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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, It's Tuesday, March twenty fifth. Welcome to Morning Run.
I'm Amy Roboch.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
And I'MTJ Holmes. The Morning Run now, of course, coming
to you guaranteed by six thirty am every single day,
waiting for you there maybe when you wake up, or
certainly ready for your commute, so you can always check
it out in robes. We should tell folks we are
part of the group. Now after all the talk, we
can say we've officially seen snow White.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Now, oh yes, we certainly have it. It was a
long day yesterday and it was an enlightening day just
to actually see what all the fuss was all about.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
And there's a lot of fuss and a lot of
it is legit. So we'll leave you with that. We'll
talk about snow White a little bit more here at
the end, but for right now, let's get into the
Morning Run on this Tuesday, and coming up on the run,
a stunning national security breach war plans accidentally shared with
a journalist via text.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Trump wants an unflattering portrait of him taken down, but
don't worry it just so happens. President Putin has already
given him a replacement portrait.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Also on the run this morning, they've been vandalized, set
on fire, even shot at now police say somebody tried
to blow up Tesla's.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Plus another reportedly good talk between the US and Russia,
and we're told to expect a positive announcement soon.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Also just heart breaking NCAA tournament news. Perhaps the biggest
star in all of college basketball is out of the
tournament after a devastating injury.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
And also on the run today, short on cash to
order some takeout. Well, you're in luck. You can now
finance your food. I don't know if that's lucky good,
or perhaps just a troubling sign.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
At the time, I don't like that story at all.
I'm trying to dive into it a little more later
and give it a chance, but initially I hate this idea.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Yeah, it's scary, right.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
It's scary as a good word.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
We will talk about that in just a bit, but
first we must begin our run in Washington, DC with
an almost unthinkable story. A reporter inadvertently is invited into
an unsecure group chat where the leaders of our country
were talking. The Defense Secretary, the Vice President, the National
Security Advisor, and the Secretary of State, just to name
(02:15):
a few, are discussing highly classified US war plans in Yemen.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Yeah, it's so unthinkable what Robot just described that even
the reporter who was invited into that text chain actually
thought it was a joke, thought it was a hoax.
The supporters. The editor in chief of the Atlantic and
as he read emojis and congratulatory reactions by group members
after attacks in Yemen were going, well, this is all
happening in real time. So Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief,
(02:45):
realized he discovered a massive security breach in the US
national security system.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
And yesterday the White House acknowledged that the message thread
Goldberg had access to appears to be authentic. They say
they're now viewing how an inadvertent number was added to
the chain. Then the administration went into full defense.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Must yeah, so first they pointed out that the ongoing
success of the operation in Yemen demonstrates that there were
no threats to our service members or our national security. Next,
Offense Secretary Pete Hexiff disputed what exactly Goldberg saw in
the text chain, saying nobody was texting war plans and
that's all I have to say about that.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Hexsith also went on to try and discredit Goldberg, calling
him the guy that pedals in garbage. President Trump also
piled on the credibility of the Atlantic to reporters, after
saying he didn't know anything about the story. Trump later
reposted an Elon Musk post that read, best place to
hide a dead body is page two of the Atlantic magazine,
(03:46):
because no one ever goes there.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
The news of the breach caused quite their reaction from
fellow and former lawmakers, notably former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
who you may remember was lambast if we're using her
private email server while at the State Department, she took
the X and posted this. You've got to be kidding me,
That's all she said. And that was enough to say.
Democrats have now called the Republicans to join them to
fully investigate this incident.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Yeah, and if you go and read Goldberg's article in
The Atlantic, his first line, or the first couple of
lines are pretty chilling. He writes. The world found out
shortly before two pm Eastern time on March fifteenth that
the United States was bombing Hoo. They targets across yemen. I, however,
knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the
(04:31):
attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is
that Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, texted me the
war plan at eleven forty four pm, I mean eleven
forty four am. That is chilling and frightening and certainly
is going to require further explanation. Why members the leaders
of our country were on an unsecure group text That's
(04:54):
not how this country operates.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Well, I say it was, Well, it was an I
guess this is a cautionary tale for all of us.
I think most people listening to us have made this mistake.
Probably at some point you add somebody to a text
chain you shouldn't have. You text something to somebody you
have to take back or you say oops. Now, you
would think this is never supposed to happen. They say
this wasn't encrypted. What's it called Signal? Yeah, the name
(05:17):
of the app they use, So they say it was encryptive.
But still it's shocking to see the Vice President and
the Secretary of State and the Secretary Events on a
group text chain on an app that we all have
access to. Just talking about seemingly casually talking about war
in this way, and how do you accidentally so somebody
had this reporter's contact info? Isn't that how it had
(05:37):
to have happened and accidentally added to correct this person.
It's a weird mistake to make if you're on the
national security team.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And one that will certainly be investigated. So more to
come on that, But next up on our run. Russian
and US negotiators emerged from day long talks yesterday on
ending the war in Ukraine and have agreed to keep talking.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Yeah, there's no ceasefire in place just yet, but after
twelve hours of talks in Riyad yesterday, the two sides
signaled that progress is being made. White House even went
as far as saying we should expect a quote positive
announcement in the very near future.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Yes, diplomacy kicked up a notch last week when President
Trump worked the phones chatting with both Putin and Zelensky
and came away with both sides agreeing to at least
in principle, a partial ceasefire. However, we knew some of
the finer details had to be worked out, like exactly
which parts of Ukrainian infrastructure would be off limits in
a potential ceasefire deal.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
So what happens next? Ukrainian and US officials said to
meet again today in Saudi Arabia. And while all of
this talking is going on, that's positive. Fighting is still
going on, Destruction is still happening, death is still happening,
and it hasn't seemed to have slowed even It seemed like
when some of the talks were happening, they were even
trying to get in some final shots, if you will,
(06:52):
some folks argued. But the talking is positive, all right.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Next up on the run, a portrait of President Trump
at the Colorado State Capitol will be taken down after
Trump said it was purposefully distorted to a level that
even he hasn't seen before.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Yeah, he posted his distaste of the portrait on social media.
Republican leaders of the Colorado State Legislature asked that the
oil painting be removed after he announced his displeasure. The
portrait was actually painted during Trump's first term in twenty nineteen,
after Colorado Republicans raised more than ten thousand dollars to
commission the oil painting.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Now, the portrait was painted by artist Sarah Boardman, who
also by the way painted the adjacent portrait that was
it was right next to Trump's portrait of former President
Barack Obama. Now, Boardman has not responded to this latest controversy,
but previously and perhaps ironically, said it was important to
her that both portraits appeared a political.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
So President Trump and his post said he would prefer
no picture at all than the one that hangs in
the Colorado Capitol and reference President Obama's portrait, saying he
looks wonderful now. After Trump's post, the steady stream of
visitors flooded the state Capitol with people posing Griselfie's photos
with Trump's portrait before it's taken down. Is there a schedule?
Speaker 1 (08:05):
I didn't see a schedule for so people were literally
lining up to get their picture with the portrait that
they knew would no longer be shortly.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Who owns that? Because it's now going to be worth something.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
I would imagine the state of Colorado still right because
they commissioned it next up on our run. President Trump
might already have a replacement for that portrait of him
in Colorado. Just so happens, Trump was recently gifted what
the White House called a beautiful portrait of the president,
even going as far as saying President Trump was clearly
touched by the gift of this portrait.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Yeah, this gift and artists commissioned portrait was given to
President Trump by Russian President Vladimir Putin. We've gotten word
last week that Putin presented the gift to the administration's
envoy Steve Winkoff during a visit earlier this month with Putin.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Yes, the Kremlin confirmed the gift yesterday. No word on
if and when the public might see the portrait, or
if and when it might be displayed somewhere. Perhaps there
might be a space in the Colorado capital that might
need to be replaced. But yes, it's interesting when presidents receive,
or at least President Trump received this gift. He received
(09:13):
another one from Putin back in twenty eighteen, a soccer
ball to his son. And it's the Secret Service had
to check for listening devices because this is pretty interesting.
It dates all the way back to believe nineteen forty five, correct,
where there there was another gift.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Yes, Russia, he was given a gift that hung in
his office for quite a while that had a listening
device in it. It wasn't a discovered. It might have
been a couple of years later.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
It was six years. It hung in his office for
six years, and it allowed the Soviet Union to eavesdrop
on his conversations in the State Department. That's pretty wild.
So yes, they learned their lesson that way when it
was finally discovered.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Wow, this one will be checked and checked thoroughly. Stay
with us here, folks, as we continue on this Tuesday
morning run. We have got the absolute worst possible news
out of March Madness. One of the darlings of the tournament,
maybe the biggest star in all of college basketball, is
out of the tournament with a devastating injury. We will
(10:21):
get into that. Also coming up, people been shooting at Tesla's.
Now they're trying to blow them up. Also this morning
on the run. Want to order your food, want it delivered,
show it on cash. It's okay, you can finance it,
all right. We continue now, folks, on next leg if
(10:43):
this run takes us to Texas, where it appears someone
is now trying to blow up Tesla vehicles and the
latest string of Tesla attacks across the country. Multiple incendiary
devices were discovered at a Tesla dealership in Austin on Monday.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Yeah, the Austin bomb Squad had to be called in
after police responded to a report of suspicious devices. Well
that's when the bomb squad determined that, yeah, those devices
were in fact incendiary. They were taken into police custody,
thankfully without incidents.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
The FBI has setup a task force to address the
attacks targeting Tesla's across the country, saying that it will
be relentless in his mission to protect the American people,
and acts like the recent Tesla attacks will be pursued
with the full force of the law.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
There have been at least four dozen recent attacks on
Tesla dealerships, vehicles, and charging stations in cities across America.
We're talking from Las Vegas all the way to Charleston,
South Carolina, and these all started taking place ever since
Elon Musk, who of course is Tesla's CEO, began his
role in the Trump administration as the head of the
Department of Government Efficiency. He's certainly ruffled quite a few feathers.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
I haven't seen. It's only a matter of time probably.
I don't think there have been injuries associated with any
of them yet. No.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
The only one that comes to mind is the is
the guy in Las Vegas who actually ended his own
life in the Tesla attack.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
All right, we will continue here now on our run,
we will turn to March Madness. And this is the
some of the worst possible news you can hear, certainly
for as you all know anybody listening, I am a
rabid March Madness fan. This is my favorite sporting event
of the year, and it is that way for a
lot of people. So when we hear this that perhaps
the biggest star in men's or women's college basketball is
(12:25):
now out of the tournament with a season ending injury.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Yeah, Juju Watkins of Number one USC reportedly tore her
acl in her team's second round game last night. If
you happened to have seen it, if you go back
and watch it, which I did, it is excruciating. The
pain on her face is palpable. She is done for
(12:50):
the tournament.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Yeah. This was in the first quarter of the game,
so yeah, we talking about only their second game in
the tournament and just the first quarter of this game,
so we've got to see her very limited amount in
this post season. She was driving to the basket, then
she crumbled to the ground after planting awkwardly on her leg.
You've seen this before, and it's one of the scariest
things when there's a non contact injury, when you just
plant and somebody goes down like that, and you could
(13:12):
tell the pain wasn't just the pain of the physical
pain of the injury. You could tell she knew it
was probably done for her. She was writhing and playing
in pain on the floor in tears. Medical staff came out.
The arena went silent because the teams, the women's teams,
the top seeds get to play at home in those
first two rounds, so this is USC's home home court,
(13:35):
and that place just went silence.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Yeah, oh, and that silence was deafening. Her team, however,
went on to win in blowout fashion, but it's heartbreaking
for her and it absolutely is just a terrible, terrible
moment for basketball. And this changes the face of March madness.
Even if you don't know the name Juju Watkins off
the top of your head, you probably know her face
(13:57):
and her signature hairdo that on the top of her hair,
her head, I guess, is what you would call it.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Yeah, anytime you turn on the TV these days, certainly
anything related to Mars madness. You see her and damn
near every commercial. She's everywhere. She's all over TV and commercials. Superstar.
But this tournament was very much anticipated to be her
time to shine even brighter. Her team is the number
one seed, it was absolutely a favorite to get to
(14:23):
the final four. She was going to be this year's
tournament to this year's tournament what Kitlyn Clark was to
last year's women's tournament. Okay, yes, I know that was
a phenomenon, But what I'm saying is she was that
for this tournament. She was supposed to be the face
of the postseason, and it just sucks that she's out.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Yeah, she averaged twenty four point six points per game,
and when she decides to turn pro, she will be a,
if not the top pick in the draft. She is
expected to have surgery and begin rehab immediately, but there
will be a long road ahead for her. And it's
just got to be tough for her to watch this
all happen without her on the court.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
And you know this for me as well. Over the years,
the women's game is sometimes more beautiful than the men's
because the men can overpower sometimes just go dunk and
just there's a different type of beauty and skill. Sometimes
to the women's game and during the women's college basketball tournament,
you see these stars. To not have her, this is
what you're looking forward to all year to see her
in this tournament. Ugh, this is awful.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Well, we wish her well and a speedy recovery.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
It is gonna be all right, hopefully final leg of
the run. Here. Financing your food it sounds like a
what idea? Well, specifically many installment loans so you can
order takeout is what we're talking about. We're not talking
about like doing big mass shipments of stuff and you
finance it. We're talking about I just want to dinner
(15:44):
for four yep tonight. It's gonna cause ninety bucks and
I can finance it, is what we're talking about.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Yes, the announcement of a partnership now between door Dash
and Klarna, well, it has set social media a buzz,
so many people asking what this could mean for our
already debt ridden society. One x user wrote, what do
you mean you have eleven thousand dollars in door dash debt?
Another vote, eat now, pay later. A credit apocalypse is coming.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Okay, So some of these short term learns can be
repaid in several interest free installments, but the company makes
its money by charging users for late or missed payments.
Doorga ass says it's customers will be able to use
Klara to pay in full upfront in four installments or
later on a date that aligns with their paycheck schedule.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
We both know and everyone knows who reads this, this
is a dangerous slippery slope. Here is what Klara spokesperson said,
acknowledging some of the public reaction and what we just said.
The ka spokesperson said this, if people are in a
situation where they feel like they have to put their
food on credit, that's a bad indicator for society. However,
(16:55):
Klarna said that the new feature would only be available
for door dash purchase of at least thirty five dollars.
Somehow that makes it better, and said that wherever high
cost credit cards are accepted, consumers should also be able
to choose a zero interest credit product instead. Now I
get that, because sure, if you go onto door Dash
and I want to order Chipotle whatever, and I don't
(17:18):
have cash, or maybe I don't have it in my
bank account, I could always put it on a credit card,
which is a high interest loan, so to speak. So
they're saying, hey, we're offering that same option for folks
in for installments without interest. However, if you have to
do that, who's to say you're going to have the
money at the end of the month and then you're
going to be charged late fees and they're going to
(17:39):
pile up, and you can just see where this is headed.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
I don't see how I'm looking for the positive in
this story. I'm looking for, like, who does this help out?
Because even if you are hungry you can't afford food,
it doesn't help you out to be able to buy
that meal. If it's then going to.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Charge you because you can't pay your payments, you can't
pay so you.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
End up paying extra for the meal anyway, and you're
in a I'm trying to find the positive.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
It's tough.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Helps.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
It only helps somebody who actually is getting the money
in a couple days and is hungry and is going
to be able to pay it off. But the reality
is that money probably is needed for something else when
you're waiting for the money, and that's what happens when
you're in that situation. So it is scary. A lot
of people reacting. But Clarna says they're offering an interest
free service rather than a credit card if that would
be someone's only other option. But I think most people
(18:26):
are thinking this is a very bad idea.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
All right, folks, that you go about your Tuesday today,
something we would like for you to consider it is
our quote of the day.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Hard times create strong people. Strong people create good times.
It's just a nice pathway through hard times to good times.
You stay strong, you get through it, and it creates
the moment you were hoping for.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
All right, so good times are coming.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Huh, good times are recomming. It was just a hopeful
message with that last story. Correct, you gotta stay strong,
don't use the interest free payment because there's always a catch.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Oh my god, this is the idea. Okay, I gotta
leave that story a long, but yes, that is your
quote of the day. Folks like that with your hard
times create strong people. Strong people create good times. And
with that we asked for you to check out if
you haven't gone to see the movie. And it turns
out how many people didn't go see snow White because
of Yes, it was number one of the box office,
but it had a little bit of a dud of
an opening, but we did go see snow White finally
(19:26):
yesterday and we immediately came home, got in front of
a microphone and give a review if you will, with
yeh movie reviewers, but just our impressions after covering for
so long. So we'd love for you to check that
out and get involved in that conversation.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Yeah, so check it out on our regular feed on
Amy and TJ wherever you get your podcasts. But for now,
we want to thank you for running with us on
this Tuesday. I'm Amy Robots and I'm TJ Holmes.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
See you for the running Mark
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, It's Tuesday, March twenty fifth. Welcome to Morning Run.
I'm Amy Roboch.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
And I'MTJ Holmes. The Morning Run now, of course, coming
to you guaranteed by six thirty am every single day,
waiting for you there maybe when you wake up, or
certainly ready for your commute, so you can always check
it out in robes. We should tell folks we are
part of the group. Now after all the talk, we
can say we've officially seen snow White.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Now, oh yes, we certainly have it. It was a
long day yesterday and it was an enlightening day just
to actually see what all the fuss was all about.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
And there's a lot of fuss and a lot of
it is legit. So we'll leave you with that. We'll
talk about snow White a little bit more here at
the end, but for right now, let's get into the
Morning Run on this Tuesday, and coming up on the run,
a stunning national security breach war plans accidentally shared with
a journalist via text.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Trump wants an unflattering portrait of him taken down, but
don't worry it just so happens. President Putin has already
given him a replacement portrait.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Also on the run this morning, they've been vandalized, set
on fire, even shot at now police say somebody tried
to blow up Tesla's.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Plus another reportedly good talk between the US and Russia,
and we're told to expect a positive announcement soon.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Also just heart breaking NCAA tournament news. Perhaps the biggest
star in all of college basketball is out of the
tournament after a devastating injury.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
And also on the run today, short on cash to
order some takeout. Well, you're in luck. You can now
finance your food. I don't know if that's lucky good,
or perhaps just a troubling sign.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
At the time, I don't like that story at all.
I'm trying to dive into it a little more later
and give it a chance, but initially I hate this idea.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Yeah, it's scary, right.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
It's scary as a good word.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
We will talk about that in just a bit, but
first we must begin our run in Washington, DC with
an almost unthinkable story. A reporter inadvertently is invited into
an unsecure group chat where the leaders of our country
were talking. The Defense Secretary, the Vice President, the National
Security Advisor, and the Secretary of State, just to name
(02:15):
a few, are discussing highly classified US war plans in Yemen.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Yeah, it's so unthinkable what Robot just described that even
the reporter who was invited into that text chain actually
thought it was a joke, thought it was a hoax.
The supporters. The editor in chief of the Atlantic and
as he read emojis and congratulatory reactions by group members
after attacks in Yemen were going, well, this is all
happening in real time. So Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief,
(02:45):
realized he discovered a massive security breach in the US
national security system.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
And yesterday the White House acknowledged that the message thread
Goldberg had access to appears to be authentic. They say
they're now viewing how an inadvertent number was added to
the chain. Then the administration went into full defense.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Must yeah, so first they pointed out that the ongoing
success of the operation in Yemen demonstrates that there were
no threats to our service members or our national security. Next,
Offense Secretary Pete Hexiff disputed what exactly Goldberg saw in
the text chain, saying nobody was texting war plans and
that's all I have to say about that.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Hexsith also went on to try and discredit Goldberg, calling
him the guy that pedals in garbage. President Trump also
piled on the credibility of the Atlantic to reporters, after
saying he didn't know anything about the story. Trump later
reposted an Elon Musk post that read, best place to
hide a dead body is page two of the Atlantic magazine,
(03:46):
because no one ever goes there.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
The news of the breach caused quite their reaction from
fellow and former lawmakers, notably former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
who you may remember was lambast if we're using her
private email server while at the State Department, she took
the X and posted this. You've got to be kidding me,
That's all she said. And that was enough to say.
Democrats have now called the Republicans to join them to
fully investigate this incident.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Yeah, and if you go and read Goldberg's article in
The Atlantic, his first line, or the first couple of
lines are pretty chilling. He writes. The world found out
shortly before two pm Eastern time on March fifteenth that
the United States was bombing Hoo. They targets across yemen. I, however,
knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the
(04:31):
attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is
that Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, texted me the
war plan at eleven forty four pm, I mean eleven
forty four am. That is chilling and frightening and certainly
is going to require further explanation. Why members the leaders
of our country were on an unsecure group text That's
(04:54):
not how this country operates.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Well, I say it was, Well, it was an I
guess this is a cautionary tale for all of us.
I think most people listening to us have made this mistake.
Probably at some point you add somebody to a text
chain you shouldn't have. You text something to somebody you
have to take back or you say oops. Now, you
would think this is never supposed to happen. They say
this wasn't encrypted. What's it called Signal? Yeah, the name
(05:17):
of the app they use, So they say it was encryptive.
But still it's shocking to see the Vice President and
the Secretary of State and the Secretary Events on a
group text chain on an app that we all have
access to. Just talking about seemingly casually talking about war
in this way, and how do you accidentally so somebody
had this reporter's contact info? Isn't that how it had
(05:37):
to have happened and accidentally added to correct this person.
It's a weird mistake to make if you're on the
national security team.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And one that will certainly be investigated. So more to
come on that, But next up on our run. Russian
and US negotiators emerged from day long talks yesterday on
ending the war in Ukraine and have agreed to keep talking.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Yeah, there's no ceasefire in place just yet, but after
twelve hours of talks in Riyad yesterday, the two sides
signaled that progress is being made. White House even went
as far as saying we should expect a quote positive
announcement in the very near future.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Yes, diplomacy kicked up a notch last week when President
Trump worked the phones chatting with both Putin and Zelensky
and came away with both sides agreeing to at least
in principle, a partial ceasefire. However, we knew some of
the finer details had to be worked out, like exactly
which parts of Ukrainian infrastructure would be off limits in
a potential ceasefire deal.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
So what happens next? Ukrainian and US officials said to
meet again today in Saudi Arabia. And while all of
this talking is going on, that's positive. Fighting is still
going on, Destruction is still happening, death is still happening,
and it hasn't seemed to have slowed even It seemed like
when some of the talks were happening, they were even
trying to get in some final shots, if you will,
(06:52):
some folks argued. But the talking is positive, all right.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Next up on the run, a portrait of President Trump
at the Colorado State Capitol will be taken down after
Trump said it was purposefully distorted to a level that
even he hasn't seen before.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Yeah, he posted his distaste of the portrait on social media.
Republican leaders of the Colorado State Legislature asked that the
oil painting be removed after he announced his displeasure. The
portrait was actually painted during Trump's first term in twenty nineteen,
after Colorado Republicans raised more than ten thousand dollars to
commission the oil painting.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Now, the portrait was painted by artist Sarah Boardman, who
also by the way painted the adjacent portrait that was
it was right next to Trump's portrait of former President
Barack Obama. Now, Boardman has not responded to this latest controversy,
but previously and perhaps ironically, said it was important to
her that both portraits appeared a political.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
So President Trump and his post said he would prefer
no picture at all than the one that hangs in
the Colorado Capitol and reference President Obama's portrait, saying he
looks wonderful now. After Trump's post, the steady stream of
visitors flooded the state Capitol with people posing Griselfie's photos
with Trump's portrait before it's taken down. Is there a schedule?
Speaker 1 (08:05):
I didn't see a schedule for so people were literally
lining up to get their picture with the portrait that
they knew would no longer be shortly.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Who owns that? Because it's now going to be worth something.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
I would imagine the state of Colorado still right because
they commissioned it next up on our run. President Trump
might already have a replacement for that portrait of him
in Colorado. Just so happens, Trump was recently gifted what
the White House called a beautiful portrait of the president,
even going as far as saying President Trump was clearly
touched by the gift of this portrait.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Yeah, this gift and artists commissioned portrait was given to
President Trump by Russian President Vladimir Putin. We've gotten word
last week that Putin presented the gift to the administration's
envoy Steve Winkoff during a visit earlier this month with Putin.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Yes, the Kremlin confirmed the gift yesterday. No word on
if and when the public might see the portrait, or
if and when it might be displayed somewhere. Perhaps there
might be a space in the Colorado capital that might
need to be replaced. But yes, it's interesting when presidents receive,
or at least President Trump received this gift. He received
(09:13):
another one from Putin back in twenty eighteen, a soccer
ball to his son. And it's the Secret Service had
to check for listening devices because this is pretty interesting.
It dates all the way back to believe nineteen forty five, correct,
where there there was another gift.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Yes, Russia, he was given a gift that hung in
his office for quite a while that had a listening
device in it. It wasn't a discovered. It might have
been a couple of years later.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
It was six years. It hung in his office for
six years, and it allowed the Soviet Union to eavesdrop
on his conversations in the State Department. That's pretty wild.
So yes, they learned their lesson that way when it
was finally discovered.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Wow, this one will be checked and checked thoroughly. Stay
with us here, folks, as we continue on this Tuesday
morning run. We have got the absolute worst possible news
out of March Madness. One of the darlings of the tournament,
maybe the biggest star in all of college basketball, is
out of the tournament with a devastating injury. We will
(10:21):
get into that. Also coming up, people been shooting at Tesla's.
Now they're trying to blow them up. Also this morning
on the run. Want to order your food, want it delivered,
show it on cash. It's okay, you can finance it,
all right. We continue now, folks, on next leg if
(10:43):
this run takes us to Texas, where it appears someone
is now trying to blow up Tesla vehicles and the
latest string of Tesla attacks across the country. Multiple incendiary
devices were discovered at a Tesla dealership in Austin on Monday.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Yeah, the Austin bomb Squad had to be called in
after police responded to a report of suspicious devices. Well
that's when the bomb squad determined that, yeah, those devices
were in fact incendiary. They were taken into police custody,
thankfully without incidents.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
The FBI has setup a task force to address the
attacks targeting Tesla's across the country, saying that it will
be relentless in his mission to protect the American people,
and acts like the recent Tesla attacks will be pursued
with the full force of the law.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
There have been at least four dozen recent attacks on
Tesla dealerships, vehicles, and charging stations in cities across America.
We're talking from Las Vegas all the way to Charleston,
South Carolina, and these all started taking place ever since
Elon Musk, who of course is Tesla's CEO, began his
role in the Trump administration as the head of the
Department of Government Efficiency. He's certainly ruffled quite a few feathers.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
I haven't seen. It's only a matter of time probably.
I don't think there have been injuries associated with any
of them yet. No.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
The only one that comes to mind is the is
the guy in Las Vegas who actually ended his own
life in the Tesla attack.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
All right, we will continue here now on our run,
we will turn to March Madness. And this is the
some of the worst possible news you can hear, certainly
for as you all know anybody listening, I am a
rabid March Madness fan. This is my favorite sporting event
of the year, and it is that way for a
lot of people. So when we hear this that perhaps
the biggest star in men's or women's college basketball is
(12:25):
now out of the tournament with a season ending injury.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Yeah, Juju Watkins of Number one USC reportedly tore her
acl in her team's second round game last night. If
you happened to have seen it, if you go back
and watch it, which I did, it is excruciating. The
pain on her face is palpable. She is done for
(12:50):
the tournament.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Yeah. This was in the first quarter of the game,
so yeah, we talking about only their second game in
the tournament and just the first quarter of this game,
so we've got to see her very limited amount in
this post season. She was driving to the basket, then
she crumbled to the ground after planting awkwardly on her leg.
You've seen this before, and it's one of the scariest
things when there's a non contact injury, when you just
plant and somebody goes down like that, and you could
(13:12):
tell the pain wasn't just the pain of the physical
pain of the injury. You could tell she knew it
was probably done for her. She was writhing and playing
in pain on the floor in tears. Medical staff came out.
The arena went silent because the teams, the women's teams,
the top seeds get to play at home in those
first two rounds, so this is USC's home home court,
(13:35):
and that place just went silence.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Yeah, oh, and that silence was deafening. Her team, however,
went on to win in blowout fashion, but it's heartbreaking
for her and it absolutely is just a terrible, terrible
moment for basketball. And this changes the face of March madness.
Even if you don't know the name Juju Watkins off
the top of your head, you probably know her face
(13:57):
and her signature hairdo that on the top of her hair,
her head, I guess, is what you would call it.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Yeah, anytime you turn on the TV these days, certainly
anything related to Mars madness. You see her and damn
near every commercial. She's everywhere. She's all over TV and commercials. Superstar.
But this tournament was very much anticipated to be her
time to shine even brighter. Her team is the number
one seed, it was absolutely a favorite to get to
(14:23):
the final four. She was going to be this year's
tournament to this year's tournament what Kitlyn Clark was to
last year's women's tournament. Okay, yes, I know that was
a phenomenon, But what I'm saying is she was that
for this tournament. She was supposed to be the face
of the postseason, and it just sucks that she's out.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Yeah, she averaged twenty four point six points per game,
and when she decides to turn pro, she will be a,
if not the top pick in the draft. She is
expected to have surgery and begin rehab immediately, but there
will be a long road ahead for her. And it's
just got to be tough for her to watch this
all happen without her on the court.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
And you know this for me as well. Over the years,
the women's game is sometimes more beautiful than the men's
because the men can overpower sometimes just go dunk and
just there's a different type of beauty and skill. Sometimes
to the women's game and during the women's college basketball tournament,
you see these stars. To not have her, this is
what you're looking forward to all year to see her
in this tournament. Ugh, this is awful.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Well, we wish her well and a speedy recovery.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
It is gonna be all right, hopefully final leg of
the run. Here. Financing your food it sounds like a
what idea? Well, specifically many installment loans so you can
order takeout is what we're talking about. We're not talking
about like doing big mass shipments of stuff and you
finance it. We're talking about I just want to dinner
(15:44):
for four yep tonight. It's gonna cause ninety bucks and
I can finance it, is what we're talking about.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Yes, the announcement of a partnership now between door Dash
and Klarna, well, it has set social media a buzz,
so many people asking what this could mean for our
already debt ridden society. One x user wrote, what do
you mean you have eleven thousand dollars in door dash debt?
Another vote, eat now, pay later. A credit apocalypse is coming.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Okay, So some of these short term learns can be
repaid in several interest free installments, but the company makes
its money by charging users for late or missed payments.
Doorga ass says it's customers will be able to use
Klara to pay in full upfront in four installments or
later on a date that aligns with their paycheck schedule.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
We both know and everyone knows who reads this, this
is a dangerous slippery slope. Here is what Klara spokesperson said,
acknowledging some of the public reaction and what we just said.
The ka spokesperson said this, if people are in a
situation where they feel like they have to put their
food on credit, that's a bad indicator for society. However,
(16:55):
Klarna said that the new feature would only be available
for door dash purchase of at least thirty five dollars.
Somehow that makes it better, and said that wherever high
cost credit cards are accepted, consumers should also be able
to choose a zero interest credit product instead. Now I
get that, because sure, if you go onto door Dash
and I want to order Chipotle whatever, and I don't
(17:18):
have cash, or maybe I don't have it in my
bank account, I could always put it on a credit card,
which is a high interest loan, so to speak. So
they're saying, hey, we're offering that same option for folks
in for installments without interest. However, if you have to
do that, who's to say you're going to have the
money at the end of the month and then you're
going to be charged late fees and they're going to
(17:39):
pile up, and you can just see where this is headed.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
I don't see how I'm looking for the positive in
this story. I'm looking for, like, who does this help out?
Because even if you are hungry you can't afford food,
it doesn't help you out to be able to buy
that meal. If it's then going to.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Charge you because you can't pay your payments, you can't
pay so you.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
End up paying extra for the meal anyway, and you're
in a I'm trying to find the positive.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
It's tough.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Helps.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
It only helps somebody who actually is getting the money
in a couple days and is hungry and is going
to be able to pay it off. But the reality
is that money probably is needed for something else when
you're waiting for the money, and that's what happens when
you're in that situation. So it is scary. A lot
of people reacting. But Clarna says they're offering an interest
free service rather than a credit card if that would
be someone's only other option. But I think most people
(18:26):
are thinking this is a very bad idea.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
All right, folks, that you go about your Tuesday today,
something we would like for you to consider it is
our quote of the day.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Hard times create strong people. Strong people create good times.
It's just a nice pathway through hard times to good times.
You stay strong, you get through it, and it creates
the moment you were hoping for.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
All right, so good times are coming.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Huh, good times are recomming. It was just a hopeful
message with that last story. Correct, you gotta stay strong,
don't use the interest free payment because there's always a catch.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Oh my god, this is the idea. Okay, I gotta
leave that story a long, but yes, that is your
quote of the day. Folks like that with your hard
times create strong people. Strong people create good times. And
with that we asked for you to check out if
you haven't gone to see the movie. And it turns
out how many people didn't go see snow White because
of Yes, it was number one of the box office,
but it had a little bit of a dud of
an opening, but we did go see snow White finally
(19:26):
yesterday and we immediately came home, got in front of
a microphone and give a review if you will, with
yeh movie reviewers, but just our impressions after covering for
so long. So we'd love for you to check that
out and get involved in that conversation.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Yeah, so check it out on our regular feed on
Amy and TJ wherever you get your podcasts. But for now,
we want to thank you for running with us on
this Tuesday. I'm Amy Robots and I'm TJ Holmes.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
See you for the running Mark
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