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[ MUSIC ] This week we look at what you need to know about the rise in Robocall scams examine Elon Musk's unconventional strategy for Tesla, recap the road to the NBA Finals for the Cavs and Warriors for the fourth straight year and what lies ahead for the Weinstein trial. Now, let's dive in. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] No, you're not crazy. Robo calls are reaching epic proportions. Roughly 3. 4 billion calls were placed nationwide in April alone, with both receiving over ten calls a month on average. That's an increase of almost 900 million calls compared to a year ago. [ MUSIC ] Robocalls can be divided into three categories. One type are legitimate calls from places like your pharmacy to tell you that your prescription is ready for pick up. Another are spam call from organizations you shared your info with at one point like charity. The final and most troubling are Scam calls, which are illegal calls aimed at defrauding you. Scam calls are on the rise, with fraudsters opting for sneaky tactics to get you to pick upyour phone, such as neighboorhood spoofing. This is where robo- callers use a fake number with a local area code. These calls used to make up 2 % of all robocalls, now they're at more than 20 %. In March, the top phones scams included gimmicks such as 0 % interest rate offers, options to lower student loans and free vacation deals. They ain't just a nuisance, these calls are targeting your info and your wallets. Since December, NYPD reports that 21 New York residents lost $ 2. 5 million in one type of Scam alone. Federal law makers have noticed the surge too. Both the US house and Senate held hearings within the past two months, to curb robocall abuses. With each either passing or introducing legislation. The Federal Communications Communion also issued new rules to allow phone companies to block certain robocalls. But despite these efforts our robocall epidemic Is a thorny problem to solve, with some likening to a game of Whack- A- Mole. Calls travel through a maze of networks, making it hard to exact their origins, and enables callers to evade the rules like finding new numbers to hide behind after their numbers are blocked. According to experts, automated calls are increasing because they are cheap and easy to make, allowing robocallers to dial millions of consumers daily. Daily. So how do you avoid them, as regulators and regulation rush to catch up with the problem? Go get registered. Make sure you're on the National Do Not Call Registry. Getting on the registry does work, but it only blocks legal calls, and it's not going to stop scammers that don't follow rules. If scammers try to sell you something and you haven't provided consent, the call is illegal and you can report them to the Federal Trade Commission. Your next step to stop that incessant hotline bling is to block them. There are hundreds of apps for free and for purchase aimed at blocking robocalls. Apps like RoboKiller say customers have noticed a decrease in 90 % of the robocalls received. Lastly, Contact your network to report that number and ensure that spammer is blocked by your carrier. It's a process, but we hope you too get to sing, you used to call me on my cellphone as you say bye to scammers. [ SOUND ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Will Elon Musk's plan for Tesla work? Tesla is behind the biggest revolution the car industry has seen in over a century, proving to the world that a battery- powered car could be sexy. But the company that's slated to bring the electric car to the masses might not have enough Has to make it through the calendar year. According to Bloomberg, Tesla burns through, more than, $ 7, 430. 00 every minute. Tesla's free cash flow, the amount of money a company has after capital expenses, has been negative for six quarters, straight and has surpassed one billion dollars, according to their May earnings report. Now, Tesla's spending level isn't unusual for a car company. But it is unusual for a car maker that's only sold 34, 494 vehicles in the first quarter of 2018, bringing in $ 3. 4 billion in revenue and $ 784. 6 million in losses. And there's only so long a company can lose more than it's Generating, but Musk is betting it will not need to raise additional capital because it will be able to ramp up the production pace for the Model 3 sedan. Tesla makes three cars, the Model S and Model 3 sedans, and the Model X SUV, at one auto assembly plant, in Fremont, California. Musk also has aggressive plans to add an electric semi truck. A Roadster sports car and a Model Y crossover to production in the next few years. But the company's future is riding on the success of its Model 3, which is Tesla's first mass market vehicle With over ten billion dollars in pre- orders in 2016, the car is poised to be the most successful electric car to date with a base price of $ 35, 000, but it can reach $ 70, 000 depending on additional selected features. So far the model 3 has created numerous Challenges for the company, the biggest being slower and costlier production than anticipated. The car also hit a roadblock last week when Consumer Reports didn't award the electric car a recommendation due to some issues such as poor braking performance from 60 miles per hour. But almost immediately, Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded with a tweet stating, looks like this can be fixed with a firmware update. Will be rolling that out in a few days. With further refinement, we can improve braking distance beyond initial specs. Tesla Tesla won't stop until Model 3 has better braking than any remotely comparable car. And while, in April, Tesla fell short of its goal to make 2, 500 Model 3s per week, it is ramping up to hit its 5, 000 cars per week goal by the end of June, to increase company revenues and move its finances out of the red. From ambitious production schedules to aggressive spending it's clear that tesla and Elon Musk aren't playing by the same rules as the conventional auto industry. For the fourth season straight, the Cavs and the Warriors will face off in the NBA finals. Now this is the ninth total season and eighth in a row Lebron James has reached the game's biggest series. [ UNKNOWN ] win every game and should put us over in a position to play for a championship and I've been in championship mode since, you know, probably '09. James and the Calves are returning to the finals as a significant underdog against the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors opened as 12 point favorites in game 1. That's tied for the largest point spread in a finals game since 1991, according to ESPN's stats and information. But this isn't unfamiliar territory for James, whose been an underdog for seven of his nine finals appearances Despite those stacked odds, he's won three titles. Now it's been a tumultuous season for the Cavs who struggled through the regular season. That tumult culminated in a historic trade deadline day that saw the team ship out a large part of its core roster, overturning the look of the team outside of James. They even lost to lower ranked teams like the Atlanta Hawks. But James carried them with a true force performance throughout the playoffs. After playing 82 games in the regular season and leading the league in minutes per game. James played all 48 minutes in game seven off the conference finals for an epic win over the Celtics. Now they face the Warriors, who arguably have a big talent advantage. Still, despite having two former MVPs, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant, and a Defensive Player of the Year, Draymond Green, the Warriors came pretty close to losing it all against the Rockets in the Western Conference final. Pulling out a tight win in game seven, even without Chris Paul on the court. Now will the Warriors learn their lesson and cruise past the Cavs in the finals, or can LeBron James and company knock off the Warriors? Well, we'll be watching. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] On May 25th just blocks from his Tribeca studio where he allegedly committed at least one of his crimes Harvey Weinstein turned himself over to police. He plead not guilty to rape and sexual assault. This move comes nearly eight months after Ashley Judd, Rose McGowan and dozens of other women publically accused Weinstein of sexual crimes. And he's the first major celebrity to be arrested following the Me Too movement. Weinstein is charge with criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct involving two separate women. All these are the first criminal charges against the disgrace Hollywood mogul, he's also involved in several civil sues, plus the LA PD and the London Metropolitan Police are investigating him for alleged sex crimes. Weinstein has repeatedly said he did not have non- consensual sex with anyone, and he's pled not guilty to all charges. In court Weinstein was required to surrender his passport and was fitted with a GPS tracking device. He was released on a one million dollar cash bail and his movement is limited to Connecticut and New York. His arrest and arraignment lead to a slew of reactions with Rose McGowan tweeting, we got you Harvey Weinstein, we got you. And Heather Graham sharing it's about time. Today instead of focusing on him, I will be celebrating all of the powerful women out there. This is just the beginning. Accuser Rose McGowan also told the Associated Press this If I'm allowed to, I will attend. And hopefully, that will actually heal a lot of the kind of trauma I get whenever I see his face or whenever I hear his name or whenever I have To read or hear that he says it was consensual. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] But as we've seen with the case of Bill [ UNKNOWN ], what comes next will take time between trials and appeals. This could drag on for years. And [ UNKNOWN ] is putting up a fight outside the court room. [ UNKNOWN ] lawyer Ben Brathmen said this Mr. Weinstein will enter a plea of not guilty. We intend to move very quickly to dismiss these charges. We believe that they are constitutionally flawed. We believe that they are not factually supported by the evidence. And we believe that at the end of the process Mr. Weinstein will be While Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr ., who ran for office in part on the promise of prosecuting sex crimes is leading this case against Weinstein. Weinstein's next court date is July 30. We sat down with Time writer Eliana Dockterman to discuss what we can expect from Weinstein's legal strategy and what lies ahead for this trial. Aliana, thanks so much for joining us. Now, what can you tell us about the two women that have brought on these criminal charges against Weinstein, because again, these aren't the Hollywood faces that we've heard from so far? Yeah, I think a lot of people expected that the Ashley Judds or Angelina Jolies of the world would be the ones who would bring criminal charges against Weinstein. But ultimately it's these two women, one of whom is anonymous, so we don't know who she is. But the other was an aspiring actress who has since moved on in her career. So these are two women who are taking big risks, cuz they don't have the power of the Angelina Jolies of the world to fall back on, and Their names could be drag to the [ UNKNOWN ]. Now looking at the arraitment now how are both parties goint to approach this case? So both parties want to set up a certain picture of [ UNKNOWN ], his lawyer put in this baby blue sweater which votes inocence and have him carrying this books about art to remiend us that he is an artist. Now just a powerful CEO, whereas the police wanted him to walk out in handcuffs, specifically with a female detective leading him. So we have these two opposing images of Weinstein, and how many women get to testify during the trial about Weinstein [ MUSIC ] And what their experience with him was will also determine that picture, so that will be a big fight. And of course, we're gonna see how this all plays out in the upcoming trial. Right, I don't think we can expect to see Weinstein in prison for years to come. As we saw with the Cosby trial, these things can drag on for years, they can be appealed. So unless he takes a plea deal. This may take a while. All right Elliana thanks so much for joining us. Thank you. And that's all for the breakdown for this week, until next Wednesday I'm Ahab Joy and thanks for joining our weekly roundup. 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