We had so much breaking news this afternoon, we did a full roundup of the major stories for a Monday afternoon run. We cover the Army vet arrested in Manhattan, Lindsay Graham’s sister announcing she’s running for a full senate term, and another confusing FDA clarification on Cyclospora. We also cover Trump’s new threat to Iran, the $100K reward being offered during the funeral for Nolan Wells, the temporary halt to the Paramount - Warner Bros Merger, and why the new Air Force One is in the shop, being “maxed out."
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hey that folks, thank you for joining us. It is Monday,
July twentieth, and we're a little off here because this
is our first time doing what amounts to an afternoon run. Yes,
welcome to Amy and DJ here. We're used to doing
a morning run with morning headlines.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Roads.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
We usually do some kind of an update in the
afternoon with one story that we dive deep into. But
we have a series of pretty above the fold and
in some cases unbelievable stories, breaking stories even that we
thought Roads. We try something here and give an afternoon
run of sorts to try to just give everybody an
update what's been going on?
Speaker 2 (00:35):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
And we begin actually in New York City, which I
think caught a lot of us by surprise. An attack
on a federal building. A man basically set off an
incendiary device in the middle of Lower Manhattan in broad
daylight and it started a fire.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
This is at twenty six Federal Plaza in New York City.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Yeah, this throw us off. It was the first thing
that this really really got our ten And we happen
to not be in the city right now, happened to
be out east a little bit, but Manhattan in particular
twenty six. Federal Plaza is a place that we are very,
very very familiar with because for a couple of years
we spent time across the street. The balcony at our
(01:16):
former residents I guess robes there in Tribeca looks out
directly down at exactly where this happened in roads. We're
so familiar with this area because for a long time,
every time there was an ice protest, anything having to
do with the federal government, we saw lines and lines
of people, and many protests happen right there at that buildings.
(01:39):
That building is a.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Big target, that's right, and so they do have a
suspect under arrest forty three year old Andrew Arabica Arabaka.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
I've heard a couple different Arabaca.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
I heard, okay, yes, and he's been described as an
anti government extremist.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
He was not shy about what he was doing.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
He literally poured gasoline on the ground and lit it
with the lyre and lighter and fireworks, and he also
had a I'm not really familiar with an air repellant gun,
but he was armed with an air pellet gun.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
He fired off some round some air pellets, but I
didn't see who he might have. They didn't say he
had a target. He was firing and people didn't understand
that completely. But this dude showed up. They said he
meant to do damage. She did show up to do harm.
And roads of stuff he had on him sound like
he was he was planning on going out with a bank.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
This is disturbing.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Yes, police arrested him and they say he was armed
with two axes, a hammer, a machete, three knives. Again
in the middle of New York City, in Lower Manhattan,
right there off of Broadway, in the heart of Tribeca.
And yeah, this is some scary stuff. Police were They're
(02:52):
all around this building. I mean, this is a highly
protected building. There are police everywhere. It only took a
matter of moments they were up on him. But still,
this is disturbing.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Immigration Court is in this building. The FBI headquarters of
New York are in this building. Every time there have
been protests, roads people have seen. You have seen video
probably of inside this building before was some kind of
clash between a someone in who's there for Immigration Court
and an ICE member. This is that building. It has
been a target and the video is out there. You
literally see him poor liquid on the ground, ropes I
(03:26):
was shot. Looking at the video. Where was everybody? Yeah,
I mean just people on the street that looked like
a lull in the time.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
I think sometimes you can't believe what you're seeing. I mean,
the good news about New York City is there is
always someone watching someone. There's always someone usually having a
cell phone out taking a video.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
But I do think it might take a moment.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
I mean, if I were out there watching, you'd be thinking,
no way, is this guy actually doing what.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
I think he's doing.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
I think it takes a second for people to process
what they're witnessing because it's so out of the norm.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
But they do have him in custody now. They also
say he is a former US soldier worked on Patriot
missile systems. I even saw it was his big in
the military. So that was a big story. More to
come on that story, number two, that's a big deal.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Robes.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
We head to South Carolina. Lindsey Graham's sister has been
a US Senator for less than a week. Apparently she
likes a job.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Yes, she was sworn in last Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
President Trump is the one who I believe came up
with the idea in the first place.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
He thought it'd be a good idea.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
It would pay homage to Lindsey Graham, who passed suddenly
last weekend, to have his sister fill in his seat
while Republicans figure out who would ultimately run for his
seat come November. Well, it turns out Darlene Graham herself
is going to be that person, and she does have
President Trump's backing. In fact, she said it was his
urging that led her to make her decision.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
And she made it short and sweet and simple quote,
I've made a decision. I'm in. Look, she was. I
don't know how she can lose this thing. I don't
know how she can lose this thing. Everybody theympathy is
with her, certainly, but the name would have been enough
probably anyway.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Yes, she's got the name recognition, And anyone who has
followed or who voted for Linda Graham knows of his
love for his sister, who he basically took care of
when their parents both died within a few months of
each other or within a few years of each other.
I believe so she was young. He has spoken highly
of his sister. His sister has been by his side
on the campaign trail for the past several decades, and
(05:26):
although she's never run for office, she's certainly been alongside
him and has been in service to the state of
South Carolina. Yes, she was paid for her position. She
was someone who helped basically place folks with disabilities in
that state and most recently with folks who are blind.
So she is somebody who is active in that state
and active in helping folks in that state. So, yes,
(05:48):
it does seem like this would be hers to lose.
She said, I know I'm a hard worker. I learned
that from Lindsay. He cared about the people of this state.
I've worked for almost thirty years for the people of
this state. I feel like I can do it. I
feel an inner piece about it.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
So she is going to John. I'm not sure how
many others did raise their hands, but August eleventh, there's
going to be a special election primary to figure out
who is going to replace Lindsey Graham on the ballot
for the Republicans of Nancy Mace raised her hand. Who
else has raised? Several folks, prominent folks have raised their hands.
I don't know how. I don't know how. She's beatable.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Quite frankly, and when President Trump has her back and
has specifically named her, I think it's going to be
pretty hard, a pretty hard position to fill.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Beyond her, I think she's pretty much sealed it.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
But August eleventh, specifically is when that election is going
to take place for that primary.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
All right, Story number three we have for you here
to update you having to do with cyclospora. The confusion
we've had about this outbreak well the FDA today, we
started the day robes with saying that the FDA announced
that a positive test for cyclo spora at the Taylor
Farms plant in Mexico. That positive test was actually a
(07:00):
false positive. So that false positive test was the one
that essentially led to a recall in twenty seven states
of all this iceberg lettus. Okay, so that's what we
woke up to the news robes, like, what, FDA, you're
messed up and you told us it was coming from here.
It's actually a false positive. Well, they have now updated
this robe. Does this clarify things or does this confused
(07:23):
folks even more?
Speaker 3 (07:23):
I mean, I think it is a little confusing because
you had Taylor Farms also coming out very quickly to
say Haha. The FDA apologized to us and it wasn't
our fault. But now you've got the updates, FDA is saying, yes,
to clarify, this false positive lab sample does not change
the basis for the FDA's ongoing outbreak investigation or the
(07:47):
overwhelming epidemiological data supporting the current voluntary recall by Taylor Farms. Basically,
they're saying, Okay, fine, we had a false positive that
that does not mean that the outbreak did not still
start at Taylor Farms.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
That's what we were saying this morning. Robes, they trace,
They have other ways of doing this. They've talked to people,
They've traced people's eating habits, to these taco bells and
to the lettuce, and so there are other ways. They
didn't just base it on this one thing. But it
does with the headlines, and Taylor Farms did not help.
They knew what they were doing, trying to cover their
own butts with that headline. But it calls, at least
(08:27):
for the public's sake, confusion.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
Oh yeah, I had Emily's texting me today, Can I
order Iceberg lettuce?
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Can I order Romaine lettuce?
Speaker 3 (08:35):
And I think that's the question A lot of folks have,
and most microbiologists, most folks who are involved in food safety,
will say, you might want to avoid that if it'll
make you feel a lot better, and certainly you're gonna
need to wash the heck out of whatever you purchased.
But yes, to be safe, might be best to avoid
iceberg lettuce for now, all right, Story.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Number five for is need to give you an update
on is a new Trump threat. This one is pretty dire,
I suppose as well. Pretty tough talk here, Robes. It
is Monday. We'll see if he'll take this one back
on Tuesday. But for now, he is making another threat
to Iran.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
That's right, he is telling Iran.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Basically, this is all within the news of some US soldiers,
some troops who have died, two of them in Jordan,
one of them in Iraq, but all adjacent to the
Iranian war. And the President went on to say every
time Iran kills an American soldier, they will pay for
that killing. Many times over, this directive has been passed
on to the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Chairman of
(09:33):
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Daniel Cain, and every leader
in the military.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Okay, standing order, What does any of that mean? Ropes,
what does any of that mean? I mean, I'm sure
Iran shaking in the boots. Here comes another threat from
the president, but many times over this comes on the heels.
We have seen this past several days. There have been
three US soldiers that are killed. That brings a number
killed in this war up to seventeen butes. Look, Americans,
(10:00):
I don't have a good stomach for this war. You
start seeing headlines with American soldiers being killed, along with
gas prices going up, along with oil prices going up,
along with all this uncertainty. How much longer are Americans
going to stick sit around and tolerate this?
Speaker 2 (10:16):
I would add to that.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
Yes, with Iran seemingly unwilling to budge in any way,
shape or form with these negotiations and this peace deal
or at least a ceasefire, all of that hasn't seemed
to have any actual foundation and certainly doesn't seem like
it's headed in the right direction. So to have Americans
dying on top of that, this is awful news for
(10:39):
the President and for what he's been trying to accomplish.
And this has just gone on and on and on
and on with seemingly no end.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
All Right, the fifth out of seven stories we wanted
to give you a quick update on this one takes
us down to Mississippi. Funeral services held today for Nolan
well the eighteen year old who died under mysterious circumstances
after hanging out parting with friends at a sand essentially
just off the coast of Mississippi on the fourth of
July weekend. He was found two days later. Suspicious circumstances
surrounding a lot of this case but Grobes. His funeral
(11:08):
service was today and this was a bit of a
surprise announcement. Al Sharpton was doing the eulogy and made
an announcement about a reward that almost was immediately doubled.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
That's right, so Al Sharpton announced a fifty thousand dollars
reward being offered for anyone who can provide information in
the case of Nolan Wells that will lead to an arrest.
And then while he was still in the middle of
his eulogy, apparently Tyler Perry immediately matched the offer of
fifty thousand, so that is now at one hundred thousand
(11:39):
dollars to anyone who will give information that will lead
to an arrest and a conviction in the case of
what happened. And look, hundreds of people gathered today in
Mississippi to honor Nolan Wells. His parents both spoke and
a lot of emotion and just still a lot of questions.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
That's the thing.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Two weeks ago, exactly today on Monday, his body was
found and we still don't have the autopsy results, and
we still don't have a lot of answers to many
glaring questions.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Yeah, and I wonder what this does. This sounded like
a definitive there was a crime. When you put a
number one hundred thousand dollars for information leading to an
arrest and conviction, I think that is going to send
a message. Look, a lot of people have, well depend
on what camp you are, a lot of people just
waiting to get answers. A lot of people are absolutely
something had to have happened. This sends a message. Does
(12:31):
it sound like robes that yes, there is somebody that
needs to be arrested. It goes beyond just letting an
investigation play out.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
I think Look, on one hand, some of the anger,
a lot of the anger came from the fact that
police were quick too, or the Sheriff's department was quick
to say, doesn't look like foul play, looks like an
accidental drowning before the full investigation was actually able to
be completed. So maybe perhaps this is the counterbalance to that. Well,
let's go ahead and just off for our reward, because
(13:02):
we think it's likely that there was possibly some either
criminal activity or someone who did something that led to
the death of Nolan Wells. So maybe it's just a
counterbalance to the other end of what was initially the
reaction by police.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
All Right, two other things to get you caught up on.
One having to do with that mega merger between Paramount
and Warner Brothers. Well it's been put on hold. And
then the President's brand new plane, you know, that Air
Force one he is so proud of. It's already in
the shop.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
Welcome back to an after noon run. We're getting to try.
But there was so much breaking news this afternoon. We
didn't want to just pick one topic. We had so
much information to give you guys, and one of the
big ones this could affect so many folks, the big
Paramount Warner Brothers merger. It would combine two massive film studios,
(14:01):
some major news outlets in addition to just a trove
of movies and having it all under one roof.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Well, a judge said, hold up, not so fast.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
You know, this is I don't know how you get
a merger like this through all the legal jump, illegal loophole,
a little uh, what do you call them? Jumping jumping
through loop hurles, hurdles, all the hurdles, legal hurdles, That's
what I was looking for. But yes, there were several states,
the attorney's general of several states to sue try to
stop this. Yes, and all those were Democratic states. They
have sued democratic states, democratic attorneys general, I should say,
(14:38):
but all of them have sue to stop this merger,
to pause it. What this judge has done now. They
asked initially that the companies not be able to essentially
keep signing paperwork to pause things while they played out
their state cases and made a case against the merger. Well,
the companies said, nah, we're gonna go ahead and continue
(15:00):
our work. And so that's when these attorneys general got
another judge involved. This judge has stepped in and said, yes,
you need to stop all the work on this merger
for two weeks. I don't know if that's enough time,
but they only have two weeks to try to get
some resolution or some answers from on the merits of
(15:21):
them trying to stop the merger in the first place. Yes,
but this is a it's a big deal, is a
major look. I don't know if this is just another step,
but at least they are claiming victory right now. The
States are saying this is a major win and a
major first step in continuing on. And then the last
thing we want to give you here, folks, this plane.
(15:42):
It's gorgeous. I don't think it's having problems robes. It
sounds like it wasn't ready for prime time in the
first place.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
Well, it wasn't ready to house a US president, especially
during a time of war, especially a president who has
already had attempts on his life, and especially a president
who an entire country, and some might even argue a region,
has been trying to kill and has been very vocal
about it.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Yes, the Air Force one, the new plane is already
out of commission. Excuse me. Out of commission is one
way to play it. They have taken it out of
rotation for the time being. Yes, the new plane. The
president got so controversial four hundred million dollar Katari gift
that he was given. They revamped this thing, rose pretty
quickly and made it his new Air Force one. A
(16:30):
lot of eyebrows were raised just accepting the gift. Eyebrows
were raised. They had it ready so quickly. About safety
and did you really check this thing well enough for bugs?
Was it really up to speed? Well, okay, he said,
was fine. He unveiled it. He flew into Turkey robes
for the NATO summit, but he didn't fly it out
of Turkey. And that's when this story really got going, uh.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
Right, because there were a lot of stories that it
didn't have all of this safety precautions in place, and
of note the one that most people are sticking to,
and he was out directly about it. Did this jet
have the same anti missile capabilities as his original as
the previous model? He kind of sidestepped the question, But
that is the belief that the plane does not have
(17:13):
an anti messile defense system on it, and certainly you
would want that to be in place ready to go
operational when you have the President of the United States.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Flying on that plane.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
Right. Yeah, it's interesting that they would have been okay
with that until there was some extra threat or something
more specific where they suddenly got concerned about It doesn't
make sense.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
It doesn't.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
But the President just keeps saying that if the new
Air Force one is going to be maxed out, that's
the phrase he keeps using, that he's going to have
it maxed out security wise. But why, yes, to your point,
why wouldn't it have been maxed out before he flew
it to the Middle East?
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Rogues, there is.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
A standard for the president's plane, and I assume the
Secret Service has that standard. Why did this one not
meet that standard? Why did this one now be at
Why does it have to come back in if it's
already good this I would love to get the answers
to this. I would love to hear why he was
allowed to fly around in a plane that you now
(18:11):
say isn't safe enough for him. Brokes, I'd love to
hear that answer.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
Yeah, I don't know that you're gonna get it.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Even if he insisted they can, they can Trump Trump
own safety. Now, I'm mister president, this isn't your call.
I do not understand this one. I'm fascinated. But yes,
that's the update. On Air Force one that's being maxed out.
Sounds like I'm taking my new escalade to the shot.
Hey man, just max it out.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
I want to tint the windows and uh, well, anyway,
they say this process is going to take about a month,
and again they did not give you or give us
any specific details about what those upgrades were specifically going
to be.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
He added enhancements, upgrades and enhancements they're going to add
to the plane.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
You got it, all right, folks.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
We don't know if we're gonna keep this. Uh we'll
do this, but this it was all in our face.
We could not believe how much news and breaking news
was coming out. I just wanted to give you an update.
So I don't know if we'll do afternoon runs that often,
but today certainly called for it. So we appreciate you
as always, whether it's in the morning or the afternoon,
we appreciate you running with us talk so
Hey that folks, thank you for joining us. It is Monday,
July twentieth, and we're a little off here because this
is our first time doing what amounts to an afternoon run. Yes,
welcome to Amy and DJ here. We're used to doing
a morning run with morning headlines.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Roads.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
We usually do some kind of an update in the
afternoon with one story that we dive deep into. But
we have a series of pretty above the fold and
in some cases unbelievable stories, breaking stories even that we
thought Roads. We try something here and give an afternoon
run of sorts to try to just give everybody an
update what's been going on?
Speaker 2 (00:35):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
And we begin actually in New York City, which I
think caught a lot of us by surprise. An attack
on a federal building. A man basically set off an
incendiary device in the middle of Lower Manhattan in broad
daylight and it started a fire.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
This is at twenty six Federal Plaza in New York City.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Yeah, this throw us off. It was the first thing
that this really really got our ten And we happen
to not be in the city right now, happened to
be out east a little bit, but Manhattan in particular
twenty six. Federal Plaza is a place that we are very,
very very familiar with because for a couple of years
we spent time across the street. The balcony at our
(01:16):
former residents I guess robes there in Tribeca looks out
directly down at exactly where this happened in roads. We're
so familiar with this area because for a long time,
every time there was an ice protest, anything having to
do with the federal government, we saw lines and lines
of people, and many protests happen right there at that buildings.
(01:39):
That building is a.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Big target, that's right, and so they do have a
suspect under arrest forty three year old Andrew Arabica Arabaka.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
I've heard a couple different Arabaca.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
I heard, okay, yes, and he's been described as an
anti government extremist.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
He was not shy about what he was doing.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
He literally poured gasoline on the ground and lit it
with the lyre and lighter and fireworks, and he also
had a I'm not really familiar with an air repellant gun,
but he was armed with an air pellet gun.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
He fired off some round some air pellets, but I
didn't see who he might have. They didn't say he
had a target. He was firing and people didn't understand
that completely. But this dude showed up. They said he
meant to do damage. She did show up to do harm.
And roads of stuff he had on him sound like
he was he was planning on going out with a bank.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
This is disturbing.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Yes, police arrested him and they say he was armed
with two axes, a hammer, a machete, three knives. Again
in the middle of New York City, in Lower Manhattan,
right there off of Broadway, in the heart of Tribeca.
And yeah, this is some scary stuff. Police were They're
(02:52):
all around this building. I mean, this is a highly
protected building. There are police everywhere. It only took a
matter of moments they were up on him. But still,
this is disturbing.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Immigration Court is in this building. The FBI headquarters of
New York are in this building. Every time there have
been protests, roads people have seen. You have seen video
probably of inside this building before was some kind of
clash between a someone in who's there for Immigration Court
and an ICE member. This is that building. It has
been a target and the video is out there. You
literally see him poor liquid on the ground, ropes I
(03:26):
was shot. Looking at the video. Where was everybody? Yeah,
I mean just people on the street that looked like
a lull in the time.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
I think sometimes you can't believe what you're seeing. I mean,
the good news about New York City is there is
always someone watching someone. There's always someone usually having a
cell phone out taking a video.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
But I do think it might take a moment.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
I mean, if I were out there watching, you'd be thinking,
no way, is this guy actually doing what.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
I think he's doing.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
I think it takes a second for people to process
what they're witnessing because it's so out of the norm.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
But they do have him in custody now. They also
say he is a former US soldier worked on Patriot
missile systems. I even saw it was his big in
the military. So that was a big story. More to
come on that story, number two, that's a big deal.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Robes.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
We head to South Carolina. Lindsey Graham's sister has been
a US Senator for less than a week. Apparently she
likes a job.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Yes, she was sworn in last Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
President Trump is the one who I believe came up
with the idea in the first place.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
He thought it'd be a good idea.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
It would pay homage to Lindsey Graham, who passed suddenly
last weekend, to have his sister fill in his seat
while Republicans figure out who would ultimately run for his
seat come November. Well, it turns out Darlene Graham herself
is going to be that person, and she does have
President Trump's backing. In fact, she said it was his
urging that led her to make her decision.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
And she made it short and sweet and simple quote,
I've made a decision. I'm in. Look, she was. I
don't know how she can lose this thing. I don't
know how she can lose this thing. Everybody theympathy is
with her, certainly, but the name would have been enough
probably anyway.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Yes, she's got the name recognition, And anyone who has
followed or who voted for Linda Graham knows of his
love for his sister, who he basically took care of
when their parents both died within a few months of
each other or within a few years of each other.
I believe so she was young. He has spoken highly
of his sister. His sister has been by his side
on the campaign trail for the past several decades, and
(05:26):
although she's never run for office, she's certainly been alongside
him and has been in service to the state of
South Carolina. Yes, she was paid for her position. She
was someone who helped basically place folks with disabilities in
that state and most recently with folks who are blind.
So she is somebody who is active in that state
and active in helping folks in that state. So, yes,
(05:48):
it does seem like this would be hers to lose.
She said, I know I'm a hard worker. I learned
that from Lindsay. He cared about the people of this state.
I've worked for almost thirty years for the people of
this state. I feel like I can do it. I
feel an inner piece about it.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
So she is going to John. I'm not sure how
many others did raise their hands, but August eleventh, there's
going to be a special election primary to figure out
who is going to replace Lindsey Graham on the ballot
for the Republicans of Nancy Mace raised her hand. Who
else has raised? Several folks, prominent folks have raised their hands.
I don't know how. I don't know how. She's beatable.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Quite frankly, and when President Trump has her back and
has specifically named her, I think it's going to be
pretty hard, a pretty hard position to fill.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Beyond her, I think she's pretty much sealed it.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
But August eleventh, specifically is when that election is going
to take place for that primary.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
All right, Story number three we have for you here
to update you having to do with cyclospora. The confusion
we've had about this outbreak well the FDA today, we
started the day robes with saying that the FDA announced
that a positive test for cyclo spora at the Taylor
Farms plant in Mexico. That positive test was actually a
(07:00):
false positive. So that false positive test was the one
that essentially led to a recall in twenty seven states
of all this iceberg lettus. Okay, so that's what we
woke up to the news robes, like, what, FDA, you're
messed up and you told us it was coming from here.
It's actually a false positive. Well, they have now updated
this robe. Does this clarify things or does this confused
(07:23):
folks even more?
Speaker 3 (07:23):
I mean, I think it is a little confusing because
you had Taylor Farms also coming out very quickly to
say Haha. The FDA apologized to us and it wasn't
our fault. But now you've got the updates, FDA is saying, yes,
to clarify, this false positive lab sample does not change
the basis for the FDA's ongoing outbreak investigation or the
(07:47):
overwhelming epidemiological data supporting the current voluntary recall by Taylor Farms. Basically,
they're saying, Okay, fine, we had a false positive that
that does not mean that the outbreak did not still
start at Taylor Farms.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
That's what we were saying this morning. Robes, they trace,
They have other ways of doing this. They've talked to people,
They've traced people's eating habits, to these taco bells and
to the lettuce, and so there are other ways. They
didn't just base it on this one thing. But it
does with the headlines, and Taylor Farms did not help.
They knew what they were doing, trying to cover their
own butts with that headline. But it calls, at least
(08:27):
for the public's sake, confusion.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
Oh yeah, I had Emily's texting me today, Can I
order Iceberg lettuce?
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Can I order Romaine lettuce?
Speaker 3 (08:35):
And I think that's the question A lot of folks have,
and most microbiologists, most folks who are involved in food safety,
will say, you might want to avoid that if it'll
make you feel a lot better, and certainly you're gonna
need to wash the heck out of whatever you purchased.
But yes, to be safe, might be best to avoid
iceberg lettuce for now, all right, Story.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Number five for is need to give you an update
on is a new Trump threat. This one is pretty dire,
I suppose as well. Pretty tough talk here, Robes. It
is Monday. We'll see if he'll take this one back
on Tuesday. But for now, he is making another threat
to Iran.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
That's right, he is telling Iran.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Basically, this is all within the news of some US soldiers,
some troops who have died, two of them in Jordan,
one of them in Iraq, but all adjacent to the
Iranian war. And the President went on to say every
time Iran kills an American soldier, they will pay for
that killing. Many times over, this directive has been passed
on to the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Chairman of
(09:33):
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Daniel Cain, and every leader
in the military.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Okay, standing order, What does any of that mean? Ropes,
what does any of that mean? I mean, I'm sure
Iran shaking in the boots. Here comes another threat from
the president, but many times over this comes on the heels.
We have seen this past several days. There have been
three US soldiers that are killed. That brings a number
killed in this war up to seventeen butes. Look, Americans,
(10:00):
I don't have a good stomach for this war. You
start seeing headlines with American soldiers being killed, along with
gas prices going up, along with oil prices going up,
along with all this uncertainty. How much longer are Americans
going to stick sit around and tolerate this?
Speaker 2 (10:16):
I would add to that.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
Yes, with Iran seemingly unwilling to budge in any way,
shape or form with these negotiations and this peace deal
or at least a ceasefire, all of that hasn't seemed
to have any actual foundation and certainly doesn't seem like
it's headed in the right direction. So to have Americans
dying on top of that, this is awful news for
(10:39):
the President and for what he's been trying to accomplish.
And this has just gone on and on and on
and on with seemingly no end.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
All Right, the fifth out of seven stories we wanted
to give you a quick update on this one takes
us down to Mississippi. Funeral services held today for Nolan
well the eighteen year old who died under mysterious circumstances
after hanging out parting with friends at a sand essentially
just off the coast of Mississippi on the fourth of
July weekend. He was found two days later. Suspicious circumstances
surrounding a lot of this case but Grobes. His funeral
(11:08):
service was today and this was a bit of a
surprise announcement. Al Sharpton was doing the eulogy and made
an announcement about a reward that almost was immediately doubled.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
That's right, so Al Sharpton announced a fifty thousand dollars
reward being offered for anyone who can provide information in
the case of Nolan Wells that will lead to an arrest.
And then while he was still in the middle of
his eulogy, apparently Tyler Perry immediately matched the offer of
fifty thousand, so that is now at one hundred thousand
(11:39):
dollars to anyone who will give information that will lead
to an arrest and a conviction in the case of
what happened. And look, hundreds of people gathered today in
Mississippi to honor Nolan Wells. His parents both spoke and
a lot of emotion and just still a lot of questions.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
That's the thing.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Two weeks ago, exactly today on Monday, his body was
found and we still don't have the autopsy results, and
we still don't have a lot of answers to many
glaring questions.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Yeah, and I wonder what this does. This sounded like
a definitive there was a crime. When you put a
number one hundred thousand dollars for information leading to an
arrest and conviction, I think that is going to send
a message. Look, a lot of people have, well depend
on what camp you are, a lot of people just
waiting to get answers. A lot of people are absolutely
something had to have happened. This sends a message. Does
(12:31):
it sound like robes that yes, there is somebody that
needs to be arrested. It goes beyond just letting an
investigation play out.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
I think Look, on one hand, some of the anger,
a lot of the anger came from the fact that
police were quick too, or the Sheriff's department was quick
to say, doesn't look like foul play, looks like an
accidental drowning before the full investigation was actually able to
be completed. So maybe perhaps this is the counterbalance to that. Well,
let's go ahead and just off for our reward, because
(13:02):
we think it's likely that there was possibly some either
criminal activity or someone who did something that led to
the death of Nolan Wells. So maybe it's just a
counterbalance to the other end of what was initially the
reaction by police.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
All Right, two other things to get you caught up on.
One having to do with that mega merger between Paramount
and Warner Brothers. Well it's been put on hold. And
then the President's brand new plane, you know, that Air
Force one he is so proud of. It's already in
the shop.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
Welcome back to an after noon run. We're getting to try.
But there was so much breaking news this afternoon. We
didn't want to just pick one topic. We had so
much information to give you guys, and one of the
big ones this could affect so many folks, the big
Paramount Warner Brothers merger. It would combine two massive film studios,
(14:01):
some major news outlets in addition to just a trove
of movies and having it all under one roof.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Well, a judge said, hold up, not so fast.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
You know, this is I don't know how you get
a merger like this through all the legal jump, illegal loophole,
a little uh, what do you call them? Jumping jumping
through loop hurles, hurdles, all the hurdles, legal hurdles, That's
what I was looking for. But yes, there were several states,
the attorney's general of several states to sue try to
stop this. Yes, and all those were Democratic states. They
have sued democratic states, democratic attorneys general, I should say,
(14:38):
but all of them have sue to stop this merger,
to pause it. What this judge has done now. They
asked initially that the companies not be able to essentially
keep signing paperwork to pause things while they played out
their state cases and made a case against the merger. Well,
the companies said, nah, we're gonna go ahead and continue
(15:00):
our work. And so that's when these attorneys general got
another judge involved. This judge has stepped in and said, yes,
you need to stop all the work on this merger
for two weeks. I don't know if that's enough time,
but they only have two weeks to try to get
some resolution or some answers from on the merits of
(15:21):
them trying to stop the merger in the first place. Yes,
but this is a it's a big deal, is a
major look. I don't know if this is just another step,
but at least they are claiming victory right now. The
States are saying this is a major win and a
major first step in continuing on. And then the last
thing we want to give you here, folks, this plane.
(15:42):
It's gorgeous. I don't think it's having problems robes. It
sounds like it wasn't ready for prime time in the
first place.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
Well, it wasn't ready to house a US president, especially
during a time of war, especially a president who has
already had attempts on his life, and especially a president
who an entire country, and some might even argue a region,
has been trying to kill and has been very vocal
about it.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Yes, the Air Force one, the new plane is already
out of commission. Excuse me. Out of commission is one
way to play it. They have taken it out of
rotation for the time being. Yes, the new plane. The
president got so controversial four hundred million dollar Katari gift
that he was given. They revamped this thing, rose pretty
quickly and made it his new Air Force one. A
(16:30):
lot of eyebrows were raised just accepting the gift. Eyebrows
were raised. They had it ready so quickly. About safety
and did you really check this thing well enough for bugs?
Was it really up to speed? Well, okay, he said,
was fine. He unveiled it. He flew into Turkey robes
for the NATO summit, but he didn't fly it out
of Turkey. And that's when this story really got going, uh.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
Right, because there were a lot of stories that it
didn't have all of this safety precautions in place, and
of note the one that most people are sticking to,
and he was out directly about it. Did this jet
have the same anti missile capabilities as his original as
the previous model? He kind of sidestepped the question, But
that is the belief that the plane does not have
(17:13):
an anti messile defense system on it, and certainly you
would want that to be in place ready to go
operational when you have the President of the United States.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Flying on that plane.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
Right. Yeah, it's interesting that they would have been okay
with that until there was some extra threat or something
more specific where they suddenly got concerned about It doesn't
make sense.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
It doesn't.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
But the President just keeps saying that if the new
Air Force one is going to be maxed out, that's
the phrase he keeps using, that he's going to have
it maxed out security wise. But why, yes, to your point,
why wouldn't it have been maxed out before he flew
it to the Middle East?
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Rogues, there is.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
A standard for the president's plane, and I assume the
Secret Service has that standard. Why did this one not
meet that standard? Why did this one now be at
Why does it have to come back in if it's
already good this I would love to get the answers
to this. I would love to hear why he was
allowed to fly around in a plane that you now
(18:11):
say isn't safe enough for him. Brokes, I'd love to
hear that answer.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
Yeah, I don't know that you're gonna get it.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Even if he insisted they can, they can Trump Trump
own safety. Now, I'm mister president, this isn't your call.
I do not understand this one. I'm fascinated. But yes,
that's the update. On Air Force one that's being maxed out.
Sounds like I'm taking my new escalade to the shot.
Hey man, just max it out.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
I want to tint the windows and uh, well, anyway,
they say this process is going to take about a month,
and again they did not give you or give us
any specific details about what those upgrades were specifically going
to be.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
He added enhancements, upgrades and enhancements they're going to add
to the plane.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
You got it, all right, folks.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
We don't know if we're gonna keep this. Uh we'll
do this, but this it was all in our face.
We could not believe how much news and breaking news
was coming out. I just wanted to give you an update.
So I don't know if we'll do afternoon runs that often,
but today certainly called for it. So we appreciate you
as always, whether it's in the morning or the afternoon,
we appreciate you running with us talk so
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