1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: You're listening to KF I am six forty wake Up 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: Call with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 2: Apps KFI and kost HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. 4 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 3: What do you want for Christmas? Little boy? 5 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 4: My mind to go one blank. 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 3: Frantically I tried to remember what it was I wanted. 7 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 3: I was blowing and blowing. 8 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 1: At all about nice footballer and I should. 9 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 5: You want to rush? 10 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 3: You should your eye out? 11 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 6: Kid? 12 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 3: Merry Christmas? 13 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 7: How? 14 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 8: How? 15 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 1: How it's time for your morning. 16 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 3: Wake up call. Here's Amy King. 17 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: You should dry out five o'clock, straight up. This is 18 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: your wake up call for Monday, December. When he's second, 19 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: I am Amy King. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 20 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:11,839 Speaker 1: Three shopping days till Christmas. So here, I am at work, 21 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: Will's here, Michelle's here, Kono's here. Because none of us 22 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: won the power of all Jack Bop, but neither did 23 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: anyone else, so we got two more shots before Christmas. 24 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: As you know, we always love it when you're listening 25 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app and you weigh in on the talkback. 26 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,759 Speaker 6: Good morning, it's a two am on the East Coast. 27 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 6: It's Frank Paul SETI and I just want to say that, 28 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 6: Amy King, you are always such a delight and I 29 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 6: just love the intrail this morning. Thank you so much. 30 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 6: Have a great day and Merry Christmas. 31 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: You're all well you can call with those kind of talkbacks, 32 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: Anie old time. I love a Christmas story. You know, 33 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: it's our family tradition to sit and just kind of 34 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: cut in and out and watch it throughout the day. 35 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: On Christmas Day, would you. 36 00:01:58,480 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 2: All day somewhere? 37 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, like TBS and TNT, it just runs in a 38 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: loop for twenty four hours. I love it. It's spent 39 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: Friday night back at the pet Er. Oh no, she'll 40 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: be having some more issues, so she's back on her meds, 41 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: cutting into my Christmas budget. All that poor thing. She 42 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: is doing better, but it might mean some Christmas plans 43 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: are going to change for me. I'll let you guys know. 44 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: But yeah, anyway, darn cats. You know, why do we 45 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: get so attached to them? 46 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 3: I know they are people too. 47 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: Here's what's ahead on wake up call. Well, we're gonna 48 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: wish you a soggy Christmas. A big storms headed to 49 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: southern California, with four straight days of rain expected to 50 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: start tomorrow. A flash flood watch has been issued for 51 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: much of La County. Mud Slides are a serious threat, 52 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: especially in the Burn areas. Winds are forecast a gust 53 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: up to eighty miles per hour late Tuesday and Wednesday. 54 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: It would be robber has been shot and killed by 55 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: the guy he tried to rob in Baldwin Hill's Laped 56 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: says at least three people approached the man near Lebree 57 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: Avenue and Coliseum Street yesterday afternoon. When they tried to 58 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 1: take his stuff, the man pulled out a gun and 59 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: started shooting. No one hit the big one, as I mentioned, 60 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 1: but someone in Oxnard came close. A ticket that matched 61 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: five numbers but missed the power ball was sold at 62 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 1: Wright's Market. It's worth more than two million dollars. Tonight's 63 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: powerball jackpot up to a whopping one point six billion 64 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: dollars in case you came close. The did winning numbers four, five, 65 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: twenty eight, fifty two, sixty nine and a power ball 66 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: of twenty. Some of the Epstein files have been released 67 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: by Friday's deadline, but not all. ABC Stephen Portnoy's going 68 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: to join us to tell us whether there was anything 69 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: revealing and why weren't all the files released. Get the 70 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: latest on that three shopping days till Christmas? Do you 71 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: have everything done? Everybody on your list is checked off. 72 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: ABC's Jim Ryan's going to tell us whether or not 73 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: we are ready for the big day. He'll join us 74 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: at five twenty the Elf on the Shelf celebrating its 75 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: twenty year anniversary. We're going to talk to the authors 76 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: of the book that has become a Christmas tradition and 77 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: quite a mischievous little tradition for people like Gary and Shannon. 78 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: Have you been listening to their show for the last 79 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: couple of weeks and also they weren't finished with the 80 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: book Elf on the Shelf. We'll tell you about that. 81 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: Let's get started with some of the stories coming out 82 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. As I mentioned, 83 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: Southern California is getting a big storm for Christmas. 84 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 4: Forecasts say an atmospheric river will impact southern California during 85 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 4: Christmas Week, bringing heavy rains, strong winds, and dangerous travel conditions. 86 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 4: The National Weather Service warns the duration of this storm 87 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 4: raises the risk of flooding and mud slides, with road 88 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 4: and airport delays expected during one of the busiest holiday 89 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 4: travel periods. I'm Lisa Carton. 90 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: A man in La Puente has been shot by La 91 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: Kenny Sheriff's deputies. It happened yesterday afternoon on Workman Mill Road, 92 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: near the California Country Club golf course and the six 93 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: oh five. The Sheriff's Department says deputies were called out 94 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: about a possibly mentally ill person who walked into a 95 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: business and wouldn't leave. They say the man had a 96 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 1: gun and pointed it at de That's when he was shot. 97 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: He was taken to the hospital. No deputies were hurt. 98 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 1: LA police say they used digital tracking to find and 99 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: capture Nick Reiner. 100 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 9: Investigators say geolocation data, cell phone records, and surveillance cameras 101 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 9: led them to Nick Reiner just hours after his parents, 102 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 9: filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle, were found dead 103 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 9: in their Brentwood home. Reiner was arrested in South la 104 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 9: and is now facing two counts of first degree murder. 105 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: How the Brooker Kafi News Nicki Minaj has made a 106 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: surprise appearance at Turning Point Ussay's America Fests held over 107 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: the weekend. She joined Erica Kirk on stage yesterday to 108 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: take some shots at Governor Newsom and also to praise 109 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: President Trump, saying she has the utmost respect for him. 110 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 1: The Rapper read some of her recent posts about Newsom 111 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: and said it's the end of the road for him. 112 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:55,919 Speaker 1: Let's say good morning now to ABC's Stephen portnois so 113 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: Stephen Moore. Epstein files were released on Friday, but not 114 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: all of them were released, were they. 115 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 10: Not all of them were released, and the victims this morning, 116 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 10: eighteen of them have a joint statement which they say, quote, 117 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 10: the public received a fraction of the files, and what 118 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 10: we received was riddled with abnormal and extreme redactions with 119 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 10: no explanation. At the same time, the statement reads, numerous 120 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 10: victim identities were left unredacted, causing real and immediate harm. 121 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 10: No financial documents were released. Grand jury minutes that were 122 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 10: approved for release were blacked out. The statement calls this 123 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 10: clear cut violations of an unambiguous law. Now, the Justice 124 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 10: Department insists there's no effort here to censor material. It's 125 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 10: just a matter. Well there is, actually, it's redactions. The 126 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 10: question is what's the reason for the redactions. The Justice 127 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 10: Department says they're trying to protect the victim's identities. And 128 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 10: yet what we did see on Friday was a dump 129 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 10: of thousands of pictures, images of Jeffrey Epstein traveling with 130 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 10: Glene Maxwell on his private jet and locations all over 131 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 10: the world with famous people such as Michael Jackson and 132 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 10: Diana Ross, Walter Cronkite. Oh and of course Bill Clinton, 133 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 10: and here's Bill Clinton in the hot tub and all 134 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 10: these other things. The Clinton response to this is to say, 135 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 10: these are grainy, twenty year old photos. Bill Clinton's not 136 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 10: the story. You know, Bill Clinton's not a scapegoat that 137 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 10: he didn't know anything about what Jeffrey Epstein was up to. 138 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 10: And the question is what about the rest of the material. Well, 139 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 10: by the way, what about pictures of Donald Trump? There 140 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 10: was one image it was posted on Friday that was 141 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 10: ultimately that was taken down now put back up. But 142 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 10: for a moment yesterday there was a lot of confusion, 143 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 10: and frankly, there was suspicion because the image was of 144 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 10: a desk, a desk drawer that had pictures in the drawer. 145 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:39,559 Speaker 10: One of those photos in the drawer was of Donald 146 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 10: Trump flanked by women. And the picture came down. It's 147 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 10: back online now. The Justice Department says, well, somebody flagged 148 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 10: that maybe those women were victims. They determined that they weren't. 149 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 10: Now the picture's back online, when more files will come? 150 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: Oh? 151 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 10: I wish I knew, perhaps I could plan my week 152 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 10: around it. But we saw so far, we've seen I 153 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 10: think three different released. There was first four data sets 154 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 10: on Friday, then another one Friday night, then two more 155 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 10: on Saturday morning, and none since. So maybe we'll see 156 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 10: more today. Maybe Chris received maybe the day after Christmas, 157 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 10: who knows. 158 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: Okay, So here's a question for you. If the White 159 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: House doesn't get these out because they were supposed to 160 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: be all out on Friday, as required by law, are 161 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: there any repercussions for not getting them out? 162 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 10: Well, there's the political backlash, which is already underway. I mean, 163 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 10: you know, you have the victims complaining, You've got the 164 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 10: members of Congress Rocanna joining with Thomas Massey, who's a Republican, 165 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 10: saying that you know, there ought to be some action taken, 166 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 10: and the questions, all right, what action is the House 167 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 10: prepared to take? A Couple of routes being discussed. One 168 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 10: the most extreme one would be a vote to impeach 169 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 10: the Attorney General, which if it passed in the House, 170 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 10: which I think is unlikely, you then see a trial 171 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 10: in the Senate, which would require two thirds majority to 172 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 10: convict and remove. And then the other potential is a 173 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 10: resolution that would hold pambody and contempt of the House. Now, 174 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 10: in theory, if there are two routes for contempt. This 175 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 10: is very esoteric, but one route would be criminal contempt, 176 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 10: which the Justice Department would itself enforce and would never 177 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 10: enforce itself against its own leader. Then the other route 178 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 10: is what's called inherent contempt. Not a lot is known 179 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 10: about that, but that's the constitutional power of a House 180 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 10: of Congress to compel testimony or evidence by taking its 181 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 10: own action. It can assess a fine on an individual 182 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 10: and or then even this hasn't been done in ninety years, 183 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 10: but in theory, you could have the Sergeant at arms 184 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 10: bring the person to the well of the House, essentially 185 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 10: under arrest, to stand there for a trial in the 186 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 10: well of the House. I think that's highly unlikely, but 187 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 10: that is one thing that is being discussed. 188 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: All right, ABC, Stephen Portnoy, thanks for the info as always. 189 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: You bet it's interesting, isn't it interesting? All right, let's 190 00:09:58,080 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: get back to some of the stories coming out of 191 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: the KFI tw twenty four hour newsroom. The Justice Department's 192 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: Epstein files include a nineteen ninety six report from a 193 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: former employee urging the FBI to investigate Epstein for child porn. 194 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: Attorney Jennifer Freeman, who represents one of the victims, says 195 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: the FBI had never acknowledged that report until now. Freeman 196 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: also criticized the DJ's handling of the release. 197 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 5: One of the key things we want to accomplish with 198 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:27,959 Speaker 5: this release of files is transparency. Another key thing is belief, 199 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 5: restoration of public trust in the institutions, and a third 200 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 5: thing is accountability, and so far we're not hidden any 201 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 5: of those marks. 202 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: Democratic lawmakers, even some Republicans, as Stephen just mentioned, are 203 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: now threatening legal action and demanding full transparency over the 204 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: release of the Epstein materials. The accused shooter in Australia 205 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: who killed fifteen people during a Honkka celebration at Bondai 206 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: Beach has appeared in court by video. He's still in 207 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 1: the hospital after he was shot by police. Officials say 208 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: the man and his father, who was killed during the attack, 209 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 1: trained together to shoot. A police statement said the pair 210 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:07,079 Speaker 1: also through four improvised devices at the crowd on December fourteenth, 211 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 1: but they didn't explode. Police have previously said the men 212 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: were inspired by ISIS. President Trump's Venezuela strategy is coming 213 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: under scrutiny. The US has seized at least two oil 214 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 1: tankers off Venezuela and is now targeting a third as 215 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: Trump increases pressure on President Nicholas Maduro. The administration has 216 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,559 Speaker 1: also declared Ventanila is a weapon of mass destruction, despite 217 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: Venezuela not being a source or a transit country. Republican 218 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: Senator Ran Paul tells ABC the move doesn't make sense, 219 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: especially in light of Trump's recent pardon of a former 220 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: Honduran president who was convicted for drug trafficking. 221 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 10: It's a bizarre and contradictory policy, and I sure hope 222 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:49,719 Speaker 10: we don't go to war with Venezuelan. 223 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: Paul says. The WMD claims sound like those before the 224 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: Iraq War, something Trump opposed at the time. A Russian 225 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: general has been killed by a car bomb in Moscow. 226 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 1: It marks the third killing of a senior military officer 227 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: in just over a year. Investigators in Russia suggest Ukraine 228 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: could be behind the attack. Russian authorities have blamed Ukraine 229 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: for several assassinations of military officers and public figures in 230 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 1: Russia since the start of the war. In Ukraine, flu 231 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: cases are on the rise around the country, while the 232 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 1: number of hospitalizations is relatively low at about forty nine thousand. 233 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:29,839 Speaker 1: ABC's doctor Darien Sutton says the rate of change is significant. 234 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 11: Sixfold increase since four weeks ago in November twenty first, 235 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 11: seven four hundred hospitalizations. So important to pay attention to 236 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 11: the majority of the samples tested is this new variant 237 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 11: subclad K, which is seemingly proving to be very, very 238 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 11: infectious and traveling fast. 239 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: Experts say declining vaccination rates are partly to blame for 240 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: the increase in cases. Lawmakers in Kansas are said to 241 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: vote on a proposal to try to attract the Kansas 242 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: City Chiefs from Missouri. The plan could replace Arrowhead Stadium 243 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 1: with a new facility for major year round events. Chiefs 244 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: owner Clark Hunt is expected to attend the meeting today. 245 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 1: If passed, the team would announce plans to leave its 246 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:09,559 Speaker 1: fifty three year old home at the Truman Sports Complex. 247 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: Lawmakers in Missouri been working on their own package to 248 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: keep the team in their state. It's just across the 249 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: state lines. People's that's a lot of money. 250 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 10: Though. 251 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 1: It's a lot of money. But you know what what 252 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: makes me sad when they do that is these huge stadiums. Yeah, 253 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: then what do you do with them? 254 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 7: Yeah? 255 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 2: That and that's a beautiful stadium too. 256 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 3: Arrowhead the way it just yeah, and. 257 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: You would know because you fly all over it, all 258 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,319 Speaker 1: over the statement. I think here's what we're following in 259 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The after action report 260 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: from LA Fire about the Palisades wildfire apparently went through 261 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: several drafts and minimize the department's failings before and after 262 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: the fire. The La Times has it got copies of 263 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: seven drafts that were prepared before the final report was 264 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: issued in October. No burn Band's been extended for an 265 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: eighth time because of poor air quality and the LA 266 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: Basin all indoor and outdoor woodburning is banned until at 267 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: least midnight, except for people who rely solely on wood 268 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: to heat their homes, low income households, or those without 269 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 1: natural gas in the home. Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert threw 270 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: two touchdown passes and ran it in for another as 271 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: the LA Chargers closed in on a playoff spot with 272 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: a thirty four to seventeen win over Dallas. If Indianapolis 273 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: loses tonight, the Chargers will clinch a playoff spot for 274 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: the second straight season under coach Jim Harbaugh. At six 275 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: oh five, it's handle on the news. We have an 276 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: atmospheric river on the way and we'll tell you more 277 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: about that. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim. 278 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: Three shopping days till Christmas, and a lot of people 279 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: are going to be hitting the stores and websites to 280 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: find those perfect last second gifts. 281 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 3: The anti penultimate day before Christmas. You better get to 282 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 3: it because time's running out. So yeah, I just talked 283 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 3: to somebody who was in Phoenix said that the parking 284 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 3: lots at the shopping malls were jam packed over the weekend. 285 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 3: So people are maybe getting a little taste of nostalgia 286 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 3: and going out to a physical, brick and mortar shopping 287 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 3: mall and doing their shopping that way. Nostalgia or panic 288 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 3: both probably panic Nostalgia. You can enjoy the lights in 289 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 3: the crowd and all that, but still be you know, 290 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 3: sweat and bullets to try to find that perfect gift. 291 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 3: National Retail Federation says we're going to hit a trillion 292 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 3: dollars this year. That's a one, followed by twelve zeros 293 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 3: I think one trillion dollars collectively. And that's despite the 294 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 3: fact that the average holiday spending is down a bit 295 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 3: this year, about eight hundred and ninety dollars according to 296 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 3: the NRF per person spent. That's a slight decline from 297 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 3: twenty twenty four's record, and yet we still have this 298 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 3: rising total. You know why, inflation cost of just about 299 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 3: everything has gone up despite that, you know, the stubborn 300 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 3: unemployment rate of stock market that's all over the place. 301 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 3: People are doing their shopping aiming. 302 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: So how do they have a breakdown of Like how 303 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: many people wait until until Christmas Eve? Because I know 304 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: that my dad used to always send me out on 305 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: Christmas Eve. Oh Amy, go pick this up for us? 306 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 3: Are you serious? 307 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:10,479 Speaker 1: Oh yeah? 308 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 3: And so you ended up at CVS or at Walgreens. 309 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 1: Oh no, like we'd go to Macy's and stuff like that, 310 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: because all the stores are still open on Christmas Eve. 311 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 3: I guess they are. I don't know, but well, there's 312 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 3: no work down. 313 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: Sounds like you're a man who plans ahead. 314 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 3: Not really, Oh no, I still have some stuff to get, 315 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 3: but I'm gonna do it online. I mean, and here's 316 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 3: part of the anxiety of the whole thing is trying 317 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 3: to pickure out that perfect gift for somebody. You should 318 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 3: know what they want, and maybe you don't. So I 319 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 3: finally give up and I called my daughter, who's thirty 320 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 3: one now I think thirty one. I said, what do 321 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 3: you want for Christmas? Just tell me? And she says, 322 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 3: I love the movies. Maybe a gift card to one 323 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 3: of the movie theater chains. And I said that's perfect, 324 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 3: So send it to her electronically and I'm done, and 325 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 3: she gets exactly what she wanted. So yeah, don't be 326 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 3: afraid to just go ahead and ask that person what 327 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 3: they to really like for Christmas? 328 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: A deals left? I mean, or do retailers know that 329 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: procrastinators are going to be desperate so they'll pay more. 330 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 3: There are some deals and you'll find a lot of 331 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 3: online really cute and fun ideas. You know, these these 332 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 3: steel tumblers, the corksicle or the Yeti tumblers are still 333 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 3: big items, and some of them are going for discount 334 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 3: prices online. But jamas, right, that's always a popular one, 335 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 3: and then maybe board games or family friendly table games. 336 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 3: I bought one the other day called close the Box, 337 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 3: Shut the Box, something like that. It's been around for 338 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 3: hundreds of years and I've never seen it before, but 339 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 3: it looks like it's going to be a blast. And 340 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 3: it was what eleven dollars. 341 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: Close the Box or shut the Box. I've not heard 342 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: of that. 343 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 3: It's very cool. Sort of a math game, so if 344 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 3: you've got little kids who are learning math and putting 345 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 3: numbers together. It's almost like blackjack if you think about it. 346 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 3: You're totaling up the numbers on the dice and then 347 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 3: trying to reach a certain total, and it's a little complete. 348 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 3: I mean, I can't explain it, but it looks like 349 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 3: it's going to be kind of fun. Shut the Box. 350 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:01,400 Speaker 3: They should figure out exactly the name for it. 351 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 1: And then also, is there any records on is there 352 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,239 Speaker 1: a surge because people have already gotten something and then go, 353 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: you know what, that's just not enough. I got to 354 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 1: get something else for that person. 355 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 3: Not really, because I mean that's so personal and it's 356 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 3: so you know, individual as to whether you find that 357 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 3: last minute thing or you're still looking for it. That's 358 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 3: obviously some of it might never be found that perfect gift, 359 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 3: So that's why it's probably best just to ask the 360 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,159 Speaker 3: person in your life exactly what they'd like to have 361 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 3: and then go ahead and do your best to get 362 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 3: it for them. But don't count out the drug stores either. 363 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 3: You know, I was joking around, are like with you 364 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 3: about to go into CVS or Walgreens. They're still a 365 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 3: viable alternative if you run out of ideas because they're open, 366 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 3: some of them twenty four hours. They have the gift cards, 367 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 3: they have you know, Christmas cards and wrapping paper, but 368 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 3: they also have those kind of welshlocky or not, those 369 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 3: last minute gifts like soaps and candles and you know, 370 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 3: spot item. 371 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: So there's nothing wrong with spoke with the soaps and candles. 372 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 3: No, well, bottle of a seedom in a fit. 373 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: Right, absolutely you might need it, depending on your family. 374 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 1: ABC's Jim Ryan, thank you so much, good luck? All right, 375 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: all right? Oh, I you know I did not go 376 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: to the malls this weekend. I was kind of half 377 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: planning on it, and I'm thinking now I'm glad I didn't. 378 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: I was in some airports and that was enough. Okay, 379 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 1: A massive rainstorm headed into southern California has already killed 380 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: one person. In northern California, a person drowned yesterday in 381 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 1: floodwaters that covered city streets and Reading. A lot of 382 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:38,439 Speaker 1: people had to abandon their cars after rain made some 383 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: of the roads impassable. The water even flooded some lanes 384 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: on the five through Reading, prompting the HP to shut 385 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: down part of the interstate as crews worked to clear 386 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 1: vehicles and other hazards out of lanes. A woman from 387 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: Sherman Oaks has crashed into the car of some suspected 388 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:58,199 Speaker 1: burglars who were trying while trying to get home to 389 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: her family during an attempted break in. The women's women's 390 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 1: kids were home with their grandmother Saturday when she saw 391 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: two guys in black trying to get in and frankly 392 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 1: called her daughter. Mom hit the burglar's car as she 393 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,360 Speaker 1: drove up, causing the men to run away. She tells 394 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: KTLA she's now afraid to go out. 395 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 5: I can go somewhere because I know my mom here, 396 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 5: my kids. I can go even in the restaurants with 397 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 5: my friends, you know, because it's really scary. 398 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: It would be thieves. Apparently left behind their identifications and 399 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: a bunch of evidence. A tow truck driver in LA 400 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: has been found not guilty of stealing an ICE vehicle. 401 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 8: Mobby Nuniez could have faced ten years in prison if 402 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 8: he had been convicted. The fence claimed that he stole 403 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 8: the government vehicle, but the federal jury disagreed. The thirty 404 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,679 Speaker 8: three year old towed the car while ICE officers were 405 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 8: arresting a Colombian woman. The agents used their vehicles to 406 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,159 Speaker 8: trap her car at the exit of an apartment building. 407 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 8: During a four day trial, the defense team told the 408 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 8: jury that the car was towed only one block and 409 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 8: was returned thirteen minutes later. Mark Mayfield Kofi. 410 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: News Chevron's taking aim at politicians for high gas prices 411 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 1: in California. 412 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 2: A picture of a sign it as Chevron Pump, saying 413 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 2: California lawmakers are driving up gas prices has gone viral. 414 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 2: Chevron has fought back against state politicians in the past, 415 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 2: posting signs last year saying filling up your tank is 416 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 2: a lot cheaper in other states. Right now, California takes 417 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 2: about a buck thirty in taxes and fees per gallon 418 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,400 Speaker 2: of gas you buy. Some industry experts predict that gas 419 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 2: prices could skyrocket to around ten dollars a gallon when 420 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 2: the Valero refinery closes in northern California in April of 421 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 2: twenty twenty six. Jason Campedonia KFI News. 422 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,120 Speaker 1: That's just crazy. Remember we got to talk back last 423 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: week from a gentleman who paid just over two dollars 424 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: a gallon. Saturday Night Live has paid tribute to Rob 425 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 1: Reiner in its final episode of the season. SNL flashed 426 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: a title card with Reiner and posted a tribute to 427 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: Reiner on social media. It comes after a week that 428 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: Rob and his wife, Michelle were found murdered in their 429 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: home in Brentwood. Their youngest son is charged with their murders. 430 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: A man's been shot by La Kenny Sheriff's deputy after 431 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: refusing to leave a business in La Puente. The Sheriff's 432 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 1: spartment says the man had gone into the employee area 433 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: yesterday around five point thirty and refused to leave. He 434 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: was shot when he pointed a gun at deputies. He 435 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 1: was taken to the hospital. A loaded gun was recovered 436 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: at the scene. Avatar is on fire at the box office, 437 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: raking in eighty eight million dollars in its opening weekend. 438 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: Avatar Fire and Ash is the third movie in James 439 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: Cameron's franchise about the Navvi people on Pandora. The original 440 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: Avatar is the highest grossing movie of all time. Here's 441 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: what's coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 442 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 1: Beaches and part of Monterey County have been shut down 443 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:40,400 Speaker 1: because of a possible shark attack. Pacific Grove Police say 444 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: they got a call yesterday afternoon that a woman had 445 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: been swimming with a group that gets together on Sundays. 446 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: They saw what appeared to be a shark attack, saw 447 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: a splash of water. A fifty five year old woman 448 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: never returned to shore, and the Coastguard and rescue crews 449 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: are continuing to search for her. Two events have been 450 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 1: held in La de mark National Homeless Person's Memorial Day. 451 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 1: The events yesterday were to honor the lives of people 452 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: who've died this year while homeless. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation's 453 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 1: Housing is a human rights advocacy group held a vigilant Hollywood. 454 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 1: They say on average, seven homeless people die every day 455 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: in La and that many of them die alone and 456 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 1: without acknowledgment. White House Envoy Steve Whitcoff says he's held 457 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:27,120 Speaker 1: productive and constructive talks in Florida and Ukrainian and European 458 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,120 Speaker 1: representatives to try to end the nearly four year war 459 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: between Russian and Ukraine. A Russian voices the talks are 460 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 1: proceeding constructively, while Ukraine's president says they're moving quickly. The 461 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 1: talks are part of the Trump administration's push for peace, 462 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 1: but so far no deal. Airbnb says demand is surging 463 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 1: big time for the twenty twenty six World Cup in La. 464 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 12: Prices are jumping about fifty six percent. The La Times 465 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 12: reports some Airbnb rentals near Sofi Stadium have gone up 466 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 12: more than ten thousand dollars. For the opening match of 467 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 12: the World Cup on June twelfth, when the US plays Paraguay, 468 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 12: more than seventy percent of short term rentals are already booked. 469 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 12: The World Cup will serve as a test case for 470 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 12: the twenty twenty eight Olympics preparations, although some SoCal cities 471 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 12: have yet to enforce short term rental regulations. 472 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: Aileen Gonzalez KFI News. Do we have denise with us? Now? 473 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 1: We do? Okay? Then perfect, because it's time to get 474 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: in your Business with Bloomberg's Denise Pella Greening. Good morning, Denise, 475 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: good morning. A. 476 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 13: Gold and silver are absolutely skyrocketing this morning. 477 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 1: They just hit all time highs. 478 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 13: So if you've got some gold earrings or a gold chain, 479 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 13: pretty much worth more than double what it was just 480 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 13: about a year ago, with gold hitting over four four 481 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 13: hundred bucks announced. That's after all the geopolitical tension including 482 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 13: a Russian general killed in a car bombing in Moscow. 483 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 13: Also the US oil blockade against Venezuela, Ukraine's attack on 484 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 13: a Russian oil tank are also wheat rising with the 485 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,360 Speaker 13: fighting in Ukraine, oil rising as well. 486 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 1: So just a whole slew of commodities going up today. Okay, yes, 487 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: I got too late to buy goal, It's never too late. Yes, 488 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: instacart is ending. Oh I like to hear this, the 489 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 1: surge like pricing that they've been looking at or instat So. 490 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 13: You remember last year we had all those stories about 491 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,919 Speaker 13: them using dynamic pricing, and they said it wasn't dynamic pricing, 492 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,919 Speaker 13: it was just testing price testing. Well, consumers didn't like it. 493 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 13: They didn't like the idea that two families could both 494 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,399 Speaker 13: log on and pay, you know, a completely different price. 495 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 13: Even if they were in the same area. Well, Instacart 496 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,679 Speaker 13: now ending all price item tests and stopping retailers from 497 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 13: using ever site technology to run those price tests on 498 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 13: its platform, but also denies using dynamic pricing after all 499 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:41,119 Speaker 13: the stories in the complaints. 500 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, and there's still a lot of talk that grocery 501 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: stores are looking at doing dynamic pricing. Of course they say, oh, 502 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: it's convenient, so we can put digital pricing and don't 503 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 1: have to keep redoing all the pricing on shelves. 504 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 13: But I think at airlines too, right, I'd like they say, 505 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 13: it's not dynamic pricing. But how come if I look 506 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 13: at something and I see the prices one hundred and 507 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 13: twenty nine dollars, you know, for a one way ticket 508 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,920 Speaker 13: somewhere close, and then I log back on and look 509 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 13: two hours later, the price is up forty dollars. But 510 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 13: if my husband checks it, it's the same low price 511 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,959 Speaker 13: for me. So yeah, we're onto you, guys. Doesn't mean 512 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 13: they're gonna stop doing it, but we're on to you, Okay. 513 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 13: So this is kind of concerning. More people are using 514 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,360 Speaker 13: buy now, pay later for holidays. Holiday spending, Yeah, it's 515 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 13: up this year, but apparently as you just mentioned. So 516 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 13: is a number of people using buy now pay later 517 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 13: services like Klarna, whole slew of others as well, and 518 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,360 Speaker 13: even credit cards are now offering, you know, this new 519 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 13: sort of buy now pay later program as is you 520 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,120 Speaker 13: know some payment systems as well. 521 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: More than ninety one. 522 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,879 Speaker 13: Million people using these services this year as they holiday shop, 523 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 13: and a growing number of them late on their loan payments. 524 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,920 Speaker 1: I even saw Amazon is offering that. They're like, hey, 525 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: do you want to see pay it all now or 526 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: do you want to put it into four payments? Just 527 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: four payments. I love the idea. It's just very tempting 528 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 1: to overspend that way. 529 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 5: It is. 530 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 13: It's nice when you need something and you have a 531 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 13: big ticket item that you all of a sudden need 532 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 13: and you need it now. I mean, you really need it, 533 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 13: but I've seen it, like even for door Dash. If 534 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,199 Speaker 13: I'm ordering meal delivery and I can't pay for it, 535 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 13: I probably shouldn't be ordering meal delivery, but I wish 536 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 13: my vent would let me do mine now payling. 537 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 1: No, No, that's pay now, pay later. It's pay now 538 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,679 Speaker 1: before we even do the treatment at the at the 539 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 1: emergency room. 540 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:31,120 Speaker 13: Okay, vending machine, you gotta ask me about that one. 541 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, I need to ask you about a vending machine. 542 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 13: You do because the Wall Street Journal this is really 543 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:42,120 Speaker 13: a cautionary story. If you're using aiamy to make any 544 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 13: decisions before you look out, you gotta listen to this. 545 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:49,119 Speaker 13: Wall Street Journal tested this vending machine using Anthropics AI 546 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 13: model Claude. In this vending machine operation in the newsroom, 547 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 13: they gave it autonomy to order inventory, set prices, and 548 00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 13: respond to customers. The AI named Claudius, gave away nearly 549 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 13: all its inventory for free, including a PlayStation five, and 550 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 13: it ordered a whole bunch of unusual items such as 551 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 13: a live fish and dumb guns, resulting in significant financial losses. 552 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 1: Where did that happen? 553 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 13: Wall Street Journal ran a test of ALI and Tropics 554 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 13: AI model Claude. I just just you know, put it 555 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 13: in the newsroom and let it do what. 556 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: It would do. That's funny. So watched what it did, 557 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 1: and that's what it did. All right. As we've said, 558 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: AI is getting very impressive, but it might now be 559 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: ready for prime time. In this regard the stun guns 560 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 1: for the newsroom. Well, you know what, sometimes I've been 561 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: in a news sometimes I could probably forget I could, 562 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: all right, Denise Pella greamy greeny with Bloomberg getting in 563 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: your business as we do every day. Do we get 564 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 1: to talk to you again tomorrow? Great to talk to 565 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: you tomorrow, all right. The after action report from LA 566 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: Fire about the Palisades fire apparently went through several drafts 567 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 1: and minimized the department's failings before and after the fire. 568 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: The LA Time says in some drafts, it shows some 569 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 1: crews waiting more than an hour to get their assignments 570 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 1: on the day of the fire, and items showing national 571 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 1: guidelines on how to avoid deaths and injury was also 572 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:24,719 Speaker 1: scratched from the report. Sixty Minutes pulled a segment that 573 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 1: was set to air about the Mega prison in El Salvador, 574 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: where deportees from the US have been sent. CBNS announced 575 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 1: earlier yesterday that the segment on Sea COT's going to 576 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 1: be aired at a later date. A CBS News spokesperson 577 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 1: says it was done because of a need for additional reporting. 578 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: Handle on the News is coming up in just a 579 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: few minutes, and Bill's going to be talking about that. 580 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 1: Southern California is about to get soaked. Forecasters say, we're 581 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: in for four days of rain starting tomorrow. A floodwatch 582 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 1: will be in effect tomorrow afternoon through Christmas Eve, with 583 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:59,080 Speaker 1: mud and debris flows possible across foothill and mountain areas, 584 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: including the recent burn areas. Hey, Elf on the Shelf 585 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: has a lot to celebrate this year. Let's say good 586 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 1: morning now to the authors of The Elf on the Shelf, 587 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: the book that is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year, 588 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: Shonda Bell and Krista Pitts. Good morning, ladies, one morning. 589 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,239 Speaker 1: So Christmas is all about traditions, and this one has 590 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: been one of my favorites since I was a little girl, 591 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: And as it turns out, I have Shonda and Krista 592 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,240 Speaker 1: to thank for it. We know about elf and the shelf. 593 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 1: This year, we're celebrating twenty years of your book, which 594 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 1: took your fun idea made it catch fire. How did 595 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: you come up with the Elf on the Shelf idea? 596 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:43,200 Speaker 7: This is just such a fun question to answer for us, 597 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,960 Speaker 7: because we grew up with this tradition. You know, when 598 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 7: we were little, Santa used to send an elf to 599 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 7: our home that would watch and listen, and then every 600 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,719 Speaker 7: night it would fly back and talk to Santa Claus 601 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 7: and in the morning, before we woke up, we would 602 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 7: race out of bed to be the first ones to 603 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 7: find the elf. Really, it was like the best part 604 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 7: of our Christmas. And so when I grew up and 605 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 7: became a parent of my own, I wanted to do 606 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 7: this same tradition with my children. And so that's when 607 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 7: my mom and I wrote The Elf on the Shelf 608 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 7: and got Sanna's permission to share his story and send 609 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 7: elves to the world. 610 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 1: I love this. So over the years, has the elf 611 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: become more mischievous or is that from your book or 612 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 1: is that because of social media. 613 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:31,960 Speaker 7: So one of the things you have to remember is 614 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 7: that the elf takes on the personality of the family 615 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 7: that adopts it. 616 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: Okay, so if your family. 617 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 7: Is extremely creative, your elf will probably be very creative 618 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,800 Speaker 7: or somewhat cheeky, as our friends in the UK like 619 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 7: to say. And for some of us, our elf is 620 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 7: a lot more laid back, just like our family is. 621 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 7: And so it really does depend on how your family 622 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 7: celebrates the holidays. The book only references that the elf 623 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 7: flies to Santa and returns in the morning to a 624 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 7: new spot, So again, it's very much up to a 625 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 7: family as to you know, how the elf interacts in 626 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:06,560 Speaker 7: their home? 627 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 1: Gotcha? So when I was growing up, we did have 628 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 1: an elf, but he wasn't on the shelf. He was 629 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 1: in the Christmas tree and he would hide in the 630 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 1: Christmas tree every day and my parents'd say, he's watching you, 631 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: and if you're bad, he's going to tell San on you. So, yeah, 632 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 1: the fear of God put into me very young. But 633 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 1: what other things are we going to see coming from 634 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,640 Speaker 1: the Elf on the shelf now that he's twenty years 635 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 1: old officially, Well. 636 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 7: There's so much. 637 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:29,560 Speaker 8: You know. 638 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 7: We have a really cool twentieth anniversary line of products, 639 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 7: everything from a Swarovsky crystal covered Elf to a twentieth 640 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 7: anniversary box that is collectible we have and it comes 641 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 7: with Elf clothing and little ornament. It's a beautiful collector's edition. 642 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 7: The Elf also has super standing posable powers, so it 643 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 7: can stand still for a very long time in that 644 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 7: box that we are going to be in a nacy 645 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:03,160 Speaker 7: Thanksgiving Day again, it's the twentieth anniversary of the Elf. 646 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,640 Speaker 7: But this year, Nora, our Arctic fox from the Santa Verse, 647 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,280 Speaker 7: is going to be flying down the street and our 648 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 7: little Elf babies, our frost PEPs are going to be 649 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 7: rolling around on the parade route. So it's a really 650 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 7: exciting year for us with a lot going on. Today 651 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 7: is actually the launch of Scout Elf Squad, our brand 652 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 7: new preschool show, and that's on our official YouTube channel. 653 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:30,840 Speaker 1: The Scout Elf Squad on the YouTube channel. Okay, and 654 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:31,680 Speaker 1: where do we find that? 655 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 7: Yes, so it's the Elf on the Shelf official channel 656 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 7: on YouTube. And our new preschool show launched today. And 657 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,280 Speaker 7: then of course we have our brand new novel. 658 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 8: Again. 659 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:44,880 Speaker 7: We have so many fans has come to the brand 660 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:48,200 Speaker 7: over the last twenty years, and so our novel, Rise 661 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 7: of Nicholas the Noble is out and it is the 662 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 7: backstory of Santa Claus and the elves and how they 663 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,520 Speaker 7: all meet. And it's a really fun fantasy adventure, very 664 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,280 Speaker 7: much in the veins of I would say, like the Chronicles. 665 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 1: Of a I love that. I love backstory books, and 666 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 1: so the Rise of Nicholas the Noble I was like, hm, 667 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,960 Speaker 1: I bet that's about our favorite jolly old elf. So 668 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,880 Speaker 1: and this this book is for little it's not a 669 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 1: children's children's book. It's like a little bit older, that's right. 670 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,440 Speaker 7: The novel is for kids who are slightly older, so 671 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 7: I would say nine plus. It's a chapter book. It's 672 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 7: a novel, limited illustrations, but such a fun fantasy adventure, 673 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 7: so kids who are into fantasy and backstory, like you said, 674 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,799 Speaker 7: you know, you meet all of the characters, like how 675 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 7: did Sana come to be? You know, how did he 676 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,239 Speaker 7: meet the elves? How old is Santa Claus, what other 677 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:42,400 Speaker 7: characters existed at the time, and at the root, it's 678 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 7: a really brave adventure story about a boy and his dog. 679 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:48,640 Speaker 7: But I think people will really come to fall in 680 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 7: love with the rest of the characters as well. And 681 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:53,240 Speaker 7: of course you can't miss the Elf on the shelf 682 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,719 Speaker 7: as the narrator of the story, introducing sort of this 683 00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 7: backstory of Santa Claus. 684 00:34:58,239 --> 00:34:59,919 Speaker 1: I love this, and just reading the jacket, I haven't 685 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: a chance to read the book, but I will that 686 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,840 Speaker 1: it's that a shard of the Christmas Star fell to 687 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 1: earth and so it's their job to protect it. That 688 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:09,440 Speaker 1: is correct. 689 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:12,320 Speaker 7: So that's how they actually end up sort of getting 690 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:17,239 Speaker 7: you know, their Christmas magic eventually, and so people will 691 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:21,040 Speaker 7: see they can really lean into faith based narratives, you know, 692 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 7: through the themes that are available in the book as well. 693 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 7: I think it is a very family friendly fantasy adventure story. 694 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,279 Speaker 7: My hope is that families gather, you know, together and 695 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:35,239 Speaker 7: read the book, because I think they'll really fall in 696 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 7: love with this adventure story. I had one friend of 697 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,400 Speaker 7: mine who told me she was reading it with her 698 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,640 Speaker 7: kids and literally every night they were like, Mom, can 699 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:46,000 Speaker 7: we read the best book ever? And I was like, Okay, 700 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,839 Speaker 7: are y'all saying that because you know us? But they 701 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,120 Speaker 7: were like, no, no, The kids were really into it. 702 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:54,319 Speaker 7: So my former background is a middle school teacher, and 703 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,520 Speaker 7: so I hope you know this is leaning into my 704 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,160 Speaker 7: passion in literature as well. 705 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,160 Speaker 1: Okay. The authors of The Elf on the Shelf Shonda 706 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:04,799 Speaker 1: Bell and Krista Pitts, and also The Rise of Nicholas 707 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:09,320 Speaker 1: the Noble by Shonda Bell. You can get it on Amazon, 708 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 1: you could get it in an audio book. You could 709 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 1: have it before Christmas. What an idea. Let's get back 710 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,280 Speaker 1: to some of the stories coming out of the KFI 711 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,920 Speaker 1: twenty four hour newsroom. A fundraiser has been started for 712 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,480 Speaker 1: the family of two young girls in Marietta killed when 713 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 1: their mobile home caught fire. The parents survived the fire 714 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,400 Speaker 1: Saturday morning, they're in the hospital. Mom is reported to 715 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:32,040 Speaker 1: have lost her vision. The parents' third child also survived 716 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: and is staying with an uncle. Covered California is reminding 717 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,520 Speaker 1: people to sign up before time runs out. You can 718 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:39,600 Speaker 1: enroll online or over the phone. 719 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:40,560 Speaker 9: We also have. 720 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:47,239 Speaker 3: Then enrollment partners themed are Californian and Kennedy organizations. 721 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,160 Speaker 4: And clinics who are interned agent that are. 722 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:49,839 Speaker 1: Here to help. 723 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:53,400 Speaker 14: Jessica Altman, the executive director of Covered California, says they 724 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:56,040 Speaker 14: speak well over forty languages. If English is not your 725 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:59,640 Speaker 14: preferred language. While Covered California is open, enrollment window ends 726 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 14: at the end of January. Altman says, if you want 727 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,719 Speaker 14: health coverage starting January first, you have to enroll by 728 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:05,880 Speaker 14: December thirty first. 729 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:10,160 Speaker 1: Tammy Triheo KFI News Christmas Grinch has been busted in 730 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,760 Speaker 1: Culver City. Police say during a routine traffic stop early 731 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:18,280 Speaker 1: Saturday morning, officers discovered several stolen packages and the vehicle. 732 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,160 Speaker 1: Police are reminding people to bring packages in as soon 733 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:25,919 Speaker 1: as possible when they're delivered, especially around the holidays. Firefighters 734 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,760 Speaker 1: in Santa Barbara County have rescued a great horned owl 735 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,480 Speaker 1: that got stuck in the grill of a car. The 736 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:33,880 Speaker 1: owner of the Toyota said he wasn't sure how the 737 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,360 Speaker 1: owl got in there. Took rescuers about a half an 738 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 1: hour yesterday to carefully cut away sections of the grill 739 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,800 Speaker 1: to feed a free the owl. She was then turned 740 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:45,720 Speaker 1: over to wildlife rescue teams. Hope she's going to be okay. 741 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:50,720 Speaker 1: This is KFI and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County, 742 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,680 Speaker 1: live from the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. I'm Amy King. 743 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,400 Speaker 1: This has been your wake up call, and if you 744 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:57,600 Speaker 1: missed any wake up call, you can listen anytime on 745 00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:01,600 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app. You've been listening to wake Up Call 746 00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:04,440 Speaker 1: with me, Amy King. You can always hear wake Up 747 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,240 Speaker 1: Call five to six am Monday through Friday on kf 748 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,680 Speaker 1: I AM six forty and anytime on demand on the 749 00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:12,000 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app.