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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio podcast. Good
morning everyone, It's Tuesday, May thirteenth.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Welcome to Morning Run.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
I'm Amy Robot and I'm TJ. Holmes. And on the
run this morning, President Trump's business trip, Wall Street's bounceback,
Newark Airport's new emergency task force, the Menendez brothers shot
at Freedom today, and Michael Jordan's return to the NBA.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Also this morning, a security guard who was offered a
bribe and a male escort paid for live performances. And
that was just day one of the Diddy trial.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
And also on the run this morning, American parents haven't
been very creative lately when it comes to naming their kids.
In fact, they keep naming their kids the same two
names Robes. This is actually always interesting. But the official
list is out of the most popular baby names in
the US for last year, and the top ten is
(00:57):
a lot different than the wa it used to do.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
It is wow.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Looked at the names, you asked me if I could guess.
I actually got the girls' names, but in reverse order.
I got number two and then number one, and the boys'
names I could not come up with.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
There's no Michael on there I know that used to
be a stable, right, No Michael's anymore.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
No more, Michael.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
We will have that list coming up in just a bit.
But we begin our run in the Middle East. President
Trump is on a business trip in the truest sense,
hoping to make a trillion dollars worth of deals.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yeah, he arrived in Riad, Saudi Arabia this morning. We
actually watched it live happen. I guess it was around
three a m. Eastern time, around the time where.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Up the good morning?
Speaker 3 (01:38):
So, yeah, you arrived with a lout of pomp and circumstance.
Beautiful purple carpet was laid out for him. But this
was his first planned international trip of his new term.
I say the first planned international trip. You'll remember he
did travel recently, but that was for Pope Francis funeral.
But this is the one that was supposed to be
his first major international trip with the new term. It's
(01:58):
also Saudi Arabia. It was the first international trip of
his first term as well.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
All right.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
So President Trump's current four day, three nation tour will
take him to Qatar and the UAE in addition to
Saudi Arabia. The focus is on business partnerships. Yes, he
is hoping to secure one trillion dollars in economic deals
and investments for the United States.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Well Wall Street like at least one deal the President
made yesterday. Yes, next leg of our run brings us
back here to the US, where the stock market rallied.
Monday after Yes that announced trade deal between the US
and China, the Dow Jones closed up more than eleven
hundred points as in peak closed up more than three percent.
The Nasdaq was up more than four percent.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Yeah, I actually sneak to peak at my four zero
one k yesterday. I've been afraid to the last couple
of weeks. Trump announced that the US and China agreed
to cut rates for the next ninety days while a
more permanent deal is being worked out. Over the next
couple of weeks, the US will slash tariffs on Chinese
imports from a whopping one hundred and forty five percent
down to thirty percent. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
And speaking of whopping, China had a whopping one hundred
and twenty five percent tariff on US goods that's been
dropped now to ten percent. Trump said relations between the
US and China are quote very good. He added that
he did not believe tariffs would return to the previously
high levels.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Thank goodness for that well. Next up on our run,
the last living American hostage has been released by Hamas Eden.
Alexander was reunited with his family yesterday at an Israeli
military base.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
He'd been held the past year and a half by
the militant group taken on October seventh, twenty twenty three,
in that Hamas attack that started this current conflict. Over
the weekend, Hamas said it had been in secret talks
with the US over Alexander's release, which is now being
viewed as a goodwill gesture meant to help move the
sides closer to a ceasefire deal.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
The twenty one year old was raised in New Jersey,
but has dual citizenship and served in the Israeli military.
Alexander is the last known living American hostage. Four other
deceased Americans are still believed to be in Hamas custody.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Will you continue on our run now? The next leg
brings us to Newark, New Jersey. The FAA has created
an emergency task Force to make sure Newark Airport is
operating safely and efficiently. This followed more massive delays of
up to seven hours on Monday because of staffing issues
with their traffic controllers.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Yeah, every headline coming in and out of Newark is
has been terrible for travelers. This all comes after four
incidents in just the past two weeks at Newark Airport,
including Sunday's forty five minute ground stop, when there was
a radar outage, just like a similar one at the
end of April that left controllers briefly unable to communicate
with pilots. Transportation Secretary Shan Duffy told reporters that in
(04:50):
addition to launching this task force, they're making other system
upgrades and even considering temporary flight reductions in and out
of Newark.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
You feel better you're flying in a Newark the screen
goes black while you're on your plane. Don't worry. There's
a task force that's taking care of this problem for you.
I feel better now. As far as how and why
all of this continues to happen at Newark Airport, where
the administration did something it is not prone to do,
they blamed Biden, So Duffy pointed the finger at the
(05:19):
Biden administration. Yes, our transportation the current Transportation Secretary said
it's Biden's fault. Say they mishandled, moving equipment and staff around.
They did nothing to fix the problem a system that
they knew was broken for years and years to come.
At least, look, something's being done about it. But you
put this note in here at the bottom, and it's
crazy hoping this is wrong.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
It's not wrong.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
I'm really hoping you didn't read this correct.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
I read it correctly.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Yes, So there were only three air traffic controllers Monday evening,
and this is an operation and an office that they
try to have about fourteen controllers for those hours. Instead
there were just three.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
That is shocking.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
But that shouldn't be legal. What are we talking about here,
That's not a Look, you can't just get somebody to
cover at McDonald's because the fry guy didn't come in.
I mean you can make do with that. You cannot.
That does not sound legal. It does not sound right.
That's why I keeps I am questioning you right now.
This cannot be possible.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
You were so exacerbated you couldn't even read it.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
You're like, nopes can't be possible. And look, this is
the truth of the matter. We absolutely yesterday canceled flights
out of Newark and switched airlines and switched airports because
of all this mess.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
We do not and paid more for it.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
Yeah, they don't want to fly in and out of there.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
I know, it's scary right now.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
The people are doing the same thing. We know they are.
But I can't even believe we are uncomfortable enough that
we made that move.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
I know. And it's the most convenient airport to where
we live. And it doesn't matter because when safety and
delays like that, it's just not worth it.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Quicker, easier, cheaper, and we decided to go somewhere else.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Yeah. Wow, that says a lot.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
All right, Next up on the run, we're gonna stay here.
In Manhattan, where opening statements took place in the Sean
Diddy Coombs trial that happened on Monday, prosecutors called two
witnesses to the stands. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
One of those was the hotel security officer who responded
to the incident that was captured on video of Comb's
physically assaulting his ex girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura. That security
guard also testified that Diddy offered him money to be quiet. Also,
prosecutors called a former male stripper service manager, who testified
(07:33):
in graphic detail about being paid thousands of dollars over
a two year period two have sex with Ventura while Combs.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Watched, and he said on the stand that he witnessed
Combs become angry and violent on more than one occasionally
talked about throwing bottles and dragging intour by her hair.
Combe's mother and his children were in court, but three
of his daughters left the courtroom when the testimony became graphic.
Comb's lawyer told the courtroom that although Holmes could be violent,
(08:01):
this is a case about consenting adults, It is not
about prostitution and sex trafficking.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Now, twelve jurors are going to determine Comb's fate. They
are made up of eight men, four women, range in
age from thirty to seventy four. There are six alternates
as well. Comes is facing five counts, including racketeering, conspiracy,
and sex trafficking charges. His ex girlfriend, Cassiventura, will testify
along with three other women who will testify anonymously.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Sean Diddy Combs, if he is convicted, could face life
in prison. He has pleaded not guilty and denies all
allegations against him. The judge said he expects this trial
to take up to eight weeks.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
All right. Next Lego our Run takes us to la
where the much delayed hearing to determine the fate of
Eric and Lahomanindez is finally getting underway this morning.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
The brothers re sentencing hearing will determine if they can
be set free after serving nearly thirty years in prison
for murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, back in
nineteen eighty nine. The judge is going to decide whether
he believes the brothers have been rehabilitated behind bars and
deserve a lesser sentence of fifty years to life.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
Now that would make them eligible for parole now because
there is a law in California, it's called the Youthful
Offender Law, that would allow them to be freed because
they committed their crime under the age of twenty six.
Mark Garrigos, their attorney, says he plans to call at
least seven the family members to testify. No word on
if we're going to hear from the brothers themselves, though
(09:30):
they have appeared in previous hearings virtually.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
The hearing is expected to last two days, and even
if the judge decides to shorten their sentence, the brothers
will still need final approval from the state's parole board
before being released.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
The LA wildfires and some.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Disputes between prosecutors and defense attorneys delayed the hearing for months.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
We were expecting this last year.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
I believe the LA prosecutors will be arguing against re
sentencing the brothers. They claim that Lyle and Eric have
not taken full responsibility for their This is.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
An interesting one, is that they are not. This is
not guilt or innocence. We're not talking about whether or
not they did it and getting a new trial. We're
talking about changing the sentencing, which would make them immediately
eligible to get out, so they could be getting out
of prison.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
That's true, and by the way, the DA before November's
election was in favor of that.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Now the new DA is not.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
So. The brothers have had a very well, they've had
a roller coaster I imagine of emotions there. At one
point last year, Mark Garrigo saying the brothers would be
home in time for Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Here we are in May.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
We'll see what happens, and that's what we always hear
for various reasons that elections matter. Elections have consequences. Their
fate changed. Yes, because of a different DA getting into
that office, because of an election. That is incredible. We
will continue here on this Uh what is this Tuesday?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
It's Tuesday, On this Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Morning right when we come back the greatest of all time? Yes, folks,
Michael Jordan is coming back to the NBA, but in
a role he has never ever had before. And come on,
American parents, y'allogy is being lazy? The same two names
are at the top of the most popular baby name list.
(11:09):
This is like six years in a row. Now, all right, folks,
let's continue now on this Tuesday morning, Ron and our
next leg. Michael Jordan. He is coming back to the NBA. Yes,
the greatest of all time is returning to the NBA.
(11:30):
He is joining NBC as a special contributor next season
for its NBA coverage.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
This will be his first ever TV gig covering the NBA.
The announcement represents a pretty big splash for NBC, which
is a new deal to broadcast NBA games starting next season.
Jordan retired in two thousand and three as a six
time NBA champion, five time League MVP, and generally considered,
as TJ has mentioned several times already during this podcast,
(11:59):
the greatest of all time.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
But since retiring, he has kept fairly busy. You saw
him as an NBA team owner with the Charlotte Hornets.
He also founded a NASCAR racing team. He's also just
been sitting around collecting all that shoe money. But he
hasn't made the jump to sports commentary until now. So
NBC is calling him a special contributor, So at this
point we don't exactly know what that means, what exactly
(12:23):
he'll be done, but you cannot get more exciting for
a sports fan to see him do this and his look.
As great as he is and competitive as he is,
I bet he is studying to try to make sure
he's a best as he could be at this as well.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Yeah, I mean it's not an easy job.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Not all athletes and no matter how good you are,
necessarily translate to commentating on television. So the world will
be watching all right. Next up on a run and
this is the final leg of our run. What would
you guess are the most popular baby names in the
United States?
Speaker 2 (12:55):
You can think about it.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
We actually have the official list, and for this you're
in a row. The same two names are at the
top of the list of popular boys' names and popular
girls names.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
I might have gotten the girl's name, right, I don't
think I would have gotten I wouldn't have come up
with the boy's name because I don't know a single
guy in my life and that has that name. But
let's start with the most popular girl's name. So if
a girls born in the United States in twenty twenty four,
the number one most popular name Olivia. On the boy side,
(13:29):
the most popular name in the United States, Liam, Now
that's the one I would have struggled to come up with.
But every year, folks, since twenty nineteen, Olivia and Liam
have been at the top of the list the most
popular names.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Yeah, I was trying to go back and think about
my kid's classmates and what names I heard them refer
to more often. So I've heard Liam in some of
my kid's classes, But I actually don't personally know a Liam.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
But I guess there are a lot of you out there.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
Also, for the sixty year, this is crazy, the same
two names are number two on the list. So the
number two most popular girl's name is Emma. I guessed
that one. I would not have guessed the number two
most popular boys name, Noah.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
It's been the same the past six years. Those those four.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Names, I don't know, and Noah either.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
No, that's amazing. All right.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Here are your top ten girls names in order, number one. Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte, Mia, Sophia, Isabella,
you hear a trend? Hear Evelyn, Ava, and Sophia.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
Should we mention it? Sophia has two different spellings on
this name. Funny, what is that number ten?
Speaker 1 (14:45):
It would be oh right, wait, I just realized that.
So the Sophia with the pH is number five and
Sophia with the F is number ten. So I feel
like with those two that might actually make it the
number one. If it's two, you're in the top ten list.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Spelling apparently, what your top ten boys' names? We mentioned
Liam and Noah, but after that it's Oliver, Theodore, James, Henry, Matteo,
Elijah Lucas and William.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
I guess William. That was the only one I could
come up with him, Like, yeah, that's number ten.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
Anybody I know Henry from college? I know, No, I
don't know anybody.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
I know James.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
There's a plenty of James, but I don't know in
Elijah or Lucas. Wow, that's phenomenal, all right, And wait,
you say since nineteen fifty four, this is interesting.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
There's been more variation in the most popular girls' names
than I have the boys' name. So since I'll tell
you it's actually since nineteen fifty four, only five names
have been at the top of the boys list, Michael, Jacob, Noam, Liam,
and David. But David only appeared once. So Michael has
(15:54):
been overwhelming number one over the years. But on the
girl's side, there's been ten or so names that have
varied at the top. I can't remember all those, but
has not been as much variation to the boys name.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
It's funny.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
When I was growing up, all the girls last names
had e's, like Kelly, Ashley, Amy, Betty.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
You know Mary. Now it's all the.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
A's, Olivia, Emma, Amelia. It's funny Mia, Athia.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Amy was popular for a long long time. I know
the top name.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
I was Amy, number three in a lot of my classes,
or Amy are or so. Ava complains about the same
thing now because she says there are so many Ava.
She goes by Ava Mac.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
That's why I call you robot. There's never an issue
I'm talking about that is true. Before you take off
on Tuesday, hear. So we wrap up this run. Something
we'd like for you to consider it is our quote
of the day.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't
resist them. That only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality.
Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
I really like this, And what's cool about this is
this is a quote that comes from a Chinese philosopher
from five hundred and seventy one BC.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
So even all.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
Those many years ago, we were all still doing the
same thing, trying to control, trying to resist change and
creating our own suffering and.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
Trying to figure out how to not do that thing.
And we've always had This was probably the Michael Singer of.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
The day, right, But that's what through.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
I saw it, and I was like, wow, it spoke
to me because I think, you know, look, change is inevitable.
We all know that, but we all try to fight
it or resist it or make it be what we
wanted to be. And I just couldn't believe that all
those years ago, same issues.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
It's the key to happiness, folks. Here it is your
quote of the day. Life is a series of natural
and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them. That only creates sorrow.
Let reality be reality, Let things flow naturally forward in
whatever way they like. And with that, folks, we always
appreciate you running with us.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
I'm teaching and I'm Amy Robock. Have a great Tuesday
and we'll see you on the run tomorrow.
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio podcast. Good
morning everyone, It's Tuesday, May thirteenth.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Welcome to Morning Run.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
I'm Amy Robot and I'm TJ. Holmes. And on the
run this morning, President Trump's business trip, Wall Street's bounceback,
Newark Airport's new emergency task force, the Menendez brothers shot
at Freedom today, and Michael Jordan's return to the NBA.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Also this morning, a security guard who was offered a
bribe and a male escort paid for live performances. And
that was just day one of the Diddy trial.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
And also on the run this morning, American parents haven't
been very creative lately when it comes to naming their kids.
In fact, they keep naming their kids the same two
names Robes. This is actually always interesting. But the official
list is out of the most popular baby names in
the US for last year, and the top ten is
(00:57):
a lot different than the wa it used to do.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
It is wow.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Looked at the names, you asked me if I could guess.
I actually got the girls' names, but in reverse order.
I got number two and then number one, and the boys'
names I could not come up with.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
There's no Michael on there I know that used to
be a stable, right, No Michael's anymore.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
No more, Michael.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
We will have that list coming up in just a bit.
But we begin our run in the Middle East. President
Trump is on a business trip in the truest sense,
hoping to make a trillion dollars worth of deals.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yeah, he arrived in Riad, Saudi Arabia this morning. We
actually watched it live happen. I guess it was around
three a m. Eastern time, around the time where.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Up the good morning?
Speaker 3 (01:38):
So, yeah, you arrived with a lout of pomp and circumstance.
Beautiful purple carpet was laid out for him. But this
was his first planned international trip of his new term.
I say the first planned international trip. You'll remember he
did travel recently, but that was for Pope Francis funeral.
But this is the one that was supposed to be
his first major international trip with the new term. It's
(01:58):
also Saudi Arabia. It was the first international trip of
his first term as well.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
All right.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
So President Trump's current four day, three nation tour will
take him to Qatar and the UAE in addition to
Saudi Arabia. The focus is on business partnerships. Yes, he
is hoping to secure one trillion dollars in economic deals
and investments for the United States.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Well Wall Street like at least one deal the President
made yesterday. Yes, next leg of our run brings us
back here to the US, where the stock market rallied.
Monday after Yes that announced trade deal between the US
and China, the Dow Jones closed up more than eleven
hundred points as in peak closed up more than three percent.
The Nasdaq was up more than four percent.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Yeah, I actually sneak to peak at my four zero
one k yesterday. I've been afraid to the last couple
of weeks. Trump announced that the US and China agreed
to cut rates for the next ninety days while a
more permanent deal is being worked out. Over the next
couple of weeks, the US will slash tariffs on Chinese
imports from a whopping one hundred and forty five percent
down to thirty percent. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
And speaking of whopping, China had a whopping one hundred
and twenty five percent tariff on US goods that's been
dropped now to ten percent. Trump said relations between the
US and China are quote very good. He added that
he did not believe tariffs would return to the previously
high levels.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Thank goodness for that well. Next up on our run,
the last living American hostage has been released by Hamas Eden.
Alexander was reunited with his family yesterday at an Israeli
military base.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
He'd been held the past year and a half by
the militant group taken on October seventh, twenty twenty three,
in that Hamas attack that started this current conflict. Over
the weekend, Hamas said it had been in secret talks
with the US over Alexander's release, which is now being
viewed as a goodwill gesture meant to help move the
sides closer to a ceasefire deal.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
The twenty one year old was raised in New Jersey,
but has dual citizenship and served in the Israeli military.
Alexander is the last known living American hostage. Four other
deceased Americans are still believed to be in Hamas custody.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Will you continue on our run now? The next leg
brings us to Newark, New Jersey. The FAA has created
an emergency task Force to make sure Newark Airport is
operating safely and efficiently. This followed more massive delays of
up to seven hours on Monday because of staffing issues
with their traffic controllers.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Yeah, every headline coming in and out of Newark is
has been terrible for travelers. This all comes after four
incidents in just the past two weeks at Newark Airport,
including Sunday's forty five minute ground stop, when there was
a radar outage, just like a similar one at the
end of April that left controllers briefly unable to communicate
with pilots. Transportation Secretary Shan Duffy told reporters that in
(04:50):
addition to launching this task force, they're making other system
upgrades and even considering temporary flight reductions in and out
of Newark.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
You feel better you're flying in a Newark the screen
goes black while you're on your plane. Don't worry. There's
a task force that's taking care of this problem for you.
I feel better now. As far as how and why
all of this continues to happen at Newark Airport, where
the administration did something it is not prone to do,
they blamed Biden, So Duffy pointed the finger at the
(05:19):
Biden administration. Yes, our transportation the current Transportation Secretary said
it's Biden's fault. Say they mishandled, moving equipment and staff around.
They did nothing to fix the problem a system that
they knew was broken for years and years to come.
At least, look, something's being done about it. But you
put this note in here at the bottom, and it's
crazy hoping this is wrong.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
It's not wrong.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
I'm really hoping you didn't read this correct.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
I read it correctly.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Yes, So there were only three air traffic controllers Monday evening,
and this is an operation and an office that they
try to have about fourteen controllers for those hours. Instead
there were just three.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
That is shocking.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
But that shouldn't be legal. What are we talking about here,
That's not a Look, you can't just get somebody to
cover at McDonald's because the fry guy didn't come in.
I mean you can make do with that. You cannot.
That does not sound legal. It does not sound right.
That's why I keeps I am questioning you right now.
This cannot be possible.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
You were so exacerbated you couldn't even read it.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
You're like, nopes can't be possible. And look, this is
the truth of the matter. We absolutely yesterday canceled flights
out of Newark and switched airlines and switched airports because
of all this mess.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
We do not and paid more for it.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
Yeah, they don't want to fly in and out of there.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
I know, it's scary right now.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
The people are doing the same thing. We know they are.
But I can't even believe we are uncomfortable enough that
we made that move.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
I know. And it's the most convenient airport to where
we live. And it doesn't matter because when safety and
delays like that, it's just not worth it.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Quicker, easier, cheaper, and we decided to go somewhere else.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Yeah. Wow, that says a lot.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
All right, Next up on the run, we're gonna stay here.
In Manhattan, where opening statements took place in the Sean
Diddy Coombs trial that happened on Monday, prosecutors called two
witnesses to the stands. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
One of those was the hotel security officer who responded
to the incident that was captured on video of Comb's
physically assaulting his ex girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura. That security
guard also testified that Diddy offered him money to be quiet. Also,
prosecutors called a former male stripper service manager, who testified
(07:33):
in graphic detail about being paid thousands of dollars over
a two year period two have sex with Ventura while Combs.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Watched, and he said on the stand that he witnessed
Combs become angry and violent on more than one occasionally
talked about throwing bottles and dragging intour by her hair.
Combe's mother and his children were in court, but three
of his daughters left the courtroom when the testimony became graphic.
Comb's lawyer told the courtroom that although Holmes could be violent,
(08:01):
this is a case about consenting adults, It is not
about prostitution and sex trafficking.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Now, twelve jurors are going to determine Comb's fate. They
are made up of eight men, four women, range in
age from thirty to seventy four. There are six alternates
as well. Comes is facing five counts, including racketeering, conspiracy,
and sex trafficking charges. His ex girlfriend, Cassiventura, will testify
along with three other women who will testify anonymously.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Sean Diddy Combs, if he is convicted, could face life
in prison. He has pleaded not guilty and denies all
allegations against him. The judge said he expects this trial
to take up to eight weeks.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
All right. Next Lego our Run takes us to la
where the much delayed hearing to determine the fate of
Eric and Lahomanindez is finally getting underway this morning.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
The brothers re sentencing hearing will determine if they can
be set free after serving nearly thirty years in prison
for murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, back in
nineteen eighty nine. The judge is going to decide whether
he believes the brothers have been rehabilitated behind bars and
deserve a lesser sentence of fifty years to life.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
Now that would make them eligible for parole now because
there is a law in California, it's called the Youthful
Offender Law, that would allow them to be freed because
they committed their crime under the age of twenty six.
Mark Garrigos, their attorney, says he plans to call at
least seven the family members to testify. No word on
if we're going to hear from the brothers themselves, though
(09:30):
they have appeared in previous hearings virtually.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
The hearing is expected to last two days, and even
if the judge decides to shorten their sentence, the brothers
will still need final approval from the state's parole board
before being released.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
The LA wildfires and some.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Disputes between prosecutors and defense attorneys delayed the hearing for months.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
We were expecting this last year.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
I believe the LA prosecutors will be arguing against re
sentencing the brothers. They claim that Lyle and Eric have
not taken full responsibility for their This is.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
An interesting one, is that they are not. This is
not guilt or innocence. We're not talking about whether or
not they did it and getting a new trial. We're
talking about changing the sentencing, which would make them immediately
eligible to get out, so they could be getting out
of prison.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
That's true, and by the way, the DA before November's
election was in favor of that.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Now the new DA is not.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
So. The brothers have had a very well, they've had
a roller coaster I imagine of emotions there. At one
point last year, Mark Garrigo saying the brothers would be
home in time for Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Here we are in May.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
We'll see what happens, and that's what we always hear
for various reasons that elections matter. Elections have consequences. Their
fate changed. Yes, because of a different DA getting into
that office, because of an election. That is incredible. We
will continue here on this Uh what is this Tuesday?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
It's Tuesday, On this Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Morning right when we come back the greatest of all time? Yes, folks,
Michael Jordan is coming back to the NBA, but in
a role he has never ever had before. And come on,
American parents, y'allogy is being lazy? The same two names
are at the top of the most popular baby name list.
(11:09):
This is like six years in a row. Now, all right, folks,
let's continue now on this Tuesday morning, Ron and our
next leg. Michael Jordan. He is coming back to the NBA. Yes,
the greatest of all time is returning to the NBA.
(11:30):
He is joining NBC as a special contributor next season
for its NBA coverage.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
This will be his first ever TV gig covering the NBA.
The announcement represents a pretty big splash for NBC, which
is a new deal to broadcast NBA games starting next season.
Jordan retired in two thousand and three as a six
time NBA champion, five time League MVP, and generally considered,
as TJ has mentioned several times already during this podcast,
(11:59):
the greatest of all time.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
But since retiring, he has kept fairly busy. You saw
him as an NBA team owner with the Charlotte Hornets.
He also founded a NASCAR racing team. He's also just
been sitting around collecting all that shoe money. But he
hasn't made the jump to sports commentary until now. So
NBC is calling him a special contributor, So at this
point we don't exactly know what that means, what exactly
(12:23):
he'll be done, but you cannot get more exciting for
a sports fan to see him do this and his look.
As great as he is and competitive as he is,
I bet he is studying to try to make sure
he's a best as he could be at this as well.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Yeah, I mean it's not an easy job.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Not all athletes and no matter how good you are,
necessarily translate to commentating on television. So the world will
be watching all right. Next up on a run and
this is the final leg of our run. What would
you guess are the most popular baby names in the
United States?
Speaker 2 (12:55):
You can think about it.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
We actually have the official list, and for this you're
in a row. The same two names are at the
top of the list of popular boys' names and popular
girls names.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
I might have gotten the girl's name, right, I don't
think I would have gotten I wouldn't have come up
with the boy's name because I don't know a single
guy in my life and that has that name. But
let's start with the most popular girl's name. So if
a girls born in the United States in twenty twenty four,
the number one most popular name Olivia. On the boy side,
(13:29):
the most popular name in the United States, Liam, Now
that's the one I would have struggled to come up with.
But every year, folks, since twenty nineteen, Olivia and Liam
have been at the top of the list the most
popular names.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Yeah, I was trying to go back and think about
my kid's classmates and what names I heard them refer
to more often. So I've heard Liam in some of
my kid's classes, But I actually don't personally know a Liam.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
But I guess there are a lot of you out there.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
Also, for the sixty year, this is crazy, the same
two names are number two on the list. So the
number two most popular girl's name is Emma. I guessed
that one. I would not have guessed the number two
most popular boys name, Noah.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
It's been the same the past six years. Those those four.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Names, I don't know, and Noah either.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
No, that's amazing. All right.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
Here are your top ten girls names in order, number one. Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte, Mia, Sophia, Isabella,
you hear a trend? Hear Evelyn, Ava, and Sophia.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
Should we mention it? Sophia has two different spellings on
this name. Funny, what is that number ten?
Speaker 1 (14:45):
It would be oh right, wait, I just realized that.
So the Sophia with the pH is number five and
Sophia with the F is number ten. So I feel
like with those two that might actually make it the
number one. If it's two, you're in the top ten list.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Spelling apparently, what your top ten boys' names? We mentioned
Liam and Noah, but after that it's Oliver, Theodore, James, Henry, Matteo,
Elijah Lucas and William.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
I guess William. That was the only one I could
come up with him, Like, yeah, that's number ten.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
Anybody I know Henry from college? I know, No, I
don't know anybody.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
I know James.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
There's a plenty of James, but I don't know in
Elijah or Lucas. Wow, that's phenomenal, all right, And wait,
you say since nineteen fifty four, this is interesting.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
There's been more variation in the most popular girls' names
than I have the boys' name. So since I'll tell
you it's actually since nineteen fifty four, only five names
have been at the top of the boys list, Michael, Jacob, Noam, Liam,
and David. But David only appeared once. So Michael has
(15:54):
been overwhelming number one over the years. But on the
girl's side, there's been ten or so names that have
varied at the top. I can't remember all those, but
has not been as much variation to the boys name.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
It's funny.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
When I was growing up, all the girls last names
had e's, like Kelly, Ashley, Amy, Betty.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
You know Mary. Now it's all the.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
A's, Olivia, Emma, Amelia. It's funny Mia, Athia.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Amy was popular for a long long time. I know
the top name.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
I was Amy, number three in a lot of my classes,
or Amy are or so. Ava complains about the same
thing now because she says there are so many Ava.
She goes by Ava Mac.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
That's why I call you robot. There's never an issue
I'm talking about that is true. Before you take off
on Tuesday, hear. So we wrap up this run. Something
we'd like for you to consider it is our quote
of the day.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't
resist them. That only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality.
Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
I really like this, And what's cool about this is
this is a quote that comes from a Chinese philosopher
from five hundred and seventy one BC.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
So even all.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
Those many years ago, we were all still doing the
same thing, trying to control, trying to resist change and
creating our own suffering and.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
Trying to figure out how to not do that thing.
And we've always had This was probably the Michael Singer of.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
The day, right, But that's what through.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
I saw it, and I was like, wow, it spoke
to me because I think, you know, look, change is inevitable.
We all know that, but we all try to fight
it or resist it or make it be what we
wanted to be. And I just couldn't believe that all
those years ago, same issues.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
It's the key to happiness, folks. Here it is your
quote of the day. Life is a series of natural
and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them. That only creates sorrow.
Let reality be reality, Let things flow naturally forward in
whatever way they like. And with that, folks, we always
appreciate you running with us.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
I'm teaching and I'm Amy Robock. Have a great Tuesday
and we'll see you on the run tomorrow.
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