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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio podcast. Good
morning everyone, This is your Morning Run for May eighth.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
I'm Amy Robots and.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
I'm TJ Holmes and on the Run this morning, more
black Smoke. Just moments before we hit record to do
this morning Run, more black smoke started coming out of
that chimney, the world's most famous chimney. Right now, So
day two robes here we are. We don't have a
pope still, but we have a couple more chances today.
You and I were very worried about recording this episode,
(00:33):
and then we had a result. So we appreciate the
Cardinals for getting on it.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Yes, we took a little bit of a pause and
we got our result at least for the morning. Also
on the Run this morning, Smokey Robinson responds to the
sexual assault allegations against him, calling them false, viile, and
a money grap.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Plus not guilty. Three former Memphis police officers acquit it
in the death of Tyree Nichols, why they're still likely
headed to prison.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
And a first in this current trade war, the US
has reportedly struck a major trade deal. An announcement is
set for this morning in the Oval Office.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Also President Trump added again which body of water he
wants to rename now? And the stock marker reacted positively
yesterday to the Federal Reserve. What did the FED do nothing?
Speaker 1 (01:19):
And that accident at Jennifer Aniston's home was no accident,
please say it was a stalker who crashed through her
front gate.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
And finally, this morning on our rundown, a big birthday
today for one of the most famous and iconic brands
in the world, Coca Cola and Pepsi is crashing Coke's
birthday party. I kind of like this story. It was
supposed to be lighter, but now it's got a little
something to it.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
It got a little kick to it. It's a fun story.
We can't wait to get to it.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
But we have to begin this Thursday morning run in Rome,
where yes, we want to share with you some breaking news.
We actually delayed recording the podcast to see if we
would get any smoke out of the Sistine Chapel, and bam,
the cars delivered at five fifty three am Eastern time.
We got more black smoke. After two morning rounds of voting.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah, earlier this morning, we did see the sequestered cardinals
or told that they attended a Mass and then went
into the Sistine Chapel to begin the first of two
rounds of voting this morning. But there was only one
scheduled ballot burning, so because the smoke was black, this
means both votes that they took this morning did not
result in that necessary two thirds consensus. So no poke yet.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Yes, but the cardinals will now go back into an
afternoon voting session after lunch, repeating essentially what they did
this morning, so they'll have two more votes and one
more ballot burning. Now, if a cardinal gets those necessary
eighty nine votes, we will see white smoke, and that
could happen at any point after either vote. If there
is no new pope elected after three days, well, the
(02:51):
cardinals will take a twenty four hour break to reflect
before they will resume voting again.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
All right, we're not there yet, but all one hundred
and thirty three voting cardinals are sequestered in modern Vatican
guest houses. They say this housing is a bit uncomfortable,
to be quite honest with you, so they might be
itching to get out of there so we could get
a new pope soon. They are restricted from access to
the outside world. That means they have no phones, no TV,
no Internet, no interaction with anyone other than the voting cardinals.
(03:17):
I mean, they don't even know that the Knicks won
last night. So these guys know nothing. They are incentivized
to reach a consensus sooner rather than later because of
all that they are shut out and living in conditions
that aren't great.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
So exactly, it's hard.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
I mean these are just men. Yeah, like, get me
out of here. Who you want me to vote for?
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Exactly what are y'all thinking right now?
Speaker 1 (03:36):
But it's it's been pretty cool to watch because yesterday
there were sparse crowds waiting to see this smoke. By
this morning, Saint Peter Square has been packed and they
expected to grow even larger. The crowds this afternoon in
anticipation of what that smoke color might be. So we
will keep you up to date on all of that.
But next up on our run Not Guilty. Three former
(04:00):
Memphis police officers have been acquitted of all charges in
the death of Tyree Nichols.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
At nicholls death after a traffic stop in twenty twenty
three spark nationwide protests against police brutality, but a jury
yesterday found the three officers not guilty of second degree murder,
but they were also facing several counts of kidnapping, misconduct,
and assault. The jury found them not guilty of all
of those charges as well.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Now, the officers to Darius being Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith,
pulled Nichols over back in twenty twenty three. Nichols was
beaten and Pepper sprayed before and after a foot pursuit,
and despite their not guilty verdict, the former officers are
still expected to end up in prison.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Yeah, because yesterday's verdicts were in their state trial. They
had already been convicted of some lesser charges in a
federal trial, and sentencing for that is expected next month.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
All right.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Next up on the run, President Trump is reportedly going
to change the name of another body of water, and
Iran isn't too happy about it.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Yeah, you think he cares. He's pissing off Iran. Oh.
Trump is expected to announce that the US will now
call the Persian Golf the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf
of Arabia, as he has to visit the Middle East
next week. This has been a point of contention between
Arab nations and Iran for years.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Yes, Iran, as you might know, was formerly called Persia,
and the body of water has been widely known as
the Persian Gulf since the sixteenth century, but as far
back as twenty twelve, Iran even threatened to sue Google
for not labeling it that way on all of its maps,
even here in the US. If you look at it
right now, the name appears in Google Maps as the
Persian Golf, but next to it in parentheses, it says
(05:39):
Arabian Golf.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Okay, So one's news broke about Trump's plan to officially
rename the Persian Gulf. Iran's foreign prime minister reacted, saying
this on x politically motivated attempts to alter the historically
established name of the Persian Gulf are indicative of hostile
intent toward Iran and its people and are firmly condemned.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Condemned if you thought that was strong language, he continued, writing,
this is crazy. Any short sighted step in this connection
will have no validity or legal or geographical effect. It
will only bring the wrath of all Iranians from all
walks of life and political persuasion in Iran, the US,
(06:19):
and across the world all over.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Naming a body of water that we're going to get
the wrath of all Iranians from all walks of life.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
It's intense.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
What's in a name? Well, Trump's trip next week will
take him to Saudi Arabia, Doha, Cutter, Abu Dhabi. He's
trying to drum up financial investment in the US and
looks for support in resolving the Israel Hamas War.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
What's in a Name? I was actually that was going
to be the first line I wrote. Apparently a lot
more than most of us subscribe to. All Right, next
up on the run. Despite intense public pressure from President
Trump to lower interest rates, the Federal Reserve chose to
leave rates unchanged on Wednesday, and the markets reacted positively,
closing up after the announcement and just got an alert
(07:02):
saying US stock futures rose as well.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
In that something, if you have a job and you
do nothing and people are happy about it, that's tough.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
But yees so fed gave no indication that it plans
to lower rates anytime soon either, but did say they're
concerned about Trump's tariffs and the risk they pose to
an inflation spike or a possible recession. The man who's
been criticized repeatedly, publicly, harshly brutally by Trump. Is the
FED chair Jerome Powell. He said, we think right now
the appropriate thing to do is to wait and see
(07:33):
how things evolve. There is so much uncertainty.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
And when he was asked about the impact of Trump's
recent statements about him at interest rate cuts, Powell told
reporters that the President's comments don't affect the Fed's job
at all, saying this, we are always going to do
the same thing, which is, we are going to use
our tools to foster maximum employment and price stability for
the benefit of the American people. And he did say
(07:57):
despite all of this uncertainty that the US economy is
still in solid shape.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
That might have also helped affect the markets.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
He's speaking, he's not reacting emotionally. I mean, President Trump
says some pretty tough things about this guy publicly, and
to not I getting he's just doing his job. Good
for him. Yep, all right, here we continue on this
Thursday morning run. Now, another major tariff announcement is expected
this morning from President Trump. This one's going to be different, however,
in fact, it'll be a first in this trade war.
(08:27):
What's the big announcement. The US and the UK have
reached a trade agreement. That is, according to multiple media reports.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
President Trump gave a very enthusiastic heads up on social
media last night that an announcement was coming today, saying,
big news conference tomorrow morning at ten am the Oval
Office concerning a major trade deal with representatives of a
big and highly respected country, the first of many. There
were a lot of all caps and exclamation points in
(08:54):
the post, you can imagine, and yeah, this would be
the first such deal since Trump's liberation tariffs that put
in place back in April April second to be specific.
And a lot of folks have pointed out that he
said there were a lot of countries coming to the table,
and we really haven't heard about any agreement, so this
would be a big deal.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
He is such a TV sometimes I give him credit.
We are broadcasters and when I receive in respect, this
is a TV producer. Tease, big announcement tomorrow, big country,
highly respected. He's teasing, he's setting. He doesn't tell you,
he wants you to tune in. That is a TV producer.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Yes, he doesn't give away too much, but just enough
to pique your interests.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Hey Uka, did hear on this Thursday morning now with
Smokey Robinson. He has now responded, we told you yesterday
about the allegations being made against the Motown Legend by
four women in a new fifty million dollar sexual assault
lawsuit against him.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Well now, through his attorney, Robinson has declared his innocence,
calling the allegations false and vile and the lawsuit an
ugly method of trying to extract money from an eighty
five year old American icon. The four women are former
housekeepers who claimed that between two thousand and seven and
twenty twenty four, they were sexually assaulted and raped repeatedly
(10:08):
by Robinson at his La home. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
Smoking Robinson attorney put out a statement. He criticized that
press conference this week in which the women and their
attorney announced the lawsuit. He called it a bizarre theatrics
and he said it was an attempt by the plaintiffs
to enlist the public as an unwinning participant in the
media circus. They are trying to create and awful allegations
(10:31):
in that we cannot say enough this is motile royalty.
This guy is I mean, this is one of the
biggest musical legends we have still with us.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Yeah, and to think about what these women are all saying,
it's hard to get your head around it.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
All right, we'll stay with us here on this Thursday
Morning Run when we come back at car that crashed
through the front gate of Jennifer Aniston's home that turns
out was not an accident according to the police and
Coca Cola. What a big birthday today when somebody is
showing up uninvited, PEPSI.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Welcome back everyone to the Morning Run on this Thursday,
and next up on the Run, we're heading to Los
Angeles where more details have emerged in the Jennifer Aniston
gate crashing incident this week, and those details are pretty scary.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Yeah, you know what, this was a scary incident before
we even heard the details. When now police are saying
they've identified the man responsible, forty eight year old Jimmy
Wayne Carwile. He was initially charged with vandalism, but is
now facing stalking charges, including an aggravated circumstance of the
threat of great bodily harm that is the legal term.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
Yeah, and that gives you chills to think about. Carwile
is accused of repeatedly harassing Anniston over the past two months.
The LA District Attorney's Office told reporters Carwile has sent
Aniston unwanted social media, voicemail and the email messages.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
Ada went on to say, stalking is a crime that
can quickly escalate from harassment to dangerous violent actions threatening
the safety of victims and our communities. Now, Carwile has
an arraignment and plea hearing later this morning where prosecutors
will ask the judge to set his bail at one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. We see this stuff, talk
about stuff that's online, it comes out into the real
(12:22):
world in dangerous ways.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Sometimes it's scary.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
And we heard police say, hey, this is why celebrities,
people who have a lot to protect and certainly are
well known kind of have to have private security. And
thank goodness, Aniston did because it was her private security
guard who was able to intercept this man and hold
him until police got there. She was home at the
time when this all happened, and he did significant damage
(12:45):
to her gait. I mean, this is scary, scary stuff,
but thankfully he is behind bars right now. All right,
We're going to lighten things up for the final leg
of our run when we head to Atlanta. Atlanta the
home of Coca Cola, and today's supposed to be a
big day for the.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Soft drink giant.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
That is because, in case you didn't know, National have
a Coke Day is today in honor of the first
coke ever served at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, back on
May eighth, eighteen eighty six.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
That was one hundred and thirty nine years ago.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
But this year, and on this particular birthday, Coke's main
rival has shown up to the party. It's trying to
steal early share the limelight a little bit, coming to
Coke's home turf with a bold campaign of its own.
They're reviving the Pepsi Challenge throughout multiple locations in Atlanta
to prove that Pepsi zero sugar tastes better than Coke
(13:42):
zero sugar.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Yeah wow, right cool. I mean, it's kind of funny.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
PEPs By the way, Pepsi has been celebrating its fiftieth
anniversary by touring the country. It started back in February
with those blind taste tests you remember those commercials back
in the day. Over the past several months and so
far Pepsi zero. This is what Pepsi is claiming has
one in one hundred percent of the market so far
(14:06):
with their blind taste tests, and they're even offering if
you're not in Atlanta, if they're doing this from May
eight to May eleventh, you can actually go online and
get a home Pepsi Challenge taste test for yourself, so
you can blindfold yourself, do it for yourself, and then
post the results. One is impossible, I know, but this
is what they're claiming.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
That sounds like something Trump would say, I got a
one hundred percent of the vote. I'm only teasing, you
know what I'm talking about. It's not a political statement.
Everything's just joking it. It just seems impossible.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
I mean, look, I know we both lived in Atlanta.
My whole family's from there.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
And it's funny because around the country you kind of
know where you're from when you hear how you describe
soft drinks, Like I grew up saying pop.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
When I lived in Missouri, it was soda pop. What
did you grow up saying?
Speaker 3 (14:51):
We didn't have a lot of it in the house.
My mom just had coke. She just called everything a coke.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
So when I moved to Atlanta. When our family moved
to Atlanta, we just say, can I have a coke?
What kind of do you have?
Speaker 1 (15:00):
That includes sprite, doctor, pepper, pepsi, whatever it is, it's
just referred to as coke. So it's kind of funny
when you're in Atlanta, and Atlanta coke is king for sure.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
So I don't know how those blind tastests are going
to go for pepsi.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
My point is, well, happy birthday, coke, And before you
go about your day on this Thursday, something we'd like
for you to consider it is our quote of the day.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
A wise man once said to his wife nothing because
he was a wise man.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
And with that, thank you for running with an I'm
not sure where I got that, but that's been in
my file for a long time. Look, sometimes we give
a little heavier, a little more thought provoking quotes here,
but you came across that one this morning. You started laughing,
and why the hell not. It's funny, it's cute. I
think a lot of people get it at the same time.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Yes, and sometimes we could all use a laugh, and
you know it's it actually is a pretty wise way
to respond to most things I say, and.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
With that, we'll give it to you one more time.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
A wise man once said to his wife nothing because
he was a wise man.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
And with that, thank you for running with us everyone.
Speaker 3 (16:09):
I made me robots and I'm GJ. Holmes. We are
keeping an eye on that famous chimney over in Rome today,
so maybe you don't have to. But yeah, when any
news comes out of that, we will probably hop back
on the microphones and be talking about it. But again,
we always appreciate you running with us. We'll talk to
you ser
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio podcast. Good
morning everyone, This is your Morning Run for May eighth.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
I'm Amy Robots and.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
I'm TJ Holmes and on the Run this morning, more
black Smoke. Just moments before we hit record to do
this morning Run, more black smoke started coming out of
that chimney, the world's most famous chimney. Right now, So
day two robes here we are. We don't have a
pope still, but we have a couple more chances today.
You and I were very worried about recording this episode,
(00:33):
and then we had a result. So we appreciate the
Cardinals for getting on it.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Yes, we took a little bit of a pause and
we got our result at least for the morning. Also
on the Run this morning, Smokey Robinson responds to the
sexual assault allegations against him, calling them false, viile, and
a money grap.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Plus not guilty. Three former Memphis police officers acquit it
in the death of Tyree Nichols, why they're still likely
headed to prison.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
And a first in this current trade war, the US
has reportedly struck a major trade deal. An announcement is
set for this morning in the Oval Office.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Also President Trump added again which body of water he
wants to rename now? And the stock marker reacted positively
yesterday to the Federal Reserve. What did the FED do nothing?
Speaker 1 (01:19):
And that accident at Jennifer Aniston's home was no accident,
please say it was a stalker who crashed through her
front gate.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
And finally, this morning on our rundown, a big birthday
today for one of the most famous and iconic brands
in the world, Coca Cola and Pepsi is crashing Coke's
birthday party. I kind of like this story. It was
supposed to be lighter, but now it's got a little
something to it.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
It got a little kick to it. It's a fun story.
We can't wait to get to it.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
But we have to begin this Thursday morning run in Rome,
where yes, we want to share with you some breaking news.
We actually delayed recording the podcast to see if we
would get any smoke out of the Sistine Chapel, and bam,
the cars delivered at five fifty three am Eastern time.
We got more black smoke. After two morning rounds of voting.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah, earlier this morning, we did see the sequestered cardinals
or told that they attended a Mass and then went
into the Sistine Chapel to begin the first of two
rounds of voting this morning. But there was only one
scheduled ballot burning, so because the smoke was black, this
means both votes that they took this morning did not
result in that necessary two thirds consensus. So no poke yet.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Yes, but the cardinals will now go back into an
afternoon voting session after lunch, repeating essentially what they did
this morning, so they'll have two more votes and one
more ballot burning. Now, if a cardinal gets those necessary
eighty nine votes, we will see white smoke, and that
could happen at any point after either vote. If there
is no new pope elected after three days, well, the
(02:51):
cardinals will take a twenty four hour break to reflect
before they will resume voting again.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
All right, we're not there yet, but all one hundred
and thirty three voting cardinals are sequestered in modern Vatican
guest houses. They say this housing is a bit uncomfortable,
to be quite honest with you, so they might be
itching to get out of there so we could get
a new pope soon. They are restricted from access to
the outside world. That means they have no phones, no TV,
no Internet, no interaction with anyone other than the voting cardinals.
(03:17):
I mean, they don't even know that the Knicks won
last night. So these guys know nothing. They are incentivized
to reach a consensus sooner rather than later because of
all that they are shut out and living in conditions
that aren't great.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
So exactly, it's hard.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
I mean these are just men. Yeah, like, get me
out of here. Who you want me to vote for?
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Exactly what are y'all thinking right now?
Speaker 1 (03:36):
But it's it's been pretty cool to watch because yesterday
there were sparse crowds waiting to see this smoke. By
this morning, Saint Peter Square has been packed and they
expected to grow even larger. The crowds this afternoon in
anticipation of what that smoke color might be. So we
will keep you up to date on all of that.
But next up on our run Not Guilty. Three former
(04:00):
Memphis police officers have been acquitted of all charges in
the death of Tyree Nichols.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
At nicholls death after a traffic stop in twenty twenty
three spark nationwide protests against police brutality, but a jury
yesterday found the three officers not guilty of second degree murder,
but they were also facing several counts of kidnapping, misconduct,
and assault. The jury found them not guilty of all
of those charges as well.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Now, the officers to Darius being Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith,
pulled Nichols over back in twenty twenty three. Nichols was
beaten and Pepper sprayed before and after a foot pursuit,
and despite their not guilty verdict, the former officers are
still expected to end up in prison.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Yeah, because yesterday's verdicts were in their state trial. They
had already been convicted of some lesser charges in a
federal trial, and sentencing for that is expected next month.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
All right.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Next up on the run, President Trump is reportedly going
to change the name of another body of water, and
Iran isn't too happy about it.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Yeah, you think he cares. He's pissing off Iran. Oh.
Trump is expected to announce that the US will now
call the Persian Golf the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf
of Arabia, as he has to visit the Middle East
next week. This has been a point of contention between
Arab nations and Iran for years.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Yes, Iran, as you might know, was formerly called Persia,
and the body of water has been widely known as
the Persian Gulf since the sixteenth century, but as far
back as twenty twelve, Iran even threatened to sue Google
for not labeling it that way on all of its maps,
even here in the US. If you look at it
right now, the name appears in Google Maps as the
Persian Golf, but next to it in parentheses, it says
(05:39):
Arabian Golf.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Okay, So one's news broke about Trump's plan to officially
rename the Persian Gulf. Iran's foreign prime minister reacted, saying
this on x politically motivated attempts to alter the historically
established name of the Persian Gulf are indicative of hostile
intent toward Iran and its people and are firmly condemned.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Condemned if you thought that was strong language, he continued, writing,
this is crazy. Any short sighted step in this connection
will have no validity or legal or geographical effect. It
will only bring the wrath of all Iranians from all
walks of life and political persuasion in Iran, the US,
(06:19):
and across the world all over.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Naming a body of water that we're going to get
the wrath of all Iranians from all walks of life.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
It's intense.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
What's in a name? Well, Trump's trip next week will
take him to Saudi Arabia, Doha, Cutter, Abu Dhabi. He's
trying to drum up financial investment in the US and
looks for support in resolving the Israel Hamas War.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
What's in a Name? I was actually that was going
to be the first line I wrote. Apparently a lot
more than most of us subscribe to. All Right, next
up on the run. Despite intense public pressure from President
Trump to lower interest rates, the Federal Reserve chose to
leave rates unchanged on Wednesday, and the markets reacted positively,
closing up after the announcement and just got an alert
(07:02):
saying US stock futures rose as well.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
In that something, if you have a job and you
do nothing and people are happy about it, that's tough.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
But yees so fed gave no indication that it plans
to lower rates anytime soon either, but did say they're
concerned about Trump's tariffs and the risk they pose to
an inflation spike or a possible recession. The man who's
been criticized repeatedly, publicly, harshly brutally by Trump. Is the
FED chair Jerome Powell. He said, we think right now
the appropriate thing to do is to wait and see
(07:33):
how things evolve. There is so much uncertainty.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
And when he was asked about the impact of Trump's
recent statements about him at interest rate cuts, Powell told
reporters that the President's comments don't affect the Fed's job
at all, saying this, we are always going to do
the same thing, which is, we are going to use
our tools to foster maximum employment and price stability for
the benefit of the American people. And he did say
(07:57):
despite all of this uncertainty that the US economy is
still in solid shape.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
That might have also helped affect the markets.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
He's speaking, he's not reacting emotionally. I mean, President Trump
says some pretty tough things about this guy publicly, and
to not I getting he's just doing his job. Good
for him. Yep, all right, here we continue on this
Thursday morning run. Now, another major tariff announcement is expected
this morning from President Trump. This one's going to be different, however,
in fact, it'll be a first in this trade war.
(08:27):
What's the big announcement. The US and the UK have
reached a trade agreement. That is, according to multiple media reports.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
President Trump gave a very enthusiastic heads up on social
media last night that an announcement was coming today, saying,
big news conference tomorrow morning at ten am the Oval
Office concerning a major trade deal with representatives of a
big and highly respected country, the first of many. There
were a lot of all caps and exclamation points in
(08:54):
the post, you can imagine, and yeah, this would be
the first such deal since Trump's liberation tariffs that put
in place back in April April second to be specific.
And a lot of folks have pointed out that he
said there were a lot of countries coming to the table,
and we really haven't heard about any agreement, so this
would be a big deal.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
He is such a TV sometimes I give him credit.
We are broadcasters and when I receive in respect, this
is a TV producer. Tease, big announcement tomorrow, big country,
highly respected. He's teasing, he's setting. He doesn't tell you,
he wants you to tune in. That is a TV producer.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Yes, he doesn't give away too much, but just enough
to pique your interests.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Hey Uka, did hear on this Thursday morning now with
Smokey Robinson. He has now responded, we told you yesterday
about the allegations being made against the Motown Legend by
four women in a new fifty million dollar sexual assault
lawsuit against him.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Well now, through his attorney, Robinson has declared his innocence,
calling the allegations false and vile and the lawsuit an
ugly method of trying to extract money from an eighty
five year old American icon. The four women are former
housekeepers who claimed that between two thousand and seven and
twenty twenty four, they were sexually assaulted and raped repeatedly
(10:08):
by Robinson at his La home. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
Smoking Robinson attorney put out a statement. He criticized that
press conference this week in which the women and their
attorney announced the lawsuit. He called it a bizarre theatrics
and he said it was an attempt by the plaintiffs
to enlist the public as an unwinning participant in the
media circus. They are trying to create and awful allegations
(10:31):
in that we cannot say enough this is motile royalty.
This guy is I mean, this is one of the
biggest musical legends we have still with us.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Yeah, and to think about what these women are all saying,
it's hard to get your head around it.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
All right, we'll stay with us here on this Thursday
Morning Run when we come back at car that crashed
through the front gate of Jennifer Aniston's home that turns
out was not an accident according to the police and
Coca Cola. What a big birthday today when somebody is
showing up uninvited, PEPSI.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Welcome back everyone to the Morning Run on this Thursday,
and next up on the Run, we're heading to Los
Angeles where more details have emerged in the Jennifer Aniston
gate crashing incident this week, and those details are pretty scary.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Yeah, you know what, this was a scary incident before
we even heard the details. When now police are saying
they've identified the man responsible, forty eight year old Jimmy
Wayne Carwile. He was initially charged with vandalism, but is
now facing stalking charges, including an aggravated circumstance of the
threat of great bodily harm that is the legal term.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
Yeah, and that gives you chills to think about. Carwile
is accused of repeatedly harassing Anniston over the past two months.
The LA District Attorney's Office told reporters Carwile has sent
Aniston unwanted social media, voicemail and the email messages.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
Ada went on to say, stalking is a crime that
can quickly escalate from harassment to dangerous violent actions threatening
the safety of victims and our communities. Now, Carwile has
an arraignment and plea hearing later this morning where prosecutors
will ask the judge to set his bail at one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. We see this stuff, talk
about stuff that's online, it comes out into the real
(12:22):
world in dangerous ways.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Sometimes it's scary.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
And we heard police say, hey, this is why celebrities,
people who have a lot to protect and certainly are
well known kind of have to have private security. And
thank goodness, Aniston did because it was her private security
guard who was able to intercept this man and hold
him until police got there. She was home at the
time when this all happened, and he did significant damage
(12:45):
to her gait. I mean, this is scary, scary stuff,
but thankfully he is behind bars right now. All right,
We're going to lighten things up for the final leg
of our run when we head to Atlanta. Atlanta the
home of Coca Cola, and today's supposed to be a
big day for the.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Soft drink giant.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
That is because, in case you didn't know, National have
a Coke Day is today in honor of the first
coke ever served at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, back on
May eighth, eighteen eighty six.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
That was one hundred and thirty nine years ago.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
But this year, and on this particular birthday, Coke's main
rival has shown up to the party. It's trying to
steal early share the limelight a little bit, coming to
Coke's home turf with a bold campaign of its own.
They're reviving the Pepsi Challenge throughout multiple locations in Atlanta
to prove that Pepsi zero sugar tastes better than Coke
(13:42):
zero sugar.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Yeah wow, right cool. I mean, it's kind of funny.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
PEPs By the way, Pepsi has been celebrating its fiftieth
anniversary by touring the country. It started back in February
with those blind taste tests you remember those commercials back
in the day. Over the past several months and so
far Pepsi zero. This is what Pepsi is claiming has
one in one hundred percent of the market so far
(14:06):
with their blind taste tests, and they're even offering if
you're not in Atlanta, if they're doing this from May
eight to May eleventh, you can actually go online and
get a home Pepsi Challenge taste test for yourself, so
you can blindfold yourself, do it for yourself, and then
post the results. One is impossible, I know, but this
is what they're claiming.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
That sounds like something Trump would say, I got a
one hundred percent of the vote. I'm only teasing, you
know what I'm talking about. It's not a political statement.
Everything's just joking it. It just seems impossible.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
I mean, look, I know we both lived in Atlanta.
My whole family's from there.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
And it's funny because around the country you kind of
know where you're from when you hear how you describe
soft drinks, Like I grew up saying pop.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
When I lived in Missouri, it was soda pop. What
did you grow up saying?
Speaker 3 (14:51):
We didn't have a lot of it in the house.
My mom just had coke. She just called everything a coke.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
So when I moved to Atlanta. When our family moved
to Atlanta, we just say, can I have a coke?
What kind of do you have?
Speaker 1 (15:00):
That includes sprite, doctor, pepper, pepsi, whatever it is, it's
just referred to as coke. So it's kind of funny
when you're in Atlanta, and Atlanta coke is king for sure.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
So I don't know how those blind tastests are going
to go for pepsi.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
My point is, well, happy birthday, coke, And before you
go about your day on this Thursday, something we'd like
for you to consider it is our quote of the day.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
A wise man once said to his wife nothing because
he was a wise man.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
And with that, thank you for running with an I'm
not sure where I got that, but that's been in
my file for a long time. Look, sometimes we give
a little heavier, a little more thought provoking quotes here,
but you came across that one this morning. You started laughing,
and why the hell not. It's funny, it's cute. I
think a lot of people get it at the same time.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Yes, and sometimes we could all use a laugh, and
you know it's it actually is a pretty wise way
to respond to most things I say, and.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
With that, we'll give it to you one more time.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
A wise man once said to his wife nothing because
he was a wise man.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
And with that, thank you for running with us everyone.
Speaker 3 (16:09):
I made me robots and I'm GJ. Holmes. We are
keeping an eye on that famous chimney over in Rome today,
so maybe you don't have to. But yeah, when any
news comes out of that, we will probably hop back
on the microphones and be talking about it. But again,
we always appreciate you running with us. We'll talk to
you ser
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