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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning everyone, thanks for joining us for today's Morning Run.
It's Wednesday, August thirteenth.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
I'm Amy Robot and I'm TJ. Holmes. Tell him that
sleep score on that or ring Roabes tell.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Them eighty five five and I'm.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Sitting on an eighty four over here. That means we
are about to have a wonderful We had no excuse
for this not going well today. A lot of you listening,
everybody's had a speeding ticket before. You remember the most
expensive one you ever had.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I think it was like one hundred and ten dollars.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Okay, how much was the one this guy got?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
It was wait, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Okay, no kidding, folks. There's a guy who got a
speeding ticket and it's going to cost him one hundred
plus thousand dollars. And here's the thing, he wasn't going
that terribly far over the speed limit. We'll explain. Also,
the Kennedy Center, Yeah it doesn't have a good ring
to it. That name has bothered so many people for
so long that they're finally there's an effort Robes to
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name it. Give it a new name.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Hmm, I wonder what that name could be.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
The Trump Center. There is legislation out there about it,
and even the President was touting this. There's a big
Kennedy Center. Honor is going to be announced today, the
recipients and all of this conversation is going on.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
I feel like we need more buildings with Trump on it.
There aren't enough in the world.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
We literally have to pass several here in downtown every day,
every single day. But we'll get into what that's about.
And somebody's gonna have to please explain to me what
the hell this lea boo boo thing is about? Why?
Why is this a thing?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
I don't know how these things start, but it's fun
to say.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
La boo boos, lea boo booths. Yes, if you haven't
heard about these la boo boos, we'll be telling you
all about these la boo boos that are not French,
by the way, But why people keep stealing them and
they just recover tens of thousands of dollars worth of
them in la that had been stolen. And also, y'all,
I don't know how broke you are, but we are broke.
We are so broke. We are historically broke as a country.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
We're setting records about how broke we are.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Yes, folks, we'll get into what those numbers are and
the concern for you and your household because the US
is in such debt. We'll get into all of that.
And reminded, do it now on the Apple podcast app
right there on your phone on our show page top
right corner, little tab says follow. Just click that and
then you can get our updates coming straight to you.
But as we continue on this morning run, other things
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we have to talk about is that it's official the
National Guard has arrived in Washington, d C. One day
after President Trump declare the FEDS were taken.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Over, and the White House has announced it's reviewing all
current and planned exhibits at the Smithsonian to make sure
they're aligned with American values, whatever that means.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Also, we are learning more about the disturbing detail surrounding
that mass shooting at a target store in Austin.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
And then a Ford Stewart sargent who's been charged and
facing life in prison for shooting five of his fellow soldiers,
is also being charged with domestic violence. And we're learning
more about the life and death of Kelly Clarkson's ex
husband Brandon Blackstock after his obituary was released on Monday, And.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Ooh, I'm gonna tell Mama, Yes, a lot of folks
will remember that line. Certain number of us of a
certain age will remember it because it was delivered with
such what SaaS in SaaS, I guess that's the word
being used. Former actress Danielle Spencer of What's Happening Fame
has passed away at the age of sixty from breast cancer.
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There was a lot I learned about her that we
are excited to share. But she had a very difficult
goal in life. But she kept going and going and
going right to the end. So it's cool to remember
her and learn a little something about it.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah, we will honor her spirit in just a moment,
but we begin our run in our nation's capital. The
National Guard, yes, is on duty in DC. This is
one day after the President announced that federal takeover in
the nation's capital. National Guard troops, Yes, we're already seen
on the streets of DC now.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
The President declared a public safety emergency in d C.
Ordered at least eight hundred National Guard troops to be
deployed to the city. They'll start showing up more and
more in the coming weeks, according to the Defense Secretary.
The President has framed this as a necessary effort to
get crime under control in the nation's capital. He's also
invoked special powers that allow him to put DC Metropolitan
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Police under federal control for up to thirty days.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
National Guard troops do have the authority to make arrests,
so the administration.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
So I'm so sorry as do not I put that
in there.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
That's my accidental right, because I actually thought I was like, wow,
this is a change. Okay. They do not, repeat, do
not have the authority to make arrests. So the administration
says they will just be there to support local law
enforcement and to be a physical presence, maybe a deterrence
there on the streets. Meanwhile, DC officials keep screaming this
is not necessary, and they're pointing to the statistics that
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show a drop, a fairly large drop in violent crime
in DC.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
I knew it was going to come back to bite
me by saying we had great sleep.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Scores, because not and not having a knot is all
the difference in his story.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
But I have terrible sleep scores every day, I leave
out a word in a script that changes the entire
meaning of the story.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
It happens to everyone.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Oh man, I gotta go back to just getting four
hours of sleep. All right, we continue on the run. Now,
the national debt has surpassed a record number, far sooner
than expected. So this was expected that you were going
to hit a record, but just not this soon. We
have now gone beyond thirty seven trillion dollars, and we've
done this five years ahead of schedule.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
In January of twenty twenty, the Congressional Budget Office projected, yes,
that we would reach that thirty seven trillion mark after
fiscal year twenty thirty. But debt grew much faster than anticipated,
they say because of the pandemic. And now with the
big beautiful bills signed into law, the CBO says four
point one trillion more dollars will be added to the
national debt over the next decade.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Perspective, let's see, all right. National debt was at thirty
four trillion in January of twenty twenty four, thirty five
trillion by July of last year, thirty six trillion by
November of next year. We have been adding a trillion
dollars to the national debt every five months, and that's
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more than twice as fast at the average rate over
the last twenty five years.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Isn't that insane? It's mind boggeling to even think what
a trillion dollars is and to think we're accruing that
much more debt every five months is astounding.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
And you know what, I mean to put you on
the spot. How many zeros is that?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
So how does all of this affect you personally? Because
we hear these numbers, we're like, yeah, okay, but what
does that mean for me? Well, rising debt means higher
borrowing costs for mortgages and cars, more expensive goods and services,
and even lower wages because businesses will have less money
to be able to invest, so they can't invest it
in their employees.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
It's that simple, folks. The government is doing what you
know not to do in your home, which is to
spend more than you bring in, and that's what we
keep doing at an alarming rate. We stay in DC
for the next leg of the run, where the Trump
administration announced it will begin reviewing the Smithsonian Museums. What
are they reviewing all current and planned exhibitions. The administration
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is going to assess what they say is quote the tone,
historical framing, and alignment with American ideals.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
In quote, the White House wrote this letter to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian saying the museums will be required
to adjust any content that the administration finds problematic within
one hundred and twenty days. It's scary, right. It goes
on to say the White House review, and I'm going
to quote them here, aims to ensure alignment with the
President's directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives,
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and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions. This is
all sounding so scarily like dangerous nationalism. I'm sorry I'm
saying that because I think that's just what it reads like.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Well, I mean, they're saying clearly that they're about to
DEI the SMITHSONI and yes, yes, the exhibits. It's one
thing to DEI the hiring practices and whatnot, but they're
about to DEI. He's saying it, yes in this quote. Well,
the Smithsonian put out a statement as well, very carefully worded.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Yes, that is true.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Saying they're reviewing the letter and will continue to collaborate
constructively with the White House, Congress, and our governing board
of Regions.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
I also thought it was a little eerie that they
put out there that the White House will begin observational
visits and conduct walkthroughs of current exhibitions as monitoring basically
what's going on at the Smithsonian. Whoo, all right, next
up on our run, we'll stay in DC. The Kennedy
Center honors recipients. Sorry, the Kennedy Center honors recipients. When
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you say it differently, it reads differently.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
I did write this on you did?
Speaker 2 (08:47):
I just read it Rock Kennedy. Wow, we need to
sleep less. The Kennedy Center Honors recipients will be announced today.
This is a prestigious honor that has the slight stench
of politics even before the announcement is made.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Yeah. Because President Trump, as you have heard, probably has
exerted his power over the Performing Arts Center, firing the
board of trustees earlier this year year and naming a
new chairman of the board, Donald J. Trump. Now there
is an effort even out there to get his name
on the front of the building. Yes, a bill has
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been introduced to rename the Kennedy Center after Trump.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
And if you think that's just a joke, well Trump
doesn't think it is. This is how he teased today's
honors announcement, quoting him. Here, great nominees for the Trump
slash Kennedy Center whoops, I mean Kennedy Center Awards. They
will be announced Wednesday. Tremendous work is being done and
money being spent on bringing it back to the absolute
top level of luxury, glamour and entertainment. It had fallen
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on hard times physically, but will soon be making a
major comeback.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
Okay, now, the bill we're talking about that wants to
rename the place the Trump, the Trump Center, the Trump Senator,
the Trump Center, the Trump Center. What's the Trump all?
The Trump uh? Trump Plaza? Trump? What's the hotel? What
do we usually what flows? And we say the Trump What.
(10:12):
I don't know, that's one of the buildings here. Why
am I forgetting his hotels line right there in the
Columbus Circle, Trump Plaza, Trump Plaza, Trump Plaza Hotel.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Ye, No, I don't know, jeez, I don't. I've never
stayed at one. I don't know what the name is.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
I'm having a total brainfall on his sleep us. Oh
my goodness. Now the bill we're talking about here. It's
called the Make Entertainment Great Again Act and was introduced
by Congressman Bob Honder of Missouri this summer during Trump's
first term. Though he did not attend the Kennedy Center honors,
several performers and honorees were outspoken critics of Trump, and
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some performers over the years have even refused to do
shows at the Kennedy Center because of Trump's involvement.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
The Kennedy Center did tease the announcement about this year's
honorees on X, saying, coming soon, a country music icon,
an Englishman, a New York City rock band, a dance queen,
and a multi billion dollar actor walk into the Kennedy
Center Opera house. A multi billion dollar actor. I don't
know who that would be.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Multi billion that could be. I don't know if Sam
Jackson came to mind.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
A Robert Downey junior. We think of people who are
associated with these big films that make billions of dout.
That's the only thing that came to my.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Mind, all right. Next up on the run, A grandfather
and his four year old granddaughter were among those killed
in that Target parking lot shooting in Austin, Texas. Police
have now identified the shooter and reviewed details about the chaos, confusion,
and the terror that happened during the shooting and the
hour long pursuit of the suspect.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Police say the suspect, Ethan Ninneker, went to the Target
parking lot around two fifteen on Monday and inexplicably attacked, shot,
and killed a Target employee who was collecting shopping carts
in the parking lot. I don't know why ropes all
of us that go into parking lots. That seems like
such a thankless job. We see someone out there having
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to chase down just doing their thing. Kind of always
think people are rude, Like put that chopping car in
the right place so somebody doesn't have to go chase
it down to somebody's job. To think that person got
killed for that reason, Yeah, that just is disturbing in
so many ways. The police say Ninaker then started shooting
at moving cars in the parking lot, and one of
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them was a Toyota fore Runner, which is where sixty
five year old Adam Chow was along with his granddaughter
in the back seat. They were both killed. The grandmother
was also in the car, but she only had minor.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Injuries chills from head to toe. Just disturbing beyond words.
Police say the suspect then fled in that Forerunner and
then they were able to track him through various nine
to one one calls. They said he then assaulted a
water truck driver, tried to steal the truck but wasn't
able to get it started. Then he chased down another
guy before getting back into the Forerunner, eventually wrecking it.
Then tried to steal a self driving car car, tracked
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another car through a brick through the window of someone
from his Bible study group. I mean this just goes
on and on and on.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Yeah. Then after an hour, which was after the initial shooting,
police got a call about a naked man walking through
a backyard. They arrived said Ninacer was holding a Bible
and going on about being Jesus. Well, he's now facing
three counts of murder. Police do not have a motive
and they say this crime was totally random. Police chief
(13:20):
added that there were some serious failures somewhere in the system.
After he cited the suspect's history of mental health issues.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Wow. All right. Next up on the Run, we're going
to head to Georgia, where the sergeant accused of that
mass shooting at Fort Stewart last week has now been
charged with multiple counts of attempted premeditated murder, aggravated assault charges,
and a domestic violence charge.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
The five soldiers were wounded when police say Sergeant Cornelius
Radford opened fire on members of his own unit, and
we're learning one of those soldiers was Radford's, as they
put it, intimate partner, which is why he's also being
charged with domestic violence.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Twenty eight year old Radford was an automated logistics sergeant
say he used his personal weapon in the shooting, but
they're not giving a motive yet for the attack. Under
military law, if found guilty, Radford is facing a potential
of life imprisonment.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
You know, it was a tough little stretch. We've had
of shootings yeah around the country. Unfortunately. We'll stay with
us here on this Wednesday morning run when we come back,
more details about the death of Kelly Clarkson's ex husband
passed away. We now know his cause of death. Also
coming up here, we lost someone who was such a
part of that seventies heyday of sitcoms, and she gave
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us one of our favorite phrases, and why is everybody
stealing these little monsters with teeth? We continue now on
this Wednesday morning run, and we are learning more about
Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson's ex husband, who died of cancer
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last week. We didn't get the announcement detail us about
his death of exactly what took his life and what
form of cancer. They kept this very private, said he
was dealing with this for three years. Yes, is that right? Well?
His official cause of death now announced as melanoma, form
of skin cancer.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Blackstock's obituary was released ahead of his memorial service scheduled
for this weekend. The tribute to Blackstock said this, to
know Brandon was to love Brandon. He played important roles
in the shaping in shaping the careers of many larger
than life celebrities and left a lasting impact on everyone
who met him.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
He goes on to mention those he leaves behind, including
his father, former stepmother Reeber McIntyre, his children, and what
was described as his life partner, Britney Jones, who we've
now learned was Kelly Clarkson's former production assistant. The obituary
goes on to read Brandon, along with his beautiful and
loving partner in life and business, Brittany Marie Jones, started
building a life building companies and working tirelessly to create
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heat Waters, livestock, auction, and what will live on as
his legacy, the Valley View Rodeo in Bozeman, Montana.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Jones' father even paid tribute to Blackstock on social media,
saying Blackstock was his daughter's soulmate and that he considered
him his son. Now, many are hoping blackstocks passing at
the early age of forty eight will raise awareness about
the risks of sun exposure. Melanoma is considered to be
one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer. And by
the way, I don't know that I realize this, but
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skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in
the United States.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Wow, that's always a good remiss too bad off in time.
But yeah, if you can take moments like this that
people are paying attention in the reminder, it's good.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Yeah, they remind people if you have light skin, light eyes,
light hair, you are much more at risk. And so
it's sunscreen, it's avoiding those peak tanning hours. All of
those things that we can control go a long way
in combating this disease.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Is think crazy, how many people go after they are
seeking the peak tanning out right right.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
We hear that from Alise, from my daughters. They're like, oh,
the uv indix is nine and they think that's a
good thing. It's a bad thing.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Folks want to continue on the run on this Wednesday
morning now, And she gave us one of the memorable
sitcom heydache catchphrases, Woo, I'm gonna tell mama.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
Uh do you remember that one?
Speaker 1 (17:05):
One line delivered repeatedly by Danielle Spencer, the child actress
who played Dee Thomas in What's Happening Well her co star,
Spencer's co star on the show, confirmed yesterday that Spencer
passed away this week at the age of sixty.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Far far too young. Spencer was a New York native.
She started acting at the age of seven, but she
and her family relocated to la after she got that
big gig to play the younger's sister of Raj on
What's Happening. She continued acting for years after What's Happening ended,
but ultimately she left the industry to become a doctor,
a veterinarian. That's amazing. She is actually her name is
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actually doctor with Danielle Spencer. I thought that was really cool.
She was a vet in LA for a long time.
She relocated to Richmond, Virginia and actually did pet segments
on the local news.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
That's cool. I love that about her at all. But yes,
I wanted to make sure and thank you for doing so.
Doctor Danielle Spencer has passed away. Out Spencer had a
number rolds. Had no idea of incredible challenges health challenges
she overcame in her life. She was in a car
accident in the seventies in LA. I think this was
the second season of the show. Her stepfather was killed
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in that accident. She was left in a coma for weeks.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
She talked about it later that because she was in
a coma, she didn't get to say goodbye to her stepfather.
That was the guy who was the dad in her life.
She also had a spinal condition. She ended up being
paralyzed for eight months, getting surgery for that, and like
you mentioned, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Had a
double mostectomy in twenty fourteen. Then she ended up having
emergency brain surgery in twenty eighteen because of brain believing
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she went through it.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
I have like chills and it obviously makes me emotional
thinking about what she went through. But I love what
she said. She said, you really have to live life
for you at that minute and just try to have fun,
be lighthearted, and be happy while you're here because you
never know when that time is going to end.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
I included that I just wanted to. I hear people
talk you have to live in the moment, in the moment,
in the moment, and she said, you really have to
live for you at that minute. That was just something
about the way she put it, and I get what
she's saying, but just trying to have fun. That's the
simplest thing in the world. As you go about your day,
can you go about it and just have a little fun.
So thank you so much for that for the laughs.
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This was one of the older ones I called mostly
the reruns of this one, but yeah, same, just one
of those classic ROJ rerun rerun. Yeah, but thank you
for that, and thank you for that quote. And I
was going to give this to you and say, hey,
you kind of quote her of the day, I might
have one for you. Oh okay, we good to put
that one where we put that one?
Speaker 2 (19:40):
That was beautiful? All right? Next up on the run,
we're going to take a major U turn here and
police in California they have recovered a major loot, thirty
thousand dollars worth of the booboos. In case you've been
living under a rock like me, I had to look
them up. These are highly coveted collectible dolls that are
apparently all the.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
Rage right and apparently pretty expensive. Police say the thief
stole the dolls from a warehouse and they went back
over several days to get these things. It wasn't just
one heist. They had fourteen boxes of these things stashed
in a home and Sam Bernardino. They were all being
prepared for resale, according to police, and have since been
returned to the rightful owner.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
Now.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
It was also this is a separate one from the
one last week when thief stole seven thousand dollars worth
of Labuo Boos from a Los Angeles store. Wait how
much was this?
Speaker 2 (20:29):
This was thirty thousand. It's okay, yeah, So what exactly
are La Booboos? Well, they're Chinese dolls that sell for
about twenty eight bucks. They look like monsters with teeth
and devilish smiles. They hang from your purse. You might
have seen some folks walking around with them. And when
I say folks, I mean Rihanna. Rihanna had one dangling
from her purse, so you know they're cool. That might
have potentially added to all the rage.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
I don't know how I missed it. We were sitting
right next to each other at dinner the other day.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
Well, these labooboos are sold in what's called a blind box,
so when you purchase one, you don't know which one
you're getting, which adds to the excitement of ordering them.
And by the way, the limited versions of these Furrey
monsters can retail as much as one hundred and fifty bucks,
so they've got different ranges and prices. There was apparently
a child's size Laboo Boo that was auctioned off for
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
But there again, they're not that expensive, or you bought
twenty bucks. I was on the well, so why are we?
Speaker 2 (21:20):
I don't get it, because they're stealing them and then
sell them at higher prices because they're hard to get.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
So so people are willing.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
The demand is higher than the supply.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
But if I go black market try to get one.
I mean we're not talking thousands, are you?
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Or no? I don't think like hundreds maybe, but yes,
but still that's a lot for worth it for folks
to steal. I guess, all right, for the final leg
of our run, how many of you, commonly, repeatedly, perhaps
even daily, this is me go ten to fifteen miles
over the speed limit. All right, well, if you get
caught here in New York, ticket finds for going eleven
to thirty miles per hour. I checked, if you go
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over the speed limit by the it's about ninety to
three hundred bucks plus of course points on your insurance,
which is the worst.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Was going seventeen miles over the speed limit and was
just fined one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Why was
this happening? First of all, this man was not in
New York. He was in Switzerland. He was going okay,
he was going seventeen miles over the speed limit. He
was going forty eight miles an hour, so he's not
exactly hauled in tail, but he was going faster than
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he should have been in a thirty one zone.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Yeah, it all is converted from kilometers per hour, so
slightly weird. But think about it. Sometimes when you're going
fast and you go through a neighborhood, like a smaller town.
He was going through the town of Lucerne, gorgeous Swiss alpstown,
and you know the speed limit suddenly goes down. That
could have happened.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
Oh compack, Oh yeah, all of them.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
Oh I'm going fifty to fifty five. All of a
sudden it goes down to thirty five and it takes
you a while. Maybe it has slow down.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
Not me, I do it immediately. So how in the
world this guy's supposed to pay one hundred and ten
thousand dollars ticket And why did he get in the
first place. He got it because he can afford it.
The man is one of Switzerland's wealthiest citizens, and the
region he was caught speeding in gives fines based on income.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
I've never heard of this, but this has been a
thing for quite a while. And it's not just the
Swiss who imposed finds this way. Germany, France, Austria and
all the Nordic countries. So Norway, Sweden and Finland. All
issue finds based on a person's wealth. Conversely, if you're
poor or indigent, you may face a night in jail
rather than a fine, So they'll find another way to
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punish you, rather than to impose a financial burden on you.
And by the way, even police aren't exempt.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Yeah, police officer was fine for going twice the post
at speed limit while pursuing thieves who had just blown
up a bank teller machine. He was doing his job.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
Yeah, in Geneva. Can you imagine if that happened in
New York. You know how many times we see police speeding.
If they got fined for breaking the twenty five mile per.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Hour spece limit, it was in pursuit, Yes, correctly, come on, yep.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
The rules are the rules, and they apply to everybody, apparently,
but even harsher towards ritch people.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Okay, that would never fly in this country.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
I looked this up that there's the largest fine ever was.
This was back in twenty ten, a million dollars for
speeding from a guy who was a billionaire. And last
year a BMW driver was charged one hundred and twenty
eight thousand dollars for tailgating, just for tailgating. Can you
imagine one hundred and twenty eight thousand dollars fine because
you were driving too closely behind someone else. That's insane.
(24:24):
And in Sweden we gotta be careful. Driver was fined
two hundred and eighty thousand dollars for going eighty five
and a thirty five. Now, granted that is fast, but okay,
two hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
What's the thing?
Speaker 2 (24:35):
What?
Speaker 1 (24:35):
What's the calculation?
Speaker 2 (24:36):
They have a calculation? They do. I didn't. It's complicated,
but they really do have like a graph. If you
make this much, this is how much you pay.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
It's wild, all right, folks, Well slow down out there today.
But as you go about your day, something we'd like
for you to consider it is our quote of the day.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
Of all the things you wear, your expression is the
most important. We talk about this all the time.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Man, we go down this just looking at people's faces
and you can wow on the subway who's on the phone.
You see it all the time, and it says so much,
and sometimes it puts you in a different mood.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
Oh, I so believe it. Sometimes you say what's wrong?
Because I've got a look on my face, and I
think to myself, nothing is and why am I scowling
or why am I thinking a negative thought? It Actually
it's a check on what you're thinking. Whatever you're thinking about,
ruinating about, worrying about, spiraling about, it's on your face.
So if you check your face, you might be able
to check your mind, or at least maybe tell a friend, Hey,
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maybe don't say turn that frown upside down. That's really annoying,
but maybe just check in with someone so that they
can check in on themselves, because it is such a
reflection of your attitude and your energy.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
You know another you do this with me every day. Now,
I'm telling you, I don't look at the quotes of
the day anymore. I wait and get surprised here and
as I had no idea what's coming, But this sparked
now another memory, just like the other day. Dave my Man,
Good Morning America works audio. He used to take care
of me on live television because anytime I was naturally
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reacting to something or something wasn't right, he'd get in
my ear and he say, fix your face because something
is not coming across.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
He did that to me too, Fix your face.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
And it's just a heads up that you don't even realize.
Maybe the impression you're giving by the face you're making.
So thank you for that. Dave, love your brother.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Of all the things you wear, your expression is the
most important. So smile if you can today. Everyone. I'm
Amy Robot, thank you for listening, and I'm TJ.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Holmes. We'll be seeing y'all soon.
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning everyone, thanks for joining us for today's Morning Run.
It's Wednesday, August thirteenth.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
I'm Amy Robot and I'm TJ. Holmes. Tell him that
sleep score on that or ring Roabes tell.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Them eighty five five and I'm.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Sitting on an eighty four over here. That means we
are about to have a wonderful We had no excuse
for this not going well today. A lot of you listening,
everybody's had a speeding ticket before. You remember the most
expensive one you ever had.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I think it was like one hundred and ten dollars.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Okay, how much was the one this guy got?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
It was wait, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Okay, no kidding, folks. There's a guy who got a
speeding ticket and it's going to cost him one hundred
plus thousand dollars. And here's the thing, he wasn't going
that terribly far over the speed limit. We'll explain. Also,
the Kennedy Center, Yeah it doesn't have a good ring
to it. That name has bothered so many people for
so long that they're finally there's an effort Robes to
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name it. Give it a new name.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Hmm, I wonder what that name could be.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
The Trump Center. There is legislation out there about it,
and even the President was touting this. There's a big
Kennedy Center. Honor is going to be announced today, the
recipients and all of this conversation is going on.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
I feel like we need more buildings with Trump on it.
There aren't enough in the world.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
We literally have to pass several here in downtown every day,
every single day. But we'll get into what that's about.
And somebody's gonna have to please explain to me what
the hell this lea boo boo thing is about? Why?
Why is this a thing?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
I don't know how these things start, but it's fun
to say.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
La boo boos, lea boo booths. Yes, if you haven't
heard about these la boo boos, we'll be telling you
all about these la boo boos that are not French,
by the way, But why people keep stealing them and
they just recover tens of thousands of dollars worth of
them in la that had been stolen. And also, y'all,
I don't know how broke you are, but we are broke.
We are so broke. We are historically broke as a country.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
We're setting records about how broke we are.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Yes, folks, we'll get into what those numbers are and
the concern for you and your household because the US
is in such debt. We'll get into all of that.
And reminded, do it now on the Apple podcast app
right there on your phone on our show page top
right corner, little tab says follow. Just click that and
then you can get our updates coming straight to you.
But as we continue on this morning run, other things
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we have to talk about is that it's official the
National Guard has arrived in Washington, d C. One day
after President Trump declare the FEDS were taken.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Over, and the White House has announced it's reviewing all
current and planned exhibits at the Smithsonian to make sure
they're aligned with American values, whatever that means.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Also, we are learning more about the disturbing detail surrounding
that mass shooting at a target store in Austin.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
And then a Ford Stewart sargent who's been charged and
facing life in prison for shooting five of his fellow soldiers,
is also being charged with domestic violence. And we're learning
more about the life and death of Kelly Clarkson's ex
husband Brandon Blackstock after his obituary was released on Monday, And.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Ooh, I'm gonna tell Mama, Yes, a lot of folks
will remember that line. Certain number of us of a
certain age will remember it because it was delivered with
such what SaaS in SaaS, I guess that's the word
being used. Former actress Danielle Spencer of What's Happening Fame
has passed away at the age of sixty from breast cancer.
(03:24):
There was a lot I learned about her that we
are excited to share. But she had a very difficult
goal in life. But she kept going and going and
going right to the end. So it's cool to remember
her and learn a little something about it.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah, we will honor her spirit in just a moment,
but we begin our run in our nation's capital. The
National Guard, yes, is on duty in DC. This is
one day after the President announced that federal takeover in
the nation's capital. National Guard troops, Yes, we're already seen
on the streets of DC now.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
The President declared a public safety emergency in d C.
Ordered at least eight hundred National Guard troops to be
deployed to the city. They'll start showing up more and
more in the coming weeks, according to the Defense Secretary.
The President has framed this as a necessary effort to
get crime under control in the nation's capital. He's also
invoked special powers that allow him to put DC Metropolitan
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Police under federal control for up to thirty days.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
National Guard troops do have the authority to make arrests,
so the administration.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
So I'm so sorry as do not I put that
in there.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
That's my accidental right, because I actually thought I was like, wow,
this is a change. Okay. They do not, repeat, do
not have the authority to make arrests. So the administration
says they will just be there to support local law
enforcement and to be a physical presence, maybe a deterrence
there on the streets. Meanwhile, DC officials keep screaming this
is not necessary, and they're pointing to the statistics that
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show a drop, a fairly large drop in violent crime
in DC.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
I knew it was going to come back to bite
me by saying we had great sleep.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Scores, because not and not having a knot is all
the difference in his story.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
But I have terrible sleep scores every day, I leave
out a word in a script that changes the entire
meaning of the story.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
It happens to everyone.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Oh man, I gotta go back to just getting four
hours of sleep. All right, we continue on the run. Now,
the national debt has surpassed a record number, far sooner
than expected. So this was expected that you were going
to hit a record, but just not this soon. We
have now gone beyond thirty seven trillion dollars, and we've
done this five years ahead of schedule.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
In January of twenty twenty, the Congressional Budget Office projected, yes,
that we would reach that thirty seven trillion mark after
fiscal year twenty thirty. But debt grew much faster than anticipated,
they say because of the pandemic. And now with the
big beautiful bills signed into law, the CBO says four
point one trillion more dollars will be added to the
national debt over the next decade.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Perspective, let's see, all right. National debt was at thirty
four trillion in January of twenty twenty four, thirty five
trillion by July of last year, thirty six trillion by
November of next year. We have been adding a trillion
dollars to the national debt every five months, and that's
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more than twice as fast at the average rate over
the last twenty five years.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Isn't that insane? It's mind boggeling to even think what
a trillion dollars is and to think we're accruing that
much more debt every five months is astounding.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
And you know what, I mean to put you on
the spot. How many zeros is that?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
So how does all of this affect you personally? Because
we hear these numbers, we're like, yeah, okay, but what
does that mean for me? Well, rising debt means higher
borrowing costs for mortgages and cars, more expensive goods and services,
and even lower wages because businesses will have less money
to be able to invest, so they can't invest it
in their employees.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
It's that simple, folks. The government is doing what you
know not to do in your home, which is to
spend more than you bring in, and that's what we
keep doing at an alarming rate. We stay in DC
for the next leg of the run, where the Trump
administration announced it will begin reviewing the Smithsonian Museums. What
are they reviewing all current and planned exhibitions. The administration
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is going to assess what they say is quote the tone,
historical framing, and alignment with American ideals.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
In quote, the White House wrote this letter to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian saying the museums will be required
to adjust any content that the administration finds problematic within
one hundred and twenty days. It's scary, right. It goes
on to say the White House review, and I'm going
to quote them here, aims to ensure alignment with the
President's directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives,
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and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions. This is
all sounding so scarily like dangerous nationalism. I'm sorry I'm
saying that because I think that's just what it reads like.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Well, I mean, they're saying clearly that they're about to
DEI the SMITHSONI and yes, yes, the exhibits. It's one
thing to DEI the hiring practices and whatnot, but they're
about to DEI. He's saying it, yes in this quote. Well,
the Smithsonian put out a statement as well, very carefully worded.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Yes, that is true.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Saying they're reviewing the letter and will continue to collaborate
constructively with the White House, Congress, and our governing board
of Regions.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
I also thought it was a little eerie that they
put out there that the White House will begin observational
visits and conduct walkthroughs of current exhibitions as monitoring basically
what's going on at the Smithsonian. Whoo, all right, next
up on our run, we'll stay in DC. The Kennedy
Center honors recipients. Sorry, the Kennedy Center honors recipients. When
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you say it differently, it reads differently.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
I did write this on you did?
Speaker 2 (08:47):
I just read it Rock Kennedy. Wow, we need to
sleep less. The Kennedy Center Honors recipients will be announced today.
This is a prestigious honor that has the slight stench
of politics even before the announcement is made.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Yeah. Because President Trump, as you have heard, probably has
exerted his power over the Performing Arts Center, firing the
board of trustees earlier this year year and naming a
new chairman of the board, Donald J. Trump. Now there
is an effort even out there to get his name
on the front of the building. Yes, a bill has
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been introduced to rename the Kennedy Center after Trump.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
And if you think that's just a joke, well Trump
doesn't think it is. This is how he teased today's
honors announcement, quoting him. Here, great nominees for the Trump
slash Kennedy Center whoops, I mean Kennedy Center Awards. They
will be announced Wednesday. Tremendous work is being done and
money being spent on bringing it back to the absolute
top level of luxury, glamour and entertainment. It had fallen
(09:47):
on hard times physically, but will soon be making a
major comeback.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
Okay, now, the bill we're talking about that wants to
rename the place the Trump, the Trump Center, the Trump Senator,
the Trump Center, the Trump Center. What's the Trump all?
The Trump uh? Trump Plaza? Trump? What's the hotel? What
do we usually what flows? And we say the Trump What.
(10:12):
I don't know, that's one of the buildings here. Why
am I forgetting his hotels line right there in the
Columbus Circle, Trump Plaza, Trump Plaza, Trump Plaza Hotel.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Ye, No, I don't know, jeez, I don't. I've never
stayed at one. I don't know what the name is.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
I'm having a total brainfall on his sleep us. Oh
my goodness. Now the bill we're talking about here. It's
called the Make Entertainment Great Again Act and was introduced
by Congressman Bob Honder of Missouri this summer during Trump's
first term. Though he did not attend the Kennedy Center honors,
several performers and honorees were outspoken critics of Trump, and
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some performers over the years have even refused to do
shows at the Kennedy Center because of Trump's involvement.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
The Kennedy Center did tease the announcement about this year's
honorees on X, saying, coming soon, a country music icon,
an Englishman, a New York City rock band, a dance queen,
and a multi billion dollar actor walk into the Kennedy
Center Opera house. A multi billion dollar actor. I don't
know who that would be.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Multi billion that could be. I don't know if Sam
Jackson came to mind.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
A Robert Downey junior. We think of people who are
associated with these big films that make billions of dout.
That's the only thing that came to my.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Mind, all right. Next up on the run, A grandfather
and his four year old granddaughter were among those killed
in that Target parking lot shooting in Austin, Texas. Police
have now identified the shooter and reviewed details about the chaos, confusion,
and the terror that happened during the shooting and the
hour long pursuit of the suspect.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Police say the suspect, Ethan Ninneker, went to the Target
parking lot around two fifteen on Monday and inexplicably attacked, shot,
and killed a Target employee who was collecting shopping carts
in the parking lot. I don't know why ropes all
of us that go into parking lots. That seems like
such a thankless job. We see someone out there having
(11:56):
to chase down just doing their thing. Kind of always
think people are rude, Like put that chopping car in
the right place so somebody doesn't have to go chase
it down to somebody's job. To think that person got
killed for that reason, Yeah, that just is disturbing in
so many ways. The police say Ninaker then started shooting
at moving cars in the parking lot, and one of
(12:18):
them was a Toyota fore Runner, which is where sixty
five year old Adam Chow was along with his granddaughter
in the back seat. They were both killed. The grandmother
was also in the car, but she only had minor.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Injuries chills from head to toe. Just disturbing beyond words.
Police say the suspect then fled in that Forerunner and
then they were able to track him through various nine
to one one calls. They said he then assaulted a
water truck driver, tried to steal the truck but wasn't
able to get it started. Then he chased down another
guy before getting back into the Forerunner, eventually wrecking it.
Then tried to steal a self driving car car, tracked
(12:53):
another car through a brick through the window of someone
from his Bible study group. I mean this just goes
on and on and on.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Yeah. Then after an hour, which was after the initial shooting,
police got a call about a naked man walking through
a backyard. They arrived said Ninacer was holding a Bible
and going on about being Jesus. Well, he's now facing
three counts of murder. Police do not have a motive
and they say this crime was totally random. Police chief
(13:20):
added that there were some serious failures somewhere in the system.
After he cited the suspect's history of mental health issues.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Wow. All right. Next up on the Run, we're going
to head to Georgia, where the sergeant accused of that
mass shooting at Fort Stewart last week has now been
charged with multiple counts of attempted premeditated murder, aggravated assault charges,
and a domestic violence charge.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
The five soldiers were wounded when police say Sergeant Cornelius
Radford opened fire on members of his own unit, and
we're learning one of those soldiers was Radford's, as they
put it, intimate partner, which is why he's also being
charged with domestic violence.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Twenty eight year old Radford was an automated logistics sergeant
say he used his personal weapon in the shooting, but
they're not giving a motive yet for the attack. Under
military law, if found guilty, Radford is facing a potential
of life imprisonment.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
You know, it was a tough little stretch. We've had
of shootings yeah around the country. Unfortunately. We'll stay with
us here on this Wednesday morning run when we come back,
more details about the death of Kelly Clarkson's ex husband
passed away. We now know his cause of death. Also
coming up here, we lost someone who was such a
part of that seventies heyday of sitcoms, and she gave
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us one of our favorite phrases, and why is everybody
stealing these little monsters with teeth? We continue now on
this Wednesday morning run, and we are learning more about
Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson's ex husband, who died of cancer
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last week. We didn't get the announcement detail us about
his death of exactly what took his life and what
form of cancer. They kept this very private, said he
was dealing with this for three years. Yes, is that right? Well?
His official cause of death now announced as melanoma, form
of skin cancer.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Blackstock's obituary was released ahead of his memorial service scheduled
for this weekend. The tribute to Blackstock said this, to
know Brandon was to love Brandon. He played important roles
in the shaping in shaping the careers of many larger
than life celebrities and left a lasting impact on everyone
who met him.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
He goes on to mention those he leaves behind, including
his father, former stepmother Reeber McIntyre, his children, and what
was described as his life partner, Britney Jones, who we've
now learned was Kelly Clarkson's former production assistant. The obituary
goes on to read Brandon, along with his beautiful and
loving partner in life and business, Brittany Marie Jones, started
building a life building companies and working tirelessly to create
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heat Waters, livestock, auction, and what will live on as
his legacy, the Valley View Rodeo in Bozeman, Montana.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Jones' father even paid tribute to Blackstock on social media,
saying Blackstock was his daughter's soulmate and that he considered
him his son. Now, many are hoping blackstocks passing at
the early age of forty eight will raise awareness about
the risks of sun exposure. Melanoma is considered to be
one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer. And by
the way, I don't know that I realize this, but
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skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in
the United States.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Wow, that's always a good remiss too bad off in time.
But yeah, if you can take moments like this that
people are paying attention in the reminder, it's good.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Yeah, they remind people if you have light skin, light eyes,
light hair, you are much more at risk. And so
it's sunscreen, it's avoiding those peak tanning hours. All of
those things that we can control go a long way
in combating this disease.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Is think crazy, how many people go after they are
seeking the peak tanning out right right.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
We hear that from Alise, from my daughters. They're like, oh,
the uv indix is nine and they think that's a
good thing. It's a bad thing.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Folks want to continue on the run on this Wednesday
morning now, And she gave us one of the memorable
sitcom heydache catchphrases, Woo, I'm gonna tell mama.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
Uh do you remember that one?
Speaker 1 (17:05):
One line delivered repeatedly by Danielle Spencer, the child actress
who played Dee Thomas in What's Happening Well her co star,
Spencer's co star on the show, confirmed yesterday that Spencer
passed away this week at the age of sixty.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Far far too young. Spencer was a New York native.
She started acting at the age of seven, but she
and her family relocated to la after she got that
big gig to play the younger's sister of Raj on
What's Happening. She continued acting for years after What's Happening ended,
but ultimately she left the industry to become a doctor,
a veterinarian. That's amazing. She is actually her name is
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actually doctor with Danielle Spencer. I thought that was really cool.
She was a vet in LA for a long time.
She relocated to Richmond, Virginia and actually did pet segments
on the local news.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
That's cool. I love that about her at all. But yes,
I wanted to make sure and thank you for doing so.
Doctor Danielle Spencer has passed away. Out Spencer had a
number rolds. Had no idea of incredible challenges health challenges
she overcame in her life. She was in a car
accident in the seventies in LA. I think this was
the second season of the show. Her stepfather was killed
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in that accident. She was left in a coma for weeks.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
She talked about it later that because she was in
a coma, she didn't get to say goodbye to her stepfather.
That was the guy who was the dad in her life.
She also had a spinal condition. She ended up being
paralyzed for eight months, getting surgery for that, and like
you mentioned, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Had a
double mostectomy in twenty fourteen. Then she ended up having
emergency brain surgery in twenty eighteen because of brain believing
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she went through it.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
I have like chills and it obviously makes me emotional
thinking about what she went through. But I love what
she said. She said, you really have to live life
for you at that minute and just try to have fun,
be lighthearted, and be happy while you're here because you
never know when that time is going to end.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
I included that I just wanted to. I hear people
talk you have to live in the moment, in the moment,
in the moment, and she said, you really have to
live for you at that minute. That was just something
about the way she put it, and I get what
she's saying, but just trying to have fun. That's the
simplest thing in the world. As you go about your day,
can you go about it and just have a little fun.
So thank you so much for that for the laughs.
(19:21):
This was one of the older ones I called mostly
the reruns of this one, but yeah, same, just one
of those classic ROJ rerun rerun. Yeah, but thank you
for that, and thank you for that quote. And I
was going to give this to you and say, hey,
you kind of quote her of the day, I might
have one for you. Oh okay, we good to put
that one where we put that one?
Speaker 2 (19:40):
That was beautiful? All right? Next up on the run,
we're going to take a major U turn here and
police in California they have recovered a major loot, thirty
thousand dollars worth of the booboos. In case you've been
living under a rock like me, I had to look
them up. These are highly coveted collectible dolls that are
apparently all the.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
Rage right and apparently pretty expensive. Police say the thief
stole the dolls from a warehouse and they went back
over several days to get these things. It wasn't just
one heist. They had fourteen boxes of these things stashed
in a home and Sam Bernardino. They were all being
prepared for resale, according to police, and have since been
returned to the rightful owner.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
Now.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
It was also this is a separate one from the
one last week when thief stole seven thousand dollars worth
of Labuo Boos from a Los Angeles store. Wait how
much was this?
Speaker 2 (20:29):
This was thirty thousand. It's okay, yeah, So what exactly
are La Booboos? Well, they're Chinese dolls that sell for
about twenty eight bucks. They look like monsters with teeth
and devilish smiles. They hang from your purse. You might
have seen some folks walking around with them. And when
I say folks, I mean Rihanna. Rihanna had one dangling
from her purse, so you know they're cool. That might
have potentially added to all the rage.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
I don't know how I missed it. We were sitting
right next to each other at dinner the other day.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
Well, these labooboos are sold in what's called a blind box,
so when you purchase one, you don't know which one
you're getting, which adds to the excitement of ordering them.
And by the way, the limited versions of these Furrey
monsters can retail as much as one hundred and fifty bucks,
so they've got different ranges and prices. There was apparently
a child's size Laboo Boo that was auctioned off for
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
But there again, they're not that expensive, or you bought
twenty bucks. I was on the well, so why are we?
Speaker 2 (21:20):
I don't get it, because they're stealing them and then
sell them at higher prices because they're hard to get.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
So so people are willing.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
The demand is higher than the supply.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
But if I go black market try to get one.
I mean we're not talking thousands, are you?
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Or no? I don't think like hundreds maybe, but yes,
but still that's a lot for worth it for folks
to steal. I guess, all right, for the final leg
of our run, how many of you, commonly, repeatedly, perhaps
even daily, this is me go ten to fifteen miles
over the speed limit. All right, well, if you get
caught here in New York, ticket finds for going eleven
to thirty miles per hour. I checked, if you go
(21:54):
over the speed limit by the it's about ninety to
three hundred bucks plus of course points on your insurance,
which is the worst.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Was going seventeen miles over the speed limit and was
just fined one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Why was
this happening? First of all, this man was not in
New York. He was in Switzerland. He was going okay,
he was going seventeen miles over the speed limit. He
was going forty eight miles an hour, so he's not
exactly hauled in tail, but he was going faster than
(22:22):
he should have been in a thirty one zone.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Yeah, it all is converted from kilometers per hour, so
slightly weird. But think about it. Sometimes when you're going
fast and you go through a neighborhood, like a smaller town.
He was going through the town of Lucerne, gorgeous Swiss alpstown,
and you know the speed limit suddenly goes down. That
could have happened.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
Oh compack, Oh yeah, all of them.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
Oh I'm going fifty to fifty five. All of a
sudden it goes down to thirty five and it takes
you a while. Maybe it has slow down.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
Not me, I do it immediately. So how in the
world this guy's supposed to pay one hundred and ten
thousand dollars ticket And why did he get in the
first place. He got it because he can afford it.
The man is one of Switzerland's wealthiest citizens, and the
region he was caught speeding in gives fines based on income.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
I've never heard of this, but this has been a
thing for quite a while. And it's not just the
Swiss who imposed finds this way. Germany, France, Austria and
all the Nordic countries. So Norway, Sweden and Finland. All
issue finds based on a person's wealth. Conversely, if you're
poor or indigent, you may face a night in jail
rather than a fine, So they'll find another way to
(23:27):
punish you, rather than to impose a financial burden on you.
And by the way, even police aren't exempt.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Yeah, police officer was fine for going twice the post
at speed limit while pursuing thieves who had just blown
up a bank teller machine. He was doing his job.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
Yeah, in Geneva. Can you imagine if that happened in
New York. You know how many times we see police speeding.
If they got fined for breaking the twenty five mile per.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Hour spece limit, it was in pursuit, Yes, correctly, come on, yep.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
The rules are the rules, and they apply to everybody, apparently,
but even harsher towards ritch people.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Okay, that would never fly in this country.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
I looked this up that there's the largest fine ever was.
This was back in twenty ten, a million dollars for
speeding from a guy who was a billionaire. And last
year a BMW driver was charged one hundred and twenty
eight thousand dollars for tailgating, just for tailgating. Can you
imagine one hundred and twenty eight thousand dollars fine because
you were driving too closely behind someone else. That's insane.
(24:24):
And in Sweden we gotta be careful. Driver was fined
two hundred and eighty thousand dollars for going eighty five
and a thirty five. Now, granted that is fast, but okay,
two hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
What's the thing?
Speaker 2 (24:35):
What?
Speaker 1 (24:35):
What's the calculation?
Speaker 2 (24:36):
They have a calculation? They do. I didn't. It's complicated,
but they really do have like a graph. If you
make this much, this is how much you pay.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
It's wild, all right, folks, Well slow down out there today.
But as you go about your day, something we'd like
for you to consider it is our quote of the day.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
Of all the things you wear, your expression is the
most important. We talk about this all the time.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Man, we go down this just looking at people's faces
and you can wow on the subway who's on the phone.
You see it all the time, and it says so much,
and sometimes it puts you in a different mood.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
Oh, I so believe it. Sometimes you say what's wrong?
Because I've got a look on my face, and I
think to myself, nothing is and why am I scowling
or why am I thinking a negative thought? It Actually
it's a check on what you're thinking. Whatever you're thinking about,
ruinating about, worrying about, spiraling about, it's on your face.
So if you check your face, you might be able
to check your mind, or at least maybe tell a friend, Hey,
(25:33):
maybe don't say turn that frown upside down. That's really annoying,
but maybe just check in with someone so that they
can check in on themselves, because it is such a
reflection of your attitude and your energy.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
You know another you do this with me every day. Now,
I'm telling you, I don't look at the quotes of
the day anymore. I wait and get surprised here and
as I had no idea what's coming, But this sparked
now another memory, just like the other day. Dave my Man,
Good Morning America works audio. He used to take care
of me on live television because anytime I was naturally
(26:05):
reacting to something or something wasn't right, he'd get in
my ear and he say, fix your face because something
is not coming across.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
He did that to me too, Fix your face.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
And it's just a heads up that you don't even realize.
Maybe the impression you're giving by the face you're making.
So thank you for that. Dave, love your brother.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Of all the things you wear, your expression is the
most important. So smile if you can today. Everyone. I'm
Amy Robot, thank you for listening, and I'm TJ.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Holmes. We'll be seeing y'all soon.
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