Good Day LA Monday, 11/9/26

So you were out there somewhere this weekend, like... Somewhere, yeah, somewhere actually near the refinery. That's what I'm saying. That's where, yeah, that's our... It was a beach weekend. It was such a great beach weekend. For so many people. Yeah. Were they packed? No, it was actually pretty quiet. Okay. And the sand was perfect. It didn't get too hot, right? Well, we were there. The sand wasn't too hot. The sand wasn't hot. Oh, got you, got you. I was there on Saturday. As you know, I was there for the American Brain Tumor Association's 5K walk on Saturday, and it did get hot. It got pretty warm. Definitely. During the run. So thank you to everyone who were able to make it early Saturday morning. Yeah. Well, save the date. Save your calendar. It's always the first Saturday of November. So November 6 next year will be the next American Brain Tumor Association's 5K. So join me then. We have a great forecast to start our week. Good morning to you. I'm meteorologist Maria Quiban. We do have sunshine, warm temperatures again, very similar to yesterday because of this off. Offshore flow, we've got the arrows coming from the land toward the ocean. That warms up the atmosphere, and so we are going to warm up this afternoon to those 80s again. Right now, it's actually quite comfortable, 68. I think it was refreshing when I walked out the door this morning. 65 in Granada Hills, a little cooler up into Santa Clarita, 46, 30 degrees in Frazier Park. Big Bear cold, 25 to that 62 in Palm Springs. Whenever we get the offshore flow, though, it does tend to get warmer than the desert community. So we'll see what the time is. Temperature highs will be, let's compare, 86 in the low desert today, dry conditions out in Palm Springs, 77 in the high desert to that 63 eventually up in the mountains in Big Bear, downtown LA, 89. You see, warmer than Palm Springs today. That is well above average, some 10 degrees, many areas above normal to 15 even in some areas. 90 for the valleys and the Inland Empire to 83 along the coast. With the coastal flood alerts, we have some high surf. We'll talk about that in just a few moments. But yeah, we'll enjoy the last Just little bits of summer-like conditions out there. Let's go up to Stu in Sky Fox. Let's see what's going on down below. Stu, I think you also like our slightly warmer weather, or do you prefer the wet? I can't remember now, Stu. You know, I like it a little cooler, but I got to say, Maria, I was in Santa Monica, was riding my bike, and I saw your event, and I was like, oh, my gosh, how did I forget this was going on? Come by next time. I did take a selfie just to make sure that you knew that I really was there. But at any rate, it was a huge turnout, great success. Next time, I think I'm going to actually join you guys and go for that run. Let's talk a little bit of traffic. We're going to take a look at that 605 drive. Monday light. No, no, it's not. Southbound actually looking pretty good. We're looking out of the distance out there. That's going to be in the Norwalk area right by the 105. Headlights, those are going to be the southbound making their way past that 105. That actually does look pretty good. Northbound, though, that's where all the worry is. Take a look at that. Great ride on that northbound 605. Then you can pass that 105 very slow and go. You make your way up to the 60, plan accordingly, maybe give yourself a little extra time. Sending it back to y'all in the studio. Good morning, Bob and Jeff. Good morning, Stu. Thank you so much. Let's get to breaking news in Vernon. A massive commercial building caught fire overnight. We have Mario there at the scene. Mario, what can you tell us? That's some good news. Firefighters officially declaring this a knockdown, but the work is far from over. We're at 55th and Alameda, and you can see the smoke that is still coming here from this warehouse. We can tell you that there is material inside stacks, piles of material smoldering, and that'll be the case for hours. The next step, bringing in excavators and heavy equipment to pull apart those stacks and get to any remaining hot spots and that equipment coming from Sherman Oaks. And we're told We're currently stuck in traffic on the way here. We're also learning about what was inside the property. So take a look what firefighters were up against early this morning. Huge flames lighting up the night sky. Thick smoke pouring out from this commercial property near 55th and Alameda. The first call came in about 1 o'clock this morning. By the time crews arrived, the building, roughly 100 by 100 feet, was fully engulfed. It was so intense, the roof started to collapse, and firefighters had to change their strategy, attacking from the outside, working to protect neighboring structures. There were also propane tanks on the property, but it's what this business was used for and what was stored inside that really helped create a challenging situation. Take a listen here. It seems like this business is doing business as a flooring supply company, hardwood materials. So there was a significant fire load. They had very intense flames coming out of all the openings of that initial building, and it did impact several other buildings on the property. Major progress made over the last several hours. This is a very industrial area. There are warehouses and other businesses all around us, but there are also residential neighborhoods not far from here. The fire captain we spoke to this morning had an important warning for the nearby communities. If you can smell smoke from this fire, keep your windows closed and back out here live. You can still see how much is coming from this structure. So far, we've had no reports of injuries to firefighters or civilians. The cause is still under investigation, and they have managed to open traffic here along Alameda. So we have seen that picking up here throughout the morning. We'll keep you posted, but throughout the morning, we'll see those excavators coming in. They're starting to tear apart at least piles of material inside. Live here in Vernon, back to you. All right, Mario, thank you for that update. Let's get to more breaking news. In Riverside, a police officer shot and killed a man who they say was armed with a knife. Police say the officer made contact with the man, said to be in his 50s, at University and Douglas Avenues at around 9.30 last night shortly after the man reportedly threw a rock at his aunt. Then the shooting happened. The man was taken to a hospital where he died. Riverside police not saying what prompted the officer to shoot or whether a weapon had been recovered from the suspect. A driver is facing possible criminal charges now after a crash outside of an Arlington Heights store left eight people hurt. The LAPD says it happened Saturday in the parking lot of Superior Grocers. Witnesses say the car hit a parked vehicle before plowing into pedestrians. A three-year-old child was among those hurt. Police say the driver was arrested on suspicion of reckless driving. Investigators are examining the car after the driver claimed his brakes failed. Fix the bridge, but let us sleep. Oh, yeah. That is the message from some San Pedro residents after the Vincent Thomas Bridge shut down for a massive rehab project. That sounds fun. Yikes. The $750 million project began Saturday and will keep the iconic bridge closed for 16 months. Caltrans says crews will replace the aging deck and add safety improvements, but some locals say the overnight work is already making life miserable with loud noise and vibrations inside their apartments. I have things set up to play in my apartment so that I don't have to hear the noise as much, but I felt it. Who does it at night? I understand you've got to improve, you've got to fix the bridge, you've got to improve the infrastructure. I'm all for it, we're all for it, but you don't do the loudest parts of the construction at night when everyone's resting. Councilmember Tim McCosker's office says it will bring the issue to Caltrans and explore ways to reduce the noise. If you take the 101 through the Cahuenga Pass at night, plan for big delays this week. Caltrans is closing up to four lanes in key connectors overnight between Highland and the 170. ...for repaving. North and southbound lanes will be affected. The closures start at 9 tonight. The work pauses Tuesday and Wednesday nights for Veterans Day before resuming on Thursday. We have some breaking news now from overseas. British actor and comedian Russell Brand has been sentenced to ten and a half years in prison for rape and sexual assault. The 51-year-old was convicted last week of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others between 2004 and 2009. Brand denied the All right, to the Capitol we go, and members of Congress return to Washington this week as both parties prepare for a dramatic new reality on Capitol Hill. Democrats are about to take the reins, and they plan to aggressively square off with the Trump administration. Doug Lozader joining us live this morning from Washington with the very latest. Doug. Good morning, and we have the president giving some post-election analysis of where he thinks things went wrong for the administration in the midterms, and Democrats are trying to figure out how they're going to move forward here. President Trump arriving back at the White House last night with a vote of confidence for Pete Hegseth, his embattled Pentagon chief who may face an impeachment effort this week in the House. I'm a hard yes on the Hegseth resolution. The likely new Democratic Speaker of the House is all for it, even as Democrats do try to balance political combat with policymaking. We've literally just landed and I haven't heard much about it. New members of Congress from both parties arrived in Washington over the weekend for an orientation. And some Democrats are anxious to exercise their new power. I'd like to see us impeach Kash Patel. I'd like to see us impeach RFK Jr. We are ready. And if you work in this administration, you have a lawyer. It's me. Attorney General Todd Blanche promised to fight back. And in a defiant move, President Trump elevated Stephen Miller to be his new chief of staff, an immigration hardliner. At the same time, though, he told 60 Minutes last night that his immigration enforcement efforts may have gone too far. So you think your deportation policy- I think it was too tough. It was too tough. I think it might be too tough. Okay, now this freshman orientation, essentially, for new members of Congress continues today as these new members find their homerooms and locker combinations and all of that stuff. The administration continues to perhaps make more changes. The president has already replaced his chief of staff. During that 60 Minutes interview last night, he held open the possibility of more personnel changes as a result of the midterms. Back to you. Meanwhile, there was some conversation about President Trump asking Dana White to become the new White House press secretary. Yeah, I figured this was a joke and it sounds like it was. Okay. This was a post that the president made on Truth Social and then he later indicated that he was essentially joking around. But, you know, it is a reminder about an open position and where the administration is going to go forward. I think at one point he suggested Nicki Minaj was going to be the press secretary, so all that, he's just kind of joking around. Just really quickly in that 60 Minutes interview, he did say that as far as the immigration policy that he thought they might have been, the president said it might have been too tough. And at the same time, it's kind of interesting because the architect of that immigration policy was Stephen Miller, who is now his chief of staff. That's right. And, you know, it's really kind of an absolutist policy that if you violated immigration law, they want you out of the country. I mean, that's been essentially the policy of the Trump administration. You heard the president in that 60 Minutes interview saying that perhaps if people are here legally, excuse me, that even if people are here illegally, if they haven't committed other crimes, perhaps they could be allowed to stay. And there you may see a point of agreement. With Democrats here, and the president held open that possibility as well, finding some common ground in immigration. Common ground, we shall see. All right, Doug Lozano, live for us in Washington. Doug, have a great day. Thank you. Thank you, you too. All right, 7-12, we'll take a break, and Good Day LA is coming right back. She's prettier than all the rest. That is the 30-rock Christmas tree at the start of its journey from upstate New York to midtown Manhattan. There's no easy task for the crew to cut down the massive Norway spruce and load it onto a trailer. It's 75 feet tall and weighs 11 tons. The woman who donated it had this to say about being a part of Christmas history. I have thought about the millions of people that will go and see the tree, that will interact with it, encounter with it, everything that it will bring to them. And I'm just hopeful that it brings the same kind of peace and joy that it brings. The tree rolled into Manhattan on Saturday night. It will be decorated with over 50,000 lights. The star they put on top weighs 900 pounds and holds 3 million crystals. The lighting ceremony will take place on the 3rd of December. Kind of oddly, by chance, I met the guy whose family, and he also takes part in putting up the Christmas tree at the Grove, the Americana at Brand, and at the Citadel. The same person brings it in and puts it all. Well, that's his specialty, right? Yeah. He designs the tree? No, no, no, no, no. They put the tree in place and make sure that it's stable. He's doing the hard job. I mean, that's a really tough job, right? He's doing the hard work. I had a lot of questions, yeah. A lot of cabling. Cabling, yeah, the cord in the middle. A lot of going. Boring? They put wedges, but I'm like, is that going to be enough? And they plug the stems, right, into the actual trunk? That I don't know. You know, I think you're right, Jen, because we saw that with the other tree that was coming into, was it the grove? Yeah. Yeah, they were kind of doing that. So there's a lot that goes into it. I know it's almost as much as what Bob puts into putting his tree together. Oh, it takes days and days. Yeah, days and days. Oh, yeah, it takes many, many days. For you. I realized why you were talking to that guy. You were getting input. I know how to put your tree together. I love it. We have not even thought about that just yet, but we will get there. I know we've got Thanksgiving coming up. I'll get to the number of days you have left to prep for Thanksgiving because that's first and foremost. We've got an area of high pressure outside that is kind of... It's making it feel more like summer actually with the offshore flow and the temperatures really warming up to the 80s again today. So I know it's tough to think about Christmas when we're talking about 80s. We do have the high tide to contend with again this morning with a high tide coming in I think after 8 a.m. 7.1 to 7.7 with surf heights also nearing 4 feet to 6 plus. A little bit bigger down in San Diego as well as in Ventura County. So we have those coastal flood alerts until Tuesday and then rain chances come in as we get into late Sunday. Sunday into next week in the meantime high pressure will be in control through at least Wednesday and then the high will really start to weaken and move to the east. We've got an onshore flow returning and then we're watching this area of low pressure that it looks like according to the models is going to stay to our south. I don't think it'll touch us much with rain before the weekend. It'll just skirt. Southern California into Baja and then it looks like by late Saturday into Sunday there is a chance we could see some showers from that nexus to moving in and that is probably going to open the door for us for some extended time or period of wet weather. So let's enjoy the dry period now. Looking at our rain forecast for Los Angeles, you can see how it's 10% with the clouds increasing Friday, Saturday and then a 50% chance late Sunday into Monday for some showers. As of right now, it's several days away. It's tough for the models to get together. But we'll keep you posted. As we get closer. In the meantime, that beach hazard statement for the high surf and the high tide, like I mentioned, coming in. So that's causing some minor, moderate coastal flooding. This is kind of a west-northwesterly swell. So it isn't quite the same as what we saw last month and a couple of weeks ago. So at least it's not as bad. And there are a lot of those berms that are really big and strong now. So hopefully protecting those homes. 85 degrees in Inglewood today. 88 in Indio. Look at the day planner for Thousand Oaks getting up to around 83. All right. Let's go back up to Stu in SkyFox to get another look at our Monday morning traffic. Rolling Heights, you're not rolling too fast, especially if westbound is your dream. There it is, that's the 60 freeway coming away from the 57. Very slow and go, but by the time you get to Hacienda Heights, you're going to be just flirting with freeway speeds. So keep that in mind, a little extra time on that westbound 60 through the Rolling Heights and Hacienda Heights area. Now, if you're headed that other direction, bring those sunglasses, that sun really bright, but the ride, fantastic. From the 605 out to the 57, staying on that 60, maybe all the way out to Ontario, you're going to be seeing some freeway speeds and making good time. Let's take a look at some traffic hotspots. Hello, I'm Adrian Hernandez with MyHomeSold.com, and we want to buy your house cash. We save you money with no commissions, no fees, no repairs, for free, no obligation, as is cash offer. Go to MyHomeSold.com. Welcome back to Good Day LA. Veterans Day is coming up Wednesday, and in advance of the holiday, Fox sponsored a 5K run to honor those who served our country. This was held Saturday at our Fox lot, and Marla Tayes was there to help host. A patriotic start to the fourth annual Fox U.S. Vets Veterans Day 5K on the storied Fox Lot in Century City. Under the hot November sun, about 500 people signed up to support the non-profit U.S. Vets. Daryl Vincent, a Marine veteran, is the U.S. Vets president and CEO. Bringing the community together to run is the one thing, is to have the fun and get out there and get energized. But the camaraderie, the community, and everyone giving back to each other and the networking we do is even bigger than that. So we're very grateful to Fox for doing that. Since 1993, U.S. Vets has become the largest nonprofit of its kind. What started with a single site in Inglewood has grown to 49 residential sites with almost 200 programs nationwide, Providing housing. Job placement and mental health services. This is the sixth year we've partnered with them for Make Camo Your Cause. I think one of the most valuable services they provide is not only are they trying to end veteran homelessness, but they are trying to prevent it. I came through the U.S. Vets program. Army veteran Robert Mitchell went from homeless to homeowner. I'm a former homeless veteran and off the streets of Skid Row. And I came into the U.S. Vets program in 1993, and it has been very instrumental in my life ever since then. The U.S. Vets is... It's been a big part of my coming back into society. That's why we're here. We're here for our U.S. Vets. I had the honor of co-hosting alongside Fox Sports lead soccer analyst and National Soccer Hall of Famer, Alexi Lalas. The ability to help them and to support them, I think, is not just important. I think it's a responsibility. Whoa! The race bringing out other familiar fox faces. We're trying to support veterans, we're letting them know that they matter, and there's this kind of camaraderie in doing this race. Anything you can do to help the vets, raise money, get them out of homelessness. Two of my brothers and my grandfather are both veterans, so it was really important for me to support them. My family and I, also proud participants. That's what you call the money shot right there, all for the vets. My dad was a veteran. So I just love supporting our veterans. They've laid down their lives for our country. Every year, this 5K follows the US Vets Salute Gala in Beverly Hills, and combined, these two events raise more than half a million dollars for US Vets. Every dollar, every step. In honor of those who have served our country, because no one who bravely enlisted to protect our streets should ever have to live on them. And the home of the brave. On the Fox lot, Marla Tastevin, Fox 11 News. Good job, good job. Two great events to honor and to thank our service members, including yourself, Bob. You serve this country. The 5K is part of a nationwide effort to end veteran homelessness. So it's called Camo for a Cause, and here's what you can do to help. So shop for camo at the QR code right there on the screen. You can grab. All you have to do is wear camo, snap a selfie or video, share your camo on social media using the hashtag HonorUSVets, show your appreciation and gratitude for the veterans that served our nation. You can get swag. Swag like this. An example of the swag that they have on that website. I actually have a couple of these. They're pretty cool. I like the hats, too. They're really cool. They have hats. But you don't have to buy this. All you have to do is wear camouflage and tag U.S. vets and, you know, show your appreciation. All right. 7:28, we're coming right back. All right. Welcome back to Good Day LA. It's 7.31 on this Monday. Monday, November the 9th. Ready, set, go. It's time that we do our... Time for what? Is it the Mariah Carey? Do it. Yeah. It's time. It's time. It's time. Because I think now it's like go-to time. Like we're going to put up our trees. It's time. We're going to, you know... Yeah. I got you. If you say so, Bob. But it's hard to do when it's like this. It's 80 degrees outside. It's the story of Southern California. When I moved here and I started walking through shopping malls outdoors and there were lights in the palm trees, I was like, this is weird. I know. It's like a Corona ad. For me, that's how I grew up. So that's why I'm not too unaccustomed to this. This is why I like the Charlie Brown trees. This is what I grew up with. I know some of you don't like those Charlie Brown trees. I love the Charlie Brown trees. So I'm okay with that. We have some high surf that's coming in. We've got the Dawn Patrol here, the early birds getting some good rides in. four to six feet. We've got that combined with the high tide that's coming in about an hour. So we're on the rise right now. So we have some minor coastal flooding expected. I mentioned earlier about how many days left till Thanksgiving. You've got 17 days to make those plans. A couple of days, of course, before we get to the Veterans Day holiday on Wednesday and then 25 days until the start of Hanukkah. We have a warm start to our week as you may have gathered from looking at that live shot at the beach. We've got sunshine. We have a breezy offshore flow that Northeasterly wind warming us up to the 80s today and then we've got those coastal flood advisories and in fact I'll go over that in just a bit but just keep that in mind as you head to the coast. Rain chances will return eventually. Right now the models are pointing to some time late this weekend. We've had some rain this season so far which began October 1st. We already have 1.38 inches of rain so we still have that surplus of 66 100th of an inch we could get. Some more added to the bucket as we get to the weekend. We've had some warm days as of late this weekend. Particularly yesterday, we warmed up to a high of 89 degrees. It is November. Today, we're looking at similar conditions. 89, well above that average of 75. And our sun will set at 453 later this afternoon. 87 is the high we're expecting in Pasadena. 89 in Corona. 87 in Riverside. 85 in Long Beach to that 83 in Huntington Beach. When I come back, I'll show you the seven-day forecast plus your pictures. First of all, let's go back to Stu, get an update on our commute on this Monday. I see a lot of smoke, Stu. Uh oh, what's happening? Oh, Maria, we're just checking in on Mario's story. That's going to be that major emergency fire that technically is out, but still putting out a lot of smoke and something to see from Skybox. You know what else is something to see? The traffic. Let's take a look at that. 110 through downtown, usually very slow and go. This morning, I'm going to kind of tag this as unusually light, especially if you're headed southbound. Take a look at that. Those cars actually doing freeway speeds, The four-level headed out towards the 10 freeway. Of course, as you make your way souther on that 110 freeway into the south Los Angeles area, you're going to be hitting the brakes before the 105, but to get there, looking pretty good. Northbound, a little slow and go as you make your way over to the four-level. That's your usual slowing, but keep it in mind if it's part of your drive. Sending it back to y'all in the studio. Good morning. All right. Good morning, Stu. Good morning, Stu. I was just polishing my... What's up, Mr. T? What's going on? You know, I was just polishing my prize that I won last year for winning our very own Good Day L.A. celebrity trivia competition. I'm not here to brag. Well. There's not that much competition around here. I'm sorry. I still love it. Enjoy your prize. I will always. It's like you're winning on the island of Misfit. Exactly. Exactly. And you know who gave it to me? Our next guest. Entertainment brought to you by Yamaba Resort and Casino. Ooh, this is a special edition. They've won gold medals, broken world records, and they've competed on the biggest stages in sports. But can they survive a few questions from Jane Lynch? Well... Uh, suddenly breakdancing isn't the most embarrassing thing athletes have ever done. Out of $25,000, folks, you banked $9,000. Who just set their personal worst? It's time to vote off the weakest link. All right, tonight, eight world champion athletes trade their medals for a shot at $1 million, all for a good cause for the charity of their choice on Fox's The Weakest Link. And the host with the most, ready to knock these champions off their podiums. Oh, my goodness, Jane, welcome back. Do you see that I still have what you gave me? I... I do, congratulations again and again. Can I put it on LinkedIn? I wanna put it on LinkedIn, I treasure it, I treasure it so much. Hey, athletes are very competitive in nature, so did it get a little spicy? Did not for the most part. What it is, is these athletes, they get the fact that they have to play together in order to make the most money, which they're very interested in doing. So they really had an eye at, there were some people, well, But most of them, for the most part, they had an eye at the whole game. When to bank, not to waste banking opportunities, to have grace under pressure. So yeah, it was a really fun game to watch. And speaking of fun game to watch, Celebrity Week is always so fun. Trivia has become its own subculture. There's trivia nights at bars and restaurants and the fans of Celebrity Week, they love a theme. So what does the future of Celebrity Weakest Link have in store for us? Anything you can give us? Well, we had six degrees of Jane which was my episode for all of my famous Hollywood friends and that my friend Kate Flannery won that one. We have 90s stars or that might have been last week and Stephen Baldwin, I just a sweetheart. I had a great time with him. There were a bunch of other 90s people, but Stephen kind of jumps into my mind into my heart from that experience. Yeah, so I think like three or four and they'll be surprises because. I cannot, off the top of my head, think what those themes are. No, and they're good. I wait on the edge of my seat to know what the next theme is. I think we need a news theme. Categories for news. Just saying. Let's. I'm putting it out there. Yeah, let's do it. And I know a guy who knows a guy who knows a gal. So we're right here. I love that this is all for charity, such a good cause. I want to say it almost makes contestants more passionate because it's going to such a great cause to want to win. Yeah, that is absolutely right. It's not about yourself so much. It's about the charity that you choose. They choose themselves what charity they would like to benefit from their play, should they be lucky enough to win. That's right. Tonight, we've got names like Nancy Kerrigan, Ryan Lochte, Shawn Johnson. Was there anyone who surprised you the most? Well, Johnny Weird, they had some really dumb answers, and he'd be the first one to admit it. We asked him what state the pit was set in. He said Chicago, which is a city and not a state. And come on, the pit? It's Pennsylvania. No, that was embarrassing. See, they just showed the clip where he said Chicago. As a Chicagoan, I was flattered, but it's the wrong answer. Right, I know that's your hometown, but still, I mean, come on, everyone. That's what, yeah, I mean, this is what people yell at the screen for sports. Jane, I yell at the screen for this. And you're a winner. That's right, that's right, and no one will ever forget it. Okay, for anyone who's about to go on Celebrity Weakest Link, as a winner myself, I have tips of my own, but you know all the tips. What are the tips to staying in it for the long run? Well, I think you would agree with me that it's about relaxing. You have got to let yourself focus because there are lights, there's this crazy ominous music. And you know that America is staring at you waiting for you to get the right answer. And then there's a clock ticking. So you have got to center yourself. And that's what I'm always impressed with is watching people like yourself who are able to like perform under that kind of pressure Thank you. Yeah. I mean, we're a rare breed, but we are here. We represent. Can I ask you a question? Of course. Jane, questions. So if you, if you aren't like, what are you an expert in? Like if you were to get peppered with a bunch of questions, like trivia questions like this, what could you absolutely clean up in? What kind of category? Let's see. Seventies music. Beatles. The Beatles. But nothing else. Hey, that's all you need. That's all you need. Are you excited for the Beatles biopic coming out soon? Oh, no, I didn't know anything about that. Yes, I'm excited now that I know. Are you excited about the possibility of a Glee reboot? That's Bob. Yes, I'm very excited about that. Yeah, and Jane Lynch will be reporting for duty. Get the crack suit. Get that track suit. We love having you. Next time in person, let's do a holiday edition in here so I can keep my trophy going long and strong, okay? I would love that. Okay, we love you, Jane. Thank you so much. Love you, too. The Weakest Link airs tonight at 9 right here on Fox 11. It's such a fun game to play along with. I'm always yelling at them. I'm like, come on. She also, I mean, she also brings the comedy. She does. She has such a range. So good. And you kind of just like, you want to impress her. She's Mama Jane. You just want to make her proud. 100%. You still want to embarrass yourself on live TV. Well, we do that every day. That's true. Okay, let's talk about one of the hot topics of 2026. We're talking about artificial intelligence. We all know. A little, but our next guest knows quite a lot. So he has literally written the book on AI. Joe Marchese was an early builder of algorithmic and AI-driven ad engines. His new book, Human.AI, Joe shares his insight and decades of knowledge to see where AI started and where it's headed now. Joe is here now to talk more about this. Good morning. Good morning. Okay, I mean, listen, we talk about AI on a daily basis on this show. We talk to our AI on a daily basis. Our AIs have talked to each other on a daily basis. That's right. So how much of a presence would you say these algorithms have when we use AI today? I mean, how pervasive is artificial intelligence when it comes to advertising and getting products in front of us? And we might not even realize this is happening. Yeah. Thanks for having me on. When we started writing the book, a big point was that people don't know how long AI has been shaping humans. Your Facebook newsfeed, your TikTok algorithm, your recommended products on Amazon, it was always AI in the background. And now it's front and center. People are talking to AI. Talking to your chatbots. I think that it is important for people to start to realize what's the business model that's driving all of this. And how much advertising has to do with what shapes and gets our attention. So give us an example because how much does advertising really play into all this? Let me just set the stage here because I have recently started using artificial intelligence almost every day to help dress me. And I say, hey, here's a tie. Give me a shirt, give me... And it actually comes up with some pretty good stuff, but how would AI come into play with something like that? Or give us another example. Well, first off, it's doing a great job. It's a great job. I stick with just, I'm in the New York uniform of black t-shirt, black hat. I wish I could do that. It works. Keeps things simple. But really, if you think about it, the largest companies in the world, Google and Meta and Amazon, like I listed, much of their revenue and profits come from advertising. When you look at something on your Instagram feed or you dwell on something, AI picks that up and starts recommending things. But now, as you're talking to chatbots, and this is what I think is very important, you have a difference. If you use Claude, they've said there's no advertising in it. If you use OpenAI, they're just beginning to start to put ads in there. But I think the question is, when it recommended that tie to you in the morning, Did someone pay it to recommend that to you? That's right. That's the question. And right now, the answer is no to this point. But where does that go from here? So that's going to change? That's, I mean, that is going to be, it's debatable how much it changes because you have Anthropic that says it's not going to do ads. And then other competition, Google, which has Gemini, already has ads on Google search, so it doesn't need to put them into Gemini. But this idea that we're interacting and talking to robots, AI and machines have been deciding what goes in your feed for a long time, but now you're actually talking to them. And so this is a whole different time to be thinking about what makes us human and what we need to protect. I mean, so when you kind of put it like that, maybe I'm just a little cynical, but it kind of makes it seem like we're all just cogs in some sort of like bigger... campaign of just making money, like making these big corporations even richer. I don't know. It's kind of a, I mean, it is, I, this is what I hope. I hope the book reveals and it does. It's kind of a fun way. It's a little bit of my story. And, uh, but I think realizing that. Attention went from being, and advertising went from being kind of a small business to the biggest business in the world. The biggest business in the world is getting people's attention and turning it into ad revenue and dollars and shopping. Stopping. And this bout of AI now, your AI that's on your side, has a chance to potentially reset all of that. And I think that is those business models that is driving all this AI investment, AI revolution. And so the hair starts standing up on my head a little bit because then you're talking about Advertising and how we spend our dollars, but at the same time there is this intersection between advertising and commerce and also politics and a lot of these AI leaders we have seen are already involved in politics. So is there a danger there that also it shapes the way AI will give us its opinions or Would they consider our facts when we ask them questions about news or things in the world? Right, like if you control the purse, you also control the information. That should always be everyone's concern. What is the source of the information? Like when we abdicate to machines what's worthy of our time and attention, we need to question where did that information come from? You know, like you run a news program and... You have human editors that are saying, what is worthy of people's time and attention this morning? And you schedule it, you slot it, and you say, this is worthy of our audience's time and attention. When we advocate to machines and say, whatever the machine decides is what comes back, there's a lot of big questions that need to be asked. So what guardrails are there out there? I mean, who's watching the handles? Who's watching out for the general population? Look, I think that is one of the reasons to write the book is to say, let's look at what the business models are behind AI that have always been there. Talk about what's going to come next. But the truth is, this is changing so fast that it's very hard to get ahead of it with regulation. So instead, we just need to be... It's almost like we talked in the last, during the social media era, about media literacy, knowing your sources. I think we need to be mindful of how we spend our time and attention. And in times when we're talking to the machines, there's all sorts of research that says there's things we need to be careful about. AI can be an amazing tool. I use it all the time too. My parents use it all the time. But we should be using it To get our time and attention back so we can spend more time with other humans, so we can spend more time having conversations. The number one sign or correlation to longevity is the health of your human relationships. So realizing what it is for a tool, and it is absolutely revolutionary and magic, and people should use it for all of its benefits, but we should be thinking about and be mindful of what it's doing to us. Because no one's pressing pause on this. No one's pressing pause on the development and speed of artificial intelligence and the It's in the way it's going to be pervading every aspect of. of our life. Like, I want to live in a world where Bob can walk into his closet and make his own decisions. I like buddies. I like buddies. And by the way, we use it also to, like, design our spaces and quite a nice little loft you got going on there. Yeah, thank you. Yeah. Joe, thank you. Thank you, Joe. And to dig deeper into this issue, you can check out Joe's book, Human.ai, available now. We've got to have you on more, Joe. Thank you so much. Let's get to Stu with a check of your traffic. No one replaces Stu. Hey, you know what? I'm waiting for AI to take over the cars so we can get around quickly on the freeways. This Skybox traffic brought to us by Jacoby and Myers. Take a look at that. Got three supercars down there, but they're not going very fast. 19 miles an hour westbound. That's where we are right now. That's going to be the 10 freeway through mid-cities. By the way, that's a Chevy, a Mercedes, and a Ferrari on the back of that truck. But the ride, super slow and go. You're hitting the brakes from the 110 out to the 405. Plan accordingly. If eastbound's your ride, woo, wide open. 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With some wet weather there in South Texas, 72 in Dallas, the southeast warmer, 82, 84 with some humidity, 59 in New York City, 55 in Detroit, 62 Minneapolis to the west coast where it's warm as well, at least southwest, 89 degrees here at downtown L.A., 84 in Phoenix. We've got a couple of areas of low pressure systems that are moving to our north, not impacting us today. We've got an area of high pressure that's going to keep us nice and dry. However, as we look towards Thursday, Friday, we'll get a cooling trend. And we're watching a couple of weather systems. This first one here, according to the models, It's just going to skirt just to our south or just offshore and then into Baja. But it's awfully close. So there is a chance, about a 10% on Friday for some showers. And then it looks like greater chances as we get into late Sunday as another area of low pressure will swing in. It's cold front. We've got some snow up in the Sierra Nevada. So we're thinking between Saturday, Sunday, and Monday we'll get some showers. And this could open the door for more storms headed our way as we look at more storm development, according to our models, moving in to bring us good chances. That's for rain after that. Newport Beach, good morning. Maybe a 10% chance for some sprinkles Friday, Saturday. But Sunday, starting to go up a little bit to 40% chance for some showers. As far as going to the beach, we do have that high surf advisory that is in effect. So we have some high surf rolling in, as I mentioned, 4 to 6 plus feet. And that 7.1 to 7.7 high tide that's coming in this morning in about an hour or so. We do have that coastal flood advisory. So some minor to moderate coastal flooding. And, of course, strong rip currents in the water and some beach erosion. Not to worry too much about this round of high tides. It is coming in slightly from the west-northwest. It's really going to be the one from Thanksgiving that's going to be much higher. We're looking at a full moon that week. And I'm looking at the long-range models. There could be a storm moving in Wednesday before Thanksgiving. And when you have that and the swells combined with the high tide nearing 8.6 feet... That's going to cause some major problems. So you want to really look ahead and take those necessary precautions as we look ahead to that next round of high tides and potentially high surf. In the meantime, here's our seven-day forecast. 89 today for downtown L.A. and Orange County. Look at Veterans Day holiday, 86. We'll cool it down Friday into the upcoming weekend with that slight chance for showers. 90 today for the valleys and the Inland Empire. That is a taste of summer. 90 tomorrow, 89 on Wednesday there. The mountains, it starts out really cold in the 20s below freezing, but it'll be around 63 this afternoon. The high desert, 77 degrees today. Not bad with lots of sunshine. Similar conditions for the holiday on Wednesday. It is a federal holiday. And then the Coachella Valley, 86 degrees today, getting up to around 88 Tuesday and Wednesday. All right, now let's do some TV shout-outs. Before you walk out the door, happy 13th birthday to Troy. Oh, you look like you're having fun here at Meow Wolf's Omega Mart in Las Vegas. That is a fun spot. Your mom, Tanya, loves you so much and sent us that photo. And then to this beautiful couple. A happy birthday wish to Ruben from Needles, California. Your wifey, gorgeous also, loves you so much. To the moon and back and send us this photo. A happy birthday. Keep those pictures coming. All you have to do is email them to us. Make sure you attach the photo. TV shoutouts at fox.com. Give us their name, a little tidbit of info. All right, stay with us because we'll be right back after this quick break.