AFN NEWS ON THE HOUR

Thursday, April 5, 2018

1)  From ABC News, I’m Richard Cantu. Sending the National Guard to the border with Mexico, President Trump will sign an order authorizing the use of National Guard troops to fight illegal immigration. Use of the regular army will require an act of Congress. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjan Nielsen insists the threat is real. “We continue to see unacceptable level of illegal drugs, dangerous gang activity, transnational criminal organizations and illegal immigration flows across the border.” Some National Guard troops could be at the border today.

 

2) Facebook announced that Cambridge Analytica improperly got its hands on data from as many as 87 million users, mostly in the U.S. That’s up from the previously estimated 50 million. Company Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announcing they’ll do restrict the user data outsiders can access. “It’s clear now that we didn’t do enough. We didn’t focus enough on preventing abuse and thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well; fake news, foreign interference in elections, hate speech, in addition to developers and data privacy.” Previously the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced Zuckerberg would appear before that panel next Wednesday.

 

3) The nation is marking 50 years since the assassination in Memphis of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The nation is celebrating the Rev. King’s ___ at the Civil Rights Museum and scolding some members of this generation for not using the vote he fought to give them. “If we would have gone out and voted, we would not have had what we have now in the White House.” Bishop E Lynn Brown marched with Dr. King and says nearly 40% of African Americans did not vote in the last election. Andy Field, ABC News.

 

4) A new federal lawsuit seeks to bar Ocean Springs, Mississippi from flying the state flag because it contains the Confederate battle emblem. A 2016 lawsuit was rejected because it sought statewide ban.

 

5) Wall Street: the Dow closed up 231 points. The NASDAQ gained 101. You’re listening to ABC News.

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If you’re like most adults, you assume young people never experience boredom. I mean how could they with YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook, which shows just how disconnected you may be. Kim Komando is with your Wednesday “Consumer Tech Update. We’ll call them Generation Z, the ones born between 1998 and 2010, the 8 - 20 year olds who have never lived without high speed internet, smartphones and 24/7 connectivity. This is the world we have given them and they’re bored out of their minds, and an article published this week in BuzzFeed breaks it down nicely. Even though you may think they’re completely immersed as they instagram, snapchat, and take selfies nonstop for them, and all eventually looks the same. All apps become mundane. Nothing is new or exciting in this constant blur of overstimulation. It drains and depresses exactly the opposite of technology’s promise. The best advice you can give them will make you somewhat like your parents. Turn it off. Read a book, go outside and play. I’m Kim Komando.

 

AFN NEWS ON THE HOUR

Thursday, March 29, 2018

1)  From ABC News, I’m Richard Cantu. In a long-telegraphed move, President Trump has fired David Shulkin, Veterans Affairs Secretary, says he will nominate White House position Ronny Jackson to the job. “President Trump made it a campaign promise to reform the Department of the Veterans Affairs, saying he would make the VA great again. David Shulkin was given a mandate to take aggressive steps to bring reform. Last summer the President signed the bill that would make it easier for the department leaders to cut through bureaucracy and quickly fire federal employees at the VA who were underperforming. At the signing ceremony, the President referenced ‘You’re fired’ catchphrase from his “Apprentice.” He told Shulkin that he would never have to use those words on him. Karen Travers, ABC News at the White House.

 

2) The lawyer for adult entertainer Stormy Daniels wants President Trump to sit down for a deposition in her bid to be freed from a nondisclosure agreement covering hush money she was paid. Daniels’ lawyer claims brief testimony by the President is needed for her to prove her case, but Trump will say the deal she signed, says her case may only be hushed out in a secret arbitration, so before the judge can decide if the President has to sit for deposition, he will first rule if the arbitration Trump wants should go forward. ABC News, legal analyst Royal Oakes.

 

3) A federal jury in Orlando has begun delivering the case of Noor Salman. Prosecutors say the widow of Pulse nightclub massacre shooter Omar Mateen knew what he was up to but did nothing.

 

4) About 40 Wisconsin students completed a 50-mile march supporting gun control from the capital Madison to Janesville, a hometown of House Speaker Paul Ryan, reminding. “Come November, if the politicians do not make the change, then we will change the politicians. Thank you.” Organizers with challenging students across the country hold their own marches.

 

5) One person dead in San Francisco, four others hospitalized after someone involved in a street fight got into their car and ran down the group of people. A person has been detained.

 

6) A down day on Wall Street with the Dow closing off 9 points and the NASDAQ losing 60. You’re listening to ABC News.

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Today’s Tip of the Day is spinach. Hey, as it made Popeye so powerful, spinach is good. It’s good for you, but you’ve got to select store spinach like the first time. Otherwise, other nutritional benefit and their lot of nutritional value would be depleted. Let’s talk about selection first. You select spinach humid, nice and green, especially a bunch of spinach which is wrapped around. You should look at the bottom of the bunch. It could be purple and green. ---- may be browning and yellowing, and leaves that free from any yellowing whatsoever. Now, when you bring the spinach home, here is a key. If you buy it at a market, sometimes the market refrigerator lacks little over mist and water comes up and spinach gets wet. When you bring it home, pat it down. You want to make sure that spinach is nice and dry, and then store in your refrigerator. There you go. If you want some rare recipes on spinach and more tips, all you’ve got to do is long on that tonytantillo.com.

AFN NEWS ON THE HOUR
Thursday, March 22, 2018

 

1)  From ABC News: I’m Richard Cantu. Authorities have been searching the Austin, Texas area home of serial bomber Mark Anthony Conditt who blew himself up before dawn as authorities closed in. Fred Milanowski, Special Agent in Charge, Houston office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, says he didn’t find any completed bombs. “As far as a completed device, there’s no completed devices in the house. There was componentry and the homemade explosive material that we found in the house, and that’s what we are most concerned about.” While reminding the public to remain vigilant, the authorities express reasonable level of certainty they call there are no more bombs.

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2) Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired Andrew McCabe, the Deputy FBI Director, for what Sessions called a lack of candor. Sources tell ABC News that nearly a year ago McCabe oversaw a federal criminal investigation into whether Sessions lacked candor when testifying before Congress about contacts with Russian operatives.

 

3) With just two days left before a government shutdown, congressional negotiators are coalescing around the $1.3 trillion spending bill. “The White House is behind the still undisclosed deal. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s office is confirming he met with the President to discuss the bill this afternoon with the Senate Majority Leader joining by phone. In a statement the White House Press Secretary said they discussed their shared priorities including more fund for the military and fund to combat the opioid crisis.” ABC Serena Marshall on Capitol Hill.

 

3) Cost and money going up. Federal Reserve’s raising its bench mark interest rate by a modest 1/4 point to 1.75%, said Chair Jerome Powell. “Today’s decision to raise the federal funds rate is another step in the process of gradually scaling back monetary policy accommodation as the economic expansion continues.”

 

4) Financial services firm UBS has agreed to pay a $230 million settlement to New York State for its handling the mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the 2008 financial system meltdown.

 

5) On Wall Street, stocks closed lower. The NASDAQ lost 45 points. The NASDAQ was down 19. You’re listening to ABC News.

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I am Steven Greenberg talking about your next job. Are you hoping for promotion or raise? In addition you’re doing a good job, you might wanna try reading more books. While job interviews rarely include discussions about books, reading can be immensely healthful to your career. To take your leave for management roles, just days are __ __ __ __ among them. Many business leaders who say that reading fictions greatly enhance their effectiveness in business. Reading is shown to promote insight, innovation and personal effectiveness. The National Endowment for the Arts reports that reading is declining among every group of adult Americans. About half of the Americans read four books or less per year. You might consider joining a book group or starting on yourself. Vary your reading. Share books with friends. The wisdom you find in books unlike technology will never get outdated. For Your Next Job, I am Steven Greenberg.

 

 

AFN NEWS ON THE HOUR

Thursday, March 15, 2018　

 
 

1)  From ABC News, I’m Richard Cantu. The White House offering its take on the closely watched special congressional election in western Pennsylvania. Republicans eyed a recount and lawsuit in the race in which Democrat Conor Lamb clings to his lead measured in hundreds of votes over Republican Rick Saccone. Several hundred provisional, military, and overseas ballots still need counting. White House Spokesman Raj Shah; why the race is so tight, “The Democrat in the race really embraced the President’s policies and his vision whereas he didn’t really embrace Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader.” The race still has no declared winner.

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2) Outside the U.S. Capitol, “No more silence, end gun violence.” High schoolers are walking out of class to protest gun violence seen repeatedly across the country. The Sacramento, California McClatchy High junior Maya Steinhart, “We are asking for reasonable gun laws, banning bump stocks, raising the age of people who can purchase weapons, background checks.”

 

3) No, this as a judge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida entered the plea of not guilty on behalf of the accused MSD high school massacre shooter Nikolas Cruz. Accused school shooter Nikolas Cruz sat with his head bowed in a Fort Lauderdale court. Judge laid him on charges that he killed 17 people in a Florida school. “In terms of entering a plea, we stand mute your honor.” Cruz’s attorney Melisa McNeill offering to spare the state a costly trial and instead plead guilty if prosecutors promise not to ask for the death penalty. Andy Field, ABC News.

 

4) Great Britain is expelling 23 Russian diplomats believed to be spies. Punishment for the nerve gas attack to put ex-spy Sergei Skripal in hospital. U.S. UN ambassador Nikki Haley calls this a defining moment for the Security Council. “If we don’t take immediate concrete measures to address this now. Salisbury will not be the last place we see chemical weapons used. They could use here in New York.” Russia denies involvement.

 

5) Wall Street now lost 249 points. NASDAQ closed down 14. You’re listing to ABC News.

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You know that old saying. Bad news travels fast. Well, as it turns out, fake news travels even faster. And no, it’s not the Russians’ fault. Kim Komando is with your Friday “Consumer Tech Update.” So, let’s play a game of what if. What if all those false misleading follies undermine online news? It is not because of the Russians or extreme right wing or left wing political cooperatives. What if the problems is with us? Three researchers at MIT found that regardless of the subject whether politics, science, tech, even urban legends, bogus stories are 70% more likely to be retweeted and shared than factual real news. Who’s doing it? Average everyday folks. It is after all that they are subtracted from the equation and the result is still the same. They’ll get better. The more novel and outrageous the story is, the faster it spreads. I can tell you the number of emails that I get was outlandish and sometimes frightening headlines, but quick fact check and reputable websites before folly stories or tweet go a long way. I’m Kim Komando.

 

AFN NEWS ON THE HOUR

Thursday, March 8, 2018

1)  AP Radio News: I am Ed Donahue. California Governor Jerry Brown says Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Trump Administration continue to divide the country. “There’s a lot of concerns about people, foreign people who sow division and discord. Now, we have the Attorney General doing precisely that.” Sessions was in Sacramento a day after the Justice Department sued the State of California over immigration enforcement. “ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] agents are federal law enforcement officers carrying out federal law. California cannot forbid them or obstruct them in doing their jobs.” Meantime speaking today to the Latino Association, President Trump says Democrats are blocking immigration reform. “The Senate Democrats filibuster a plan because they don’t care about the immigrations. System reform and they don’t want to solve the problem.” The President scrapped the DACA [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals] program for young immigrants last year.

 

2) A White House answer raises more questions about the President and the porn star. Here’s what White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said about President’s payment to a porn star. “None of these allegations are true.” Then she added, “This case’s already been won in arbitration and anything beyond that. I would refer you to the President’s outside counsel.” But if there wasn’t arbitration, that would indicate there was a contract. Sanders wouldn’t say anything further about it. The actress Stephanie Clifford who performed as Stormy Daniels claims in a lawsuit against the President that his attorney initiated a bogus arbitration process. I’m Warren Levinson.

 

3) An organizer of last summer’s White nationalists rally in Charlottesville, Virginia is suing the city over its denial of his request to hold an anniversary event. The day ended with three people dead.

 

4) A federal appeals court in Detroit ruled in favor of a woman who said she was illegally fired by a funeral home after disclosing she was transitioning from male to female and dressed as a woman.

 

5) Stocks finished mixed at the close. The Dow finished down 82 points. This is AP Radio News.

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Hello, everybody. I’m Tony Tantillo, your fresh grocer. Today’s tip of the day is gonna be with those cut-up peppers. They are already in a pre-package bag for you. It is so popular to buy already cut vegetables, but a lot of markets are cutting their bell peppers or peppers in general. Put them in containers or put them in package bags, you can buy them and take them home. So, that is a great thing. But remember. When you buy them like this, the rules are applied like you’re buying the fresh ones as a whole, not cut up. You wanna make sure that those bell peppers in that container have bright color still red, nice in red and bright. The orange, the yellow and the green, almost like mother needs you to put them besides bell peppers. That’s how bright they have to be. When you bring those bell peppers sold as already cut up, use them within a day or two. Do not hold them. And I’m Tony Tantillo, your fresh grocer. For some rare recipes of those peppers, just go to tonytantillo.com.