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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, this is your Morning Run for May fifteenth.
I'm Amy Robot and.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I'm TJ Holmes. Everybody check out Amy Robot now because
she might be a mess later or in party mode.
Congratulations is graduation day. You're going to your oldest is
going to be graduating today from NYU, and you're either
going to be crying like a baby later or party
in heart that you got one over with and out
of the way.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Yes, my bank account is going to be very joyful today.
The last tuition payment was made a few months ago.
But yes, we're celebrating ava and getting to go to
Yankee Stadium. That's a pretty cool venue for a college graduation.
So I'm very proud of her and all she's accomplished.
She is a bright, beautiful human who has an amazing
future and I'm excited for her and a.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Lot of your parents are going through. That is that
season where it's high school, whether it's college, congratulation. Enjoy
the season. But we do want to get going on
our run this morning, on this Thursday morning, and coming
up today, President Trump on the final leg of his
four day trip across the Middle East, closing in on
his trillion dollar mission. Meanwhile, President Zalinski showed up this
(01:11):
morning for peace talks with nobody to talk to, stood
up by Trump and Pudin.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Plus, the Supreme Court is taking a birthright citizenship and
owe so much more. Bottom line, can district judges impose
a nationwide block on Trump's executive orders? Also, it is
day four of the Sean Diddy Combs trial and star
witness Cassie Ventura is back on the stand after a
second day of graphic and heartbreaking testimony.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Also on the run this morning, some Starbucks baristas on
strike this week because they don't like being told what
to where to work. Guess not everybody looks good in black. Also,
same app, newish name. A surprise announcement, the streaming app
Max is changing its name two HBO Max might sound
(01:59):
familiar because that was its previous name. No doubt, you know,
I went back and I'm not sure which one of
those stories is my favorite today, Starbucks or HBO Max,
For those two are doozies.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
It is because you know, I don't know about anyone else,
but I still have old apps on my phone and
on and I always get confused which one is the
right one because they've changed their name so many times.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Well, this story is not going to help you. It
is certain Max is going back to its old name.
We'll explain why and it actually makes sense.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Okay, all right, we begin our run though overseas where
President Trump is on the final leg of his Middle
East tour. Trump is headed to the United Arab Emirates
after a headline making trip across Katar and Saudi Arabia
this week, and he seems.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
To be getting closer to that trillion dollar goal in
the region, securing several lucrative business deals for the US
yesterday and cutter totally more than two hundred and forty
three billion dollars. That, of course, now in addition to
the six hundred billion dollars in commitments he got from
Saudi Arabia.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
One of the biggest deals happened yesterday with Qatar Airwaves,
who announced on an historic who announced an historic purchase
of one hundred and sixty Boeing jetliners with the option
of purchasing fifty more so, it is Boeing's largest sale
ever of its wide body airplanes. The White House released
a statement about the sale, calling President Trump the deal
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maker in chief.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
He's making deals, but he's also being a diplomat on
this trip, not all business. A major breakthrough with Syria,
Trump met with series new president yesterday urged him to
normalize relations with that country's longtime rival Israel. The request
came after Trump announced he would lift all economic sanctions
against the country.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
And when Trump flies to Abu Dhabi later today, he
will meet with the UAE's leader and discuss another business
deal related to artificial intelligence. So he has been wheeling
and dealing across the Middle East. It was noted though,
that when the discussions were made about the Boeing jetliners
and the lucrative deals made with Cutter, no one including
the president thus that luxury Boeing jetliner that will be
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donated as the new Air Force one. Still a lot
of controversy over that here in the States, But as
far as we can tell, President Trump is going forward
with that plan for a new Air Force one.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
What is there to talk about. They're giving me a
four hundred million on a plane. I'm accepting it. Everybody
shut up.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, he said it would be stupid to reject the offer.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
He we'll continue on this Thursday morning. Run now, and
somebody should probably tell Ukrainian President Zelenski that his date
is not coming. He arrived in Turkey this morning for
peace talks, but at this point he doesn't have anybody
to talk to. Puutin ain't coming, Trump ain't coming.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
You Actually, we were just watching the arrival of Zelenski
and you said, there he is all alone on the tarmac.
Ukraine and Russia had signaled that the two countries would
have direct talks today on ending their three year wars.
Zelenski then proposed those direct talks between him and President Putin.
Putin even signaled in recent days he was open to
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the idea, and President Trump, who yes, is on that
Middle East trip not too far for him to go
over to Turkey, suggested he might change his schedule and
head to Istanbul for the meeting.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
But now it appears nobody told Zelensky he is actually
now being stood up. It appears by Putin and Trump.
It's unclear if the two sides Russian Ukraine will even
have their delegations meet. This has been very confusing, very uncertain,
but Moscow has confirmed Putin will not be there. However,
the Russians do have a delegation there. Now, of course
you do have a US delegation that's going to be going.
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Secretary of State Rubio is going to be there, and
Zelensky is there along with a Ukrainian delegation. But they
actually have not confirmed whether anybody is going to meet,
even though they're all in the same city right now.
If they do meet, the Ukraine officials and the Russians,
this would be the first face to face meeting in
three years. That is no small thing.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Yeah, and so let's hope it goes forward. And I mean,
maybe Zelensky can just sit it out and let the
delegates do their thing.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
But we shall see.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Next up on the run, we head to d C,
where today the Supreme Court is taking up birthright citizenship.
Justices will hear arguments over President Trump's emergency request to
lift the nationwide ban that is blocking his executive order
to end birthright citizenship.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Okay, yes, he wants to end birthright citizenship. He wants
to limit that to only children born to lawful permanent
residents in the US. This has been the case in
this country, and a lot of people say this is
the beauty of this country. In a lot of ways
that the fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution gives citizenship
to any child born in the US, regardless of your
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legal status of your parents. So it's that simple. We've
all grown up knowing this. If you are born in
this country, on this soil, you're a US citizen. Nothing
else talk about.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Yeah, you say, it's that simple, And that's what legal
scholars say. Trump's planned and birthright citizenship they believe will
be struck down. But the court today, this is what's interesting,
is focusing on whether local district judges have the authority
to block Trump policies nationwide. So the Trump administration is
asking the justices to limit that block to only the
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individual people or organizations who are suing against his executive order.
Does that make sense?
Speaker 2 (07:11):
I hope you all catch that, because this is a really, really,
really big deal. Because the individual courts a smaller court
and a smaller jurisdiction, Why should they have the right
to tell the president what he can do across the nation.
That's the argument that's now being made. And if he
is allowed that right, then will so many these He's
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been sued for everything, it feels like, so he would
have then the power to still keep policies in place
in the nation, even if those policies don't apply to
certain people who are suing him. Right, that is a
big deal. It is so, yes, he could implement this
birthright citizenship nation why his executive order as some of
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the legal cases are making their way through the legal system.
The ruling could also determine whether lower courts can block yes,
federal layoffs, funding freezes, deportation protocols, all those other things
we've been hearing about. And this is rare ropes. I
didn't realize it was Supreme Court this time of year
to convene a case is not really something they do.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Yeah, they say, this is a May surprise that you
do not see the Supreme Court convening in the month
of May. It's just incredibly rare. So it speaks to
the level of importance, at least that the justices felt
this rose to that level. There are so many legality
or legal issues going on right now. It's incredibly confusing. So, yeah,
we need the nation's highest court to clear it up.
What can happen, what can proceed while there are lawsuits ongoing?
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Whoo, all right, hope y'all got that.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
It is confusing, but we will see what the Supreme
Court decides to do. Hopefully they say by early summer.
Next up on the run more explosive testimony yesterday from
the prosecution star witness at the Diddy trial. We're talking,
of course, about Cassie Ventura. She was on the stand
all day Wednesday and draw bombshell after bombshell describing several
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instances of Shawn Combe's allegedly beating her and on one occasion,
she says raping her a.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Ventura, who dated Combs for ten years, testified that she
has been to rehab on several occasions, gone through trauma therapy,
and was suicidal for a time. This is what she
said on the stand yesterday quote, I didn't want to
be alive anymore. At that point, I couldn't take the
pain that I was in anymore, and so I just
tried to walk out the front door into traffic. Now,
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she said it was ultimately her now husband who stopped
her from hurting herself.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Yes. Dressed in a great turtleneck dress and a blackjacket,
Ventur also walked the jury through several images they were
shown of the so called freakofs. They showed some still pictures,
and she was pointing out the people who were in
the images and at one point telling them that's me.
Venor also for the first time publicly acknowledged this settlement
agreement she reached with Combs after she filed that lawsuit
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against him in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
May you remember you filed the She filed the lawsuit
less than twenty four hours later, he settled, and it
was widely reported at the time that the amount was
thirty million dollars dollars. She conferred yesterday it was actually
twenty million dollars that they settled for. She is expected
to be able to stand for the rest of the week.
Cross examination the rope starts this morning, and that is
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going to be some powerful stuff because the defense, as
we know, they're supposed to do their job, and she is,
by any account a victim. We've seen her be a
victim on video, and they're going to have to go
after her and attack a lot of what she's saying.
This is always uncomfortable at trials.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Yeah, it's going to be the defense basically trying to
go after her credibility in the fact that she was
a willing participant who was a consenting adult, and so
it's most likely going to be getting very uncomfortable in
that Manhattan courtroom.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
All right, folks, stay with us here not Thursday Morning Ron.
When we continue, Starbucks has a problem. Some of their
baristas don't like the new dress code. Black ain't for everybody, apparently,
Also coming up one of your favorite apps, favorite streaming
as it's changing its name back to its old name,
we'll explain.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Welcome back to this Thursday edition of our Morning Run,
and next up on the run, some Starbucks baristas are
on strike this week. They have staged walkouts and protests
its stores across the country, demanding that the company come
to the negotiating table.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Yeah, what has the baristas so worked up? You ask,
black Shirts? They are protesting a new Starbucks dress code
that was implemented this week. And the new dress code
requires them to wear solid black shirts with khaki, black
or blue denim bottoms, and of course they have to
wear that iconic now green Starbucks apron. What's the problem, ropes?
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That's no good?
Speaker 1 (11:54):
They say. They liked the previous dress code, which gave
them more options for colors and allowed for patterned shirts.
Everyone loves a good pattern, don't they. Starbucks claims the
change was made in order to keep a more uniform
look at their stores, which contributes to a more inviting
experience for customers. They say, and you know what I
get this. The company also said having them wear the
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black T shirts will also allow the green aprons to
pop a little more.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
Starbucks would even further, They say, Hey, we will actually
give you two free black shirts, so you don't have
to use your own if you don't want to. So
what's the big deal?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Now?
Speaker 2 (12:30):
You might be hearing this story right now and rolling
your eyes a little bit, but I kind of did too.
But then it seemed pretty serious because the union representing
the barista says the company shouldn't have made a change
without collective bargaining. They say they should have been able
to come negotiate any type of change in the uniform,
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and the union put out a statement, this is pretty
strong over some black T shirts robes, They say, quote
Starbucks has lost its way.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Instead of listening to riestas who make the Starbucks experience
what it is, they are focused on all the wrong things,
like implementing a restrictive new dress code. Customers don't care
what color our clothes are when they're waiting thirty minutes
for a latte. End quote. I got all kinds of.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Things thirty minutes for a latte. I've never waited thirty
minutes for a latte. Don't A lot of places don't,
most places especially, I mean, they have dress codes. This
is just a part of working at an organization. If
you choose to work there, you got to follow the rules.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Well, the argument is those rules we are under a
contract with you all. If you make any changes, we
should have been at the negotiating table to be a
part of the change. That kind of makes sense.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Okay, all right, Well Starbucks fired back to the union statement,
saying this, it would be more productive if the union
would put the same effort into coming back to the
table that they're putting into protesting wearing black shirts to work.
And so the tid for tat continues. And by the way,
we're talking about a thousand baristas over I guess seventy
five stores, So it does represent less than one percent
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of Starbucks workers who have now either protested or done
a walkout. So the impact probably is fairly minimal to
the customers and to the experience. So not sure how
much of a power grab this will be.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
You want to be sympathetic to the baristas. Obviously you do,
because they do. We've seen plenty they They're busting their
butts back there. People are yelling at them, streaming at
them to trying to get your name right on the cup.
So you do want to be sympathetic. But I've read
some of the statements. I'm like, wow, this is Is
it that deep? It's a black T shirt.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
It's a classic staple. That's what I would say. They
want to have an issue pairs well with everything.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Take an issue with the ugly green apron if you
had an how about forcing me to wear patterned shirts?
Speaker 1 (14:41):
When I would have an issue?
Speaker 2 (14:43):
And the Starbucks are just kidding. We love those green aprons. Okay,
we love them all right. Final leg of our run,
no doubt. Favorite story of the day. A streaming app
that is clearly having an identity crisis. Max, formerly known
as HBO Max, It is changing its name two HBO Max,
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get It, got It. We're gonna say this for you
one more time for the people in the back roads
in case they didn't understand it.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Yes, the app currently known as Max, where you watch
shows like White Lotus will now be renamed to HBO Max,
which was its previous name. Does that make sense now? Yeah.
The parent company, Warner Brothers Discovery made the announcement yesterday
and it was a surprise announcement that it was bringing
its old name back, just two years after changing the
name to Max.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Okay, so you hear the reasons for it, and it
does kind of make sense. I mean, a little egg
on your face. You just changed your name two years
ago and now you just changed it back. So they
did have a little fun with this, so they're embracing
how ridiculous it is, but it makes sense. They made
a determination that the HBO brand was being diluted because
two years ago they changed the name from HBO Max
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to just Max. Why would they do that. They intentionally
dropped the HBO because they thought they could appeal to
a broader audience. The suggestion that people hear HBO and
they associate just certain things. So they thought HBO Max
is only that limited stuff we used to get from HBO,
So they dropped it and thought this was going to
appeal to a broader audiit.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Yeah, Well, unfortunately that strategy did not work because though
it sounded good to include all of the Discovery Channel
shows give that wider range of content to customers, it
turns out the customers didn't want that. They just want
quality shows that HBO has come to be known for.
So in other words, Old Seasons of thousand Pounds Sisters
doesn't exactly belong in the same breath as White Lotus
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or The Last of Us.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
That makes sense though, right, it does?
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Execs also demerate they're a boy changing the name to
just Max. A lot of people were confused and they
wondered if HBO had gone away altogether. So what's happening
now is that they're conceding that they can't compete with
the variety and the everything for everyone model of a
behemoth like Netflix. So they're now accepting it, waving the
white flag, and we're going to stay in our lane.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
That sometimes works best, doesn't if you just stay in
your lane? So bottom line quality over quantity. By the way,
if you're thinking, wait, is that the only name? This
is the fourth time they have changed the name of
the app. And this is speaking to what I was
talking about earlier, because I had HBO go and then
my passwords changed for them because I had to change
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the app. I think I might even still have that app.
I need to get rid of it. And then HBO
now which I had that as well, forgot I remember,
and then HBO Max and then Max. I'm telling you
it has been super confusing. So hopefully they stick with this.
As you mentioned, they stay in their lane and we
can just delete all the other apps and confusion and
passwords and user names. It's it's all too much, so please,
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please please, that's hopefully this one sticks.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
Glad they had. It's cool at least when they acknowledge,
we know this is silly and we feel stupid, but
this is why we're doing it. And they embraced it.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
And yeah, they had some fun with it on social media,
making fun of themselves because they knew that people were
going to give them some yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Some craps. But now as we leave you on this
Thursday morning run, we'd like for you to consider it
is our quote of the.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Day from the files of TJ.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Holmes.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Classy is when you have a lot to say, but
you choose to stay silent in front of fools. I
can hear that coming out of your mouth.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
How hard is that to do for everybody. It's hard
to stay silent in front of fools.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
I believe you even said to me yesterday, why are
you arguing with with someone who's being so foolish?
Speaker 2 (18:26):
It was somebody we shouldn't call out for being I won't.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
Call them out, but you were hearing the conversation as
I was having a You know, it was a it
was a calm argument, but a disagreement.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
And it was ridiculous. Clearly you were one hundred percent right. Yeah,
I say, why are you arguing? You know some mom
always said, don't argue with the fool because from a distance,
nobody can tell who was who.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Yeah. So honestly, when I saw this quote, it reminded
me of yesterday, and I just thought, you know what,
this is perfectly in theme, and I get it.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
For some reason, I think I got this from George Clooney.
I don't that might not. Don't hold me to it, folks,
but for some reason, I feel like this came from
Coloney for some reason, I can't remember, but take that
with you today, folks. Classy is when you have a
lot to say, but you choose to stay silent in
front of fools. So practice some silence today, folks, but
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hopefully you're not around too many fools.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
But for now I'm teaching, and I maybe Robock have
a great Friday Eve. Everybody will see you on the
run tomorrow
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, this is your Morning Run for May fifteenth.
I'm Amy Robot and.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I'm TJ Holmes. Everybody check out Amy Robot now because
she might be a mess later or in party mode.
Congratulations is graduation day. You're going to your oldest is
going to be graduating today from NYU, and you're either
going to be crying like a baby later or party
in heart that you got one over with and out
of the way.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Yes, my bank account is going to be very joyful today.
The last tuition payment was made a few months ago.
But yes, we're celebrating ava and getting to go to
Yankee Stadium. That's a pretty cool venue for a college graduation.
So I'm very proud of her and all she's accomplished.
She is a bright, beautiful human who has an amazing
future and I'm excited for her and a.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Lot of your parents are going through. That is that
season where it's high school, whether it's college, congratulation. Enjoy
the season. But we do want to get going on
our run this morning, on this Thursday morning, and coming
up today, President Trump on the final leg of his
four day trip across the Middle East, closing in on
his trillion dollar mission. Meanwhile, President Zalinski showed up this
(01:11):
morning for peace talks with nobody to talk to, stood
up by Trump and Pudin.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Plus, the Supreme Court is taking a birthright citizenship and
owe so much more. Bottom line, can district judges impose
a nationwide block on Trump's executive orders? Also, it is
day four of the Sean Diddy Combs trial and star
witness Cassie Ventura is back on the stand after a
second day of graphic and heartbreaking testimony.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Also on the run this morning, some Starbucks baristas on
strike this week because they don't like being told what
to where to work. Guess not everybody looks good in black. Also,
same app, newish name. A surprise announcement, the streaming app
Max is changing its name two HBO Max might sound
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familiar because that was its previous name. No doubt, you know,
I went back and I'm not sure which one of
those stories is my favorite today, Starbucks or HBO Max,
For those two are doozies.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
It is because you know, I don't know about anyone else,
but I still have old apps on my phone and
on and I always get confused which one is the
right one because they've changed their name so many times.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Well, this story is not going to help you. It
is certain Max is going back to its old name.
We'll explain why and it actually makes sense.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Okay, all right, we begin our run though overseas where
President Trump is on the final leg of his Middle
East tour. Trump is headed to the United Arab Emirates
after a headline making trip across Katar and Saudi Arabia
this week, and he seems.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
To be getting closer to that trillion dollar goal in
the region, securing several lucrative business deals for the US
yesterday and cutter totally more than two hundred and forty
three billion dollars. That, of course, now in addition to
the six hundred billion dollars in commitments he got from
Saudi Arabia.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
One of the biggest deals happened yesterday with Qatar Airwaves,
who announced on an historic who announced an historic purchase
of one hundred and sixty Boeing jetliners with the option
of purchasing fifty more so, it is Boeing's largest sale
ever of its wide body airplanes. The White House released
a statement about the sale, calling President Trump the deal
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maker in chief.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
He's making deals, but he's also being a diplomat on
this trip, not all business. A major breakthrough with Syria,
Trump met with series new president yesterday urged him to
normalize relations with that country's longtime rival Israel. The request
came after Trump announced he would lift all economic sanctions
against the country.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
And when Trump flies to Abu Dhabi later today, he
will meet with the UAE's leader and discuss another business
deal related to artificial intelligence. So he has been wheeling
and dealing across the Middle East. It was noted though,
that when the discussions were made about the Boeing jetliners
and the lucrative deals made with Cutter, no one including
the president thus that luxury Boeing jetliner that will be
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donated as the new Air Force one. Still a lot
of controversy over that here in the States, But as
far as we can tell, President Trump is going forward
with that plan for a new Air Force one.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
What is there to talk about. They're giving me a
four hundred million on a plane. I'm accepting it. Everybody
shut up.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, he said it would be stupid to reject the offer.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
He we'll continue on this Thursday morning. Run now, and
somebody should probably tell Ukrainian President Zelenski that his date
is not coming. He arrived in Turkey this morning for
peace talks, but at this point he doesn't have anybody
to talk to. Puutin ain't coming, Trump ain't coming.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
You Actually, we were just watching the arrival of Zelenski
and you said, there he is all alone on the tarmac.
Ukraine and Russia had signaled that the two countries would
have direct talks today on ending their three year wars.
Zelenski then proposed those direct talks between him and President Putin.
Putin even signaled in recent days he was open to
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the idea, and President Trump, who yes, is on that
Middle East trip not too far for him to go
over to Turkey, suggested he might change his schedule and
head to Istanbul for the meeting.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
But now it appears nobody told Zelensky he is actually
now being stood up. It appears by Putin and Trump.
It's unclear if the two sides Russian Ukraine will even
have their delegations meet. This has been very confusing, very uncertain,
but Moscow has confirmed Putin will not be there. However,
the Russians do have a delegation there. Now, of course
you do have a US delegation that's going to be going.
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Secretary of State Rubio is going to be there, and
Zelensky is there along with a Ukrainian delegation. But they
actually have not confirmed whether anybody is going to meet,
even though they're all in the same city right now.
If they do meet, the Ukraine officials and the Russians,
this would be the first face to face meeting in
three years. That is no small thing.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Yeah, and so let's hope it goes forward. And I mean,
maybe Zelensky can just sit it out and let the
delegates do their thing.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
But we shall see.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Next up on the run, we head to d C,
where today the Supreme Court is taking up birthright citizenship.
Justices will hear arguments over President Trump's emergency request to
lift the nationwide ban that is blocking his executive order
to end birthright citizenship.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Okay, yes, he wants to end birthright citizenship. He wants
to limit that to only children born to lawful permanent
residents in the US. This has been the case in
this country, and a lot of people say this is
the beauty of this country. In a lot of ways
that the fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution gives citizenship
to any child born in the US, regardless of your
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legal status of your parents. So it's that simple. We've
all grown up knowing this. If you are born in
this country, on this soil, you're a US citizen. Nothing
else talk about.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Yeah, you say, it's that simple, And that's what legal
scholars say. Trump's planned and birthright citizenship they believe will
be struck down. But the court today, this is what's interesting,
is focusing on whether local district judges have the authority
to block Trump policies nationwide. So the Trump administration is
asking the justices to limit that block to only the
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individual people or organizations who are suing against his executive order.
Does that make sense?
Speaker 2 (07:11):
I hope you all catch that, because this is a really, really,
really big deal. Because the individual courts a smaller court
and a smaller jurisdiction, Why should they have the right
to tell the president what he can do across the nation.
That's the argument that's now being made. And if he
is allowed that right, then will so many these He's
(07:31):
been sued for everything, it feels like, so he would
have then the power to still keep policies in place
in the nation, even if those policies don't apply to
certain people who are suing him. Right, that is a
big deal. It is so, yes, he could implement this
birthright citizenship nation why his executive order as some of
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the legal cases are making their way through the legal system.
The ruling could also determine whether lower courts can block yes,
federal layoffs, funding freezes, deportation protocols, all those other things
we've been hearing about. And this is rare ropes. I
didn't realize it was Supreme Court this time of year
to convene a case is not really something they do.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Yeah, they say, this is a May surprise that you
do not see the Supreme Court convening in the month
of May. It's just incredibly rare. So it speaks to
the level of importance, at least that the justices felt
this rose to that level. There are so many legality
or legal issues going on right now. It's incredibly confusing. So, yeah,
we need the nation's highest court to clear it up.
What can happen, what can proceed while there are lawsuits ongoing?
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Whoo, all right, hope y'all got that.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
It is confusing, but we will see what the Supreme
Court decides to do. Hopefully they say by early summer.
Next up on the run more explosive testimony yesterday from
the prosecution star witness at the Diddy trial. We're talking,
of course, about Cassie Ventura. She was on the stand
all day Wednesday and draw bombshell after bombshell describing several
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instances of Shawn Combe's allegedly beating her and on one occasion,
she says raping her a.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Ventura, who dated Combs for ten years, testified that she
has been to rehab on several occasions, gone through trauma therapy,
and was suicidal for a time. This is what she
said on the stand yesterday quote, I didn't want to
be alive anymore. At that point, I couldn't take the
pain that I was in anymore, and so I just
tried to walk out the front door into traffic. Now,
(09:24):
she said it was ultimately her now husband who stopped
her from hurting herself.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Yes. Dressed in a great turtleneck dress and a blackjacket,
Ventur also walked the jury through several images they were
shown of the so called freakofs. They showed some still pictures,
and she was pointing out the people who were in
the images and at one point telling them that's me.
Venor also for the first time publicly acknowledged this settlement
agreement she reached with Combs after she filed that lawsuit
(09:49):
against him in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
May you remember you filed the She filed the lawsuit
less than twenty four hours later, he settled, and it
was widely reported at the time that the amount was
thirty million dollars dollars. She conferred yesterday it was actually
twenty million dollars that they settled for. She is expected
to be able to stand for the rest of the week.
Cross examination the rope starts this morning, and that is
(10:13):
going to be some powerful stuff because the defense, as
we know, they're supposed to do their job, and she is,
by any account a victim. We've seen her be a
victim on video, and they're going to have to go
after her and attack a lot of what she's saying.
This is always uncomfortable at trials.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Yeah, it's going to be the defense basically trying to
go after her credibility in the fact that she was
a willing participant who was a consenting adult, and so
it's most likely going to be getting very uncomfortable in
that Manhattan courtroom.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
All right, folks, stay with us here not Thursday Morning Ron.
When we continue, Starbucks has a problem. Some of their
baristas don't like the new dress code. Black ain't for everybody, apparently,
Also coming up one of your favorite apps, favorite streaming
as it's changing its name back to its old name,
we'll explain.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Welcome back to this Thursday edition of our Morning Run,
and next up on the run, some Starbucks baristas are
on strike this week. They have staged walkouts and protests
its stores across the country, demanding that the company come
to the negotiating table.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Yeah, what has the baristas so worked up? You ask,
black Shirts? They are protesting a new Starbucks dress code
that was implemented this week. And the new dress code
requires them to wear solid black shirts with khaki, black
or blue denim bottoms, and of course they have to
wear that iconic now green Starbucks apron. What's the problem, ropes?
(11:53):
That's no good?
Speaker 1 (11:54):
They say. They liked the previous dress code, which gave
them more options for colors and allowed for patterned shirts.
Everyone loves a good pattern, don't they. Starbucks claims the
change was made in order to keep a more uniform
look at their stores, which contributes to a more inviting
experience for customers. They say, and you know what I
get this. The company also said having them wear the
(12:15):
black T shirts will also allow the green aprons to
pop a little more.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
Starbucks would even further, They say, Hey, we will actually
give you two free black shirts, so you don't have
to use your own if you don't want to. So
what's the big deal?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Now?
Speaker 2 (12:30):
You might be hearing this story right now and rolling
your eyes a little bit, but I kind of did too.
But then it seemed pretty serious because the union representing
the barista says the company shouldn't have made a change
without collective bargaining. They say they should have been able
to come negotiate any type of change in the uniform,
(12:50):
and the union put out a statement, this is pretty
strong over some black T shirts robes, They say, quote
Starbucks has lost its way.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Instead of listening to riestas who make the Starbucks experience
what it is, they are focused on all the wrong things,
like implementing a restrictive new dress code. Customers don't care
what color our clothes are when they're waiting thirty minutes
for a latte. End quote. I got all kinds of.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Things thirty minutes for a latte. I've never waited thirty
minutes for a latte. Don't A lot of places don't,
most places especially, I mean, they have dress codes. This
is just a part of working at an organization. If
you choose to work there, you got to follow the rules.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Well, the argument is those rules we are under a
contract with you all. If you make any changes, we
should have been at the negotiating table to be a
part of the change. That kind of makes sense.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Okay, all right, Well Starbucks fired back to the union statement,
saying this, it would be more productive if the union
would put the same effort into coming back to the
table that they're putting into protesting wearing black shirts to work.
And so the tid for tat continues. And by the way,
we're talking about a thousand baristas over I guess seventy
five stores, So it does represent less than one percent
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of Starbucks workers who have now either protested or done
a walkout. So the impact probably is fairly minimal to
the customers and to the experience. So not sure how
much of a power grab this will be.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
You want to be sympathetic to the baristas. Obviously you do,
because they do. We've seen plenty they They're busting their
butts back there. People are yelling at them, streaming at
them to trying to get your name right on the cup.
So you do want to be sympathetic. But I've read
some of the statements. I'm like, wow, this is Is
it that deep? It's a black T shirt.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
It's a classic staple. That's what I would say. They
want to have an issue pairs well with everything.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Take an issue with the ugly green apron if you
had an how about forcing me to wear patterned shirts?
Speaker 1 (14:41):
When I would have an issue?
Speaker 2 (14:43):
And the Starbucks are just kidding. We love those green aprons. Okay,
we love them all right. Final leg of our run,
no doubt. Favorite story of the day. A streaming app
that is clearly having an identity crisis. Max, formerly known
as HBO Max, It is changing its name two HBO Max,
(15:04):
get It, got It. We're gonna say this for you
one more time for the people in the back roads
in case they didn't understand it.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Yes, the app currently known as Max, where you watch
shows like White Lotus will now be renamed to HBO Max,
which was its previous name. Does that make sense now? Yeah.
The parent company, Warner Brothers Discovery made the announcement yesterday
and it was a surprise announcement that it was bringing
its old name back, just two years after changing the
name to Max.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Okay, so you hear the reasons for it, and it
does kind of make sense. I mean, a little egg
on your face. You just changed your name two years
ago and now you just changed it back. So they
did have a little fun with this, so they're embracing
how ridiculous it is, but it makes sense. They made
a determination that the HBO brand was being diluted because
two years ago they changed the name from HBO Max
(15:50):
to just Max. Why would they do that. They intentionally
dropped the HBO because they thought they could appeal to
a broader audience. The suggestion that people hear HBO and
they associate just certain things. So they thought HBO Max
is only that limited stuff we used to get from HBO,
So they dropped it and thought this was going to
appeal to a broader audiit.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Yeah, Well, unfortunately that strategy did not work because though
it sounded good to include all of the Discovery Channel
shows give that wider range of content to customers, it
turns out the customers didn't want that. They just want
quality shows that HBO has come to be known for.
So in other words, Old Seasons of thousand Pounds Sisters
doesn't exactly belong in the same breath as White Lotus
(16:31):
or The Last of Us.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
That makes sense though, right, it does?
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Execs also demerate they're a boy changing the name to
just Max. A lot of people were confused and they
wondered if HBO had gone away altogether. So what's happening
now is that they're conceding that they can't compete with
the variety and the everything for everyone model of a
behemoth like Netflix. So they're now accepting it, waving the
white flag, and we're going to stay in our lane.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
That sometimes works best, doesn't if you just stay in
your lane? So bottom line quality over quantity. By the way,
if you're thinking, wait, is that the only name? This
is the fourth time they have changed the name of
the app. And this is speaking to what I was
talking about earlier, because I had HBO go and then
my passwords changed for them because I had to change
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the app. I think I might even still have that app.
I need to get rid of it. And then HBO
now which I had that as well, forgot I remember,
and then HBO Max and then Max. I'm telling you
it has been super confusing. So hopefully they stick with this.
As you mentioned, they stay in their lane and we
can just delete all the other apps and confusion and
passwords and user names. It's it's all too much, so please,
(17:39):
please please, that's hopefully this one sticks.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
Glad they had. It's cool at least when they acknowledge,
we know this is silly and we feel stupid, but
this is why we're doing it. And they embraced it.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
And yeah, they had some fun with it on social media,
making fun of themselves because they knew that people were
going to give them some yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Some craps. But now as we leave you on this
Thursday morning run, we'd like for you to consider it
is our quote of the.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Day from the files of TJ.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Holmes.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Classy is when you have a lot to say, but
you choose to stay silent in front of fools. I
can hear that coming out of your mouth.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
How hard is that to do for everybody. It's hard
to stay silent in front of fools.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
I believe you even said to me yesterday, why are
you arguing with with someone who's being so foolish?
Speaker 2 (18:26):
It was somebody we shouldn't call out for being I won't.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
Call them out, but you were hearing the conversation as
I was having a You know, it was a it
was a calm argument, but a disagreement.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
And it was ridiculous. Clearly you were one hundred percent right. Yeah,
I say, why are you arguing? You know some mom
always said, don't argue with the fool because from a distance,
nobody can tell who was who.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Yeah. So honestly, when I saw this quote, it reminded
me of yesterday, and I just thought, you know what,
this is perfectly in theme, and I get it.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
For some reason, I think I got this from George Clooney.
I don't that might not. Don't hold me to it, folks,
but for some reason, I feel like this came from
Coloney for some reason, I can't remember, but take that
with you today, folks. Classy is when you have a
lot to say, but you choose to stay silent in
front of fools. So practice some silence today, folks, but
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hopefully you're not around too many fools.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
But for now I'm teaching, and I maybe Robock have
a great Friday Eve. Everybody will see you on the
run tomorrow
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