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Friday morning, Ginagon dot Com Colorado's morning news, Fox thirty
one pinpoint weather mostly sunny today, another seventy.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Three degree day ahead of us.
Speaker 6 (00:39):
We'll be reaching the seventies again tomorrow, dipping into the
upper sixties by Sunday.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Currently we're at forty seven in Denver.
Speaker 7 (00:46):
Well, I know it has been a difficult few years here.
The fan support has been remarkable, and.
Speaker 6 (00:52):
The Rockies new President of Baseball Operations, Paul Depotesta, hopes
to build on that support and turn the team's dismal record.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
He's crediting the owners for giving him free reign.
Speaker 7 (01:03):
They're not just an appetite. There's like a thirst to
build this out, you know, to make it a real
strength for the organization.
Speaker 6 (01:08):
Deepot Esta's first goal to fire a manager. The Rockies
have had three straight seasons of one hundred losses or more.
His most recent job was chief strategy officer with the
Cleveland Browns.
Speaker 8 (01:21):
See You.
Speaker 6 (01:21):
Athletic director Rick George is stepping down. He'll still be
around in Bolder, but won't be returning in that capacity
next to academic year, moving into a new advisory role.
He's spent thirteen seasons at the Helm of Colorado's athletic
department and says he's decided to allow new leadership to
guide the Buffs. His new role will officially be Special
Advisor to the Chancellor and Athletics Directors Emeritus.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
The athletic trainer.
Speaker 6 (01:45):
Accused of using his position to sexually assault two teen
clients will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.
Speaker 8 (01:51):
The sentencing of Aaron Carrato was a tale of two stories.
Victim statements emphasized the lives of two teenage girls turned
upside down, facing a lot road to recovery. Those who
spoke for the defendant described a helpful, devoted man. Carorado's
ex wife believes they're victims of his brainwashing.
Speaker 9 (02:08):
I mean he is a cult.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Leader and they are in his colt and they are
his followers, and they.
Speaker 9 (02:13):
Believe his lives.
Speaker 8 (02:14):
She called his sentencing of seventy six years to life
a relief.
Speaker 5 (02:17):
Connor shreve Kiawa News.
Speaker 6 (02:19):
Governor Poulos has presented his budget to the Joint Budget Committee.
Republican State Senator Barb Kirkmeyer is a member of that
committee and takes issue with the governor's cuts to Medicaid.
Speaker 10 (02:28):
The fonsible budgeting means you tighten your own built first
kind of thing. This governor, he's not necessarily constraining growth
where it matters. He's only constraining growth for families and
jeopardizing access to healthcare for everyone, especially women.
Speaker 6 (02:42):
But the governor says the plan only slows the growth
of Medicaid. Instead of increasing by more than six hundred
million dollars next year, he's proposing Medicaid spending only grow
by three hundred million. The governor also asking the federal
governments for disaster relief to help repair the damage from
the widespread flood that tour through southwest Colorado at the
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beginning of October. The request would assist the counties of Archietta, Mineral,
and Laplata, which were hit the hardest during the flooding.
The state has said damage already passed thirteen million dollars
and continues to grow. There's still plenty of housework to
be done as Congress is now working to prevent another
government shutdown.
Speaker 11 (03:21):
Government is funded until January thirtieth, and lawmakers will now
try to complete the appropriations process.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
The goal is to pass twelve individual.
Speaker 11 (03:29):
Spending bills to fund different government agencies for the fiscal
year that runs until the end of September. Three bills
have already been signed by President Trump, funding the Department.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Of Agriculture, the Legislative.
Speaker 11 (03:39):
Branch, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, meaning if a
shutdown happens again, Snap and Veterans services will not be
at risk. The nine remaining bills would need sixty votes
in the Senate.
Speaker 6 (03:51):
That's Fox's Rainsmell's new federal rules tied to the government
funding bill could spell trouble for Colorado's hemp farmers.
Speaker 12 (03:58):
The new measure includes the vision banning hemp items with
more than point four milligrams of THHC per container, a
shift expert say would wipe out more than ninety five
percent of the current market and put Colorado hemp farmers
and producers out of work. Local attorneys are asking Congress
to adjust the policy, which begins a year from now.
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Supporters say the move closes a loophole that allowed intoxicating
products to be sold as hemp.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Brenda Stewart Koway News.
Speaker 6 (04:28):
A number of Congressmen are upset with a provision to
the funding bill to reopen the government that allows senators
to sue the government for half a million dollars when
their phone records are subpoenat without their knowledge.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Florida Republican Greg Stuby.
Speaker 13 (04:41):
I mean, you're talking millions of dollars that are going
directly to specific senators. That was laid out in a
legal framework in a bill to fund the government. I
can tell you that people in my district thinks that's
probably the swappiest thing they've ever heard.
Speaker 6 (04:54):
I'll Speaker Mike Johnson says he'll hold a vote next
week to repeal that portion of the funding bill. President
Trump switching his focus from reopening the government to the
next elections.
Speaker 14 (05:04):
When we come up to midterms and other things, don't
forget what they've done to our country.
Speaker 6 (05:08):
He's now considering a tour around the country to address
the issue of affordability.
Speaker 15 (05:12):
The Trump administration is actually pushing back against some critics
who claim the President simply isn't doing enough to bring
down costs. The White House wants to make it easier
for homebuilders to build more houses and make them more
affordable for everybody, even going so far as to float
fifty year long mortgages. But they're also pointing the finger
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of blame for high home prices, etc. On former President
Biden's border policies, which they argue have actually made home
prices skyrocket, especially.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
For the young.
Speaker 6 (05:45):
That's Foxes Kevin Cork first responders learning how to rescue
more than just people. Firefighters from Lafayette and Lewisville were
offered at training this week with veterinarians and the staff
at Blue Pearl Pet Hospital to learn more about saving
family pets.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Here's Fire Chief Pete Bratchhaw. We provide a lot of.
Speaker 13 (06:02):
Life saving majures to pets very often, but you know
a lot of dog lovers and cat lovers here, so
having the skill is invaluable.
Speaker 6 (06:09):
This course was not a requirement, but the office was
packed with first responders who say the training gives them
some peace of mind and the Denver Broncos getting ready
to take on their big rival here at home. The
Kansas City Chiefs may not be having the best.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Year, but they're still a powerhouse.
Speaker 6 (06:24):
Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph says they can't afford to
underestimate Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 16 (06:29):
He's been a best for a long time. He's a winner.
The place he can make off schedule that makes it tough,
and he can obviously buy time in the second act
that's where he makes it supposed to play. So going
against Patrick, obviously, you know how you rush them is important.
Speaker 6 (06:43):
The Broncos eight and two, the Chiefs five and four
on the season. The Chiefs have won the AFC West
nine straight seasons. Our KOA coverage of Sunday's game will
begin at eight a m. With kickoff two thirty five
Here on KOA. You're up to days on Colorado's morning News.
Also are social media poll question for this morning. Who
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Speaker 6 (07:09):
Some good news at the grocery aisle will get more
coming up in business and Money News. First, let's take
a look at your early Friday morning drive. We go
to the KWA Traffic Center and say good morning to.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Be our bonus, and good morning.
Speaker 17 (07:20):
Here's a look at the roads out there right now.
There's just a little bit of slowing on southbound I
twenty five around twentieth in that construction zone area.
Speaker 9 (07:27):
Also more construction and.
Speaker 17 (07:28):
The roadway is reduced to one lane on westbound I
seventy between Morrison Road and Lookout Mountain. The rest of
the roads looking great this morning. Accident free I DO
twenty five and SE four seventy are moving at post
hit speeds. I'm bit at her bonus on KOAA fifty
am and ninety four one.
Speaker 14 (07:43):
F app.
Speaker 6 (07:45):
Keenan Dixon joining us with our first look at the
latest business and money news. As we're going bananas for
grocery savings.
Speaker 5 (07:51):
It's always a good day when that's the headline.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
White House officials say they've reached agreements on trade deals
with several South and Central American countries, whch coul ultimately
mean savings at the grocery store for Americans.
Speaker 18 (08:03):
The deal covers four countries, Argentina, Ecuador, Al Salvador, and Guatemala,
with full agreements expected to be signed in about two weeks.
And it's important to note here the deal does not
include Brazil, which provides about a third of US coffee
imports and still faces some of the highest tariffs under
Trump's plan.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
ABC's Nicole Antonio the deals would roll back some of
President Trump's tariffs on imports, including coffee and bananas. Nearly
a quarter of fall American households are living paycheck to paycheck,
with necessity spending exceeding ninety five percent of their income.
Bank of America says slow wage growth has contributed to
an increase in households with limited savings and lower income.
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Findings also reveal the number of households in the Northeast
and Midwest living paycheck to paycheck has increased. A Wall
Street sell off looks poised to continue to end the week.
The stock market is coming off its worst day in
a month, with the Dow slipping nearly eight hundred points,
c SMP dropping more than one hundred and the NASDAK,
the biggest low, are down more than five hundred points.
Tech giants are getting hit hard as investor sentiment on
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artificial intelligence is wavering, sparking bubble talks. Investors also taking
a potential third interest rate cut into consideration, although FED
chair's Rome Pal said last month it appears unlikely economists
are pricing in a fifty two percent chance the FED
cuts rates again in December. More than three thousand striking
Boeing workers in the Saint Louis area are headed back
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to work.
Speaker 5 (09:28):
Members of the.
Speaker 4 (09:28):
International Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted yesterday to approve Boeing's
latest contract offer, ending the strike at more than three months.
Speaker 19 (09:36):
It was time concidering with a different contract we've gone through,
so I felt at this sign of the year it
was signed to really put into yes.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Vote Yes.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
Voters like Victor Black are ready to move forward with
the new five year contract, giving union workers a pay
raise and a six thousand dollars upfront bonus. It also
guarantees all members will keep their jobs even with Boeing
hiring replacement workers, but some machinists say they we're still
willing to hold out over lingering concerns with general wage
increase and four to win K benefits. Our next update
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at five thirty eight. Keenan Dixon Kaway Money News time.
Speaker 5 (10:11):
In Koway Sports.
Speaker 19 (10:13):
The Avalanche now won five in a row after beating
the Sabers six to three at Ball Arena.
Speaker 5 (10:18):
Coach Jared bednar I.
Speaker 20 (10:19):
Love to start, you know, we talked about it. They're
playing on a back to back. It's a young team,
they've lost a handful of a row. You knew they
were going to be hungry. We tried to push them
out of the game early. They didn't go away and
give them credit.
Speaker 19 (10:31):
Yeah, So it's the Islander's Sunday Night, a big division
game for the Broncos Sunday as they host the Chiefs.
Defensive coordinator Vance Joseph on the challenge of playing against
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 16 (10:43):
He's been in best for a long time and he's
a winner. The plays he can make off schedule that
makes it tough. Obviously, they are in the huddle and
have to play called and you can defend that play perfectly,
and he can obviously buy time in the second act.
That's where he makes it supposed to play.
Speaker 19 (10:58):
Ay Away coverage of Sunday Broncos Chiefs game starts at
eight am with kickoff at two twenty five and Thursday
Night Football the Patriots beat the Jets twenty seven fourteen.
In college football, the Buffs have a buy this week.
CSU plays at New Mexico Tomorrow, air Force visits Yukon.
In basketball, Colorado hosts Providence tonight. KOAI covered starts at
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six thirty. Air Force host Miami of Ohio tomorrow afternoon.
Longtime Colorado Athletic director Rick George is stepping down at
the end of the academic year. He'll stay with CU
as special Advisor to the Chancellor and Director of Athletics emeritus.
The Rockies officially introduced their new president of Baseball Operations Thursday,
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Paul de Podesta.
Speaker 5 (11:42):
He says his.
Speaker 19 (11:42):
First priority is to get to know everyone in the
organization and understand the capabilities of those already in the building.
There are also several other things that need to be done.
Speaker 5 (11:52):
Then there's some real decisions we have to make.
Speaker 7 (11:54):
Certainly the manager is a is it first and foremost,
I think in my mind, And then there it's setting
the entire major league staff. We also have, you know,
some some pitching jobs that we need to we need
to fill, including sort of the top pitching jobs. And
that that's not just hiring a person that's actually establishing
a pitching philosophy for the entire organization.
Speaker 19 (12:14):
De Podesta work for several organizations, including the Athletics and
Dodgers before moving to the NFL. He had been with
the Browns for the past decade and for the second
year in a row, show hey Otani has been named
the National League MVP and Aaron Judge the AL MVP.
I'm Chad Bauer on the radio home of the Broncos,
Buffs and Rockies and KOA Sports this afternoon at three
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Colorado's Morning.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
News KOA News Time five seventeen.
Speaker 6 (12:42):
Following some breaking news this morning out of Denver as
a suspect is injured following an officer involved shooting. The
chief is giving the latest details. Now let's listen in.
Speaker 14 (12:53):
Advanced toward the officers. The officers, the two officers there
fired at the end of dial he went down. They
immediately began to render medical aid until an ambulance arrived
and was able to transport that person to Swedish hospital
where they ultimately were pronounced deceased. So at this time,
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we have initiated our officer involved shooting critical Incident protocol,
so we have investigators from the State Patrol and CPI.
They're out here assisting our homicide investigators conducting an investigation
under the overside of the Office of the Independent Monitor,
and that investigation will be turned over to the District
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Attorney for their review.
Speaker 6 (13:39):
Again, that's Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas. Now, this took
place near I two twenty five in South Parker Road.
As he mentioned, the suspect is dead. We'll continue to
follow the latest here on KAWA. Coming up next on
Colorado's Morning News. If you're looking for something to do,
we'll have the complete weekend event list in just a moment.
Let's go now to the KAA Traffic Center taking a
look at your early Friday morning drive with Vida her Bonus.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Vida you there, Hello, Hello, Hi, how are you? I'm good?
Speaker 3 (14:16):
Are you?
Speaker 2 (14:16):
We have a traffic report going on. What are we
seeing on our roads?
Speaker 9 (14:20):
All right, just a little bit.
Speaker 17 (14:21):
All slowing on the southbound I twenty five around twentieth
in that construction zone. Also we're seeing some road construction
and the roadway is reduced to one lane on westbound
I seventy between Morrison Road and Lookout Mountain.
Speaker 9 (14:33):
The rest of the roads are accident free.
Speaker 17 (14:35):
This morning, I too twenty five and SEE four seventy
are moving a post at speeds. I'm bit at our
bonus on KOWA eight fifty AM and ninety four one FM.
Speaker 6 (14:44):
Well, the latest coming up in the five thirty newscast
and an officer involved shooting that took place in Denver,
that coming up in just a minute. Taking a look
at your Friday morning drive, we go to Vida our
bonus in the KWA Traffic Center.
Speaker 9 (14:56):
And good morning Gina.
Speaker 17 (14:57):
There's an accident off to the right shoulder on south
bound two twenty five just south of Parker Road.
Speaker 9 (15:02):
Not really causing any backups right.
Speaker 17 (15:04):
Now, but just keep an eye out for the safety
patrol in that area. Also, it's a little sluggish on
southbound I twenty five around twenty if they're still working
on that construction overnight. And if you're headed to the
high Country, there are some delays on westbound I seventy
between Morrison Road and Lookout Mountain Dew to construction there
as well. The rest of the roadway is looking really
good right now. C four seventy is moving at post
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it speeds. I'm fit at her bonus. I'm kiowait eight
fifty AM and ninety four one FM.
Speaker 6 (15:32):
Good Friday Morning, Ginagontat on Colorado's Morning.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
News A fifty AM, ninety four one FM.
Speaker 6 (15:38):
And on the iHeartRadio app Fox thirty one Pinpoint Weather.
Our forecast has really been a broken record for the
past couple of days. Another warm day on tap, high
temperature in the low seventies. Similar pattern tomorrow, then we
finally see some upper sixties by Sunday.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Currently we're at forty eight in Denver.
Speaker 19 (15:55):
Well.
Speaker 6 (15:55):
The shutdown is over, but it affects goes on as
it's proving tough to turn the government back.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Some TSA workers, like Maggie Saventino. The fridge is pretty
much empty.
Speaker 6 (16:05):
A mother of two in Philadelphia told us she couldn't
afford to go to work.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
When I call out, I tell them the truth. Can't
afford childcare.
Speaker 21 (16:12):
Maggie is back on the job, but the shock waves
from this shutdown will take days to settle.
Speaker 6 (16:17):
At ABC's Rachel Scott's Homeland Security rewarding some of the
airport employees who continued to work during the shutdown, DHS
Secretary Christinome.
Speaker 22 (16:25):
We are announcing that we are going to be handing
out bonus checks of ten thousand dollars to TSOS to
agents who worked for TSA who served with exemplary service.
Speaker 6 (16:35):
Air traffic controllers back at work, but already today, more
than six hundred flights across the country have been canceled,
more than forty of those here at DiiA A Regional
Airports is under fire for changing flight patterns and disturbing neighbors.
Rocky Mountain Regional Airport hosted its third town hall meeting
last night in Broomfield to address some of their concerns.
Speaker 10 (16:55):
They're citizens that they have left our city because they couldnot.
We have flights over us at six in the morning
that shake my house.
Speaker 6 (17:04):
Airport administrators point out it was the FAA that changed
the flight patterns and developers continue to build in an
open space around the airport. Are AMMA president Eric Dahl
insists the airport adheres to strict safety policies.
Speaker 19 (17:19):
We do daily inspections of the airport. We do daily
certification of all of our surfaces to make sure the
airport is safe.
Speaker 6 (17:26):
The FAA says it changed the airport's operating procedures and
flight paths to minimize the risk and increase safety. Denver
police are now on scene of an officer involved shooting
that took place on South Parker Road near I two
twenty five. Police Chief Ron Thomas says the suspect was
killed during a confrontation with police.
Speaker 14 (17:43):
They ordered that individual to put the knife down. He
initially complied, set the knife down on like a retaining wall,
and then for some unknown reason, he reacquired that weapon
and then advanced toward the officers.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
The suspect was taken to the hospital where he later died.
Speaker 6 (17:59):
Parker athletic trainer convicted of sexually assaulting two teenage athletes
he coached, has now been sentenced to seventy six years
to life in prison.
Speaker 8 (18:08):
Aaron Carado ran the Strength in Christ Jim in Parker
and faced six counts of sexual assault of a child
by a person in position of trust. Victim impact statements
reflected a manipulative, violent man who used religion to gain
that trust. He claimed to be slandered, to which the
judge responded, you are not the victim, saying he showed
no accountability, no remorse, no compassion, and no respect for
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the law. At the Douglas County Courthouse. I'm Connor shreve Kawa,
a fifty six.
Speaker 6 (18:34):
Year old man is under arrest, accused of a road
rage shooting that leaves a woman hospitalized in critical condition.
The jeff Co Sherif's Office arrested Matthew Mpertelly on charges
of attempted murder. Sheriffs deputy say several witnesses led them
to him as.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
A suspect, and a search of his home confirmed their suspicions.
Speaker 6 (18:52):
Now that Jeffrey Epstein's emails have been made public, some
of those referencing President Trump, there are more questions about
his relationship with the President and with the convicted sex offender.
Speaker 21 (19:02):
President Trump refusing to answer why he won't let the
FBI release the Jeffrey Epstein files, even as just revealed
messages written by the sex offender raised new questions about
their friendship and whether Trump was aware of Epstein's crimes.
Mister President, why won't you order the FBI to release
the Epstein file. Epstein's message is part of a trove
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of thousands of documents from his estate now made public
by the House Oversight Committee.
Speaker 6 (19:27):
At ABC's Mary Bruce, the White House insists the emails
proved the President did nothing wrong. The BBC offering President
Trump an apology but no money for the way producers
edited a documentary about him. Trump's lawyer threatened to file
a billion dollar lawsuit this week against the British Broadcasting
Corporation for the documentary that aired last year with several
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Trump's comments taken out of context. The BBC apologizing for
the editing and said it would not rebroadcast the documentary,
but added that they strongly disagree there is a basis
for a defamation claim. The power back on for tens
of thousands of customers in northeastern Wyoming. In South Dakota
after a seven hour outage yesterday brought traffic to a standstill,
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forcing several businesses to close. Rapid City spokesman Darryl Schumacher
says the outage also led to some emergencies.
Speaker 5 (20:15):
We had a lot of reports of people stuck in
elevators pact. We had someone at city Hall that was
stuck in.
Speaker 23 (20:20):
The elevator, but they were quickly rescued if you will.
Speaker 6 (20:23):
The power company blames the outage on problems with the
regional transmission system. Health officials in Washington State, identifying the
country's first human case of.
Speaker 24 (20:32):
The bird flu of the year, the Washington State Department
of Health revealing a patient in Grace Harbor County tested
positive for a bird flu infection. Officials noting the tests
are preliminary, explaining the patient as an older adult with
underlying health conditions who was hospitalized earlier this month after
developing a high fever, confusion, and respiratory distress, noting they're
still receiving treatment. They're still investigating the source of the infection,
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including contact with wild or domestic birds. There have been
twenty six human actions of bird flu confirmed so far
this year around the world. Twenty three were found outside
of the US, so at least eleven people died. Christin
Goodwe Fox News.
Speaker 6 (21:08):
You're up to day on Colorado's morning news. More job
cuts for tech companies. We'll get the latest coming up
in business and money news.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
That are our bonus.
Speaker 6 (21:16):
Joining us with the check of our early Friday morning
drive and the KWA traffic Center.
Speaker 9 (21:20):
Yeah sday.
Speaker 17 (21:21):
In a little bit of slow and in a few
areas out there this morning. Right now, we're keeping an
eye on this accident. It has been moved off to
the right shoulder on southbound I two twenty five, just
south the Parker Road. That area tends to get congested
in the morning, not really causing any backups, but just
keep an eye off for the emergency vehicles in that area. Also,
we're seeing some slowing on southbound I twenty five around
twenty eth then that construction zone.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
That should clear in just a little bit.
Speaker 17 (21:44):
And if you are headed to the High Country, we're
seeing those delays on westbound I seventy between Morrison Road
and Lookout Mountain. With a look of traffic, I'm vit
or bonus on KOA eight fifty AM and ninety four
one FM.
Speaker 6 (21:58):
In and Dixon has an update on the latest business
and money news. The United States is going back to
Alaska for a key resource.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Oil drilling operations are getting back underway in Alaska. Interior
Secretary Doug Bergham says by rescinding the twenty twenty four rule,
they are following the direction set up by President Trump
to quote unlocked Alaska's energy potential, create jobs for the
North Slope communities, and strength and American energy security. That
Biden administration restricted development on the thirteen million acres in
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Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve.
Speaker 19 (22:31):
So I've come to the sullen realization that I must
close down the fund.
Speaker 5 (22:37):
Sincerely, Michael J. Burry, MD.
Speaker 4 (22:39):
That clip from The Big Short which made hedge fund
manager Michael Burry famous in twenty fifteen. He's now closing
his hedge fund Scion Asset Management, hinting a shift on
social media, saying onto much better things November twenty fifth.
He initially closed the firm in two thousand and eight
after making nearly two point seven billion dollars by betting
against the housing market shorts on major banks in two
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thousand and five, well before the housing market collapsed in
two thousand and eight. Bury reopen the firm in twenty
thirteen with a focus on gold, water and farmland investments.
Is firm managed on one hundred and fifty five million
dollars as of last year. Tech companies continue to cut
jobs since the start of the fourth quarter, Verizon now
joining those ranks, dropping around fifteen thousand jobs. The telecom
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giant is being forced to reduce costs to contend with
increased competition for cell phone service and home internet customers.
With the company losing sell customers for three straight quarters,
these would be the largest cuts ever for the carrier.
They're also planning to spin off around two hundred stores
into franchise operations, cutting payroll and benefit costs, and Synopsis,
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the Silicon Valley chip design company, plans to lay off
around ten percent of its workforce, that's around twenty eight
hundred employees. The restructuring is expected to cost a company
three three to three hundred and fifty million dollars in
severance and sit closures. Most layoffs will take place in
twenty twenty six, ending by the close of fiscal year
twenty twenty seven. The layoffs come after Synopsis was acquired
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by Ansis, a Pennsylvania company specializing in engineering simulation software,
in a thirty five billion dollar deal. I'm Keenan Dixon
KOA Money News.
Speaker 19 (24:18):
In KOA Sports, the division rival Chiefs come to town
as the Broncos try to extend their seven game winning streak.
Tight End Evan Ingram spoke with KOA Sports about Kansas
City's defense.
Speaker 25 (24:29):
The way that they fly around. Honestly, all the different
looks that they present, on the speed and the disguises
and the pressures, and then really just the tenacity that
they play with. You could just tell that they're just
a very confident group.
Speaker 19 (24:42):
KOA coverage of Sundays Broncos Chiefs game starts at eight am,
with kickoff at T twenty five. In Thursday Night football,
the Patriots beat the Jets twenty seven fourteen. The Avalanche
crews passed the Sabers six to three at Ball Arena,
their fifth win in a row.
Speaker 5 (24:57):
Martin Natus had two goals. We're having fun.
Speaker 4 (25:00):
You feel like that's you're really broad the teams together.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
You know, you guys see the party on the ice,
but of the ice.
Speaker 11 (25:05):
It's been great, and it's kind of like the first step.
Speaker 9 (25:08):
Before has to be great on the ace.
Speaker 19 (25:10):
The Abs host the Islanders Sunday night. In basketball, Colorado
hosts Providence. Tonight's KOA coverage starts at six thirty. Air
Force hosts Miami of Ohio tomorrow afternoon. In college football,
CSU is on the road to play New Mexico Tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (25:26):
Air Force visits Yukon.
Speaker 19 (25:27):
Colorado has a buye and longtime Colorado Athletic director Rick
George announced he is stepping down at the end of
this academic year. He will stay on as an advisor
after he steps down. As ad Rocky's new president of
baseball Operations, Paul D. Podesta was officially introduced Thursday. There's
a lot on his plate, such as figuring out who
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the manager will be. He also wants to get to
know everybody in the organization and understand their capabilities.
Speaker 5 (25:54):
But there is also an overarching goal.
Speaker 7 (25:56):
Think, what we're actually trying to achieve is this like
fundamental change of state right within the organization. And that's
both the talent on the field, it's also the culture
in the clubhouse, the culture.
Speaker 2 (26:06):
And the building.
Speaker 19 (26:07):
Deepadesta worked for several organizations, including the Athletics and Dodgers
before moving to the NFL. He has been with the
Browns for the past decade. For the first time in
MLB history, both leagues have repeat MVPs. Dodgers to a
Star Show Hey Otani won the award in the National League,
while Yankee slugger Aaron Judge took it home in the AL.
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The win is the fourth MVP of Otani's career in
the third in a row, while Judge took home his
third MVP honor. I'm Chad Bauer on the radio home
of the Broncos, Buffs and Rockies, and KOA Sports this
afternoon at three Colorado's Morning News.
Speaker 6 (26:45):
JOA News time five forty seven suspect is dead following
an officer involved shooting in Denver early this morning. Police
responded to an apartment complex on South Parker Road west
of By two twenty five after a call of a
burglary in progress. Officers found the man inside of a
storage facility, reportedly armed with a large knife.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Two officers shot.
Speaker 6 (27:05):
At the suspect after he lunged at them with the knife.
The suspect died at the hospital. No officers were injured.
The Denver Public School Board reprimanding one of its members.
They voted five to one yesterday to censure director John
young Quist after an investigation found that he likely acted
in a hostile and dismissive manner towards DPS staff members.
Board member Kimberly Cio was the only no vote. Young
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Quis abstained. Young Quis condemned the censure, saying he was
appalled by the actions of the district superintendent leadership team
and other board members. The head of the Denver Department
of Housing Stability leaving to take another job.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
Executive Director Jamie Rife, will.
Speaker 6 (27:43):
Step down at the end of this month for a
position at a nonprofit organization called Housing Connector Rife has
led Mayor Mike Johnson's efforts to reduce homelessness in Denver.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
For nearly two years.
Speaker 6 (27:54):
Then it includes the stop at Red Rocks June fifteenth
of next year. The Colorado stop will feature some port
from Richard Marx. Tickets will go on sale at ten
o'clock this morning. The Rockies new president of Baseball Operations
has his work cut out for him. We'll hear from
Paul Deepotesta coming up next. Taking a look at your
Friday morning drive, Let's go to Vida Bonus and the
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Kawa Traffic Center.
Speaker 9 (28:15):
And good morning, Gina. I hope you're having a good
Friday morning.
Speaker 17 (28:18):
That accident on southbound I two twenty five to south
of Parker is starting to constant backups.
Speaker 9 (28:22):
We're also seeing some slowing.
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On eastbound I seventy right after I two twenty five,
right before Pennon Boulevard if you're heading out to the airport,
and if you are heading out west. Westbound I seventy
is still sluggish between Morrison Road and Lookout Mountain. The
road is down to one lane right now. However, I
twenty five wide open from North Glyn all the way
down through the Tech Center. I'm fit at for bonus
on KOA eight fifty AM and ninety four ONEFM.
Speaker 6 (28:50):
KOA News Time five point fifty now on Colorado's morning news,
The Rockies Upbeats about the future of the team formally
introduced Paul de Podesta as the president of Baseball Operations.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Boys of the Rockies. Jack Corgan got.
Speaker 6 (29:03):
A chance to speak to an enthusiastic deep testa following
the introductory news conference yesterday.
Speaker 14 (29:09):
No.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Absolutely, I think it's unique, you know, in all of.
Speaker 7 (29:12):
Sports, and it's not easy, but that's part of the fun,
right I think it's part of the fun. You know.
I talked to a lot of my friends in baseball,
and almost all the ones I saw at the GMS
meetings in these last couple of days.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
They all were a little jealous.
Speaker 7 (29:27):
You have to be able to take on a challenge
like this, so you know, I've said it before, I'm
a bit of a sucker for a challenge, and I
think this is a great one to take on.
Speaker 23 (29:35):
One of the things that people may not realize that
your breath of experience in multiple sports kind of puts
you in a unique spot, if you will, where you've
had all these experiences to gather information and now to
attempt it as the boss, if you will, to make
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it happen.
Speaker 2 (29:58):
No, absolutely, I've been super fortunate.
Speaker 7 (30:00):
I mean, five different Major League Baseball teams and then
getting over the course of twenty years and then getting
to spend a decade in the NFL. An unusual path,
you know.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
To say the least.
Speaker 7 (30:09):
But no, I'm anxious to do that exactly as you said,
to take all those different experiences, all the learnings, not
only from all those people great people, and all those
different organizations, but even from the different leagues, and what
are things that we can learn, you know, from my
experience in the NFL, and hopefully turn those into competitive
advantages here for the Rockies.
Speaker 23 (30:27):
When you were with the other teams that you have
worked for in Major League Baseball, you alluded to it
during the news conference about the challenge of coresfield and
teams dreading it when they came in. There's a little
bit of the challenge on the at home side, if
you will, of the people that have to deal with
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altitude and sea level and back on a day to
day basis. I'm sure you have ideas, but it's part
of that challenge that you talked about relishing.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
No doubt.
Speaker 7 (31:00):
I mean, look, I think when when things are going well,
you know, you can you can turn this into an
unbelievable home field advantage. When things aren't going so well,
it can, you know, you start looking at as an obstacle,
you know, to your success.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
So hopefully we can be the.
Speaker 7 (31:15):
Former, you know, instead of the ladder and and really
use this to our advantage and say, hey, when people
come in here, they're gonna have to play our game,
and they're gonna have to play our you know, against
our guys, and it's it's not gonna be fun for them,
you know, and and they're just going to want to
survive these three or four days. So that's where we
want to get to.
Speaker 23 (31:31):
Certainly, there's going to be an amalgamation of people already
in house and folks who will bring in uh to
work with you on the front office side, if you will.
But certainly the number one job I would think right
now is deciding on who's going to be your field
leader in that manager spot, and then the staff that
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that person's going to assemble.
Speaker 5 (31:53):
No, I think that's exactly right.
Speaker 7 (31:55):
There's been a bunch of turnover already this year in
Major League Baseball, a number of other men have already
been hired, So I think we're anxious to get going
on that. It's such an important piece of the entire puzzle,
not just the manager, but then really the entire coaching staff.
So I think it's critical that we address that, you know,
as soon as we can, and then we can start
worrying about, you know, some of the other spots. I look,
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we're still months away from playing a game, so that
you know, we're not in too big of a rush.
But at the same time, we want to make sure
we get that one right and get it in place,
because I think that'll help set the tone for some
other things we want to do.
Speaker 6 (32:28):
That's Voice of the Rockies speaking with the President of
Baseball Operations, Paul Depotesta. Deepotesta worked for several Major League
Baseball clubs, but most recently was the chief strategy officer
for the NFL Cleveland Browns. We'll hear more from Jack
Corgan coming up at eight o four this morning.
Speaker 5 (32:44):
Portions of the following program will be recorded wrapping up.
Speaker 6 (32:48):
The show on Colorado's Morning News, ros Kminski stepping in
as we have a really really packed.
Speaker 2 (32:53):
Show for Friday.
Speaker 3 (32:55):
Indeed, we do in part thanks to you being able
to continue the Colorado Morning News tradition of having the
Mayor of Denver on which we are going to if
you don't mind my using effort as a verb, which
I do mind, but I'm gonna do it anyway. We're
going to effort to continue to have Mayor Johnston every
Friday at the end of the seven o'clock hour.
Speaker 6 (33:15):
His handler did say that he does the Mayor does
like you, so I take it.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
There you go.
Speaker 5 (33:20):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (33:20):
I saw him the other night and he said he
said he wanted to keep going.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
He liked being on with you and likes being on
with me, So we're.
Speaker 3 (33:26):
Gonna do that also, you know, kind of sort of
political ish.
Speaker 5 (33:30):
No, this is more legal.
Speaker 3 (33:31):
Actually, Attorney General Phil Wiser is going to join us
at seven oh four to talk about a settlement that
they just reached with pet Smart, and we'll learn why
pet Smart was in trouble. And then, as you mentioned earlier,
I heard you talking about it, the fallow goes according
to plan. The brilliant and hilarious Kevin Nelan is going
to join us in the studio around eight thirty, So
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we got a ton of stuff to do today.
Speaker 6 (33:54):
Ros Kaminski on the news with Gina Gandak coming up next,
taking a look at your Friday morning drive first, No,
just kidding.
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I'll get used to that eventually. I think I just
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