August 3, 2023 • 39 mins
Amy King hosts your Thursday Wake Up Call. ABC News National Correspondent Steve Portnoy discusses security preparations ahead of Trump’s court appearance and the frightening false alarm in the capitol. Amy reviews the latest Apple TV+ release The Beanie Bubble. Senior Elections Analyst at FiveThirtyEight.com Nathaniel Rakich comes on the program to talk Robert Kennedy Jr emerging as the “darling” of republicans. The show wraps with ABC News’ Jim Ryan talking about an Old Testament illness that has made a modern-day comeback.
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You're listening to wake Up Call ondemand from kf I AM six forty KFI
hand KOST HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. It's time for your
morning wake up call. Here's AmyKing. This is your wake up call
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for Wednesday, August third. I'mAmy King. I maybe one of the
first to wish you a very goodmorning. Here's what's ahead on the wake
up Call. Former President Trump expectedin court at one pm hour time to
be arraigned on four charges tied tohis alleged efforts to overturn the twenty twenty
election and the January sixth attack onthe US Capitol. Actress Leah Remani has
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sued the Church of Scientology. Theformer King of Queen's co star and former
Scientologist claims the church has stalked,harassed, threatened, and intimidated her.
The first of six Taylor Swift showsin La happens tonight at Sofi Stadium.
We've got some little tidbits to sharewith you about that. But I think
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a lot of people are losing theirminds, and it's not only the people
who are going to the show.We'll talk about that a little bit.
So let's start with some of thestories coming out of the twenty four hour
KFI news room. So my firstquestion of the day is, what are
people thinking. A man in OrangeCounty has been charged with throwing rocks and
passing vehicles on the fifty five Freewaynear Tustin. The guy's facing seven felony
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charges, including assault with a deadlyweapon and throwing a projectile projectile with the
intent to do serious bodily harm.He's pleaded not guilty and is due back
in court next week. A personon a metro train has been stabbed to
death during a fight at a stationin Hawthorne. The accused killer was arrested
last night. He's in the hospital. Investigators say he was shot in the
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upper body by the man who wasbeing stabbed. Just getting word out of
South Korea that thirteen people have beeninjured after a man rammed his car into
a sidewalk, got out and startedstabbing pedestrians. We'll get more information about
that as it starts coming in.A plane with two men aboard has crashed
at the Van Nuys Airport. LACity Fire Captain Eric Scott says it's not
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known why the plane went down.He says yesterday morning just after ten thirty
nine, call came in of ahelicopter crash, but when Cruz got there,
they saw a single engine plane onfire. It's not clear if it
was taking off or landing. Theydid have a very high impact what was
described as nose first into the ground, so that likely quickly caused the death
of both of the occupant. Airportpolice say the planes registered to the airport
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and was stored in a hangar onsite. Steve Gregory Caofine News the Writers
Guild is expected to meet with majorproduction companies tomorrow to try to reopen contract
negotiations. The owner of the SandyRose Floral prop house, Corey l says
her business and others have lost thousandbecause of the strike. It's very far
reaching, and I went almost hazardedguests and say that almost anybody who's listening
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to this in Los Angeles as neighborswho are affected by this. The WGA
said in an email to its members. The negotiating team is set to meet
with production companies tomorrow. Writers havebeen on strikes since May second, and
then, of course the one hundredand sixty thousand members of stag AFTRA also
went on strike. Shortly after that, investigators have extradited and accused white supremacist
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group later from Romania to California.Robert Rundo from Huntington Beach is accused of
being a founding member of the RiseAbove movement. Prosecutors say the group attack
people at political rallies in cities,including Samerdordino in Berkeley in twenty seventeen.
The group allegedly posted photos and videosof violence as a recruitment tactic. Charges
against Rundo and two others were droppedin twenty nineteen, however reinstated by an
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appellate court. In twenty twenty one, Rundo landed at the Hollywood Burbank Airport
Tuesday night Blake trolley k if IKnews. A man who says he was
attacked by La County Probation officers asa miner has filed a federal lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges the County of LA'sprobation officers, including its chief, withheld
evidence from the DA's office to avoidcriminal charges. Attorney Michael Correo says a
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video of the officers beating down histhen seventeen year old client was uncovered,
if not this would have been sweptunder the rug and my client would just
have to deal with these emotional andphysical injuries, Carreo said yesterday. One
officer was charged last week with onecount of assault under the color of authority.
He says his client was asking formore food when he was attacked by
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the officers. Chris Adler kf INews. Someone's thinking about dying? Can
I Barbies? I'm definitely not thinkingabout death anymore. Okay, that was
one of the funniest lines in themovie Barbie. You know she thought about
dying. But barb Bee's movie hasinspired that cultural and fashion trend called Barbie
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Core, and apparently it's going rightinto the afterlife. Instead of Barbie's dreamhouse,
now you can get Barbie's dream coffin. Funeral homes have started offering hot
pink Barbie themed coffins for fans whohope to take their love for the Mattel
doll to the grave. A promotionalvideo for one of the caskets says,
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this coffin, with its striking,bright pink color, represents the spark and
energy of those unforgettable moments they lived. Makes me think of death and plastic.
It's fantastic. Okay, I won'tsaying anymore. I promise coming up
at a minute, Steve Portney Portnoywith ABC's gonna let us know how DC
is getting ready for Donald Trump's arraignmentand whether a scare at the Capitol yesterday
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was tied to the former president.It is five h seven on your wake
up call. Let's say good morningto ABC's Steve Portnoy. Steve, former
President Trump has another day in courttoday. Is he actually being booked or
is this a court appearance? Well, I guess you could say both.
Is true. He'll be processed andthat is a booking process. He will
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be fingerprinted, he will not behandcuffed, there will not be a mug
shot taken. But look, it'sall a matter of semantics. I mean,
the bottom line is he's been summonedto appear before a US District Court
magistrate judge to hear charges that heconspired to upset and upend American democracy.
So yes, there'll be a proceedingbefore that where he has taken into custody
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in some way, although the lawenforce would prefer that we not call it
an arrest because that has a connotation. Look, this is a serious charge.
It's happening in the same federal courthousewhere the Watergate conspirators were tried,
and it is the argument that theTrump attorneys will make. They'll make a
couple of arguments. One that theformer president is being criminalized for his free
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speech, for his political views,for the political statements. The prosecution has
an answer to that. They'll lawssay that he was following the advice of
attorneys who had novel ideas of thebounds of the law and the Constitution,
and he was simply pursuing those ideaswithin the within the law. But the
prosecution will say, no, whathe did went beyond the law, and
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he inspired the attack on the Capitol, and he should be held criminally responsible.
That It'll be for a jury toweigh that, but it'll be It'll
all start today with the arraignment.The former president will fly here to Washington
from Bedminster, New Jersey. Hewill issue into a plea. The conditions
for release will be set by themagistrate judge, and then former President Trump
will be likely released on his ownrecognizance and sent back to New Jersey,
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where he will be free to gofor the moment, not exactly a flight
risk, right, So security preparationsfor this, I've seen a lot of
pictures of like the k rails goingup around the courthouse, well, bike
racks is what we'd call them here, and they look it's a low level
of security precaution. The United StatesSecret Service, the Capitol Police, the
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DC Police, the Park Police,the Federal Protective Service. There probably other
agencies involved in this, but youhave a panoply of law enforcement that is
at the table here. They saythat they're going to provide the utmost security.
And during his when he was arraignedlast time, I think they had
put up a lot of security precautions, but there really wasn't a lot of
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problems, right, and I don'texpect problems today either. Okay, so
they're just doing this just to besafe. But there was something that happened
at the Capitol yesterday. What wasthat, Well, somebody phoned in a
nine one one threat. The threaton the phone was that there was a
heavily armed man at the centered officebuildings, which led to a widespread search,
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a shelter in place order that lastedlonger than the search took. In
the end, nothing was found.It was described as a bogus call.
Okay, so just after the wholeJanuary sixth thing, I think people are
just taking extra precautions to make surethat everybody stays safe. Well. Sure,
but also a great deal of attentionis focused on it, and security
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officials believe they have an outsized responsibilityto take everything with the utmost seriousness.
So when a threat comes in,they're going to take it seriously. Okay,
Steve Portnoy, thank you so muchfor checking in with us this morning.
Sure we're gonna be talking to youabout this many more times. You
bet. All right, have agreat day. Let's get back to some
of the stories coming out of theKFI twenty four hour newsroom, getting back
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to the what are people thinking thing? A man detained in downtown LA allegedly
used a stolen forklift to crash intoseveral buildings, including the Apple store in
the Tower Theater on Broadway. Videoand social media showed the forklift on the
sidewalk in front of the theater withits horn blaring. A witness told police
they saw a man take the forkliftfrom a work site. There are no
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reports that anyone actually got hurt.Here's another one, A man who allegedly
attacked a flight attendant on a DeltaAirlines flight from Atlanta to New Orleans has
been arrested thanks to passengers on board. Sheriff's office in Louisiana says the thirty
nine year old attacked a flight attendantwith a makeshift weapon, having said what
it is as the flight was landingin New Orleans yesterday afternoon. Eight people
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on board tackled them held them downuntil law enforcement arrived. A plan to
expand the La Zoo has moved forwardfollowing an unanimous vote by city council.
The decision yesterday approves the expansion ofanimal enclosures, facilities, and conservation efforts.
The proposal would develop sixteen acres ofhillside near the zoo in Griffith Park,
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which some critics say would be detrimentalto wildlife. Council members say the
zoo has been receptive to feedback andis making adjustments to its plan. A
jury in Pittsburgh has unanimously recommended deathfor the convicted Tree of Life synagogue shooter
Robert Bowers. Was found guilty inJune of killing eleven people in twenty eighteen.
Most were elderly or disabled. AaronKaturski says, the same jury recommended
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the death sentence. Even the judgeappeared almost on the verge of tears as
he was thanking the jury for theirservice because it was such an emotional case.
Formal sentencing is expected today. Aradiologist in Oregon who was knocked unconscious
when a guy randomly threw a metalbottle at her face, says she waited
more than twenty minutes without a policeresponse. Mary Constantino says, it feels
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like citizens in Portland are totally ontheir own. I do not hold the
police accountable for this at all.I hold our city accountable for defunding.
The police. Were in this situationwhere we don't have enough police force to
protect our citizens, and we didthis to ourselves. Police say when her
came in on July twenty eighth,officers were actively on twenty six other calls
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around the city. They say therewere just no free officers and there were
still fifty two calls holding waiting fora police response about he's been found near
the floating border wall along the partof the Rio Grand River in Texas.
The barrier of buoys was installed lastmonth by officials in Texas to keep migrants
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from illegally crossing the border. TheDepartment of Justice has filed a lawsuit over
the barrier, calling it dangerous andunlawful. Texas Governor Greg Abbott says the
border wall is protected by the Constitution. A Latino football player has sued Northwestern
University, claiming upperclassmen shaved Cinco deMayo on the back of his head as
the entire football team watched. RamonDiaz says he was just seventeen when he
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was mocked and ridiculed by teammates.He says he was the only Latino offensive
lindman on the team at a timewhen the athletic department's culture allowed racist and
sexual abuse to thrive. A newindex reveals the world's biggest stoners. If
you had to guess which city inthe world hoovers up the most marijuana,
maybe you'd say Amsterdam careful of thechocolates there, or maybe Kingston, Jamaica
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because reggae. Nope, New York. The twenty twenty three Cannabis Global Price
Index says the city blazes through sixtytwo metric tons of weed a year,
seven tons more than Sydney. Australia, which came in second. The index
says Tokyo has the most expensive cannabisin the world, almost three times higher
than New York's. The cheapest weedin the US Portland, Oregon, cheapest
worldwide Montreal, but you might haveto ask for loweed there, Mark Ronner
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KFI News Get It. The toycompany Mattel is looking to hire a chief
Uno player to promote its newest cardgame, called Uno Quatro. A selected
TikTok user is going to be paidfour thousand, four hundred forty four dollars
a week to play for four hoursa day for four weeks. The paid
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player will have to make and sharevideos of themselves challenging randos on the streets
of New York City. Tiktoker's canapply now through August tenth by making a
video explaining why they're the one forthe job and posting it, of course,
to the Uno TikTok channel. Hereare some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four newsroom.Former President Trump said to be arraigned this
afternoon in DC on four counts relatedto his alleged efforts to overturn the results
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of the twenty twenty election. Aman's been stabbed to death on Metro's C
line in Hawthorne. A person whowas shot has been arrested. Florida Republican
governor and presidential candidate Ronda Santis sayshe will debate Democratic California Governor Newsom.
As far as we know, Newsom'snot actually running for anything, but I
would watch that one for sure.At five thirty five, we have five
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thirty eight dot COM's Nathaniel Rakitch.It's gonna be talking about RFK and why
the Republicans seem to really like him, of course he's a Democrat. At
six oh five, it's handled onthe news. The US credit rating has
been downgraded and stocks went down inresponse. Okay, but right now we're
gonna do a little something called catchyLittle Tune. Right, Okay. So
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I'm Amy King and I'm on it. So what am I on? I'm
on like TV shows, streaming shows, movies, documentaries, things that are
on all of the streaming services thatthere are so many, Like I always
wonder how am I going to figureout what I'm going to watch? And
so a lot of times I askmy friends, what are you watching?
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What what's good, what's bad,and that kind of thing. So,
being a well a self book proclaimedcouch potato, I thought I will spend
my time productively watching shows and hopefullybe able to direct you to some good
shows. So every once in awhile we'll find out what I'm on.
Today, I'm on the Beanie Bubble. It's a new movie that's on Apple
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TV just I think it came outlast week, and it's the story about
Beanie babies. It is based ona true story, but it's just based
on that. And mo Kelly andI have had this conversation several times about
when a movie is based on something, it doesn't mean it's a true story.
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There are elements of truth in thestory, but then Hollywood takes creative
license with it. So this isthe story of how Beanie babies were born.
It stars Elizabeth Banks. She playsRobbie, Zach Gallafanakas who plays Tie
who is the creator of Beanie babies, and then Sarah Snook is also in
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it. She most recently was seenin Succession. She plays Sheila, and
there's also another character and I don'tremember the actress's name, she plays Maya.
But these three women all have relationshipsin some way or another with Ti,
played by Zach Gallafanachas, and it'sthe journey that Ty and these women
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in his life take as beanie babiesbecome a sensation, and how the advent
of the Internet contributes to the beaniebaby's success, because beanie babies became a
thing right about the time eBay hitin the early nineties, So they didn't
know that when they sold the beaniebabies and they became really popular, that
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people would start reselling them. Andit was just it was a fascinating story
to see because I mean, they'rethese little stuffed animals that are beanie because
they're like little bean bags, andI mean, I've given them to my
best friends kids, and I probablyhave had a beanie baby, although I
never quite understood the craze of it. But I also knew a woman who
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just was like this closet beanie babycollector and she had trunks full of them,
and apparently that was a really,really common thing. So this show
is really interesting. It's not anedge of your seat show, but it
is really good. It's not asgood as I would say, Air,
which is another based on a truestory the story of how they got Michael
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Jordan to sign with Nike, andmaybe i'll talk about that one. If
you haven't seen that one, that'sdefinitely a great one. But this is
a good watch. So if youjust have a couple hours and you're just
chilling, I would say that definitelyrecommend the Beanie Bubble. Again, it's
on Apple TV. And again I'mgonna hopefully from time to time share some
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stories with you about different things,different shows. There's some really really good
streaming series out there, and thenthere's some really bad ones too, and
hopefully I'll save you some time becausethen you won't go watch them. Okay,
let's get back to some of thestories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. Former President Trumpis set to be arraigned in DC following
his latest indictment tied to the Januarysixth attack on the US Capitol and efforts
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to overturn the twenty twenty presidential election. Law Enforcement says it is prepared for
any disturbances as Trump arrives at thecourt later. Trump is facing four federal
charges conspiracy to defraud the US,conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction
of an attempt to obstruct an officialproceeding, and conspiracy against rights. Lawyers
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representing a potential co conspirator from OrangeCounty say former President Trump's indictment is misleading.
Next Chapman University professor John Eastman appearsto be co conspirator too. Eastman's
lawyers say the indictment falsely presents therecord, ignoring comments from former Vice President
Pence about significant voting irregularities to contrivecharges against Trump. The indictment alleges co
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conspirator to devise the overall strategy toobstruct the twenty twenty election. Eastman's lawyers
say if charges are brought, pleaddeals will be rejected and Eastman will competently
go to trial in Orange County.Corbin Carson k if I News. John
Eastman says he still stands by theadvice he offered former President Trump leading up
to January sixth. He told theJohn and Ken Show yesterday he doesn't think
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he'll be indicted. Did you dosomething wrong by giving that advice to Trump?
No, absolutely not, and I'lldefended if the Trump folks want to
call me as a witness. Eastmanalso went after former Vice President Pence and
his involvement in the indictment. Hesays Pence is running for president on the
argument that he was a so calledpotted plant during the attack on the Capitol
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in twenty twenty one, King tideshave caused more flooding in Huntington Beach.
The water started pouring in late lastnight. The extremely high tides happened a
few times a year. The tidesTuesday night caused flooding in Huntington Harbor,
Sunset Beach, and Newport Beach.A Southern California based helicopter company has offered
Taylor Swift fans the chance to arriveat SOFI in style. I ex Helicopters,
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which is powered by Maverick, willtake up to six guests on any
of the six concert nights starting tonight, but there would still be about an
hour's walk, so the price includesa ground transportation credit to actually get to
the area. So that's just oneof the ways that people are getting to
the arena. I know that Taylorswift Mania has kicked into high gear as
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her first of six shows is tonight. There are extra metro trains, metro
buses, and metro shuttles that aregoing to be going to and from the
area, they're going to be runninglate to make sure and if you really
want to go see Taylor Swift,maybe Nick, you want to go see
Taylor, I mean, do youwant to go? Last minute? I'm
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I'm down. Well, the cheapestseats I found were four fifty on StubHub.
Yeah, I mean that blows alot of what I don't make here,
but yeah, well, and thefloor seats I found for is little
as sixteen hundred, which I thinkis I think they're coming down because people
are like, oh gosh, I'vegot these seats. Still, there's still
a lot of seats available. ButI did also find on StubHub this morning
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front row seats. There's two ofthem, ten two hundred thirty two dollars
a piece dollars. Crazy. Ican't even imagine. I know that sounds
amazing. Yeah, it sounds likeI think it would be a fun show
to see, just because the Taylorfans are so crazy. In fact that
they had the merch trucks arrived yesterdayand there were hundreds and hundreds of people,
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maybe thousands, So I'm not exactlysure the number who came out to
go buy Taylor Swift t shirts.There was some crazy specific blue crew neck
shirt that all I heard about allday yesterday on TV, on the radio
here on KFI, on our sisterstations on the FM dial. Everybody's looking
for these blue crewneck shirts that youcan only get at those merch trucks.
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So I can't even imagine what itwas like. And just seeing how long
people started queuing up, I guessat one o'clock yesterday morning for the like
the night before, so I guessthat would have been what Tuesday night,
Wednesday morning. Yeah, so justwild. I can't even imagine to wrap
my head around that. Absolutely insane. So here's the other thing that's happening
at other venues. Because one ofmy best friends up in Portland, her
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daughters got to go see Taylor Swiftin Seattle, so they drove up there,
and Seattle has their stadium like rightin the downtown core area. So
thousands and thousands of people who didnot have tickets came out and gathered outside
the stadium and sang along because apparentlyyou can kind of hear it. It's
probably truly muffled like those but sothey still they did that, and now
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SOFI is saying, hey, hey, don't do that. Here. They're
telling you you can't go and doyour dancing in the parking lots. Well
see, and I don't know whatthe Seattle stadium is like, but SOFI
is amazing because they're open. Allsides of the Sofi are open. So
all of Inglewood is going to beable to sing along with Taylor no matter
where you are, even if you'renot right there at the stadium. Okay,
Well, officials are saying, don'teven think about it, but I'm
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guessing that they will, and it'sgonna be fun. We'll have talk about
it tomorrow and see how how tonightwent. But Taylor swith my Hollywood part
to see like, that's close enough, So maybe that's not a horrible idea.
Maybe put you on at there wego. Okay, man on the
street A sorry, Amy, goahead, Okay, And again, I'm
sure we're going to have more aboutthis because tonight is the first of six
shows that Taylor Swift is doing itso far. Right now, let's say
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good morning to five thirty eight dotCOM's senior elections analyst Nathaniel Rakage. Good
morning, Nathaniel, Good morning,how are you. I'm great. Robert
F. Kennedy running for president asa Democrat. Of course, Democrats don't
seem too happy about it, butRepublicans like him. Yeah, it's it's
pretty interesting. Obviously RFKA is amember of the most famous aliens democratic politics.
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But yeah, he's gotten the warmestreception among Republicans. So if you
look at some of the Republican presidentialcandidates, some of them have said may
be interested in having him in theiradministration if they were to win. And
if you look at the polls,RFKA is actually doing better among Republican voters
than among Democratic voters. Of coursethat doesn't matter because if he's running in
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the Democratic primary. But if youlook at an average of the polls,
he has a plus twenty eight afavorability rating among Republicans, which basically means
the twenty eight percent more Republicans likehim than dislike him, and among Democrats
that numbers negative five. So moreDemocrats dislike RFK than like him. So
that's obviously a problem if you're runningthe Democratic primary, And do they dislike
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him because they like Biden or dothey just dislike him in general? They
just dislike him in general. Youknow, if you see on the Republican
side, you know, a lotof Republicans say they really like Donald Trump,
and they really like La Santis,and they really like the Vecramasami and
they really like you know, NickyHaley and stuff like that. So it's
not mutually exclusive. But I'm aDemocratic side. Oh yeah, you know,
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Democrats really like President Biden. Butyou know, they say that they
dislike Kennedy. And this is actuallydifferent. So earlier in the campaign,
when he first jumped in, andI think a lot of people maybe weren't
familiar with some of his more fringeviews, like on being like being anti
vaccine, a lot of Democrats saidthat they did like him because they saw
the name Kennedy and they said,I like the Kennedy. But that has
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changed over the course of the campaign. His numbers have slipped, okay,
and so his he is vaccinated,though, isn't he. Um. You
know, I'm actually not sure.I thought I heard that he was.
I'm not one hundred percent sure.I do know that he has he has
spread conspiracy theories about vaccines causing autism. Um, you know, things about
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COVID nineteen, affecting people of certainraces but not others. Um. So,
you know, a lot of thoseviews are obviously, you know,
they're they're not popular among voters ofall political stripes, but they tend to
be conspiracy theories that are more commonon the rights than the left. So,
um, that is probably why they'reparticularly turning off Democratic voters. Okay,
And so so you're saying that theRepublicans like him, So does that
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really matter or does it matter likeif if you know, depending on who
the Republican candidate is, that maybeRepublicans would jump over and vote for a
Democrat. Um. Well, youknow, I think obviously the odds that
R K will be Biden in theprimary are extremely low. You know,
that would be true even if hedidn't have some of these leaf. Biden
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is an incumbent president. That's obviouslya very strong position of being in the
primary. You know, in termsof the Republican you know, it's kind
of an interesting what if scenario tosay, what if Kennedy were to switch
parties and run for president as aRepublican. I think he'd do better than
he's doing currently in the Democratic primary. I still don't think you'd win,
because obviously Donald Trump is still verypopular among Republicans and is kind of the
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equivalent of Biden on that side ofthe aisle. But I do think that,
you know, for example, ifone of these Republican presidential candidates were
to win and put him in theircabinet or something the way that they have
kind of mentioned the possibility of doing, I think that would be received well
by Republican voters. You know,personally, I wish that they would do
that. Didn't Abraham Lincoln did it, and they wrote a book about it.
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How he puts some people from theother party on his cabinet because he
wanted he wanted that viewpoint and tohave all voices. Yeah. Actually,
that's a fairly common practice among evenmodern presidents. So for example, George
W. Bush put Democrat Normonetta andhis cabinet. Barack Obama put a Republican
Congressan from Illinois and his cabinet.So usually there's one or two slots kind
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of reserved for the other party,just kind of as a bipartisan token of
goodwill. Okay, So even ifthe Republicans like JFK or not JFK sorry
RFK, his chances of doing anythingare slim and none. But just because
Biden's going to win the nomination,it's kind of a given as long as
he's still in the race. Yeah, exactly. Okay, so we'll see
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what Republicans do about it. Butit is interesting to see in to hear
a different viewpoint because no one elsehas stepped up, even though seventy percent
of people say they don't want Bidento be president again. Yeah, although
it's important to remember that among Democratsthat number is lower. So you know,
Democrats obviously tend to still be fansof Joe Biden, and about sixty
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percent of them say they'll they'll supporthim in the primary. So that's why
he's not a Clyde pass to thatnomination. But yeah, in the general
election, you know, if itis Trump versus Biden, a lot of
large majorities of Americans dislike both ofthose people, so it's going to be
an interesting election. The lesser oftwo evils, right, Okay. Nathaniel
Rakitch with five thirty eight dot Com, thanks so much for taking some time
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to spend with us this morning.Thank you. All right. A man
found in a barrel in Malibu hasbeen identified The medical examiner identified the body
as thirty two year old Gavanta Murphy, who lived at an apartment in Selmar.
According to a social media post withhis name in photo, Murphy was
an aspiring rap artist. It's notclear if he had a job, but
law enforcement records show Murphy had beenarrested in twenty seventeen for battery and domestic
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violence. Court records show he strucka plea deal and served forty five days
in jail. Murphy's body was foundMonday morning by a lifeguard at the Malibu
Lagoon State Park. Steve Gregory KOFYENews human remains discovered in San Bernardino in
nineteen eighty seven have been identified.Play say the body belonged to a fifty
one year old man reported missing innineteen eighty six. They say there were
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no identifying belongings or other investigative leadsat the time, so the case went
cold, but a bone fragment wassent out for testing. The family of
the missing man eventually provided DNA anda positive match was confirmed. Detectives say
they don't think there was any crimeconnected to the death, probably some nice
closure for the family. Canadian PrimeMinister Justin Trudeau and his wife say they're
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separating after eighteen years of marriage.The couple has three kids. Trudeau's office
says the focus on raising the kids, raising the kids in a safe,
loving and collaborative environment. The NationalPark Service says is going to let people
visit any park in the US forfree tomorrow. Park fees are being waived
tomorrow in honor of the Great AmericanOutdoors Act, which was passed in twenty
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twenty. The passage cleared the wayfor increased funding, expanded recreation and other
improvements. It's one of five daysthis year designated as a fee free day.
Say that five times fast. Thenext one will be September twenty first,
on National Public Lands Day. Rightnow, let's say good morning to
ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, here'ssomething fun. Leprosy is surging. It
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is, yes, at least inparts of the country, and these are
still relatively low numbers. About twohundred thousand new cases of leprosy around the
world every year. Between twenty fifteenand twenty twenty, they had about one
hundred and fifty six here in thiscountry, and the lions share were just
in five states. Florida California,Louisiana, Hawaii, New York, and
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Texas, but Central Florida really seemsto be the place where it has taken
roots. It used to be thatthe illness would come into an area from
somebody traveling outside or immigrating to thiscountry from someplace where leprosy is still a
problem. But now these cases aretroubling in that they are endemic, meaning
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that they're popping up with in acommunity itself amy So doctors, especially in
Central Florida are trying to keep tabson this. So conditions are ripe in
Central Florida for leprosy, well,they are across the whole southern tier,
although some cases have turned up inNew York State, and so, yeah,
the climate is one part of it, certainly, But also leprosy can
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be spread by armadillos in case theydidn't realize that. Really, yeah,
they don't bite, but if you'rein contact with a wild armadillo that's been
infected, you can get infected fromthat animal. The fluids, the bodily
fluids of these animals can can spreadit if they've been infected. But kind
of contact would you have with anarmadillo? Hard to say I can't.
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And you know, let's say youfind one a dead armadillo on the road
and you're responsible for cleaning it up. Maybe yeah, well they eatim in
Brazil or it's a lead. Yeah, it's a delicacy in Brazil armadillo.
Can it be spread that way?Probably not, because assuming you're cooking the
animal, then the bacterias is cookedout of it. But yeah, so
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I think the armadillo equations it's sortof interesting, but that's probably not how
it's been spreading. It's not thoughtthat that's how it's been spreading around Florida.
But really they're watching very carefully incentral Florida. In fact, if
you turn up some other part ofthe country and you've got weird lesions or
numbness in your hands, or feedor I disorders, doctors likely to ask
you, have you been to Disneylate even been to Central Florida, because
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that's where they're seeing this illness.Are they seeing it a Disney World?
Do they think that that's that's aspreading location. It's just that just happens
to be in the same exactly thatthe Orlando area and then parts west over
toward even as far west as theas the Gulf, the Gulf Coast,
the Tampa area, potentially, don'tdo that to my Disney. So you
mentioned there's like two hundred thousand casesworldwide world War. Who knew. I
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thought it was like completely eradicated.Where where does it generally live? Well
in Africa, parts of Africa,places in Asia, and you know it's
still isolated to some pockets like that. And you thought it was eradicated because
it's rare in this country, andyou've been hearing about it as a biblical
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sort of the duds. It's mentionedin both the Old Testament and the New
Testament in a not a very favorableway. And back in the Dark Ages,
people were consigned to living together incolonies because there was no cure.
It was considered highly contagious and therewas just really nothing you could do with
people like that. There were coloniesin Hawaiian Molochai, for example. Now
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it is treatable. You can becured. It takes about two years worth
of antibiotics, but you can getover leprosy. Wow, two years.
And so we were talking about thison Handle yesterday and Handle was kind of
saying, yeah, and then yourhands start falling off and that, because
I mean, like, do literallycan body parts fall off? Can they
rot like that? Really? Theycan? Yeah, I've seen the pictures.
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It's not pretty. So if youstart feeling a ez weird lesions on
your skin, or you'd start feelingor items like this, you need to
get it taken care of quickly.Chances that it's leprosy very very slim,
but if it is, there canbe a problem. Have there been any
cases reported that you know of inCalifornia? There have been cases in California
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where though I'm not quite sure,but recently. Yes, most of the
cases in fact, from twenty twentyaccording to the CDC, like we didn't
have enough with COVID, Yeah exactly. Wildfire, the wildfires don't kill leprosy.
But yeah, those states you knowthese it's actually six dates, including
Texas, New York, Hawaii,Louisiana, California, Florida. So that
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kind of southern tier in New Yorkis sort of the outlier there. It
was tech. Did you just sayTexas? No you didn't. I did,
Oh, you did, because thatwould make sense with the armadillo thing,
right, they did? Yeah,exactly. But I talked with the
station in Orlando this morning. Isaid, you know, I've been out
there many times for different reasons,haven't seen an armadillo. But they say,
yeah, they've got a lot ofarmadilla's in central in Central Florida.
Two, they're in Louisiana. Clearlythey're in Hawaii. I don't know about
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you, guys, you have ahave an armadillo issue there. I've never
seen one. And Steve kna islike shaking his head, he says,
we don't have those. So howaside from armadillos, how literally is it's
spread Because it's a communicable disease.It is, yeah, from person to
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person, you know, bodily fluidsone person to the next. But it
takes a long term contact with someonebecause the bacterium doesn't live for long outside
the human body. So you've gotto have exposure for some time before it
can infect you. Right, Soit's a fragile sort of bacterium. But
once it passes from one person tothe other, then it takes holding within
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that host. Okay, well,and anything you can do to prevent it,
stay out of Central Florida, Okay, don't kiss armadillos. Those are
very very helpful hints. Yeah right, thank you Jim, who knew.
All right, have a great day. And as if you know leprosy wasn't
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enough. You know, we weretalking about how valley fever could hit California
hard this year and the the droughtis to blame, but it kind of
has a Last of Us connection.So the dry conditions combined with recent heavy
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winter rains could result in increasing valleyfever cases in the coming months. According
to the California Department of Public Health, During a drought, the fungus that
causes valley fever is left as lessactive, but it grows again once the
rains come back. So valley feverknown as now I can't say it cosa
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damiga caucus or something like that.It's caused by a fungus that grows in
dirt. People and animals can getsick if they breathe in the dust and
contain the fungus. Remember how thewhole the Last of Us They were saying,
what's going to wipe us out isthe fungus. I haven't heard anything
about turning into zombies or clickers,but we're going to keep an eye on
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that one. Okay, So noone told me about this. Krispy Kreme
was giving out free donuts to peoplewho didn't win the lottery. So yesterday
morning, when we heard about thethat there was no winner on Tuesday night,
krispy Kreme offered a free blazed donutto customers who didn't match all six
winning numbers, which was everybody.And to claim the consolation prize, you
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just had to show up at aKrispy Kreme and show your lotto ticket.
This is nationwide and you would getone donut. They say wealth supplies last.
When are they running out of donuts? But I want to know if
they're going to do it again becausethe next Mega Millions drawing is Friday.
It's a one point two five billion, but our odds of winning are one
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in more than three million, sothat's a lot of free donuts if krispy
Kreme offers it again. So I'mgoing to be on the lookout. Maybe
do a little Google search, becauseI think it's time for me to have
a free chrispy Creme. This isKFI and kost HD two Los Angeles,
Orange County. We lead local livefrom the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
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I'm Amy King. This has beenyour wake up call. You've been listening
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You're listening to wake Up Call ondemand from kf I AM six forty KFI
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morning wake up call. Here's AmyKing. This is your wake up call
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for Wednesday, August third. I'mAmy King. I maybe one of the
first to wish you a very goodmorning. Here's what's ahead on the wake
up Call. Former President Trump expectedin court at one pm hour time to
be arraigned on four charges tied tohis alleged efforts to overturn the twenty twenty
election and the January sixth attack onthe US Capitol. Actress Leah Remani has
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sued the Church of Scientology. Theformer King of Queen's co star and former
Scientologist claims the church has stalked,harassed, threatened, and intimidated her.
The first of six Taylor Swift showsin La happens tonight at Sofi Stadium.
We've got some little tidbits to sharewith you about that. But I think
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a lot of people are losing theirminds, and it's not only the people
who are going to the show.We'll talk about that a little bit.
So let's start with some of thestories coming out of the twenty four hour
KFI news room. So my firstquestion of the day is, what are
people thinking. A man in OrangeCounty has been charged with throwing rocks and
passing vehicles on the fifty five Freewaynear Tustin. The guy's facing seven felony
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charges, including assault with a deadlyweapon and throwing a projectile projectile with the
intent to do serious bodily harm.He's pleaded not guilty and is due back
in court next week. A personon a metro train has been stabbed to
death during a fight at a stationin Hawthorne. The accused killer was arrested
last night. He's in the hospital. Investigators say he was shot in the
(01:57):
upper body by the man who wasbeing stabbed. Just getting word out of
South Korea that thirteen people have beeninjured after a man rammed his car into
a sidewalk, got out and startedstabbing pedestrians. We'll get more information about
that as it starts coming in.A plane with two men aboard has crashed
at the Van Nuys Airport. LACity Fire Captain Eric Scott says it's not
(02:21):
known why the plane went down.He says yesterday morning just after ten thirty
nine, call came in of ahelicopter crash, but when Cruz got there,
they saw a single engine plane onfire. It's not clear if it
was taking off or landing. Theydid have a very high impact what was
described as nose first into the ground, so that likely quickly caused the death
of both of the occupant. Airportpolice say the planes registered to the airport
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and was stored in a hangar onsite. Steve Gregory Caofine News the Writers
Guild is expected to meet with majorproduction companies tomorrow to try to reopen contract
negotiations. The owner of the SandyRose Floral prop house, Corey l says
her business and others have lost thousandbecause of the strike. It's very far
reaching, and I went almost hazardedguests and say that almost anybody who's listening
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to this in Los Angeles as neighborswho are affected by this. The WGA
said in an email to its members. The negotiating team is set to meet
with production companies tomorrow. Writers havebeen on strikes since May second, and
then, of course the one hundredand sixty thousand members of stag AFTRA also
went on strike. Shortly after that, investigators have extradited and accused white supremacist
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group later from Romania to California.Robert Rundo from Huntington Beach is accused of
being a founding member of the RiseAbove movement. Prosecutors say the group attack
people at political rallies in cities,including Samerdordino in Berkeley in twenty seventeen.
The group allegedly posted photos and videosof violence as a recruitment tactic. Charges
against Rundo and two others were droppedin twenty nineteen, however reinstated by an
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appellate court. In twenty twenty one, Rundo landed at the Hollywood Burbank Airport
Tuesday night Blake trolley k if IKnews. A man who says he was
attacked by La County Probation officers asa miner has filed a federal lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges the County of LA'sprobation officers, including its chief, withheld
evidence from the DA's office to avoidcriminal charges. Attorney Michael Correo says a
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video of the officers beating down histhen seventeen year old client was uncovered,
if not this would have been sweptunder the rug and my client would just
have to deal with these emotional andphysical injuries, Carreo said yesterday. One
officer was charged last week with onecount of assault under the color of authority.
He says his client was asking formore food when he was attacked by
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the officers. Chris Adler kf INews. Someone's thinking about dying? Can
I Barbies? I'm definitely not thinkingabout death anymore. Okay, that was
one of the funniest lines in themovie Barbie. You know she thought about
dying. But barb Bee's movie hasinspired that cultural and fashion trend called Barbie
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Core, and apparently it's going rightinto the afterlife. Instead of Barbie's dreamhouse,
now you can get Barbie's dream coffin. Funeral homes have started offering hot
pink Barbie themed coffins for fans whohope to take their love for the Mattel
doll to the grave. A promotionalvideo for one of the caskets says,
(05:24):
this coffin, with its striking,bright pink color, represents the spark and
energy of those unforgettable moments they lived. Makes me think of death and plastic.
It's fantastic. Okay, I won'tsaying anymore. I promise coming up
at a minute, Steve Portney Portnoywith ABC's gonna let us know how DC
is getting ready for Donald Trump's arraignmentand whether a scare at the Capitol yesterday
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was tied to the former president.It is five h seven on your wake
up call. Let's say good morningto ABC's Steve Portnoy. Steve, former
President Trump has another day in courttoday. Is he actually being booked or
is this a court appearance? Well, I guess you could say both.
Is true. He'll be processed andthat is a booking process. He will
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be fingerprinted, he will not behandcuffed, there will not be a mug
shot taken. But look, it'sall a matter of semantics. I mean,
the bottom line is he's been summonedto appear before a US District Court
magistrate judge to hear charges that heconspired to upset and upend American democracy.
So yes, there'll be a proceedingbefore that where he has taken into custody
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in some way, although the lawenforce would prefer that we not call it
an arrest because that has a connotation. Look, this is a serious charge.
It's happening in the same federal courthousewhere the Watergate conspirators were tried,
and it is the argument that theTrump attorneys will make. They'll make a
couple of arguments. One that theformer president is being criminalized for his free
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speech, for his political views,for the political statements. The prosecution has
an answer to that. They'll lawssay that he was following the advice of
attorneys who had novel ideas of thebounds of the law and the Constitution,
and he was simply pursuing those ideaswithin the within the law. But the
prosecution will say, no, whathe did went beyond the law, and
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he inspired the attack on the Capitol, and he should be held criminally responsible.
That It'll be for a jury toweigh that, but it'll be It'll
all start today with the arraignment.The former president will fly here to Washington
from Bedminster, New Jersey. Hewill issue into a plea. The conditions
for release will be set by themagistrate judge, and then former President Trump
will be likely released on his ownrecognizance and sent back to New Jersey,
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where he will be free to gofor the moment, not exactly a flight
risk, right, So security preparationsfor this, I've seen a lot of
pictures of like the k rails goingup around the courthouse, well, bike
racks is what we'd call them here, and they look it's a low level
of security precaution. The United StatesSecret Service, the Capitol Police, the
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DC Police, the Park Police,the Federal Protective Service. There probably other
agencies involved in this, but youhave a panoply of law enforcement that is
at the table here. They saythat they're going to provide the utmost security.
And during his when he was arraignedlast time, I think they had
put up a lot of security precautions, but there really wasn't a lot of
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problems, right, and I don'texpect problems today either. Okay, so
they're just doing this just to besafe. But there was something that happened
at the Capitol yesterday. What wasthat, Well, somebody phoned in a
nine one one threat. The threaton the phone was that there was a
heavily armed man at the centered officebuildings, which led to a widespread search,
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a shelter in place order that lastedlonger than the search took. In
the end, nothing was found.It was described as a bogus call.
Okay, so just after the wholeJanuary sixth thing, I think people are
just taking extra precautions to make surethat everybody stays safe. Well. Sure,
but also a great deal of attentionis focused on it, and security
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officials believe they have an outsized responsibilityto take everything with the utmost seriousness.
So when a threat comes in,they're going to take it seriously. Okay,
Steve Portnoy, thank you so muchfor checking in with us this morning.
Sure we're gonna be talking to youabout this many more times. You
bet. All right, have agreat day. Let's get back to some
of the stories coming out of theKFI twenty four hour newsroom, getting back
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to the what are people thinking thing? A man detained in downtown LA allegedly
used a stolen forklift to crash intoseveral buildings, including the Apple store in
the Tower Theater on Broadway. Videoand social media showed the forklift on the
sidewalk in front of the theater withits horn blaring. A witness told police
they saw a man take the forkliftfrom a work site. There are no
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reports that anyone actually got hurt.Here's another one, A man who allegedly
attacked a flight attendant on a DeltaAirlines flight from Atlanta to New Orleans has
been arrested thanks to passengers on board. Sheriff's office in Louisiana says the thirty
nine year old attacked a flight attendantwith a makeshift weapon, having said what
it is as the flight was landingin New Orleans yesterday afternoon. Eight people
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on board tackled them held them downuntil law enforcement arrived. A plan to
expand the La Zoo has moved forwardfollowing an unanimous vote by city council.
The decision yesterday approves the expansion ofanimal enclosures, facilities, and conservation efforts.
The proposal would develop sixteen acres ofhillside near the zoo in Griffith Park,
(10:37):
which some critics say would be detrimentalto wildlife. Council members say the
zoo has been receptive to feedback andis making adjustments to its plan. A
jury in Pittsburgh has unanimously recommended deathfor the convicted Tree of Life synagogue shooter
Robert Bowers. Was found guilty inJune of killing eleven people in twenty eighteen.
Most were elderly or disabled. AaronKaturski says, the same jury recommended
(11:03):
the death sentence. Even the judgeappeared almost on the verge of tears as
he was thanking the jury for theirservice because it was such an emotional case.
Formal sentencing is expected today. Aradiologist in Oregon who was knocked unconscious
when a guy randomly threw a metalbottle at her face, says she waited
more than twenty minutes without a policeresponse. Mary Constantino says, it feels
(11:26):
like citizens in Portland are totally ontheir own. I do not hold the
police accountable for this at all.I hold our city accountable for defunding.
The police. Were in this situationwhere we don't have enough police force to
protect our citizens, and we didthis to ourselves. Police say when her
came in on July twenty eighth,officers were actively on twenty six other calls
(11:50):
around the city. They say therewere just no free officers and there were
still fifty two calls holding waiting fora police response about he's been found near
the floating border wall along the partof the Rio Grand River in Texas.
The barrier of buoys was installed lastmonth by officials in Texas to keep migrants
(12:11):
from illegally crossing the border. TheDepartment of Justice has filed a lawsuit over
the barrier, calling it dangerous andunlawful. Texas Governor Greg Abbott says the
border wall is protected by the Constitution. A Latino football player has sued Northwestern
University, claiming upperclassmen shaved Cinco deMayo on the back of his head as
the entire football team watched. RamonDiaz says he was just seventeen when he
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was mocked and ridiculed by teammates.He says he was the only Latino offensive
lindman on the team at a timewhen the athletic department's culture allowed racist and
sexual abuse to thrive. A newindex reveals the world's biggest stoners. If
you had to guess which city inthe world hoovers up the most marijuana,
maybe you'd say Amsterdam careful of thechocolates there, or maybe Kingston, Jamaica
(12:58):
because reggae. Nope, New York. The twenty twenty three Cannabis Global Price
Index says the city blazes through sixtytwo metric tons of weed a year,
seven tons more than Sydney. Australia, which came in second. The index
says Tokyo has the most expensive cannabisin the world, almost three times higher
than New York's. The cheapest weedin the US Portland, Oregon, cheapest
worldwide Montreal, but you might haveto ask for loweed there, Mark Ronner
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KFI News Get It. The toycompany Mattel is looking to hire a chief
Uno player to promote its newest cardgame, called Uno Quatro. A selected
TikTok user is going to be paidfour thousand, four hundred forty four dollars
a week to play for four hoursa day for four weeks. The paid
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player will have to make and sharevideos of themselves challenging randos on the streets
of New York City. Tiktoker's canapply now through August tenth by making a
video explaining why they're the one forthe job and posting it, of course,
to the Uno TikTok channel. Hereare some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four newsroom.Former President Trump said to be arraigned this
afternoon in DC on four counts relatedto his alleged efforts to overturn the results
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of the twenty twenty election. Aman's been stabbed to death on Metro's C
line in Hawthorne. A person whowas shot has been arrested. Florida Republican
governor and presidential candidate Ronda Santis sayshe will debate Democratic California Governor Newsom.
As far as we know, Newsom'snot actually running for anything, but I
would watch that one for sure.At five thirty five, we have five
(14:31):
thirty eight dot COM's Nathaniel Rakitch.It's gonna be talking about RFK and why
the Republicans seem to really like him, of course he's a Democrat. At
six oh five, it's handled onthe news. The US credit rating has
been downgraded and stocks went down inresponse. Okay, but right now we're
gonna do a little something called catchyLittle Tune. Right, Okay. So
(15:13):
I'm Amy King and I'm on it. So what am I on? I'm
on like TV shows, streaming shows, movies, documentaries, things that are
on all of the streaming services thatthere are so many, Like I always
wonder how am I going to figureout what I'm going to watch? And
so a lot of times I askmy friends, what are you watching?
(15:35):
What what's good, what's bad,and that kind of thing. So,
being a well a self book proclaimedcouch potato, I thought I will spend
my time productively watching shows and hopefullybe able to direct you to some good
shows. So every once in awhile we'll find out what I'm on.
Today, I'm on the Beanie Bubble. It's a new movie that's on Apple
(15:56):
TV just I think it came outlast week, and it's the story about
Beanie babies. It is based ona true story, but it's just based
on that. And mo Kelly andI have had this conversation several times about
when a movie is based on something, it doesn't mean it's a true story.
(16:17):
There are elements of truth in thestory, but then Hollywood takes creative
license with it. So this isthe story of how Beanie babies were born.
It stars Elizabeth Banks. She playsRobbie, Zach Gallafanakas who plays Tie
who is the creator of Beanie babies, and then Sarah Snook is also in
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it. She most recently was seenin Succession. She plays Sheila, and
there's also another character and I don'tremember the actress's name, she plays Maya.
But these three women all have relationshipsin some way or another with Ti,
played by Zach Gallafanachas, and it'sthe journey that Ty and these women
(17:00):
in his life take as beanie babiesbecome a sensation, and how the advent
of the Internet contributes to the beaniebaby's success, because beanie babies became a
thing right about the time eBay hitin the early nineties, So they didn't
know that when they sold the beaniebabies and they became really popular, that
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people would start reselling them. Andit was just it was a fascinating story
to see because I mean, they'rethese little stuffed animals that are beanie because
they're like little bean bags, andI mean, I've given them to my
best friends kids, and I probablyhave had a beanie baby, although I
never quite understood the craze of it. But I also knew a woman who
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just was like this closet beanie babycollector and she had trunks full of them,
and apparently that was a really,really common thing. So this show
is really interesting. It's not anedge of your seat show, but it
is really good. It's not asgood as I would say, Air,
which is another based on a truestory the story of how they got Michael
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Jordan to sign with Nike, andmaybe i'll talk about that one. If
you haven't seen that one, that'sdefinitely a great one. But this is
a good watch. So if youjust have a couple hours and you're just
chilling, I would say that definitelyrecommend the Beanie Bubble. Again, it's
on Apple TV. And again I'mgonna hopefully from time to time share some
(18:29):
stories with you about different things,different shows. There's some really really good
streaming series out there, and thenthere's some really bad ones too, and
hopefully I'll save you some time becausethen you won't go watch them. Okay,
let's get back to some of thestories coming out of the KFI twenty
four hour newsroom. Former President Trumpis set to be arraigned in DC following
his latest indictment tied to the Januarysixth attack on the US Capitol and efforts
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to overturn the twenty twenty presidential election. Law Enforcement says it is prepared for
any disturbances as Trump arrives at thecourt later. Trump is facing four federal
charges conspiracy to defraud the US,conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction
of an attempt to obstruct an officialproceeding, and conspiracy against rights. Lawyers
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representing a potential co conspirator from OrangeCounty say former President Trump's indictment is misleading.
Next Chapman University professor John Eastman appearsto be co conspirator too. Eastman's
lawyers say the indictment falsely presents therecord, ignoring comments from former Vice President
Pence about significant voting irregularities to contrivecharges against Trump. The indictment alleges co
(19:36):
conspirator to devise the overall strategy toobstruct the twenty twenty election. Eastman's lawyers
say if charges are brought, pleaddeals will be rejected and Eastman will competently
go to trial in Orange County.Corbin Carson k if I News. John
Eastman says he still stands by theadvice he offered former President Trump leading up
to January sixth. He told theJohn and Ken Show yesterday he doesn't think
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he'll be indicted. Did you dosomething wrong by giving that advice to Trump?
No, absolutely not, and I'lldefended if the Trump folks want to
call me as a witness. Eastmanalso went after former Vice President Pence and
his involvement in the indictment. Hesays Pence is running for president on the
argument that he was a so calledpotted plant during the attack on the Capitol
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in twenty twenty one, King tideshave caused more flooding in Huntington Beach.
The water started pouring in late lastnight. The extremely high tides happened a
few times a year. The tidesTuesday night caused flooding in Huntington Harbor,
Sunset Beach, and Newport Beach.A Southern California based helicopter company has offered
Taylor Swift fans the chance to arriveat SOFI in style. I ex Helicopters,
(20:45):
which is powered by Maverick, willtake up to six guests on any
of the six concert nights starting tonight, but there would still be about an
hour's walk, so the price includesa ground transportation credit to actually get to
the area. So that's just oneof the ways that people are getting to
the arena. I know that Taylorswift Mania has kicked into high gear as
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her first of six shows is tonight. There are extra metro trains, metro
buses, and metro shuttles that aregoing to be going to and from the
area, they're going to be runninglate to make sure and if you really
want to go see Taylor Swift,maybe Nick, you want to go see
Taylor, I mean, do youwant to go? Last minute? I'm
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I'm down. Well, the cheapestseats I found were four fifty on StubHub.
Yeah, I mean that blows alot of what I don't make here,
but yeah, well, and thefloor seats I found for is little
as sixteen hundred, which I thinkis I think they're coming down because people
are like, oh gosh, I'vegot these seats. Still, there's still
a lot of seats available. ButI did also find on StubHub this morning
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front row seats. There's two ofthem, ten two hundred thirty two dollars
a piece dollars. Crazy. Ican't even imagine. I know that sounds
amazing. Yeah, it sounds likeI think it would be a fun show
to see, just because the Taylorfans are so crazy. In fact that
they had the merch trucks arrived yesterdayand there were hundreds and hundreds of people,
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maybe thousands, So I'm not exactlysure the number who came out to
go buy Taylor Swift t shirts.There was some crazy specific blue crew neck
shirt that all I heard about allday yesterday on TV, on the radio
here on KFI, on our sisterstations on the FM dial. Everybody's looking
for these blue crewneck shirts that youcan only get at those merch trucks.
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So I can't even imagine what itwas like. And just seeing how long
people started queuing up, I guessat one o'clock yesterday morning for the like
the night before, so I guessthat would have been what Tuesday night,
Wednesday morning. Yeah, so justwild. I can't even imagine to wrap
my head around that. Absolutely insane. So here's the other thing that's happening
at other venues. Because one ofmy best friends up in Portland, her
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daughters got to go see Taylor Swiftin Seattle, so they drove up there,
and Seattle has their stadium like rightin the downtown core area. So
thousands and thousands of people who didnot have tickets came out and gathered outside
the stadium and sang along because apparentlyyou can kind of hear it. It's
probably truly muffled like those but sothey still they did that, and now
(23:17):
SOFI is saying, hey, hey, don't do that. Here. They're
telling you you can't go and doyour dancing in the parking lots. Well
see, and I don't know whatthe Seattle stadium is like, but SOFI
is amazing because they're open. Allsides of the Sofi are open. So
all of Inglewood is going to beable to sing along with Taylor no matter
where you are, even if you'renot right there at the stadium. Okay,
Well, officials are saying, don'teven think about it, but I'm
(23:40):
guessing that they will, and it'sgonna be fun. We'll have talk about
it tomorrow and see how how tonightwent. But Taylor swith my Hollywood part
to see like, that's close enough, So maybe that's not a horrible idea.
Maybe put you on at there wego. Okay, man on the
street A sorry, Amy, goahead, Okay, And again, I'm
sure we're going to have more aboutthis because tonight is the first of six
shows that Taylor Swift is doing itso far. Right now, let's say
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good morning to five thirty eight dotCOM's senior elections analyst Nathaniel Rakage. Good
morning, Nathaniel, Good morning,how are you. I'm great. Robert
F. Kennedy running for president asa Democrat. Of course, Democrats don't
seem too happy about it, butRepublicans like him. Yeah, it's it's
pretty interesting. Obviously RFKA is amember of the most famous aliens democratic politics.
(24:26):
But yeah, he's gotten the warmestreception among Republicans. So if you
look at some of the Republican presidentialcandidates, some of them have said may
be interested in having him in theiradministration if they were to win. And
if you look at the polls,RFKA is actually doing better among Republican voters
than among Democratic voters. Of coursethat doesn't matter because if he's running in
(24:47):
the Democratic primary. But if youlook at an average of the polls,
he has a plus twenty eight afavorability rating among Republicans, which basically means
the twenty eight percent more Republicans likehim than dislike him, and among Democrats
that numbers negative five. So moreDemocrats dislike RFK than like him. So
that's obviously a problem if you're runningthe Democratic primary, And do they dislike
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him because they like Biden or dothey just dislike him in general? They
just dislike him in general. Youknow, if you see on the Republican
side, you know, a lotof Republicans say they really like Donald Trump,
and they really like La Santis,and they really like the Vecramasami and
they really like you know, NickyHaley and stuff like that. So it's
not mutually exclusive. But I'm aDemocratic side. Oh yeah, you know,
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Democrats really like President Biden. Butyou know, they say that they
dislike Kennedy. And this is actuallydifferent. So earlier in the campaign,
when he first jumped in, andI think a lot of people maybe weren't
familiar with some of his more fringeviews, like on being like being anti
vaccine, a lot of Democrats saidthat they did like him because they saw
the name Kennedy and they said,I like the Kennedy. But that has
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changed over the course of the campaign. His numbers have slipped, okay,
and so his he is vaccinated,though, isn't he. Um. You
know, I'm actually not sure.I thought I heard that he was.
I'm not one hundred percent sure.I do know that he has he has
spread conspiracy theories about vaccines causing autism. Um, you know, things about
(26:12):
COVID nineteen, affecting people of certainraces but not others. Um. So,
you know, a lot of thoseviews are obviously, you know,
they're they're not popular among voters ofall political stripes, but they tend to
be conspiracy theories that are more commonon the rights than the left. So,
um, that is probably why they'reparticularly turning off Democratic voters. Okay,
And so so you're saying that theRepublicans like him, So does that
(26:37):
really matter or does it matter likeif if you know, depending on who
the Republican candidate is, that maybeRepublicans would jump over and vote for a
Democrat. Um. Well, youknow, I think obviously the odds that
R K will be Biden in theprimary are extremely low. You know,
that would be true even if hedidn't have some of these leaf. Biden
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is an incumbent president. That's obviouslya very strong position of being in the
primary. You know, in termsof the Republican you know, it's kind
of an interesting what if scenario tosay, what if Kennedy were to switch
parties and run for president as aRepublican. I think he'd do better than
he's doing currently in the Democratic primary. I still don't think you'd win,
because obviously Donald Trump is still verypopular among Republicans and is kind of the
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equivalent of Biden on that side ofthe aisle. But I do think that,
you know, for example, ifone of these Republican presidential candidates were
to win and put him in theircabinet or something the way that they have
kind of mentioned the possibility of doing, I think that would be received well
by Republican voters. You know,personally, I wish that they would do
that. Didn't Abraham Lincoln did it, and they wrote a book about it.
(27:44):
How he puts some people from theother party on his cabinet because he
wanted he wanted that viewpoint and tohave all voices. Yeah. Actually,
that's a fairly common practice among evenmodern presidents. So for example, George
W. Bush put Democrat Normonetta andhis cabinet. Barack Obama put a Republican
Congressan from Illinois and his cabinet.So usually there's one or two slots kind
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of reserved for the other party,just kind of as a bipartisan token of
goodwill. Okay, So even ifthe Republicans like JFK or not JFK sorry
RFK, his chances of doing anythingare slim and none. But just because
Biden's going to win the nomination,it's kind of a given as long as
he's still in the race. Yeah, exactly. Okay, so we'll see
(28:30):
what Republicans do about it. Butit is interesting to see in to hear
a different viewpoint because no one elsehas stepped up, even though seventy percent
of people say they don't want Bidento be president again. Yeah, although
it's important to remember that among Democratsthat number is lower. So you know,
Democrats obviously tend to still be fansof Joe Biden, and about sixty
(28:52):
percent of them say they'll they'll supporthim in the primary. So that's why
he's not a Clyde pass to thatnomination. But yeah, in the general
election, you know, if itis Trump versus Biden, a lot of
large majorities of Americans dislike both ofthose people, so it's going to be
an interesting election. The lesser oftwo evils, right, Okay. Nathaniel
Rakitch with five thirty eight dot Com, thanks so much for taking some time
(29:14):
to spend with us this morning.Thank you. All right. A man
found in a barrel in Malibu hasbeen identified The medical examiner identified the body
as thirty two year old Gavanta Murphy, who lived at an apartment in Selmar.
According to a social media post withhis name in photo, Murphy was
an aspiring rap artist. It's notclear if he had a job, but
law enforcement records show Murphy had beenarrested in twenty seventeen for battery and domestic
(29:36):
violence. Court records show he strucka plea deal and served forty five days
in jail. Murphy's body was foundMonday morning by a lifeguard at the Malibu
Lagoon State Park. Steve Gregory KOFYENews human remains discovered in San Bernardino in
nineteen eighty seven have been identified.Play say the body belonged to a fifty
one year old man reported missing innineteen eighty six. They say there were
(29:57):
no identifying belongings or other investigative leadsat the time, so the case went
cold, but a bone fragment wassent out for testing. The family of
the missing man eventually provided DNA anda positive match was confirmed. Detectives say
they don't think there was any crimeconnected to the death, probably some nice
closure for the family. Canadian PrimeMinister Justin Trudeau and his wife say they're
(30:21):
separating after eighteen years of marriage.The couple has three kids. Trudeau's office
says the focus on raising the kids, raising the kids in a safe,
loving and collaborative environment. The NationalPark Service says is going to let people
visit any park in the US forfree tomorrow. Park fees are being waived
tomorrow in honor of the Great AmericanOutdoors Act, which was passed in twenty
(30:45):
twenty. The passage cleared the wayfor increased funding, expanded recreation and other
improvements. It's one of five daysthis year designated as a fee free day.
Say that five times fast. Thenext one will be September twenty first,
on National Public Lands Day. Rightnow, let's say good morning to
ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, here'ssomething fun. Leprosy is surging. It
(31:10):
is, yes, at least inparts of the country, and these are
still relatively low numbers. About twohundred thousand new cases of leprosy around the
world every year. Between twenty fifteenand twenty twenty, they had about one
hundred and fifty six here in thiscountry, and the lions share were just
in five states. Florida California,Louisiana, Hawaii, New York, and
(31:30):
Texas, but Central Florida really seemsto be the place where it has taken
roots. It used to be thatthe illness would come into an area from
somebody traveling outside or immigrating to thiscountry from someplace where leprosy is still a
problem. But now these cases aretroubling in that they are endemic, meaning
(31:51):
that they're popping up with in acommunity itself amy So doctors, especially in
Central Florida are trying to keep tabson this. So conditions are ripe in
Central Florida for leprosy, well,they are across the whole southern tier,
although some cases have turned up inNew York State, and so, yeah,
the climate is one part of it, certainly, But also leprosy can
(32:14):
be spread by armadillos in case theydidn't realize that. Really, yeah,
they don't bite, but if you'rein contact with a wild armadillo that's been
infected, you can get infected fromthat animal. The fluids, the bodily
fluids of these animals can can spreadit if they've been infected. But kind
of contact would you have with anarmadillo? Hard to say I can't.
(32:37):
And you know, let's say youfind one a dead armadillo on the road
and you're responsible for cleaning it up. Maybe yeah, well they eatim in
Brazil or it's a lead. Yeah, it's a delicacy in Brazil armadillo.
Can it be spread that way?Probably not, because assuming you're cooking the
animal, then the bacterias is cookedout of it. But yeah, so
(33:00):
I think the armadillo equations it's sortof interesting, but that's probably not how
it's been spreading. It's not thoughtthat that's how it's been spreading around Florida.
But really they're watching very carefully incentral Florida. In fact, if
you turn up some other part ofthe country and you've got weird lesions or
numbness in your hands, or feedor I disorders, doctors likely to ask
you, have you been to Disneylate even been to Central Florida, because
(33:22):
that's where they're seeing this illness.Are they seeing it a Disney World?
Do they think that that's that's aspreading location. It's just that just happens
to be in the same exactly thatthe Orlando area and then parts west over
toward even as far west as theas the Gulf, the Gulf Coast,
the Tampa area, potentially, don'tdo that to my Disney. So you
mentioned there's like two hundred thousand casesworldwide world War. Who knew. I
(33:46):
thought it was like completely eradicated.Where where does it generally live? Well
in Africa, parts of Africa,places in Asia, and you know it's
still isolated to some pockets like that. And you thought it was eradicated because
it's rare in this country, andyou've been hearing about it as a biblical
(34:07):
sort of the duds. It's mentionedin both the Old Testament and the New
Testament in a not a very favorableway. And back in the Dark Ages,
people were consigned to living together incolonies because there was no cure.
It was considered highly contagious and therewas just really nothing you could do with
people like that. There were coloniesin Hawaiian Molochai, for example. Now
(34:28):
it is treatable. You can becured. It takes about two years worth
of antibiotics, but you can getover leprosy. Wow, two years.
And so we were talking about thison Handle yesterday and Handle was kind of
saying, yeah, and then yourhands start falling off and that, because
I mean, like, do literallycan body parts fall off? Can they
rot like that? Really? Theycan? Yeah, I've seen the pictures.
(34:52):
It's not pretty. So if youstart feeling a ez weird lesions on
your skin, or you'd start feelingor items like this, you need to
get it taken care of quickly.Chances that it's leprosy very very slim,
but if it is, there canbe a problem. Have there been any
cases reported that you know of inCalifornia? There have been cases in California
(35:13):
where though I'm not quite sure,but recently. Yes, most of the
cases in fact, from twenty twentyaccording to the CDC, like we didn't
have enough with COVID, Yeah exactly. Wildfire, the wildfires don't kill leprosy.
But yeah, those states you knowthese it's actually six dates, including
Texas, New York, Hawaii,Louisiana, California, Florida. So that
(35:36):
kind of southern tier in New Yorkis sort of the outlier there. It
was tech. Did you just sayTexas? No you didn't. I did,
Oh, you did, because thatwould make sense with the armadillo thing,
right, they did? Yeah,exactly. But I talked with the
station in Orlando this morning. Isaid, you know, I've been out
there many times for different reasons,haven't seen an armadillo. But they say,
yeah, they've got a lot ofarmadilla's in central in Central Florida.
Two, they're in Louisiana. Clearlythey're in Hawaii. I don't know about
(36:01):
you, guys, you have ahave an armadillo issue there. I've never
seen one. And Steve kna islike shaking his head, he says,
we don't have those. So howaside from armadillos, how literally is it's
spread Because it's a communicable disease.It is, yeah, from person to
(36:21):
person, you know, bodily fluidsone person to the next. But it
takes a long term contact with someonebecause the bacterium doesn't live for long outside
the human body. So you've gotto have exposure for some time before it
can infect you. Right, Soit's a fragile sort of bacterium. But
once it passes from one person tothe other, then it takes holding within
(36:45):
that host. Okay, well,and anything you can do to prevent it,
stay out of Central Florida, Okay, don't kiss armadillos. Those are
very very helpful hints. Yeah right, thank you Jim, who knew.
All right, have a great day. And as if you know leprosy wasn't
(37:07):
enough. You know, we weretalking about how valley fever could hit California
hard this year and the the droughtis to blame, but it kind of
has a Last of Us connection.So the dry conditions combined with recent heavy
(37:30):
winter rains could result in increasing valleyfever cases in the coming months. According
to the California Department of Public Health, During a drought, the fungus that
causes valley fever is left as lessactive, but it grows again once the
rains come back. So valley feverknown as now I can't say it cosa
(37:52):
damiga caucus or something like that.It's caused by a fungus that grows in
dirt. People and animals can getsick if they breathe in the dust and
contain the fungus. Remember how thewhole the Last of Us They were saying,
what's going to wipe us out isthe fungus. I haven't heard anything
about turning into zombies or clickers,but we're going to keep an eye on
(38:13):
that one. Okay, So noone told me about this. Krispy Kreme
was giving out free donuts to peoplewho didn't win the lottery. So yesterday
morning, when we heard about thethat there was no winner on Tuesday night,
krispy Kreme offered a free blazed donutto customers who didn't match all six
winning numbers, which was everybody.And to claim the consolation prize, you
(38:39):
just had to show up at aKrispy Kreme and show your lotto ticket.
This is nationwide and you would getone donut. They say wealth supplies last.
When are they running out of donuts? But I want to know if
they're going to do it again becausethe next Mega Millions drawing is Friday.
It's a one point two five billion, but our odds of winning are one
(39:02):
in more than three million, sothat's a lot of free donuts if krispy
Kreme offers it again. So I'mgoing to be on the lookout. Maybe
do a little Google search, becauseI think it's time for me to have
a free chrispy Creme. This isKFI and kost HD two Los Angeles,
Orange County. We lead local livefrom the KFI twenty four hour newsroom.
(39:23):
I'm Amy King. This has beenyour wake up call. You've been listening
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