high
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Speaker 1: and it just seems ridiculous. I think we did it
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Speaker 1: one time when we got chicken wings and it was
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Speaker 1: like $ 40 for like 10 wings. And we went, what
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Speaker 1: in the heck is going on? So I generally don't
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Speaker 1: use those. I don't use the home grocery delivery services.
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Speaker 1: Because again, I just think I'm in the area anyway,
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Speaker 1: just pull over and do my shopping, right? But I
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Speaker 1: do do Amazon Prime all the time, order a ton
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Speaker 1: of stuff. And in fact, I was ordering something because
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Speaker 1: one of my friends was like, Amy, you need to
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Speaker 1: take this protein powder. So I take this collagen peptide something.
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Speaker 1: It's supposed to be good for my nails and my
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Speaker 1: hair and maybe.
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Speaker 2: For my wrinkles.
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Speaker 13: I don't know.
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Speaker 1: We'll see. But anyway, so I was reordering some of that.
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Speaker 1: And then it was, you know, flashing as it does. Hey, suggestions,
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Speaker 1: try this. And I was like, ooh. groceries from Amazon.
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Speaker 2: Interesting.
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Speaker 1: And I had never tried it. So I thought, well,
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Speaker 1: it's included in my prime, right? So why not? So
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Speaker 1: I just did a couple of things. I mean, they
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Speaker 1: don't have everything, but they've got a ton of stuff.
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Speaker 1: And I was like, hmm, I need some avocados. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: I'll get some avocados. And then I was like, oh,
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Speaker 1: and I need a lemon. And oh, look, there's a watermelon.
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Speaker 1: You know what I mean? You're just scrolling around looking.
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Speaker 1: And I was like, oh, yeah, a watermelon would be
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Speaker 1: good to have for the weekend. So I I ordered that,
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Speaker 1: and then I thought, if I'm going to really try
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Speaker 1: this out, you've got to try it with something that's
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Speaker 1: really fragile. And so I ordered eggs.
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Speaker 10: Sure.
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Speaker 1: Are they going to deliver them, and are they going
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Speaker 1: to be in good condition? Are they going to still
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Speaker 1: be cool? And so I placed the order. It got
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Speaker 1: there a couple hours later, and everything was great. No
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Speaker 1: eggs broken. The prices were good.
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Speaker 2: Sure.
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Speaker 1: They weren't any higher than at the grocery store. And
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Speaker 1: because I pay for Amazon Prime— They were delivered free
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Speaker 1: and they tell you when they deliver them so you
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Speaker 1: can run out and pick it up so they're not
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Speaker 1: sitting out in the sun. So I think it was
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Speaker 1: an epic success.
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Speaker 10: Okay.
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Speaker 1: I might try it again. Although I do, I like
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Speaker 1: going to the grocery store and I like perusing the
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Speaker 1: aisles and that kind of stuff. So it's different because
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Speaker 1: it takes away some of the choice, but maybe that's
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Speaker 1: not a bad thing because sometimes there's too many choices.
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Speaker 1: So anyway, if you haven't tried Amazon groceries and you
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Speaker 1: have Amazon prime, Maybe give it a shot.
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Speaker 2: Does the food come from like a Whole Foods?
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Speaker 1: It must come from the Whole Foods.
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Speaker 9: Okay.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, because they're tied to Whole Foods.
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Speaker 9: Sure.
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Speaker 1: But again, the prices were really good. I think I
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Speaker 1: paid like $ 3. 99 for a little mini seedless watermelon.
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Speaker 6: Nice.
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Speaker 1: I was like, that's not bad at all. Gave me
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Speaker 1: watermelon for the weekend. And the eggs were like $ 2. 99
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Speaker 1: or $ 3. 99. They weren't super stupid expensive like I would
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Speaker 1: expect them to be with the home delivery thing. So
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Speaker 1: not bad. We're going over the edge today. Just about
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Speaker 1: seven hours till I repel 26 stories down the side
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Speaker 1: of the Universal City Hilton, you know, that big black
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Speaker 1: building that's along the 101, with no net. Just a
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Speaker 1: really talented group of people who are going to make
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Speaker 1: sure that I get to the ground safely, right? But
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Speaker 1: we need your help to reach our goal. We are
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Speaker 1: still trying to raise money for Union Rescue Mission. And
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Speaker 1: just know that 87 cents out of every dollar donated...
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Speaker 1: goes to programs that actually help people get off the streets,
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Speaker 1: get back on their feet and helps them find their
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Speaker 1: way home. So what Union Rescue Mission does, it's different
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Speaker 1: from a lot of other homeless programs. We all know that,
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Speaker 1: I mean, there's thousands and thousands of homeless people and
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Speaker 1: they're not getting the help they need. They're not getting
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Speaker 1: off the streets. They're getting a meal. They're getting a
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Speaker 1: hotel room for a month and they get kicked back
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Speaker 1: out on the streets. Well, Union Rescue Mission is different.
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Speaker 1: They get them into rehab if they need them. They
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Speaker 1: get them into counseling. They get them education. They do
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Speaker 1: job training and help them get back on track so
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Speaker 1: they can get into permanent housing and hopefully never be
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Speaker 1: homeless again. That's why we support this. Both Neil Saavedra
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Speaker 1: and I are going to go over the edge. And
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Speaker 1: on top of the 87 cents on every dollar, a
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Speaker 1: generous donor this year has agreed to match donations of
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Speaker 1: up to $ 500, 000. So what you donate is doubled and
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Speaker 1: anything you can spare, we certainly appreciate it. U-R-M dot
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Speaker 1: org slash O-T-E. U-R-M dot org slash O-T-E. We're still
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Speaker 1: short on our goal, but we're doing great. But we'd
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Speaker 1: like to do a little bit better. So anything you
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Speaker 1: can spare, please make a donation. We appreciate it. And
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Speaker 1: if you want to join us, you still could. You
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Speaker 1: could still go over the edge, too. Maybe it's a
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Speaker 1: bucket list thing. Maybe you want to rappel off a building.
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Speaker 12: Sure.
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Speaker 1: 231 feet down.
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Speaker 6: Maybe.
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Speaker 1: But if you do, all you need to do is
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Speaker 1: donate $ 1, 000 and you can, you know, get your friends
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Speaker 1: to all pool it and you go over. Or if
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Speaker 1: you have an extra grand hanging around and you want
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Speaker 1: to do it, it is, I will tell you, I'm
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Speaker 1: not going to lie, it is very scary. It's terrifying.
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Speaker 1: But it's also scary. very exhilarating and it's a little
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Speaker 1: bit fun and it it is it.
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Speaker 3: Is a rush are you allowed to have someone up
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Speaker 3: there with you push you a little bit like give
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Speaker 3: you a little shove off the edge.
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Speaker 1: Are you volunteering well culture you know what he said
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Speaker 1: off the air he goes okay so what happens if
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Speaker 1: you're halfway down the building and there's an earthquake.
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Speaker 4: It could happen.
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Speaker 10: It's L.A.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 1: Thanks, Will.
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Speaker 8: I'm sure you'll be fine.
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Speaker 1: URM.org slash OTE. We certainly appreciate anything that you can donate.
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Speaker 1: Hundreds of people have sought medical care following the lineage
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Speaker 1: warehouse fire in Boyle Heights.
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Speaker 5: A new 100-day health snapshot from Ultamed found respiratory diagnosis
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Speaker 5: increased nearly 20 percent, with eye and upper airway irritation
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Speaker 5: up 25 percent.
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Speaker 13: We've seen over 400 people specifically through the mobile unit
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Speaker 13: and through office visits that are really addressing the immediate
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Speaker 13: environmental exposure.
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Speaker 5: Altamed's Dr. Adrian Martinez-Hollingsworth says some effects may emerge or
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Speaker 5: persist well after the fire.
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Speaker 13: From a research perspective, this changes how we need to
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Speaker 13: have surveillance that really tracks the long-term impact of fire exposure.
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Speaker 5: Heather Brooker, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: The woman charged with murder in the bus crash in
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Speaker 1: Chatsworth that killed two people As pleaded not guilty, Bailey
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Speaker 1: Rios was in court yesterday after days of delays. Prosecutors
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Speaker 1: say she was under the influence of drugs and speeding
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Speaker 1: last week when she slammed into the side of a bus.
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Speaker 1: An NBC News helicopter went down while covering that crash.
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Speaker 1: But legal analyst Allison Tresol tells KTLA it's unlikely Rios
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Speaker 1: can be charged for that.
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Speaker 8: There just doesn't seem to be a strong enough legal
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Speaker 8: nexus between the car crashing into the bus and the
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Speaker 8: downing of the helicopter.
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Speaker 1: The pilot, a reporter and a person on the ground
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Speaker 1: were killed in that crash. The California Supreme Court has
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Speaker 1: ruled Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco illegally seized hundreds of
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Speaker 1: thousands of ballots cast during the special election for Prop 50.
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Speaker 1: ABC's Alex Stone says Bianco got a warrant to seize
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Speaker 1: 650,000 ballots in February as part of a voter fraud investigation.
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Speaker 4: Claims were made. The vote count was off by almost
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Speaker 4: 46,000 votes, a claim that was refuted by election officials,
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Speaker 4: but also would not have changed the outcome of the
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Speaker 4: election in Riverside County. At the time, Bianco was running
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Speaker 4: for governor.
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Speaker 1: California sued to block the investigation. Bianco has been ordered
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Speaker 1: to return the ballots and not handle them for any
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Speaker 1: other reason. And it turns out the recent discovery of
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Speaker 1: sea turtle eggs in Huntington Beach and Seal Beach was
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Speaker 1: not a first, as we first thought.
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Speaker 6: It's been revealed that sea turtle eggs were discovered near
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Speaker 6: the Huntington Beach pier over six years ago. That's when
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Speaker 6: two boys found some eggs and took them to a
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Speaker 6: wildlife expert whose office is near the beach. At the time,
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Speaker 6: Debbie McGuire was the executive director of the Wetlands and
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Speaker 6: Wildlife Care Center. She says the eggs were later confirmed
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Speaker 6: to be sea turtle eggs. But it was kept a
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Speaker 6: secret because biologists were worried that the news might bring
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Speaker 6: in lots of foot traffic that would disturb other eggs.
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Speaker 6: This week, McGuire confirmed the story after more sea turtle
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Speaker 6: eggs were discovered. She believes climate change is bringing the
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Speaker 6: turtles further north. Tammy Trujillo, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: It's still very cool, even if it's not the very
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Speaker 1: first time. Little turtles. The woman accused of killing two
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Speaker 1: people when she crashed her SUV into a metro bus
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Speaker 1: in Chatsworth has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and DUI.
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Speaker 1: Prosecutors say Bailey Rios was under the influence of drugs,
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Speaker 1: speeding and ran a red light before the deadly crash.
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Speaker 1: She was in court on a gurney yesterday. She's due
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Speaker 1: back in court November 2nd. President Trump has hosted President
23:34
Speaker 1: Xi Jinping at a state dinner. It's Xi's first visit
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Speaker 1: to Washington, D.C. in over a decade. The dinner was
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Speaker 1: also being attended by U.S. tech executives. CNN says it
23:46
Speaker 1: was denied access to the Chinese president's arrival. despite its
23:50
Speaker 1: reporters being allowed back into the White House earlier in
23:53
Speaker 1: the day. 13 L.A. landmarks will be illuminated at dusk
23:57
Speaker 1: tonight in colorful displays, marking the fifth anniversary of the L.A.
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Speaker 1: Civil Rights Department's L.A. for All and L.A. is for
24:04
Speaker 1: Everyone hate crime prevention campaign. The landmarks include L.A. City Hall,
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Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Zoo, U.S. Bank Tower, the Convention Center,
24:13
Speaker 1: BMO Stadium, Los Angeles Public Library, LADWP's John Ferraro Building
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Speaker 1: and Fountains, and the Port of Los Angeles Clock Tower.
24:23
Speaker 1: Your official home for Dodger baseball is AM570 LA Sports. Tonight,
24:27
Speaker 1: your back-to-back world champion Dodgers take on the Giants in
24:32
Speaker 1: San Francisco. First pitch goes out at 7. You can
24:35
Speaker 1: listen on AM570 LA Sports and stream all the action
24:38
Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app live from the Galpin Ford broadcast booth.
24:43
Speaker 1: Here's some more stories coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom.
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Speaker 10: L.A.
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Speaker 1: Mayor Bass says she and her rival in the race
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Speaker 1: for mayor have very different views on how to deal
24:51
Speaker 1: with homelessness. Bass says Councilwoman Nithya Raman isn't taking the
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Speaker 1: issue seriously enough. Bass tells KFI's Tim Conway Jr. Raman's
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Speaker 1: policy of building more apartments is the wrong option. First
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Speaker 1: of all, I don't think you should be on the street, period, ever.
25:08
Speaker 1: But I don't think that you should be on the
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Speaker 1: street waiting for somebody to build something. Bass says her
25:14
Speaker 1: Inside Safe program is a better way to get people
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Speaker 1: off out of homeless camps and off the streets because
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Speaker 1: it maximizes the use of city owned property for temporary
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Speaker 1: and permanent housing. The L.A. Homeless Services Authority is expected
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Speaker 1: to be kept on as the lead agency for continuum
25:30
Speaker 1: of care and be allowed to access millions of dollars
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Speaker 1: of federal money for homelessness following a court ruling.
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Speaker 9: The U.S.
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Speaker 1: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled yesterday to
25:40
Speaker 1: mostly deny an appeal filed by the Trump administration over
25:44
Speaker 1: a preliminary injunction that stopped its June suspension of LASA
25:49
Speaker 1: from getting federal money. The American Civil Liberties Union of
25:52
Speaker 1: Southern California is suing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The
25:56
Speaker 1: ACLU wants agency records released on the use of full-body
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Speaker 1: restraint devices called RAPs. It also says... It's used on
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Speaker 1: people in immigration custody and during deportation operations. The ACLU
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Speaker 1: says reports suggest ICE personnel have used the wrap, sometime
26:15
Speaker 1: referred to as the burrito or the bag, to punish
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Speaker 1: illegal immigrants who have protested against being deported or tried
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Speaker 1: to get in touch with attorneys.
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Speaker 10: L.A.
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Speaker 1: County Sheriff's deputies are getting some new wildfire equipment thanks
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Speaker 1: to some generous donations.
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Speaker 2: Sheriff Robert Luna announced donations for 279 new firebags for
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Speaker 2: deputies that cost about $ 1, 500 a piece.
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Speaker 3: That includes a wildland fire brush jacket, helmet, leather gloves, goggles,
26:42
Speaker 3: respiratory protection, and a fire shelter, a tourniquet, gauze, saline,
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Speaker 3: and other first aid and emergency supplies. The advantage is
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Speaker 3: that everything is together now. in one readily available accessible bag.
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Speaker 2: The donations were from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Foundation and
27:00
Speaker 2: Gordon Philanthropies. Mark Rauner, KFI News.
27:03
Speaker 1: Time to get in your business as we do each
27:05
Speaker 1: weekday morning. This morning we're talking to Bloomberg's John Tucker. John,
27:09
Speaker 1: AI is coming to a McDonald's near you.
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Speaker 12: Yeah, happy Friday, Amy. The fast food giant testing Archie.
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Speaker 12: This is a voice-enabled bilingual AI program but speaks both
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Speaker 12: English and Spanish at the drive-thru. McDonald's' Archie has an
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Speaker 12: accuracy rate that's above 90%. That's good enough. And customer
27:31
Speaker 12: satisfaction at early test restaurants, they say, has been positive. McDonald's'
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Speaker 12: Archie can free up workers, allowing them to focus more
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Speaker 12: on hospitality. My problem with the drive-thru, at least mine,
27:44
Speaker 12: you go, you pay, you know, order. And then you
27:48
Speaker 12: go to the next window and they say, oh, can
27:51
Speaker 12: you pull up over there in the parking space?
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Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. I hate that.
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Speaker 12: Because it's not ready. Oh, I hate that.
27:56
Speaker 2: I hate that.
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Speaker 12: Absolutely.
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Speaker 1: The parking reserved for customers who get to wait extra long.
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Speaker 1: Hyundai is closing in on a major milestone.
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Speaker 12: Potentially passing Ford in sales for the first time in
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Speaker 12: the U.S.
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Speaker 3: Wow.
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Speaker 12: Cox Automotive estimates that. Hyundai, along with Kia and Genesis,
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Speaker 12: delivered about 511,000 vehicles in the third quarter. Compare that
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Speaker 12: with just about 504,000 for Ford and Lincoln. Strong demand
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Speaker 12: for hybrids, helping Hyundai gain ground. Middle income buyers trading
28:28
Speaker 12: down to smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles. So this is
28:32
Speaker 12: giving them a boost to Hyundai and Kia. They have
28:35
Speaker 12: multiple hybrid vehicles in their lineups at competitive prices. And,
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Speaker 12: you know, who doesn't want an electric vehicle or a
28:43
Speaker 12: hybrid with, you know, paying what you are at the pump?
28:47
Speaker 12: I can't complain in New Jersey.
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Speaker 11: No, you can't.
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Speaker 1: We're at 634 in.
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Speaker 3: L.A.
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Speaker 9: Today.
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Speaker 10: Yeah.
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Speaker 12: Oh, no, that's insane.
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Speaker 1: So minivans might not be the greatest option with prices
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Speaker 1: this high, but they're making a comeback.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 12: I remember the push to get a minivan. I had
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Speaker 12: a little BMW. There was no way when I had kids,
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Speaker 12: give up that BMW, get a minivan. I had to relent. Americans,
29:16
Speaker 12: it turns out, bought 281,000 minivans this year through August.
29:21
Speaker 12: This is an 8% increase from the same period last year.
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Speaker 12: Minivans offer roughly the same utility and amenities as an SUV,
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Speaker 12: but about three-fifths of the price. About $ 31, 000 cheaper On average,
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Speaker 12: it's not just soccer moms driving minivans. Empty nesters using
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Speaker 12: them to haul dogs and grandkids and who knows what else.
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Speaker 1: Minivans always remind me of that old movie Get Shorty.
29:48
Speaker 1: And remember that Danny DeVito's driving around in a little
29:53
Speaker 1: minivan and he's like, yeah, it's the Cadillac of minivans. Anyway,
29:58
Speaker 1: that's what it always reminds me of.
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Speaker 4: All right.
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Speaker 1: John Tucker with Bloomberg.
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Speaker 12: Making a comeback.
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Speaker 1: Right. Getting in your business each weekday morning at this time.
30:06
Speaker 1: Thanks so much. Have a great weekend.
30:08
Speaker 2: You too.
30:08
Speaker 12: Thank you.
30:09
Speaker 3: All right.
30:09
Speaker 1: I want to say thanks to Cheryl Groh and Justina
30:12
Speaker 1: Burcham and Dori Carr and Roberta Erdison just donated to
30:19
Speaker 1: me for Union Rescue Mission because we're going over the
30:24
Speaker 1: edge in about six hours. And Neil Savader is going
30:27
Speaker 1: to go too. whether he wants to or not. He
30:30
Speaker 1: kind of had a little bit of a panic attack
30:32
Speaker 1: going down last year, so we'll see if it goes
30:34
Speaker 1: a little smoother this year. I can't believe he's doing
30:36
Speaker 1: it again. But anyway, thank you for your generous donation.
30:40
Speaker 1: So appreciate it. Please do donate. We're raising money for
30:45
Speaker 1: an organization that actually helps get homeless people off the
30:48
Speaker 1: streets and back on their feet, back into life, so
30:52
Speaker 1: they don't have to be homeless anymore.
30:53
Speaker 10: URM.org.org.
30:57
Speaker 1: Slash O-T-E for over the edge. Here's what we're following
31:01
Speaker 1: in the KFI 24-hour newsroom. Actors Hannah Einbinder and Susan
31:05
Speaker 1: Sarandon were among those detained in New York City yesterday
31:08
Speaker 1: for protesting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his speech
31:12
Speaker 1: to the U.N. General Assembly. It hasn't been confirmed whether
31:15
Speaker 1: Einbinder and Sarandon were arrested or just detained. Both have
31:20
Speaker 1: been outspoken about their opposition to Israel and their support
31:24
Speaker 1: of Palestine. Gas prices continue to rise in California. LA
31:29
Speaker 1: County gas is up another six cents today to $ 6. 34
31:34
Speaker 1: on average for a gallon of gas. It's $ 6. 32 in
31:38
Speaker 1: Orange County, $ 6. 22 in the Inland Empire. Javier Becerra has
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Speaker 1: a strong lead in the polls and it's gaining in
31:49
Speaker 1: the race for governor of California today. The latest poll
31:52
Speaker 1: from UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies shows 58% of
31:57
Speaker 1: likely voters support Becerra. 33% support Republican Steve Hilton. Becerra
32:03
Speaker 1: is polling slightly higher than in August. Those polled also
32:07
Speaker 1: identified the high cost of living as their top concern.
32:10
Speaker 1: The general election is November 3rd. Let's say good morning
32:13
Speaker 1: now to ABC's multi-platform reporter, Will Gans. Will, this Sunday,
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Speaker 1: it's the MTV VMAs in LA.
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Speaker 4: That's right.
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Speaker 10: And it feels like a big one. Madonna will be
32:30
Speaker 10: there and performing for the first time in 23 years. Obviously,
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Speaker 10: the VMAs was the scene of that infamous kiss with
32:37
Speaker 10: Britney Spears all those years ago. So we'll see what
32:41
Speaker 10: Madonna might have up her sleeve this go around. Taylor
32:44
Speaker 10: Swift is going to be there. She's getting... the Inaugural
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Speaker 10: Artist Director Award, and she's premiering the music video for
32:52
Speaker 10: her new song, Patient Zero, during the VMAs. It's a
32:56
Speaker 10: music video, but it stars Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell,
32:58
Speaker 10: and the cinematographer is an Oscar winner, so it feels
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Speaker 10: important in that way. Snoop Dogg is hosting. There will
33:06
Speaker 10: be tributes to Dolly Parton and to George Michael. So,
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Speaker 10: you know, sometimes it feels like the VMAs is– you know,
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Speaker 10: a B or C list sort of award ceremony. But
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Speaker 10: this one's pretty A list based on just those things alone,
33:20
Speaker 10: you know?
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Speaker 1: Sounds like it's more of a show than an award ceremony.
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Speaker 2: Exactly.
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Speaker 10: It's shorter in duration than the Grammys and some of
33:29
Speaker 10: the other big music shows, but there are even more performances.
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Speaker 10: So I think that's exactly right. Your take that it's like, yeah,
33:35
Speaker 10: a performance palooza as opposed to someone getting trophy every
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Speaker 10: five minutes.
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Speaker 1: I might even watch it. That sounds like it's going
33:42
Speaker 1: to be a good one. Why is Madonna showing up
33:45
Speaker 1: so much right now? Does she have new music out
33:47
Speaker 1: or something? Because she's on the VMAs and she was
33:50
Speaker 1: at World Cup Soccer at the halftime show.
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Speaker 10: That's exactly right. Yeah. So she has an album that
33:57
Speaker 10: came out in July. So I think still sort of
33:59
Speaker 10: on the circuit pointing to that album and trying to
34:04
Speaker 10: get a few more listens for that.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: OK. I have never watched this show, but I might
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Speaker 1: have to. Season 13 of American Horror Story is coming back.
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Speaker 4: Yes.
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Speaker 10: For a show that's built on spooky vibes and superstitions,
34:21
Speaker 10: it feels, of course, that season 13 would be a
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Speaker 10: big one.
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Speaker 2: And it is.
34:25
Speaker 10: The show has been running for 15 years. It's had
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Speaker 10: some big stars go in and out of it, and
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Speaker 10: it feels like all of them are back for this
34:32
Speaker 10: all-stars season, as so many people are calling it. You've
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Speaker 10: got Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, John Waters,
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Speaker 10: just so many stars. And it is like many of
34:45
Speaker 10: them are playing four or five characters apiece, resurrecting some
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Speaker 10: of the roles that they've played over the years in
34:51
Speaker 10: different seasons of this. I will say if you're not
34:55
Speaker 10: a person who is into spooky, creepy kind of stuff,
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Speaker 10: this might not be for you.
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Speaker 8: But that's probably why I haven't watched it yet.
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Speaker 9: Yeah.
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Speaker 10: Yeah. It can get a little freaky. I mean, but
35:09
Speaker 10: but if you're looking for something to lean into spooky season,
35:13
Speaker 10: this is great. The first three episodes dropped on FX
35:16
Speaker 10: and Hulu.
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Speaker 2: Yesterday.
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Speaker 10: And they're short. They're like, you know, 25 minute episodes each.
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Speaker 1: You know what it sounds like to a different genre.
35:25
Speaker 1: But remember, only murders in the building like it's a
35:29
Speaker 1: who's who of celebrities like everybody wants to be on it.
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Speaker 2: Exactly.
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Speaker 10: That's exactly what it's like. Wildly different in tone. But yes,
35:38
Speaker 10: equally a star studded.
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Speaker 13: All right.
35:39
Speaker 1: And real quick, then Chris Hansen's hitting the big screen
35:42
Speaker 1: to catch a predator.
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Speaker 10: Yeah, so this is a movie called Prime Time. Robert
35:47
Speaker 10: Pattinson plays Chris Hansen, and it's all about how that show,
35:50
Speaker 10: To Catch a Predator, came about and what was going
35:53
Speaker 10: on behind the scenes and in his life at the time.
35:56
Speaker 10: Robert Pattinson is taking some big swings on screen. It's
35:59
Speaker 10: really fun to watch, but it is also, given the
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Speaker 10: subject matter, a little gritty, to put it mildly. However,
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Speaker 10: that is on the big screen this weekend if you're
36:07
Speaker 10: looking for a movie to go check out. It's a
36:12
Speaker 10: fascinating watch.
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Speaker 3: Okay.
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Speaker 1: There you go. ABC's Will Gans. Thank you so much.
36:16
Speaker 1: Have a great weekend.
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Speaker 2: You too.
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Speaker 10: Talk to you later. Bye.
36:19
Speaker 2: All right.
36:20
Speaker 1: Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
36:21
Speaker 1: of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. A study out of UCLA
36:24
Speaker 1: says the air was really bad during the fire in
36:27
Speaker 1: Altadena last year.
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Speaker 14: It says smoke sent toxic airborne contaminants downwind, including lead
36:32
Speaker 14: levels up to 250 times above normal. Contaminants also included
36:36
Speaker 14: highly elevated levels of arsenic, chlorine, bromine, and copper during
36:41
Speaker 14: active burning. But researchers found pollution returned to background levels
36:45
Speaker 14: about six days after the fire was out. There is
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Speaker 14: no evidence of toxic smoke or heavy metals lingering in
36:51
Speaker 14: the air and pollution levels remain normal for months after
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Speaker 14: the fire. Debra Mark, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: A man shot during the attempted assassination of President Trump
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Speaker 1: in Butler, Pennsylvania two years ago has died.
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Speaker 7: 76-year-old Jim Copenhaver was one of two spectators injured when
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Speaker 7: gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire during the event. Copenhaver
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Speaker 7: was struck by bullets in his arm and abdomen. and
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Speaker 7: suffered lasting nerve damage from his injuries. The attack left
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Speaker 7: one rally attendee dead while Trump was wounded in the ear.
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Speaker 7: Mark Mayfield, KFI News.
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Speaker 1: Walmart has agreed to pay $ 16 million to settle claims
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Speaker 1: that it sold expired products in California. Several counties sued,
37:32
Speaker 1: claiming Walmart sold the expired baby formula, cough syrup, sunscreen
37:37
Speaker 1: and cosmetics at its stores. There's no evidence anyone was harmed.
37:41
Speaker 1: Walmart apparently cooperated with the investigation and has agreed to
37:45
Speaker 1: make changes in its stores. Most of the money in
37:48
Speaker 1: the settlement apparently will go to local governments. This is
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Speaker 1: KFI and KOSTHD to Los Angeles, Orange County. Live from
37:57
Speaker 1: the KFI 24-hour newsroom for producer Anne and technical producer Kono,
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Speaker 1: along with new Clay, and traffic specialist Will, too. I'm
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Speaker 1: Amy King. This has been your wake-up call. And if
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38:19
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