Cleanin' Out the Closet

You're listening to Wake Up Call with Jennifer Jones Lee on demand from K five a M. Six forty. Good morning everybody, five o'clock Wake Up Call. My name is Jason Middleton. I am in for Jennifer Jones Lee. She will be back on Monday. She's enjoying some livestock and other entertainment at a rodeo in northern California, visiting some family and friends. Hopefully having a great week. Today is Friday, Yeah, Friday, May nineteenth. I

was looking at some facts this morning. I cover economics in business, and twenty five percent is how big the share of the global economy the United States has. The US economy pumps out twenty five percent of the global output, as four percent of the world's population not entirely responsible with that output. I think we play our hand in different ways, for sure. Producer and gives me a trending note every morning, and this one stood out. Sinkhole in

Porter Ranch on the one eighteen is finally fixed. It took a year of repairs to get that sinkhole fixed. That was kind of a big I mean, we're gonna get more and more of these. All that snow has to melt has to go, someplace has to move, some earth underneath it. But it's Friday, we're gonna get through the headlines. We have a great show lined up for you today. We have Jim Ryan talking about AI and climate change and the kind of skills we need into the twenty first century.

We're looking for jobs or careers. We're gonna look at macroeconomics with Caleb Silver as well. Dean Sharp is back. It's Friday. We're gonna talk closets with him, and of course we're gonna tee up the weekend entertainment with Jason Nathanson for some headlines. Ukraine President Zelenski is expected to personally at the G seven summit Sunday in Japan, asking four weapons and to share his ten point

piece plan. Disney says changing business conditions are forcing it to cancel plans for a one billion dollar corporate campus in Florida that was going to be the most of the imagineering department, and they didn't want to go anyway. And with the political climate in Florida and the business climate, they s decided not to do it. The new CEO, or the re CEO, Bob Iger, is not a huge fan of that move. The Lakers fell short against the

Nuggets last night in the Western Conference Finals. Game three is in La tomorrow. Enough said about that. In just a few minutes, we'll talk with ABC senior news correspondent Jim Ryan. Jim is one of the best at what he does for a job, so we're going to talk to him about which jobs are the best to prep for in the coming years, years that are going to be disrupted by artificial intelligence and climate change. So we're gonna talk

about skill sets that we need. Let's start with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Some La County Sheriff's deputies could lose their job if they refuse to be questioned about so called deputy gangs. The county's inspector general also threatened to decertify the deputies as peace officers that they

do not cooperate. Last week, emails went to thirty five deputies requesting they submit to an inquiry about their knowledge of the bandidos or executioners and to snitch about other deputies. The emails weren't made public until this week, and KAFIN News has seen the email. It also instructs the deputies to provide photos of any tattoos on their body, especially on their legs. The union representing the deputies has told their members not to act on the email until consulting them at

Sheriff's headquarters. Steve Gregory k if I News. LA Pride has dropped out of the tenth annual Dodgers Pride Night celebration over the team uninviting a group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Their invitation was rescinded by the Dodgers this week because of criticism from Catholic organizations. LA Pride says it's disappointed in the decision. It says Pride as a fight for equality and inclusion for the entire LGBTQ

plus community. The HP says it wants the public to cool its engines ahead of the new Fast and Furious movie. HP says it wants the public to remember that what you see in Hollywood is done by professional stunt drivers. The HPS Jose Alatorre says it isn't only warning the drivers of street events. Simply watching a sideshow as a crime, right so as a spectator if you're arrested or cited you can spend up the ninety days in jail. I have a

five hundred dollars fine. Your car can be impounded, the HP said yesterday. Street racing is dangerous to not only drivers and spectators, but also to responding police officers. Chris Adler KFI News on the line with this ABC senior reporter Jim Ryan. The World Economic Forum has a Jobs of the Future report. It's going to predict fourteen million jobs are going to ghost in the next

five years. Good morning, Jim. Yeah, Well, the World Economic Forum asked eight hundred companies around the world, not just here in this country, Jason, but around the world, and the Forum then came up with a three hundred page report which looks at various careers, the ones that will be hot, the skills that are required for those those positions, the ones that will be in demand between now and twenty twenty seven, which Trilier isn't

that far away. The word that keeps coming up is thinking. Analytical thinking, critical thinking, creative thinking. Those are the skills that people will need for these jobs of the future. And so, yeah, if you get a kid in college or you're looking at transitioning into a different career. You need to know that it isn't so much what you can do with your hands, but what you can do with your mind. It's kind of like having

a brand new toolbox and you want to learn how to use it. Because artificial intelligence is supposed to lift some of the mundane and routine off of jobs and job expectations and leave us for more creative thinking. That's what it sounds

like to me. What's what's your take, Well, you're right and funny you should mention that because the top specialty, the top job going forward, at least for the next few years, will be AI and machine learning specialists, so people who design and build the artificial intelligence and then teach them to be more human I suppose, or to act more like a person. Those jobs will be growing by thirty nine percent in number over the next four years.

So yeah, yeah, to artificial intelligence, it's not just something that's theoretical, something that pops up now and then. It's an actual career and a growth career for a lot of people. Jason. And with a lot of these disruptions that come into the economy, the workflow, our lives, society, there are their creations. Other jobs and created through this disruption, right, So are we prepping for those? Sure? Yeah. The second

most in demand job sustainability specialists. So somebody you're talking about the climate change as a disruptor, certainly that's going to be one that needs to be addressed for the next four years, next forty years, I suppose, So sustainability specialists, people who design and build solar panels or wind turbines that sort of thing, or or are in hydrosciences, those are the jobs that will also

be in demand. So yeah, you're right ed responding to those disruptions or those unexpected events in the world, you know, Dutch, in our own lives, but in the world's history. It's something that has to be dealt with. Jim, you've read this report. You've read over the report. I've read some of it. I haven't. I've just read the summary. But it seems like you're talking about hard skills. We are talking about hard skills right there, and training. Seems like soft skills are becoming up and

up on the list. Empathy and active listing is one of them. And I just happy to remember from school that Plato said empathy is the highest form of knowledge, and so it seems like we need to be a little more, a little softer in our approach as these hard tech comes at us. Well, Ryan, yeah, and so it's as white collar jobs, you

know, continue to grow. Blue collar jobs are kind of on the wane, then those those soft skills, the ones that you develop in interactions with other people in an office or in a sales position or in a laboratory, those will be important. So it's analytical thinking, it's a creative thinking good. It's also dealing with other people. It's also being able to be conversant about the technology we're dealing with. And I know we're talking a lot about

AI right now and artificial intelligence. Climate change is part of this too, and it's going to come in with different nomenclature and different definitions. So it seems like literacy is important to bring it to the work. Oh, absolutely, yeah, literacy, both the traditional sense and literacy in terms of changing technologies. I'm surprised to see though, that among this top ten listing of positions or careers that show growth potential over the coming years. Again according to

the World Economic Forum, in ninth place, agricultural equipment operators. So while folks are sitting around thinking up and dreaming up robots and artificial intelligence. Somebody has to feed those people, and that's where you get a thirty percent growth in the number of agricultural equipment operators. So for the next four years, you said that wouldn't surprised you as a up question, anything else on that

list that kind of stood out for you. You maybe a job listing you didn't expect to see there, or a skill set that we might want to be up skilling for or prepping for, well, robotics engineers. I mean, that's that goes without saying, I think, and it all kind of goes into this tech field. I think the most surprising was this farm equipment operators, but the rest of them have things in common, and that is this this sense of creativity, the sense of analysis and ability to work within

structures. Fintech engineers are another big career growing out there, and so yeah, it's sort of like building, operating and then dealing with the consequences of technology because the information security analysts are we going to be in demand. Those folks who handle cybersecurity questions very cool. ABC's Jim Ryan always a pleasure to speak with you. I've got you twice this week. I'm the lucky one.

Thanks a lot, thanks Jason. ABC's Jim Ryan. There, let's get a couple more headlines before we go to the break out of the KFI twenty four hour news room. A seven point seven magnitude quake has been detected in the Far Pacific. The US Geological Survey says the quake yesterday was near the Loyalty Islands that's southwest of Fiji, north of New Zealand, and east of Australia. A tsunami was forecast for Vandawatu, which saw a small tsunami

with waves two feet above tide level. Smaller waves were forecast for Fiji and New Zealand. I live in the eastern part of la and I swear during the second quarter last night of the Lakers game, I felled an earthquake. I haven't checked this morning, so I'm going to check my quake watch. The Invisible House has been put up for sale in Joshua Tree. The house isn't actually invisible, but that's what it's called because it's mirrored, which creates

the illusion. It disappears into the desert landscape from the inside. Those walls of mirrored glass deliver panoramic views steps away from Joshua Tree National Park. It's been used as an Airbnb and is now listed as one of Airbnb's most wish listed homes for twenty twenty three. The fifty five hundred square foot minimal is home with three bedrooms, four bathrooms, and a one hundred foot indoor pool, is listed for eighteen million dollars, the most expensive listing ever in Joshua

Tree. Amy King KFI News, the pictures of that house are amazing. La City Council is officially adopting a thirteen billion dollar budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget is highlighted by an unprecedented one point three billion dollar investment toward finding homelessness. This is going to be leading bill handle on the news. In about an hour, a group of drivers for the Orange County Transportation Authority will end their strike and return to work on Monday. The employees who

drive disabled computers had been on strike since May the third. A motorcycle rider is behind bars after leading police on a nearly hour long chase through the West San Fernando Valley. Police say the man was waving a gun from his home balcony next to Shamanad High School yesterday afternoon, prompting the cancelation of the school's baseball game. He then took off on his motorcycle and police set up a perimeter near his home and captured him at five thirty five. Yeah, the

house Whisperer is back. For our Friday Chat, that's Dean Sharpe. This week's topic is Closets, clutter and concealing our stuff from view. Dean has some pro tips on not only how and where to closet, but what and how to toss things out. A couple of quick stories before we get over to Caleb Silver and talk about the week's economic news. Relatives of the people in Riverside killed by a cop from Virginia are suing those who initially hired him.

Austin Lee Edwards posed as a seventeen year old when he catfished a fifteen year old girl online. He was actually a twenty eight year old deputy in Virginia. In November of last year. Police say Edwards drove from Virginia to Riverside and kidnapped the girl, then killed her mother and grandparents before setting their home on fire. Later that day, Edwards killed himself. The Virginia State Police hired Edwards and admitted they did not properly investigate him during the hiring process,

especially with his unstable mental health history. Steve Gregory Caofine Knows Knotsberry Farm is updating its Fiesta Village. That part of the park is getting new rides, food stations, and entertainment this month. It'll also have a more defined Mexican theme, including mariachi's and folklorico dancers. The parks Montezuma's Revenge Ride, which has been around since nineteen seventy eight, will become Montezuma the Forbidden Fortress.

Park officials say riders will have to wait a little longer for that unveiling. Police in Palm Springs say they've seen a rise in pool, pump and heater thefts. They say they're looking for two men accused of stealing pool equipment earlier this month. Officials recommend owners install anti theft cages, surveillance cameras, and GPS tracking devices to protect their property. Just doing some initial research on

these items, they are not cheap by any stretch. The first of its kind, vertical farm has planted roots in Compton to produce three in fifty times more leafy greens per acre than a traditional farm. It's like taking the field and folding it up many many times and swishing it into a room. Plenty co founder Nate Story says the farm uses five percent of the water of a

normal farm planting them in trays for transplanting them with robots. Plenty ceo ar Mkukatai says the farm produces four point five million pounds of leafy greens each year, going from like a little transplant unto a full hit of lettuce and five to seven dice twenty five times fossil that outside Compton Mayor and Msterif says, best of all the people, that's hard now comes from them at Plenty Compton Farm. Corbin Carson ko Fine News, welcome back to your wake up call.

Right now. Let's welcome Caleb Silver. He's on the live line, ABC News contributor, editor in chief at investopedia dot com. Okay, Caleb, welcome back. Good always have you well, always good, always good to have you. I guess I should. We're getting macroeconomic with Caleb right now. Okay. We had some headline numbers this week, Unemployment, some sticky inflation. Let's start with how though, what are you seeing on the

housing price front? A continued decline in housing prices. We have the biggest year over year price decline since January of twenty twelve. When you look at the month of April, medium prices down down six percent across the country to around three hundred and eighty eight thousand dollars in your area, of course, a lot more expensive one point one million for the median home price in Los Angeles. That's one of the few counties in the few areas where we've seen

housing prices increase. That's always the case. In year zone, they're up to ten point six percent year of here. But across the country you've seen these rising mortgage rates really create demand destruction. We've had thirteen or fourteen months with lower housing prices, lower sales, and lower building permits. So you've seen the effects of the FEDS interest rate heights right in the middle of the housing market. Okay, you mentioned demand destruction right there. Are we getting

closer to equilibrium with supply and demand with housing? Not really, because think about the homeowners that are holding onto their homes at very low interest rates, they're not incentivized to sell right now because they're going to have to go out and get a new mortgage at these six six and a half percent rate.

So if you're locked into a mortgage at a very low rate and you own your home, you have equity, you don't really feel like selling right now to go out in there and look, because supply is super tight and prices, especially in your area, are very high still, So it's not a great move to sell if you don't have to. Yeah, that's a good point. Let's stay with real estate, and I'd like to move to commercial

real estate real quick. I don't think it was on our tip sheet, but it's globally speaking, by most measurements, it's the largest single asset class, and it's in kind of its own mini recession within the category. Is that enough to tip us into a recession later this year as far as American recessions go? Or are we still looking at a possible soft landing? Yeah? Potentially. Remember there's a ton of commercial real estate that's still vacant,

that's been vacant since the pandemic. A lot of it hasn't really come back at all. But think about the loans that underwrite a lot of that commercial real estate. We talked about the banking issues, the problems the banks were having because they own a lot of treasury bonds. Well, now they also own a lot of loans against commercial real estate, so that could impact liquidity and that could reduce lending among banks. Another thing that could push us into

a recession. But the key thing to watch is consumer spending. If we stopped spending as consumers, we pull way back. Because we're worried about a recession that could tip the economy into a recession that could last for quite a while. On we have twenty seconds with you. What about the unemployment rate this week? Yeah, we're seeing We're continue to see mounting weekly jobless claims. This week was a little bit softer than the past few weeks. The

trend has been higher. But we still have a lot of jobs available in America about one point six for every available worker out there, so there's still plenty of jobs. They're just in key sectors. But you're seeing mounting layoffs in tech, mounting layoffs in media, and mounting layouts in retail. So you want to keep our eyes on those that feed would like to see that unemployment rate up above four percent. We're down at three point five percent right

now. So Caleb, thanks a lot for the flyover. Macroeconomically speaking, Thank you. That's Caleb Silver. He's ABC News contributor and editor in chief at Investopedia. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four our newsroom. An artificial intelligence lab in San Francisco has announced a new version of chat GPT for the iPhone. Developers say it will allow users to get instant answers without ads or sifting through results, tailored advice and

professional input like feedback on ideas maybecs. Andrea Fujii says the open AI Chat Bought app is part of an effort to transform research into tools that empower people. The app is free for iPhone users, developers say will be available to Android users very soon. Huntington Beach is planning to crack down on its public nudity policy. No ifs ands or but so much of this is just common sense. The settlement will come. So much of this is just common sense.

Hunting to Beat spokeswoman Jennifer Cary says the city has not received any complaints to prompt changing the existing ordinance. What we are proposing adding is public facilities such as community centers and libraries, and certain restrictions to other body parts that weren't currently included, which some call the plumber's crack. Finds rains from one twenty five to six hundred dollars and a potential misdemeanor for those who continue to

let it all hang out. Breastfeeding is exempted. A vote is planned for next month in Orange County, Corbin Carson, k if I News Hunday and Kia have settled a class action lawsuit with customers over the thefts of their vehicles. The settlement will cover some nine million Hunday and Kia vehicles made between two eleven and twenty twenty two that lack anti theft controls. ABC's Michelle Franzen says videos on social media called the Kia Challenge showed people exactly how to use everyday

tools to start the cars and drive away. The automakers agreed to reimburse customers who had their cars stolen and covered damages not paid by insurance. Unday and Kia also agreed to pay for anti theft devices like steering wheel locks, alarm kits, and software. Upgrades. Seven people have been killed in a multi car crash on the I five in Oregon. Police say others were hurt. Oregon State Police say two semi trucks and a passenger van were involved in the

crash last night. A witness says the van was crushed between the trucks. The cause of the crash is under investigation. The man accused of fatally stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco has pleaded not guilty to murder. The judge yesterday ruled Nima Momeni will remain in custody. We are very pleased with that, as we did, of course, have a significant public safety

concern regarding the possibility of him being released. DA Brooke Jenkins says Momeni is a flight risk, but many is accused of fatally stabbing Lee last month after an argument about Momeni's sister. He's facing twenty six years to life in prison. Twelve countries are facing financial collapse from being in debt to China. The list of countries most in debt includes Pakistan, Kenya, Zambia, and Mongolia.

The countries collectively owe hundreds of billions of dollars to the world's largest government lender. The Associated Press says the debt payments are larger than tax revenue needed to provide basic services. The countries are draining foreign currency reserves to pay the

loans, and some will run out of money within months. The Republican House Freedom Caucus here in the United States is calling for it no further discussion on the debt ceiling until the Senate approves a GOP bill that ties any increase to spending cuts. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, he says the GOP bill is dead on arrival. Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters yesterday that he sees a path forward toward a deal as negotiators from his staff and from the

White House continue to hold meetings today. Congress needs to raise the limit as soon as June first to avoid a potential default. Right now, on wake up call, it's Dean sharp kopis in your house, whisperer. Welcome back, Dean. Good to hear you and see you on the radio. Doctor Middleton, how are you doing these segments? Did I hear you quote Plato earlier today? You did? Yeah? Thank you, Thank you for listening. By the way, I hope you have a meter at home. Yes,

I did, because it just kind of came up. We're talking about AI skill sets and stuff like that, and empathy came up, and it just reminded me of something Plato's wrote about it. I love that quote. I love it. I love that you pulled it out. Look, these segments fly by, so I want to get into it with you. The topic this week is closets. So closets are physical, but they do have an emotional and mental rep to them. So where do you want to start

with? You want to start with clutter? And do you want to start with just closets overall? You know, I mean we should always start with clutter, because clutter is the problem when it comes to closets. It's the thing that if you skip over it, you're gonna endlessly find yourself trying to, you know, saying what everybody says, which is I don't have enough closet space in my house, which is only true of just a few houses out there. In fact, I would say in Los Angeles, the older

the house that you have, likely the less closet space you have. Houses that were built in the night twenties, in the nineteen thirties kind of pre World War Two. Admittedly, by twenty first century standards have very very little closet space. And that's because people before World War Two had very very little stuff compared to what we've got today. And that really is the issue. We have so much stuff. And I don't care what your income level is.

If you live in southern California and you're not homeless, then likely you experience the same thing that the rest of us experience, which is you just go out into the world and you come back home and stuff is attached to you. I mean, you just bring home stuff. We all have too much stuff. And I don't have any issue with long term storage of stuff. You know, some people have definitely a problem with that, and we're

going to get into that this weekend some see if we can help. My issue is this, when it comes to your home, inside your house closets, and here's the life changing advice I'm going to hand you this morning to redefine what a closet is. A closet, if it's being used appropriately in your home, is not not a long term storage area. A closet, when done properly, is a temporary staging area for frequently accessed items. There you go. That is a that's a very good rejiggering of the dynamic.

When it comes to thinking about closets, I mean, okay, the pantry is different, right, a larger We talked about largers a couple of weeks ago, I think, and that's a different thing. But okay, so closets in my bedroom, walk ins and things like that, that needs to be stuff that I'm going to be using on the rag. It really does. I mean, it really should be, because otherwise you're wasting space inside your house. It's that useful area. It's that staging area for stuff that

you're onto a lot. And that's why a lot of people should go through their closets and you know, do the various tests, right say, you know, I am I wearily wearing these clothes? Should I hang on to the what if? Clothes inside my closet? And one of the piece of advice I always give about closets is finish that sentence. Finish the what if sentence. Don't just stop at whoa whoa what if? No? No,

no, finish that out. Well, what if there is a blizzard here in La Okay, all right right, finish it out, let yourself hear what you're saying, and then either go put that thing out in the garage or donate it to goodwill. Some of the things you have cleared out, some of the things you have can find an aftermarket use, right, Like I have, I have built inns. I have nieces in their mid teens, and so some of the older clothes I have in my closets are like

this is cool again. I'm like, okay, well there you go have it. Well, oh my gosh, yeah. Yeah. If we were to transform ourselves into kind of a you know, see ourselves not just as people who need to cling on to things. And I get that, by the way, that's built into our DNA, you know, I mean, our hunter gatherer ancestors survived on hanging onto things. But it's just the fact

that you know, we're not hanging onto life essential. So if we were to transition ourselves as to into you know, a giving culture, a donating culture, then things would be a lot easier. At home. We've trimmed down our material load, we still need some closets, right, Let's say we do need some extra storage. We've we've delineated, we prioritized what are the next steps now? Now, the next step is taking a stock of the size of your home and figuring out, Okay, what's the closet that

is best for me, and understanding this. Yeah, yeah, everybody wants the big walking closet. And if you've got a big enough home to accommodate a walk in closet, I mean a real walking closet, hey, go for it. It's a luxury, it's lovely, it's it's fun. The problem is that everybody so wants a walking closet, and a walking closet just like a walk in pantry, just like the larder that we were talking about.

The least efficient use of space because the majority of the square foe inside a walk in closet has nothing to do with its storage capacity, has to do with the fact that your body is going to be inside the closet. Okay, that's the majority of the square footage is the walk in part. And so the most efficient kind of closet is what everybody knows as the reach in closets, only twenty four inches deep. It's got doors across the front,

whether they're sliders or bifolds or trifolds. Or whatever, and it's the closet that only holds the clothes and not you. And so to maximize the design, if you're remodeling your house and you've already if you are already square foot challenged, then you know what, let go of the walk in idea and give yourself the kind of closet space that your house can accommodate. Okay,

maximize efficiency and utility within the closet. I am a little jealous of something you have on the prep sheet here, and that's the top hanging Can you describe what that is? That system? Yeah, you shouldn't be jealous of that at all, because it's actually one of the more economical ways to build a clout, my personal favorite, and regardless again of the economic level of the house. A top hanging closet system is what we call a modular

closet system. Imagine just a closet space empty. And now what we're gonna do is we're gonna take this metal bracket. It's got a hook on the bottom of it, a long running standing seam hook, and we're gonna mount that metal bracket all the way up at the top right at the ceiling line. By doing that you know what's also up there right at the ceiling line, right behind the drywall, the top plate of the wall. In other

words, continuous wood. It means that when we put a screw in that top plate, every fourteen inches or so, we hit wood every time. That makes that top hanging bracket incredibly strong. I mean literally can hold a ton. And then off of that top bracket, these stanchions come down that hook into it and they just free hang. And it's the stanchions that hold everything from brackets for shelves, brackets for poles for hanging clothes, shoe shelves,

drawers, everything imaginable now. Quite a few years ago, when these first came out, I was an early adopter. We had to kind of work with the wire the you know, the the rubber covered wire stuff, because Rubber makes these. Kitchen Maide makes these. But nowadays you can go down to the container store and take a look at the Alpha system ELFA and you will find the evolution of these systems. They're sexy. Uh. They can install d Y in less than a day. I mean really, you

can install these no matter what your level of competency. And the nice thing is they can also so easily modulate and adjust, meaning that you know your home evolved, your closet should evolve with you. So you can go two years down the road and say, you know what we really need double hanging here, and you know, just for a few more bucks, one more bracket or two, you can get in there and change it up and give

yourself whatever else or whatever new that you need outstanding stuff. Look forward to this weekend show, Dean Will you're going to dive deeper into this, I assume over the week. Absolutely, we're talking closets and laundry rooms this weekend. These back behind the scene rooms that make a house work. Must listen radio. Thanks a lot for your time this morning, Dean. I'll be tuning in Saturday. Thank you. Jason. That's kfi's house wish. We're

Dean sharp Man. That guys man learned so much every week. The House Freedom Caucus is calling for no further discussion on raising the federal debt ceiling until the Senate approves a bill passed by Republicans that ties any increase to spending cuts. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calls the bill d o A. Texas has found a new destination for illegal immigrants who have been processed and released by the Border Patrol. Yesterday, a busload of asylum seekers was dropped off in Denver.

The Mile High City now joins Washington, d C, New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia as Texas migrant drop off points. Space X is launching more satellites into orbit. A Falcon nine rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral around eleven twenty hour time last night. The rocket was carrying twenty two second generation Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit five fifty one and a half. On your wake up Call, ABC entertainment reporter Racontour cultural expert Jason Nathanson is with us

to tee up our options for the weekend. Good morning, Jason, Hey, good morning, Fast and Furious ten filmed in Rome. Okay, we talked about this briefly last week. Did it pass up a chance for a mashup with that Jane Fonda film in Rome? Or can it stand on its own? Well, there's gonna be an eleventh and a twelfth film coming, so it's possible that we could see some kind of mashup coming in the future,

although it didn't happen in this one. So if you were hoping to see Jane Fonda and Mary Stein virgin and Kandice Bergen and Diane Keaton show up in this Fast ten film, that's not going to happen. So sorry, we all were we all were looking forward to. Okay, so it can stand on its own. Is it fast? Is it furious? Uh? Sure? It is the tenth film in the franchise. After you know, I feel like we've seen them do everything that the last movie they went to

space in a car. I mean, I don't know, really know how you top that? They try here by you know, they're blowing up Rome, They're back in Brazil. They're all over the place doing all the things that they you know, they are known to do with cars and things like that. You have Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Charlie's Tharren all back, Jason Momoa. He joins the franchise as the new bad guy. Easily my

favorite part of the film. He's having a lot of fun, while on the other hand, you have Vin Diesel, who just takes things way too seriously. He's not having any fun at all. Bree Larson also joins as a new special agent. She's just kind of on the edge of being interesting. She's almost there. They just don't give her quite enough to do the film itself. As we've come to expect from these movies, it's wildly silly. There are huge plot holes that doesn't seem to matter. It's all about

kind of having fun and blowing stuff up, and they do that. You know, if you go and see this on a Friday night in a packed theater, I think you're gonna have fun. The audience is gonna, you know, go crazy and laugh at things that are just really stupid that happened. If you saw this on a Wednesday afternoon by yourself, I think you would be less. You would enjoy it a lot less. I'm gonna come back to that seeing stuff by yourself into just a second, real quick though,

Jason, how would you categorize films like this? Is this just? Is this popcorn theater? Is exploit Asian films that kind of thing. Yeah, it's It's just it's popcorn action movie. And you know, I think at this point nobody's going into this expecting an Oscar Worthy uh plot or performance or you know, screenwriting or anything like that. Um, So, as long as you keep your expectations in check. I think there's enough here to

actually have fun with. Um. You know, I saw it in the theater packed full of people, and people were were you know, screaming when it was appropriate and you know, and also just laughing at the sheer stupidity of some of it, which is fine, that's fun as well, right, Um. And so I think again, you can have a good time here if you're going to throw a production value against stupidity and have it a scene by scene. Yeah, okay, I can I can follow that,

Yeah, sure absolutely. Um. You know, there's just it comes to a point though, where things get so silly that it actually it works against it. There's there's a whole thing here where Vin Diesel's kid is kidnapped and they're trying to get him back, and he's in of the cars and he's

actually firing the rockets that are blowing up the cars behind him. And when you stop down, like it's kind of a cool action sequence, but when you stopped down and think about it, this kid is actively killing people in the cars behind him. Yeah, and he's very young, and that kind of didn't sit well with me that when you really think about it, it just doesn't feel right, but you know again, it's it's the sheer silliness

of the of the franchise that people have come to love and expect. I think back to Bend so I think he saves his pathos for the grout character and guardians. If we stay home and stream, Apple Plus and Hulu both have headlines, which one do you want to start with? We could start with Apple TV Plus because that's the one I've seen. I haven't seen White

Man Can't Jump, which is on Hulu. But High Desert, which is a new series on Apple TV Plus starring Patricia Kett as a recovering addict too somehow kind of improbably she just forces her way into becoming a private investor getter u which she has this knack. Her character has this knack for figuring things out, and she's pretty funny in this alongside Brad Garrett. The two of them are good together. Uh, you have other Matt Dillon is in this

as well, Brenadette, Peter Peter. So you have a pretty good cast here. But the the it's just kind of all over the place. And she doesn't really she's she's just she's doing a lot here. Patrici Arquette, which sometimes I like, sometimes I don't like. UM. And so the series itself. After watching a couple episodes, it's okay, but it just didn't really speak to me. I've not said I've not seen it. You said, she the character figures things out. It sounds like a conceit out

of poker Face, similar kind of story thread. Um, not quite as far. Not it doesn't go as far as Natasha Leon's character. Okay, very cool. I wanted to ask you about these monthly passes to theaters. I recently signed up for one. I believe it's regal UM, and I sometimes they do see movies because I had this odd working schedule, right these odd hours I can go to matinee's and so I'm getting my value out of it. Is this working for exhibitors as a recurring revenue model? Um?

Look, they're throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks. UM. They've and they've tried the various passes and stuff before. UM, and it's worked with varying degrees of success. UM. There was one of a movie pass that the completely shut down because it was just not a profitable business model for movie pass itself. UM. They were they were selling an unlimited pass to all a bunch of different theaters. The ones that are doing it on

their own, whether it's the AMC program or it's the regal program. Um, they do see some some value in those, um, you know, because they're getting you in the door, right. Um. And then the real money is, you know, in the concessions and things like that. UM. So they're getting you in the door for that and hopefully then up selling you on some of the other things. UM. As far as a

breakdown of profitability, I'm not sure. UM. And I honestly, I don't think enough people have them to really make a big difference either way. Okay, all right, I just knew that, you know, investors and shareholders when they see recurring revenue monthly recurring revenue models, they tend to like that a little bit. You know, they they can bet against it. I was just wondering if it's catching any any traction at all. ABC's Jason

Nathanson, right. There, always a pleasure to speak with you every Friday. I wish I could do it more, but I'm just gonna listen next Friday because Jennifer's back. All Right. It sounds good take care. Thanks Jason. Get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom before we get to handle on the news. The National Labor Relations Board has certified a unionization vote for strippers at a club in North Hollywood.

The dancers are now the only unionized group of strippers in the US. The Actors Equity Association labor union withdrew its opposition of the Star Garden topless dive bar and agreed to recognize the Strippers union for fifteen months. Dancers at the club have demanded safer work conditions, pay increases, and health insurance. A twelve year old boy has become the youngest community graduate in California. Clovis hung in Roll old at Fullerton College when he was nine. He says he was

inspired by a thirteen year old who graduated in twenty twenty Adulate. Clovis graduated with five associate degrees and he has a sixth plan for next year. He says he was able to accomplish his goals because of support from his family, professors, and classmates. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zleinski will appear at the G

seven summit in Japan in person reported this warning. He is expected to attend meetings on Sunday, when he is likely to redouble his efforts to secure military support, including F sixteen fighter jets, and promote his ten point piece plan for ending the war. The leaders of the G seven as a reminders a club of rich democracies. They're also expected to unveil new sanctions and export controls

against Russia, including a ban on that country's diamonds and diamond exports. Southern California weather from KFI a mile day temp wise across the Southland, a seasonal morning fog and low clouds as the stunt comes up. Mostly sunny from mid morning and the rest of today is at La and Oc beaches up to about

seventy. Clouds are gonna stick around longer at the coastline and for near inland spots, highs are going to be in the mid seventies, mostly sonny for the inland valleys, high school range between eighty in the eastern San Fernando Valley to mid eighties in the San Gabriel Valley. Tonight partly cloudy in the evening, than areas of low clouds in fog right now. Manhattan Beach is fifty eight, Orange is fifty eight, Towards is fifty seven, and so is

Altadenam. We lead local live from the KFI twenty four our newsroom. I'm Jason Middleton. This has been your wake up Call, been my pleasure all week. You've been listening to your wake Up Call with me Jennifer Jones Lee, and you can always hear wake Up Call five to six am Monday through Friday at KFI AM six forty and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app