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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio podcast. Hello everyone,
this is your Morning Run for Thursday, March thirteenth. The
Morning Run now guaranteed available by six thirty am Eastern
Time Monday through Friday.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Good morning. I'm Amy Robots.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
And I'm TJ Holmes and I just cannot stop watching
that new Magan Markel show on Netflix. Robes. I felt
like I was compelled to start with a confession. Everybody's
talk about the show.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
I would like to make some sun tea after watching
her brew hers in the sun in the California Sun.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yeah, she's got this Martha Stewart voice to her.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Am I in a trance? Maybe that's what it is. Yeah,
in true the confession here, folks. We usually put this
show together with news on TV as a background on
news channels. Last two days, I've been watching nothing but
Megan Markle on Netflix.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Because they stopped doing live news overnights for some reason.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
A lot of changes in the industry with that, folks.
We are gonna say good morning to you and head
out on the Today. And unless lawmakers can find a
bipartisan solution, it looks like we may be headed for
a government shut down. Tomorrow night at midnight.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Some not so bad news on the inflation front. The
rate of inflation has slowed, but experts caution don't get
too excited. And heavy rain is falling in fire ravaged
areas of LA prompting floodwatches and evacuation orders. The threat
of mudslides and debris flow are in place, and the
Pope marks two major milestones this week as the Vatican
(01:29):
addresses rumors of his demise.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
In addition to those stories, also on the run this morning,
they can't catch a break. Those stranded astronauts have to
stay a little longer up in space after their ride
home wasn't allowed to take off yesterday. Also this morning,
the greatest day of deregulation in US history. That's what
the EPA calls it. Environmentalists call it downright dangerous. And
it's Canada's turn on tariffs. Our neighbors to the north
(01:53):
throw a quick CounterPunch on the same day Trump's new
tariff goes into effects.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Can you keep of tariffs?
Speaker 1 (02:00):
I mean, we are tasked with doing this every day,
so we're reading the articles and I still am super
confused about who's taxing whom when, on what products.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Okay, just go with this. The US is taxing everybody.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
And we're all getting reciprocal taxes thrown at us from
various but then but then they pause them, and then
they retract them, and we'll try to get through all
of it. But we're going to begin our run today
in Washington, d C. The government is gonna shut down
tomorrow night at midnight if somebody doesn't do something and fast.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Yeah. Shut down became more of a reality yesterday after
Senate Democrats announced they will oppose the GOP funding bill
that passed in the House on Tuesday. That bill would
avoid a government shut down because it has the money
to keep the government funded through the end of September.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
But Democrats are now saying they will not support that
bill and instead they're insisting on a short term funding
measure to keep the government open and that will give
them more time to negotiate a longer term deal with Republicans.
Sounds reasonable enough, but there are a couple of problems
with that. First, the Senate Republicans aren't trying to hear that,
and second, the House has already gone home.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Yes, and an intentional and strategic move to put pressure
on the Senate. The House adjourned after passing the funding
bill on Tuesday, members left town. They headed back to
their district. So you really think ropes all of them
are going to come back to DC to vote on
some new Senate bill. The chances of that are quite low.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
So what do we do now, Well, the blame game
is on. That's what we do.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
We point fingers at one another. Both sides are busy
trying to pin a potential government shutdown on the other side.
And this is a big dilemma for Democrats. Some of
them spoke out yesterday saying we're damned if we do,
We're damned if we don't. And some are saying that
perhaps even agreeing with Republicans, Republicans would need seven Democrats
to vote with the bill for it to pass, that
(03:58):
that might actually be better in terms of repercussions from
their constituents than having the government actually shut down.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Yeah, all the complaint you're making about the chaos that
Trump has brought to the federal government and then you're
going to be a party to shutting it down. It's
a dilemma. But as zeb right now, folks, at this moment,
there is not a solution to this problem. So keep
your eyes on DC today. We certainly will up next
here as we continue on this Thursday morning run some
(04:26):
positive news here on the inflation front. February's Consumer Price
Index showed that inflation has finally slowed after months of
elevated numbers.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yes, so we're still dealing with inflation, but it's just
not as bad as it has been. That's the basic
headline there. The CPI rose by two point eight percent,
and that is the lowest rate, the lowest number since November.
Grocery prices, with the exception of eggs, were flat last month,
and that's a good thing because they have been climbing.
So dairy fruit and vegetable prices actually went down.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Yeah, we had to say grocery prices with the eggs
reception of eggs, because egg prices are up a whopping
fifty nine percent for the year, ten percent in February alone.
So the experts out there are warning that these tariffs
and the confusion over the trade policy means that the
slight relief that we're seeing in inflation could be fleeting
if we end up with a trade war, which could
(05:19):
reignite higher prices again. Something else to keep an eye on.
But still, like you said, it's good news that inflation
has slowed.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Yeah, and I feel validated that economic experts are saying
that our trade policy is confusing right now, I actually agree,
all right. Next up on the run, another day, another tariff.
This time it's Canada's turn. Our friendly neighbors to the
north announced a new twenty five percent tariff of US
goods yesterday, and it went into effect at midnight last night.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Yeah, and they're not being shy about are they saying? Yeah,
this is in retaliation for the US tariff that went
into effect yesterday that puts a twenty five percent charge
on all steel and aluminum products coming into the US.
New Canadian tariff is on the US steel aluminum, as
well as the brain of other products talking tools, monitors,
sporting goods, among other things. So in total, though, Canada
says it's targeting about thirty billion dollars worth of US.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Products, sporting equipment.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
That's funny, we have that big of an influx of
Canadians sporting equipment.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Yeah, we like the treadmills. I have no idea. I'm kidding.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Maybe it was hockey related. I don't know, all right,
while announcing the new tariffs. Canada's finance minister also acknowledged
this is also silly, saying the US is needlessly disrupting
an incredibly successful trading partnership. It is a completely unwarranted
and unjustified move that will raise costs for Americans and Canadians.
Trump is insisting, you know, he's just trying to even
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the playing field with tariffs and wants to start charging
other countries what they have been charging us. In that sense,
it makes sense. But wow, there has been certainly some upheaval.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
And some whiplash. I guess the way he's going about
has been so extreme. Bag we'll see if results do
come or chaos continues on this run. Though. We will
continue with federal rules, the ones that say how much
pollution your car can emit, Well, those are getting another
look by the Trump administration, and so are dozens of
other EPA regulations.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
And what the administration is calling the biggest deregulatory action
in US history. The EPA announced yesterday more than two
dozen major environmental rules and regulations are going to be
rolled back now by that agency. Lee Zelden, the EPA administrator, said,
vehicle emission standards, power plant pollution standards, wastewater pollution standards,
as well as the agency's view on climate change are
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all on the table.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Yeah, he put it this way. We are driving a
dagger through the heart of climate change religion to drive
down the cost of living for American families, unleash American energy,
bring auto jobs back to the US, and more. Zelden
went on to claim it will be more affordable to
purchase a car, heat homes. Opponents, however, say, get ready
for more toxins, get ready for more asthma in kids,
(07:59):
more cancers, and more dangers for pregnant women and children.
They can't just flip a switch and change all these
regulations as at pretty long process, but they are starting
it officially to roll back a lot of these regulations.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
My goodness.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
And then of course the lawsuits are coming, as they
have with all of these major changes. Green new scam,
that's what he called.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
It, anything having to do with climate change or anything
the essentially Democrats try to do to combat anything having
to do with the environment. They have come to call
it the green new scam. And that's catchy. You can
remember that it sounds bad. So again, this is another
case of Republicans are sometimes pretty good with their messaging.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Wow, all right.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Next up on the run, we are talking evacuation warnings
and orders once again for fire weary LA residents. More
than twenty million people right now are under a flash
flood watch in southern California.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Yeah. Some of the areas under the most risk are
the exact same communities that are steel reeling from those
devastating fires in you warry. But this time the concern
is mud slides because those burn areas especially vulnerable to
heavy rain. And that's exactly what the core cast is
calling for today.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Yeah, the area is impacted by the palisades and the
eaten fires are all included in these warning areas. Some
may see two to three inches of rainfall in a
short period of time. They're saying there could be getting
like a half an inch an hour, and maybe even
as much as three quarters of an inch an hour.
That might not sound like much, but that's what it
takes for mud slides to ensue. So they have warned
all the residents, and my goodness, this is the last
(09:33):
thing these folks need to hear.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
All Right, We'll stay with us folks here on this
Thursday Morning Run when we come back, why are folks
trying to break into the hospital where the Pope is
being treated? Also, they've been stuck up oh in space
for nine months and they just found out that stay
is going to get a little bit longer. And what
are you doing tonight? At around what two in the morning?
(09:54):
Take a look outside and you will see a what robes?
A lunar blood blood.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
A worm in there like a blood worm moon something.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
Okay, we're gonna all figure out together when it Run
continues to state with all right, folks, we continue on
our Thursday Morning ron and the next leg will take
us to Rome, where Pope Francis is marking two major
milestones this week. Today is actually the twelfth anniversary as
(10:25):
pope tomorrow though a different type of anniversary if you will,
it'll mark a full month that he's been in the hospital.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Yeah, there is no announced public commemoration to mark the
Pope's twelfth anniversary, but we did receive an update on
his health. The Vatican said the Pope remains in stable
condition and a chest X ray has confirmed that the
Pope is continuing to improve from that double pneumonia that
he has been experiencing it was a complication from bronchitis. Remember,
bronchitis is the original reason why he got into the
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or was admitted into the hospital.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
You no, they did go on to reiterate that while
he is out of immediate danger situation, his situation remains complex.
You're still receiving high flow oxygen through nasal tubes during
the day and a mechanical breathing mask at night.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Now, some people have noted that the Vatican has not
released any photos. There have been no videos of Pope
Francis since he was admitted to the hospital. We did
get that recorded audio message from him last week where
he was thanking people for their prayers, but all of
that well, apparently the video excuse me, the audio was
said to have quieted rumors of his demise. The Vatican's
(11:31):
very aware that people are questioning why they haven't seen
Pope Francis.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
You know, I didn't think about this until you said
it this morning. But yes, we have not laid eyes
on the Pope in a month. That is something. Now.
Over the past few days, though, at least two Italian
TikTokers cameras in tow stormed into the Rome hospital where
the Pope is being treated, and in both of those cases,
they noted that there was a lack of security and
suggested it was because the Pope had already passed away.
(11:56):
Here's the thing. Though they both were in the wrong
wing to the hospital, the Pope was nowhere near them.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
That's why there was no security. The Vatican addressed the
suggestion of a massive cover up, saying, this fake news
speaks for itself. We deliver our news with regularity and transparency.
And they added this, We said that with the audio,
the Pope wanted to thank the faithful for their prayers
in these weeks. If one of the goals of that
audio was also to dismiss the fake news about his health,
(12:25):
well everyone is free to draw their own conclusions. And
when pressed about why we haven't seen him, the Vatican said, hey,
the Pope doesn't want to be seen, and we're going
to honor what he wishes. If he wanted there to
be a video, we would have put out a video.
He wanted audio, so we put out the audio. And
so that was their reaction to these rumors that have
(12:46):
You know, there are always going to be rumors about
the Vatican's lack of transparency and what's really going on
inside the.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Hospital there in Rome.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
And you know, the TikTokers did what they could to
get as many more viewers as they could, but turns
out they were in.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
The row wing. Were they even in the right hospital.
We will continue here on the run this morning. The
next leg. Now we'll take us to space, where a
couple of astronauts have been for quite a while longer
than they expected, been stuck up there for an extra
nine months, So what's a few more days. The mission
that was supposed to launch yesterday, we talked about it here.
(13:22):
It was going to bring back those two stranded astronauts
from the International Space Station. But that mission didn't launch yesterday.
It was scrapped because of an issue on the launch pad.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Yeah, the crew was strapped into the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft
last night.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
They're ready to go.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
The countdown was stopped because of a hydraulic issue on
the launch pad. The mission was to drop off four
astronauts to the International Space Station, but to pick up
Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams, the two that were left
on a test mission last June. They were only supposed
to be in station in space for about a week,
but engineers had concerns about the safety of the Boeing
(14:00):
Starliner spacecraft which carried them to space.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
So they were nervous about allowing them to fly back
to Earth on that same craft, so they actually brought
the craft back with no people onboard. It ended up
making it safely, but oh well, that meant that the
astronauts were stuck up there and couldn't get a ride
home until the next scheduled space mission, which happened to
be nine months later, which happened to be yesterday, which
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happened to be scrapped. So what do we do now?
They say they can't take off until at least Friday,
if then, but no word if this issue has been
worked out on the launch pan look better safe. You
gotta beat this space travel, folks, And as regular as
it seems these days, as often as we see it,
this is some scary, dangerous, very technical stuff. So yeah,
(14:46):
take your time.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
One of the astronauts said.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
It's they said, NASA has done such a good job
of making it seem easy, but this is perhaps a
way or a window into the fact that it is not.
You know that this is very serious and very technical
and one small thing can lead to a major catastrophe.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
So I'm sure they're like, yes, take your time, let's.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
Get it right. I'm gonna go look up the audio.
I would love to hear their reactions to hearing that
that mission was scrapped. It might be a couple days difference,
but they probably laughed. I mean, are you kidding me?
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, this is gonna make some headlines. I'm
sure that's what they were thinking.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
All right.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
For the final leg of our run, if you are
willing to lose a little bit of sleep tonight, scientists
say you might be able to and probably will be
able to behold a blood moon total lunar eclipse overnight
and you won't even need any equipment.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Okay, so they say this starts around one am Eastern Time,
but there will be a partial eclipse, then it will
be completely blocked. A full eclipse happens around two twenty
five am Eastern time, and it'll go for about an hour,
so you're still gonna be able to see the last
remnants of the eclipse around six AM Eastern So if
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you don't want to get up in the middle of
the night, you can see a little bit of the show.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Yeah, I think they said it.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
You might be able to see starting starting to have
a partial eclipse around eleven PM. But really, like so
there's kind of a from eleven PM to six am,
right when everybody would mostly be sleeping, that's when this
all's going to take place. And it's a blood moon.
This is the best way I heard it described. The
Sun's light gets bent as it's trying to go around
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the Earth, so it passes through the Earth onto the moon.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
One scientist put it this way.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Think of all the red light from sunrises and sunsets
becoming visible at the same time on the moon.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
That's pretty cool.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
Yeah, that cleared it right up. I have no idea
what the hell I'm going to be looking at in
the sky. I'm going to look it sounds cool, but yeah, right,
red sunset, sun so every sunrise and sunset I've ever
seen is going to be in the sky tonight.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
That's what a scientist. It kind of makes you want
to stay up all night, doesn't it. So by the way,
we were talking about the name the blood moon, but
it was like the blood worm moon. So this month's
full moon actually has the name worm moon. It's a
nickname that comes from earthworms that are found as spring nears.
This is according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
They named moon. So the spring moon is called the
worm moon.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
And because it's going to be a blood moon now
it's a blood worm moon.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Full eclipse tonight.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Can we go back to talking about tariffs? That was
easier to understand. What okay? Anyway, folks, golassie look up.
Middle of the night should be cool. But as you
go about your day to day on this Thursday, something
we'd like for you to consider it is our quote
of the day.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
You know, I'm loving some of these sports themed quotes,
so I went with another one today. It's not the
will to win that matters. Everyone has that. It's the
will to prepare to win that matters.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Coaches have the best quotes, and this comes from legendary
coach Bear Bryant. I cannot believe you put in an
Alabama coach's quote into the show.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
You know, every now and then, girl, this dog can respect,
can respect what's done there in the state of Alabama.
It's true, they've done some great things and Bear Bryant
was among one of their greats. And I just love
this quote. It's so true. Everybody has the will to win,
but they're not ready to do what it takes to win.
Speaker 3 (18:16):
Coaches have great great quotes. Another one that reminds me
this is you practice how you play right everybody. This
is a great, great one from the coaches are great motivators.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
They are.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
And this simple little note. I'm sure you said it
to a team where it's meant for a team, but
it applies to everybody in every facet of life almost
So thank you.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
Yeah, how about one more time if.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
Here? Yes, the quote is it's not the will to
win that matters. Everyone has that, it's the will to
prepare to win that matters. Say with that, folks, we
appreciate you going on a little run with us on
this Thursday morning. We will see you back here for
the run tomorrow Friday, a Friday run.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
For now, I'm TJ and I'm Amy Roeboch. Have a
wonderful day today everyone.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Yeah,
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio podcast. Hello everyone,
this is your Morning Run for Thursday, March thirteenth. The
Morning Run now guaranteed available by six thirty am Eastern
Time Monday through Friday.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Good morning. I'm Amy Robots.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
And I'm TJ Holmes and I just cannot stop watching
that new Magan Markel show on Netflix. Robes. I felt
like I was compelled to start with a confession. Everybody's
talk about the show.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
I would like to make some sun tea after watching
her brew hers in the sun in the California Sun.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yeah, she's got this Martha Stewart voice to her.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Am I in a trance? Maybe that's what it is. Yeah,
in true the confession here, folks. We usually put this
show together with news on TV as a background on
news channels. Last two days, I've been watching nothing but
Megan Markle on Netflix.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Because they stopped doing live news overnights for some reason.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
A lot of changes in the industry with that, folks.
We are gonna say good morning to you and head
out on the Today. And unless lawmakers can find a
bipartisan solution, it looks like we may be headed for
a government shut down. Tomorrow night at midnight.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Some not so bad news on the inflation front. The
rate of inflation has slowed, but experts caution don't get
too excited. And heavy rain is falling in fire ravaged
areas of LA prompting floodwatches and evacuation orders. The threat
of mudslides and debris flow are in place, and the
Pope marks two major milestones this week as the Vatican
(01:29):
addresses rumors of his demise.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
In addition to those stories, also on the run this morning,
they can't catch a break. Those stranded astronauts have to
stay a little longer up in space after their ride
home wasn't allowed to take off yesterday. Also this morning,
the greatest day of deregulation in US history. That's what
the EPA calls it. Environmentalists call it downright dangerous. And
it's Canada's turn on tariffs. Our neighbors to the north
(01:53):
throw a quick CounterPunch on the same day Trump's new
tariff goes into effects.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Can you keep of tariffs?
Speaker 1 (02:00):
I mean, we are tasked with doing this every day,
so we're reading the articles and I still am super
confused about who's taxing whom when, on what products.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Okay, just go with this. The US is taxing everybody.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
And we're all getting reciprocal taxes thrown at us from
various but then but then they pause them, and then
they retract them, and we'll try to get through all
of it. But we're going to begin our run today
in Washington, d C. The government is gonna shut down
tomorrow night at midnight if somebody doesn't do something and fast.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Yeah. Shut down became more of a reality yesterday after
Senate Democrats announced they will oppose the GOP funding bill
that passed in the House on Tuesday. That bill would
avoid a government shut down because it has the money
to keep the government funded through the end of September.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
But Democrats are now saying they will not support that
bill and instead they're insisting on a short term funding
measure to keep the government open and that will give
them more time to negotiate a longer term deal with Republicans.
Sounds reasonable enough, but there are a couple of problems
with that. First, the Senate Republicans aren't trying to hear that,
and second, the House has already gone home.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Yes, and an intentional and strategic move to put pressure
on the Senate. The House adjourned after passing the funding
bill on Tuesday, members left town. They headed back to
their district. So you really think ropes all of them
are going to come back to DC to vote on
some new Senate bill. The chances of that are quite low.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
So what do we do now, Well, the blame game
is on. That's what we do.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
We point fingers at one another. Both sides are busy
trying to pin a potential government shutdown on the other side.
And this is a big dilemma for Democrats. Some of
them spoke out yesterday saying we're damned if we do,
We're damned if we don't. And some are saying that
perhaps even agreeing with Republicans, Republicans would need seven Democrats
to vote with the bill for it to pass, that
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that might actually be better in terms of repercussions from
their constituents than having the government actually shut down.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Yeah, all the complaint you're making about the chaos that
Trump has brought to the federal government and then you're
going to be a party to shutting it down. It's
a dilemma. But as zeb right now, folks, at this moment,
there is not a solution to this problem. So keep
your eyes on DC today. We certainly will up next
here as we continue on this Thursday morning run some
(04:26):
positive news here on the inflation front. February's Consumer Price
Index showed that inflation has finally slowed after months of
elevated numbers.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yes, so we're still dealing with inflation, but it's just
not as bad as it has been. That's the basic
headline there. The CPI rose by two point eight percent,
and that is the lowest rate, the lowest number since November.
Grocery prices, with the exception of eggs, were flat last month,
and that's a good thing because they have been climbing.
So dairy fruit and vegetable prices actually went down.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Yeah, we had to say grocery prices with the eggs
reception of eggs, because egg prices are up a whopping
fifty nine percent for the year, ten percent in February alone.
So the experts out there are warning that these tariffs
and the confusion over the trade policy means that the
slight relief that we're seeing in inflation could be fleeting
if we end up with a trade war, which could
(05:19):
reignite higher prices again. Something else to keep an eye on.
But still, like you said, it's good news that inflation
has slowed.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Yeah, and I feel validated that economic experts are saying
that our trade policy is confusing right now, I actually agree,
all right. Next up on the run, another day, another tariff.
This time it's Canada's turn. Our friendly neighbors to the
north announced a new twenty five percent tariff of US
goods yesterday, and it went into effect at midnight last night.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Yeah, and they're not being shy about are they saying? Yeah,
this is in retaliation for the US tariff that went
into effect yesterday that puts a twenty five percent charge
on all steel and aluminum products coming into the US.
New Canadian tariff is on the US steel aluminum, as
well as the brain of other products talking tools, monitors,
sporting goods, among other things. So in total, though, Canada
says it's targeting about thirty billion dollars worth of US.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Products, sporting equipment.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
That's funny, we have that big of an influx of
Canadians sporting equipment.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Yeah, we like the treadmills. I have no idea. I'm kidding.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Maybe it was hockey related. I don't know, all right,
while announcing the new tariffs. Canada's finance minister also acknowledged
this is also silly, saying the US is needlessly disrupting
an incredibly successful trading partnership. It is a completely unwarranted
and unjustified move that will raise costs for Americans and Canadians.
Trump is insisting, you know, he's just trying to even
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the playing field with tariffs and wants to start charging
other countries what they have been charging us. In that sense,
it makes sense. But wow, there has been certainly some upheaval.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
And some whiplash. I guess the way he's going about
has been so extreme. Bag we'll see if results do
come or chaos continues on this run. Though. We will
continue with federal rules, the ones that say how much
pollution your car can emit, Well, those are getting another
look by the Trump administration, and so are dozens of
other EPA regulations.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
And what the administration is calling the biggest deregulatory action
in US history. The EPA announced yesterday more than two
dozen major environmental rules and regulations are going to be
rolled back now by that agency. Lee Zelden, the EPA administrator, said,
vehicle emission standards, power plant pollution standards, wastewater pollution standards,
as well as the agency's view on climate change are
(07:35):
all on the table.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Yeah, he put it this way. We are driving a
dagger through the heart of climate change religion to drive
down the cost of living for American families, unleash American energy,
bring auto jobs back to the US, and more. Zelden
went on to claim it will be more affordable to
purchase a car, heat homes. Opponents, however, say, get ready
for more toxins, get ready for more asthma in kids,
(07:59):
more cancers, and more dangers for pregnant women and children.
They can't just flip a switch and change all these
regulations as at pretty long process, but they are starting
it officially to roll back a lot of these regulations.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
My goodness.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
And then of course the lawsuits are coming, as they
have with all of these major changes. Green new scam,
that's what he called.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
It, anything having to do with climate change or anything
the essentially Democrats try to do to combat anything having
to do with the environment. They have come to call
it the green new scam. And that's catchy. You can
remember that it sounds bad. So again, this is another
case of Republicans are sometimes pretty good with their messaging.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Wow, all right.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Next up on the run, we are talking evacuation warnings
and orders once again for fire weary LA residents. More
than twenty million people right now are under a flash
flood watch in southern California.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Yeah. Some of the areas under the most risk are
the exact same communities that are steel reeling from those
devastating fires in you warry. But this time the concern
is mud slides because those burn areas especially vulnerable to
heavy rain. And that's exactly what the core cast is
calling for today.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Yeah, the area is impacted by the palisades and the
eaten fires are all included in these warning areas. Some
may see two to three inches of rainfall in a
short period of time. They're saying there could be getting
like a half an inch an hour, and maybe even
as much as three quarters of an inch an hour.
That might not sound like much, but that's what it
takes for mud slides to ensue. So they have warned
all the residents, and my goodness, this is the last
(09:33):
thing these folks need to hear.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
All Right, We'll stay with us folks here on this
Thursday Morning Run when we come back, why are folks
trying to break into the hospital where the Pope is
being treated? Also, they've been stuck up oh in space
for nine months and they just found out that stay
is going to get a little bit longer. And what
are you doing tonight? At around what two in the morning?
(09:54):
Take a look outside and you will see a what robes?
A lunar blood blood.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
A worm in there like a blood worm moon something.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
Okay, we're gonna all figure out together when it Run
continues to state with all right, folks, we continue on
our Thursday Morning ron and the next leg will take
us to Rome, where Pope Francis is marking two major
milestones this week. Today is actually the twelfth anniversary as
(10:25):
pope tomorrow though a different type of anniversary if you will,
it'll mark a full month that he's been in the hospital.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Yeah, there is no announced public commemoration to mark the
Pope's twelfth anniversary, but we did receive an update on
his health. The Vatican said the Pope remains in stable
condition and a chest X ray has confirmed that the
Pope is continuing to improve from that double pneumonia that
he has been experiencing it was a complication from bronchitis. Remember,
bronchitis is the original reason why he got into the
(10:55):
or was admitted into the hospital.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
You no, they did go on to reiterate that while
he is out of immediate danger situation, his situation remains complex.
You're still receiving high flow oxygen through nasal tubes during
the day and a mechanical breathing mask at night.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Now, some people have noted that the Vatican has not
released any photos. There have been no videos of Pope
Francis since he was admitted to the hospital. We did
get that recorded audio message from him last week where
he was thanking people for their prayers, but all of
that well, apparently the video excuse me, the audio was
said to have quieted rumors of his demise. The Vatican's
(11:31):
very aware that people are questioning why they haven't seen
Pope Francis.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
You know, I didn't think about this until you said
it this morning. But yes, we have not laid eyes
on the Pope in a month. That is something. Now.
Over the past few days, though, at least two Italian
TikTokers cameras in tow stormed into the Rome hospital where
the Pope is being treated, and in both of those cases,
they noted that there was a lack of security and
suggested it was because the Pope had already passed away.
(11:56):
Here's the thing. Though they both were in the wrong
wing to the hospital, the Pope was nowhere near them.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
That's why there was no security. The Vatican addressed the
suggestion of a massive cover up, saying, this fake news
speaks for itself. We deliver our news with regularity and transparency.
And they added this, We said that with the audio,
the Pope wanted to thank the faithful for their prayers
in these weeks. If one of the goals of that
audio was also to dismiss the fake news about his health,
(12:25):
well everyone is free to draw their own conclusions. And
when pressed about why we haven't seen him, the Vatican said, hey,
the Pope doesn't want to be seen, and we're going
to honor what he wishes. If he wanted there to
be a video, we would have put out a video.
He wanted audio, so we put out the audio. And
so that was their reaction to these rumors that have
(12:46):
You know, there are always going to be rumors about
the Vatican's lack of transparency and what's really going on
inside the.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Hospital there in Rome.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
And you know, the TikTokers did what they could to
get as many more viewers as they could, but turns
out they were in.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
The row wing. Were they even in the right hospital.
We will continue here on the run this morning. The
next leg. Now we'll take us to space, where a
couple of astronauts have been for quite a while longer
than they expected, been stuck up there for an extra
nine months, So what's a few more days. The mission
that was supposed to launch yesterday, we talked about it here.
(13:22):
It was going to bring back those two stranded astronauts
from the International Space Station. But that mission didn't launch yesterday.
It was scrapped because of an issue on the launch pad.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Yeah, the crew was strapped into the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft
last night.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
They're ready to go.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
The countdown was stopped because of a hydraulic issue on
the launch pad. The mission was to drop off four
astronauts to the International Space Station, but to pick up
Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams, the two that were left
on a test mission last June. They were only supposed
to be in station in space for about a week,
but engineers had concerns about the safety of the Boeing
(14:00):
Starliner spacecraft which carried them to space.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
So they were nervous about allowing them to fly back
to Earth on that same craft, so they actually brought
the craft back with no people onboard. It ended up
making it safely, but oh well, that meant that the
astronauts were stuck up there and couldn't get a ride
home until the next scheduled space mission, which happened to
be nine months later, which happened to be yesterday, which
(14:25):
happened to be scrapped. So what do we do now?
They say they can't take off until at least Friday,
if then, but no word if this issue has been
worked out on the launch pan look better safe. You
gotta beat this space travel, folks, And as regular as
it seems these days, as often as we see it,
this is some scary, dangerous, very technical stuff. So yeah,
(14:46):
take your time.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
One of the astronauts said.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
It's they said, NASA has done such a good job
of making it seem easy, but this is perhaps a
way or a window into the fact that it is not.
You know that this is very serious and very technical
and one small thing can lead to a major catastrophe.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
So I'm sure they're like, yes, take your time, let's.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
Get it right. I'm gonna go look up the audio.
I would love to hear their reactions to hearing that
that mission was scrapped. It might be a couple days difference,
but they probably laughed. I mean, are you kidding me?
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, this is gonna make some headlines. I'm
sure that's what they were thinking.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
All right.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
For the final leg of our run, if you are
willing to lose a little bit of sleep tonight, scientists
say you might be able to and probably will be
able to behold a blood moon total lunar eclipse overnight
and you won't even need any equipment.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Okay, so they say this starts around one am Eastern Time,
but there will be a partial eclipse, then it will
be completely blocked. A full eclipse happens around two twenty
five am Eastern time, and it'll go for about an hour,
so you're still gonna be able to see the last
remnants of the eclipse around six AM Eastern So if
(15:58):
you don't want to get up in the middle of
the night, you can see a little bit of the show.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Yeah, I think they said it.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
You might be able to see starting starting to have
a partial eclipse around eleven PM. But really, like so
there's kind of a from eleven PM to six am,
right when everybody would mostly be sleeping, that's when this
all's going to take place. And it's a blood moon.
This is the best way I heard it described. The
Sun's light gets bent as it's trying to go around
(16:24):
the Earth, so it passes through the Earth onto the moon.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
One scientist put it this way.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Think of all the red light from sunrises and sunsets
becoming visible at the same time on the moon.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
That's pretty cool.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
Yeah, that cleared it right up. I have no idea
what the hell I'm going to be looking at in
the sky. I'm going to look it sounds cool, but yeah, right,
red sunset, sun so every sunrise and sunset I've ever
seen is going to be in the sky tonight.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
That's what a scientist. It kind of makes you want
to stay up all night, doesn't it. So by the way,
we were talking about the name the blood moon, but
it was like the blood worm moon. So this month's
full moon actually has the name worm moon. It's a
nickname that comes from earthworms that are found as spring nears.
This is according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
They named moon. So the spring moon is called the
worm moon.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
And because it's going to be a blood moon now
it's a blood worm moon.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Full eclipse tonight.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Can we go back to talking about tariffs? That was
easier to understand. What okay? Anyway, folks, golassie look up.
Middle of the night should be cool. But as you
go about your day to day on this Thursday, something
we'd like for you to consider it is our quote
of the day.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
You know, I'm loving some of these sports themed quotes,
so I went with another one today. It's not the
will to win that matters. Everyone has that. It's the
will to prepare to win that matters.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Coaches have the best quotes, and this comes from legendary
coach Bear Bryant. I cannot believe you put in an
Alabama coach's quote into the show.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
You know, every now and then, girl, this dog can respect,
can respect what's done there in the state of Alabama.
It's true, they've done some great things and Bear Bryant
was among one of their greats. And I just love
this quote. It's so true. Everybody has the will to win,
but they're not ready to do what it takes to win.
Speaker 3 (18:16):
Coaches have great great quotes. Another one that reminds me
this is you practice how you play right everybody. This
is a great, great one from the coaches are great motivators.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
They are.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
And this simple little note. I'm sure you said it
to a team where it's meant for a team, but
it applies to everybody in every facet of life almost
So thank you.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
Yeah, how about one more time if.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
Here? Yes, the quote is it's not the will to
win that matters. Everyone has that, it's the will to
prepare to win that matters. Say with that, folks, we
appreciate you going on a little run with us on
this Thursday morning. We will see you back here for
the run tomorrow Friday, a Friday run.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
For now, I'm TJ and I'm Amy Roeboch. Have a
wonderful day today everyone.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Yeah,
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