1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 2: App KFI and kost HB two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 3: It's time for your morning wake up call. Here's Amy King. 5 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 4: It is five o'clock, straight up. 6 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: This is your wake up call for Monday, January fifth. 7 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 4: Good morning, I'm Amy King. 8 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and of course 9 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: on AM six forty. 10 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 4: Happy New Year. 11 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: I know I'm five days late, but that's okay. Took 12 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: a few days off. I gotta tell you it was 13 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: a total chaos Christmas. Total chaos Christmas. But even in chaos, 14 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: you can make lemonade out of lemons. I'm going to 15 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: give you an update on the cat that canceled Christmas, 16 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: and also how we worked around it, and lots of 17 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: other fun. 18 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 4: Stuff and what's up next. 19 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: If you're a regular wake up call listener, you know 20 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: that my cat's having some health issues. Next steps are today. Yeah, 21 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: but anyway, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and 22 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: a wonderful New Year. I get to tell you mine was. 23 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: It was one for the record books because it was 24 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: different than pretty much anyone that I've had in well forever, 25 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: so you know, but that's okay. Difference is what makes 26 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: the world go round. And boy, what an what a 27 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: big weekend we had news wise, We're going to be 28 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: digging into that. We got lots of heads, so let's 29 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: get right to it. Here's what's a head on wake 30 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: up call. Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro is set to make 31 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: his first court appearance in New York this morning. Maduro 32 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: has been moved from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn 33 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: to the Federal Courthouse. Protesters have been demonstrating outside the jail, 34 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: carrying signs and chanting things like no blood for oil 35 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: and stop bombing Venezuela. President Trump says if Venezuela's Vice president, 36 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: Delsea Rodriguez doesn't do what's right, she is going to, 37 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: in his words, pay a very big price, probably bigger 38 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: than Maduro. Rodriguez has been Maduro's VP since twenty eighteen. 39 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: A police officer has been critically injured after he was 40 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: hit by a car as he chased a guy on 41 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: foot in Garden Grove. The officer was chasing a man 42 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: who was wanted for pulling a knife at a seven 43 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: eleven and threatening somebody. The driver of the vehicle that 44 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: hit him wasn't involved in the assault. The man police 45 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: for chasing has been taken into custody. We've got a 46 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: lot to talk about when it comes to Venezuela, so 47 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: we're going to talk about it a lot this morning 48 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: on Wake Up. 49 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 4: I'll get you all up to speed. 50 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: First up, we've got ABC's Karen travers So with Maduro 51 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,679 Speaker 1: under arrest and in the US who's going to be 52 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: running Venezuela. Also, Maduro and his wife are expected to 53 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: make their first court appearance. As I mentioned, they've already 54 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: made their way over to the federal courthouse. So what 55 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:15,679 Speaker 1: are the charges, where are they being held, and what's 56 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 1: going on outside in protest or in support of that arrest. 57 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: We're going to find out with kfi's Natalie Migliano. That's 58 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: come out by five twenty, And of course there's response 59 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 1: from both sides of the aisle on the events of 60 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: the weekend. ABC Stephen Portnoy's going to join us at 61 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: five point fifty to tell us who's lining up behind 62 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: and well against the President. I think you might be 63 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: able to guess because it's kind of coming down on 64 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: party lines. But we will talk more with ABC Stephen Portnoy, 65 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: who always has such great insight on all of this stuff. 66 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 67 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 68 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 4: The National Weather Services. 69 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: More rain is expected in southern California, but it should 70 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: be lighter than what we've seen lately. Boy, there was 71 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: a huge downpour yesterday. I got stuck in it, Hannah 72 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: Bata says. In northern California, the San Francisco Bay Area 73 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: has just been dumped on. 74 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 5: The area recording its highest tide level since nineteen ninety eight. 75 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 5: Powerful waves sending seawater crashing into the streets in Santa 76 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 5: Barbara County. Mudslides temporarily shut down Highway one oh one. 77 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 1: Forecasters say sunny skys are expected to return later this week, 78 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: with lighter rain possible tomorrow. A man and a woman 79 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: have been killed, three others are in the hospital after 80 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: a three car crash in Long Beach. The crash happened 81 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 1: last night at sixth and Atlantic Pilise. Their preliminary investigation 82 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 1: suggests that one of the cars was being driven at 83 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: a high speed on sixth Street and crashed into two 84 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: other vehicles on Atlantic Avenue. They say the person driving 85 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: the car that crashed took off. Community members in north 86 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: Ridge Ship demanded answers after a man was shot and 87 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: killed by an off duty Ice agent. 88 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 6: A vigil was held Sunday night for Keith Porter, who 89 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 6: was killed on New Year's Eve. Black Lives Matter Los 90 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 6: Angeles is holding a meeting today with District Attorney Nathan 91 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 6: Hafkman over the incident, and the group says that they 92 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 6: want justice for Porter. Authorities have said Porter was shot 93 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 6: by the off duty ice officer when he pointed a 94 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 6: rifle at him and refused orders to drop the weapon. 95 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 6: Friends and family save Porter was celebrating the New Year 96 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 6: by firing a gun into the air and claimed that 97 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 6: the off duty agent had no business shooting Porter. 98 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 4: Mark Mayfield KFI News. 99 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: The first major award show of the year is in 100 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: the Books. The Critics' Choice Awards were handed out last 101 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: night at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The big 102 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: winner was one Battle after another. It got Best Picture, 103 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The Golden Globes are 104 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: up next. That's happening this weekend during the Award Show 105 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: last night. Chelsea Handler, who hosted, paid tribute to the 106 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: late Rob Reiner, calling him the nicest guy in Hollywood. 107 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 1: Let's say good morning now to ABC's Karen Travers. 108 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 4: Happy New Year, Karen. 109 00:05:58,160 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 7: Thank you. 110 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: Ellis Maduro obviously in the US, he was brought here 111 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 1: over the weekend. 112 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 4: So back at home, who's running Venezuela. 113 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 7: Yeah, and you know that's a big question about who 114 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 7: is really in control there. Maduro had a hand picked 115 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 7: vice president, Delfia Rodriguez, who has sworn in as the 116 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 7: nation's vice acting president, and she has been critical about 117 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 7: the operation that resulted in the taking of Nicholas Maduro, 118 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 7: saying that he was abducted. The president has delivered a 119 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 7: threat to her, saying that she doesn't comply with the US, 120 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 7: her fate would be worse than Maduro's. He said, I 121 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,559 Speaker 7: just say that you will face a situation probably worse 122 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 7: than Maduro because he gave up immediately. The president says 123 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 7: he hasn't spoken to Dlcei Rodriguez, the vice president, who 124 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 7: again is now the interim leader. Asked if he wants 125 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 7: to speak to her, The president said, at the right time, 126 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 7: I will now overnight Rodriguez has taken a more conciliatory tone, 127 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 7: saying in a statement, we invite the US. GUP meant 128 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 7: to collaborate with US on an agenda of cooperation oriented 129 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 7: toward shared development. What does that mean not clear, But 130 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 7: the President was very clear last night again saying that he, 131 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 7: in his view, the US is in charge of Venezuela, 132 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 7: which is very different than what we had heard from 133 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 7: Marco Rubier, the Secretary of State yesterday, who was taking 134 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 7: a more diplomatic posture, that it was not the United 135 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 7: States running the country, but using leverage to put pressure 136 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 7: on Venezuela. 137 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 4: And the leverage they're using is the oil. 138 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 7: Yeah, he said, there could be pressure on Venezuela with 139 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 7: a military blockade on oil leaving the country. But then 140 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 7: the President last night made it very clear he wants 141 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 7: to see US companies move in and tap into that 142 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 7: country's vast oil reserves. 143 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 8: He said to reporters last night on Air. 144 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 7: Force One, total access. We need total access to oil 145 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 7: and other things in the country that would allow us 146 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 7: to rebuild the country. 147 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: Okay, so, Karen, have they said when he talks about 148 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: total access and companies coming in, is it for the 149 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: US to take that oil, or is it to get 150 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: the oil operation that has not been running effectively in 151 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: Venezuela backup and running so the country can have its 152 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: oil and its money. 153 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 7: President has kind of said both. He said that US 154 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 7: oil companies would invest billions to fix what he's called 155 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 7: a badly broken oil infrastructure, but he also has indicated 156 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 7: that there would be money going to people there, but 157 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 7: also that the US would have revenue obviously there. Chevron 158 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 7: is the only American oil company that currently operates in Venezuela, 159 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 7: and oil executives and US officials haven't laid out any 160 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 7: specifics of how any of this could actually work. 161 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: Okay, well, we'll see how it plays out, because apparently 162 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: Venezuela is still in control, but US will use its 163 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: leverage to get him to do what they want. That's what, right, 164 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 1: That's what might take away from what you just told me. 165 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 7: Is so that's taking what the President says, that's what 166 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 7: the administration's position is. 167 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: All Right, We'll see how it all plays out. ABC's 168 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: Karen Travers, thank you so much. We'll talk to you 169 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:11,559 Speaker 1: much more in the new year. 170 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 4: I'm very sure. Thank you. 171 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 8: Have a great day. 172 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: All right, let's get back to some of the stories 173 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Jury 174 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 1: selection gets under way today in the criminal trial of 175 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 1: a former Uvaldi Schools police officer. ABC's Peter Harlambus says 176 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: the officer is accused of putting dozens of children in 177 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: danger by not responding to the twenty twenty two shooting 178 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: at rob Elementary School. 179 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 9: Prosecutors alleged that Adrian Gonzalez, one of the first of 180 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 9: nearly four hundred officers to respond to the rampage, failed 181 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 9: to engage the shooter despite knowing his location, having time 182 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 9: to respond, and being trained to handle active shooters. 183 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: The officers lawyers argue he's being scapegoaded for a broader 184 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: failure by law enforcement. Demonstrations are continuing in Iran over 185 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,839 Speaker 1: the economy. ABC's Wayne Cabots's that is, despite warnings from 186 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 1: the country's leader. 187 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 10: A human rights group reports demonstrations across Iran have breached 188 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 10: over one hundred and seventy locations in twenty five of 189 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 10: Iran's thirty one provinces, with fifteen killed at least. 190 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: Iran's currency is in free fall and inflation is running 191 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: at forty percent, which reminds me. Over the holidays. I 192 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:22,719 Speaker 1: told you I had the cat that canceled Christmas. There 193 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 1: was a lot of couch time and one of the 194 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: shows that I watched was called Tehran. I don't know, 195 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: I hadn't heard of it before it I think it's 196 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: on Apple. I'll tell you more about it, but an 197 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: interesting kind of look into Iran and Israel and what's 198 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,319 Speaker 1: going on and all the spy stuff. And I will 199 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: tell you, I don't know if it was filmed in Iran, 200 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,319 Speaker 1: but wherever they filmed it was beautiful. 201 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 4: I was like, Ooh, I want to go there. 202 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: I don't think that's going to happen probably in this lifetime, 203 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: but it was very pretty. 204 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 4: Today. 205 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: Mark's Marjorie Taylor Green's final day in office. The Georgia 206 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: Republican congresswoman announced her resignation in November after a public 207 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: split with President Trump. Once a loyal ally, Green broke 208 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: with Trump over health care subsidies and the handling of 209 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein's files over the weekend. She also criticized the 210 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: US military action in Venezuela. Green was first elected in 211 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: twenty twenty and won reelection in both twenty twenty two 212 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: and twenty twenty four, the Wisconsin judge convicted of obstructing 213 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: ICE agents who were trying to arrest a Mexican immigrant 214 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: has resigned from her post. 215 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 11: Former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan announced her resignation Saturday. 216 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 11: Her felony conviction came after an incident last year where 217 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 11: prosecutors accused her of helping an illegal immigrant evade federal agents. 218 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 11: Dugan was acquitted of a misdemeanor charge of concealing a 219 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 11: wanted person. 220 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: Lisa Carton Kafie News Accord in Paris has found ten 221 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: people guilty of cyber bullying France's First Lady, Brigitte Macrone, 222 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: by spreading false online claims about her gender and sexuality, 223 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: including allegations as she was born a man. 224 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 4: The eight men and two women are accused of having 225 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 4: posted numerous malicious comments falsely claiming that President Emanuel mack 226 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 4: Grohn's wife was born a man and linking their twenty 227 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 4: four year age gap to pedophilia. This flu season. 228 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: Turning into a very severe one, with a new variant 229 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: spreading quickly. A gynecologist and women's health expert, doctor Jessica 230 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: Shepherd Health says it's causing a rise in illnesses across 231 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 1: the country. 232 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 7: They've actually called this new variant the super flu And 233 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 7: the reason why we're calling it superflu is not. 234 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: Necessarily the intensity of it, but it's how quickly it's 235 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: being spread. I would imagine with the holidays it was 236 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: spreading even faster. I thought about that when I didn't 237 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: get to fly home, I was like, well, at least 238 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: I won't be exposed. 239 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 4: To a lot of flu. Yeah, let's see. 240 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 12: So. 241 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 1: Doctor Shepherd Health says there has been an increase in 242 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: the number of people being admitted to hospitals with the flu. 243 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: Shower activity is expected to diminish today, with dryer weather 244 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: expected later this week. Evacuation warnings are still in place 245 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 1: near the recent burn scars, as mud and debris flows 246 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: remain a possibility after several days of rainfall. Man, I 247 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: got stuck in a shower yesterday. It was just pouring. 248 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,199 Speaker 1: And you know what else, I was thinking about it 249 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: as I was driving some A reminder that I'm sure 250 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: will will be reminding you about later is the rain 251 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: on the freeways and the surface streets causes these potholes. 252 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: I swear it was dodging potholes all week long. I mean, 253 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: it was just and you got to watch out because 254 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: then you hear about and you've heard Will tell us 255 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: about that some of those big ones open up and 256 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: it just takes out your suspension, breaks the axle or something. 257 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, you don't want to be that first person. 258 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: Now, Okay, A person has been pulled out of a burning, 259 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 1: boarded up craftsman home in Hollywood. The fire started around 260 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: four point thirty am yesterday near Sunset and Highland. Heavy 261 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: flames were seen coming from both floors of the two 262 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: story house. The person who was pulled out was We're 263 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: not sure what his condition was. The cause of the 264 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 1: fire is being investigated. Avatar Fire and Ash, the third 265 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: movie in the Avatar franchise, is finished first. In its 266 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: third weekend of release, it took in another forty million 267 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: dollars over the weekend. It's now already topped the one 268 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: billion dollar mark at the box office. Let's say good 269 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: morning now to kfi's New York national correspondent Natalie Migliori. 270 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 4: Good morning, Natalie, Good morning Amy. 271 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: Okay, so we're talking about all things Venezuela, President Maduro, 272 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: because that was obviously the huge story that hit over 273 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: the weekend, so we're just trying to gobble up all 274 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: the information, and you are ware. 275 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 8: This morning, I'm outside the Federal Courthouse, so I'm in Manhattan, 276 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 8: in Laher, Manhattan, and Maduro has made his way from 277 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 8: the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn to Manhattan, so not 278 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 8: such a far travel, but they did get him in 279 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 8: like an armored vehicle to get him over here. And 280 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 8: let me tell you something, Amy, it is serious security 281 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 8: over by the Federal Courthouse. We are all barricaded, not 282 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 8: just media, but there are different sections for media. I've 283 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 8: been down here several times for several different cases, and 284 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 8: I can honestly say I've never seen it this crawling 285 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 8: with not just law enforcement, but it's a whole sort 286 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 8: of law enforcement apparatus, as the NYPD typically refers to it. 287 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 8: And there's just metal barricades all over. There's a limited 288 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 8: restriction to the park in front of the courthouse. And 289 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 8: I asked an agent earlier this morning, I said, do 290 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 8: you remember you know a time when this when something 291 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 8: similar like this, you know, happened down here security wise, 292 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 8: And he said the last time that he remembers putting 293 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 8: up so many barricades and just having such a high 294 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 8: security presences when El Chapo was in this same court, 295 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 8: so you kind of could see where we're going there 296 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 8: with Maduro. He's going to be having a noontime New 297 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 8: York time court appearance and that's when he'll be arranged. 298 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: Okay, So Natalie, is is he being arraigned with his 299 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: wife or are they being brought in separately. 300 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 8: We're expecting them to be arranged together. They'll be read 301 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 8: the formal charges that they're facing formally that's what's and 302 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 8: then we'll see if they plead, and then they'll just 303 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 8: be presumably brought to back to Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. 304 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 8: That's where Maduro's jay. 305 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: Okay, so today is that was a question I was 306 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: going to ask you, was whether it was just a 307 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: first initial court appearance where they listen to charges and 308 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: don't say anything, but they're actually supposed to be arraigned 309 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: and make a plea today. They may. 310 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 8: But the idea of this too, and we were all 311 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 8: just talking among reporters with each other, is he doesn't 312 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 8: have a lawyer yet, so we're not sure what that is. 313 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 8: If he's going to be assigned something. I mean, he 314 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 8: was just taken from his home in the middle of 315 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 8: the night. I guess he wasn't really preparing for for 316 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 8: this sort of thing. So we don't know so if 317 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 8: he'll get counsel and what that's going to be. So 318 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 8: we're just seeing, you know, you're right, it could just 319 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 8: be this initial this initial appearance where he kind of 320 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 8: has to digest all the formal charges that he's facing, okay, and. 321 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: Then he's being held over at a detention center that 322 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: you mentioned in Brooklyn, and it's it's not I wouldn't 323 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: say it's notorious, but it's one where it's. 324 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,880 Speaker 8: As soon as somebody makes headlines, you can assume that 325 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 8: the headline is attached to Metropolitan Detention Center. I love 326 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 8: that story in a sense because, yeah, you know, we've 327 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 8: had several names stay at the Metropolitan Detention Center, none 328 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 8: other than Sean Dinny Combs most recently in a sense 329 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 8: we just wrapped up this trial late last year. We've 330 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 8: had you know, former fall and crypto king Dan Bankman Free, 331 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 8: disgraced financier Jeffrey and currently still there is the alleged 332 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 8: United Healthcare CEO shooter Luisgiu Manngiomi. So you know, as 333 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 8: soon as somebody makes a headline. In a sense, it 334 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 8: almost seems synonymous with them, you know, going to the 335 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 8: Metropolitan Detention Center. I don't want to say almost sows, 336 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 8: but you're right, it's got a name, it's got a reputation. 337 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,159 Speaker 8: How we put it, Okay? 338 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 4: And then Natalie, what's the reaction been. 339 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 1: We know that, like in Florida, they just huge celebrations 340 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: broke out, but like in New York, are their protests 341 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 1: or their celebrations, what's going on the center? 342 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 8: It's it's very so near the detention center. There have 343 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 8: been a lot of protests, specifically people who are anti war. 344 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 8: They're very concerned about about the United States is military 345 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 8: action against Venezuela, especially at this time. That's sort of 346 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 8: where the protests are coming from. There's says to be 347 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:00,439 Speaker 8: a protest not far from the federal courthouse, just a 348 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 8: few paces away. Later this morning, around eleven thirties or 349 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 8: right before he makes his court apparents Maduro. But Venezuelan's 350 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 8: like you would kind of have to look for them. 351 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,719 Speaker 8: They're not necessarily in a crowd. But the people who 352 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 8: I talked to on the street who are Venezuelans feel 353 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,239 Speaker 8: very celebratory. They feel very hopeful that this is a 354 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 8: new chapter for Venezuela. 355 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: Okay, and then one last question for you, because we 356 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: were talking about the security being so tight at the 357 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:28,360 Speaker 1: courthouse where Maduro currently is for his nine am Pacific 358 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: time hearing. 359 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 4: Did you ask why. 360 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 1: The security is so tight, like are they worried that 361 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:36,719 Speaker 1: he's going to be assassinated or something. 362 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 8: I didn't get that sense. I think that New York 363 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 8: is just such a big stage. I mean, for something 364 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 8: not as major as a world leader, they definitely have 365 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 8: high security, and this is just quadruple in a sense. 366 00:19:56,119 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 8: So I didn't get that sense or that spear. It's 367 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 8: more about keeping order. They're still traffic moving down the street. 368 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 8: When he arrived in Maduro at the courthouse, you wouldn't 369 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,160 Speaker 8: have even known. It was so low key in a sense, 370 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 8: they must have taken him a different way because we're 371 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 8: all posted up outside and we didn't see this tanker 372 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,640 Speaker 8: truck arrive in a sense, so I think that it's 373 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 8: just New York. There's even more of a media presence 374 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 8: than I've seen in recent cases outside, and so I 375 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 8: think that it's just it's just this precaution that they take, 376 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 8: especially with a World Leader here in our custoday. 377 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 4: All right. 378 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: Kfi's national correspondent Natalie Migliori in New York City, Thank 379 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: you so much for the info, Natalie. 380 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 4: We'll talk to you soon. 381 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 8: Thank you. 382 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 4: All right. 383 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:47,159 Speaker 1: The attack by the US on Venezuela has impacted air travel. 384 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 4: The FAA closed air space in the region. 385 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: Will Friedman, from Michigan was supposed to leave the British 386 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: Virgin Islands on Saturday. 387 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,120 Speaker 2: I'm staying in a room with my little brother and 388 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 2: we both woke up and immediately got on Twitter and 389 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 2: saw what was their accent and saw what was going 390 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 2: on in Venezuela, and I was like, gosh, I wonder 391 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 2: if this were going to. 392 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 12: Affect our flights. 393 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 4: He says, they really didn't have any options, Like. 394 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 2: American Airlines basically said like we can't even rebook you. 395 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 4: It's like, right, well, d you take a boat to Miami. 396 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 9: That's three days. 397 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: Friedman says it looks like he and his family are 398 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: going to be able to leave today, but that is 399 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: contingent on air traffic and flight availability. A lot of 400 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 1: airlines scrambling now to get their flights back on track. 401 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: He says it'll be a great story to tell someday. 402 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: The hunt is on for the person who stole hundreds 403 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: of sports and Pokemon cards from a card shop in 404 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: Seami Valley. 405 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,479 Speaker 6: The burglary happened early Sunday morning at Semi Sports Cards, 406 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,479 Speaker 6: with the owner saying that thieves were able to make 407 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 6: off with about fifty thousand dollars worth of cards. The 408 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 6: store may have trouble reopening for several weeks, with the 409 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 6: owners saying their inventory is now depleted. Detectives are now 410 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 6: investigating whether this robbery is connected to the other card 411 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 6: store thefts in La County, including in Woodland Hills, Glendale, 412 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 6: and Burbank Mark Mayfield News. 413 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 1: One of California's strict gun laws has been struck down. 414 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 13: A three judge panel in San Francisco recently ruled the 415 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 13: California's ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of 416 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 13: the state is unconstitutional. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 417 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 13: sided with a gun owner who argued that a ban 418 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 13: against carrying a gun and plain sight while in counties 419 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,919 Speaker 13: of more than two hundred thousand people violates the Second 420 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 13: Amendment to keep in bare arms. Governor Gavin Newsom says 421 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,119 Speaker 13: the ruling will allow gunslingers on our streets. A review 422 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 13: of the decision is expected soon. Jason Campedonia KFI News. 423 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: A man's been rescued from fast moving water in a 424 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: culvert in Westminster. The Orange County Fire Authority says firefighters 425 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: had to lower inflated fire hoses into the culvert to 426 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 1: catch the guy in case he lost his grip on 427 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,920 Speaker 1: the cement. They put an aerial ladder truck over the 428 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 1: culvert that allowed technical rescue specialists to lower down a firefighter. 429 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: He was able to get a hold of the man 430 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,880 Speaker 1: and pull him to safety. Actor Mickey Rourke has started 431 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: an online fundraising camp und raising campaign to pay for 432 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: his eviction fines. People magazine is reporting that in December, 433 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: Rourke was served with a notice to pay about sixty 434 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 1: thousand dollars in back rent for his home in la. 435 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: The GoFundMe campaign has a goal of raising one hundred 436 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: thousand dollars. The first of several remembrance events have been 437 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: held as we approach the one year anniversary of the 438 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 1: deadly wildfires in Altadena and Pacific Palisades. It started one 439 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:31,640 Speaker 1: year ago. This coming Wednesday, the first Altadena Forever Run 440 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: to benefit fire victims was held yesterday. As many as 441 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: three thousand runners hit the streets and ran through the 442 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,400 Speaker 1: Eton fire burned scar organizers say they've raised at least 443 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand dollars. The UN Security Councils can hold 444 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: an emergency meeting on Venezuela. US Ambassador to the UN, 445 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: Mike Waltz, says he's expecting to hear a lot of 446 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: what he calls handwringing over Article two of the UN Charter, 447 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: which deals with sovereignty. The session comes after the US 448 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: attacked Venezuela and captured President Glyis Maduro over the weekend. Columbia, Russia, 449 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 1: and China apparently requested the emergency meeting of the fifteen 450 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 1: member council. I mentioned gas prices they are continuing to 451 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: drop in the new year. The average price for a 452 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 1: gallon of regular unleaded in La County is down to 453 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 1: four forty two. That's the lowest price in a year. 454 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 1: Prices are more than twenty four cents down from a 455 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,159 Speaker 1: month ago. Gas is averaging four thirty one in Orange County. 456 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,360 Speaker 1: But before we get all excited about that, the national 457 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 1: average price for gas to eighty. 458 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,120 Speaker 4: One a gallon to eighty one acut. 459 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: Okay, I was telling you about chaos Christmas, and I 460 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: don't know where you guys are on the whole taking 461 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,439 Speaker 1: down Christmas and stuff. Normally I leave Christmas up until 462 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 1: like mid January. 463 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 4: This year, once. 464 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,120 Speaker 1: Christmas is done, I was like, get it out of here. 465 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 4: I took it down. 466 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: But part of the reason was is because, as we've 467 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 1: been talking about, I did not go home for Christmas. 468 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 1: I was planning to head up to Medford, Oregon, where 469 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: my mom and my little brother are, and my big 470 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: brother goes up there and we have a little king 471 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 1: family Christmas. But because my cat, Shelby has been sick, 472 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: I couldn't leave her because she needed these meds all 473 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,400 Speaker 1: the time because she's got these nasty symptoms and it's 474 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 1: making her have trouble breathing and scared the crap out 475 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: of me. But we're still trying to figure that out. 476 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 1: In fact, we're going to the vet today. And as 477 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 1: I mentioned, even if you're not a cat person and 478 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: you're like going, oh god, she's talking about her cat again, 479 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 1: if you have a dog, I mean, this is something 480 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: really to keep in mind because. 481 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 4: I don't know what's changed with vets. 482 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: I used to go to the vet and it was 483 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: like thirty bucks and you got to check up and 484 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 1: you were done for the year and everything was fine. 485 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if our animals are sicker. I don't 486 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,719 Speaker 1: know if it's environmental. I don't know what's going on. 487 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:51,400 Speaker 1: But it's really expensive. And now when you go into 488 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 1: the vet, instead of like they go here, this could 489 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: be it, and let's put them on some medication or 490 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,160 Speaker 1: something like that, they're like, let's run tests. How about 491 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 1: let's do this test. How about let's do this test, 492 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 1: Let's do X rays. I've spent like about twenty five 493 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: hundred dollars on my cat in the last three weeks, 494 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: and today gets much more expensive because we're doing a 495 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: scope up her nose and to see if what might 496 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: be up there, and because of her symptoms and all that. 497 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 1: So it just when you do go to the vet, 498 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,199 Speaker 1: I would say, ask a lot of questions. Because I 499 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: finally sat down with my vet on Christmas Eve when 500 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 1: we went to the to the vet with Shelby, and 501 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: they're like, well, let's do this test, and I said, 502 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 1: can we talk about her symptoms? Can we talk about 503 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: what it might be as opposed to doing these random 504 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 1: tests to rule out what it's not that they go, oh, 505 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: well there's no pneumonia. Great, that was four hundred dollars. 506 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 11: Uh. 507 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 1: Oh, it's not a fungus. That was three hundred dollars. 508 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 1: I mean like, so they're testing for all these things. 509 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 1: So it's sort of like with your regular doctor. I mean, 510 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 1: I would just really encourage you to talk to your 511 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: vets and get them to talk through this with you, 512 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,719 Speaker 1: as opposed to just saying, oh, let's just run all 513 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 1: the tests and charge up your credit card and make you, 514 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: you know, mortgage your house. 515 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 4: Again. 516 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: That being said, she's doing great right now because she's 517 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 1: on these meds that made me cancel my trip to Oregon. 518 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 1: So we'd improvised. So I I haven't not been with 519 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,959 Speaker 1: my family, i know, double negative for probably thirty years. 520 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 1: So we were sitting there and I'm like, well, I'm 521 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,120 Speaker 1: going to just be alone on Christmas. It's pouring down rain, 522 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:32,200 Speaker 1: everybody's out of town, and so we decided we would 523 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 1: zoom it. And so we zoomed Christmas and I got 524 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 1: it up on my TV. So it was like, you know, 525 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,719 Speaker 1: on the big screen, not huge screen, but whatever, and 526 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 1: so we opened our presence. We do a tradition of 527 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: fondue on Christmas Eve, and so I made fondue and 528 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,120 Speaker 1: my family made fondue, and so we had Christmas Eve 529 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: dinner together and then we did Christmas presents and then 530 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 1: and we made it work. So even when it is 531 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: chaos and everything gets thrown into disarray, just know that 532 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 1: you can come out of it. 533 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 4: We made it. 534 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,720 Speaker 1: We actually had kind of had fun and it's something 535 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 1: that I'm never going to forget. And I had my 536 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: little cat curled up by my side to make sure 537 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 1: that she was doing okay. And we opened presents and 538 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: slept in and sat in the rain and anyway, we 539 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,719 Speaker 1: called it the Chaos Christmas. That's why I got rid 540 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: of it immediately after Christmas. But yeah, but it was fun. 541 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: So we made lemonade out of lemons. Oh, and Chinese food. 542 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, I had Chinese food for Christmas dinner. 543 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: Because everybody was talking about it. Devor Mark said, well, 544 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,120 Speaker 1: do you want to come over for Christmas dinner? We're 545 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: doing Chinese because she's Jewish so they don't do right Christmas. 546 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 1: And then Eric Sklar, the producer said he and his 547 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: buddies were getting together and they were going to Chinese 548 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:47,959 Speaker 1: for Christmas dinner. I go, is that a thing in 549 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: the Jewish community? And they said, yeah, it kind of is. 550 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 1: That's like huge, And then I started craving it, so 551 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: I went and got Chinese food and that's what I 552 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 1: had for Christmas dinner. 553 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 4: All right, time to. 554 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: Get in your business now with Bloomberg's didn't he's Pellegrini. 555 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 14: Good morning and happy New Year. Denise, Good morning, Happy 556 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 14: New Year. What's your cat's name? 557 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 4: Shelby? Well, I hope that Shelby feels better soon. 558 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 14: I do too. 559 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: She's actually she's feeling good now, but it's because she's 560 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 1: on these meds. She's on steroids, and we need to 561 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: figure out how to get her off of those and 562 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 1: how not to break the bank and getting her better again. 563 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 4: So maybe it's just a little virus that'll get over. 564 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 1: We've kind of ruled that one out. Oh, we think 565 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:29,479 Speaker 1: it's much more nefarious than that. We'll figure it out though. 566 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about money, shall we at business? 567 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: And we've been talking about Venezuela all morning, because obviously 568 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: that's the big story over the weekend. Taking Nicholas Maduro 569 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 1: into custody. He's headed over to the court. Actually, he's 570 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: at the courthouse now awaiting his arraignment. So how is 571 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 1: this going to affect investors? 572 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 4: Well, it's interesting. I mean that courthouse and all that. 573 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 14: That's not too far from Wall Street, and investors are 574 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 14: definitely keeping a very close eye on what's going on. 575 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 14: And what's what really interesting is that earlier in the 576 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 14: day we kind of saw investors shrug off what it 577 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 14: meant in terms of stocks. Right now, Dow futures are 578 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 14: just a little bit lower. S and P futures hired, 579 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 14: Nasdaq futures, they are surging, with a lot of investors saying, 580 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 14: forget about what happens in Venezuela. It's really what happens 581 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 14: with tech stocks that we care about. We still are 582 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 14: extremely optimistic about tech stocks. Of course, gold and silver, 583 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 14: they're both gaining, particularly gold because of the heightened geopolitical risks, 584 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 14: or at least the perception of that. And weirdly, excuse me, 585 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 14: crude oil futures are actually slightly higher. You would think 586 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 14: that they would be lower, but they're not. Investors think 587 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 14: maybe it would take a while before crude oil production 588 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 14: from Venezuela really makes an impact on the global futures prices. 589 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: I think the interesting part of it too, is because 590 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: I've been watching a lot of news over the weekend, 591 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: they're talking about oil prices and they're like, we already have, 592 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,720 Speaker 1: like we have an over supply of oil now, which 593 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 1: has oil prices. Like you said, oil prices are down 594 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: below fifty eight dollars a barrel, yep, And don't they 595 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: want him to hover about sixty sixty five? 596 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 14: Well, it depends on if you're an oil producing country 597 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 14: that really depends on it, like Russia than you do. 598 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 14: But for the US, you know, President Trump really really 599 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 14: wants the FED to cut interest rates, spark a global 600 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 14: boom in the economy, and that'll help compensate for the 601 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 14: fact that it's possible that fewer foreign investors will find 602 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 14: it appealing to invest in the US going forward. So 603 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 14: he's trying to find other ways besides money flowing into 604 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 14: invest in the US to get interest rates lower. And 605 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 14: that's why he's been job owning, you know, the FED 606 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 14: to get to cut interest rates. And so now he 607 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 14: really wants to see crude oil futures lower because that's 608 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 14: a big part of inflation in the US. The other 609 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,959 Speaker 14: key is housing, and we're going to see some housing 610 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,040 Speaker 14: initiatives from President Trump as well. Whether they'll be effective, 611 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 14: we'll see. 612 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 1: Okay, new year, new car, maybe not so much. Yeah, 613 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,400 Speaker 1: this is really interesting. A lot of nervousness among consumers 614 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 1: making less than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars here 615 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: about buying a new car, and Cocks Automotive says as 616 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 1: a result, we could see a drop in auto sales 617 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 1: this year. That would be the first drop amy since 618 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. I know, I'm holding onto mine because 619 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 1: hearing that the average price of a car is fifty thousand. 620 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 4: Dollars, I'm like, no thanks, yeah, no way. 621 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 14: And you want like a seven year note on it, 622 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 14: or if you want to pay for it for ten years, 623 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 14: it'll be like in you know, it'll be undriveable by 624 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,200 Speaker 14: the time you pay it off. Yeah, okay, and then 625 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 14: one last one. Uh SAS. 626 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: I can't believe SAX is like having financial trouble, But 627 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: apparently they're they're fighting. 628 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,360 Speaker 14: Yeah, and you remember they had that big comeback last year. Well, 629 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,720 Speaker 14: they're working on it again. Because sources are telling us 630 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 14: here at Bloomberg they're working on lining up alone of 631 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 14: as much as a billion dollars amy to keep the 632 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 14: business running as part of a Chapter eleven bankruptcy filing 633 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 14: that could happen in the coming weeks. 634 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: All right, getting in your business like we do every 635 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 1: weekday morning at five forty with Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini. 636 00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 4: Thanks Denise, talk to you tomorrow. 637 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,479 Speaker 1: We were talking about how gas prices have dropped but 638 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 1: they're still super high. 639 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 4: Well, I'm not the only one who noticed. 640 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,120 Speaker 12: To shoot your eye. 641 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 4: Not gonna shoot my eye out. That's the wrong one. Okay. 642 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: Well, Scott called and he said that he was just 643 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:23,120 Speaker 1: driving in Oklahoma and Texas. He's an over the road 644 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: truck driver. A dollar ninety four a gallon? Can you 645 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: imagine a dollar ninety four a gallon. Here's what we're 646 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: following in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. More rain 647 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,520 Speaker 1: is expected today following some downpours yesterday. Rain over the 648 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 1: weekend even grounded flights in the Santa Barbara area and 649 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,640 Speaker 1: flooded roads. The rain's expected to be lighter and then 650 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 1: we'll move out after tomorrow. Flooding is still possible in 651 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 1: saturated areas, and evacuation warnings remain in place in recent 652 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 1: burn areas. Civil rights leaders have called for an independent 653 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,040 Speaker 1: investigation into the New Year's Eve shooting death of a 654 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: man by an off duty ice agent at an apartment 655 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 1: complex Inrige where both men lived. Billy Joel has made 656 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,320 Speaker 1: a surprise appearance on stage, even though he's canceled all 657 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 1: his future concerts because he was diagnosed with a brain disorder. 658 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 1: The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer performed two songs 659 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:20,000 Speaker 1: with Billy Joel cover band Turnstiles at an Amphitheater in Wellington, Florida, 660 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,440 Speaker 1: on Friday. He walked out onto stage with a cane, 661 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: sat down on the piano, and played we Didn't Start 662 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:28,440 Speaker 1: the Fire and Big Shot with the Turnstiles, We're just. 663 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 4: Minutes away from Handle. 664 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,080 Speaker 1: On the news this morning, after some tough talk from 665 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,920 Speaker 1: President Trump, Venezuela's interim president says. 666 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,719 Speaker 4: Hey, let's work together. Bill's gonna have a thing or 667 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:37,839 Speaker 4: two to say about that. Right now. 668 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:42,160 Speaker 1: Let's say good morning too, ABC's Stephen Portnoy. Stephen, Happy 669 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,360 Speaker 1: New Year, by the way, you Amy. Everyone's making a 670 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 1: huge deal about without congressional authorization when it comes to 671 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:55,360 Speaker 1: the US going in and arresting and taking into custody 672 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:57,720 Speaker 1: Nicholas Maduro and Venezuela. 673 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 4: So did they need that authorization? 674 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 12: Well, that's a theoretical academic question. The fact is it 675 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,319 Speaker 12: has happened. And now the question is now what. Look, 676 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,480 Speaker 12: you've got Democrats saying that they they're they're questioning that 677 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,359 Speaker 12: the legality and the rationale. At the same time they're saying, listen, 678 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,320 Speaker 12: Madurea was a bad guy. He probably does deserve to 679 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 12: face justice in American courts. He was not duly elected 680 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,759 Speaker 12: to remain in power. A year and a half ago, 681 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,400 Speaker 12: the Carter Center and other international observers looked at that 682 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 12: election and said, more people voted for the other guy, 683 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 12: and yet Maduro clung to power. Yet the question. 684 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:36,879 Speaker 3: Is, you know, when you're talking about a new don 685 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:38,280 Speaker 3: Roe doctrine. 686 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 12: And the idea that America is going to just take 687 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,319 Speaker 12: the oil from Venezuela and maybe we'll put boots on 688 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,359 Speaker 12: the ground and maybe we're in charge, and a lot 689 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,520 Speaker 12: of questions and you know, how much power does the 690 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 12: Constitution truly vest in a president when it comes to 691 00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:54,000 Speaker 12: this stuff, and how much is are the people's elected 692 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,840 Speaker 12: representatives supposed to have a voice Tonight, the President's National 693 00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:01,160 Speaker 12: Security Cabinet will go up to Capitol Hill to brief 694 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 12: members of Congress, really for the first time about all this. 695 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,360 Speaker 12: There have been some conversations over the weekend. The Secretary 696 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,400 Speaker 12: of State Rubio reached out to certain members of Congress, 697 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,719 Speaker 12: mainly Republicans as far as I know, and this will 698 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:13,960 Speaker 12: be an opportunity for members of both parties to ask questions, 699 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,279 Speaker 12: and it's probably an effort to get ahead of what 700 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,200 Speaker 12: is sure to come next, a vote in at least 701 00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,279 Speaker 12: the Senate, if not the House as well on a 702 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,960 Speaker 12: War Powers Act resolution that would aim to prevent the 703 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:28,520 Speaker 12: use of the US military forces going forward in Venezuela. 704 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:32,120 Speaker 12: There were similar attempts last month that Democrats put forward 705 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:36,279 Speaker 12: in both houses that failed because at the time the 706 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 12: administration was telegraphing to Republicans that oh, no, no, no no, 707 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:40,200 Speaker 12: we're not going to go and we're not going to 708 00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:41,640 Speaker 12: use them in the US military. We don't need to 709 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,520 Speaker 12: do this, And now it's been described as a law 710 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:51,440 Speaker 12: enforcement effort. The US military went in enormous and incredibly 711 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:55,520 Speaker 12: well executed mission to go in capture Maduro and his 712 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:59,040 Speaker 12: wife and then leave without a single American loss of life. 713 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:02,040 Speaker 3: There were some major apparently minor, but. 714 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:05,399 Speaker 12: Also the ideas that helicopter pilots were actually shot at 715 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:09,920 Speaker 12: and injured in their aircraft by people on the ground. 716 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,040 Speaker 12: So we'll be very interested to see what happens on 717 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:16,919 Speaker 12: Capitol Hill this week. You know, you've got Democrats reflexively 718 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,440 Speaker 12: but also on a principal basis objecting to this, and 719 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:24,280 Speaker 12: some Republicans, small number giving voice to the opposition saying 720 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,879 Speaker 12: that this is not what Maga voted for. 721 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:31,000 Speaker 1: And then are there any Democrats who've come out and said, yeah, 722 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:32,080 Speaker 1: this was the right thing. 723 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:37,080 Speaker 12: Or well, just all you have Democrats saying that Madurea 724 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:38,600 Speaker 12: was a bad guy. 725 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:43,920 Speaker 3: Madurea is a bad guy, and Maduro should be held accountable. 726 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,319 Speaker 12: The question is what role does the United States have 727 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:48,520 Speaker 12: when it comes to the future of Venezuela. And the 728 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:52,360 Speaker 12: present's talking about extracting oil as if it's ours. You know, 729 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:56,799 Speaker 12: Venezuela nationalized its oil industry fifty years ago, and yes, 730 00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:01,440 Speaker 12: American companies had their assets seized, and yes, American companies 731 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,439 Speaker 12: are now being looked at to say, okay, you folks 732 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,400 Speaker 12: go back in spend a whole lot of money to 733 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:13,839 Speaker 12: revitalize Venezuela's oil infrastructure, which again is decayed and dates 734 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:15,759 Speaker 12: back to the middle of the twentieth century and only 735 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,360 Speaker 12: outputs a fraction of what they used to. And the 736 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,759 Speaker 12: question is, all right, well, will those American companies do it? 737 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,839 Speaker 12: Is it in their financial interest to do it? Will 738 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:24,240 Speaker 12: they feel secure. 739 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,080 Speaker 3: In the long run that they can do it? 740 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:30,200 Speaker 12: Lots of unanswered questions there, and that's where you know, 741 00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:33,000 Speaker 12: Congress is asking how much is this going to cost? 742 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,839 Speaker 12: The President's talked about putting boots on the ground. He says, 743 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:37,640 Speaker 12: we're in charge, but then their indications we're going to 744 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:40,760 Speaker 12: lean on the Venezuelan authorities who are still in place, 745 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 12: to essentially have them do our bidding. 746 00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,160 Speaker 3: What exactly is the plan? I don't think that's very clear. 747 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:47,800 Speaker 4: Yeah. 748 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:49,800 Speaker 1: I was watching the press conference and I was like, 749 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:53,200 Speaker 1: we're doing what you know? Just I mean, you question it, 750 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,400 Speaker 1: and maybe they do have a plan, but it seems 751 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:56,719 Speaker 1: to be. 752 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:00,720 Speaker 4: Morphing shifting. 753 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:01,120 Speaker 3: Yeah. 754 00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:02,840 Speaker 12: Yeah, I mean, look as late as last night on 755 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,080 Speaker 12: Air Force One, the President told reporters that we're in charge, 756 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:08,840 Speaker 12: but we're working with or somehow cooperating with the Venezuelan 757 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,400 Speaker 12: Vice president, who was part of the regime that we've 758 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:15,600 Speaker 12: determined to be illegitimate. And then there's the opposition leader 759 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:17,520 Speaker 12: who the president said over the weekend, the one who 760 00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,600 Speaker 12: won the Nobel Prize, Maria Machado, that she's essentially not 761 00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:22,960 Speaker 12: up to it because she doesn't have the respect of 762 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,080 Speaker 12: people in Venezuela. 763 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,400 Speaker 3: Okay, well, I guess we'll see. 764 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:29,080 Speaker 1: I guess we will, and I'm sure that you and 765 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,279 Speaker 1: I will be having more discussions about this. Thank you 766 00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:35,400 Speaker 1: so much, ABC, Stephen Portnoy, you bet all right, and 767 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,200 Speaker 1: just like that, our time is through. I told you 768 00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:39,680 Speaker 1: we were going to do a lot about Venezuela, because there's, 769 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,840 Speaker 1: as Stephen was just saying, it's shifting and it's morphing 770 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,239 Speaker 1: and changing, and we don't quite know what's going on. 771 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,520 Speaker 1: We do know some of the things. That is that 772 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,839 Speaker 1: Nicholas Maduro is in custody. He has been moved from 773 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:55,200 Speaker 1: the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn over to the courthouse 774 00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:58,160 Speaker 1: and is expected to be arraigned today, we believe, at 775 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,720 Speaker 1: the same time with his wife, who was also arrested. 776 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,279 Speaker 4: But we'll keep you posted on that as the. 777 00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:07,600 Speaker 1: Morning goes moves along, and say thank you so much 778 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,520 Speaker 1: one for Heather Brooker for filling in for me while 779 00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:14,600 Speaker 1: I was gone, and to you for coming back for 780 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:16,200 Speaker 1: the start of the new year because we got a 781 00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:17,360 Speaker 1: great new year ahead. 782 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,080 Speaker 4: Dang it, chaos, Christmas is over. 783 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:23,040 Speaker 1: We're looking forward to a great twenty twenty six, and 784 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,080 Speaker 1: thank you so much for starting your day with wake 785 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,359 Speaker 1: Up Call. We've got Handle on the news coming up next. Yes, 786 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:31,200 Speaker 1: Bill Handle is also back today, so good news, Good news. 787 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:35,240 Speaker 1: This is KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange 788 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,440 Speaker 1: County live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The 789 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: gang's back together again for producer and in technical producer 790 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,879 Speaker 1: Kno also traffic specialist Will I'm Amy King. 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