01-31-25 YMS National Correspondent RORY O’NEILL with the latest on the investigation into the helicopter/Jet collision in Washington.

National Correspondent RORY O’NEILL with the latest on the investigation into the helicopter/Jet collision in Washington. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Previously on Your Morning Show with Michael dil Chuano.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Meanwhile, a preliminary FAA report revealed that staffing at the
air traffic control tower was not normal, understaffed, with one
traffic controller working two different tower positions at the same
time of the crash. President Trump saying incompetence may be
to blame for the crash. Meanwhile, at twenty five percent
tariff on Canada and Mexico is looming tomorrow. Unless Rory

(00:28):
O'Neill is our national correspondent joining us covering these two
top stories. Is there an unless for Canada well, and
for Mexico, there's still time and maybe a deal can
be hammered out before we impose these tariffs.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
Twenty five percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada. That could
really cause the prices of fruits and vegetables to go up.
Liquor good luck getting tequila cheap, right, depending on how
things go here?

Speaker 4 (00:54):
But is this just a bargaining tactic?

Speaker 3 (00:57):
President Trump has said he wants Canada and Mexico to
do more to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into
the US and to stop the flow of drugs like ventanyl.

Speaker 4 (01:07):
He also did make it I don't know if you
were watching.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
I think you know. No matter who you are, you
gotta love that this president's at work every day. May
not like what he's saying, depending on your partisan view,
but he's definitely at work every day. There's no mystery
as to where this guy is and what he's doing.
But I noticed in when he brought the press in
as he was signing the memorandum on the air traffic
control as well as other things, right, he made a

(01:30):
comment specifically about China and cheap China vehicles coming in
from Mexico. You and I think I think it was
you or me and Decker. We had talked about this.
I think that's a hot button. The fentanyl has him mad.
I think the allowing illegals in to the South and
the North has him mad. And I think that on

(01:51):
the back burner is those Chinese cheap electric vehicles. I
think I know what his motives are. I don't know
what he expects them to do to cave.

Speaker 4 (01:58):
Well, right, because there are big tariffs.

Speaker 3 (02:01):
I think tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles coming into the US.

Speaker 4 (02:06):
That's the current rule that was under Biden.

Speaker 3 (02:08):
And the concern is China is building our plants in
Mexico to skirt that tariff, and maybe that's the strategy.
Maybe he's trying to stop that again, maybe that's just
part of the negotiation, because yes, the tariffs are supposed
to be implemented tomorrow, but it's a long.

Speaker 4 (02:26):
Time between now and then. You bring storm Tequila.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
Pretty fast, that one comes to mind. I was shocked,
don't I want to ask, and I want to shut up,
and I'm gonna hear your answer. Were you shocked at
how much we did learn yesterday? Because that was a lot.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
It's unbelievable we knew so much an hour after it happened.

Speaker 4 (02:47):
I was shocked.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
No, And then the fact that, you know, the weather
conditions were pretty good other than being cold, but not
as bad coals that had been you know, they were
able to recover a lot of the bodies in about
eight feet of water there in the Potomac icy Potomac.
I shouldn't mention no, So, I mean, the response has
been pretty incredible to be able to get this much

(03:09):
information so quickly. But you know, let's let's try to
end the speculation at this point. As we heard from
the NTSP, this is going to be a long slow investigation.

Speaker 2 (03:18):
They're orange, but they call them black boxes. The two
black boxes from the plane have been retrieved. There is
no such technology in the helicopter. And the NTSP came
out and did say that that there was an understaffing
issue and in particular one person handling you know, both
helicopters and planes on two different frequencies at once. This

(03:38):
is possible, but not ideal by any stretch. And I
still think we have you seen these new angles that
CNN just released. That's that's a pretty vivid view of
what exactly happened, but it.

Speaker 3 (03:50):
Makes it harder to understand, Yeah, how they didn't see
how did that happen? You know, and especially with the
new video, like wait, how did you not see that?

Speaker 4 (04:00):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (04:00):
It's yeah, And then I get back to the changing
to runway thirty three as well. All right, well, if
that's how much we learned surprisingly yesterday, what might we
know throughout the day?

Speaker 4 (04:09):
Keep it here for the very latest. Thank you, Rory.
I have a great weekend.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
Miss a little, miss a lot, miss a lot, and
we'll miss you. It's your Morning Show with Michael del Churno.