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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, thanks for joining us for today's morning run.
It's Wednesday, May twenty eighth. I'm Amy Ropot and I'm TJ.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Holmes. And on this morning's run, Surely that Trump versus
Harvard feud isn't going to escalate further? Well, hoh my beer.
Trump has now ordered the federal government to cancel all business.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
With the university, and NPR is suing Trump after the
administration took away its federal funding, accusing the outlet of bias.
Also on the morning, Ron Trump has ordered California to
stop a transgender girl from competing in a track and
field competition this weekend or else.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Plus this morning, a second crypto investor has been arrested
in that disturbing story out of Manhattan, accused of torturing
a man for his bitcoin password. Also this morning, it
was a hell of a day in the Ditty trial
as the third week of testimony resumed with just one
witness who said did he threaten to kill her?
Speaker 1 (01:03):
And others and new charges and details this morning in
that brazen vehicle attack in Liverpool where a man sent
more than fifty people to the hospital. Plus, the government
is no longer recommending COVID vaccines for healthy children and
pregnant women.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
And our final story on today's run will be this
head's up for you to pack lighter starting today. Southwest,
an airline known for letting bags fly for free, is
now the airline that used to lead bags fly for free.
A big change of Southwest. I know a lot of
people fly this airline because of that. Specifically, they liked
(01:41):
that the bags fly free.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
I don't think that's going to be a good mantra
for them going forward. We're the airline that used to
let you take your bags on for free. All right, Well,
we will have more on that coming up. But we
begin our run in Washington, d C. Another day. Another
massive escalation between Cresident Trump and Harvard University. And when
we say escalation, we mean a complete severance of the
(02:06):
government's long standing business relationship with Harvard.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Everything must go. It's over Trump. The administration has just
dumped Harvard. Essentially. They say they are going to cancel
all of the federal government's remaining contracts with the Ivy
League school, completely sever everything in their business relationship. The
contracts left are around one hundred million dollars, and that
sounds like a drop in the bucket compared to what's
already been cut. You remember, starting last month that Trump
(02:32):
administration had frozen roughly three point two billion dollars worth
of grants and contracts with Harvard and has also banned
foreign students from attending the school.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
And a reminder as to why all of this is happening, Well,
the White House has accused Harvard of allowing anti Semitic
behavior on campus. They've accused Harvard of liberal bias and
continuing to use racial considerations in its admission policies. Harvard,
by the way, has filed multiple lawsuits against the administry
to restore its federal funding and to reinstate its right
(03:04):
to enroll international students. So this is far far from over.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Continuing on the run here, and let's continue with people
who are suing the Trump administration. This time it's in PR,
claiming the Trump administration attempts to defund the network is
a clear violation of the Constitution their words. A lawsuit
now by NPR goes on to say that Trump's executive
order threatens to, or rather threatens, the existence of public
(03:30):
radio in this country. That millions of Americans rely on
for vile information.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Trump's executive orders, signed at the beginning of this month,
goes after both NPR and PBS. It accuses both public
media outlets of bias and instructs the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting to stop funding them. The White House reacted to
news of this lawsuit by reiterating its claim that the
Public Broadcasting is creating media to support a particular political
(03:59):
party on the taxpayer's dime.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
The MPR's lawsuit says the Trump's order violates the First Amendment,
known as viewpoint based discrimination. Public radio and TV stations
receive about five hundred and thirty five million dollars of
your money each year to produce educational and cultural programming.
PBS reportedly getting ready to file a lawsuit as well
against the Trump administration.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
All right, let's continue with lawsuits and threats and threats
of lawsuits and threats of stopping funding. All right. Next
up on our run, President Trump is threatening to take
federal funding from California permanently. It all depends on what
happens at the state's track and field championships this weekend.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Say what well a transgender girl has qualified to compete
in several events at those championships. Trump has taken issue
with that and ordered the state to stop the athlete
from competing or else now. He issued this warning in
a lengthy social media post, which started with what is
admittedly one of our favorite knick as for his political rivals.
(05:01):
We're not saying we support it. We're not saying it's
anything other than rude. But he has this way over
years of giving people nicknames publicly, and this is one
that I don't know. It's a it's something about it,
it's catchy. I think you did a good job on
those one.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I wonder if Governor Newsom likes this one as well. Well.
I'll go ahead and again, please everyone, these are Trump's words,
not mine. Trump wrote this on social media. California, under
the leadership of radical left democrat Gavin Neoscum, continues to
illegally allow men to play in women's sports. He went
on to say the athlete was a transitioned male athlete
(05:39):
who was a less than average competitor. As a female,
this transitioned person is practically unbeatable. This is not fair
and totally demeaning to women and girls. That was in
all caps, by the way.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
The President then went on to put them on notice
that large scale federal funding, whatever that means, will be
held back, maybe permanently, if California goes against the President's
executive order that borrows transgender athletes from competing in girls
and women's sports. He also mentioned that he was going
to talk to Governor Knew some about the situation. No
(06:11):
word on if that conversation took place yesterday, But the
governor out there has actually gone against his party, gone
against progressives. He's come out recently and said that it
is unfair for transgender athletes to compete in girls and
women's sports. He, of course, on the national stage, fully
expected to throw his hat into the ring to be president,
so this battle is probably good for him in a
lot of ways publicly to go against President Trump.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Right, But will he go against President Trump if he
actually supports what Trump is saying, So that will be
interesting to see what he does, if anything, based on
this latest threat by President Trump.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
The one's kind of catchy, even some of the New
York tabloids that you might not like, but every once
in a while you look and go, Okay, that's a
good headline. That's kind of what this feels like with
Trump newscomb.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Okay, that's anytime he can say that he feels good, right,
it's like cathartic for him, all right. Next up on
the run, we're going to head some men Manattan where
a second man surrendered to police yesterday. In that bizarre
and horrific case where police say an Italian tourist was
tortured for nearly three weeks inside a luxury Soho apartment,
(07:13):
all for his bitcoin fortune.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
So police have now charged cryptocurrency investor thirty two year
old William Duplessi with kidnapping, assault, unlawful imprisonment, and criminal
possession of a weapon. Duplessi's arrest comes days after police
charged another crypto entrepreneur, thirty seven year old John Woltz,
in the same alleged crime.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
So, this alleged victim is twenty eight years old. He
told police he went to the home of the suspect
and was then tortured by both men. The man says
that to beat him, they drugged him, he says used
electric shock. He says they hanged him off a ledge
and repeatedly threatened to kill him, putting a gun up
to his head.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Remind me again, Robes, how this went on for days,
almost three weeks? Okay, this went on for three weeks,
all right, eto police that he finally agreed to give
the men his Bitcoin passwords. They took him three weeks
to give it up. If he's going through all us,
that's incredible. When they finally went to get his computer,
he said, that's when he was able to escape and
get to a traffic officer for help. Police showed up
to the eight bedroom luxury Soho apartment where the man
(08:13):
was being held. They said they found multiple polaroid pictures
of the alleged victim being tied up and tortured.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Yeah, and police said they also found several torture devices
inside the apartment, including a saw, chicken wire, night vision goggles,
a gun, and ammunition. Both suspects were ordered by the
judge to give up their passports because both of these
men have extreme wealth and a lot of means potentially
to get out of the country, so they had to
give up their passports. They are both being held without bail.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
All right, We continue our run here on this Wednesday morning.
The did He trial court is back in session, got
back in session. Yesterday took a couple of days off
of the Memorial Day weekend, and yesterday just one and
one all important witness spent the entire day on the stand.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
I was going to say it was one hell of
a witness. Like we said at the Tabman, everything that
came out yesterday was jaw dropping. Her name is hard
to forget. You will remember. Her name is Capricorn Clark.
She was Sean Combs's assistant and global brand director for
many many years. She also worked as creative director to
Cassie Ventura. That's, of course, Diddy's ex, who was on
(09:20):
the stand that first week. Clark gave first hand accounts
of alleged violence, drug use, abuse, and threats, including Combs
allegedly threatening to kill her and others.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Now She was described by several observers in the courtroom
as crying uncontrollably at times as she recounted certain details
of her time working with Combs. The focus of Clark's
testimony an incident in twenty eleven after Combs found out
that Ventura was dating rapper Kid Cutty Cuddy testified last
week in the trial. Clark testified that Combs came to
(09:53):
her house in a rage and with a gun in hand,
forced her to get dressed and to come with him, and,
according to Clark, Diddy said we're going to kill Cuddy.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
She said she was then forced against her will to
go with Diddy and his security guard to kid Cutty's house.
After the incident, Clark claimed she witnessed Comb's kicking Ventura
repeatedly while she was balled up on the floor in
a fetal position and crying silently. She said she called
Ventura's mom and told her quote, he's beating the shit
out of your daughter, to which Ventura's mom responded, I
(10:26):
can't call police, but you can please help my daughter.
That is terrible.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
That's another one of those stories, the incidents that come out.
There were so many steps along the way that people
just didn't get help. They were desperate to get help
along the way, but that was a tough story to hear.
The prosecution did update the judge yesterday saying they are
now ahead of schedule. Thought they were going to finish
in six weeks. They now say they could be done
in five. We do expect today four more witnesses to
(10:53):
be on the stand, including an LA officer, a fire investigator,
a former stylist and an alleged Comb's victim.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
All right, next up on the run, we're going to
head across the pond to Liverpool with an update to
that horrific attack on a city street. A fifty three
year old British man has now been charged with attempted
murder dangerous driving offenses. And this is their words. It's
a little bit strange, but it must be a British ism.
Driving while unfit through drugs, probably like a duy, right
(11:22):
after he drove his Ford Galaxy vehicle into a crowd
of people celebrating their football team's Premier League victory.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Yeah. Police also have updated now the number of people
injured in that attack to sixty five. Fifty of them
had to be taken to the hospital, we're told now
good news here just eleven people still in the hospital,
all said to be in stable condition. Police say the
suspect gained access to the street filled with thousands of
revelers by following an ambulance.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Yeah, listen to this. A roadblock which they had up
for this street celebration was temporarily lifted to allow emergency
workers in that ambulance access to reach a bystander who
was suffering from a suspected heart attack. So because this
guy was feeling chest pains, they wanted to get emergency
workers to him. This man, this fifty three year old man,
(12:09):
followed the ambulance into the crowd, and police have said
they've maintained this is not an act of terrorism, but
they have not given any further details or specifics on
why this happened, what the suspects motive could have.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Been, But it sounds like a conscious decision to you
have to make the effort to follow.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Those absolutely absolutely, and this was also interesting the details
that came out. They were able to stop him. They
said he was like stopping and starting. He wasn't going
at a high rate of speed, and that's thankfully why
it appears no one has died or succume from their injuries.
But it was stopped because people started swarming the vehicle
and started beating on it. They actually even broke his
(12:44):
back windshield and that eventually caused him to stop. But
police and people were just swarming it, and that's what
it was able to make the awful attack end.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
All right, Well, folks, stay with us here on this
Wednesday morning line. When we come back. COVID vaccine, Kids
and pregnant women don't need them. Also coming up, they
say nobody gets a free ride. Well, that now includes
your bags on Southwest. We continue. Now on this Wednesday morning,
(13:19):
Ron and the CDC is changing its recommendations for who
should get COVID vaccines. Kids and pregnant women are no
longer on the list.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Yeah. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior made that announcement
in a short video posted to X yesterday and said
this puts us one step closer to realizing President Trump's
promise to make America healthy again. The change caught a
lot of doctors off guards, including at the American Academy
of Pediatrics, which has often consulted on any changes to
(13:52):
vaccine schedules for children.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
Okay, so why would the change come about, Well, Kennedy
simply said, there's a lack of data to support continuing
to recommend vaccinations for children six months and above. Now, yes,
most Americans out there these days are updated. They haven't
been getting boosters or not getting COVID vaccines. Fine, that's
great that we've moved past a certain point of the pandemic.
(14:15):
But here is the problem now Rhodes, if they don't
recommend it, insurance might not cover it. So you might
have people out there who do really want it, or
have a reason or whatever condition immunocompromise, so they need
the COVID vaccine, and now it might not be paid
for by insurance. So that's a major concern.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
All right. Now, for the final leg of our run,
your bags will no longer fly free. As of today,
Southwest Airlines is ending its long standing policy of allowing
customers to have two free check bags.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
And this policy, you might be wondering how long has
it been in place. It has been in place since,
oh forever. But as of today, anyone who books a
Southwest flight will have to pay for or checked bags.
The first one is going to cost you thirty five bucks,
the second one an extra ten dollars. Now, this is
not the only major change coming to Southwest. They're also
going to end ropes the open seating policy. This is
(15:13):
supposed to change pretty soon. Now. A lot of people
only flew that airline because of the bags fly for free.
I don't fly it because of that policy.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Open seating, first comefort service always stressful.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
I will that is the reason I absolutely will not
fly Southwest. Look, if this is going to be a.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Change, Hey, I'm curious and you're a light packer, so
this shouldn't be a problem for you. Yeah, and they
also announced that change fist policy for portable batteries as well.
They're making all sorts of changes over at Southwest. Here's
what they're thinking is they think these bag fees could
bring in an extra one point five billion dollars. Sounds
aweso in fees, right, that's great. However, estimates show it
(15:53):
could cost them more than that because people aren't going
to be flying Southwest anymore because of the change in policies,
So they'll have to see if yeah, one cost offsets
the other. Who knows.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
It's incredible people do. Look, that was my one reason.
Somebody could say, I don't have to cost spend extra
money on bags. Southwest is my airline. Where are they
supposed to do now? There's no what other incentive do
they have? They can go shop anywhere if everybody's going
to charge them for the bags.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
Yeah, what made Southwest special is now going away.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
And now the color of the planes also make them special.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
You always know that, certainly, certainly do all right, well,
we would like you to consider this as you go
about your day today. It is our quote of the day.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
When you judge another, you do not define them, You
define yourself.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Isn't that amazing? This is from Wayne Dye, or self
help author and motivational speaker. He was brought to mind
we have an upcoming episode that we're really excited about.
But this particular self help author was the goo to
our guests, and she reminded me of how much I
love what this man has to say. His quotes and
(17:05):
his teachings and his writings are so inspirational. And I
hadn't seen this one before, but it makes so much sense.
We're so quick to judge other people, but it really
doesn't actually say anything about them. It says more about you.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Ain't that the truth?
Speaker 1 (17:19):
Isn't it?
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Be careful today, folks, when you even have a thought
come to your mind that you want to judge somebody.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Yeah, stop, who do you want to be? And maybe
look inward instead of outwards. So we'll give it to
you one more time as you go about your day today,
food for thought. When you judge another, you do not
define them, You define yourself. That we hope you have
a wonderful Wednesday. Everyone, I mean.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Meet robots and I'm TJ. Holmes. Always appreciate you running
with us.
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, thanks for joining us for today's morning run.
It's Wednesday, May twenty eighth. I'm Amy Ropot and I'm TJ.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Holmes. And on this morning's run, Surely that Trump versus
Harvard feud isn't going to escalate further? Well, hoh my beer.
Trump has now ordered the federal government to cancel all business.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
With the university, and NPR is suing Trump after the
administration took away its federal funding, accusing the outlet of bias.
Also on the morning, Ron Trump has ordered California to
stop a transgender girl from competing in a track and
field competition this weekend or else.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Plus this morning, a second crypto investor has been arrested
in that disturbing story out of Manhattan, accused of torturing
a man for his bitcoin password. Also this morning, it
was a hell of a day in the Ditty trial
as the third week of testimony resumed with just one
witness who said did he threaten to kill her?
Speaker 1 (01:03):
And others and new charges and details this morning in
that brazen vehicle attack in Liverpool where a man sent
more than fifty people to the hospital. Plus, the government
is no longer recommending COVID vaccines for healthy children and
pregnant women.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
And our final story on today's run will be this
head's up for you to pack lighter starting today. Southwest,
an airline known for letting bags fly for free, is
now the airline that used to lead bags fly for free.
A big change of Southwest. I know a lot of
people fly this airline because of that. Specifically, they liked
(01:41):
that the bags fly free.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
I don't think that's going to be a good mantra
for them going forward. We're the airline that used to
let you take your bags on for free. All right, Well,
we will have more on that coming up. But we
begin our run in Washington, d C. Another day. Another
massive escalation between Cresident Trump and Harvard University. And when
we say escalation, we mean a complete severance of the
(02:06):
government's long standing business relationship with Harvard.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Everything must go. It's over Trump. The administration has just
dumped Harvard. Essentially. They say they are going to cancel
all of the federal government's remaining contracts with the Ivy
League school, completely sever everything in their business relationship. The
contracts left are around one hundred million dollars, and that
sounds like a drop in the bucket compared to what's
already been cut. You remember, starting last month that Trump
(02:32):
administration had frozen roughly three point two billion dollars worth
of grants and contracts with Harvard and has also banned
foreign students from attending the school.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
And a reminder as to why all of this is happening, Well,
the White House has accused Harvard of allowing anti Semitic
behavior on campus. They've accused Harvard of liberal bias and
continuing to use racial considerations in its admission policies. Harvard,
by the way, has filed multiple lawsuits against the administry
to restore its federal funding and to reinstate its right
(03:04):
to enroll international students. So this is far far from over.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Continuing on the run here, and let's continue with people
who are suing the Trump administration. This time it's in PR,
claiming the Trump administration attempts to defund the network is
a clear violation of the Constitution their words. A lawsuit
now by NPR goes on to say that Trump's executive
order threatens to, or rather threatens, the existence of public
(03:30):
radio in this country. That millions of Americans rely on
for vile information.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Trump's executive orders, signed at the beginning of this month,
goes after both NPR and PBS. It accuses both public
media outlets of bias and instructs the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting to stop funding them. The White House reacted to
news of this lawsuit by reiterating its claim that the
Public Broadcasting is creating media to support a particular political
(03:59):
party on the taxpayer's dime.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
The MPR's lawsuit says the Trump's order violates the First Amendment,
known as viewpoint based discrimination. Public radio and TV stations
receive about five hundred and thirty five million dollars of
your money each year to produce educational and cultural programming.
PBS reportedly getting ready to file a lawsuit as well
against the Trump administration.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
All right, let's continue with lawsuits and threats and threats
of lawsuits and threats of stopping funding. All right. Next
up on our run, President Trump is threatening to take
federal funding from California permanently. It all depends on what
happens at the state's track and field championships this weekend.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Say what well a transgender girl has qualified to compete
in several events at those championships. Trump has taken issue
with that and ordered the state to stop the athlete
from competing or else now. He issued this warning in
a lengthy social media post, which started with what is
admittedly one of our favorite knick as for his political rivals.
(05:01):
We're not saying we support it. We're not saying it's
anything other than rude. But he has this way over
years of giving people nicknames publicly, and this is one
that I don't know. It's a it's something about it,
it's catchy. I think you did a good job on
those one.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I wonder if Governor Newsom likes this one as well. Well.
I'll go ahead and again, please everyone, these are Trump's words,
not mine. Trump wrote this on social media. California, under
the leadership of radical left democrat Gavin Neoscum, continues to
illegally allow men to play in women's sports. He went
on to say the athlete was a transitioned male athlete
(05:39):
who was a less than average competitor. As a female,
this transitioned person is practically unbeatable. This is not fair
and totally demeaning to women and girls. That was in
all caps, by the way.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
The President then went on to put them on notice
that large scale federal funding, whatever that means, will be
held back, maybe permanently, if California goes against the President's
executive order that borrows transgender athletes from competing in girls
and women's sports. He also mentioned that he was going
to talk to Governor Knew some about the situation. No
(06:11):
word on if that conversation took place yesterday, But the
governor out there has actually gone against his party, gone
against progressives. He's come out recently and said that it
is unfair for transgender athletes to compete in girls and
women's sports. He, of course, on the national stage, fully
expected to throw his hat into the ring to be president,
so this battle is probably good for him in a
lot of ways publicly to go against President Trump.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Right, But will he go against President Trump if he
actually supports what Trump is saying, So that will be
interesting to see what he does, if anything, based on
this latest threat by President Trump.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
The one's kind of catchy, even some of the New
York tabloids that you might not like, but every once
in a while you look and go, Okay, that's a
good headline. That's kind of what this feels like with
Trump newscomb.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Okay, that's anytime he can say that he feels good, right,
it's like cathartic for him, all right. Next up on
the run, we're going to head some men Manattan where
a second man surrendered to police yesterday. In that bizarre
and horrific case where police say an Italian tourist was
tortured for nearly three weeks inside a luxury Soho apartment,
(07:13):
all for his bitcoin fortune.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
So police have now charged cryptocurrency investor thirty two year
old William Duplessi with kidnapping, assault, unlawful imprisonment, and criminal
possession of a weapon. Duplessi's arrest comes days after police
charged another crypto entrepreneur, thirty seven year old John Woltz,
in the same alleged crime.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
So, this alleged victim is twenty eight years old. He
told police he went to the home of the suspect
and was then tortured by both men. The man says
that to beat him, they drugged him, he says used
electric shock. He says they hanged him off a ledge
and repeatedly threatened to kill him, putting a gun up
to his head.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Remind me again, Robes, how this went on for days,
almost three weeks? Okay, this went on for three weeks,
all right, eto police that he finally agreed to give
the men his Bitcoin passwords. They took him three weeks
to give it up. If he's going through all us,
that's incredible. When they finally went to get his computer,
he said, that's when he was able to escape and
get to a traffic officer for help. Police showed up
to the eight bedroom luxury Soho apartment where the man
(08:13):
was being held. They said they found multiple polaroid pictures
of the alleged victim being tied up and tortured.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Yeah, and police said they also found several torture devices
inside the apartment, including a saw, chicken wire, night vision goggles,
a gun, and ammunition. Both suspects were ordered by the
judge to give up their passports because both of these
men have extreme wealth and a lot of means potentially
to get out of the country, so they had to
give up their passports. They are both being held without bail.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
All right, We continue our run here on this Wednesday morning.
The did He trial court is back in session, got
back in session. Yesterday took a couple of days off
of the Memorial Day weekend, and yesterday just one and
one all important witness spent the entire day on the stand.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
I was going to say it was one hell of
a witness. Like we said at the Tabman, everything that
came out yesterday was jaw dropping. Her name is hard
to forget. You will remember. Her name is Capricorn Clark.
She was Sean Combs's assistant and global brand director for
many many years. She also worked as creative director to
Cassie Ventura. That's, of course, Diddy's ex, who was on
(09:20):
the stand that first week. Clark gave first hand accounts
of alleged violence, drug use, abuse, and threats, including Combs
allegedly threatening to kill her and others.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Now She was described by several observers in the courtroom
as crying uncontrollably at times as she recounted certain details
of her time working with Combs. The focus of Clark's
testimony an incident in twenty eleven after Combs found out
that Ventura was dating rapper Kid Cutty Cuddy testified last
week in the trial. Clark testified that Combs came to
(09:53):
her house in a rage and with a gun in hand,
forced her to get dressed and to come with him, and,
according to Clark, Diddy said we're going to kill Cuddy.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
She said she was then forced against her will to
go with Diddy and his security guard to kid Cutty's house.
After the incident, Clark claimed she witnessed Comb's kicking Ventura
repeatedly while she was balled up on the floor in
a fetal position and crying silently. She said she called
Ventura's mom and told her quote, he's beating the shit
out of your daughter, to which Ventura's mom responded, I
(10:26):
can't call police, but you can please help my daughter.
That is terrible.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
That's another one of those stories, the incidents that come out.
There were so many steps along the way that people
just didn't get help. They were desperate to get help
along the way, but that was a tough story to hear.
The prosecution did update the judge yesterday saying they are
now ahead of schedule. Thought they were going to finish
in six weeks. They now say they could be done
in five. We do expect today four more witnesses to
(10:53):
be on the stand, including an LA officer, a fire investigator,
a former stylist and an alleged Comb's victim.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
All right, next up on the run, we're going to
head across the pond to Liverpool with an update to
that horrific attack on a city street. A fifty three
year old British man has now been charged with attempted
murder dangerous driving offenses. And this is their words. It's
a little bit strange, but it must be a British ism.
Driving while unfit through drugs, probably like a duy, right
(11:22):
after he drove his Ford Galaxy vehicle into a crowd
of people celebrating their football team's Premier League victory.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Yeah. Police also have updated now the number of people
injured in that attack to sixty five. Fifty of them
had to be taken to the hospital, we're told now
good news here just eleven people still in the hospital,
all said to be in stable condition. Police say the
suspect gained access to the street filled with thousands of
revelers by following an ambulance.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Yeah, listen to this. A roadblock which they had up
for this street celebration was temporarily lifted to allow emergency
workers in that ambulance access to reach a bystander who
was suffering from a suspected heart attack. So because this
guy was feeling chest pains, they wanted to get emergency
workers to him. This man, this fifty three year old man,
(12:09):
followed the ambulance into the crowd, and police have said
they've maintained this is not an act of terrorism, but
they have not given any further details or specifics on
why this happened, what the suspects motive could have.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Been, But it sounds like a conscious decision to you
have to make the effort to follow.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Those absolutely absolutely, and this was also interesting the details
that came out. They were able to stop him. They
said he was like stopping and starting. He wasn't going
at a high rate of speed, and that's thankfully why
it appears no one has died or succume from their injuries.
But it was stopped because people started swarming the vehicle
and started beating on it. They actually even broke his
(12:44):
back windshield and that eventually caused him to stop. But
police and people were just swarming it, and that's what
it was able to make the awful attack end.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
All right, Well, folks, stay with us here on this
Wednesday morning line. When we come back. COVID vaccine, Kids
and pregnant women don't need them. Also coming up, they
say nobody gets a free ride. Well, that now includes
your bags on Southwest. We continue. Now on this Wednesday morning,
(13:19):
Ron and the CDC is changing its recommendations for who
should get COVID vaccines. Kids and pregnant women are no
longer on the list.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Yeah. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior made that announcement
in a short video posted to X yesterday and said
this puts us one step closer to realizing President Trump's
promise to make America healthy again. The change caught a
lot of doctors off guards, including at the American Academy
of Pediatrics, which has often consulted on any changes to
(13:52):
vaccine schedules for children.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
Okay, so why would the change come about, Well, Kennedy
simply said, there's a lack of data to support continuing
to recommend vaccinations for children six months and above. Now, yes,
most Americans out there these days are updated. They haven't
been getting boosters or not getting COVID vaccines. Fine, that's
great that we've moved past a certain point of the pandemic.
(14:15):
But here is the problem now Rhodes, if they don't
recommend it, insurance might not cover it. So you might
have people out there who do really want it, or
have a reason or whatever condition immunocompromise, so they need
the COVID vaccine, and now it might not be paid
for by insurance. So that's a major concern.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
All right. Now, for the final leg of our run,
your bags will no longer fly free. As of today,
Southwest Airlines is ending its long standing policy of allowing
customers to have two free check bags.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
And this policy, you might be wondering how long has
it been in place. It has been in place since,
oh forever. But as of today, anyone who books a
Southwest flight will have to pay for or checked bags.
The first one is going to cost you thirty five bucks,
the second one an extra ten dollars. Now, this is
not the only major change coming to Southwest. They're also
going to end ropes the open seating policy. This is
(15:13):
supposed to change pretty soon. Now. A lot of people
only flew that airline because of the bags fly for free.
I don't fly it because of that policy.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Open seating, first comefort service always stressful.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
I will that is the reason I absolutely will not
fly Southwest. Look, if this is going to be a.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Change, Hey, I'm curious and you're a light packer, so
this shouldn't be a problem for you. Yeah, and they
also announced that change fist policy for portable batteries as well.
They're making all sorts of changes over at Southwest. Here's
what they're thinking is they think these bag fees could
bring in an extra one point five billion dollars. Sounds
aweso in fees, right, that's great. However, estimates show it
(15:53):
could cost them more than that because people aren't going
to be flying Southwest anymore because of the change in policies,
So they'll have to see if yeah, one cost offsets
the other. Who knows.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
It's incredible people do. Look, that was my one reason.
Somebody could say, I don't have to cost spend extra
money on bags. Southwest is my airline. Where are they
supposed to do now? There's no what other incentive do
they have? They can go shop anywhere if everybody's going
to charge them for the bags.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
Yeah, what made Southwest special is now going away.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
And now the color of the planes also make them special.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
You always know that, certainly, certainly do all right, well,
we would like you to consider this as you go
about your day today. It is our quote of the day.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
When you judge another, you do not define them, You
define yourself.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Isn't that amazing? This is from Wayne Dye, or self
help author and motivational speaker. He was brought to mind
we have an upcoming episode that we're really excited about.
But this particular self help author was the goo to
our guests, and she reminded me of how much I
love what this man has to say. His quotes and
(17:05):
his teachings and his writings are so inspirational. And I
hadn't seen this one before, but it makes so much sense.
We're so quick to judge other people, but it really
doesn't actually say anything about them. It says more about you.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Ain't that the truth?
Speaker 1 (17:19):
Isn't it?
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Be careful today, folks, when you even have a thought
come to your mind that you want to judge somebody.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Yeah, stop, who do you want to be? And maybe
look inward instead of outwards. So we'll give it to
you one more time as you go about your day today,
food for thought. When you judge another, you do not
define them, You define yourself. That we hope you have
a wonderful Wednesday. Everyone, I mean.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Meet robots and I'm TJ. Holmes. Always appreciate you running
with us.
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