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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, and welcome to Morning Run. It's Friday, May thirtieth.
I'm Amy Robock.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Put a little steak on that Friday, didn't you. You
are feeling it today, Hey the folks, I'MTJ. Holmes and
on this Friday Morning Run. So you remember yesterday when
we said Trump's tariffs were off, Well, yeah, about that
they are. They're back on now after back to back
days of court rulings. We'll explain where we are now.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
And a federal judge temporarily allows Harvard to continue enrolling
international students, just after Trump gives the university a thirty
day reprieve.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Also, California makes a major change in its upcoming track
and field championships this weekend, but it's still allowing a
transgender athlete to complete compete. Also, President Trump announced as
a joint press conference with Elon Musk, and it's sounding
like Musk won't be going anywhere anytime soon.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Israel has accepted a US proposal for ACSP, the world
now waits to see what Hummas will do, and New
Orleans officials are upping the reward money for those two
remaining escaped inmates.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Also in the run, this morning, a captivated courtroom heard
from a critical witness in the Diddy trial, but they
don't even know the witness's real name. Also the favorite
to when these scripts, National Spelling Bee delivered last night,
but he almost blew it? Can you spell over? Confident?
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Nice one there, all right? And the headline say Sydney
Sweeney is selling her actual bathwater. Turns out it's true.
We're gonna explain what you get for eight bucks.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Also this morning, they are two of the funniest dudes
on the planet and their kids just got married. That
grand baby already has pressure to be the funniest person
to ever live. But this is a really cool story,
So we'll update you on these comedy legends who are
now family.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Yes, looking forward to that. But we begin our run
in Washington, DC, and that was quick. President Trump's tariffs
are back on for now. A federal appeals court is
allowing Trump's Liberation Day tariffs to stay in place while
the administration appeals a federal court's ruling that his tariffs
are actually unconstitutional.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Yeah, the Trump administration filed an emergency motion arguing that
the tariffs are critical for the country's national security and
told the appeals court if it didn't that quickly, it
would take the case to the Supreme Court. So the
appeals court responded by issuing a judgment that the lower
court's ruling to temporarily stayed until further nearnese while the
court considers the motion papers. Bottom line here, the first
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court came in and said these things are illegal. The
second court came in and said, we're going to put
a hold on your ruling. So where we are now
is that the tariffs are back on, but robes they're
going to be back off. It sounds like soon anyway.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
I now this is all so head spinning and confusing,
But basically, if you remember on Wednesday, that lower court,
comprised of a three judge panel, one of those judges
Trump appointed blocked his tariffs after there are several lawsuits
arguing the president exceeded his authority because Congress typically approves tariffs,
not the president. So while that decision is under appeal,
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Trump officials say if they don't ultimately prevail in this case,
they have other options, telling reporters this, even if we lose,
we'll do it another way.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
What do we always say. When he says something, listen.
So I'm sure they already got a plan for this.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
This is going to go back and forth.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
For a while. Hey, let's keep talking about federal judges.
Shall we another one as we continue on our run.
Now this judge is out of Boston. He has temporarily
blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University's ability to
enroll foreign exchange students.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Last week, the administration sent that letter to the Ivy
League school, saying it was taking action because Harvard was
quote perpetuating an unsafe campus environment that was hostile to
Jewish students, promotes pro Hama sympathies and employees racist diversity,
equity and inclusion policy.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
So Harvard quickly su Trump. Shortly before yesterday's decision, the
Trump administration filed a court document saying it would give
the school a thirty day reprieve to contest its removal
from the international student program.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
So another back and forth on that one, and we
will continue to update you on the constantly ever changing
you can you can't, you can, you can't.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
All right, Well, we got some more Trump back and
forth for you up next though.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Yes, that's right, California has responded to Trump's threat of
taking away all federal funding if it allows a transgender
girl to compete in this weekend's high school track and
field championships.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
So what they have done now in California is, instead
of barring the transgender athlete from competing against girls, it
announced it's going to allow one extra competitor in the
three events that the trans athlete will compete in. Those
events the triple jump, long jump, and high jump.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
This is also kind of interesting, So the California Interscholastic
Federation said it decided on that rule change before Trump
made his threat, but it didn't announce it until after
Trump made his threat.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Let's take them at their work.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah, here's how it's supposed to work, according to the federation,
and we're quoting them here because the language is kind
of funky. Biological female student athletes who would have earned
the next qualifying mark are now invited to participate in
the championships.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
So they go on to explain that if a transgender
athlete medals, their ranking will not displace a biological female
student from meddling as well. So a biological female who
would have earned a spot on the podium will still
get the medal for that place, and their placement will
be reflected in the records. They're essentially prepared to give
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out an extra medal in each of the three events.
And my following this, did everybody follow? Am I doing?
Am I saying this?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Right?
Speaker 1 (05:54):
It took me a while to try to get the
language succinct because it is very confusing. But basically, if
the true and gender athlete gets second place, the third
place person or girl would get this also get second place,
and then they'd allow the person who placed force to
get the third.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
They're saying the record is going to reflect that the
transgender athlete didn't even compete because first, second, and third
is going to officially go to a biological female.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Even if the transgender girl got first.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
And is on the podium and gets a first place medal,
it won't be reflected in the records. It's very confusing,
that is I know. So the Federation released this statement.
The CIF, which is the abbreviation for the Federation, values
all of our student athletes and we will continue to
uphold our mission of providing students with the opportunity to belong,
connect and compete while complying with California law. So the
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California law is that transgender athletes can compete. So there
was a recent proposal that failed in the Cali California
state legislature that would have banned trans athletes from participating
in girls' sports teams. That failed. So it is the law.
They are following it. But President Trump has threatened to
cut funding.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
It doesn't feel like we've been kind to any of
the kids.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Almost something fels like everybody loses with that.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Back and forth. We've had to find a way to
have a better conversation about this particular thing. But to
do this now, to say that the transgender athlete, if
you win first place is what they're saying, this transgender athlete,
then fine, here's your first place medal, But the girl
who got second to you is actually going to be
moved up and officially shown as the first place winner.
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It's what how was that song?
Speaker 1 (07:42):
They say that everyone who's looking at this saying this
is california're trying to find a way to make everyone happy.
This is the first of its kind. They're trying to
figure out a way to allow transathletes to compete without
upsetting the biological girls who are competing. It's confusing. And
I do think when you try to appease everybody and
they're probably pissing everyone up.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Everybody off. Fahle's continue on our run now. With President
Trump announcing he's going to be holding a major joint
press conference at the Oval Office later today, you might
want to tune this one into this one. Trump and
Elon Musk. Earlier this week, the White House and Musk
announced that Musk is going to be leaving his position
as head of DOGE. He was limited to just work
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one hundred and thirty days because he was designated as
a special employee to the government, and officially today marks
one hundred and thirty days since the beginning of Trump's
second term.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
So Trump took to social media acknowledging today is Musk's
last day, and then said, but not really, because he
will always be with us helping all the way. Elon
is terrific. Exclamation point, See you tomorrow at the White House.
Exclamation point. And a White House official also told reporters
that Musk will continue to serve as the pre serve
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the President as an unofficial advisor, and could potentially continue
to attend White House meetings, So it doesn't really feel
like Musk is going anywhere.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Is there going to be a lawsuit over this? Probably
room knows everything he does. There's a lawsuit waiting.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
It's true, and then they'll counter sue and then file
an appeal. Anyway, this all happens at one thirty pm
Eastern time, in case you'd like to tune in.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Should be interesting, all right. I'll continue on the run
here on this Friday morning with a small glimmer of hope,
and folks will certainly take it. In the Israel Hamas war,
Israel has now accepted a US proposal for a ceasefire.
The world is now waiting to see if Hamas will
accept it as well.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
The plan calls for a sixty day truce which would
be used by the sides to try to come up
with a long term peace deal, and according to the plan,
Hamas would release at least ten hostages who are still
being held in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners as well
as humanitarian aid. Hamas responded by saying the plan does
not meet some of its core demands, but it would
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review the proposal. So we will wait and see.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Next leg of our run brings us back here to
Lower Manhattan, where one of the most compelling witnesses so
far gave some of the most devastating, hard to hear
testimony so far in the Diddy trial. And we don't
even know her name. The witness went by the pseudonym
Mia on the stand yesterday, and the judge gave the
court room strict instructions that nothing about her appearance was
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to be documented.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Jurors never even heard a last name. The courtroom artist
even drew images of a faceless person on the stand.
Mia is a former assistant to Combs and also a
close friend of his ex Cassi Ventura Fine. Her identity
is being protected as an alleged sexual assault victim, and
she testified that the rap mogul raped her at his
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home in La Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Some of these details really are difficult to hear, but
she said that she was woken up by the quote
weight of a person on top of me. She said
it was Combs and he told her to be quiet.
In particular, she said what he told her was sh
into her ear, and she says she just froze and
didn't do anything, as he essentially just had his way
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with her. Mia also detailed instances of Ditty throwing a
laptop at her head because the Wi Fi was out,
another time that he threw her up against a wall.
Another time, she says he threw her in a swimming pool.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
She also said she was tasked with cleaning the hotel
rooms after freakoffs, claiming the rooms looked like a nightmare. Afterwards,
she said they were just destroyed with a mixture of candlewax,
wet towels, broken glass, and blood and oil all over
the furniture. Mia testified to seeing countless instances of Cassie
being abused by Ditty, and she even said she helped
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her hide or run from him in particular.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Here bro it was one story we were discussing that
you can't believe this was happening. But she described the
time of their own vacation and she and Cassie sprinted
down the beach to try to get away from Ditty.
Eventually they chose to get on paddle boards and paddle
out to sea to escape this man. She said they
got out so far they could barely see the buildings
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along the shore, said the weather got a little bad
and rode. She said they had to face that question,
do we deal with mother nature or do we go
back and face puff? They had to ask themselves that question.
She is expected to be back on the stand today
to resume testimony.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Yeah. That just one chilling testimonial after another in this trial.
All right, Next up on the run, we're going to
head to New Orleans, where the search intensifies for the
remaining two inmates who escaped from jail along with eight
others two full weeks ago. Authorities are now upping the
reward money for the men from twenty thousand each to
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fifty thousand dollars apiece for information leading to their arrests.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Yeah. Police continue to warn residents that these are very
dangerous dues. They have been saying that from the very beginning.
And some of these guys, wasn't it. Some had been
convicted of crime, some were awaiting, But you has some
convicted bad dudes.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Well, speaking of that, one of the escapees who was
still at large, his name is Derrick Groves. He is, yes,
a convicted double murderer, and the other is Antoine Massey,
who has been charged with domestic abuse involving strangulation. Police
say they believe the men may have escaped Louisiana. They
may have gone into other states, other cities with help
from the outside, but they don't believe either inmate had
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the resources to leave the US.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Sales May sixteen, when the ten men broke out of
a jail, ripping a toilet off the wall, climbing through
a hole behind. And at least thirteen people have now
been charged with helping the inmates, either before, during, or
after the escape. I didn't see that updated number until
right now. You got more people actually arrested for helping them,
but the guys who actually escaped.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Its true, it's a bigger number, it's true, but it's crazy.
These two guys are still on the loose, and they're
hoping that extra cash will incentivize folks to call in
those helpful tips.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
All right, we'll stay with us here on this Friday morning.
Ron when we come back, Sidney Sweeney, she is so
fine that people want to buy her bathwater. We'll explain.
Also coming up, Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence are going
to have the funniest grand baby to ever walk the earth.
We'll explain that new family and the script's national spelling
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beee happened last night and boy my favorite speller of
all time one.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
Why because he's a cocky little dude.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Welcome back to this Friday edition of Our Morning Ron
and next up on the run comedy Legends. Eddie Murphy
and Martin Lawrence our family Officially their kids got married.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
Yeah, Murphrey's son Eric and Lawrence's daughter Jasmine. They've been
dating the past couple of years and got engaged. I
think it was last November, and their dads have been
speaking publicly about the wedding plans and getting ready. They've
even exchanged a few funny barbes publicly about who was
going to have to pay for the wedding.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
But Eddie Murphy revealed in an interview yesterday that the
kids changed their minds and ran off and got married
during a small ceremony at a church with just the
kids and the preacher. It probably was just too much,
like so much pressure, and they just said, you know what,
we're We're just going to do this by ourselves. Maybe
will celebrate later the speeches at.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
The at the wedding. Given those two guys, it would
have been hilarious.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
That would have been an amazing wedding. Maybe they'll have
a party where that can all happen? They say they
are okay, good, good good. But interestingly, the kids did
not meet through their famous dads. They said it was
actually her uncle that introduced the two.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
That is just I was trying to come up with
other way. These guys are the funniest guys who've ever
done it? Like, can you imagine other families coming? I
use the one Daniel de Lewis and Meryl Street right,
if they are kids gotten married right kind of.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
A thing, they'd be like the most amazing actors, or
perhaps would do something completely different because they could never
possibly live up to those legends.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
You could continue on this Friday morning run with something ropes.
How many people have you heard this? Saying? Before? She
so fine? I drink of bathwater? Have you heard that?
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (16:03):
I have heard that, Okay, wildly enough. The first time
I ever heard that, I was a child standing in
the living room of my aunt's house in turl Arkansas.
And you know who said it? My uncle know who?
He said it about, Paula.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Abdul Okay, that is hilarious.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
There's a weird memory I have. But my uncle said
that about her. Well, we're missing it now because this
really got our attention and not just ours, because we
read headlines that said actress Sidney Sweeney is now selling
her bathwater.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Her actual bathwater. You asked, yes, as TJ tells you,
but it does require a little bit more explanation. Sweeney
collaborated with soap maker Doctor Squatch for a campaign last year,
and it featured her in a tub taking a bubble bath.
The campaign went viral. You can imagine why why Now
she is partnering with the same company to create Sydney's
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bathwater Bliss. It's actually an exfoliating soap infused with what
they say is Sydney Sweeney's actual bathwater.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Hy In God's name, would anybody do this well? Sweeney
explained it this way. You kept asking about my bathwater,
so we kept it. Those are her words, he said
on social media. This bath stuff, this soap is described
as very real and very limited addition, exfoliating soap made
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with sand, pine bark extract and a touch of Sydney's
real bathwater.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
Sweeney wrote this on social media. When your fans start
asking for your bathwater, you can either ignore it or
turn it into a bar of Doctor Squatch soap. She says, hopefully,
this helps guys wake up to the realities of conventional
personal care products and pushes them towards natural. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
I we'll get right on them.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
And that's too natural for me. It will be available
for eight dollars starting next month. And I love how
they describe it. It's a perfect combination of the two
best places on the planet, the outdoors and Sydney's needs bathtob.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Oh my god, look this clever, it's.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Fun, an amazing campaign.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
It's awesome.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Would you buy the bar of so this is the
dumbest thing ever?
Speaker 2 (18:08):
And it's brilliant of course, And you're marketing to guys.
When did we start taking baths on the regular?
Speaker 1 (18:14):
True? And when? Like, I don't even know how many
guys use soap at this point? Wow?
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Really right?
Speaker 1 (18:18):
I mean I know you do you do soap?
Speaker 2 (18:22):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Did you hear that? Dove?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
I just love that they are doing it. It's funny.
A lot of people took issue with it, and so
it's just ridiculous going to it's just fun. It's hilarious.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
You know what, when you're sexy and young and go ahead,
use it, have fun with it, enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
But isn't it the case? I don't want to sit
in my own bath water.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
I don't. I'm not a bath person. Obvious reasons.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
You all right, Now that you know about more of
our hygiene, we're gonna move on to the final leg
of our run today. A thirteen year old from Alan,
Texas won these scripts in National Spelling be last night,
but so much of the talk this morning is how
he almost blew it because he was just feeling himself
a little too much. Faison Zaki is his name. He
was actually runner up last year. He returned this year
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and took the crown by correctly spelling this word claarsis simon.
We've been practicing, I still messed up. But a clisisamon.
Now you don't know what it means. I don't either.
Don't know how to spell it. I did neither.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
In fact, never even heard the word until we woke
up this morning and found out it. Clai sisamon was
the winning word, But the biggest drama wasn't on the
winning word. It actually came earlier when Faison's final two
competitors had both missed their words back to back, so
Faison was at that point the only one left on stage.
All he needed to do was spell two words and
the title was his.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
So the word that he got was come Alina okay faison. Ever,
the confident one immediately started spelling the words soon as
they said it. He just started spelling it. If you
watch the spelling Bee we all have. Often the competitors,
even if they know it, they'll still take the moment
and say could I please have the language of origin?
Then I'll say can I please have the definition? It
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helps them put it together. He didn't ask for any
of that. He just kept going Comalina starts with the
C folks. He jumped in started spelling it with a K.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
But he immediately knew he screwed up, and he said
to the judge, just ring the bell because he knew it,
which signals that the spelling was wrong. So that brought
in the other two spellers that came back to the stage,
and he finally won by yes correctly spelling it at,
which by the way, is spelled E C L A
I R C I S S E M E n T.
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Language of origin is French and it means an explanation
or clearing up of something obscure. I thought it sounded delicious,
like a croissant and a Claire combined.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
No, it's not that at all. It's not a sexy word.
It doesn't have a sexy definition nothing, but it sounds great.
It's al Yeah, I was going to try to use
it in a sentence here. I got nothing for you,
but congratulations to him his friend. Even though this we
these kids are smart and they study and all this.
They take it so seriously. He qualified as a seven
year old to be National Spelling Bee. He's been at
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this a while. The kid has three coaches.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
So it's not just like a sharp unless they're smart kids.
But they study.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
This is it's time job.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
This is other level stuff.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
Wow, all right, well congratulations to Faison. All right our
quote of the day here on this Friday, to get
your weekend started. Loved this one. It jumped out at
me and spoke, just spoke to me. Here. It is
enjoy the little things for one day you may look
back and realize they were the big things. Isn't that
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so true?
Speaker 2 (21:41):
I always say one of my favorite things about you
is that you will stop and smell the roses. You
get a kick out of the little things and little
joys in life, and that's I think that's special. It's important.
It's hard to do, but yeah, you look, Bay, I mean,
how many things can I look back on my life.
We can all look back and go, wow, I didn't
think that was a big deal. In low it's playing
the biggest role in my life.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Yeah, it's even something like the other day when I
walk by and I just like, you know, touch rubbed
your back or something you said, you know, thanks. I
needed that. Like just little things like touching someone, telling
them you love them, even passing saying I'll miss you
or see you soon, or you know. You think about
if someone unexpectedly has an accent, you think, what was
the last thing I said to them? What was that?
It's just those little moments where you have an opportunity
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to be kind, to be loving. I think you look
back and remember that those were actually the big important
things in your life.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
So take that with you today, folks, on this Friday,
enjoy the little things. For one day you may look
back and realize they were the big things. And with that,
we always appreciate you running with us, and a reminder
you can keep running with us on the weekend. Of course,
we do on Saturday morning, we do kind of a
recap of the stories of the week that we didn't
get to talk to as much here on the Monday
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through Friday morning run. But the things, you know, we
kind of thought about later and argued about and went
at it that we didn't get to talk about. We
go head to head on Saturday about this. But we
also do the Sunday Inspiration.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
That's right, So we take all the quotes of the
day and we talked a little bit about where they
came from, why we chose them, And last week we
started doing a bonus quote, so maybe we'll do that
again on Sunday, So look for that for both of
those episodes. And for now, though, we want to thank
you for running with us on this Friday.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
I'm a Robots and I'm DJ Holmes. We'll run again
with you soon
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, and welcome to Morning Run. It's Friday, May thirtieth.
I'm Amy Robock.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Put a little steak on that Friday, didn't you. You
are feeling it today, Hey the folks, I'MTJ. Holmes and
on this Friday Morning Run. So you remember yesterday when
we said Trump's tariffs were off, Well, yeah, about that
they are. They're back on now after back to back
days of court rulings. We'll explain where we are now.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
And a federal judge temporarily allows Harvard to continue enrolling
international students, just after Trump gives the university a thirty
day reprieve.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Also, California makes a major change in its upcoming track
and field championships this weekend, but it's still allowing a
transgender athlete to complete compete. Also, President Trump announced as
a joint press conference with Elon Musk, and it's sounding
like Musk won't be going anywhere anytime soon.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Israel has accepted a US proposal for ACSP, the world
now waits to see what Hummas will do, and New
Orleans officials are upping the reward money for those two
remaining escaped inmates.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Also in the run, this morning, a captivated courtroom heard
from a critical witness in the Diddy trial, but they
don't even know the witness's real name. Also the favorite
to when these scripts, National Spelling Bee delivered last night,
but he almost blew it? Can you spell over? Confident?
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Nice one there, all right? And the headline say Sydney
Sweeney is selling her actual bathwater. Turns out it's true.
We're gonna explain what you get for eight bucks.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Also this morning, they are two of the funniest dudes
on the planet and their kids just got married. That
grand baby already has pressure to be the funniest person
to ever live. But this is a really cool story,
So we'll update you on these comedy legends who are
now family.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Yes, looking forward to that. But we begin our run
in Washington, DC, and that was quick. President Trump's tariffs
are back on for now. A federal appeals court is
allowing Trump's Liberation Day tariffs to stay in place while
the administration appeals a federal court's ruling that his tariffs
are actually unconstitutional.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Yeah, the Trump administration filed an emergency motion arguing that
the tariffs are critical for the country's national security and
told the appeals court if it didn't that quickly, it
would take the case to the Supreme Court. So the
appeals court responded by issuing a judgment that the lower
court's ruling to temporarily stayed until further nearnese while the
court considers the motion papers. Bottom line here, the first
(02:38):
court came in and said these things are illegal. The
second court came in and said, we're going to put
a hold on your ruling. So where we are now
is that the tariffs are back on, but robes they're
going to be back off. It sounds like soon anyway.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
I now this is all so head spinning and confusing,
But basically, if you remember on Wednesday, that lower court,
comprised of a three judge panel, one of those judges
Trump appointed blocked his tariffs after there are several lawsuits
arguing the president exceeded his authority because Congress typically approves tariffs,
not the president. So while that decision is under appeal,
(03:12):
Trump officials say if they don't ultimately prevail in this case,
they have other options, telling reporters this, even if we lose,
we'll do it another way.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
What do we always say. When he says something, listen.
So I'm sure they already got a plan for this.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
This is going to go back and forth.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
For a while. Hey, let's keep talking about federal judges.
Shall we another one as we continue on our run.
Now this judge is out of Boston. He has temporarily
blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University's ability to
enroll foreign exchange students.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Last week, the administration sent that letter to the Ivy
League school, saying it was taking action because Harvard was
quote perpetuating an unsafe campus environment that was hostile to
Jewish students, promotes pro Hama sympathies and employees racist diversity,
equity and inclusion policy.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
So Harvard quickly su Trump. Shortly before yesterday's decision, the
Trump administration filed a court document saying it would give
the school a thirty day reprieve to contest its removal
from the international student program.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
So another back and forth on that one, and we
will continue to update you on the constantly ever changing
you can you can't, you can, you can't.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
All right, Well, we got some more Trump back and
forth for you up next though.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Yes, that's right, California has responded to Trump's threat of
taking away all federal funding if it allows a transgender
girl to compete in this weekend's high school track and
field championships.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
So what they have done now in California is, instead
of barring the transgender athlete from competing against girls, it
announced it's going to allow one extra competitor in the
three events that the trans athlete will compete in. Those
events the triple jump, long jump, and high jump.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
This is also kind of interesting, So the California Interscholastic
Federation said it decided on that rule change before Trump
made his threat, but it didn't announce it until after
Trump made his threat.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Let's take them at their work.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah, here's how it's supposed to work, according to the federation,
and we're quoting them here because the language is kind
of funky. Biological female student athletes who would have earned
the next qualifying mark are now invited to participate in
the championships.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
So they go on to explain that if a transgender
athlete medals, their ranking will not displace a biological female
student from meddling as well. So a biological female who
would have earned a spot on the podium will still
get the medal for that place, and their placement will
be reflected in the records. They're essentially prepared to give
(05:47):
out an extra medal in each of the three events.
And my following this, did everybody follow? Am I doing?
Am I saying this?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Right?
Speaker 1 (05:54):
It took me a while to try to get the
language succinct because it is very confusing. But basically, if
the true and gender athlete gets second place, the third
place person or girl would get this also get second place,
and then they'd allow the person who placed force to
get the third.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
They're saying the record is going to reflect that the
transgender athlete didn't even compete because first, second, and third
is going to officially go to a biological female.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Even if the transgender girl got first.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
And is on the podium and gets a first place medal,
it won't be reflected in the records. It's very confusing,
that is I know. So the Federation released this statement.
The CIF, which is the abbreviation for the Federation, values
all of our student athletes and we will continue to
uphold our mission of providing students with the opportunity to belong,
connect and compete while complying with California law. So the
(06:53):
California law is that transgender athletes can compete. So there
was a recent proposal that failed in the Cali California
state legislature that would have banned trans athletes from participating
in girls' sports teams. That failed. So it is the law.
They are following it. But President Trump has threatened to
cut funding.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
It doesn't feel like we've been kind to any of
the kids.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Almost something fels like everybody loses with that.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Back and forth. We've had to find a way to
have a better conversation about this particular thing. But to
do this now, to say that the transgender athlete, if
you win first place is what they're saying, this transgender athlete,
then fine, here's your first place medal, But the girl
who got second to you is actually going to be
moved up and officially shown as the first place winner.
(07:41):
It's what how was that song?
Speaker 1 (07:42):
They say that everyone who's looking at this saying this
is california're trying to find a way to make everyone happy.
This is the first of its kind. They're trying to
figure out a way to allow transathletes to compete without
upsetting the biological girls who are competing. It's confusing. And
I do think when you try to appease everybody and
they're probably pissing everyone up.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Everybody off. Fahle's continue on our run now. With President
Trump announcing he's going to be holding a major joint
press conference at the Oval Office later today, you might
want to tune this one into this one. Trump and
Elon Musk. Earlier this week, the White House and Musk
announced that Musk is going to be leaving his position
as head of DOGE. He was limited to just work
(08:23):
one hundred and thirty days because he was designated as
a special employee to the government, and officially today marks
one hundred and thirty days since the beginning of Trump's
second term.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
So Trump took to social media acknowledging today is Musk's
last day, and then said, but not really, because he
will always be with us helping all the way. Elon
is terrific. Exclamation point, See you tomorrow at the White House.
Exclamation point. And a White House official also told reporters
that Musk will continue to serve as the pre serve
(08:55):
the President as an unofficial advisor, and could potentially continue
to attend White House meetings, So it doesn't really feel
like Musk is going anywhere.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Is there going to be a lawsuit over this? Probably
room knows everything he does. There's a lawsuit waiting.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
It's true, and then they'll counter sue and then file
an appeal. Anyway, this all happens at one thirty pm
Eastern time, in case you'd like to tune in.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Should be interesting, all right. I'll continue on the run
here on this Friday morning with a small glimmer of hope,
and folks will certainly take it. In the Israel Hamas war,
Israel has now accepted a US proposal for a ceasefire.
The world is now waiting to see if Hamas will
accept it as well.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
The plan calls for a sixty day truce which would
be used by the sides to try to come up
with a long term peace deal, and according to the plan,
Hamas would release at least ten hostages who are still
being held in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners as well
as humanitarian aid. Hamas responded by saying the plan does
not meet some of its core demands, but it would
(09:54):
review the proposal. So we will wait and see.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Next leg of our run brings us back here to
Lower Manhattan, where one of the most compelling witnesses so
far gave some of the most devastating, hard to hear
testimony so far in the Diddy trial. And we don't
even know her name. The witness went by the pseudonym
Mia on the stand yesterday, and the judge gave the
court room strict instructions that nothing about her appearance was
(10:18):
to be documented.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Jurors never even heard a last name. The courtroom artist
even drew images of a faceless person on the stand.
Mia is a former assistant to Combs and also a
close friend of his ex Cassi Ventura Fine. Her identity
is being protected as an alleged sexual assault victim, and
she testified that the rap mogul raped her at his
(10:40):
home in La Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Some of these details really are difficult to hear, but
she said that she was woken up by the quote
weight of a person on top of me. She said
it was Combs and he told her to be quiet.
In particular, she said what he told her was sh
into her ear, and she says she just froze and
didn't do anything, as he essentially just had his way
(11:03):
with her. Mia also detailed instances of Ditty throwing a
laptop at her head because the Wi Fi was out,
another time that he threw her up against a wall.
Another time, she says he threw her in a swimming pool.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
She also said she was tasked with cleaning the hotel
rooms after freakoffs, claiming the rooms looked like a nightmare. Afterwards,
she said they were just destroyed with a mixture of candlewax,
wet towels, broken glass, and blood and oil all over
the furniture. Mia testified to seeing countless instances of Cassie
being abused by Ditty, and she even said she helped
(11:38):
her hide or run from him in particular.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Here bro it was one story we were discussing that
you can't believe this was happening. But she described the
time of their own vacation and she and Cassie sprinted
down the beach to try to get away from Ditty.
Eventually they chose to get on paddle boards and paddle
out to sea to escape this man. She said they
got out so far they could barely see the buildings
(12:03):
along the shore, said the weather got a little bad
and rode. She said they had to face that question,
do we deal with mother nature or do we go
back and face puff? They had to ask themselves that question.
She is expected to be back on the stand today
to resume testimony.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Yeah. That just one chilling testimonial after another in this trial.
All right, Next up on the run, we're going to
head to New Orleans, where the search intensifies for the
remaining two inmates who escaped from jail along with eight
others two full weeks ago. Authorities are now upping the
reward money for the men from twenty thousand each to
(12:39):
fifty thousand dollars apiece for information leading to their arrests.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Yeah. Police continue to warn residents that these are very
dangerous dues. They have been saying that from the very beginning.
And some of these guys, wasn't it. Some had been
convicted of crime, some were awaiting, But you has some
convicted bad dudes.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Well, speaking of that, one of the escapees who was
still at large, his name is Derrick Groves. He is, yes,
a convicted double murderer, and the other is Antoine Massey,
who has been charged with domestic abuse involving strangulation. Police
say they believe the men may have escaped Louisiana. They
may have gone into other states, other cities with help
from the outside, but they don't believe either inmate had
(13:19):
the resources to leave the US.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Sales May sixteen, when the ten men broke out of
a jail, ripping a toilet off the wall, climbing through
a hole behind. And at least thirteen people have now
been charged with helping the inmates, either before, during, or
after the escape. I didn't see that updated number until
right now. You got more people actually arrested for helping them,
but the guys who actually escaped.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Its true, it's a bigger number, it's true, but it's crazy.
These two guys are still on the loose, and they're
hoping that extra cash will incentivize folks to call in
those helpful tips.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
All right, we'll stay with us here on this Friday morning.
Ron when we come back, Sidney Sweeney, she is so
fine that people want to buy her bathwater. We'll explain.
Also coming up, Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence are going
to have the funniest grand baby to ever walk the earth.
We'll explain that new family and the script's national spelling
(14:13):
beee happened last night and boy my favorite speller of
all time one.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
Why because he's a cocky little dude.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Welcome back to this Friday edition of Our Morning Ron
and next up on the run comedy Legends. Eddie Murphy
and Martin Lawrence our family Officially their kids got married.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
Yeah, Murphrey's son Eric and Lawrence's daughter Jasmine. They've been
dating the past couple of years and got engaged. I
think it was last November, and their dads have been
speaking publicly about the wedding plans and getting ready. They've
even exchanged a few funny barbes publicly about who was
going to have to pay for the wedding.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
But Eddie Murphy revealed in an interview yesterday that the
kids changed their minds and ran off and got married
during a small ceremony at a church with just the
kids and the preacher. It probably was just too much,
like so much pressure, and they just said, you know what,
we're We're just going to do this by ourselves. Maybe
will celebrate later the speeches at.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
The at the wedding. Given those two guys, it would
have been hilarious.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
That would have been an amazing wedding. Maybe they'll have
a party where that can all happen? They say they
are okay, good, good good. But interestingly, the kids did
not meet through their famous dads. They said it was
actually her uncle that introduced the two.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
That is just I was trying to come up with
other way. These guys are the funniest guys who've ever
done it? Like, can you imagine other families coming? I
use the one Daniel de Lewis and Meryl Street right,
if they are kids gotten married right kind of.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
A thing, they'd be like the most amazing actors, or
perhaps would do something completely different because they could never
possibly live up to those legends.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
You could continue on this Friday morning run with something ropes.
How many people have you heard this? Saying? Before? She
so fine? I drink of bathwater? Have you heard that?
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (16:03):
I have heard that, Okay, wildly enough. The first time
I ever heard that, I was a child standing in
the living room of my aunt's house in turl Arkansas.
And you know who said it? My uncle know who?
He said it about, Paula.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Abdul Okay, that is hilarious.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
There's a weird memory I have. But my uncle said
that about her. Well, we're missing it now because this
really got our attention and not just ours, because we
read headlines that said actress Sidney Sweeney is now selling
her bathwater.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Her actual bathwater. You asked, yes, as TJ tells you,
but it does require a little bit more explanation. Sweeney
collaborated with soap maker Doctor Squatch for a campaign last year,
and it featured her in a tub taking a bubble bath.
The campaign went viral. You can imagine why why Now
she is partnering with the same company to create Sydney's
(16:55):
bathwater Bliss. It's actually an exfoliating soap infused with what
they say is Sydney Sweeney's actual bathwater.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Hy In God's name, would anybody do this well? Sweeney
explained it this way. You kept asking about my bathwater,
so we kept it. Those are her words, he said
on social media. This bath stuff, this soap is described
as very real and very limited addition, exfoliating soap made
(17:23):
with sand, pine bark extract and a touch of Sydney's
real bathwater.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
Sweeney wrote this on social media. When your fans start
asking for your bathwater, you can either ignore it or
turn it into a bar of Doctor Squatch soap. She says, hopefully,
this helps guys wake up to the realities of conventional
personal care products and pushes them towards natural. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
I we'll get right on them.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
And that's too natural for me. It will be available
for eight dollars starting next month. And I love how
they describe it. It's a perfect combination of the two
best places on the planet, the outdoors and Sydney's needs bathtob.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Oh my god, look this clever, it's.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Fun, an amazing campaign.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
It's awesome.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Would you buy the bar of so this is the
dumbest thing ever?
Speaker 2 (18:08):
And it's brilliant of course, And you're marketing to guys.
When did we start taking baths on the regular?
Speaker 1 (18:14):
True? And when? Like, I don't even know how many
guys use soap at this point? Wow?
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Really right?
Speaker 1 (18:18):
I mean I know you do you do soap?
Speaker 2 (18:22):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Did you hear that? Dove?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
I just love that they are doing it. It's funny.
A lot of people took issue with it, and so
it's just ridiculous going to it's just fun. It's hilarious.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
You know what, when you're sexy and young and go ahead,
use it, have fun with it, enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
But isn't it the case? I don't want to sit
in my own bath water.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
I don't. I'm not a bath person. Obvious reasons.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
You all right, Now that you know about more of
our hygiene, we're gonna move on to the final leg
of our run today. A thirteen year old from Alan,
Texas won these scripts in National Spelling be last night,
but so much of the talk this morning is how
he almost blew it because he was just feeling himself
a little too much. Faison Zaki is his name. He
was actually runner up last year. He returned this year
(19:07):
and took the crown by correctly spelling this word claarsis simon.
We've been practicing, I still messed up. But a clisisamon.
Now you don't know what it means. I don't either.
Don't know how to spell it. I did neither.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
In fact, never even heard the word until we woke
up this morning and found out it. Clai sisamon was
the winning word, But the biggest drama wasn't on the
winning word. It actually came earlier when Faison's final two
competitors had both missed their words back to back, so
Faison was at that point the only one left on stage.
All he needed to do was spell two words and
the title was his.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
So the word that he got was come Alina okay faison. Ever,
the confident one immediately started spelling the words soon as
they said it. He just started spelling it. If you
watch the spelling Bee we all have. Often the competitors,
even if they know it, they'll still take the moment
and say could I please have the language of origin?
Then I'll say can I please have the definition? It
(20:01):
helps them put it together. He didn't ask for any
of that. He just kept going Comalina starts with the
C folks. He jumped in started spelling it with a K.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
But he immediately knew he screwed up, and he said
to the judge, just ring the bell because he knew it,
which signals that the spelling was wrong. So that brought
in the other two spellers that came back to the stage,
and he finally won by yes correctly spelling it at,
which by the way, is spelled E C L A
I R C I S S E M E n T.
(20:35):
Language of origin is French and it means an explanation
or clearing up of something obscure. I thought it sounded delicious,
like a croissant and a Claire combined.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
No, it's not that at all. It's not a sexy word.
It doesn't have a sexy definition nothing, but it sounds great.
It's al Yeah, I was going to try to use
it in a sentence here. I got nothing for you,
but congratulations to him his friend. Even though this we
these kids are smart and they study and all this.
They take it so seriously. He qualified as a seven
year old to be National Spelling Bee. He's been at
(21:08):
this a while. The kid has three coaches.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
So it's not just like a sharp unless they're smart kids.
But they study.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
This is it's time job.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
This is other level stuff.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
Wow, all right, well congratulations to Faison. All right our
quote of the day here on this Friday, to get
your weekend started. Loved this one. It jumped out at
me and spoke, just spoke to me. Here. It is
enjoy the little things for one day you may look
back and realize they were the big things. Isn't that
(21:40):
so true?
Speaker 2 (21:41):
I always say one of my favorite things about you
is that you will stop and smell the roses. You
get a kick out of the little things and little
joys in life, and that's I think that's special. It's important.
It's hard to do, but yeah, you look, Bay, I mean,
how many things can I look back on my life.
We can all look back and go, wow, I didn't
think that was a big deal. In low it's playing
the biggest role in my life.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Yeah, it's even something like the other day when I
walk by and I just like, you know, touch rubbed
your back or something you said, you know, thanks. I
needed that. Like just little things like touching someone, telling
them you love them, even passing saying I'll miss you
or see you soon, or you know. You think about
if someone unexpectedly has an accent, you think, what was
the last thing I said to them? What was that?
It's just those little moments where you have an opportunity
(22:21):
to be kind, to be loving. I think you look
back and remember that those were actually the big important
things in your life.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
So take that with you today, folks, on this Friday,
enjoy the little things. For one day you may look
back and realize they were the big things. And with that,
we always appreciate you running with us, and a reminder
you can keep running with us on the weekend. Of course,
we do on Saturday morning, we do kind of a
recap of the stories of the week that we didn't
get to talk to as much here on the Monday
(22:47):
through Friday morning run. But the things, you know, we
kind of thought about later and argued about and went
at it that we didn't get to talk about. We
go head to head on Saturday about this. But we
also do the Sunday Inspiration.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
That's right, So we take all the quotes of the
day and we talked a little bit about where they
came from, why we chose them, And last week we
started doing a bonus quote, so maybe we'll do that
again on Sunday, So look for that for both of
those episodes. And for now, though, we want to thank
you for running with us on this Friday.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
I'm a Robots and I'm DJ Holmes. We'll run again
with you soon
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