U.S. casualties rising in Iran as concerns grow over possible Iranian mines in a critical oil shipping route, a California family is suing its city after a man is stabbed to death, charging his Tesla outside a public library, and California Governor Gavin Newsom s wife is under scrutiny as IRS filings reveal her charity paid millions to her company. All that and more coming up on Your AM Update.
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00:02:35.380Approximately 140 U.S. service members wounded since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury targeting Iran, according to Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell.
00:02:46.880Of the injured, Parnell saying 108 already returning to duty, while eight remain seriously injured.
00:02:52.520The update coming as the White House continues describing the operation as a major success in degrading Iran's military capabilities.
00:03:00.520Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt at the White House yesterday telling reporters that Iranian military retaliation dropping sharply,
00:03:07.040saying ballistic missile attacks are down more than 90% and drone attacks are down roughly 85% since the beginning of the campaign.
00:03:14.920Attention now shifting to threats from the seafloor.
00:03:17.700U.S. intelligence assets now seeing signs that Iran is prepping to deploy mines within the Strait of Hormuz's shipping lanes,
00:08:51.360Like I said, it's going to be at least another 45 days of pain minimum based on what's already happened
00:08:58.080before we can even start to think about calming down.
00:09:00.580Don't forget, $100 barrel of oil is much better for not only the Iranians, but the Saudis and the Abu Dhabis and the UAEs and the Kuwaitis and the Omanis.
00:09:11.260So there's a good chance that they're going to keep this conflict going, even if they say they don't want it to, because they didn't like a $55 barrel of oil.
00:09:21.960They're loving a $100 barrel of oil, and they may get it for some extended period of time if this thing continues.
00:09:29.980And I don't see anyone in the Middle East trying to calm it down or tone it down.
00:09:34.540Bolling weighing in also on the domestic political ramifications for the president if gas prices do remain high.
00:09:41.120Yeah, unfortunately, this is the one Achilles that conservatives have in Trump as a higher oil price.
00:09:48.380So I believe inflation is going to go up based on this.
00:09:51.660And coming off, you know, four years of a Biden administration where inflation was one of the main reasons why he had to step aside besides his dementia,
00:10:00.740but certainly the economy and inflation, it's going to be tough to kind of downplay inflation politically because we made such a right,
00:10:10.760has made such a big deal of it over the last four years.
00:10:13.020So I think this is very detrimental, and I think it's in the president's best interest.
00:10:17.680And the conservative movement's best interest to solve this as quick as possible.
00:10:24.080Bolling tells us he has proposed a solution to the Trump administration, offering deals to both Venezuela and Iran to create public-private petroleum corporations like Saudi Aramco.
00:10:35.260Under this structure, the government owns the oil, but private companies extract it.
00:10:41.040Venezuela produces a million barrels a day right now, but they've had the potential to produce three million, four million barrels a day.
00:10:46.880In Iran, they produce about three million a day, but they can do up to seven or eight million barrels a day.
00:10:52.500So there's about a seven to nine million barrel increase that could be extracted from these two countries' grounds if they were able to get the oil out.
00:11:02.920But they haven't because they've been sanctioned and they've been, you know, corruption and whatnot.
00:11:07.120If Trump came in and said, look, I will take our boot off your neck right now, but you have to kind of deal with our oil companies that we're going to produce additional barrels of oil from your two reserves.
00:11:20.880And at market price, we will be the buyer of those barrels.
00:11:25.900So the most important thing it does is the gap between what we use, 20 million barrels a day in America, and what we produce, 13 million barrels a day, is 7 million barrels.
00:11:36.200That literally fills the gap between what we need and what we produce ourselves.
00:11:42.120So we would never, ever be dependent on one drop of foreign oil ever again.
00:11:49.660Coming up, a California man stabbed to death while using a public charging station.
00:11:54.860Then the ambulance has stolen his family now suing the city.
00:11:58.600And Governor Gavin Newsom's wife, also in California, under scrutiny as IRS filings reveal millions flowing from her charity to her company.
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00:13:02.360A California family now filing a $40 million claim against the city of Downey after a 68-year-old lab technician was killed while charging his Tesla outside a public library.
00:13:15.780The family of Rinaldo LaFontz, alleging city officials failed to protect residents in an area they say had a very long history of crime,
00:13:23.960and that series of failures during the emergency response contributed to his death.
00:13:28.640LaFontz charging his vehicle at an EV station outside the Downey City Library back on September 13th when police say he was stabbed and killed by Giovanni Navarro,
00:13:39.080a homeless man with 28 prior convictions, including brandishing a weapon, attempted burglary, criminal threats, and resisting arrest.
00:13:46.780According to the family's claim, Navarro had been arrested for trespassing in the same area less than 24 hours earlier.
00:13:52.840In the critical moments after the attack, the situation only growing more chaotic, paramedics arriving to treat LaFontz when another homeless man,
00:14:00.560Nicholas DeMarco, allegedly stole the ambulance from the scene, leading police on a high-speed chase before crashing the vehicle and being taken into custody.
00:14:09.420Court filings say the ambulance was not equipped with an anti-theft locking system used on many emergency vehicles,
00:14:15.360and argues the delay in medical care cost LaFontz his life.
00:14:19.140The family now seeking $35 million in general damages and $5 million more in economic damages tied to lost financial support and funeral expenses.
00:14:28.860Attorney for the family, Alex Scalindo, speaking to Fox News yesterday about the dangerous history of the city center where officials placed an electric vehicle charger.
00:14:38.580The city of Downey, this was a colossal failure on their behalf.
00:14:41.940They had known for quite some time, in fact, 10 years, another officer was murdered in this same parking lot, one of its own police officers.
00:14:51.900They've had a long history of crime in this area.
00:14:54.800In fact, in the last four years, they had 675 calls for service at this particular area.
00:15:02.380And the city's liability is based on the fact that they had helped create the danger in this area.
00:15:07.300They knew that this was a high-climb area.
00:15:09.600They invited people such as Mr. LaFontz to come to this area, charge their vehicle, and charge for it.
00:15:15.960But they failed to protect the individuals who would come and use their services.
00:15:20.900And this happened right in front of the library and at Civic Center where the residents would come and seek the services of the city.
00:15:28.040So the basis of the liability is they created this danger by knowing that this was a dangerous area and invited people to come and use it for a commercial purpose.
00:15:39.420Authorities charging Navarro with murder, along with a special allegation that he used a deadly weapon during the attack,
00:15:45.460he's scheduled to appear for a pretrial hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court on April 2nd.
00:15:50.040Democratic Governor of California Gavin Newsom's wife is now facing scrutiny over finances tied to her nonprofit.
00:15:58.580According to IRS filings reviewed by the Daily Mail,
00:16:01.440Jennifer Siebel Newsom paying herself and her company Girls Club LLC more than $3.7 million over the past decade
00:16:08.300through her gender advocacy nonprofit called The Representation Project,
00:16:12.640the organization saying online its mission is to challenge gender stereotypes through film, education, and activism,
00:16:19.320producing documentaries including Misrepresentation and The Mask You Live In,
00:16:23.820a documentary following boys and young men, quote,
00:16:26.640as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America's narrow definition of masculinity.
00:16:32.900Financial filings reviewed by the Mail show the nonprofit bringing in between $1 million and $1.7 million a year
00:16:39.080in grants and donations with $300,000 going to Siebel Newsom and her company.
00:16:44.140That includes $150,000 in salary for her and another $150,000 paid to Girls Club LLC for filings described
00:16:51.860as writer, director, and producer fees tied to the films.
00:16:55.940A Daily Mail analysis finding compensation at the nonprofit exceeds that of more than 95% of charities of a similar size.
00:17:03.840Other executives also receiving six failure salaries, including the executive director and CFO,
00:17:09.040for the fiscal year ending in March of 2024.
00:17:12.280The outlet noting not all of the $300,000 paid to the company necessarily goes directly to Siebel Newsom
00:17:18.140as the business may have production costs and overhead.
00:17:21.440The Daily Mail also noting that several donors to the charity, including utility company PG&E
00:17:26.680and AT&T, Comcast, and Kaiser Permanente,
00:17:30.480also receiving state contracts or funding from the Newsom administration.
00:17:35.000Critics arguing this raises ethical questions,
00:17:37.400although Newsom and his wife maintain there is no impropriety in their dealings.
00:17:42.160The representation project declining to comment on the Daily Mail's reporting.
00:17:46.700AM Update reached out to Governor Newsom's office and the representation project for comment,