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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning everyone, this is.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Your Morning Run for Thursday, October second.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
I'm Amy Robox and I'm TJ. Holmes And would you
believe when we get done recording here, we are heading
directly to LaGuardia Airport to get on a Delta flight.
What are the chances? Robes? Yes, last night, if you
haven't heard, folks at LaGuardia too, delta jets collide it
And you know what, I thought it was just a ding.
(00:31):
I saw some of the video this morning. It was
more than just a dan.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Oh it left a mark.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
It's a big mark, a mark. But yes, that of
course has us in the conversation again about what's been
happening at the nation's airports. We'll get into that. All
sort ropes that it doesn't matter who you are. I
think every what a legend. They say you're a legend
when you can cross and you touch different generations. Jane Good,
everybody knows who Jinga is.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Ava, my twenty two year old, texted me as soon
as the news broke yesterday saying I'm so sad. So
that speaks to her impact and her legacy at ninety one.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
She reminds me of.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
A Ruth Bader Ginsburg, somebody like that who just left
her mark on so many generations and a lot of women.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
She paved the way, and she kept going and going
and going. A lot of you heard about her passing,
and it's remarkable. She was still at work when she passed.
Will remember her this morning. Also, Okay, if you had
a problem with Bad Money, we'll get ready for another
big dose of him. But bad Bunny, this is cool,
It's perfect. The timing is great. He is just on
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a run right now.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yeah, he's having quite the week.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
He's been in the headlines and he's going to stay
in them through the weekend. But all for really good
things that are happening to him and for him.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Yeah, this is cool. You'll want to see him this weekend.
And the most banned author at American schools? Is this right?
We're banning authors?
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Is first of all, yes, I didn't even realize that
was happening. And then when I saw who the most
banned author was, I actually personally offended.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Okay, we'll tell you why Robes is taking such personal offense.
After we heard who the most banned author in the
country is and our schools. Also reminded folks, take a
look at that phone now. The Apple podcast app top
right corner says follow where you see our show page.
Click that and you get our updates coming to you
all the time. Also want to let you know on
the run this morning, those furloughs might become firings. Did
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he wants to talk in court tomorrow? Did he doesn't
want one of his alleged victims to talk in court tomorrow? Also,
Trump is taking billions from blue states, The Supreme Court
is with Lisa Cook for now, and Bermuda is getting battered.
But of course, Robes, we are still closed for business
as a federal government, right.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
We certainly are. So we begin our Friday Eve run
with the big question on most people's minds this morning,
how long will this government shut down last? We have
an answer at least until Friday.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
No, that's not very specific, but we got something. The
point is, don't expect anything today. Are in day two
now of this shutdown. Congress is out of session for
the Jewish holiday, so no business being done. So tomorrow
Friday is the first opportunity for members of Congress to
possibly reach a deal. But to be honest with you, folks,
it does not look good. Both sides continued to sound
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like they're digging in their heels more so than coming
around to compromise.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
That's right, Democrats. Democrats have been insisting on assurances about
Medicaid cuts. Republicans say, sure, we can talk about that,
but only after we sign a temporary measure to keep
the government open. Meanwhile, an estimated seven hundred and fifty
thousand federal workers are being furloughed, but the Trump administration
says some of those furloughs will end up being firing.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Yeah, he spoke of this and talked about it as
kind of a threat even before the shutdown happened. But
he has absolutely said this is something that's going to happen.
It looks like they're moving forward with it. The Press
Secretary Carolyn Levitt said yesterday that firings were imminent, and
then the President wrote this on social media. Republicans must
use this opportunity of Democrat forced closure to clear out
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dead wood, waste, and fraud. Billions of dollars can be saved.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Some of the first money the president was looking to
cut is in Democrat led states.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Hmmm.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
The administration has paused or canceled billions of dollars in funding.
In particular, it's a big story here locally in New York.
They're eighteen billion dollars in federal infrastructure dollars has been
put on holds.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Now, you might say, well why, and a lot of
people will say, well, clearly they're doing this in retaliation. No, no, no, no,
you don't have to speculate, folks, They're saying exactly why.
The head of the White House Budget Office tweeted this quote,
Roughly eighteen billion dollars in New York City infrastructure projects
have been put on hold to ensure funding is not
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flowing based on unconstitutional DEI principles. Day didn't even.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Say practices, just principles, all right.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
And in case that wasn't clear enough for you, the
Department of Transportation put out this statement saying it's reviewing
New York's unconstitutional practices and that it will take more
time because of the shutdown. Now, the money was earmarked
for two major projects here in New York, a Hudson
River tunnel and a subway on the city's east side.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Say well, well, well, what those are two headaches here?
The east side certainly could to use work. Really the tunnel,
that work is essentially not going to be reimbursed at
some point if New York runs out of money, those
projects will have to stop.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Unless Trump has the purse strings.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
I'll be damned all right. Next up on the Run,
though Lisa Cook keeps on winning against the President. Cook,
the Federal Reserve governor that President Trump has tried, tried,
and tried again to fire, was told by the Supreme
Court yesterday that she can hold onto her job for
the time being.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Trump has been trying to get her off the Federal
Reserve for months now, initially firing her for cause, claiming
she on a mortgage application. But Cook sued to keep
her job and has won it every single step along
the legal.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Way, and then trumpasa's Supreme Court to intervene immediately, but instead,
yesterday the court said Cook can stay in her role
until the court hears oral arguments in the case. In January,
Cook did participate in the last FED meeting in which
they did cut interest rates. They have two more meetings
this year. She will be there, all right.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Next up on the Run. Some sad news to report.
We talked about it at the top of this episode,
but a major loss to the animal conservation movement. Doctor
Jane Goodall, the beloved and regarded researcher who devoted her
life to document the behavior and the social lives of chimpanzees,
has died at the age of ninety one.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
At The Jane Goodall Institute announced her death Wednesday, saying
she died of natural causes while on a speaking tour
in California. She's ninety one on a speaking tour.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
I love that she was, Like you said, she was
working until the day she did at something she loved
and was passionate about.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
We hear and it's cool when we hear people dive ole.
They oftentimes they say they've died at home, surrounded by
family kind of thing. This seems appropriate to She was
still out there, yeah, doing her thing. But they released
the statement saying this Doctor Godoll's discoveries as an ethologist
is that right, Yes, revolutionize science, and she was a
tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.
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She became famous for her work with chimpanzees in Tanzania
in the nineteen sixties, when she immersed herself in their
habitat to experience their society, quote as a neighbor rather
than a distant observer.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
I was doing a deep dive on all of her
work and just what she faced and how many years
she literally lived among them, with them, risking her life
from not just you know, their society, but certainly she
talked about crocodiles and pythons and all of these Yes,
all of these things that she was literally living around.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
What's the show you love? Is it alone?
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Yes? Alone? Yes?
Speaker 3 (08:02):
She was kind of that.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
She did that, yes, but.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
All in the name of science, not for personal gain,
not for money, not for fame. But she acquired a
lot of that with her numerous articles, her books, her documentaries.
She became one of the most, if not the most
famous scientist in the twentieth century. She's credited for opening
the door for more women to enter all fields of science.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
I hadn't thought about that, but much has been written
about that since her passing, and it makes a lot
of sense.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
What else?
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Who else did women have to look to in that field?
Not really anyone except for Jane Goodall. Now, among Goodall's
many awards, she was named a Dame of the British Empire,
by Queen Elizabeth back in two thousand and three, and
just this past January, she was awarded our highest honor,
the Presidential Medal of Freedom, by President Joe Biden. She
is survived by her son, her sister, and three grandchildren.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
What a life. I didn't realize that I miss the
Presidential Medal Freedom. Yeah, I just forgot her.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
I didn't realize that either, But yes, it was noted
among her many, many, many awards that she's won over
the years.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
You know you mentioned Tanzania. That was when I got
how big of a deal she was. I knew her name,
but I happened to be at a conference in Tanzania,
all these African heads of state and this little white
lady walks in, and the amount of regard and respect
that this room had for this lady, it made you
stand up and go wait a second, and again you
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know who she was, but she is just so highly
regarded in any room, and that was in Tanzania.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
That's really cool it happened.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
So ah, what a loss. Great about the girl. We
don't realize this wasn't just that field. She opened it
up for all fields.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Yes, any woman who thought could I do that? Could
I go into that she opened that door.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Ah, what a loss. All right, we're going to continue
on this. What you keep calling it Friday eve, I
always mess that up. So it's Thursday, right, I continue
on this Thursday morning, Ron And tomorrow is it, folks?
Tomorrow is sentencing day for Diddy and now we expect
to hear from him in court. Yes, Sean Diddy Combs
has asked to address the court tomorrow during sentencing for
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his two convictions for transportation to engage in prostitution.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Man, that is going to be quite the spectacle.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
So he just lost that last ditch effort this week
to have his convictions thrown out and get a new trial.
His lawyers now argue he should only be sentenced to
fourteen months in prison. Prosecutors are asking for a much
different sentence. They're asking for eleven years. Meanwhile, Comb's legal
team is also asking that Mia not be allowed to
give a victim impact statement.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
Yeah, a lot of people remember that pseudonym. This witness
testified under that pseudonym. She was a key prosecution witness.
I think she was up there a couple of days
if you remember as well, Robes. But she worked as
an assistant for Combs and claimed that he assaulted her
on several occasions. But in their request to the judge
to keep her from giving a victim impact statement, did
He's legal team said, I'm quoting here simply, she is
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not a victim of anything. Went on to say, quote,
she is so eager to return to court when she
plainly does not have to and is not even entitled to.
This is a show for her.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
I mean, do I've never heard of a defendant getting
a say or even trying to have a say. I mean,
if you are a purported victim, if the prosecution literally
put you up as a witness. However, he wasn't convicted
on those crimes.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Even the prosecution concedes she is not. She does not
qualify as what we're talking about as a.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Victim because the jury did not find him guilty on
the charges that were associated with her allegation.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
So there, I mean, Wow, what have we been saying
from the jump? Oh, he's got a good team. Wow,
does you have brought up stuff? We like, really you
can do that?
Speaker 1 (11:47):
And then I thought, wait, now that you mention it,
I guess that does make a whole lot of sense.
All right, Next, up on the run as we are
about to head to LaGuardia. Really comforting news to know
that just a few hours ago, two jets collided at
laguardi At airport last night. It happened around ten pm.
They were both Delta Regional jets. Did we mention we
were flying Delta? Officials say they were both going at
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low speeds?
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Thankfully.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Are we gonna be looking out the window or yes?
Speaker 2 (12:12):
I you know you like that window open.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
I love the window open, and you're always looking for incoming.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
Yeah, I'm that. I'm that dude that annoys everybody because
I got my everybody. I think early flights so it's dark,
people want to go to sleep. I'm the dude got
the lights on the lapt that guy window up, like.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Come on, because we've been up since three am, so
it's like mid morning.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
With the issue they had last night, he was around
ten o'clock, but one plane had just arrived from Charlotte.
The other was preparing to take off for RONOK. Now,
it's being described like Robe just said, as a low
speed collision. But one plane's wing hit the front of
the other plane. We heard the audio from the cockpit
and the pilot was reporting damage to the cockpit window.
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And yes, you see the front of this plane smashed.
They say, low speed, that was a pretty decent hit
to do some damage to that plane. Now, nobody engine
on the passengers, but they do say one flight attendant
reportedly hurt her knee. But that's certainly the good news.
But man, these stories keep bading out roads.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
They're scary.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
At least it was again at low speed, all right.
Next up on the run, Hurricane Immelda made a direct
pass over Bermuda overnight as a category two storms, winds
gusting more than one hundred miles per hour. You know,
it's the reports are pretty slim right now. I couldn't
find a lot. But there have been no immediate reports
of injuries or deaths. That's the good news. Many of
the residents, they say, whether that storm and shelters set
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up throughout the island.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Yeah, National Weather Service warrant that hurricane force winds, damaging waves,
and flash flooding could continue throughout the early morning hours.
Hundreds of customers remain without power today.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
Yeah. Bermuda schools, government offices, and its airport have been closed.
The island deployed one hundred soldiers to secure buildings, clear roads,
and help at emergency shelters. But weather experts do expect
conditions to rapidly improve. It's moving on out to see
it's not making landfall anywhere else, so they're hoping that
those conditions will improve.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
And then the airport does plan to reopen.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
All right, Well, folks, stay with us on this Friday
Eve run when we come back. The most banned author
in American schools also happens to be Robes favorite author. Also,
stay here, bad Bunny before he takes that Super Bowl,
super big stage. Well, he's got a pretty big stage,
as we can too. Continuing now on this Thursday morning run.
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Next up, it turns out one of the world's most
widely known, highly regarded authors is also the most banned
author in US schools. Now once, once you thought about
it for a second, does it make sense?
Speaker 2 (14:50):
I guess.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
But come on, he's brilliant, but he is scary.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
But we learned so much from some of these tales
of terror.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
Okay, Yeah, Stephen King banned in more places and more
schools in the US than anybody else.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Yeah, we're talking about the author of it, Misery Carrie
the Lost Boys The Outsider and my personal favorite. Just
thought i'd throw this in there if you haven't read it.
Eleven twenty two. Sixty three is such a good book.
It's I've read so many of Stephen King's books. That
is my favorite. But just naming a few of his
sixty three novels, not even getting into his hundreds of
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short stories, some of which have been made into massive movies.
So this is a prolific author who is just a
near and dear to my heart.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Anyway, I think it was a short story.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
So a lot of the movies that we see, that
we watch, that we love, actually were just short stories.
So penn America's Banned in the USA released its annual
report after tracking more than sixty eight hundred instances of
books being banned for this school year.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
And again, I.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Didn't know that this was still happening in our country.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
I have to be honest, but get this.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Eighty percent of all book bands happened this year in
just three states.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
Oh my god, you know what. I don't even want
to tell. We don't want to tell, y'all. You can
guess them.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Florida, Texas and Tennessee.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Okay, the group's director says, it's not just a story
of red states in blue states. Though in Florida not
all of the school districts responded to the calls or
banning books. You can find differences from county to county.
That's interesting. Now, kids, most banned books are excuse me,
King's most banned Carrie and the Stand remind me of
the Stand.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
I actually don't know Carrie obviously. I mean, I don't
know if it's going to give any kids an idea
to throw pigs blood on someone they don't like during prom.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
But maybe there's a story.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
But maybe they're bank because they're scary. But some of
this stuff still scares you, I know, and me, I should.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Say, but I just I'm just not a fan of
banning books period.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
Okay, that's the point. There we go. The most banned
work of any author was at Clockwise excuse me, a
clockwork Orange. Did you know that one? No?
Speaker 2 (17:03):
No, that is the most banned book.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
Of all Huh, nineteen sixties dystopian classic from Anthony Burgess.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
All right, good to know. Learned a lot with that one.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
For the final leg of our run, we are heading
right here to New York City and big news about
who will be hosting the season premiere of Saturday Night
Live this weekend. I think we're gonna have to stay
up and watch me Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny. He's
having quite the week.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Yeah, he got the super Bowl, that's a pretty big gig.
But to do the season premiere of actually SNL is
a very, very big deal. I'm not saying it's on
par but it is a huge honor. Of course, him
being named the headline of the Super Bowl sparks and uproar, backlash,
how we want to say it, outrage from the Mago community,
in particular, upset by him being selected. He is a
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non English musician. Yeah, I think that is what if
you don't know him that well, what makes him incredibly special?
And if you, I mean, you just have to respect.
He refused to start speaking or singing in English to
make his music I guess more marketable in the US.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
And yet and he did.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Who did was it, Ricky Martin? You could go Mark Anthony.
A lot of crossover stars started singing in English. He
did not, and does not, And he's still what he is.
I respect the hell of that. He's no stranger to
the show though he's been on the show several times.
He's gonna feature Doja cat as the musical guess.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Isn't that crazy, right He's and she yes, that's amazing.
I mean, I do think you after all the backlash,
and we did a whole podcast on this, if you
want to hear. I don't know how many episodes ago
it was, but there were some really mean spirited, terrible
things being said about him. So he's going to get
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that opening monologue, and I can't imagine he wouldn't address
all of that.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
I'm going to say first first joke he telles is
going to address it.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
So I actually can't wait to see what he has
to say. This is kind of an awesome opportunity for
him to use this platform, and let's hope he can
have some fun, some humility and just yes we can
all make I mean, maybe this could be united.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
He's a goof, he has a person. I say he's
a good and that he doesn't mind being vulnerable, he
doesn't mind he's not some macho doue. He doesn't mind
being the butt of a joke, he doesn't mind making
fun of himself. And he's an activist, like he could
go full politics if he.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Wants to, we'll see.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
But I think we will be watching, as will a
lot of you on Saturday night, So we look forward
to that.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
In folks, something we want to leave you with as
always something for you to consider on this Thursday. It
is our quote of the day. I will learn it
with you.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
The minute you stop expecting life to be simple, fair
and easy, it becomes simple, fair and easy.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
A lot of people are reacting the way I am
right now. It becomes simple, fair and easy. And when
we stop expecting it to be those things, do we
expect it? Life is hard, don't we understand?
Speaker 1 (20:12):
But I think, why do we get so upset when
there's traffic? Why do we get so upset when there's
rain on our picnic? Why do we get because we
have expectations that are unrealistic and so once you start.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Looking low realistic for things to go well.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
It's unrealistic for things to go perfectly the way.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
You want them to, just to have decent traffic. But
maybe you got to finish that podcast, or maybe you
got to finish that conversation you were having, or maybe
the rain that upset you because you had a picnic
made a gardener very happy because there are vegetables got water.
The point being is when you lower your expectations, you
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actually recognize and you accept, and once you accept, then
your life does become simple and easy because you're just accepting.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
Of what is it's gonna be your best day mine.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
I actually thought this was a good one because we're
about to go to the airport. Travel is always a
little bit tough, so I just thought this was a
good remind we when we're going.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
To the airport where last night two freaking planes ran
into each other. That happens to be the airline we're
getting onto at the exact same airport. We are flying
from the same airport within twelve hours of that insect.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
The minute you stop expecting life to be simple, fair
and easy, it becomes simple, fair and easy.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
And with that, folks, we always appreciate you running with us.
I'm TJ. Holmes heading out for a simple, fair and
easy day now.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
I'm Amy Roboch.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Thanks for running with us.
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning everyone, this is.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Your Morning Run for Thursday, October second.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
I'm Amy Robox and I'm TJ. Holmes And would you
believe when we get done recording here, we are heading
directly to LaGuardia Airport to get on a Delta flight.
What are the chances? Robes? Yes, last night, if you
haven't heard, folks at LaGuardia too, delta jets collide it
And you know what, I thought it was just a ding.
(00:31):
I saw some of the video this morning. It was
more than just a dan.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Oh it left a mark.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
It's a big mark, a mark. But yes, that of
course has us in the conversation again about what's been
happening at the nation's airports. We'll get into that. All
sort ropes that it doesn't matter who you are. I
think every what a legend. They say you're a legend
when you can cross and you touch different generations. Jane Good,
everybody knows who Jinga is.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Ava, my twenty two year old, texted me as soon
as the news broke yesterday saying I'm so sad. So
that speaks to her impact and her legacy at ninety one.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
She reminds me of.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
A Ruth Bader Ginsburg, somebody like that who just left
her mark on so many generations and a lot of women.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
She paved the way, and she kept going and going
and going. A lot of you heard about her passing,
and it's remarkable. She was still at work when she passed.
Will remember her this morning. Also, Okay, if you had
a problem with Bad Money, we'll get ready for another
big dose of him. But bad Bunny, this is cool,
It's perfect. The timing is great. He is just on
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a run right now.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yeah, he's having quite the week.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
He's been in the headlines and he's going to stay
in them through the weekend. But all for really good
things that are happening to him and for him.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Yeah, this is cool. You'll want to see him this weekend.
And the most banned author at American schools? Is this right?
We're banning authors?
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Is first of all, yes, I didn't even realize that
was happening. And then when I saw who the most
banned author was, I actually personally offended.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Okay, we'll tell you why Robes is taking such personal offense.
After we heard who the most banned author in the
country is and our schools. Also reminded folks, take a
look at that phone now. The Apple podcast app top
right corner says follow where you see our show page.
Click that and you get our updates coming to you
all the time. Also want to let you know on
the run this morning, those furloughs might become firings. Did
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he wants to talk in court tomorrow? Did he doesn't
want one of his alleged victims to talk in court tomorrow? Also,
Trump is taking billions from blue states, The Supreme Court
is with Lisa Cook for now, and Bermuda is getting battered.
But of course, Robes, we are still closed for business
as a federal government, right.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
We certainly are. So we begin our Friday Eve run
with the big question on most people's minds this morning,
how long will this government shut down last? We have
an answer at least until Friday.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
No, that's not very specific, but we got something. The
point is, don't expect anything today. Are in day two
now of this shutdown. Congress is out of session for
the Jewish holiday, so no business being done. So tomorrow
Friday is the first opportunity for members of Congress to
possibly reach a deal. But to be honest with you, folks,
it does not look good. Both sides continued to sound
(03:15):
like they're digging in their heels more so than coming
around to compromise.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
That's right, Democrats. Democrats have been insisting on assurances about
Medicaid cuts. Republicans say, sure, we can talk about that,
but only after we sign a temporary measure to keep
the government open. Meanwhile, an estimated seven hundred and fifty
thousand federal workers are being furloughed, but the Trump administration
says some of those furloughs will end up being firing.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Yeah, he spoke of this and talked about it as
kind of a threat even before the shutdown happened. But
he has absolutely said this is something that's going to happen.
It looks like they're moving forward with it. The Press
Secretary Carolyn Levitt said yesterday that firings were imminent, and
then the President wrote this on social media. Republicans must
use this opportunity of Democrat forced closure to clear out
(04:03):
dead wood, waste, and fraud. Billions of dollars can be saved.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Some of the first money the president was looking to
cut is in Democrat led states.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Hmmm.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
The administration has paused or canceled billions of dollars in funding.
In particular, it's a big story here locally in New York.
They're eighteen billion dollars in federal infrastructure dollars has been
put on holds.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Now, you might say, well why, and a lot of
people will say, well, clearly they're doing this in retaliation. No, no, no, no,
you don't have to speculate, folks, They're saying exactly why.
The head of the White House Budget Office tweeted this quote,
Roughly eighteen billion dollars in New York City infrastructure projects
have been put on hold to ensure funding is not
(04:49):
flowing based on unconstitutional DEI principles. Day didn't even.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Say practices, just principles, all right.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
And in case that wasn't clear enough for you, the
Department of Transportation put out this statement saying it's reviewing
New York's unconstitutional practices and that it will take more
time because of the shutdown. Now, the money was earmarked
for two major projects here in New York, a Hudson
River tunnel and a subway on the city's east side.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Say well, well, well, what those are two headaches here?
The east side certainly could to use work. Really the tunnel,
that work is essentially not going to be reimbursed at
some point if New York runs out of money, those
projects will have to stop.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Unless Trump has the purse strings.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
I'll be damned all right. Next up on the Run,
though Lisa Cook keeps on winning against the President. Cook,
the Federal Reserve governor that President Trump has tried, tried,
and tried again to fire, was told by the Supreme
Court yesterday that she can hold onto her job for
the time being.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Trump has been trying to get her off the Federal
Reserve for months now, initially firing her for cause, claiming
she on a mortgage application. But Cook sued to keep
her job and has won it every single step along
the legal.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Way, and then trumpasa's Supreme Court to intervene immediately, but instead,
yesterday the court said Cook can stay in her role
until the court hears oral arguments in the case. In January,
Cook did participate in the last FED meeting in which
they did cut interest rates. They have two more meetings
this year. She will be there, all right.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Next up on the Run. Some sad news to report.
We talked about it at the top of this episode,
but a major loss to the animal conservation movement. Doctor
Jane Goodall, the beloved and regarded researcher who devoted her
life to document the behavior and the social lives of chimpanzees,
has died at the age of ninety one.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
At The Jane Goodall Institute announced her death Wednesday, saying
she died of natural causes while on a speaking tour
in California. She's ninety one on a speaking tour.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
I love that she was, Like you said, she was
working until the day she did at something she loved
and was passionate about.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
We hear and it's cool when we hear people dive ole.
They oftentimes they say they've died at home, surrounded by
family kind of thing. This seems appropriate to She was
still out there, yeah, doing her thing. But they released
the statement saying this Doctor Godoll's discoveries as an ethologist
is that right, Yes, revolutionize science, and she was a
tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.
(07:26):
She became famous for her work with chimpanzees in Tanzania
in the nineteen sixties, when she immersed herself in their
habitat to experience their society, quote as a neighbor rather
than a distant observer.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
I was doing a deep dive on all of her
work and just what she faced and how many years
she literally lived among them, with them, risking her life
from not just you know, their society, but certainly she
talked about crocodiles and pythons and all of these Yes,
all of these things that she was literally living around.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
What's the show you love? Is it alone?
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Yes? Alone? Yes?
Speaker 3 (08:02):
She was kind of that.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
She did that, yes, but.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
All in the name of science, not for personal gain,
not for money, not for fame. But she acquired a
lot of that with her numerous articles, her books, her documentaries.
She became one of the most, if not the most
famous scientist in the twentieth century. She's credited for opening
the door for more women to enter all fields of science.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
I hadn't thought about that, but much has been written
about that since her passing, and it makes a lot
of sense.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
What else?
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Who else did women have to look to in that field?
Not really anyone except for Jane Goodall. Now, among Goodall's
many awards, she was named a Dame of the British Empire,
by Queen Elizabeth back in two thousand and three, and
just this past January, she was awarded our highest honor,
the Presidential Medal of Freedom, by President Joe Biden. She
is survived by her son, her sister, and three grandchildren.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
What a life. I didn't realize that I miss the
Presidential Medal Freedom. Yeah, I just forgot her.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
I didn't realize that either, But yes, it was noted
among her many, many, many awards that she's won over
the years.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
You know you mentioned Tanzania. That was when I got
how big of a deal she was. I knew her name,
but I happened to be at a conference in Tanzania,
all these African heads of state and this little white
lady walks in, and the amount of regard and respect
that this room had for this lady, it made you
stand up and go wait a second, and again you
(09:25):
know who she was, but she is just so highly
regarded in any room, and that was in Tanzania.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
That's really cool it happened.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
So ah, what a loss. Great about the girl. We
don't realize this wasn't just that field. She opened it
up for all fields.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Yes, any woman who thought could I do that? Could
I go into that she opened that door.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Ah, what a loss. All right, we're going to continue
on this. What you keep calling it Friday eve, I
always mess that up. So it's Thursday, right, I continue
on this Thursday morning, Ron And tomorrow is it, folks?
Tomorrow is sentencing day for Diddy and now we expect
to hear from him in court. Yes, Sean Diddy Combs
has asked to address the court tomorrow during sentencing for
(10:05):
his two convictions for transportation to engage in prostitution.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Man, that is going to be quite the spectacle.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
So he just lost that last ditch effort this week
to have his convictions thrown out and get a new trial.
His lawyers now argue he should only be sentenced to
fourteen months in prison. Prosecutors are asking for a much
different sentence. They're asking for eleven years. Meanwhile, Comb's legal
team is also asking that Mia not be allowed to
give a victim impact statement.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
Yeah, a lot of people remember that pseudonym. This witness
testified under that pseudonym. She was a key prosecution witness.
I think she was up there a couple of days
if you remember as well, Robes. But she worked as
an assistant for Combs and claimed that he assaulted her
on several occasions. But in their request to the judge
to keep her from giving a victim impact statement, did
He's legal team said, I'm quoting here simply, she is
(10:57):
not a victim of anything. Went on to say, quote,
she is so eager to return to court when she
plainly does not have to and is not even entitled to.
This is a show for her.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
I mean, do I've never heard of a defendant getting
a say or even trying to have a say. I mean,
if you are a purported victim, if the prosecution literally
put you up as a witness. However, he wasn't convicted
on those crimes.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Even the prosecution concedes she is not. She does not
qualify as what we're talking about as a.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Victim because the jury did not find him guilty on
the charges that were associated with her allegation.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
So there, I mean, Wow, what have we been saying
from the jump? Oh, he's got a good team. Wow,
does you have brought up stuff? We like, really you
can do that?
Speaker 1 (11:47):
And then I thought, wait, now that you mention it,
I guess that does make a whole lot of sense.
All right, Next, up on the run as we are
about to head to LaGuardia. Really comforting news to know
that just a few hours ago, two jets collided at
laguardi At airport last night. It happened around ten pm.
They were both Delta Regional jets. Did we mention we
were flying Delta? Officials say they were both going at
(12:09):
low speeds?
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Thankfully.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
Are we gonna be looking out the window or yes?
Speaker 2 (12:12):
I you know you like that window open.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
I love the window open, and you're always looking for incoming.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
Yeah, I'm that. I'm that dude that annoys everybody because
I got my everybody. I think early flights so it's dark,
people want to go to sleep. I'm the dude got
the lights on the lapt that guy window up, like.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Come on, because we've been up since three am, so
it's like mid morning.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
With the issue they had last night, he was around
ten o'clock, but one plane had just arrived from Charlotte.
The other was preparing to take off for RONOK. Now,
it's being described like Robe just said, as a low
speed collision. But one plane's wing hit the front of
the other plane. We heard the audio from the cockpit
and the pilot was reporting damage to the cockpit window.
(12:55):
And yes, you see the front of this plane smashed.
They say, low speed, that was a pretty decent hit
to do some damage to that plane. Now, nobody engine
on the passengers, but they do say one flight attendant
reportedly hurt her knee. But that's certainly the good news.
But man, these stories keep bading out roads.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
They're scary.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
At least it was again at low speed, all right.
Next up on the run, Hurricane Immelda made a direct
pass over Bermuda overnight as a category two storms, winds
gusting more than one hundred miles per hour. You know,
it's the reports are pretty slim right now. I couldn't
find a lot. But there have been no immediate reports
of injuries or deaths. That's the good news. Many of
the residents, they say, whether that storm and shelters set
(13:34):
up throughout the island.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Yeah, National Weather Service warrant that hurricane force winds, damaging waves,
and flash flooding could continue throughout the early morning hours.
Hundreds of customers remain without power today.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
Yeah. Bermuda schools, government offices, and its airport have been closed.
The island deployed one hundred soldiers to secure buildings, clear roads,
and help at emergency shelters. But weather experts do expect
conditions to rapidly improve. It's moving on out to see
it's not making landfall anywhere else, so they're hoping that
those conditions will improve.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
And then the airport does plan to reopen.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
All right, Well, folks, stay with us on this Friday
Eve run when we come back. The most banned author
in American schools also happens to be Robes favorite author. Also,
stay here, bad Bunny before he takes that Super Bowl,
super big stage. Well, he's got a pretty big stage,
as we can too. Continuing now on this Thursday morning run.
(14:36):
Next up, it turns out one of the world's most
widely known, highly regarded authors is also the most banned
author in US schools. Now once, once you thought about
it for a second, does it make sense?
Speaker 2 (14:50):
I guess.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
But come on, he's brilliant, but he is scary.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
But we learned so much from some of these tales
of terror.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
Okay, Yeah, Stephen King banned in more places and more
schools in the US than anybody else.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Yeah, we're talking about the author of it, Misery Carrie
the Lost Boys The Outsider and my personal favorite. Just
thought i'd throw this in there if you haven't read it.
Eleven twenty two. Sixty three is such a good book.
It's I've read so many of Stephen King's books. That
is my favorite. But just naming a few of his
sixty three novels, not even getting into his hundreds of
(15:26):
short stories, some of which have been made into massive movies.
So this is a prolific author who is just a
near and dear to my heart.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Anyway, I think it was a short story.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
So a lot of the movies that we see, that
we watch, that we love, actually were just short stories.
So penn America's Banned in the USA released its annual
report after tracking more than sixty eight hundred instances of
books being banned for this school year.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
And again, I.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Didn't know that this was still happening in our country.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
I have to be honest, but get this.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Eighty percent of all book bands happened this year in
just three states.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
Oh my god, you know what. I don't even want
to tell. We don't want to tell, y'all. You can
guess them.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Florida, Texas and Tennessee.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Okay, the group's director says, it's not just a story
of red states in blue states. Though in Florida not
all of the school districts responded to the calls or
banning books. You can find differences from county to county.
That's interesting. Now, kids, most banned books are excuse me,
King's most banned Carrie and the Stand remind me of
the Stand.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
I actually don't know Carrie obviously. I mean, I don't
know if it's going to give any kids an idea
to throw pigs blood on someone they don't like during prom.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
But maybe there's a story.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
But maybe they're bank because they're scary. But some of
this stuff still scares you, I know, and me, I should.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Say, but I just I'm just not a fan of
banning books period.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
Okay, that's the point. There we go. The most banned
work of any author was at Clockwise excuse me, a
clockwork Orange. Did you know that one? No?
Speaker 2 (17:03):
No, that is the most banned book.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
Of all Huh, nineteen sixties dystopian classic from Anthony Burgess.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
All right, good to know. Learned a lot with that one.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
For the final leg of our run, we are heading
right here to New York City and big news about
who will be hosting the season premiere of Saturday Night
Live this weekend. I think we're gonna have to stay
up and watch me Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny. He's
having quite the week.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Yeah, he got the super Bowl, that's a pretty big gig.
But to do the season premiere of actually SNL is
a very, very big deal. I'm not saying it's on
par but it is a huge honor. Of course, him
being named the headline of the Super Bowl sparks and uproar, backlash,
how we want to say it, outrage from the Mago community,
in particular, upset by him being selected. He is a
(17:55):
non English musician. Yeah, I think that is what if
you don't know him that well, what makes him incredibly special?
And if you, I mean, you just have to respect.
He refused to start speaking or singing in English to
make his music I guess more marketable in the US.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
And yet and he did.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Who did was it, Ricky Martin? You could go Mark Anthony.
A lot of crossover stars started singing in English. He
did not, and does not, And he's still what he is.
I respect the hell of that. He's no stranger to
the show though he's been on the show several times.
He's gonna feature Doja cat as the musical guess.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Isn't that crazy, right He's and she yes, that's amazing.
I mean, I do think you after all the backlash,
and we did a whole podcast on this, if you
want to hear. I don't know how many episodes ago
it was, but there were some really mean spirited, terrible
things being said about him. So he's going to get
(18:55):
that opening monologue, and I can't imagine he wouldn't address
all of that.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
I'm going to say first first joke he telles is
going to address it.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
So I actually can't wait to see what he has
to say. This is kind of an awesome opportunity for
him to use this platform, and let's hope he can
have some fun, some humility and just yes we can
all make I mean, maybe this could be united.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
He's a goof, he has a person. I say he's
a good and that he doesn't mind being vulnerable, he
doesn't mind he's not some macho doue. He doesn't mind
being the butt of a joke, he doesn't mind making
fun of himself. And he's an activist, like he could
go full politics if he.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Wants to, we'll see.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
But I think we will be watching, as will a
lot of you on Saturday night, So we look forward
to that.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
In folks, something we want to leave you with as
always something for you to consider on this Thursday. It
is our quote of the day. I will learn it
with you.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
The minute you stop expecting life to be simple, fair
and easy, it becomes simple, fair and easy.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
A lot of people are reacting the way I am
right now. It becomes simple, fair and easy. And when
we stop expecting it to be those things, do we
expect it? Life is hard, don't we understand?
Speaker 1 (20:12):
But I think, why do we get so upset when
there's traffic? Why do we get so upset when there's
rain on our picnic? Why do we get because we
have expectations that are unrealistic and so once you start.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Looking low realistic for things to go well.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
It's unrealistic for things to go perfectly the way.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
You want them to, just to have decent traffic. But
maybe you got to finish that podcast, or maybe you
got to finish that conversation you were having, or maybe
the rain that upset you because you had a picnic
made a gardener very happy because there are vegetables got water.
The point being is when you lower your expectations, you
(20:52):
actually recognize and you accept, and once you accept, then
your life does become simple and easy because you're just accepting.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
Of what is it's gonna be your best day mine.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
I actually thought this was a good one because we're
about to go to the airport. Travel is always a
little bit tough, so I just thought this was a
good remind we when we're going.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
To the airport where last night two freaking planes ran
into each other. That happens to be the airline we're
getting onto at the exact same airport. We are flying
from the same airport within twelve hours of that insect.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
The minute you stop expecting life to be simple, fair
and easy, it becomes simple, fair and easy.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
And with that, folks, we always appreciate you running with us.
I'm TJ. Holmes heading out for a simple, fair and
easy day now.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
I'm Amy Roboch.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Thanks for running with us.
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