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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, October third. I'm
Amy Robot.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
And I'm TJ. Holmes. We've been talking about that day,
Friday October third for a while. Ropes, I cannot believe
the day is here. We're going to find out how
long did he is going to stay in prison?
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Yes, and this comes after he made a well a
last minute plea basically to the judge, writing a letter.
We haven't heard from him directly throughout all of this,
but now.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
We have, so that is something we're keeping an eye
on on the run this morning. Also, everybody's talking about it.
I found it weird this juxtaposition of these two, I mean,
absolute superstars in music. Certainly, what did he was, what
his day is versus what Taylor Swift day is. This
is a huge day, monumental historic. The album is finally
here and it seems like it's her and Travis Kelsey's album.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yeah, and it's true you might imagine that album. The
twelfth album dropped at twelve oh one this morning, and
swifty fans probably haven't slept much.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Also, in some music news, Keith Urban was on stage
for the first time since news of his divorce from Nicole.
Kimmy will tell you what happened there. Also make it
seems like every couple of years they tell me they
found Amelia Earhart's plan.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Yes, the last time it was a rock formation, okay,
but this time, this time they say, this is what
they think is actually the wreckage of Amelia airparts plane.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
We'll tell you why they are so sure. Also, that
statue we told you about they took down from the
National Mall with Epstein and Trump holding hands. We thought
that was going to be the end of it. It
was up, then it was gone, but now it's back.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
It's pretty funny actually when you hear what the anonymous
group that got it back up on the mall had
to say in their official statement. You'll have to wait
for that.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
All right. And then story you have to hear this morning.
It has people in tears, it has people enraged in
some ways. But a fundraiser after a mass shooting, but
the fundraisers not for the victims. I haven't heard of
a story like this before.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
I haven't either, But this is the ultimate turning the
other cheek. What would Jesus do moment, and I found
it to be unbelievably powerful.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Really, story of the morning. Probably there also, as we
continue to get going on this Friday morning run, when
it reminds you all that top right corner of the
Apple podcast app where you see our show page, little
button says follow, just hit that you can get our
updates coming to you all the time.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
All right. Also on the run this morning, a synagogue
attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. A
megachurch pastor is going to jail, a young climber has
died at Yosemite. Trump and Governor Newsom using money as leverage.
And Apple removes an app because the administration told them
to do it. So that'll be an interesting and somewhat
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controversial story. But we do begin our run on this Friday.
In Washington, d C. The Senate today will vote to
end the government shut down. All right, don't get your
hopes up. It is fully expected that this shutdown will
continue through the weekend and into next week.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Almost a waste of time. Nobody's expecting this thing to pass.
So Democrats, as you know, they are dug in over
healthcare subsidies and Medicaid cuts. They refuse to sign a
temporary measure to keep the government open while negotiations continue. Meanwhile,
Republicans just want to negotiate, and they have refused to
give in to Democrats' demands. So here we are. We
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wait till Monday, we see what happens. The President continues
to threaten furloughs are one thing, but now he's talking
about permanent firings through this shutdown. Now, so there is
the pain is just getting started, all right.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Next up on the run, we're going to head across
the pond to an attack on a synagogue on the
whole day of the year for the Jewish community. It's
left two dead and three others injured, and police are
calling it a terrorist incident. But this morning we are
just getting worried that one of the two people killed
was actually killed by police gunfire.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Yeah, this was yesterday morning. Now. Police say the folks
were gathering for service outside that synagogue for Yam Kapor
when someone pulled up and just started ramming his car
into people who were outside. Again, this is a synagogue
in Manchester, England. He rammed people with his car, then
got out and started attacking them with a knife. The
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suspect was eventually shot and killed by police. They've identified
him as thirty five year old Jihad al Shami, a
British citizen of Syrian descent. They say three other people
were arrested in connection with this. But we just got
this morning robe, just really minutes before we were about
to record. Police said that one of the victims had
gunshot injuries. Inspect did not have firearms, just a knife.
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And then now one of the people in the hospital
also they've discovered gunshot injuries. So that is it is
just tough to hear. They were trying to take down
the gunman and this happened. Excuse me, take to how
the knife wielding man and this happened.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Oh, I mean, this is a developing story, and of
course we'll stay on top of it. But next up
on the Run, Speaking of developing stories, Diddy speaks. We
are hearing directly from Sean Combs for the very first
time since his arrest, his trial and his convictions, and
for the first time we're hearing him apologize. Combs is
scheduled to be in court today for sentencing, but yesterday,
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on the eve of his sentencing, he wrote and submitted
a four page letter to the judge in his case,
pleading for mercy and a second chance.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
This was it's been over a year. Are he've said
words sparingly throughout the trial, Yes, sir, No, you're on
it with little stuff.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
You're doing a great job. You're honor.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Yeah. Little All to hear directly from him is a
fascinating read. He starts out, I want to apologize and
say how sincerely sorry I am for all the hurt
and pain that I have caused others by my conduct.
I take full responsibility and accountability for my past wrongs.
This has been the hardest two years of my life,
and I have no one to blame for my current
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reality and situation but myself. That is a look. A
lot of people say, Yah, we don't buy that. Of course,
he's just trying to get out of it.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
He's sorry, he's facing eleven years in prison, is what
a lot of people would say.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
But at one point in the letter as well, he
acknowledges the enormous amount of press his arrest and trial
have received and says to the judge, quote, your honor
may be inclined to make an example out of me.
I would ask your honor to make me an example
of what a person can do if afforded a second chance,
if you allow me to go home to my family,
I promise I will not let you down and I
will make you proud. Today, I humbly ask for another chance.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Did. He closes out the letter by telling the judge
I will never commit a crime again. The sentencing hearing
is scheduled to begin at nine thirty am Eastern time
in New York. Diddy's defense team has argued for a
fourteen month sentence. Prosecutors want those eleven years, all.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Right, continue on the run now here. On this Friday morning,
we head to the National Mall where it's back that
ten foot statue of President Trump holding hands and frolicking.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Hill. I needed to use that word again. It was
my favorite.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
If we go outside today and frolic. What does that
look like. Let's go frolic.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Yeah, we hold hands in skip frolick. That's what it
looks like they're doing.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Oh I've never frolicked then, but it looked like these
two were in the statue. So the National Park Service
quickly removed it one day after it was put up.
They removed it because it was not compliant with an
issued permit, they say, But late Thursday afternoon it was
back on full display.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
The statue, originally titled Best Friends Forever, has a new
name why Can't We Be Friends, and has been repaired
after it suffered damage while being taken down last week.
An anonymous group of artists called the Secret Handshake was
able to get a new permit and returned the statue
to the National Mall for a limited time, releasing this
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in an email. Just like a toppled Confederate general forced
back onto a public square, the Donald Trump Jeffrey Epstein
statue has risen from the rubble to stand gloriously on
the National Mall once again.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Okay, so they have a sense of humor, Yes they do.
Over there, the White House and not comment on the
reinstallment of the statue, but referred reporters to the statement
last week when the statue was first placed on the mall,
where they said, liberals are free to waste their money
however they see fit. But it's not news that Epstein
knew Donald Trump because Donald Trump kicked Epstein out of
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his club for being a creep.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Okay, ah, yes, limited time. I already saw pictures online
of people getting selfies with it. It's quite the spectacle
in DC.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
If we went to DC week probably we absolutely.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Would, all right. Next up on the Run, Apple has
removed an app from its app store because the White
House told them to. The app is called ice Block,
and it allowed people to exchange information about ice sightings.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
It launched in April, but after complaints from the administration,
Apple says it removed ice Block and others like it, saying, quote,
based on information we've received from law enforcement about the
safety risks associated with ice Block, we have removed it. However,
Attorney General Pam Bondi put it this way. We reached
out to Apple today demanding they remove the ice Block
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app from their app store, and Apple did so. That's
so good. Bondi also said the app was designed to
put ice agents at risk. It just kind of gave
people a heads up. You could report if you saw
ice agents. This wasn't a place where you could identify them.
That was not a doxing situation, but it would let
you know if folks were in the a five mile
radius of use.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
It's kind of like ways when you get the police
reports and your speeding and you can slow down. I mean,
it saved me from many speeding tickets, So that's what
I would think. It was kind of akin to all right,
next up on the run, admitting stuff that I've sped
before in my life.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
You just said it so casually.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Well, it's like, you know, I try to keep it
at ten miles over the speed limit, but I don't
want a ticket. I appreciate Wasers for giving me the
heads up. All right, Next called Waser. Yeah, we're Wazers.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Didn't just make that.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
No, that is a thing. When you use ways, they
actually have little icons of your car and you're a Wazer.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
I did not know this.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Yeah, and you get points for like letting people know
about things that are coming up, whether it's debris in
the road or if it because then when you get points,
you can make your Waser icon cooler and cuter. Oh yeah,
it's a whole thing.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
I had no idea. Yep, I'm a loser, not a Wazer.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
Or maybe I'm the loser. All right, Next up on
the run, a dilemma for California colleges. Do they play
nice with President Trump or do they play nice with
Governor Gavin Newsom? Millions and potentially billions of dollars are
at stake.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
All right, who would you side? You to go with Trump? A,
You're gonna hedge your bets with Newsom? All right. President
Trump has ass nine major universities to sign a pledge
committing to the White House Agenda. I'm priorities such as
accepting the administration's definition of gender, women's sports admissions policies.
They don't want race considered, and so on and so on.
So In exchange for signing the pledge, the schools would,
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as the administration puts it, receive multiple positive benefits, such
as substantial and meaningful federal grants and increased overhead payment.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
In other words, you want this money, you better cooperate.
But California Governor Gavin Newsom has countered and threatened to
take away state funding from any school that signs the
Trump Pledge. As he put it, California will not bankroll
schools that sell out their students, professors, researchers, and surrender
academic freedom. However, at this point, only one California school
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has been asked by Trump to sign the pact, and
that's us C.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Yeah. Other schools Texas, Virginia, Brown, Mit, Even and penn
As well, have been asked to sign this play. This
is a different one. He's taken money away before this, right,
that seems like a threat.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
This seems like a bride a bride.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Yes, all gangster, but it's oh my goodness, all right.
Next up on the run here, we're going to head
out to Yosemite, folks. A climber there has died after
a fall from one of the most famous and challenging
rock climbing formations in the world. And he was a
live streaming at the time.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Oh, this is such a sad story. Ballin Miller was
just twenty three years old, but he was already an
accomplished climber. He was in Yusemite, Yosemite to climb l Copyitan,
an incredible three thousand foot granite wall that attracts big
time climbers from around the world. Think of Alex Hanold
from free solo documentary Whoever I watched that It is
remarkable but certainly has inspired a lot of other climbers
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to try and follow in his steps. An investigation is underway,
but here's what we know from Mill family right now.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Yeah, so we mentioned Alex hanelld The reason that was
so incredible because he free sooloed that thing. He climbed
this sucker without a single rope. I find that to
be the most incredible athletic feet a human being has
ever accomplished. Quite frankly, now, Miller was not free soloing
this climb. Now that's the first thing you kind of think,
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Oh my goodness. He was up there, he wasn't attached
and he fell. Well, he was lead soloing. That's a
different technique that allows you to climb alone but still
use a rope for safety. He had actually made it
to the top. He made it to the summit, but
he needed to retrieve some equipment that had gotten stuck,
and they believe he was trying to repel down and
get it and that's when he actually fell. So not
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during the climb. The challenging party was just clickting his
You know.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
That most deaths of mountain climbers happens on the descent
from Everest on down. When you hear about these accidents, Look,
you're tired, your muscles are exhausted from doing the incredible
feat that I'm sure he accomplished, So you're not at
your best when you're coming down, and that's when oftentimes
it happens.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
He had been live streaming for a couple of days
during the climb, and many people reported the horror and
seeing this incident take place.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Yeah, His mom wrote this. It is with a heavy heart.
I have to tell you my incredible son, Balon Miller
died during a climbing accident today. My heart is shattered
in a million pieces. I don't know how I will
get through this. I love him so much. I want
to wake up from this horrible nightmare. This is the
second climber.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Death, second one we have seen this summer at Yoseimone.
The other was I think it was an eighteen year
old different rock formation, but also died. It was actually
free soloing. Wow fell all right, continue on the run
here now. At Texas megachurch pastor has pleaded guilty to
sexually abusing a child and it's heading to jail. Robert
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Morris pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd and indecent
acts with the child.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Morris is the founder of Gateway Church in South Lake, Texas,
and before he resigned last year, it was one of
the largest congregations in the country. Prosecutors say the abuse
began in the eighties, when Morris was a traveling evangelist
and the girl was just twelve years old. Morris was
staying with the girls' family in Oklahoma and the abuse
continued for four years. He received a ten year suspended sentence,
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so he'll only serve six months of that in jail,
and he's only going to serve that as part of
a plea.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
Deale, do you hear about the crime? You hear? How
how egregious? Some of this was over the years, and
a lot of people heard only six months sounded didn't sound.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Right, and it doesn't sound right.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
It was part of a plea. All right, Well, stay
with us here, folks. On this Friday morning, ron Keith
Urban is back out and back at work on stage
for the first time since word of his divorce from
Nicole Kitman. Also, they're telling us again they found Milia
Earhart's playing, but they tell us it's for real this time.
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Also an incredible fundraiser, not for the victims of a
mass shooting before the family of the shooter. You have
to hear this story. And also do you know Taylor Swift?
Her album is out? You know her? But guess what
people apparently don't know who Elizabeth Taylor is. Will explain
a connection all right. Continuing on this Friday morning run, Now,
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Folks and Keith Urban held his first concert last night
since his split with Nicole Kidman became public this week.
He played at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, as part
of his High and Alive World tour.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Now. He didn't make any reference to his home life
during the concert, but Urban did include this was fairly notable,
a photo of Nicole Kidman and their two daughters in
a slide show that appeared on a big screen behind
him while he sang his song heart Like a Hometown.
Kidman filed for divorce on Tuesday in Nashville, listing their
data separation as the date of filing, which was September thirtieth,
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and she cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for ending
their nineteen year marriage. Neither one of these two megastars
has made any public mention of their split, and he
had plenty.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Of opportunity to say a little anything.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
He was speaking during the concert. He talked about his parents.
He talked about how they put everything on hold to
give him his music career, let him drop out of
school so yes, he was talking and engaging with the audience,
but did not reference what's happening.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
And I imagine what that felt like to go out there, mate.
You know what, it probably felt pretty good. All those
people love and support them. Maybe it did feel good there.
Continuing on the run here on this Friday, could the
mystery behind a million Earhart's disappearance finally be sawved? Researchers
from Purdue University believe they have found Amelia Earharts lost
playings there there is very strong evidence that an object
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on a remote island in the South Pacific is the
wreck of her aircraft.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Five years ago, researchers saw what they called a visual
anomaly in a satellite image in a lagoon on a
small island halfway between Australia and Hawaii. It's about four
hundred miles from where Earhart was scheduled to land next.
The underwater object has been visible now as they've gone
back in photos dating back to nineteen thirty eight, that
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is the year after she disappeared. So after years now
of studying these satellite images and cross referencing all the
historical data they have a team of Purdue researchers is
now planning a trip next month to that island to
inspect the object for themselves.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
I would absolutely pay for a ticket to go along
for this. This is fascinating. They're going to take photos,
videos of the site and then use sonar devices to
scan the area before ultimately lifting the underwater object out
of the lagoon to inspect it, where they hope to
find the smoking gun proof that yes, this is finally
a Millia Earhart's plane that we have found. Now research
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is acknowledge. We could be wrong, they.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Did say that, but there's a butt. They think the
evidence is very very strong that this is in fact
what it is. There have been rumors and speculation that
she and her passenger were actually stranded on this island,
and so they're going to be looking to see if
that is in fact the case. Could she have survived
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the crash, Could they have lived on this remote island
with no way of communicating with the world. It is fascinating,
all right. Next up on the run. There have been
multiple fundraisers set up following that church shooting in Michigan,
where a gunman drove into a Mormon church, opened fire,
and then set fire to the building, killing four people
and injuring eight others. I mean, this was atrocious and horrific,
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But among them there is a remarkable and surprising fundraiser.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Yeah, a member of a Mormon church out of Utah
has set up a fundraiser that has reached three hundred
and thirty thousand dollars as of this recording at least,
but those proceeds are not going to the victim's families. Instead,
it's going to the family of the gunman. Dave Butler
said he felt compelled to start the fundraiser because the shooter,
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Thomas Jacob Sandford's wife and young son, are also victims.
Speaker 1 (20:14):
Butler said it seems obvious to me that it is
awful to be shot or to lose a loved one
to the shooter in such an event, and it is
also awful if your loved one who dies in the
event is the shooter. Butler said most of the messages
he's received have been positive, and you can read I
was reading some of the comments. They're all very positive.
But he said there have been a few who have
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called him evil, saying he's trying to just get attention,
and they've actually demanded that he shut down the fundraiser.
Which he's not going to do. But I loved his
response to all of that. It was beautiful.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
His response. If you can't see that is turning the
other cheek and mourning with those who mourn, and taking
care of the least among us, and seeking to be
one and being peacemakers and caring for the widows and orphans.
If your response to this is to criticize Mormons or
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to try and cut them out, man, I just think
you're not seeing the love. Man Ah, I don't know
how to criticize anybody for this he's saying. And he's right.
I always think this about families like man, what they
have to deal with the rest of their lives. Sometimes
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moms thinking like where did I go wrong? This guy
had a wife and a child, not involved, not involved
at all, and what is their life going to be?
In that child's life going.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
To be That child apparently has special medical needs. He
said he's actually reached out and spoken to them, But
the attorney for the Sanford family said the fundraiser is
an unprecedented display of compassion and grace for which we
are deeply grateful. The shooter's sister actually spoke to local
news media was crying, saying that she was blown away
by this generosity. So here's the cool thing. Butler thought, Okay,
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I don't have a very big social media following, but
he just thought it was the right thing to do
when he was hoping he could raise five thousand dollars
to bring attention to their loss, and he hoped it
might help them with a month of costs. More than
seven thousand people have contributed in forty eight hours, with
offers from ten dollars to five thousand dollars. But I
just checked it's at three hundred and thirty two thousand dollars.
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That's life changing money for this family.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
I we've getten in tragedy, we get little sprinkles of Wow.
Human beings are special. I have to think about the
Erica Kirk moment and forgiving and this is unbelieving. And
this guy's not tied to.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
No he actually he's a Mormon in Utah. He has
nothing to do with his church in Michigan. But he
wanted to show the world that Mormons are christ Like.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
That's awesome for.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
The five, I know it. Really it gave me shells
for the final leg of our run. The weight is
over At twelve oh one am this morning, Taylor's Swift
released her much anticipated twelfth album, The Life of a
show Girl. Swifty's probably didn't sleep much overnight after waiting
nearly two months for Taylor's new music. The pop star
first revealed the news of the album on her fiance's
podcast back in August.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Were they engaged then.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
No, Well they got it. I think well they might
have been. We just didn't find out about it until
like the next week.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
Even more to look forward to for the fans. Yes,
a special album release party in theaters across the country
this weekend. It'll be called the Official Release Party of
a show Girl. The eighty nine minute event will feature
the world premiere of her music video for her album's
lead single, The Fate of Ophelia, along with others behind
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the scenes footage and personal reflections from Swift.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
How smart is that instead of just putting up your
music video, she actually is creating a theatrical sensation where
you know the box office is going to boom because
of this. This is Swift's first new music since last
year's The Tortured Poets Department, which, by the way, was
the best selling album of twenty twenty four. She sold
two million copies in just the first week alone of
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its release, so expectations are certainly high for this album's success.
Hundreds of time Target stores actually opened at midnight this
morning to sell the first copies of Swift's album.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
You have a question, Yeah, sell it? How do they
sell it now?
Speaker 1 (24:08):
It's I mean you can actually physically go get a
copy like.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
A CD or an owl. What are they buying? I
thought everybody was doing everything on Spotify.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Now I actually don't know. I haven't bought a physical
anything in a very long time, but Target was selling them.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
Are they selling CDs? I don't know.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
I actually can't tell you or Big L Vinyl, I
don't know. Find out No, but you noticed what was
trending this morning and we got a laugh out of this.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Oh I screen grabbed it because I didn't realize or
remember that her album was dropping until I went on
Google trends this morning. The Fate of Ophelia lyrics, Life
of a Showgirl, lyrics, Father Figure lyrics, romantic Every single
one was somebody looking for the lyrics of the song,
and the one that got me was trending this morning.
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Who is Elizabeth Taylor?
Speaker 1 (24:58):
That's the name of one of her songs. This is
Elizabeth Taylor. Correct, Yes, and people, kids, young girls probably
mostly don't know who Elizabeth Taylor is. Taylor Swift is
comparing her love life, which has been obviously storied up
until now she's finally found her guy, and she likened
it to Elizabeth Taylor, who had seven husbands.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
I believe, and it's the power of Taylor Swift that
one of the top trending questions topics was who is
Elizabeth Taylor? That's pretty cute. They don't know.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
I love it all right. So this quote of the
Day on this Friday, TJ is for you because I
felt like this is exactly something that has, in a
version come out of your mouth. Okay, what hope is
not a strategy?
Speaker 2 (25:42):
Who said that?
Speaker 1 (25:43):
US Army General Gordon R. Sullivan?
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Hope is not a strategy? It does sound like something
I would say, because what's the thing? Don't try? Do
it or don't do it? Don't try, don't hope it
works out? Hope that's no good for me. That's not
going to help me plan my day, my year or whatever.
But there is a line from a Mission Impossible movie
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where the new guy says to Tom Cruise and crew,
hope is not a strategy, and Rebecca Ferguson looks and says,
you must be new here.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
Yeah, so that's funny because Hillary Clinton said something like
that as well. I went and looked at this. It's
been it's been taken and used in different ways. But yes,
apparently the original sentiment behind those quotes, Hope is not
a strategy. From US Army General Gordon R. Sullivan. So everybody, yeah,
figure out what you're gonna do and how you're gonna
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do it. Don't just hope for the best.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
You cannot hope.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
I do love it. I do love hope, but maybe
in combination with hard work. All right, And with that, everyone,
we hope you enjoy your Friday. I made robot.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Then I'm TJ. Holmes. We'll see y'll zoom
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good morning, everyone,
and welcome to Morning Run. It's Friday, October third. I'm
Amy Robot.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
And I'm TJ. Holmes. We've been talking about that day,
Friday October third for a while. Ropes, I cannot believe
the day is here. We're going to find out how
long did he is going to stay in prison?
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Yes, and this comes after he made a well a
last minute plea basically to the judge, writing a letter.
We haven't heard from him directly throughout all of this,
but now.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
We have, so that is something we're keeping an eye
on on the run this morning. Also, everybody's talking about it.
I found it weird this juxtaposition of these two, I mean,
absolute superstars in music. Certainly, what did he was, what
his day is versus what Taylor Swift day is. This
is a huge day, monumental historic. The album is finally
here and it seems like it's her and Travis Kelsey's album.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yeah, and it's true you might imagine that album. The
twelfth album dropped at twelve oh one this morning, and
swifty fans probably haven't slept much.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Also, in some music news, Keith Urban was on stage
for the first time since news of his divorce from Nicole.
Kimmy will tell you what happened there. Also make it
seems like every couple of years they tell me they
found Amelia Earhart's plan.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Yes, the last time it was a rock formation, okay,
but this time, this time they say, this is what
they think is actually the wreckage of Amelia airparts plane.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
We'll tell you why they are so sure. Also, that
statue we told you about they took down from the
National Mall with Epstein and Trump holding hands. We thought
that was going to be the end of it. It
was up, then it was gone, but now it's back.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
It's pretty funny actually when you hear what the anonymous
group that got it back up on the mall had
to say in their official statement. You'll have to wait
for that.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
All right. And then story you have to hear this morning.
It has people in tears, it has people enraged in
some ways. But a fundraiser after a mass shooting, but
the fundraisers not for the victims. I haven't heard of
a story like this before.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
I haven't either, But this is the ultimate turning the
other cheek. What would Jesus do moment, and I found
it to be unbelievably powerful.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Really, story of the morning. Probably there also, as we
continue to get going on this Friday morning run, when
it reminds you all that top right corner of the
Apple podcast app where you see our show page, little
button says follow, just hit that you can get our
updates coming to you all the time.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
All right. Also on the run this morning, a synagogue
attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. A
megachurch pastor is going to jail, a young climber has
died at Yosemite. Trump and Governor Newsom using money as leverage.
And Apple removes an app because the administration told them
to do it. So that'll be an interesting and somewhat
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controversial story. But we do begin our run on this Friday.
In Washington, d C. The Senate today will vote to
end the government shut down. All right, don't get your
hopes up. It is fully expected that this shutdown will
continue through the weekend and into next week.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Almost a waste of time. Nobody's expecting this thing to pass.
So Democrats, as you know, they are dug in over
healthcare subsidies and Medicaid cuts. They refuse to sign a
temporary measure to keep the government open while negotiations continue. Meanwhile,
Republicans just want to negotiate, and they have refused to
give in to Democrats' demands. So here we are. We
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wait till Monday, we see what happens. The President continues
to threaten furloughs are one thing, but now he's talking
about permanent firings through this shutdown. Now, so there is
the pain is just getting started, all right.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
Next up on the run, we're going to head across
the pond to an attack on a synagogue on the
whole day of the year for the Jewish community. It's
left two dead and three others injured, and police are
calling it a terrorist incident. But this morning we are
just getting worried that one of the two people killed
was actually killed by police gunfire.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Yeah, this was yesterday morning. Now. Police say the folks
were gathering for service outside that synagogue for Yam Kapor
when someone pulled up and just started ramming his car
into people who were outside. Again, this is a synagogue
in Manchester, England. He rammed people with his car, then
got out and started attacking them with a knife. The
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suspect was eventually shot and killed by police. They've identified
him as thirty five year old Jihad al Shami, a
British citizen of Syrian descent. They say three other people
were arrested in connection with this. But we just got
this morning robe, just really minutes before we were about
to record. Police said that one of the victims had
gunshot injuries. Inspect did not have firearms, just a knife.
(05:03):
And then now one of the people in the hospital
also they've discovered gunshot injuries. So that is it is
just tough to hear. They were trying to take down
the gunman and this happened. Excuse me, take to how
the knife wielding man and this happened.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Oh, I mean, this is a developing story, and of
course we'll stay on top of it. But next up
on the Run, Speaking of developing stories, Diddy speaks. We
are hearing directly from Sean Combs for the very first
time since his arrest, his trial and his convictions, and
for the first time we're hearing him apologize. Combs is
scheduled to be in court today for sentencing, but yesterday,
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on the eve of his sentencing, he wrote and submitted
a four page letter to the judge in his case,
pleading for mercy and a second chance.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
This was it's been over a year. Are he've said
words sparingly throughout the trial, Yes, sir, No, you're on
it with little stuff.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
You're doing a great job. You're honor.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Yeah. Little All to hear directly from him is a
fascinating read. He starts out, I want to apologize and
say how sincerely sorry I am for all the hurt
and pain that I have caused others by my conduct.
I take full responsibility and accountability for my past wrongs.
This has been the hardest two years of my life,
and I have no one to blame for my current
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reality and situation but myself. That is a look. A
lot of people say, Yah, we don't buy that. Of course,
he's just trying to get out of it.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
He's sorry, he's facing eleven years in prison, is what
a lot of people would say.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
But at one point in the letter as well, he
acknowledges the enormous amount of press his arrest and trial
have received and says to the judge, quote, your honor
may be inclined to make an example out of me.
I would ask your honor to make me an example
of what a person can do if afforded a second chance,
if you allow me to go home to my family,
I promise I will not let you down and I
will make you proud. Today, I humbly ask for another chance.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Did. He closes out the letter by telling the judge
I will never commit a crime again. The sentencing hearing
is scheduled to begin at nine thirty am Eastern time
in New York. Diddy's defense team has argued for a
fourteen month sentence. Prosecutors want those eleven years, all.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Right, continue on the run now here. On this Friday morning,
we head to the National Mall where it's back that
ten foot statue of President Trump holding hands and frolicking.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Hill. I needed to use that word again. It was
my favorite.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
If we go outside today and frolic. What does that
look like. Let's go frolic.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Yeah, we hold hands in skip frolick. That's what it
looks like they're doing.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Oh I've never frolicked then, but it looked like these
two were in the statue. So the National Park Service
quickly removed it one day after it was put up.
They removed it because it was not compliant with an
issued permit, they say, But late Thursday afternoon it was
back on full display.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
The statue, originally titled Best Friends Forever, has a new
name why Can't We Be Friends, and has been repaired
after it suffered damage while being taken down last week.
An anonymous group of artists called the Secret Handshake was
able to get a new permit and returned the statue
to the National Mall for a limited time, releasing this
(08:12):
in an email. Just like a toppled Confederate general forced
back onto a public square, the Donald Trump Jeffrey Epstein
statue has risen from the rubble to stand gloriously on
the National Mall once again.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Okay, so they have a sense of humor, Yes they do.
Over there, the White House and not comment on the
reinstallment of the statue, but referred reporters to the statement
last week when the statue was first placed on the mall,
where they said, liberals are free to waste their money
however they see fit. But it's not news that Epstein
knew Donald Trump because Donald Trump kicked Epstein out of
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his club for being a creep.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Okay, ah, yes, limited time. I already saw pictures online
of people getting selfies with it. It's quite the spectacle
in DC.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
If we went to DC week probably we absolutely.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Would, all right. Next up on the Run, Apple has
removed an app from its app store because the White
House told them to. The app is called ice Block,
and it allowed people to exchange information about ice sightings.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
It launched in April, but after complaints from the administration,
Apple says it removed ice Block and others like it, saying, quote,
based on information we've received from law enforcement about the
safety risks associated with ice Block, we have removed it. However,
Attorney General Pam Bondi put it this way. We reached
out to Apple today demanding they remove the ice Block
(09:35):
app from their app store, and Apple did so. That's
so good. Bondi also said the app was designed to
put ice agents at risk. It just kind of gave
people a heads up. You could report if you saw
ice agents. This wasn't a place where you could identify them.
That was not a doxing situation, but it would let
you know if folks were in the a five mile
radius of use.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
It's kind of like ways when you get the police
reports and your speeding and you can slow down. I mean,
it saved me from many speeding tickets, So that's what
I would think. It was kind of akin to all right,
next up on the run, admitting stuff that I've sped
before in my life.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
You just said it so casually.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Well, it's like, you know, I try to keep it
at ten miles over the speed limit, but I don't
want a ticket. I appreciate Wasers for giving me the
heads up. All right, Next called Waser. Yeah, we're Wazers.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Didn't just make that.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
No, that is a thing. When you use ways, they
actually have little icons of your car and you're a Wazer.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
I did not know this.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Yeah, and you get points for like letting people know
about things that are coming up, whether it's debris in
the road or if it because then when you get points,
you can make your Waser icon cooler and cuter. Oh yeah,
it's a whole thing.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
I had no idea. Yep, I'm a loser, not a Wazer.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
Or maybe I'm the loser. All right, Next up on
the run, a dilemma for California colleges. Do they play
nice with President Trump or do they play nice with
Governor Gavin Newsom? Millions and potentially billions of dollars are
at stake.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
All right, who would you side? You to go with Trump? A,
You're gonna hedge your bets with Newsom? All right. President
Trump has ass nine major universities to sign a pledge
committing to the White House Agenda. I'm priorities such as
accepting the administration's definition of gender, women's sports admissions policies.
They don't want race considered, and so on and so on.
So In exchange for signing the pledge, the schools would,
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as the administration puts it, receive multiple positive benefits, such
as substantial and meaningful federal grants and increased overhead payment.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
In other words, you want this money, you better cooperate.
But California Governor Gavin Newsom has countered and threatened to
take away state funding from any school that signs the
Trump Pledge. As he put it, California will not bankroll
schools that sell out their students, professors, researchers, and surrender
academic freedom. However, at this point, only one California school
(11:55):
has been asked by Trump to sign the pact, and
that's us C.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Yeah. Other schools Texas, Virginia, Brown, Mit, Even and penn
As well, have been asked to sign this play. This
is a different one. He's taken money away before this, right,
that seems like a threat.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
This seems like a bride a bride.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Yes, all gangster, but it's oh my goodness, all right.
Next up on the run here, we're going to head
out to Yosemite, folks. A climber there has died after
a fall from one of the most famous and challenging
rock climbing formations in the world. And he was a
live streaming at the time.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Oh, this is such a sad story. Ballin Miller was
just twenty three years old, but he was already an
accomplished climber. He was in Yusemite, Yosemite to climb l Copyitan,
an incredible three thousand foot granite wall that attracts big
time climbers from around the world. Think of Alex Hanold
from free solo documentary Whoever I watched that It is
remarkable but certainly has inspired a lot of other climbers
(12:55):
to try and follow in his steps. An investigation is underway,
but here's what we know from Mill family right now.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Yeah, so we mentioned Alex hanelld The reason that was
so incredible because he free sooloed that thing. He climbed
this sucker without a single rope. I find that to
be the most incredible athletic feet a human being has
ever accomplished. Quite frankly, now, Miller was not free soloing
this climb. Now that's the first thing you kind of think,
(13:21):
Oh my goodness. He was up there, he wasn't attached
and he fell. Well, he was lead soloing. That's a
different technique that allows you to climb alone but still
use a rope for safety. He had actually made it
to the top. He made it to the summit, but
he needed to retrieve some equipment that had gotten stuck,
and they believe he was trying to repel down and
get it and that's when he actually fell. So not
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during the climb. The challenging party was just clickting his
You know.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
That most deaths of mountain climbers happens on the descent
from Everest on down. When you hear about these accidents, Look,
you're tired, your muscles are exhausted from doing the incredible
feat that I'm sure he accomplished, So you're not at
your best when you're coming down, and that's when oftentimes
it happens.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
He had been live streaming for a couple of days
during the climb, and many people reported the horror and
seeing this incident take place.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Yeah, His mom wrote this. It is with a heavy heart.
I have to tell you my incredible son, Balon Miller
died during a climbing accident today. My heart is shattered
in a million pieces. I don't know how I will
get through this. I love him so much. I want
to wake up from this horrible nightmare. This is the
second climber.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Death, second one we have seen this summer at Yoseimone.
The other was I think it was an eighteen year
old different rock formation, but also died. It was actually
free soloing. Wow fell all right, continue on the run
here now. At Texas megachurch pastor has pleaded guilty to
sexually abusing a child and it's heading to jail. Robert
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Morris pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd and indecent
acts with the child.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Morris is the founder of Gateway Church in South Lake, Texas,
and before he resigned last year, it was one of
the largest congregations in the country. Prosecutors say the abuse
began in the eighties, when Morris was a traveling evangelist
and the girl was just twelve years old. Morris was
staying with the girls' family in Oklahoma and the abuse
continued for four years. He received a ten year suspended sentence,
(15:24):
so he'll only serve six months of that in jail,
and he's only going to serve that as part of
a plea.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
Deale, do you hear about the crime? You hear? How
how egregious? Some of this was over the years, and
a lot of people heard only six months sounded didn't sound.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Right, and it doesn't sound right.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
It was part of a plea. All right, Well, stay
with us here, folks. On this Friday morning, ron Keith
Urban is back out and back at work on stage
for the first time since word of his divorce from
Nicole Kitman. Also, they're telling us again they found Milia
Earhart's playing, but they tell us it's for real this time.
(16:04):
Also an incredible fundraiser, not for the victims of a
mass shooting before the family of the shooter. You have
to hear this story. And also do you know Taylor Swift?
Her album is out? You know her? But guess what
people apparently don't know who Elizabeth Taylor is. Will explain
a connection all right. Continuing on this Friday morning run, Now,
(16:33):
Folks and Keith Urban held his first concert last night
since his split with Nicole Kidman became public this week.
He played at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, as part
of his High and Alive World tour.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Now. He didn't make any reference to his home life
during the concert, but Urban did include this was fairly notable,
a photo of Nicole Kidman and their two daughters in
a slide show that appeared on a big screen behind
him while he sang his song heart Like a Hometown.
Kidman filed for divorce on Tuesday in Nashville, listing their
data separation as the date of filing, which was September thirtieth,
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and she cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for ending
their nineteen year marriage. Neither one of these two megastars
has made any public mention of their split, and he
had plenty.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Of opportunity to say a little anything.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
He was speaking during the concert. He talked about his parents.
He talked about how they put everything on hold to
give him his music career, let him drop out of
school so yes, he was talking and engaging with the audience,
but did not reference what's happening.
Speaker 2 (17:32):
And I imagine what that felt like to go out there, mate.
You know what, it probably felt pretty good. All those
people love and support them. Maybe it did feel good there.
Continuing on the run here on this Friday, could the
mystery behind a million Earhart's disappearance finally be sawved? Researchers
from Purdue University believe they have found Amelia Earharts lost
playings there there is very strong evidence that an object
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on a remote island in the South Pacific is the
wreck of her aircraft.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Five years ago, researchers saw what they called a visual
anomaly in a satellite image in a lagoon on a
small island halfway between Australia and Hawaii. It's about four
hundred miles from where Earhart was scheduled to land next.
The underwater object has been visible now as they've gone
back in photos dating back to nineteen thirty eight, that
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is the year after she disappeared. So after years now
of studying these satellite images and cross referencing all the
historical data they have a team of Purdue researchers is
now planning a trip next month to that island to
inspect the object for themselves.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
I would absolutely pay for a ticket to go along
for this. This is fascinating. They're going to take photos,
videos of the site and then use sonar devices to
scan the area before ultimately lifting the underwater object out
of the lagoon to inspect it, where they hope to
find the smoking gun proof that yes, this is finally
a Millia Earhart's plane that we have found. Now research
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is acknowledge. We could be wrong, they.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Did say that, but there's a butt. They think the
evidence is very very strong that this is in fact
what it is. There have been rumors and speculation that
she and her passenger were actually stranded on this island,
and so they're going to be looking to see if
that is in fact the case. Could she have survived
(19:20):
the crash, Could they have lived on this remote island
with no way of communicating with the world. It is fascinating,
all right. Next up on the run. There have been
multiple fundraisers set up following that church shooting in Michigan,
where a gunman drove into a Mormon church, opened fire,
and then set fire to the building, killing four people
and injuring eight others. I mean, this was atrocious and horrific,
(19:42):
But among them there is a remarkable and surprising fundraiser.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Yeah, a member of a Mormon church out of Utah
has set up a fundraiser that has reached three hundred
and thirty thousand dollars as of this recording at least,
but those proceeds are not going to the victim's families. Instead,
it's going to the family of the gunman. Dave Butler
said he felt compelled to start the fundraiser because the shooter,
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Thomas Jacob Sandford's wife and young son, are also victims.
Speaker 1 (20:14):
Butler said it seems obvious to me that it is
awful to be shot or to lose a loved one
to the shooter in such an event, and it is
also awful if your loved one who dies in the
event is the shooter. Butler said most of the messages
he's received have been positive, and you can read I
was reading some of the comments. They're all very positive.
But he said there have been a few who have
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called him evil, saying he's trying to just get attention,
and they've actually demanded that he shut down the fundraiser.
Which he's not going to do. But I loved his
response to all of that. It was beautiful.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
His response. If you can't see that is turning the
other cheek and mourning with those who mourn, and taking
care of the least among us, and seeking to be
one and being peacemakers and caring for the widows and orphans.
If your response to this is to criticize Mormons or
(21:06):
to try and cut them out, man, I just think
you're not seeing the love. Man Ah, I don't know
how to criticize anybody for this he's saying. And he's right.
I always think this about families like man, what they
have to deal with the rest of their lives. Sometimes
(21:27):
moms thinking like where did I go wrong? This guy
had a wife and a child, not involved, not involved
at all, and what is their life going to be?
In that child's life going.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
To be That child apparently has special medical needs. He
said he's actually reached out and spoken to them, But
the attorney for the Sanford family said the fundraiser is
an unprecedented display of compassion and grace for which we
are deeply grateful. The shooter's sister actually spoke to local
news media was crying, saying that she was blown away
by this generosity. So here's the cool thing. Butler thought, Okay,
(22:00):
I don't have a very big social media following, but
he just thought it was the right thing to do
when he was hoping he could raise five thousand dollars
to bring attention to their loss, and he hoped it
might help them with a month of costs. More than
seven thousand people have contributed in forty eight hours, with
offers from ten dollars to five thousand dollars. But I
just checked it's at three hundred and thirty two thousand dollars.
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That's life changing money for this family.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
I we've getten in tragedy, we get little sprinkles of Wow.
Human beings are special. I have to think about the
Erica Kirk moment and forgiving and this is unbelieving. And
this guy's not tied to.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
No he actually he's a Mormon in Utah. He has
nothing to do with his church in Michigan. But he
wanted to show the world that Mormons are christ Like.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
That's awesome for.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
The five, I know it. Really it gave me shells
for the final leg of our run. The weight is
over At twelve oh one am this morning, Taylor's Swift
released her much anticipated twelfth album, The Life of a
show Girl. Swifty's probably didn't sleep much overnight after waiting
nearly two months for Taylor's new music. The pop star
first revealed the news of the album on her fiance's
podcast back in August.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Were they engaged then.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
No, Well they got it. I think well they might
have been. We just didn't find out about it until
like the next week.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
Even more to look forward to for the fans. Yes,
a special album release party in theaters across the country
this weekend. It'll be called the Official Release Party of
a show Girl. The eighty nine minute event will feature
the world premiere of her music video for her album's
lead single, The Fate of Ophelia, along with others behind
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the scenes footage and personal reflections from Swift.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
How smart is that instead of just putting up your
music video, she actually is creating a theatrical sensation where
you know the box office is going to boom because
of this. This is Swift's first new music since last
year's The Tortured Poets Department, which, by the way, was
the best selling album of twenty twenty four. She sold
two million copies in just the first week alone of
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its release, so expectations are certainly high for this album's success.
Hundreds of time Target stores actually opened at midnight this
morning to sell the first copies of Swift's album.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
You have a question, Yeah, sell it? How do they
sell it now?
Speaker 1 (24:08):
It's I mean you can actually physically go get a
copy like.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
A CD or an owl. What are they buying? I
thought everybody was doing everything on Spotify.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Now I actually don't know. I haven't bought a physical
anything in a very long time, but Target was selling them.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
Are they selling CDs? I don't know.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
I actually can't tell you or Big L Vinyl, I
don't know. Find out No, but you noticed what was
trending this morning and we got a laugh out of this.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Oh I screen grabbed it because I didn't realize or
remember that her album was dropping until I went on
Google trends this morning. The Fate of Ophelia lyrics, Life
of a Showgirl, lyrics, Father Figure lyrics, romantic Every single
one was somebody looking for the lyrics of the song,
and the one that got me was trending this morning.
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Who is Elizabeth Taylor?
Speaker 1 (24:58):
That's the name of one of her songs. This is
Elizabeth Taylor. Correct, Yes, and people, kids, young girls probably
mostly don't know who Elizabeth Taylor is. Taylor Swift is
comparing her love life, which has been obviously storied up
until now she's finally found her guy, and she likened
it to Elizabeth Taylor, who had seven husbands.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
I believe, and it's the power of Taylor Swift that
one of the top trending questions topics was who is
Elizabeth Taylor? That's pretty cute. They don't know.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
I love it all right. So this quote of the
Day on this Friday, TJ is for you because I
felt like this is exactly something that has, in a
version come out of your mouth. Okay, what hope is
not a strategy?
Speaker 2 (25:42):
Who said that?
Speaker 1 (25:43):
US Army General Gordon R. Sullivan?
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Hope is not a strategy? It does sound like something
I would say, because what's the thing? Don't try? Do
it or don't do it? Don't try, don't hope it
works out? Hope that's no good for me. That's not
going to help me plan my day, my year or whatever.
But there is a line from a Mission Impossible movie
(26:07):
where the new guy says to Tom Cruise and crew,
hope is not a strategy, and Rebecca Ferguson looks and says,
you must be new here.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
Yeah, so that's funny because Hillary Clinton said something like
that as well. I went and looked at this. It's
been it's been taken and used in different ways. But yes,
apparently the original sentiment behind those quotes, Hope is not
a strategy. From US Army General Gordon R. Sullivan. So everybody, yeah,
figure out what you're gonna do and how you're gonna
(26:36):
do it. Don't just hope for the best.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
You cannot hope.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
I do love it. I do love hope, but maybe
in combination with hard work. All right, And with that, everyone,
we hope you enjoy your Friday. I made robot.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Then I'm TJ. Holmes. We'll see y'll zoom
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