WEBVTT - Wired Wednesday 0:00:00.700 --> 0:00:04.700 You're listening to KFI AM640 Wake Up Call with me, 0:00:04.860 --> 0:00:08.180 Amy King, on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 0:00:09.869 --> 0:00:13.830 KFI and KOST HD2, Los Angeles, Orange County. 0:00:15.670 --> 0:00:23.300 It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy. 0:00:24.220 --> 0:00:24.520 King. 0:00:24.540 --> 0:00:26.220 Good morning. Good morning. 0:00:30.050 --> 0:00:32.850 It's 5 o'clock straight up. This is your wake-up call 0:00:32.909 --> 0:00:38.159 for Wednesday, September 16th. I'm Amy King. We're live everywhere 0:00:38.420 --> 0:00:43.060 on the iHeartRadio app. Thanks for starting your day with us. 0:00:43.460 --> 0:00:46.160 We always appreciate it. You want to weigh in on 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:49.589 the talkback on the iHeartRadio app? We always love hearing 0:00:49.630 --> 0:00:52.870 from you. Well, most of the time. Every once in 0:00:52.909 --> 0:00:58.170 a while, not so much. But we always welcome your comments. Again, 0:00:58.210 --> 0:01:00.660 thanks for starting your day with us. Let's get right 0:01:00.740 --> 0:01:03.540 to it. Here's what's ahead on Wake Up Call. Three 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:07.200 people have been killed in a news chopper crash in Chatsworth. 0:01:07.740 --> 0:01:12.179 The NBC4 Telemundo helicopter operated by Angel City Air went 0:01:12.220 --> 0:01:15.560 down just before 7 last night between two commercial buildings. 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:21.790 Apparently crash landed on a loading dock. Reporter Eliana Moreno 0:01:21.950 --> 0:01:26.240 and pilot George Marcineau were killed. Another person on the 0:01:26.300 --> 0:01:30.010 ground was also killed. The chopper went down while it 0:01:30.050 --> 0:01:34.009 was covering a deadly bus crash. Three people were killed 0:01:34.050 --> 0:01:36.870 and five others were hurt when an SUV slammed into 0:01:36.890 --> 0:01:40.970 a Metro bus on Nordhoff Street just before 5 p.m. yesterday. 0:01:41.470 --> 0:01:44.080 The driver of the SUV was one of the three killed. 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:46.940 One woman who had been trapped in the bus was 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:51.100 taken to the hospital with what first responders called crushing injuries. 0:01:52.250 --> 0:01:55.050 Nick Reiner will not face the death penalty if he's 0:01:55.090 --> 0:01:56.910 convicted in the deaths of his parents. 0:01:57.630 --> 0:01:57.750 L.A. 0:01:57.780 --> 0:02:01.040 County D.A. Nathan Hockman announced yesterday that his office will 0:02:01.100 --> 0:02:03.920 not seek the death penalty and will instead ask for 0:02:04.340 --> 0:02:07.700 life without parole if he's convicted of killing Robin Michelle 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:12.600 Reiner at their home in Brentwood last December. So somebody's 0:02:12.660 --> 0:02:16.540 already got their hands on the shiny new Apple foldable phone. 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:19.780 Is it going to be worth it? Price tag's like 0:02:19.780 --> 0:02:23.750 $ 2, 000 to start. KTLA's Rich DeMuro is going to tell 0:02:23.810 --> 0:02:27.190 us coming up at 5.20. Also, another Prime Day is 0:02:27.250 --> 0:02:29.709 just around the corner. Remember they used to just do one? 0:02:29.970 --> 0:02:33.640 Now there's like 10. But the next one's coming up soon. 0:02:33.700 --> 0:02:35.560 Rich is going to help make sure that we get 0:02:35.580 --> 0:02:40.679 the best deals. Amy's on it. I'm on the stream 0:02:40.820 --> 0:02:44.960 checking out shows that you might want to miss or 0:02:45.020 --> 0:02:47.910 you definitely want to watch. And this one is a 0:02:47.950 --> 0:02:51.070 show you need to see. It's six episodes. It's gut-wrenching. 0:02:51.570 --> 0:02:56.419 It's heartbreaking, it's inspiring, and hopeful. The documentary has it all, 0:02:56.460 --> 0:02:58.480 and I'm going to tell you more about that coming 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:00.460 up a little bit later on Wake Up Call. Also, 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:03.120 I'm going over the edge for Union Rescue Mission to 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:06.840 get people off the street and help homeless people find 0:03:06.970 --> 0:03:09.700 their way home. And I need your help to do it. 0:03:10.090 --> 0:03:11.590 I'm going to tell you how you can do that 0:03:11.650 --> 0:03:14.910 coming up on Wake Up Call. Let's get started with 0:03:14.930 --> 0:03:17.990 some of the stories coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. 0:03:18.090 --> 0:03:19.610 There's a helicopter down. 0:03:20.100 --> 0:03:24.730 A helicopter crash in Chatsworth has killed NBC4 helicopter reporter 0:03:24.930 --> 0:03:29.889 Eliana Moreno and two others. News anchor Colleen Williams confirmed 0:03:29.930 --> 0:03:32.910 it during a live broadcast last night. We've been piecing 0:03:32.950 --> 0:03:33.710 it together here. 0:03:33.730 --> 0:03:35.220 We knew it was a news chopper. 0:03:35.590 --> 0:03:38.260 We knew we'd lost contact with our people out there. 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:42.220 And we've just received the confirmation. The crash happened during 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:47.120 news coverage of a deadly bus crash in Chatsworth. Two 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:50.030 people were killed when the Metro bus got T-boned by 0:03:50.190 --> 0:03:51.090 an SUV. 0:03:52.070 --> 0:03:52.610 This is a. 0:03:52.710 --> 0:03:56.290 Very, very, very tragic day in Los Angeles. 0:03:57.380 --> 0:03:57.500 L.A. 0:03:57.520 --> 0:03:59.800 Mayor Bass says her heart goes out to the family 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:02.830 and friends of those killed and those hurt in the tragedies. 0:04:03.190 --> 0:04:08.110 I'm deeply grateful to our firefighters, paramedics, police officers, and 0:04:08.190 --> 0:04:14.430 other first responders who responded immediately to two incredible, difficult 0:04:14.490 --> 0:04:17.450 scenes to save lives and render aid. 0:04:17.950 --> 0:04:21.690 She says the NTSB will investigate the helicopter crash while 0:04:21.710 --> 0:04:24.720 the city's focus is on the victims and their families. 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.960 The calls for D.C. to do something about the loss 0:04:30.020 --> 0:04:33.230 of film and TV jobs to other countries is growing. 0:04:33.430 --> 0:04:35.089 We need to act and we need to act before 0:04:35.110 --> 0:04:35.650 it's too late. 0:04:35.790 --> 0:04:35.890 L.A. 0:04:35.970 --> 0:04:38.390 Area Congressman Laura Friedman is talking about a federal tax 0:04:38.410 --> 0:04:41.279 credit to compete with 65 other countries, including. 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:41.740 Canada, the U.K. 0:04:41.779 --> 0:04:45.060 And Australia that have built incentive programs to pull all 0:04:45.100 --> 0:04:46.060 of that work. 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:48.180 She says a new study commissioned by the Motion Picture 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:50.700 Association shows a tax credit would be great for business. 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:55.460 We are talking about over 140,000 American jobs every single year. 0:04:55.730 --> 0:04:57.410 And to people who call it a Hollywood bailout. 0:04:57.430 --> 0:05:00.070 We give incentives to energy companies, to the maker of 0:05:00.190 --> 0:05:01.230 semiconductor chips. 0:05:01.310 --> 0:05:03.530 She notes President Trump's on board and she's working on 0:05:03.570 --> 0:05:05.630 a bill. Jason Aithenson, KFI News. 0:05:05.970 --> 0:05:08.950 And while that's being worked on, more productions are leaving 0:05:09.010 --> 0:05:14.089 the state. American Idol has announced. It is leaving Hollywood 0:05:14.230 --> 0:05:17.810 and will film this season in the greater Atlanta area. 0:05:18.330 --> 0:05:22.530 Georgia offers up to a 30% tax credit for unscripted 0:05:22.589 --> 0:05:27.080 and reality TV productions that spend a minimum of $ 500, 000 0:05:26.950 --> 0:05:30.429 in the state. This will be American Idol's 25th season. 0:05:31.110 --> 0:05:33.870 Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is being made 0:05:34.010 --> 0:05:37.810 available to L.A. County kids through a state scholarship program. 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:41.380 More than 71% of public school students are eligible for 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:45.680 up to $ 1, 500 through the Cal Kids Scholarship Program. You 0:05:45.700 --> 0:05:49.800 can find out if your kids are eligible at calkids.org. 0:05:50.500 --> 0:05:53.760 Let's say good morning now to ABC's Stephen Portnoy. So, Stephen, 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:56.500 I'm amazed that this thing has gotten so big and 0:05:56.600 --> 0:06:00.250 so contentious. A judge has ruled that President Trump's name 0:06:00.290 --> 0:06:03.270 cannot go on the side of the Kennedy Center building, 0:06:03.750 --> 0:06:05.590 and that started a chain of events yesterday. 0:06:06.900 --> 0:06:09.859 Yeah, and it's a bit confusing. I'd like to untangle 0:06:09.900 --> 0:06:13.190 it so everyone understands. We're talking about two separate issues. 0:06:13.230 --> 0:06:16.310 We're talking about the renaming question and then the closure 0:06:16.630 --> 0:06:19.570 of the Kennedy Center, which yesterday was closed by a 0:06:19.589 --> 0:06:25.370 vote of the board citing immediate structural emergencies. They point 0:06:25.410 --> 0:06:27.810 to the chunk of plaster that fell from the ceiling 0:06:27.830 --> 0:06:29.810 a couple of weeks ago during some heavy rain here 0:06:29.850 --> 0:06:33.289 in D.C., And the board voted to immediately close the building, 0:06:33.370 --> 0:06:35.719 which includes a number of venues inside of it. 0:06:35.750 --> 0:06:36.810 It's a massive structure. 0:06:36.890 --> 0:06:40.210 So there's an opera house, a concert hall, another theater, 0:06:40.270 --> 0:06:44.270 and then various stages in the building, gift shops. And 0:06:44.850 --> 0:06:48.590 on the top floor, a restaurant and a memorial to 0:06:48.630 --> 0:06:48.960 John F. 0:06:48.970 --> 0:06:49.290 Kennedy. 0:06:49.770 --> 0:06:50.370 It's D.C. 0:06:50.370 --> 0:06:54.290 's only memorial to the slain president. And it includes 0:06:54.350 --> 0:06:57.930 exhibits behind glass and all that, just like a museum. Well, 0:06:57.970 --> 0:07:00.770 yesterday the board voted to close the whole structure because 0:07:00.830 --> 0:07:03.890 of the idea that this 55-year-old building is in need 0:07:03.930 --> 0:07:07.930 of immediate repair or else. And that's one issue. The 0:07:07.970 --> 0:07:10.350 second issue is what about this renaming? The judge said 0:07:10.370 --> 0:07:13.950 yesterday that the board was effectively thumbing its nose at 0:07:14.270 --> 0:07:17.060 the federal court and at the Congress. That there's a 0:07:17.100 --> 0:07:19.360 law that's been on the books since the early 1980s 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:24.080 that says that there should be no other memorials in 0:07:24.100 --> 0:07:26.740 the public spaces of the Kennedy Center except to John F. Kennedy. 0:07:27.730 --> 0:07:30.170 And the concern, I guess, in the early 80s was 0:07:30.210 --> 0:07:32.580 that some wealthy person might put up the money and 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:34.780 want his or her name on certain things. 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:37.220 Congress said no to that. 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:40.000 And now here you have the board handpicked by Donald 0:07:40.020 --> 0:07:42.640 Trump saying, we should honor him because of all of 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:47.550 his efforts to restore the building. Howard Lutnick, the president's 0:07:47.570 --> 0:07:50.730 commerce secretary, recently put it this way. If a wealthy 0:07:50.770 --> 0:07:53.530 person were, you know, raising money or donating his own money, 0:07:53.970 --> 0:07:56.390 for a university or a hospital, well, he would have 0:07:56.410 --> 0:07:58.290 the reasonable expectation that his name would go. 0:07:58.290 --> 0:07:58.750 On it, too. 0:07:59.430 --> 0:08:02.570 Except that most of the money, most all of the 0:08:02.610 --> 0:08:04.400 money that would be put up for renovations of the 0:08:04.420 --> 0:08:07.640 Kennedy Center have been approved by Congress. That's taxpayer money. 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:08.800 It's your money. It's my money. 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:11.620 To a certain extent, it's Donald Trump's money, we think. 0:08:12.180 --> 0:08:18.630 But ultimately, this question of whether the renaming should happen 0:08:19.150 --> 0:08:21.490 and how tied it is to the You know, the 0:08:21.510 --> 0:08:23.570 president put on social media yesterday that if he doesn't 0:08:23.610 --> 0:08:26.390 prevail on this naming issue, there won't be any renovation 0:08:26.490 --> 0:08:27.330 of the building at all. 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:34.740 OK, so so as it stands now, the Kennedy Center 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:37.719 is closed. And we don't know if there's going to 0:08:37.740 --> 0:08:41.319 be renovations. And the judge says, no, you can't put 0:08:41.340 --> 0:08:45.720 your name on it. And sounds like Trump is going 0:08:45.740 --> 0:08:46.700 to take his ball and go home. 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:49.319 Well, that's his position, and he said he would take 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:51.560 it to the appeals court and ultimately to the Supreme Court, 0:08:51.580 --> 0:08:55.300 and if he loses, quote, the reconstruction and renovation of 0:08:55.340 --> 0:08:58.440 the Kennedy Center will not take place, which makes you 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:01.460 wonder why Congress already put up the money, why this 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:04.140 is so important to him, why he would stand in 0:09:04.179 --> 0:09:07.860 the way. It's a question for him. 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:12.209 Yeah. Okay. Well, hopefully he'll answer it one day. ABC's 0:09:12.250 --> 0:09:13.590 Stephen Portnoy, thanks so much. 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:14.350 You bet. 0:09:14.370 --> 0:09:19.089 All right. Interesting stuff. Yeah, I know that he wants 0:09:19.130 --> 0:09:21.350 his name on stuff. I just don't understand, you know, 0:09:21.750 --> 0:09:23.469 is that the hill you want to die on? It 0:09:23.570 --> 0:09:27.240 seems a little extreme to me. That is my personal opinion, 0:09:27.260 --> 0:09:30.839 not my reporter opinion. All right, let's get back to 0:09:30.860 --> 0:09:33.280 some of the stories coming out of the KFI 24-hour newsroom. 0:09:33.300 --> 0:09:35.500 At least 19 people have been killed in a building 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:40.710 collapse in Gaza. The building was home to displaced Palestinian families. 0:09:40.850 --> 0:09:44.350 It had been heavily damaged during the Israel-Hamas war, and 0:09:44.390 --> 0:09:48.069 there were warnings about its safety. Dozens of people remain 0:09:48.130 --> 0:09:51.640 missing or trapped under the rubble. The judge in the 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:56.370 Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Massachusetts has indefinitely sealed the 0:09:56.420 --> 0:09:59.230 names of the jurors almost two weeks after a mistrial 0:09:59.250 --> 0:09:59.790 was declared. 0:09:59.820 --> 0:10:03.140 A Massachusetts woman admitted to killing her three young children 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:08.059 in 2023, but argued postpartum psychosis made her not criminally responsible. 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:11.660 A jury recently failed to return a verdict resulting. 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:11.900 In a mistrial. 0:10:12.390 --> 0:10:15.660 Now Judge William Sullivan is concerned about jurors' safety and 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.560 the risk of immediate and irreparable harm if their names 0:10:18.620 --> 0:10:22.100 are released. This comes after reports identified the holdout juror. 0:10:22.580 --> 0:10:26.420 Sullivan says most jurors have remained anonymous despite requests for interviews. 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.330 Tammy Trujillo, KFI News. 0:10:29.490 --> 0:10:32.330 The House Oversight Committee has voted to hold billionaire Leon 0:10:32.410 --> 0:10:37.709 Black in contempt of Congress amid its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein. 0:10:37.750 --> 0:10:42.020 ABC's Peter Harlambu says... Black defied two subpoenas to appear 0:10:42.059 --> 0:10:45.010 for a deposition, as well as to turn over documents 0:10:45.210 --> 0:10:47.510 pertinent to the inquiry into Epstein. 0:10:47.630 --> 0:10:50.910 Black's lawyers called the move a, quote, complete abomination and 0:10:50.950 --> 0:10:54.580 accused the committee of abusing its power. The contempt resolution 0:10:54.620 --> 0:10:56.739 now heads to the House floor for a vote as 0:10:56.780 --> 0:10:57.600 early as this week. 0:10:58.980 --> 0:11:03.400 Black left a closed-door voluntary interview with the panel in June. 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:07.939 after refusing to answer questions about nondisclosure agreements and did 0:11:07.980 --> 0:11:10.620 not comply with subpoenas to appear before the committee two 0:11:10.660 --> 0:11:15.579 weeks ago. Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massey has introduced a 0:11:15.620 --> 0:11:19.660 resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:23.420 in Iran. It's not the first attempt to impeach Hegseth. 0:11:23.700 --> 0:11:26.080 Democrats gave it a go in April. This is the 0:11:26.100 --> 0:11:29.280 first impeachment effort by a Republican. Massey says the element 0:11:29.300 --> 0:11:31.460 of surprise was part of his plans. 0:11:31.820 --> 0:11:34.920 Every time we try to do something one way, they 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:36.150 say we're not going to follow it. 0:11:36.260 --> 0:11:38.940 And I think the only way to stop this right 0:11:38.980 --> 0:11:40.780 now is to impeach Peter Hexeth. 0:11:41.350 --> 0:11:45.170 Massey has crossed the Trump administration before, pairing with California 0:11:45.190 --> 0:11:51.340 Democrat Congressman Ro Khanna to release the Epstein files. China 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:54.219 may be trying to keep its citizens close to home 0:11:54.300 --> 0:11:55.540 with a new set of border rules. 0:11:55.860 --> 0:11:59.000 These rules could ban citizens from leaving the country if 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:03.439 they engage in illegal activities threatening national or industrial security. 0:12:03.820 --> 0:12:07.620 The rules that took effect yesterday reflect concerns about technology 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:10.480 exports at a time of competition with the U.S. in 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:15.260 areas like artificial intelligence. Citizens involved in overseas criminal activities 0:12:15.300 --> 0:12:17.990 could face travel bans for up to three years. The 0:12:18.050 --> 0:12:21.780 rules also aim to prevent citizens from being deceived into 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:23.480 illegal activities abroad. 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:27.800 Debra Mark, KFI News. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's kids 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:32.120 are apparently switching schools because of security concerns. Seven-year-old Prince 0:12:32.260 --> 0:12:36.040 Archie and five-year-old Princess Lilibet have only been enrolled in 0:12:36.070 --> 0:12:38.770 the school for a few days. They were enrolled after 0:12:38.790 --> 0:12:41.350 the family moved back to the UK from California last month. 0:12:41.410 --> 0:12:44.069 Reports say the switch comes following a discussion with the 0:12:44.110 --> 0:12:47.760 family's security team. This comes as the couple awaits a 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:51.829 decision on their request for publicly funded security protection. A 0:12:51.870 --> 0:12:54.470 statement from King Charles last week had said that Harry 0:12:54.490 --> 0:12:56.950 and Meghan would need to deal with local authorities for 0:12:56.970 --> 0:13:00.839 their security. And actress Sydney Sweeney's new ad is a 0:13:00.940 --> 0:13:02.220 foul ball for some. 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:05.420 Sweeney's latest ad has her naughty bits covered by sports equipment, 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:07.699 including a hockey stick, a basketball hoop and lots of 0:13:07.740 --> 0:13:10.429 balls for a sports betting app she owns part of. 0:13:10.780 --> 0:13:13.239 The CEO says Sweeney was the one behind the ad. 0:13:13.260 --> 0:13:15.559 She's lost a couple hundred thousand followers on her social 0:13:15.580 --> 0:13:19.160 media since the ad's release, and real female athletes have responded. 0:13:19.420 --> 0:13:22.070 Gymnast Gracie Kramer posted a competition video saying, I don't 0:13:22.090 --> 0:13:24.110 know what Sydney Sweeney was doing, but this is what 0:13:24.150 --> 0:13:26.470 a woman in sports looks like. The actress has also 0:13:26.510 --> 0:13:29.250 sold soap mixed with her bathwater, and critics for her 0:13:29.290 --> 0:13:32.230 blue jeans ad last year said it glorified white genetics. 0:13:32.670 --> 0:13:34.150 Michael Krosier, KFI News. 0:13:34.450 --> 0:13:38.270 Her naughty bits. Krosier, you're so funny. Three people have 0:13:38.290 --> 0:13:41.370 been killed in the crash of an NBC4 news chopper 0:13:41.429 --> 0:13:45.050 that was covering a deadly bus crash in Chatsworth. LA 0:13:45.070 --> 0:13:48.410 Fire says the helicopter went down between two commercial buildings 0:13:48.490 --> 0:13:51.650 and burst into flames last night. The fire spread to 0:13:51.690 --> 0:13:55.120 a couple containers and cars. The pilot of the helicopter 0:13:55.220 --> 0:13:58.439 and reporter Eliana Moreno were killed, along with a person 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:02.060 on the loading dock. Survivors of last year's Palisades and 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:06.380 Eaton fires are celebrating after Governor Newsom signed a series 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:09.780 of bills during a visit to Altadena. The bills will 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:13.500 create what are being called pioneering standards for testing and 0:14:14.059 --> 0:14:18.180 remediating hazardous wildfire smoke. They'll give homeowners a break on 0:14:18.250 --> 0:14:21.750 mortgage payments and require insurance companies to keep paying for 0:14:21.850 --> 0:14:25.870 living expenses while smoke damage is cleaned up. Southern California's 0:14:25.950 --> 0:14:30.870 newest roller coaster officially opens today when Universal Studios Hollywood 0:14:30.910 --> 0:14:35.600 launches Fast and Furious Hollywood Drift. The opening comes weeks 0:14:35.700 --> 0:14:40.470 after complaints from Toluca Lake neighbors about nonstop screaming coming 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:43.330 from the riders during the soft opening. That prompted the 0:14:43.350 --> 0:14:45.890 park to add some more sound barriers. The outdoor coaster, 0:14:45.990 --> 0:14:50.230 based on the popular film franchise, reaches speeds up to 0:14:50.230 --> 0:14:54.710 72 miles per hour. At 6.05, it's Handle on the News. 0:14:55.170 --> 0:14:58.370 The price of the war with Iran is huge. Bill's 0:14:58.390 --> 0:15:00.130 going to tell you how big. Let's say good morning 0:15:00.170 --> 0:15:02.150 now to the host of Rich on Tech on KFI 0:15:02.250 --> 0:15:05.960 every Saturday from 11 to 2 p.m. It's KTLA's tech reporter, 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:10.320 Rich DeMuro. Rich, you're one of the few, the lucky, 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:12.800 the ones that have had their hands on the new 0:15:13.020 --> 0:15:15.100 Apple foldable phone. 0:15:16.660 --> 0:15:20.680 Yes, the iPhone Duo. This is their first foldable phone, 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:23.400 and I've been covering foldable phones for at least seven 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:27.070 years now. 2019 was the first time that I used 0:15:27.110 --> 0:15:30.050 the Samsung device, and they've come a long way for sure, 0:15:30.090 --> 0:15:33.050 but Apple has addressed A lot of the issues we've 0:15:33.090 --> 0:15:37.010 seen with other foldables, notably the software and hardware, like 0:15:37.050 --> 0:15:39.930 how do you take advantage of this nice big canvas 0:15:40.030 --> 0:15:44.030 on the inside, but also this strange, oddly shaped screen 0:15:44.150 --> 0:15:46.070 on the outside. And I think Apple has done a 0:15:46.110 --> 0:15:48.960 good job of adapting iOS to that. So that's number one. 0:15:49.540 --> 0:15:52.520 Apps look a whole lot better because developers are on 0:15:52.580 --> 0:15:54.720 board and saying, oh yeah, we think this might actually 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.440 have something to it. So let's make Netflix look good. 0:15:57.460 --> 0:15:59.860 Let's make all the other apps that are available on 0:15:59.920 --> 0:16:02.850 iPhone look good. So it's a small screen on the outside, 0:16:03.710 --> 0:16:06.590 looks like a passport, opens up to a nice big 0:16:06.650 --> 0:16:10.050 screen on the inside, 7.6 inches to be exact, kind 0:16:10.070 --> 0:16:12.330 of like a little iPad mini. You can run two 0:16:12.410 --> 0:16:16.290 apps side by side, drag and drop between apps. This 0:16:16.310 --> 0:16:18.930 will be available on October 23rd. I think it's going 0:16:18.950 --> 0:16:21.170 to sell out, but it's expensive, $ 2, 000, so not everyone 0:16:21.210 --> 0:16:24.540 is going to be on board with that price tag. Yeah, although.... 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:30.560 I was thinking about that, and yes, I think it's 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:37.170 stupid expensive, but like the iPhone 15, 17, those are 0:16:37.210 --> 0:16:38.770 like $ 1, 300, $ 1, 400, $ 1, 500 anyway, right? 0:16:39.810 --> 0:16:42.310 Yeah, exactly. So, I mean, and I'm not justifying the 0:16:42.350 --> 0:16:45.050 high price. It is expensive. But if you add up 0:16:45.070 --> 0:16:48.940 the price of an iPhone Pro plus an iPad, you're 0:16:48.980 --> 0:16:52.680 looking at close to $ 2, 000. The problem is you are 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:55.440 not getting either of those two devices in this new device. 0:16:55.860 --> 0:16:57.940 The cameras on the Duo are not as good as 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:01.080 the Pro cameras. And the functionality of the iPad, the 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.920 screen is just not as big. So, you know, you 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:07.220 are making some concessions here. But I think for someone 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:09.460 who travels a lot or someone who wants the latest 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:13.080 greatest or someone who just uses their phone for everything, 0:17:13.100 --> 0:17:16.280 you know, their laptop, their phone, their tablet, this is 0:17:16.340 --> 0:17:17.520 a pretty cool option to have. 0:17:17.540 --> 0:17:20.060 Okay. And is Apple doing the same thing that they're 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:24.220 doing with the phones now, basically having you lease them? Yes. 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:26.220 The lease on this, you don't have to, you can 0:17:26.270 --> 0:17:29.470 buy it, but the lease, honestly, and I'm not a leaser, 0:17:29.890 --> 0:17:32.710 but I will tell you, it almost like doesn't make 0:17:32.770 --> 0:17:35.450 sense to not lease it because it's the same exact price. 0:17:35.510 --> 0:17:38.810 So if you pay for this thing over 24 months 0:17:39.369 --> 0:17:42.010 at the lease price, and then you decide to buy 0:17:42.050 --> 0:17:45.370 it outright, there's literally no difference in the price you've 0:17:45.410 --> 0:17:48.570 paid over those that for that device, like they're not 0:17:48.650 --> 0:17:50.369 charging you any extra for the lease. 0:17:50.390 --> 0:17:50.610 Okay. 0:17:51.070 --> 0:17:52.189 And the lease is $ 58 a month for 24 months. 0:17:54.100 --> 0:17:55.399 Let's say you did that, and then you say, oh, 0:17:55.460 --> 0:17:56.699 I want to buy this thing. It would just be 0:17:56.700 --> 0:17:59.960 $ 2, 000 minus whatever you paid, and that's the balance. So 0:18:00.770 --> 0:18:02.490 I hate to say it's a win-win, but it kind 0:18:02.530 --> 0:18:03.850 of is. 0:18:03.990 --> 0:18:08.669 Okay. Always looking for price wins, and you're hopefully going 0:18:08.690 --> 0:18:12.010 to get some because Amazon has another Prime Day coming. 0:18:12.990 --> 0:18:14.919 Used to be once or twice a year, and now 0:18:14.940 --> 0:18:16.100 it seems like it's every quarter. 0:18:17.140 --> 0:18:19.280 Yes, it does. But I think it's still twice a year, 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:21.159 but it does seem like it's all the time. I mean, 0:18:21.180 --> 0:18:22.660 I think the last one was in July. 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:23.120 Right. 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:24.160 So now we're October. 0:18:24.180 --> 0:18:26.180 And then is there going to be one before Christmas? 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:27.899 We don't know yet. 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:30.240 I think, you know, I don't know. Like this. Yeah, 0:18:30.260 --> 0:18:31.580 because this seems very early. 0:18:31.619 --> 0:18:31.859 Right. 0:18:31.900 --> 0:18:33.700 Like I'm not ready to get all my gifts. But 0:18:34.540 --> 0:18:38.090 October 6th and 7th. Mark your calendar. Uh, 48 hours. 0:18:38.609 --> 0:18:41.590 And this is of course for prime members only. And 0:18:41.609 --> 0:18:43.410 they're going to have, you know, as they always say, 0:18:43.470 --> 0:18:45.990 millions of deals. So my advice always is to put 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:47.600 the stuff you want in your cart. Now, if you 0:18:47.630 --> 0:18:50.840 don't exactly need it, wait for a price drop. Um, 0:18:50.880 --> 0:18:52.179 keep in mind, there's a couple of deals you can 0:18:52.220 --> 0:18:55.980 get right now. Audible. You can get, um, a couple months. 0:18:56.000 --> 0:18:58.140 I think it's like four months for 99 cents right now, 0:18:58.619 --> 0:19:01.100 which is pretty good. Amazon music. You can get four 0:19:01.140 --> 0:19:03.639 months completely free grub hub. You can get $ 20 off 0:19:03.680 --> 0:19:07.560 a $ 30 purchase. Again, you have to have a Prime membership. 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:11.300 Prime membership has held steady at $ 139. I am just 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:13.359 waiting for the day when they raise that price because 0:19:13.500 --> 0:19:14.700 it's been a while. 0:19:14.960 --> 0:19:17.879 Yeah, yeah, I know. It seems like everything else is 0:19:17.920 --> 0:19:20.480 going up, like streaming is going up, which reminds me 0:19:21.060 --> 0:19:23.580 to ask you about a lot of times for, I 0:19:23.859 --> 0:19:27.020 think it's for Prime, don't they do these special streaming deals? 0:19:27.480 --> 0:19:29.380 Or is that just directly through the companies? 0:19:30.660 --> 0:19:33.320 Yeah, no, I think the best way to subscribe to 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:37.730 any streaming service is during a deal. So Prime, typically 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:40.619 during Prime days, they will have streaming services on sale. 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:43.139 The caveat is that I think you have to access 0:19:43.180 --> 0:19:45.720 them through the Prime app, which is fine. But yes, 0:19:45.930 --> 0:19:47.950 I think the best way to get streaming services at 0:19:47.990 --> 0:19:49.970 this point is sadly to bundle them with other services. 0:19:50.020 --> 0:19:52.640 services because that's where you make the money. Your credit 0:19:52.680 --> 0:19:56.040 card also sometimes like I have one card I got 0:19:56.100 --> 0:19:59.379 that has a discount on Apple One. It's like $ 11 0:19:59.340 --> 0:20:01.700 a month off, which, you know, I'll take it because 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:03.810 I'm paying like 40 bucks a month to Apple for whatever, 0:20:03.990 --> 0:20:06.390 you know, Apple TV Plus and all this other stuff 0:20:06.430 --> 0:20:09.109 that they offer. So, you know, every dime we can 0:20:09.150 --> 0:20:09.970 save is a good thing. 0:20:10.290 --> 0:20:14.100 Absolutely. Okay. And I always like to call attention to 0:20:14.230 --> 0:20:17.280 scams because it seems like they're happening more and more often. 0:20:17.840 --> 0:20:20.340 And this scam tricks you into hacking yourself. 0:20:21.660 --> 0:20:24.199 Oh, my gosh. This is called the ClickFix scam. It's 0:20:24.260 --> 0:20:28.550 not new, but it's happening apparently a lot more. And basically, 0:20:28.570 --> 0:20:31.030 I did a video about this on my Instagram, at 0:20:31.070 --> 0:20:35.270 Rich on Tech. A woman fell victim to it, but basically... 0:20:35.230 --> 0:20:37.320 When you're going to do that CAPTCHA, you know, where 0:20:37.340 --> 0:20:39.660 it says, like, move the puzzle piece into the, you know, 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:42.960 alignment or, you know, is this you? Are you a robot? 0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:46.679 You know, those are called a CAPTCHA. So these pop up. 0:20:46.720 --> 0:20:49.159 They look like that, but they say, hey, will you 0:20:49.200 --> 0:20:51.899