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And welcome to GDLA plus happy Veterans Day everybody and we thank you to all those who have served our country. Anyone have military family members? Yes, yes. Yeah, well, my great uncle and then my grandfather both served. Yeah, my grandpa was an army vet. He actually like I remember my whole childhood. He has a bullet wound. He's passed away now. But yeah, I remember that. Would he show you his scar? I mean, you can just kind of see it. So like, yeah, you know. Right. You just knew it was there. Yeah, you just knew it was there. Not really. My grandma did, or his kids would. So my uncle's an aunt a little bit. Right, yeah. But he was just papa. Isn't it funny, anyone with war experience, they don't ever want to talk about it. A lot of them don't. Yeah. Yeah. And there's so many lessons to be learned there, right? That's right. They've lived. Yeah, you know, Bob DeCastro, I know he doesn't have war experience, but he, I think, sometimes minimizes kind of the sacrifices that he made. He says he never saw action, so he always feels like he, like, I don't know, like he shouldn't be honored. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I'm like, you saw a lot more than I ever would. Absolutely. You went through boot camp. It's like, that's... That's a lot. It's all a sacrifice. That's right. All right, we do have some news to get to. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been moved to a military base after threats against his life made by Iran. A senior administration official says the threat reached, quote, more than an advanced stage. The official says the threats prompted Bessette and his family to make the move. The Treasury Department confirms his relocation and says... He will not be deterred as he leads efforts to isolate Iran financially with sanctions and trade restrictions. On Capitol Hill, no Pete Hegseth impeachment for now. The GOP-led House blocked the effort yesterday, technically referring the resolution to the Judiciary Committee. Outgoing Republican Congressman Thomas Massie accused the Pentagon chief of carrying out unlawful orders. Hegseth called the attempt a partisan spectacle. Democrats could try again when they have control in January. Data this morning shows inflation is still on the rise. Prices rose four-tenths of a percent from September to October, which is more than economists had expected. That marks four straight months of rising costs, with food and higher diesel prices adding to that pressure. And the high cost of living, of course, was a major issue for voters last week. Three people are dead and two others injured after a suspected drunk driver crashed into pedestrians and vendors outside a metro station. Gigi Graciette has more from North Hollywood. As one LAPD officer said to me, this was a tragedy that could have easily been prevented. And that's because the driver of that minivan accused of killing three women and injuring two more, well, he's been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. And now he's also facing three charges of murder. Take a look. It happened yesterday just before 6 p.m. Rush hour. The sidewalk on Lankershim and Chandler crowded with people They're going and coming from the metro station in addition to the street vendors outside selling anything from sodas to snacks for the commuters. Police say they believe Demyanenko was speeding down Lankershim when he tried to pass a car, lost control, and ended up on the sidewalk, again, killing those three women instantly. Their ages, between late 30s to late 40s. And he also injured two others who remain hospitalized today, one of them in critical condition. To hear something like this, it's just terrible, you know. And regardless of who passed away here, it definitely leaves a deep shock in my heart to come out of this elevator and not see the vendors here anymore, you know. They were really part of this community, a part of the commuter community. They worked here for years and they served. And bringing it back here on Lankershim and Chandler, the scene has been cleaned up, but now there is a memorial here. We've seen people leaving candles and flowers, saying a silent prayer. As for the victims, they have not yet been identified by the medical examiner. Meanwhile, Demyanenko remains behind bars. His bail has been set at over $6 million. In North Hollywood, Gigi Graciette. And there was breaking news overnight in the San Fernando Valley where an SUV crashed into a Starbucks on Riverside Drive in Sherman Oaks. The driver was a 30-year-old woman who stayed at the scene. Thankfully, no one was hurt in all this. When police arrived, they spoke with her and decided there would be no criminal charges and they let her drive home in the same vehicle you're looking at right there. No word on what caused her to drive into the store. Wow. Our local veterans are getting some much deserved love today. There's actually a special gas giveaway happening for vets and active military in Sylmar. Mario Ramirez is there. Gas prices have steadily been dropping, but this Veterans Day we are still feeling the pain at the pump, and so are these drivers here. Just take a look at this line here. This is a thank you, and it comes from the helpful SoCal Honda dealers. They're stepping up, offering thousands of dollars in free fuel to honor our veterans and military families. Thanks. They're helping us out with gas. So this is really great. I don't think we've ever had this as a Veterans Day, so I'm just happy today. Thank you for your service. It started at 8 o'clock. All of these vehicles here, some of them are Honda drivers, but many of them are veterans here who are taking advantage of this deal. They've been taking them one by one, so there's a long line here. I want to say thank you to my fellow vets as well because, you know, without People volunteering to support our country, then we're not going to have a free country anymore, and that's what it's all about. The first 75 eligible drivers at each location get up to $70. So they're starting here, and then they're going to be at the Van Nuys Ralphs at noon for two hours there. Adrian, tell me, you're an active military member. Thank you for your service. Tell me a little bit about that. Thank you. So I'm currently in the U.S. Army. I'm serving as a combat medic. I've only been enlisted for about a year and a half now. Still new to this, but thank you guys for this, by the way. I really appreciate that. Mom, do you want to say anything about your son here? Because he can't say anything. Thank you for your service on the military and Honda. It's just so nice to be able to give back to our veterans, you know, because they sacrifice a lot for us. So we want to say thank you to them. What a great way to be helpful. Thank you. And the helpful Honda team is hitting the road onto that second location here on this Veterans Day. Just one way to say thank you and give back here from the San Fernando community. In Sylmar, I'm Mario Ramirez, Fox 11 News. All right, Mario, that second location is the Ralphs at 7604 Louise Avenue in Van Nuys from noon until 2 p.m. All right, so it's a day, of course, to salute our veterans out of the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. And that's where Bob DeCastro is to show us what they have planned. Good morning, Bob. Yeah, a fun, a full day here playing at the Reagan National Library. We've got people still coming in right now. Program's going to start here shortly where they have some special speakers that are going to be talking here. They are a novelist, a guy who wrote a book about his service during the war. He's going to be up here speaking as well. Let me talk to you, sir, really quickly, if you don't mind. This is one of the veterans. Thank you for your service, sir. You're at Marine Corps, you said. Tell us about your service. Uh, and... You know, what this day means to you? This day means... Just being thankful to be alive, thankful for all the men and women who served this country. And being a veteran is just a great opportunity to serve this country. I think being a veteran makes me proud of this country and makes me love this country even more. Yeah, you came here for the specific novelist that's going to be speaking here at this special program here today. What about his story kind of resonated with you? He was a Marine as well. He learned a lot being in the Marine Corps. He kind of one of the points that he hit was always looking out for the men underneath you, the men and women underneath you. He kind of said never to be above, never below, always beside you. So just kind of bring the people up from underneath you and raise them up to the best of their ability. Thank you for your service. Give me your name. Name's Edward McDevitt, sir. Marine Corps. Thank you. Let me talk to you. Hi. Hi. How are you? Why did you decide to come on? Give me your name. Carla Wiley. Carla. Carla with a K. And you were just at home and you just... Yeah, I decided to close office today and me and my friend Wendy, she ran away from me. She's over there. We decided to come and spend the day at the Presidential Library. So just took the day off and came on down. Yeah. Why was it important for you? I mean, Veterans Day and you decided, might as well go here and see what they have to say. You know what really struck me about today? Today was the news that you guys did this morning about the book about adopting a veteran. And that really stuck out to me because there's thousands of veterans in what? In the Netherlands? In the Netherlands, right. And folks were adopting them because they never made it back home, because family don't know where they are or anything like that. And so I just thought that's really important. And since I run a traffic school, I get a lot of veterans that come through. The last one I had was 106 years old, 106, he told World War II stories. So did we complete traffic school? Probably not. I mean, we really did. But it's just important because my dad was a Marine, and just the work that goes into Serving our country, I've heard various stories, and I'm like, wow, this is amazing. I wish I had joined, actually. Yeah. Yeah. If you're led that way and guided that way, and that's the reason why I got in, because someone sort of guided me that way and said, hey, this is an opportunity for you. And if it wasn't for people to give me that advice, I would have never have done that. You're watching this morning. I was watching this morning, yep. So you saw me and then our... I saw you. And our other guy up there. Yeah, the other guy? Yeah, the guy behind the scenes that you said... Oh, yeah, Saul. Saul. Hey, Saul. Thank you for serving. And the pictures look great. I love you guys' pictures and everything like that. So thank you so much for serving, you know, because I know it's hard, especially when you're on those aircraft carriers. I've heard stories about that. Yes. It's not a luxury seat. Thank you for saying that. Thank you for coming over here. And it's always wonderful to talk to you. Yeah. I appreciate it. Thank you so much. Great to see you. All right. Oh my gosh. Yeah. She just stopped me and she was like, oh my God, I'm watching you this morning. Carla with a K. Oh my gosh. Carla, thank you. We appreciate her. We love you, Carla. Saúl was kind of like, wait. Yeah. Yeah. She came up, she said, thank you for your service and tell Saúl, thank you too. Oh my goodness. A dedicated watcher. That is so sweet. Yes. She's amazing. Wow. She really listens and pays attention. She does. You come up to an event like this, and just like she said, Yeah. I mean, seriously, it's a who's who of stories, and everybody has so many stories up here. We'll be hearing some officially from the program here, but it's one of those days where if you were to come up to an event like this, you can walk around, and I was just in the back, and there were so many different veterans from so many different generations sharing their stories, sharing what they've learned, and it is just a special day here at the Reagan National Library. It really is. Always. And Bob, thank you for your service, my friend. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Thank you for saying that. Thank you. And here's a live look at the 23rd Annual San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade in Pacoima. It begins at Laurel Canyon Boulevard and San Fernando Mission Boulevard and will travel to Ritchie Valens Recreation Center. The parade is honoring military veterans and their families. Jewish war veterans post-603 are serving as grand marshal. I love a good parade and that is a great one. All right, coming up, a much-anticipated concert here in L.A. has been canceled. We'll tell you about that coming up next. All right, they're celebrating Veterans Day in Santa Monica. Look at that beautiful coastline. Let's send things up to Stu and Skyfox. Hey, good morning ladies and yep, happy Veterans Day and thank you for all your service for any of the veterans out there that are listening. We're watching actually some Colson helicopters making their way over to a Veterans Day celebration that's going to be out in the Santa Monica area. It's going to be hosted, our keynote speaker is going to be General. Ronald P. Clark. Right now, I'm keeping an eye on them and not going to the actual event because I don't really want to lose these guys because I think they're going to drop water. But, you know, it is live television, so let's see what we can do. The event itself is actually just going to be near the pier right here at the beach. Whoops, I almost went past it. Look at that. And they do have a lot of really cool things down there besides their speaker, their keynote speaker. They have a lot of first responders down there. They've got the Santa Monica Fire Department, a lot of military. ...vehicles out there as well, as long with some SWAT vehicles, all of Santa Monica Base. The crowd looks very excited and anxious, and those helicopters, they are coming by. Colson is actually the crew that they use for the water-dropping helicopters that are contracted to L.A. County and also Riverside County to a lot of places out here in California. These two that might be coming in the shot in a moment or two. Actually are based at Van Nuys. When they had career day, they did a water drop. I'm hoping they're going to do that on this one as well, but right now the crowds are waiting down there. We're waiting as well, but the helicopters, I wish they would be moving just a little faster, just like Sky Fox all the time. But you can see them right there, the two Chinooks. These carry a lot of water, and these guys are actually proud to be celebrating Veterans Day and doing what they can for the veterans and their celebration out here in Santa Monica. Again, those are two of the Chinooks, two of the Coulson ships. And are they going to drop some water? They're getting pretty close right now. I don't know if they are. Well, there goes one. Oh, yeah, there they go. There they go, there they go. So, the two of Coulson's ships doing their flyby, dropping the water at that celebration out here in Santa Monica for our veterans. Stu up at Skybox, sending it back to all the studios. That was awesome. Great timing, Stu, as always. Yep. Okay, he's laughing at us. Yes. Okay, things are not going well on the Usher-Chris Brown R&B tour. According to TMZ, they started fighting allegedly when there was an issue in Atlanta. There was a lot of traffic or some sort of issue on the road, so fans were late. And so they were arguing over whether to start the Atlanta concert on time or wait for fans who weren't there yet. The concert started more than two hours after the scheduled 7 30 time and the two headliners never appeared on stage together. That had a lot of fans demanding refunds. The show the next night was on time and the two performed together. Well now the tours hit another snag. One of the duo's upcoming Los Angeles tour dates has been scrapped. The November 16th concert at SoFi Stadium is now marked as canceled on Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster says it'll take 14 to 21 days for the refunds to appear. Here's what I don't get. If they have beef, you know, why cancel one show and then perform the next day and then appear together one time and not, you know, like if you're really fighting with someone, like. Fight, right? And I mean, why would you just pick a couple of dates? You know, it's like often you start looking at how much money you're losing. And then you're like, all right, I guess we can try to make up. Right. SoFi Stadium, I feel like there's something else going on. I don't know. You know. Respectfully, though, when you heard that there was an issue, were you in such shock and surprise? I'm not surprised. Right. So it's kind of like, I get to get what you sign up for. Not even a little bit. It's like two personalities, right, kind of like icons in their own right. It doesn't make any sense, but a lot of the history hasn't made any real sense. I'm actually surprised it's worked this long. All right, well, Shaquille O'Neal is one of the most recognizable people on the planet. So how can he hide from public eye? Well, someone who's going to make a lot of cash trying. I'm Shaquille O'Neal. You can call me Shaq. These players will compete to hide the most recognizable man on the planet. There's no hiding Empire State Building. Hosted by Nicole Byer. One of you will leave here with $100,000. The challenge is simple. Get him out now. Don't. Keep his head down. This plan is not going to work. Get. Shaq! It's over. We're done for. Caught. Is that Shaq? Can you hide Shaq? Series premiere December 3rd. What's up with the tears? I was saying the same thing. I said, now what? It's getting emotional over there. That is hilarious. ABC has greenlit Can You Hide Shaq? This is an unscripted competition series putting a chaotic twist on hide and seek. So eight contestants must use creative disguises and distractions to conceal the 7'1 NBA legend across public landmarks in Dallas. Teams completed timed missions to avoid being spotted. You build up a cash pool called the Shaq Pot and evade elimination. It's not only his size, but it's his voice too. I mean, hopefully he doesn't have to talk because that'll give it away, right? I'll tell you, I saw this and I was like Shaq really will just do anything. He'll do anything. Okay. Yeah. His name is on everything. He has the most diverse portfolio I think of any athlete. I would like to see the list of things Shaq and Snoop Dogg say no to. Right, right. And Tom Brady is getting up there, too. What are you doing with the Paul brothers? That's right. What's going on? That's right. Yeah, the UFC of it all, right? Okay, so it's a big day for music fans. The 2027 Coachella lineup has just dropped, and we're talking Dua Lipa, Tame Impala, SZA, Daddy Yankee, Madonna. Phoebe Bridgers, Don Tolliver, I love Don Tolliver, Zara Larsson, Weezer, Dom Dolla, and a lot more. So Coachella returns to the Empire Polo Club in Indio for two weekends, set for April 9th to the 11th, and then the second weekend is happening April 16th to the 18th. And believe it or not, passes go on sale this Friday at noon. That's crazy. Expensive. Very expensive. It's a good gift for somebody. But people start like payment plans and they start paying on them now. That's how the young people can go. More than a hundred musical acts will be performing at Coachella. And to be perfectly honest, The deeper down the list you go, a lot of them, I've never heard of these acts ever. I like the ones you mentioned, though. Right, oh yeah, those are great. Okay, so however, producer Christian has decided to put us to the test with a game of is it a Coachella band or a cleaning product. He'll give us the name of a band performing at Coachella or an actual cleaning product available for purchase. All right, Christian, take it away. Start with Brooke first. Royal Flush. That's a band. Ding, ding, ding, ding. Cleaning products. Oh, my gosh. Oh my gosh. Come on. You're convinced. I know. That was rooting you on. Come on. Number two is for Sandra. Okay. Vandaluck. Oh, sorry. Pine Grove. Pine Grove. Band. Ding, ding, ding, ding. Nice. Oh, look it. It's a 50-50 chance. It's an unsolved. All right, next up is Vandalux. Vandalux. That sounds like a band. Yes. Ding, ding, ding. Yeah. We were good. And back to Brooke. Okay. Seventh Generation. Um, I am going to say that is a cleaning product. Ding, ding, ding, ding. Yes. I was just, I was trying to process of like deductive reasoning. There's been two performers. We're a generation. All right. Next up for Sandra. Good neighbors. Okay. That's got to be banned. Yeah. You know, gave it away. The way they're Aussies or British or something. Okay. And the last one here for Jen. Yeah. Fabuloso. Oh, that's a cool background. Come on. That was the layout, man. I used Fabuloso. Yeah, man, I used to have you on set. Yeah. That would have been nice. Right. That would have been amazing actually. Yeah. Why not? Okay. Wow. That was fun. You know what though? Can we just for a second with the Coachella, I was looking at the flyer. Yeah. Madonna's name not being one of the biggest names is wild to me. Where are we in the world right now? Yeah. Dua Lipa is a star. Got it. Yes. But like it is wild. But you're talking about a legend. Yes. That's like what? Yeah. Dua. Madonna ran so, no, walked so Dua Lipa could run. Is that how it is? However it is. Right, right. Something like that. Someone's walking and someone's running. Yeah, that was wild. Yeah. Put some respect on her name. My gosh. The generation. I'm insulted. Slake. Doesn't that sound like it's like where it goes down, you know what I mean? Yeah, that's right. Catch a lot of bass there. Okay, well. Oh, well. Okay, I'll see you at Bass Lake. Yeah, you know what I mean? Like, oh, that's back at Bass Lake, back in 1992 at Bass Lake. That's right. Right. You know? I feel like it's very crisp there. Yeah, it's nice. All right, this Veterans Day, we are sharing the remarkable story of a San Fernando man whose life reads like an adventure novel, from signing up for the Air Force to serving in Vietnam to becoming a senior intelligence advisor. Ed Reynolds did it all with a disability. Gigi Gracia has this story. His name is Ed, Ed Reynolds, humble, unassuming, yet larger than life. A Vietnam War veteran who dedicated his life to serving his country, a path that didn't start with a dream or a calling. It began with a choice. The head of the draft in my little town said, we give you until June, and if you don't get... A deferment, you're gonna get drafted, and so I ran down with my buddy and enlisted in aviation cadets. It was 1957, and Ed knew it was a matter of when, not if, he would be called to serve. But beneath that certainty about service lived a private fear. Ed is dyslexic, and back then was convinced he was a dummy, as he puts it. But the Air Force saw something else. Logic, instinct, and a mind that navigated the world like a compass. No map needed. I can't spell and I can't read more than a page at a time without getting a headache. How did you become a navigator? Oh, well, that's easy. You don't read. You know, it's logic, logic, math, logic. Navigating, it's easy. His career would take him everywhere, England, Germany, France, Saudi Arabia, but it was Vietnam, the war, the country, and most importantly, it's people that changed him. You gotta be tolerant of other people's religion. If you wanna believe what you wanna believe, but don't try to force it down other on other people's throats, and that's the problem. And that was the problem in Vietnam. What he saw, what he lived through in Vietnam would change his life. And eventually, promoting to senior intelligence advisor to the chief of intelligence for the South Vietnamese Air Force would define his career. He flew constantly across Vietnam during the war, to Hong Kong, to Bangkok. And he was one of only three navigators trusted for night or over water missions. The only time we got shot up, we didn't know at the time that we got shot up. We saw flashes, portholes. Right around in here. Wow. We didn't know until we landed, actually got hit. But he also saw the war's cruelty and its casualties. He remembers entire villages and their people wiped off the map. So many lives lost and so many families who paid the highest price. There are some things you saw in Vietnam. That live with you until this day. Those images you cannot get out of your head. Oh, body bags lined up. That has always stuck in my mind. But along the way, lifetime friendships were forged. Ed would eventually be called on to help his Vietnamese counterpart escape in the final hours before Saigon fell. They stayed close for decades. And through it all, he survived more close calls than most people see in a lifetime. I had a mid-air collision in the Gulf of Tonkin where I got my head Cut open, yeah, I had that hit by lightning, yeah, that was kind of interesting. You were shot at? Yeah, yeah, come out of a play coup, yeah. So either you're the luckiest man alive or the unluckiest man. Which is it? Well, I don't know. I don't know. Well, I'm lucky that I'm at this age and I'm not bedridden. Today, Ed is a leader in Wings Over Wendy's, a veterans group that began with only a handful of men gathering to share stories that only they could really understand. From just a few, the meetings quickly grew into a weekly gathering of dozens. It's a band of brothers. You start the week. by getting up and getting to do something. At 89, Ed still lectures on Vietnam, still navigates the world by instinct, still shares stories of traveling around the world and seeing the front lines and the true cost of war. But through thick and thin, He strongly believes the United States is the greatest country he's ever lived in. The United States. Good old USA? Yeah, because it's got everything. It's got great mountains and great seashores and great... sites and great, great people. A life of service, a life of survival, a life shaped by war, but never defined by fear. And maybe that's what makes Ed's story extraordinary. Not the danger he lived through, but the grace with which he remembers it. Gigi Graciette, Good Day LA. Ed's an incredible person and so are all the others who've served. I encourage anybody who has grandparents who might have served themselves to sit down and talk to them. If they're able and willing to share their stories, it's so important to hear from them. We're putting out the call for Veterans Day pictures. Veterans and your loved ones, send a picture in uniform. Be sure to include the name and the branch of service. Scan that QR code right there on your screen. We want to show our veterans some love. They might see themselves on TV. Thank you to everybody who served this nation. We'll be right back. For an extra special spotting stew. Is that even possible? Right? So special. You know, it is. It is today because it's, you know what? We should have crossed out. We should have been X'd out to spotting stew. And it's spotting Rio Murata. Yes, it took me a minute to really concentrate and get that name out correctly. He's riding his bicycle from Chicago to... Los Angeles, and he's actually right now in West Hollywood. He did this about two years ago, and I'm going to give a little info before we get going. But he did this two years ago, and his bicycle broke down in Chicago. That's his bike right there. That's Rio himself with his Dodger jersey on. Nice. There's something about that as well. But anyways, he picked up his Japanese bike. In Chicago, he fixed it, and now he's almost at Santa Monica. It's him and his Motley crew. There's a lot of people that have been joining his journey along the way, helping him out. Great guy. I think we have him on the phone. Maybe we can talk to him. But before we even do that, he wants to meet Shohei. Can we make that happen? I don't know if we can. But he wants to meet Shohei Ohtani. Who doesn't? Of course. Anyways, there he is. Maybe he's got something to say. He's got questions, got it all loaded up. Oh, my gosh. Hi, Rio. Hi, Rio. What has this journey been like for you? Oh, my gosh, all the way across the country. Oh, is it? I'm so happy. Yay! And happy birthday. Oh, yeah. We'd say it again? He's so happy. O tanjoubi omedetou, Ryo-san. If you guys watch him. Arigatou gozaimasu. Doko kara desu ka? Where are you from originally? Japan. Doko ni? Ah, Shizuoka. Oh, Shizuoka. Okay. Watashi wa Fukushima-shi to Kobe. So I have my families from Fukushima and Kobe. Ah. Shizuoka. Shizuoka. Okay. So I have my families from Fukushima and Kobe. I said I don't speak very much, I'm second generation, but I'm trying with you, Ryo. Yeah, me too. I'm second generation. I learn English. Yeah. I get it. Me too. So how are you feeling? Why are you doing this? Why? Why are you doing this ride? I want to spread the happiness through my journey so because so many people kindness for me. I want to show that the world is so, the American is so kindness, I want to show. What's he gonna do while he's in L.A.? What are you going to do in here? What? Yeah. Yeah. In L.A.? In L.A. Take a break. Take a break. A well-deserved break. Good idea. Maybe see Shohei? Yeah, I will see Shohei Ohtani-san. Because I respect him. This is Doja's uniform. Yeah! How about Yamamoto? Route 66 and this number is Route 66. Oh, Route 66. Route 66, that's right. Yeah. How are your legs feeling? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm sorry, say that again. How are your legs feeling? How's your legs? I'm strong, okay. I love it. When did he start again, remind me? He started in Chicago. It's a win, though. What day? How was the wind? It started in Chicago. Windy? Yeah, you started in Chicago, right? Yeah, I started in Chicago. How many days ago? 66 days. Wow. Oh, 66 days on Route 66. Yes. Today's day 66. That's awesome. That's incredible. You made it. Yes. Congratulations. This is so awesome. Wow. Congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations. Because Route 66 birthday is today, my birthday is today. Happy birthday. What's been your favorite state so far? What's your favorite state? California. Yeah. That's the right answer. Good answer. Yeah. Happy birthday! What's been your favorite state so far? What's your favorite state? California. Yeah! That's the right answer. Good answer. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Congratulations Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. and keep going. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, excellent. Thank you, Rio. All right, there you see him, Leo Murata. This is so awesome. He is making his way from Chicago to L.A. on this birthday of Route 66, traveling 66 miles. I'm sorry, 66 days, rather, he's been riding. A lot more than 66 days. And I know. 66 days on that bike going to Santa Monica Pier is his final destination. That's awesome. He's 26 years old, and he's doing this all to spread kindness. Enjoy. That's incredible. Just doing it for the love of the game, you know? Such a happy guy. All right. Well, thank you. I feel happy. I do, too. Watching that, yeah. All right. So, do you also feel like you're relying on your smartphone to remember basic information, everyday tasks? You may have what's known as digital dementia. From work deadlines to birthdays to daily errands, smartphones can serve as someone's external brain. For many Gen Z college students, relying on digital reminders is the only lifestyle they have ever known. Psychologists warn that excessive screen reliance alters attention spans and impairs how we process information. You know, hey, I will say I use ChatGPT quite a bit, right? Right? She has a name. Her name is Mila, and she's fired as of today. Why is that? Because they're not always right. That's right. Well, of course, yeah. Yeah, so I will give you an example. A woman I worked with in New York, her name's Suki, she has a dog that's a Bolognese, okay? And this morning, I was telling Bob about the Bolognese dog, and he was like, that's not a name of a dog breed. And I said, the heck it's not. And I asked Mila, isn't a bolognese also a name for a dog as well as a pasta? And she said, no. What? And I looked it up on Google. And yes, it's a breed. And I took a screenshot, sent it in to Mila. And she said, oh, I owe Bob an apology. I'm like, why are we not apologizing to me? Right. That was the one who said bolognese is a dog. Do you ChatGPT things that you could just Google often? Yes. You do? Okay. Okay. Fair enough. Okay. I'm old school, I guess. I still stick with like Google. Yeah, because I want to like double check it. Even with Google, I want to like, it depends on what link. You want like that two factor authentication. I do like depending on the, you know, whatever the answer is that I'm looking for, I'm only going to trust certain websites or whatever. But when I was thinking of this, I was just thinking like my notes app. So like not any sort of AI, just sometimes I'll have like four things I need to put. Well, when I wake up in the morning, I need to put these on my grocery list. And if I don't, Put them immediately, I'll wake up in the morning and I'll be like, what was that for? Yeah, but you know, that's just the human brain. Honestly, that's where I'm at. Having a notepad, yeah. Yeah. So do you ask Mila trick questions to see if she's right or wrong? Ooh, no. Do you do that with yours? No, I'm not really into ChatGPT that much. But since you, you know, now you don't trust her. And you know what? If you break the trust. She catastrophizes a lot, I will say. This is wild. You're like. Like I was having, I was having like pains, like on, on the side of my body this morning to the point where I was like, oh my gosh, this really hurts. And I was like doubling over. I'm like, am I going to be able to do the show today? I know they were gas bubbles. I know they were, I know in my heart and my gut that that's what it was. But, but Mila was like, you should probably go seek medical attention immediately. Honestly, I would rather that tell you to go see the doctor. I think they're being overly cautious. Well, thank goodness. I think it's a liability thing. What did Google ever do to you? One thing, you just left it in the dust. It's not quick enough. Oh, my goodness. I know. Doesn't always give me the answers I'm looking for. All right. Neither does that. Cut. I'm fine now, by the way. Okay. A new study is ranking the most annoying Christmas songs, and some holiday favorites did not make the nice list. This is all wrong, by the way, just so we're clear. Research, because this is one of the greatest Christmas songs ever, okay? On the eighth day of Christmas, my baby needs to be... See, I don't like the Adam. It's so good. Researchers analyzed 99 popular Christmas songs. They looked at everything from repetitive lyrics and musical loops to high-pitched sounds. They say the most annoying Christmas song is Destiny's Child's... Eight days of Christmas. I find that to be ridiculous. I think it's annoying, but I don't think it's the most annoying. It's a great song. Jose Feliciano's Feliz Navidad comes in second. Another great song. Followed by Kelly Clarkson. Okay, now. Oh, I love that song. What are you talking about? Da, da, da, da, da. In Stefani and Blake Shelton's You Make It Feel Like Christmas. I like that. I've never heard of that. I didn't know they were doing music together. Mariah Carey made the top ten twice because again, this is an unserious list. This is just a list that, this is why they put this list out there so we would talk about it. This is, Scrooge put this out there, okay? The Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song was ranked the least annoying. The least annoying? Okay. You know, I just don't think there's an annoying Christmas song. It's all subjective. I think it's too happy of a season. I actually think there is an annoying Christmas song, and I'll tell you. Christian says Feliz Navidad for sure. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I want to cry every time I hear that. What? That makes me so happy. It makes me so sad. You want upbeat. I literally want to crawl under my covers. Don't you kind of feel so happy? I think it's a faith thing, but also look what has been done for me. No, it makes me want to cry real tears. I'm talking about the church, how you talk about ChatGPT. I'm talking about feelings. Real human feelings. Thanks. Thanks. This story Thanks. Comes for the, I was today years old when I found this out. So the hit show, This Is Us, has been off air for a while, of course. But fans of the show, tune into the podcast with three cast members called That Was Us. And on a recent episode, Chris Sullivan, who played Toby on the show, admitted this. They brought my commercial back, by the way. They did? Yeah. It's back. What? You know I'm the Geico camel. You're what? You're the Geico camel? Yeah, you know what? I don't think I knew that either, but like now that you say it. Uh-oh, guess what day it is? Guess what day it is? That's the best. Wait, so you just told us this. So Sullivan is and always has been the voice of the camel for Geico for well over a decade. I wanted to hear him go, me too. Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack. Oh, that's really cool. Oh, my gosh. He does have a distinctive voice now that now that you say that. Also, I didn't know that they do the three of them host this podcast. Yeah. Was it me? Yeah, that's right. How does Sterling have time? I didn't know. I knew that Sterling and Chris hosted, but I guess has Mandy Moore always been a part of it. I did not know that. Wow. That's pretty cool. I guess if it happens once a week. Then they'll have time. I don't know. Or they tape a few. They tape, they bankroll them or whatever you call it. Once a month Okay, I'll be right back. Answer all our questions. UCLA faithful like to say four ups for the four letters, but now they have another reason. The Bruins are number four in the college football playoff rankings released Tuesday. They moved up, you guessed it, four spots from the last rankings. So this is the highest playoff ranking in school history. This is amazing. Here's the playoff bracket. Since UCLA is in the top four, if the season ended today, the Bruins would have a first-round bye. What an incredible turnaround this year by Coach Bob Chesney, his staff, the players. They are, oh, my gosh, they're incredible. Look at that. The undefeated Bruins are back in action Friday night at the Rose Bowl. You can see the game right here on Fox 11. UCLA taking on Illinois, and coverage begins at 6 p.m. Producer Christian says he's going. Bobby D may be going. A lot of people on our show might be going. So we'll see you there. Go Bruins. Go Bruins. Hey, when you get a new appliance or maybe like a piece of furniture or something, do you read the instruction manual? No. A lot of people don't. A recent poll found only 14% of people read all of the instructions, while 29% said they read most of them. The poll also found boomers tend to go over the instructions more than younger generations. And for what it's worth, men and women were almost exactly the same. I didn't know I could say assembly instructions. I guess a little both. To assemble like a... Yeah. I only grab it when I'm stuck. Sometimes I just go at it. Right? When everything's not fitting right, then I grab it. Then I'm like, oh... Oh, choice words. I had an electric wine opener that I've had for years, and it just never works right. And finally, the other day, I was like, let me look up the instructions. All right. And then you're like... ChatGPT would be very helpful in that situation. I just went and found the manual. Yeah, yeah. Not using my brain for anything these days. Is the thumbs up emoji considered rude now? A new report says that simple thumbs up reaction. can come across as passive-aggressive and I couldn't agree more especially oh yeah especially the younger generations some people see it as dismissive or even a little sarcastic uh-huh Uh-huh, like taught it. yeah right okay thanks and like the reaction right yes the reaction oh that's how I say okay really We just got it. That's how I say okay as well, in like a more professional kind of way. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But there is a professional way to use an emoji. So yeah, does it secretly mean maybe that you're annoyed? You know what I've actually switched to doing? Tell me. Is I use my actual, I take a picture of myself. Oh yeah. That's actually, that's funny. And then I send that. Yeah. How about this? Okay. That would be a perfect way to shade somebody though. Right. Yeah. Gotcha. Got it. Hey.