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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, It's Tuesday, May twentieth. Welcome to Morning Run.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I'm Amy Robots and I'm TJ Holmes. On the Run
this morning, we are hearing from the Bidens for the
first time since the former president's cancer diagnosis was revealed.
But we're also hearing plenty of skepticism and questions about
why we've only learned about it now.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Plus President Trump had high hopes for a peace agreement,
but after spending hours on the phone, he's singing a
different tune. Plus Israel launches more deadly airstrikes against Gaza,
but also allows for more humanitarian efforts.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Also on the Run this morning, the Trump administration has
agreed to pay five million dollars to the family of
a January sixth rioter. Also, we'll pay you to leave
the country. Some have already taken Trump up on his
self deportation offer.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
And for down six more to go. Hundreds of New
Orleans police officers continue to search for those escaped inmates.
Bill on the Run, and another explosive day of testimony
in the Shawn Dittycoms trial, with three more witnesses taking
the stand describing a violent and volatile ditty.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Also on the run this morning, another major news shake up,
this time the president and CEO of CBS News abruptly resigns. Also,
is the Chicago Mayor's office too black? That's what a
federal investigation wants to find out. And another equipment outage
at Newark Airport and an alarming admission that they're trying
to fix some of the problems. I ordering new parts
(01:33):
on eBay. That is not a joke. We will explain
Another troubling development at Newark International Airport.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Yeah, I had to do a double take when I
saw that admission. We will get into that and so
much more, but we have to begin our Tuesday morning
run with that update and a lot of questions. We
have heard from President Biden and Doctor Jill Biden for
the very first time since the announcement that the former
president has an aggressive form of stage four prostate cancer,
(02:02):
and in.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
A brief tweet, the former first couple wrote, cancer touch
us us all. Like so many of you, Jaiale and
I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places.
Thank you for you lifting us up with love and support,
and that this message was a company by a photo
of the two smiling. It was a nice photo given
all the news, and you know, given a lot of
what we've been seeing, a lot of us kind of
(02:23):
see Joe Biden as a your old uncle. Sometimes you
justh he gets a little slow. He just mixes up
some things, It forgets things. No matter what your politics are,
there's something about him that feels that way. So to
see him smiling in that picture was actually nice.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
It certainly wasn't just to hear from them about the announcement,
but Biden's office said Sunday yes that he was diagnosed
with prostate cancer that had already metastasized spread to his bones,
and this happened after a checkup they say, revealed a
small nodule on his prostate last week that required further investigation. Well,
(02:57):
wishes have been pouring in since that announce but there
have also been questions about his diagnosis, and some debates
about prostate screenings have also surfaced.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah, people have wondered aloud, how is it possible that
this slow moving cancer was not caught before now before
it metastasized to his bones, especially when Biden at his
advanced age, was perhaps the most closely monitored patient in
the world as President of the United States.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Well, it's not clear if he was actually being screened
for prostate cancer during his time in the White House,
and if he wasn't, some have openly called that malpractice. However,
a man Biden's aids should not have been screened for
prostate cancer according to the official recommendations from the US
Department of Health and Human Services.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, the official recommendation is actually that men between the
ages of fifty five and sixty nine be screened regularly. Now,
any of you out there of a certain age know
that the regular screening, the common one they do for
prostate cancer, is called a PSA test. It gives you
a certain number and lets doctors know if they need
to do any further investigation. But the guidelines also state,
(04:08):
and I'm quoting here, many men are at risk of
harm from screening, like false positive test results that lead
to more testing, as well as diagnosis of problems that
wouldn't have caused symptoms or death. We recommend against PSA
based screening for men seventy years or older. That is,
(04:31):
the official US government recommendation is that a man yes
seventy years old yes, Joe Biden should not, as president
been getting screened for prostate cancer.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
I could go on and on and on about this.
This is also about insurance costs. This is also about Hey,
we don't want to scare people. And also, if you're
a certain age, you know you're probably gonna die anyway.
I can't stand this, And I get that this type
of recommendation exists for a lot of cancer screenings because
don't want to cause undue stress. But I would argue
(05:02):
that if you're the president of the United States, it
does matter. You're in the most important position in the world.
Some would argue, and so why wouldn't you want to
know everything about that person's health and what you could
be doing to possibly extend or better their lives.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Again, only suggesting and only explaining what the guidelines officially are.
This is not a suggestion that the president of the
United States should be following those guidelines.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
He's the president, and it's hard to believe that he
wouldn't have been screened.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
But it's possible the president.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Nothing official there yet, all right, but a lot of
people want answers on that. So we will follow that
story as it develops. But next up, on our run
from optimistic to realistic. In one phone call, President Trump
had high hopes that his scheduled call with Russian President
Putin would yield positive results or even a ceasefire. He
said so publicly that that is what he wanted to happen.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Yeah, But after two hours on the phone, President Trump
was sounding a different tune, saying the US might even
take a step back from this peace process. He did
come out and say that Ukraine and Russia would start
negotiating immediately, however, for a ceasefire, but he did not
mention what role he or the US might pay might
play now in the peace process.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Trump said this yesterday, very big egos involved. I tell you,
big egos involved. But I think something's going to happen.
And if it doesn't, I just back away and they'll
have to keep going.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Now.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
There was also a suggestion yesterday from President Trump that
Pope Leo was interested in possibly negotiating or being a
part of the peace process. Don't have official word from
the Vatican on that, but that was an interesting nugget
at least that he threw out yesterday. Who continue here
on this Wednesday, Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday morning run We continue
(06:45):
now this Tuesday morning run with Israel launched a new
major air offensive in Gaza. At the same time it's
allowed more humanitarian aid into Gaza. Health officials say approximately
sixty people were killed in overnight.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Air strikes, and this comps at the same time that
Israel lifted a blockade yes and allowed a number of
humanitarian trucks to cross into Gaza. This is the first time,
by the way, in more than two months that Israel
has given the ok for that humanitarian aid to flow
into Gaza. And estimated sixty hostages remain held by Helmas.
(07:19):
They were all captured during that October twenty twenty three
attack which set off the current conflict we are now witnessing.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
All right, we will continue on the run.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Now.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Next leg takes us back to DC. Whether the Trump
administration has agreed to pay five million dollars to the
family of the woman who was shot and killed during
the January sixth attack on the US capital. Yes, she
was shot and killed. She was among the rioters.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
The family of Ashley Babbitt was suing the government for
thirty million dollars in a wrongful death lawsuit after Babbitt
was shot while trying to climb through a broken window
that led to the Speaker's lobby. That's a hallway that
would have given her and the others who were behind
her access to the House of Representatives chamber. The US
Capitol Police officer who shot Babbitt was cleared of any
(08:06):
criminal wrongdoing in the incident.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Yeah, The Justice Department said it found no evidence for
the officer to reasonably believe that it was necessary to
shoot Babbitt in self defense or in defense of any
members of Congress. The Bob million dollar settlement was actually
reached at the beginning of this month. What the details
and dollar amount were just released here recently and yesterday,
the US Capitol Police chief said he was extremely disappointed
(08:31):
and disagreed with the settlement.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Next up on the run, some folks have taken Trump
up on his offer self deport and will give you
a free right out of the country and one thousand dollars.
The administration says. The first self deportation flight happened yesterday.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
It took off from Texas carrying sixty four people who
were heading back to Honduras and Columbia. The administration tout
at this new program, which is calling Project Homecoming. They
talked about it earlier this month and said undocumented immigrants
could sign up via the CBP home app. That's the
Border Patrol app. The White House is claiming this is
a whole lot cheaper than it is to have to arrest, detain, house,
(09:11):
and deport someone. They said those totals for one individual
can reach seventeen thousand dollars, so if you give them
a thousand and a plane ticket out of the country,
that's a lot cheaper. They actually say seventy percent. But
it is happening and is officially first flight yesterday.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
All right, next up on the run, we're going to
head to New Orleans. Four down and six to go.
New Orleans police captured a fourth escaped inmate last night,
but they are now in their fifth day of searching
for these men.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
That's been going on since Friday. Ten inmates escaped through
a hole in the wall behind a toilet. It sounds
like something from a Bugs Bunny cartoon. This should not
be this easy, but they left behind a note on
the wall. It said too easy. Loll It was misspelled,
but you get the point. The city has been on
high alert as more than two hundred officers have been
(10:01):
searching for the men who've been charged with a range
of violent crimes. You're talking murder, attempt at murder, and
armed robbery.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Investigators say they've received tips and calls on all of
the escaped inmates, but they keep running into dead ends.
The head of the Louisiana State Police said this we
end up getting there just a little too late, suggesting
that inmates are likely getting help hiding from their friends
and family now.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
They continue to remind folks in New Orleans, though, that
they need to be vigilant report any sightings of the escapees,
whose pictures have been of course all over the local
TV stations. You can find them everywhere online as well.
They say the city has been mostly operating normally despite
what they consider a pretty significant threat of them being
out there right now.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Next up on our run, we head to Lower Manhattan,
where testimony continues today in the Ditty trial. Yesterday, three
witnesses testified to seeing Sean Dittycombs on several occasions and
in varying degrees, physically assault his then girlfriend Cassie Ventura Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
The witnesses we saw in the stand Yeah yesterday were
one a former pop star, another was a former best
friend of Ventura, and a third as a former personal
assistant to Combs. Now the first up, Don Richard, was
a member of the group Danity Kane, which was formed
by Combs on his show making the band. She testified
to seeing Ventura punched, choked, kicked, and so on by Combs.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
She said at one point she and another friend wore
dark sunglasses in solidarity with Cassie when they all went out,
because Cassie needed to wear them to cover up a
black eye. Then another witness, Carrie Morgan, was Ventura's best friend,
but she said their friendship abruptly ended in twenty eighteen
after Combs assaulted her.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
That Morgan testified that Combs choked her from behind and
threw a wooden hangar at her head, and that Ventura
came to her afterwards to say Colmbs was going to
give her thirty thousand dollars for the incident. She also
would have to sign an NDA. Morgan testified that she
signed that NDA and on that day she never again
(12:01):
spoke to Ventura after that. It was incredible roads. We
talk about some of this moving testimony, but some of
these things that stand out to me. Morgan was saying
up there on the stand, I don't want to be here.
I didn't want to testify. I'm only here because I'm
required to by a subpoena. And she said, quote, I
have moved on with my life away from all these
people and the problems. She sounded like a lot of
(12:23):
people we hear they just couldn't get out, and this
is one who finally got out. She's been drawn back
in to a certain degree by this trial. It just
stood out to me and all the stuff we've been seeing, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
The pain is palpable for so many people. The last
witness of the day, by the way, was David James.
He was an assistant to Colmbs, and he's going to
continue his testimony today, which we will continue to follow.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
All right, and stay with us here on this Tuesday
morning Ron when we come back. The Mayor of Chicago
is being investigated because his office might be a little
too black. Also coming up, we have seen another major
network news shake up. A president of a network has
abruptly stepped down and Newerk No wonder things over there
(13:06):
aren't working. They're being buying spare parts from eBay.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
We continue our Tuesday morning run with another major shakeup
at CBS News. The president and CEO of CBS News
announced she is resigning from her position. This came as
quite a surprise to many of us. Wenny McMahon sent
a memo to her staff saying this it's become clear
that the company and I do not agree on the
(13:38):
path forward. It's time for me to move on and
for this organization to move forward with new leadership.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
At CBS News is in the middle of a legal
battle with President Trump over a Kamala Harris interview on
Sixty Minutes leading up to last year's election. CBS paying
company Paramount, has entered into mediation now to settle the
twenty billion dollar loss Trump has filed against the news organization.
Even though CBS News has repeatedly denied Trump's accusation that
(14:05):
the program edited Harris's interview to influence the election in
her favor. That potential settlement has raised concerns about the
message it sends to the Trump administration and what it
may mean editorially for CBS News in the future.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
McMahon is the latest and the highest profile person to
step down in the wake of this Trump lawsuit. Last month,
Sixty Minutes executive producer Bill Owens resigned, saying in his
memo to staff that it had become clear that I
would not be allowed to run the show as I
have always run it. And for those of us in
the industry, and perhaps for even a lot of people
(14:40):
who are just from the outside looking in, it's pretty
apparent these are both jobs that no one would normally
voluntarily leave. So it certainly speaks to the environment and
how they felt in their roles in these major enviable
positions at CBS News.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
But Trump has network running scared. I mean, don't forget
what happened over ABC decided to settle and give Trump
sixteen million dollars to settle the lawsuit. And now this
to the most important jobs you could argue in television.
People just decided to walk away because of the influence
of Trump. This is scary.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
It's very scary.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
These are scary times. You continue here on this run, Uh,
we're going to this leg takes us from what DC
to Chicago. Kind of a long run for this story.
But the Justice Department in DC has opened a civil
rights investigation into the Chicago Mayor's office. Why because the
Chicago Mayor's office might be too black.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
This all came about because Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who
is black, was at a black church on Sunday, and
while he was talking about black stuff in particularly, he
was touting the diversity of his administration and how many
black officials are a part of his team.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Now that sounds like something someone might want to tout,
that might want to talk about diversity. But this is
what he said that got attention and now has gotten
him in trouble with the DOJ quote. There are some
detractors that will try and push back on me and
say the only thing the mayor talks about is the
hiring of black people. No, what I'm saying is when
(16:15):
you hire our people, we always look out for everybody else.
We are the most generous people on the planet. In quote,
he goes on to point out and list several high
profile positions in his administration that are held by black officials.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
About twenty four hours later, he got a letter from
the Justice Department stating that it was taking a look
at the city's hiring practices. If these types of hiring
decisions are being made for top level positions, it begs
the question whether such decisions are also being made for low,
lower level positions. That is remarkable that you can say
(16:53):
something in a black church talking about hiring black folks jobs,
and now you're being admonished, potentially by the Justice Department.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
Have to take deep breaths on this story and we'll
see what does actually happen to this. But of course
the Trump administration has been talking about getting rid of
DEI and said so many things. Everything should be based
on your skill levels, should be based.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
On merit based.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Meden had nothing to do with race. We get that
this is not the place to have that debate, but
I assure.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
You you have thoughts.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Most of my jobs in my life were dependent on
getting them because a room full of white people at
the top had to make a decision about whether or
not I could come on board. So we see these
things in reverse. So you have the other side saying, ah, no,
it should only be merit based. But when it's all
white people in the room, nobody's screaming about, hey, it
(17:47):
should only be merit based. And it's just a it's
a complicated one. And I this story fired me up
to the point I was about to lose my mind.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
So we can have a longer discussion about this on
our weekend morning run where we feel more in depth
into the stories that left us talking.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
We should skip this one that would be on the
list for sure. The final leg of our run today
is going to take us back over to Newark where
it's happened again at Newark Airport, another equipment outage that
caused the control center to lose contact with planes.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Okay, so this outage only lasted two seconds, we're told,
but this is the fourth such outage in the past
two weeks. The previous ones were longer and caused all
kinds of disruptions, including a ground stop.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
At one point, the Transportation Department says a plan for
upgrading old equipment is in place. We talked about this
here morning run. It matter been last week or the
week before, but they said, this is several years before
all this stuff is implemented. So what do we do
in the meantime. So the tech they keep saying is
decades old is decades behind in being upgraded. So the
(18:49):
Transportation secretary revealed this that they have literally been buying
replacement parts on eBay, and in some cases they've had
to use three deep printers to make parts that don't exist. Anymore.
That is how old the equipment they say is at Newark.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
That is so disturbing. I remember at one point, I
believe Trump said that they are using radios from the
nineteen sixties.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
How is that possible?
Speaker 1 (19:19):
That makes zero sense to me.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
This is that would be funny. But this is scary.
Right like a screen we said two seconds this time,
no big deal, No, it was ninety seconds before. On
another one, if somebody does not cannot see a plane
and cannot talk to a pilot, they actually used afraid
of FAA and explaining this said that all planes remained
safely apart, Like don't, I don't, don't tell.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Me that that shouldn't be something you teut that's what
your job is a period, and if you mass up
your job, people die. So yes, this is of utmost importance.
But still this is shocking, beyond shocking. When I read that,
it was mind blowing. So that it is why we
and a.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Lot of other folks have switched our flights literally to
avoid Newark, because it is, for at least these two
journalists a little too scary to risk.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Well, we don't want to leave you with that want
want wam. So here's something we'll leave you with something
we'd like for you to consider as you go about
your day. It is our quote of the day.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Yeah, this spoke to me because sometimes we get so
overwhelmed with all of the big things we have to
do and what we need to do.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
I love this quote.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
If you cannot do great things, do small things in
a great way. Isn't that so much more? I don't
even want to say digestible, but attainable, and it makes
you feel like, you know what I can do. I
can make sure every little thing I do is excellent.
It's the best of my ability. I don't have to
think about some grandiose thing. I can just do all
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the little things really, really well.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
And it does get noticed. Right, nobody's going to give
you a big responsibility if they haven't seen you already
nailed the small things brilliantly. So yes, this is a
good digestible quote. Who's this from?
Speaker 1 (21:02):
You know what this is from. It's a man called
Napoleon Hill and I had to look him up, but
he's an author of self help books that emerged in
the nineteen thirties that are still popular today, which I love.
Going back to seeing folks who didn't who don't live
in our times, who are long since gone, and yet
still what they have to say. We've been dealing with
(21:22):
problems in life since the beginning of time, and some
of the same wisdom that still applies today I need
to be reminded of.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
So I loved this quote.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
We'll give it to you one more time. If you
cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
And with that we hope you have a wonderful Tuesday.
Thanks for running with us.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
I'm any Robots and I'm DJ Holmes. We'll see you
on the run tomorrow.
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, It's Tuesday, May twentieth. Welcome to Morning Run.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I'm Amy Robots and I'm TJ Holmes. On the Run
this morning, we are hearing from the Bidens for the
first time since the former president's cancer diagnosis was revealed.
But we're also hearing plenty of skepticism and questions about
why we've only learned about it now.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Plus President Trump had high hopes for a peace agreement,
but after spending hours on the phone, he's singing a
different tune. Plus Israel launches more deadly airstrikes against Gaza,
but also allows for more humanitarian efforts.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Also on the Run this morning, the Trump administration has
agreed to pay five million dollars to the family of
a January sixth rioter. Also, we'll pay you to leave
the country. Some have already taken Trump up on his
self deportation offer.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
And for down six more to go. Hundreds of New
Orleans police officers continue to search for those escaped inmates.
Bill on the Run, and another explosive day of testimony
in the Shawn Dittycoms trial, with three more witnesses taking
the stand describing a violent and volatile ditty.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Also on the run this morning, another major news shake up,
this time the president and CEO of CBS News abruptly resigns. Also,
is the Chicago Mayor's office too black? That's what a
federal investigation wants to find out. And another equipment outage
at Newark Airport and an alarming admission that they're trying
to fix some of the problems. I ordering new parts
(01:33):
on eBay. That is not a joke. We will explain
Another troubling development at Newark International Airport.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Yeah, I had to do a double take when I
saw that admission. We will get into that and so
much more, but we have to begin our Tuesday morning
run with that update and a lot of questions. We
have heard from President Biden and Doctor Jill Biden for
the very first time since the announcement that the former
president has an aggressive form of stage four prostate cancer,
(02:02):
and in.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
A brief tweet, the former first couple wrote, cancer touch
us us all. Like so many of you, Jaiale and
I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places.
Thank you for you lifting us up with love and support,
and that this message was a company by a photo
of the two smiling. It was a nice photo given
all the news, and you know, given a lot of
what we've been seeing, a lot of us kind of
(02:23):
see Joe Biden as a your old uncle. Sometimes you
justh he gets a little slow. He just mixes up
some things, It forgets things. No matter what your politics are,
there's something about him that feels that way. So to
see him smiling in that picture was actually nice.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
It certainly wasn't just to hear from them about the announcement,
but Biden's office said Sunday yes that he was diagnosed
with prostate cancer that had already metastasized spread to his bones,
and this happened after a checkup they say, revealed a
small nodule on his prostate last week that required further investigation. Well,
(02:57):
wishes have been pouring in since that announce but there
have also been questions about his diagnosis, and some debates
about prostate screenings have also surfaced.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah, people have wondered aloud, how is it possible that
this slow moving cancer was not caught before now before
it metastasized to his bones, especially when Biden at his
advanced age, was perhaps the most closely monitored patient in
the world as President of the United States.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Well, it's not clear if he was actually being screened
for prostate cancer during his time in the White House,
and if he wasn't, some have openly called that malpractice. However,
a man Biden's aids should not have been screened for
prostate cancer according to the official recommendations from the US
Department of Health and Human Services.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, the official recommendation is actually that men between the
ages of fifty five and sixty nine be screened regularly. Now,
any of you out there of a certain age know
that the regular screening, the common one they do for
prostate cancer, is called a PSA test. It gives you
a certain number and lets doctors know if they need
to do any further investigation. But the guidelines also state,
(04:08):
and I'm quoting here, many men are at risk of
harm from screening, like false positive test results that lead
to more testing, as well as diagnosis of problems that
wouldn't have caused symptoms or death. We recommend against PSA
based screening for men seventy years or older. That is,
(04:31):
the official US government recommendation is that a man yes
seventy years old yes, Joe Biden should not, as president
been getting screened for prostate cancer.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
I could go on and on and on about this.
This is also about insurance costs. This is also about Hey,
we don't want to scare people. And also, if you're
a certain age, you know you're probably gonna die anyway.
I can't stand this, And I get that this type
of recommendation exists for a lot of cancer screenings because
don't want to cause undue stress. But I would argue
(05:02):
that if you're the president of the United States, it
does matter. You're in the most important position in the world.
Some would argue, and so why wouldn't you want to
know everything about that person's health and what you could
be doing to possibly extend or better their lives.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Again, only suggesting and only explaining what the guidelines officially are.
This is not a suggestion that the president of the
United States should be following those guidelines.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
He's the president, and it's hard to believe that he
wouldn't have been screened.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
But it's possible the president.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Nothing official there yet, all right, but a lot of
people want answers on that. So we will follow that
story as it develops. But next up, on our run
from optimistic to realistic. In one phone call, President Trump
had high hopes that his scheduled call with Russian President
Putin would yield positive results or even a ceasefire. He
said so publicly that that is what he wanted to happen.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Yeah, But after two hours on the phone, President Trump
was sounding a different tune, saying the US might even
take a step back from this peace process. He did
come out and say that Ukraine and Russia would start
negotiating immediately, however, for a ceasefire, but he did not
mention what role he or the US might pay might
play now in the peace process.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Trump said this yesterday, very big egos involved. I tell you,
big egos involved. But I think something's going to happen.
And if it doesn't, I just back away and they'll
have to keep going.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Now.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
There was also a suggestion yesterday from President Trump that
Pope Leo was interested in possibly negotiating or being a
part of the peace process. Don't have official word from
the Vatican on that, but that was an interesting nugget
at least that he threw out yesterday. Who continue here
on this Wednesday, Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday morning run We continue
(06:45):
now this Tuesday morning run with Israel launched a new
major air offensive in Gaza. At the same time it's
allowed more humanitarian aid into Gaza. Health officials say approximately
sixty people were killed in overnight.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Air strikes, and this comps at the same time that
Israel lifted a blockade yes and allowed a number of
humanitarian trucks to cross into Gaza. This is the first time,
by the way, in more than two months that Israel
has given the ok for that humanitarian aid to flow
into Gaza. And estimated sixty hostages remain held by Helmas.
(07:19):
They were all captured during that October twenty twenty three
attack which set off the current conflict we are now witnessing.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
All right, we will continue on the run.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Now.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Next leg takes us back to DC. Whether the Trump
administration has agreed to pay five million dollars to the
family of the woman who was shot and killed during
the January sixth attack on the US capital. Yes, she
was shot and killed. She was among the rioters.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
The family of Ashley Babbitt was suing the government for
thirty million dollars in a wrongful death lawsuit after Babbitt
was shot while trying to climb through a broken window
that led to the Speaker's lobby. That's a hallway that
would have given her and the others who were behind
her access to the House of Representatives chamber. The US
Capitol Police officer who shot Babbitt was cleared of any
(08:06):
criminal wrongdoing in the incident.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Yeah, The Justice Department said it found no evidence for
the officer to reasonably believe that it was necessary to
shoot Babbitt in self defense or in defense of any
members of Congress. The Bob million dollar settlement was actually
reached at the beginning of this month. What the details
and dollar amount were just released here recently and yesterday,
the US Capitol Police chief said he was extremely disappointed
(08:31):
and disagreed with the settlement.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Next up on the run, some folks have taken Trump
up on his offer self deport and will give you
a free right out of the country and one thousand dollars.
The administration says. The first self deportation flight happened yesterday.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
It took off from Texas carrying sixty four people who
were heading back to Honduras and Columbia. The administration tout
at this new program, which is calling Project Homecoming. They
talked about it earlier this month and said undocumented immigrants
could sign up via the CBP home app. That's the
Border Patrol app. The White House is claiming this is
a whole lot cheaper than it is to have to arrest, detain, house,
(09:11):
and deport someone. They said those totals for one individual
can reach seventeen thousand dollars, so if you give them
a thousand and a plane ticket out of the country,
that's a lot cheaper. They actually say seventy percent. But
it is happening and is officially first flight yesterday.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
All right, next up on the run, we're going to
head to New Orleans. Four down and six to go.
New Orleans police captured a fourth escaped inmate last night,
but they are now in their fifth day of searching
for these men.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
That's been going on since Friday. Ten inmates escaped through
a hole in the wall behind a toilet. It sounds
like something from a Bugs Bunny cartoon. This should not
be this easy, but they left behind a note on
the wall. It said too easy. Loll It was misspelled,
but you get the point. The city has been on
high alert as more than two hundred officers have been
(10:01):
searching for the men who've been charged with a range
of violent crimes. You're talking murder, attempt at murder, and
armed robbery.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Investigators say they've received tips and calls on all of
the escaped inmates, but they keep running into dead ends.
The head of the Louisiana State Police said this we
end up getting there just a little too late, suggesting
that inmates are likely getting help hiding from their friends
and family now.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
They continue to remind folks in New Orleans, though, that
they need to be vigilant report any sightings of the escapees,
whose pictures have been of course all over the local
TV stations. You can find them everywhere online as well.
They say the city has been mostly operating normally despite
what they consider a pretty significant threat of them being
out there right now.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Next up on our run, we head to Lower Manhattan,
where testimony continues today in the Ditty trial. Yesterday, three
witnesses testified to seeing Sean Dittycombs on several occasions and
in varying degrees, physically assault his then girlfriend Cassie Ventura Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
The witnesses we saw in the stand Yeah yesterday were
one a former pop star, another was a former best
friend of Ventura, and a third as a former personal
assistant to Combs. Now the first up, Don Richard, was
a member of the group Danity Kane, which was formed
by Combs on his show making the band. She testified
to seeing Ventura punched, choked, kicked, and so on by Combs.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
She said at one point she and another friend wore
dark sunglasses in solidarity with Cassie when they all went out,
because Cassie needed to wear them to cover up a
black eye. Then another witness, Carrie Morgan, was Ventura's best friend,
but she said their friendship abruptly ended in twenty eighteen
after Combs assaulted her.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
That Morgan testified that Combs choked her from behind and
threw a wooden hangar at her head, and that Ventura
came to her afterwards to say Colmbs was going to
give her thirty thousand dollars for the incident. She also
would have to sign an NDA. Morgan testified that she
signed that NDA and on that day she never again
(12:01):
spoke to Ventura after that. It was incredible roads. We
talk about some of this moving testimony, but some of
these things that stand out to me. Morgan was saying
up there on the stand, I don't want to be here.
I didn't want to testify. I'm only here because I'm
required to by a subpoena. And she said, quote, I
have moved on with my life away from all these
people and the problems. She sounded like a lot of
(12:23):
people we hear they just couldn't get out, and this
is one who finally got out. She's been drawn back
in to a certain degree by this trial. It just
stood out to me and all the stuff we've been seeing, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
The pain is palpable for so many people. The last
witness of the day, by the way, was David James.
He was an assistant to Colmbs, and he's going to
continue his testimony today, which we will continue to follow.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
All right, and stay with us here on this Tuesday
morning Ron when we come back. The Mayor of Chicago
is being investigated because his office might be a little
too black. Also coming up, we have seen another major
network news shake up. A president of a network has
abruptly stepped down and Newerk No wonder things over there
(13:06):
aren't working. They're being buying spare parts from eBay.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
We continue our Tuesday morning run with another major shakeup
at CBS News. The president and CEO of CBS News
announced she is resigning from her position. This came as
quite a surprise to many of us. Wenny McMahon sent
a memo to her staff saying this it's become clear
that the company and I do not agree on the
(13:38):
path forward. It's time for me to move on and
for this organization to move forward with new leadership.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
At CBS News is in the middle of a legal
battle with President Trump over a Kamala Harris interview on
Sixty Minutes leading up to last year's election. CBS paying
company Paramount, has entered into mediation now to settle the
twenty billion dollar loss Trump has filed against the news organization.
Even though CBS News has repeatedly denied Trump's accusation that
(14:05):
the program edited Harris's interview to influence the election in
her favor. That potential settlement has raised concerns about the
message it sends to the Trump administration and what it
may mean editorially for CBS News in the future.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
McMahon is the latest and the highest profile person to
step down in the wake of this Trump lawsuit. Last month,
Sixty Minutes executive producer Bill Owens resigned, saying in his
memo to staff that it had become clear that I
would not be allowed to run the show as I
have always run it. And for those of us in
the industry, and perhaps for even a lot of people
(14:40):
who are just from the outside looking in, it's pretty
apparent these are both jobs that no one would normally
voluntarily leave. So it certainly speaks to the environment and
how they felt in their roles in these major enviable
positions at CBS News.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
But Trump has network running scared. I mean, don't forget
what happened over ABC decided to settle and give Trump
sixteen million dollars to settle the lawsuit. And now this
to the most important jobs you could argue in television.
People just decided to walk away because of the influence
of Trump. This is scary.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
It's very scary.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
These are scary times. You continue here on this run, Uh,
we're going to this leg takes us from what DC
to Chicago. Kind of a long run for this story.
But the Justice Department in DC has opened a civil
rights investigation into the Chicago Mayor's office. Why because the
Chicago Mayor's office might be too black.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
This all came about because Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who
is black, was at a black church on Sunday, and
while he was talking about black stuff in particularly, he
was touting the diversity of his administration and how many
black officials are a part of his team.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Now that sounds like something someone might want to tout,
that might want to talk about diversity. But this is
what he said that got attention and now has gotten
him in trouble with the DOJ quote. There are some
detractors that will try and push back on me and
say the only thing the mayor talks about is the
hiring of black people. No, what I'm saying is when
(16:15):
you hire our people, we always look out for everybody else.
We are the most generous people on the planet. In quote,
he goes on to point out and list several high
profile positions in his administration that are held by black officials.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
About twenty four hours later, he got a letter from
the Justice Department stating that it was taking a look
at the city's hiring practices. If these types of hiring
decisions are being made for top level positions, it begs
the question whether such decisions are also being made for low,
lower level positions. That is remarkable that you can say
(16:53):
something in a black church talking about hiring black folks jobs,
and now you're being admonished, potentially by the Justice Department.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
Have to take deep breaths on this story and we'll
see what does actually happen to this. But of course
the Trump administration has been talking about getting rid of
DEI and said so many things. Everything should be based
on your skill levels, should be based.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
On merit based.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Meden had nothing to do with race. We get that
this is not the place to have that debate, but
I assure.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
You you have thoughts.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Most of my jobs in my life were dependent on
getting them because a room full of white people at
the top had to make a decision about whether or
not I could come on board. So we see these
things in reverse. So you have the other side saying, ah, no,
it should only be merit based. But when it's all
white people in the room, nobody's screaming about, hey, it
(17:47):
should only be merit based. And it's just a it's
a complicated one. And I this story fired me up
to the point I was about to lose my mind.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
So we can have a longer discussion about this on
our weekend morning run where we feel more in depth
into the stories that left us talking.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
We should skip this one that would be on the
list for sure. The final leg of our run today
is going to take us back over to Newark where
it's happened again at Newark Airport, another equipment outage that
caused the control center to lose contact with planes.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Okay, so this outage only lasted two seconds, we're told,
but this is the fourth such outage in the past
two weeks. The previous ones were longer and caused all
kinds of disruptions, including a ground stop.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
At one point, the Transportation Department says a plan for
upgrading old equipment is in place. We talked about this
here morning run. It matter been last week or the
week before, but they said, this is several years before
all this stuff is implemented. So what do we do
in the meantime. So the tech they keep saying is
decades old is decades behind in being upgraded. So the
(18:49):
Transportation secretary revealed this that they have literally been buying
replacement parts on eBay, and in some cases they've had
to use three deep printers to make parts that don't exist. Anymore.
That is how old the equipment they say is at Newark.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
That is so disturbing. I remember at one point, I
believe Trump said that they are using radios from the
nineteen sixties.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
How is that possible?
Speaker 1 (19:19):
That makes zero sense to me.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
This is that would be funny. But this is scary.
Right like a screen we said two seconds this time,
no big deal, No, it was ninety seconds before. On
another one, if somebody does not cannot see a plane
and cannot talk to a pilot, they actually used afraid
of FAA and explaining this said that all planes remained
safely apart, Like don't, I don't, don't tell.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Me that that shouldn't be something you teut that's what
your job is a period, and if you mass up
your job, people die. So yes, this is of utmost importance.
But still this is shocking, beyond shocking. When I read that,
it was mind blowing. So that it is why we
and a.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Lot of other folks have switched our flights literally to
avoid Newark, because it is, for at least these two
journalists a little too scary to risk.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Well, we don't want to leave you with that want
want wam. So here's something we'll leave you with something
we'd like for you to consider as you go about
your day. It is our quote of the day.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Yeah, this spoke to me because sometimes we get so
overwhelmed with all of the big things we have to
do and what we need to do.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
I love this quote.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
If you cannot do great things, do small things in
a great way. Isn't that so much more? I don't
even want to say digestible, but attainable, and it makes
you feel like, you know what I can do. I
can make sure every little thing I do is excellent.
It's the best of my ability. I don't have to
think about some grandiose thing. I can just do all
(20:49):
the little things really, really well.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
And it does get noticed. Right, nobody's going to give
you a big responsibility if they haven't seen you already
nailed the small things brilliantly. So yes, this is a
good digestible quote. Who's this from?
Speaker 1 (21:02):
You know what this is from. It's a man called
Napoleon Hill and I had to look him up, but
he's an author of self help books that emerged in
the nineteen thirties that are still popular today, which I love.
Going back to seeing folks who didn't who don't live
in our times, who are long since gone, and yet
still what they have to say. We've been dealing with
(21:22):
problems in life since the beginning of time, and some
of the same wisdom that still applies today I need
to be reminded of.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
So I loved this quote.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
We'll give it to you one more time. If you
cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
And with that we hope you have a wonderful Tuesday.
Thanks for running with us.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
I'm any Robots and I'm DJ Holmes. We'll see you
on the run tomorrow.
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