You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. It's five o'clock straight out. This is your wake up call for Thursday, February fifteenth. I'm Amy King. Welcome to the day after Valentine's Day. Hope your day is getting started off on a positive note. You know, yesterday was super fun. It was Valentine's Day. Love is in the air. Everyone's happy. I was happy because I was going to treat myself to a facial and then the shooting in Kansas City.
My goodness. We'll get to the latest on the shooting that happened, and then another that didn't thanks to a student who saw something and said something. That's all coming up. Plus we've got one of our own who needs your help. It's a pretty specific ask. That's coming up at five point fifty. Oh. And I went out and about I'll tell you about that. That's at five point thirty five. And here's a hint. It was an intoxicating trip. So buckle up, let's get started. Here's what's ahead
on wakeup call. The person killed in a shooting after the Kansas City Chief's victory parade has been identified as a local DJ, Lisa Lopez Galvin. Twenty two others, including children, were hurt in the shooting yesterday. At least three people have been taken into custody. A high school student in Ontario has been arrested for allegedly plotting to carry out a school shooting. Police say the eighteen year old had every intention of shooting up in Ontario Christian High School.
He was arrested after another student told authorities about the guy's obsession with school shootings and that he had access to weapons. Another big storm is headed towards southern California, and that could mean flooding. The brunt of the storm is expected late Sunday through Tuesday, with two to five inches of rain expected across the La Basin. Up to eight inches could fall in the mountains, and several feet of snow as possible above seven thousand feet. At six oh five,
it's handle all the news. Among other things, disposable cups could soon be off the table at rusts in California. Let's get started, though, with some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Of course, so we told you about the shooting in Kansas City. A dozen children or among those hurt in the mass shooting. One person was killed. Doctors at Children's hospital say nine kids were treated for gunshots yesterday. The shooting
happened at the end of the Chief's Super Bowl victory parade. This man says he was one of several people who tackled the alleged shooter. That's I'm tackling him. I see his weapon either fall out of his hand or out of his sleep. So when I seen that hit the ground, I'm like, oh, you know, we got to take this guy down. Police have detained three people. The Chiefs have confirmed that all players, coaches, staff,
and their families are safe. Following the shooting, the team released a statement saying they are saddened by the senseless act of violence and their hearts are with the victims and their families and all of Kansas City. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes saying he's praying for Kansas City, and Travis Kelsey saying he's heartbroken over the tragedy that took place. ABC's Andrew Dimbert says it's the second time in less
than a year that gun violence has interrupted a pro sports team's celebration. A shooting in Denver in June injured ten people as fans celebrated the nuggets first NBA championship. A high school student in Ontario has been arrested for threats he allegedly made against his school via signor. Has been formally charged with one count of
attempted criminal threats and five counts of attempted murder. Ontario Police Chief Michael Lorenz says a classmate reported Sebastian via signor, saying they were afraid he might hurt people. An investigation found via Senor had targets in mind, picked out a date for the shooting, and had searched police response times. Several weapons and more than a thousand rounds of ammunition were recovered. SpaceX is taking a shot
at the Moon on a happier note. ABC's Jim Ryan says the company successfully launched its lunar lander this morning from Cape Canaveral. Within minutes, the robotic lunar lander, known as novac or Odysseus, was operating under its own power on a trajectory to the Moon. Nova Sis expected to land on the Moon a week from today. Those working on the mission say the moon is an easier site to launch deeper into the Solar System from since it has won sixth
the gravity of Earth and no atmosphere. Thank you, Nick. It's five six on your wake up call it say good morning now to ABC's Stephen Portnoy. So, Stephen, we heard yesterday that the House Intelligence Committee chairman said there was a serious national security threaten and wants to know more about it and wants us to know more about it. What you got it exactly right,
And what an interesting dynamic this is. You have the House Intelligence Committee chair Mike Turners issuing a news release yesterday saying that his colleagues and the country ought to be aware of what he calls an urgent matter, a foreign military capability that could be destabilizing, and he's calling on the President to declassify it so the whole country can talk about it. He earned his colleagues to receive classified
briefings on it, and so of course it has leaked. This is about Russia and Russia's efforts or desire to put a nuclear weapon in space to take out American satellites, the satellites that, for example, connect this radio station with its network that allow for all of us to take out our phones and know where we are and had to walk or drive from one place to another. We take it all for granted, but that is satellite delivered information.
And the idea here is that the Russians could take out those vulnerable satellites which are floating above us in space, and that we would have no defense against that. And it's all about it's essentially an arms race. And so I think Mike Turner, the Congressman who chairs the Intelligence Committee, sees this as a spoutnik moment where the US needs to get engaged and get ahead of this emerging capability. And it would require Congress I don't know it provides funding or
something to get ahead of this emerging Russian capability. And what is also interesting is as this frenzy was sparked yesterday by Mark Turner's news release, the Speaker of the House and Turner's colleagues across the Capitol in the Senate put out statements yesterday to say that there's no need for alarm. This Speaker of the House came to cameras yesterday to say that there's no reason for panic because he's been
aware of this. He said for weeks and he asked for the briefing that's said to occur today with Jake Sullivan, the President's National Security advisor, going up to Capitol Hill to provide the information about all this in a classified setting with the senior leaders of a House, including Johnson and Turner and their Democratic
counterparts. So a bit of a tit well back and forth, we'll call it a tip for tack, but certainly an interesting dynamic where the White House had yesterday was surprised that Mike Turner would have done this, and lots of head scratching about what has driven him to it and do we have any kind of inkling of what caused him to do that? If they already know this is going on, why did he want to go public with it right now? There are two theories that have been floated, and I think they both
make sense. I mean, one is that Mike Turner is a Republican who strongly believes that the US government ought to be doing more to support Ukraine, and many of his Republican colleagues don't agree with him. And I think Mike Turner is trying to say, hey, look, guys, Putin's a bad actor in the world. This is what he's up to. We've got to meet him where he is, and we've got to support Ukraine. That's one thing. The other thing is about two months from now there is the expiration
of Section seven oh two of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or FISA. FISA Section seven oh two. This is a surveillance capability. It's been highly controversial in the post nine to eleven era because it's alleged that the deep state has been using it to spy on Americans. I think it's possible that this seven oh two authority has been used by the intelligence committee community to dig into this
Russian capability. The whole idea of section seven oh two is it's supposed to allow the FBI and the intelligence community to spy on foreigners and scoop up sometimes Americans in that surveillance, and they're supposed to weed out the Americans or mask the Americans. But the idea is that if this authorization expires, that perhaps America's surveillance capabilities could be weakened. And I think John Turner is trying to say to his colleagues, this is what seven oh two can yield. We
need this information, we need this authority please don't block it. And yesterday the House leadership pulled a seven h two reauthorization bill because they feared it would fail if they put it up pro vote this week. Okay, And just going back to the threat for one second, because I know you got to go. It's Russia wants to do this. It's not an imminent thing or
we just don't know yet. I don't believe it's an active capability. I think if the Russians actually had a nuclear weapon in space by now, we'd know about it. Okay, all right, Steven Portino, I thank you so much for the information. This is an interesting one, you bet. All right. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. More rain could put some cliff side homes in Dana Point in danger. The three multimillion dollar homes on Scenic Driver sitting on
top of a landside caused by heavy rainstorms. Cal State Long Beach geologist doctor Nate Anderdonk says land movement along the southern California coast is nothing new. The Portuguese Bend area of Pallas Verdius, though some of those big landslide features are three hundred thousand years old two hundred thousand years old. He says more rain could either pile up material at the base of the cliff, stabilizing the hillside, or it can have the opposite effect, sending the homes into the sea.
The city said yesterday there has been no structural damage to the homes. Chris Adler kf I News Pacific Coast Highway is going to be closed every night in parts of Malibu in Ventura County because of shoulder damage caused by erosion from the heavy rains. All lanes of PCACH are going to be closed between six pm and seven am or later from Sycamore Canyon Road to Los Posas Road in Ventura County. Reopening times could vary based on high tides or storm conditions.
The closures are until further notice. Us And has been found dead inside a home in Glendale following a six hour standoff with police. A man who was in the house yesterday was arrested on suspicion of murder. Officials are waiting to identify the person killed until family could be notified. A missile strike on the Russian city of Belgarod, near the near the Ukrainian border has killed five people, including a child, and injured eighteen others. That's according to a Russian
official. Hours earlier, Russia fired two dozen crews in ballistic missiles at a broad area of Ukraine, including the capital city of Kiev. Several of the missiles landed. Ukrainian authorities say a midnight strike in Ukraine's northeast killed five people in an apartment building. Special Council Jack smith Is asked the Supreme Court to
let former President Trump's twenty twenty election interference case proceed without a delay. Prosecutors yesterday responded to a request from Trump's team asking for a pause in the case. They argued the court is still considering whether Trump is immune from prosecution. Costumes and props from some of the most iconic films are headed to auction.
Items up for grabs this week include Hannibal Lecter's mask from the Silence of the Lambs, Yoda's walking stick from Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and a hoverboard from Back to the Future Part two But It Doesn't Work. Other items from Marvel, Harry Potter, and Jurassic Park are also available. The live auction is set for tomorrow in Los Angeles absentee bidding is already underway.
You're listening to Wake Up Call on demand from KFI Am six forty. Speaking of alcohol, I did go out and about I'm going to tell you about that coming up at five thirty five. It's not all about the alcohol, but that's part of the part of the equation. Here's what we're following. In the KFI twenty four hour newsroom, President Biden says the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally that left one person dead and twenty two others
hurt should move us, shock us, and shame us into acting. Three people have been detained, one of them after fans tackled him and held him down until police arrived. Up to a dozen of those hurt are children. Former President Trump's going to be in court today in Manhattan, where a judge is expected to rule on his legal team's request to throw the case out. Trump's pleaded not guilty to thirty four felon accounts tied to hush money paid to
porn actress Stormy Daniels when he was running for president the first time. Trump's team's also going to be in court in the election interference case in Georgia. The city of La has voted to set up a reward program for people who report copper wire theft. Thousands of street lights across the city have gone dark because of the thefts. City Councilman Kevin dal Leone says there were more than sixty eight hundred cases of copper wire theft last year alone, and it costs
the city more than twenty million dollars. At six oh five Handle on the News, a two year investigation has led to seventeen people being arrested to a big old drug trafficking ring right here in La. Let's say good morning now to ABC's White House correspondent Karen Travers. Karen, the Senate has passed a ninety five billion dollar foreign aid bill for Ukraine, Israel in Taiwan. Future is uncertain at best in the House, and now Mike Johnson, the Speaker
of the House, wants to talk to President Biden. Yeah, that about sums it all up. It's kind of, you know, a suspended state of animation right now on Capitol Hill. The Senate passed that bill that would give funding to Ukraine, Israel in Taiwan, but it did not include border
security measures. That was because the House last week made it clear they were not going to move forward on that because they didn't like what the Senate had done in that bipartisan negotiation, so the Senate stripped it out and just passed
the Foreign aid. Well, now the House Republicans are not moving forward on what the Senate sent over because they say it doesn't have border security in it, and House Speaker Mike Johnson is asking for a one on one meeting with the President to negotiate border security, and the White House wasn't very shy, holding, you know, with their frustration yesterday, saying you know, this is not going to happen. The President has declined meetings with Johnson because they
don't see what there is to negotiate. That's how Karine Jean Pierre, the Press secretary, put it. She said, what is the one on one negotiation about when he has been presented with exactly what he asked for, referring to Speaker Johnson and border security. So, you know, we're kind of in this holding pattern right now, waiting to see what the next move is on the House side of things, whether they take up the Senate passed bill.
Mike Johnson has made it clear he's not moving forward on that. Do they break it apart and do some bits of it to put up for a vote. It's not clear what the next step is and even some Republicans up there are saying they don't know what the next move will be by the Speaker. But in the meantime, the White House is putting still immense pressure on House Republicans to pass this aid for Ukraine and for Israel and get it done
quickly. Okay, so the White House and Karine Jean Pierre said he was given he being Speaker to Johnson, was given just what he asked for, But he really hasn't. I mean, they there was border security, but it's really not. It didn't go as far as what the Republicans want. So he wasn't really given what he asked for, and he's not going to get exactly what he asked for because that's not how it works and divide government right now, that's the reality, and that's what Republicans will say. In
the Senate. You know, you need sixty votes to pass anything in the Senate. That's why there are bipartisan groups that work out legislation over there. That's why James Langford the Republican and Chris Murphy the Democrats, spent months, weeks, you know, they were working over the holiday break to try and reach this agreement on border security, and they did get to that point because they felt that they got to a place where it could pass with sixty votes
in the Senate. And they basically then say to the House, you got to take this and this is what you're going to get. And the House responds is, well, we've already passed a very conservative immigration bill and you need to take this. That's just not how it works right now. When you have a Democrat in the White House, the Democrats controlling the Senate, and sixty votes needed to pass anything in the Senate, it has to be bipartisan over there. Right, So just from like perception to what I hear.
Sometimes when I see stuff, you know, you hear something, you go, but you said this, like Biden says, I'm willing to negotiate on the border, which they did, right. But if he's willing to negotiate, why not sit down and talk with Johnson? I mean, the White House will say because there was an agreement, that that is the best
that can be done. Yeah, that is the best that could be reached in order to pass in the Senate, and that that was the This is again, this is what the White House will say, and this is what Senate Republicans have said too, that those were the toughest border reform measures put on paper in decades. And when that's the best you can do, to try and go at it again, you're not going to get any better than that, okay, And hardliners are saying we need better than that, So
okay, fun sale me. Thank you, Karen Travers, appreciate the information. Have a great day. We need her help to help things get sorted out, don't we. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Criminal charges are expected to be filed against two men accused of going on a shooting spree that killed four people in southeastern La County, including a fourteen year old boy. Sheriff's investigators say the
shootings late Sunday into Monday appear to be random acts of violence. One of the men arrested as forty two, the others twenty. DA George Gascone is expected to announce charges against both men later this morning. Defense lawyers have called experts to dispute charges alleging Rebecca Grossman killed two boys in Westlake Village while intoxicated
and speeding. One expert used video from the scene in twenty twenty to estimate Grossman's speed at fifty two miles per hour, despite crash data from Grossman's SUV clocking her at eighty one second before the crash. A former detective yesterday claimed Grossman didn't appear drunk and didn't flee the scene. Grossman's husband testified he can't
recall her ever speeding. However, jurors didn't get to hear about Grossman's four prior speeding tickets, but did get to hear that Grossman previously told a CHP officer during a stop for speeding that she hopes he never needs the Grossman burn Center at van I's Courthouse. Corbin Carson, k if I News Irvine policer trying to find a woman who walked into a store, filled her cart with eighteen hundred dollars worth of chewing gum and walked out without paying. It happened
in late January. Police say the woman is also suspected of committing similar gum thefts its stores across Orange County. Efforts to get a grounded commercial fishing boat near Bodega Bay back in the water have failed. Hunter Schnabel with the US Coast Guard in San Francisco says the fifty eight foot boat got stuck last Friday. Attempts were made to try to tow the vessel out of the beach,
Sir, and those were ultimately unsuccessful. Schnabel says some fuel leaked into the ocean, and they're trying to remove as much diesel as they can to mitigate pollution and other environmental impacts. Former President Trump has said that if he returns to the White House, he would not defend NATO members that don't meet defense spending target. Trump told an audience in South Carolina yesterday, if they're not
going to pay, we're not going to protect. Trump also says he's against the foreign aid package approved by the Senate that we were just talking to Karen about. It includes sixty billion dollars in aid for Ukraine. Trump says the US should provide a loan to Ukraine instead of just handing the money over. The makers of Squish Mellows and Build a Bear have sued each other over copycat
accusations. The lawsuit, filed Monday by Squish Mellows accuses Build a Bear's new Schooshers product of copying the look and feel of the popular Squish stuffed animals. Build a Bear counter sued, saying Scooshers are based on the company's original stuffed animals, which have been around for years. The really important stuff you're listening to wake Up Call on Demand from KFI AM six forty. We have rabbits right outside the front door here at the iHeart Studios. I don't need one
in my house. Plus I don't think the cats like it, and I can bout guarantee that the money wouldn't like the cats. It is five thirty four on your wake up Call. Good morning, Happy Thursday. I'm Amy King. Thanks for getting your day started. Or right here with us at KFI. Here's what we're following in the KFI twenty four our newsroom. The House Intelligence Committee is warned of a serious national security threat Ohio Republican Mike Turner.
Mike Turner brought the threat to light, saying it's related to Russia wanting to launch a nuclear weapon into space, so it could take out our satellites. Two climate protesters have been arrested for allegedly dumping pink powder over the case protecting the US Constitution at the National Archives in Washington, d C. Officials say the Constitution does not appear to have been damaged. Another big storms headed
towards southern California, and that could mean flooding. The brunt of the storm is expected to hit late Sunday through Tuesday, with two to five inches of rain across the La Basin, up to eight inches expected in the mountains, and several feet of snow could fall above the seven thousand foot level. At six oh five, it's handle on the news. Space Wars has taken on a whole new meeting as the US warns Russia wants to launch a nuclear weapon
into orbit. At five point fifty, we're going to be talking to one of our own who needs our help. I hope you'll stick around for that. That's just fifteen minutes away. Right now, it's time off the road again, going places that I've never been seeing things. As you may know, I go out and about around southern California quite a bit. Share some
of the really cool things there are to do in our area. And you don't have to go too far to have a really great experience when you live in some place like southern California. But this last weekend, I wind a little waves away if you're looking for a fun weekend get away and a great experience. And as we've talked about before, like people are looking for more experiences rather than stuff these days. So maybe it becomes a Valentine's Day weekend,
or maybe it's a birthday present weekend or something like that. But here's something to consider. Pasa Robels. If you want great wine, beautiful views, really cool boutique hotels, and a fun little town square with lots of shopping and restaurants, Pasa Robyls place to go. It's about three hours from La So I go and I usually take the five up for about two hours
and then cut over and it's about then an hour longer. Or you could go up the one on one if you want to go the scenic route, go through Santa Barbara and get up there and the town itself, if you haven't been there, it's it's such a cool little place. There's this little town square, like this old fashioned town square, big park in the middle, and then shops lying like three sides of it all the way around,
and there's restaurants and there's shopping, and there's plenty of tasting rooms. Like if you want to just stay in the city center, if you want to call it a city because it's very small, you can stay right there and do it all. Now, if you want to venture out into the countryside like we did, there are wineries everywhere. In fact, I looked it up. There are more than two hundred wineries in the Paso Robols area.
And the wines are fantastic. I think they they didn't used to be, but they've really grown grown into them, like they've come into their own and Paso Robls has some of the best wine that I've tasted in a very long time. There are some larger wineries that you might have heard of, like Justin and Eberley and even the Ribbley family which makes Tella Rosa. Out in
the country, there's these boutique wineries. They have these gorgeous little tasting rooms and they're kind of situated in the middle of acres and acres of vineyards, so it's really picturesque. And one of the great things about passo is that you can go to your favorite wineries, but there's all always new ones to
try. Like I said, there's two hundred of them. When we went up this last weekend, my friends who live in the area, they do wine tasting with their friends quite often, but they decided, let's go try new ones, and so we went to a couple new ones, and one of them was called hawk Hill, so good. The tasting room was made in an old stable, but it's fixed up, like gutted, and is really really nice and classy, and the wines were terrific and so much that
I joined their wine club. But it definitely you want to make a weekend of it, because it takes like three hours to get there, so you don't want to do wine tasting and then drive home, So make a weekend of it. There are cool hotels in town, some of the wineries have their own rooms, and plus there're BnB and verbos and that kind of stuff. But like I said, definitely planned for a weekend. It can be a little spendy, so planned for that. It's become quite the popular destination,
and when things become popular, the prices go up. The wineries still require reservations they implemented that when they reopened during the pandemic, but they've just kept that. And the cool thing about that actually is that when you go to a winery, it's not going to be super crowded like when I've gone to some of the wineries like in Temecula, for example, which also has some good wineries, that the tasting rooms are so crowded you barely can get
in and there's no room for you. So with the reservation system, there's always a spot for you, and you have a person who can talk to you and walk you through everything. Some of them have snacks, most of them don't, so either planned to pack a picnic or have a lunch in town before you head out. And here's the other cool thing. If you don't want to drive and you don't have a designated driver, and you do need a designated driver if you're going to be out wine tasting, you can
book buses or jeeps or even a limo. But they have those services up there and you can google it and find them. We ran into a guy who has a jeep service and so it's like a it's a jeep wrangler or something like that, and it's open air and it's just really like I was like, how fun is that you just ride around all day and do that anytime of years? Kind of good. It was like sixty and sixty five and sunny while we were there. But in the summer it does get a
little hot, so you need to plan for it. But again, whether it's with your sweetie or with a group of girls or a group of guys, it's a fabulous weekend getaway. So I recommend you two go out and about Tapasa Robos. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. One person has been killed and nearly two dozen others hurt in a shooting near the Chief's Super Bowl parade in Missouri.
The shooting happened outside Union Station yesterday and the cities packed downtown area. At least nine of those shot are kids. They were treated at Children's hospital. Kansas City Mayor Quentin Lucas says the threat of mass shootings is becoming a regular concern in large crowd. We had over eight hundred officers there staffed situated all around Union Station. We had security in any number of places, eyes on
top of buildings and on and there still is a risk to people. Tens of thousands of people showed up to celebrate the team's victory before the shooting happened. Three people have been detained. A homeless man's been arrested in Long Beach for allegedly stealing a car with a four year old boy in the backseat. The theft Tuesday night triggered an Amber alert. The boy was later found in the abandoned car, still in his car car seat. Please a security video
help them find the suspected car thief. He was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, child endangerment, and car theft. Firefighters are urging voters to reject a ballot measure that would slow traffic on many streets in La. Changes the city would make under Measure HLA include implementing bike lanes protected by curbs and implementing dedicated bus lanes. LA City Fire Captain Brian Assour says the possible changes have him
worried for public safety. The lafd's average response on for any critical response for als is six minutes and fourteen seconds. Measure HLA is only going to slow us down more than twenty five hundred miles of streets would be affected. Proponents of the measures say it will make streets safer. But like trolley k if I news. So, have you ever wondered why vegan burgers taste so good? I just found this story. I just had to share it, nick
Er. Do you know why vegan burgers taste so good? That's what vegan burgers? Yes? So have you ever had a vegan burger? Oh? Yeah, I've had several. Now wait are we talking? Yeah, impossible burger beyond meat those things right yeah, plant based meats. Yeah, so yeah, I know I've had them. They're tasty, but right, I always get a little freaked out because they do such a good job replicating what
a burger is. Like, yeah, they bleed and there's no there's no meat in them, so right, like they have pea protein and potato starch and coconut oil and micoproteins, super highly processed. But I found out a little secret. They taste good because they're putting animal fats in some of them. Stop, way does that get well? I it's not regular an animal
fat, it's they're growing fat in laboratories. Isn't that nice? See that says gross too and They also use animal byproducts from traditional meat production and blend it in with the plant ingredients to create those pieces of like shredded steak, and yes, the co founder of a company called Choppy, Yeah, they're doing. It's fundamentally difficult to make plants taste like meat, she says, it would be impossible. So next time you try a vegan impossible burger,
look at the ingredients and see what's actually in there. I don't. I also don't eat them because they're so highly processed. And I think, if you're really going to be vegan, eat some nuts and fruits, right, But they have like impostor kind of everything these days. But so next time you take a bite into a vegan burger and you go, boy, that
sure tastes good. Animal fat might be why huh wild. We've got the Food and Wine Festival coming up at Disney California Adventure, so I bet you will get some of the d tasty impossible meat or maybe a beyond burger. So okay, that will be the exception that'll be when I try it. Oh sure, for sure, No, of course, because it'll be delicious. But still, yeah, Okay, you're listening to a wake up call on demand from KFI Am six forty. Here's what we're following in the KFI
twenty four hour newsroom. President Biden says the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally that left one person dead and twenty two others hurt, including children, should move us, shock us, and shame us into acting. Three people have been detained, one of them after fans tackled him and held them down until police showed up. The city of La has voted to set up a reward program for people who were copper wire theft. Thousands of street
lights across the city have gone dark because of the theft. City Councilman Kevin da Leon says there were more than sixty eight hundred cases of copper wire theft just last year, costa city about twenty million dollars. Six hikers have been airlifted off Mount Baldy. The group was rescued yesterday after getting stuck in the snow on Bear Canyon Trail at about the nine thousand foot level. It's the latest in several rescues in the last couple of weeks. A twenty two year
old woman hiking alone during the last big storm died on the mountain. We're just minutes away from a handle on the news, Israeli forces have moved into the last working hospital in the Gaza Strip. Right now, let's say good morning to our very own Mondo. Mondo is the producer of the Gary and Shannon Show. He's also an award winning Guacamly maker, although he never brings Manny, and one of the nicest guys at the radio station. Good morning,
Mondo, Good morning baby. How are you? I'm good and I know you're good, but you are in need of something, so I'm not sure if we ask, make the ask now or give the backstory. Okay, so the backstory is I'm a heart kidney transplant recipient and sorry heart kidney and bone barrow. I got it done during the pandemic, right at when
it started. I was in the hospital and my transplant going. And but last year I got an infection called the b front the BK virus, which is something that everybody has, but it just got reactivated in my system because my loan immune system, and it did some damage to my kidney. So now I'm currently on the process of getting on the kidney transplant list for a new kidney. So you've got you already got one, you need another? Okay, So let's let's talk a little bit about one. The suppressed immune
system. Like you said that it's what's it called the BK infection? Yeah, it was a BK virus. Virus everybody has. Okay, so when as a kid, but you build a meaning to it so you know it doesn't affect you. Yeah, okay. And the reason that it affects you is because you have a low immune system. And why do you have a low immune system, Well, you have to need a low immune system, so I don't get any uh so my organs can can cooperate with my system
so they don't get rejected. Okay. So basically, when you get the transplant, because you have a new heart and you have a new kidney, and your body will go that that didn't come with you, that shouldn't be there, and so your body will go after it, and so they suppress your immune system so it doesn't try to attack the organ. Correct. Yeah, And thankfully, none none of that has happened. Everything has been working properly. There's been no rejection at all, which is great. But but
what since I have a low news system. When I get sick, either with knock on wood covid luckily haven't gotten, or like a flu or you know, anything kind of minor, it hits me a lot harder than anything else. So I'm susptible to eat getting the you know, vk virs or even with foods like I can't have anything that's raw or or anything that's medium, well like a steak. If I have a steak, it's got to be well done. Everything's got to be cooked for you. There's no no
savice, no no soft cheeses. Everything has to be pasteurized. Wow, and stuff like that. Yeah, okay, And that's similar because our own Neil uh Savad or the Fork reporter, he had a kidney transplant as well, so I've heard him talk about that he can't have things like over easy eggs. Yeah. Correct, And now that's one of my loves. I used to love having over easy eggs. Well, okay, so you got the and is your the transplant of kidney is it not working at all or
is it just it's working? But it's that I believe it's at thirteen percent is what it's at. When it's at ten percent, that's when it's in complete failure, but they wanted me at thirteen percent. They wanted me to start me on dialysis just so that it's not putting its wustrain on the kidney as possible. They don't want me to start dialysis when I'm in kidney failure because they need to know how how much damage it's already been done. So
they're kind of easily into it easy. I'm kind of easy into kidney failure in the sense. So I'm on dialysis right now, and I do that twice a day. Twice a day. Yeah, so you know, get home, go buy my business, and then I do my first dialysis and it stays in your system for about two hours, and then I do the second dose, which is a longer dose. It's about eight hours. And I do that before you go to bed, and then I wake up and you know, get to Dallas out of me and and start my life.
Okay, And and you you do it at home. You don't go to a clinic, right, Yeah, correct, I do it at home. It's called PD. There's different types you can do. That's you know, you hooked up to a machine. I do mine manually, so it looks kind of like an IV and so it's not and it doesn't take that much energy out of me, So I'm not kind of out of it afterwards or
anything like that. Yeah, because when you're hooked up to a machine or it's a different different types of dallass can take a lot of energy out of you. Okay, And I just got to tell you so for I mean, you guys have heard Mondo and that kind of stuff because he's been with Gary and Shannon forever and he really is one of the nicest guys and has had a rough go. And before you had your transplants, I remember you not being well and so it was so fun to see you be well.
We want you to stay well. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, it was a it was quite a battle prior to you because I was It's interesting how your body when your body's not working, how it shows. Yeah. So I was like gaining a lot of water weight before my transplants, where I would have to go to the hospital practically every other week to get drained
from all the excessive water and liquid I was retaining. And and then and then it was better and more you could tell you looked better, and so we want Mando to stay that way, So, Mondo, if somebody, you know, if there's somebody and God's looking down on us right now, who is willing to donate a kidney? Is that an option for you? Yes? Actually is. I'm going to talk to my innursing state and see what the process is and what the actual testing is. But if you can
email me at I make guacamole at gmail dot com. I make guacamole, yeah, at gmail dot com. And I know some people shout on my Instagram as well, which is great. Thank you so much. I love you know for the love and support. But I had to find out actually what the testing is and to see what that process is. Okay, but I'd love to get throw it out. Thank you. Okay, Mondo, We're going to find you a kidney one way or the other. Dude. Awesome, all right, thank you so much, blakam only if I can.
So, if we get your kidney, you'll finally bring me some guacamole. Yes, you got it. I sare the best. We'll see you in a little bit, all right. Kid. You've been listening to wake Up Call with me, Amy King. You can always hear wake Up Call five to six am Monday through Friday on kf I Am six forty and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.