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Amy King hosts your Friday Wake Up Call. ABC national news correspondent Steven Portnoy discusses House GOP trying again on the FISA vote. Amy speaks with ABC News reporter Jim Ryan about robocall scammers. The House Whisperer Dean Sharp is back on Wake Up Call for another edition of ‘Waking Up with the House Whisperer!’ Today, Dean talks about taking on Springtime projects like a pro. ABC News correspondent Jason Nathanson closes the show with The Entertainment Report.

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You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app k f I at kost HD two, Los Angeles, Orange County. How got you your wake up call? Your host, Amy Kay can't wait for my next trip back to Dodger Stadium so I can hear Todd Light say that. I guess you won't be saying that about me while we're there, but still, it's so great to be at the stadium and listen to all that stuff. The Dodgers are in action again tonight.

We're gonna tell you about that in just a little bit, but right now it is five oh one. This is your wake Up Call live on the iHeart Radio app for Friday, April twelfth. Good morning, I'm Amy King. Did you know that today is grilled cheese sandwich today? I know now I think I'm gonna celebrate. It's one of my favorite things. I'm a big grilled cheese fan. Really, all right, I'm gonna tuck that away. I'm gonna remember that. Thank you. Cono. Here's what's ahead on

wake Up Call, and it's a lot show. Hey Otani's former interpreter is expected to self surrender to federal authorities in downtown LA and make his initial court appearance. Prosecutors say Ipe Misuhura stole more than sixteen million dollars from Otani to cover his gambling death. That's four times more than we originally heard. Miwsuhara is not expected to make a plea today. Ron Goldman's father says oj Simpson's death is no great loss to the world. Simpson was acquitted of murdering Nicole

Brown Simpson along with Goldman in nineteen ninety five. He was later found liable for their deaths in a civil suit. Fred Goldman says Simpson's death is only a further reminder of his son's murder. Of course, Simpson, as we found out, died on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. It's been so interesting to hear all the stories from so many different voices in LA about Simpson and the trial on KFI. Of course, Ken came back with John and Ken

yesterday. Bill's got a whole bunch more to tell you about this morning on his show, and Jason Nathanson with ABC covered the trial. He's going to be on with us later this hour and also going to let us know what's new in theaters and on the stream this week. Also, looking to buy a home cash is king people paying cash for Holmes has driven prices up nine percent in one year. At six oh five, It's handled on the news. The US has restricted travel for diplomats in Israel because of a possible attack

by Iran. Let's get started with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The family of Ron Goldman has reacted to the death of O. J. Simpson. Goldman was found murdered along with Simpson's ex wife, Nicole Brown at her home in nineteen ninety four. Wison was

acquitted of the murders in nineteen ninety five. After learning of Simpson's death, Ron's sister Kim and their father Fred released the statement acknowledging that the hope for true accountability has ended, the news of Ron's killer passing away as a mixed bag of complicated emotions and reminds us that the journey through grief is not linear. Simpson's family say he died of prostate cancer Wednesday. Simpson had been released

from prison in twenty seventeen after serving time for armed robbery and kidnapping. Simpson was seventy six. Steve Gregory King if I News to La County juvenile detention centers can stay open now that state regulators have reversed in earlier finding and found that the two county facilities are again suitable to How's youth offenders. The Los Padrino's Juvenile Hall in Downey and the Barry J. Nidorf Treatment Center in Silmar

were declared unsuitable to house detainees earlier. That could have forced the closure of the facilities, leaving nowhere for the juveniles to be housed. The fatal bridge collapse in Baltimore's led to calls for a review of a well known bridge in La La. City Councilman Tim Mcoscar filed a motion this week asking engineers at the Port of La to report on the state of the Vincent Thomas Bridge.

The sixty year old span connects San Pedro to Terminal Island. Mcoscar wants to know whether conditions exist that could lead to a similar tragedy, such as what happened in Baltimore, where the Francis Scott Key Bridge was struck by a container ship, collapsed and killed six construction workers. A city Council Committee will take up the motion first. Michael Monks, KFI News. Let's say good morning now to ABC's Stephen Portnoy. Stephen, last time we talked, we were

waiting for Congress to talk about THIZA. FBI Director Christopher Ray was on Capitol Hill. He told lawmakers about threats to the US and why FIZA need to be extended. But it's apparently hit a snag. Well, it had hit a snag. The latest develop did to pass the House later this morning. Oh wait, wait, you dropped out for a second. The latest development is what the latest development is. It's expected to pass the House later this

morning. But let's see what happens. There was a five year extension that was on the table that was blocked earlier this week in the House, and that's that snag you were talking about. But last night there was word of an agreement to get a two year extension through the House. And some of the Republicans who voted to block the five year extension have not come around and said, all right, two years is fine. This section of the Faisal

law authorizes warrantless surveillance. This is a seven oh two part right, that's right, okay, warrantless surveillance of overseas communications, and the Biden administration supports its extension. But the House, as it debates seven oh two today, is expected to vote on and we're not sure it'll pass, but it'll be a vote on an amendment that would add a warrant requirement before the FBI conducts

searches in this vast ada trope regarding Americans. Remember, this is a program that was authorized after nine to eleven to ensure that the the National Security apparatus, including the FBI, had eyes and ears on overseas communications. And it's been used, we're told, to some tremendous extent to allow the US government to surveil bad actors all over the world, not just terrorists, but also

you know Vladimir Putin and you know Shijin Ping and Iran. And if seven h two is allowed to expire, well, the concern is that the US would lose its visibility on this. I don't want to get too deep in the weeds, but earlier this month, in secret, we only learned about it. The other day, the Biden administration asked the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to reauthorize its warrantless surveillance for another year, and the court authorized it,

which is provided for in the law. Even though we've talked a lot about this expiration day a week from today, if the law were to expire, the surveillance would still continue for another year. So a lot of attention is focused on this more and the stakes are high, of course, but it's not as though any kind of imminent harm to the country is upon us. If this doesn't pass today, well that's good, right, or over the course of the next week. Now the argument has been yes, well

the court has reauthorized the surveillance. But there's you know, the way this all works is the United States government goes to, for example, the major telecommunications companies Verizon, you know, AT and T, and they say, all right, we have this law. You've got to provide us with all of this information, and here's the order from the Secret fis a court. And the telecommunications companies are like, well, all right, we've got a

court order. I guess we have to do it. If this law expires, as it's set to a week from today, the argument is these telecommunications companies might drag their feet and say we no longer have to comply because the underlying statutory framework is gone. And yes, you have this court authorization, but we're going to fight it. And that's something that the administration has been

warning against. Okay, And then the vote on the amendment that you said is going to happen today that they want to say, no, you have to have a warrant before you do a search. Is that only pertaining to Americans or do yes? Okay, that's right, So it would require see the FBI's argument is, you know, on to the Fourth Amendment, search and seizure, you have to get a warrant before you do the search.

Well, this is information that's already been collected by the US government, and the US government already has access to it, and only the US government has access to it. Why does the FBI need to get a warrant from a judge before it uses information it already has well, and by the way, it wouldn't be used in court necessarily, And then you could have an argument about that. But nevertheless, what you don't want is you don't want the

FBI to be able to eavesdrop on Americans. And so there's a framework here, and the question is whether lawmakers who wrote this law would expand it to require warrants on the FBI when they search this trope for Americans. Okay, well, thank you for helping us sort it out. And we'll be watching for the vote. And I'm glad to hear that. Regardless of the vote, it sounds like we're safe for at least another year. Thank you. Yes, sure, have a good weekend. All right, thank you,

Steve. We'll get back to some of the stories now coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The one to one in Agra Hills is going to be closing overnights starting next week. Those cow trans crews can enter the next phase of construction for the Wallace Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. National Wildlife Federation Director Beth Prat says the crossing is going to give mountain lions and other animals their

own highway. When this bridge is completed, you're going to have all these people commuting and while they're driving in the morning or evening or whenever, a mountain line could be walking over it, a fox, a coyote. Starting Monday at midnight and for the next several weeks, the freeway is going to be closed from midnight to five am traffic will be diverted around onto side streets. The man convicted of killing college student Kristen Smart in San Luis Obispo almost

years ago has been attacked in prison again. The Department of Correction says Paul Flores was stabbed while in the recreation yard on Wednesday. He was treated at a hospital and returned to custody in fair condition. The attack comes months after

another inmate attempted to slash Flora's throat. Convicted child predators in California may soon be stripped of sanctuary state protections Suddenlyman Bill assalely says, of his upcoming bill passes, local law enforcement agencies will be required to assist ice when dealing with convicted predators. Right now, there's a complete bar on recognizing any ice detainers.

Doesn't matter what the crime is. My bill is a simple it's a carve out as Sally says, he's confident the bill will ultimately pass that the bill will likely head to the Public Safety Committee before the full Assembly will vote on it. In San Bernardino County, Blake Trolley k if I News, the California Department of Education is ordering Marietta Valley Unified School district to stop enforcing its policy that mandates parental notification for students who tell the school that they are

identifying as transgender. The directive follows a complaint filed by two district teachers. They're citing discrimination concerns. The state's intervention comes during a broader debate over parental involvement and student privacy rights. People paying cash for homes have driven prices up nine percent in a single year. A new report from Zillo shows, with interest rates so high, homes are priced to attract cash buyers because buyers who

use traditional loans are having a harder time making those payments. Experts at Zillo say it's not unusual to see a home listed for nine hundred thousand to sell for a million dollars. We missed one of Nick's top picks yesterday. You know, we did previews of what's coming up this weekend, and so we wanted to circle back with Nick because I think that this show sounds so cool if you're looking for something to do this weekend. So Nick, tell us

about the one we missed real quick. Wanted to remind you or tell you about a leamer mom. One of Mother's leader, so Leam her mom is Megan Dolan is a one woman show or what Megan Dolan is the Leamer Mom, and she has a one woman show that's coming up this Sunday in Bray

at the Curtis Theater. It's part of their Amplify initiative. And it was our honorable mention for Nick's Top Picks because she's a listener to Kifi and wake Up Call, but also she's really a dynamic individual and she represents a lot of people women mothers, specifically in southern California, who are doing things to get the word out about those that are a slightly different or what we call a neurodiverse. So autism correct exactly. So her child has autism. Her

child has autism. So she's doing a show about it, right, She's doing a show about it. And this isn't the first time she did a TED talk about it if you're familiar with what that is. And then also she again will be a part of a special presentation the Curtis Theater on Sunday and Brea. You can get more details about it at this week Onmanick dot

com and you can also get tickets fifteen dollars really inexpensive. Back in the day, we would call this a last call, not quite free ninety nine from Later with Mokelly, but definitely well worth your time at five pm on Sunday, April fourteen. Okay, I hear. She's a hoot too. She's hilarious, She's so much fun. You do really want to miss this opportunity. Okay, great, and you can find out again more with this weekend with Nick on the website and on Instagram. Correct. Okay, So

here's something else the fun that is coming up. It's just over a week away. It's the Wiggle wag a walk to prove benefit the Pasadena Humane and all the money raised is going to help them care for thousands of animals they take in every year. So I would love it if you would join the wake Up Call crew on Sunday, April twenty first at Brookside Park in Pasadena. It's right by the Rose Bowl and we're going to be walking to raise money for the pups. So you can come out, get your exclusive KFI

swag. You can visit the Wiggle Waggle Wagon. That's a mouthful to see adoptable pups. There's gonna be booths and costume contests and games and demonstrations by a canine unit. There's gonna be food and a whole lot more. And we would love for you to join our team the wake up Call wigglers and come walk with us. Police just joined the team. We'd love for you to do that as well. Come out walk. It's a great way to start your today. It's like at eight o'clock. It's a five k walk

or run. If you really want to run, I don't run. I'll be walking. And if you can't join us, you can still donate to help us reach our goal. Chris made a donation yesterday. Thanks so much, Chris. You can get all the information on how to join the team or how to make a donation at KFI AM six forty dot com slash wiggle for all the information. The final snowpack measurement of the season has measured one hundred and three percent above normal. The Eastern Sierra snowpack provides seventy percent of

LA's water. Snow surveyors say the total means ample water will be supplied to the DWP. With LA's reservoirs full. The aqueduct that delivers water from the snow melt is expected to keep it that way. A man from New York's been arrested in Marino Valley for allegedly posing as a priest and stealing from churches. The Riverside County Sheriff's department says the guy called himself Father Martin. Law

enforcement agencies from around the US. We're looking for him. Marino Valley Sheriff's officials say they believe he may have also hit other churches in the area. In and Out Burger owner Lindsay Snyder says she fought with other company executives to resist raising prices in the face of the state's new twenty dollars minimum wage law for fast food restaurant workers. She says she felt an obligation to keep prices

low. Since April first, at least one In and Out in LA has raised its burger prices by a quarter and its drink prices by a nickel. At six oh five, it's handle on the news. Bill has a lot to say about the death of oj Simpson, and you're not going to want to miss it. But right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jim Ryan. Jim, I've gotten these calls the one where someone who you don't know says, can you hear me? Okay? Why should why should we be aware of it? What did you do? What did I do?

Yes? I usually sit there because I don't know what to say, because I'm nervous about saying anything. Yes, well, people instinctively say. And when somebody you pick up the phone and they say and you hear me okay, people almost instinctively say yes, and then they go on, maybe it's a person on the other end. Maybe it's a robo call that I've gotten that called can you hear me? And I say yes, and then it says, oh, great, listen, we'd like to tell you about this

great travel opportunity vacation. And I'll say, wait a minute, are you a robot or a person? Then the voice stops and says, oh, I'm a person, and then continues with the pitch. And if you ask it again, are you a robot or a person? The same voice as oh I'm a person, exactly the same, And you know it's clearly a robo call. Now, maybe it's a legitimate sales pitch they're offering up.

Maybe not. The BBB has to send alert out. The better Business Bureau advising people that if they get that phone call, then can you hear me? Call? Just hang up? Okay, better yet, use your color idea and don't answer it at all, even if it comes from your own area code, because of phone spoofing and using your area code to make it look like a convincing call is as much more common. What can happen if you do is say yeah after the person says do you hear me? Well?

The best case scenario is that it tells the robo caller or the sales caller that you have an active phone number, that this is a good phone. They can keep calling you and making pitches or doing whatever they're doing. The worst case scenario, according to the BBB, is that your voice was recorded saying yes, and so then they go out they make purchases in your name using your voice because it is your voice. It's not an AI generator

thing, it's your voice saying yes. So you need to keep track of your credit card bills because they may have charged something using your voice and your credentials. That is just so annoying. I hate that we even have to worry about this, but and especially like you mentioned, the calls that appear to come from your area code, because for example, I generally I don't know how you guys are, but I generally won't pick up a phone if

I don't recognize the number. Good idea, But then it also becomes a problem because there are legitimate people calling you, like if you have a doctor's appointment or maybe an appointment at the spa. I mean, you know it just but there are things that you do that you do have to communicate with people you don't necessarily know. Yeah, well right, right, and so check that you use your caller idea. If it says you know, just a phone number, forget it. But if it says Librea Beauty Spa,

then sure pick it up, or your doctor's office pick it up. But if not, maybe best just to leave it alone. Let it go to voicemail, I mean even the or they may text you. If it's a legitimate person, they'll probably text you and say, hey, Amy, this is so and so. But I get I got one this morning. I got a text from some unknown number. Hey, whose phone is this? Tell me who you? I'm not going to engage. I just delete the

message. It's none of your business who I am. Because they once they pull you in, once you start responding, either saying yes to the to the question or answering that text message. The goal, the goal of the scammer is to pull you in and Daniel Troze and me. Takes some time, and eventually you're giving up personal financial information and boom, it's out there on the dark wold. I don't have the time or patience for that. Yeah, you know what Bill Handle does. He's told the story a bunch

of times. He'll answer the calls and get the people talking and then say hold on a second, and then he'll just put the phone in. I've tried that before too. It's fun. So it's just another case of let the buyer are actually the person who answers. Where you know, it's just throw out the phone and live like a hermit. I love the idea of throwing out the phone every once in a while. ABC's Jim Ryan, thank

you so much. Have a wonderful weekend. See you later. All right, let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The man who was show Hey Otani's interpreter has been charged in LA with bank fraud for allegedly stealing more than sixteen million dollars from the Dodgers player. The number was previously said to be about four million. Mister

Otani is considered a victim in this case. US attorney Martin Estrada says Ibe Mitsujara acted as de facto manager for Otani for years and help him set up a bank account in Arizona. He then allegedly lied to get access to that account, obtained recordings of telephone calls in which was Zuhara spoke with bank employees, lied to them about being mister Otani, gave personal biographical information for mister Otani in order to impersonate him. Estrada says Misahara then convinced the bank to

transfer large amounts of money to bookies. Misahara is doing court this afternoon. An Iraq war veteran killed while doing yard work outside his home in Long Beach may not have been the intended target. Police say they believe the deadly shooting of Mario Morales Moreno last week was gang related. Reno was apparently hit by a stray bullet. Fernanda Sandoval says her father's death should result in policy change. The residents of Los Angeles County are living in fear. We no longer

feel safe in our homes. Four men were charged this week with murder and attempted murder. A bill's been introduced in California to increased penalties for corporate crimes. Attorney General Rob Bonte says it would create a fund to provide services and assistance to people affected by raising fines for convicted corporations to twice the amount of a loss. Currently, the maximum criminal finds are around ten thousand dollars per

felony. Part of the restitution fees would also go to the DA's office that filed the prosecution. Officials in Oakland have voted in favor of changing the name of the city's airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, despite San Francisco threatening to sue over what it says as a trademark violation. Critics say the

new name would also cause confusion with San Francisco International Airport or SFO. The Board of Commissioners voted unanimously yesterday to move forward with the name change and schedule to second vote for a final approval on May ninth. They say the airport's three letter code oak will not change. The Dodgers take on the Padres tonight at seven at Dodgers Stadium, not going no problem. You can listen to

the action on AM five seventy LA Sports. You can also stream every game in HD on the iHeartRadio app Keyword AM five seventy LA Sports powered by LA Care for all of LA. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom show. Hey Otani's former interpreter is expected to self surrender to federal authorities in downtown LA and make his first court appearance. Prosecutors say ebey Miuzuhara stole more than sixteen million dollars from Motani to cover gambling debt. Mizohara is

not expected to make a plea today. Ron Goldman's father says O. J. Simpson's death is no great loss to the world. Simpson was acquitted of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson along with Goldman in nineteen nine, but was found liable for their deaths later in a civil suit. Fred Goldman says Simpson's death is

only a further reminder of his son's murder. More than fifteen hundred guns have been intercepted at airport security checkpoints in the US so far this year, the TSA says if the trend continues, it'll be on track to be just slightly lower than last year's record setting number of interceptions. The TSA's reminding travelers to keep any firearm in a hard sighted case and declare it to the airline when checking a bag. At six oh five, it's handle on the news,

Fresh salmon from California. Not getting it this year, We'll tell you why. Let's say good morning now to the host of Home on KFI. It's Dean Sharp, the house whisperer. Hi, Dean, good morning Amy. So it's springtime and that means a lot of people are probably doing some projects around their house, getting things ready for the summer. And that's why we have you here. You're going to be talking about this this weekend on how to do those DIY projects like pro That's right, there are. There are

so many benefits to tackling a project yourself if you're willing to. Mostly, of course, in addition to the satisfaction of feeling competent about taking care of your house, the cost right. You and I were talking earlier this week about renovation and remodeling costs being up by sixty percent all across southern California. One of the ways to tackle that, and there's another reason why that's the case, but one of the reason ways to tackle that is to do a

little more DIY. DIY intimidates a lot of people. It's a little confusing for some folks because they think, wow, these projects seem so complex. But here's the thing. It's a very interesting reality that we've noticed over the years. Some of the simplest, some of the simplest as far as steps go, projects are some of them more difficult ones. But the ones that involve multiple steps, I generally find that if you take your time and you work it through, you can get them done. And what I mean by

that is by way of encouragement. Let's say you've got a project of you know, kind of putting well, you know, let's use a classic example of like putting an ikea piece of furniture together, right, which will take you three or four hours. Yeah, it can take some time. But here's the thing. If if you're willing to step through it, follow the instruction step by step, step by step, you can put that together as

well as any pro could put together that kind of thing. And there are a lot of processes around your house, even things like setting tile, laying tile that you can take your time and do. Lot of steps, lots of steps. Okay, I want to just mention the tile thing, because I did. I didn't do like a whole floor. But I had an old fireplace in my my first house in Portland, and it was this beautiful old keystone with the rounded top, and it was ugly and one hundred years

old. So I got the paint and I painted the fireplace and made it beautiful. Didn't do it white like did it so it mel you know, went in with the house and but I needed to redo the hearth. So I went and I did exactly like you said. I took my time, I knew what the steps were and it turned out so good. It was like and then you get to look at it every day and go I did that exactly exactly, And a lot of people would be like, oh my

gosh, no, I can't do that. You got to call it to set the time you can because each of those individual steps, even there's those there's a lot of them. They're quite mechanical, and they're and they're and if they can be done very very easily, each individual step, Whereas in contrast to this, and I'll tell you my story. Yeah you know, I've been doing this for almost forty years now, I still walk away from finishing drywall. I'm like, nope, bring in the drywall, guys.

Right, you would think, Okay, there's one step you put the mud on a trowel and you scrape it across the wall. But the fact of the matter is that simple step to get it just like mm hmm, that is something that takes you know, it's one of those ten thousand hours of mastery kind of things to just do it beautifully and smoothly. I am fiddling around with that for way, way, way, way too long at the end of the day. See, that's one step, but it requires a

level of artistic mastery to get it done really beautifully. Whereas setting tile, that's so many steps, and yet if you take the time, you can do it. And so that's why I'm encouraging people. There are so many DIY projects around your house that you can tackle yourself if you're just willing to take the time and time. By the way, that's the first thing that we're going to talk about this weekend. I'm going to remind everybody about what

we call in the construction business the iron triangle. What's that? The iron triangle is just a truth about construction in general. Imagine a triangle, and we've got three sides to it. Here are the three sides. The three sides are time, cost, and quality. Okay. Now here's the rule. That's why we call it the iron triangle because it cannot be violated. This cannot be broken, this truth. Okay. You get two sides, any two sides you want of that triangle, and you pay for them with

the third side. Okay. So basically it means this, if you want it done fast and that's time, and you want it done cheap, okay, all you have to sacrifice is quality okay okay. And if you want it done fast and really really great, then all you have to sacrifice is cost. Get ready to write a big check to somebody. But most of us in the category where we would like the best quality and the best value. And guess what that means. It means it's going to take more time.

Take your time. Oh, take your time, okay, Yeah, take your time with it. Okay. You've got several tips that you've got bullet pointed for us, but I got I want to hit. I want to hit one of them, and it's the one that you never hit your thumb with a hammer again. Yeah, so we're going to be talking about

using simple tool procedures with shockingly a lot of your dummies. Well, you know, it's not really that, it's just that a lot of people just don't realize how pros actually, you know, pick up a tool like a hammer and use it. And it's a very very simple truth, and that is this. Your first tap on the nail is with your hammer is a very very soft tap to set the nails so that it is standing up on

its own, and then you move your other hand away. Okay. It is the fact that people take a an enthusiastic first swing and a nail while they are still holding it in between their forefinger and their thumb. That's how black and blue thumbs end up in the world. So you never have to hit your thumb again. You just tap the nail, set it so that it's standing on its own, and move that other hand out of the way, okay, And then just running down the list, there are things that

are catching my eyes. Pilot holes. Pilot holes are critical. There's so many people get frustrated because I need to nail this piece of wood to that piece of wood, or screw this piece of wood to another piece of wood, and they find out that they end up cracking the wood because they put

the screw in too close to the edge. Pilot Holes are key. You drill a tiny hole the size of the shaft of the nail or the shaft of the screw, not the threads of the screw, just the shaft and the inside, and then that nail or screw will not act as a wedge and force the wood apart and split it. So again, a little extra f an electrac time, you can get these beautiful connections done without destroying the

material that you're working on. Okay, And then here's another one that I think a lot of times when we're trying to save time, we skip this one. And it's never a good idea to skip it. But it's a measure twice cut once. Oh my gosh. Yeah, that is just one of the standing you know, proverbs of construction. You can't stretch wood. That was the very first thing that my mentor taught me when I was a young carpenter. He said, there is no such thing as a wood stretcher.

So you make sure before you cut that thing short that you've measured it at least twice. Measure twice, cut once, always all. And I do it to this very day. I mean, this is what the pros do. We double and triple check ourselves before we commit to something like cutting something so that we know that we're not going to end up with another trip back to the lumberyard to replace the material we screwed up. Okay, And then this is another little one that kind of goes in line with this one.

These are such good tipstein. I can't wait to hear all of them this weekend. But when you go to cut something, you gotta know where you're cutting, and it's yeah, you gotta know what's you got to realize here are some physical realities. The pencil or the pen that you're using to mark the material. It's not laying down a microscopically thin line. If you're using a pencil, which most people do, that line can be a sixteenth of an inch wide. Where did you put that pencil mark on the next

to the ruler? When you made the mark, and then understanding that the blade of your saw is probably going to eat up about an eighth of an inch of wood. It doesn't just separate the two pieces, It actually choose through a section. So where you made your mark, what side of the line that you're going to be cutting on, and understanding that the blade itself actually removes material is critical. And that's why people when you don't think about this, you make a mark, you cut it, and you're like,

why is it short? Why does it not fit? You gotta track where exactly you intend to cut on that line. And we use these phrases in the trade. I'll make a mark on something, I'll hand it to somebody who's cutting for me and say, you know, I'll say leave the line, okay, And that's how they know exactly where I want them to cut it. All say take the line or whatever. You gotta know. You

gotta know where on that line you're planning to make your cut. See a lot of little things that are going to make a big difference to a successful DIY project. Exactly all right, And you can hear all about this and more coming up this weekend with Home with Dean Sharp it is the house whisperer, and that's Saturdays from six to eight and then Sundays from nine to noon. Right, that's right, Thanks Amy, thank you so much. You can also follow Dean at at Home with Dean thank you. Rains on the

way for the weekend, with snow possible in the mountains. The rains expected to hit La County tomorrow. A half inch of rain could fall in the basin, with an inch or more possible in the mountains. Snow levels could also fall to about thirty five hundred feet by Sunday, with light snow expected through the Grapevine. A woman from La has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining more than two million dollars in COVID loans and line to the irs in an attempt

to secure nearly one point three million dollars in tax credits. Prosecutors say thirty seven year old Casey Hines submitted eighty bonus, bogus applications for Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster loans. She's facing up to twenty years in prison when she's sentenced in January. SpaceX has successfully launched another rocket from Vandenberg Space four

Space the launch yesterday carried a high tech weather satellite into orbit. The satellite's going to send back information about the oceans, ice, snow, and soil moisture. We're just minutes away from Handle. On the News This Morning show, hey Otani's interpreter may have stolen more than four times more than we originally found out sixteen million bucks. Right now, let's say good morning to ABC's Jason Nathanson. Jason, of course, the big story right now is oj

Simpson's death. And you were in LA during the murders. I was, And did you cover the trial? No, I was in high school. Oh it was a little, a little too young, although I know Alex Stone started working when he was a teen in radio. But no, I was working at Red Robin actually in the Tapanga mall, nice and that's where I remember watching the Bronco Chase. Everything stopped there. We have TV's in the bar, and everybody stopped eating and serving and doing everything to watch that

chase. And then during the trial, I was here in Los Angeles. And then when Rick was read though, I was actually in Santa Cruz. I had just gone to college, so I was up in Santa Cruz for that but to be here during that time, you know, just after the earthquake and the riots and that cup of years for Los Angeles was crazy. I mean, that was just a really nutty time to be here and everything was so in flux, so to be here during and during the Bronco Chase

and the trial and everything just a very strange time for Los Angeles. Yeah, we were hearing stories because KFI, you know, was obviously on that twenty four to seven it was happening. But we heard so many stories yesterday and talking to people around the office saying, oh, I know where I was. It was one of those moments where you know where you were when you watched the Bronco Chase. I don't remember it because I was up in Oregon. We watched the Bronco Chase, but I don't, you know,

we weren't tied as closely to it as everybody who was here. Sure, I mean, it was definitely something. You know, there are a couple of moments that I can remember, like that the North Hollywood shootout where they were with the bank robbery, which was a couple of years after that was something you really remembered about that time because that was just a really crazy event as well, but that Bronco Chase, for sure, it was something that

just stopped everybody. And I remember it was there was there was basketball playoffs on and hockey playoffs on as well, and both of those they broke into and everybody it was. It was the thing that you know, everybody was talking about. Yeah, all right, well, let's let's move on from talking about that. You know, Bill Handle's going to be talking about this a lot today because of course he was on the air when this happened. But let's go over to uh movies. I started watching man Hunt, uh,

and then saw an ad for Franklin on Apple TV. We're digging into our history, So what's uh? What's Franklin? Is it any any good? Yeah? Franklin is a new series from Apple TV, which they've been really digging into these historical dramas as of late. That's been their thing, and they do them really well, and they spend a lot of money on them, which I really appreciate. They're not doing these things with kind of

like a small budget. Franklin is about Ben Franklin during the time where the Revolutionary War is happening, the US is losing or The States are losing and they need money, they need ships, they need ammunition. So Ben Franklin goes to France to try to get That's on an unofficial mission to try to

get that stuff, and they really need they need that really badly. So this is about the diplomacy that he went through in France to try to get help for the fledgling United States. It stars Michael Douglas as Ben Franklin. And this is another series from Apple which does I mean, you can see where they spent the money on the whigs and the costumes and the palaces.

I mean, it really looks good and the story is interesting. When I was watching it, I'm like, I don't remember who played Ben Franklin in the movie. And then I went to look, and there hasn't been a Ben Franklin movie. Hollywood's not really explored the story of Ben Franklin, which is kind of strange given that we've seen. You know, HBO did to John Adams miniseries that was really well received with Paul Giamatti a couple of years ago, and Ben Franklin was a small character in that. And then of

course he had Hamilton, which was a huge success. But Ben Franklin's story has never really been explored. There was a Ken Burns a documentary a couple of years ago, but that was about it. So this is the first time we've really seen something like this in a series, and I think the

story is very interesting. My only small bone to pick is Michael Douglas as Ben Franklin is a little rough because it's hard to lose Michael Douglass, Right, He's one of those guys when you hear just hearing his voice, you know it's Michael Douglas, and watching him, you know it's Michael Douglas. So I think if it would have been some lesser known character actor, they would have disappeared into the role and it might have been a little less distracting.

Yeah. We were talking about that earlier this week because after on your recommendation, I watched Ripley. Yeah, and I liked that there weren't many super recognizable characters because you don't think about the character, You don't think about the actor. You just get into the character. Yeah, and that you know, and some do it better than others. Right, George Clooney is always going to be George Clooney and whatever he's in Yeah, pretty much.

Tom Hanks does a really good job of kind of disappearing. You know, he can do that, and you know, and it's not to say that Michael Douglass is a bad actor. He's not a bad actor by any starch of the imagination. But it's a little distracting when you're watching this and you go okay, that is when you can see the actor playing the character. It takes you out of it absolutely okay. So you say it's good but

not spectacular, Yes, okay. And then there's a new movie out speaking of history, about civil war, but it's not a movie about the past. This one's right now. Yeah, it's about what could possibly happen if this country heads in the state and the keeps going in the direction that it's

going. This is a warning. It talks so much about how the Civil War and by the way, this is from Alex Scarland, fantastic filmmaker behind ex Machina twenty eight Days Later and other things, and it envisions a civil war in the United States, maybe a couple of years into the future. And it's not so much about my expectations where I was going to see a movie about how the Civil War happened, how the two sides got into it,

what they were fighting over, things like that. This movie is not about that, sod just your expectations a little bit, because this is really a movie about journalism at the end of the day. It's about Kirsten Dunn's

character. She plays a journalist who is traveling across the country to try to get to the White House before the rebel forces take over the White House, and about how the carnage that when you cover something like that as a journalist, the toll it can take on you, but also why it's important for

people to be there to document those moments. And it's also a little bit of a warning to say, hey, you think this happens in other countries, across oceans and in other far flung places, but no, this could actually happen here. So again, it's not about how the forces in the movie of California and Texas and flo joined together, because in reality that would

probably never actually happen. California and Texas don't join together. But it's about the effects this has and the kind of the broken conversation that we have in this country right now. Okay, and then before we let you go, Robert Downey Junior has a new movie and he's not an Avenger. He is

not an Avenger. And this is the first thing that he's done since he won the Oscar for Oppenheimer, which kind of started a new chapter in his He was very good in that, and he's very good in this show called The Sympathizer on HBO, which is about Robert Downiel Jus is not the main character. It's about a half Vietnamese half French Communist spy during the Fall of Saigon in Vietnam and the Vietnam War and this guy who's doing kind of double

duty spying for the US but also for the Communists. And Robert Downey Junior plays a CIA agent and talking about being lost in the character. He is fantastic in this. I mean he and he plays many different because he's a spy, he's kind of in a bunch of different costumes and wigs and things like that. Really really good stuff, really interesting. And what I love about this story is I've never seen this before. I have no idea where it's going. It's completely original. Wait, it's new. Yeah, it's

waiting all the remakes and stuff. I'm so excited to hear about this. It doesn't follow the same beats over and over. I like that about Civil War, and I like that about the Sympathizer as well. Okay, and that's on HBO. Is it going to be on Max? Yeah? Streaming streaming on Max, airing on HBO. So one episode at a time, starting Sunday night. Okay, Jason Nathanson, thank you so much. Happy Coachello weekend. Oh yeah? Are you going? No me either? All

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