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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, thanks for joining us for today's morning run.
It is Wednesday, August sixth I'm Amy.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Roboch and I'm TJ Holmes. A reminder for you, just
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looking forward. Just do that for us now. And Robes
apparently it's a thing now in the WNBA, throwing dil
(00:36):
Do's onto the court. It's a thing now. Apparently it
happened again last night.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Wow, third time was not a charm.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
What is going on? I don't I don't even understand why.
It's funny.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
It's disturbing and childish.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I don't actually I don't even get the child I
don't get the joke of any of it. But again,
we've had another incident last night. We'll tell you where
this one was and why. It seems that one particular
player might have been targeted. Also, who saw this scummon
Robes Diddy has officially asked for a pardon.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
He's trying to find any way he can to get
out of prison. Hasn't worked so far.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
This might be one of his good options. But we'll
explain why. The President says this is going to be
an uphill climb for Diddy to get a pardon from him. Also,
there is a dinner tonight Robes. Woo. Who wouldn't want
to be at this one? It's happening at the Vice
President's house. But the list of invitees lets you know
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what's going to be discussed, and what's going to be
discussed Robes is Gallaine Maxwell. This is a major, major
update and an interesting night ahead in the VP's house.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Oh yes, to be a fly on the wall, I
can't even imagine, all right. Also on this Wednesday morning,
run subpoenas were flying yesterday Bill and Hillary both got one,
and Texas Democrats are still on the run and some
might not have jobs to go back to. Plus, RFK
Junior makes a major cut to funding for the very
research credited with getting us out of the COVID pandemic.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Also this morning, legionnaires that outbreak in New York is growing. Also,
the Montana man hunt is in its sixth day, and
we got the official cause of death for Ozzy Osbourne.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Plus a former security guard is accused of stealing two
million dollars from the Miami Heat one jersey at a time.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
My favorite story of the morning.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Who it was profitable until it wasn't.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
And my issue is that he sold the stolen goods
at a reduced price. He could have made so much
more money than the two million. I don't know why
that's my issue with the right, but it's fascinating.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Yes, sorry, we will get into all of that in
just a moment, but we begin our run in Washington,
d C. Where there won't be a boring dinner conversation
at the Vice President's house tonight.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Jade Vance is having some.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
People over, namely Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General
Todd Blanche, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and
FBI Director Cash But well, whatever could this group be
getting together to discuss ropes?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Hmmm?
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Well, CNN is reporting that this dinner meeting at the
VP's residence is to discuss the ongoing Epstein story and
the administration's response to it. Part of the White House
consideration now whether to release the transcripts or perhaps even
the audio from Glaine Maxwell's interview with the Department of Justice.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yes, and who does she do that interview with Todd Blanche?
Who will be at the dinner tonight that we talk
so much about, how much Gallaine Maxwell knows after that
Todd Blanche might be the next guy?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Here from a lot of outlets are reporting now that
the administration is weighing the options for releasing the details
of that meeting, that a decision or even release of
the materials could come as early as this week. Another
note here, ABC is reporting that in her nine plus
hours of interviews with the DOJ, Maxwell did not implicate
Trump in any way in any wrongdoing.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Look, I'm not saying he did anything wrong, but she's
also not a dumb woman. She knows that that would
probably just stop all hopes and dreams of getting out
or getting clemency or getting some sort of reduced sentence.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
So duh. You know, this is why I'm usually give
people the benefit of the doubt. This is when I
will absolutely be cynical on There is no way in
God's green earth you can believe anything she says, right,
now while she's trying to get.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
A party exactly, all right, But I still want to
know what happens at the dinner tonight, all right? Next
up on the run, Also on the Epstein front, the
Clintons have been ordered to testify to Congress about what
they know about Jeffrey Epstein. The House Oversight Committee officially
subpoenaed Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as a number
of attorneys general and a couple of FBI directors.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
So they explain, Now, why do they want to talk
to Bill Clinton? Well, they explained in all the letters
to everybody why they wanted to speak to them in particular.
So listen to this excerpt from the letter the committee
wrote to Bill Clinton informing him of the subpoena. Now,
why do they want to talk to him? Quote, by
your own admission, you flew on Jeffrey Epstein's private plane
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four separate times in twenty two thousand and two and
two thousand and three. During one of those trips, you
were even pictured receiving a massage from one of mister
Epstein's victims. They go on to list a few more
things that he allegedly did, but they also said that
he had a close relationship with Glaine Maxwell quote an
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Epstein co conspirator, and attended an intimate dinner with her
in twenty fourteen, three years after public reports about her
involvement in mister Epstein's abuse of miners. And they say,
given that relationship, the committee believes you have information regarding
their activities that is relevant to the Committee's investigation. The
Committee also subpoena the DOJ's Epstein files. But is he
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actually going to raise his hand, take an oath, and
give any kind of testimony or deposition, even in closed
door to this committee, History tells us.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Now, I was just going to say, history would say
absolutely not. It's never happened before. A former president has
never been compelled or forced to testify through a subpoena,
and it's unlikely that that will happen again. But hey,
the Committee's given their best efforts to try and get
to the truth or perhaps politic political theater at its.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Finest or worst. I don't know which one it would be.
All right, next up on the run.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
They aren't exactly hiding, but Texas Democrats are still missing,
at least from Texas. The standoff between Texas Democrats and
Republicans over redistricting continues.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
So what's up now the governor. He's already directed the
state law enforcement to arrest and return the missing Democrats,
but he has now asked the state Supreme Court to
remove the top Democrat from membership in the state House,
kick him out of his job. You'll remember Texas Democrats
at least fifty of them bounced over the weekend, ended
up in the waiting arms of Democratic allies and places
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like Illinois and New York.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
So by leaving Texas, they denied Republicans a quorum, the
minimum number of legislators needed for the state to debate
and then pass legislation. The proposedstate legislation that triggered all
of this is a red districting bill that would potentially
give Republicans an additional five seats in US Congress. The
House Speaker in Texas has now given a new Friday
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deadline for those lawmakers to return or else.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Or else what. We don't exactly know, because they've made
a few threats this week and they didn't really follow
through afterwards.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
This is one on one and parenting. If you threaten something,
you have to follow through.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
Otherwise they're just going to keep doing it, and Texas
Democrats have done this before a couple of times, so
overy years. All right, we will continue on the run.
Now in Robes, am I overstating this might be the
most important story of the day, and I'm still trying
to fully get my head around it. But what's happening
here is that the Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Junior, Yes, announce he is terminating twenty two contracts.
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These contracts are there with companies that are supposed to
help develop certain vaccines, so they slash nearly five hundred
million dollars worth of research. Now the money robe sounds
like a number, but when you dive into now what
the research was scratching my head about why are we
stopping this?
Speaker 3 (08:06):
A lot of people are asking that question.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
So Kennedy said that after reviewing the science behind this
technology used to rapidly create vaccines like the COVID vaccines.
It's called mRNA technology, Kennedy said it poses more risks
than benefits. But many scientists and infectious disease experts disagree
with Kennedy and denounced his move, one former HHS director
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saying this this isn't just about vaccines. It's about whether
we will be ready when the next crisis hits. Cutting
mRNA development now puts every American at greater risk. Dismantling
that momentum now is like disbanding the fire department because
the fire is out.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
That whoever that is is a good communicator. When you
put it that way, I completely understand. No, the house
isn't on fire, but we need to have trained.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Firefighters ready when the next one.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Ready to go. And the claim here is that we
are not going to be ready to go for the
next one now. Kennedy suggested during his announcement that the
mRNA vaccines don't sufficiently protect against COVID and the flu.
Vaccine experts, however, say he grossly mischaracterizes the science pharmaceutical companies.
I've prioritized mRNA research because it can easily update to
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target new viruses and variants, which is especially important during
a pandemic. We all even know that because how many
times this new strain, this new strain, this new strain,
and the vaccine was supposed to.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Be adjusting, yes, and this mRNA technology is what allows
it to adjust very quickly and very rapidly. There's no
other technology that can get vaccines out that quickly responding
to new variants. So that's kind of the point. And
according to the CDC, during the COVID pandemic, mRNA vaccines
saved more than two hundred thousand lives in the United
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States in just the first ten months they were available. Now,
Kennedy said work's going to be done to find an
alternative to the mRNA vaccine, saying the focus will be
un developed being quote, a universal vaccine that mimics natural immunity.
Now here's another just incredible you said about good communicators.
This comes from an expert on infectious disease and pandemic prep.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
He said this.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
I don't think I've seen a more dangerous decision in
public health in my fifty years in the business. That's
how serious some scientists are about this development and this
slashing of funds they say is going to be is
going to cost lives.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
And this one certainly will get people's attention because of
the close relation. We don't know anything about vaccine and
vaccine development, but we all became many experts during COVID.
We were paying very close attentions mRNA. I thought it
was a good thing. Yeah, all right, We're going to
continue now on this run, heading to New York City,
where the death toll is rising and a growing outbreak
of Legionnaire's disease. The New York City Health Department announced
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three people have now died, sixty seven others diagnosed. That's
a jump in numbers. We had just a day before
fifty eight. We're sick, and so those numbers are going up.
And also went from two dead to three days.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Yeah, that's concerning.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
The disease was first detected on July twenty fifth and
has been confined to a five ZIP code area in Harlem,
but it's been linked to contaminated water cooling towers.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Legionaire's disease is the type of pneumonia.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
It develops from exposure to Legionella bacteria after someone inhal's
tiny droplets of that contaminated water.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
Abregaks usually happen from water systems in hotels, hospitals, cruise ships.
The bacteria is often found in hot tubs, air conditioning systems, fountains.
Even drinking water cannot be transmitted, however, from person to person.
New York City health officials continue to urge anybody in
the area who feels flu like symptoms to get medical
care immediately.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
All right.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Next up on the Run, The manhunt continues and is
intensifying for the suspect who shot and killed four people
in a Montana bar. That search is now in its
sixth day and police say there has been no confirmed
sighting of suspect Michael Paul Brown since Friday.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
That was the day of the shoe and Brown's a
former Army soldier who served in a rock least say
he walked into a bar that was next door to
where he lived and shot four people. This happened around
ten thirty in the morning on Friday in the town
of Anaconda, not too far outside of Butte, Montana. About
forty law enforcement agencies are now involved in this search.
Authorities have called Round unstable, considered armed and dangerous, of
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some tough terrain around where they are and is frankly,
they're having a hard time tracking him down. All Right.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Next up on the Run. Diddy wants a pardon and
he's asked President Trump for one. This was confirmed by
one of his attorneys in the first interview from a
member of his defense team since the trial ended. Nicole
Westmerland was asked directly if Combs was in fact seeking
a presidential pardon.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
This was her response, and I quote, it is my
understanding that we've reached out and had conversations in reference
to a pardon. Now. She was asked initially, have you
all reached out, and she said yes, But then I
give the reporter credit following up, did you just was
it just one way reach out or was there back
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and forth? And that's when she gave that answer. So
she said there has been conversations. Now the right House,
White House not commenting on i pardon request. But President Trump,
you'll remember weeks ago I said publicly that he had
not yet been asked. But just last week in an interview,
the President made it sound like pardoning Diddy is not
something he is itching to do because Diddy was a
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nice damp.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
He claimed that he and Diddy were initially cool until
Trump ran for president, and then Diddy became hostile towards him.
According to the president, here's what Trump had to say. Yeah,
and it's hard. We're human beings and we don't like
to have things clout our judgment, right, But when you
knew someone and you were fine, and then you run
for office, and he made some terrible statements, so I
don't know, it makes it more difficult to do.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Let that be a lesson right there to everybody be nice.
You never know.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
You meet the same people coming down as you do
going up.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Just you never know. Are you really telling me he
might not get out of prison because he offended the
breath like you hurt my feelings? The hell with you? Yeah,
that's wild.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
That's on brand all right, Going to continue.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
On the run here now with Ozzy Osbourne. We of
course we saw those wonderful commemorations of his life of
celebrations in his native Birmingham, right but now we are
officially getting the cause of death for Ozzy Osborne. According
to his death certificate, the Black Sabbath frontman died from
a heart attack the age of seventy.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Six, yes after being diagnosed with Parkinson's in twenty nineteen.
He could no longer walk, but he could still sing,
and just weeks before his death, Osbourne gave what was
his final performance, seated from a throne on stage in
front of more than forty thousand of his fans, singing
Black Sabbath's greatest hits.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
So touching and appropriate description listed on his death certificate.
His occupation officially noted as songwriter, performer, rock legend. I
love that.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
That was cool.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
That is what a way to go, and some of
the some of his quotes over the years about how
he was going to be remembered in what he wanted
on his tombstone. I kind of love it. What a
life really?
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Yeah, rock legend?
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Well legend there all right, folks, will stay with us
here on this what morning is it? Wednesday?
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Wednesday?
Speaker 2 (15:15):
On this Wednesday morning, Ron when we come back and
NBA security guard was robbing the Miami Heat to the
tune of two million dollars and he was doing it
one jersey at a time, according to federal officials at least. Also,
what the hell is going on at the WNBA Games?
Why are people tossing? Oh excuse me, continuing to toss
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sex toys onto the floor.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
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the Run. A pretty damning report was released yesterday about
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the deadly titan submersible accident. Five people were killed when
that submersible imploded during a deep sea trip to see
the wreckage of the Titanic.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
Yeah, and in a long awaited final report now about
the act, the Coast Guard not only said the accident
was preventable, they went way way further than that. They
said the negligence was so bad that if the CEO
of the company who was on board had survived the accident,
he likely would have faced criminal charges. The Coast Guard
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listed a number of factors that contributed to the accident,
including that the company CEO stocked and rushed, ignored numerous
safety warnings, he sidestepped regulations, and was otherwise simply negligent.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
The report cites a lack of certification on maintenance and
inspections for the submersible. It even points to the design
of the submersible as inadequate. It was made with cheaper
materials and not industry standard materials for the type of vehicle.
That is alarming that the person who knew he was
going in it was okay with cutting corners.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
That seems just not advisable.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Deep sea diving doesn't seem to be a place where
you short on materials, the cheaper stuff. Yes, so two
members of a prominent Pakistani family were on board, along
with a French explorer and a British businessman. Of course
Rush was on as well. The company was trying to
get up and running and selling rides. We have two
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hundred and fifty thousand a person. But there are so
many ropes who say that now this one really, really
sucks because they were signed everywhere. People who work for
the compedy say, yeah, it's only a matter of time
before something like this was awful.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Report to hear, all right, next up on the run. Yeah,
this is apparently a thing now throwing dildos onto WNBA courts.
It happened again last night, and this is now the
third incident in the past week.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
It happened during the second quarter of the La Sparks
home game against the Indiana Fever. The sex toy landed
near Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham. Her name has been
attached to this story because she's the player we told
you about. Was this yesterday? Day before we told you about.
She posted a tweet this week about the previous incidents, writing,
simply stop throwing dildos on the court. You're going to
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hurt one of us.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
Well, after last night's incident, she posted this. This tweet
did not age. Well, okay, that's pretty funny, all right. Yes,
When the incident happened last night, though a player quickly
kicked it off the floor, the game did go on.
The two other incidents of someone throwing a dildo onto
the w WNBA floor happened in Georgia and Chicago. A
man was arrested and charged for the incident in Georgia.
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But this is dangerous. It's not funny, and it's dangerous.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
That is when it's going to This is so you all.
We have seen some horrific, horrific injuries over the years
of basketball players coming down the floor just their ankles.
We just all kinds of stuff. These women going at
full speed, these actually large women, tall, strong, going at
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it like that. If you step on one of these things, Oh,
I really dread something terrible happening. And you know what,
the WNB is gonna get hell for not doing more
if something happens to one players. Yeah, all right, final
leg of our run here Now. Former Miami Heat security
guard is now facing feddera role charges, accused of stealing
items from the team. Look y'all, he was a security guard.
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Probably didn't make a whole lot, I'm sure. So he
helped himself to a few items from an NBA locker room.
Big deal. Do we really have to make a federal
case out of this?
Speaker 1 (20:27):
Yes, because this dude is accused of stealing millions of dollars.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
Worth of museum level memorabilia. Marcos.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Thomas Perez allegedly stole two million dollars worth of stuff,
including hundreds of game warn jerseys that the then that
he then turned around and sold online.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
So two million dollars worth? How many jerseys were talking about?
Will the FED say he stole about four hundred game
worn jerseys, and one in particular of note they pointed
out was a Lebron James Game Warn NBA Finals jersey
from the time that Lebron played in Miami. Authority say
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Perez sold it for one hundred thousand dollars. That's pretty
good if you're working as a heery guard. But get this,
that same jersey was later sold at auction for three
point seven million dollars. Wow, so he stole some really
good stuff.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
I'm curious the person who bought it from him for
one hundred thousand dollars and then sold it for three
point seven that profit.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
What happens to that?
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Well, what happens to the jersey? You have stolen goods?
He paid three point seventy four? Are you just screwed you?
Do you have to give up the stolen goods? I
think that's a yes. But then what happens to the
money you already gave up.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
Wow, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Lots of questions here, we need the answers to Perez
worked with the Heat from twenty sixteen to twenty twenty one,
and he wasn't just grabbing jerseys from the locker room
floor after a game. Rather, he was allegedly accessing a
specific and secure equipment room for special items that would
end up in the Miami Heat Museum. He knew what
he was doing, he knew where to go, and apparently
he had the key to the door.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Right well before we go. This is a good one.
I'm seeing it for the first time right here in
front of me. Folks. You all know that robes plucks
out our quotes of the day. I am seeing it
for the first time. And this is an interesting one
that you need to pay attention to. Something we'd like
for you to consider. Yes, take it away.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
Who would like to be happy? Everybody?
Speaker 1 (22:26):
Right?
Speaker 3 (22:26):
Okay?
Speaker 1 (22:26):
So these this quote are the ten steps to happiness.
Number one complain less, appreciate more, two, watch less, do more, three,
judge less, accept more, four fear less, try more, five,
talk less, listen more, six frown less, smile more, six
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consume less, create more seven, take less, Give more eight,
worry less, dance more, that's my favorite one. And then
hate less, love more?
Speaker 2 (23:05):
Which one do you look at and immediately you need
to change?
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Judge less, accept more is probably my biggest thing I
need to work on, and perhaps complain less appreciate more.
I am aware of it. I have been mindful of it.
But when you start really recognizing yourself doing these things,
I'm acknowledging it and I'm trying to do better. But
those are the who I'm working on most, not.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
The talk less.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
Yeah that too, but that is true. How about you?
What stands out to you?
Speaker 2 (23:36):
Uh? The worry less and complain less? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (23:45):
I agree?
Speaker 1 (23:46):
But those It's simple but so cool and I you
know again, this is something I would like to actually
put up on a wall, like, yeah, have this posted.
Put this up on your wall in your bedroom when
you first wake up boom. It's a different way to
approach I love it. Sylvia Duckworth actually came up with this.
She's a Canadian teacher and educator. She's an author as well.
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But I just thought it was simple and cool and
something we can all learn from and we.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Should post that. Put that up for people to refer
back to. But that's a very good one, telling us
to complain, watch judge, fear, talk, crown, consume, take, worry
and hate. Less on those things, and you should appreciate
do except try, listen, smile, create, give, dance and love more.
It's a great quote today. Thank you for that, Ropes,
and with that, everybody, we appreciate you, always running with thoughts.
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I'm TJ.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Holk and I Mami Roboch.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
Have a wonderful Wednesday.
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
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It is Wednesday, August sixth I'm Amy.
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looking forward. Just do that for us now. And Robes
apparently it's a thing now in the WNBA, throwing dil
(00:36):
Do's onto the court. It's a thing now. Apparently it
happened again last night.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Wow, third time was not a charm.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
What is going on? I don't I don't even understand why.
It's funny.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
It's disturbing and childish.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I don't actually I don't even get the child I
don't get the joke of any of it. But again,
we've had another incident last night. We'll tell you where
this one was and why. It seems that one particular
player might have been targeted. Also, who saw this scummon
Robes Diddy has officially asked for a pardon.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
He's trying to find any way he can to get
out of prison. Hasn't worked so far.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
This might be one of his good options. But we'll
explain why. The President says this is going to be
an uphill climb for Diddy to get a pardon from him. Also,
there is a dinner tonight Robes. Woo. Who wouldn't want
to be at this one? It's happening at the Vice
President's house. But the list of invitees lets you know
(01:28):
what's going to be discussed, and what's going to be
discussed Robes is Gallaine Maxwell. This is a major, major
update and an interesting night ahead in the VP's house.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Oh yes, to be a fly on the wall, I
can't even imagine, all right. Also on this Wednesday morning,
run subpoenas were flying yesterday Bill and Hillary both got one,
and Texas Democrats are still on the run and some
might not have jobs to go back to. Plus, RFK
Junior makes a major cut to funding for the very
research credited with getting us out of the COVID pandemic.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Also this morning, legionnaires that outbreak in New York is growing. Also,
the Montana man hunt is in its sixth day, and
we got the official cause of death for Ozzy Osbourne.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Plus a former security guard is accused of stealing two
million dollars from the Miami Heat one jersey at a time.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
My favorite story of the morning.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Who it was profitable until it wasn't.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
And my issue is that he sold the stolen goods
at a reduced price. He could have made so much
more money than the two million. I don't know why
that's my issue with the right, but it's fascinating.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Yes, sorry, we will get into all of that in
just a moment, but we begin our run in Washington,
d C. Where there won't be a boring dinner conversation
at the Vice President's house tonight.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Jade Vance is having some.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
People over, namely Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General
Todd Blanche, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and
FBI Director Cash But well, whatever could this group be
getting together to discuss ropes?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Hmmm?
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Well, CNN is reporting that this dinner meeting at the
VP's residence is to discuss the ongoing Epstein story and
the administration's response to it. Part of the White House
consideration now whether to release the transcripts or perhaps even
the audio from Glaine Maxwell's interview with the Department of Justice.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yes, and who does she do that interview with Todd Blanche?
Who will be at the dinner tonight that we talk
so much about, how much Gallaine Maxwell knows after that
Todd Blanche might be the next guy?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Here from a lot of outlets are reporting now that
the administration is weighing the options for releasing the details
of that meeting, that a decision or even release of
the materials could come as early as this week. Another
note here, ABC is reporting that in her nine plus
hours of interviews with the DOJ, Maxwell did not implicate
Trump in any way in any wrongdoing.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Look, I'm not saying he did anything wrong, but she's
also not a dumb woman. She knows that that would
probably just stop all hopes and dreams of getting out
or getting clemency or getting some sort of reduced sentence.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
So duh. You know, this is why I'm usually give
people the benefit of the doubt. This is when I
will absolutely be cynical on There is no way in
God's green earth you can believe anything she says, right,
now while she's trying to get.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
A party exactly, all right, But I still want to
know what happens at the dinner tonight, all right? Next
up on the run, Also on the Epstein front, the
Clintons have been ordered to testify to Congress about what
they know about Jeffrey Epstein. The House Oversight Committee officially
subpoenaed Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as a number
of attorneys general and a couple of FBI directors.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
So they explain, Now, why do they want to talk
to Bill Clinton? Well, they explained in all the letters
to everybody why they wanted to speak to them in particular.
So listen to this excerpt from the letter the committee
wrote to Bill Clinton informing him of the subpoena. Now,
why do they want to talk to him? Quote, by
your own admission, you flew on Jeffrey Epstein's private plane
(04:58):
four separate times in twenty two thousand and two and
two thousand and three. During one of those trips, you
were even pictured receiving a massage from one of mister
Epstein's victims. They go on to list a few more
things that he allegedly did, but they also said that
he had a close relationship with Glaine Maxwell quote an
(05:19):
Epstein co conspirator, and attended an intimate dinner with her
in twenty fourteen, three years after public reports about her
involvement in mister Epstein's abuse of miners. And they say,
given that relationship, the committee believes you have information regarding
their activities that is relevant to the Committee's investigation. The
Committee also subpoena the DOJ's Epstein files. But is he
(05:42):
actually going to raise his hand, take an oath, and
give any kind of testimony or deposition, even in closed
door to this committee, History tells us.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Now, I was just going to say, history would say
absolutely not. It's never happened before. A former president has
never been compelled or forced to testify through a subpoena,
and it's unlikely that that will happen again. But hey,
the Committee's given their best efforts to try and get
to the truth or perhaps politic political theater at its.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Finest or worst. I don't know which one it would be.
All right, next up on the run.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
They aren't exactly hiding, but Texas Democrats are still missing,
at least from Texas. The standoff between Texas Democrats and
Republicans over redistricting continues.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
So what's up now the governor. He's already directed the
state law enforcement to arrest and return the missing Democrats,
but he has now asked the state Supreme Court to
remove the top Democrat from membership in the state House,
kick him out of his job. You'll remember Texas Democrats
at least fifty of them bounced over the weekend, ended
up in the waiting arms of Democratic allies and places
(06:46):
like Illinois and New York.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
So by leaving Texas, they denied Republicans a quorum, the
minimum number of legislators needed for the state to debate
and then pass legislation. The proposedstate legislation that triggered all
of this is a red districting bill that would potentially
give Republicans an additional five seats in US Congress. The
House Speaker in Texas has now given a new Friday
(07:08):
deadline for those lawmakers to return or else.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Or else what. We don't exactly know, because they've made
a few threats this week and they didn't really follow
through afterwards.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
This is one on one and parenting. If you threaten something,
you have to follow through.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
Otherwise they're just going to keep doing it, and Texas
Democrats have done this before a couple of times, so
overy years. All right, we will continue on the run.
Now in Robes, am I overstating this might be the
most important story of the day, and I'm still trying
to fully get my head around it. But what's happening
here is that the Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Junior, Yes, announce he is terminating twenty two contracts.
(07:47):
These contracts are there with companies that are supposed to
help develop certain vaccines, so they slash nearly five hundred
million dollars worth of research. Now the money robe sounds
like a number, but when you dive into now what
the research was scratching my head about why are we
stopping this?
Speaker 3 (08:06):
A lot of people are asking that question.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
So Kennedy said that after reviewing the science behind this
technology used to rapidly create vaccines like the COVID vaccines.
It's called mRNA technology, Kennedy said it poses more risks
than benefits. But many scientists and infectious disease experts disagree
with Kennedy and denounced his move, one former HHS director
(08:30):
saying this this isn't just about vaccines. It's about whether
we will be ready when the next crisis hits. Cutting
mRNA development now puts every American at greater risk. Dismantling
that momentum now is like disbanding the fire department because
the fire is out.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
That whoever that is is a good communicator. When you
put it that way, I completely understand. No, the house
isn't on fire, but we need to have trained.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Firefighters ready when the next one.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Ready to go. And the claim here is that we
are not going to be ready to go for the
next one now. Kennedy suggested during his announcement that the
mRNA vaccines don't sufficiently protect against COVID and the flu.
Vaccine experts, however, say he grossly mischaracterizes the science pharmaceutical companies.
I've prioritized mRNA research because it can easily update to
(09:19):
target new viruses and variants, which is especially important during
a pandemic. We all even know that because how many
times this new strain, this new strain, this new strain,
and the vaccine was supposed to.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Be adjusting, yes, and this mRNA technology is what allows
it to adjust very quickly and very rapidly. There's no
other technology that can get vaccines out that quickly responding
to new variants. So that's kind of the point. And
according to the CDC, during the COVID pandemic, mRNA vaccines
saved more than two hundred thousand lives in the United
(09:51):
States in just the first ten months they were available. Now,
Kennedy said work's going to be done to find an
alternative to the mRNA vaccine, saying the focus will be
un developed being quote, a universal vaccine that mimics natural immunity.
Now here's another just incredible you said about good communicators.
This comes from an expert on infectious disease and pandemic prep.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
He said this.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
I don't think I've seen a more dangerous decision in
public health in my fifty years in the business. That's
how serious some scientists are about this development and this
slashing of funds they say is going to be is
going to cost lives.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
And this one certainly will get people's attention because of
the close relation. We don't know anything about vaccine and
vaccine development, but we all became many experts during COVID.
We were paying very close attentions mRNA. I thought it
was a good thing. Yeah, all right, We're going to
continue now on this run, heading to New York City,
where the death toll is rising and a growing outbreak
of Legionnaire's disease. The New York City Health Department announced
(10:52):
three people have now died, sixty seven others diagnosed. That's
a jump in numbers. We had just a day before
fifty eight. We're sick, and so those numbers are going up.
And also went from two dead to three days.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Yeah, that's concerning.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
The disease was first detected on July twenty fifth and
has been confined to a five ZIP code area in Harlem,
but it's been linked to contaminated water cooling towers.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Legionaire's disease is the type of pneumonia.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
It develops from exposure to Legionella bacteria after someone inhal's
tiny droplets of that contaminated water.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
Abregaks usually happen from water systems in hotels, hospitals, cruise ships.
The bacteria is often found in hot tubs, air conditioning systems, fountains.
Even drinking water cannot be transmitted, however, from person to person.
New York City health officials continue to urge anybody in
the area who feels flu like symptoms to get medical
care immediately.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
All right.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Next up on the Run, The manhunt continues and is
intensifying for the suspect who shot and killed four people
in a Montana bar. That search is now in its
sixth day and police say there has been no confirmed
sighting of suspect Michael Paul Brown since Friday.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
That was the day of the shoe and Brown's a
former Army soldier who served in a rock least say
he walked into a bar that was next door to
where he lived and shot four people. This happened around
ten thirty in the morning on Friday in the town
of Anaconda, not too far outside of Butte, Montana. About
forty law enforcement agencies are now involved in this search.
Authorities have called Round unstable, considered armed and dangerous, of
(12:22):
some tough terrain around where they are and is frankly,
they're having a hard time tracking him down. All Right.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Next up on the Run. Diddy wants a pardon and
he's asked President Trump for one. This was confirmed by
one of his attorneys in the first interview from a
member of his defense team since the trial ended. Nicole
Westmerland was asked directly if Combs was in fact seeking
a presidential pardon.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
This was her response, and I quote, it is my
understanding that we've reached out and had conversations in reference
to a pardon. Now. She was asked initially, have you
all reached out, and she said yes, But then I
give the reporter credit following up, did you just was
it just one way reach out or was there back
(13:04):
and forth? And that's when she gave that answer. So
she said there has been conversations. Now the right House,
White House not commenting on i pardon request. But President Trump,
you'll remember weeks ago I said publicly that he had
not yet been asked. But just last week in an interview,
the President made it sound like pardoning Diddy is not
something he is itching to do because Diddy was a
(13:25):
nice damp.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
He claimed that he and Diddy were initially cool until
Trump ran for president, and then Diddy became hostile towards him.
According to the president, here's what Trump had to say. Yeah,
and it's hard. We're human beings and we don't like
to have things clout our judgment, right, But when you
knew someone and you were fine, and then you run
for office, and he made some terrible statements, so I
don't know, it makes it more difficult to do.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Let that be a lesson right there to everybody be nice.
You never know.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
You meet the same people coming down as you do
going up.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Just you never know. Are you really telling me he
might not get out of prison because he offended the
breath like you hurt my feelings? The hell with you? Yeah,
that's wild.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
That's on brand all right, Going to continue.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
On the run here now with Ozzy Osbourne. We of
course we saw those wonderful commemorations of his life of
celebrations in his native Birmingham, right but now we are
officially getting the cause of death for Ozzy Osborne. According
to his death certificate, the Black Sabbath frontman died from
a heart attack the age of seventy.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Six, yes after being diagnosed with Parkinson's in twenty nineteen.
He could no longer walk, but he could still sing,
and just weeks before his death, Osbourne gave what was
his final performance, seated from a throne on stage in
front of more than forty thousand of his fans, singing
Black Sabbath's greatest hits.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
So touching and appropriate description listed on his death certificate.
His occupation officially noted as songwriter, performer, rock legend. I
love that.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
That was cool.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
That is what a way to go, and some of
the some of his quotes over the years about how
he was going to be remembered in what he wanted
on his tombstone. I kind of love it. What a
life really?
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Yeah, rock legend?
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Well legend there all right, folks, will stay with us
here on this what morning is it? Wednesday?
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Wednesday?
Speaker 2 (15:15):
On this Wednesday morning, Ron when we come back and
NBA security guard was robbing the Miami Heat to the
tune of two million dollars and he was doing it
one jersey at a time, according to federal officials at least. Also,
what the hell is going on at the WNBA Games?
Why are people tossing? Oh excuse me, continuing to toss
(15:38):
sex toys onto the floor.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
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back to our Wednesday morning run and next step on
the Run. A pretty damning report was released yesterday about
(16:47):
the deadly titan submersible accident. Five people were killed when
that submersible imploded during a deep sea trip to see
the wreckage of the Titanic.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
Yeah, and in a long awaited final report now about
the act, the Coast Guard not only said the accident
was preventable, they went way way further than that. They
said the negligence was so bad that if the CEO
of the company who was on board had survived the accident,
he likely would have faced criminal charges. The Coast Guard
(17:18):
listed a number of factors that contributed to the accident,
including that the company CEO stocked and rushed, ignored numerous
safety warnings, he sidestepped regulations, and was otherwise simply negligent.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
The report cites a lack of certification on maintenance and
inspections for the submersible. It even points to the design
of the submersible as inadequate. It was made with cheaper
materials and not industry standard materials for the type of vehicle.
That is alarming that the person who knew he was
going in it was okay with cutting corners.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
That seems just not advisable.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Deep sea diving doesn't seem to be a place where
you short on materials, the cheaper stuff. Yes, so two
members of a prominent Pakistani family were on board, along
with a French explorer and a British businessman. Of course
Rush was on as well. The company was trying to
get up and running and selling rides. We have two
(18:14):
hundred and fifty thousand a person. But there are so
many ropes who say that now this one really, really
sucks because they were signed everywhere. People who work for
the compedy say, yeah, it's only a matter of time
before something like this was awful.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Report to hear, all right, next up on the run. Yeah,
this is apparently a thing now throwing dildos onto WNBA courts.
It happened again last night, and this is now the
third incident in the past week.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
It happened during the second quarter of the La Sparks
home game against the Indiana Fever. The sex toy landed
near Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham. Her name has been
attached to this story because she's the player we told
you about. Was this yesterday? Day before we told you about.
She posted a tweet this week about the previous incidents, writing,
simply stop throwing dildos on the court. You're going to
(19:03):
hurt one of us.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
Well, after last night's incident, she posted this. This tweet
did not age. Well, okay, that's pretty funny, all right. Yes,
When the incident happened last night, though a player quickly
kicked it off the floor, the game did go on.
The two other incidents of someone throwing a dildo onto
the w WNBA floor happened in Georgia and Chicago. A
man was arrested and charged for the incident in Georgia.
(19:27):
But this is dangerous. It's not funny, and it's dangerous.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
That is when it's going to This is so you all.
We have seen some horrific, horrific injuries over the years
of basketball players coming down the floor just their ankles.
We just all kinds of stuff. These women going at
full speed, these actually large women, tall, strong, going at
(19:53):
it like that. If you step on one of these things, Oh,
I really dread something terrible happening. And you know what,
the WNB is gonna get hell for not doing more
if something happens to one players. Yeah, all right, final
leg of our run here Now. Former Miami Heat security
guard is now facing feddera role charges, accused of stealing
items from the team. Look y'all, he was a security guard.
(20:16):
Probably didn't make a whole lot, I'm sure. So he
helped himself to a few items from an NBA locker room.
Big deal. Do we really have to make a federal
case out of this?
Speaker 1 (20:27):
Yes, because this dude is accused of stealing millions of dollars.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
Worth of museum level memorabilia. Marcos.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Thomas Perez allegedly stole two million dollars worth of stuff,
including hundreds of game warn jerseys that the then that
he then turned around and sold online.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
So two million dollars worth? How many jerseys were talking about?
Will the FED say he stole about four hundred game
worn jerseys, and one in particular of note they pointed
out was a Lebron James Game Warn NBA Finals jersey
from the time that Lebron played in Miami. Authority say
(21:06):
Perez sold it for one hundred thousand dollars. That's pretty
good if you're working as a heery guard. But get this,
that same jersey was later sold at auction for three
point seven million dollars. Wow, so he stole some really
good stuff.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
I'm curious the person who bought it from him for
one hundred thousand dollars and then sold it for three
point seven that profit.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
What happens to that?
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Well, what happens to the jersey? You have stolen goods?
He paid three point seventy four? Are you just screwed you?
Do you have to give up the stolen goods? I
think that's a yes. But then what happens to the
money you already gave up.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
Wow, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Lots of questions here, we need the answers to Perez
worked with the Heat from twenty sixteen to twenty twenty one,
and he wasn't just grabbing jerseys from the locker room
floor after a game. Rather, he was allegedly accessing a
specific and secure equipment room for special items that would
end up in the Miami Heat Museum. He knew what
he was doing, he knew where to go, and apparently
he had the key to the door.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Right well before we go. This is a good one.
I'm seeing it for the first time right here in
front of me. Folks. You all know that robes plucks
out our quotes of the day. I am seeing it
for the first time. And this is an interesting one
that you need to pay attention to. Something we'd like
for you to consider. Yes, take it away.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
Who would like to be happy? Everybody?
Speaker 1 (22:26):
Right?
Speaker 3 (22:26):
Okay?
Speaker 1 (22:26):
So these this quote are the ten steps to happiness.
Number one complain less, appreciate more, two, watch less, do more, three,
judge less, accept more, four fear less, try more, five,
talk less, listen more, six frown less, smile more, six
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consume less, create more seven, take less, Give more eight,
worry less, dance more, that's my favorite one. And then
hate less, love more?
Speaker 2 (23:05):
Which one do you look at and immediately you need
to change?
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Judge less, accept more is probably my biggest thing I
need to work on, and perhaps complain less appreciate more.
I am aware of it. I have been mindful of it.
But when you start really recognizing yourself doing these things,
I'm acknowledging it and I'm trying to do better. But
those are the who I'm working on most, not.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
The talk less.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
Yeah that too, but that is true. How about you?
What stands out to you?
Speaker 2 (23:36):
Uh? The worry less and complain less? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (23:45):
I agree?
Speaker 1 (23:46):
But those It's simple but so cool and I you
know again, this is something I would like to actually
put up on a wall, like, yeah, have this posted.
Put this up on your wall in your bedroom when
you first wake up boom. It's a different way to
approach I love it. Sylvia Duckworth actually came up with this.
She's a Canadian teacher and educator. She's an author as well.
(24:06):
But I just thought it was simple and cool and
something we can all learn from and we.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Should post that. Put that up for people to refer
back to. But that's a very good one, telling us
to complain, watch judge, fear, talk, crown, consume, take, worry
and hate. Less on those things, and you should appreciate
do except try, listen, smile, create, give, dance and love more.
It's a great quote today. Thank you for that, Ropes,
and with that, everybody, we appreciate you, always running with thoughts.
(24:30):
I'm TJ.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Holk and I Mami Roboch.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
Have a wonderful Wednesday.
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