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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning, everyone, Welcome to Morning Run for Thursday, October
twenty third.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
I'm a Mee Robots and I'm TJ Holmes. The wait
for you to keep up, folks with how long the
shutdown has been going on. It's October twenty third. That
means we're in the twenty third day. I think a
lot of people that piece that together. But there's movements.
The Republicans are going to try something new today. Your prediction,
robes is that this will end today or not?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Oh my goodness, it absolutely will not end today because
the Democrats have already voiced an opinion about what the
Republicans are set to do today.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
But at least there will be something new they're going
to try it today. We'll explain what that is. Also,
Bad Bunny ain't going nowhere. The backlash be damned. We
finally heard from the NFL about all the backlash after
Bad Bunny was named as a Super Bowl halftime performer.
I think this was a good response. He made it
seem as if, yeah, we never even considered changing.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
That's confident.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Yeah, he was almost dismissive. We'll explain what he said, Also,
some of your favorite songs are about to get dumped
off the Billboard charts, frankly because they've been there too
damn long robes. This is one I went down a
rabbit hole. I did too deep of a dive on
this story. But the formula they used to put a
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bunch of popular songs on the Billboard one hundred are
gonna be coming off. One concern of yours die with
a smile. That's my favorite song getting dumped because rules
are changing about what songs are eligible to stay on
the chart.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Yeah, because it's just too good.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
It's too okay. That's not a part of the criteria,
but we will get into it. Also, folks, as a reminder,
look on that phone top right corner on the Apple
podcast app where it says follow click that little but
you can get our updates coming to you any time.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
And also on the run this morning, another state redraws
its maps. The US is brokeer than ever before. One
country finds its first mosquito ever, and why that's a
big deal.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Bon Jovi is back.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yes, I still.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Remember Slippery when Wet, one of my first concerts ever.
Will tell you why that is such a big deal,
and a black ballerina retires.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Why that's also a big deal.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
We'll explain all of that coming up, but we begin
our run in Washington, d C. The third longest Senate
floor speech in modern history did nothing to impact the
latest vote on the government shutdown. Oregon Democratic Senator Jeff
Murkley spoke on the Senate floor for twenty two hours
and thirty six minutes protesting what he called President Trump's
grave threats to democracy.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
He probably didn't appreciate our first line there. He spoke
for twenty something hours and it did nothing.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Yeah, he nearly fainted and he did nothing.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Did not. Okay, it didn't move the needle necessarily there
in Congress to open up the government. But hey, maybe
he made his point in getting some attention to the matter.
At Merkley open up his speech talking about President Trump,
said he is shredding the constitution. He started speaking about
six twenty four last night on Tuesday evening. I should say, actually, now,
how do you get prepared for something like this? Well,
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he dehydrated himself. He started doing that on Monday mornings.
That his last meal was breakfast on Monday, no water,
just one slice of pizza. He made it through to
five pm yesterday evening. Now the reason you dedate yourself
this doesn't say healthy necessary. It sounds like he's getting
ready for a boxing match to make weight. But he
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does this because you're not allowed to leave the floor.
You can't say, hey, I need ten minutes for a
bathroom break. You got to hole the floor. So that's
why he did this.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yeah, he had said he took a micro sip of
water Monday morning and that's it. It's probably very unhealthy
and certainly not recommended. So after all that, Yes, the
Senate Bote took place a short time after five pm
when he finally seated the floor, And so welcome everyone.
Today twenty three of the government shutdown, where not much
has changed except growing concerned for our most vulnerable in
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this country. After Merkley's speech, the Senate once again put
forward the same bill with the same results.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Yeah, the same results. Three Democrats cross the aisle. They
did this for the last twelve votes they've taken. Again,
no one on either side has changed their position in
the past twelve votes. They keep doing the same old thing,
except they're going to try something new today. The Republicans
plan to put together and put forward a bill for
a vote that could immediately pay federal employees who are
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working throughout the government shutdown.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Yeah, like all of those air traffic controllers we've been
talking about, folks who are told they have to show
up to work regardless of whether.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Or not they get paid.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
However, Democrats have already indicated they will not vote for
this Republican plan because it doesn't include relief for the
seven hundred thousand federal employees who are furloughed without pay.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
So they are working on a counter.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Proposal that would provide pay for furloughed employees as well,
basically paying everyone who is a government employee either way,
the impact of the impasse is getting real. Twenty five
states have begun to issue notices that as of November first,
that is next week, people millions of Americans will no
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longer receive benefits from SNAP. That's the food stamp program
that provides food to lower income Americans.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Yeah, the Trump administration would have to find more than
eight billion dollars to keep SNAP afloat if the shutdown
continues through the end of this month. SNAP serves more
than forty two million people families, receive on average one
hundred and eighty seven dollars a month, specifically to help
pay for groceries. This is it this okay, okay, Republicans, Democrats,
you made a point, you had your fun. Get it done.
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I think you made You brought this up and it
didn't really register. Thanksgivings coming up, the holidays. People need
to plan for trips, need to book flights. They have
all this in this uncertainty. Okay, you did your political leverage,
you got. This has got to stop it.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
They need paychecks and they need heal.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
They need to put food on this table. This is
literally food on the table, all right. Next up on
the run, speaking of our country's woes, we are broke,
really broke, broker than ever as a country. The Treasury
Department announced yesterday the national debt has hit a new
record thirty eight trillion dollars.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Stop and thinking about that in your can you imagine
it in your head? I have our note in front
of us, but anybody listening, what does thirty eight trillion
look like? And I had to write it down. I
had to look it up. It's twelve zeros. After thirty
eight twelve zeros is where we are. The really disturbing
part about this is that just in August we were
at thirty seven trillion dollars in debt, So we've added
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a trillion since just August. And this is the fastest
the country has ever accumulated a trillion dollars in debt,
the only exception being during the pandemic. That makes sense,
but this is again, well, how'd you start this? More
dire news woes or.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
We can't even get a spending bill past and it's
just a game of chicken, and we lose.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Americans lose, all right? Next up on the run.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Just today, after the White House said a planned Trump
Putin meeting was canceled, we're getting another bad sign about
where things stand in the Russia Ukraine peace process.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
How we started with nothing but bad news.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Signs on us.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
We'll move on, We'll get we'll get past this one. Yes,
there was a bad sign. The US announced sanctions against
Russia that are now meant to make it more difficult
for Russia to be able to pay for its war effort. Now. Specifically,
the US is hitting Russia's two largest oil companies with sanctions,
hoping to put pressure on Russia to end the three
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year war in Ukraine. That is not a good sign.
There was hope. What was it August that the summit
was in Alaska. Those two sat down and talked, and
there have been hopes there was a second summit, and
now one got canceled and now this now sanctions. Yeah,
this is not gonna not good.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Well, how about this for another headline. The White House
is crumbling, like physically, next.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Up on the run. The whole thing's coming down.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
The historic, iconic East wing of the White House will
be gone in a matter of days. I did what
you told folks to do, to actually go online and
google the photos and the video.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
It is.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
There's something so disturbing about seeing destruction at the White House,
rubble at the White House.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
I've seen movies. It's even disturbing. Sometimes in movies they'll
attack the White House, I have an alien invasion, even
the Capitol. You don't like to see the image. No,
it's not good.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
And the President originally said everyone remember that the East
Wing would not be touched in the construction of this
new ballroom that he wants at the White House.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Okay, so it's not being touched, it's being destroyed. So
maybe he was just playing with words there. Yes, he
said quote specifically, folks, this is a quote. It won't
interfere with the current building. It will be near it,
but not touching it. Wow, this plan has completely changed,
and now the White House admits that the entire east
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wing will be demolished. Gone. Why yeah, it's to make
way for this new ballroom. You've been hearing so much
about robes. You've done construction projects at homes before. Anybody
who has done this. This is what happens. You have
a plan, and the plans change, and then the date
gets moved and there are cost overruns.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Okaytruction, but when you own the house it's one thing.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
But when you like honestly, even live in a.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
In an apartment building, or in any kind of historic district,
you have to have your plans approved by the condo board,
the co op board, or even the historical society.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
There's no hoa at the White House neighborhood. He can
do what he wants to do.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Isn't it the America's house?
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Isn't it our house?
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (09:49):
But they gave him at least for four years he
could do.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
President Trump says it will now be bigger and more expensive. Yes,
his project to and I get it. That is what
happens in almost all renovation project. It's going to be
ninety thousand square feet and it's now going to be
able to set up to.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
One thousand people.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Originally they had said it would house six hundred and
fifty and now it's going to cost three hundred million
dollars versus two hundred million dollars.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Never had one go.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Over quite that much on budget.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Some preservationists are raising concerns and asking the President to
halt construction.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Okay, that doesn't seem like a good plan.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Get build it back.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Put the project through our review process. I'm sure that'll
be speedy.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
In particular, the National Capital Planning Commission, the group that
would normally give the ok for new construction at the
White House, has not chimed in.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
It looks really bizarre to me. I looked at the
numbers they were saying. This building, now, the east wing
is going to be larger than the White House itself.
What the White House itself is about fifty five thousand
square feet. This is a ninety thousand square foot building now,
and so when the mock when the mockups, you see
them the White House is small than this news stop room. No,
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it is it, absolutely is it.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Look, I'm and there's no one who has to approve
this plan. He could just change the way the White
House looks.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
President's renovated before. But that life this.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
They haven't done structural changes like this. I mean, I
know they put out the balcony right at that.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
But still, you know what, seventy years from now, people
are gonna look, Wow, this is amazing. This is wonderful
that this was done. It's don't get me wrong, It's
gonna be stunning. Probably, he said, the best in the
world is going.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
What is the is the Is the building going to
look lopsided with the east wing bigger than the west wing?
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
All right, all right, continuing on the run. Now, let's
add to North Carolina, where As predicted, the Republican led
state legislature officially remapped to their districts in the hopes
of picking up one more Republican seat in the US
House for next year's midterm election.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
The redistricting strategically attempts to defeat the re election of
Representative Don Davis. He's a black Democrat who represents twenty
counties and what has been the state's only swing seat.
North Carolina's Democratic governor, Josh Stein, cannot do anything. He
can't veto redistricting maps under state law. So this is
basically a done deal unless Democrats succeed in trying to
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stop Republicans in court. And by the way, Democrats just
need three more seats to flip the House control next year,
which often happens in midterms. So this is the Republican's
response to try and thwart those efforts.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Texas, California, North Carolina have all done it officially in
some way. Now Indiana, Florida considering, and a few more
are as well. So yeah, we talked about this. The
redistricting race is now on. Next up on the run
here a story that Robock wanted to make sure we
got in today. I didn't see all the details of it,
and you were the one to let me know. Na, dude,
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this is a really big deal. We're talking about a
recall of eggs, six million eggs for potential salmonella Contama Nation.
The FDA found seven different strains of salmonella in dozens
of eggs from the the Black Sheep Egg Company. They
found them at the end of last month, prompting the
company to issue a voluntary recall up hundreds of thousands
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of its egg carts.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
But it didn't stop there, because the FDA is now
warning some of the recalled black sheep eggs have been
rebranded with different packaging by other companies. One of those
companies which they were able to actually test, Ken's Hen's Eggs,
which now has also had to issue a voluntary recall.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
But here's another problem.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Some of the recalled eggs were delivered in large quantities
to third parties like restaurants and retailers, and thousands of
recalled eggs still made it to store shelves and could
be in your refrigerator right now.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Oh boy. Well, the FBA says it plans to update
the recall list if more potentially contaminated products are identified.
Bottom line, if you have eggs in your fridge that
don't have a label, if you are not sure if
they're a part of the recall, you need to air
on the side of caution and throw them out. And certainly,
if you feel sick to eating eggs, you need to
get in touch with a physician. This is the scary,
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but the numbers are scary. But when you say, yeah,
they got relabeled this something else.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, how do you cray this exactly? That's the point.
So they were like, yeah, if we can figure out
what some of these eggs, what other labels they might
be under, we'll let you know.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
We'll let you know. So that was a little disturbing.
All right, Well, folk, stay with us here on this
Friday Eve front, Yeah, Friday where we are, stay with us.
We've been telling you about that story, the miracle on
thirty fourth Street, a baby abandoned at Penn Station. Well,
they have now tracked down and arrested the mother. Also,
everybody know they're supposed to keep your eyes on the road,
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So why is one company putting together a new feature
called eyes off? Also, anybody up there upset about bad
Bunny at the halftime show, Well, the NFL has responded.
You might not like the response and the story of
the morning, certainly for me. Boon Jobey is back. Stay here.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
We continue our morning run and head to Manhattan, where
we have an update on the miracle on thirty fourth
Street baby. The newborn girl remains in good condition, but
her mom has now been identified and arrested. Police arrested
thirty year old Asa Diawara and charged her with abandoning
and endangering a child after they say she confessed to
leaving her newborn daughter in a passageway at the thirty
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fourth Street Penn Station subway during the morning rush hour.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
Earlier this week, police released a two second video clip
of a woman caring what appears to be a baby
wrapped in a bundle of blankets. Now, authorities say they
use that camera footage to then follow the woman to
Jamaica Queen's, where she was dropped off by a hired car,
and then a neighbor who recognized the woman from the
video pointed police to where she lived. And it's amazing
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that there's so many cameras everywhere. We see you one time.
Now they just start tracking cameras and your movement all
the way home.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
And they made it to the neighborhood and started knocking
on doors until they found someone who recognized her.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
You know what police work is hard. I mean that's
meticulous work. And they figured this out and got it
done pretty quickly. Right now, the woman's motive for leaving
the child unclear to why she did this. A New
York law does allow. Yes, a lot of states have
these safe haven laws. It allows a parent to give
up their newborn up to thirty days old to a hospital,
police station, or fire department without fear of prosecution. It's
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hard to imagine she wasn't aware of that. Maybe she wasn't.
Maybe she will know anything, but just you have options. Yeah,
the baby's okay, that's great to hear, but you hate
to hear about her. That baby's gonna happen to know.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Her lifestyle story. Yeah, it's a sad story all around,
all right. Next up on the run. We know the
phrase eyes on the road. So why is a car
company introducing a new feature in their vehicles called eyes off?
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Isn't it right? Eyes on the road, hands on the wheel? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Simple said that all the time to Amaliea she was
learning to drive.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Yeah okay, so how's that going? Well, GM said, is
going to roll out this new feature that will allow
you to take your hands off the wheel and eyes
off the road. That even suggesting, yes, you could watch TV,
you could read a book, you could even take a nap.
The company says this is going to be an expansion
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of what they already have, which they call their super
CRUs driver Assistance system. It's driver assisted hands free system,
but it's not meant for you to not be engaged
in paying attention, right, So this takes it a step further.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
They're launching this in their new Escalade IQ vehicles starting
in twenty twenty eight. The system will only be possible
on certain highways through a network.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
What could possibly go wrong?
Speaker 1 (17:37):
You know, I didn't know it worked this way. What
they do is have a preloaded set of highways where
this works, and you can only engage to set. I
didn't know that it worked that way. I mean, I
don't expect to be able to drive around New York
hands free. I'm paying attention, taking a nap. But why
does this work? Why do we need this?
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Why do you want Why shouldn't you pay attention? I
don't understand.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
All right, we'll continue on the road here now, on
this now, on the road, on the run. What is
this Friday? Yes? Y yes? Backlash be damn. The NFL
ain't even thinking about replacing Bad Bunny as the Super
Bowl halftime performer. The NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell commented about
the controversy for the first time yesterday saying the league
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has not at any point considered a change, despite the
reaction in some circles to the Puerto Rican Spanish singing
superstar being selected.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Here's what Goodell said at a news conference. It's carefully
thought through.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
I'm not sure we've ever selected an artist where we
didn't have some blowback or criticism. It's pretty hard to
do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people
that are watching. He's one of the leading and most
popular entertainers in the world. That's what we try to achieve.
It's an important stage for us. It's an important element
to the entertainment value. So everybody get over it.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Yes, sorry, continue on the run now on this Thursday morning.
And it was a really special night Ropes. This wasn't
just Misty Copeland has done something for ballet that maybe
no one before her has done, and she made it
accessible to a lot of brown and black girls who
aren't used to seeing someone in that position. So mister
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Copeland has officially now retired. She's not saying she's not
gonna dance ever again, but she gave a final performance
at Lincoln Center last night. This was a star studded event.
I guess the best way to put is Oprah was there, Yes,
you can kind of leave it at that. Debbie Allen,
who of course is a dancing queen, just a legend,
she was there as well, but everybody knows its twenty fifteen,
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Missy Copland became the first principal black ballerina at the
American Ballet Company. That was the first time and it's
seventy five year history at the time, so this was really.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Really a true pioneer and I love yes, obviously representing
for black and brown girls, but also just body type.
She didn't have the typical body type of a ballerina,
and I mean she's muscular, and she's obviously gorgeous.
Speaker 3 (19:55):
But it was cool to see.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
Her just push through all everything that was a against
her in that world and become the star that she
is and certainly the just the role model that she is.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
Yes, she is a pioneer, but it was cool. This
is let you know the impact. They had an overflow
yesterday across the street from Lincoln Center. They set up
screens so people could experience it. That's so cool. She
is a wonderful We've had, of course time that we've
spent like good time with her over the years because
of our connections in media. She is the real deal. Yes,
So congratulations.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
Auso, Yes, congrats to her.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Can't wait to see what she does next next up
on the run though, living on her prayer. This is
big news in this house. Bon Jovie is going back
on tour. This will be the first tour in four years,
and it's won. The band didn't know whatever happened. They
didn't know if they'd ever be able to perform again
together because bon Jovi announced back in twenty twenty two
he needed major vocal cord surgery and he ain't getting
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any younger.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
Yeah, yeah, he had the looks good though does he
had the surgery. He has been rehabbing and now has
recovered enough. They says he's ready to go, ready to
get back out there. So next the band will be
out on its forever tour. Dublin, London, Edinburgh and New
York are all on the schedule and wanting to go
to Dublin. That could be the reason, but they got
three or four shows at Madison. You want to take
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a plane, you want to take it the subway. I'll
do it either way, gay, he said this, I'm deeply
grateful that the fans and the brotherhood of this band
have been patient and allowed me the time needed to
get healthy and prepare for touring. I am ready and excited.
They have not performed since Nashville in twenty twenty two.
I will have you know, the tickets go on sale
in four days. I have signed up for the alert.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
That is amazing.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
I saw them in nineteen eighty six, and that is
the last time I saw them in concert in Atlanta.
My dad drove me and some friends to the concert
and it was so exciting. I still remember at nineteen
eighty six, so.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Forty years ago. So this is going to be your
forty year anniversary of your first bon Jovie concert and
we're going next year.
Speaker 3 (21:54):
That's amazing. I love that all right.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Next up on the Run, a pesky sign of warmer times.
This week, for the first time in history, Iceland officially
recorded the presence of mosquitoes within its borders.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
I didn't know there weren't mosquitoes there.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Once they said it, I'm like, okay, makes that makes sense.
The Natural Science Institute of Iceland confirmed the insects on Monday,
saying they likely arrived by fright and appeared to be
able to withstand Iceland's current climate. That's a big deal.
Local insect enthusiasts found what he called a strange fly.
This was on October sixteenth. Strange fly and it made
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me laugh. We would have identified it immediately, But is
a oum? Is it a mosquito? Bud? He collected it,
collected a couple of others, then turned them over to
authorities for testing, and they confirmed a mosquito.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
The fact that they had to do that is funny.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
Like this dude, The way it was written, it's as
if he had never seen a mosquito before, which actually,
if he hasn't left Iceland could be true.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Just post the pictures online, asked.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Anybody scientists say the Arctic region as a whole is warm.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
It more than double the rate of the global average.
I didn't realize that.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
And so now officially Antarctica is the only place on
Earth where there are no mosquitoes.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Well you just wait final leg of our run here. Now,
some songs you love are getting bumped off the billboard charts.
Yes they are not hits anymore roles because well they've
simply been on the charts two damn long songs like
Teddy Swims Lose Control. How about Die with the Smile,
Beautiful Things by Benson Boone and Lutha by Kendrick Lamar
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all getting dumped.
Speaker 2 (23:31):
Wow, some of these have already been kicked off the
charts or will soon be, because Billboard is tweaking its
rules for eligibility on the charts with the purpose of
getting older songs off them. Why because the Billboard charts
are dominated by older songs.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Lose control.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Set a record earlier this year it was the first
song ever to spend one hundred weeks in the top ten.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Okay, you do that kind of a song is on
the charts for two years. It's not a new song anymore. Right,
this is supposed to before new songs, but this isn't.
It'sh you a common one now and it's created by yes,
the streaming era, because in the streaming area, a lot
of your service to Spotify and whatnot will use some
kind of algorithm to determine what you have been listening to.
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So they start to suggest thing that keeps going in
your feed. So they call this some kind of weird loop,
and it keeps going and going and going to where
they get credit on Spotify for being current songs, so
they're trying to change and make sense. That's formula. It
kind of does. That does make sense to me. Feel
kind of cool that a song can last for two years.
That song was in the top ten for two years.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Wow. I mean it is so good. We listened to
it at least once a day, all right. Quote of
the day on this Friday Eve.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
I love this.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
We you know, we had a lot of negative headlines
and I think this is a cool way to remember
what's important. The hunger for love is much more difficult
to remove than the hunger for bread.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
That is from Mother Teresa, and.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
She's just explaining that we need love more than we
need food oftentimes in this world. And I actually think
that is such an important thing as we see actually
are fighting and our lack of love for one another
creating a need for food in this country when you
look at what's happening with the government shutdown. But I
just I thought this is a reminder of the importance
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and the power of love, and it is life or
death sometimes.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Who was the other there? Because Mother Teresa is one,
there was somebody else. You said, we could just do
a full week of this person. Who was it that? God,
dang it, there was somebody you were plucking and that
was so good. We said we could just do these.
Was it Maya Angelou? Like she'sld with them?
Speaker 2 (25:33):
There are some folks that just have just an endless
supply of amazing quotes.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
She's one. We should do a themed week. But this
is a great, great quote.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
I agree.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove
than the hunger for bread.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
So show your love to.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Someone today, and our hope is that you receive some
as well.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
So thank you for running with us on this Thursday.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
I made robot and I'm TJ. Holmes. Always appreciate you running.
We'll talk to y'all soon.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
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Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning, everyone, Welcome to Morning Run for Thursday, October
twenty third.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
I'm a Mee Robots and I'm TJ Holmes. The wait
for you to keep up, folks with how long the
shutdown has been going on. It's October twenty third. That
means we're in the twenty third day. I think a
lot of people that piece that together. But there's movements.
The Republicans are going to try something new today. Your prediction,
robes is that this will end today or not?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Oh my goodness, it absolutely will not end today because
the Democrats have already voiced an opinion about what the
Republicans are set to do today.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
But at least there will be something new they're going
to try it today. We'll explain what that is. Also,
Bad Bunny ain't going nowhere. The backlash be damned. We
finally heard from the NFL about all the backlash after
Bad Bunny was named as a Super Bowl halftime performer.
I think this was a good response. He made it
seem as if, yeah, we never even considered changing.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
That's confident.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Yeah, he was almost dismissive. We'll explain what he said, Also,
some of your favorite songs are about to get dumped
off the Billboard charts, frankly because they've been there too
damn long robes. This is one I went down a
rabbit hole. I did too deep of a dive on
this story. But the formula they used to put a
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bunch of popular songs on the Billboard one hundred are
gonna be coming off. One concern of yours die with
a smile. That's my favorite song getting dumped because rules
are changing about what songs are eligible to stay on
the chart.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Yeah, because it's just too good.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
It's too okay. That's not a part of the criteria,
but we will get into it. Also, folks, as a reminder,
look on that phone top right corner on the Apple
podcast app where it says follow click that little but
you can get our updates coming to you any time.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
And also on the run this morning, another state redraws
its maps. The US is brokeer than ever before. One
country finds its first mosquito ever, and why that's a
big deal.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Bon Jovi is back.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yes, I still.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Remember Slippery when Wet, one of my first concerts ever.
Will tell you why that is such a big deal,
and a black ballerina retires.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Why that's also a big deal.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
We'll explain all of that coming up, but we begin
our run in Washington, d C. The third longest Senate
floor speech in modern history did nothing to impact the
latest vote on the government shutdown. Oregon Democratic Senator Jeff
Murkley spoke on the Senate floor for twenty two hours
and thirty six minutes protesting what he called President Trump's
grave threats to democracy.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
He probably didn't appreciate our first line there. He spoke
for twenty something hours and it did nothing.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Yeah, he nearly fainted and he did nothing.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Did not. Okay, it didn't move the needle necessarily there
in Congress to open up the government. But hey, maybe
he made his point in getting some attention to the matter.
At Merkley open up his speech talking about President Trump,
said he is shredding the constitution. He started speaking about
six twenty four last night on Tuesday evening. I should say, actually, now,
how do you get prepared for something like this? Well,
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he dehydrated himself. He started doing that on Monday mornings.
That his last meal was breakfast on Monday, no water,
just one slice of pizza. He made it through to
five pm yesterday evening. Now the reason you dedate yourself
this doesn't say healthy necessary. It sounds like he's getting
ready for a boxing match to make weight. But he
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does this because you're not allowed to leave the floor.
You can't say, hey, I need ten minutes for a
bathroom break. You got to hole the floor. So that's
why he did this.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yeah, he had said he took a micro sip of
water Monday morning and that's it. It's probably very unhealthy
and certainly not recommended. So after all that, Yes, the
Senate Bote took place a short time after five pm
when he finally seated the floor, And so welcome everyone.
Today twenty three of the government shutdown, where not much
has changed except growing concerned for our most vulnerable in
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this country. After Merkley's speech, the Senate once again put
forward the same bill with the same results.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Yeah, the same results. Three Democrats cross the aisle. They
did this for the last twelve votes they've taken. Again,
no one on either side has changed their position in
the past twelve votes. They keep doing the same old thing,
except they're going to try something new today. The Republicans
plan to put together and put forward a bill for
a vote that could immediately pay federal employees who are
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working throughout the government shutdown.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Yeah, like all of those air traffic controllers we've been
talking about, folks who are told they have to show
up to work regardless of whether.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Or not they get paid.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
However, Democrats have already indicated they will not vote for
this Republican plan because it doesn't include relief for the
seven hundred thousand federal employees who are furloughed without pay.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
So they are working on a counter.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Proposal that would provide pay for furloughed employees as well,
basically paying everyone who is a government employee either way,
the impact of the impasse is getting real. Twenty five
states have begun to issue notices that as of November first,
that is next week, people millions of Americans will no
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longer receive benefits from SNAP. That's the food stamp program
that provides food to lower income Americans.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Yeah, the Trump administration would have to find more than
eight billion dollars to keep SNAP afloat if the shutdown
continues through the end of this month. SNAP serves more
than forty two million people families, receive on average one
hundred and eighty seven dollars a month, specifically to help
pay for groceries. This is it this okay, okay, Republicans, Democrats,
you made a point, you had your fun. Get it done.
(05:43):
I think you made You brought this up and it
didn't really register. Thanksgivings coming up, the holidays. People need
to plan for trips, need to book flights. They have
all this in this uncertainty. Okay, you did your political leverage,
you got. This has got to stop it.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
They need paychecks and they need heal.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
They need to put food on this table. This is
literally food on the table, all right. Next up on
the run, speaking of our country's woes, we are broke,
really broke, broker than ever as a country. The Treasury
Department announced yesterday the national debt has hit a new
record thirty eight trillion dollars.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Stop and thinking about that in your can you imagine
it in your head? I have our note in front
of us, but anybody listening, what does thirty eight trillion
look like? And I had to write it down. I
had to look it up. It's twelve zeros. After thirty
eight twelve zeros is where we are. The really disturbing
part about this is that just in August we were
at thirty seven trillion dollars in debt, So we've added
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a trillion since just August. And this is the fastest
the country has ever accumulated a trillion dollars in debt,
the only exception being during the pandemic. That makes sense,
but this is again, well, how'd you start this? More
dire news woes or.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
We can't even get a spending bill past and it's
just a game of chicken, and we lose.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Americans lose, all right? Next up on the run.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Just today, after the White House said a planned Trump
Putin meeting was canceled, we're getting another bad sign about
where things stand in the Russia Ukraine peace process.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
How we started with nothing but bad news.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Signs on us.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
We'll move on, We'll get we'll get past this one. Yes,
there was a bad sign. The US announced sanctions against
Russia that are now meant to make it more difficult
for Russia to be able to pay for its war effort. Now. Specifically,
the US is hitting Russia's two largest oil companies with sanctions,
hoping to put pressure on Russia to end the three
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year war in Ukraine. That is not a good sign.
There was hope. What was it August that the summit
was in Alaska. Those two sat down and talked, and
there have been hopes there was a second summit, and
now one got canceled and now this now sanctions. Yeah,
this is not gonna not good.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Well, how about this for another headline. The White House
is crumbling, like physically, next.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Up on the run. The whole thing's coming down.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
The historic, iconic East wing of the White House will
be gone in a matter of days. I did what
you told folks to do, to actually go online and
google the photos and the video.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
It is.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
There's something so disturbing about seeing destruction at the White House,
rubble at the White House.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
I've seen movies. It's even disturbing. Sometimes in movies they'll
attack the White House, I have an alien invasion, even
the Capitol. You don't like to see the image. No,
it's not good.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
And the President originally said everyone remember that the East
Wing would not be touched in the construction of this
new ballroom that he wants at the White House.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Okay, so it's not being touched, it's being destroyed. So
maybe he was just playing with words there. Yes, he
said quote specifically, folks, this is a quote. It won't
interfere with the current building. It will be near it,
but not touching it. Wow, this plan has completely changed,
and now the White House admits that the entire east
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wing will be demolished. Gone. Why yeah, it's to make
way for this new ballroom. You've been hearing so much
about robes. You've done construction projects at homes before. Anybody
who has done this. This is what happens. You have
a plan, and the plans change, and then the date
gets moved and there are cost overruns.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Okaytruction, but when you own the house it's one thing.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
But when you like honestly, even live in a.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
In an apartment building, or in any kind of historic district,
you have to have your plans approved by the condo board,
the co op board, or even the historical society.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
There's no hoa at the White House neighborhood. He can
do what he wants to do.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Isn't it the America's house?
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Isn't it our house?
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (09:49):
But they gave him at least for four years he
could do.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
President Trump says it will now be bigger and more expensive. Yes,
his project to and I get it. That is what
happens in almost all renovation project. It's going to be
ninety thousand square feet and it's now going to be
able to set up to.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
One thousand people.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Originally they had said it would house six hundred and
fifty and now it's going to cost three hundred million
dollars versus two hundred million dollars.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Never had one go.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Over quite that much on budget.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Some preservationists are raising concerns and asking the President to
halt construction.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Okay, that doesn't seem like a good plan.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Get build it back.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Put the project through our review process. I'm sure that'll
be speedy.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
In particular, the National Capital Planning Commission, the group that
would normally give the ok for new construction at the
White House, has not chimed in.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
It looks really bizarre to me. I looked at the
numbers they were saying. This building, now, the east wing
is going to be larger than the White House itself.
What the White House itself is about fifty five thousand
square feet. This is a ninety thousand square foot building now,
and so when the mock when the mockups, you see
them the White House is small than this news stop room. No,
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it is it, absolutely is it.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Look, I'm and there's no one who has to approve
this plan. He could just change the way the White
House looks.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
President's renovated before. But that life this.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
They haven't done structural changes like this. I mean, I
know they put out the balcony right at that.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
But still, you know what, seventy years from now, people
are gonna look, Wow, this is amazing. This is wonderful
that this was done. It's don't get me wrong, It's
gonna be stunning. Probably, he said, the best in the
world is going.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
What is the is the Is the building going to
look lopsided with the east wing bigger than the west wing?
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
All right, all right, continuing on the run. Now, let's
add to North Carolina, where As predicted, the Republican led
state legislature officially remapped to their districts in the hopes
of picking up one more Republican seat in the US
House for next year's midterm election.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
The redistricting strategically attempts to defeat the re election of
Representative Don Davis. He's a black Democrat who represents twenty
counties and what has been the state's only swing seat.
North Carolina's Democratic governor, Josh Stein, cannot do anything. He
can't veto redistricting maps under state law. So this is
basically a done deal unless Democrats succeed in trying to
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stop Republicans in court. And by the way, Democrats just
need three more seats to flip the House control next year,
which often happens in midterms. So this is the Republican's
response to try and thwart those efforts.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Texas, California, North Carolina have all done it officially in
some way. Now Indiana, Florida considering, and a few more
are as well. So yeah, we talked about this. The
redistricting race is now on. Next up on the run
here a story that Robock wanted to make sure we
got in today. I didn't see all the details of it,
and you were the one to let me know. Na, dude,
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this is a really big deal. We're talking about a
recall of eggs, six million eggs for potential salmonella Contama Nation.
The FDA found seven different strains of salmonella in dozens
of eggs from the the Black Sheep Egg Company. They
found them at the end of last month, prompting the
company to issue a voluntary recall up hundreds of thousands
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of its egg carts.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
But it didn't stop there, because the FDA is now
warning some of the recalled black sheep eggs have been
rebranded with different packaging by other companies. One of those
companies which they were able to actually test, Ken's Hen's Eggs,
which now has also had to issue a voluntary recall.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
But here's another problem.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Some of the recalled eggs were delivered in large quantities
to third parties like restaurants and retailers, and thousands of
recalled eggs still made it to store shelves and could
be in your refrigerator right now.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Oh boy. Well, the FBA says it plans to update
the recall list if more potentially contaminated products are identified.
Bottom line, if you have eggs in your fridge that
don't have a label, if you are not sure if
they're a part of the recall, you need to air
on the side of caution and throw them out. And certainly,
if you feel sick to eating eggs, you need to
get in touch with a physician. This is the scary,
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but the numbers are scary. But when you say, yeah,
they got relabeled this something else.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, how do you cray this exactly? That's the point.
So they were like, yeah, if we can figure out
what some of these eggs, what other labels they might
be under, we'll let you know.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
We'll let you know. So that was a little disturbing.
All right, Well, folk, stay with us here on this
Friday Eve front, Yeah, Friday where we are, stay with us.
We've been telling you about that story, the miracle on
thirty fourth Street, a baby abandoned at Penn Station. Well,
they have now tracked down and arrested the mother. Also,
everybody know they're supposed to keep your eyes on the road,
(14:38):
So why is one company putting together a new feature
called eyes off? Also, anybody up there upset about bad
Bunny at the halftime show, Well, the NFL has responded.
You might not like the response and the story of
the morning, certainly for me. Boon Jobey is back. Stay here.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
We continue our morning run and head to Manhattan, where
we have an update on the miracle on thirty fourth
Street baby. The newborn girl remains in good condition, but
her mom has now been identified and arrested. Police arrested
thirty year old Asa Diawara and charged her with abandoning
and endangering a child after they say she confessed to
leaving her newborn daughter in a passageway at the thirty
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fourth Street Penn Station subway during the morning rush hour.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
Earlier this week, police released a two second video clip
of a woman caring what appears to be a baby
wrapped in a bundle of blankets. Now, authorities say they
use that camera footage to then follow the woman to
Jamaica Queen's, where she was dropped off by a hired car,
and then a neighbor who recognized the woman from the
video pointed police to where she lived. And it's amazing
(15:53):
that there's so many cameras everywhere. We see you one time.
Now they just start tracking cameras and your movement all
the way home.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
And they made it to the neighborhood and started knocking
on doors until they found someone who recognized her.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
You know what police work is hard. I mean that's
meticulous work. And they figured this out and got it
done pretty quickly. Right now, the woman's motive for leaving
the child unclear to why she did this. A New
York law does allow. Yes, a lot of states have
these safe haven laws. It allows a parent to give
up their newborn up to thirty days old to a hospital,
police station, or fire department without fear of prosecution. It's
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hard to imagine she wasn't aware of that. Maybe she wasn't.
Maybe she will know anything, but just you have options. Yeah,
the baby's okay, that's great to hear, but you hate
to hear about her. That baby's gonna happen to know.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Her lifestyle story. Yeah, it's a sad story all around,
all right. Next up on the run. We know the
phrase eyes on the road. So why is a car
company introducing a new feature in their vehicles called eyes off?
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Isn't it right? Eyes on the road, hands on the wheel? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Simple said that all the time to Amaliea she was
learning to drive.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Yeah okay, so how's that going? Well, GM said, is
going to roll out this new feature that will allow
you to take your hands off the wheel and eyes
off the road. That even suggesting, yes, you could watch TV,
you could read a book, you could even take a nap.
The company says this is going to be an expansion
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of what they already have, which they call their super
CRUs driver Assistance system. It's driver assisted hands free system,
but it's not meant for you to not be engaged
in paying attention, right, So this takes it a step further.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
They're launching this in their new Escalade IQ vehicles starting
in twenty twenty eight. The system will only be possible
on certain highways through a network.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
What could possibly go wrong?
Speaker 1 (17:37):
You know, I didn't know it worked this way. What
they do is have a preloaded set of highways where
this works, and you can only engage to set. I
didn't know that it worked that way. I mean, I
don't expect to be able to drive around New York
hands free. I'm paying attention, taking a nap. But why
does this work? Why do we need this?
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Why do you want Why shouldn't you pay attention? I
don't understand.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
All right, we'll continue on the road here now, on
this now, on the road, on the run. What is
this Friday? Yes? Y yes? Backlash be damn. The NFL
ain't even thinking about replacing Bad Bunny as the Super
Bowl halftime performer. The NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell commented about
the controversy for the first time yesterday saying the league
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has not at any point considered a change, despite the
reaction in some circles to the Puerto Rican Spanish singing
superstar being selected.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Here's what Goodell said at a news conference. It's carefully
thought through.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
I'm not sure we've ever selected an artist where we
didn't have some blowback or criticism. It's pretty hard to
do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people
that are watching. He's one of the leading and most
popular entertainers in the world. That's what we try to achieve.
It's an important stage for us. It's an important element
to the entertainment value. So everybody get over it.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Yes, sorry, continue on the run now on this Thursday morning.
And it was a really special night Ropes. This wasn't
just Misty Copeland has done something for ballet that maybe
no one before her has done, and she made it
accessible to a lot of brown and black girls who
aren't used to seeing someone in that position. So mister
(19:12):
Copeland has officially now retired. She's not saying she's not
gonna dance ever again, but she gave a final performance
at Lincoln Center last night. This was a star studded event.
I guess the best way to put is Oprah was there, Yes,
you can kind of leave it at that. Debbie Allen,
who of course is a dancing queen, just a legend,
she was there as well, but everybody knows its twenty fifteen,
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Missy Copland became the first principal black ballerina at the
American Ballet Company. That was the first time and it's
seventy five year history at the time, so this was really.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Really a true pioneer and I love yes, obviously representing
for black and brown girls, but also just body type.
She didn't have the typical body type of a ballerina,
and I mean she's muscular, and she's obviously gorgeous.
Speaker 3 (19:55):
But it was cool to see.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
Her just push through all everything that was a against
her in that world and become the star that she
is and certainly the just the role model that she is.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
Yes, she is a pioneer, but it was cool. This
is let you know the impact. They had an overflow
yesterday across the street from Lincoln Center. They set up
screens so people could experience it. That's so cool. She
is a wonderful We've had, of course time that we've
spent like good time with her over the years because
of our connections in media. She is the real deal. Yes,
So congratulations.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
Auso, Yes, congrats to her.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Can't wait to see what she does next next up
on the run though, living on her prayer. This is
big news in this house. Bon Jovie is going back
on tour. This will be the first tour in four years,
and it's won. The band didn't know whatever happened. They
didn't know if they'd ever be able to perform again
together because bon Jovi announced back in twenty twenty two
he needed major vocal cord surgery and he ain't getting
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any younger.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
Yeah, yeah, he had the looks good though does he
had the surgery. He has been rehabbing and now has
recovered enough. They says he's ready to go, ready to
get back out there. So next the band will be
out on its forever tour. Dublin, London, Edinburgh and New
York are all on the schedule and wanting to go
to Dublin. That could be the reason, but they got
three or four shows at Madison. You want to take
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a plane, you want to take it the subway. I'll
do it either way, gay, he said this, I'm deeply
grateful that the fans and the brotherhood of this band
have been patient and allowed me the time needed to
get healthy and prepare for touring. I am ready and excited.
They have not performed since Nashville in twenty twenty two.
I will have you know, the tickets go on sale
in four days. I have signed up for the alert.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
That is amazing.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
I saw them in nineteen eighty six, and that is
the last time I saw them in concert in Atlanta.
My dad drove me and some friends to the concert
and it was so exciting. I still remember at nineteen
eighty six, so.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Forty years ago. So this is going to be your
forty year anniversary of your first bon Jovie concert and
we're going next year.
Speaker 3 (21:54):
That's amazing. I love that all right.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Next up on the Run, a pesky sign of warmer times.
This week, for the first time in history, Iceland officially
recorded the presence of mosquitoes within its borders.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
I didn't know there weren't mosquitoes there.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Once they said it, I'm like, okay, makes that makes sense.
The Natural Science Institute of Iceland confirmed the insects on Monday,
saying they likely arrived by fright and appeared to be
able to withstand Iceland's current climate. That's a big deal.
Local insect enthusiasts found what he called a strange fly.
This was on October sixteenth. Strange fly and it made
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me laugh. We would have identified it immediately, But is
a oum? Is it a mosquito? Bud? He collected it,
collected a couple of others, then turned them over to
authorities for testing, and they confirmed a mosquito.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
The fact that they had to do that is funny.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
Like this dude, The way it was written, it's as
if he had never seen a mosquito before, which actually,
if he hasn't left Iceland could be true.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Just post the pictures online, asked.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Anybody scientists say the Arctic region as a whole is warm.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
It more than double the rate of the global average.
I didn't realize that.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
And so now officially Antarctica is the only place on
Earth where there are no mosquitoes.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Well you just wait final leg of our run here. Now,
some songs you love are getting bumped off the billboard charts.
Yes they are not hits anymore roles because well they've
simply been on the charts two damn long songs like
Teddy Swims Lose Control. How about Die with the Smile,
Beautiful Things by Benson Boone and Lutha by Kendrick Lamar
(23:30):
all getting dumped.
Speaker 2 (23:31):
Wow, some of these have already been kicked off the
charts or will soon be, because Billboard is tweaking its
rules for eligibility on the charts with the purpose of
getting older songs off them. Why because the Billboard charts
are dominated by older songs.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Lose control.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Set a record earlier this year it was the first
song ever to spend one hundred weeks in the top ten.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Okay, you do that kind of a song is on
the charts for two years. It's not a new song anymore. Right,
this is supposed to before new songs, but this isn't.
It'sh you a common one now and it's created by yes,
the streaming era, because in the streaming area, a lot
of your service to Spotify and whatnot will use some
kind of algorithm to determine what you have been listening to.
(24:12):
So they start to suggest thing that keeps going in
your feed. So they call this some kind of weird loop,
and it keeps going and going and going to where
they get credit on Spotify for being current songs, so
they're trying to change and make sense. That's formula. It
kind of does. That does make sense to me. Feel
kind of cool that a song can last for two years.
That song was in the top ten for two years.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Wow. I mean it is so good. We listened to
it at least once a day, all right. Quote of
the day on this Friday Eve.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
I love this.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
We you know, we had a lot of negative headlines
and I think this is a cool way to remember
what's important. The hunger for love is much more difficult
to remove than the hunger for bread.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
That is from Mother Teresa, and.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
She's just explaining that we need love more than we
need food oftentimes in this world. And I actually think
that is such an important thing as we see actually
are fighting and our lack of love for one another
creating a need for food in this country when you
look at what's happening with the government shutdown. But I
just I thought this is a reminder of the importance
(25:15):
and the power of love, and it is life or
death sometimes.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Who was the other there? Because Mother Teresa is one,
there was somebody else. You said, we could just do
a full week of this person. Who was it that? God,
dang it, there was somebody you were plucking and that
was so good. We said we could just do these.
Was it Maya Angelou? Like she'sld with them?
Speaker 2 (25:33):
There are some folks that just have just an endless
supply of amazing quotes.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
She's one. We should do a themed week. But this
is a great, great quote.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
I agree.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove
than the hunger for bread.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
So show your love to.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Someone today, and our hope is that you receive some
as well.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
So thank you for running with us on this Thursday.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
I made robot and I'm TJ. Holmes. Always appreciate you running.
We'll talk to y'all soon.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
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